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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-5-21, Page 3TE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, Wray 1.0, -Wheat --The market is quiet, with prices un- changed, No, 2 white and reel quot- ed at 71 to 710 middle freights I No, 2 epilog nominal at 70* to 71c on Midland. 'Manitoba, wheat steady; No, 1 hard quoted at 820 Gocloroch, and No. 1 Northern at 81c (lode - rich. No, 1 hard, 88n grinding in transit, lake ante rail, and No. 1 Northern, 87e, Oats --'The market is quiet ; No. 2 quoted at 306e middle freight and at 20euc high freight. No. 1 quoted at 31'1c east, Barley-Tr'mile is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at -44e middle freight, and No. 3 ht 4, Itye-Tho Market IS quiet at 51tc oast. ' Buckwheat -Trade dull, with prices mufin& at 4.0e east. Peas -The mnrkot is quiet, with sales of No. 2 at 68c high freights, Coln -Market is dull, Canadian feed corn quoted at. 40 to 41c west, and at 40c Isere, No. 3 Amoricnn yellow quoted at 51 to 52c on trade, Toronto, and No. 8 ]nixed at '50 to 5:Lc. Flour -Ninety per ernt patents unchanged at 59,671, middle freights, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade rluol•ed at $3,25 to $8.35 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady ; Na, 1 patents, $$4,10; and seconds, $3.90 to b4 ; strong bak- ers', 53.80 to 53.00, bags included, Toront o. Millfeed-bran is dull at $17 here, At outside paints bran is quoted at $15.50, and shorts at 517. Mani - f, ba bran in sacks, 518, and shorts at $20 hero. -- THE DAIRY MARICTITS. Butter -?Che market is quint, with prices easy, in consequence of good receipts. We quote :-Fresh large rolls, 15 to 16c; choice, 1-18 rolls, 16 to 17c ; fresh dairy tubs. 150 secondary grades, 13 to 14o; Creant- ery prints, 21 to 22c; solids, 18 to 1.0c. Eggs -Receipts are moderate, with sales of case lots at 13c per dozen, Cheese Mar1Cet steady. Wo quote' New, 12* to 12ic per lb. NOG PRODUCTS. Dressed flogs are steady. Cured meals aro unchanged, with a good demand. We gboto :-Bacon, clear, 10 to 10tc, fn " ton and case lots, Pork -Mess. 821 to $21.50; do., short cut, :'!0i2.50 to $23. Smoked ;mate--lHe.ms, 123. to ' 18*e; rolls, 11 to 11kc; shot:jeers, 103c' backs, 14 to 14;e; breakfast baeoli 1.4 to 143c. Laixl--Tho market is unchanged. We quote :-Tierces, 100; tubs, 103c pails llc; conipoun-d, 8 to 90. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, May 10. -Grain -No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat, 770; No. 1 Nprthern, 76c Fort William; peas, 62e high freights, 71c afloat hero ; s.3 e, 52e east, 573c afloat here ; buckwheat, 47c; oats, No, 2, 85c afloat, 37c in store ; flaxseed, $1.20 on track here ; corn, American, 52o' afloat. Flour - Manitoba patents, $4.10; seconds at $8,80 to 53.90; Ontario straight rollers, $3.85 to $8:50; in bags $1.60 to $1.70 ; patents, $8.70 to $4; rolled oats, millers' prices, $1.85 in bags, and $3.85 per bbl. Feed -Manitoba • bran, $18 ; shorts, $20, bags included ; Ontario bran in bulk, 51.7.50 to $18';.shorts in bulk, $19,50 to $80. Provisions --Heavy Canae can short cut pork, $24; shell. cut backs, 523,50; light short cut, $23; com- poundrefined lard, 8* ;to Oc ; pug's Canadian land, 1Qi** to 11c ;'finest lard, 11 to' 1l*e; linins, 12* to 13c; bacon, 14 to 15c; fresh -killed abat- toir hogs, 59 to 89.20. Eggs -New laid, 12* to 1.8c. Butter -Fresh creamery, 19 to 19+,. Cheese -On- tario, 11:;c;, townshilis, 110. Po tatoes 'The market for potatoes has become strong daring the past few days ; a carload of finest stock was sold on track yesterday at 51.15 a bag of 00 lbs„ but it is said that it would be impossible to buy the same goods at less than $1,25 to -clay. Holders aro demanding $1.85 for lots when drawn away from cars,. and •51.40 for smaller lote .when taken May from store. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Chicago, May 1l). -Crain trade was dell anis prices were 'easier to -day, July wheat closing 30 lower; July corn a shade higher, and oats off 2c. September provisions closed from 20 lower to 2to113ighei'. Minneapolis, May 19. -Wheat -- Cash, 9. -Wheat -Cash 78ec; May, 77.1o; July, 76$ to 760; track. No. 1 -hard, 790; No, 1 Northern, 7820; No, 2 Northern, 7'710; No! 3 .Northern, 76 to 7.60, Buffalo, May : 19.--Flour-Quiet. Whcat-Spring steady; No. 1 No'th- ern, 8233c; • winter firm ; No. 2 white, 88c; No. 2 rod, tSlc. Corn -Quiet ; tciehanged, Oats-S.toady, unchang- ed. Barley-Unohanged; nye - No. 1., in store, 57c. Canal freights - Wheat, il;ic. 7,JIVI8 STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, 14fn:y 10. - A.t the West- ern Cattle Market to -day there was an active business transacted in boat butchers' and export cattle, and the prices for the former a,d- Winced from 15 to 25c per cwt, Sheep, Ia11388, and calves were um - Changed, There were not f6,auy choice ship- ping cattle offered, and awing to ac - live Cerepetitioll a111e111041 80170013, the market for them was strong, better prices In 00018 il8tan000 being j)ahll for them than there world oth- erwiee have (leen, There are stili n10(17 00911)10011 and light ones nom 113g, and the (348utnkl for 'thein was not 00 good. Buyers continue to go to O8leago and Buffalo for cat- tie to complete their cargoes, and also bocn.uso they are cQluaper there than here, The following was the range of quotations: 113xporlers' cattle- Per 100 lbs. Extra to ello'i00 .., ,$4,(35 $5.2(1 Bulls ,., ,,, ,,, 13,75 4,25 Butehors''- I'ielcecl lots ,,, ,,. „ 8:,65 Good 1u11,de ,,, ... ,. 4,40 Medium ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,,,, 4.25 D'a'le .. ... . , o, .,, 8.75 Cows ,,, .. , 3.50 Feeders, light ,. .,4,00 Feeders, short -keeps 4.50 JStockers .,. .,. ,,, 3,50 Sheep - Export heep- lixport ewes, light 4,50 1)o., bucks .. ,,. ,8,50 Chain -fed lambs .., , 5,50 Do„ bucks .., ,,, ,,, , 5,00 Barnyard lambs .,. ,,, 3.50 Calves, per cwt 4.50 Eilogst- Sows ,,, 4.00 Slags , 2.30 Selects 100 to 200 lbs,,.. ... ... .,. .,. 0.10 0.00 Thick fats ... ... ... 5,86 0,00 Lights ... „ .., 5.85' 0.00 'T T STRIKE. Hi~ IC v � oRIA 4,90 4.65 4,50 4,25 4.25 4.50 5,00 4,00 5.00 4.00 6.00 5.50 4.50 5.00 4.50 3.00 Bill to Suppress It Receives Second Reading. A Melbourne, Victoria, despatch says: In the Legislative Assembly on Worthesday Premier Irvine made a speech on the subject of the strike. Ifs said the country faced a long- meditated revolt against established authority. The issue concerned ev- ery country. The strike had thrown the State into confuei011, 019d it wound he a fight (0 a finish. The Premier then moved the secs. on(1 reading of a hill litloviding for the suppression of the strike, which is not retrospective, and which] will not remain in fore after the ter- mination of the strilre. It provides that an employe leaving his work without giving four nights' notice is to be assumed to have joined the strike, and will incur the penally of $500 fine or a year's imprisonment with loss of pension, and will be in- eligible in the future for Covent - most employ, The bill etiso forbids inter'fel'enee with employes, the col- lection of strike funds or encourag- ing the strike in any manner. The bill further empowers the police to destroy documents encouraging the strike, Drake printers thereof offend- ers against the law, and declares meetings to be uniawiell it four strikers are present. 1.11 persons refusing to disperse are liable to ar- rest without warrants, 0(1( the po- lice are empowered to forcibly en- ter meetings. An amendment expressing regret at the strike and promising that Parliament would consider the grievances of the raileoaid nen if they' return to whrk was defeated by 58 to 30 votes. FOUGHT TWELVE TO ONE. Brilliant Feat of Arens in the Capture of Sokoto. A London despatch says f -The capture of S0800(1 on March 14 was effected by a British column of 500 men, with eight guns, mectinst 6,- 000 of the enemy's (101.80 and foot. The Fulanis charged with fanatical bravery, undeterred by a withering Moxini and rifle fire. They had 110 proper learlersh'lp, butthe isolated, hands continued to advance oyer heaps of stead and dying, often only nnd3vicluals reaching within a yard o'r two of the square, where refusing quarter, they were shot down while shouting "Allah," with their last 'breath. Thirty chiefs around the Emir's great white flag were defiant to the last, and their corpses were found hedging. the s'tandar'd when the Ilr'itish entered the city, which con- sisted ]mostly of thatched houses. Its semi -ruined wells extenelecl . seven miles around, , the Place and were pier'ce'd by eight gates. A few, days later the populace returned and the Polanis tendered their submission to Cotumissioner. Lugard, who arrived March 10111 and 'Metalled a new Eniir. The British then retired to- wards the coast, leaving a garrison, CANADA AND GERMANY. Views of London Times' Berlin Correspondent. The Berlin 000.0espol'clent of The London 'limes wired. on Thursday aa1 article on the contemplated tariff war between Germany and Canada, "Canada's action cannot be challeng- ed by the extreme protectionist Party in Germany," says the cor- respondent, "and if Germany can-' theles to trent Canada accondiwg to the 81)1(1'0 of the extremists, the re- cult will simply be the entire ceS- sation of trade between the two Caanu'trieS, 3011101 Weald seriously pre- jaidice Germany." Tho Boron Courierinclines to this opinion evidently, as it advises the Gorman Goveei anent to exercise 0131010000, as further discrimination might be apt to strellg!.hen the ten- dency fat' an Imperial commercial 115,10m between the British colonies and the motherland, TEN KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT Troops and Mob Clash at Valpar- aiso, Chili. A Santiago, Chili, despatch says: The strike of dock laborers at Val- paraiso is becoming more $eriau0. The strikers, after setting fire to the qday as wolf as to the offices of the South American Steamship Com- pany, had a number of encounters with the police, during which ten persons were killed and twe ht1n1- Bred were injured. A (Ietachnnont, of three tntoesan(1 troops .has been des- patched to Valparaiso to quell -the disorder. Tho Govormnont has re- fused all offers to compromise the di'f0:aultins, (still is determined to adopt the 50er1153t mease3105 to re- et0ro order, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Doings of Our Law Makers at Toronto. 1IEAn A SECOND .111183, Tho following bills were read a seeond time: l{espectipg the Lindsay Pulalj0 Li- br'ary-Mr, Fox. Respecting the City of London - Mr, Beek. Respecting St. Paul's Church, Dunnville, Ont, -Mr. i-ha'court. Respecting the Village of Hanover -Mr, Truax, Respecting till Art Museum of '1'o- rotl00-Mr, Foy. To change the boundaries of the Town of Berlin - Mr, Lael(11e1', Respecting the Elgin Loan and Savings Company - Mr. P(11111110, To confirm by-law No. 597 of the Town of Niagara Falls - Mr, Gross. Respecting the Lake Superior Power Company and certain ether companies -Mr. Coimee. Respecting the Village of 310110lon Falls 14r. Carnegie. 'Respecting the Municipality of Shuniah-1171 0011mec, Respecting the International Tran- sit Company - Ilr, Comree, ItespeelIllg the Town of -Aurora - Mr. Davis, Respecting the St. Thomas Street Railway -1(4r. Maccliarmid. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Powell - To authorize the City of Ottawa to fix certain as- Kessn,,csrts and issue curtain deben- tures, Dr. Jessop - To confirm By-law No. 217 of 13earns'tille. Mr. Downey - Respecting the Guelph Railway Co. Mr. Pcns0 - To incorporate the Kingston and Frontenac Railway Co. Dr. ,7essop-Respecting the City of St. Catharines. Air. Cameron - Respecting the Town of itat Portage. 3.13', .001310ron - To extend the pro- visions of the Act enabling certain persons to develop water power on the Kamrnistig'nia. ]3r. 1 3 nc '1'o amend the Public Heal 11 A.ct, Mr. Calelweli-Respecting tho Lake Superior Power Co. •and certain other companies. A•Ir. Loeas-To amend the Act re- specting the mortgages on real es- tate, Mr. Nribs-Respecting vaccination and inoculation. Mr, Sutherland -To amend the General Road Co.'s Act, M1•, Hanna - Respecting the 011110(11 of England Cemetery at Sax' Dia, Dr. Pyne - To amend the Act to supplement the revenues of 'the Crown of Unbario. Col. Matheson Respecting the Mime Savings 1un21 Loan Co., Limit- ed. 111r, Ross - Respecting statute la. bon, 111x, Ross - An Acct respeoting amendments of the late in connec- tion onnecttion with the revision of the As- sessn10nt Aot. • Mr. Ei'ib'5 meastnso provides that no cllilal in the province shall be vac- cinated or inocnulated against the wish of its parent or guardian, and makes vaccination voluntary, - :Dr. Pyne's amendment to the Act to Supplement the revenues of the Crown is .to the effect that all rail- ways shall be liable to a nlaIInicipal assessment, and to pay taxes on their tracks oe all highways or roadways. Both of the bills introduced by the Premier are part of the recommon1- ation of the Assessment Comtinis- sion. FINAL READINGS. Respecting the 013u'n'tsville and Lake of Bays Railway. r- Mr. Ted - hope, To amend the Act incorporating the Nortel Lanark Railway Corn- p•a'n,l'.-•Mr. Caldwell, To legalize and confirm By-law No. 679 of ,the Town of Petrolea.- Mr. Flnn'na: To 0011f 11111 By -late .No, 575 of the. Town of Sarll.ia.-IMI'. F3.1.11na. To confirm 13y -law No. 81, 1902, of the Town of Go;derich.'-M't•. Cam encen `(iT.ua'on), ' Respecting , the Ross. M'emlol'iai Hospital,--411Pr. Fox. Respecting the Towgt of Brace- bridge.--b3i', Puldhope. Tho Louse, on motion of the Min- ister of Education, rat"i,5ed the or - dor -in- Cotllnc'i1 dated February 25,, 1908, loaning $50,000 to Toronto liarivorsit.y for the new Medical 1841(31»3, Third readings were given to the following bills: Respecting the Sandwich, Wi'uclsor end Andxr'stl ung Railway and the City Railway Company of Windsor, Lirn'Itorl.-iii'. Auld. Respecting the City of Lo9rdon. - 501r. Reel(. Respecting St. Paul's Church, Dunnville, Ontario. --Mr, Harcourt, Respecting the Ha11d1''to-n Electric Light and Cataract Power Com- pany, Limnitcd, and the I.7amilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company, Li•lIitc(3.--9/Pr, Carscallen, The following bilks were givers their second reading: lleepe0tiug statute labor. - 1404'. hese. Respecting amendments of the late in connection with the revision of the Asseeetteent .Act. - Mr. Ross. 'Po amend the High Schools Act. - Mr. 1Ta1'me'llrt. ELIIDCTRr7C RAILWAY. The bill to amend the Act lneet'- 3Porating. the 111uron, Bruce and Grey Iltoctrie Railway was before tho Railway Committee. It empowers the company to change its name to the Ontario West Shore Electric Itailnvay, and grants pormiseion to make extensions to V1"fngbarn, Lon- don, Park -hill, and Sarnia. Objec- tion was tmlron to it because it tvot111d parallel the L omidonl, Park- 1ilI,, and Grand teener road, and it Wei allowed 1:0 sinful 00el' mill the illteres1ort parties had a 001)8renco, .AGAiINST .SUNDAY CARS. There Was e0nsialer'a111e disci:Vine rear the bill respecting the 838t111t1- t(rl and Caleldonia. Railway.. A clause in the measure permitted the running of Sunday cave. The 11111 .Nae llarall7 assented to, but the elle ece in question was struck out, A similar clause in the brill re- specting the Sarnia Hornet Jtai1- Way was treated in the salon lrn,n• nae, LINEN FAC'1.O1YV. '1'he request, of Iirarebr)dge for perulissiorr to honest a limn 1041.0:stry by granting them freedom front tax- ation for tell 3(•urs was greeted. TAXATION Ob' L,ANIDS. The frontier's bill re 1pccting the ta1ution of land(; lit the 1)Is1ric(s of Algoma, Mani touliu, The iuder Bay aqui l tulny River was messed, it provides that if taxes aro net lurid for three years, the land Shall be fcal, iced to the Province, LAND) GRANTS TO fib's The 1T0u1113 went Into eonun00ten on 811',, Davis' bill to amend the Act to provide for the appropriation of remain lands for the volunteers who served in South Africa and the vol- unteer militia who served on the frontier in 1866. 1h', Jessop tools the ground that whet waS known as the Home (limed, who were on 0.011,13 service, 'Mit did not fight, should certabrly be allowed to participate in the ad- t"aniagcs allowed to the others, Mr. Davis pointed out that the veterans have the advanta'gc of set- tlers in that they would get more benefit from bile rise in value in ten years. In roceivin•g flee of cost land worth 50 rents an acre, they would be receiving 580 worth for nothing. They would be given all minerals found on their property, and tax exemption for ten years, which ordinary settlers do not get. If the veterans kept their New On- ttu•]) grants, they would reap a Sub- stanlial rewaryd, The bill was reported without amendment. TI1l3 P1.iEMi•IE;R'S BJLLS. The Premier introduced four pith - lie bills, the most important being one to amend the act for the im- provement of public highways, The new 8111 abolisihos the 1)1'011 010a that tr11e11 a system. of county roads is adopted, in ogler to d8tain the G;ovearment's grant the mileage rri1a11 bo based on acreage. County Councils are allowed to lay out etch systems as they sec frit. County Councils will also be able to buy up toll roads whether they Dorn] a com- plete county system or not, and draw the Government's grant so far as it goes for suet purpose, arrang- ing to pay the lnunicfpalitbes not directly interested in them a sum to which they may be entitled on the basis of their assessment. The time in which Comity Ceundl may talcs advantage of the act is to be extended. NIAGARA'S BANKS, Another bill Introdul3ed by Pre - mien' Ross aims at preventing the washing away of the banks of the Niagara River from, Chippewa to Fort Erie, and provides for widen- ing and improving the roadways, and authorising tho Victoria Park Commission to Drake an agreement with a company to provide for the. construction and operation of an electric railway from Chippewa . to Fort Erie. The Premier introduced a bill also as an amendment .to the municipal ant, to provide that no person shall be disqualified from being elected a member of any municipal =Toro - Oen by reason of any oontraot or agreement granting exemption from taxation. GAIILBLING AT SHOWS. The fourth bill introd{u,eed by the Premier provides for important changes in the act relating to ch- eeses and shows, The Provincial license is increased, from 550 to 5100. The license may bo with- drawn if gambling or games of 0)1611ce are found in the show. The penalties for infringement of the law are in,c1'ease1, theminimum. from 5100 -to 5200 and the maximum from $200 to 5800 and imprison - melt from 80 days to three Mon -01S. Under the new law Dominion and Prrovineial detectives will have Tree access to, all games, theatres and raublic gatherings. NAVAL BASE AT SYDNEY. British Admiralty Site Has "leen Selected. A IPalifax despatch says :-Tho British Admiralty Is likely to es- tablish a naval base at Sydney at an early date. TWO naval officers, acting under indtruetiops from Ad- miral Sir A. L. Douglas of the North American squadron, have boon in Sydney for sevoral days examin- ing available silos, and it is an, flounced that they hnvo selected a harbor front property for Admiralty purposes. It is rot unlikely that fortifications tw ill also be construct- ed there, as Sydney is now con- sidered by the Imperial authorities as a port of groat strategic import- ance, in vires of the maintenance of a strong French squadron at St Pierre, Mtqueloli, As a 10rtiflo1 naval base it would also ho a guardian of the St, Lawrence route, and an unexcelled 0oalirrg base in time of war. GENERAL STRIKE SOON. Victorian Fight Only an Outpost Skirmish. - Irl a. despatch from Sydney, N. 8, Ile, tine co'reepoitdcnt of Phe lent - don Daily Mail, reports scrrct moot - imp on the part of the New South Wales trade undoniSLs, notably the railroad and street car men, 'Phe 0o3respotelent says he 000130rled with the 0(11111(31 hence of Inbar 111110111Sm1 1,3 Nety Souter Wales, lobo declared that, ail Wel kitten wnu1)1 1,1,lror't'1,he railroad men solidly, nail Cant un- less the Vie1orfnn (lovernnu•n, sur- renlered the 5(414133i14 wou81 extend 1.o than other States, the Vietor'fan fight being only un outpost skirm- ibiii. THE HOUSE OF 0O1iONS Notes of Proceedings in the Can- adian Parliament. The following bills were road the' Arai: time; To confer upon the Commissioner of 381100te certain powers for the re- lief of .7, S. Mcuougail. Mr, Cowart, To incorporate the Noltireon Iron Range Railway Company. - Mr. Dylnent, To incorporate the Chatham, Mor- risburg, and Lake Llrie, Railway 0oulpany, - Mr. Stephens. To 111c003101 ale the City and County flank of Canada. Mr. Rosa- mond. The following private bills were read a second time, and referred to committee: An Act respecting the Interprovin- cial and James' flay Railway Cotn- pan3•.-11fr. Belrourt, An Act respecting the Lindsay, Bohcaygoon, and Pontypool Rail- way Co. -44:r. Vrooman. An . Act respecting certain trust Neck of the Diocese of Moosonee.- M'r, Osler. An Act to incorporate the Colum- bia Improvement 00,, Limited. - G afliher. An Act to incorporate the Mount ]loyal Savings Bank,' -31r. Bicker - elk e, `1'Ire following bilis were given a 111(1d reading: An Act respecting the Winnipeg Western Land Corporutlon, Limited. -M7•, McCarthy. An Act respecting the "Ontario and Qu'Appello Land Co. -Mr. McCar- thy. An Act respecting the Canada Northwest Land Co., Limited. -Mr. MlCairthy, An Act respecting the Creat Northwest Contras Railway Co, - Mr. 110e0601,117. The Act to incorporate the New Canadian Co., Limited, was read a second time and passed to com- mittee. PENSIONS.. Colonel Hughes (Victoria) was in- formed by Sir Fii'clerick Bordon that Canadians disabled in. the South African War received' the same pen - 8401s as the mere of the. British army. The.,, Canadian Government is excellent, but no larger quanti- rontrtlsuted nothing to this, and had ties can be expected. The Thames not considered the advisability of supplementing the imperial pension. NEWS ITEms, Telegraphic Briefs Front All Over the Globe. CANADA. Woollen mulls are to be establish- ed at Brandon, The Mohawk Lnstltuie, recently de- stroyed by lire at Brantford, will be rebuilt. Chatham's population is new 9,- 222, stn increase of 355, The col- ored citizens number 586, a decrease of 8. The Provincial Government will erect a monument to Sir Oliver Mowat. The Niagara camp will begin this year on ,June 16. Lard Dundonald will visit each of the camps in sue- cession. Two small children wandered into a chug store at Sandwich on Satur- day and asked a doctor if they had smallpox. Thew had. Mr. J. V. Teetzel, IC.C„ of I3amil- ton, has been appointed to the Nigh Court of Ontario, Common Pleas Division, in place of the late Mr. Justice Lount. A by-law to raise 835,000 for school purposes at Winnipeg, and another setting apart $100,000 for the erection of a contagious dis- ease hospital was lost. II'alifax is to have a naval reserve depot and steps to this end are to be taken at once. This will be the first in Canada, but there is one in overyPi other British colony. lcieh deposits of Iron have been discovered by Messrs. McAdam & Grogan at Little Vermillion Creek, 18 miles west of Saddle Lake, on the north slide of the Saskatchewan. Fred. L. Young, agent of the Mercantile Register of San Fran- cesco, 1,3. been arrested by the Van- couver police charged with obtaining money by false pretences from local business concerns. R. E. Milligan, the New York wa- ter expert, who has been investigat- ing London's supply, reports that the quality of the Springbank water GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Flat. Mr. fielding informed Mr. Talbot that the ((rand Trunk Rail- way Company had received no loan from the Dominion Government since Confederation. At that time the company owed the Province of Can- ada 525, 370,308.53, which was taken by the Dominion us an asset. No payments had m•e1' been made by the company on this debt. CATOIII:NG OF FISI3. Mr. Lemieux (daspo), was informed by Mr, Prefontaine that the Govern- ment had redlived a petition from the fishing interests of Gaspe, pray- ing tliat the Government would pro- hibit the ditching of fish for use as land fertilizer, and also prohibit the 11810 of trap, nets for cod and herring, on the ground that these practices were destroying the fisheries. The Government had declined to act in the matter. ST. LOUIS EXT3IIEI3 TION. Ili'. Lemieux (Gaspe) was inform. ed by Mr. Pickling that Canada wound be represented at the St. Louis International libefibitiou of 1904, The Canadian Commissioners would not be attaches of the Bri- tish Commission, but would be granted all the rights and privileges of an independent national commis- sion. ELECTION LAIN. In the N'ouso Mr, Fielding lruoved the following resolution: "'Mat a select committee composed of Mosars, Charlton, Casgr•n3n, Russell, Barker, Demurs (St', John end Doer, culls) Ndrtillrop, Thlo.n1psot (Beadle dle mend), Ingram, and Fielding bo ap- pointed to consider the state of the laws respecting Dominion elections, and that Mr. Charlton's bill to amen(1 tho Dominion Elect4one Act of 1900 be referred to tide com- mitter.." CHANCE FOR CANADIANS, Forms of Tender for Army Sup- plies From South Africa, An Ottawa despatch says: Sir Wil- frid Laurier has received a letter from L' ieut.-Clero]'ul (1. Lyttletor, Officer Commanding the troops in South .Africa, dated Pretoria.. April 6, in wbieh be says: "I have the honor to inform you that tenders era being called for 111e sapply $ of bread and forage to the troops for certain stations in the Cape Colony, and for breast, forage and groceries for all 5tatiols in the Transiva•al and Orange River Colony for a fishnet of six months, con- mowing October 1. 1 enclose ten foams of tender for each 001011y, for d;l.str'3bntiol to any applicants Unit there may be. Would Ton kindly send Deme a list, giving the 1111111044 131111 addresses of those to whom forms have been issued." General Lyttlotoll encloses n form of a¢1301'tisenlent for intention in the leading papers, and asks that the account be forwarded. to 11813, Should thou trot be any tenderers in Canada he pl'a308ee lo send the manes mid addressee of anrccssl'rrl tenderers, so that nu'.rchaels in C-anakla. May here an 01111artu11ity of offering their flour to the ncrrpt013 contractor in Souter Africa. Police 0o11.tn3181030r Greene of Now York has dismissed from the terve Inspector A11am A. (]cess, for neglect of ditty and unbecoming con - eget.. Ile had horn on the 1901100 force for 25 years, Weary 1ln;ggl('s--''S'on won't git no(hlu' ah'cent f❑ th,1/', Them 'movie 19 30145i11ri4)110,'' Hungry llarl,V'--"18 that. 113(1t ?" Weary 11145(31'8-"Vrs, „' they got a clog woL ain't," aright be purified, A Sydney, C. B., deapatch states that Sir A. L. Jones, head of the Elder -Dempster Company, of laver - Pool, and Sir Alston Dixon, a great shipbuilder in North England, are interesting themselves in a project for the erection of a steel shipbuild- ing plant at some port in Nova Scotia, where the best facilities for sash works are obtainable. GREAT BRITAIN. British imports and exports for April showed decreases of 511,988,- 000 and 51,780,500 respectively. UNITED STATES. Ex -President Cleveland, U.S.A., writes that he is not desirous of being a Presidential candidate. Mrs. W. Lee of Buffalo, N. Y., died at Charlotte, N. 0., from the effects of a chicken bone, which caught in ler throat. In addition to the site Mrs, Eddy has given 5100,000 for a new Chris- tian Science Church edifice at Con- cord, N, 1I. • St, Louis laundrymen have refused to handle work sent them frau Chi- cago, where the lalmdry workers are on strike, The Augusta, Oa., Chroniccl, estab- lished in 1785, the .oldest newspa- per in the South, was Said at pub- lic auction for $75,000. Just before the Umbria sailed from Now York on Saturday, an infernal machine in honking order and con- taining 100 pounds of dynamite was found on the pier. Joseph Trepans, the head of a gang of Italians who defrauded Now York insurance companies by bogus nestles, was sentenced to an inldeter- minato period of from two to four yearS. '1'o resist the demands of a union being organized among the drivers for firms dealing l8 building ma- terial, in New York, the lumber dealers and brickyards have ordered a lockout which may throw 100,000 111011 into idleness. Miss Alice Roosevelt's favorite costume is a white gown, and a targe black hat with a (b•ooping plume, and with this she carries the tittle silver mounted cane which causes mach comment, and tho fad has been adopted by other society maidens. GENERAL. It is again Deported that the Rus- sian troops have withdrawn from Newchwnng, The relations between Turkey and Bulgaria., arising out of the incur- sion of insurgent bands into Mace- donia, are strained. BREEDERS AT CALGARY. Importation of Eorses in the Northwest. A Calgary despatch says :-This is agricultural week at Calgary. Tho annual meeting of horse un8 stock breeders' associations is in t"pro- gress, and the week is to close with a flat stock shote, Reports' presented show the number of horses imported into the Calgary district for 1002 amounted to 4,756, valued at 4106,- 880, o1' ea average of 322.47, T110 average Vallee of animals imported into Manitoba and the Territories was $36.511, The (*Oratory of the association urges that a minimum valuation shoujd be placed on horses imported into Canada, 13o says the Canadian .vest is being flooded with a class of horses that is already too plentifully represented in the eoull- tt•y nt the present time, and which 11(0 bought at slaughter prices on the oterst.nckrd ranges of Mottana. and the effect has lsaen to completely de- moralize the limited market for the goalie animals and Misfits produced" by the Western breeders. SPIKES THROUGH HEAD, Fiendish Work in 11'fiassacre of Jews in Russia. A St. Petersburg despatch says Additional details of the ICis'benolf massacre of Jews also printed here daily, Tho correspondents give the number of victims thus far buried in the Jeieleh cemetery at 44, and say that S4 persons seriously wounded are still in the Jewis4l Ileapital, The horrors reported scarcely bear ,re- petition, in one instance spikes were driven through a woman's head into the floor, and eases of bodily mutila- tion have been authenticated. About 800 to 1,000 persons were arrested, an. energetic official having been sent from Odessa to deal with the situa- tion. The apathy of the local au- thorities during the f.wo days erf rapine and murder appears to have been fully established. AUSTRIAN HELD FOR PLOT. Accused of Planning Attack on King Edward. A Vienna despatch ewe: Yea the Lower Illouse of the Reiohsrath on Wodnelylay the Premier, Dr. von Moocher, was interp'ell'a'tod with re- gard to the arrest at Gibraltar of an engineer named Naght, an Aus- trian subject, who is charged with plotting an attack upon Icing Ede ward during his Majesty's receni visit to Gibraltar. The interpellas tion stated that although there was no proof against Naoht he was kept in confinement. The Premier was naked to take proceadings to obtain his liberation. DARKNESS AIDS DISEASE Result of Enquiry Into Malady, Affecting Miners. A Berlin despatch says' The Gov- ernment Commission, which has been Investigating the tropioal worm disc ease which has •attacked 20,000 Westphalian miners, reports that only those who rarely see the sun- light are of licded, The disease is frequently fatal, and causes inabil- ity to labor. The Government has decided to emTtoy 150 doctors, spe- cially trained, to combat the mal- ady. The sufferers will be isolated. Cleanlines's and stsne8vine are the principal requisites. A INDIANS PLAYED LACROSSE. More Akin to Warfare Than to a Friendly Sport. The present game, modified and re- duced to a science, is intense en- ough, but the old lacrosse, as played by the magnificent aborigine war- riors of a century ago, was more akin to warfare than to friendly sport. Months before a tribal match was due the players would be selected - and weeks before they would pre- pare by fasting - in fact, by going into rigorous training. On the night before the day of the match all the players would assemble around a great fire, and there would begin a wild, fierce dance, with mad music ever rising louder and faster, the dancers leaping, screaming_ shaldng their cross sticks, an invo- cation, this, to the Great Spirit for victory. On the next clay, on the playing ground, a great crowd would assem- ble -ancient warriors, squaws and children - and the young braves tvho were to play would gather in the woods in two parties, indulging in the wildest war whoops while they festooned and painted.. them- selves. Then, at a signal, when the goals were set and all was made ready, out from the trees they would pour, shouting, leaping gad somer- saulting while their lady lovers ran forward to greet and cheer them. The game director would count the sides, make a long spollah, and give the signal to play, Matches might consist of from 20 to 100 games, and were spread over several days, beginning early in the morning and lasting far into • the day. At the start the ball was gen- erally thrown high into the air, and then the wildest scramble would en- sile as it fell, and a score of players would leap up at it to strike. Wher- ever the ball went, there the field would follow with wild yells, and one at last, would pick up the ball in his stick, and make off like a deer, twisting, ducking, leaping, doubling, while forty or fifty braves pursued at top speed, for there wore no restrictions in the way of bound- aries, in a lend and glorious stain- pede.-Pearson's Magazine. DO SOMETHING. Don't stand with your hands in ,your pockets, And look like a knot on a log; Tighten your "galluses," spit on your hands, And hump yourself out of the bog, Oh, never allow the spring breezes Through your whiskers to mourn- fully rustle; Remember that Fortune, that dowdy old jade, Smiles only 011 the people who hustle. Chop cordwood, dig drains, or split rails, But don't sit around like a dumb tiling; The spring is hero, the summer is near, So go to work and do 310mothing, -The Iihan'S Spring Advice. THE ICING'S ANCESTRY. According to a Jacobite authority, only one drop of King Edward's blood is estimated pure English - that which he derives from Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV, of Scot- land. Two drops of French blood conte from Mary Stuart, five chaps of Scotch blood from Junk's 1V, and Darnley, Queen Mary's Mis- hima, Of the rest, eight drops aro Danish, and four thousa e, raid 'forty are Gcnrnan.