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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-8-13, Page 6PilAiti(ETS mend, Consequently Gila class suf- Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, Aug, 11.1-1Whean-The nuarket i 11101, with only a limited dentate' for Ontario wheel, No, 2 'whit 0 C1111 0111 'W 1111 er, old, quoted at 741 to 7be; oalv tit 72 to 7:4; low rates to nettle, Manitoba wheitt is gamer. No. 1 hard quoted at 01 107 tioderielt, and No.North- ten at 0018 God,,, -;.83,„ ;No. 1 bead, 97 ,le grinding in trattsit, lake anti rail, and No, 1 Northern at 4ifi41c, Ilato-The market is quiet, with fair onlerings, No. 2 white quoted at 30 to 84 L'' high freights, end No. 1 white at 512,0 01101, .1311,(1TC1100 111 (1,11 111)., No, 3 ex- tra quoted a•L 41k: middle freights, tura No. 3 at 40 to 41e. Ityg-The market is quiet, with export value tet 4,8c middle freights for No. 2. Peuek-Trade dull, with No. 2 white quoted nt high freights, and at liSe 011114.. Corly-...krat(1101; ia unchanged. No. 3 'Aeneeloan „yellow quoted at 01c ;on Veneta Toropto, and No, 8 mixed rst (40 e, Torooto. Canadian corn 11ore- 1101111140.1. Floter-aNinety per eent patent qu'o'ted to -clay at -$2.813 freiglite, in liltyons7 saeeks, for ex- port. Streight rollers of special bran* domestictrade quoted al $3.25 to $3,45 in bins. Manitoba flour steady; No. 17 patents, $4,20 to w.:10, theta barkers,' 83.90 4o $4, and strong bake's', $3.80, Toronto. Nillfeede-ellran steady at $17, and shorts $18.50 here. Alt outside points bran is quoted at $15 to $1'5,11(0, and shorts at $1 7; 1Manito- lea bran, in awake, $18, and S.1101tS 110 _$21. Imre. THE DAIRY MAIRE1(lTS. Butter -The receipts of butter con - thole good, and prices generally un- alratiged,.. The demand 144 chiefly for Gnash grades... We quote :-Ctoice 1-18, rolls, 15 to 16•e: selected ;miry tubs, uniform color, 14 to LiHOC- op,clury grades, store Invielted, 1.1 Lo 1t8c; secomitary prints 143 to 19e; aolids, 1 71 to 18M. Frgg.e-The market is quiet. (jiloto' SLrictI nSOW 1114, 14,to 3i5c; fresh Deandled stotka Dee; sue - oxide and. cliecelses, 10 to lle. Chasse -There is very little doing, wit h prices inichanged. WO quote; -14Mnest, 91 to 1,0c; seconds, 21 to 9e. TIDG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs firm. Caved meats are steady, with a good demand. We qu-ote a-acticon, long clear, 10 to 1.01e, in ton and case lots. Pork, mess, Step to $20; do., ohort aut. CH, Smelted ineatat-,Hame, 1.3 to 1.4c; rolls, 11 ic; eitatildere, 104c; backs, 15 to 114o; hreakfast bacon, 14. to 1410. Leiria -Market • lo unchanged, Ticaces, Olt tube, 01c; palls, 1 Oc; cantpouncl, 8 to 00. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, .Atig. G8c high freights 724c here; rye 5'3a 1411104., 584o afloat here; bnciktvimat, 481 to ciale; oats, Ho. 2, 118 to 881e, in Store here; flaxseed, $1.15 on tractle here; feed burley, 510e; No. 8 barley, 821,e; Coon, 600 for No. 13 yellow annarican. IFIcaer-teatenitobrt pa- tents, $4.8;5; t et:ands, ifel to $4„05; strong bakers', $8.45; Ontario atireight rollers, $8.00 to $8.60, in hags (41.70 to $1,75; patents, $8.75 to $4. lOggsi-Candlecl, selected, 10 to 17c4, seconds, 14k to lie; Straight receipts, 14 to 141c; No, 2, 1,24c, Ececit-rganitalm bran, $18; shorts, VI. to $22, bags included; Ontario bran -in hulk, $17 io $18; Shoots in hulk, $20 to $21; raiddlin.gs, $21. Provisions -Heavy Canadian shott cot pork, %A to $20; light short cut pork, %ID; Compound refined lard, /34 to 0c; pure C•anaclian lard, 04 to 1 Oe; flineat lard, 10) 1,0 11,1c; hams, 184 to 14.4e; bacon 14 to 15c; live hogs, $6.25 to $11.50; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $8,110 to 88.75; Prue -lean clear backs. (411)72; clear shoulder pork, $18.40, Claveso-On- tart°, al 'to 94e, townships 9,4 to e ire; Quebec, 9)c. Butt 0.14,-TOW11.- 0114/11 (1'0/111101`3', 1l14 to lee; Quebec: liSke; Weatern dairy, ilia. /Honey - White clover, in Rectifies, 11. to ile2e per station; in 1.0-1b., tins, 8c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Bu o, Aug. 11 a -El oun-lsi ren. Wheat -Spring, no demand; winter, Strong for rod; No. 1 white, 80'; No. 2 recl, 81c. Corne-tiatrong for yellow; No, 2 yellow, 5.Tke; No, 2 corn, 564 to 561e. Catete-Fairly native and steady; No. 2 white, 11(0.0, 371.c; No, 2 mixed, 85e, .13arley- Nothing doing. layea-No, 2, 58 10. Canal treighLst-Stoacly. 9/Iiirneapolist, Ang, Pt 010e - ode -47010; December, 711 pm on track, No, 1 hard, 871e; No, 1 Nomiletto, 8:61e; No. 2 Northean, 444/ to 85e: No. 2 Northern, 81 to 84e. Duluth, Aug. 11 0-Wheet-T41 ar- vive, No. 1 hard, 861e; No, 1 North- ern, 864t; No. 2 Northern, 844c; September, 81e,e; December, 831e, LIVE STOCK MARKIIP, Toronto, Aug. 1 1. -The export eata tle trOdC 11,104 dull at the Western Market to -day, and stales W01.0 slow, and in most instances at hover prices( than laet week. Tho heavy deliverie44 of export eat - Ale are causing a slight congestion thereof' in the market, and hence buy- ers Were not inclined to operate un- lese they Mild got their wants: sup- plied on a cheaper baste than 441')" '0041141.1 kat week. So drovers did not quickhe ott,t. and ca tety loade 40)11114(11441 unsold till the eleire ot the day. There were a fairly large num- ber or exporters' or excellent quality Offered, and ne high as 0,15 1V/41fi 011.. 10,10ed for at least one load, by Crete/ford and TIUnniteett, ae May be (teen by the list of tratteactions beleW, The lint/eller trade was quiet, mid the qrality of thie oleos of cattle fered most severely in the decline. There was little enquiry foe feed- ers and elmelters, and a few loads; Fold 111 current quotutions. Values in t Twee are inclined to lie easier in 45,1(1" 4)11.14(3' with the Melbas 10 tho local export market, The values of sheep kept up well, and despite the large deliveries all 01.101.5,11 10(,1.0 0010.• 8101 1114 111 1113)$, 110001 1,1% sold considerably below last weeke, minis, and the prospects are that they will rente in low. 'I'II)' run enuinnted to 81 cars, C011- (1141111114 1110 1.111 11)', 2,308 Himeji, 1,- 7ifir hogs, anti (at calves. 'rite market roe exportets' was; dull at (44,4)) to 85 yet. cwt., with to or 184. extra pate in a few instances. There was little change In hotel- Prn' to report. We quote OH l'OHOWS: Pleked lots. $4.40 to $1.6o; good loads, $4.85 to $4.50; fair to good, londs, $8.75 to $4.80; common, $3 (4:3.70;to a 011( in 1.1 to, Sam tc, 83; eannere, $2 up. The enquiry for feedero and stock - /es was light. Quotations follow: Feeders. steers or good quality, (310 to 1,000 lbs., at S4 to $1.50; stock- ers. 1 yam to 2 -your -old sterna 400 to 00 lbs.. $3 to $3,311; off -colors and poor breeding qualities, stone priee: $2.4331 per cwt., and upwards About thirty mach coos sold at 1125 to $414 each, Tho sheep trade was quiet: and lambs were dull and 1 to 4 3e lower, We quote: Lambs, $8.50 to 84,00; export ewes. $11.50 to 83.611; bucks. 1S2,50 to $2.75 per cwt,; cullo, 82,01) lo (48.00 181141. Calves sold at 4 to rat per lb, Roo 0,400 steady and unchanged. We quote: Selects, 1 60 to 200 tbs., $6•50; fats and lights, 115c less. HAVE DECLARED WAR. Seventy-five Fanners to Fight Against Aut omobiles. A Chicago despaith says :-SC,V011- ty-44.S*0 101111101'S 114110 14154) tO tile weet of Hennst en have formed an anti - automobile League for the purpose of peeveneing scorching at ; t mobil- , Tho dirtwt 0111)1.5101) for tlw forenation of the Magee WON an ac- cident which rc,coutly happened 'to a afea, Johanna Still 11' 1 t,/, 474) 0, 474(41 her child, wet; injured by being theown from her buggy through the horse she was (451 ring shying at an 1111111'0110111 fig 00 tomobile. Not with- standing Mrs. Schwitre's cries to stop, Dm automobileiret Or0111 011 Wt. FL furious speed. On the following cloy a. number of farmers of the thetrict, hearing of the accident, gathered and waited for a sem:cher, 011 tho approa,eh of whom they ran an endrty waggon across the road, forcing him to torn into the chtch, where his machine was wrecked, "iVe have decided," said John Wil - 11015, a member of tho league, "that this sterching business moat slop. 1Vo are going to use force 1 memo - sane, T CS:C.Cy 11 sbotgun rneettale and I know of Mimes who 40. TIM other day the same lean came 104112: - zing past me twice. The 0(104. 4.4(08 I steered my team out of the way. bet *Hie second time I didn't hurry much. I guess be thought T was going 40 give hint the whole of the road, but he mirealcula.ted and had to take to the ditch. I guess he w'ould sell his automobile pretty cheap new." IN CYCLONE'S WAKE. Ottawa Valley Mill Destr oyed- Men Killed and Injured. An Ottawa (Impeach says O --)V ter- rific storm passed clown the Ottawa N'alley on Thartecley afternoon, carry- ing death and cicmtroolion in its train. At Boachenes, tax miles Spat of Ottawa., a big lumber mill be- longing to Fraser Bros. is just ap- proaching' completion, It is one or the finest mills in Canada, and spit -m - a1(/13' equip:ord. On the east Side was the engine and boiler -house, a 0110 1111(1 one-half sttorey brick build- ing. In this structure there were *working when the storm broke, James Campbell, 3110 32-ye451'-1,lcl son of ex-Ald. W. J. Campbell, and his helper, ./0003 Valiquetle, Erom the mill site straight 0:01'0115 the river Is a, distance of three miles. The wind stVeeping with trentencleus force acroes the lake struck the front of the engine -house, carrying down the front wall, and burying Campbell and Valiquotte miller a masa or bricks rind molter. 'The Storm in he wild careee streak the contre 4(01111 of the engin e-11 MC. whith 11131 on a lineman of the 1 1 el I liDeofric 00, named Joteph Chugg, who happened to be in the engine - room. The north cool of the build- ing was also blown down, but th0 side vvalle were left, stanchest'. An altirm WilS inetnerliestely raistecl. and a mimed or Praser's employes mottled over to the w.reck, After halt on home's digging the three inen were extricated, Campbell and (melte being tom hilly tett:died, The Mitered were placed on an eleallide CSC, 3011. young Ca•noibell expired just AS 11111 711,14 14401/A11114 1 1111 1. '1110 (1)1113 0)14 stay Valiquette will not live, but Chugg will 100.01.01'. The aceldent created quite a gloom in the vita', The Campbell family being well knotim, IRISH HONOR LIST. _- Ming Confers Titles in. Connection With \Heil:. A London despatch Hays. A long Het, or honors, conferred by the Ring in connection with the Royal visit to Ireland, was published on Wednesday night, Sir John Chroilee Reedy Col- ordb, 11.1l„ end - Thomas Andrews, chairman of the County Down Coun- cil, have been mado Privy Connell- C/r$4, and Sir Daniel Dixon, :Lord Mayor. 0( 1101111144., and EdWard Fitz- gerald, Loed Mnyor of Cork, haat: been created baronets. Other honors( eye distributed to the officials of thepribuipal toWns Visited during tbe AM/al tiallr, SMALL WESTERN CROPS. Drouth Is Likely to Cause a Re- duced Yield, A Toronto devatch says :,.--" am 1•301'1'3' 41> Pay that tho press for the most part lotto 345011 holding out a Imo prondeing view 01 tido yearlic orop in Cot ninehweait," Said 111;o, 0. V, 11. 111/4110'111, OSS.103 11111, manager et the •Ounada Permanent Loan & 1u- 1) (0'1'0)41.1t Company, vehtl 1101, illSi returned from a arty through ;Lilo north v(va), palely to aseertain crop condi ; Ions 111143 proopectst ' ' ln my opinion," he added, "the total yield will not 'be larger than lasit, year; in Mote it will not 0(00 be equal, In spite of the increased acreage. When I left Winnipeg* on June 154.11 the crops luster Malted bettor; Gm plen- tiful rain in the early spring had given them a splendid start, and they were paogreasing rapidly. But when I returned four weeks later their eoPectrauce had completely ohanged. The stmaw was :Mort and the grain had only partly handled out, and WAS scraggy. Three weeks of deamth had done the damage, and I now throughout all of sontinem, i entifihwastorn and. central Manitoba, 1 whieb is the groat gettinisroclacing district of tho weed, the yield -will not average more than from 12 to 15 IneehelS to the acme, where as ilast ',1001. the a.verage yield per arm W'1111 26 bus:helm, in :mane isoletted (notelets there will he 110 (Top at all. It Is true, there la a larger area ttnder cultivation by about 1 (831,000 mi)'es. But in a corraidor- I able portion or this the grain was ; stagily eelashed in 011 the Stubble, ' and most or it has turned out very poor, Indeed, on account of the dirou•th. Where It VMS 111-01/011Y seeded on Summer fallow the yield will be all right. While Mardi_ oba will, without doubt, have a Short crop, still 1 do not know that that will lie an, manixed evil. In fact., our company 11.1111 lificuleiers 4e14101a1- ly OR, inenned to regard' it as a good thing for the country, as it will adeve to 1.1108 too geent a boom, At the prettent 1(1(1(4 values have been hellated to an enormous extent in certain parts of the W010," DEATH IN THE BOTTLE. American Authority - Gives Statis- tics on Infant Mortality. A. Washingt on despatch say's e -Dr. I W. 0. Woodward. the Health °Dicer of the District of Columbia, renews his recent critiieisen of the practice ' of feeding infants on condole:oat milk and infant food. Dr. Wbodevard says that (luring the amok ending July 25 twenty-one children under two yeare of age died from clatter - booed diseaaes. Two WCCO breast- fed and nineteen botetle fed. 01 the latter !Wanes he SOTS that 111110 were fed 00 COW'S milk, boiled in five iostances, pasteurized in one, and used withdut special precaution in three. Eight were fed 017 11011 - (lensed milk, and two on materials whiell the utanufacturens claim to be healthful food, for infants, Dr. Woodward emphatically states that attifieial noutrislmient is necisary, and says there is no better food than cow's millc pooperly cared for or modified to suit tho demands of the individual infant. as determined by its ago and general condition of health. He adds "Cow's milk, moreover, forme the nitwit impel:tent article in the 'diet- ary of chili:Irma especially after weaning and In the seeond year of life. No salisfaotory subseituto 110,1 over been found for it." ACCUSED OF AWFUL CRIME , - Mom Murdered in His Sleep and Son is Accused. A Barnesville, Ohio, despatch ssys: lm Dwight JackSon, aged 98, a laborer of Barnesville, 111.114 111110'd03'011 early Tuesday morn- ing. .0.13 the OM 111011 slopt in his bed his artattilant struck him on th head, ('malti)1g his skull. So quietly was the devil planned 1/11/1 exenoted that Jackson's young' daughter, who WOS occupying the saute room with Man, 1.1.115 11 Ot awakenexl. IC was this daughter who finst discovered that .1 ea kson liad been inturcletrod, A,t 110011 Fred jackson, son of the inorklered 11111.11, WEIS arresled Ofl .5)15- 3)3010)) 01 being the nantleree of his fothee The old man had reproved the eon a day or so ago and the boy is ctIleged to have been angered at his father. 4 NEWFOUNDLAND'S LUMBER Fifty Million Feet W- ill be Export- ed This Season, A Halifax, N.S„ despatch says; The export of sawn lumber this year from Newfoundland is expected eo redch 50,000,000 reet, for the Several con- (er)1e ini masted. The Timber Esti- mates; Compary of which Henry Whitney, of lioston, is the head, alone hope to accpunt for 25,000,000 of this, and the other 115 will con- tribute file remainder, The former company will hove 20 steamete load- ed with the product at Lewisport bo' - (01,1 81' duet' or navigation, and the other shipmente will be transported by moons of schooners and barques. There are said to be over 2,000 >nen getting a permanent living in this colony 110W through lumbering, and many more could secure employment, NEW GOLD FIELDS. Rich Strike of the Yellow IlIetal on Polly River. A Fort Selkirk, Y,Ta despatch saYs strike is repoirtecl from the Pel ly vvirioh in t1rnn May rival the Elonellke 121 nicheesee. 014 • 14.4.11, Robert Henderson, the original dimoverer of the Klorallko, found pay dirt on a 'tributary of litoote Myer, a tributary of the Pelly iliver, What the sifrike amounts to bus not, yet been deter - rained, but 101,0(1 Flnovoldson, who 313 a, partner of Henderson, Says that In one day,s shoVelling lac cleaned up Seventeen dollars,. THE HOUSE 01? COMMON re.mif Notes of Proceedings in the Can- adian Parliament., 11, T, PA011?Itl AMENDAINNTS, On the motion for the third read- ing of the Grand Trunk Pacille bill Mr, Fowler 3110V041 (hilt 1310 bill he referred back to the (ionunItt ee of the Whole, in order 30 nmend it 111 110001',3111100 With 1118 1)0(14)1) or motion by providing that ir 111t Orand Trunk Railway acquires any of the eommon stock of the company the Grand Trunk shall pay for such stock its par -value in earth. Atter some debate Mr. R. 1101', den usked for a statement of the policy of the Covernment on this subject, and also a et atemeat wheth- er the Government replotted the tic- quisition of $25,000,000 worth at etnumon stock by the Grand Trunk as of any advantage to the country, Sir Wilfrid Laurier said the (lee- )'minent placed great tionedence 111 1110 01.11.11(1 'Prunk being concerned in the scheme, and everything that Ivould help to bring them Into it would be of benefit. Ile did not see why the Grand. Trunk should be pen- alized in this way, 871 stock would be sold at the 00111111011 mar- ket value, of course. Mr. Barker said that there was no reason why, under the1VOCC11/41`, of the bill, the Grand Trunk Railway Company might not lm allotted the whoie of this stock in return for the granting of terminal facilities and traffic arrangenionte. Sir Wilfrid Laurier pointed out that in the computing of freights the actual amount of money put into the road was to be considered, so that if only twenty million dollars W115 pai(1 for the stock that only would be considered. The amendment was lost. Mr. 11:e81p moved the amendment, standing in his mune, providing that niajority of the directors of the stoat- pany shall be British subjects. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that he was iirepared to accept the amena- ment, .but he thought it would bo better to insert it in the bill con- firming the agreement between tile Government and the company. A SNORT RAILWAY. Sir Wilfrid Laurier laid on the tabhe plans of a short line of 1 111 1 - way between. QVIebec and the Mari- time Provinces. He also laid on the table copie44 of the reports of the Ontario and Quebec Government en- gineers on northern Ontario and northern Quebec. Mr. Borden asked if these WM the mountains of information of which Sir Wilfrid had spoken in his ad- . Sir Wilfrid Laurier repliodt.-N), only some of the hills. (Laughter.) TIJDCII1'8 %ALARMS. The House discussed Mr. Pitapat- rick's resolution providing for the compulsory retivement of judges over 130 years of aga and proportionate pensions for disabled indexes 'and others retiring after slit:oiler periods of service. The resolution brought forth many eriticievne as to the sal- aries of judges. Mir. Osier pointed out that the salaries of judges were muole too low, to Seth an extent that ninny of them haid to engage in other purstuits for which they were unfitted. • IlIn thought t50 re- solution did not go nearly far enough. Mr. Fitz:pahriek agree'd with many Of Mr. Oakes remarks. Tinder the resolution the judges in Ontario who would be alle,cted were Messts. Elliott, 7-h9ghe44, Deacon, Lazier, O'Brien, Nett:Mom and Woods. These wore all Om (interim judges who would be affectel. Judge ffilliott was 80 years or ago, and had served 84 years on the bench; Ju'dge Hughes, 8111 yeare, 48 yeams' serviice; Judge Deepen, 79 years, 1354 years' service; Judge Lazier, 21.4 yeatual service; judge 011rien. SG yeatte, 184 years' service; eftidge 431.4314)0101, 75 yowls, 144 yeaos' ser- vice; Judge Witted's, 434 yeeest, 174 yews' 5001,105. INFORMATION ACCORDED. Mr. Kendall was inforined by Sir Wm, Muted: in the House that Alex, Wright, the Conservative organizer of Toronto, WaS 8 18911 appointed a coininissioner to enquire into the sweating system ht Canada, at a salary of $5 per day, 'The total ex- pellSOS of the commission was (4004.- 1)0, mado up of $4.40 tor Mr, Wright's services, $260,50 his travel- ing expenses, etc., and the balance for clerical and miscellaneous expens- es, Mr. Earle was inforntod by Sir Mulock that the commission ap- pointed to investigate the labor troubles in British Columbia had pre- sented their report. As soon as this report was printed 1,4 would bo laid on the table of the House. Mr, 001.SCO 11011 WAS informed by Mr, Sift on that the Government had forwarded an invitation to the 1,0t01, DOW 1 011 al Congress of Geology to hold its next meeting in Canada in 1908, and would make suitable ar- rangements to receive them. Dr. Pell, acting director of the Geologica/ Survey, has been authorized to at- tend this yeare oongress al, 'Vienna to represent the Canadian geologists and the Royal Soeiety, TO CONNECT WITH G.T.P.R., Temiskaming •ItailwaSr to Be Double in Length. A Toronto despatch says t--iThe Ontario Government has deeided that as sOon as tho route of the G. T. 3). through Ontario is de- finitely known a, connection tvill he made with the Temiekaming Itall- 104.13'. .An immediate survey frorn New Lisknard northerly has been olrdered with that purpose, The line from Nerkh :Bay to NOW Liskeard will bd completed 801110 111.00tha 1)0.. 10TC 010 00111.1.03)t expireeo The o'. 4.0)141013 nerth to the 0, '1', 11, IL will probably be abotrt 80 inilea. This will Mean ta GoWsterrnsht cone shrtleted and owned (Wart° retiltway nearly 200 miles Yong,. A FIGHTING ELEPHANT. ^ Hnocked. Out qteeper and Wrecked, Amusement Booth, A New York despatch says George Brown, 42 years old, keeper of Tommy, an elephant which was 1,matorttal recently, is 01 the Recep- tion 1104)1(111 at coney island ent- feeing from internal injuries inflicted by Tommy. Ilo bas been under Brown's care since his nittival (14 Coney Island, whero be was seat by the (4)10"( (((15 appraitters pending the Covenant))) t's decision aa to the aniatort of duty the importer shall pay. "Clue big beast broke from his einteldee early on Wadocesday moaning 111111 11,1.111.1010 the intectior of the Flea Beach palace. With ono swing of his trunk he knocked Brown into a ('0 11104' 101 11104011- 131110115* heap. During the excite- ment attending his rampage half the trainers an(1 managers of the elbow were enclenvoring .to capture the beast and chain Min up. Same one in the eticeileanent pulled the five alann aml the appraoch of two engines added to the excitement. Brown was knoviked out before he could do an eet hinge Stevet,a1 at- taches or the show, aenned W 111 pitchforks, finally drove the elephant (Ill 11 trapdoor, which dropped ltim into a pit seven feet deep. Mare he WOO chained up. CARNEGIE'S GIFT. He Denotes Sum of $2,500,000 to Dunfermline. A London despatch says Andrew Carnegie will give Ae500.,000 111 11.11 3 1C11 States Steel Corporation bonds to 11313 711.111VO Town of Dun- fermline, in. addition to the neigh- boring estate of Pit teneriela 11/111C31 110 recently botight, The inlerest on the bondo is to be applied to maintaining Pittencrieft as a public pleasure ground, to endowing a thealre for the production of fleet - closes plays, for promotin.g exhibi- tions of arts and ecienves, for en- couraging horticulture among he wmecing people, and far acivent.ing technical calucatio.n in the disitrict, which is the centre of tho ScThilish linen incluetry. A *matt is to be created to administer taw gift, and the trustees will receive considerable liberty in the disposition of the,,fund In the inteeest of tlus town. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Dynamite 'Killed Surveyor Cald- well said His Son, 8. Vancouver, 13.0., despaireh says: -A. terribie tragedy occurred near Macaulay Point on Tnesday. Two men, believed to be Henry Caldwell suaveyor, and his son, went to a small is111114 about two miles Prom Victoria, and off IltracomItty. Point, to dynamite fish, Their dynamite exploded, and the bodies of both wire torn to straall pietas and steal - tared ovee' the rookg, Hamilton's Great Carnival and Reunion of Old Boys. r Thousands are sure to attend the great Carnival and Reunion. It is only fair to say of the people of Handlton, Ont., that when they undertake anything 41 14 always well done. They have that reputation, and this coming ninth, with their monster Carnival and Old Days' Reunion, they are going to eclipse every previous effort. The dates are August teth, rtith, oeth and zoth, and there isn't a minute of the whole time, according to the program, when there wont be something doing. On Monday, the first day, the Old Boys will be welcomed home. There will be athletic sports, massed band concerts and boxing tournaments. On the second day, the Old Boys and Veteran Firemen will parade. There will be sailing regattas, and grand feiryland illumination 04 4310 far-fatned Hamilton Beach. In the city parks, and at.night in the Armory building, there will he band concerts. On Wednesday there will be a monster floral parade of carriages, a Gymkhana parade and Gymkhana eports at the Jockey Club grounds, and a reunion of Central School pupils of the past fitly years. ;On the evening of this day there will be a mngnificent fireworks display in Dumbest and Harvey Parks. Thursday, the last thy 01 1410 Carnival, is Civic Holiday in Hamilton, It will be a great day.' There will be a Trades Parade in the morning with decorated floats, and a work horse parade and .cohmetition. In the afternoon there will 410 11 grand Military Review in which American Regiments will march with the soldiers 01 4.410 ; King, and artillery ancl Infantry of many corps will join in producing a spectacle, the like of which has never before been seen in this Prov- ince. This will take place at the jockey Club grounds, and will continue all afternoon tti eiiitcliiteivslean sni, ing, closing the Carnival in ablaze of Added to the attractions.named is the lifid 1(5.3) 111(43 Street Fair, held in the centre of the el(', in which there are no less than fifteen wonderful 5110190, at follows; Trained Wild Anitnals in a Stec! Arena. The Streets of Indirt. The House Upside DOWD. The Ferris Wheel. Dog and Pony Circus. • Getman Village,' Down in Dixie. Aztec Twins. Carden 0( 1415 Cods, The Girl from Up 'There, Buckskin Ben's Wild West. Trip to Meledia, Aquatic Circus. Moving Pigmies. Night in the (Meet. 3(3(011 101111 (0 forget rpm freebies; ir you ‘11(1111 10 renew your youth; if you want tohave 0195(14 of unadulterated, pure enjoyment, yoe will visit Hamilton during Carnival week, The railways are all iseog return tickets fox the area/. show At siogie Tito 1, POULTRY IN SUMMER TIME -- DISPOSE OF 01.,D anNs BEFORE MOULTING PERIOD. Doininion Department of Agricul- ture Issues 80100 13110.0 - tical The following practtical poultry ad- vice 14< given 44. 1113'. 11, Chief of tho PonitD 1)31. 14511,1) of the Daminion Dopartnagin ui /443010411' 1.1(1'1'. t 8le of Fowls -1( 151 most profit- able to dispose of olit hens before the moulting 344.14( 0(4. 111111.' 18 then a 1'0)(1Y 11001(01 101' 1'0101/4 011 actiount oC the se:Amity of chickens. At the present 1,1010 5144 emits 0 31011110 11'o 11'1,1 1011, iH offered for hens by a largo Matinee cohnocuty in l'orontcr; cents a pound 'Melted 11010,t is paid in Montreal. .4(1 3101"01' Et 1 1(1,0)11 1113 live chickens 01111 he bought. by the produre merchants for tho above rates, or for ti cattail Increase in them. If the hens atm hold moil fall they 41131 not 01,0 11,(0 41.100.1 a profit as . .they will this mouth owing u..) the recitation of the Mar - Rot pace f01. 1010.18 1100 381' 1004 0 1 110911 111 11)9)) 1.1(4)4. Ilene Humid Ito sold when they are! two years old All male birds .shoold be sold in the 1411011* and cockerels • areal foe b reeding t ho folIowlng reetison, l'ullets for Layinge-The advan- tages of retainin43 the early pullets for fall anti 47(11111)1 .144)1 1)rodu0.110n have been 1',31/0(110(113' 4411114444, 'Marty pullets will ley in their 11111,11 3'0111.' 13(0 11111010 1111 many eggs as old hens. 'Pilo coat of feed '((111 114 practicality the mune for the pullets as tor the hens. 'Pile profit from the aullete will be commepondlogly greatest', The /omit promising 1/1 (144 3'43' int pallets shoul(4 lie $elected now, fed libeeally Ho that early winter laying only be encouraged, and later on plarod In comfortable winter quarters. 'Preps - 'erring mature pullets to a, setrange pen (toren.; egg product ton, Rtilbty-typc.,. Yowb44.1--10or poultry rimming the utility type of breeding fowl should be selected. This Wm of fawl can lie had in the proper breeds, Plymouth necks cool Wyatt- doter's, utility -type fowls 41081c4 be broad, blocky, 110 a 1110011110 SiZO 0110 weight (mature weight -- cock seven to eight 111111,11 half patinas: hen five and a half to seven pounds). The breast should be full, broad and carried well On' - 1011,1(1. legs should be set well apart , short , wit; t e or yellow in color" and without leg or foot feath- ering. The utility -type fowl corres- ponds to the shoethorn type in cat- tle : a square 0,1111 broad -bodied low- setSarl(erwl' of Chickene,-Pront eleven cents to twelve ciente pee 410111111 live weight Is offered in 'Poronto and Montreal for chickens weighing over one and 11 half pounds each. The prices correspond approximately to futreteen cents and fifteen (Tilts per matted plucked weight, ond twenty cents and twenty-two cents per poulfd drawn weight. It is evident that an increased profit will lie real- ized by selling the earlier and heav- ier cockerels pi' thd 13ocic ci.t once. Thi*; profit corremponcls to the in- creased revenue derived by 311011101 gardeners and fruit growers who place staple articles on the market befort the roguler supply is avail- able. Crestearatted Chieleetta-The increas- ed. consumption of chickens in Can- ada is dim to the improved quality and appearance of the chicicans that ere offered for sale, This improve- ment has been established through the Mistiness of crat 0 -hitt ening thick- ens introduced by thig Department of Agriculthre, and to the methods of killing, plucking and shaping 'the chickens before they are marketed, Every fanner in Canada shonld be in possession of the details of the crate -fattening business. It, is a business that can be managed 1),v any 100.1111b01' of the lioueehold; the required member of crates 111.11 0013113 COnSitt'll'OtCd; the chickens wile gain fram one and a half pound14 to three pounds each during the twenty four days II/Atoning, and the coot of food per pound of gain in live weight will average 11'001 five cents to six o.nd 11, half cents. Fall Mfrs. -Fowls that are to be exhibited at the fall fairs Should he shaded from the sun during /omitt- ing. This will prevent the 110W feathers hawing a faded or mottled fl.PPectrance. Breeders of fancy fowls are very particular in this respect and cover the tops of the ;salads used by tho moulting Maids with old car- pets, Itsatber, ote, The fowls art, given liberty during the late atm, noon and evening' 01117. All i 11101 toad and vegetables are netestsary for Innelting fowls; the animal food, such as waste meat or raw bones will increase the supply of protein or olbanien for the growth of feathers; the vegetables aro useful in regulat- ing the syatem. AY, A, CLIf133I04341, Publication Clerk, LOCKED It A CAR, A Man Travels --From Ilalifax to Vancouver. A 'Winnipeg despatch H11`,VS 1, --When Winnipeg &boaters opened a C. P. R. freight refrigerut or cur here on Wed- neaday they found a, man roamed Roney .7011111401) concealed therern, .101108011 1005 hidden in the car at' Raliftix kind came through with the car on a passenger tram, Ife haci been four days without food, but Fie watt charged' at the police sta- Mtn with 11. warning, ticket:, but the Magistrate released was nut 101' 4413)1)',Hon with 1>4>111(1143 his way without a TIME NOW DRAWS NEAR. iftoroA, Alaska, mounaory to Ix Settled Next Month. A London despatch says tr.-The nrst 0(1 14)14 of the Aittska :Boundary OonIndssion will take Ware tnt Sept, tembor B., It will probably take place at Burlington House, NEWS ITE S. Telegraphic 17171-eFS From All Over the Globe,. --a. CANADA, Six Guelph hotels will lose 1 111,1 17 18ai05u8 if they do uot comply with the request of the ('1' (11011014i0)14'114 to increase their tteconntiotlation. 11 18 81)111 that 100 1403 1 W11V 00131 'Araks of (341(1 (('41 vicinity are being ,thildowrid by ilidectit re es a result of a rotten'. 11(041 011 1110 Brockville line. Robert Stewart, 0 young 11100 of the Cypress Meer dietrfid, elanitolav, hanged himself Daday et. his fatiuttos; grointry, 114' was crazed with reli- gious excitement, A memorial to the memory of tbo Otto Lieut. Borden, who died In South Africa, will he erected by til0 C4t1150118 of Cannington, er, end will be unveiled by Lotal Strathcours thlo /all, John Lyle end Thom Thomas havo completed fifty years' service with the Waterous Engine Co„ at. Brant- ford. They were given volnablo pre.. MOM (1 by their fellow-omployes 0,0t1 00 eacit by the manager of the firm Teterboro is to havo a street rail- wey, a franchise having been lot to 1111) Teterboro' cool Ashburnliftra Electric Railway Co., which is the same as .the American Canal 00. Five miles are to be ready for oper- alien not' later than duly 1, 11101. (MEAT :BRITAIN. Fifty-two olieep have been worried by dogs in ono night on a farm al credit on, Devon. The Earl of Ancaster made a ro- tarn or 10 our coat, ou the half - yearly rents of 31411 Lincolnshire ten - coley al the audit. Thn 11188 has approved the ap- pointment of Mr. A. B. Aylemworth, K. C., to succeed the late Justice - Amnion' 00 the Alaska Boundary Commission. Methodism in. Engtend "i's 2,000 preachers, 1 8,000 lorei pt,a, li.ers and an army of Sunday school teachers. Yet its increase iS but one tem cent.. .0)11111Sola1eilth 0,1%1 bi£111101.1. '"Ihey kill prayer ineeting,s end spirit 4ality,'", says the conference president. UNITli'D STATES. Pl. R. Tlionum, the youthful turf- man, has made $3,000,000 since Jaimary by bearing the New York market.. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany will spend $5,000,000 in build- ing DOW shops at, Altoona, Pa., to employ five thousand men. Two deaths attributed to ('1501851 150 8010.1414 or cigarettes ()vetiver(' at 'Philadelphia. on Wednesday, nicotine and arsenic doing the work, Reprinmoded by her parents, Miss lIlIa 43,1003(14 01 St. Louis, Mo., aged 20, satorated herself with coal oil and then etauck 11. match, resniting In fatal burns. Kansas School lloarcls aim insert- ing clauses in contract% with tho teachers that prohibit either court- ing Or marriage by .tho latter dur- ing the school term. A. five:mile range is clahned for tho new model Springfield tinny rifle which will be the deadliest small arm yet designed iu the United! Stateel or IOu•rope. Joseph Borne Misted, of 0200»- 4(14 1011, Conn., a. former Wall Street broker cold once owner of tho farm now the property of Wm. Rockefeller, has gone to the poorhouse, having 10154 111H fortune '111 stock gambling. /401 015-810.1508' organization at Mem- phis has passed strong resolutions condemning the northern press for Its attitude on the negro queetIon, and thanking the Southern news- papers for their stand in regard to the recent lynchings in Not•thern States, GENERAL. Ten striking workmen 49010 shot clead and eighteen wounded by soldi- ers on the Piflic; 'Batman Railway. Members of religious orders recent- ly expelled from France, nue apply- ing for permission to reside tempor- arily in the diocese of Metz until 334')' can arrange to emigrate to .fign- erica or Abyssinia, Oon, Rodrigues, • Commander -in - Chief of the Rural Guard,, has ord- ered the mobilization of all Rural Guards in eastern Cuba, and the Governor of Santiago Province hes been instructed to enlist as many volunteers as may be deemed 11me5- 8/117, to co-operate with the mount- ed troops. Trouble has arisen with revolutionists who demand arrears 13811381(4 liffie death is just reported from Nov 'York of Mr. George Gilbert Williams, president, of the Cherntetar Bank. This concern, whoee shares are now quoted at $4.500, has a cerious 11151.013'. For years the businesa has been 11 banking one, with just tv little bit of chemical menufacture to again Its charter. In the fine eetablithment on Broad- way a small shop is apportioned to a manufacturing ehemist, who pot- ters about mixing ingredients. Ile is not mueli tronbled with business, but now and again a New York citivem will startle a visitor by tak- ing him into his fine bank and 11814- Oig 11 dinitlist-Worth of castor-oil -Which is auppllecl, ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER, Thousands of elephants tiro slaugh- tered every year to supply the worl(1 with ivory, rind ono -fifth of the whole number goes to the markets of Great Dritain, The average weight of ivory obtained froi a sin- gle elephant is about 5011,. Tusks wtighing 100/11. each have been known, but these Ilte very rale. The most expensive tusks usually cost about 0550 per hundredweight. The hardest of all ivory fig Obtained frdni the hippopotamus. This will emit sparks like a piece of flint 'When strut:it with steal, 14 is usocl prim, eipally for making 11041(111 8,l 'teeth.