The Brussels Post, 1903-12-10, Page 6Y1B11,LLBl8 1lRK TS,
1t.T9 0$tTS FR.011I3 TME LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices. of Cattle, Grain, Cheeae,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Toronto, 'Dee, 8. -Wheat -The mar-
ket is quiet for Ontario grades, and
prices firm. No. 2 white and red
t` 'inter quoted at 78 to 78je, low
freights; No, 2 Spring is quotod at
78e east, and No. 2 goose at 70 to
71e. Manitoba wheat is steady, At
upper lake ports No. 1 Northern is
quotod at 89c, and No. 2 Northern
at 84e, No. 1 hard nominal at 00
to 908e lake ports. For grinding in
transit quotations are Go higher than
above.
Oats -The market is quiet, with
prices unchanged. No. 2 white is
quoted at 274c west, and at 28 to
284c middle freights. No. 1 white,
20c east,
Darloy-The market is dull, with
tho prices steady. No. 2 quoted at
41c iniddlo freights; No. 3 extra at
890, and No. 3 at 87c middle
freights.
J2yo-Tote market is quiet, with
prices steady, Cars are quoted at
52 to 528c middle freights.
Peas Trade is dull, and prices un-
changed; No. 2 white quoted at G1tc
middle freights, and at 623e east.
Corn -Tho market Is quiet, and
prices uncbanged. No. 2 yellow Am-
erican quoted at 531c an track, To-
ronto; No, 3 yellow at 521c, and
No, 8 mixed at 518c, Toronto,
Buckwheat -The market is quiet,
with .fair demand, No, 2 quoted at
48 to 438c east.
Flour --Ninety per cent. patents are
steady at $3.05 middle freights, in
'buyers' sacks, for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domes-
tic trade quoted at $3.40 to $3.50 in
hbls. Manitoba flours arc firm; No.
$18 to 818.50; compound lard, Sc;
Canadian lard, 8 to 88e; kettle ren-
dered, 10ee; hales, 11} to 18o; ba -
son, 14c; .fresh killed abattoir hogs,
$7.25; °ountry dressed hogs, $0,60;
dressed Chatham hogs, in car lots,
50.25 to $6,40; live hogs, 5e per
lb. Eggs --Candled selected, 24 to
25c, and straight receipts, 20 to
210; Montreal limed, 18 to 19c; re-
frigerator, 10 to 19e, Cheese -On-
tario, 10} to 10ec; Townships, 108
to 10ec; Quebec (November), 10e.
Butter -Townships creamery, , 21.c,
Western dairy, 2 tubs, 10 to 166c;
Western rolls, 17 to 17*c,
UNITED STATES MARXISTS.
Milwaukee, Dee. 8,-Whent-limner;
No, 1 Northern, 888 to 84e; No. 2
Northern, 81} to 82;c; May, SOyc.
Ityc--Firm; No, 1, 500. Barley -
Quiet; No. 2, 65c; sample, 40 t0 58e.
Coln -May, 424e.
e4t. Louis, Dec, 8. -Wheat clos:td--
December, OO,r,c; May, 83Se.
Buffalo, Dec. 8. - l'lolu' - Firm.
Wheat -Spring firm; No. 1 Northern,
carloads, 89c; Winter strong; No.
2 red, 87c, through billed. Corn -
Easier; old No. 2 yellow, 51c; No,
2 corn, 50 to 50;c. Oats -firm; No.
2 white, 40c; No. 2 nixed, 87?:e.
Barley -Western, 50 to 64e. Rye. -
No, 1, 614c.
Minneapolis, Dec. 8. -Wheat- De-
cember, 79 to 79„e; May, 80:c, July,
808e; on track. No. 1 hard, 851,c;
No. 1 Northern, 800; No. 2 North-
ern, 80te; No. 8 Northern, 73 to 75e.
Flour -First patents, $4.45 to ;4,55;
second do, $4.80 to $4.40; first
clears„ 83.30 to $8.40;. second
clears, $$2.80 to $2.40. Bran -In
bulk, $13.
CATTLE MAR10ETS,
Toronto, Dee. 8.-A strady to firm
market for good cattle, but a slow
market for rough and common cat-
tle, were the prevailing conditions at
the City Cattle Market to -day. There
1 patents, $4,55 to $4.65; No, 2 was a heavy run, but everything was
patents, $4.25 to $4.35, and strong pretty well soil but, except perhaps
bakers', $4,15 to $4.25 an traeic. two or throe loads of very rough
1roath. Icattle fin) which ich thcre seems to be
no market just at present.
The day's Tun was 94 cars, with
1,533 head of cattle, 2,185 sheep and
lambs, 1,000 hogs, and 41 calves,
Export -Tho market continues firm
for export cattle, with a good de-
mand for choice quality. Buyers say
they are prepared to pay up to $4.-
90 or $5 for extra choice export cnt-
Apples-The market is fairly active tle. There were several fair loads
at unchanged prices. Winter fruit !offering to -clay, but none quite up to
quoted at 51.75 to 52 per bbl., in ?requirements.
car lots, and at $2 to $2.50 in i Butchers. -There were butchers'
small quantities. I cattle sold onh
tamarket to -clay at
Beans -There is a quiet trade, with $4.755 and for another lot of butch-
prices steady, Prime beans are quo- ere' the same offer was refused. These 1
ted at $1.60 to 81.75 bush. were exceptionally fancy cattle, a
Dried Apples -The demand is fair, little early for the Christmas trade,
with prices unchanged at 4 to 4}c but not heavy enough for export
per Ib. !purposes. The regular run of butch -
Hops -The market is fair at 29 to ers' cattle was not up to such a
30c, high standard of quality, but there
Honey -The market is firm at 64- were some good loads of butchers'
to 7c per lb. for bulk, and at $1.25 cattle in the market, and prices were
to $2 for comb. Choice clover hon- steady up to 54 and 54.95 for choice
ey, 7 to Tic per lb. cattle. A lot of rough butchers' cat-
ITay-Demand is fair, with receipts tlo were slow at easy prices.
only moderate. No. 1. timothy quo- Stockers, -There are too many
ted ,at $9.50 on track, Toronto, and rough stockers and canners for re-
mixed at $0.50 to 57, guirements of the market just at
Straw -The market is quiet at $5 present, and prices were low.
per ton for car lots on track. Sheep and Lambs. -A goad steady
Potatoes -The market rules firm, market for sheep and lambs, and the
with light receipts. Car lots are big run was all sold.
quoted at GO to (Ila por bag on Hogs. -There was no change in the
track. quotations to -day.
Poultey-Tho demand is fair, and Export, heavy ,., .,. $4 50 to $4 85
offerings moderate. Turkeys are quo- Export, light .. 3 80 4 00
ted at 11. to 12e per 7b„ and geese Bulls, export, heavy,
at 7 to Sc per Ib.; ducks 9} to 10c cwt ,.......,... 3 75 4 25
per lb., or 85c to 51 per pair; chick- do light ..., 3 00 3 50
ons, 84 to .9;c per ib., or 70 to 85c Feeders, 800 lbs. and
per pair; old bens, 50c per pair. upwards .,. 3 00 3 GO
Short keep, 1,100
THE DAIRY MARKETS, lbs. ...... 8 65 4 00
Stockers, 400 to 80O
lbs. 2 50 8 128
do 900 tbs. 2 75 3 50
Butchers' cattle,
choice 8 0,5 4 00
do medium .. , 3 30 3 50
do picked 4 00 4 50
do bulls ..,....,2 75 3 00
do rough 2 50 2 60
Light stock brills,
cwt 2
Milch cows ...,.. 30
gathered, 21 to 92c; . and limned, 19e Hogs, best 4
per dozen. do light . 4
cheese -Market quiet but steady. Shoop, export, cwt, 8
We quote.: -Finest, 11 to 1110; the Lambs .................. 4
latter for twins; seconds, 108 to Uuc1c5 2
stele. Culls 2
Cal, e's, ea.cil 2
HOG PRODUCTS. i
Dressed hogs aro vary, with offer- COTTON GOODS.
Ings fairly large. Selc•5 at $5.75
Millfeed-Bran steady at $16.50,
and shorts at $18.50 here. At out-
side points bran is quoted at 513.50
to 514, and shorts at $17.50. Mani-
toba bran, in sacks, 518, and shorts
at $20 here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BSG DEMAND FOR POULTRY.
One English Dealer Wants 3,000
Cases Per Week.
The Dominion Department of Agri-
culture has receicod rolnmumleations
from British dealers who desire to
purchase Canadian poultry. Olin of
the dealers Nr, .lanes Blackburn,, of
Me ncheste', Eng., is at present in
Canada lregotiating for the shipment
of poultry=. Ile states that 110 would
be glad if he leccived the names Of
Canauiiut poultry shippeis so that
the ohiekons could bo sllippecl early
111 December,
For foto' years the 1lopartment of
Agriculture 1108 exported the chickens
fatted at the illustration stat ions
to Mr. J31aciebns0. The dealings
have been lserfectly satisfactory and
the pet es obtained for the chickens
hate been profitable, Mx'. Block -
burn said that he week! lino to
handle 8,000 cases of chlishens per
week.
'19:o Department 1308 also rereived
letter front Air, 11'nt, Bothwell, San-
c•beste_x 'mtg. Mr. 13otllwoll says
"There seems to be a very goo
prospe^t fpr all kinds 1,7 poultry 113
Christmas. If you can give or hal
any consignments scut me, you can
rest a) se red et the utmost '1attic bo -
fug ohia[,;e1, C'a'.h and sales sent
immediately goods ate alsposeel al.
The probable prices are as Lotion's
Large tack turkey?, abscise.rl, 14 to
18 lbs., 98 to 104 per lb.
Plucked turkeys, 12 to 13 lbs, Sid
to 911 per Ib,
Plucked turkey?, 9 to 11 lbs., 7;d
to 8d per 1b.
P1,icl•.eel chickens, 3d per Ib,
Placket' duclrs, 7d re' lb.
Turkeys in feather, 61• ct to 7d per
Ib.
I trust that I may have collrigll-
ments from Canada."
Mr, hare, Chief cf the Dominion
Poultry Divi non, stated that these
approximate prices should offer sub-
stantial inducements to Canai'btn ex-
porting firms to ship so;lltry to
Great Britain. The poultry should
be forwarded in a steam/S:1p equip-
ped with cold storage. The railway
and steamship companies will inform
shippers when srtitahie steamships
will leave St. John or Halifax. Theo
on small consignments of poultry,
the freigl.t charges will not be over
one cent 1101* pound.
The chiekmes fatted at. the Mastro. -
'Lion stations have been sold in Tor-
onto, Moht:eal, St. John, N.13., Hal-
ifax, N,S., Sydney, C. B., and Char-
lottetown, I',33.I., and also to deal-
ers in other smaller cities. The
price obtained for the fatted chickens
in Toronto was 11 cents ver pound;
n A4ontrea1, 13 cents pex pounc1; and
n the cities in the Maritime Prot-
noes, with the exception of Char-
ottetown, 11 cents I.er pound. The
chickens we: a sold at Cha' lot(etovn
at 10 cents per some.
The fatted chickens sold to the
merchants gave perfeet satisl;action
and it woad be to the iute:'eet of
farmers to fatten their chic:os:s be-
fore they are marketed. The De-
partment could have sold several
times as maty footed chickens if an
extra number could have been bought
from the tanners in the r[cinjty of
the fattening statiors. A Char-
lottetown merchant stated ; "We
have n, reply from the party to whom
we shipped the last lot, and the
creaks of them as being very fine,
and expressed surprise that we could
produce such chickens in this coun-
try." Almost any farmer fn Canada
can produce fatted chic 30ns equal to
the (lovermnent chickens at little
extra expense for tabor and feed.
THOUSANDS LEAVING U. S.
The Steerage Accommodation Is
at a Premium.
New York despatch says :-rho
stomper I,a 'Touraine, tel ilh sailed
on T1ltustlay, took out 1,(100 3/Leer-
ago pa, snng;ers, and it tray estimated
that over 200 steerage passongex'S
with tickets were left on the Hoods,
owing to the 0103 seliiug of accom-
modation. The line has agents all
over the country selling tickets, and
as advices regarding the number of
tit'icots sold for a vessel are not re-
ceived until tt.e day bef.ue she sails,
it is intpossi•ble to control the men -
bee of tickets Rol I. A 51011e of gieut
excitement ensued when the oifrers
refu5e5 to allow 11101'0 people on the
se set. .111 holding tickets and
unable 10 sail on 'Thursday will be
kept at the company's expellee until
the sailing next wen',.
For several lnonti,8 the number of
steerage passengers on all outgoing
steamship lir(s has been very heavy.
The travel this fall has been heavier
than usnlal, and it is thought that
many laborers have been able to ac-
'2cumllate a c01npetente and are re-
-e
Butter -Trade continues fairly ac-
tive, but the supplies of choice quali-
ties are limited. There is a good de-
mand for fine dairy tub, but little
coming forward. We quote:- Finest
1-113. rolls, 19 to 20c; choice large
rolls, 168 to 174c; selected, dairy
tubs, 174 to 111c; secondary grades,
18 to 15c; creamery prints, 22 to
23c; solids, 19 to 20c.
Eggs -Market firm. We quote: -
Strictly new laid, 25c; fresh store
25 2 50
00 56 00
60
3!!
25 3 40
01) 4 20
50 3788
25 3 00
00 10 00
delivered here. Cureds nn_ m a e t Will Advance in Price From Five changed, with a fair demand.Woto Ten Per Cent.
quote:- Bacon, long clew, 10c in A 1170ntreal despatch says: Owing
ton and case lots. Mess pork, $17; to the rise in tho price of raw not -
do short curt, 519 to 510.60. ton the Canadian cotton mills will
Smoked meats.-IIams, light to one- snake an. advance in prices, Within
dluln, 18 to 134; do heavy, 12 to a few days all cottons will he prat: -
121c; rolls, 108 to 1lc; shoulders, tically put up on a higher scale, with
9* 1'o 103c•; backs, 14 to 15e; break- the advances ranging from five to
fast bacon, 138 to 14c, eight and ten per cent. in general
Lard. -The market is' quiet, with
prices steady. We quote:-- Tierces,
81e; tubs, See; pails, 9e; compound,
8 to 9c.
I1T3M1$'I:SS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Dee. 8. -Wheat is i c late -
IT. being now quoted at 714,c for No.
1 Northern, Fort William; the diver-
sity in hoer quotations 001111111)05.
Peas, 711 to 72c afloat here; rye,
1 3c east, 58e afl0nt here; buckwheat,
32c afloat; oats, No. 2, 351e in
store; No, :3, is less; flaxseed, 51.18
on. track here; No. 8 barley, 50c.
Mote -Manitoba patonte, 5.1.60 to
$4.80; 5ecouls, 514.30 to 54.50;
strong bakers, 88.90 to 54::10; On-
tal'iostraight rollers, 58.90 to 54:
in bags, $1.135 to 81.95; patents, i,, i
DRILL FOR CHINESE.
7,000 Men Now Un- d- er a Japanese
Instructor.
.A resin despatch says :-As a re-
sult of the recent discovery made by
the Dowager Empress of the helpless-
ness of the Metropolitan army, es-
1laially the guard of the court un-
der
nder Chtingkneiti, who declared that
the members of his force were unable
to shoot because they had never had
ammunition, cold wore not accustom-
ed to ti a sound of a rifle, some 7,-
000 me11 unr'er Gen, Mayal6en, who
has hitherto opposed any foreign
drill;ng, ere now 1111501' a Japanese.
instructor. TI•oy have been pa'tictl-
ly egeipped with 121080(1 uniforms.
Tie Ilfanrltn troops of tl.e light
Dame's, s, 11.111.11 is the hereditary
Throne guard, at the command of
the Dowager Fvrnprois, taro rc;oiving
foreign drill ir.5tr'U('t•io'S at Tion-
Tsin Inaba the dirccitnn of 74 (troy
Yuan -8 idh-Kiri, The purpose of this
move i: to have an excl.rsive Man.r110
gutted n'l('e•ier to th) present ore of
the Doti ager h:nlpre,s, who Irl trusts
the Older ,e troo11(4, and is unwilling
that the sole prnt'estion of the capi-
tal should be in the hands of Yuan
81.0-KUL
THE GERMAN BUDGET.
Revenue 83,214,860 Marks Below
the Expenditure.
A despatch from 11011111 says :-'4loe
total figures in the German budget
t' 1001 ':how expenditeres aggregat-
g 2,460,,.',5,004 marls (510,700,-
'O), an increase of 48,70.6,092
arks over 1903. The 10curreut ex-
nthtu:C5 show an inb't0 •e of 59,-
7,,80 (311 rk5, while the extrn.ardin-
y ori c li i teres have been dbnfnish-
by 10,11.1,460 111n1.1t5. Tho revert-
s me e.-tlinaled at 831,214,350
below the expenditures, of
1101) the various States undel•tatce
1 aggregate of 23,714,4460 marks,
e 1101a1c; of 59,5041,000 marks
'0)111ng as a deficit, Ti•e budget
(11oires tl o Goverment to raise
4,700,000 marks through tLo med-
n1 of loans, the 1epo1't. of 1110
151401 Committee stating Chet tits
runlet is neer:10t;y in (neer to Cov-
maiao'dinary ?mends and the
flc i t 1'0niainfng o ver f. on1 1909..
I1 et reported that Lord Tioherte
may resign owing to the. 1m8at5fac-
to'y state of Itis health.
cases. As tho Canadian mills are. fro
now practically bare of raw cotton ill
bought at lower prices, they have to , ,')
go Mtn the n(a•kct for their sup- 1u
plies at the existing figures. The 110,
cotton mills people have been insist- e1
ing ,all along that the price of mama- a1'
factured goads has by 110 11105118 ed
gone 11p in proportion to the act- 1,0
trance in raw c0Cto11, and a5 a eon- m
sequence the ni115 have been opera- 111
ting at lees on newly -bought raw nl
cotton, th
WIERE FEVER REIGNS. su
21
Nearly Tin/oleo hundred Cases in in
Butler, Pa. 131
al
A 1301 .1-, 1.'a,, despatch says ;-'-Tho e1'
c'.0
to $1.2fi; extra, $1.65 to $1.70; tvphoicl fever epidemic eh -timed its
rolled oats, xt8 ,per WTI x $ 1) tlflt,y-fourth victim on `.Chursday, in
roll Site -11 t • g $ Per the 7°18011 of Father Das lei ilalsh,
1 .CO d n aro bran 1n bulk, pastor of 9t, Pa)i1's Catholic
tis 7 7 to 4.18.30; shorte, $20 to Chard), leather Walsh had been ill
$21; Man itelm Kral in hogs, $18; two weeks. 1418 work among the
Shorts, 520. ?leans ---Choice prltn55, poor N118 unt1a•ir1g, and before one be -
51.50 to $1,55 per bnsih; 51.,40 to cane unconscious he gave away th
$1.50 in cur lots, Provisions -- everything he possessed in the world. I1
Heavy Canadian short cut pork, Up to Thursday 1,1.4.0 cases of typ- at
510.80 to 520; light sihopt cut, 538 hoid had boon reported to the repro- ro-
to 518.50; Anu'l'iean'.sltart crit clew, sortetives of the State Board of. Ilr
$i7 to 517,110; America fat baeks, I7ealth0 th
While on his teeny to Bender.' -Aline
o' V1 1'roy of India., Lord 0317501) 'of
edlestnn, hold a durber at Shorgnh,
which ho made a 5igni5unnt speech
alarming the intention of tlrena
ftnin to maintain her supremacy in
o Persian Cult. •
turning to their native Iands to re -
11101n,
On board the White Star steamer
Cedric, which left here on Thursday
for Queenstown and Liverpool, thorn
were 1.800 steerage passengers, This
is the largest number of steerage
passengers ever carried tom n Unit-
ed States port on any one steamer,
ARSENICAL POISONING.
Recommendations of Commission.
011 Food and Drink.
'A London despatch says :-Tho
royal commission on ars:el'11. al pois-
oning from food and drink re.oln-
111011(IS 1110 of the sale of
beer air] other liquid food, or of any
liduid erre:'fag into rho composition
of food which contains one-huedl'edth
of a grain or more of are01,10 per
gallon, and the prohibition of the
sale of food soli 1
c oc comtnilting• one-
hundredth
nshundredth of a grain per pound, "no
matter whether habitually coestln1ecl
in lame or small quantities. or
whether consumed as one (like golden
syrup) or mixed with water or other
substances (like chicory, etc)." The
commissioners find there are serious
defeet5 in the present 1nachinery
available to safeguard tho public,
and urge that mole extended 11owe:s
be given to tine authorities to con-
demn unwholesome food, the estab-
lishment of ofticial "ataelards" and
the creation of a "board of refer-
ence," to which could be referred
s('e: ific mates and whose ('elisions
(11oc1.1 be carried out by the depart-
ment concerned, the Tatter's action
being subject to the control of Par-
liament.
BUILDING IN MONTREAL.
The New Work This Year is Worth
11114, 500, 000.
A Montreal despatch says: -Tie
building inspector has prepared a re-
pot for the eleven months of the
current year, showdng that no loss
than $4,500,000 has been spent on
Hely bulloirgs. This is a great in-
crease over last year, when Less than
$3,000;000 Was spent. For the
month of November the value of the
buildings put up was $$100,000. The
new strictures corsfsted of forty--
four houses, seventy-seven tenements,
ore store, one storage warehouse,
two factories and six sheds. A largo
number of buildings were altered and
repaired.
CORNER IN PEARS.
Chicago 73as Stored the World's
Supply of the Fruit.
A Chicago despatch says: A mil-
lion and a quarter ]ears, said to be
practically the world's present sup-
ply of the fruit, are stored in a ware-
house in Chicago. A firm of South
Water street fruit merchants aro the
owners of the pears, and are sup-
posed to have a coiner on the mar-
ket. New'York still has it few car-
loads of peers, hut they will be ex-
hausted within thirty days, and then
the world must call on Chicago or
do without pears, Already Now
York dealers 'aro sending to Chicago
and for several days orders have
been shipped to Boston, Philadelphia,
St. Louis, NOW Oilcans, Stu1 Fran-
cisco, and even Liverpool. The price
of winter pears is steady at $8 and
$8.50 a box,
4
UPHEAVAL IN RUSSIA.
Disaffection Prevalent on an
Alarming Scale.
A London despatch says: The Mos -
00w correspondent of the 7111108 fur-
nishes further testimony of the in-
ternal upheaval in Russia, he says
that disaffection 011 an nla•nliug scale
is prevalent among the working class-
es of [4(of. Seditious proclamations
have been scattered i,n the railway
shops, and agitators aro endeavoring
to induce the workingmen to strike
on masse. The Governor has forbid-
den workmen to gather in the streets
and has yearned the peaceful residents
not to loiter there. The police have
boon increa505 25 por cent. Spies
ore working 111 1.130 factories along-
side the laborers.
KILLS IINST.EAD OP CURING.
New Consumption Cure Worse
Than rho Disease.
A Paris despatch says; Professor
Georges Dieulafoy has reported to
the Academy of lifedicine, of which
he is a member, that he has tested
the serum for tuberculosis discovered
by Prof, Marmorok, an Austrian bac-
terologist, who until recently was
chief chemist, of the Pasteur Institute
here. The Nevem was need on seven
patients. Prof. i3ta'mol'ck operating,
Instead of becoming better they be-
came, 100785, teal live of there died,
)(r. DanLu hale a similar report,
Jules bevy, a world famous 1-0(11et-
i5l, an Englishman by birth, died at
Chicago on Saturday.
BURNED WAY TO FREEDOM
A horse Thief Makes an Ingenious
Escape.
A Grand Perks, 17, C., despatch
says: 1iid151fn 31ose, Siloam as "511p -
Wry lath" w•110 Wee in Jell here
awaiting trial 011 a charge of horse -
stealing, escaped from the lock-up in
a most 111ge151005 111am10r. He fired
the loaner portion of the wooden door
and so regulated the blaze that it
was confined to a small area, This
was accomplished by datepening the
rest of the woodwork with water, he
avoided suffocation by opening the
window and screening himself behind
a blanket suspended over the win-
dow. Provincial Constable Dinsmore,
on visiting the lock-up next morning
discovered a hole eighteen incites in
extent in the bottom of the door,
which is four or five inches thick.
Rose put out the fire before he loft.
He is wanted by the United States
authorities also, 011 a charge of
horse -stealing,
GIGANTIC POWER HOUSE.
Big Building at Niagara Will Cost
Over $400,000,
A Toronto despatch says; The
Electric Development Company,
which was incorporated to develop°
energy at Niagara for the Toronto
and Niagara Power Company, will
erect ono of the largest power hous-
es on the continent. The building
will bo of solid granite. It will be
495 fent long and 200 feet wide, and
wi11 cost $400,000. Plans and speci-
fications are being prepared by E.
J. Lennox,
STRUCTS DOWN AND ROBBED.
A Fort Francis Tailor Was The
Victim.
A. despatch from Port Frelleis,
Ont„ says :-A dastardly attempt at
murder and robbery 'was made here
on Wednesday ednc'rcla y • n 1
olning on James
Short, merchant tailor, and Frank
Bates, a tramp lumber -jack is in
jail, accused of the crime. Bates was
given a job cutting wood on Satur-
day, and claiming to be a tailor was
ret to work in the shop Monday.
Wcduesdoy morning early, as soon as
i17r. Short camp to his shop, it is
charged that he was approached from
behind by Bates and knocked down
with a small axe, Ile was then
dragged to the rear of the shop with
the blood gushing from his head, and
robbed of iris pocketbook and some
other anti les. Dates crossed over
to Moocllialiirg, Minn., where he
was arrested In the [afternoon.
WANTED HONEY FOR POOR.
Assassin's Excuse for Firing et
The Secretary.
A despatch from London says :-
George Frederick Robinson, the ruin -
leg engfuces, and alleged lunatic,
who fired four shots at Kenneth Gra-
hame, the secretary of the Bank of
England, some days• ago, was ar-
raigned in the Mansion Nouse Police
Cotut on Wednesday horning and
commm'i:ted for tidal. Robinson said
1ne wanted the money of the Bank of
E nglard to be distributed among the
poor. He declared that most of the
cartridges which he fired at Mr.
Grahame were loaded with candle
grease.
CANNOT BECOMELAWYERS.
Women Debarred by house of
Lords From Practising.
'A despatch from London says :-
The Mouse off Lords has finally de -
tided that women are debarred by
their sex from becoming qualified
lawyers in this country. The ques-
tion arose on the appeal of a Lon-
doner, 'Miss bertha 011.00, against
the de.l•,io1 of the 13enohers of
Cray's inn, not to admit her as a
student for the purpose of being
voided to the bar. The Court decid-
ed that there was no precedent for a
W0111011's admission to the Inns of
Court, and no reason to create a
precedent. 'l'i'e Benchers assert that
the statutes of Gray's Inn ignore
W01110ll so ab5ol'rtely as to leave
them 110 power Lo admit a woman.
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WILL FIGHT FOR JAPAN.
Canadians Applying to Consul.,
General in Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says;
That the spirit of adventure is
strong in young Canadians is evi-
denced byu
a number ct OF applications
received by Ilan, 7, Noses), Consul-
0000ral for Japan in Catania, 011
the 8tro1401 of reports of depending
trouble in the Far East, several ap-
plications have been .received by Mr,
Nesse from young 1110111 (111175 0115 to
serve in the army or navy of 331•i-
tain's ally, Two of these were from
Ontario 10011, and two from North-
we5te'nel's who had clone scotiting
service in South Africa.
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SOLD 50,000 ACRES.
Saskatchewan Valley Land Co.
Closes Sig Deal.
A despatch from Winnipeg says :-
Another large laid Ileal has just been
closed by the SI1Skatcllewat( Valley
Land by,
'Phis deal wee
made of Tuesday afternoon and i» -
volved a, tract of
50,000 acnes in the
Canadian Northern Railway 003n-
pally's grant. Tle purchasers aro
William Pearson, of Winnipeg, and
Drown Bs others, of Pottage la
1'rai vie,
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BRITAXIS BUYS WARSIIII'S.
111, Wil 1i am Cel ver Jcnu.5 of the
Vessels Built for Chili. Acquired for honorable Artillery Company of
5913'75,000 London, has, presented a cul to tl
A despatch from London PAM If Que)n's (11vn WI
1 the
TICKS FROM- THE WIRE
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVE
TI118 GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Ow
and Other Countries of
B
n
CANADA.
Coal liar been advanced to 57.25
ton in 1liontreal.
A new school, costing $1.0,000, w11
be erected in west Brantford,
Mackonzlo & Mann will build lar•g
modern steel docks et Port Arthur.
Tho Dominion fish hatchery In Brit
ish Columbia was destroyed by
flood,
The headquarters of No. 1 Co
Army Service Corps, has been ehan
ed from Quebec to Guelph,
St, Mary's Council will submit t.
offer' of $8,000 from Al1lirew Cern
gle for library purposes to a vote
the electors.
An assoc'lation has been formed t
undertake the erection of a Torout
monument to the Canadians tell
fell in South Africa.
The disappearance of two Japans
at Rivers Inlet, B.S., has been clear
ed up by Indians confessing to hay
clubbed them to death.
To mark the seventieth anniversary
of the St. Jean Baptiste Assneta
tion next ..Tone, a cross 140 feet hig
will be erected 011 the top of Mount
Royal.
L. L. Henderson, of Montreal
Transportation Co., states that
they are doing sixty per cent. more
business than last year, owing to
the abolition. of the canal tolls.
Two hundred and thirteen building
permits were issued in Hamilton this
year, representing a total value of
5785,869, being an increase of 5188,-
387 over the yem• before.
William McCheane, John 1hic0hoano
and William Kennedy, three British
members of the Society of Friends,
who wish to found a colony of
Quakers in the Northwest, interview-
ed Pion
Clifford iP
o d S ton, It is pro-
posed to set apart several townships
for theca on one of the rivers, they.
agreeing to people the land set apart
villain a few yea's.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In future froze.. mutton. for the
British army will be purchased from
the colonies only.
King Edward will not send any of
his horses to rho St. Louis Exposi-
tion. Itis Majesty has .rade it an
invariable rule not to eater horses
in handicap races.
Israel Zongwill; the author, and
Edith Aryton, daughter of the presi-
dent of the Institute of Electrical
Engineers, Were married at a regis-
try oflico in the East End of London.
King Edward has conferred a bar-
onetcy on Lord Mayor Ritchie in
commemoration of his recent enter-
tainment of Bing Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helena of Italy at the
Guild Hall.
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THE DING'S PET.
Was His Majesty's Companion for
Many Years.
",Tack," King 41d1vard's Irish ter-
rier who died in 1)ub1111 during the
lata royal tour of 110111nd,. had been
his majesty's close companion for
many years, A Prime of Wales, tl.a
Jing was rarely seen without Jack(
At >Sandrunghain the lively little fel-
low is said to have aatee, sleet,
walled and alt but talked with his
roaster, loo accompanied all the
e Sancri'ingham shooting patties, to
the infinite disgust of the phoasaut5,
ancL guests who did act happen to
a like small clogs.
As a matter of fact Jack was not
. together popular outside of the
g- royal circle. Mo ]led certain exas-
perating habits which macre more
110 than ono person long to ' Matto hint,
e- although forbidden by eats i u'•'te to
of do s'1,
Jack early displayed a taste for
a chewing cloth, and a story of his
O 1''Pr'y days was laughing -.task ,)t
O Sani(mingham for some time, :11010.4
the guests there on ono OCcas10)1 was
e en amabassador with whom Jack re-
_ fused to make friends. After dinner
e one night, when much conversation
was going on, sombody diecove 0d
that Jack was chewing away on the
ambassador's coat toil. The some-
body was young and it seemed a
joke, so ho only told 501110 other
young people. Together' they en-
joyed the fun in silence.
Jack ground away at the cloth till
the coat tail was detached, and with
it he retreated under a near -by sofa.
When the unconscious ambassador
got up, his plight was seen by every-
body, but first of all by Ole tactful
prince, who covered his retreat from
the room.
There was no reprimand or punislt-
=mit for Jack, but the youthful per-
sons who had watched the fun, plead-
ing that they "ally wanted to see
how far Jack would go," were not
let off as easily, but Were treated to
a lecture 011 manners. The liveliest
theprincesses s 'l
of > it cc ses sac m telling b rho
story soon after, "That is always
the way 1 Whon ,Tack does some-
thing that positively demands pun-
ishment, father scolds 'one -or all -of
tis 1"
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ARBITRATION WITH BRITAIN.
Movement in United States Fav-
oring Treaty.
A despatch from Washington says:
The awakening throughout the Unit-
ed States of a 30pu10r sentiment
which it is hoped will develop into,
a national demand for at arbitra-
tion treaty between the United
States and Great Britain was the
object of a gathering of prominent
men on Thursday aftsemaon at the
residence of Gen. John 14. Foster,
formerly United States Secretary of
State. It is understood the move-
ment has the hearty approval of
President Roosevelt, •
In April, 1806, a notable confer-
ence of the friends of international
arbitration MIS 11015 111 Washington.
That conference declared in favor of
en arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain, and
it was followed in Joinery, 1897, by
the signing of such a treaty by
United States Secretary of State
hay and the late British Ambassa-
dor Sir Julian Pauncefote, The
treaty failed by a close vote to re-
CeiVO the two-thirds majority re-
quired for its ratification. Promin-
ent among the objections urged
against this treaty were the compli-
cations growing out of the Clayton-
Bulwer Treaty and the controversy
over the Alaskan boundary. Those
having been disposed of, it is
felt that tho present is a favorable
time to reawaken public sentiment in
favor of a new arbitration treaty
with Great Britain,
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UNITED STATES.
There worn 04 cases of diphtheria
in the Elmira, N. Y., Reformatory,
many more than the officials report-
ed.
The proposed union railway sta-
tion et Washington is to cost 55,-
000,000 and cover nine blocks•
Mr. Grover Oleveland, in a latter
to The Brooklyn Engle, says his de-
termination not to become a candi-
date for the Presidency is unalter-
able and conclusive.
Tho Wabash Railroad has trade an
innovation by substituting the tele-
phone for the telegraph in handling
a great part of its business.
The wedding of Jliiss Jeanne Tren-
ard, the pretty Franciscan Sister,
who loft the order to marry Emery
Braun., will talcs place of Christmas
Day, et Holyoke, Mass.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, de-
clares) that the city would enter tho
electric lighting field at once in com-
petition with the gas and electric
light tennpanies.
Thousands of men employed by the
ill 'll f N
s o
ow England and
New York State aro idle because of
a shut clown of the mills at numer-
ous points.
Of more than. 2,000 prisoners re-
ceived In the Ohio State Prison last
year, not One could repeat the Ton
Commandments, though many pro-
fessed to be sons of church members,
Lottie Lancaster, 12 years old, of
Newbern, N. 0., accidentally dis-
charged a loaded shot gun, killing
her five-year-old sister and prohably
fatally wounded her ten -year-old sis-
ter.
Jacob and Frond Miller, brothers,
are (lead; Mrs, frank Miller and An-
thony .5011115 are dying, and three
Miller children aro ill as the result
of poison in canned sardines which
they ate for supper, at Winemac,
Sand.
0. P. King, mineralogist, of Boa -
toe, reports that corder the ,State
of Connecticut, frac :Bridgeport
no/ th and east to the Massachusetts
line, thorn is a vast bed of radium of
5111i301ent power and value to make of
unmake the 'United States.
According to Plans under (tonside'-
ation the New York Central Railroad
is to he equipped with an electric
system which will bring the subur
ban eonntry nearer New York, and
establish the 1110017 that steam as
a motive power for railroads lam
been supeecodod.
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GENERAL.
The Japanese press nava stopped
(0114ing war.
Chinese Generals aro {anxious to go
to near With 'Russia,
was officially a:dn3ltted at the Ad- The tnino•i(y report of the South
,niralty 011 'I'hln•Sday night that African Labor Conilnissior sup) h0"
y there
PATRIOTIC SALMON.
Leave American and Cone to Can-
adian Waters to be Caught.
A despatch from Ottawa says; Not
long ago Americans discovered that
they could intercept the salmOn'head-
ing for the )''reser River before they
reached the mouth of that stream.
This almost broke the hearts of the
British Columbia packers, wito carne
down here, insisting that tin0 fishing
regulations lutist be made less string-
ent, or they would have to go out
of business. Meanwhile our neigh-
bors were running tip new ctllnlor'les,
0110 of then completed in ,luly last
to 0133)107 600 hands and turn out
Jive million tins of fish a year. But
now colics news ODA; the fish have
taken a new route to the Ii'rascr, and
that most of them have forsaken the
vicinity of the American traps, The
Puget Sound canee15 had expected
this season an output of 750,000
cases of fifty tins each, but they rea-
lised only 180,000, while British
Columbia put up 1,247,000 ca5ee in
all, Titus 31 looks as if the trouble
had cured itself without any Gov-
ernment intervention. The fish,
tylltch really belong to us, aro chid-
ing the United States trappers, and
sevesaI of the 11011 canneries on tho
Americas 5X111 will be idle next year.
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OTTAWA HAS SURPLUS,
Financial Statement Shows $10,-
000 to the Good,'
.A despatch from Ottawa says: Ald.
labs, chairman of the Finance Con-
mittec, 1108 prepared it statement foe
the year, which ellow'5 a 1'0ry satis-
factory condition of O(70115,. 11 is
011310010(3 that there W111 he a Sur,
1111131 of 81 0,000, (10517110 the fact
that $87,000 had been spent 'Co moot
hn fuel deficit anti the lire relief.
Chan, too, the 440,000 that the city
reenived authority to bo')'ow 'titin.
yea' 11as 1101 170011 borrowed,
7nlrovp0cliolr 40115 not promote.
spirtiaml (114011(1)1).
Spirituel indi5eetlee is '01%011 only-
Meta
nljy
Mnertttal ietiolat :0.
Great 13rititin has; purchased 00 two is snfficie nl labor in that country to
btaLtleShi 115 l,i ,Y
battleshipe, I m1' ted nisi (on(Litrt_
tfmu, built on the Clyde for Chili,
1.110 Mee being 50,878,000 Inchffive.
of all r,tp0.nsrs,
A' Chicago resthrrl4rni-ks'.'p(1' shut
meet, 611 eequil01uents,
The Ilavorfn.0 Chamber of li1pr08-
(nt11tiv05 dnmaul5 the di8milsel of
all (avers found guilty of 111-treat-
ing1' Sol(110rs.
Three lits b.. 0.fight ing In tit
and killed a men who was ;h ,.
art. five 1•,;,, Soudan. The French 11''
)rt 32
cents of the amount demanded In killed. Wille 3100 Trnnegs \vet's Blatin,
payment for a meal of Sunday, including the Sultan of 110)10511,