The Brussels Post, 1901-3-14, Page 2ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
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What the Peopi.e'S RepresentatlYe
Are Doing at Toronto,
Mr. 'Whitney Introduced:a bill 10
amend the Ontario Elections Act,
Clause 1 substitutes for seetleet 9 of
the Ontario Act seetion'5of the Do-
minion Aat. This makes the time for
Petitioning 40 due after the Bolding
of the poll instead tie 21 days after
the receipt of the return fromtthe re-
turnhrg officers, ,as at present; so
that in the event of delay, on the part
of Die returning offieor time may
be allowed the party suffering by
'reason of suchdelay to get his pelt
than ln,
:'If there is bribery subsequent to
tbat Lime the petition can be filed 30
days from the time of such corrupt
practice, but if so the sitting mem-
ber has 15 days tot filo his petition
against bis opponent,
A second clause adds to the Ontario
Ad section 19 of the Dominion Aot
This provides that when no corrupt
praoLice has been committed by the
eandidato personally, and the acts
complained of were committed with-
out bis sanction or connivunoe; and
_where the candidate bas taken all
reasonable means to prevent corrupt
practices, and where the offences
are of a trivial and limited ebarac-
tor; and where in ell other respects,
so far as disclosed by the evidence,
the oleotien has been free from cor-
rupt practioe by the candidate and
his agents, the election shall not by
season thereof be held void.
, MR. GI135011T'S MEASURE.
Hom. Mr. Gibson introduced a bill
to amend the eleetion. It in effect
makes the laws applying to the im-
personation of voters extended to those
.who fraudulently impersonate a de-
puty rotufning officer. The penalty
is 5200 fine and imprisonment for not
more than six months. It also imposes
a penally of 0290 on deputies who wil-
fully ruiecount ballots or render a
false statement with reference there-
to.
TO PREVENT APPLE STEALING.
• Mr. Malcolm introduced a bill to
provide that no school site shall be
selected within one 'hundred yards of
an orchard, garden, or dwelling -house
without consent of the owner. ,
TO DI15TRAIN ON PROPERTY.
Mr. Graham introduced an amend-
ment to the Munteipal Light and Heat
Act whereby towns and cities owning
municipal plants may distrain on the
property and chattels of consumers in
default of payment.
HAWKERS AND PEDLARS.
Mr, Tucker presented a bill to bring
those wbo solicit orders for morebants
in the country under provisions of
the Act relating to hawkers and ped-
lars.
CONTRACTORS' LIENS.
Mr, Leys introduced a bill to extend
the time for the registration of a lien
by a contractor or uub-contractor from
3d to 60 days after the completion of
the contract, •
FISHERY OVERSEERS.
Mr. Joynt was told by Mr. Latch-
ford that 22 fisbery overseers were
appointed under the Ontario Fisheries
Act in 1900, only one of whom took
the place of former overseers under
the Dominion Government. Eleven
of the old officers are retained. The
maximum salaries of overseers is $000
and the minimum $25. The total
amount paid in salaries last year was
$11,949.99, and the total revenue de-
rived up to December 31st, 1900, from
fisbery licenses was 534,595.8.2.
UNCLAIMED BALANCES.
Mr. Carscallen mored the second
for the licensing of persons in 'charge
of stationary boilers and engines, for
the protection of life and property,
stands over until Mr. Dryden's bill to
amend the Factory Act comes down.
blee Latchford stated that Mr. Dry-
dem's amendments would cover some
points advocated by Mr. Carscalien.
IN:-URt:1lNCE RE1URN3..
Mr. Cxrscallem. has given r"tice of
a motion for an order of the House,
manning unclaimed for over five years
Ile said he would non be surprised if
a good deal over $100,000 was in the
hands of loan companies which should
find its way into the pockets of the
heirs of deceased persons,
The Attorney -General said enquiries
had been made, and it was found that
in bnly farm or five loan companies in
the province could it be said that de-
posits had been lying for five years.
After further discussion, the bill
went to the Legal Cinnmittee,
LICENSING OF ENGINEERS.
Mr. Corscallcn`s other bill providing
reading of his bill requiring all incl j-
t.utians receiving money on deposits
to publish a list of all deposits re -
that the Inspector of insurance and
registrar shall hereafter cause to be
publiahed in. his annual report:i the
mantes and plaices of residence respec-
tively of the president, vice-president,
directors,and general manager of
every insurance eotnpany and insur-
ance corporation of every nature
transacting business in the prow -
!nee.
COUYI1' COUNCILOR:.
Mr. Joynt, .Leeds -tnd• Grenville,
moved the second rending of his bill
to abolish the double vote in the
County Cannoil elections. Mr. Joynt
criticised the working of the present
law, shrrwing that in his own county
the +warden. had to be elected two
years i.n sucoession by casting lots.
The new Act had also intoned the
Township Councils, as :responsible
men did not care, to be candidates ,for
tteem, but preferred to run for the
y Cott
nail.
Ilton, Mr. Davis asked lint'. J,oynL to
leave the mat.ter in abeyance, as
there :weniti be another session of the
,House before the next. County Conn-
: oil' elcotie , tiael a fur thew censer-,
sus of rpua.ion could be ohlttined in
the meantime. , The object of the
double tcto was to prevent politic"l.
parties cbtuieing genteel of Glee.
pions.
TO ABOLISIf TRADING STAMPS.
IA deputation, nutnbaring 150 of the
Ratalh 9torehanls' Assooiotlou of the:
pt'ovtheo, waited on the Government
and asked that a bill permitting the
muniolpalittes of the province le pass
by-lriivp prohibiting the use of trade
jag sinmps be put thnougbi the Boase
tide session,
'XIMDER SALE POSTPONED.
Tito Ontario Governmental Limber
sale, winch ' was to have taken place
on Marsh! 15, atm been postponed sine
die. ale reason 'therefore is the
prevalence of smallpox In the Algoma
region. This hes prevented prospec-
tive bidders from obtaining estimates,
espeo]ally in view of the frust that
the quarantine at Cartier, the chief
station of the timber region, is espec-
ially strict,
WOMEN FIGHTERS.
Furnishing Commandoes With SupM,
plies.
to despatoh from Cape Town, sayer—
A waggon Illicit with women's wear -
bag apparel bas been captured by
Col. Dartnell's column, wihica Is op-
erating witb, Gert. French.
It wan also found that Boer women
were carrying on farming operations
and furnishing the commandoes with
supplies. These women were sent to
the nearest garrisons, whither they
went willingly, they being tired of the
work and worry. They say that the
British sol:iier5 treated them kindly
and with respect.
Boers tvhohave surrendered reiter-
ate that Useably hope of the burghers
is the intervention of some power that
was promised by ex -President Kruger.
If this intervention is not soon forth-
coming all the Bears, it is said, will
surrender. 'Ube rate at which Boers
are surrendering proves that they are
wearying of tbo war. During Gen.
French's operations soma days ago
400 were killed or captured amt 350
surrendered.
The number of Boer prisoners is
10,398. Four hundred and twenty-
seven have been released on parole.
WELL BEHAVED.
•
Lord Roberts' Tribute to the British
Soldier.
A despatch from London, says:—
Lead Roberts, presiding on Thursday
mt a meeting of the Army Temper-
ance Society, contrasted the modera-
tion of the British soldiers in South.
Africa with predates campaigns. He
said it was true they had net had
many opportunities to drink, but at
Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, and
Pretoria, where they did have such
opportunity, they were remarkably
well behaved, and he had never heard
a single complaint of a soldier being
rude or improperly behaved toward
Boer women. • The latter and their
children went fearlessly upon the
streets, the children constantly play-
ing and talking with the British sol-
dier& r
SLAVE WOMEN RELEASED.
The Emirs of Bida and Nonta Gora
Were Punished.
A despatch from London says:—Itt-
telligence just received from North-
ern Nigeria, describes the operations
of a British expedition, of three hun-
dred against the marauding Emirs of
Bida and Kant" Gera, Both capital
towns were burned by the British. Two
Twn hundred slave women belonging
to the King of Bida were released by
36 men, under the 'come -tend of two of-
ficers, who successfully engaged 1,000
armed natives. ,
MANGLED TO DEATH.
Thirty R'orhnmu Killed In a lt0 Stan
rewn.
A despatch to the London Daily
Mail from lIoscow, says that a num-
ber of peasants who had cleared a
snow -filled cut on the railroad near
Wolove, were overtaken by a train
as they were departing from their
work. The place where they were
caught was at a point where the
walls of snow. on each side of the
track were so high that they could
not he climbed. The engine dashed
into the party, mangling thirty of
them. The clothing and bodies of
the victims clogged the wheels and
stopped the train.
BOER ?OSITIONS
•
President •Steyn Reported to Be at
Smithfield.
A despatch from Aliwal, North, Cape
Colony, says :—The Boers are occupy-
ing positions at 7louxville, 25 miles
north of here In the Orange Free
State, lishinenekop, end elsewhere, in
parties of from 230 to 400. President
Sl.eyn is reported to be at Smithfield,
25 miles north-west of here in the
Orange Free State,
General Bruce Ilamilton's column
is here, preparing to advance,'
PLYING COLUMN.
r—t
Men Are In the Lighest Possible
Marching Order.
A despatch from Cape Town says:
A Britieb column has left Itosmead
with the evident intention of driving
the Boor invaders from the Ziserberg
fastnesses.
Gen, Guerin/Ws flying column covers
a bat of ground with remarkable ra-
pidity. The men are in the lightest
possible marching order. When their
berme become exhausted from )card
riding they are phot and fresh mounts
commandeered, • t
DOMINION PARLIAITENT,.
Notes of the Prgceedlntt's in the
Calaadlan Hollso 0r CAInA14ne.
13JUTISII YUKON RAILWAY CO.
Mr. Fraser, of Guysboro, introduced
a bill respecting the British' Yukon
Railway Company, IIe explahnea that
the eoulpany'e present charter does
not empower them to build their linos
beyond White Il'oree, and the object
of the present bill is to enable them
to extend the road, from White florae
to Dawson City, •
TATO PREFERENTIAL IIIARIFI3.
Mr. Charles was informed by Mr. Pa-
terson that under the regulations gov-
erning the preferential tariff manu-
factured goods entitled to be admit-
ted to Canada under the preference
must be finally manufactured in Great
Britain or one of the British posses-
sions named In the Act, and there
teener have emcered into the production
of such articles British labour to the.
extent at least of two per cent, of
the value. Exporters of such articles
to Canada are required to aign a oer-
tificate setting forth that the condi-
tions have been complied with. In
certain eases where doubt has arisen
enquiry has been made througb the
High Commissioner's office as to the
proportion of British and foreign la-
bour and material represented in the
articles, Quite a large proportion of
Cho manufactured articles imported
under the preference are entirely
grouped in respect both to material
and workmanship.
FRUIT PACIKAGES. '
The bill offered by Mr. Smith, of
Wentworth, to amend the Weights
and Measures Act so as to provide a
standard size for fruit packages, was
read a second time and referred to
committee.
DRAINAGE ACROSS RAILWAYS.
Mr. Robinson's bill respectingdrain-
age, oro. and across the property of
railway companies, ryas read a sec-
ond tinte,''and referred to the Rail-
way Committee.
ALIEN LABOUR'LAW.
At present proceedings for the de-
portation of aliens under this Act
can only be taken upon the sanction
of the Attorney -General at Ottawa,
but as this doe5.no't seean to meet with
general approval, this bill will au-
thorize the law 10 be put in force up-
on the authority of the. Attorney: -
General of the Dominion, the Attor-
neys -General of the proinvices, or any
judge. The labour men desire to
have the right to go direct before the
magistrate and secure orders for the
deportation. of any foreigners brought
into Canada under contract, but the
Ministry considers it desirable that
this provision should be maintained.
GAME PRESERVATION ACT.
Mr. Sifter) introduced a bill to
amend the Unorganized Territories
Gama Preservation Aet of 1894. • He
explained that the object was to
change the clause which now pro-
vided that articles confiscated shall
belong to the convicting magis-
trate. The Government have come
to the conclusion that this arrange-
ment is not in accordance with good
policy.
SCHEDULING CANADIAN CATTLE.
Mr. Pieher, answering a question by
Mr. Bickerdike, said lh,et the Govern-
ment had done its best to secure the
repeal of the. Imperial statute schedul-
ing Canadian cattle imported into the
United Kingdom. Mr. Fisher added
that he hoped to proceed to England
again this spring, and would make it
his business to press this mutter with
the utmost insistence upon the Imper-
ial authorities.
'-4LIEN LABOR LAW.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier introduced a bill
to amend Uha Act to restrict the im-
portation and employment of aliens.
He said :—
"The leading feature of the amend-
ment which is proposed by this: bill
concerns the third section of the pre-
sent ,Act, which provided for apen,
may for violation of this Act, of 91,000
no more and no less. The object of
the amendment is to make the penal-
ty net more than 51,000 and not less
than. 550, giving the judge discretion
to apply the penalty according to the
offence. Then it is stated in rho Ad
that the penally is•tie be recovered
only by the consent of the Attorney -
General. W0 propose to modify that
section and to provide that the penal-
ty.shall be recoverel with the comse.nt
either of the Attorney -General of the
province or of the judge of any court
in which Che penalty is sued.
'Thi: second amendment concerns
section 5 of the Act, I hax.1. not the
Act before me, but section 5'proykles
that Ret filer, that is to say, un, in-
tending settler, may bring with him
a relative or a personal friend. It
bus been found in practice that this
phrase personal friend' is. too elastic
for practical purposes, and that it may
be made as oaension for evading the
lu'a' ; Lheeefo'rc, we propose to strike
out. tbe wards personal friend.'
"Section 6 ot the said Act provides
that if there has been a violation of
the Act., the party who has been intro -
ducted into the country illegally shall
ha sent. back 'a,t the expense of the
person previously contending for the
services.' $1 is preposed't.o shrike out:
these words and to substitute in lieu
Ih.ercof:—'At the expense. of the per-
son, partnership, company, or torpor
ahem, violating any of the provisions
of section 1 of this Acl."
Then it is proposed to repeal see-
tiem 8 of the Act altogether, and to
substitute the following section there -
tor :—
That it shall be deemed a violation
of Lhie Act for any person, partnership
company, or corporation to assist cm
encourage• the irnportalben or immi-
•gr'alion or any alien or foreigner, who
resides in, or Is a citizen of, any for-
eign country to which this Act shrill
apply, by promise of employment
through adverih:emcnts printed or.
published in such fnreign tountry,and
arty (melt alien or foreigner coming
to this country in consequence of such
an advertisement,. shall be treated ns
coming under e. contract as cod ern -
plated by this Aol, and the pepalties
by this Aot imposed, shall ]to •applic-
•
ltblle In Sueli naso, !Nothing in flits
Aot ooxtta/tnea shall be 'hold to af-
feet or control the Government of Carle
edit or of any leroviSfon ot the terri-
tories in reaped, of prometiag imml'
gra ti
'Ettis last amendment Oras been' In-
sorted at the suggestion of the labour
ergamizal:lon who have strongly
proud" for Its adoption,
tlhe bill Was read a first time, ,
EIGHT CYCLIST CORPS,
1,000 Men to be Sent Prom Great
Britain,
41 despatch from London says;—•The
War Office has termed orders for the
for'mati'on of eight volunteer cyclist
oampaniee, to be composed of 120 sten
aaoll, for service in South Africa, The
reeent useful work of the colonial
oyellots led to this action.
BETTER COLD STORAGE.
,may
rine Robertson. says Ste:uuthlp companies
Mill. Melte Impraveatenl.t.
:Al despatch from' Ottawa says;—
Prole. it.oibertson, Commissioner of
jigriculture, warns cheese -makers bf
the risk they were running in making
cheese out al seusom. No °beese, he
said, should be made before May.
Peva. Robertson, before the Agri-
culture Committee, dealt with the ex,
Pension of mabrkets for Canadian pro-
ducts, end the facilities for transport-
ing these; Ile announced that the
(steamship companies womld ibis sea-
(5claput in impel: ed ventilating fans,.
and refrigerating chambers for the
Introduction of cold air.; 1 The dis-
honest paekimg'of apples and the. dam-
age to the cheese trade from the use ee
poor packages wore referred to
REMARKABLE OPEhAT1ON.
A Man'0 Stomach Lifted Ont and pestered
to 110 Former lclace,
iA despatch from New York says:—
Linde J. McKenna, a clerk in an in-
surance company is in St. Luke's hos-
pital, recovering from a surgical op-
eration, one of the rarest known to
modern science. ,
The operation is' (known as gastro
amterostomy, and consists of remov-
ing the patient's stomach, cutting
away the pyloris, and several malig-
nant growths in its vicinity, and re-
storing the stomach to its former
Place. , 1
•
Unsympathetic.
"You haven't much sympntby for the
request from your employees stir short•
er hours."
"Not mach," answered Sir, Cumrox,
"It goes to show that men don't know
wben they are well off. If they had
been invited around to musicales and
dragged through Europe by Mrs. C.
and the girls Tike i have, maybe they'd
appreciate the privilege of staying in
a nice, comfortable, businesslike once
nine or ten boors a day."
Why Cables Get Tired.
Tbet'e bas been some question, says
The Electrical Engineer, as to the rea-
son why certain cables lose their con-
ducting- properties and have In some
Instances to be replaced. A learned
Frenchman bas submitted a paper on
the subject to the Academie des Set.
enees. In this paper be states that
when cables lose their electrical prop-
erties It is because they are 9iways
used for one kind of current only, el•
tber positive or negative. 12 used
sometimes For positive and sometimes
for negative, they will, he states, pre
serve their conductive qualities indei
Ioitely. Experiments with nine wires
running from Paris to Dijon demon-
strated this, he ears.
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Sao Forgave Twain.
Many years ago the Montana club in
Helena entertained Mark Twain after
a lecture. Ile met many' old friends
there and one old .enemy. The latter
had come all the way from Virginia
City, Nev., on purpose to settle an old
score. When the glasses were filled
and bfark's health proposed, this man
Interrupted the proceedings by saying:
"Bold on a minute. Before we go fur-
ther I want to say to you, Sam Clem-
ens, that you did me a dirty trickover
there in Silver City, and I've come
here to have a settlement with you."
There ens a deathly silence for a
moment„when Marl: said In his delib-
erate drawl: "Let's see. That—was—
before—I—reformed, wasn't—it?”
Senator Sanders suggested that inns•
much as the other fellow had never re-
formed Clemens and all the others
present forgive bine and drink together,
which all did.
One of iter Ways.
"The ways of the female 'Shopper
are beyond the ordinary salesman's
ken," said a disgusted optleian who is
In busieess In the shopping; section of
the city. "A woman came in here the
other clay and asked the prices of all
kinds and styles or spectacles and eye-
glasses known to those 1n the trade.
Finally, after a half hour's quizzing,
she 1'ustled out with' the t'etnhrk:
"Thank you, I expect to get a pair of
glasses for a birthday present, and I
just wanted to know About the prices
of them.'"
A rated Snot,
About a mile south of the 1121ehtgan
state line and near Cedar lake, Indiana,
is a small spot of lend upon :Milan
vegetation absolutely refuses to groat
'2110 surrounding soil, tbotlgh apparent-
ly the same, is .very productive. Tho
spot Is less than 20 feet In diameter
and is located in a grove which tra-
dition declares to have been the tor-
tire ground of the Bawbecse Indiana,
Lucidity .of Slants,
"So yeti floored your opponent?"
"Yes, Indeed; 5 knocked him sky.
high,"
MARKETS 0' TIIN 'WORLD
'11 lsena ..,
Pricier 01' Cattle, Cheese, Grain, & e
In the Leading Mark tm, '
l3I110ADISITUFFS, ETC.
Toronto, 'hfttroh X12.-Wheat—Rhee
wheat, low freights to New York,
seta at 001-2o, and ttisito wheat at
051-4, anidllo fr'eighte, to go to
Portland. About 20 oars sold, bfuasl-
tobits steady. Quotations aro m' fel-
lows: -Red wheat, 00 1-2o, white,
661-20; an dgoose, 001-2e, low freights
to New York; reit and white, middle,
freights, 001.4 to 051-2e; Manitobas;
No. 1 bard, do, g,i,t,, 931-2e; No. 2,
0941-2c; No, 1. herd, North Bey, 07 1-2o;
No, 2 hard, 931-2e.
Ilblillfeosi--Scarce and firm. Ton lots,
at the mill door, Western Ontario
points, sell 00 follows;—Basan, 914 .to
514,50; and shorts, 51515. .
,
Corn—Easy; Amer1, Not 2 yel-
low, on track here, 401-2o, and No.
3, 45 1-2c.
Pews — Steady; No. 2, middle
freights, at 000; and cant at 031-2e.
Barley—.Prices 'are steady, and de-
mand still continues. Price./ are as
follows :—No. 2, G, T, R., east, 43 1-2e;
C. P. R., east, 43c; and middle freights,
42 to 421-20; No. 3 extra, 0. P. R„
east, 42 1-2c; and 42o, G. T. ,R., oast.
Rye—Steady. Car lots, 490 west;
and 500 east.
Buckwheat—Quiet. Car lots, 'west,
are quoted et 51c; and east at 53c.
Outs—Steady. No. 1 'white, C.P.R.
east, 291-2c; No. 2 while, north and
west, 28c.
Flour—Export agents continue out
of the market to -day. Holders of 90
per cent. patent, buyers' bags, mid-
dle freights, asked 52,30 per bb(;
while exporters say, on to -day's
cables, they could: not bid more than
$2.55. ,
Oatmeal—Car lots of rolled oats,
in bags, on track here, are quoted at
$3.25 ,per 'bbl; and in wood, at $3.35
per bbl.
Buffalo, March 12,-10lour — Steady.'
Wbeat—Spring dull; No. 1 Northern,
old, carloads, 84 1-4c, in store; do.,
c.i.f., 83 1-4. Winter wheat—Offer-
ings light; Nitta demand; closing
bids, No. 2 red, 77 1-211 No. 1 white,
70 1-2c; mixed, 77c, local billed. Corn
-Steady; No. 2 yellow, 44 1-2 to 44
3-4e; No. 3 do., 441-4e; No. 2 corn,
44 1-4c; No. 3 do., 44o, through billed.
Oats — Quiet and easy; No. 2 wbite,
311-4 to al 1-2e; No. 9 do., 30 1-2 to
30 3-4e; No. 2 mixed, 28 3-4 to 29e; No.
3 do., 28 1-4 to 28 1-2c, through bill-
ed. Barley—Unchanged; to arrive at
opening navigation quoted at 56' 1-2
to 620; spot, 58 to 65e. Rye—No. 1 in
store, 08e; No. 2 on track, 55 1-2 to
50o.
Minneapolis, March 1E.—Closed:—
Wheat—Cash, 74 8-8e; May, 74 3-8e;
July, '75 9-8' to 75 3-40; on track, No.
limed, 70 3-8c; No. 1 Northern, 74
3-8c; No. 2 Northern, 67 5-8 to ,70 5 -Sc.
Flour and bran—Unchanged.
Milwaukee, Marchi 12.—Wheat—
Steady ; No. 1 Northern, 75 1-4 to 76c;
No. 2 do., 71 1-2 to 73 1-2c. Rye—
Higher; No. 1, 52e. Barley—Steady;
No. 2, 57c; sample, 46 to 52c.
,Duluth, March 12.—Closed:—Wheat
-Cash, No. 1 hard, 75 1-4c; No. 1
Northern, 73 1-4c ; No. 2 do., 75 3-4c;
May, 76 1-4c; ITulY, 77. Corn -37 1-40;
May 38 1-2c. Oats -26 1-4 to 26 1-2c.
PRODUCE.
Toronto, Mar. 12.—Eggs—Fresh eggsi
in free supply and prices easy. New
laid 18c and limed -at 12 to 14o. Fresh
gathered are quoted at 16 1-2 to 17c.
Poultry—Receipts light. Prices for
bright Stock are as follows:—Tur.-
keys, 11 to 12e; geese at 8 to 81-2c;
ehiekene at 40 to 50c; and ducks, at
60 to 80e; cold stored turkeys and geese'
are quoted 1 to lee a ib under bright
stock.
Potatoes—Steady at 28e for car lots
an track here. ,Sales, out of store,
are made at 350.
Field produce, etc.—Turnips, out of
store, 33e per baggy ; onions, 700 per
bag ; carrots, 35e /per bag; apples, per
bbl, 51 to $2; sweet potatoes, per bbl.
52.50.
Dried apples—Dried apples sell at
3 1-2 to 40; evaporated at 5 to 5 1-20.
Beans{ — Steady. Ordinary white
beans bring $1.00; choice band -picked
beans are quoted at $.1.70 to $1.75.
honey—Firm. Dealers quote from
10 to 10 1-2e per lb for. 5, 10, or 00 -Ib
(ins, according to size, of order. Comb
honey sells at 52.50 to $2.75 per dozen
sec t ions.
Hosts—Quiet:. Choice 1000 ,growth
era quilted tit 14' to 16e; aril yearlings
'at 8 to 9e. '
Baled bey—Steady. Choice timothy
on track bare, 510:115 to $10.50; two -
tom lots, delivered, 511 to $11.25.
Straw—Ci'tr lots of straw, on track
Isere, $3.50 to $0.
DRESSED DOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Uaromto, March 1.2,—Dressed hogs
continue firm, tend in good demand,
Cur lots, on track here, are quoted et
$8. On the street prices nee firm itt
$8 to 58.50. Pi'oviisions are firm, and
in good demand.
Quotations for provisions arc as
fallows; —Dry salted shoe Idere, Be;
long clear bacon, loess, in oar lofts,
100; and in case' lairs, 10 1-4 to 101-2c;
short: elm s. pant, $20 to 320.50; heavy
mess pork, $11) to $30.50,
Smelted meats—Slams, heavy, 12e;
medium, 12 1-2 to 181; light, 13e.
Toronto, March 12.—Hogs are un-
ehanged to -day, but with a decided
downward tendcnay.
"Singers" are now quoted at 01-2o
per lin, and light and fat al: Oe per
1b.
Dogs to fetch the top pride must
be of primo quality, and scale mot
below 100 nor above 200 lbs,
hollowing is the 'range of quota-.
tions :—
• Milkers and Calves.
Caws, cart i 20 00 00 00
Calves, each ,",. 200 800
flogs,
Ch,ai3O hogs, par cwt 11110 0531
Light (togs, par ctvf.., .,0100 001)
Heavy hogs, per ctvt... ,.. 600 600
/sows a 8 50 4 00
Lttags,,..,, 0 00 2.00
ME NEWS IN I NUTHEL[
THE VERY LATEST FROM
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
Interesting Items About Our Own
Country, Great Britain, the United
States, and All Parts of the Globe,
Condensed and Assorted for Easy
Reading.
CANADA.I,
The Welland Cana] will be opened
on April 22, -
The marine engineers' strike la
,mow general atror the lakes.
During the past year 74,635 gallons
of, liquor were taken in to Yukon.
Ottawa's police force will be In-
creased by the adrlitiun of five nen,
The Society of 'Engineering and Ap-
plied Science bus been formed at Lon-
don, ,
ere are stud to be 50 oases 04
smallpox,. beiwnen Ottawa and Sault
SloMai•ia, -
London expects to secure the re-
moval to that city of the Ronald En-
gine \\Turks.•
The Brant£ord Board of Trade will
memorialize the Government; in fav-
or of the 1 -cent rate on drop lel: tars,
The War Office bas made a contract
with an American merchant to supply
9,030 felling axes for the British: troops
in South Afriev. '
A report has reecho& Edmonton
from Fond, Du Lao, in the north, that
thirty 'natires are dead from a dis-
ease thought to ba la grippe.
Kingston ratepayer's aro to vote on
a by-law, to raise 300,000 for the com-
pany, which is to build a smelter to
goat $200,000. It is a Chicago com-
pany.
Hamilton retail merchants want the
Police Court to be made a court for
the collection of email debts, the Di-
vision
ivision Court being too costly for the
collection of $25 and undo]'. , j
GREAT BRITAIN.. '
Grand Master of the Order of Bath
is the Duke of Connaught's now title.
Everything is ready for the census
of England, to be taken March 3151.
The British supplementary naval es
timates, amounting to 01,200,000, hay
been issued.
Queen Victoria's sergeant -surgeon,
Lord Lister hes' been gazetted aS
such to King Edward.
The national memorial to Queen
Viibtorin in England, is to be of a
personal monumental character.
A promiurutt American x(1.111'01),(1 man
is seeking sanction to build an elec-
trict.road from London to Brighten.
'rhe British House oil Commons: has
'ca.d, a second time a bill fixing the
working clay of miners at eigbt boars.
Tbo gigantic steel trust is receir
Leg great attention from London
]atp:.rs. IL camas: wilcspread uneasi
ass.
In Lancashire u company has suo-
eedocl in talking' fire and burglar -
roof glens, and. expect.m it to prove
UNITED STATES.
THL HQUE, SHAW,
ellerten, 2t1T5 , by Alloa tan, is spahan
41 as a 2:10 prospect.
Coneilio, 2c121'z, by Dolbueator, has been
traded for 100 Imes of laud,
D, 11, r , Inuls, Moulton, i<I�e., woe a
horse snld to be 44 yent's cid,
Council Chitties, 2:185/.1 peeing, 011 not
bevy a bat'nose on until he was 4 yearn
ell,
Que Allen, 2:0914, and Senator A, 2:101
have been retired frond the turn In 131
19(30,
There will be five stakes; valued al
935,000, for' the 3 -year-old trotters this
yeer.
Broker, whiob took a peeing record of
2:1014 in 1800, will be out as a Cr'ottel
this year,
Pat Dunne, the Chioagp tut'ftnau, bas
signed the flalifornia boy, J. Walsh, t4
ride for him in 1901.
Gem has driven the yelling pacer Die
feet Tial, for which C. J. Hamlin paid
hint $10,000, a half in -1:083 , +'
Edwin B, 2:125/4, by Ponce de; Leon, is
said to have been separately timed in
2:0914 in a race last year. His dam is by
A bill to make doping of horses.a fel-
ouy, punishable by five years'' imprison-
ment, has been introduced in the editor-
We
alifor
of a legislature.
Charles Reilly of New York has great
faille. in the ability or. his gelding Bel
Esprit, 2:121/x, to hold his own with any,
of the Speedway trotters.
Harry Wilkes, 2:13%, the fastest of the
get of George Wilkes and now in bis
twenty-fifth yens., le still n fast roadster.
Ile is owned A. M. Weaver, Milford,
N. J.
Ptinetss Napltta, the greatest winner
of 1000 among the 8 -year-olds in Austria,
was sired: by Cellists, son of Aleanlard,.
and Annie Page, sister to Aristos, 2 27a/a,
by Daniel Lambert,
A new owner to make his bow to the
tare this year is William Spence, now
owning the futnous Maximo Gomez. He
was at one time a steeplechase rider, it Is
said, and later a valet to Jockey Clawson.
A probable recruit to the turf world is
Charles Clark, son of Seuator_W. A.
Clark of Montana. He has stated be in-
tends starting a stable and, having mon-
ey and enthusiasm, will beau acquisition
to the thoroughbred ranks. ,
THE ROYAL BOX. .
England's new queen is a skillful' fencer.
Queen hlargherita of Italy takes great
interest in soeial conditions. At her re-
quest the court entertainments were give
en up last year and the money saved in
this way given to the poor.
The 'o'erfnt king of Portugal,' whose
presence at Queen Victoria's funeral was e
a the one touch of comedy, will find it hard
work getting away from the Boers if
they onee get after him in South Africa.
He can neither fight nor r1.111.
The Duchess of Coburg, who through
the time she Vas reigning consort in the
duchy spent much mousy on charities and
philanthropic institutions; has now made
over the whole of her portion as widow
of the duke to the same good objects.
King Edward VII is said to be the first
member of an English royal family to at-
tend a Jewish wedding. This was in
1881 at the Central synagogue, when
Leopold de Rothschild married Mlle. Ma-
rie Perugia. He also witnessed the mar-
riage contract together with Baron Al-
phonse de Rothschild.
King Oscar of Sweden never was with-
out a small and very plain ring which
bis grandfather, Bernadotte, had brought
him in bis youth, of which he claimed
the possession gave him great authority
and power. He was theoit'n into a state
of abject fear if he met a funeral pro-
cession. Ile collected rare prints, en-
gravings, pictures, medals and rare books.
n
c
The capital of the United States
Steel Company will be 91,151,000,000.
A clog decided a ease in tite Police
Court in' Chicago by answering to its
name.
A hill providing for a whipping -
pest has, been introduced in the Mis-
scuri Legislature. .
John Bemmerling, a car starter in
the Cleveland City Railway Co., waft
shot and killed by his Wife alter a
family quarrel.
The Rivers and harbours bill which.
has passed the United States Senate,
provides for .appropriations:of over:
550,000,000.
A mob at Mateawan, N. J., teetered
a man in( an effort to extort a ''con.
fession tbat be started a fire which'
destroyed a portion' of the town.
Ex -Governor John P. St. John of
Kansas in an interview defended the
course of Mrs. Carrie Nation in her
crusade against, the joints in Kangas,
GIONERAL.
Rinderpest prevails, in the Philip-
pines.
The bubonic plague in Cape Town
is spreading.
"Throe thousand dock labourers are
on strike at Marseilles.
A scholarship for girls is to be
African memorial to Queen Victoria.
Spaniards believe that the Cubans
will rebel ugains't Lbc United States,
Denntirlt has finally agreed to soli
its West' Indies to the United States.
The recent German census shotes an
Ldivision„ of population as to
sexes.
01 the 800 deaths in Bombay fretted
days 100. .were due tit, the bubani',a.
plague.
The Portuguese foreign debt is
nearly 5200,000,000, and five Govern -
remits are uniting to compel payment,
An attempt will he made to con-
nect Paris and Brussels by wireless
telegraphy.
MORE MOUNTED TROOPS.
solnforcements for Sonth Africa
Rolnb Sent Outs
A despatch from Landon says :—The
War Office Issues a statement ah'ow-
ing that 12,500 reinforcements will
start. for Smith Africa bet :men Alnech
8 and I.Ittrch 10. lli.m'e than 0,000' of
those will be mounted Isooss%
IMPERTINENT_ PERSONALS.
In young Mr. Rocl:efeller's rules to get
wealth he neglects a very important one
—have a multimillionaire father.—New
York World.
There will be a great symposium of
hard loch stories when Mr. Lease and
Mr.' Nation get' together for a talk.
Washington Post.
Behtg a modest man, J. Pierpoot Mor-
gan probably bas no desire to own the
earth, All lte wants it to belts trustee.—
Chicago Times-Iierald.
Sir Alfred Milner is a fellow of Balliol,
end all fellows of Balliol are more or
less prigs, united by n bond of mutual
admiration.—London Truth.
Lecturer Winston Churchill segs
"South Africa is the land of lies." He
ought to know. He cabled many a story
from there.—Iiaasas City 'Times.
The sausage men have a strong infu-
enee over education in the northwest.
Minnesota nniversity has n professor
named Frankfurter, and the North Da-
kota Agricultural college Is presided over
by a Worst.
TAPS.
France bas decided that all the troops .
in the colonies shall henceforth be arm-
ed with weapons similar to those of the
home army. -
Tbo Naval Register for the year 1001
will show the commendable growth of the.
navy during the nineteenth century.
From a few officers and stili fewer ships,
the navy has grown to a total of 1,838.
commissioned officers, 17.500 enlisted
men, 2,500 apptentices,nnd 282 ships of
all classes, with 01 ander construction.
The Gorman emperor bus determined
that the new rank oe greed admiral shall
be created in the nevy, corresponding to
Bait of field mat'shal in the army, and,
Carrying with it the right toelse ,a baton.
'lite interim baton, which for afield mar-
shal has the shepe of a riding whip,, wile
for a grand admire' consist of a tele..
scope.
THE CHARLESTON SHOW.
•
'We have undertaken n great exposition.
to be held in Charleston next December -
fee the purpose anti In the _hope of at-
tending pepolntien to our community.—.
Charleston Evening Post.
The. fell mid versed exhibits of south-
ern resources u9tieh will be made et title.
expoeition will contribute immensely to
the growth and prosperity not Duly of the •
southern slates, but of the entire one-
try.-Augnstn Chronicle.
The Charleston exposition' hill pnseed:
the horse by a four-tifrhs.uinjorite, os.11
slid the senate, end our friends in the sea
side city have reliant to felicitate them•
seises upon this penciled ass.atance'ot
the good will and liberality of the people„
01 the ietoriars
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