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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-1-9, Page 3b 4 t d t 8 • t t a 260 aiid'tifLndpi'cked Citatadian, wiUi trdrica; ... ; . a not r �i10 1#Q@r 11 Dl�laai et night,. FpggltA Thsddest klow filt bgfgh Callar�� eri kis vnt^@d tbefell ( In Spu4h Africa,tewas whoµ his lithe' 5V0.stprn broncho caught dthe the a favor, One night he stetted of f the' camp, itis iters@ fallowing him' Hite a Pet deg, In.a little -bush he blindfolded • the bt'oncbo, blosod bio men ayes, and shot the animal dead, iof fully a week Casey soled ilio. liar lest ail his relatives, AVENOPA $PJ NC1i'S DEATH. of tho saddest zncldrnts of the tsar Ives the snipiz,g of Trooper ieppnco, a younger brother of ex- y Aid: I' •S. Spence, of Toronto, A l{a lir brougktt ti news t° ee P that a Boor lµ ono of the villages that was supposed to be °courted only by, µon„eonsbateatt had gond about nourishing . Spouse's blanket and boasting of his cowardly deed. That night 'Casey" wont on 000 01r his solitary excursions and the Boer ' Was found deed next morziln(z. If the slayer of Trooper Spence is not dead It can only sii formed, Lieut.' Callaghan teas misinformed, Callaghan volunteered t° talcp command of the first Party of burg- hers which offered to Ii ht for the g British, He lined them up, but not which42y a,fnan In his company, was - strong, could speak English, , An ter reter was sent for and all the 1 a s o as "Toll little officer had to say N them big Dutchmen if they don't want to tight fol' mo they will have to fight ith m0." "aeO 's ro- g y Bruns" afterwards did good. work. Unlike the storybook heroes of which Cnlinghan ie a favorite type, ho did not escape unscathed. A but- let bored a hole as big' as a shilling g through the pain{ of his right band and another passed through his body in the neighborhood of his lungs, re- sulGing in his being confined in the hospital for several weeks. One of itipling's best short stories relates how a time -expired draft was tamed by craft. The duty of bring- ing home the Western cowboys when their time was up Poll to Lieut.Callan han. "Did you have much trouble?" "Casey" was afterwards asked. "Not much," he replied, "I made Jack Blank. a Missouri outlaw, my chief of staff, and he laid out three of the men one night in as many minutes. ;After that there was no trouble." Telegraphic Wlnn,pog l)07c, Tle tario, Oscar Ivan p turkey `C h have C0'a , Montreal- are a million The filo by satisfaction Dalhousie, Recorder Tuesday white du were Mr. Penitentiaries, bpi cent ped ttil8oult difficulty partments A formed The ing Lady Lord dead: along England. Wm. 000 time eh° elude Spithoad. P Cecil them ket, Tho hiblting Joining repealed. The Pony tabiish its The aad ham the noon, Gas slatted . '1 wireless 1 he $1,000,000 Mingo. lislttuwn, firm's bort Leslie Ni 1 fury 1n ed S' di.ted city, the ,Host tul. service, Mos. N. J., the dog W. has to Bnrl•hampstead, Jetties of Piquu, blood lip received °p0' 'lite es a form in the At PorsanH 7h° with Gormally trade 180 O lie MS Of it1:tU[Ca'abt0 .loins theta the Reports that quality butter needed. Shocki private by ChD femcoleas Tho who recently, fries charters f close co her, seat Lawn, Worth heir the °oWn'as is known -4 ITE)flS. ryHry� ��yp� ERIN'S ,14 0�1s4- � �4�'1 i1M U p�1��py�,�qliflP°14 WHAT T$ GOING- ON IN TAXI LAM)Off' THE SPC�iaETRAp ., Settle Pereenal end B•nAin@ss Nate Will Interest Utah- Cattadiaxks, LYatertord; with, three time Dube fin's licensee, has thl•ee times itil druuldenncaa. Laws havo boon petsed in TrelanQ no that no xe hqunda can b@ ole+ g Y Ported from that'eermtry any, mare. .. The County Meath is 'perhaps the wealthiest is Ireland. Ther° is lite tie or no real poverty therm pxtonskve renovations and repairs are being made °n the Duke of Dew vonshiro's Irish seat, Lismore' CoA. Glo. Nearly twenty per cent, of the age. To -day of rele.t• die of old o ago. there are 213 cenGen- artanS living, - egg titer 1 charged An the with the manslaughter of his wife has ended his life by taking strych_ Witte, Tho first portion of the big swater for supplying a Mout With luster from the Mourne Mountains has boon' successful, . Shipbuilding is being revived on a years settle ingn great which many years ago was n great centre of this Industry, wner ill], an Down,iis pro - perty owner in East is about to establish an hotel in Raiigwater on the Gothenburg system,' onziThe real strength of the hes of Connaught'a popularity can best be proved by the fact that the servants in his household simply adore item. Mr. Carnegie has catered to give £7,000 to Limerick for a [re@libr- ary, on condition that the city wilt contribute 3850 a year for isssu P" port. Never in Ireland. has so much 0.t. iention been concentrated on educe tion as now, and whatever the result may be the edueationttl life of the country has been quickened in the process. Au agitation fs on foot in Belfast to obtain the release of Prlvato Cro- tier, Royal Irish Rifles, undergoing eighteen months' imprthonmeat for g trooping at his Post near Blgemfon- thin. Mr. George Tough, formerly of the Great North of Scotland Baii- way, has been appointed general Com - manager of the Grand Canal Com- panv of Troland; vacant through the death of Mr. I{irlelend, As it is ostinanted that Great Brit - sin imports annually £8,000.000 wortrase h of butter from Troland and • £18,eeteee0 worth • from foreign countries, it is evident that a huge noir still awaits Ireland's energies. Recently the Belfast police found a woman named Kearns lying rend in the kitchen of her residence with marks of foul play on the face, throat and amts. Her husband, Jos- eph Kearns, stonecutter, was ar- rested on a charge of wife murder. The experiments in tobacco cul- tura conducted by the Department of Agriculture for Ireland. have pro- greased so1 far that it is now offering for sale 100 pounds of Irish grown roll tobacco, besides smaller quan- ti ties of Plug, twist, cut Cavendish, bird's eye, cigar, and cigarette 1a baccos. There were disorderly scenes re- gently in the Belfast Empire theatre. A principal artiste, after seven songs, declines to reappear. Thi: house was packed, and tho gallery occupants' re) fused to hear the next turn. The was rung .down, and the rowdies started to wreck the gallery. The police dearer Gho Place. With the large oon discovered of °onten- adieus that have been itt Ireland this year, a man of only a fele mouths over the century is no considered anything wonderful. 1 , Down, Blmcic, •pf • eptly, , County Down, who di'"ii'`ieeCntly, was just a few months °ente:the.,ltettflead„years. Be was an elder in t1t0:, esb5 terian church for over seventy ethers. �, rims.. e $. in artsets of TorOOtu, Ll teed°. 111 1t12 prices u GCd at p Mats; No. 0 o middle 4 Pring .at 74c ell; No, til via Sarnia; 4e), and No, ail, via Sarnia. it North > or Oats ills uiot, ilio uyrrs noC, Co, Offerings Po[u)-The nand limited. p 84o west, lo freight, g Corn -The rials steady. noted at 60 Barley --Market ureter at 4c; No. 8 kr, 3 at 50o Rye -Tho 74o noddle Buckwheat ions, 55 to Flour -Tho y per cents., 2.90 middle or Lower traight rollers, o't.a.40. with Hungarians troag bakers' :eight, , g •'Oatmeal -Market els on ttd 55.50 per bbl. Bffllfeed-Bran alerts, 321 oba bean, onto freights, Potatoes -Tho tars are quoted rack raWt Bora, 0 1e 85c. Dried Apples nth demand ° Go iter th. o 1O Hope -Business Business lt�- Wady at 13c; Honey-The0 1lO 1.50 to $2r50 Beans -The ickixf oro Jobbing Cranberries 'lth Cape 56,b0 Hay, balod-Tho good demand. t $9.25 to Straw -The , at 38.50 , (l Oar G.GO to $G. Poultry -Market 0ntwtr. Turkeys, scalded old Flom 7 4 t0 Bo. ns, young, 3e. Rabbits, 1 HOGS Dre 50d 8,15 In car fog. products a000., longclears, au and case o shot out, Smoketl Meats roakfast mks 14.c, 1,aad-'Market it demand. tee tubs, TILE Butter -The. tied, but ,offerings o Loo great, e quote: --•Selected ) 11.7e; choice 7c; finDst mirages ahowiug Lc; creamery s, 20 -to 21c. Eggs -The 11 at 26 to Lc; limed, Choese-DItu West Septembers, ads, 9f to Eith141S, WOOLS, Rides --Market ipts fair, s. and upwards, :; No, 2 cows, Os, alnd lies a ins 0. 1:green, Sheepskins to 7Ga.BOER I tof75c. flet at 13c, aro Med wools ]d at 18c Tallow -Dealers ntlertxl, and nail lots of UNITED Buffalo, • testi-spring c; winter reel., 92c. v, ;70;,c; ' No. 8 '4,; ), Z white, >. 2 .rnIxbd, aeoy-66 to - 0. fated°, Jan. covnbor, Oslo; cez b r 06c u o , comber, 46c; td -December, 301u113, ,Jan. ltarcl, 79, c; ,. 1. Northern r 4t', 72yo tTilwnttlioe, Bled, N'0. r hrr' 1 n, 77 r Steady; +� 1� tt1e .ern 1 Bid, -Tho 10- quiet, and red at outside quoted at and No, 1 wheat at 880 all Nai'Glterµ at at 82c, a!1poor aro le lower day was limited, with more than 4.2o,ho quiet, Wt° dee qLind quoted at 83 to. 85e mid- quiet, with yellow No, 1 2 at 58 to' to Sl o, and at about Quota- steady, Nino- bags, sold at Locally and trade choice are 33.80 steady, to 34,80, and Toronto Car' in bags, Draken lots, at 19.50 gfora Maui- 322, To- sacks. is steady. per bag; on' B P rices is stead y Prices are 4i soil at Si with rices p Oe. unthnuged at. Combs steady; un- to $1:45 to 31so.. unchanged• 39 per bbl:A is .steady, quoted for No,that quiet and No. 2. will- bring with fair 10c per lb; -fatted stock dry -picked- 75e. t.n.ck- old, 35 to pair. • - at $8 to °acreage air. we uo.o:- at questa_ 4 in pork, ,20.50; $22. 13 to 'l34c; 'it, rolls, 11c;the 1o3c, t with -Tierces, 11;• to 11dc. of butter Is. inferior stuff sells slowly. tubs, 16 rolls, 164 to 18' ten 19c; from 11 to to 22o; sol- .T'rash 20 to We note:- q to 11c; 50- MO. with ro- steers, 60' No. 1 cows, 840 for at 90 for No. 2, is firm at fleece }s. d at 13c. well irociueocl for' supers, 54C for for rough. at Ctc, -Steady, ] Northern, Nor; No, No; 2:yol-ing No. 2 corn, Onto -Dull 3 do 501c; 8 do, 4840 etio. 1, Gash and Corn- Oats - Odover- May, 15,274. -,Cash, No, 784c; ibex, 7640; 'interpretedto e, Rye -621c. 78ece No, 2 n May, . 821e, liarlCy� 'mourning 640; Aatnplq, Gg toUQ ly, p7, C RO, AlinnpapoitA, Jaen. 7,- Clostt- bVh@at -Cash, 77hc; May, 78ic; July, 79eee on track, Na. 1 bard. 79'c; Q. 1 Northern, 774-c; No, 2 Northern, 75yq, XPlour- 1 list Patgnta, 4 to $4,1o; seapnd.patents, $3,9 0, to $4; c1Dars, $2,55. 'Bran -In bulk, 41.8, [Matclears, $2.00 to eat second inn. 7 -Wheat closed -No, 1 white, 02c; No, 2 red, ,January and cash, DOC; Alay, 894•x. St, Louts, Jan. 7, -Wheat ClQeed- Cash, o 86 a 8Cf¢ December, �+ may, 80$c,missies, it�� cT �+ T� P. INC X.Y GIST. A PRINCELY r a C11 �ipQ0Y04U RpiGarit�m,u �ivti San* 1hp Ilrltlalt Medlpat Journal an eounees that ,2200,000 him been plaeod at Liao disposei of King )J d* 'wand foto. charitable or uttiltarlan purposes by a philanthropist who rota net wish to have his nwz)o PIM.' halted. Tho money will be devoted to the erection of a sanitarium for tulaprouloo A pallento in J nglantl..Lh@ Chia institution will acegmniodato fifty male and the same number ofOne female patients, Twelve of the bode will b° reserved ter wealthy P+Wunes who are able to Pay for treatment, who ether eighty-eight will be f02' Perseus, Ivhe will be exPee"e' to contribute a small amount, The King has approved fan ex encUturo f. g pp ° p 1800 out of this fund in prizesthrough for the boat essays and plaus for a model sanitarium, in furtherance of the plan,'1{dn Edward has appoint- ed as aadvisory committee,' Sir William Henry Broadbent, Sir hick ard, Douglas Powell formerly h sl- g 3 P Y clans. in- ordinary to the Queen; Sir Berman Weber, of the Royal College of Physlelans; Sir Francis Henry Laking, Household' Surgeon; and Charles Theodore Williams, consult- ung physician to. the Hospital for Opnsun,ptfvos at firompcua,, and president of the Royal Meteorologtual Sootel Y• The Daily Mail asserts that Sir Brnest Cassell, a morehan1, is the donor of the money. The Daily Telegraph- says that Dr, Broadbent states that the open-air treatment will bo followed, The scheme, he adds, is based on that treatment, which is unquestionably the most efficacious known in all cases of consumption. (i ,'�{t� ry m sr BARING CANADIAN_ N 5. t l SOME EXPERIENCES S Alt" T,x ••1JT TTiO AS 441xiAGt[&N,From tither Me Gdaa AlLoselt to Command, sae of Scouts isLThat ,Now Contingent, who s better Lieut, Callaghan,,, h 1 b known as .l.as0Y, wont out-.with.a.mnn,who A@CUcld lltountGd iiihGA as a trooper', and woo fur himself a come tile confidence °t several B2'4Llslt g0morala, . mid filo IaiaLm- ulsbod 1erviee medal, 'though con- ld°rabl below the average 'height Y B ° A'omu:✓ tltkitis, the fast that he could ride anything on fopr legs, was { a dead shot, and had the nerve ern roelclees courage of a'true Western cowboy, canted him 3sucetssfully the most difficult Mtge- tions. youthCal,agan ie a native of Toronto, was of the type' who a hoot solute!' •irkson,D and restraint sea&'t def When CWea wt was 17 he statwd for the Nest tvititout• men boning his intentions to ah bod Y• and obtained employment on a cattle roach. An Old cowpuncher called him a "tendortoot." His reply was a bold declaration that there wasn't at' horse on the )retries that .he l couldn't ride. A broncho which had never bean.rtddon fuse [lulpkly roped and blindfolded, and Callaghan was lifted into the saddle). "Lot her go Casey," 1110 yelled, and, the horse was fi' eU, A m10010 later fila bey way lying in a. hsap several yards away. He mounted tial {terse again, only to bo unseated as quickly as before. The nlcknum° of "Casey" however, has stuck to flim ever since. When recruiting was connnenced in the West for the second Mounted ltinea "Casey" was ono of the [list Wien to apply -for a vacancy. His shortness of stature was against•hlin find the iecrl,afn g officer hold out. 111- tie hope. He was determined to go to the front, however, and sending horse whose reputation -for wildness was well known, 110. jumped on its back and after subduing the animal performed a number of daring circus feats on its back. Callaghan as a result was quickly enrolled, but ho made the stipulation that ire be al- lowed to talo his own .horse, one of the fh,est animals in Alberta', his favo•ftD Alexican saddle, end his own httiiGing riff°. When his corps reached South Africa the troopers perslstetl in carrying their rifles cowboy fashion on their saddle -bows, a practice which was afterwards followed by. several cavalr re hn0nts whop fL was found that the Westerners could got ial two or three shots at • the enemy, while the regulars were un- slinging their ,carbines. The fact that the Doers did not' also fo11oW suit -afterwards saved "Casey's" life. MIDNIGHT ESCAPADE. While tho Mounted Rifles were in became restless Pretoria might slipped and one night slipped out of the flues just to exercise his Horse• Seventeen miles from Pretoria and after'12 o'clock at night he ran down a Mafiir, "Casey" covered him with his rifle and the negro fell on his knees and threw up both hands. "Don't shoot, Massa," heyelled, "and I'll show you some Boers." Single-handed as he was, °allege hen let the Kaffir lead him to a]aures the blinds of which Wore caro- fully drawn. Taking a revolver in each hand lto started forward, laav- ing the negro t° guard his horse. Never knock at the onttmy's door," was what ho called one of his ire- lkgious principles, A dingle applica- tion of his heavy riding boot burst the lock and revealed four buteghers playing cards. Tho noise brought two °Cll^ta from the side room "Casey" coolly explained that the house was surrounded and domande t rifles and bandoliers. When he gotThe the Mousers and cartridge belts piled on the table he drove the occupants into a small room, locked the door, ,and with both arms Pull of plunder, he gave his horse its head and gal- loped back to Pretoria. Tho next morning the lei Id Mar- shal presented Callaghan with his stripes. "'Cas° y" .was never atter-1-5 wards troubled with regulations or military discipline, something which lied allvays `worried the little West- ernes. The night following his lonely escaPado with the Boers he was given • command 0f 0 patrol of 200 men which did a. great deal to stop Cho sniping around the Transvaal Capital' ' CASEY'S PROMOTION, Per carrying important 110spatches from General HutlOn to General Smith Dorien, Callaghan was utade Intelligence Officer with the rank of g lieutenant. While on one of these missions ho lulled three horses and wet t for four days without sleep, Per this exploit he resolved the D.S. modal. Mime. advancing one day with the Moui,tcd Rifles he wasgiven porznis sion to rich to a kraal and buy eine eggs, ItLit was riding out of the nitro securing what ho wantedwhen a Kaffir, whom ho had befriended dashed up, gesticulating wildN,y with Ills (lands. "Casey" was unable to fully understand the Karn- ing which the negro was tt•yieg to give him, but know enough to hand his colored friend the. preclotts eggs and cock his revolvers. A "minute later two Boer Officers trotted up to the gate with their guns stung in their usual fashion 0n their backs, • OasgV COverecl them, am when they continued Choir attempt to -un• .Sting their rifles 110 fired at the nearest one: "i missed hint,' he said afterwards, "that is, I only' h1,9. cellae bone," The other fallow promptly ga yro up on seeing his companion fell, Callsghatt thole him6" back' to Lho remelting oolelnzl and afLorwards roturned for his eggs, bringing with him a couple of am- bulanco filen for tho wounded 'floor. "4P them 13titchmen had known how- car th it • gees," I Ci g i , Ito remarked eggs, night that'ulght while enjoying hie eggs, "it would have been all off With lit- tie, "Casey' ” - f7Cuprnl Button )Dc° 'Mead Calle- hen a ability as a t;c°1 �t and when 0 ho was fighting under 11 nt 0111Cm' ha. -"-' I3r�ef& i'ryt►A All Oyer the Globe, -+-- Grain, �+ ► 4 rade Centres. " "" World -Ur, Iflflett'8 Jon, 7. -Wheat wheat %retinues $lDacly, White 5 '.to 70C 7ase, 2 geese is freight, g ease.- Manitoba 1 hard quoted N i 1 t , 't 2 Nertltern Prices U ay market t'o dotnand is willing to, pay at 41, 10 Market is, No, 2 and at 84 market is Canadian to Ole west. is easier. 57c, and No. extra at 51. midute freight, market is steely freight, ' -Market quiet. 554e east. tuarket is in buyers' freights. province in wood, Manitoba flours 44.10 at, .33.80, unchanged. track, $u5 in wood. extra. unchanged to $22, outside. 320, and shorts, luoludirtg ^ �" . CANADA. has eight cases of small- new directory in Leaden''Oa- makes tlto'poltutation 46,987, Taylor of East Hamilton fined $Nand cootsfor running raffle. o al Mfg, vo., of London, secured control of the Copp' Stove Works at Ilamiitpn. Harbor Comvectto pore laying plans for the erection of -bushel lir p proof 'elevator. new lgcksivanee for preventing canal lgclts being carried away the boats was Meted with great pm at Port on the Welland Canal. Weir of Irigntreal was on y presented with a pair of gloves in memory of the first in eighteen years him which Chert no Gorge ors for to try. George Dawson, Inspector of reports that the num- of prisoners confined in St. Vin- P , de Paul Penitentiary has drop- from 4.48 to 398, and the skilled 0 fs so rare that there is a in carrying on certain de -Lord of the Work —" CATTLE E2A132{LT.n lioronta, Jan. 7.-'L'here boleti only 20 carloads of atult on Salo tearlay at the WeStel•n Dattle'yenta, there Was not a largo business done, but the trade was good and prices , but 11 D receipts inci.dod 842 cattle,o tu 290 cheep and lambs, 600 hogs, and a felt' calves. There was really no primo cattle' on sale here to -day. , . There wits ,a lair movement in shippingcattle at the changed prices, & but only a few lots teal}zed the top .figure. Most of the cattle sold at was reported paid in a few 00500. from 4 to 4$c per lb, but. 5 to 54c Prices were steady for butcher cat- tip, according to c}uality, which was mostly lnldium. Choice stuff is wanted, and would havo rsold Lo=flay. There was a0 duly clearagee. , For' • feeders and ,stockers: no on- quiry appeared to ,exist, and none wore' on tho market. t Lambs aro worth from J4 to 44c. and are wanted, • Sheep were,a good sale to -day at from 8 to She per Ib, Choice ewes may fetch a fraction mare. A few choice veal calves aro wanted, There is a murkot for some 0110100 nzllch cows. hogs are steady and unchanged. Choice hogs to -day sold at 36.70 per cwt; tat hogs at 36.874, and o light al 36.124 per cwt. flogs Co torch the top Prleo must be of prime qun'ily, and scale not bo- low 160 nor above i.400 lbs. I'ollowbig is tho range of quota- Lions:-' Cattle. Shippers, per cwt...54.50 35.25 butcher, choice 3.75 4.25 Butcher, ord. Co good. 3,25 3.60 Butcher, inferior... ...'2,75 8.25' Stockers, par cwt.,, .... 2.00 3;00 Shoop sold Lambs.g Choice owes, per cwt.., 2.75 3.25 Butcher sheep, each 2.00 8.25 'Lambs, per. cwt... 3:50 4.23 Bucks, per cwt..: -2.00. 2.50 Milkers and Calves. Cotes, Gach .. 30.00 '25.00 ' ' Calves, each 2.00 . 10.00 Flogs, Choice hogs, per met-. 0.50 6.70 Light hogs, Por crvt,6.00 6,25 Fleavy hogs, per cwt: 6.124 6.37,. Sotos, per cwt $,60 4.00 Stags, per Cwt._ ......»0.00 2.00 Truth. --4 --- GREAT BRITAIN. great newspaper trust may be in England, English Government is proper- a new Irish land bill. Lyndhurst, wife of a former Chancellor of England, is signalling is to bo used the North-western Railway, Waldorf Astor has given £10,- for the National Rifle Associa- England. coronation festivities will in- a magnificent naval review at Rhodes has just bought the g (5110 estate, near Newntar- for $5n0,000. law hitherto in England, pro- men with false teeth from the regular army, has been Gems North-Eastern Railway Com- oP Great Britain is about to es - automatic Uloek signaling °n line. lovers at St. James' Palace the drawing -roams at Dhelc[ng- Palace will In Suture be befit in evenings, instead of in the after as in tho Victorian regime. r CANADIAN FLOUR. — The War Ounce Has Placed a Lar a Order. g A Montreal despatch says ;-SheElectric British War Office hose, throhgh the Minister of, -.Agriculture at Ottawa, placed with the Lak° of the Woods Milling Company au orderfor ono thousand tons, equal, to 12s ,000 bar- refs of Keewatin flour, to be ship= ped to South Africa. 1t was ropgrt- ed some days ago that an order for flour •had 'been placed bythe Brit- ish -Government, and the story has been verified by Mr.'Robort Mei hen, presidoht of the Lake 0f the Woods Milling Co. "Yes," remzurkrd Mr, Molghen, "it is c -nits true that we have received from tho War Office through the Canadian Department of Agriculture an order for '12,500 barrels of Kee- twain Uaur. One-half of this order is noty being .loaded on board the steamer Quinton at St. John, N.B. The remaining 500- tons w111 arrive at St. John for shipment by the from10th instant. The flour is forwarded from our KOOwatln mill:"ay Mr. AD:strai stated that in spit° of the AD:straiten alien duties, there was a class of People• in that colony who must have !tour made of Manitoba hard wheat.the PRODUCE. market at 700 ,and Lho` jobbing J -Tho market limited. Evaporated n ulot, yearlings, g market is per dozen tnark°t is at 31.40 at 31,50 - Market Cod at f8 to to $7. market Timoth 82.75 on track market to to $0 for lets on track is firm, 9 to and half to 80. Geese, Ducks, 5U .Le) 50 to Uuc; 25c per F---- a09 000 000. BUSHELS t — Western Canada s Grain Product for 1901. Western Canada's grain. product' for 1001 was over Ot),t 00,000 bushels, The Manitoba Government's bulletin gave the output for that province at 85,179,858 bushels. Returns Just received at the Cana- (Bun Pacific Railway offices at Mon- trent, from the 011ie° of the Commis- stoner of Agriculture, Regina, show t there were 3,969,833 bushels of wheat, oats and barley grown in Territories, and with the pour. flax and rye, the figures would be over the 24,000,000 mark. Assiut- boia raised 9,860,000 bushels of wheat, Alberta, 980,600, and Sas- katchowan, 829,700 bushels -a total of 11iaAs 00 bushels. 2 he average yisld in Assinibota was 25 1-6. bush- els to the acre, there being 395,:180 acres under crop ; in Alberta, a lit: over �5 bushels to the acro, the area under wheat being 89,100 acre , Ii{ SttsldaCphewun, the averWire-rope age was a shade over 22 bushels, the area under wheat being 37,000 acres. la oats, the total yield was 11: 450,500 bushots-Ass}nibola's product being 4,338,000 Uusl'els grown on 1108,000 acres -an average of 42 1-10 583,00 to the acre • 2,200x0.00 6; J33;000 bushels 1-]1.,._00 acres, un average of 58 1-5 bushels to the acre. and Saskatchewan, 579,500 off 14,150 acres, an average of nearly 41 bushels to the acro. The barley yield was as follows : acres, llola, 201,000 bushots off 5,900 acres, an average of over 34 bushels to the acre ; Alberta, 4.0,000 bush- els, off 11.800 acres, an aVO,'a2e of nearly 4.0 bushels ; reskatchowaa, 91,630 bushels off 2,850 acres, an ago of 32 en btusircis, avertory, The development °f Western. Can- ado during tho last decade has been most marked. The 1r till yield iu 1891 was about 46,000,000 bushels pf grain, an increase of about 6a - 000,000 bushels in ten years, is a highly creditable showing for the Canadian !rest. 4 ___ CANADA S EXHIBIT. -- Commissioner Speaks of Success Achieved. Mr. W. D. Scott, who was Cana- clan commissioner at Glasgow, haskale art'lved at Ottawa on a short visit, py but he will return Go Engiand ire about two weeks t0 commence pre plu•ations for' the Wolverhampton Exhibition. ser. Scott is geeatly de- lighted with Canada's succuss at Glasgow, and mentions eash a satnplD of the advertising which the Da- retoiv°d, a statement in the London Loudon'7'inxps that the Canaria]] ox- alone was worth a journey tostinct Glasgow, CANADIANS DISSATISFIED. Constabulary Members Want to be Kept in One Corps. The London DailyExpress ofWorld's P Tbursday says that letters from Oen- urians at the front who• have joined Baden-Powell's Constabulary,show that • there is great dissatisfoctioa gdraggtd among Cho men on account of the Canadian troops being split u mak_ T g P P, ing teem half English and hall Can- ndlan. 1.1 was understood when Col. Steele left Canada that ho would command all of the 1,200 Canadians that went with him., but instead ho was given command 01 B division au- I,y, one which had 210 Vansunans in Ile was refused three Canadian troops that were in A division, and soon after, th.e colonel being ordered north, tendered his resignation ratite g er than go away with unreliable re- crusts, instead of his OW11 reliable Canadians: ' One -letter declares that a sterni is brewing,- and will cone before long, and either Col. Steele and a good tow of the Canadians will go back to Canada insie of six =milts, or Col. Steele will: have his -own wg way and gat control over the man from the Dominion. UNITED STATES. in San wranciseo is to be fur- at 884c. he Government has decided to use telegraphy in the navy. Wabash railway is buildinga bridge over the QhIo at Potter, 1years old, was to death by a cow at lung - N. J. rigging for Emperor Wil - Yat lie is being made at Wilkes- e, Pa. M. S}taw, Governor of Iowa, succeed Lyman Gage as Secre- g of the Treasur Cli:cucurtain ge Alex. SullivanSuiitvan was 10 - ,000 for trying to keep an in- jury -briber awe from the y rural free delivery service is popular feature of the pos- Clara Boss of Bernardsville. is dead from hydrophobia, result of a bite from a strange she sheltered. S. Carter, a Brooklyn lawyer, given a plot of land for ,a come- and 37,000 for improvements Conn. Hicks, steel manufacturer, Ohio, died on Tuesday of poison}ng from a cot on the while sealing an envel- Governor -elect of Iowa. Propos- commission of Cities men to a non-partisan commission to the value of the railroads eta.te with a view to taxation. $ CHINA PREPARING. Upheaval Prophesied by a sign ' Charles ES Gammon, superintend- out of oP col orteurs for the Amari- p can Bible Society in Northern China..house, writes to the society concerning thetie y g present situation fn the Chinese Empire as follows «Wlillo at Shanghai I observed that the Oliinese Government was openly violating tho Precisions of the pro- tocol. The great Empire would shake 08 Euro sun denomination. shells- Py ands of boat-londs of small arms and ammunition were passing weekly up Yang-tse-Kiang, and the arsenals were being enlarged and worked day And night. Cargoes of explosives g were being received, and tho Dowager Empress had issued instructions to all officials to recruit the army, and also to ipform her as to the fighting_ strength of each division and . the time required to concentrate tho forces- at a given point: There were and aro many other unpromising features which weighed heavily upon y the miust, a Blest it the interested, •'I must believe that the end is net yet, and that within ton,yoars, and possibly within five, a war will en- sue the like of which the world has never latown. Per centuries. China has boon making repeated attempts to expel the foreigner, caoli,tinte pro_ flung by past experiences, each time with more power and success, each time better equipped and better planted. She is now prepared asdetermine never before, buying vast quantities of superior weapons and reorganizing fur armies on a correct basis. Thyro- foto the oast attempt W111 bo glean- tic force, and terrible in execution. It Well result in a universal u heaval and the final dismemberment of the empire,. at a terrible cost," - AND PROVISIONS. hogs aro flim lots, with stead soils lots; meso $A21.50 Cr -Hems, bacon,.14c; and shoulders, is unchanged, We quote: 1140; pails, _ DAIRY MARKETS supply of and it dairy largo ' tent 'rolls,. feed prints, 21 market, is flan. 27c; cold aLorlLgo 17 to 180. icer firnt. 104 10c. 1 THE SECRET OF LIFE. R — Prof. Loeb Says it isWith}.n the Power of mankind. A despatch from Chicago says: - Prof. Jacques Loeb, at the fout- tcenth annual meeting of the Anted. - can Physiological Society at the Uui- versify of Chicago, in a :paper enti tled "On the Prolongation of Life of Unfertilized eggs of the Sea Urchin by Potassium Cyanide," toad a group .of the foremost physiologists in America that by means of °bsCr- vaGi°n of the effects of certain chem- upon the eggs of tho fewer marine 1, animals h g W,is rDatl to make a tentative definition of the heretofore unknown nature of death. Death, Ito-raflleine 1, Was not a be - gattvo process, a simple breaking of the tissues, as it had been regarded regarrod up to this time, but an ac- tive agent born with the birth °4 the S egg find destined, if net checked, to gain the upper hanr of the life }n - and bring about extinction. But greater even than the apparent discovery of this death agent. in rat substances is Prof, L°eb's announce - mann that he sluts been able t.° cheep it, in the eggs of Llte sea urchin at }east, bychemical a is claimd, means nalhitt lose than that on a tuitiuto scale bele scarce of tornat ilio 1 Inv r 0 sth° poi o of man, Tito oxPDrimonts, the profess°r says tvero simple. Unfortttized eggs of the sea urchin Were placed in n weak so- 'MUM% of potassium Cyanid° and abandoned for several tiayv in or - 01111003 conditiolis tin Unfertilized e (1108 in a few hours, destroyed by t,h° death agents bora with It, A1. the end of several clays the egg's wore again examined and were found to be still' capable of fertilization, and o annuals, In tib producing moults pla}aing the trsulta Prof. Loeb fetid t„ that tho ntortacefo s tcoria Npr duocertain °t° the acLionS of cn i n fer)nents of an unlcnoNn nature, tamed ntrgl fro th t.rndan°l watt ,tnnt,lnrd.rt.n,I by 1.1.,, .z, ,00ui,,m sat s, 9 MORE CATTLE. -- Shipznents . of Canadian Stock It`rom Portland. A despatch from Portland, Maine, says: -A remarkable increase in livo stock shipments is shown in the an- uual report of the cattle inspector of this port, which was issued on Wed- nesday. In 1900, ChD grand .total of cattle, sheep and horses shipped Iron P°rtiitnd to Cho United Kingdom•was 32,680, ,while Lho total for the sea son of 1901 is 100,889. The tersest single item of increase was American sttoep, tho 196x sltipineuls being lh,- sheep, i)64: as against- 2,895 in 1900. A Uig 1ncr0040 in Oanaclien cattlo and me!) slmmep is also recorded, cattle shit)" mentis bohrc 21,438, against 7,898 in 1900, and shoo ahJnnexil,A 16 061 against 5,807 in 1900, g „- Tho blunbbr of horses sill ed duititbit ing the last season was sma1100 thiol in 1900, the totals being; -American horses, 3U against Cit, in 1900; Can- adlati horses, 285, a Mast 671. in g 1901. TALLOW, is steady, No. 1 green 9c; -7e; cured, for steers•p ea n{mutat and 8c for -The market market for :and Lmfoo' now pretty soll at 15e to 19c for extras. afro paying 14 to 8c rendered sell r GENERAL. 'a fire in Zacatecas Mexico,46 lo.t tlioir lives, Canary Islands aro overrun a plague of L°costs. had a decline of export last month amounting to'60,7 t°ns, Grand Dced and Duchess of we,a aliv°rceU on the grounds aversion. c and Odessa labot•ere 1ii Sou- Russia are plotting a.gahtst Government, from Stockholm •prove working cows improves the of the milk, and that the is better, and no extra food is • outs es aa'0 described in letters as' bola perpetrated p Russian Cossacks on the do citizoas of Manchuria. P: ; " venerable Pearl Fitztvilltam wits of hL aovoi cars °P neo g Y Yhe malice his cross •- channel in groat stela u.ud style, 1TD the mail steamer, paying a on four hundred r f0 r hun rid pqumds for trains 'Prod his and has Y Wicklow in County 1Vickl°w to Kings. 'Holyhead ., and from ks t' cos Lt vu'l!h his Varlcshire Dat ate, The to tho x`lLzwillluzn property is Earl, who V the Viscount 'as 'V}soount Mlltom. .T1�J2ACHERY. Officers of Intelligence Department • Shot Down. P •enclosure A Pretoria despatch says: -Two of- fiCms.of the Tnt°lligenco Department, who wore sent to parley with the 130ers Seto desired Lo 'surrender near � ',1'{vm ,Baths were: treacherously shot by concealed Boers. A despatch from Carnarvon says; A farmer on Tuesday brought, in , v s Trooper Meyer, Who was shot through tho legs while commandeer- donkeys and wagons. His Com- Corpora! Dawson, was vu Cd: Tho mon diel not suspect that tho enemy ,woro at Zeekoega.t; and were tired upon ..w;thout warning, Wli s, en 'fifty YArilg oiT, by the Moors,sum dbroito who were tying bee a dam wall. IL is staled that Moyer received Itis wound after Ito had surrendered. STATES MARKETS. Jan. 7. -Flour dull; No, wheat,, no tl3. Corn- Dull; No. 3, 70c; do., 68;Qa. al,}c; No. 41>0; No. 70o. Ryt 7. -Wheat May, 88$°, May,7 6 iia May, 47e. 30.70; 7, -•Wheat No. 1 Northern, and Docot Oats -40e, Jn!t,?.-Wh0nl-Stcatly; 1 Northern, 7 .t to 7,0; No 1, 05S0, 4 BRITISH SUCCESS. — important Engagement Reported Prom West Africa. A despatch from Bonny Africag says Col, 1lfontanarp' entoi'pd Aro- elinin oh DpOemhor 24 with Major Hooker's column, and burned .the town. Six important chiefs reuclrrer. The enemy is new bettyeen t'.I10 columns of Col. 1"eftouin ' and Major TTonolpr. The enemy's losses y' wore severe.- Tia British casualties were slight, —`4- PRINCE. TO VISIT BERLIN, ,Wanton, Confirmed Report That Re is to freer the liais'er, A London despatch q sa s: -The newspapers print, an unolflciat,• but p apparently LrusGworthy, Minna/ma- ------- Mont, confirming Cho report that the King will send tho PLincC of Wales .to 7lorlin to congratulate lympor0r. William on his birthday, Jan, 27, The annotumon.ent, which is commented upon approvingly, is me barnf alt appreciation anon q •� gpP of the T llipol'ol a sympathy on the eeeaslpu of llueort Victoria's death, Teo visit Will. Practically semehron}zp ivii.h:010 cxplra11On of the period or for Queen V'icGatla, * TO MEET FEBRUARY 6. —^ The Dominion Parliament Will Moet on That Date: A .despatch from Ottawa says 1- 1't is stated that the next taatte of tho Canada: Gazette will contain a roclarnellon collie Pediment, P 8, for the despatch 01 business on Thursdn 1rCUrtrary Gth. Y `-""""' "^""^" An agent of the tl',,'aUs-Szbprian Railway a:nnamtces teat by 12a31 next this railway will have a sD'mi-worifly seraiee between Paris Pekin, pt n, ltinci that the Brno [Nita Shanghai t0 Lon-.. g Boli will be three weeks. • 7