HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-2-6, Page 6THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres,
Toronto Feb,'4.—Wheat—Market
was firmer to -day, with more en-
gully. Fifty-eight 18„ 'white turd
red, quoted at ,74 to 75e, anldd1
freight. NO, 1 spl'ieg at 729 oast,
and Po.1 goose at 6749 low
freights. No. '1 Manitoba hard, nom-
inal at 78ac to 80e g.i.t. Sarnia '
No: 1 Northern sold at 83c North
Bay, and 8do` Sarnia ; No. 2 North-
ern quotcd''et 81e Sarnia,
Oats -The market is quiet, with de-
mand a little better. No, 2 white'
aro quoted at 40 to 41c, middle
freight. ` •
Peas—Tiro market is quiet,, with
prices unchanged. No, 2 quoted at
80o west, and at 81.e middle freight.
. Corn—The market is quiet, but the
feeling is better. Canadian yellow
quoted at 56c west, and 10LYod at
554e west.
Bailey—Market'quiet and steady '
No, 1 quoted at 56c, and No, 2 at
53a; No. 8 extra at 51c, and No. 3
at 50c. middle freights,
'Rye—The ° market is quiet, and
prices aro nominal at' .56 to 53 c,
middle freight.
Buckwheat—Demand limited and
prices nominal at 540 middle freight.
flour—The market is quiet, Nine-
ty per cent., in buyers' bags, nondreil
at $1.85 to 82„90, middle freights.
Locally and for Lower Province trade
choice straight rollers, in wood, are
$3.20 to $8,25. Manitoba • flour
steady, with Hungarian 84,10 to
54,80, and strong baker's' at 53.80,
Toronto freight.
Oatmeal—Market unchanged. Car
lots, on track, 55.25 in 1)ags, told
$5,40 in wood. Broken lots, 25c
per ib extra.
Millfeed—Bran is umcllanged at $18
outside. Shorts, 520 outside. Mani-
toba bran, 520, and shorts 522, To-
ronto freights, including sacks.
PRODUCE.
Potatoes—Tho demand for potatoes
is limited, and prices easy. Cars are
quoted at 60 to 63c per bag, on
track here, and the jobbing price,
750.
Dried. Apples—Market is dull.
Choice are worth 6c per lb. Evapor-
ated sell at 9 to 10c.
Plops -Business quiet, with prices
steady at 13e. yearlings, Sc.
Roney—The market is steady at
944 to 10c. for strained. Combs,
51.50 to $2.25 per dozen.
Beans—The market is quiet, with
fair offerings. Prime mediums, 81.85
to 81.40 ; hand-picked, 51.55 to
5T.80.
Cranberries — Market unchanged,
with stocks small. Cape Cod at
50.50 to $10 per, bbl. -
Hay, baled—Tbe ;market is steady,
with good demand.` Timothy quoted
at 59.75 to $10 on track for No. 1,
and $8 to 88.50 for No: 2.
Straw—The market is' quiet and
firm. Car lots on track. will bring
$5.75 to $6.
Poultry—Merlcet unchanged: Tur-
keys, 94 to 104c per lb;' frozen,
scalded, and half -fatted stock sold
from 8 to 9e, Geese, dry -picked. 8
to 84e. Ducks, 60 to 90c. Chickens
young, 50 to 75c; old, 35 to 50c.
CATTLE MARKET,
Toronto, Feb. a. --The run wile
light at the Cattle Market to -clay.
13usluess oil the whelk:, was fair to
brisk for anything of choles ,qual-
ity. While there was enough of the
meditun qualities on hand, thele was
not 0110ugh of the better 'cluality to
supply the demand, Some choice ex-
port cattle to-d'ay fetched 85.87 1-2,
8112 ,0101'5 of the sa=ne kind would
have found a ready, market, .Choice
butcher cattle were also selling well,
picked lots at $4.40,' There was a
fair market for heavy loodors, but
not many offering, Stockers are
fairly steady. heavy bulls for ex-
port are selling lit 54 to 54.25.
Good veal calves are wanted, and
heavy export lambs and sloop are in
good demand, Hogs are weak,
dropping ail eighth again to -day,
with prospects lower, The run was
45 loads, with 794 head of cattle,
336 sheep and lambs, 845 Bogs, and
15 calves.
Export cattle, light
cwt ...$4.25 54.50
Bulls, export, .heavy,
cwt:,.. 8.65 4,25
Buills, export, light cwt 3.00 3,25
Feeders, heavy... ..•.•. , , 4.00 4,25
Feeders, light.,, 2.50 2.75
Stockers, 400 to 800
]bs.,,,,,- 2,40 3,375
Butchers` cattle, choice 8.75 4.00
Butchers' cattle, good8,60 3.75
Butchers', common ,,, ,2.75 3.00
Butchers': •picked... .. ,4.00 4,25
do off -colors and heif-
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter—The market is quiet, with
choice grades firm. Inferior butter
is hard to sell. We quote : Selected
dairy tubs, 17 to 17ac; choice large
rolls, 16 to 170; finest 1-1b rolls,. 18
to 19c; inferior qualities, 11 to 124c;
creamery prints, 21 to 22c; solids,
20 to Ole.
Eggs—The market is quiet. Strict-
ly fresh, 27 to 280; held fresh, 21
to 22e; cold storage, 20a;. limed 18
to 20c.
Cheese—Market is steady. We
quote :—Finest Septembers, 104 to
110; seconds, 94 to 10c.
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs unchanged, with car
lots quoted at $7,75. Hog pro-
ducts steady. We quote :—Bacon,
long clears, sells at 105 to 184c, in
ton and case lots. Mess pork, $21;
do, short cut, 521.50 to 522.
Smoked meats—Hams, 13e; Break-+;
last bacon, 14e; rolls, 11c; backs,
14c, and shoulders, 104e.
Lard—The market is unchanged.
We quote :—Tierces, 11c; tubs, I1 tc;
pails, 114c.
UNITED STATES MARKETS. d
Buffalo, Feb. 4.—Flour—Steady ;
lair demand. Wheat—Nothing do -1
ing. Corn—Stronger; No. 2 yellow,
644c; No. 8 do., 6$4e; No 2 corn,
63c; No. 3 do, 6240. Oats—Strong ;
No. 2 white, 484e; No. 8 do, 474e ;
No. 2 mixed, 464c; No. 3 do, 46e.
Barley -Nothing doing. Bye—No. 1,
68!,c.
Toledo, 0., Feb. 4.—Wheat, Strong;
higher ; cash, 875c; May, 874c; July
82c. Corn—Strong; higher; Jan.,
594c; May, 6310; July, 651c. Oats—
Higher; Jan„ 474c; May, 45c; July,
tOc, Clover seed, Jan., $113,80 ;
March, 55.825 to $5.85; No. 2 alsiko
$7.80.
Milwaukee, Feb. 4.—Wheat—Higher,
close, No, 1 Northern, 77c; No. 2
Northern, 74 to 754c; May, 79e.
Rye—Dull; No, 1, 61c. Barley—
steadier; No. 2,, 624 to 63c; sample,
55 to 625e. Corn—May, 6219.
Duluth, Minn„ Feb. 4,—Wheat—
Closed,
, Wheat—
Closecl, cash, No..1 hard, 774c; No.
9 Northern, 725c; No, 1 Northern,
741c; May, 775c; July, 774e; Mani-
toba, No. 1 Northern, cash, 72c;
May, 744e, Oats -494o. Corn— 61c.
Minneapolis, Feb, 4,—Wheat closed
-Cash, 754e; May, 7514e; July, 764c1.
on track, No. 1 hard,_ 7701. No 1
Northern, 755e; No, 2.210, 745e.
Flour—Firm; first patents, 58.75 to
$8.85; second patents;. $$3,65' to
58.75; first clears, $2.75 to -$2,55
second clears, $2,50, Bran. -In bulk,
$16 to $16,50.
Detroit, Feb, 4.—Wheat closed—No.
1 white, cash, 005e; No. 2 red, cash
and January, 884e; 11h'aty, 874c; July,
$83c.
St, LolilO, Feb, 4.—Wheat closed—
Cash, 851c; May, 854c; July, 784e;
Butchers' bulls,., .; . 1.50
Light stock hullo, cwt., -,00
Milch cows 30.00
Sheep, export .ewes,
cwt...... :.:. 8.00
do bucks... ........ 2.00
Sheep, butchers', each,. 2.00
Lambs, cwt... 8.50
Hogs, best 6.00
dolight..,.,, ...... 5.75
do fat,,, ,..,,. 5,75
NEW ELDORADO.
2.50
3.00
2.50
55.00
8.50
2.50
3.00
4,90
Enormously Rich Discovery in the
Klondike.
A Victoria, B.C., despatch says:—
News has been received here from the
Klondike of a rich milking discovery
in Indian River, a tributary of the
Klondike. This river and its tribu-
tary creeks were very thoroughly
prospected for gold in the early days
of the Klondike rush, and many own-
ers of claims got fair returns. Some
miners who had worked in the South
African gold fields were struck with
its similarity to the rich "blanket”
depo:eits of the Rand. Subsequent
examinations showed that the ore
ran from 51 to 5200 a ton.
John Ilepburp•, en experienced min -
0r of British Columbia; satisfied him-
self to the extent and value of the
•
aeposits,•
on 182 dairies of the 180 that had
been staked. lie is now on his way
to London to interest capital in de-
veloping his properties. He asserts
that one of his claims will yield 564,-
000,000 in gold. The conglomerate
deposit, so far as located, is eight
miles long, with.width of 011e and
a quarter to fur miles. Its thick-
ness is unknown, as no sinking has
been made.
The new Eldorado is twenty-eight
miles from Dawson, the Klondike
capital. A wagon road traverses the
Indian River Valley. This wagon
road will be replaced by a railroad
during the coming summer, all ar-
rangements for which are in the
hands of E. 0. Ilawkins, who was
one of the builders of the 'White Pass
and Yukon Railway.
ANOTHER DISCOVERY.
No little excitement exists here, in
New Westminster, and near the Town
of Sumas, B.C., over the alleged dis-
covery of alluvial gold in consider-
able quantities near Sttntas, which is
situated a f -w miles from the inter-
national boundary line, and 50 mi1es
from Vancouver.
An old Klondike niiuer named nam- ;
ed William Davis made the first dis-
covery while sinking a hole for stak-
ing a quartz claim. In the bottom
of the hole he states that he found
a number of nuggets, and also found
other traces of gold in the vicinity.
The find is supposed to be in the for-
mer lied of the Fraser River,
Claims were immediately' staked ill
the vicinity of the find and many
Vancouver people, business men as
well as miners. •are staking more
claims as rear the original as possi-
ble. 1:,. t he mountain side near by
free_ milling gold quartz has been
found worth. it is claimed, 5500 to
the ton. This fund, too, is attract-
ing large numbers of people armed
with mining stakes.
Eseerts have hastened to Sumas
to nsrertain precisely the value of
the alleged discovery.
HOSPITALQ UARANTINED.
Smallpox Spreads to Notre Dame
in Montreal.
A Montreal despatch says:—Small-
pox of a mild type is apparently
spreading very fast in Montreal, and
many new cases hevO been reported,
A peculiar incident in connection
with the epidemic is the quarantin-
ing of the Notre Dame Hospital, ow-
ing to one of the servants being at-
tacked with the disease. The insti-
tution is. one of the largest hospitals
in Montreal, and the quarantine
means that until February 12th, the
200 men, women and children who
aro within the walls of the hospital
will have to remain there, and that
the only communication they will
have with the outside world will be
through the telephone.
NEW SUBMARINE BOAT.
Thirty Feet Longer and Have Se-
veral Now Features.
1! Barrow despatch says;—Vickers,
Sons and Maxim have contracted
with the Government for the con-
struction of a new type of submarine
boat. 1;t will be 30 feet longer than
the other boats built by the firm,
and will havo several novel realm es.
TIIE 911TIRIO LE 1Si1ATIUhE
WHAT OUR 1Y1E1'4BEiI$ ARF DQ•
XN% AT `p0It0NTO,
MR, BAIRR 'WANTS TO KNOW.
Mr. Bari' moved 101' a return show-
ing the narll05 of all license conunis-
sionok's, and the Immo, salary, and
the amount allowed to aim for ex-
penses in 1001, of every license in-
spector in the province. Ho pointed
out' that cis the public acceu11ts were
at present printed these facts could
not be ascertained.
Mi', Stratton pointed out that as
tho license year eucled on April 39111,
the return could only be given for the
year ending April 30t11, 1001,
M1'. Barr consented and the motion
carried.
SALES 0T TIM.i3ER,
Mr, Jcssop moved for a return
showing what is 'the arca, in acres,
of timber sold by the Government
since 1871, and the amount >81201y -
ed therefrom; also, what sales have
taken place during the last live
years; to whom sold, and the amount
received from such sales.
Hon. Mr, Davis replied that figures
of the sales for the period up to
1892 were to be found in the public
records; since that time, however,
they were not on record, and he had
no objection to granting the return,
which would bo prepared as soon as
Possible, considering t110 nature of
the work.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASYLUMS.
Hon, Mr, Stratton brought down a
return granted un motion of Mr
Boyle, showing that during ,7:901,
the stili of 565,505 was paid by pri-
vate individuals for the maintenance
of insane; the amount received for
clothing them was 518,184, and the
amount paid by the inspectors of the
Toronto General Trust Company was
523,121; the total reaching 5101,-
811,
TO' - INSPECT VOLUNTARY
SCHOOLS.
Mr, Still, of West York, will rein-
troduce his measure relating to vol-
untary schools, which was shelved
last year. It provides that when re-
quested to do so, public school in-
spectors shall inspect voluntary
schools, private schools, and incor-
porated seminaries in general. it is
requested that there shall be an
average attendance of 20, and that
the teachers' certificates shall have
been issued by the Education De-
partment.
OWNERSHIP OF GAS PLANTS.
Public ownership is coming more
and more to the front in the legisla-
tion introduced. Mr. Carscallen, of
.Hamilton, has a bill in hand to
amend the Municipal Act, which will
provide that towns of more than
five 'thousand population can issue
debentures extending over 80 years in
purchasing the gas plants. As the
law now stands -Year debentures
2 U
are allowed -for -towns of more than
five thousand, .whi]e those under
;that number have the right to issue
130 -year debentures.' If the amend-
ment passes then all can issue 30 -
year debentures.
RAILWAY BILLS PASSED.
The Railway Committee of the
Legislature took rap the bill of the
M.orrisburg Electric Railway Com-
i5any, which proposes to coianect
1lforrisburg and Winchester in Dundee
County and construct branch lines.
1'la company also asked the right to
construct and operate telegraph lines,
electric power, and lighting plants
along the line, and to acquire 011
erect hotels, sanitariums and steam-
ers in connection with the railway.
The main provisions of the bill
were adopted, but the latter clauses
were changed. Mr. Barber made a
Protest against permitting telephone
companies to spring up all over the
country. Mr. Conmee, Dr. McKay,
and Mr. Pardee thought the public
should have the convenience of us-
ing Lhe companies' Iines. The clause
relating to telephones was amended
so as to prevent, the company from
selling its service to private .parties,
or charging for the use of its
phones. The clause relating to
steamers was struck out, and that
relating to hotels amended by mak-
ing them subject to the regulations
of the Public Health Act,
The Pehinbroke Southern Railway
Company asked power to extend its
line from Pembroke to Golden Lake
through Westmeath and Ross Town-
ships to the Ottawa River, and to
amalgamate or enter into running ar-
rangements with the 'Toronto, Lind-
say and Pembroke Railway Com-
pany, Pontiac and Pacific Junction
Railway Company, or any other rail-
way company. The bili was amend-
ed so that the company must make
specific mention of the lines they de-
sire to amalgamate with,
AFT.I:R GOVERNMENT AID.
Mr. Munro, M.P,P., and Mr. Lough-
ria, M.P.P., introduced a deputation
from Pembroke and Westmeath, ask-
ing for aid for a 15 -mile extension
of the Pembroke afl1I •20utlierl Rail-
way front Pembroke to the Ottawa,
River. They wanted 58,000 a mile.
The Premier promised consideration.
Messrs, Hugh Illala, Hon, S. 0.
Wood, W. 9le ialeWilliams, and John
Flett waited tin thec Clovernment to
ask an extension of the time for con,
miming and completing the proposed
ship railway from Georgian Bay to
Toronto.'.
The Premier and Iron. Mr. Latch-
ford were waited upon by Reeve Faw-
cett, of Wolfe .Leland, and IL J.
Wolfe of Toronto, asking that the
municipality of Wolfe Island be al-
lowed to devote any `money due it
under the Good Roads Act to the
improvement of the ferry service be-
tween
o-tween tho island and Kingston, the
nearest market,
Speaker Evanturel has received a
petition signed by many hundreds
of=people in ,Prescott and Russell
counties, urging tho'•Goyernment to
assist in flood provente.tiVe measures,
WOMAN'S RESIDENCE.
Iron, Mr. Ilarcourt will introc111ce a
bill relating to the Toronto Univer-
sity, permitting the erection of a
woman's residence on, the property of
the university, Mr, Harcourt states
that a start Will be made duringthe
conning 511anm01', and that as a. p3'e-
llminary step aceo3113odation for 2Q
young ladies will be provided,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT.
Two bills to amend the Publie
_Tufo
Act were intl'odueed. "'The:
Minister of Education introduced one
wfliah Makm two proposals: first, to
enable the school boards of ru1'14
7nunlolpalities to 'expend' money for
the conveyance of children to school
in urban municipalities; second, to,
enable several adjacent school see
tions to unite for the ptirPoso of es'
tabllshing, grade schools.
Mr, Failte (East Durham) iutro-
duieed an act to amend the Public
Schools Act, which extends the PoW-,
or of rural school boards to borrow
honey under, a' sealed note, They
are at present restricted in borrow-
ing to mune heeded for teachers' sal-
aries, and the bill extends the privi-
lege to expenditures for outer school
ptu'poses,
MUNIOIPAL AOT.
Mr, Smith (Peel) introduced an
Actto amend the Municipal Act,
which deals with the 'vexed question
of farm 1111ds in towns and villages,
It provides that the municipality
may enter into ata agreement with
the owners of such lands for a epees
dial rate of taxatio 'instead of hav-
ing the farm lands separated by a
county by-law.
ONTARIO ELECTION ACT.
Mr. Lee (East Kent) introduced Ms
bill to Amend the Ontario Election
Act by providing trial railway em-
ployes, whose work takes them from
home, may be allowed to poll their
votes 48 hours before election day.
It was given' a first reading.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
541r. Darrowgot a first reading for
his bill limiting the number o1 ex
pert witnesses who may be called in
an. action' to three on each side, ex-
cept by leave from the presiding
judge.
Mr. Auld (South Essex) introduced
a bill to amend the Drainage Act, so'
that instead of extending drainage
works to an outlet where the dis-
charge of water would do any injury
to lands and roads and where the
cost of extension would be heavy,
the outlet need not be secured, but
compensation could be given those
whose lands .were flooded,
Mr. Richardson introduced a bill to
amend the section providing for the
taking of farm lands '• out of towns
and villages. His amendment is that
the section shall not apply to towns
incorporated since 1880, instead of
1866.
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OUGHT TO SURRENDER.
American Divine's Opinion on the
Seer Resistance.
A London despatoh Says:--dabling
from Cape Town, the correspondent
1 of the Daily Chronicle quotes from an
address delivered by Dr. Joseph C.
Hartzell, Missionary bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Afri-
ca, of Cincinnati, last Sunday. Dr.
Hartzell said: " he Boers have mis-
takenly attempted to build up a re-
public based upon preference instead
of principle. The Boers have made a
brave resistance, and now ought to
be bravo enough to acknowledge de-
feat, and no man worthy of the name
of Englishman or American would
not receive their surrender in a pro-
per spirit."
Dr. Hartzell said he believed there
would arise in Africa a settlement of
Anglo-Saxon civilization which would
complete the arch of Imperial Feder-
ation, and create a United people in
South Africa like that in the United
States after the Civil War. ,
COLONY'S CONTRIBUTION.
Newfoundland Asks Solution of
Imperial Problems.
A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says:
The Colonial Government has under-
taken to renew for the present year
the French shore modus vivendi,
which expired on the 31st of last De-
cember.
1VIr. Chamberlain, the British 001-
ouial Secretary, wired the Colonial
Government a request for this action
last Saturday, urging his desire to
dispose of the Boer War before re-
viving negotiations with France re-
specting the Newfoundland shore.
The Colonial Cabinet, in acquies-
cing to Mr. Chamberlain's request,
recorded the fact that it was done as
the colony's contribution totl'ards the
solution of Imperial problems in'
South Africa. Newfoundland, being
unable to send men there, takes this
means of testifying her co-operation
in the Imperial Policy, and is confi-
dent that the redrafts of her griev-
ances will be next undertaken, It is
generally understood that this is the
last time this 111011501.017111be renew-
ed, and that itie: only` done now for
the foregoing reason.
BEEPING DE WET ON THE .B,UN
Boer Leader Trying to Break,Sur-
rounding Cordon.
A 'despatch from Pretoria says:—
Gen. Bruce Hamilton's march has re-
sulted in 112 of the enemy being ao-
counted for, including five who were
killed. About ten of the number sur-
r01124eeed. Twelve were driven ihto
the constabulary line at. Valburg
Sprult, 'When first surprised between
Bethel. and Ernlelo the Boers tied,
Later they split into two bodies..
Gen. Hamilton chased both, One
want to tiro main longer, which was
captured.
In the northern part of the Orange
River Colony Col Garret has had
several fights, killing a few Boors.
The burghers always cleared out in
front of him,
Gen, De Wet is being kept in un-
willing activity, At present he is
arranging combinations against par-
ticular spots in the blocchouse linos,
twhiclh now nearly sin`round his then-
tre of operations.
NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs Prom All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
London's Normal School is o1'OWd-a
ed.
Sault Ste. Marie needs a new nigh
Itoingst9n may 11170 a new 5150,-
000 SUr1311301' 110101,
Shipments of bituminous coal
from Canada to Europe have proved
suece'ssful,
Andrew Car'negie's offer of a pub-
lic library to Sault , Ste. Marie is
likely to bo accepted,
Ottawa City Council has adopted
a resolution in favor of .abolishing'
the property qualification of •alder
men,
Tho railway Works being built at
IIocliolagaworld: , near 141outreal, by the.
0.P.R., will bethe largest in the
In t110 eleven months ending .No-
vember 30th, there were 127 deaths,
'70 births and 99 marriages in the
Yt1kon.
Twenty-three moose have been kill-
ed by trails this season between
Minnietakie and Bat Portage, a dis-
tance of 70 miles,
Muskrats are unusually numerous
in Ponalca, Man., this season. One
in0101saut alone has purchased over
8,000 shins this season.
The six or eight military staff
clerks in the Militia Department are
to wear the uniform of the tinny
service Corp. The uniform will be
made after the British. pattern.
The old Montreal offices of the G.
T. R. may be turned into an im-.
license Railway Men's Christian 40-
sociation headquarters, with lodg-
ings.and boarding accommodation.
Tho Coast Yukon Railway will
seek authority to construct a line
from h7itimert Inlet, Douglas Chan-
nel, to a point on the Ottawa River,
thence by the most feasible route to
Dawson.
Tho oMeial invitation to the King's
coronation is to the Premier and the
Imperial Privy Councillors in Can-
ada, which if strictly interpreted
means Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Chief
Justice Sir Henry Strong,, ,
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British Government may buy
the dockyards at Barrow.
In the proposed Ei131ish freight
pool 177 steamers are involved.
Mr. Carnegiewill:establish a 550,-
000 library at Skim' Castle.
Another large turbine steamer has
been ordered by the British navy.
England w notw nd ill ails Russia.' to
obtain a port on the Persian Gulf.
Seohacco companies of England are
rapidly combining to boycott Am-
erican trade.
The London medical fraternity is
investigating the cause and treat-
ment of cancer.
The Bisley meeting of the •National
RiIle Association is fixed from July
14th to the 26th.
The new mayor of Sligo has
pledged- himself to take no part in
the coronation festivities.
Walter II. W31sou has retired from
the directorate of Messrs, Harland
& Wolf, the great Belfast sbipbuild-
ing firm.
An American company is refused a
999 years' lease of property in Lon-
don on which to erect a 52,000,000
office building.
In -England there is an- agitation
for the establishment of safeguards
against national starvation in the
event of war with soma great power.
It is reported that the design of
the new postage stamps, recently is-
sued in Great Britain is faulty in
several respects, and another issue
will be made.'
Dr. E. R. L. Gould, eldest son of
J. T. Gould, Oshawa, has been ap-
pointed to the position of City
Chamberlain of New York by Mayor
Low, in whose interests he so zeal-
ously worked in the recent caul
901311. The position is worth $25,-
000 a year.
UNITED STATES.
A gold mine has been discovered
near Prairie du Chien, Wis.
A good vein has been discovered
under the city hall at Denver, Col.
H. 0. Frick, steel magnate, will
erect a 55,000,000 hotel in Pitts-
burg, Pa.
Mrs. Winifred, the oldest woman
in Montana, died at Helena, aged
104 years,
In Manchester, N.A., a dog stopped
a runaway horse by catching the
reins in his .chouldl.
U. 5. revenues will be reduced $35,-
000,000 a year by reducing war
taxes on tea and beer.
Union and non-union newsboys at
Omaha had a terrific fight and many
were badly hurt.
Clem Buchtor has been sentenced
to life imprisonment at Louisville
for murdering his daughter,
G. S. Dexter, aged 68, died at
Fairbury, 111,, without having taken
a drink of water for 40 years.
Two thousand Indians on the
Oneida reservation, Wisconsin, are in
danger of a smallpox epidemic,
Samuel Mather, of Cleveland, who
has given thousands to the Lakeside
Hospital of that city, has offered
another donation of 540,000.
Chicago anarchists are becothing
restless over the coming visit of
Prince Henry ofGer an and. ar
P neXony m Y, e
making bitter 811ac12s on royalty.
At the St. Louis Exposition the
buildings' will have an aggregate
floor space of 200 acres, and the
grounds a total area of 1,000 acres.
A bill in Congress provides the
death penalty for an attempt to 3111
or assault the President or anyone
in lice of succession. for the Preside
ency;
At' Pittsburg, Pan,, Wm, O. 1,003
dial fol' grief of hie sen, FrankG.
Lone, the bioyellst, 2.21110 was kildod
18by8 115411,0 Kurds in Asiatic Turkey in
arise Vivian Sartoris, the beauti-
ful granddaughter of General U.S.
Grant, has -decided 'to retire front
the social world and devote- herself
to art and music.
• GENERAL.
Uganda is to build. a cathedral,.
hmpei'or William will visit. Russia
next July,
Paris will spend 560, 000,000 to
improve itself,
Ohina talcea 110 ste30 to supprese
nlurclel' of missionaries,
In India there are rumors of
trouble ' in Afghanistan,
A revolution in Spain is predicted
when Kiiig Alfonso is ,crowned.
Ten peisons were killed and, 18
wounded in •a riot at Alsoidecs,l,IXun
ga1y.
The. Maslen Goverinnont is peti-
tioned to open all universities to
women,
The Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris,
is now heated throughout and elec-
tric -lighted, •
Tho American Tobacco Company
has absorbed four of the large cigar-
ette factories of Germany.
At Chilpaneingo, Mexiao, 614
houses, not including public build-
ings, have been destroyed by earth-
quakes.
•1't is reported that the Shah will
visit the French capital on his re-
Edw
turn frod,m the coronation of King
ar
It is the opinion at Cape Town
that Cecil Rhodes is certain to re-
ceive a call as Premier of the colony
in the near future.
BIDDLEI'ROTHERS ESCAPE.
Both Were Under Sentence of
Death at Pittsburg.
A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says :
—Edward and John Biddle, under
sentence of death .for murders' over
powered the guards at an early hour.
Thursday morning and escaped. 1Vit11
saws provided by some outside
friend who also' fprpished them with
revolvers, they cut .the - bars , and
were ready at any moment to make
an opening large enough to pass
through. The. two men occupied ad-
joining cells and planned the affair
cleverly.
Shortly before four o'clock one of
the, Biddies called to Janice Mc-
Geary,
o-Geary, who had charge of the out-
side gates, and asked for some cramp
medicine in a hurry, saying bis
brother was dangerously sick,
Medeary hastened to the cell with
the medicine when John ' Biddle
sprang through the opening in the
cell and seizing the guar(] around the
27039t,.hurled.him over the railing
to the stone floor .1)0neatlt, a dis-
tance of sixteen feel.
Edward Biddle joined his `brother
immediately and both, with drawn
revolvers, hurried to the first floor,
where they met Guard Reynolds and
shot him,
THREE MEN ON DUTY.
There were but three men on duty
and the third was on one cl the tip-
per ranges. He was ordered clown et
the point of the revolvers, and the
threo'guai'ds were put in tiro.dun-
geon.0
T11keys were taken frum.,Keeper
McGeary and the two desperate pris-
oners had e. clear ;ield. The only
persons who witnessed the escape
were prisoners who could not inter-
fere or give an alarm.
The prisoners went to the ward-
robe where the guards keep their
clothing, and each put on a new suit.
They then unlocked the outside gates
and passed out into the street.
The escape was not discovered until
the daylight guards came on duty at
six o'clock. They were informed by
prisoners where the night guards
had been put and they were soon re-
leased from the dungeon and sent
to the hospital.
, TIIE ROMANCE OF IT.
Tile escapeof the Biddies was sub-
sequently explained in a statement
issued by Walden Peter 1f. Sorrel.
The warden asserts that his wife is
responsible ter the furnishing of'tlre
revolvers and saws to the ]riddles,
which enabled them to escape.
In her infatuation for Edward Bid-
dle, it is alleged that she has left
her husband and her four children,
and it is supposed, is to meet the
escaped convicts at a place agreed
upon.
The story of the matter is brief.
Mrs. Sol1e1 was the only person ad-
mitted to the jail since last Sunday,
Wednesday afternoon she visited
them during the warden's absence.
Thursday evening she retired at 0
o'clock, She told her husband that
she was going to visit a sister at
McDonald, and that she would retire
early so that she could get an early
start. Warden Sorrel was about the
jail until after midnight. He retired
to his own room, which is separate
from Airs. Sorrel's shortly before
one o'clock. When he awoke this
morning he asked -for 'Ml's. Solrol,
and was informed 'that she was ab-
sent. Later, when the details of the
escape became known, he telephoned
to McDonald, and was informed that
Mrs. Segel was not there.
Warden Stint immediately made a
frank confession of his suspicions,
The two guards injured will pro-
bably recover,
LATER.
A .reward of 55,000 has been offer-
ed for the recapture of tho Biddle
murderers. No trace has been found
of Mrs. Sodel.
An investigation disclosed the fact
that she had taken all of her best
clothes with her.
It has been known for several
weelcs tbat Mrs, Sorfel was taking aii.
interest in the Biddles and it is said
that she fregttontly furnished them
with dainties outside their usual
prison fare.
It is reported that the Biddies took
a train at the Fourth (Millie statical
of the Panhandle Railroad, which
18 within a block of the jail,; and left
fon the Wesfis
TERRIBLE EXPLQ'SIONs
Dynamite Works Hawse in Central'
Now,2 ork,
A New York despatch says ;-•Ate
explosion in the Park Avenue shaft
of the Rapid Transit tunnel in fila
city shortly after noon on Monday,
caused the death of six Persons, at
least 100 were injured, and 2101'fous•
damage was done to property, in-
eluding the Murray I3111 Hotel, Mane
Rattan Lye and Ear ' 110spital,,
ui el and Grand Oen-
Grand U ou Hot
trill Station on East 420d street.:
,Among the victims was J, Rod1•iele
Robertson, of Nelson, B.C., who was.
tilled by debris hulled into his room
in the, Murray Hill Rotel. He was'
genel'41 manager in Canada for the.
BrItish Columbia Gold Fields Com-'
parry, Limited. He was a Seotoh-
man, and leaves a widow, and four
children.
The street railway tunnel approach
was housed over by a superstructure
used for ,the operating plant of the.
rapid transit contractors. Tempel'-•
ar3 buildings for storage purposes,
and in which it is said, 'quantities of
explosives were stored, were thrown
up against the superstrleturo at thee•
mouth of the shaft and there the ex-
plosion occurred. Nearly every room
in the front of the Murray H111 Ho-
tel was wrecked. The Manhattan.
Eye and Ear Hospital on the east.
side of the avenue had to .be aban-
doned. The windows and glass par-
titions . in the Grand. Union Ilotel
and the Grand Central Station were
shattered. The great clocks on the
front towel's or the station wore
blown from their cases. Thousands
of windows, some of them seven
blocks from the tunnel shaft, were
broken, and the shower of broken
glass and falling debris injured a
great number of people.
Tho cause of the explosion is not
definitely' known. The theory is that.
a fire started near the powder room,
in which a quantity of dynamite was
stored. Xra Shaler, engineer in
charge of the work at Park Avenue ;
natal Bricen, a foreman; and Mar-
tin McGrath, an assistant foreman,.
were placed under arrest, charged
with homicide.
Tho damage may exceed 51,000,-
000. The first estimate on the Mur-
ray Hill Hotel placed the loss at
5100,000, but later the hotel was
abandoned as unsafe.
NO HARVEST LAST YEAR.
Russian Famine Worse and Little ,
Done for Sufferers.
A despatch from St. Petersburg
says :—Tho Omsek Medical Society
reports extreme suffering from famine
in Akmollinsk Province, where, it is
said, there was virtually no harvest.
last year.
Twenty-six
residents of Irkutsk
T
Ysix es
have sent Count Tolstoi over 2,000
roubles for famine sufferers in Eu-
ropean Russia. This is more than
half as much as all Russia had sub-
scribed to the Red Cross Relief Fund
at last accounts.
WANT TO HELP BRITAIN.
Maoris Regret that Offer of 2,000'
Native Scouts is Not Accepted
A despatch from Wellington, N.Z.,
says At meetings of Maoris held.
]here on Monday, resolutions were
adopted protesting against German
slanders of British troops, and ex-
pressing regret that the British au-
thorities could not see their waad�[[
clear to accept the services of 2,000/'
native scouts in South Africa. The.
Maoris cheered for King Edward and:
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
2,672 WIDOWED BY , WAR -
And 5,845 Children Bereft of Their
• Fathers.
A. London despatch says :—In the
House of Commons on Monday even-
ing Secretary of War Brodrick an-
nounced that the casualties in South
Africa wore responsible for 162 offi-
cers' widows, and 245 officers' chil-
dren, and for 2,619 mon's widows.
and 4,600 men's hil.di'eli.
•
HOLLAND OFFERS PEACE,
Dutch Government Would Act as
fit o-33etween 'for Boers.
A despatch from London says:—
The Government of holland leas of-
fered in the most friendly terms: to
help in bringing- about peace in
South Africa„ In a communication
to the British Government the Dutch
Government suggests that it might
be permitted to act ae a sort of dip-
lomatie agent foe the hoer dele-
gates. But the Government express-
ly 'disowns any attempt at inter'v'en-
tion and does not mention any
terms.
Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign See -
rotary, replied in friendly terms Ca -
the .N2L1herlaul's ploposal, but he in-
stituted inquiries in order CO asecr-
tain the extent of the powers dele-
gated to Mr. Kruger and t110 otlhen
Boer representatives' in Europe ' .-
act on behalf of illa,,burghcrs in
field. Great doubt is expressed
the 1"oi'eign Mice here as to wile(
any negotiations carried on by
Boor..:delegates through the Dti.
Ooyerilnient Or 01801' channels t
prove •effectual, Ifsatisfactory gait
=tees in this respect can bo 90et11
negotiations will be inmiediate
0entmence(1.
The Russian Minister of liducatio
o h's f ni
has authorized the rectors a u
versitics to permit the students to
Mon literary, artistic, gymnastic'
debating and educational societies.
Chinese otllcials ]lave found trete
Sure t6 the value of over 100,000„-
000
00,000,000 tilers in gold and .silver, which
was buried in the woolen's. quarters
(of the palace before the Court 1131
'frees Pekin;,