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Grain, Cattic and Cheese
Prices of These Products In the Leading
Markets are Mere Recorded.
Broadstt ffs.
Toronto, Feb. 17, -Flour --Ontario
wheat flours, 90 per Dent., $3.66 to 23.70,
seaboard,and at $3.65, Toronto. Mani.
tobas-First"patents, in lute bags, 25.40;
do,, seconds, $4,90; strong baker's', in
Jute bags; $4,70,
Ma;iitoba wheat -Bay ports, No. 1
Northern, 97c, and No. 2, 060; Godericli,
1-2c more, "No. 1 Northern, North Bay,
21,02 1-2, and No. 2, $1.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 at 89 to 90e
outside, ttnd 93 to 94o, ort track, Toron-
to.
Oats-No. 2 Ontario oats, 35 to 36 1-2e
outside, and at 38 to 85 1-2c, on track
Toronto. Western Canada oats, 40 1-2c
for .No. 2, and at 39 to 39 1-2c for No.
3, Bay forts.
Peas --No. 2, art 95c to 81,'outsido, witt
.. offerings small.
Baxley -55- to 07e, outside.
Corn -New No: 3 American, 70c, all
rail Toronto.
Rye -No. 2.at 62 to 63o, outside.
73ucdcwheat-No.' 2 at 75 to 76c, out-
side _
diran--Manitoba bran, $22.60 a ton,"
in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $24
to 224.50, Toronto.
Country Produce.
Hurter ---Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; in-
ferior, 19 to 20e; farmers' separator
Prints, 22 to 25c; creamery prints., 30
to 30 1-2c; solids, 27 to 290; storage
Prints,
r d]ge's7Cese7lotsolids,,
ot n w-laid,to35to
26c per dozen; storage. selects,33 to
-34o, and storage, 31 to 32c per dozen.
Cheese -New cheese. 14 3-4e for large,'
and 15c for twins.
Beans• -•-Hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.20
perr bushel; primes, $2 to $2.10.
Honey-raxtraeted. in tins. 11 to 120
Per, lb:.for No. 1; combs, $3 to 33.20 per
dozen for No. 1, and 22.40 to $2.60 for
'.No.2.
Poultry -Fowl, 1.2 to 13c per lb.;
ehawkens, 16 to 13e; ducks, 13 to 15e;
geese, 14 to 16c; turkeys, 19 to 22e.
Potatoes-Ontarios . at 85 to 90e per
bag on track, and Delawares at 90 to
95e, on track, in ear lots.
Provisions.
'Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 16c per 1b.
in case lats. Toric -Short cut, $28.50;
do., mess, $24.50. Hams -Medium to
light. 16 to 10 1-2e; breakfast bacon, 18
to lOe: backs, 22 to 24c.
Lard -Tierces, 14 1-4c; tubs, 14 1-2e;
pailt. 14 2-9e.
Baled Hay and Straw.
130,lea hay -Nn. 1. at $14.50 tc $13 a
ion cu track here; No. 2 quoted at $13
to 213.50, and mixed at 212 to $12.50.
Boled straw --Cur lots. 28.50 to 38,75,
on track, Toronto.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg. Feb. 1 i -Cash - Wheat -
No. 1 Northern. 88 1-4c; No. 2 North-
ern, R6 1-4o; No. 3 Northern, 84 1-40;
No. 4, SO 1-4; No, 5, 73c; No. 6, 67 1-2;
feed, • 61 1-20;. No, : 1. rejected , seeds,
^83 1-20; No, 9 rejected seeds '79 1-2c
No. 1 2c;n No, j.' red .ty, 83 Wiitte r, 8821-4 ; No..
2 red Winter, 86 1-4c; No. 8 ;red 'Win-
ter, 84 1-4a. Oats --No. 2 C.w., 34e;
No. 3• C.��''., 33c: extra No. 1 feed, 331-40;
No. 1 fee4, 32 1-4e; No. 2 fed 32c.
Parley -No. 8; 42c; No. 4, 40 1-4c; re -
:looted 39 1-20; feed, 89c. Flax -No. 1•
N.W,c,, $1,29; No. 2 C;W, 31.26; No.
3 C.1*.. $1.13.
• Montreal .Markets,
Montreal, Feb. 17. -Corn, American
No. 2 yellow, 71c. Oats, Canadian West-
ern, No. 2, 42 1-2, to 430; Canadian
Western, No. 8, 42c. Barley, Man. feed,
45 to 600. Barley, malting, 64 to 66c.
Buckwheat, No. 2 56 to 570. Flour,
Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts,. $6,40;
do., seconds,'$4.90; • strong bakers',
34.70; Winter patents, choice. $4.76 to
$5; straight rollers, $4.45 to $4.60; do.,
bags, $2.05 to $2.15. Rolled oats, bar-
rels, $4.35; bage. 90 lbs., 22.06. Bran,
$23. Shorts, $25. Middlings, $28.
Mouillie, $23 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per
ton car lots, $13.50 to $16,50. Cheese,
finest westerns, 13•7-8 to 14c; finest
easterns, 13 1-2 to 13 3-4c. 13utter, •ohoie-
est creamery. 28 to 28 1-2e; seconds, 27
to 27 1-2c. k]ggs, fresh, 36 to 37c; se-
lected, 33 to 340; No. 1 stock, 30 to 310;
No. 2 stock, 24 to 26c. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, 80c.
'United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Feb. 17. -Wheat -May,
91 1-8c asked; July, 92 3-2c bid; No.
1 hard. 94 5-8e; No. 1 Northern, 92 1-8
to 93 5-8e; No. 2 Northern, 90 11-8 to
95 5-3e; No. 8 wheat. 87 1-8 to 891-5c;
No. 3 yellow corn, 56 3-4 to 57c; No. 3
white oats, 36 to 36 1-2c. Flour, fancy
patents, $4.66; first clears, $8.40; sec-
onds clears, 52.56. Bran. $22 to $22.50.
Duluth, Feb. 17. -Linseed, cash,
$1.61 1-4: May, $1.53 3-4; July, $1.55-
3-4. Close, wheat. No. 1 hard, 91 1-2e;
No. 1 Northern, 90 1-2c; No. 2 North-
ern, 88 1-2c; No. 2 hard Montana, 88 to
55 1-2c; May, 920; July, 92 7-8a'
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto T'eb. 17. -Cattle -Choice but-
chers, $8 to $8.50; good medium, $7 to
27.60; common cows, $4.60 to $6.50;
butchers' bulls, $4.50 to $7; canners
and cutters, $3.60 to $4; choice fat
cows. 26.75 to 27. Calves --Good veal,
28.75 to $11; common, 24.75 to $5.10.
Stockers and feeders -Steers, 910 to 1,-
050 pounds, 37.40 to 37.75; good qual-
ity, 800 pounds, $9.50 to 27.30; light
ewes, $5.50 to $7; heavy, 23 to $3.50;
bucks, 23 to 23.50; spring lambs, $9 to
29.50, but with 76c per bead deducted
for all the buck lambs. Hogs -$9.25
to 29.40, fed and watered; $9.40 to
$9.50 off cars, and 28.35 f.o.b.
Montreal, Feb. 17. -Salol of prime
beeves were made at over 7 1-20, and
from that down to 4 1-2c for the poorer
sorts. Milch cows sold at from 240 to
$75 each; calves, 5c to 7c; sheep, about
Se; lambs, Se to 5 1-2c; hogs, 9 3-4 to
100.
CO(TNTRV 01? YOUN0 PEOPLE.
Some Interesting Statistics Given
• by !Latest Census Bulletin.
:1. despair+li • from Ottawa says:
The 18th bulletin: of. he 'census of
1911, issued on Wednesday, con-
` loins the statistics 'of. ages of the
people by single year's, by' totals
for' Canada, and for each of the
provinces, alro comparative statis-
tics of the distribution of the people
by age periods in 1911 and 1901.
The latrgest proportion per 1,000
orf persons under 10 years 1s found
:in the Province of Quebec, with
273.508, as compared with 271,456
in 1901, when it also held the pre-
mier poeition. The lowest propor-
tion is found in British Columbia,
with 166.345, followed by Ontario,
with 200.316 per 1,000; these two
,provinces occupied the same rela-
tive positions in 1901, the former
having 169.374 and the latter 208.-
• 393 per 1,000. The provinces which
• show a betterment at this' age are
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
"Quebec. The greatest, falling off is
shown by Manitoba, which has
dropped from. 270.094 to 248.677,
and by Prince Edward Island,
elehicli has fallen from 239.086 to
' 214.450 per 1,000. The Western
Provinces are the regions of young
melt and .women, as is shown by the
Marge per cent. of the population
between the ages of 20 and 45. .'It
is en interesting. fact that the high-
est proportion . for this age period
is to be found in British Columbia.,
and that as we come eastward the
proportion assumes, a constantly
rlecl'ee ing. figure.
The provinces showing the larg-
est proportion, over 70 years are
Prince Edward Island, Nova Soo -
Jim, New Brunswick and Ontario,
with 5'2.9, 46.6. 38.1.and 34.7 re-
spectively. pat' 1,000, while those
showing the lowest are Alberta,
• Saskatebrwarm, . British Columbia
and Manitoba, with 3.9, 8.8, 12.3
end; 13:$ per 1,1190 respectively,
That Canada is pee -eminently a,
country of young people is evi-
dein:eel by the fact that 819.9 per-
s•odi5 in every '1,600 of the popula-
tion of known :age are under 45
;irearF
The proportion of clivorcles is
given ,s; six ori"10,000. Of the total
male population, 02'per cert, are
single, 34.85 married, • and 33 w •
de'ifi'ed, Of the female population,
57.37 per cent. are single, 36.97
married, and 5.31. widowed; One
Man and fifte•eu women of under 15
years are 'married; ' From 15'to 19
years 1.20 per cent. of males and
6.9 per Dent. females are married.
The influence of immigration on
the realtive 'standing of the sexes
is shown by the fact that in 1911
there were nearly 113 men to every
100• women, as compared with 105
to 100 in 1901. For th•e population -
under 15 years of age the proper -
tion of males to females is fairly
level, with the former leaving but
a slight advantage. In the popula-
tion between the ages of 20 and 45
this influence i9 strikingly shown,
the aggregate for this period giv-
ing 124 males to 100 females. At
the age of '70 the ratio of urates to
females assumes again its normal
proportion. From 80 years of age
and upward the female population
exhibits a greater tenacity of life
than do the males.
In all Eastern cities the female
population outnumbers the male in
very nearly a correspondingly ratio
to th•e extent that males prepon-
derate over females in the West.
'Montreal .is the only Canadian city
where the numbers of males and
fem'a'les are in fairly true propor-
tions,
C,N.R. TUNNEL TERMINALS.
Building -Operations Will Be Start-.
ed Shortly.
A despatch from Montreal says•:
Excavation work is expected to be-
gin for the station and terminal
buildings of the Canadian Northern
li.ailrvey at the city end of the tun-
nel under Mount Royal, .tend the
erection of at leant a temporary
depot ter the handling of passen-
gers undertaken as 'soon as the
weather permits. Passenger trains
will be running through the tunnel
by autumn.
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PRINCE A.RTITUR WANTED.
Member of rile Royal Douse IN'r
South A.friea.
. A deepatoit from. tendon says
Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily, Mail state's the opinion is
gaining ground that it is highly de-
irable that.the King should be re;
presented. in ,Smith ..A,frica- by a
member of the Royal Rohner, as. in
the case of Canada If Prince Ar
their of Connaught should be -ale
pointed Viceroy, it is urged it
would make a strong Appeal to the
imagination of both races • and
would be a great service to true
Import€r,lisan
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Baron de Forest.
An hereditary bar't n of the Aus-
trian Empire and one of the best
known men of the British aristo-
eraoy, who offers to hu:y the Earl of
Derby's Bootle estaite at the lar-
ter's valuation of $7,500,000.
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A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Kingston Man Travelled Pour Miles
On ]{ands and ,Knees.
A despatch from Kingston says;
Frank Collins, .'young lumberjack,
"whose Boole is in this city, was
brought -.bet the Hotel Dieu on
Thursday morning. He had both
feet badly frozen, and it is , feared
that they may have to be amputat-
ed. He was working at • Easter
Camp, about one hundred miles
north of North Bay, and set•out to
walk to another camp 'at Cache
Bay, aa. distance of 30 miles. After
covering about 24 miles he was
overcome with the cold, it being
about 30 degrees below .zero, and
had to drag himself as best he could
four miles farther to reach the
nearest farm. Part of the way he
had to make on his hands and
knees, and he suffered terribly.
He had a Yuan drive him to Cache
Bay, and her he started on his
journey home,
DEATH OF_BER II LON.
r,
1Ie Created the �1 ell-I,lAwvn Crimi-
nal Identification System.
A despatch from Pari$ says : The
death ' occurred on Friday of Al-
phonse Bertillon, creator of the
system. of eriininai identification,
which made his name' known
throughout the world. He was in
his 61st year. •
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Also Have Things to Learn. .
"For many years I had used cof-
fes and refused to be convinced of
its bad effect upon the human sys-
tem," writes a veteran school
teacher, (Tea, is jurat as harmful
because it contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee).
"Ten years ago I was ,obliged to
give up my much -Loved work in the
public seliools after years of con-
tinual labor. I had developed a
well-defined ease of chronic coffee -
poisoning.
"The troubles were constipation,
flutterings of the heart, a, thumping
in the top of my head and various
parts ,of my body, twitching of my
limbs, shaking,of my head, and at
times .after exertion, a. general
"gene" feeling, with a, toper's de-
sire for very strong coffee. I was
a nervous wreck for years.
"A shoat time ago friends came
to visit us and they brought, a, pack-
age of Postum with • them, and
urged me to itiy it. I was preju-
diced because some. years back I
had drunk a, cup of ~weak, tasteless
stuff called Postum, which I did
not like at all.'
• "Tis ..times, however, my friend
made' tile Postum according to
drre,.ctionsr on the package, and it
weir m.e. Soon I found myself im-
proving in a most decided fashion.
•"The odor of boiling coffee no
longer tempts me. 1 am so greatly
benefitted by Postum that if I con-
tinue to improve as I am now, I'll
begin to think I have found the
Fountain of Perpetual 'Youth. This
is no fancy letter but stubborn
facts which I am glad -tie make
known " .._..
Name given by Canadian Postunl
Co., Windsor; Ont. Write for a•
Dopy of "The. Road txa, Wellvill:e."
Poet-unt,'1n;ow cones in two forms:
Regular 1?ostiim - mut be well
boiled,
Instant. Postnni 7."" Isa soluble
powder. A -teaspoonful dissolves
quickly in a cup of hot water and,
with cream: and Sugar, makes a
delicious beverage distantly. Gro-
cers sell. bath kinds,
eTheres ',a Reason" for. Postutn.
Items of
Note
News by Wire
of interest as to What !s Going
on 'All Over the World
Cana da
Senator Cox_ left -$100,000 to the
Toronto General Hospital,
Brantfoxd's hydroehlectric depart-
par•tmcnt is being flooded with or-
ders.
Miss Esther Jones of Sarnia,
Ont., has been appointed city clerk
of Lethbridge, Alta.
:From. two to three million dollars
will be spent on extensions to the
hydro -electric system in Ontario.
The Winnipeg poultry show o\een-
ed with over 1,500 entries, exhibi-
tors ranging from Port Arthur to
Regina.
Coal was delivered to houses in
Toronto on Sunday to meet the de-
mand occasioned by the sustained
cold weather.
Paisley Public and Continuation
School was completely destroyed
by an early morning fire of un-
kn•Own origin.
Peach -growers in the Niagara
district report serious damage to
their crops by the excessive eold
weather of the past week.
The estimates of the • Toronto
Works Commissioner call for an ex-
penditure of over $5,000,000 on lo-
cal undertakings, including eight
new bridges.
The family of Andrew Westbury,
North Cobalt, had to get out of
their burning house at midnight in
night attire in 30 below zero wea-
ther.
At a ditsinguished banquet in
Ottawa of Canadian lawyers from
all parts of the Dominion it was
decided to form a Canadian Bar
Association.
The offer of th•e City of Brantford
for the Grand Valley Railway and
the Brantford Street Railway has
been accepted by the bondholders
of the former.
F. H. Hopkins of the Ontariorio
Agricultural College, Guelph, won
first prize in an essay competition
open to all agricultural colleges on
the continent;.
The largest steel water tower in
Canada and the second largest in
America has been completed at St.
Thomas, with a capacity of half a
million' gallons.
Both manufacturers and trade
unions having made concessions,
the strike in the shoe trade in Que-
•
bee, which ,; began in Nove'mber,.
was ended Saaturday evening.
Expenditures approximating be-
tween two and three million dollars
are involved in the .construction
programme of the Ontario Hydro-
Eleetrie Power Commission for this
year.
Marjorie Drake, th'irte'en . months
old, in Brantford, and the two -
months' -old daughter of Fred and
Mrs. Roach, in Hamilton, were
smothered in bed by ,pulling the
bedclothes over their facee.
All of the Grand Trunk employes
who went out on strike on 'the Lon-
don division in 1911 are now back
on duty, with the exception of one
conductor, who will be taken on
again this week.
Great Britain.
Seven militant suffragettes were
sentenced to jail in London on a
charge of obstruction. •
The Mississippi, the first motor
liner of 5,000 tons, built for the At-
lantic Transport Line, was launch-
ed at Glasgow.
In the first division on the home
rule bill in the British House of
Commons the Government was sus-
tained by a maorjity of 78.
United States.
Germany was advised by the
United States of the "hands off"
policy in Mexico. •
The Inspector -General of Inuni-
gration at Washington denounced
Japanese laborers as "a menace to
the entire country."
G eneral.
Kokovsoff, the Russian 'Premier,
has resigner`.
h aviator 11 rr a para-
chute
fell 1
A rr t
1
chute a distance of 600 feet without
a mishap.
Tile murder of the boy at Fastoff,
near Kiev, is assuming the dimen-
sions of the Bellies case.
Three thousand students assured
the King of Sweden of their sup-
port
up -port in the Parliamentary crisis.
The first annual report•of the Na-
tional Flying Foundation showed
that Germany is fighting hard for
flying supremacy.
BLOW AT FOOD CORNERING. I
ST. TIIOMAS HOTEL BURNED.
Cold Storage Bill Ready for Pre-
sentation to Legislators.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The bill respecting cold storage
which, as recently intimated, the
Govermnent will bring down this
session, is now in course of prepar-
ation, after having been under
consideration of Hon. Martin Bur-
rell for some time. Generally
speaking, the measure will provide
for a stricter inspection and con-
trol of cold storage plants and for
returns showing the exact quanti-
ties of previsions which from time
to time they contain. The idea. is
to protect the public against any
cornering of markets to unduly en-
hance prices. The details of the
bill are now under advisement. It
will embody the results of an in-
vestigation made in the principal
American cities by Dairy Commis-
sioner Ruddick regarding the cold
storage system generally.
BRITISH COMING TO ONTARIO.
Five Hundred Berths Taken on
Steamer Sailing May 14.-
A despateh from Watford, Ont.,
says: Mr, John Farrell, special
ilmliragtion agent for .the Ontario
Government, writing from New-
ca•stle-on-Tyne, states that he is
meeting with great success in se-
curing desirable immigrants and
has secured 500 berths on the
steamship Alaunia, to accommo-
date his party, which will leave
Southampton on May 14.
NEW ZEALAND BUTTER..
Also Much Beef, Lanib and Veal
• Coining to • Canada.
A despatch frons n Ottawa, says :
Canada .continues to be en exten-
sive iMpotter of butter Iron) New
Zealand. The steamer Niagara,
which recently arrived, brought
over 20,026 boxes of it, as well as
1,371 • quarters • of beef, 1,000
lamb, and 1,000 of veal,
One Unknown Guest Is Believed to
Have Perished.
A despatch from St. Thomas
says: Fire destroyed the Arling-
ton Hotel here at 5.30 on Fri-
day morning, It was a brick
structure, a landmark in the city,
and about 190 guests were regis-
tered. Through a mistake in send-
ing in the alarm the fire brigade
ran about a mile to another hotel,
and by the time they returned to
the scene of the fire it was past con-
trol. The temperature was about
14 below zero. All the guests had
'time to dress and escape, but there
is doubt as to whether one lean is
in the ruins or not.
. FOR SMOKING OPIUM.
The Death Penalty ltas Been Pro-
claimed in China.
A despatch from Pekin, China,
says: Proclamations announcing
the death penalty for smoking of
opium have been promulgated, ac-
cording to r'epor'ts from various
provinces. Although definite cases
of executions for this breach of the
law seldom some to special notice,
it is reported from Wu Chang that
a smoker among the. soldiers of the
garrison there was caught indulg-
ing in the habit and :after "trial"
before a court rade up of Itis com-
rades, he was sentenced to imme-
diate execution and was shot to
-death.
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STOLE $15,000 F1iO?L STORE.
Thief Distributed Ge1119 Along ']',on -
don Streets In His
A despatch from London, Eng-
land, says: A thief smashed tho
Window in a jeweller'q 'store on
Regent Street on Friday .and. belted
with a tray of diamond ornaments,
valued at $15,000. Ho was chased
and caught and part of the stolen
goods was recovered. Many of the
articles, however, which were ',mat-
tered alrong the streets, are miss-
ing.
BRITISIL''N4..V'A.ia' I,S'F1MAI
Will Bxeee4Y $24'5400,000 0*ems
plenzentary $15,000,01)0 of '1fly;
A desp.atcle from London
The Parliamentary ' corresp'e
of the Daily Chroniela,
usually well-informed cin -these ai
ters, nnders'tands than the
estimates for the next fitly
year will exceed $265,000,000
and above the $15,000,000 of
year's • supplementary .estimates
Lord Crewe, who has hith
been somewhat of a dark hors-
the question of increase of aa
meats, spoke on Wednesday
before the members of the Els
Club and gave .unqualified sup
to Winston Churchill's case,
•entirely agreed that the w
business of exinamen:6s was
pioaehing a scandal, and no:
should be surprised at the ream
felt in the Liberal ranks aga.
this immense burden, "But I
assure you," Lord Crewe son
ued, "that the 'Government
very conscious of the gravity of
position. We do not under
mate the gravity of the occas'
nor are we surprised at the
dente of doubt which has been
pressed in various quarters of
Liberal party. The First Lori
the Admiralty takes a keen prid
the splendid service over whie
presides. He also has regard
the efficiency of that service, bu
is really altogether unjust to
Churchill to say or to hint that
regards increased naval expo
ture with a light heart or anyth
approaching satisfaction, altoget
to the contrary I can certainly
sure yeti.' When we present
defence estimates we shall do
with anything but a light heart.
hope we shall be able to show t
House and the country that we
doing it with an unburdened e
science."
SHOE STRIKE 1.'NSETT1,ED.
'Casters and )Len Tail to Conte
An Agreement.
A despatoit from Quebec say
The b -Dort and shoe difficulty sti
remains unsettled, The mans
facturers met i
t S have r -t a �C<T1IIIYI
tee of their operators, wl
agreed to certain concession
that were accepted by the nianr
facturers. An agreement wa
drawn up . by a notary in aeeine
ince with -the ullderetandi.ng• a
rited at, and when submitted. i
the workmen they refused to sig)
'The, • thanuf tt1turers now decla
that they will receive no more ti.
potations from the workmen
again open their factories until ti
workmen agree to submit ttr ae
Sign the rules governing all fa
toriest on Nov. 1 last, -which prt
vide for open shops and non -recce
nition of the union by the manufa4
turcrs,
DIES IN PENITENT1,AR5',
Death Releases Ones le •aed No
Scotian Frons Life Term.
A despatch from Winds-ur. Oat
says: William J. Ferguson, tl
one -legged .N'ova Scotian who she
and killed Canadian Immtigratic
In8.pect,.ar Herbert on a Detroit an
Windsor ferry boat, nearly tw
years ago, recently -died in Fen
Leavenworth Federal Periitenti•arS
Ferguson was refused entrance -
Canada by the Canadian intipect4
and, chancing to meet hint on ti
ferry boat, shot hurt dead in 91
presence of a crowd .as the beat see
approaching the Woodward Aven
dock, Detroit.
PA NAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITIO.
Premier Says Britain Will :Not Per
ticipate I'u It.
A despatch from Louden says
Premier Asquith en Thursday agail
refused British official participatisrl
in the Panama -Pacific E positiol
at San Francisco. When asked it
the House of Commons by W'aldol'
Astor to reconsider the platter Mr
Asquith said : "The, British Gtov
ernment: recently reconsidered tir
question orf. par .icipatien in the ex
position at San Francisco, but re;
Bret;; that it does not feel able t,
modify its previous decision.
FIRE AT BRANTFOR1)
Damage ,tenouuling to $8,000 Iona
to Moltalwit Institute.
.t despatch fl'orn. Brantford 883.,3
A fire that threatened to destro;
the Mohawk • Institute occurred- 0e
Thnredty night, breaking out it
the greenhouse. The :fire brigade
of the Institute fought) the blxzi
strenuously and finally conquers(
it. The total amount of dameg
done is estimated at .`$8,000. '"i