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THE GOYEBN;EI;
DEFEATED
Leven Members of the Laurier Cabinet
Overthrown at the Polls.•
RBEITS ; AJ t UTY 18 FO TY -N
CONSERVATIVES ELEC T E9
Ontario 73.
Majority
ALGOMA EAST -Smyth ,, ,. ,, 64
ALGOMA WEST --Boyce . 500
BRANT --Fisher .... .... ..: . . ....... 250
BRANTFORD-Cockshutt ..., 700
BROCKVILLE-Webster .., ... . 125
BRUCE NORTH -Clark 92
B11UC'E SOUTH -Donnelly .,.. ...... 105
CAR'LETON-Kidd .... .... 1,000
DUFFERIN-Boat . ... . ... ........... 1,000
DUNDAS-Broder .... ,. ........ 675
DURHAM -Thornton .., . 517
ELGIN EAST -Marshall .,,, ,,., .... 400
ELGIN WEST-Crothers ,.-, .. . 836
ESSEX NORTH -Wilcox 250
FRONTENAC-Edwards .„ .... 400
•GRGNVILLE-Reid .. 1,200
GREY EAST -Sproule , ,,. „ 1,200
QIIEY NORTII-Middleboro .... 150
GREY SOUTH -Ball 17
h1ALDIMAN'D-Lalor :... .... .... 500
ALTON-Henderson . ,.. 600
A.OLILTON EAST -Barker .: ,. ,..1,500
If AMILTON WEST -Stewart
ASTINGS EAST-Nortluup ,, ..1,000
ASTINGS WEST -Porter .... .,..,, 1,200
UIRON EAST -Bowman .. 137
HURON SOUTH -Kerner . ,.. .. 300
HURON WEST -Lewis .... 160
KIN GSTON-Nickle ,,. ,,:.... 345
LAMBTON EAST -Armstrong .., .,,. 375
LANARK NORTH -Thoburn .. , ... 155
LANARK SOUTH-HagSart ...... 1,000
LE EDS -Taylor .... . - . .... 1,100
LI4NNOX AND ADDINGTON-Paul . 200
LINCOLN -Lancaster ,,., .... . 1,200
LONDON -Beaty .... .... ,... ..1,898
MIDDLESEX EAST -Elson 651
MIDDLF,SEX NDRTH-Elliott .... 360
1USICOICA-Wright 800
IPISSING-Gordon , ., , .... 100
' ORTIIUMBERLAND EAST -Walker 350
ORTIiUM13.ERLAND WEST -Munson 4
NTAILIO NORTH -Sharpe .... ...... 590
IOTARIO SOUTH -Smith .... ... 66
TTAWA-Fripp .... .... ...... ......1,112
T'TAWA-Chabot .... .... .... .....
XTORD, S. -Sutherland ,,.. .... ..
' ARRY SOUND-Arthurs .,,. ........
641
6
400
250
FIRTH, NORT31-316rphy ,.,. 250
ERTII, • SOUTH -Steele .. .... ...... 71
ETERBORO, E.-Sexsmit7l ,.. '600
STEARN:0, W. -Burnham ........83
RI.NC.0 EDWARD -Hepburn . .. 250
ENFREW, NORTII-White ., 600
MCOE, BAST --Bennett ... .. 300
OZCOE, NORTH -Currie .. ....... 200
111COE, SOTJF1I-Lennox .. ..•1,800
ORSIONT-Alguire , .... 120
RONTO,'24
.21
snoSeres BAST -Kemp .. ..-- 2,389
RONTO, NORTH -,Foster ,. . ...3,242
RONTO, SOUTH.-Macdonell .,.2,325
RONTO, WEST --Osler ., .... 8,006
ICTORIA AND IIALIBURTON
ATERLOO, N,-Weichel ... , ........ 470
ATERLOO, S. -Clare .. .... .... 650
eI ELLAND-German (Ind.) .. ,., acol.
Ise ELLINGTON, N. -Clarke .. .... .. 60
.tib ENTWORTH-Wilson .... .. .... .. 2110
Lre ORK, CENTRE -Wallace .... .. 448
ORI:, NORTH -Armstrong . 76
ORI, SOUTH -Maclean „ .. .. .... 2,400
Quebec -22.
RGEN TEUIL-Perley .... .... 650
ERTIIIER-Barrette .... 13
ROME --Baker .... .... .... ... 24
IIAMBLAY VERCHERES-Rainvillo 77
HAMPLAIN-Blondin .,,, 49
IIARLEVOIX-Forget .. .... 118
OMPTON•-Cromwell . .. . ... . 60
ORCHESTER-Sevigny ..,, 200
OCHIILAGA-Coderre ... . ... 100
ACQUES CARTIER-Monk ., 900
OLIETTE-Guilbault .... .... 36
A.BELLE-Achim ..., .. 250
'ISLET-Paquet ,,,. 440
al- IONT31A0NY-Lesperance ., 250
IONT3IORENCY-Forget ..., ,. 54
ghMONTREAL-
'r 41te. Anne--Dohorty.. ..•. .... 652
ss� Antoine -Ames ...... .... 2,000
tits di'ONTIAC-Brabazon .... .... .... 743
OUNTY-Pelletier .... 000
IIEFFORD-Davidson 100
RRI;BONNE-Nautel , ,, . , , 110
'K1 EE RIVERS -Normand .... 200
Now Brunswick -5.
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KING'S -ALBERT -Fowler .... „ ..
T. JOHN CITY AND COUNTY -
136
200
100
YORK -Crockett .... .... ...... ...... 1,000
British Celunibia-7.
CO110X.ATLIN-Clements .... . , 84
IFOOTENAY- Goo deve .... 900
`AMAIM O -Shepherd ........ 700
FW ''WESTMINSTER -Taylor 900
ANCOUVER lltevens .,., ,. . ..2,000
ICTORIA-Barnard ,,. .. 240
,Y5.LC-CARIBOU--Burrell „ .. .. ..., 800
Alberta -3.
LOAM' -Bennett .. . .. . 1,600
]i,ATHCONA-•Douglas .... .... .... 400
ICTORIA-White .... .... 50
Manitoba -10
RANDON-AII; ins 350
A ?WEN-- Campbell...............106
ISGAR-Shat pe . ,,. . 100
ACTION ATD•-Sta;Iles . . 100
......................500north00
°st.:Ne on LA PRAIRIE-Meighen . 1,000'
ROVLNCI1rR-•Bleau ...,. 200
I,I.IRIC-B1'adbury .....................100
............................700700
INNIPEG---li 1nett .,.. .... .... .. 4,000
Weft ScOtla-8,
LOLIESTF ,---Stanfield .. ., .... .. 643
CUMBERLAND -Rhodes ,... 400
DIGBY-Jamieson , ,.. .., . . . ,. , 272
HALIFAX (1) -Borden .... .... 4
HANTS -Trem eine „ ,. ,.,. .. 160
ICING'S --Foster .. .:.,,. 227
LUNENBURG--Stewart. .,,, ...,. 302
SHELBURNE-QUEEN'S-MoCurdy „ , 130
Prince Edward island -2.
QUEEN'S -McLean ....... 100
QUEEN'S -Nicholson -„ ,.... 100
Saskatchewan -3.
PRINCE ALBERT -McKay .... ...... .200
QU'APPELLE-Lake .... .... .... .. .400
$ASKATOON-McLean ...... .... .... 200
NATIONALISTS ELECTED -2.
YA01ASKA-Moudon .... .. 80
RIMOUSICI-baulay .... 200
L BE ALS ELECTED
Ontario -12.
ESSEX, SOUTH -Clarke .... .... 175
GLENGARRY -McMillan .... 300
KENT, EAST -Gordon ...... .... .... 250
KENT, WEST-Mocoig .... .. .... .... 25
LAKETON, WEST -Pardee .... ..... i 250
MIDDLESEX, WEST -Ross ,,,. .,,, 130
NORFOLK -Charlton .... .. ...... 148
OXFORD, NORTH -Nesbitt .... ...... 297
PRESCOTT.`-Prouix 800
RENFREW,,, SOUTH -Low , ., 300
RUSSELL-klurphy .... . .. . . ... .... 1,000
WELLINGTON, S. -Guthrie „ ..., 618
Quebec -39. •
BAGOT-Maroil.... .... ......:....... 107
BEAUCE-Beland .... ...... 3,000
I3EAUHARNOIS-Papineau .. .. -. 36
BELLECIIASSE--Talbot .............119
BONAVENTURE-March .... .... .... 1,200
CRATE AUGU AY -Brown 43.
DRUMMOND AND ARTIIABASKA-
Brouillard ...... .. 37
HUNTINGDON -Robb .... 60
KAMOURASKA-Lapointe .. 96
LAPR AIRIE AND NAPIERVILLI: -
Lanetot .... 152
LASSOMPTION-Seguin ,,. 300
LAVAL -Wilson „•.•, ... 581
LEVIS'-Bourassa .... . -.. 350
LOTBINIERG Fortier .... .. .. ... 310
MAISONNEUVE-Verville .... .. ,.., 2,000
MASKINONGE-Mayraud ,.,, ..,. 111
MEGAN TIC-Pecaud 200
MISSIScUOI-Kay .... .. .. 25
MONTOALM-Lafortune -,,, .. 100
MONTREAL e-
n. JAMES' -Lapointe .. 237
ST- LAWRENCE -Bickerdike 1000;
ST. MARY'S --Martin .. 800"
NICOLET-Turootte . ... .,,.. 42
I'OR.TNEU'-Delisle „s �.:..•:70D�
t UEI31�lb. C> NTRE-Laehane , 16i?
QUEBEC, EAST -Laurier .. acct.
RIGIU0LIEU Cardin .... ... 600
RICHMOND-WOLT'E Tobin ... 450
ROUVILLE--Leraieus .. 250
ST. HYACINTHE-Gauthier ,.,, ,,,., 120
ST. JOHN-IBERVILLE-Demers .. .. 2,000
SHERBROOKE-McCrea .... .... .... 124
SOULANGES-Laurier ,... ., ... 200
STANSTEAD-Lovell .... 156
TEMISCOUATA-Gauvreau :, .. .,,, 400
TWO MOUNTAINS-Ethier .. ,,,, acct.
VAUDREUIL-Boyer .... .... .... .. 218
WRIGHT-Devlin .... .. .... 800
Now Brunswick -8.
CARLETON-Carvell .: .... ... , „ 2
GLOUCESTER-Turgeon „ .. ...... 400
NORTHUMBERLAND-Loggie ,,. 600
P, ESTIGOUCHE-Reid 100
ST. JOHN CITY-Pugsloy -•- ,,,. 64
8UNBURY.QUEEN'S-McLean „ .. 238
VICTORIA---MICHAUD ..,, :1,553
British Columbia -None.
Nova Scotia -10.
ANNAPOLTS-Pickup , , .. „, . , 23
ANTIGONISH-Chisholm ..,. 400
CAPE BRETON N. AND VICTORIA -
McKenzie .... 40
CAPE BRETON, S. -Carrot .. .. ,...,180
GLTYSBORO-Sinclair .... 200
II.ALIFAX (2) -Blackadder '90
INVERNESS --Chisholm :... ,. 1,200
PICTOU--Macdonald .... .... .... 250.
RICHMOND -Kyte ., ,.,, ,. 100
YARSIOUTH-Law ...... , . ,. , 120
Prince Edward island --2.
XING S -Hughes .... .... .. .... 50
PRINCE -Richards ..., 100
Manitoba -None.
Saskatchowaii-7.
ASSINI13OIA-Turriff 200
BATTLEFOILD-Cluttnpagne „ 1,000
IIU/MOLD T -Neely ,,. . 100
2dACKENr,1E-Cash . 150
M00:1I1 JAW -Knowles „ .... 300
REGINA -.Martin .... . .. . .. .. 100
SALTCO,1TS--McNutt 200
Alberta -6.
EDMONTON -Oliver .... .... ..... 2,000
McLEOD--Warnock .. .... 130
MEDICINE HAT -Buchanan ,. 200
RED DEER --(In doubt) -Clark ..
STRA.THCONA-Douglas ... , 400
VICTORIA -White . , ... 50
(RESULT BY PROVINCES.
Opposition. Gov't.
Ontario ,. ...... ,,,, 73 12
Quebec* 24 39
33anitoba ... 10. 0
British Columbia . ,,,. 7 0
6
Alberta .,,. 4 •• 4.14 1
Now Brunswick 6 8
"Nova Scotia , ..... 8 10
Prince Edward Island .... 2 2
Saskatchewan .... 3 7
Total , . ,, , 133 84
Conservative Majority ,... 49
Elect: ;is to be held -Chicoutimi and
Gaspe, Quebec; tho Yukon, and Rainy
River, Ontario.
PRICES OF FARM F OOUC
taI'O1n'a PROD" TIlr. LEADING
TIU.Di CENTRES OF
AMERICA.
Prins of Cattle, (,rain. (Meese
and Other ►,'roduco at Rome
and Abroad.
BR.EADSTUFI'S,
• Toronto, Sept. 26.--Flour-Winter wheat
90 per cent. patents, $3.10, ., Mont:tat
freight. Manitoba flours firm, as follows
First patents, $5.30; second patants, $4,-
80, and strong bakers', $4.60, on track, To.
ronto.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 nominal at 51.10,
and No, 2 at $1.08 1-2, Bay. ports. New
wheat, 20 lees.
Ontario Wheat -No, 2 white, red or
mixed, now, 86c, outside.
Peas -Milling qualities, 93 to 95e, out•
side.
Oats -Ontario oats, old, No. 2- at 41 to
42c, and new at 40o, in car lots, outside.
No. 2 Western Canada, 47c, and No. 3
46e, Bay ports. '
Barley -No, 2 is probably worth 75e,
outside.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow quoted at
71e, Bay ports.
Rye -Car lots outside, 75e west, and at
77e east.
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 54 to 55c,- outside.
Bran -Manitoba bran $23.60 to $24, in
bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $25.
COUNTRY' PRODUCE. ,
Brans --Small lots of, hand-picked, $2.30
per bushel.
Honey -Extracted, in tins, 10 to Ile per
ib. Combo, $ 2.25 to $2.50.
Baled Dray -No. 1 at 513 to $14 on track.
and No. 2 at $10, to $11.
Baled straw --56 to 56.50, on track, To-
ronto. '
Potatoes -Car Iots, , to ;Bags, quoted tit
$1.25 to $1.40.
Poultry -Chickens, 14e per lb; fowl, 11
to 12e; ducks, 13e; turkeys, 15 to tic, Liv
poultry, about 2e lower than. the
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Butter -Dairy prints, 21 to 22e; ini
16 to 17c. ,Creamery quoted at 26 to
per ib. for rolls, and at 23 to 24o fet
solids.
Eggs -Strictly new -laid, 23 td 24c, yin
fresh at. 20 to 21e per dozen, in ease lot
Cheese -Large quoted at 153 per lb., a1
twins at 151-4c.
MR:R.
BO -RD --ENI k"`2,v spy
PREMIER -ELECT OF CANADA
40 to" $4.65; first clears,
seooults, 52.25 to $2.60.
$3.35 to $3.75; do.,
1leki.X KILLED IN EXPLOSION»
meat of Boiler Also Kills a
Horse TYed Nearby. •
Al despatch from Ottawa says:
.t4 boiler exploded on Saturday in
the:ownship•of Gloucester, on the
•1lontrea1 road, six miles below 0t-
ta .instantly killing unc of the
on the machine named Euclid
ge. He was struck by flying
tints of the boiler and also
ed by the escaping steam. The
tier, who was standing at the
if' the machine, had a miracul-
scape. .A. horse, one of a team
red fifteen or twenty feet
was killed instantly, being
; on the head by a piece u the
FATAL EXPLOSION.
dand Four Injured in
ills Near Montreal.
itrli. 14I�j7treal 60r 3:
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ca>ther•
cond ition a>.# lti.ret;ult
etplosion het one of the pow -
"Is. at Bel.ni1 on Saturday.
George, C;n;simir Williams
trice Menal;id were brought
ae .ity at night and taken to
General Hospital; where the
named died a few hours after
zing there. Two other men suf-
. cl less serious incl -tries.
v1 Ii1i;T1EEN PEOPLE BILLED.
veymakers Met 'Detail at ,a Level
Crosslnf.
A despatch frown Neenah, W'i•;-
consin, says; Thirteen persons are
dead, three other, are dying, and
five are seriously'hurt as the result
of a fast train on the Chicago
Northwestern -Railroad on Sunday
crashing n.o a hayrack on which
a party of thirty-one merrymakers.
t'were tat rning from a celebration.
The accident occurred at level
crossing. Of the dead ten are men
and three women. All but two of
the dead and injured were residents
of Menisha, Wis.
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I'OSTOFF1C
Village of Witt ',gid, Visited by
Village
:rJg.OBBED.
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A despatch from Brantford says:
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 12 to 121;
in case,,3ots.. 4
mess,' $20 to 1. Hams in idiom to
$2
5
17 to 17i -2e- do.,heavy, to 15 r
11 to 111-2e; breakfast i;baeon, i7 to 1
backs, 191.2 to 20e.
Lard -Tierces. 101.2e; tubs, 10 3.40; pail
110.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. 26. -Oats`. - Canadian
Western," No. 2, 47e, ear lots ex Store;
extra No. 1, 461-2c; No. 3 C. W., 46e; No.
2 local white, 46e; No. 3 local white, 45 1-2c;
No. 4 Local white, 45e. Flour -Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, firsts; $5.40; do.,
seconds, $4.90; Winter wheat patents, $4,-
75; strong bakers', $4.70; straight rollers,
54.25; do., in bags, $1.85 to $2• Rolled
Oats -Per barrel, $5.25; bag of 90 lbs., $2.-
50.
2..50. Millfeed-Bran, Ontario, $23 to -524;
Manitoba, $23; middlings, Ontario, $27 tp
$28; shorts, Manitoba, $25; mouillie, $26
to $32. Eggs -Selected, 24 to 26e; No. 1•
stock, 20 to 22c. Cheese -Westerns, 15e;
easterns, 141-2 to 1.4 5.8c. Butter-Clhoie.
est, 25 3.4 to 26c; seconds, 251-4 to 251.2e.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Sept. 26. -Choice Ontario steers
sold at $5.75 to $5.85; good at $5.60 to 65.-
65;
5:65; fairly good at $5.25 to $5.40; fair at
$4.75 to $5; and common at $4.25 to $4.50;
choice North•Weet steers sold at $5.60 to
$5.65, and mixed carloads at 55.40 per cwt.
A few heavy bulls brought $3.25 to $4;
light at $2.50 to 53; choice cows at $4.60
to $4.75; good at $4.25 to $4.50, and the
lower grades at $2.25 to $4 per cwt.
Lambs sold at $5,50 to $5.75, and sheep at
$3.50 to $3.75 per cwt, A fairly good trade
was done in hogs, and prices were steady
at the recent decline, with sales of se-
lected lots at $7 to $7.25, and heavy fats
at $6 to $6.25 per cwt., weighed off ears,
Calves sold at from $3 to $10 each, as to
size and quality.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, Sept. 26. -Spring wheat -No. 1
Northern, carloads store, $1,061.4; Win•
ter quiet. Coin -No. 3 yellow, 72e; No, 4
yellow, 70 1.4c; No. 3 corn, 70c, on track,
through billed. Oats ---No. 2 white, 47 3.40;
Nq. 3 white, 47e; No. 4 white, .46c. Barley
-Malting, $1.14 to $1.20. Rye -No. 2, on
track, 97e.
Minneapolis, Sept. 26. -Wheat -Septan-
her, $1.02 1-8; December, $1.031.2; May, 51,-
073.8; No. 1 hard, $1.03; No. 1 Northern,
$1.031.2 to $1.04 1-2; No. 2 Northern, 99 1.2e
to $1.021-2; No. .3 wheat, 951.2 to 991.2o.
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 641-2 to 65c. Oats -
No. 3 white, 431-2e. Rye ---No. 2, 85 to
861.20. Er/01-$21:50 to $22. dour 3•'irst
patents, $4.90 to $515; do., seconds, $4. -
Early on Saturday morning the vil-
lage of Waterford was thrown into
great excitement when Postmaster
Alex. Rock made the discovery that
during the night the safe had been
blown open and a registered pack-
age containing $3,000, as well its
$1:5 worth of stamps and $8 in
cash, had beea stolen. Three
strangers who bearded a traiet from
Scotland to Waterford on Friday
afternoon are suspected of having
done the job.
$32,9.00 REWARD Ot'FI:RED.
Discovery of Bank Looters Will Env
l'iell Soane One.
A despatch from Vaneouser, B.
C., says: Upon instructions from
the head office of the I3ank of Mont-
real, it is announced here that the
reward in connection with the rob-
bery at the New Westminster
branch has been increased to a to-
tal of $23,000, $5,000 for informa-
tion leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the perpetrators, and 10
per cent. of the sum returned. The
total sum stolea was $372,Oo0.
all is recovcieu, the lucky detec-
tives will- divide $:37,000 in addi-
tion to the $3,000. -
CRUISER'S G1'N EXPLODED.
Fourteen People Killed on Board
the Gloire.
A despatch front Toulon France,
says: Fourteen persons were killed
by the explosion of a gun on board
the armored cruiser Gloire during
gunnery practice here on Wednes-
day. The Gloire is of 1,000 tone
displacement and has a speed of 21
knots.
ORDER FOR LOOCO 1OTIYES.
Kingston Company to Build' Twen-
ty -live for G. T. Peelle.
A despatch froth Kingston says:
Hon. Wm. Harty, President of the
Canadian Locomotive Works Com,
party of Kingston, an Wednesday
ty
afternoon received word from Mont-
real that it had been a:wards:l
contract by the Grand Trunk Paci-
fic c Railway Company for the con-
struction of twenty-five largo loci, -
motives. This company has now
enough work ahead for another
year Or mere.
GIIE.AT UPllkYAb IN SPAM
Strikes Are Spreading, and Numerous
ArrestsIave Been Made,
A despatch- from Madrid says:
The Government, acting under the
Royal • dceree of Tuesday suspend-
ing the constitutional guarantees
because of revolutionary activity,
has ordered the arrest of working-
men's committees and political agi-
tators:in the disturbed districts.
Three hundred persons were irn-
prisoned• in this city on Wednes-
day night. Among those arrested
here was Senor Largo Caballero,'
general eottnsol for and Vice -Presi-
dent df the General Union of La-
bor. His offices were closed. The
military has taken into its keeping
arms and munitions of every de-
scription which were on sale. At
Barceluna 158 persons were ap-
prehended and many were taken in-
to custody at Bilbao, Seville, Va-
lencia and Saragossa. ' The ,revo-
lutionaries apparent;.' are still in
possession of Jativa, toward which
troops a.re marching from Valen-
cia. At Jativa and Carcag 'nte riot-
'ars set fire to -the public buildings
and tort' up the railway traeks.
There has b:111 truth's, at Ynhti'1riu.
1IA1'I'J%NIN(;s FROM ALL OiEM.
T'IIE GLOBE IN A.
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(altadj'' 1)30 fhnpirc and the World.
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.General Hefo;'e I.our
Eyes,
• CANADA, .
Toronto's .assessment is $344,-
835,115. •
Hamilton is likely to have a rate
war between the Hydro -Electric and
Cataract Companies.
A young child of Mr, Joseph
Johnston of Bellwood was found
drowned by its: mother in a tub.
A little son of Mr. Albert Neil .of
Coledon township died from drink-
ing poi.,on from an old bottle.
Twenty yardmen in the G. T. R.
Stuart street yards at Hamilton
have struck because a man taken
on during the strike has been ap-
pointed assistant yardmaster.
At Digby, N.S., Harry Wilson
shot and killed his brother George
over &erne difference in the fratri-
cide's house.
Montague Brown, aged 27, man-
ager of the Quebec and St. Maurice
Lumber Company, was killed by a
fall from a tree which broke, drop-
ping him down an embankment.
The Winnipeg City Council has
made terms with Sir William Mac-
kenzie fur the pur'ehase'of the street
railway interests in that city, and
the agreement will be submitted to
a vote of the ratepayers.
GREAT BRITAI`.
Sir Robert Hart, ex -Controller -
General. of Chinese Customs, is
dead.
- A general strike has been called
in Ireland and employers, have re-
plied by a lockout.
The Rev. Dr. Robinson Duck-
worth, Canon and sub -Dean of
Weetminister and Chaplain in
Ordinary to the King, is dead, aged.
77.
Sydney C. Buxton, President of
1'h7 British Board of Trade, has
invited loading representatives of
the employers and the employes to
form a permanent Industrial Board
of twenty members, with Sir.
George Rankin Askwith, cumptrol-
er-general of the commerical, labor
and statistical departments of the
Board of Trade, as chairman.
•
GENERAL.
Ouin; "at0 a dilespread re olue
tiunary plot Spain has been placed
under martial law by a decree of
King Alfonso.
The autopsy on the body of
Premier Stolypin disclosed the pres-
ence of blood poisoning. The heart
was as large again as it ought to
he. The cause of death was the in-
jury to the liner caused by abullet.
ELECTRICITY E:N THE FARM.
A. Satisfactory Test in West ds -
ford.
A despatch from Ingersoll, says;
--A highly satisfactory test with
Hydro -electric power was made on
the farm of Mr. John Pronse, West
Oxford, when a large number gath-
ered to witnes the process of silo -
filling by the aid of the current.
Amutlg those in attendance was
Hon..1d;rm Beek, Chairman of the
Hyo. o -electric Commission, the In-
gerso11 Power Light Commission,
ere, and a number of representa-
tive farmers. ylr,: Prowse has in -
mailed an equipment .which is be-
ing operated l:;- Niagara power. and
whieh ;worked iert Fatisfactolily itt
Friday's s test. ;!.Ir. Prouse has had
11:e re: -idem,' wired, as well as his
h5rne end nut -buildings, even to
the milk -house, probably be1nc; the
fast firmer in m-estern Ontario to
eel,; ,t the "white coal" for agr i-
eueultural purposes
1'nl:A` TFORD'S Iii i9; BURNED..
Large Arena and Two Adjoining
1Ao ses Bernell.
A despatch f em Brantford, says;
--Brentford'e Skating .arena on
SVaterlim street, the largest of its
kind in western Ontario, Caught fire
at 7.15 on Thursday .morning, and
within ten minutes was a roaring
mass of flames and. smoke, the fire
spreading to a dozen houses ad-
joming, two of which were entir,'ly
destroyed and a half dozen. other's.
badly seorched. The firemen were
for some time utterly unabla to eon-
tr,ol tl)e flames, which epeead in four
directions from the t'ery hot blaze
which the ,big wooden structure
rhhade. In addition, two (ratite
barns within the block also werede-
stroycd. Early reports of the clam -
age place the loss at $15.000, pate•
tia.tly covered by ineu once