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ents o c ren w go catch the dis-
ease from a pupil of the schoel and
die from the result. Both DN.La-
berge and Dr. Lachapelle,the ne
troller in charge of the ealth 13
partment, refused to divulge the
name of the school.
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LOCKOUT DECLARED.
1.60,000 Cotton Mill Operatives Out
of Emeloyment.
A •!despatch from Manchester,
England, says The Cotton Mill
EmployersAssociation has declar-
ed & lockout, which became effective
Dec. 27. This action has throws
out 160,000 operatives, and the
mills will be closed until a final
Settlement of the non-union work-
ers question has been settled.
POLICEMEN WERE HURT.
Serious Riots by Striking Carters
at Dundee.
A despatch from Dundee, Scot-
land, says : Four policemen were
badly injured as a. result of Friday
night's rioting by the striking car-
ters. The strikers stoned several
residences and destroyed scores of
wagons. Several men who refused
strike were beaten.
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Miss Josie E. Gibson was killed
nd Miss Lena, Irving seriously in-
ured in leaping from a railway
idge M Cainsville, on Friday,
avoid a passing engine.
THREE MEN KILLED.
Powder Works at Departure Bay,
Vancouver, Blown Un.
•eiVedespateh from Vancouver, B.
C., says The powder works at De-
parture Bay, Vancouver Island,
blew up on Friday. S. Defreiss,
Wni. Doe and J, Wilcox were killed,
and several injured.
FINED $2,500 EACH.
•Members of Australian Coal Pool
Brought to Book.
A despatch from Sydney says
All members of the coal pool have
been fined $2,500 each for a breach
of the anti-trust law. Injunctions
restraining the continuation of the
monopoly have been granted by the
courts.
EPIDEMIC IN LUMBER CAMP.
Disease Believed to be Spinal
Meningitis.
A despatch from St. John,N.B.,
Says: A special despatch from
Chatham says there is an epidemic
of spinal meningitis feared in that
section. In one of the lumber
camps in the vicinity there were
three deaths, and two ether eases
have been. reported. The nature
of the disease has not yet been de-
finitely determined, but spinal
meningitis is suspected. The Pro-
vincial Board of Health are taking
action.
ONSERVE PUBLIC 11E11111
roviuoial Government Wili Divide Ontario
Into Districts.
A despatch from Toronto says:
order to take steps to provide
etter sanitary conditions through -
it the province, as well as to pre-
nt the pollution of -waters______
breams, the Pre:dude
nt, it is uuderslot
and put in. complete charge of all
sanitation and public health mat-
ters in their respective districts.
These men will be paid good sal-
stri stutticipalities will
" contribute. They
r the chief health
'nee, Dr. J. W.
1,4
case lots.
15 3-4c per 11:r., e every consideration that en. -
RAIN )110,,ALBE IN 11 E6rt
obrniers Said to be Unable to Meet Th.ei.r
Current Obligations.
A despatch frem.Winnipeg, ea,ys : loss to farmers and business men..
eicing the demand of western
:lade for relief from the burden
E unjust railway rates, the Win -
peg •Board of Trade declares the
ecessity ot Parliament affirming
an act the Dominion !statute
ks the principle that the rate• s
11 be no greater in the prairie
vinces than in Ontario and Que.,
c, unless it is proved that the
• sts of operation are greater in
ae West. The board expressed its
elief that the costs of operation in
le west are "no greater, if as
•'eat." to face with obligations they are
Searching investigation is de- unable to meet through no fault of
• ended, with counsel "free from
•ill railway corporation control,"
0 be •engaged by the Dominion
•ovcamment to act with the board
nd other western •interests This
ormal action was taken • at a re-
eesentative meeting of the board
tl first of a determin.
This action has been taken by the
Board of Trade after the receipt
of an exhaustive report frorn the
special committee appointed some
weeks ago to make inquiries and
submit a report to the board. A
letter has been forwarded to Chair-
man 11/1abee, in which the Board of
Trade makes the flat charge that
the railways have failed to fulfill
their duties as common carriers,
and the farmers of the west have
been unable to market their grain,
with the result that they are face
iid is rs gun
d campaign, for which Winnipeg volume of traffic m the west.
usiness men have been quietly pie- Reports from many points in Sas-
aring for months. katehewan still indicate an acute
The Railway Commission of Can- condition of affairs. The Outlook
da has been fornially requested to of Saskatchewan reports that the
ake cognizance ell,nd to take such situation is unbearable, as the ele-
ction as may be necessary in Con- vaters are overflowing and the
action with the car shortage in farmers' waggons are lined up in
he western Provinces, which dur- the streets and dozens of farmers
"ilis to
their own. The cengestion of grain,
it is also charged, has resulted in
the deterioration. of the grade in
transport. • The board also sub-
mits that the railways have not
made and are not preparing to
make improvements sufficient to
cope with the steadily increasing
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HAPPENING'S FROM ALL OVE
THE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the Wor
• in General Before Your
Eyes.
CANADA,
A publicity boaed has been forr
lig the past two months has reach- with grain to marketan
\el proportions resulting in a prac- meet are in despair. Several points
cal.paralysis of business in some contiguous to Saskatoon report
• istricts, and has meant a severe similar conditions.
SINGLE TAX___IN ALBERTA. 'pent from Elsford, who was porter
• the hotel and an innocent by -
Premier Introduces Bill to Provide sta,nder.
Munleioal Constitution.
ed for Norfolk county.
J. Graham fell down a minalilla
at Cobalt, five hundred feet, a
was killed.
The Canadian Bank of Commei..
has taken over the Eastern Tow
ships Bank.
Plans are under way to pia
the Ontario Government far
under one head.
The absorption of the Queb
Stelenship.Conipany by the It. &
Company is being discussed.
Niagara fruit -growers ask for th
appointment of a Provincial inspec
or to .help fight the peach rests.
Berlin's municipally -owned stre
railway and lighting plants yielde
increased profits on the year's o
erations.
The C.P.R. proposes to have it
agricultural demonstration train
tour Ontario, Quebec and Ne
Brunswick.
Kenneth Kingston, an Ottaw
civil engineer, was found dead on
trail in Saskatchewan. Foul pia
is suspected.
Jules Ploudre was sentenced t
be hanged at Riviere du Loup
Quebec, on March 8th for the me
der of Louis Dion,
The Canadian Northern extensio
to be built into the Peace Rive
!country is now within a few mile
of Athabasca Landing.
It is reported at Brockville tha
Mr. F. 11. Gutelius of the C. P.
is to be appointed head of Govern
ment railways at a salary of $20,
000.
J. D. Chilman and Josepl
Acheson were committed for tri
at Hamilton on the charge of -fob
bing the Canadian Express Co
pany of $8,b78.
The plans of the C.N.R. at Mont
real are said to include a tunn
under the mountain and a garde
pity between Outremont and Bac
River.
A :despatch from Edmonton, SHOT BANE MESSENGER.
pays Premier Sifton has introduc- -
d a, bill in the Alberta Legislature Sensational Daylight Murder in
which that within seven Paris Street.
-be observed -by all established A despatch from Paris, France,
municipalities, and that it shall be says: The latest sensational enur-
observed from the outset by mune_ der here occurred on Thursday
eipalities hereafter established in morning in broad daylight in the
Alberta. The bill, in its entirety, heart of one of the crowded ther-
e:alb ,ensovide a model constitution oughlares of the city. ! A bank mes-
e* now in eltistegico senEaer, who carried a satchel con-
t will be created in the tedium; $60,000, was stopped by
'yeais. the single tax principle shall
It'grOvinee. it eon -
e77 sections, aiaii eifl!i
Clieese-lInge, ill -le. and tw he Government to include in
316:a.PliOltit CTS."
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Bacon -Long '&4,ai _1•1/.2 to 113
lb. in case lots. P' tit. eito'rt et'
do., mess, $19.50 to Ham.
to light, 16 to 16 1-2c;, heavy, 14
rolls, 10 3-4 to 11,1; breakfast#14, con,
17e; backs, 19 to 20c.
Lard-Tiorees, 11 5-4c; tub, '-'12e;
12 1-4c.
323io the administration of a
intnlicipa
, TRAGEDyAT
n;eent Bystander Shot by Tor -
4 14c; Strike-breaker.
16 to
A despatTh from Winnipeg, says :
pails, Alfred Thomas, a Toronto strike-
breaker in the G.T.R. shops at
Rivers, Man., on Wednesday shot
O,L,
BUSINESS AT MTREAL. and fatally wounded Arthur Els-
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f 'd a nel seriously injured John
Toronto, Dec. 26.-0ats- anadinn West- Gibbonsstrikers, in a melee in a
ern No. 2, 47 1-2ei do., N. 46e; do., extra
,
No. 1 feed, 46 1-2c; do., No.' 2/1Ocal white,'
46c; No. 5 do., 46 1-20; No./ 4 do,, -44 1-20.
hotel. Some of the strikers got
into an argument, and Thomas was
struck on the back of the head with
elm Buckwheat, No. 2, 65 to 66o. club. Be pulled his revolver and
Barley -Man. feed, 64e; malting, 96e to, a
Moue fired until it was !empty. Thomas
-Manitoba Spring Patente, firsts, Kee, had been working at Rivers for
do., seconds, $5.10; do„ strong. bakers',1 aboet two months having gone
$4.90; Winter patents, choice, $4.75 to $51: -there from Toronto to help break
straight. rollers, $4.25 to $4.40; do.. in bags, the strike. Police Magistrate
51.95 to $2.05. Rolled oats -Barrels, 85; Bates took an ante-mortem state -
do., bags, 90 lbs., 52271-2. Bran, $23.
Shorts, $25. Middlings, $27 to 528. Mon -
$29 to $34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, cox
lots, $15 to 515.50, Chease-Finest west:
erns, 141-4 to 143-8o; de., finest easterne,
14 to 14 1-20; Butter --Choicest creamery,
301.2 to 31i -2e. do., seconds, 29 to Mc.'
Eggs -Fresh, 60 to. 65c; de„ selected, 30 to
31c; do., No. 1 stock, 26 t,7e. Potato,
--Per bag, -car lots, $1.26 to 51.21 1-2, •
UNITED STATES MAIIIXETil.
Minneapolis, Dec. 26-Wheat-Deeember,'
$1.0278; May, $t.067-8; Ally, 51,073-4; No.
1 hard, $1.05 7-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.05 tI
51,05 3-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.03 to 51.03 3-8;
No, 3 Wheat, $1.01 to 51.013-8 Corri-No
3 yellow, 67 to 58c. Oats -W. white, 45:1
to 451-20, Rye -No. 2, 871-2 to 88 1-2c,
-$23 to $23.50. Flour -First patent, 55
to $5.3Qi second patents, $4.60 to $4.90; first
fotir lean.dits. They invited the
111.3ise)ager to turn
the'satchel BRITAIN.
offered resistaeang they slid him
to them, and wheelpiaa-esees dna
reee ea -ea. wor -ere a
Ieienti-Tfi'ausand
a's5.' .e.ffected by the strike in Dundee.
dead, !The thieves then seized the
satchel and jumped into awaiting
automobiles. The murder and rob-
bery were witnessed by thousands
of amazed and frightened citizens.
A.TTACKED BY COW.
Farmer's Daughter was Probably
Fatally Injured.
A despatch from Kingston, says:
Attacked by a cow, in. a stable on
her father -s farra, Mary Sills,
aged 14, daughter of Geo. Sills,
McLean 'Post -office, Hinchinbrooke,
was brought to the General Hos-
pital on Wednesday suffering from
internal injuries and her recovery
ie at present time doubtful.
•
The Ogilvie Company are looking
for a site for a new flour mill west
of Winnipeg.
TBIP IikTO
UNGAVA WILDS
G -old -Seekers Will Attempt To Cross Terri-
tory Untrodden By Whites.
A despatch from Ottawa, says :
News was received in Ottawa, from
Frank W. Porte, one of the mem-
bers of the Ungava gold expedition
whieh left Dane, in the Nipissing
mining district, on the overland
trail about a month ago. The
letter was posted at the last Hud -
clears, $3.50 to $3.85; second clears, $2.40
son. Bay post from which mail
to
! could be sent on the route' of the
See .
33uffall),
ie. 26. -Siring wheat-Ist°' gold -seekers. The party have with
Northern, carloads, store $1.12 1-4;inter,, them provisions eufficient to last a
No. 2 re 'SLIM); Ile. '3 re°. 97e; 14.5. 21, them provisions sufficient to last a
white, 990. Corn -No. 3 yellow;. 66 /-20:( Brearms, and expeet to augment
Z't they may be able to kill on the
tleY, trail. The, party is made up of
eight experienced prospeetors and
explorera several of whom have
ha experience in the Klondike,
,end who went into that country
over the old Edmonton and White
1?ass trails. The party ie headed
by Will Donal' n of Cobalt, alto
a Klondike n , and former man-
, s 61itat) andL
No. 4 yellow, 6
billed. Oats -
white, 51 1-2e; 23o. 4
-Malting, 81.18 to
LIVE S
Montreal, De
choice, $6,25 to
85.50; do,, 50
$1.60 to $5
Cows, $5.2'
hvaugh their supplies with what wild game
men. This particular territory is
almost totally uninhabited, except
by a few roving tribes of Eskimos
who give the white man a. wide
berth.
The letter was brought to the
nearest postoffice by a party of
Indian fur traders, and was writ-
ten en December 2. All were well,
the letter stated, and the party was
to leave -the post that afternoon to
continue its way into the wilder-
ness. With the Indians at the post
the coming ef the party was a big
event. The members of the expedi-
tion are each equipped with fur -
lined suits, with Capuchin coats,
.sealskin boots and leggings, etc.,
and are fully prepared for the hard-
ships they will have to endure.
It transpires that the party,
which is headed for the northeast,
ern !shoves of Hudson Bay, is mak-
ing the desperate trip to head off
two American boats, whieh it is re.
ported.are out -fitting at Boston and
John Bigelow, author and diph
mat, died in his 95th year.
The United States Senate ratifi
President, Taft's notice of the &Br
gation of the treaty of 1832 wi'
Russia.
GENERAL.
Tho Chinese Premier insists on
Monarchical form of government.
Complete chaos reigns througl
out the Chinese Empire.
Persia has eomplied with Russia
!el:emends, including the dismiss'
ol Mr. W. Morgan Shuster.
The Imperial delegate at tl
peace !conference at Shanghai coi
lessee it is too- late to save tl
Manchu dynasty.
Tho great powers are lendi
their moral support towards an ea
termination of the war of revolt
tion in China.
HIS STRONG GRIP YET.
Governor of Halifax Prison. at
Refuses to Retire.
A despatch from Halifax, N.
says The governor of the ei
prison in Halifax is 82 years of a
He has held the position for
years, but still refuses toretie
and the City Council is wrestli
with the question, of his remoin
A committee has been holding
investigation ,into alleged ill-tre;
ment of a prsoner, but they ha
reached no conclusion reileciing
him. They recommend that
change be made in the gayer:mill
of the institution on accent• el
age. It is considered unlike
that this report will be adopt(
and the probability is that
octogenarian. governor will hold
for some time yet.
SPECIE SAVED piton WItEd
Rocket Apparatus Used in Laud
Treasure From the Delhi.
A despatch from Tangier, Mor
co, says : All the specie and bull
!comprised in the cargo of the
ninsular and Oriental steamer
hi, which was wrecked off 0
Spartel last week when the' -.1)1
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