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Lucknow Sentinel, 1907-09-25, Page 3
THE WORLD'S MARKETS reports from the leading happenings from all over the TRADE CENTRES.GLOBE. Bodies Were Found Clasped in Each Other’s Arms. A despatch from Clarke's Harbor, Nova Sc-otia, says: One of the saddest -accidents in the history of this place occurred after sundown on Wednesday night, when Jason Nickerson and his ten-year-old boy were drowned by the -capsizing of a boat in the harbor, not far from their home. Nickerson, who was employed in building a wharf for the Dogfish Reduction Works here, left for home with other hands at 6 o’clock, but went back after supper to the wharf in his skiff to get some log ends. As t'?c. evening was fine, he took his little boy with him for a row across the har INSANE FATHER KILLS CHILI). He Struck Iler on the Hoad With a Block of Wood. A despatch from St. John, N. B.. says: With the arrival at the asylum here on Wednesday night of Honore "Beaul.ou, a French-Canadian farmer of Baker Lake, Madawaska County, came the story of a terrible crime. Last Sun- -day morning, while in a state of frenzy, Beaulieu seized a heavy block of wood • and struck his four-year-old daughter -a terrific blow on the head, killing her instantly. Beaulieu’s wife and two men were present at the time and di vined the crazed father's intention, but before they could disarm him the bleeding body of his child was stretch ed at her feet. Beaulieu, who is a comparatively young man, had been ■ showing symptoms of insanity for some time, and had bean kept under a close watch, although ha had not given indications of a homicidal tendency pre viously. The unbalancing of the man’s mind Is attributed to excessive worry •over business troubles. WEST NEEDS MORE POLICE. Not Enough Men to Supply Demand for New Posts. A despatch from Ottawa says: Lieut.- Col. Fred White, Comptroller of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, has returned from a tour of inspection in the West. Everything ,is working sat isfactorily in the force, Col. White re ports, the only difficulty being to fur nish the number of men required by the increase of population in the new provinces, where the settlers are con tinually petitioning for the establish ment of police posts. -------- --------------- BACHELORS, BEWARE! Thousand Unmarried Women Sail for Canada on Baltic. A despatch from Liverpool says: The ■remarkable exodus of marriageable young women from England to the United Stales and Canada is emphasiz ed by the departure of a thousand un married women on the steamer Baltic, while several hundred more were -among the total of 5,000 passengers car ried on the three stcamrs which sailed •on Thursday. I ROM ST. JOHN, QUE., TO CHICAGO. Giand Trunk Has Longest Stretch ot Continuous Double Track. A despatch from London, Ont., says: In about ten days’ time the Grand 'Trunk will have completed the longest stretch of continuous double track in the world, when they finish the re maining few miles west of this city. The line will then be double-tracked from St. John, Que., to Chicago and *'t is expected that the trains will com mence running before Oct. 1. The work was started about eight years ago. BIG THING FOR ENGLAND. Promising New Varieties ol Wheat and Barley. A despatch from London says : The Cambridge scientists, after eight years’ tests, claim to have created varieties of wheat and barley which will surpass in quality th© Manitoba hard grain and in crease the value of English grain by at , least 10 per cent. JAPAN WILL NOT CONSENT Ottawa's Request tor Less Emigration Will Be Refused. A despatch from Tokio says: Ottawa reports of the efforts of the Canadian autho: ities to induce Japan to enter a tonnal agreement placing a fixed year ly limit upon a number of Japanese immigrants have aroused great popular interest here. .Any such negotiations are doomed to the same failure that has marked American efforts in the same direction, as the Japanese hold that such an agreement or treaty would lie tantamount to an abrogation of their rights, guaranteed by the exist ing treaties. The Government of Japan never would willingly take such a step. Even were the authorities willing, they would not dare to in view of the pre vailing public sentiment. A high Gov ernment authority slates that Japan has not consented to enter upon 11m- itatior negotiations with Canada. Mr. bhii’s conference with Sir Wilfrid bor. As they did not return, some neighbors went io look for them a few hours later and found the boat drift ing bottom up, not far from shore, but found no trace of the missing ones. Thursday morning a search was begun by a large number of people, and in a short time Loth bodies were discov ered close to the landing, in about five feet of waler. It was an affecting sight when the bodies of father and son were brought to the surface, clasped so t-ight- I iy in each other's arms that it required an effort to separate them. No other person was within a mile of the spot when the accident happened. NEW REGIMENT TO GUARD CZAR. It Is to Be Composed of Especially Selected Soldiers. A despatch from St. Petersburg says : For the further protection of his own person, Emperor Nicholas has ordered the creation of a new regiment of life guards, composed of specially selected officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers drawn from regiments through out the entire Russian army, on the personal recommendation of the com manders of the various corps, who are io be held strictly responsible for the good behavior of their appointees. The members of this new regiment will be ■chosen individually, will be required to have manifested exceptional trustworthi ness and devotion to the throne, and will be placed under the orders of the commander of the Imperial palace. AUGUST’S AWFUL RECORD. The police statistics for the month of August record the carrying out of 31 sentences of death, the assassination of 309 persons, of whom 107 were Govern ment officials and 202 were citizens, and the wounding of 173 people in various encounters. MAN AND BEAR EIGHT. A Thrilling Encounter in Little Bob Lake. A despatch from Peterboro says: William Coons, a Kinmount man, had an exciting experience on his way home from Bobcaygeon, where he had paddled in a canoe on Tuesday. While crossing Little Bob Lake in the dusk he encoun tered a black bear swimming in the water, and for a time it looked as if the bear was going to come out the victor in the encounter. Coons at first thought when within a short distance of the bear that ttie animal was a dog and struck at it with his paddle. It was then the discaovery was made that it was a bear, and with one stroke of his paw Ine canoe was upset and the man and bear were struggling in the water. The attack had evidently infuriated the ani mal, for lie fought viciously, and when Mr. Coons at last reached shore, after having been in the water about half an hour, it was with a suit of badly torn clothes and a body with many scratches made by the bear’s heavy claws. FATAL NEGLECT OF DUTY. Eleven Persons Killed and Twelve Hurt by Boiler Explosion. A despatch from Toluca. Mexico, says: Neglect of duty on the part of an employe resulted in the death of 11 per sons, probably mortal injury to three, and serious injury to nine others, on Tuesday, through the explosion of a boiler in the Ferrer factory at Asorra- dero. The authorities after an investiga tion declared that the explosion was due to the neglect of an employe in allowing surplus steam to escape. NINE MONTHS FOR ENGINEER. Sent to Jail for Breaking Grand Trunk Trunk Rules. A despatch from Guelph says : Engi neer Mark B. Beid, who was in the col lision at Gourock, where three men were killed, was found guilty on the charge of breaking tne rules of the G.T.R. and was on.Thursday morning sentenced to nine months in prison. Laurier is confined to discussion and means Io prevent any unfriendly move ments toward Japanese laborers. In an official statement of its posi tion, the Foreign Office says that un der the treaty no limitation can be placed upon Japanese subjects to live in British possessions. To consent to a limitation would mean to limit Jap an s status as a world Power, to which she would never consent. This senti ment is generally endorsed by the press, though the 'more conservative papers manifest a growing disposi tion to recognize that the low charac ter of many of the Japanese in Canada and America is a contributing influ ence to the fomenting of trouble. The Asahi remarks that the recent, deportation of Chinese coolies who had been brought in bv the contractors to work on Government railroads weak ens Japan's case against Canada. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Ollier Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, Sept. 24. — Flour— Ontario wheat 90 per cent, patents are un changed at $3.55 in buyers’ sacks outside for export. Manitoba first patents, $5.40 to $5.10, and strong bakers', $4.65 to $4.90. Wheat—Manitoba wheat was quiet and easier. No. 1 northern quoted at $1.07%, lake ports, and No. 2 at $1.05, lake ports. Ontario wheat— No. 2 red winter and No. 2 white quoted at 90c at outside points. Barley—No. 2 is quoted at GOc out side, and No. 3 extra at 57c. Oats—New No. 2 Ontario white oats are quoted at 46c outside. Manitoba No. 2 white are firmer at 50c lake ports, and No. 3 white at 49c, lake ports. Corn—No. 3 American yellow is quoted at 73% to 74c, Toronto freights, and mixed at 72%c. Bran—The market is firm at $21 to $22 in bulk, outside. Shorts are quoted at $24.50 to $25 outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans—Hand-picked, quiet at $1.70 to $1.75, and primes at $1.50 to $1.60. Honey—13c per lb in 10-tb tins. Poultry—Turkeys, dressed, 14 to 15c per ib; chickens, spring, alive, 10 to 11c; dressed, 12 to 13c; ducks, alive, 9c; do, dressed, 11 to 12c. Hay—No. 1 timothy is quoted at $15 tc $16 here in car lots. Straw—$8 a ton on track here. Potatoes—GO to 65c per bushel. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter—Pound prints, 22 to 23c, and large rolls, 20 to 21c. Creamery rules at 25 to 26c,, and solids at 22% to 23%c. Eggs—Choice stock selling at 19% to 20c per dozen in case lots. Cheese—Largo quoted at 13c, and twins at 13%c. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal. Bacon, long clear, 11 to JLl%c per ib in case lots; mess pork, $20 to $21; short cut, $22.50 to $23. Hams—Light to medium, 15% to 16c; do. heavy, 14 to 15c; rolls, ll%c; shoul ders, 10% to 11c; backs, 16% to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to lGc. Lard—Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 24.—Grain—The de mand from foreign buyers for Manitoba spring wheat continues to be quiet. rlhe undertone to the local market for oats remains strong, but prices show no fur ther change. No. 2 white were made at 52%c and new crop Quebec No. 3 at 50c per bushel ex store. Hour $5.75 for choice' patents, and $5.15 for seconds. Choice spring wheat patents, $5.75; secands, $5.15; winter wheat patents, $4.65 to $4.75; straight rollers, $4.25 to $4.35; do. in bags, $2 to $2.10; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Feed—Manitoba bran, in bags, $22 to $23; shorts, $25 to $27 per ton; Ontario bran, in bags, $21 to $22; shorts, $24 to $25; milled niouillie, $25 per ton, and straight grain, $30 to $32. Provisions—Barrels short cut mess, $2 to $22.50; lialf-barerls, $11.25 to jll.75; clear fat backs, $23.50 to $24.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50 to $21.50; half barrels do, $10.75 to $11.50; dry salt long clear bacon, 10 to ll%c; barrels plate beef. $14 to $16; half-barrels do, $7.50 to $8.25; barrels heavy mess beef, $10; half barrels do, $5.50; compound lard, 10% to 10%c; pure lard, 11% to 12%c; kettle- rendered, 13 to 13%c; hams, 12% to 15%c; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15%c; Windsor bacon, 15 to 15%c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs. $9 to $9.35; alive, $6.25 to $6.50. Butter—Townships, 24c; Quebec, 22% to 23c. Eggs—No. 1 can- died and straight receipts, 20 to 21c per dozen. Cheese—Western, 12% to 12%c; Townships, 12%c; Eastern, 12% to 12%C. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Duluth, Sept. 24.—Wheat—No. 1 hard. $J.11%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1.08%; Sept., $1.08%; Dec., $1.07%; May, $1.11. Milwaukee, Sept. 24.—Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.06; Dec., 99%c. Rye—No. 1, 9tc. Barley—No. 2, 93c; sample, 70 to 92c. Corn—No. 3, cash, 61 to 61%c; Dec., 56%c bid. Minneapolis, Sept. 24.—Wheat—Sept., $1.04%; Dec., $1.05%; May, $1.09%. Flour—First patents, $5.20 to $5.30; second patents, $5 to $5.10; first deal’s, $3-90 to $4; second clears, $3.10 to $3.20. Bran—In bulk, $20.75 to $21. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Sept. 24.—Few heavy export cattle were brought forward, and most of the higher ones sold for the domes tic butcher trade. Choice exporters’ cattle sold up to $5.25 per cwt.. The quotations ranged from $4.60 to $4.90 tor medium, and from $4.90 to $5.25 for good to choice. Choice and select butchers’ cattle, $4.60 to $5.25; good butchers’ cattle, $4 to $4.60; common butchers’ cows and mixed lots, $3 to $3.50 per cwt. Heavy feeders were steady at $4 to $4.50. ’ Little business was transacted in stockers, which sold from $2.75 to $3.25 per cwt. Good grain-fed lambs were quoted at $5 to $5.65 per cwt.; export ewes sold al $4 to $4.40 per cwt. Milch cows were steady in price at $20 to $60 each. Ilogs were weak at. $6.12% for se lects, and $5.87% for lights and fats. Instead of dreaming of to-morrow the successful man is wide-awake to the op portunities of to-day. Dupont had just undergone a surgi cal operation, amt was lying in his bed pondering over the expense that it would mean when the doctor entered. “I wiil just lak“ your temperature,” lie said. “Very well.” said Dupont resign edly. “I think that’s about the only thing I've got left.” telegraph Briefs From Our Own and Oilier Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. Thanksgiving Day has been fixed for October 31. A campaign for Sunday street cars will be, started at London, Ont. Preston Lynch committed suicide at Olds, Alberta, by shooting himself. Parliament will resume either thq third or fourth week in November. The total strength of the R. N. W. M. P is 500. scatters over 120 stations. It is said the Ontario Government may establish an institution for the care of feeble-minded women and girls. John XVilson, burglar, was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment and thirty-six lashes by Judge Bole at New Westminster. The Ontario Government will extend tee provisions of the succession duties act to provide for a reciprocal arrange ment with other Provinces. Hon. J. II. Lamont, Attorney-General, has been appointed to the Supremo Court Bench of Saskatchewan, and N. D. Beck. K. C.. to the Supreme Court of Alberta. GREAT BRITAIN. The new Franco-Canadian treaty was signed at Paris on Thursday. Lord Brassey, at a meeting of Associa ted Chambers of Commerce of Liver pool, advocated State ownership of rail roads. UNITED STATES. A negro woman in West Philadelphia turned white, and is now becoming black again. Indianapolis has an individual who mingles in the theatre crowds and throws ink on fine dresses. A turtle weighing 2G9 pounds, and at least two hundred years old, was caught near Hart's Island, N.Y. The cost of the new Plaza Hotel at Fifty-Ninth Street and Fifth Ave.'in New York is fixed at $12,500,000. Cassie Chadwick, the witch of finance, was stricken blind at the Ohio Peniten tiary, where she is serving a teii-vear term. A doctor in Williamsburg Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., lias succeeded in curing a case of virulent tetanus by the persis tent injection of anti-toxin. From a match thrown upon a tene ment house bed in New York, a fire re sulted that routed thirty-two families from their home. A Chicago woman has offered to al low herself to be asphyxiated in order that a Virginia inventor may attempt to restore life with his artificial respirator. Otto Schultz and his wife and four children were crushed to death under a wall which was blown down during a 'storm at Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Minnie Conroy of Erie, Pa., has filed a petition for divorce because she found out that her husband, whom she had married the day before," wore false teeth. Harry Robinson, a Salvation Army member, immediately after being com mitted to jail at Connersville, Ind., as insane, killed Austin Ford, and brutally assaulted another prisoner. The Italian beggar is practically ab sent from the streets of New York city. In a day’s observation, when forty-two beggars were encountered in the busi ness section, not one was an Italian. Michael Hackett, a former New York pciiceman, released from Sing Sing after serving twenty-five years, was greatly astonished on seeing the city’s skyscrapers and especially the change in style of women's dresses. GENERAL. Russia will spend nineteen million dollars in fortifications at Vladivostock. New Zealand's new tariff gives Bri tain a preference of from 10 to 20 per cent. Thirty persons are said to have been killed in a wreck on the Mexican Cen tral Bail road. The French Government has hopes that the rebellious Moorish tribesmen will accept the terms of peace offered. President Cabrera, by his suspicion of Mexico, is retarding the negotiations for a permanent peace in Central America. Twenty-seven Japanese officers and men were killed near Kureat by an ex plosion on a battleship during target practice. ------------4- TWO YOUTHS MURDERED. Brothers are Slain While Hunting on New BrunsWich Border. A despatch from Woodstock, N. B., says: A double murder in which two boys were shot by a boy companion while hunting in th© woods, took place on Tuesday afternoon in the woods on the Maine border. The toys all live ;n this vicinity, and are sons of re spectable farmers. Guy and Oscar Downing, brothers, were shot by Guy Tardis, who was with his cousin Fred Tardis. .As near as can be learned the .'particulars aro as follows:—The two parties met in the woods throe or four times, and each time the- quarrels be tween them grew worse. The dispute was as to the right of each party to hunt in the woods near each others houses. Finally, Guy Downing stood lii« rifle against, the fence and order ed Fred Tardis to do the same. The former then went up to the latter and seized him by the collar. Oscar Down ing started toward Guy Tardis, who fired his gun, the bullet piercing Down ing’s lung and coming out at the shoul der blade. He dropped dead instant ly. Guy Downing then ran. when Guy Tardis- fired at him, striking him on the top of the head, the bullet plowing its way through his brain and killing him instantly also. The Tardis boys were arrested and will be arraigned before the magistrate here immediately. The boys were all about 17 or 18 years old Conductor and Driver Have Been Arrested Out on Bail. A despatch from- Toronto says: Con ductor Matthew Grimes and Engineer George Hodge, held by the Coroners Jury criminally responsible for the Caldon wreck, were arrested on Wed nesday night on warrants issued by Coroner Johnson at the termination of the inquest. It was hardly an arrest, tor as soon as the men were notified that they were wanted, they surrend ered themselves at the office of Magis trate Ellis. NEW MILK REGULATIONS. They Will Form Basis for Future Regulations. A despatch from Toronto says : The work of drafting a set of regulations foe the better handling of milk in On tario has been entrusted to Dr. Sheard as Chairman of the Provincial Board of Health, and Dr. Hodgelts, Secretary of tiie board. The regulations are being framed with a view of providing a basis for legislation next session. Among the recommendations that have been made are proposals that- no cow house shall be permitted unless proper drainage is provided; no building used tor ordinary purposes shall be within 100 yards of marshy or stagnant waler; and no chicken coop, hog pen, privy or water closet shall be within 100 feet of a building used for the keeping or hand ling of milk. Cleanliness and ventila tion are also to be insisted upon. Sick cows must be weeded out from the herd, no feed stuffs that are likely to impart a flavor to the milk must be given, cows must not be permitted to drink from stagnant pools, and pure waler must be provided for their use. Cleanliness in respect to the utensils used and on the part of those engaged in the dairy busi ness is also to be insisted upon. ---------*_ TUBERCULOSIS IN PRIZE BEEF. The English Meal Supply Is Far From Wholesome. A despatch from London says : Sir James Crichton-Browne, in delivering the presidential address at the annual meeting of the Sanitary Inspectors’ As sociation, at Llandudno, referred to the English meat supply, and urged the abolition of private slaughter houses and the providing of abattoirs and a central office for meat inspection. Then people no longer would find “prize Christmas fat beef absolutely filled with general ized tuberculosis.” He added, “If Chi cago has its jungle, London has its dis mal swamp.” In another part of his ad dress the eminent physician denounced what he described as the prevalent craze for getting thin. On all -ands, he said, the cry is that we cat too much. So fierce in some quarters is the propagan da of dietetic asceticism that, in dread of being suspected of gluttony, people only indulge their healthy appetite in secret. This crime, Sir James declared, was pro ducing a debility which sufferers there from were seeking to combat by indul gence in alcohol and narcotics. STILL ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT. Orders lor Yessel of 19,300 Tons Re ceived at Portsmouth. A despatch from Portsmouth, Eng land, .says: The plans of the Admiralty for a new and larger vessel of the Dreadnought class have been received at th© construction department here, accompanied by orders to commence building the wawbip immediately. The displacement of the new vessel will be 13,300 tons. The ship here will tx launched before the one to be built al Devonport, orders for the construction of which were announced September 16. ---------------— HEARTLESS MOTORISTS. They Frightened a Lad's Horse but Gave No Help. A despatch from London, Ont., says Frightened by an auto a horse driven by Robbie Henderson, a 14-year-old boy ran away throwing the lad out and breaking his leg on Wednesday. In falling his feet Iiecame entangled in th* reins and he was dragged along tin road behind the galloping horse for ovei 106 fed. The motor party wheeled righ' away, without stopping to help the boy A despatch from Ottawa says: The trade figures of the Dominion for the five months of the present fiscal year ending August show a total increase in imports, as compared with the cor responding period of last year, amount ing to $30,738,393. While the exports show a slight decrease of $127,637. ex clusive of coin and bullion, the total trade for five months was $205,867,631. The imports totalled1 $1.65,723.630 and exports $100,164,001. Exports, of the mine increased about two millions, ag riculture six millions and manufactures a little over one hundred thousand. On the other hand, exports of animals and their pixiducts decreased nearly seven increases and Decreases for First Mve Months. The charge, which was one of crim inal neglect of duly, resulting in the death of Richard Bell, was read. The men were immediately afterwards re leased on bail. The conductor fur nished $2,000 personal, and $2,000 ad ditional security was given by his bro ther, Thomas Grimes. Engineer Hodge also furnished $2,000 personal, his bondman being Robert W. Eaton, in $2,000. Mr. T. C. Robinette appeared for the accused. , INSECT EATING BIRDS. Ready to Change Their Habits When Introduced Into a New Country. ' When settlement began in New Zea land farmers gave a hearty invitation to the small birds of England to help in the great work of colonization, says J. Drummond, writing in The Saturday. Review. The colonists were in a rather sad plight then, through plagues of caterpillars, which threatened to make farming on anything like a large scale impossible. The gathering of th© in sects caused consternation. They ad vanced through the country in armies, devouring crops and leaving fields as bare as if th© seed had not been sown. A telegram published in the leading New Zealand newspapers about that time stated that the morning and even ing trains between Waverley and Nuku- maru in the Wanganui district, on th© west coast of the North Island, were brought to a standstill owing to count less thousands of caterpillars being on the rails, which had to be swept and sanded before the trains could continue their journeys. , Some of the native birds performed good service by eating insects, but the native birds of New Zealand are shy and will not dwell with men. The seh tiers, therefore, turned their attention to the insect-eating birds of the old country. The sparrow, the hedge-spar row, the song-thrush, the black-bird, th© greenfinch, the chaffinch, the goldfinch, the redpoll, the yellow-hammer, the cirl- bunting, the starling, the skylark and other birds were introduced. They accepted the task allotted to them, took up their permanent residence in the colony and fed on the fat of th© land. But the colonists felt that they repaid kindness with ingratitude. Th© regard that- was once fell for them has been tfirned to bitter hatred. There is a hue and cry against them, and most o'- the farmers in the colony would now willingly banish them from the land if (hey could. The writer adds : The verdict is written on a circular which I prepared some months ago, and which the de partment of agriculture issued for me throughout the colony. . . All the evi dence I have obtained points to the fact that birds are quite ready to change their habits when they are introduced into a new country. ----------*---------- STANDARD OIL PROFITS. Nearly Five Hundred Mill.'ons in Seven Years is Record. A despatcli from New York says: Pro- frs aggregating $490,315,934 were made by the Standard Oil Company in th© seven years from 1899 to 1906. Testi mony to this effect was given by Assis tant Comptroller Fay of the company in the Federal hearing here on Wednes day. In the same period the company’s gross assets increased from $200,701,623 Io $371,664,531. This is the first time the company's earnings have been made public. JAP STEAMER BURNED. Estimated that One Hundred Persons Lost Their Lives. A despatch from Shanghai says: The Japanese steamer Tafoo Maru has been burned three miles off Ching Kiang, on ilio right bank of the Yangtse Kiang, forty-five miles from Nanking. It is re ported that one hundred lives were lost. The Tafoo Maru. formerly the Tahi.ng Maru, is of 1,758 tons register, was built in Japan, launched in 1900, and belongs to the Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha ■company) of Osaka, Japan. She is 2t,3 feet long, has 40 feel beam and draws 11% feet of water. millions, forest exports decreased about one million, and fisheries about three hundred and fifty thousand. The re turns for the month of August show that the falling off in exports notice able during the earlier months of the year is being rapidly made up. Exports tor the mon 111 totalled $27,652,164, an increase of $1,934,785 over August last year. Imports tor August aim ui I cl io $33,919,620. an increase of $5.7*6.8..’,.>. The customs revenue for live nonihs was $25,970,071, a gain of $5,252,777. or over one million per month, as <om- pared with last year. For Argust the increase was $1,037,342. lire total duly collected being $5,571,337-