The Signal, 1900-04-5, Page 2t
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0,101dal comra,les, null which. i• am
glad to sa3. watt attended with com
re wt
ThCre Ilpa"1 W tae good �A�d (ur
too goo for
lu limy
COL.
br!bery will Dion, fllsap pear•
HUGHES'
Idle heti A9�tis .11 Pekin oorrew
nR erf tkt iJbNy Mril salla: "L4
tat (wi
LETTIRS,
ls roµunJW
eomplalut, even of peldce, that
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7 w11my rut)"DAT WellIX Y
tlla locxpp,ie la tie Maatteer l'uuutry
day morning in their rusb ou the Boer
treacbee. They had 8 met► killed. and
' w* ti, la.oatAJ99Wo,_.:.j
"knew little and cared Use' fur tall-
'Another Breezy One From
•
ndn tad Nle C'anadlunce. They land uu
awkwari custom of Including uv. un-
Lindsay's Representatives
THURSDAY, APRIL sa 19111.
trenches with &dight losv.
' Van Renoselner hnalghtg anAsod the
The news of Crovjp't surrender has
der ties general dawigtiatloo of " Am-
lee:•n received with rejAcing over)--
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erleatsa," and a vlyiWr from Canada
the name obnoxious to iw ever "face.
a. BItIBPCKI'.
would be asked in England whether
HE IS A STAFF OFFICER NOW.
That turn §N%AJd sell th"Ir vuteb for
iie had voted fur or against tike Presl
c]e11t d tiw I'uhted t:Wkws. La writ
The lVilaay War,ter recwatly pwb-
I 'Tt Wig 'letter from Lieut.
Inoue) ItalicatLw n cev-) bid ntotn got
wthlrs. Bat wlua W be biome fur It}
time, Cunntta was forgotWg •i1W-
ulersl; -Col,
Bim l;Jughei W Mtjur Sylvester, from
Who called li"I Ule unanufactitt+ra
gether. But fau�m avuatm change Wut
which the f.dluloiug extracts aro
received ?the follow}ug caUngs Ifrons
tela, as air. Turto wool l netuurk. No
takwi :
to Iota fur u'high tariff, lu order that
London paper nplwurs now -u du)s
Orange. Itiver 8t.itloa, Feb. 26.
theli might charge higher prices fur
without ►evernl n•(rronweJ W tiara'
My Pear Dul•,-I Aro;) you a 1-ne
thin Wittig, but of courw )die will let
tlo w,lf tp thole eothey
still Igo Ity columns. The war in eguogs f
tLe bays we It, viz.• the old " villas
1\'lo told Ute Linuers th¢t they could
told co d
1+
Africa well Ila costly to Canada, la
uaeet.ag" cit Willltuu'u:l's. My umute-
Kot motley for their rotes. If they
mwiey un,l lv men. tart It M a [great
went line t*en gre it th a last day ur
vortetl fur the ti. P. t L It null vwu-
ud,ertivement. Here are a few
two W read the w•r.eps from Cuuad:uu
p:I plerJ sell, nIC from All Urer tanalha
tier that Jdu•k h<wght tae w'A/ ay g,xxl
extracts from lila ninth page tf the
toy warm an.t true fr'euta Really,
ns his master? lie saw the ild.w die
Louduu Unity Telogrui'01, of Feb.
when 1 nm cud always ist,a btenthe
astElttY hla oA party and toiling
_8th
mn'!e u( all hp: e, Lt 11 ummingt It W
Tory, lu cutler W get rich In a hurry,
•
true there way uncert0uty whether
awl why Should not he tux+ get a few
I)urlo the vl ht,..tbu E/ lumen
[ [
haling 'duct' tlwlr work, and the
or not, ow:ug to Oen. Iluttou's havig
wr.tte:t out here ug nluit use, I was
- tlollarjfor hill lute} "*Allet{uiesltugs
�fhe
IwwLtserg from lb Aar theirs• there
actually e:arolloal as an Imperial otfl-
eat acorns. but forget who It le
wags u ruWi forwar.l of Brltlwh and
ver, or was, us arranged WAlk Mee/rs.
tbl4,ahpkW the tr.er," remnrkcd a
luliou{al troops; C'ANAUTAN�, Gordons
B,r,kan cad 8uthcrl em1, 1n the quay
ItoRttclan to an uudla"ce got protrc•tcd
au,l �liropibirom, who selaed and eu-
trenched a position outy eighty yards
„f the (maenad an Government. .Ca 1
write Jack last week, I wuuH out
T(alea.. who thereuloon opened their
from the .fuer bust. WiLa day! ht
�
from Lisa outset ncoejpt suLunliahuts
purmas suit oub5cribed money to buy
ca me the collapixe of the enemy's re-
puS.tiono out -It an the riot of the fel-
v'otee hi favor of Ute policy upon
Mitatice and the unooudltluiml sur•
I .we wens all along it. except IA*varvl.
whlcL they dOPxelacleit foe huts ettra
rentor of Creetjo and his iorco.
The Cukminl tnx,pi aro coverlsg
But not vas of theta haduuy itntus
lorpfits. Teo. it'w•as,the N. 1'.. with
themselves with hwum. Oar Clara
any mere th:in I brad. Yet the work I
'w;av at c•alleI uta to see ss,mcti!tyf of
Ita,dlsnegard of moure acid tunes. Ito
[ails of the British ngltients grry
Uao country and ni!u scone wnice.
practical exhortatlorw to covet mud
wp mttliy records s usbro,d emit on their
But early it.J-lnusry I did (earn that
W grab outer miui'm belungingd. that
colors that we know b viureband ex•
actly what they call good will do;
logo". llut", bra 1 saourally written
herr Well, t, 'nit
da,moralixel our politics, •sued Auaacle
but the chiµ+ of tine eld block, %ho
agait ire.
Scene eglat hours rohi boo and flit
by, a
vaS.Svr_ A•luarketable commcxllty,
New Zealaniers, anti C.,iNAD1ANfs,and
Iny,s ill chtnged. Then it
Fou ) e11rs COURdR redu►ed 1r Uow
Atutralpaaa, are. eAruipg their turfy-
synae
wtaA shy le'rue 1 that"I was seting am
nate I
erntment, whore members nobolty re•
laard; sail- earning theta in a day
that nabs, a clauxus.of mast wlijlgg
an IniperIvA aft o as -a Canadian
s eacted, whose acts deserved the
admiration from all Show la 1110 Old
of tcer. air. en:he that department
of the affair.
prompt condemnation of the elector•
Country, who watch their vAkN
TALK Olt eL'AI.PS.
ans. Jaat laiNteame some influential in-
with drilghL. 1'rI the fighting rousd
ColerbSrg, nal In tine ,mart rvrtxlrtals•
7'Item are a roe a of papers that
Pl
dlrlduats hAd n pocket Interest til
keeping
swot nwdte by Colonel 1'ilelper, lire
State th roub]elsetween heGeneral
{�jC
aid ma due to my having writ•
that bead aggreg:aticn he uf-
torn from "down under" tiistinguirhed
.AM
"injudlclous"
fico. The N. 1'. mach a few million-
tlie:tairlves, and when C'runje Ind to
Oat. nu letWr to him.
Mer says that I claimed the prl-
aires, but It stem a dear bargain hx
be surrounded and foment to capita.
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vilegr direct to Im-
tihe bri efltw of the raepfprrnce which
late, the CANADIANS, raced with
of applying the
the =assets. Now• the p erafle have (oast)
oar men at the first Attack vn this
P erial Government to raise a re*l-
cwt that they call get along better
lunger, awl -were Shoulder to shoulder
tient breatim I am a member , of
w it than with It. The
stat them when tho tkpu• w,,,,.
{
Parliament. Re Lite ••injudleilws" let -
riff r ghil-t
tariff roeductlaet dkpes test fr ht"u
�
realer which brought about the sur•
ter. 1 wrote one re n certain off t
ver. I am preplai'at now to matte It
tiny workingman. nor hos there been
rea.lpr.
• At three a. m. fo 4uy a most
Infinitely stronger and still be far
arty protest trout a ninnufactureiLt ex-
dashing advance made by the CAN.
within fact. Another letter, re Oen-
cepi ore, wlto Is Ute fipud'of the• tut.
ADIAN Begialent and a>me Engt-
erulthip, .lit days gone by In South
tea combinati.m. The murals of fist
U*ers, supported by the let Gordon
Africa. has begirt tenfold Justifled bJ
who UAA say that the brand rust
HlghJarider'e slid 2nd Hhroq)shlres. re-
events here. The yarn. re the nppil-
peoplc rare' cue the monnL mad tberial
suitecd In our gaining u point some
cc►Sion be.ausai I ala af. 1'.. is exact•
will be goo mows Dig corruption faults
600 yards to,trer the enemy. and o
ly . the reverse of truth. I claimed•
' y: ('r�k 1 ♦♦11 I I •
".:wTef'::a.w� r, ., S, 11A. i
w'ltllna 'about Erighty^)arils Of �h(.is
'w"gm
and am�pp�he�ldyIny�m�y'"claim, tl t m2yw
. Intert•st of mill k2 lre-.71i, to ail Limo
• 11,'�
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vgiMilM V.� I"8'�B I.
a ,o... . -.t t- ,•_-_.._ -.-- --_ ..,_..
[evil i�. Tho N. 1'. br t;.l the richt
" A gullun0 dtsrl. worthy of our'
%•ho In tarn wpre expertal to brute
0,101dal comra,les, null which. i• am
glad to sa3. watt attended with com
the floor. Mow that the .1,,- P. Is lend.
IGtrutively a1ght law." -
br!bery will Dion, fllsap pear•
Subsequentl • the War Office
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Idle heti A9�tis .11 Pekin oorrew
nR erf tkt iJbNy Mril salla: "L4
tat (wi
trlved from Lord Itobarts nnotlir
A SPLBNDID 1lPFA.
teleegram giving tae loaves austalned
- That ie a pretty good -story about
by the gallant CANADIANS venter•
tiic Dutch �riattperacy u/ Ncw fork
day morning in their rusb ou the Boer
treacbee. They had 8 met► killed. and
having vowed to resetne Cronjo fryjn
I officer find :t0 men wounded.
ret. Helena. Let tm hope, that Pt Ls true.
Croga p ham uncoudltionally sarren•
We have goo grudge it rninrt the Von
dared, after beinnrg� shelled.
The CANADIANS rushed the outer
N'yeks, but there was a chap valued
trenches with &dight losv.
' Van Renoselner hnalghtg anAsod the
The news of Crovjp't surrender has
Niagarn border of tnnadn eight)--otld
lee:•n received with rejAcing over)--
)enrm ago, whore conduct Inn• made
where In Flalnfax, and bunting in
gencrnlly displayed. The populace are
the name obnoxious to iw ever "face.
especially -delighted by t,ord Roirerts,
Ind then Crnger! Npcll�ug It with the
reference to the gallantry of the
c instead of the K makes Mo differ-
C'AY,ADIANK-Reuter.
enter. The ('ranger who goes fho)m New
GALLANT CAI4A1HAN4
York to rescue Crorde will holy@ as lust
Ottawa, 'Llsesdey-Tbe $arl of
a tine am the Kruger who will he enp -
llliato, UP, Governor of CANADA has
tuned at Pretoria. The New York des-
received ?the follow}ug caUngs Ifrons
patch f�sym that tbhs blue blooiett tie-
thatch
M ' �mberiain:
Hier je&ty lathes Q\SSSo Leeiree
wsndantm ottliae old settlers on
xp
jjOa RO a sass t0 fhb pfSSl►sS of lie
Yaniattan I"lan'I IIA Ip rap ranch
llomin oa heC &d�iratlao of the ggss1-
' looney that they can bray till Atlantic
!ant co>y,Mtet at. qtr 04,NADIAN
liner or a cruiser, laugh at patter-
troops in Che late engagemyof, tall
nntknal Inst, end rPacue C'I,ynJe to
Ser &arrow wt th0 lose of so f0 [till
brtivxv ,meo."-Reuter.
*: -spine of the British tx the Unitted
OOttavrit""�aevdaiy.-TJte- Corprnor-
Ntates C;ovprument. The beat thing
Cern-ral .has receireJ s cableliram an-
1'ncle Sam can d�o In to encournRsv the
anunring chin surrendi•r of General
wIrole four Hnndrel W etxrt [or lit
Cronja from Sir 0LUrid) hLlr:r, w.ho
stills, "i congratw:atw you on the
flelena- flow did they get ."r much
nohtie share taker. by'ho troops !from
money' Not by their own labor, but
'you. co:ony."-Reuter.
by colliecting laud rent from the work.
iafoatreal, Tiseaolay.-A great >�-
erw In Now York. It wits Henry (teorge
ovwtration look p:aca at tine tare -
ing of ihn Aoardi of Tradti to -clay on
who &uggeste,l that landlords Instead
the receipt of the nerve annotsoc ng
of tenants should bAsolliduacxd to emi-
the capitu:ation df C.~ral Cronp.
grate. Put all the Von W)rkm, Vi
Ju':igv I ant, w•.ho prei6hed, in addres-
Itenwelners, Crnger", etc, who live
sing the as&enlily 11:claredi that the
rejoicing %ganid h- a■ ur,ivernal as the
wlthrnd labor In New York, on one
Empire. He exprea i .his admiration
ship and start them on the expedition
of the perrmistenre d the Boer■ and
t1 St. Helena. The Britivh navy will
stated that the victory was morefally
dka the rent. President McKinley will
appreciated in CWNADA, in vicar of
the fact that no assay d he. sora had
not need to make arty Inquiries about
&pilt their blood oa the ficdd of bat-
t
men who leave New, Ycwk ou m hostile
expedition against a friendly (tower,
Flags Are flyhg ie,re+ywhire, and
Lord Rdbrrt•' dispatch regarding the
In vlalation of thin lawn of the United
t7nportannt part payed by the QAN-
States. He need not take tally trouble
A�DIAN3 in the final weues of the
to help defend (;rent Britain nRAlnst
battle iw creating the, grestr+sr on -
the Manhattan file. When the Ihltch-
t husiaam.-Rester,
The CANADiAN contingent which
men whir own New York full to come
has diatingulahed Itself no glorlonsly
back. becanaP they arp detained In ate
In the fighting rat Paardetlerg. In
t;lnty's Submaarine territory, there will
drawn from nil branrhoo of the mer -
be nobody to oome nround otter the
vice 1n the Dominlon and from eveP.rry
ProvincP- It consiats of a hnttalh)n
rent, Ands-, she Yankees, Irldh unit
of Infantry, two battalions of
roles whose presence RAO Industry
mounted riflem, and a brigade dlvd-
i.Ave changed] New York from a little
"din (three batteries) of artillery, it
wwv ton great city, will ile Jewt sop
was the infantry who were engaged
at 1'nardebprg. Tho battallon L
much better off. They dan go on work-
1.010 strong, (or all ranks, find Is
Ing lend producing wealth without
tinder the command of I.hrut.4W.
worrying over the Dunepoe of the \'un
Otter WAICAI)IAN xtuff), who Ilea
Renseeirters and the CrugPrs. it f" a
u"dpr him a very large staff of oft•
e,�, tether with a complete met
A-reat echemP-Lille rescue of teonje.
level orad nursing Shu, wont. w ttnn
ebirlp gran seetiota. Wit three Chap•
I The placing of Cann Ilan occortties ora
Intra". Mluly of the officers have 1101
the list of those In which British trtlmt
"Itlonis In the battahlon inferior to
ka fenam may lie Invoatei Is of now a lit.-
those which hey hold In thele own
tie moment to the people of thla man-
real menti -hent. -colonels In kraal
(twees hoeing qtly ms))rs in the apo•
try. While the Topperitos cry oat tont
cin! nervhb battalion ; ma)ws bring
he preferential tariff Ia n frnnd do
raptnlrsa, anti rnptalns, lieutenants,
Britain an i at Vie Anmp Hari! (feeR ,al
,Among the rank and fila too, ars
the I-Ilwrnla for not getting Britain
Several (officers. wino, unable to toe -
vitro poSitlons del the (v,nimladoned
to return to protection an the price of
staff of the bnttnlbn. PnllatoA As
tihe bri efltw of the raepfprrnce which
Prliaten, The regiment arrived Irate
hey say M a frnnd, the British Gov`
lint year. rand td">k ppaart in Colonel
I IlMirr'n march to Doug Inn and in
ornment recovilsps thin Importance of
the fight at S,lnuvnW. hiring Lord
...,........, ., our cClttrte as_tf1 DOJlIt[gtp)I�Sijl it",
t_CTIC. .4trRgeat'-Lwaratauna
five t 1 t leer
mwnsutrp, nn 1 reciprocates. The Llb-
Prnla In tile- preterentlel tariff laognn
cwt tree of wain led. L
mon killed, And' nearly 100 men
dthnrnv
n givwt Wert ; SIP fire n til atA
y got R y
than theirtShdarrprofl the hAri
to Mese It mainly rut, tit# WAY to comPlo-
work and d aryfrra of tip campaign.
tion _
Thp now" In them Items Its a roil-
Krnrw'm hasut Vint the sub)ign
(� O"
pip of wopkx old, bet the feet thn
Canada IA
Von d the Trntwvnnl would only
very much in evidence In
;'k, Ise arenanPlt$Awal nt a price that
vosMl Appel kwmnelt.v. Ira
the eyes of the British people I" the
lmdnt we desire to emphasize. Th
glecfelly
' rofprrp(1 to by pn)-laaw•r pupwrm in
country did not ,mond soldiers W Af
the Vnitod tst"tes. Blit Itirowsor-0
rlrn ns a moneymaking m-hpnae,but
Resat ham not deterred Grr,At Rrlt•
who UAA say that the brand rust
. Ain from endert.nkhlg he that.nod
nPem UlS waters aball P.S rptarn
.11! nnlehat-•mutat wit**, Itok,7.
-.
AikSR-ima,v 4 -yet - ..--.--1
AAKf t� bkxA-galltinma will M upon
+ _
•tut, arreRAn4 nod tyrantn,ia Rdrory,
Another fakir hoe rump too grlof Dell
• 1�1S Insolent refusal t, live ur ti
ieW arhPtnp Iona Iw,n wxry+er,l- Mr..Pelf-
$M Ur- of their
..-�'p�• AReMeenput Ircl
re►, of •'Thp Nn1,lp l.cnf Pnlr Co., To-
ftp lira tevtchb. Brat the Mttl"me"
roato," hal A Rrwnt mnnoy-making
bilmr* tae Poch nm to I/lave them no
WJs,mc, twit by the Sime hp metes re-
P.01", tw► relpeat their tnrpitodiR
Ionto to tlmpeP d b* efaPPea• w1M apply
bl% tonsil hAtnwo►4tM)'to kAW 1011
A,W Woo WII--tp the last fnrlhlag-.
be seat to KVW&r,
)tuna
41,•111 him An y ^Igor oilier rata,
mhswrid
wtbtm-a.
1
t[t�otld
-ewsrasr` sin lays - Clomg a/ any "suer
Britbdl subject toyld do, L e., offer
t•/ tater- a reglwserlt witieo'at asking
the perralmslot of any servant of the
ihudulum of Ununda, for Gion. llut-
tat IA a mere servant of Canada.
Mereuver. It wan sot interesting
puwt. Whist rigbL had tiny Imperial
officer In Afrlc•s to receive a letter
offhAltilly from a servant of the Can-
adlan Government, which wall not
endorsed by, way, which was ;tbso-
luttely at variance with. the ex.
praeedl wtahxt of his masters. tha
C'aatadian .Government. Well, he ta.
bles Ire tarried, av usual, •ani! an-
other sralp Image ut the bait. C'on-
41(leriRg the great distance, too, the
Paco tilts fairly gull -t8 hours
But I ]title no il,-will ag:,Inst hlm;
Mat the s Ight wit. I{ie Jost m ido n ter-
lous mbrtake, and fined V, rectify It.
1 did, at Uie earns. requP"t of two
of him own pPreonal Imperial frPmds.
fur Ur sake of peace, offer W with.
draw all C60troverslal matter, but
1ho(;e,air.ti uyl%khely mis.o)k 111.1 de -
Stye to Pt•ctseut A ura4t4c1�1o1 fret to
Britain's enemies fie ylelding. I he.l
I'eve ht- Is •cru a andder and a w lues
.mun, and letatla hopa will for Uhe rr-
Inahaier of I�iLLrr natural life Ira n muclu
ter man. N:) one will - he bette-
sod thin I to see him change and
succeed. .
AS A GENERAL.
1 wrote R•ll.I,".,. tc Ixing o111,td
(were. 1 did not klroir what for them.
On arrival I found that my General,
Ce:l. N�tUa. had been promo_eed from
being 149VAcr-General t) be com-
matleler of a very lmirxtant Ught.
lug division, tocluding not only Orange
River. but also ltetmoat, llrnsspan,
Fralm. Hou!)'neetklouf. Wittebuts,
R;tm:ih. Zoatpun's Dr•St, Ho;:eto,an,
Drift. Ilopotowm eta., and all the
campou got those pinces. The General
wits g� od e�tongh to tnke nw along
with film to his new command. Thmv-
,foi" I am now no longer amolstant to
tine Inspector General. hitt um Staff
Officer t) a fighting General, wh:>
to Lira sam3 mail.
The tip°>ral was absent at KDnber-
ley three days this week and f -was
left In charge rat headquarters. Weil.
who should loopp In. Mit Brown. of Mali
f:niphre. and Rev. Fullerton, of Y
E. I , from Bolmont, •and the next
d,ty ('d. Ryerson (our own Sturgeon
1'„!nt doctor) on Red Cross work.
Thi• three ltotorvdl me, by i,e-
Ing guests nt t!re hefnlgnart
era. They itw fur thems,hes that
I was actunlly In command. Thi work
In Most congenial. Finding hoer poil-
tlonti- nn l hors are thousands of
Boers within n few mllen of w on
three •Ides; In hounds fof from :PUO to
1,GOO-trylnitJ)foor prisoners or relicla,
prosecuting others, atouting, doutphg
aftar cnmp Ani outponta, attending
to corrcAfton:leneP of Importance, and
a thonann I nnol ono Wb" matterm. It
In mo9t Interesting. I have two horses.
My groom In n )cmng,Albert College,
B-IIp1111P, fellow, I h111Ip4, who hew a
wentnlyd hand, but who I" nearly well•
while my elervnnt h• Tnrp!n. of Co-
bnurg, also recovering from a slight
In Jury. i -fore this reaches yon I hope
you'll )tar of n\y general.
THF CXNAIKANS,
R) time wAy, didn't the brays got n
prPgm ring last week. Thp most Idiotic
thin{r 1 ever heard of. Karat. Thompr
est and others deorribedt It to Rho last
nlglit. Thpy nwl the Cornwalls fired a
few roan M rat from 900 to, 8()O yards
nn 1 turn chargaid. imngpne charging
sMll) �nrtlx. Why, bdore they got lot)
)mrd" they were w•atterel nil ovpr.
Th^ Cornwell colmel rnllrl ant, "A La
not" to Li:P man first In the trenches !"
In lose than loo ysr,ln n Itdlrt
through the head rendered the pey-
reader to a " or tied. Every hour
biGgs siesta . liners Wad cut up
-+iie(eblyq mild fa'Lt)w, t have ao
more dine. I am mJvf gdgg up to rake
up outfit fqR busiaa.-sa, as to say
good-bye to Cd. fly union. Befcns this
reach" lou, old iwy, i Is •gala
to be U64W fife "rasa ac." i have had
four fairly interearing wasll•M>aos adl-
ready. But this tines the busiuesa Hill
be mors merlons. fu car you Should
succeed to tas eoe►maad of the old
45th to the neer future, by my creet-
ing a vacancy, fast rex, will you and
the gold ourps n which I have hews fur
3S years, alI success. My inter: co .ie
to be with 5vu to June, however.l;N1
d� ; to all. Faithillilly, tiara
C'ANADA�� NOT PROSPUR
_ _ ,
While the Cunaennllven Were In
011lce.
And !aero I dewire to tote o e vary
remarkable difference I tweeat tine
Prorput•tty that now ox'll►its and the
prosperity that was claineeecl to ex-
ist frim 1878 to Ib1)al. I deny the
claim inade by those Two. sautlemeu
that C'uuaida pwsprtr-id under their
Nnthpcal Polley, I wry that Canada
did tot Pie We am u whole, although
it oily b�-- true that certain ludivld-
ual lucalltlee and u certuln fate ed
fen• euccseded In reaping otxwhleru-
No pt•uspeelty from the in'1) itiolw
laid goo Ue cuuutr). But, ou tar a s
ties ai-calied pro"pserity did exist,
that p rompCrity, i repeat, was decep-
tive unit partial. It WAS confluptl to
u small CIArs ; the great masa ht}d uu
share Ln it , and to all Intent ! and
purps»ew It vr.ha that kind Of prcr
petit)- wwhich (ublonits of lobbing
Peter to earleh Paul. If ever one ma a a
gain wait anwther'e her It w•as oll.ler
the l+oley of huge laxation initlatd
by thaw+ hou. gentlemen. and W ct
great extent hallf):ly re:dreaed by
u". ,
THE ERA Olt' DEPRESSION.
H hat was Lire Condition of thhiga
In Canada► during that j%,Tiod? !s
Uyn• a roan here teprescuti"g anag-
ricultural apiwtituency who can gapu-
say any statement that during that
finer, porhxl ugitculture was depressed
to a degree ue,er twforo known In
unuada 7 Front many sections of
our country People were fleeing, tot
at the rote of tots of thousandls
but (A millions lilt told. Is
there any titan whoa knows anything of
the real cxndltitn of Canada who will
dedy this% ail over C'antada at that
thio debt was I:wr. axing, mortga"
were Increasing, lands were alaking
Its valtw And often abi"Ititely unsnle
little besides? Where Is the fairway,
the miner. the lumberm.m. th. maau-
facturero the merchant In C'atlacLt.
I
that almost those conditions b, which
1 have referred, halve beea completely
reversed In the last two years. It In.
generally true thr(mirim, it till C'an.
ada that agriculture is thriving, that
faaiut!s rising lin value find finds Plenty
of purchasers now whera before yon
might have put -un a drys"n of (xray
without reoehing a single Nd. i am
haPpy In being able to say that the
rwoards of the loan c•umpanles go W
Slow that our farmers are paying off
their mortgages. theft the exodus IS
nt nn end, that trmle b expanellag to
all dhroctlo!w. that new aclroea of
we.ilth are opening up on every dde.
anwf tla►t rat last we have entered ort
au ern of prosiwrlty oaoh dna Cnanadta
was luyaing fox and was promised
man) a long year, Mut had never en-
Joyed until Use- Liberal party was rc-
turned by power -Sir Itichard Cart -
W right.
ItECIPROCITY
And Yale of Products to Great
f]rlialo.
lid- was googol enough to dwell at
gnat loingth on a "I1eavii made by
me m 180+8. 1 mtnnd by the speech
of 11t8h, though I am not prepaared
to any hat twelve year" aftel.
w,trds. under n totally different ,ret
of t•Irenmstane,s. I would be pre -
fared to advocate the saute polity.
tits Charles Tupper wan then the
1•'daance Minister. and It would fall
to his Wt to samwer that spee•h.
but Ile had ?nue advantage over Mr.
Foster. for, LeIng a inedleal m tn, he
waw able to put hlmao•!i on the sick
list, and did aro for several week.e
mntil that whole debate wits liver.
nial never rose In his place to an
"wer to arguments i then put
forth lit favor of unrestricted re;l
Proc{ty- In tier election of 1H7H the
main argument by which XIr Ul arim
Tupper conv{n:•ed Use electors of the
lower Proviuc•s that hp was right
surd wise watt his declal ion tliait
should they Carry out Ttlm p•ulicy iso•
would be able to obtain reciprole4
In lase then two years. Mr. Foate•r
wits gooef ettcngh to tell n" that
the purchases made by Englnnd
from tfie' Valtavd $hates wPro enor•
'moody In exceeS of tbn :e they maid e
front Canada. Quite trite: it Is ev
caediingl-y probab:e that their daal-
fags with seventy million ., lw"plp
would be more than wiul voluedfa.
hilt when hr t-meh to nn•tivse the
matter he will see that buying
$'?00.000,000 worth of foodatufrio and
other prodirte from Seventy or
rveaty-five millions pa tin avrrng„
of ${ per head from the JohnldLnnLa
of the Cnitntl Ntntea. while from um,
with fire milllpnm _and a half, $62,•
OW.(NNl mPAnm that F,ngland lernaght
$11 per head fmm. us, Sas against
$4 from the i'nited Stites. ((treat
anplanae.) DI proportion fr) our
Iopulat.!on. we supply England' with
three timet? an mach nm the ('tilted
States Stn, mid (ray expm)rts to Fog.
land. am everpbaxly knows, are very
nap;dly on Uip Incroaasoe. .%lilt it I"
extant Ply Protahll that a vegy con
shdernbe portion p�ff the cxlx,rte
credittdt to floe 1'sil.f4l 4tnt s ars
really Canadlan products Vint gra V,
that botntry.-sqr Richard Ut rt-
wrtghta ------
HUTTON WAS VRES11,
And Hb Hlgh-Headed Work la Bring
I Salome.
(Htawe- .APr;I 2, 60. eral Hntt,r-t
Onnod no Order-In-Cotihcil, gulag
e,)evlt. Col. Kltoon praccfleore ave:
d,Rlaw ilputrsuhnt • N I
MAGNETIC . F01�._ FOUND.
Antarctic Explorers Return W
Australia.
THEY LEFT OVER A YEAR AGO.
Wellington, N. 8t. W„ April 1.-Tlw
exploring steamer @cwtharu Crus
tswring Mr. C. E. Burchgwvhlk abd
ttw murctvture of the &mth Polar ex-
plsolMlwi fitted out In 18118 by Htr
Uourge Ntwnes, of Loudon. arrived
hew W -day. lir. Bmvligrevink reports
that Stan tshagneUO Pole lite been local
ed. Mr. N. lluumon, one of the nolo
gists who utui-wil with the expetll-
tlou, died oa tie loyaapre. .
,�,T,1`he Borclgrevint expedition left
Hobert. Tamim ida, fur the Antar tic
regloa on Dec. 18th, 11198. During the
1&tWr part of Fels•uury, 1899, Mie
numbers landed from the Southern
Craw near Cape Adair, N ictorlalund,
It leaving beau arranged that the
Steamer ohotuld leave them therewith
full cquipmeat of every kind, and
should return fur them Burly In 1900.
According to the aowouots of the ex•
ploraer'/ ans p ublimaed at the time
ho batt Europe, MT. Borclgrevink•s
party crosistod of nine bealtlesa him-
Solf. Lieut. W. Colbeck, It. N. R.,
was selected as first mag-
uetle observer, to be assisted
by Mr. Louis Beraaechl. Mr. N. flags -
son and Mr. Hugh Evans were chosen
as zoologists, and Dr. Klosvatad as
medical offltxir. Mr. Fougnal was gen-
eral uUllty man and cook. With
these want two natives of Finland
to loot after UO dine. Enormous Sup-
plies were laid In. The exped{tkio
carried 500 Union Jacks, which Mr.
PAorehgrervinll intended to plant at
frequent Interval• la the new regiotw
he hoped to dis over. fie took alma a
large UAlon Jack, which he Intended
to run up (w landing. This was given
to him by the Dake of York. Orr
board there was a rineenatograph.
with which tae loped to get Interest•
ling pictures of tights litho dreamed
of by people in the civilised parts of
the world.
Apart from discovery and solution
of ususettietl problems. Ute explorer
expo-etood that the expedition would
yield sn Immediate result of pr&eU-
Cal value. His theory was that weal•
they forecasts for the whole of Ass.
tralsslct could be made from the Ant•
arctic region. As good and bad times
in the Australian colosles of (treat
Britain are dependent upon he "tate
of the wether, the Australians them.
sehen have taken a perullar later-
• ad a r3 Reports �I
The Weeks, I
----;�:_; _ - I
LSADwel WWUT MARKWM A
Follow.rtg aril the clumhlg lark es 4t
imp urinut wham csatrw tu-atay :
(Yash. Airs
Clad• o $0 1-$
low 'xk ...« .« ., -- U 7: 8.8
1t'Jwaukee . . 00 6S
tat. Louis ... • . w... 0 70 8-8 0 6y 8.8
Toledo .. ......« 0 71 U 72
Detrolt, red - .« ... O 74 U T2 1.4
Ilutroit, wtllts ,,. O T 1.2 --•--
Duluth, Nc% 1 nortlJr, 064 8-4 065 iL4
Duluth, Na 1 hard U 66 1.4 -
M!uuenpulW, No. 1
northern... - ... O 64 $-8 O 48 5.8
lltntwalwl4, Na 1
Ilard ...... «....... O 65 1 $b._�
blasts a" 1'roaso ,
Toronto. Marcia 81. - Flom -Clo-
tariu pateuts. In bappj $8.45 so $8.65;
etrdlght rollers, $y.;,3 to $5.45; tin a-
gar;an Patents. $8.80 ; Manitoba
bakers'. $3.45, all pit [rank at Tta•
rtxrtu.
W1•.est-Ontario red and white. 65
to 63 1•;'e nort.h and went ; goewte 710
north anal wast; Nu 1 Maaitutia
hand. 80c ; TorotrW and No. 1 north.
ern at 780.
Onto -White oats quoted at L7c to
27 1-;:c. west.
B&riny�--Qtttdodat 43ofor-No.9 weet6
Rod ford barley. 86c to 87c.
eye -Quoted at W)o north and
west, and 51c east
Aren--City mills Bell bran +at $16
Amt sborte at $17, in car luta, f. p. G,
Toronto.
8ockwhest-Flan ; 4!a north cad
enrt.
Corsi-C'AtudIAA. 43o W 4ic WI track
lin Toronto; Agerieau. 43 1•;-c to46c
on %rat.k.
TORONTO FAR.MMS' MAR%i T.
Wheat -Otte hundred bis hrls of goose
sold 11-2c weaker, rat Toe.
Oats-Oae hundred bothrkr soil 1 2c
walaar, At 82 1.80.
Barley-Oue hundred ba IlAl sold la.
weaker, at 44c.
Hay aid fitraw-Flfteeu loads of
bay cold at $1:: to $18, and two loads
.of straw at $8 to $U. Demau•1 for
straw was weak.
Drarel Hogs-F!rm, tt $6 73 to $7
'per cwt. L io hugi wW probably be
firmer next week.
Butter -Fair receipt a met a moder-
ate demand rat 24 to 25c. for dairy
pound rolls.
Eggu-FAU demand for strictly tow
lakt at 16 to 17c.
Ibultry-Fair receipts sort a like
est 4t the outcome, Mr. Borcingrevink adereand. Pr.cm were hangedL A
laid[ aiwynys carlti6gtftrA hint- file "friFtl -a. �1 %-6 mocited'
r►wk .al, .tlagcbgu$Ww Wit, his $t s !Vrr. _ e
con,0ivions to Utat part of the world F Wit= wo 'kit of
could not be c•ompletedd until reportit 60080 sold anehaaged ors*
from the Aoetaretic circle awld hm
made practical. ,
FRY'S FATAL WIDER,'
Perished While Saving His
Valuables From Fire.
A LYNNALLEY TRAGEDY,
110coe, Unt, April 2 -Yesterday
morning fin• broke out In the hurtle
of Georgia Fry nt L)ua \'alley, two
an 1 n half miles south asst weal from
here, the eau a it Ia nl f, heL•tg n dr
fxtive chlmn*y The fir" apreal rap•
Idly, sat though air. Fry-wortrd hard
it sown got beyond his eoutr(11.
On realizing that It would Ise im-
pssrlble to enve the house, Mr. }try
turn,wl his nttmtion towants on-ur-
Int; what valmnblew h'• lied In tlfP burq-
Ins; Willing. Eut,ring the tsruse, he
worked his way upssWre, when tae sells
overcome by the sm oke sort perbhat
In thin names. The remains wore re.
co,tere:l, after w,a"lderable etfort0l.
RUSSIA BUYING l UN.S.
Requests the Porte to Allow Troops
to ('ass the Dardanelles.
St. Petersburg, Narc6 29 (via Paris,
l4>irch 31.)-Tbe latest ppoo..itical rumor
La high and dip:oama-Ae elrc:es b to the
effect that M. 8inovieft, Russian Am-
basaaior at Coos:arJ in,op^ dies se-
ere.tly handed to the Turkish Forelgn
Office, n polite ands get.tue natose re-
questing from the Sublime Porte per-
mission for the rranaportation of &
certain deAn{ts newher of Raseiaa
trnopa. topcaber with acme wIrships,
,throwssh the Dardsedies,
Tarkedy9 reply to ?Lis request;, is
avid to be awaited with great sax-
Lety by the Rat aian Gowwrmewt. It
is conmHoered that the approval of
Gownsony anti France moat have been
oecure-i batons the note was trans -
mi t t ed.
The War Office has orders] from the
state rifle manutielary 200,000 new
gun■ for immediate delivery to the
Imperial Arms Depot alt St. Peter,_
burg,
Two Very Old People.
New York, April 1, --Norah Raby eels•
braced hs 128th birtMlsy s% the
Piscataway alivnMruse rat Sielton, N.
J., to -slay. It Shy In I lind, but other.
w:ae t# In remarks ly goal health. Ile
etrys he wal live to be 150 yeti of
age. •
M,mitreal, Apr l i. -Mrs. Christine
Recteur Well yevterday afternoon at
tier rPY.do ice, N ). 83 Rose de L'ma
lane, nt 301 ypars ate] 9 months of
age. B to had heea Marc e,1 twiee nod
her five o ing and daughters survive
her.
Encoarngdsg Stock -Breeding.
,Montreal, April 2. -The Canadian
Pacific Railway CO=Peeny has oto-
natw) a series d h&ndstolran cash I
priam to iw awarad at t'he WinnJ-
peg Twentieth (\satury dndastvial Rx-
ilpibltidu matt July, for t'horoogh-breed
cattlel. Dred and raised in XanitoAa
(w Ahe Northwest (Territories• Thermo
wttl be fifteren prime ]o all. This fs
in line with the oomp&ny's po:hty In
(strouraging the live wtook industry
nt thin ('SaadiAn west by the Imports -
tics of tbaroughbrsot el-
h(1"_ iORr~ ., iv1Ab�R ..
fo
res
S
►S
Cucnc n the fan•
avian.
t4l +art► w'wrl+atStflk 5Is'�fi
re(t _.Y.
_ _ _ ,._ ..
w > e tIlln.
req rm, rant l widen
n muPlw of hunarwl rnnh, whPsa
over
totclare OP[7 un• hmd& of Cianadl9n of.
riven w -hu were his NMI
iSmprea" Dowager Alars►sd.
thoy haltsel for brocatb. it u aid
,m, door follow, n ('atin(Ilhn, Ind
hy nn rnormocy itlata►ncP, mr-
,r... An on
,)er false now, Woa
C,)l Klienn to lis �Inal mLx;ng
0>riR p ositbm.
Idle heti A9�tis .11 Pekin oorrew
nR erf tkt iJbNy Mril salla: "L4
tat (wi
nait
tnally reached the tronchan, font
G, he riddled. Hls body was fou d
At pr"Sont Ila wdslW Ire mPrsur to (ul.
1Jlawer. who la In commend. Major
et Vieer d Canton, re-
((nw�f
e►elly MirM the &TO:1l •n(horilies
hrc+re that Kamg
n ,t•t tiny. 1-f tL'ey had advanced by
rams was Pmt over heat. colonPlti •n
rho (AuladiDn mi i:It by e+e nwrai lion
Yn Wali, t1w rafxas-
er' bad orviord 5,000 unifamaaa in Hong
ruAC+s of alternate eAr•,t(one or tasks,
Wider firlrtg w few rinan'N iota the en-
tau,, eel hem th l.r wind unit: wkh-
tai, A1u! this (miser fslA 1 n csbda•I
lad The order of (tevieral M ttn was
In direct vl,4at4on of them lat'au
Kong. Thr Fimpro m Dowager wu
tglVch Alarvned
�n by int oswar al Li
y 1'ha hue cern! n frrmal Aso-
In 150 lards, elwrw wmam sea-rwr: y
gu
wlvirn PMiI&- th:lt Im-'WrIml :lfaIo(ro
test to the Rri fsh Governor of lilang
he TP bare a aa^n hit, and ?Len there
wdtulU hire boon e•wwnam. 77te+ b� a din-
y
scnitig with Urs CtsnnAlAn milltt-•a
41h.311 only lie
E ageiriwt pwrmitttng Kwng Yo
its 0 Dropagasds."
ptayedtfi"�g reatewt edtoregr, Snat prl�
ant40tO te, he, rank
.old p.cocdenon glrou them by their
----- -
daraaeP. TEsly ame•cbwd rsarly all
Wght; eMrgimw{ for bauarirede of yards
Ca Mrilall cotltllladlma. There 1.
I►n trigrn I'll tit time Clanadtta MillttA
Dr. RIIIIam'Yan(ell, Rtnte QuAran-
tine tltflover At F,1 Paso) Taxes, cam -
anal• Jay -sumer a hot man ail ria . At
Moth Brl'1n1n rot.
,tet. wh!rh Par>,kisa that arfpirora of
I� i� a1 hiv hoam last night
nieM atmd litiers ack,
Col Otter WAS nsri am a nvcnmbwf.
Spy. im atrial n
1 troy wMuII IArp loN,
redn"ce over (nlin,9an
htarnf6t+
b' Rring w ba11M t him brain.
An unknown
i#.IIRMi3 ts{k tifpa Amt we(1"d rap Neat
dlnwn aneh►rs 1 Mels a• did nuear:y
militia utrlrpra
car the ante rank. while In ('8nm(tn,
young min In
an naloonselone etaita wan heft At the
al: ,tree nffiowr, ; tont eaaM were net
well a Ira ON yardwrloodi-
p
hoot th'o wan wt a tome when Sha
Dr1tMb arms wits I�rgM
Iwre Ccan Il aatmt
Peixekvtle firutittal by n strangor,
atwl dlerl wftar to Asys without
`ybo twttrhwfs hill La Tory IAr1fq
Drill workrA se1131
Utb officers.
nR
epesit A cww,m,r will InraetiRatw•
seri than ones is tan- Poor Arnnld is
sir to dist. Matarga, w(tb a buret fa
It la prollable the net
will M rltnngoM In trey te'gard. in the
rneP ]frame
it was shown that the dtath cif
two cdd anon. Aowpn an,l Rollabit. In
ill. ,beet, from al :w IA of iv, to do'elg
Win H4 u a ann Df h4a father-'•pilaca
of ftlue, who 11Nd the
Incnl rank of I•hintsnwnt-ColonM. Il
title Aged Penplee's Ito prat Lonilnr1.
Ont., ull
Ilrit., awe Ans to whlekPy that 0 -,awn
ost
.
Jo the baokbouw" Plir-ja mlYst our-
was pl&CW over ofl7aets who were
his suntoatt. _
as thin nlglit at( falai
ty.
! I ! Stl! ilr�
•.all dt...a,.► - ,,.11 :a-,...
load elf ring at 7tb.
Oats-'Itiwo trade sold tirtl at 32 1-2c
to Ili-.
Barley. -Otte load &Ad unchanged ■t
44c.
Flay and Straw -Twenty loads d
hay add at $12 to $1$, and one toad
of straw at $8.
DreAe«i IIofa-Firml, at $6.75 to $7
per bswdrdwslgbt:
Butter -Large retreipAa and fair do-
m,,d at Y4o to Ygo for da try pentad
r oNs.
Eggs -Liberal supply soot a
demand at lib for strictly new 1
Poultry -Was 9iestifsl today and
demand good. C'Meke:.s sold ■t we to
SOc : geese, So to 110 ■ted tterkeys at
Ise to Its.
K Lawremr markeat
Toronto, March 71.-Rerelpts of
firm produce wore lisbt, 350 bulaW
td grain, 15 loads'i itep•, I of a!raw
Soft a ft -vv dressed bogs, with a fair
delivery ad batter, egg& and ;1Tr
W ben t -Oast hoard of wbi l e l i�l ad d
v t 71 1.,'.r.
Oat*, firmer; 300 irualsou accA al
Sk• tgo S4 1 -gr.
,tialI ateotiy; 15 loo&ds acid at $11
to $13 pe* fins►'
int raw -One load aid SR $9 ppeer too.
Urvraleed dogs-De1F�,IarJrs Iiglt,wltb
priers firm at $7,25 to $7.40 per cwt.
R%tior-Prices for bhntar were ess-
{rr, at 11011 .to !be per b,, the lab,,r
priics lteitg for ebcrce lots of d -Airy
ro spet•iini easterners oa:y. The bulk
m4lug at lye Io :$e.
Xa[w--Prices easy at 14c to lila per
Breen.
Poultry - Drliveries light, wit%
priors firm.
A'biebene sdd at S0c to '$1.25 peer
pair.
Turks-ya scares, at ISe to file per
Ib.
Varna Prodaoe W itolemelp.
Toxonto, Murch 81.-Hty, hotel, car
Iota, per ton, $9 to $0.50 ; straw,
bale'l, (tar I -rill, per tori, $1.75 to $n;
Potatoles. Per kite. P: -r bftg, 871-2 to
40 •.'. butter, eh,)'er, tells, 17 to 199. ;
batter, mPdlam, tabs, 10 to 15c.: but•
ter,. dLairv, , Ib. ill/, 16 to -"0 hotter,
creamery, Rl. nAls, 2.2 to 24C.: hatter,
large rolls, par Ib, 16 to 18c.; butter,
creamery, bo amo, 20 to 22c.; eggs,
held, 1p4o 12c.; Kgs. now laid. 18 1.2
to lied: Muay. per Ib., 9 to Joe.; tur-
keys, Pts th, 12 to 14c.: chkteots, per
p*!r, ISO to 7'&.
Brills► Market.
f.Irforpoxl, March A1, 1"'.9n. -Wheats
No. 1 northern spring. 6a ad ; NO. 1
Cal., Ira stock ; root winter, tie stock ;
corn, obi, 4a 1 1-4d ; new, 4s 1d ; Peas,
res 7 1-2A ; pork. prime western meals,
580 9d ; lard. Prime wevtern, P.% ed ;
Amdriran refined, Asa 61 ; tallow, Aas-
trellan, raps; American,.goorl to fine,
'._'8s 6d ; henna. long clear, light, 8%
1; hoary, 8%; short clear, heavy,
Rft : Clarissa, white, 59/ 61 ; oolorsd,
62P M. ; Wheat 0om111M. ('orn flrnC
Ltvserpewl-Opew-Whoa/, spot netn-
Iwal ; fntarea 1119SAr . May Col 101 -ad.
July fs 9 8-41, MAIN', opoa firm • mixed
Anherica s. 4a td new ; 4s 1 1-M old ;
fntnres atto"K: NAy 4e 11-8d, July
4p 0 5-8d. Flour, 11 inn , 17& 801 to 18s
6,1
f nn Icm-Tows_ Wheat ori Plassage.
layers In 1lfrerr. t operators. idalots on
PA"Snat", Sellers Ant buyers appasrt
English country market• quiet. Melse,
Spot Americas ratted, 19s Si. riour,
(inn , `20 6d. gals., cergurn f-dreasA,
492 Inn, L o. r. t. Ptt•a=, NAy, Tote,
2Is b1,PAld, old Style. •
TORONTO LIVE .� (f,.
ttxP01-t cattle, chto'oe. $1.70 to $4.90;
export Patti, light, 14.25 b lµ.60:
ex P1(Nt lro i'a. nMles, 14.00 to 64.10;
export lar W light, 08,2E to $8.60
Irinds M good Putehar>r and ttportersI
mixed, 0t to OL,is 1 butchers' Oat.
tie. p!,kpd hits, $4.'23 to $t.50; iwntrh.
era pwttle, Cowl. 68.70 to SA.90
batcJiees esttle, aaedlam m'=ed. SIb,41i
to 58.65 ; bobohers' nomswel. $'2.90 to
$r.15 ; b ntetmm' Inferior. $2.60 to
$2. Rn; reefers. heavy. SR.W) to
$4.12 1.2 ; lenders. light. $11,60 to
$A.75 ; /tmbrts. $'2.25 to $5.40 ; gullet,
Dow@, 4}•28 tlo $50 ; ealralt $4 to 012 :
ahe0ap. owes. per rwt., $$A7�I.9. to $8.75;
Sheep. bue+ks, Par curt., 0L'.tli0 i6 M.
t-tml-w. elliwt #ilei a1W vrf{TMrs, 1L11Ii
to $n,7fi: inimbe. pew Cwt,,, $t. to
$5.75: ahs lls' IpetMere•, SA to $4 ;
hog's, chole(► over IMA and so to 200
tadIs, $5.012 1." : thick fat*. i
, hogs, light, ander ion imsaends.
1 : 11rrp, crtrn Nei. 03.18 1.2 ; bop,
Sow*, 6A "R : laws_ ea- ar
1l8s)Jth ,
Ia ("bicage In•day UtWYt s�g�
5e lower at 3.40 noMfaal fo rS$
cad clover •
aTt per IDS f a 1,01 p Ni PirttA eldest 1
close/ trtettt> at 01.05 cad [harsh ,
0.55 naiad.
• NOTE'S.
torose cowplalai has Itssa racNvs,i
from country osutrus of trade tits
week of the baekwardutws o1 1„tsl�
The renAUn WAN the recent snip ,,
biockade, which °tads the tuuatry
radii aS many points Minuett IWP,, -
Abiet
There never was a time In the his.
Posyy at the Dominion when the tan,
torlos and mills were so busy oil ur-
timer calling for prompt deh,ery all
they ars a(.w, TW mills hors ad.
vaaoof their prices ropeutedly
that has nu offyut on the dua,;>'la 11
The stateeaent of the cl,arteral
baalu for Fwbrliary stns rwelve.t fhb
week, The note clrculatlon shoes as
expansion of !87`9,000 over Januar).
and at the clone of last month s4
54.174,11100 greater than for ti,e stay
c ts a year alio?
R. C. Dun makes the hamila." Stu•
urns In Canada the past week
agatttsS 28 the prevltwa week and
the corrompooding week of Jeip. By
I'rovleOM the !+amt week the (,,II U
were: Ostarlo and Qtwbee, Such 11;
Manitoba and British CduluLbe, each
2, and New Brunswick 1,
Brodstreett's on Trade.
Tr4do at Moutteal hue been ,ander
atellY AeVvs thl i week, Tbe illiptuent,
trade conVatte act u la gett&cul.im(ri,ir
lectkm,l are fairly good•
At HamllVas bavbn/e& keels rap to
She exPoctat'uus of tracers. Culuidsr
able sh!pnleuts of goods coutlnuu togo
out, acyl the outlook in generally con
sidereal very promising. Retailers fro,
the country who have been In th-
market lately report the propects (o,
the early gxing and early aureole,
trade very br•ght. Values In ail de.
ptarimen trade are very JIM
BSN lee Boast cities has4ie/n
ratter qa. My- Tracie At Lxldo;t
cont!aus; fair for this season of t►,,
year. Tide stow hlockad , interfered
with I)winew to same extent. Tito
bsaliteme situation tit Wlnul" he
nut rhainge-I much- Motley Is lu i
demand, anti rater rare firm. - P'ha
whobvaM bounce at Toronto haveha/n
busy thy geek making large Wit.
ments a( goods to the trado (of th.
vountry fell and near. nes ,x,tQ
for the balance of the seastnt'a tra,ta
war never brighter.
WHERE DISEASE
Beri-beri, Smallpox and Lep-
rov in Manila.
Monlin, March 6. -The ren"ego of
Mmilpa, just oomplrted by the 114•nith
i"cortmout, gives the city un on.
plefumtly high rack among the on-
heaithful cities of the world. It r-
tablimhee a death rate of upaw•thins
over forty per amt. at a cc,neerra
Lire estimate, Former estimates and
oMlsuspa had always given Alaui;a (
110001) populAttlam. This+c•rni.ue wS+
a careful count of nattabts and ('kill
gee living In buildings and hiiatte In
tho police districts o1 MaAlla, .awdit
gave a total of 190.714, of whum
20,000 were C'hinauaen. There uro
then added tin Inhabitants of ae,erst
vWagen within the city llmits. .%mer
leans and Europeans and l.:U j
pPrrl sts in the monaasteries. Frau n'
Wsble inferination the officials dwtt
mate their number at between fifty
to sixty thousnadt,
The aenthis in Muullu ofilc•lal � m
itort-r1 during thou six usmUtn :r,w
July lost Stu Doc. 81st, JA4* �-tar.
were 6,_001. Of these 2,9k1 iven'
children. Cf the causes were Ir.•ri
Bert. LTU ; tuberculosis, 885 ; br.o,
ehlW, 814 ; dysentery, 1L9 ; fe, my
:67. while at viueh troubles rnuke,l
ILigh,
Manlhh now fine three diseases cfol
dpteic, which wand throw ties tiler
age community Into n panic, txltPnalr
Plague, tserl Berl and smellps,x. Iter)
b-•rl resu I ts f rtnn a diet of fist, and
rios, so that whites (Sot not fear. Saudi
Pox and laepnsy the Phltlppinty tit
ways hare, and the people lout up
on tCem As n matter of course, nvp,.d
log direct contact, but hardly 4ity
pug A anxpotl thought to their Ines
earn In tiro neighborhood. kmalipa,i
flourishes In some parts of Laron ruin
stlently. Half of ties natives in tiro
country districts are pitted
with It, and usoUttrs try to
get their children 111170d
with It, under the belief that Tt b
low danger us to tie young. Tile
town along the northiern coast tool
an the railroad between Manila land
Dogupan ere full of smallpox fl�„r.
Orn. Ball's famous volunteer reglawut,
Use thirty sixth, Is suffering fmm an
rpduende. Lieut. Lc wwlay and I,Ieut.
\\'Ing. both of whom were Tennetior-
nnS, title former holding a commission
tie estatain In the Teuwtsmos von°
Lagers, and geveral Soldiers tare died,
are there ale other cases In the regi
anent. .
The easy going nattino and Rpani.
and& paid so 4itt:e aC4as,.lon to Irp-
May that the irklilpplism have neva,-
been not ad fbr 4bat dinseae, but there
ars now mryre thaw a hundred top -
we in the MA, ila hospital. Bu'bonio
pleQtsa Is a .rfaltor to wh tis d4starre
lessds terrors• Two oaanths ago the
firwt cast+ was ddsecoverect in M.,r.i;s.
Siaee t'haA nasi there have been 110
evaoo. aacoet;4in6 to Aha oetimetes d
bei Yeah h aGffotrtit sat 80 ;east Pigh-7
Per Coat. d Ale a, have some teed, tat,
s41y, 'Yat thaM Sas treats no panic, in
feet, the routine of life In the ri e
has wont base <listarhwd- Tbe re,pres-
sire (reassures OC 4ba beelth officers
have been oonap&thtivsly Si=p.e, but
have proven ramtr'ltably effective ron-
siderireg the conditions 4boy have had
t�"'bt leaanrsad Ilan beset to matte
keep It sbeaR. Thin
Is Lien met Abing the canon or Vi. hr-
inns Sad Ohlnamm owill do uAimis driv-
en to it. (rhe offtoWm hav& hoped tbat
wine 'lbs ratay etaam gorts fairly
aut?se ws44y with a flow aim Inch Aboer-
tA`a, it wiL1 wash vp the bowie so Iher-
nuthly that p:aguearill be imp-siwbo
Frain a t its warstt Phe Stir
Bier Gish& . couSIA%rr trjr
filo 111Peww��astts OSAAW 40 strst AIrem0
the taisaetller of came wse4t reportei
!s decreasing, y
rorty -Slat Days h liken.
" How manyy dells aft there Ira
rent I" was the gutty tbxt raise front
h member of the /l>�ab. eft We're got n
era r.rn it."
!rM!t7'Laya," sma� fuse office (ray's
ready answer.
' Bet Amb \\'sin y w.as Fee,•
'$th this yenr sal Lutur f -ill, of
fpr:l !nth. 17th m'fke4 forty•SIX "
Injs. P tat that Lan& Rat iot�008 i
'orty elsya I w a. don't IJC'-__-.-_w.._--.
" Walt a Minute, and rtl Q '�
411*0 up the office boy. I
After puttlag tine guest, tit 01rr►T
tai)' ?►'thin rAech wi%hast gatgnR a
afefactnr Anuwer, the gwreral dq,en
oft wan t i there ane moospthlnx
Abaat the Palrrefnr. The off -re
'say' wg ap an topeleetastieal /LtOJr�
k and intend that T^nt I* ■arty
Rat -Any" 1 . RtndAys asst bem�l
awtttoi- TIlst IS why the aeNess
;Ant px tenoUt ove, It tFF a' x dA>s• Thw
amm, hay r stew f be" t'sa-M
IIP! seeosnt-