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Exeter Advocate, 1913-4-17, Page 3, ,,,,arewareeeterreertererater rrr.r7rreeeearepriereareteertreve-reeee-eTearrearseara-ea' 'Yeae-eve a'a•aa'""'"a`a•-•-------'7,71-"'-'77-7.77-7-77"."••••••-`77-77777••••'''-'777777-777 • , ' Itcrns of News by Wire - Notes of interest as to What Is Going on All Over. the World.i Acton citizens have decided to; es- ▪ tablish' a Fall Fair. Kingston plumbers aaiol tinsmith will.get,25 cents at day more, IVfontrears civic debt exceeds $62,000,000, or $125 per capita. Galt Hydro eustomers are to have substantial reduetions in rates for light and power. Executions are being served upon Farmers - Bank shareholders in Middlesex under the double liabil- ity clause. Harry 'Kennedy, one of the -best- known farmers a Kingston district, was killed in an aecident at Cut Knife, Sask. Two boys, aged seven and ten, imitating .a shoot-the-ehute per- • formance, were drowned at Mont- real on 'Friday. J. W. Barnes,. ex-Counciller of Steelt-on, was fatally injured in the rail mill of the Lake Superior Cor- pora,tion at Sault Ste. Marie. G. H. Unwin, assistant professor in English and lecturer in German at •the Ontario Agricultural Col- . lege, will go farming in Alberta. Half a million acres of land are asked by the Lake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway in a bill • introduced in the Legislature. • Charles, Hough, a young English- man, was killed at Capper Cliff by a locomotive. His fiancee is cross- ing the ocean, expecting to marry him in Sudbury. Port Dover ratepayers carried a by -law -to spend $10,000 more on the high school, in addition to $22,000 previously -voted; also sanctioned submission of a Hydro -electric by- law. \, . The counties of Lanibton and Middlesex must pay $5,000 damages a a r the death of W. 0. Dillon, whose auto was ditched because the roadway approaehing a culvert was not of legal width. The new C.P.R. AuStria-Canada steamship service was inaugurated by the arrival on Thursday at St, John, ,N.B., of the Beamer Rith- enian from Trieste, with 700 pas- sengers and 2,000 tons of freight. Great Britain. Saffra,gista committed more acts of incendiarism in England on Sat- urday. Miss Emerson, the American mili- tant, was released from Holloway Jail on Thursday. The suffragettes have' received big subscriptions to their campaign fund. Kebty-Fletcher, Unionist M.P., will, reiterate outside Parliament his remarks in Parliament as to Lloyd George's alleged illegitimate speculation& United States. The International Railway strike at Buffalo, has ended. A woman was e'ho a and a man stabbed in the strike riots at Buf- falo. The remains of the late J. Pier - pont Morgan reached New York on Friday, General. .The first Parliament of the Chi- nese Republic was opened in Pekin. North Atlantic steamship lines have agreed to a still farther south- ern route td avoid icebergs. , The great powers are anxious to hasten the conclusion of peace be- tween Turkey and the Balkan allies. NEW LIQUOR. LICENSE LAW. , Bars to Stay Closed Until 8 O'Clock • ' —Bottle Goods Restricted. A despatch from Toronto says: Two hours taken off the time dur- ing which liquor may be sold in hotels and the prohibition of the sale of bottle goods over the barto lie taken off the premises, are the principal amendments proposed in the Governraent's liquor license legislation this Year. The bill to amend was introduced by Hon. W. J. Hanna, Provincial Secretary, in- to the. Legislature on- Wednesday evening. It contains four clauses. Clause 1 seeks to define what is meant by "tavern license," which it is declared shall mean a 'license for 'selling liquor for consumption only on the licensed premises in which the liquor is sold. Clause 2 amends the section ofthe 'act respecting shop licenses. Mr. Hanna pointed out that in Toronto a tavern license cost $1,600 a year and a shop license $1,000. The dif- ference between taverrj licenses and shop licenses is carried through in large cities, but in smaller places it was the same for either. This • amendment brings the price of shop licenses up to tavernlicenses, and the Brovince takes possession of the increased revenue. , In clause 3 • it is provided that "any livery stable or other build- ing to which the public are in the habit of resorting" is included ug - der section -60 of the act. This _makes it possible to prosecute where liquor is 'found` on such a place, as the law now applies to boarding- houses or other plaees maintained for the accommodation of the pub - Mamie 4 naakes it illegal for bars to be opened before 8 o'clock in the morning. The present law allows bars to open after 6 o'clock. MISTRESS Or SEA AND AIR. Enormous Scheme Planned to Aid British _Defences. A despatch from London sa,ys : Claude Grahame -White announces that he has submitted to the Gov- ernment scheme for putting avia- tion in Great Britain on a sound basis. He has undertaken, with a, group of financiers, to find $10,000,- 000 with which to establish aero- . drornesdn. all big cities, buy hydro - aeroplanes and dirigible balloons and train every year 500 pilots for the army and, 500 more for the navy. The Government is considering the offer. NO 111 ORE 141LEETIN G S. Drastic Order of Police Prefect of St. Petersburg. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: The prefect of police,„on Wed- nesday, issued a drastic order pro- hibiting meetings of all kinds, and also street demonstrations likely tea disturb public tranquility. The prefect declares that this regulation is binding on the whole of the popu- lation Of the capital, and warns the people not to participate in such demonstrations, but to obey the or- ders of the police, Otherwise, `ie says, the most rigid measures will be taken to revent di d ATTEMP.T TO SLAY ALFONSO Spanish King, Confronted, by Assassin'- g Revolver Saves liiinself by 'Spurri:Fig., Horse , • A desnatch' froxn Madrid says; For the third time in his reign, Xing Alfonso narrowly escaped on Sunday being the victim of an An- archist attempt against his life. Three shots were fired at the Xing on Sunday afternoon in the streets of the capitalby a native of Barce- lona, Rafael Sanchez Allegro, who was inainediately overpowered. King Alfonso owed his to his own coarage, quickness and skilled horsemanship. Accompanied by his -Staff he was riding along the Calle de .Alcala on the way back from the ceremony of swearing in the re - valuta, when a man sprang from the sidewalk and Seized the bridle of the Ring's horse with one hand) presenting a revolver point blank with the other, The King took in the situation at a glance, With • lightning rapidity he dug his apurs into his horse, which reared Violent- ly. His quiekness ,saved his life. The bullet, instead of burying it- self in the King's brealit, ,etrirek the horse in the neck, but So close bytas it that the King's left glove blackened by the powder dis was Before the assailant was able to pull the trigger again a secret ser- vice man sprang upon him. The two men fell to the ground locked in each other's arms, struggling furiously. • The assassin managed to free hTh revolver arm 'and fired two more shots in rapid succession, but the officer kneckeel his arm aside and the bullets flew harmless- ly through the air. At the sound of the first shot the King's staff forced their -hex -see on the sidewalk and made a ring around the assas- sin, who fought long and fiercely in the grip of four ,policenien fore he was overpowered and hand- cuffed. King Alfonso, as soon as he saw that the man had been secured, raised himself in the stirrups, turned to the crowd gave a mili- tary salute and shouted in a ring - frig voice, "Long Live Spain." He then disMounted and ieaSsuted his staff, saying "It is nothing, gen- tlemen." ' MAN WHO OFFERS TO FLY AC1w ATLANIata S. F. Cody, the English aviatdr, who has entered as a contestant for the $50,000 prize offered by the London Mail to the first man who crosses the Atlantic Ocean in a hydro -aeroplane in seaenty-two hours. • SEVEN PEOPLE BILLED. - — And Thirteen Injured in Montreal, Train Wreck. A despatch from Montreal says: Seven persons are dead and fifteen are injured as the result of the de- railment of an excursion train on •Sel • un ay afternoon on the Montreal- Chambly branch of the Central Vermont Railway, 'about four and a half miles out of St. Lambert The 'train was carrying about 700 passengers who had taken advant- age of a free trip given by real es- tate agents to prospective parches: ers of lots at Alhani subdivision, and -was returning to'Montreal at a speedabetw,een and32 miles an, hour; when frotn "'a Yet unknown cause the engine and tlie three first coaches left the rails a few hun- dred yards the other side of the Sunlight City subdivision, neax bother r. Stadholme in the least. He granted in municipal aaairs would be ex- i moves the chairs in the immediate vicin- tended to a wider -sphere of politics, and - its of his desk out of the way and then on more than one °cleated° hen there! OUR LETTER FROM TORWITO WHAT IS INTERESTING THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AT THE PRESENT TIME. The Suffragettes are Disappointed -A Real MIlitant-Quiet in the Legislature - Prices of These I:.'roducts In the Leadirig Markets are 'lore Recorded Breadstuff's, dap imeon ..$4.90; ace etrollg bakers', • . 90 Der asent. Patents, 53:90 to $3.95, Mont- straight toilers. $4.85 to $4.90; de. stea,igilt Pateuta. in jute Liege. $5 30; lieeend Ps4" Toronto, April 15.--Ontarto flours, with 701 dia, inter Patente, elioice, $5-25; ciao real *r Toronto freights- Manitalatte-Frict. rollere, bags, $2,20, to 52.35. Railed °abed en e, iti jute bags, $4.8e; strong baker$, in jute bags. 0440. Manitoba 'Wheat -No, I Northern, 981-2c on traek, Bay porta; No. 2 at 95 3.4e; No, 3 at 93 1.2e, Bay ports. Oatario Wheat—No, 2 white and red wheat, 94 to 96c, outside, and sprouted, 75 .to 830, Oats -Ontario oats, 33 to 34a, outside, and at 370 on track, Toronto. Western Can. ada ()ate, 411.30 for No 2 and 39 1.-2e for No. 3, Bay porta. -Ne. 1 Northern, 0Y3-00; No, 2 do. 071-80; Peas -90c to $1, outside. ' aro. do„ 84 1-13e; No. 4, 80 7-801 No,,6, 760 Barley -Forty -eight -lb, barley of good No. 6, 70-2o; feed, No.. 1. 60 1-2e. Rejected quality, 51 to 530, outside. Seed, 40 to 600. for imeds-No, 1, 83. 1-2a: No. 2. 810; No, 3, Corn -No. 3 American corn, 611-2 to 620. 78e, Rejected tongh-No, 1., 831-2e; Ng. 2, all rail, Rye -Prices nominal, linekwheitt-Na 2 at 52 to 53o, outeide. Bran --Manitoba bran, $20, in Imo, To- ronto freiaht, ahovte, $21.0, Toronto. Country Produce. • . ego. 90 lbs., 8205. Bran, sitoke-$22, Ifidalinge-525. •Monti - lie, $30 to $35. afay-No. ?, per ton, car lete. $11.50 to $12.50. 0heese-3';e West. erne, 1,30; do,, finest Easterne, 121-4 to 123-4o. Butter-Clualeeet ereeinery, 32 to' .33e; do.. seconds, 23 to 30c, Eggs-Fre/3h., 22 to 23o. Potatoes -Per bag, ear lots, BO to 65c. Winnipeg Market. '• Winnineg, April 15. -Cash Prieee-Wheat Butter-Daafk printe, choice, 26 to 27c; do., -tub, 25 tea 26e; ieferior, 21 to 22c; creamery, 32 to 33e for rolls, and 29 -to 300 for solids. Eggs -Case lots sell at 210 here, and 18o outside. , • 1-2c. Winter wheat -No, 1. 92e; No. 2, .89 3-8o; No. 3, 863.8e; No, 4, 83 1-8e. Cate -No, 2 white, 34 1-ao; No. 3 White, 320; extra No. 1 feed, 330: No, 1 feed. 32o; No. 2 feed, 291.30. Barley—No. 3, 490; No. 4. 48 Me: rejected,42e; feed, 41o. Flax -No, 1 N. W. 0., 31.11 1-2. • ,United states Markets. Minneatmlis, April 15, -Wheat - May,: 871-9 to 87 1,40.; July, 89 3-8 to ea 1.2e ember, 901-8 to 90 1-4e, Caeh-No. 1 hard, 89 1-80'; No. 1 Northern, 871-4 to 88c; No. 3 Cheese -141-2o for large, and 14 3-4e for N t i • low. 52 to. 99 52 ilo, 8 oa-20t8,-NCogrr wNboile,3 51141. Beans-Hand-pieked, $2.35 per ' bus1e1; to 320, Rve-*No. 2, 56 to 580. Bran -$15,50 primee, $2.25, in a jobbing way. to 516. Flour --Prices unehanged. ELoney-Extraoted, in tins, 12 1-2 to lac per Duluth. April 15. -Wheat -On. track, No. lb. for alee. 1, wholeettle; eombe, $2,50 'to I hard, 885-8; No. 1 Northern, 974-30; No, $3 per dozen for No. 1 and $2.40 for No. 2, 2 Northern, 94 58; Montana No. 2 hard Poultry-Chicicens, 17 to 190 per lb; fowl, 895-8e; May, SOS -BO bid; July, 90 1-4c ciskecia 13 to 14o; ducks, 16 to 180 per lb; geeaci. September, 90 I -4c bid, Linseecl-On traela 17 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 210. Live poultry, $1.26 1-2 to $1.27: to arrive, $1.27; MAY, 131-' about 20 lower than the above. 271-2; July, 31.297-8 bid; September, $1.. Potaoes-Good Ontario stocic, 60c per bag. 311-4 bid; October, $1.31 1-4 asked, on track, and Delawares at 70 to 72e per bag, on track.• ' Live Stock Markets. Montreal, Anril 15. -Good steers, $7 to • Provielons. 37.25, fair at $6 50 to $6.75, and the lower Baeon-Long cleat", 15 to 15 1-2e per na in grades from $5.25 to $6.25 per cwt. Choice case lots. Pork-Sliort cut, 326 to $27; do., butcher' eowe, $6.25 to $6.50. good $5.75 to mese, $21.50 to $22. Hams--1,Xedium to light $6, and the more common etook sold from 181-2 to 18 3-4e; h 16 1-2 to 170; rolle 16c; breakfast bacon. '19 1.2 to 20c; backs; 22 1-20. Lard -Tierces. 141.c; tlibs, 141-2c; pails, 14 3-4e. Baled Hay an- d Straw. Baled Hay -No. 1 at $12' to $12.25, on track, Toronto; No, 2, 510.50 to $11. )11ixed hay is emoted at 59.50 to $10. Baled Straw—$8,50 to $9. on track. To. ronto, Montreal Ma- rkets. Montreal, April 15. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 66 to 67e. Oats -Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 411.20; do., No. 3. 381-2 to 39o; do., extra N. 1 feed, 40 to 40 1-20, Barley --Man. feed, 51 to 52c; do., malting, 70 to 75c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 56 to 58e. Flour - Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; The Wall Street of Canada. their seats. Those who are will be read - Ina newspapers and writin letters for the Pointed at the results of their efforts to . be doing n thin but1 these he that t° the obtain concessions from the 'Provincial 1 n doing..very atten- Legislature at this. session. They had ; tivey, This apparent Inattention does not hoped at least that h f • la' Local euffragettes are frankly- disala meet part. Hero and thereg a member will it vt proaeeds to walk up and down the space was a poseibility of a disc anon on the. provided, talking as he moves. Some of subject in the Legielature, they have at -1 the members of the Cabinet, anxious to tended the Rouse na full torce, filling the , get along with business, used to show fin.•Dublie galleries and overflowing into the; natience at Mr. Studholme's loquacity, but , Dgree -peivate, parts of the Legislativeinow they kuow what .to expect, and as In .aractualier. afoit of the leaders of the Canadian et they have to let him have his say with any case it is -useless to -try to head him suffrage movement refers to he in ab- as rood grace solute symPath y with the ta,etics 'of the) Mr. Studholrae s snecialties are, of as possible. militant leaders in England, even when, couree, labor subjects, and on many of they go to the length of bomb throwing 'these he has views to which, in theory, little exception can be taken. 35,000 To Buy Five Feet Square. Another high figure has been recorded for down -town real estate. Tho Canadian Bank of Commerce has purchased the Ivo - c ea; their answere. The supreme oen-!perty on which the McConkey restaurant, tention of Mrs. Pankhurst and the other loll a land mark on King St., is situ - suffrage leaders is that the vote is a right ated. The -price, paid wile $11,060 a foot of citizenship for a woman as much as it Almeat un e other serous destruction of ,property. East Greenfield station. The suffrafsettesal,lencillures mwrietar,ntUmanetgolacins dead :- J. Moses, fireman, Mont- to where the distinction comes in between axe not required in Canada. Pressed as real; J. Lacoste, 501 Drolet Street, Canada alai Britain, they are not always Montreal; Margaret Deer, 10 years old, 109 ,Conway Street, Point St. Charles; unidentified man'sup- posed to be Christie, C. P. R. en- gineer, The Glen, Que.; unidenti- fied man, supposed to be named Mahon; Martin White, Lafayette Avenue, Montreal South; unidenti- fied man. The injured :—H. R. Raymond, Rosemount; Harry Ray- mond, Rosemount; Richardson, Pa,rthenais Street; H. -Tremblay IS for a man. On this statement the suf- fragette:3 are content to base their Plea for what they describe as justice. And t e fact is thCanadian at women are jus as much without the franchise as ar women in Britain. Canadian Women Have Advantages. There are, however, reasons why mil tant methods havo not been introduce into Canada. Canadian laws are in sev oral instances ranch more favorable to yo men than are the lawof Great Britain For example, in the matter of divorce ana,dian women are on equal footing frontage. While Ville is the second high. est price ever -paid for property in To- ronto, as far as frontage is concerned, there has really been several transfers where the prico per square foot was high- er. The McConkey property runs clear through from King to Melinda St. and has, therefore, a depth above the average. a The record for high figures in Toronto d is held by the Michie property at 5 King street west, which was sold to the Do- . minion Dana' at the tremendous price of $205 per square foot. • In many parts of Ontario a hundred acre farm may be bought for $5,000. In the vicinity of the corner of King and Yonge streets it would buy a plot of land five feet square. The price of $205 per square foot ie about 81.50 per square inch. And it can be eas- ily seen that the job of surveyors who have to verify lot measurements is to be done with the nicety of a draftsman. The Wall Street of Canada. 205 Mullaley Street; Elizabeth ewith men. that is, a reason which will antwitoinie Blight, 381 St. Elizabeth Street; H. ?E; clirtrat0e8:sleictrLii°gr. Lamarre, _4,10 Harbor Street' eetNa„iaa.Furtherme re, certain laws with re. anoorooertyare in Canada more fay- Buller60harbomieLstceet.orabieowonenhanin ngland. unerrier, 718 Bordeau BLtt yet the fat, Street; Walter dtrange, 2432 Es- as it is -t-,0 that the suffrage le denied Catnai a planade; Louise Onaais 1621 0 d ati.en seems itloglosee. women, And the eitu- , 1,i,n women as resolutely eux• Street; Engineer. 0'. a i•-• leap) leaders haws athntpeaaitaydita,o.n psuit 1 lisp sisters havo overcome. - Canada's Militant Suffragette. Toronto has one real militant suffra- gette in the person of Mies Olivia. Smith, She s an English woman, who, mail quite recently, was foremost in all the agita- tion there. She ha a spent three terms in 7 Jail, once for smashing windows, once for taking hold of the reine of a policeman's $ horse to prevent him riding down women, and thus interfering with an officer of the law on duty, and the third time for chain- minigerheAreseelufittoh,sthoeffircea.Ring in front of 'Pre - Miss Smith is a mild-mannered lady of about 45 or 50 years of age. She is greia haired and not at all Ambzonian in type. By profession she is a trained nurse. Since living in Toronto she has been assisting in ono of the local tea rooms. Canadian Mon Less Brutal. She has been active in the local suffrage Bangs; E. Julien, 1118 Demontigny Street; unidentified meal. Tho cases of La- nihrre, Cherrier, Julien and the • unidentified man are regarded,as critical, while the injuries are seri- ous of Trenablay, Strange and En- gineer Bangs. PASSENGER -DROWNED. --- Declared Ile Could Walk On the Sea as Christ Did. 'A despatch from Plymouth, Eng- land, say's: A steerage passenger of mity and going -to jail. which 11. their ng - Other high prices which have been re- corded include the north-west corner of King and Yonge, whiw ch as recently Gold to the Dominion. Bond .Co. at a rate of 3148.15 per square foot. The north-east oorner of Ring and Yonge, which was re. cently sold to interests supposed to be d affiliatewith the Royal Bank, brought a figure of 5126.70 per square foot. On a quare foot basis the recent purchaae by he Bank of Comore figures out at 65.20. The removal of such landmarks as Mc- Conkey's restaurant and afichie's grocery store from King street marks the death knell of this section of that thoroughfare organizations. As one reason why mill - the name of Duro on the American tant methods have not been introduced in - liner St Paul, which arrived here ttoragaozilia, dghsehesaalsv ethaat Fridayen night, who declared that itiauch less brutal to their wives and sie- he cOuld -walk on the sea as Christ did, jumped from the -vessel in mid- avbielt is Euro to eveate controversy, at 9. He was rescued tultihrin.twhel'ever it is DIA ill) to an ocean on April Englieh but died later from the shock. He . . Rumors In LegiSlature, had read the Bible throughout the The Legislature is pursuing the even tenor of its Way to •the end of a session v9Yag°. ' - which hae not been particularly event- , ful, WhHe there have been plenty of de. bates oft various subjects closely affeeting DUEL WITH jouyEs. the lives of the people, there havo been fe,iw comoor tosionswben the tiarties have veal. 1 yid IV ..,.... .s.,1,10, ,ovoriuci pisin any soa:tat:war utia1. an anemain Have Terribl 0 06, th6 oblintrz Encounter at' Port William.commandrho attention Juet thehefore elose of tffie seseion there r rrorstof sensations circulating on A despatch from w. r lam r A a es, lberala heard it report that says:Mrs. M. Benjamine, 18.m lite<C,DiViTethPolfruitttetVOc°g a duel with kiiives in the wornan's l?'nb°1e161itgrraP411Petveti?'cl:g ;1'31 tho°t' sessi°a Persian, and Sam Jacobs, 29, fought eisewhere, an thaa they were therefore home ori Thursday, toth are in the other hand, heard that go reillnr:lne what seel° erT(12.12.1112,(trit-steatt awn bey° ri Ci the hospital, the woman 'with gaeli ewiell'rneog:"3°‘1" °'231e de" the in the abdomen and the ruan with a stoltac.i, m.inee again Allan Studhohne, the labor 13 wounds in his chest andI moor, or third parta-, as he likoe to call The woman may recover, but the 1117,01e.i.bas taken more than his share man has little ehance. ' Mrs, Ben- ?mien% tanauer:.f tral)1ErZs°vitilie ITirt;tmeemIGn 49 eaey. He has had a long training in° the gamine stated Jacobs attacked her. labor triovannent and hate annavently ae. • , attired the habit Of thinking alould, Which Pred M0,14&.tiOn tuallag6r of lac a"taxabrsle'4Whitihnl 6.10rucli6tilliuVitaa erif"jeirollpa0ICastloVenrill . Clutiteau Laurier has been appoint- . ' . ,,Le When Studholnie Sneaks, ed Ilisagtaxit ..-, ,lluVber Reed, With To drop ant° the A0116:I ere, an ' afteatigen jurisdiction over all the c.p..xt, 1,4, when Mr, stadheuro is oe tl, Soot" :rooms . `War -west of '1Arinnlpeg. ', . a., own to 34, while bulls ranged from 84 to $6.50 per cwt. Sheep, $8 per cwt. and lambs at $4 to $10 eaca, as to size and quality. Calves ranged from 31.50 to $g each, se to size and quality. Sales of selected lots of hogs at $10.50 to $10.60 pe/ cwt, weighed off Corp. Toronto, April 15 --.Cattle-Choice, $6.511 to 57.00; choice butcher, $6.50 to $6.85; geed medium, 56 to $6,50; eoramon, to to $5.251 oows, 35.25 to 96; bulls, $5.25 to 56; can, ners. $2 to 52.50, $3.25 to 53.75. Calves - Good veal, $5 to 917; choice, 48.50 to $91 common, 53 'to $3.25. Stocker e and feed, ere --Steers. 700 -to 1,000 pounds. $4.50 te 35.75; yearlings, 53 10 to $3.50; extra choice heavy feeders. 900 pounds, $5.85 to 134 Milkers and snringers-From $50 to VA Sheer, and lambs -Light ewes. $6 to $7.251 heavy, $5 to $6; lambs. $8.25 to 510; bucks, 34,50 to 56. Hogs -$9,60, fed and waterecif $9.25 to $9.30 f.o.b.. and $9.85 off cars. as a retail district, in which capacity 19 formerly- excelled. Hero are now congra gating banks. and ' other financial institu. tions. and Toronto likes to have it describ- ed as the Wall Street of Canada, LADY SCOTT RETUliNS. Pathetic Meeting Between Her and Her Little Son, Peter. • • A -despatch from London says 1 Lady Scott arrived hero on Friday afternoon, travelling overland- viaBrindisi. Brindisi. Nobody awaited her re. turn more anxiously than her three- year-old son, Peter. All morning little Peter played about the house in- Buckingham Palace road, run- ning from room, to room, peeping excitedly through the windows. He knew his father could not come with • his mother. Ae few days ago his grandmother told him t'Daddy'' would not come back this time, but perhaps would come some other, time. The meeting of Lady Scott' and Peter is the greatest event in his life up to now. The mother reached' home shortly after three o'clock. Peter stood on the door- step ready to meet her. Just a single hug and kiss and just a few expressions of supreme delight and Lady Scott and little Peter' went upstairs. TO WED CZAR'S DAUGHTER. Third Son of the Raiser Betrothed} to Grand Duchess Olga. A despatch from Berlin says': The report is revived that Prince Adel- bert, the third son of the '.Kaiser, and the Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest daughter of the Czar, are about to be betrothed. ASSESSMENT LAW CHANGES Government Introduces the Measure --Raises Income Exemption—Farm Lands Section Repealed A ele6pateh from Toronto says: Hon. W. j, Hanna introduced into the Legislature on Thursday a bill to carry out the recommendations of the special assessment committee, which met last fall, These amend- ments are three in number : (1) The raising of the exemption on per - stinal earnings in cities from $1,200 to $1,500; (2) and from 8600 to $1,200 in tovvna and villages. This applies. to houeehoiders or the heads of families. (3) The repeal of the section proyiding far the special as- sessinen1 iarin lands in towns and villages. This will prevent large vacant areas being held at a ow ass,e,sment waiting for a rise in prioe while ithe adjoining proper- tyelt, paysiits 101 share of the assess- m.Atiother &alto will 'be to ralaa ltdOXattatitiOn on incoMe derived non), investmento from $300 bo $400. This applies generally, and is not Anf e ink eight. ear - liana one-third et the members win be in aaitaaaasteeateassaama.--.....,, limited to a householder or head, o mf a faily. It will deal with eases where the total•incorne from all ,sources is not over $400, but if the inoomo exeeeds that amount, say, $100 on real es- tate and 8490 from inveStrnents, the assessment must be levied. Rural telephone lines which do not exeeed twenty-five miles. in length, and have no more than one switch or party •eport the same ae cuit, aexernpt from taxation. The clause respecting the, 'assess- rnent of land and buildings is am- plified to enable the assessors to arrive •rne re ,clearly at the intention of the •law, and declares what ments should be considered in de- teemining the assessment. The law is to be made 'clear ,on the. point of exempting property owned by public utility 'corpora- tiens, This will remove e.tisr doubt regarding the assesameat ef pally -owned franchises like the I-Iy- dro-eleetrie. !,.ef 1:5