Exeter Advocate, 1908-04-09, Page 6A DESPERATE OPERATION
Minister Amputated Man's Leg With
Pocket Knife.
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A despatch from St. Louts, Mo., says:
While p!ntmed under the wreckage foe
bowing a e let: ion between a freight and
a llurlington passenger trait eit Span-
ish lake, near (,ere, on Thursday. J.
a eteKittrle4c suffered the amputation
of his leg with a pocket knife in order
to avoid death t►vnu sealding steam.
Thee Hey. H. C. Allen of (;rove laity per-
fumed the operation at the urgent re-
quest of the prisoner, who was later
brought t4, a hdrspllat here, witero it La
said ho will recover. Four others were
injured in the wreck.
.%I.Kittrick's left leg was caught un-
der the deneeished cars, and scalding
&teen► from the passenger i000metive
certteloi ed hem in cloud. The prisoner
(hulled out his pocket knife, and, hand -
trig it to the Rev. Mr. Allen, who, with
others, was trying to drag him free,
cornmanLCI tete minister to cut off the
couched leg and save him from being
seatdrtt to death. The Rev. Mr. Allen
began cutting at the tendons, but file
knife was blunt, and elcKlttrtck suffer -
o.1 intense agony. "Throw it away and
get an axe, he finally cried. Howev-
er, Mr. Allen desperately confined,
and In a few minutes had severed the
tendons, and McKittrlck was carried into
a car.
Mrs. Emma Renner. a trained nurse,
who was a pa.ssenger, made a tournl-
quet of tier veil end staunched tete flow
of blood, and then gate McKittrick ttor-
phtne and strychntno to ease the pain
and stimulate heart action until he
reached the hospital In St. Louis.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
U APPE\INGiS rnOM ALL O\a..t TUB
GLOBS.
Telegraph nileis From Our Own and
Other Countries of Recent
Events.
CANADA.
Principal \lacl_aren of Knox College
Is to resign.
A strike of hard coal has been made
at Duck Lake, Sask.
Milk in London is to be reduced to
6 cents per quart.
School salaries in Belleville for 1008
arc estimated at 519,800. was
A Galician boy named Goggle
killed by wolves near Fulton Mills,
Sask.
Ontario municipalities of 30,000 popu-
lation or otter may have Board of
Ccnlrue
The new wing to St. Joseph's (lose
Pita'. Pelerburo, is about ready for oo-
cupaticn.
The Government will remote the err
pargo on the export of tanbark to the
United States. urchas-
The Alberta Government has p
e l the Bell Telephone system in that
Province for $675,000.
The C. P. R. has let rho contract for
construction of the new line front Loth
bridge to Macleod.
The Indian viltago of Seehelt, B. C.,
was almost destroyed by fire, and an
cid couple perished in the Barnes.
A general fight took place at a dance
at Union, Alberta. and a cowboy named
Stevenson shot Otto Taylor through the
leg.
The Union flank has presented two of
its clerks with gent watnhes for frus-
trating an attempt to rob the' Logan
avenue branch at Winnipeg.
Tho Canadian Northern Tlaihvay has
received information thst five thoutnnd
Americans are expected to take up lend
In Alberta and Saskatchewan.
GBEAT B1hT.\1N,
The first of the three new warship.+
toe Ilrnzil, 1nttlding In Rritatn, will be
launched en the Tyne !his month.
A resolute -in endorsing home rules for
Ireland was adopted in the British.
i!ou- of Commons by a vole of 313 to
157.
Mr. Augu ttnc Terrell, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, dented in the (louse of
Conimena that Lord Hall,) was in any
way conn* te.l welt the elistliq'earanc•_
of the Dublin jewels.
Unreel) STATES.
iloward dears diet in Chicago from
lockjaw caused Ly a gunshot wound
res eived March 10.
Reeolutktne i,trodhleed at Washing-
ton by Speaker Cannon call for an tn-
se tigotlnn of the paper true!.
Alice Mlnri•m. n dance hall girl of
Reket•snekl, Cnl,, has Inherited 875.000
from an uncle in (:hienge.
Tho stltek'nts of New lark rnlverefty
went on strike en Thur> day became one
of their mmmher hod leen suspen..d.
Michigan territ4try has seen heir
Page wave In b ken of sovereignty over
It --French, English, Spanish and Ant-
crican.
John ileily,
fllnetxtl •'n a
ger en whose
stepped.
Mrs. R4'ulnh Ilneidus has slept for
t.. days in the county hoep1tols, Los
of Newark. N. 1.. was
street car by a prison•
tent he had ac'Slentlally
Angeles, and still continues in tho cate-
leptic trance.
A dog which/ had an eye !mocked
out by an automobile in Glen ledge,
N. J.. leas been successfully fitted wit+(
u glass oplic.
Automobiles may bo pressed: into ser-
vice as strike breukers in tho event of
o walk -out of the milk waggon driv-
ers In Chicago.
Tho New Haven R. R. has laid off
105 shop workers., reducing the force to
25 as against 800 when the shops are
running full -handed.
Volunteer firemen toed numerous
kegs of beer to tight a saloon fire 'n
Cary, hid., without even. Loss was
810,000 --portly in beer.
James O'Neal. a travelling man of
Philadelphia, became derangeii tet Bid-
well, Otto, and jumped in trent of a
train. 110 was Instantly kilied.
At Oswego, N. Y., Jamas Heitz was
crhntvlcted of murder In the second de-
gree for killing .his neighbor, !Murphy
(Tooke, in a quarrel over Reitz'es chick-
ens.
A new line, built by the Pure 011
Company, will extend 1ts pipe lines
front Southeast Ohio to the Indiana
and Illinois flekis at a cest of over
$i,000,000.
Miss Addie M. blunt. a trained nurse,
whose legs were cut off by a train at
(;real Neck, i.. L, in June, 1905. has
just been awarded a verdict of, $25,030.
Freer distribution of antitoxin to tete
poor of Pennsylvania, according to the
ieoords of the State Department of
ilealth, ha.s saved We lives of 1,500
children In a year.
In a futile attempt to blow open the
safe of the Farmers' Bank at Spring.
town. Ark.. tho head of nae of the rob-
bers was blown from his shoulders by
a premsturo explosion of dynamite.
The jury In a Sunday saloon closing
case at Chleagn disagreed so thoroughly
that several of the men were toand In -
Jural and part of the furniture in the
mom damaged when the report was
finally made.
GENERAL.
Pirated trade marks are an
which is flourishing( In Japan.
Complete anearchy prevaile in Itaytl,
and the Anterrean waraltlps are prepar-
ing to lend troops.
Many 1lnynen omeor3 have teen er-
ected, charged with complicity in a plot
against tine Government.
A ling -extinct volcano to Guateme%
has broken into eruption, and the peo-
ple on the mountainside are fleeing for
their lives.
The Czar has ordered Ibe dktolution
of the Finnish Diet leo' use of the re•
selullon expressing syrnpat.hy with the
ll -eslnn terrorists.
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1'1-11('11 %• r.. 01' 'PIi0NE S\'STEM.
Meuse
Vheri:a \\'iII n.'rrow Money to Pat for
GOO tiles Acquired.
A despatch tont \lonln•ai says: The
sale of the (tell Telephone Cornpany'.r
plant in the i'rot-ince of Alberta to tho
province Ls officially emelt-med. Mr.
Cushing. Mllnu!cr of Public Warks f•er
Alberta, who is In M ontrent in oun-
nection with the deal. says that the
province will borrow the money to Pay
ter the 600 utiles They have just secured,
which, with the 40u niil•-a already built
by the Alberta authorities, will be op-
erate.] by the movince. and probably
new extensbonns built. Mr. C. F. Stse,
president of the Bell Telephone Corn-
peny. a)nflrn;ed the report treat it baste
if agreement has been arrived at. but
n; contract has yet been signed, and
riegotiations are still pending wiUt re-
ran! to sine details.
USED HIS PISTOL IN OOIIRT
Convicted Man Killed Officer and Wound-
ed Three Others.
'A deep:itch fre.m Terre Haute, Inde.
tine. says. Found guilty on a charge
e•1 murder. Henry D. MIrponald in the
(:ire-utt Court room on Thurs•iav si1.,1
eine RiI1 d (:hie of Dckctieee Win. E.
Dwyer. sertou ly- w•)undcd thrrt► other
tinkers aryl a bysten.kr, and wee htin-
se.',t scrioua'e. wotnuJN. McI) Hatt had
been Inn' for dynamiting stores and
• c!iurch in Sandford lest jeer.
As se'nn es the fury reported its vet'-
d.el MteD..nal.J fncnhg•e•i up, drtev are•
;elver, and fired al Prosecuting .\ttot-
Jem•e, (:roper, jr., but missed
Cooper tippet his chair over
i•nckwnrl.. \le[knnld lennlinneei tiring
1 a! tete ellicere seated around Ute a)un•
see! tab!*. t)electhe Dwyer fell dead
at the third shot, policemen and de-
puty &heriit.; in the murlrorm drew re-
vnlvcrs an 1 opener! fire on McDonald,
who returned tete fire. The cenvicted
man finally fell with halt a dozen ben
leis in his body. Judge Crane, who pre-
aklo.1 at the trial. ran 1•0 the railing of
tee fury box. and the spectators rushed
out in cuffdu4un.
ney
beeatele
EARLY RIPENING WHEAT
l'1LESTON, STf.\I.E:1', 111 RUN AND
PERI if % \RII:TIF:S.
Mr. Chas. E. Saunders, of the Experi-
mental Vann. Ottawa, Ulscusses
Their Qnaslies.
in response to io,gueats for pr.'c ee in-
formation in reegaret to the charactene.
ties and quietude of I'resttn and eoruo
either early wheats, the foliowaig brut
summary of the principal faces has been
prepared.
t'ieston is the best known of all the
early wheals grown its (;anada. It
sc'etua advisable, however, in diecus:s- eight sampler of these live wheals, hav-
ing the subjee:t, b ooneeder et the sante Mg made 170 test loaves. This emeuul
time the related vaniettes, Stanley, Hu- Of wort: enables one to drew certain
run and Percy. These four sorts have cencluroine. but by no means answers
an! boon originated from erosee-s made an the question-; t1Nit naturally arise.
at thte Central Experimental Farm In The chef general concluelona n:ey be
the year 11188 and are of essentially tote here stated. A3 a rube Rel Fife gives
same percentage (Red Fito or White (lour enst.inetly higher in baking
lefo messed with Ladoga). As usually strength than these other wheats, pro -
grown they are very much elate ie vide" the satnple.s o)tltparei have been
!nest respenseand are not distinguish- green under similar eonefitken.s and
able hom each other after threshing. Properly ripened, Even when tlx: oott-
The kernels resemble Red Fite, but any diners have not neer alike the Red
competent judge can easily detect the Fife teen -ally gives tho stronger flour. In
difference between that variety anti these F.otra lases. however, one or other of
others, provides all the samples eon -tie early wheats has tho advantage. B)'
slst of properly matured grain in pure "strength" is meant the ability of the
tcnditlon. %fixtures of these w?,oats four to aloft•) water anti to produce a
with Red Fife cannot be accurately sop- large, light Loa! of Sine texture and
crated by examination of the kernels. n"'111shape. On a acne of paints for
The statement s)mcttmea made that
these early wheats rtisetnble or aro re-
lated to wheats of the durum or "mac-
aroni" or "Goose" class is absurd. They
belong to the Fife class and have no
relationship or stntllarity to Goose
whca t.
Tho distributenn of these varieties
from the Experimental Farnt.s was be-
gun many years ago, before (he chore
acterist:cs of each sort tad been fully
fixed by selection: and hence it is now
usually possible in an ordinary Reid
of any of thaws wheats to find heads
er kernels of more than one type- In make the beat bored. For rnix eig pur-
poses, ikowet•er, the strangest wLouts
flour.; n.suatby (not always) command
the hIglt•sl prtee; and while In Eng-
lanl all kinds of clean wheat are resd-
b'.'aeh R. di
File; lir i su:l► lv'aUront 1
ttuuil te.' nc.. eSery win Pr�4)n 11 tt
ONDON FA.CTORY IIESTROYEll
were dets.red to bring .t to a very pale
shade of color. The color of tl.e (lour
i,r,duceal from the best selectee strains
et moo w heal, shames a great improve -
e eat in eel nn: case) 0:";.!:* that made
hem the et•divary simplex. ('hour (non
the beet scr ee:n n e( Stanley ',Stanley
A: is of the smile coh)r a.. from It.'•I
Fite. 'I Lo best I when, Heron ar.J
Percy hove ase been Improved, but uel
quite to the sane extent.
(laking 'trixtglh.-it tins semetltues
(,eon suggo o'. -d that a contperative bao-
ing teat tihouki to nna.e to settle once
fee ati hitt retail%° merits of these
wheats. It is very easy to draw pr.'ciee
onichsons from a neon') test, but un-
fortunately such conclueitone aro nee
ally wrong. D•.:ring the past fete years
the writer he -a baked Cour (root lJw-t/-
str ngth where 75 indicates weak. 85
meiilmt and 95 or mere very strong.
red Fife, has varied front 81 to 102 and
the other wheals from 8J to 93, the Red
Fife being usually about 10 or 12 points
ahead. This indicates it considerable
differnee in favor of Red Fife in this
Important matter, the "strength" of the
wheat !tote tho Mainetba Inspection
Divmsiott being ono of the chief factors
ut maintaining lis hIg1t Plea In Eng-
land. They most dealt bee strength for
any (:our is a matter of taele, 11 the
flour Ls to be use:: In pure oondition.
The strongest (leers do not necessarily
orck.r In overc-rte this objection, to
irthprove the varieties as much as pos-
sible, and especially to get rel of the
kernels with a yellow skean ;which under
the present Grain Utspectlen Act are
o-.nstdenrd Inferior) a careful re -selec-
tion of theme wheats was undertaken a
few years ago, with the r suet that Im-
proved strain; .were pr duowl. Serino
of these are now being distributed, and
those of the very bast quality (of which
only a small amount of seed Ls - yet
available) aro being propagated as rap-
idly as possible. A full descript.kn of
Inch variety need not be given bare;
tut it may be mentioned that rele:ted
Preston is a bearded. wheat with yel-
lowish ("white) chef!; Huron. bearded
ieith reddish chuff; Stanley. beardless
with reddish chaff, anti Percy, beard-
less with yellowish chaff.
When questions are asked in regard
to lbw wheats the answers aro usual-
ly desired In the form of a mrnperison
Keith Rod Fife. 1'hLs melhxr,-ihereforc,
eeents the bast to adopt In considering
the various. points here di/sett-seed.
Earliness. --These varieties usually rip-
en frorn about four to twelve days lo.
fere Red Fite. if sown on the same day
and grown under exactly the sante oon-
diteens. in the Northwest Provinces,
Preston on suninter-fallow will tentery
ripen at about the same time as Iled
Me on stubble. Het weather towards
harvest reduces the diflcrenee in time
of ripening. Cool weather lengthens it.
Stiffness and IengU► of straw. De-
sistance to flw,t, Smut and enter Deo
eases. -In regard to these points the
early var•totiee show no striking die.
frrencO.s from Red Fife.
tI.ld.-Experiments In regard to yiekl
often give oontradlclory results under
wnme conditions. Speaking generally,
however, one may expect a largo y'iekl
from any of these wheats. eat'e'n larg-
er than that tram Rex: Fife. On the
while perhaps the bxirded varieties
(Preston and Huron) are rather more
productive than the others. It. ',met be
remembered that these comparisons aro
generally mode under conditions (avor-
able to fleet Fife. in cases where frost
hes to be considered the early varle-
Ives usually give distinctly heavier yields
tlsen Heed Fife.
Appe:ereoce of Brain, Selling Price. -
These early wheals are es hare) as Iled
Fife and when the kerneLe. with yelk►w
Akins nre eliminated, aro of n rich red-
disll coker which la it any difference
be seen) tether darker Than fled Fife.
so tong, l•betefer.', Tis Ihi Grain Inipe'c-
tam Act requires the higher grade., to
cornett) certain proportions of hard.
ted wheat of the Filen class. those t•nrie-
lx+w,sriouj•l.(reek Kilda es high ns pure
fled Fife. The grade_. of course. largely
controls stn•'sale) prie.•o in Cenada.
The opinion .of an Fnglish expert in
regard to sample eef Remi Fife, pros.
ten. Stanley and Per- y. grr)wn at In-
dian Ilea,(, Sesk.. In 1N12. was that the
Stanley and Percy tomtit sell in tendon
at the samo price as the Rah Fife, but
the Preston would ctornmand about
Ihnee-querters ef a cent. a bushel leas.
01 the Rance vnriottes grown at Oltews
he ).'Clewed the Percy and Red Fife
we eta l ring rgrint prices and the 1're,-
oil and clanley about threcequartcrs
e l q cent Q tootle' jeers.
Milling al.te,-In their c•endurt in lee
1e ur mill the`, freer wttente el•'sely re-
s••mbee fled F•fe. 'the bran seprrr•aleee
readily. the pr•.pertion of rnid.11inge
1 -reduces is large and flue middlings
me not unusually difficult to reduce.
This meting a high yIeLl of "pa'ent"
11••ur. The lolel yield e•f !Iran' Ls very
geed and net much "break" fleeir is
predueed. Thee e 18(13 tiro Metol nm
the outcome e.f twenty milling tests of
samples of pure Red Fife end twenty-
time
wentytime tests of samples of Ihre nem ear -
Ler wheels, all the tests holing been
carried out during the past tow years
to the writer. personally,
(Weer r.f Flour.-Prastnn and these
other wheats have, like Ile•I Fife. the
disadvantage of proliteingg flour not
pale en•.uggh for the popular taste. In•
ddeed, ass now generally grown they
yield flcntr c•1 a Bleeper yell•)tvl.sh color
than made from Rcd Fite. Some mtl-
i kr• and It ad vis able IN tirllttoial ly
Ey saleable, the demand f•tr
strong wheat is generally very great.
with all duo respect to Ule views of
nnyone who fudges by appearance only;
I ant of rho opinion that if theft' relative
qualitree were clearly iniderstood the
difference to pricer between, pure Red
Fife and these other u-heah on the
London market would usually be con-
sieerehly torero than throe-quer•tery of
a *sent. rebustntl. It newt be remember-
ed. however, that the ordinary westt'rn
goaded wheat is by no tueans pure Red
Fife. th,ugh consisting Chiefly of that
variety.
Conclusion. --In spite of their many
admtrable qualities. i cannot recom-
mend these four early wheats for the
purpose of replacing Tied Fsfa• as a va-
riety for export purposes, in these dis-
tricts where early autumn frosts are not
feared. Wherever. in the tt"..Iemn
prairie .provinces. (tat Fife can he de-
pended
o-pe nded upon It should be the mein
wheel down, those earlier sor's. if used
rt all. being sown in relatively entre
quanitlie4 merely to make posslh!.n a
somewhat earner commencement of the
harvest.
in thee' distrtele where Red Filo loos
not %Tuntly es.'ape frust Iheno earn,
wheals (particulni-!y Stanley, Preekee
ones lino n) xhould eve -tried. In many
eases they will no dotth prove of lin-
manse vitae. They nro the poly suit-
able varieties ava'lnhle at present for
much deeirtels, except Pring!Ns ('ham -
plain, a beerded wheat of stintlar par-
entage and el:nracter, which can alio
he reeninmen d0.1.
Fanners in lee/tittles where it fair de.
gree et eitece;a is obtained with ib'I
Fit' but where it Li occasionally loueteel
with free( must u.-' their own Jueig-
ment to decd:Ie. Iron the foregeing elm►e-
nt••nls nt fact. to whit extent they
should use these earlier whevota.
CHAS. E. S.ANI)IsRS()\'.
Cotcalisk
Central Fxpd'rimental Farm.
Ottawa. March, 1908.
TiIOI'S\NDS OF LIVES stet -V.
itemsrkahle lteanits from Vaccination
In the Philippines.
despatch frim Mlnnila, Philippine
tetanal, says: The Board •,f Health Jur-
my the test two years has carried on
systematic aonr►pu)s)ry t•:ncc1nnllon
throughout the islands. with the remit
that :emelt;t)x. once s) prevalent. le el-
nn:,st wholly eradicatel. S'nub's show
Heft in the six province; surrounding
Manila, where prevk)ttsly deaths ran
as high as six thensen.t normally, there
was not n single deaths last year. 1l
Ls estimated Chet the number of deaths
fm►n the cause in the archtpeingo, in-
cl:tJin•tt the More prevInces, have been
rotee•1 by ten Ih toend annually cont-
-nrel elth fernier years. Shiro the
r.:rnree ory late there have been slightly
eve.• Jing five million s-ncc:nat'on.,
with the remarkable rc utt lhrtt no
deaths, no mesiming and no compialnte
ere- due to virus inIc t' en. The heat
pre -Inoue word was in Germany. thirty-
five donllis in less than three milikin
yawl:tattons.
TEeT 't'. t. CON( I:Le:1\ 1:.
Bets .%ppkrd elate) to Pewee,. to e+ee
11 )1 Was Good.
A deepnb•h from Shoe -flee. Oklahoma,
says: R.,ya playing; near a half carload
of Want prnw.ler and dynamite caps. nt
the Aliaee,uri aol Kansas Stock Yarde,
er. Tuesday, bearer)* involved in a die -
pita as to whether the powder was
prod er bad. They 'determined to feet
it. end applied a nista. An exptnslon
(•,1i ex -eel that was heeol for mtlns. The
car tt e.e blown into fragments, and
purple peteing were t•.ren from their
feet &creel the road. Sic peop'e were
serin►uly injured. rine. Itebert Grsy, a
r,egro child, having ..nee diad.
Hobbs' Glass Works Were Burned Causing
Loss of $300,000.
A &rematch front feenden, Ont., says:
At 6.30 a clerk e,» Thurs•lay night fire
broke out at Ik)bbs' Gass Works at the
corner of Beloit and the Crane Trunk
trtuik i. and cemp!etely destroyed the
factory, resulting in a lois estuuatRed at
$300.000. Eighty per cent. of the lees
lei covered by uisurance, carried by a
number of companies. The less con -
slits prtttcipial!y of stalk. The Canada
Futethituro Co., wl►ich is part of the a3'1 -
cont and adjoins the glass works, was
dumeged to the extent of about $1:!5,000.
Tho blaze originated in tbe elevule.r•
shaft and had gained suede bead ay that
the firernen confine -1 their efforts to
preventing a spread t•) adjoining build -
iags. The high wind that was blowing
at the time fanned the flames, and It
was feared that for a tante the depart-
reettt would Lc inaJevluate lu Lev the
Me to the grass works.
\\'hen the wally fell two firemen were
Inured in the crash. Fireman Leat'
Ferguson was struck on the stead by it
tatting brick, and sustained a slumber
of scalp wound.:. F'iren:an Hobert Hay -
lock was mere seriously Injured, telir
leg bring badly Injured anti back
sprained, and fears aro entertained
that he may be Injured internally.
About seventy-five mon wilt bae thrown
cut of oulpleemast, but the company
wilt rebuild at once.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS intlle,lkgrndt5, 5 5i to :2391
9 (v'rte t.and
IRGPODUTS FROM THE LEADING
:fADii CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, (.lees* at )
Other Dairy Produce at (tome
and Abroad.
Toronto, A•prll 7.-F1•)ur-Ontario
r. iteeet 90 per cent. patents are quoted
at $3.45 In buyers' sacks outside ter
export. Manitoba flour unchanged;
first patents, $5.80 to $6; scoon3 pat-
ents, #5.35 to 55.10, and strong bak-
ers', 53.25.
Whoot-Manitoba grades acro quiet,
with price.: steady. No. 1 Northern is
quoted at $1.20X, lake ports, and No.
2 at $1.163,. lake ports. No. 1 feed
wheat, 67e; No. 2, Glc.
Ontaree Wheat -No. 2 white and red
quoted at 90%c outside, anti No. 2 mix -
el at 893; to 'JOc outside.
maty --,\'o. 2 white on track, Toronto,
48X, to t9c, and outside at 4634c, •
Cont --.No. 3 American new yellow is
quoted at 72•.•, Toronto; kiln dried, at
74e. and No. 3 mixed at 71c Toronto.
flye-No. 2 qt:oted at 85c ou sldo.
Pees --No. 2 quoted at 87 to 88C.
Bar:ey-Pr.ees purely nominal.
Blatt --823.1.o *24 to bulk outside.
Shorts, 824.50 to 825 In bulk, outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Anpl s-ee inter, $1.75 to 83 per bar-
ProvLsons•--Barrels Mort, cut mesa.
821; half Lble., 810.75; clear fat backs,
822 to $23; long cut heavy mess, $20;
halt bb's. do..1110.50; dry cult long cigar
ba. es, 103ec; bbl;, plate beef, $13.50 lb
815; halt bbls. do., $7.25 to $7.75; bbls.
heavy mess beef, $10 to $11; half bbis.
do., $5.50 t, $6; compound turd, 83i to
Oe,; puro lard, 11X to 113;0; kettle ren-
dered, 11',y to 12e; (rants, 12 to 13tece
breakfast bacon, 11 to 15c; Windsor ba-
con, 143, Io 153„c; fresh killed abattoir
dro:..sed hogs, 511.75 to $9; elite, 86.50
to 60.65. Butter -Fall grades, 28 to
30c; fresh receipts, 31 to 3?c; dairy, 24
to 261. Cheese -12*/. to 13eic. Egg: -
Sutes of gourd lots were made et 17c,
azul single cases at 173;c per dos.
UNII'F.D S1ATI.S MARKETS.
St. Louis, Aprit 7. -Wheat -Cosh,
06e; May, 9iyc; July, 85X%; September.
813;c.
Minrneapolis, April 7. -\\'heat -No. 1
hard, $1.053, to 81.06; No. 1 Northern,
$1.03) to 81.01; No. 2 Northern. 81.013(
to 81.02; N. 3 Norther), 91)Oc to 984c;
May: $1.02% to $1.ee.',e; July, 81.013„.
1 -iumr-1-ti t patentee $3.35 to Sed0i
second patents, 85.15 to $5.30; first
clears, $4.15 to 8t.2:e; second clears,
$3.20 to $3.30. Bian-In bulk, $21.2
le • $21.50.
Duluth, April 7. -Wheal -No. 1 hard.
mix; No- 1 Northein, $1.022%; May,
$I.00X; July, $1.02.
elilwaukee, April 7. -Wheal --No. 1
Northern, 81.05X to 81.07; Nil. 2 North-
ern., $1.02 to 51.01X; May. 9`23 c. Rye -
No. 1, 77 to 78e. Barley -N-1. 2, 87c;
rely-tots-Prirne $1.70 to $1.75. and; samples, 63 to 85c. Corn -No. 2 cash,
)shit-g,lckai, 81.80 to $.85. 6: to 630; May, 66,'„c asked.
Honey -12 W 13c per pound fur
strained, and at $1.75 to $2.50 for'
combs.
Hay -No. I Wnothy quoted at $16 in
car Iols.
Straw -$10 to $10.50 a ton on track
hero.
i'o'atoes--Cel Tote of Ontario, 85c, and
Debawerce, 90c per, bag outside.
Pou:try Turkeys, dressed, 14 to 17c
per pound for choice; chlekens,
7 to 9c per pound; dressed, 10 to 12c;
ducks, dressed. 10 to 11c.
TIIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Rutter -Pound prints, 2.5 to 26C, and
Berge rolls, 21 to 25:; do., Inferior, 20
to 22c. Creatnery rules at 3l to 3t3e,
and tsolld% at 29 to 30e. •
Eggs -rase lots of new laid sold
!fel per dozen.
Choceo-Prices hero ruling at 133;
lie per pound In a jobbing way.
at
t4
110G PRODUCTS.
Itnew,n-feting clear, 93; to 100 per
ground in case kits; mess pork, $17.5)
to $18; short .cut, $20.50 to $21.
Hants -Light to medium, 1234 to 13';
do., heavy, 11X, ea 12c; colts, 9'.,W
10c; shoulders, 934e; bads, IGc; broak-
fast bacon, tic. -
Lard•-Tlcrees, 113;0; tubs, 11 ,e;
palls, 113c.
BUSINESS AT MIONTItE,\L.
Mennen'. April 7. --Grain - Erten
ern Cantle Ne.. 2 white oats at 50k:
No. 3 at 17 to 47 e; No. 4 at 46 to
4GXe, end rejected nt 11 1) 41)4C per
bushel, ex stere, and \Ianilo),i reject -
el at 46 to 484c per bush. ex Irack
North Hay. Flour- ':hoioe Spank
wheat patents, 86.14; s•xonds, $3.50 10
13.00; Winter %%tient patents. 15.30;
straight rollers, 81.75 10 $5; et•., in
bags, $2.23 -to 112.3:; cxlre. E1.ilrl to
51.90. Feed-Mnnitnbc ; bran, Set to
8.24.50; 'shorts. 815; Ontario Bran, 321.-
e-0 to ile5; middlings, $26 to 827; sheens,
11tt5.50 t) $eti 1'•.r tee. meted:ng haus;
C.\TTLE" MIAtiI E .
Toronto, April s.-.k.kcarcity of good
cattle continues. ant medium and com-
m en cattle had e-• tak their piniees.f
Only a few odd to 4 ox;Kori calll�
were on sale. Their prices ranged from
81.73 to $5.35 per cwt.
• 'Good butcher.+' Mee wanted.
lecke] bntcheri cattle. 85 1) 15.10;
choice loads, 54.50 to Ante; medium, 11
be $4.50; ermine -me 53.25 W 84; choice
crows, 5.3.60 to 84.2'; medium ce•ws. 83
le. $3.50; COltltnoit cows, 5,'.50 le $3;
bulls, $2.50 to 51.50 per cwt.
Calves were steady in price at 3 to
G3%c per pound.
Ewes. $5 to $5.25; bucks. and cone,
$1.10 to $1.50; lambs. grain -fed, 8715
1' $7.75; lambs. A5 to $6 per cwt. Spring
iambs were worth $1 to $7 eieh• �
fleece hogs were quoted at 34; g•ef�
cwt. and lights aid fats at $5.75 per
cwt.
COINS I'IIOH NEW MINI'.
First Shipment Made 10 Various :'arts
of the Country.
A Jespalclt from Ottawa says: The
first she nhe:nt of sever vein las made
frotn tho'(:anedian ltoyul Mint on Wed-
nesday tinet,hoin, a total o1 *11.000 be-
:ng sent to various ports of I2
nn country.
The coins were of all denominations,
and an Neal quantity. se ter ae value
was concerned, of each cines was sent
out. Then: were 11•(0() neeent peens,
21,01,0 25 -cent p'eel.e. 6o4.00) liec. nt pier'-„
ane 130.4o0 5-eent pi.•ees, making $6,-
(t0f, worth of cad' d'temen'iti•.n. The,
ntoney w as shipped to the It, Nevem,/
General in Toronto. MMntr'ol, Vneceu-
ver and other eltks. who will dot! the
coins out as they are applie) for. sh.p-
trtents nt silver will le made reg::' •'1
aeronl:ng ns the supply seen( out e v
is exhausted. There will leo n., - 1
Fent out f• • some tirre, as the refiners• s
hoc •) 11•4 .. t "1t'rit', •t.
THREE IIIINBREB LA1 OFF
C.P.R. Reduces Car
Shop Staff as the'
Rush is Over.
.\ dwpakh firm Montreal says:
About 30) han•ls have j'ist been laid off
in the car constrectbon dep(l�rtmcnt of
the Canadian Pacdie itailw y at the
AMOS shops. Mr. Meetettnt!, tie) vtoc-
presid.'nt of the C. P. 11., metal that the
eempany had been running tide deport•
m•'nt nt eon+selerehlo pressors through -
cut the Winter, broth In 1110 building
let nw.w care and in the rc ll r of old
ones. The rah was now over. an.l
s: the nten now load gond pnrltw►nty
of ggetteng wort & ettly! a certain
number had bean laid
From enq ..roe at Ute Gran( Trnnk
workshops et Pettit 5t. Chalk's it wee
learned on \Wedneedny lint the raihsey,
establishments at the point aro working
reilioe►d time. not more than three er
Feer days s week In some departments.
The output in the construction shops
Le governs.( by It:a earnlnno each 01.
tab►es}.me-nt getting its albo'ed percent.
ago n1 whet is esr»sl. \ellen 11.e earn.
trigs are low. as the tragic returns above
them to be new. the shop., are put on
snort time. end the hands Ihal con be
spared ere lets ceU.