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1'111: FLUKE. •
40Earl QreY Delivers the Speech From
Throne.
1 hl ole.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The fia.t acssiou of the cloveiith
l'arliaineut of Canada was pro-
rogued at 3.30 on ' . eduesday after-
noon by his Excellency the Got er-
nor-General, with the usual pomp
and circumstance. Tho session,
which had lasted just four months,
-hes, been nue of the shortest in
any years, and, with the excep-
tion of tire debate on the question
of Canada's part in nava) defence,
has been perhaps one of the must
uneventful. In all a hundred and
sixty -ono bills have been passed, t.f
which 50100 forty have been Gov-
ernment measure.. The chief items
are contained in the speech from
the throne.
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Honorable gentlemen of the Senate:
Gentlemen of the house of Com-
Tuna:
In relieving you from further at-
tendance on this session I thank you
i for the assiduity and diligence
which you have given to the dis-
charge of the duties entrusted to
i your care, and it must be a source
of satisfaction to yourselves that
you have been able to perform
your labors in a comparatively
rind space of time.
I am pleased to notice that your
attention has been engaged in some
measures of great importance.
AMENDMENT TO RAILWAY
ACT.
In the first rank of such measures
is to be noted the amendment of
the railway act, tattier which by the
joint action of the national Govern-
ment., Provincial and municipal
authorities, together with the
railway companies level rail-
way crossings are to be gradu-
ally removed, and a constant men-
ace to Ute and property thereby
effectually done away with.
LOAN TO GRAND TRUNK
1PACIFIC.
The loan of ten million dollars to
the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Coumpaiiv will no doubt ensure the
completion during the coming sea-
son of the prairie section of the
National Transcontinental Railway,
1and will secure to the fast develop-
ing western Provinces for this year a
crop a new and competitive outlet
i towards the sea.
The act to place the Department
of Labor, which has been in eeist-
.•nce for some years, under the
direct resnonsihility of a Minister
of the Crown, exclusively entrusted
with its management, is in accord-
ance with the oft -expressed wishes
of labor organizations, and is a
further step in a field of legislation
wherein Canada has already taken
a not unimportant part.
WILL FACILITATE BUSINESS.
The act charging the Secretary
of State with special responsibility
in regard to the external affairs of
Canada .( ill faciliate the transac-
tion of business in connection with
tht most important branch of the
public service.
The resolution adopted by the
House of Commons for the organi-
zation of n Canadian naval service,
in co-operation with and in close
relation to the imperial navy, is a
proper acknowledgement of the
duties now appertaining to Canada
as a nation, and as a mcanber of
th • British Empire.
The financial conditions through-
out the world seem to be more hope-
ful than thee were four months ago
when I opened this session. and
whilst in ('adada we have undoubt-
edly suffered less than other coun-
tries during this period of univer-
sal depression, it will still be the
part of prudence to exercise (sari.
and economy in all branches of the
sr rviee.
PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC SER-
VICE.
Gentlemen of the House of Com-
mons:
I thank you for the provisions
which you have made for the pub-
lic service.
Honorable gentlet...;n of tho Sen-
ate:
Gentlemen of the House of Com-
mons:
1 sincerely hope and pray that
Almighty God will continue to pour
His blessings upon our country,
and let us now offer Him the fer-
vent expression of our gratitude for
the signal fnw''+•s which we have re-
ceived from Him.
CANNON BALLS OF ICE.
They Killed Eight Men in Uvalde
County, Texas.
A despatch from Galveston,
Texas, says: An unprecenented
hailstorm on Monday in Uvalde
county cost at least eight
lives -James Carpenter, seventy
years of age, and seven Mexican
hired hands -while many were in-
jured, and from 1,500 to '2,00 head
of live stock killed. The hail-
stones were like cannon bajls,;
weighing six and eeVell pounds,
some weighing from ten pounds.
They measured from ten to seven-
teen inches in circumference, and
fell for thirty minutes in two storms
about two Tours apart. Rumors
of many more persons killed are
not confirmed. Searching parties
are out scouring the ranges.
TWO ('.11tS LEAVE 1t.1iLS.
Trainmen Injured in Wreck That
Could Have Been Worse.
A despatch from North Bay says:
No. 97 westbound C.P.R. express,
with a big passenger list, met with
an accident at lied Sucker, near
Jackfish. 434 miles west of North
Bay at 3 o'clock on Wednesday
morning. From some ►unknown
cause the baggage ear and expresg
car jumped the rails and plunged
clown the steep embankment, the
engine and other cars 'fortunately
staying on the rails. The express
car was demolished and Messenger
Demere, of Montreal, was severe-
ly injured, but will recover. En-
ginoecr Ben Ward of White River
was injured, but not seriously.
I'assengeirs were severely shakdn
np. Traffic was tklayed eight
hours.
ilhl'F.11.0 } it ALBERTA.
.1 herd of Three Hundred Is Now
on the Way.
A despatch from Ronan, Montana,
says: The expedition sent by the
Dominion Government to secure
the remaining 300 buffalo, bought
from Michael Pablo for Buffalo
Park, Wainwright, Atehrta, erriv-
ed on Wednesday sdny in charge of lir.
Howard Douglas, Commissioner of
Canadian National i'arks. Sixty
Mexican cowboys have been busy
during the past fortnight persuad-
ing the buffalo toward the corral
in the valley of Pend D'Orrille
River. An attempt will be made to
force them into the corral, which,
if successful, will snake the balance
of the task somewhat cny. These
buffalo are the nut laws of the herd,
and the task is fraught sith some
difficulty.
"i have seen tribes," said the
traveller, "who voluntarily undergo
all sorts of self-inflicted lacera-
tions." "That's nothing." answer-
ed Mr. Tutt ; "I know a lot of
people who insist on shave ing them-
selves."
" OUR ARMY IS A SHAM"
These Are the Words of Field
Lord Roberts.
A despate!) from London hays:
"tlur army is a sham. We have
se army." exclaimed Field Mar-
shall Lord Roberts, earnestly, dur•
tag a debate in the House of
Lords upon the Duke of Bedford's
motion for an inquiry into the con•
dition of the reserve, on Wednes-
day. Earl Roberts. who is known
to favor compulsory military train-
ing. declared that he was amazed
at the manner in which both Houses
tioatcd the army as a party ques-
tion. and at the apathy et the na-
tion regarding military defence.
The nation. he saki. dol not be-
lieve in the danger of invasion, and
iso wonder, for their leaders told
them there was no fear of it.. He
added : •'I known perfectly well that
the leaders in both Rouses are
assi.ee- shout the future, but they
el•e ,. " the country that we have
Delis n army to send Abroad or
t„ 1 the country at home.
W. are sitting here. taking it
r( :,•1 comfortably. the danger
t, - .ag nearer and nearer to us
Telegraphic Briefs Prom Our Ouu
and Other Countries t•1
Recent Eieuts.
CANAD.t.
Alberta farmers look for a re-
cord-breaking crop this year.
Navigators are warned to look
out for a shoal near Goderieh har-
bor.
'l'hree young Montreal men were
fined and sent to jail for beating
a horse to death.
Trade returns for April show an
increase of $4 028,267 over the same
month last year.
The resignation of Chief of Police
Parnell has been accepted by the
St. Catharines commissioners.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Carr of King-
ston, who claims to be 104 years
old, has been sent to jail for a
mouth on 1 charge of vagrancy.
A man locked up in the police
cells at Moncton, N. 11., for violat-
ing the Scott Act, found a hundred -
dollar pearl in a dish of clams.
GREAT BRITAIN.
It is reported in England that
Germany has a great depot of amus
and animunitiou in London.
UNITED ST.\TES.
President Eliot, who has been
forty years at the head of Harvard
Uniaersity, retired from office.
\Workmen digging in a peach
orchard in Niagara county, A.1.,
found a pit containing about fifty
human skeletons.
1)r. G. H. \Wynkop, one of the
first surgeons in America to operate
for appendicitis, died of appendici-
tis at New York on Monday.
C. 13. Schmidt, Commissioner of
Inmmigration of the Rock lsland-
Frisco lines, says more people are
emigrating from Canada to the
United States than are going in the
opposite direction.
GENERAL.
Floods in Porto Rico have seri-
ously damaged the sugar planta-
tions.
The General Federation of Labor
at Paris has declared a general
strike, but no notice is being taken
of it.
.1N IMPUDENT BURGLARY.
Thieves Loot „'trunk in North Bay
Police dation.
A despatch from North Bay says:
North Bay police station was burg-
larized on 11'ednesday afternoon,
the office door being forced, and a
trunk opened, the loot including a
number of "phoney" gold rings
confiscated from a faker, several
jack knives. and Chief Rayner's re-
volver. Wm. Flowers, released
from jail on Tuesday. after serving
as terns for attempted housebreak-
ing, was arrested while trying to
sell some of the rings in Little
Italy. A man named Frecdlander,
also released on Tuesday. after do-
ing time for stealing whiskey from
.i C. P. R. car, was arrested as be-
ing implicated in the burglary.
TREATMENT OF' INSANE.
400 Medical Men to See Methods at
London Asylum.
A tie -patch from London says:
Three hundred medical amen from
all over western Ontario are ex-
pected here on June 7 in response
to invitations which are being sent
out by 11r. Robinson. Superintend-
ent of Lnndun Hospital for the In-
sane. Hon. Mr. Hanna is expect-
ed to be present and the idea is
to ahnw the work shish is being
done at the institution in the alle-
viation and cure of trental trou-
bles.
et•
T11 RUN INTO PORT ARTHUR.
Grand Trunk Pacific Conferring
With City on ljueetlon.
A despatch from Montreal says:
it was stated on Wednesday at the
offices of the Grand Trunk i'acific
Marshall Railway that Mr. E. J. Chamberlin
had gone to fort Arthur to confer
with the city regarding the matter
of the G. T. 1'. securing a route
of entry there. In the meantime, in
daily, and unless you cease telling order that Port Arthur can he made
the people they are using in eaten • the terminus of the Superior
p 1 branch. arrange -merits may he made
and get. an army fit to deal with with the. Canadian Northern to use
any enemy ee aha11 one day cc ue their track% from Nest Fort.
to such utter grief that sou will
bitten regret your inaction. COST OF TARGET PRACTICE.
"It is a perfect marvel to me how
Great Britain can see what is go- If you gise a little consideration
ing on *towel us in Europe and be to the matter yol, \till find that tar -
content nith the condition of our get practice in the British Navy is
arms. Ne country in the world an expensive necessity. Evert time
noel(' attempt to defend itself with at 12in. gun is fired hang goes 8150
the paucity of Alen and with the nn- of the taxpayers money ; a ti -tin.
trained men ee have got You will gun fires a cordite cartrndace which
never have a real army until you costa $70; and even the bin. gun,
have taken the nation into your con- which is a modest weapon, uses a
fidence and tell them their danger. 313 charge Shells run from $Bi) to
You may think se :, arc safe, but $15 for the cornmon varieties,
you are not. though armor -piercing once (not
"Be frank and tell the nation used in the ordinary competitions,
what is before them. They will re- of course) may fast as mush as 8130.
spend.. • Then there is the wear and tear of
Ai; admonitions were a.ldree►aso the guns to consider, and this may
he reckoned as expensive. seeing
to the Government representotive+s. that the "lite" of each weapon is
The Peers showed their APFpre"si brie+(; and while a bio gun costs
by carrying the Duke e4 Bedford's 85.360, 8 Pi 1n runs to 8e6.250. and
motion against the Government by a 'air, bound 12in means an expen-
A vote of 73 to 22. ditere of quite 850.000.
REPORTS PROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
I'r'ce, of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dalry Produce at
Howe and Abroad.
BitEADSTUFFS.
Toronto, May 25. -Flour - On-
tario wheat 90 per cent. patents,
85.40 to $5.50 in buyers' sacks out-
side for export; on track, steam -
to, 85.60 to $5.70. Manitoba flour,
first patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track,
Toronto ; second patents, $5.70 to
$5.80, and strong bakers', $5.50 to
$5.60 on track, Toronto.
Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.29%,
Georgian Ray ports; No. 2, $1.-
26%, and No. 3 at $1.25/.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 81.30 to
$1.35 outside.
Barley -No. :3 extra, 62 to 63c
outside, and No. 3 60c outside.
Oats -Ontario No. 2 white 52 to
52%c on track, Toronto, and 49%
to 50c outside; No. 2 Western Can-
ada, 523 to 53c, and No. 3 at 51%c,
Bay ports.
Peas -No. 2 95 to 96c outside.
Rye -No. '2, 74 to 75c outside.
Buckwheat --No. 2, 63 to 65c out-
side.
Corm -No. 2 American, yellow,
8214 to 83c on track, Toronto, and
No. 2, 82c on track, Toronto; ('a-
natbian yellow, 76 to 77c on track,
Toronto.
Bran -Manitoba, $23.50 in sacks.
Toronto freights; shorts, $24.50 to
$25, Toronto freights.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -$4 to 85 for choice qua-
lities, and $3 to $3.50 fur seconds.
Beans -Primo, $2 and hand-pick-
ed, 82.15 to $2.20 per bushel.
Honey -Combs, $2 to $2.75 per
dozen, and strained, 10 to ltc per
pound.
Maple Syrup -95c to $1 a gallon.
Hay -No. 1 timothy, 813 to $13.-
50 a ton on track here, and lower
grades 811 to 811.50 a ton.
Straw -$7.50 to $8 on track.
Potatoes -Car lots, 90 to 95c per
bag on track. Delawares, $1.10
per bag on track.
Poultry -Chickens, Spring, dress-
ed, 35c per pound; fowl, 12 to 14e;
turkeys, 18 to 22c per pound.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 20 to 21c;
in-
ferior.
, 16to !Esc
ar rolls,
tubs and large ,
14 to 15c ; creamery rolls,
2.a to 2-1c, and solids, 19 to 20c.
Eggs -Case lots, 18 to $18jie per
dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, oid, 14 to
14fc per pound, and twins, 1.4%
to 14%c; new cheese, dull at 12g
to 12%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
\Bacon -Long clear, 13 to 13%c
per pound in case lots; mess pork,
$22 to 822.50; short cut, $24 to 825.
Hams -Light to medium, l5 to
15' ;c ; do., heavy. 13 to 13'/,c ; rolls,
12 to 12%e; shoulders, 11 to 11'/,e;
hacks, 17 to 17%e; breakfast ba-
con, 16 to 1614c.
Lard -Tierces, 131•=e; tubs, 13%e;
pails, 14c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, May 25. -The market
for oats is strong. with prices 1 to
2c a bushel higher ; peas, No. 2,
$1.05 to $1.06; oats, Canadian
Western No. 2, 54%; extra No. 1
feed. 51.1e; No. 1 feed, 5.1 2c; No.
3 Canadian Western, 54c; barley,
No. 2, 70 to 72c; Manitoba feed
barky, 61 to 61%e; buckwheat,
69!., to 70c. Flour -Manitoba
Spring sheat patents, firsts, 80.30;
Manitoba Spring wheat patents,
seconds. 85.80 • Manitoba strong
bakers, 85.60; Winter wheat pat-
ents, $6.15 t4► 86.25; at raight rol-
lers, $6 t., 86.10; straight rollers,
in bags, $2.90 to $3; extra, in bags,
82.50 to 82.60. Feed--Jlanitoba
bran, 822 to $23; Manite•ha she•rts,
824 to 825; Ontario bran, *2.s to
824; Ontario shorts: 821.50 to $25.-
50; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35;
mixed tnouille, 829 t.» $30. Chee-ne
--12%c to 12%c, and easterns 12 to
12%c. Butter -21% to 22e. Eggs -
18 to 19'",c per dozen.
UNITED `T.\TES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, May 25. N hent -
May . $1.29%; July. 1.27', ; Selet.
cash, No. 1 hard, stt.32; No.
1 Northern, 81.31; \o. 2 Northern,
81.29; No. i Northern. 1.27; to
$1,27%. Flour -First patents,
$9.10 to $6.30; second patents, 1•�' Winston Churchill Announces a New
to $6.20; first clears, $1.75 to 84.95;
--In
kg $218 to 1424.50. to .SS. Bran Scheme in Britain.
Cider---!Wheat-Cash, No. 2
red, 81.49! , : No. 3 red. 81.40 to
$1.17 ; No. 2 hard, $1.30 to 31.36; A despatch fre.m i.e,nd.,n Aav, years and thereafter 170,000 pounds.
No. 3 hard. 81.25 to $1.30; No. 1 in the House of Commons. on Wed .1 hill establishing the exchanges
Northern, $1.30 to 81.31; No. 2 nesday. Winston Churchill, press- , was introduced in the House '.n
Northern, 81.28 to 81.30; No. 3 dent of the Board of Trade. out- Thursday.
Spring wheat, 81.25 to 81.29. Cern lined the Government's scheme for The inauranse scheme will be
--No. 2, 76e; No. 2 white, 76%e; establishing labor exchanges are•! (teals with at the next session. 1b
No. 2 yellow, 7615 e' ; ' No. 3. 75% State insurance against unemploe will involve a eeempulsory contribu-
te 75',c• No. 3 white. 7611e; No. 3 meat The exchange will be d(• tion from employers and employee,
yellow, 70 to 763-ic ; No. 4, 74'4 to signed to organize existing employ- in addition to a State grant as re -
751;c. °ate -No. 3 white, 58 to t)Oc; ment, and to furnish seekers after gents seven speeified trader.. in
No. 4 white, 5.91; to 1,9e. work information as to where it which unemployment is considerable
can bo obtained. There will he and chr'.nie. The rcheme protides
1.1VY. STOCK MAltli17TS. about 230 excbsngos throughout for benefits sometwhat lower than
ltdontresl, May iiia'^ beeves the country, with advisory commit- those paid by the strongest trades
sold at 51; to a little (Ivor 6c per tees representing employers and unions. The Labor members gave
pound; pretty ¢Sud animals. 4' to employes The estimated coat of rho scheme a hearty reception es e
51‘i0; milkmen s strippers, 3'4 to working this scheme is 200.000 whole. but criticised) some of its
4!�O; common stocks. 3'/s to 4',e r•(•:ind' yearly for the first ten details.
" WHEAT IS COMING 111)
The reason in the Prairie Province
Is Not Late.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
"Wheat is coming up" is the wel-
come message the crop report of
the Canadian Pacific Railway sends
cut this week. The weekly report
of the company's agents along the
system was compiled on Wednesday
by Grain Agent Atcheson, and has
the effect of wiping out all the ideas
that, the season is very late and the
crops will not do well. In very few
cases do the agents report the seed-
ing delayed. In these instances it
is on account of rain, which only
moans that the land will be iu much
better condition to receive the seed.
The weather throughouthas been
generally favorable and the rain
that has fallen has h-een a blessing.
It is what was wanted to give tho
wheat a start. The work of sowing
the coarse grains has been com-
menced, and in many parts this
seeding is very far advanceel. Re-
ports from Alberta show that as
much as ninety per cent. of the
oats and barley has been sown.
per pound. Milch cows were in de-
mand at from $30 to 565 each.
Calves sold at $2 to $10 each, or 3
to 5%c per pound. .Sheep sold at
5 to 6 c per pound; lambs at $4 to
$6 each. Goods lots of fat hogs
sold at 8% to 81,',c per pouud.
KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
This Agent Was a hood One, But
Failed to Make a Sale.
A wanderer wearing a suit of
clothes that might have been in the
fashion in 1679, ascended the hall -
door step of a Toronto dwelling a
few mornings ago and asked to see
the lady of the house.
"May 1 trouble you for a glass of
water, rna'am he said, removing
his hat on her appearance.
"Certainly," she replied, "but
the housemaid could have-"
"I beg your pardon, ma'am," he
interposed. "You were about to
say that the housemaid could have
supplied me with as simple a thing
as a glass of water; but this is a
case in which a domestic could
hardly be trusted. I am indebted
to the lady of the house next door,"
he continued, feelingly, "for a col-
lation of stewed mutton and rice
pudding particularly grateful to
the palate of a hungry man, and
this is why I (lo not ask you for the
remains of the boiled ham, evid-
ently a masterpiece of cookery,
whose rich fragraiece still lingers in
the air of your kitchen, if I may take
the liberty of so expressing myself.
Before I trespass on your kindness
for a glass of water, however, you
will pardon me if I make a stipula-
tion which could not be mot at the
house of your generous neighbor
next door. Do you use boiled
water?"
"We do," said the lady, wonder-
ingly.
"'that is good," he rejoined, with
emphasis.
"One question more: Is it filter-
ed 7"
"No, si- ; it is nee,.."
"That is unfortunate'." he ox-
claitned. shaking his head. "You
will pardon me if 1 withdraw my
request for a glass. I am a little
particular," he continued, with a
hollow cough.
"The operation of boiling, while
it destroys the life of the harmful
organisms that render your city
drinking water at this season of the
year, as well as at all others, dan-
gerous to the human system, yet
leaves them floating about in the
liquid itself. They are unfit for
human consumption and should be
eliminated.
"And this leads me to remark,"
he went on, placing his begrimed
hand into his coat pocket and draw-
ing forth a small brass object, "that
i am the agent of a filter which
can he attached to the nozzle of
your tea -kettle, nnli is guaranteed
to--"
At this juncture the lads of the
house shut the deer in his face.
MONSTER ROOM.
The largest room in the world
under one roof, and uuhrokcn by
pillara, is at St. Petersburg. It is
620 it. long and 150f t. in breadth.
by daylight it is used for military
displays, and a battalion can com-
pletely manoeu're in it. Twenty
thousand wax tapers are required
to light it. The roof of this airuc-
ture is a single arch of iron, and it
exhibit.; remarkable engineering
skill in the architecture.
Ii ELI) Ui' IN 11.11'LICIIl'.
Daring Robbery of the Express Ofe
fee at Truro, N. S.
A despatch from Halifax says:
Fifteen hundred dollars was stolen
at the muzzle of a revolver from rho
office of the Canadian Express Com-
pany at Truro, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, by three men who are still
at large. Entering the office, ono
man clapped a gun to tho head of
the only clerk in the building, while
another went, through the safe and
drawers. Then, with the third man,
who had been standing guard out-
side the building, they disappear-
ed and have completely eluded tho
local police and several Halifax de-
tectives. It was one of the most
daring affairs of the kind that has
ever occurred in the Maritime
Provinces, for the office is located
next to tho lntercolonial station
and right in the heart of the town.
Yet no one saw the men enter the
office or leave it. J. Burgess, the
clerk in the office, was the only per-
son there at the time. Burgess de-
clares that while the robber was
rifling the office he was forced to
keep his face toward the wall, the
second man standing over him with
the gun at his head, all the time
t' roatening him if he, made any
outcry.
%OUNG FOOTP.ID SENTENCED.
Term in Central as Penalty for
Hold-up Near Beamsville.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says : Jesse Strickler, the young
man who held up ex -Warden Calder
y 1
the
n
v r
at the point of a revolver, u
toad near Beamsville, last week,'
and afterwards compelled a boy tee
'Drive him to Beamsville Station,
after firing several shots at his pur-
suers, was brought before Judge
Carman on \Wedneday, and plead-
ed guilty. He was sentenced to four
months in the Central Prison, anti
if not deported before the expira-
tion of his sentence he is to bo
given 48 hours to leave the coun-
try, or he will be rearrested and
sentenced on a charge of sheeting
at Calder.
4•
BA LIMON STRI'('lt TR -11N.
Aeronaut in Slain llud a Narrow
Escape.
.1 despatch from Seville, Spain,
says: Mortimer Singer, the aero-
naut, had a narrow escape from in-
jury on 'Tuesday. Just after he had
cast off for an ascsent, the stint!
dashed his balloon against the rail-
road station, from which it bound-
en alt, striking a moving train. Mr.
Singer threw out ballast just in the
nick of time and the balloon shot
upwards.
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TO F'I1.IIT STANDARD 1)11..
'the eintti'h ('ompanie' .1malaa-
tnating.
.\ despatcl, from Lnndun says:
The Scottish oil companies are dis-
cussing amalgamation to fight tho
Standard Oil Company, which has
lowered prices. It is proposed to
establish a central agency, whence
the output of all the Scotch com-
panies will be distributed. The
promoters of the scheme believe this
will enahle the meeting of Ameri-
can competition.
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