Exeter Times, 1908-01-23, Page 7WESTERN ONTARIO DAIRYIYIEN
A Largely Attended Convention Hold
at Woodstock.
At Iho Western Dairymen's Converi-
t:on 11014 in Woodst4x;k lust wetk, .Mr.
ho McQuaker of Owen sumo, 1
..1'1•,'-
'Went tl u
f
to
association, on,
stated in les
address that the; past year had been a
Good one in the dairying business in
we etern Ontario. About $35,882 turd,
die s+a d, been spent in improvements on
factories, rind $16 ,951 on creameries in
'the; territory. The pace for dairy pro-
ducts during 1907 had been g;enerully
high, niid a larger percentage of but-
ter and c114'c. e had been mistimed it
horn° than had hitherto been the case.
LACK OF FA tt.\I LA BOB.
The s''nreity cif fat in labor %vos ace
capitate.' for by Mr. J. H. Grisdalo of
Ottawa as duo to 11h0 fact that fa: niers
will not make all -year contracts with
their help. "I.c•t mo tell you this," he
staid; "you can bet tuber, and good la-
bor at that, if you will engage your
reran for a year. ilow can you expect
.that the be,t risen are to be bad when
they can earn only in the summer
months? In winter they ere forced to
fwd other emi'loyment. You pay High
%%awes for poor men to work for you
:.even or eight months in the year. 1
lilt yoll that it would pay you better
:,c give n Rood neon a good wage and
'Veep him from year to year." Mr.
Gr•Ls(lalo heti" tont dairy farming was
the: met profitable form of agriculture
for Ontario. To get the utmost profit
from the tnrm, however, he insisinl
that the soil should be worked to a
greater extent; that the farmer should
keep all the cows possible, and that he
ch.)ul:l pursue some definite plan in
regard to a rotation of crops.
CANADA'S COJIPE 1'I'TORS.
Mr. J. A. Ruddick, commissioner on
cold-etorag,e and dairying for the Do -
'Hinkel Government, pointed out to the
convention that the CM►Urtt'lra which era
likely to compete with Canada in sup-
plying the %%•end's demand for cheese
and butter are Siberia and Australia.
These are the countries which are ehow-
ingg the greatest growth in their butler
expxrrts during the recent years. lkin-
mark and Helium! offered keen cornpe-
tit:on in the cheese industry; New Zen -
lend, loo, hail boen increasing her
cheese export to Great Britain by leaps
and bounds. Mr. Ruddick thought,
t►(, vt ver, that the soaking of checbc in
New Zealand Wright fail off, since but-
ler wan the proper .fairy product of
that ooun'r•y. Tho Argentine Repub-
lic, so often rumored to 1 e a coining
competitor in the dairy market, would
never, Mr. Ruddick thought, become
a serious factor in the situution. Ire-
land had devekiped a creamery indus-
try in recerft years, tea that there were
now In the Green Isle over W)0 plants.
Tho annual export of butler to Eng-
land ever:Ige.1 $30,000,000. Irish but-
ter was nearest to Canadian in quality.
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
Mr. M. S. Schell, member for South
Oxford in the Dominion Ilou,o, quoted
figures showing that Canada's exports
of dairy products had irureasei be-
tween 18G8 and 1903 tr'1 $550.(100 to
$24,712,000. Since 1903, tiro banner year
in the industry, exports had been low -
(•r. For the year ending March, 190..S,
tho expol•t_e would probably be not
more than $20,000,000.
lion. Nelsen Monteith. Minister <•e
Agriculture for Ontar!o. outlined hrietly
the mea.surOS which the Government
are taking for the protection and do-
veloprnent of the dairy industry.
SIIOT 11114FLF ON N'I•:S'rltl' STEPS.
French .Actor Attempts Suicide in Mont
real Church.
A despatch from Montreal nays : R.
Laurette, a 1arisinn actor at the 'Theatro
Francais herr., suede a theatrical attempt
at suicide on \Vedntsday afternoon. He
had been in tho Church of the imnlacil
Into Conception, 81111 came over with
Father Lalonde. While do►soonding the
steps of tho vestry with his tsplr•itual ad
viser he suddenly pulled a revolver and
shot himself. His aim was bad, and he
only Injured his right lung, Inflicting a
wound that may or may not prove
fatal. Ile was at onco taken to the
Hotel Dieu, where the bullet was extract-
ed. and every effort made ti) )make his
desire for sudden death abortive. Father
Lalonde refti e'd to say anything as to
what Laurette had told hint, but it is
supposed thnt a disappointing love af-
fair was the cause of the Parisians de-
ite for death. Lauretlo is a young 1111111
nt will perhaps recover,
1'11;1Ita AND \1'Ilh.K1:V.
Employees of (:.1'. 11. charged
\1'h.►1.•'.aa(• Tillie init.
A despatch horn \\'innipcg says : Com-
plaints have betel reaching the Canadian
Pacific headquarters for ninny wooks
past regarding shortages in freight in
Winnipeg. In :orae instances whole
ea es of (igar, have gone astray. On
U'e:d i1sdny at 110011 five employees,
name',[ Sidney Maven. Ernest Haigh,
Robert 7 hornp een, (:)vin B. Imelda rind
a man named ltaltiheson were nrrested
while on duly. Among the goods al-
leged G) ha%r been stoli 11 by the men in
custody nre 501110 11011,11AS of dollar's
Mrrlh of cigars, bellies of whiskey and
t►ag:; of sugar.
011. (:I :Split; AT LL l KU.
Mammoth New Well Produces 120,0601
Barrels I'er Day.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
Oil-producing firms here on Wednesday
received news from Ilia Caucasus of
the opening of a mammoth oil• wisher
is tho Blbl-Eybat field at Baku, flow-
ing at the rate of 140,000 barrels a day.
It far surpasses any other well in lite
Baku region, and unlike the new gusher
opened at Suraktunnt ill i)ecember,
which give: 10,000 barrels daily, the
new Bibi-E}•bat gusher was discovered
in an already exploited field. At the
headquarters here of tato producing
firms of the region where ilio new
gusher was found great pleasure is' ex-
Fressed over the evidence of 1110 con-
tinued vitality of the Baku field. Oil
shares jumped three per cent. on the
market on account of the: discovery.
SURPLI'S OF CARS.
More (tolling Stock Thtan Itusine ,s 01-
1\'ith fere) Derauuit's.
i:11tr11(,,l' 1kl;
Nn iiI rr of Iiul�-e.\', r;. I►('.tr(►�►'►i and
Ott, rs 1►a►:lam ed.
A despatch front Pitt au Prince, llnyli,
says: A s('riotts earthquake has oo'ur-
r.vt at Genitives, sixty -live inikas nor'th-
%vesl 01 This city. A few ',asses Thaw,
been destroyer[ nnel others were 1nnl-
aged. No lose of life has igen reported.
(/.mn1unicalk)n with the fawn 14 brnk.•n.
The shocks contInue. The first one f.d-
lew(d by a tidal Have. Among !tie 1.11,7 1.
'rigs de -strived are the (onlnher•inl h �, ,,
of 1ferrien►In, Adder & Jobber. Gentlie
is one of the most thriving towns of the
llr►ytan republic. 11 Ls.,a Diehop's See,
and has a px►puhnli. n of al•itit 1R,00).
A despatch from Chicago says: itnil-
voaJs of the United States and Canada
have 206.800 freight cars in excess of
bbsiness demands, acoording le a ,state-
ment that has been issued by tiro Car
Service Commission of the American
ltailwny Association. Shortages exist
on only n few roads, the total number
of additional cars that could be Used
on these lines amounting to 774. The
figures are compiled from reports trade
to the eommittco by 158 railroads. As-
suming the average value of a car to
he six hundred dollars, equipment rep-
resenting 1124.0tt0,000 of capital is ly-
ing idle on Fide tracks.
2:1.012 DISFIt 1N(:IIISI:D.
That Number of Aluntreal I:itir'ens
failed to I'ny Tines.
A despatch from Montreal says: Frons
a report which has been eoinplcled nt
the City Hall, slowing what voters are
qualified and who aro not qualified to
vole at 11v civic clecttr,ng on Feb. 3rd
next. the astonishing fact Le shown that
altogether 23,412 citizens will be de-
barred from voting. The cause of the
' hole►snle (dL;enfranclvl.setn(flt Ls that
this number of pe'rs',ns were unnbk to
piny their water taxes and certain outer
taxee by a given date.
TEN DOLLARS TO EURO
. This May Be Reached If the Rate
War Keeps Up,
A ,t6c,pakh from Ti'n•lon says: The
nUc passenger tale %%ar assumed a
ne Oa*: on Wcdnt°,Jay night through
the Cunard Steamship Company mak-
Ing a partial cencesssdon to the de-
mands of their cornpetttora by the
granting of a different rete of ten
shillings on stecend and third Gess
fares by tho i.usllania and Mauretania.
Whether the new n:owcnlrnt la pre-
liminary to an :itt(•mpt to end rho dna•
estrous struggle cannot be nseortalned,
but It has the espial of corctllation.
The \\'hlte .Slur Company originally de-
an/trete.' a differential of fifteen shit -
Sega. it appears likely, however. that
u
411e laPr wu1s,►iy; 1 f)4111.111 10 4c..
ccpt the smaller Rum the dispute may
b • baLasfnclortly bellied.
A (kepatch from N. w York sn}'s: Fol.
lowing the returnl (,f tho Cunard Com-
pany to come to term, on Wednesday,
the International Mertantile Marine
Company again cut ita eastbound steer-
age rate on boat.; of the Wale Stet
and American Linos, making a total
reduction in this clra.¢a of $11.25 since
the rate war began. The cut was met
by the Cunard Company, and ills pro-
bable that further reductions will he
tnedo In the next few days. An official
of one of the steamship oompan:.cs con-
cerned said that n rate of 1110 to Europe
might soon le effortal. The Cunar.l's
total cut has been £2 l:.►e for se",x)n(1-
cwti iiailltisu ra *hili .i; Lut Weil.
1.
TiIE WORLD'S MARKETS
tu:l'O11TS FRO\I THE LEADING
TIRADE
['rices of Cottle, Grain, (.►rese sal
Other Dairy Produce al Dome
sad Abroad.
Townie, Jan. 21. - Fleur -Ontario
wheat 90 per cent. patents ate quoted at
$.1.75 to $3.st► in buyers' [sacks outside
for export. ,atanilobu flour unchanged;
f!nst patents. ulernt.. gu; sa;onJ patents, $0.30 to
8:,.40, and strong bakers', 85.20.
Wheat-\lartitulet grade.s wero quiet,
with prices easier. No. 1 Northe►•J1 quot-
ed ut $1.21, Eike poi's; No. 2 Northern
gaoled at $1.10, lake ports, and No. 3
fat rthern at $1.1:t, lake ports.
Ontario Wheat- No, 2 while and rod
quoted at 98 to 983 e outsido, and No. 2
mixed at 97c outside.
Oats --No. 2 while on Track, 'Toronto,
52c, and outside at 49 to 50c.
Corn --No. 3 American new yellow is
quote•1 at Goy to 65e, Toronto.
It) t' --No. 2 quoted at Sok outside.
Buckwheat -66%c (,ulsido.
Barley -No. 2 (guotet., at 78 to 80c out-
side; No. 3 extra at 76 to 77c outside,
and No. 3 nt 74 to 75c outside.
Itrau-S19 in bulk outside. Shorts are
quoted at $21.51) to $22 outside.
COUN'1'1tY I'IIODUC:.
Apples -Winter, $2 to $3.25 per bar-
rel.
Beans -Primes, 81.65 to $1.70, and
Eichel -picked, $1.80 to .$l.S5.
1 ioney-12 to 13c per lb. for strained,
ran:l at $1.75 to $2.50 for combs.
Hey ----No. 1 timothy quoted at $16.50
l•• $17.20 here in cur lots.
Straw -$9.50 to $10.51) a ton on track
h r: re.
Potatoes --Car lots are quoted at 70 to
75c• per bag on track.
Poultry Turkeys, dressed, 13 to 15c
per ib. for choice; chickens, alive, 6 to
7e: per Ib; dressed, 10 b 1lc; ducks,
dr•e'sasl, 10 to 110 per lb; geese, dressed,
9 to lot.
TIM is DA i }
t1' \1.1itK1'.i'S.
prints, 21 to Pix,
23c; do, inferior, 20
rules at 28 to .�',
roquotc(iat21to
3';c Ina Jobbing;
PRODUCTS.
10 tel 10%c per
pork,818to$19;st10
medium, ll'/,tofic
to 13c; m145. 10y
16 to IGyc; break-
fast
�,c; tubs, 12c; pails
MONTREAL.
Q1.--C,rain-Sales
rejected wero made q
per bushel ex store
No. 2 whito were
3 at 51c; No. 4 at
per bushel ex estoro
wheat. p,alent.
85.50 to $Si.liS
Ls, 8:,.50; straight mi-
lers,
r, $1.90. Feed-Mani-
!elm
ts, $23; Ontario l+int
middlings, t$:1 M 4?i
3 per inn, including
i�•. 8:t- In 82s; telt
. $32 to E31. 1'ru%•i
cut mess, q2:..;0 to
50 to524.',O;Magctt
$:'4; half barrels
dry Salt long cicn
; barrels plate lx�et
mess beef. 510 to
c; pure lard, 12j! to
12y l0 1:3c; hanig
Face), 14 to
hogs, [18.75 l0 $9;
Buller -September,
26 to 27c; dairy,
3y to 13 }�c.
UNITED STATES MAIIKFTS.
SI. Louis, Jan. 21. -- Wheal (:;tats,
.4)0X; May. 81.01; July, 145?!ar.
Milwaukee, Jen. 21. -Wheat --No. 1
rt•therhl. $1.11 to 81.12%,; No. 2 North -
I. $1.09 to 81.103; Mny, $1.036.
e ---No. 1, 85c. Barley --No. 2, $1.03%;
np1e, 7tk; to $1.02. Corn -No. 3 cash,
to 59c; Mny, 60%c bid.
linneap alis, Jan. 21. -Wheal - May,
00'/.; July. $1.10aa; N' . 1 hard, $1.11
$1.11%; No. 1 Northern, $1.09 L)
99X: No. 2 Northern, $1.07 le $1.07';.
. 3 Northern, $1.(x3 to $1.05. Bran- -In
Ik, $19.75.
(:A'I'Lt.i: MAW: 1:r.
015)nlo. Jan. 21. Good Heavy bulls
worth from $1 to $1. 25, with dealers
ling to go as high art $4.50 for extra
ice stock. Steers are prnetfcally
nine!. A bunch of export quality
:s sold et $1.50.
'tI) demand for good halter steers
s brisk. choice lends selling !meet 84.50
14.85; )tedium to goo(!. al to $4.40;
into) to mc(liunp, $3 1.' 1. C:le.. ico
's sold from $3.50 in $1, with medium
lily at 8S to $3.25; common coa:, sold
n $1.75 to $2.75; canners from 75o
$1.
here Is a quiet but steady dement, for
kers of good quality. A few were
1 to -tiny nt prices averaging around
�0. Light stockers were gnoted at 82
$2.75.
ilkers were quiet but stendy at 840
$55 for choice, and $i to $35 for
tum.
elves were steady to firm under n
t min. ['rices %vete from 3c to 6%c
lb, tho bulk of the run selling at an
age price of 17 each.
%veil sold at 81 to 81.40, and bucks
chili at 83 to $3.75. Lambs were
.ly at $5 to $6.25.
1e market for hop continued easy,
ough no further reduction was meao
rices. Select, $5.70; medium, 85.45;
mon rough, $5.20.
Butter-Poun(1 pand
large rolls, 22 toto
22c. Creamery rt and
solids at 26 to 27c.
Eggs -Storage a 22c
end upwards.
Cheese -13y., to 1 way.
1106 P
Bacon. long clear,lb
in cruse lots; mess bhort
cut, $22 to $22.50.
Iiunls-Light to ;
4k). heavy, 12y, c;
shoulders, 10c; backs, baoon, 15c.
Lard-'I'iences, 11 ,
12yc.
BUSINESS AT
Montreal, Jan. of
Manitoba oats n
spot at 49% to 500 ,
and Eustor•n Canadae
quoted at 53c; No.
811(1 rejected at 481: •
Fk,ur--Choice springs,
86.10 b 116.25; seconds,;
%%•inter wheat paten 85 to $5.25; t to
$2.50; extras, $1.80 f bran, 812; shoe n,
82`2 to $22.50; unid ;
shorts, 822.50 to $a
bags; anihied Inouill d
pure grain mouitiir•
sir.ns--llnrreLs short
$23; half -barrels do,:
clear fat backs, 123. t
heavy mess. 821 to do,
810.50 to $11.25; r
beaks, 10'/, to 11 aar ,
83.50 10 $15; hal( barrels do, $7.25 to
$7.75; barrels heavy
$11; halt barrels do
pound lard, 10 to 11
13e; kettle rendered, ,
12 to 13%,c; breakfast15c;
Windsor htlron. 14
kited) abattoir dress.ed
)lire, $6.25 to $6.35.
2, to 29e; fresh receipts.
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CHINESE PIRATES BUSY
PRO's EST ,t(:1iNNT 1'01.1(:1•: 1\ l►ItK
Il lt' Inti l ISII 11'.111 1'E..SEI.S.
I1rilir,h Ucleruliiriti in to Supi
Piracy stirs Chinese
Patriotism.
According to recent advices f
Hongkong and the foreign C01011
Canton, Great Britain has placed
self in t %v trouble ►
tie, of r ntbl
l ter '
Y
China by her announced tleterminu
lo extirpate the Chinese pirates of
West !fiver. The new blood of tat
which has )lade itself most feit ut
disturbed provinces of the south, sit
symptoms of stimulating resistance to
this project. The proposed British sup-
1;cession of the pirates has caused an
uproar which i.s in sympathy with they
general movement to recover foreign
c)wne�d railroads and revoke foreign
concessions throughout alt China. It
Ls a new patriotism.
Early in December the news was
cabled from Hongkong that ViceAdrnir•-
al Sir Arthur Moore, commander "n
chef of the British China station, after
waiting in vain for the, Viceroy of
l:wa.ingtung to take measures to stop) the
depredations of the river pirates, had
detached three torpedo boats and four
destroyers with orders to patrol the
West Diver and the Canton delta and
to
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Il.tfl'L:\1\(;;j 1'Ito11 ALL OIL.) '!Illi
GLOBE.
ucss lclegrap;i Briefs From Our O%rn and
Oiler Countries o1 Recent
Events.
roam - CANADA.
y at 1 I:e St. Clair Itivei is filled with float-
iler
�outlh '1 h1•,.1,,,
> new sirlall(x)x Cirs('S have been
tion rep o:1.Ni in Hamilton.
the lire,- kwille children Oanmot shat.; 011
Inn, the rink unle:,s vaccinated.
the '1'1u► C. 1'. It. trains will be running
ows into Portland, Oregon, curly in March.
Hon. George A. Walken), ex-I'reruicr
of British Columbia, dkcd tat \'tetoria.
Thieleen nom are at work on the
municipal stone pile at Petcrboro.
A five-year-old girl Led at Montreal
fn'n* drinking lye given tc) her eis a joke
by a young bey.
'1'Iro Grand Trunk Pacific has employ -
(•d a couple of 13oeton lan(Lscapo experts
ti lay out Prince) Rupert.
Flagging is pll)posed by E. N. Low -
!.s M. l'., for theise found , guilty of
stabbing or shooting.
Galt's vital statistics show a decrease
in deaths and an increase in marriages
and births.
Smallpox cases of a mill type aro re-
.i,c,rled from Stonewall, Carman, and
[tosser, in Manitoba.
Winnipeg's Board of C.ontrot will at,
tempt to collect 812,000 in fine% from
the street raiiwvty.
h. \V. paters, \Vannipeg, has been ap•
wanted general traffic manager of west-
4'rn lira, of the C. P. It.
The Ottawa Government have cabled
t.; 'T"•kfo,. accepting avail's assurances
in regal( to restricting humignhlion.
\\'inn peg as'cs the itanke,s' Associa-
1!on to loan the city $12,000,000, with
taxes for 1908 as isecurity.
'l'ho tercentenary celebratiiin of Iho
founding of Quebec will be heat in Au -
goat, rend the Prince of Wales may
001110.
Fort. William has offered Port Arthur
$75,000 for the electric railway lines
within the corporation of Fort William,
with half the equipment.
Earl Clark, a St. Catharines newsboy,
was senlanced to five years in 4h0 Vic-
toria Industrial School for k.'eptog
change 'fora (killer in selling a peper.
Mr. ilawthorn%%tiite hitivaluced a
motion in the British rolumbia Legis-
lature to inlp ench Lieutenant-C,.;v er nor
Diinrnutr for disallowing; the Natal act
without the advice of itis \canisters. The
Speaker woukl not )corp[ Iho resol.tltion.
Hon. Clifford Sifton suggested in tho
ileiLee of (:(atmnons that the Government
take steps to assist w(xstern farmers to
t;e'eure a supply of seed genie. 'The
suggestion was concurred in by both
sides, and ilon. Frank Oliver stated the
Government had been considering the
)ratter for some time.
CAPTURE AL.i. PIRATES
irrespective of Chinese sensibilities. Tho
war vessels sailed for Canton the fol-
lowing day.
The cables have not carried details of
the result of Inc cruise but Hongkong
papers of the latest dates Indicate that
the Chinese of Canton and the neigh-
lerhood are not going to remain pas-
sive under the usurpation of power by
the [British. The first note of anger up -
Peered at a mass meeting of the Anti -
Opium Association, one of the genuine
patriotic societies, as its name indicates,
which was h,'IJ in Canton on Novent-
I►er 20, when the determination of tho
British Vice -Admiral had become known.
Both the naval commander and the
\Val-wupu, or looat representative of
the Pekin Government, came In for n
scoring.
Resolutions were passed in regular
Oceidenlal fashion. 'These declared
among other things that "as the patrol-
ling of the West River, as well as the
Yanglso and all rivers of all the prov-
inces, La within the sovereign rights of
cur country, and as the Waiwupti,
without previously consulting with the
C:anion Viceroy regarding the local feel-
ing of the people, conferred the mili-
tary power on foreign people and was
actually desirous of selling the country,
we should strongly unite to protest
firmly."
Specific measures of protest ndople",t
by the mass meeting called for the rais-
ing of a fund to be devoted to telegraph
tells and Iho wiring of a memorial to
the Throne, as well as in all leading
Chinese cities, setting forth the iniqui-
ty of
THE itRl'I'ISI1 1\'TERFERi:NCE,
7'h' temper of lh • meeting was such
that an undercurrent of determination
to take measures of reprisal was rnanI-
fested by the Chinese present.
The English interest4 of ilongkong
and Canton charge that the Viceroy,
who Ls titular head of the Kwanglung;
provinao government, has boon secret-
ly in league with the river pirates or
at least has winked at their trade, while
British and other commercial interests
kayo suffered severely. The Viceroy is
openly hostile to the Wal-wupu's mid -
den consent to place the policing of the
rivers in the hands of the British coln-
nlandcr.
Ilia protestations that he has devoted
large sums to the policing of 1110 .,water-
ways and that he has suppressed pir-
acy to the best of Ida ability oro not
accepted by the English. What the
British merchants complain of is unaprte
in the present history of commerce.
Under the existing conditions a Brit-
ish ship 101011 with goods (4')iI.,lgllcd to
canton or the town:+ up tiv'r may cone
all the way from Liverpool to Hong-
kong unmolested by pirates. At Hong-
kong transhipment to smaller goats
(.net junks of the river trade is neces-
sary.
Hardly have the goods left 1l nglieng
when they are stlhjecte•l ie the 1 L,k of
being seize' by pirates, and in three
cases out of five consignments for up
river t.)%wn4 never reach their degtine-
t•,n. The Chinese pirates travel light
in (ring, swift river junke. Their fav•
crap trick Ls to await the coming of
r. gtht in one of the lagoons of the Can -
Ion della and then slip up to n aider
boat as it pushes it, way slowly up the
river,
B011‘11 1'1' ANi) ST.AY THE CREW,
Then that tont disappears from the
register of the 1•'ur Eastern trade rind
her goods aro never more seen by the
oa-net:i.
An Interesting( story of the aa('rmnth
(•t a pirate raid recently appeared in
the China const papers. 1r. 'lsun-nin,
a Chinese agent for a foreign firm, hail
lost a big junk laden with rich mer-
chandise in the Canton delta.
After weeks part of the crew came
straggling back to his oMee, having
teen marooned for several days on an
uninhabited Island off rho island of
Ilainan. The Chlneae agent, who was
also owner of the lost junk, started out
on a search 11.
lie went tofor the Macao and Kong*main
without success and nt last turne.l up
at iTongkong, where he found hie junk
in Shakwan harbor. Another man
claimed It as his properly.
Tp Tsun-nin took the matter into the
fnglioh court at Victoria and there it
wm proved that although the man who
claimed ownership of tho junk wee en -
Vilely Innocent of wrongdoing he halt
bought the craft from the p;r••.t.'; at
Canton. Tp Tsun-nin get his heat hie'(,
tut not the cargo, wheal I:.,.1 d;,.ha.
pearod.
GREAT itltl'1'AIN.
Negotiations between British mill -
owners and cotton operatives have been
broken off.
'1't:•,) Nationnlir)ts from ('.ork, support.
'•r...1 \\'n1. O'Brien. were ejected from a
meeting of the directors of the United
Irish League at Dublin on Wednesday.
UNITED STATES.
The United States will withdraw from
Cuba in Februury of next year.
A Toledo yeah killed his neither that
he might get her money to pay bis
lA;aid and her jewels for his sweet-
he•u'l.
:11ts. Louise McLure, who was mar -
lied in Lunuda Iwo years ago, drowned
Iter eelf in a bathtub in New Work on
Wednc,elay,
('oethais, Chairman of the isth-
mian Canal Commission, cstinwtm the
acetal total dost of the I'ancmltrt Canal
a $300,400,000.
The total cnre,llnleut of students al
Harvard University 1hi.s y(sir is 5,763.
This is a deerea, e of twenty-six from
hast year.
An Ohio man tins offered to milieu.
lute hirtlself for Thaw )11.1 be executed
1f necessary on c•)nittion that 83,000,.
(•r0 is pni.l his family.
Senator Prieto!' of Vermont le seeking
all agreement whereby (zinadians will
cow setting Bring for fish in Isco north-
ern end of I.nke Chnniplain.
Lotus Welfare' of Cincinnati has se-
cured re,,ef from 20 year,' suffering
ironi pains in Ih(± hond by hnvingg two
sensory nerv.►4 in his far•'head cut out.
diecause it girl when' be had met only
twice t-efueecl to marry hire, nccor.ling
to the police, Suntx Stanislaw- Melke,
years old, 1297 Trumbull )venue,
Chicago, shot hintsoil 1n the head at
his 1101110 Tuesday night.
GENERAL,
The Japanese budget for the year 19a8-
1909 shows a deficit of nearly $5000,000.
The French defeated a detachment of
.lrnbs after a 1•'n -hour light in \foroceo.
'IIIc Brazilian Government is cen-
si.eering a propoeilkm 10 Teltnil 20,11»)
Jupnne ee lnlrorers.
(:hinese circudnns have been Issued at
Shanghai advertising a boycott of Brd•
Itch goods.
President itnoaev.•il is now hlnmed by
Mc German Itc'i•:hstog for the financial
11ringency.
Thirty y. -.ung people skating on n lako
In Paris (0.11 inti) the water and all wero
drowned brit two.
Dutch troops have raptured n retie!
strongt)•)1.1 it the felanl of Fierce, ilia.
1.1y Archipelago, killing 130 nnlives.
Franca complains that Japan 14 net
treating her fairly In the distribl►Il•+rt of
iter f. ieigjn orders for war nutfetie!.
The British China (nrporalr,n and the
t►.'rmen flank have a.lvnneeel China
.5,000.000 10 complete the Tier►l411-
(J.in-Kiang RNilrra.i.
It fa espeet('rl that the Belgian Partin•
tnenlary (:(nimissien oil! reject King
1e' px)ld's Congo Irenty, theug{h it will
t'rclomf? some of It.
Jap>IIn has warned China that she %vltl
r,'.qc' paying 4)10!•*s on her good.. sent 1.;
.lan•'1)rn i3 n,11' ' 1!* • CUSI<)11j3 lavas are
Oak -arced agailtst Itus,sla.
CANADIANS WON MEDALS
Gravenhurst Sailor and LindsayTeamst, yr
Share in Carnegie Fund.
Adtsa�
p lch from Pittsburg says: Tho
Carnegie Ilero Commission, at its fourth
unmet! meeting lead Isere on Wednesday,
awarded nin•' silver and seven bronze
medals for acts of heroLsin, besides 8(0,-
050 in a;a.h 1) the heroes or their depen-
dents, and I:i•►nthly payments during life
t{, two widoo ; and their minor children.
'the awards include :
John Bibby, aged 29, mete, of Graven -
beret, Ont., Canada, on Oct. 31, 1905,
rescued James Jamieson, aged 40, and a
companion, who were thrown into
Altrskoku lako when a starin capsized
their skiff -silver )medal.
\\'rn. Raymond, aged 38, a teamster,
of I.lndeay, Orhf., Canada, on Feb, 27,
1906, resound Victor Henry, 10 years old,
who b►nko through ico while skating -
bronze medal rnn.l $300 to pay niorlgiigo
on house. Moment' had been ill and
sustained a i►achael through exposure.
\Van. Gilmour, ag.'d 31, of Montreal.
Canada, a printer, who on July 1, 1905.
leaped from rl St. Lawrence Diver steam-
er in an attempt to rescue John A. Moor.
hese, aged 10, who fell from tho third
(leek -silver medal and $1,000 to pay
mortgage on house.
THREE DIE IN 111111:1: 111.1:1:s.
Brampton Family the Vlc tiuls of n
Tragic isitaliwl,
A de':nakh from 13ramplon says:
Rarely Inas a sadder visitation o%er-
lr.ken it .wmnumily than that which has
befallen a 13rartnlzton family in rho past
throe wanks. In that time the father
and mother and a son-in-law have all
died under peculiarly sad conditions.
James Failis, Sr., died on tho 28th of
December from erysipelas and blood
pcisoning. Iifs a -on -in-law, Alex. lived-
dy, 48 years of age, was at the death
l'cd and contracted the disease thio fol-
lowing day, aind diet on Jan. 8. Mrs.
Fatll.4, aged 70 years, was almost int -
meth ,tcly stricken down with the same
fatal malady, and she -too passed away
)bout (tight o'clock on 'Thursday night.
The family aro mmenbst the oldest and
best known in the town.
SNOWBALLS QUENCHED 1,111E.
Population of Pennsylvania Marlin
Town Adopts Novo' Expedient.
A despatch from Johnstown, Pa., sans:
Probably the most remarkablo manner
of extinguishing fire oceurrcd on Thins
day at Poswtell, a mining town neer
here, when hundrolls of men, women,
boys end girls saved tho town from do -
81i -lichen by throwing snowballs. The
town has no tiro deportinent and water
Is scarco, The flames lla(i gained much
headway and in a big boik'r was stored
sufficient powder to blow up the village.
As a last resource practically tho entire
population began thriving snowballs by
trousanr(s, made (ruin soft, wet r+rtow,
and after a Urno prevented the explosion
end confined the flames to a half-dozen
buildings.
0
111611 WATER .1'I' MONTit':1L.
iliver itas Iti'•('n, and Low -Level
Wharses .1re Now Covered.
A despatch beim Montreal says: Tho
river hies now le:R h.•d the highest wint'r
level, covering the bilis of the low -l» ••1
wharves. 'Tho register 1n Ilio Hailer
Cc.rnnilssionel :s office )larked u depth of
28 feet 7 Indira, which, adde,1 to the
canal depth of 15 foot 5 incites, indicates
a total depth 1n tho harbor of 41 feet.
'i'hL. Ls 14 feet greater than the summer
level. The els, has boon caused by ice -
snaking in the lower part of the river.
111' D06 AND 511:1611 1-1U)AI 4tiI6TIC.
tl nnh:u1 With Three Children Hearties
% innii,etp Isom 1111(1 10 Day.
A despatch (earn \Vinnip eg say.,: \irs.
6. B. flay, of York Factory, 11u4Lson
flay, arrive(. in IIIc city on 'Thur; lay
morning after having [,►redo It►o joanr-
ney (rem the far north by dog sleigh.
airs. Hay was nccomp anted by three
children, the object of the trip being
to have the children q)taceel in the
Public school of the city. Servants only
acoolnpatliod Mrs. Ray.
,1►
STAGE f,\'I:NT T111101'1:11 ICE.
Accident in Blinding Snips• Storni
Road to Little Current.
A despatch from Little Current. Ont..
rays: On We•ln..s+lay night, about, eight
o'clock. with tho temperature below
oro, and In a bl:nding snow storm,
IN) [nail Mag;e, with mil for thirty-
four 1lfanitoulin (,Iliccs, went through
the ice. A l'on+nte Traveler was on
board. Driver \Irl ecl,eran saved the
nail. The :stage and hOrsos were loll.
A relief rig brought the mail in next
clay at noon.
'In
FINDS OF COIL IN 'fill: WLsr,
Aunouucenhcn 1n rho 600100k:11 Sur.
1•(•) It►'port.
A tl&Anutch Hurn Ottawa says: Tho
summary report of the Geological Sur-
vey for 1110 past year was presented
to Parliament on Wednesday. It is a
record of exploratory work eonductei
by the officers of the survey in every
part of Canada during the last summer
season. Mr. U. 1). Cairnes :spent the
summer iu the Yukon, and found coal
at a number 01 places along I.ako La -
large, Lewes River and il., tributaries,
the 'festal and Big Salmon Rivers. Ex-
tensive coal dis;overias aro also report-
ed by Mr. W. W. Leach, who spent Wio
sumnior in Bulkiey Valley, B. C. Tho
scares extend from 47 feet, and 1110 coal
is of a very high grade. Mr. 1). 13.
Dowling passed the se1s)n examining
'the coal areas.-. north of the Saskatche-
wan, when workable «earns were dis-
c..veed on the south branch of the
Brazeau, giving a total of 66 feet 4 inch-
es Only about half of the measures
were prospected, and Mr. IMwli,,g.ej
thinks tho coal area rnny ba very
During the year 1,075 specimens reached
the chemical laboratory.
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1OtiR RUSSIANS KILLED.
Another Explosion of Dynamite on the
C.T.P. at Ilawk.
A despatch from Kenora says: i:ouN
11.011 were killed in a dynamite explo-
sion on Tuesday. Tho accident tock
place on '1'hontp eon & Rgnn's subcon-
tract of the) National Transoontinuntnl,
north of Ilawk. The four were part of a.
station gang employed in taking out a
14111811 IX)ek cut. 1110 explosion was a
premature one, and look place while
seven of the gang were at work. Two
wero thrown out of 111e cut, but wero
kilted by the shock. Two others wero
Hewn to atoms, and the remaining
three suffered serious injuries. Tho
station gang were all Ru;siallt, rind in
Iho excitement and terror of (Ito moment
the survivors were not able le give thio
names of Inose killed.
de -
'1'1101.1.1:1' 11115 51.1::(:1;.
four 1)re•npant. Thelon Out and
taincd lujeides.
A despatch from London. ant., gays:
retie person; aro lying in the hospitals
as !Ito result of an necklent at the Scnrlh-
a•esker) 'fraction Company's crossing at
Sirneoe Street at 6 o'clock on Thursday
night. A sleigh containing Albert Mur -
den and his ten -year-old son Albert,
J(.seph 1lardinnan and his twelve -year-old
(laughter Itoatrko, was crossing tho
track&, when 080 of the heavy cars
struck the vehicle, stewing it around and
throwing the occupants heavily to iho
gr'nind. Ilardiman was knocked un-
cc;nsclous, and was Thought at first 10 be
seriously injt.r.xd, but at the hospital ho
was found to 1►e but slightly hurt. ltea-
ttIco 1Iartliman and thio elder Murders
were slightly injured, and the Murder
l ey:s hip was diek)ealed.
Stilt.
4• -cur t'OIt nit ‘ t'i: 1:11'T 11N.
1'1et.ented by Canadian (a+sernrnent lot
Ik''ucue on .Atlantic.
A despatch 1i..rn tilnegow Lays: Capt.
\\'m. Caddell, of rho barque I'iteshire,
ties .recoived n handsome silver cup from
the Cnnadlun Government in riavggnt.
t,on of his :services in rescuing the crew
el to abandoned schooner (nrrio Ei.
s;'er in the North AtInntie in March,
I;Nltj.
'SOO' STEEL PLANT TO CLOSE
A Shortage of Pig Iron is Said to
Be t h e Cause.
A deapnfrh from Sault Ste. Marie.
Ont.. says : in nn Interview with one of
lt.t.' official? at the ollit'ea of the steel
plant on 'Thur -day 1,v)rningt n news -
Valour ('o11ittp.►nticni was 111fornesl ihat
the p►tnnt %vould 1r' caveat ,lewd al time
until bather 'tidier. A shortage of pig
Win la given a4 lin' rouse of the shut
d'•wn. It is ytsi(ed heal enuring the r0 a-
linn of activities n number of repairs
that are considered necessary will !,n
tut;(lt', s'. ihat, providing the p►iant 14 nal
Chget0(1 for :my length of time, little time
will be kit day the men. The r. pair'. 11
a: Mated, Vi0111.1 14.0.0) Ir►vc► 1•► be made
it any 1.5(11?. net the casing d'►wl► et
Ute proem[ time will ba In thio interests
of all eancerne,t. It Ic figured that the
r.:pair.; contemplated a ill keep nlx)ut 7(X)
81.11 employed, uritis the entire staff fr
again taker) on.
The blast funinees nre net alai -led he
lir shoring.• or pig iron nn.1 %vill rim ,.t
their full capacity. This oil! na-eit ' .•tn-
pleyrnenl for n II.h1 shift (.1 men en Ito
Algoma Central. ni Itso iilr•nners keep
It.e train relay* !may al all time
Everything[ n,n,klercd, the slut (Sewn
will not be totutcl a great h•intaship, un -
es the npk''r►ing of the plant Lv prolonged
f.li ther then the officials anticipate. A
a Igo pereantago of men will retrain at
s' a rk on repairs. and the /doff oat bei
adJed lo as city uuslances warrant.