Exeter Times, 1908-10-29, Page 7A PEACEFUL ARRANGEMENT
Settlement Regarding Bosnia and Herze-
govina Is Impending.
A despatch from London says : tweet) llulcf,trians and Turks is not
AltJtl.►ugh nothing t cry definite can confirmed. .111 Creek netts con -
be recorded, optimism continues to corning Turkey is suspected until
be the ke' note of the situation so it is verified.
far us 'flukey, Bulgaria and Ate:- It is stated in Constantinople that
tria are concerned. Grand Vizier although 'Turkey abandoned the
kialuil Pasha is quoted as saying idea of mobilising her forces, she
that Austria refuses to appear at has been moving and concentrating
any conference of the powers, and her troops already under arrays dur-
that Germany therefore will also ing the last few days in such a
decline to participate. On the other manner that any invading 13ulgari-
hand, mane reports from Austrian an force would find itself menaced
t:u(1 (German sunned reaffirm that
a direct .Austro -Turkish settlement
regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina
is inipendiog. 'I'he Bulgarian en-
voy is still at Constantinople, where
lit had another interview with the
;M inistery on Wednesday. All out-
ward indications there point to a
peaceful arrangement, although country. The best check to the
u(.thing of a convincing nature has(Ii1ligerous effervescence in Mon -
yet come thence confirming the
Paris alliance story.
The belief that no conference will
he called increases everywhere.
The story from Athens about fight-
ing at 1)journiaya and Palanka be- part of the Balkans.
on its flank.
So far as known, nothing serious
has developed froth the arrest of
Gen. Vukotiteh, the special Mon-
tenegrin envoy to Servia, although
it will doubtless further inflame the
anger of the Montenegrins when it
becomes generally known in that
tenegro and Benin alike is suppli-
ed by nature, as in a few weeks
military operations will be made
impossible by the weather. Winter
has already begun in the higher
11.1' BEA TEN AND .1.11' i)1E.
Mau : 1 `eria.IM ('ondition as Result
of Assault.
A despatch from London, Ont.,
says: Herbert. Bombard, of 479
York Street, is in a semi-conscious
condition as the result of being at-
tacked sett a clown town thorough-
fare en Tuesday night. The pian
was struck over the heart, and, as
i:e has been a sufferer from heart
trouble, the consequences were
serious. Although Bombard has not
been able to give a detailed accott,nt
of the attack, he, in his More con-
scious moments. claims that a lean
by the name of !Watson was the one
who struck hirer, because he refus-
ed to make a monetary loan to the
latter when approached. One of
Bontbard's ribs is broken and this
pierced his lung.
COLOR LINE AN OBSTACLE.
Difficulty in Way of Unification of
South Africa.
A despatch from Durban, Natal,
says: Some of the C'.gpe delegates
le the Union Conference oppose out
and out any unification. A major-
ity. however, may aeee'pt a com-
prontise between unification and
f cleration, rather than wreck the
('Nnvention. The question of the
e !orcd vote, which now only exists
itt the Cape, is causing trouble. A
suggestion is being made to abolish
the color line throughout South
Africa, and raise the franchise
standard. but the objection is that
a large number of whites may also
liexcluded.
illi::!! :S.tVIN(. ('11111).
4innipee- Wonsan Burned In Home
--(:hilt( Escaped.
A despatch fr.,;it Winnipeg says:
Mrs. Martha E. Stoett, of aK Union
Avenue, Elmwood, a suburb of this
city, was burned to death in her
home on Tuesday night while trying
to save her child in a fire caused
l'v the explosion of a coal oil stove.
The child escaped unhurt.
'!'fill\('1N I,Oi)GING-HOUSES
'1.111iteha Government Raises Rate
n► Filly i1ollarst.
.1 despatch from \Winnipeg says:
The Provine ial Clovernnt('nt has
placed detestivcs on private resi-
dences in whist' telephones have
Leen installed, and if they find that
roomers are leeiug kept, us in the
(axe in many twines, they raise the
rate to 850, imposing a business
tariff.
HE !PILI. M.th}; RAIN.
Professor Carl Meyers Will End the
Forest Fires.
A despatch from Utica, N. Y.,
says: Professor Carl F. Meyers of
Frankfort, a suburb of this city,
is going to pluck a rainstorm front
the skies, that the forest fires may
he extinguished. Mr. Meyers is a
veteran balloonist a•id aeronauti-
cal engineer, and claims that down
In Texas some years ago he produc-
ed rain that spread over several
States. His plan is to send up into
the sky a big baloon filled with
gases, which he explodes with an
electric spark. Professor Meyers
has been engaged by several paper
companies of northern New York,
whose forest lands are melting away
to ashes, to make rain. He con-
tends that the Mohawk Valley is a
better place to start the rain, and
that once begun the rainfall will
extend to the mountains. The first
balloon will be exploded within a
few days between this city and
Frankfort.
:t T1-B31':it('CLOS1s 1HOSl'I'1'.1L.
Conditional Gife of $39,000 to
Montreal League.
A despatch from Montreal says:
It was announced on Wednesday
that the Montreal league for the
prevention of tuberculosis had ac-
cepted the offer made by Lieut. -
Col. Kurland to provide a tubercu-
losis dispensary and institute at a
cost of $50,000, providing the
league would raise an endowment
of $50,000. Col. Buriand has pur-
chased a building in Belmont Park
and is hating it converted into a
hospital and dispensary. It. will be
known as the Kurland Institute as
a memorial to Col. Burland's par-
ents.
A P1';('1'LiAR ACCIDENT.
('oils ~hocked Ladder Over and
Man Was Killed.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says: A young man named %We►It-
worth, a resident. of Grimsby, was
engaged on Tuesday on a fifty-five
foot ladder painting the gable end
of a large bank barn owned by Mr.
William Honsberger, a mile south
of Jordan. The ladder was fasten-
ed to the fence with ropes. Some
colts playing around the barn got
tangled in the rope and pulled the
ladder over. \Wentworth W35
thrown from the ladder ts the
ground and killed instantly.
-
LOST DOME AND BARNS.
•••--"♦-"`-"� }'firmer Residing Near Teterboro'
THREE 1 V %RS FOR SID. Suffers Heavily.
li:•oekriik 'Fhie f, With a Bad itt. t .1 de'.patch trent Peterboro' say,:
cord. Coos Ileacs sentence. By a fire starting at the top eef a
large straw stack near one of his
.1 de•lottt.1 fronn Brockville says: barns, 11r. W. J. Young, a flintier,
:1ltlbre.‘e G('dkili, aged 25. was on lis ties near this city, lost this ye,ar's
!Wednesday sentenced by Judge harvest. three barns nncl his resi-
iil( 1).enald to three 3 -ears in 0.dence. and was slight'\ burned him -
I. Kingstul► Penitentiary fur the theft I self itt trying to lead a horse out
of Site Ile has a bad Ie•r•erd J cel Ilio t►'lrrting stable.
` TIIREE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
Terrible Destruction of Life and Property
in the Philippines,
.1 despatch front Manila says:
Belated reports indicate that the
storm of October 12 in the ('ayagi-
n►t valley was the worst and most
dest.ruetitc within the memory of
living inhnbitnnts of the valley.
The ofiic•ial figures are not yet
avnilal►lc. as many places have not
I.een heard from. but it seems cer•
tain that the number of dead will
reach 300.
There %Ia.- a heat; typhoon and
torrential role, tilt .,iglie►ttt the
valley and in the mountains The
rivers were flooded, and in many
places rine to a height of 30 feet,
sweeping everything before them in
their path to the sea. Hundreds
of animals and houses were swept
anay by the eaters.
The Government had despatched
,a coast guard critter to investigate
conditions and organize relief.
it is reported that the cholera
has broken out antor.g the refugees. and lasting.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS'
ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED' TIIC WORLD'S MARKETS
I1.11'I'LNI%(eS FROM AI.I, OVER
'1'111: GLOBE.
Telegraphic Iir•iefs Preoral Our Otru
and Other ('ountrics of
Recent Events.
CANADA.
The residence of Hon. T. Maple
Daly at !Winnipeg was burned.
Gas buoys at Isar Point and op-
posite Sarnia, recently installed,
have been carried away.
John Joeko, an Indian boy of
Cornwall island, was thrown from
a horse and killed, un Thursday.
Thomas Kelly & Sons of Winni-
peg have been awarded the contract
for the new car shops at !Winnipeg
in connection with the G. T. I'. ter-
minal.
Mr. William McInnes of the geo-
logical survey, reports that there is
a wide belt of good agricultural
land that Mill he opened up by the
new Hudson Bay Railway.
The Kingston Locomotive Works
have just closed a contract with the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for
twenty-five engines to be delivered
during the coming year.
---
GREAT BIt1TAIN.
Seventeen suffragettes were sen-
tenced to terms in jail in London
on Thursday. They refused to pay
fines.
Thomas Mackinnon Wood. Liber-
al M. P. for St. Rollox, Glasgow,
iu the British Commons, has been
appointed Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
UNITED STATES.
A gale wrecked a train in Wis-
consin, killing six laborers.
Floods are doing great damage in
central and northern Oklahoma.
Four persons were killed in a tor-
nado and cloudburst near Clayton,
N. M.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Com-
mittee has awarded 48 medals and
840,000 in cash awards.
Forest fires are causing the death
of thousands of trout in the streams
of New York State.
Four children were burned to
death in the destruction of a min-
er's house at Summit, Pa., on Mon-
day.
An attempt will shortly he made
to raise the Royal Savage, the flag-
ship of Benedict Arnold, sunk in
Lake Champlain in 1770.
The Big Four Railroad has prom-
ised its employees an increase in
pay and work if Taft is elected, and
a cut of 10 per cent. if Bryan suc-
ceeds.
Cap. Rankin, a prominent attor-
ney o° Trenton, Tenn., was taken
front his hotel at 1Walnutlog, Tenn.,
end murdered by night -riders.
Broughton Brandenburg, who
sold The New York Times the fain -
ems Cleveland letter, predicting the
election of Taft., has been arrested
on a charge of forgery.
GENERAL.
Central Europe is experiencing
the coldest weather since 1866.
Eleven hundred persons were
killed in the reeent typhoon near
('hangchow, China.
The ('hinese bill of rights prom-
ises that by 1917 China will be a
Parliamentary country like Japan
or Russia.
IMMIGRATION CUT IN HIAi,F.
Great falling Off In the Figures for
September.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The total immigration into Canada
for September was 10,097, as com-
pared wit It 19,057 fur the sante
month last year, a decrease of 47
per cent. From January 1,t until
the end of September the arrivals
vin ocean ports were 51,977, as
compared with 191,020 for the salve
period last year. The inintigration
for the nine months of this year
from the United States wit: t:►,i; :t.
es compared with 41,'•( 9 for the
same period of Last year, an in-
crease of 91.1, or two per cent. The
total inlmigrnti(►n into Canada Froni
all quarters for the first nine
months of this year was 127,630. as
compared with 2a;►,t+20 for the same
period of last year. a decrease of
108,199, or forty-six per cent.
1)01. nit i:NI) 01 111111 IN.
In '1:1111•hltl'i1t. Dogs are (,iten as
Dee ries.
Everywhere is the (leg the friend
of man, but in Manehnria he is
more strictly the friend of woman.
There the dowry of a young woman
does not consist elf hard cash as in
i•:urope, but in it certain number of
sleek dugs with thick or silken hair.
The girl's status may almost be
guessed by her wedding Portion of
dogs. If she receive six she is poor ;
if a dozen, her parents are in easy
circumstances; and if twelve dozen
is may be taken that she comes
freln a rich family. They are care-
fully fattened for their savory flesh,
and their• skins after death become
('ieverlets. pelisses. vests for lllln-
trrs, or bedside carpets which
ac•arcely ever wear sett. Even to its
fur the devotion of the dog is warm
t WINTER 01.' (:1{1:.1'1' IIISTREsS
IS I'I{t:lll(''I'l::).
'I'!:ousitnds Parade Streets and
Serious Outbreaks are ('eetain
to ('ome.
England is face to face with the
most serious condition of uneutpluy-
nient in her history, and unless re-
lief is provided on an unprecedent-
ed scale during the conning winter,
bread riots may bo expected in
many of tho principal cities, writes
:t London correspondent. Already
the mutterings of discontent have
been heard and in Glasgow, at
least, bloodshed was only prevent-
ed a few clays ago by the prompt
action of the authorities in yielding
to the demands of the workless' t;, 903c outside; No. 2 red Winter,
a0c ; and No. 2 mixed, 89% to 90c
outside.
Oats -Ontario No. 2 white 371/, to
I11:1'OII'I'S FROM '1'11I: i.f:.tDING
'1'lt.1PI: l'EN'1'RES,
Prices+ of Cattle, Grain, Cheese stud
Other !)airy Produce at
Home and Abroad.
111:1:‘ DSTUFFS.
Turunt.►, Oct. 27--Flour--Ontario
wheat, 90 per cent. patents, quot-
ed at $3.55 in buy era' sacks, out-
side, for export. Manitoba flour,
first patents, $5.80 on track, 'I'o-
ri:ntu; second patents, 83.30; and
strong bakers', $5.10.
Wheat -Manitoba i -heat $1.01
for No. 1 Northern, and at $1.02%
for No. o Northern, Georgian Bay
ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white 90
men and starting relief works.
Unemployment has been growing
in England for many years and
aLout three years ago it reached :)8c outside, alit! at 40% to -lee on
such a point that Parliament passel( track, Toronto, No. 2 western Can -
edit oats quoted at 42%c, Coderich.
Itye-No. 2 quoted at 78,/c out-
side.
Buckwheat -58 to GOc outside.
Peas -No. 2 quoted at 85; to
86c outside.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow
nominal at 86c on tracks, Toronto,
and No. 3 at 85%c.
Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at
30c, and No. 3 extra at 51 to 511/,e
outside.
Bran -Cat's are quoted at 819 in
hulk outside. Shorts quoted at
$:es to $22.50 in bulk outside.
a bill in a hurry, empowering local
authorities to levy a tax fur the
purpose of providing work for their
unemployed. The amount of the
tax, however, is strictly limited and
must have the approval of the
local govemnment board, the tread
of which is a member of the cabin-
et, before it may be levied. This
cher the situation
FOR THE TIME BEING.
The procession of unemployed dis-
appeared from the streets, and in
the parks and other public places
groups of men could be seen doing
a very little work for rather large
pay provided by the taxpayers.
This year, however, the situation Apples -Winter stock, 82.00 to
is so bad that the unemployed act $2.50 per barrel for the best, and
has broken down. It is clearly evi et 81.50 to $1.75 for cooking apples.
dent already that the powers con -i Means--Prirne, $1.80 to $1.83, and
fcrred on the local authorities un-
der the act will be totally inade-
quate to relieve the immense num-
ber of unemployed workmen who
are clangoring for work or food
and whose numbers will be increas-
es as the weather becomes more se-
vere. The following are the approxi-
mate numbers of unemployed re-
ported in somo of the principal cit-
ies in the middle of September :
London .... ...... .... 200,000
Leeds .. .... .... 3,000
Liverpool .... .... .... 25,000
20,000
2,000
11.000
10,000
5,000
12, 000
13,000
COUNTRY YfOL)UCE.
Glasgow .... .... ......
Bristol . ... .... .... ..
Manchester .•• .... ..
Belfast • •• ••....••• ....
I)ttndeo... ...... • • ....
Sheffield ..,. .., .
Sunderland .. ... ....
hand-picked, $1.90 to $1.95 per
bushel.
Horsey -Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per
dozen, and strained, 10 to 10%c per
pound.
Hay -No. 1 timothy quoted at $11
to $11.50 a tan on track here, and
No. 2 at $7.00 to $8.00.
Straw -$6 to $7 on track.
Potatoes-Ontarios, 50 to 55c per
bag. Delawares are 65 to 70c per
bag on track.
Poultry -Chickens, Spring. dress-
ed, 10 to l le per pound; fowl, 7 to
Se; ducks, tae per pound ; young
turkeys, 14 to 15e per pound.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 23 to 24c;
tubs, 22 to 23c; inferior, 19 to 20e.
Creamery rolls, 26 to 26 (sc, and
In addition to these every indus- sclids, 2.1% to 25 /e.
trial town in the kingdom has its Eggs --Case lots, 22 to 23c per doz-
(Iuota of unemployed and the nuns- en.
her is being steadily increased. It Cheese -Large cheese, 13e per
is evident how little the making of dozen, and twins, 13%e.
new parks and road; can do to pro-
vide employment for this great
army.
SOCIALISTS ARE BUSY.
The most dangerous feature of the
situation is the bold attitude adop-
ted by the leads of these idle men.
Socialism has glade great strides
in England of recent years and the
English workman is no longer con-
ttnted "With that station of life to
which God has called hitn." He no
longer accepts starvation and cold
u'; acts of God. He now demands
the right to work and the right to
live and if he is denied then( he is
developing a very ugly temper to" -
ward those whom he holds respon-
sible for his plight.
A few days ago a mol► of 13,000
unemployed Igen in Glasgow, led
by well-known Socialists and sing -
i •
ng revolutionary songs, started on
e. midnight march from the centre
(1f the town to the district inhabited
1,y the stealthy citizens. '[heir avow-
ed object was to call at lord Pro-
vost's house and force him to do
something for their relief, but many
of the orator,, who harangued there
h€fore starting diel not hesitate to
advise them to raid
THE HOUSES OF 'rlil'. RICH.
The procession wa: ridden down by
mounted police and dispersed be•
fore it got half way, a id if the po•
lice had not been able to deal with
tht ranoe, the King's Own Scottish
Borderers were ztwaiting with bay -
(.nets fixed and ritles loaded at their
barracks ready to he called on.
S,n ee the prel•cssssien tee S,eeiafis.tss
have been sent to prison he. adtis-
ing the mob to use bombs of red
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -T,eng clear, 12% to 12' .'c
per pounce in case lots ; dress pork,
(419.01) to $19.50; short cut, $23.50.
1{ams-Light to medium, 14 to
14%c; do., heavy, 12 to 13c; rolls,
11 tel 11,i4c; shoulders, 10 to 101,::c;
backs, 161A to 17e; breakfast bacon,
15 to 151iei
Lard --'fiercer, 13c : tllie'. 13%e;
pails, 1314e.
(BUSINESS .1T MONTREAL.
Montreal, Oct. 27 -Ontario No.
2 white oats quoted at -13 4 to 41c;
No. 3 at 42;.; to 43c; No. 4 at 42 to
to 42%e; Manitoba No. 2 white, 45
o 45,c; No. 3, 44 to 44e, and re-
jected, 43 to 431,,c per bushel ex
stere. Flour --Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 86; seconds,
$5.50; !Winter wheat patents, $5 to
*5.25; straight rollers, 84.31) to 84.-
60; do., in bags, $2.10 to $2.211: ex-
tras, 81.73 to $1.85. Feed--Mani-
tol►a bran, 821 to 82.2; shorts, 825;
Ontario bran, *21.50 to $22; midd-
lings, $26 to $27; S!n rte, $23 to
825.50 per tun, inclueliee hags;
pure grain ttte,uillc, $;;u t 435;
(lulled grade's, :8223 to $28 per toil.
Provision -4- Bartels short t'llt. mess,
$22.50; half-I►arrels do., $11.50;
clear fat hacks, $23; dry salt long
clear backs, 11c; barrels plate beef,
1.17.50; half -barrels do., $9; com-
pound lard, 8-3; to 91/,e: pure lard,
12% to 13c; kettle rendered. 13 to
13%c; hams, 12'e; to 14e; breskfast
bacon, 11 to lie; Windsor 1,ae'on, 'Tltti Kaise;er'se fourth sore, August
1:► to tee; fresh killed abattoir \1 illiatn,
was marl fed on Tuesday
(tressed logs, $9.50; fisc, $6.7)0 to I, the daughter of the Nike of
$li.7ei. Cheese_ -Western. 121,.; t .
12%e. Butter --26e in re►tind 1,1
pepper against the police and the ''26',4 to 27e in jubF►il►g lots. 1:14 -
1(1(1 provost has traveled post- 'rhe market is weak and sale: e
haste to London to secure the eon-, yew- laid were made at 27c; selert-
sent of the local government hoard , ed stock, 21!/.;e: No. 1. 20e. and Ne.
to a plan for providing work on an `.: at 17,'•,e per dozen.
extraordinary scale.
In Livcrp'iel. a few days ago. 12,- UNITED STATES M 1 RN ETS.
too tel unemployed dock laborersDuluth,rluth, Oct. 27--- It iIt -Vo.-o. 1 i Two tThollsan(i Men Are Now Employed
fed
mart iecl te, the city hall and de-
t.ar(1. $1.01;8 ; Nu. 1 Seri herr.
tunneled work. Their leaelcrss slid ►?1.01`q ; Ne1. N erthcrn, QI.O1;�; in the Vicinity of Dawson
not hesitate to predict that if tt•or1C $t.(►t'o �1f.iy. '; (let.
e►r bread ee•re not forthcoming they Al .02•X, ; N'(►v., �l.ela ;.
tvonld loot the city. The mayor „Minneapolis. Oe't . 1! he :It :1 clegl►atrh frau( Winnipeg s,at sl
and e•eun(•al"ors promised at once to e
1)c.. $1.01,.•; \1a�, $
`tl.11:► to 1.• I)r. arrc, formerly arpeal feer power to relieve thein _
and a truce was declared. Tract(- 0f.„; Net' 1 mare(. `(1.91 , No. 1 �)Itt.Ii, ttmerlof Kingston.
nos' medical ofiie't'1' for ill(`
calls' the sante thing has or. urreil Neert.lern, st1.o3'..: No. 2 Northern. Guggenheims in the Vtike►n, has
a1 Belfast et where a sur e number .ef
*it's, 10141.0:.; N1' .:3 Northern, rt- ached here en his, stray 'kerneon
K 'N;..e' t,, 1 . 1: soul 1' first patents. a !ix months' furlough. The com-
`shlhl,tllldet'And linen workers are _i 20 to R.►.Ill; scoot(' i►att'ttts. (43 (rally hat'' ai,olrt two thousand menunemployed. Their leaders threat-
ened, and the munieit,a1 :1110► .1i -
ties promised.
FUND FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
The British Government Is Prepared to
Provide for Them,
A despatch from London says : grapple with the permanent causes
The vers' serious platter of tate un- thereof until the next sr,:-i►,n. 'I'Ite
employed in England came up for Government, he said, w,ts prelim --
discussion in the House of Com- e.i to provide a fund of tr+i,5t)U,0(k)
rayons on !Wednesday afternoon, but tc help the unemployed and the Ad-
a larger dole of money than last rairalty was giving out orders for
year and the expediting of the the construction of nine torpedo -
naval shipbuilding programme were boat destroyers and five unartnored
the only expedients proposed by cruisers, to cost a total of 812,500, -
Premier Asquith in his unfolding 000, two Mouths earlier than origin -
of the Government's plan to meet filly had been intended. The Pre -
the situation. 'I'lie gravity of t.►ne ityier made also a hid for recruits,
case arising from the fact that (lint- sayiug that the War Office was
dreds of thousands are on the verge ready to take on •' 1,000 men for
of starvation through lack of work Winter training in the special ro-
ues fully recognized by the Pre- serves, These proposals quite fail
trier, but he said he could not un- tc meet. the demands of the Labor
dertuke, in the legislative field, to members of the House.
3 white, 74'-:c. Oats --Easier ; No. 3
white, 60 to 50%c; No. -I white, 48'::
to 49c. Barley ---Feed to malting,
59 to Gbc. stye -No. 2 on track,
80%c.
CAT'T'LE MARKET.
SNOW '1'1•:N i'1•:i'I' DEEP.
Same pines sit 1Vork on 'Iain Line.
of C. I'. R. and ('. N. R.
:1 de-spatch from Winnipeg says(:
The C. 1'. it. and C. N. R. train
Toronto Oct. 27. ---Tele hest load lines itt tits• west aro still snow-
' bound. In the vicinity of Medicine
of cattle on the market was one of Hat and Maple Creek the snow is
fairly good exporters' that sold at ten feet deep ire somo of the cute'
$4.50 per cwt. Selected butchers' and snow, plow's are at work clear-
cattic, $4.50 to t 1.G5 ; good loads, ins the tracks. The slur :u is now
$3.90 to 81.35 ; medium, $3.35 to £tibsidittg
$3.75; common, which were most
abundant, $2.50 to $3.25; choice
cows, $3 to $3.75; common cows,
$1.50 to $2.73 per cwt. The offer-
ings of canners were large and 75c
to $1 per cwt. was paid for the
bulk of thein. Prices for milcs A despatch from Ottawa says:
cows ranged from 825 to $70 each I The returns of the civic assessment
for common to choice cows. Export department for this year show that
ewes were quoted at $3:25 to $3.50 Ottawa's population has now pass -
per cwt ; bucks and culls sold at $2 cd the 80.000 mark. The popuia-
to $2.50, and lambs at $4 to 841.50 tion has increased by 4,0.2-1 during
per cwt. Hogs continued to sell at the past twelve months and is now
$6.25 per cwt. for selects. , 80,28.1.
O'I'TA %Y .1'$ 110111 1..1'1'I O N .
The Civic .t a essnteat Gives the Ca-
pital 30,1)103.
THE YEAR'S WHEAT CROP
The Prai rie Provinces Prod uced
95,818,000 Bushels.
A despatch front Ottawa says: The total u heat crop of Manito-
Ontario's wheat yield for this year, La is estimated at 51,7.13,000 bush -
according to reports received by the els, an average of17',1 bushels per
Agricultural Department cot -re- acre. Saskatchewan's wheat crop is
spondents in all parts of the Prov- placed at 35,910,000 bushels, an as -
ince, is estimated at 17,261.000 ()rage of 15 bushels per acre. Al -
bushels, an average of 21 bushels berta's wheat crop is estinnated al.
per acre. The oat crop is estimated 8.130,000 bushels, an average of 30
at 108,79.1,000 bushels, an average of bushels per acre. For oat crop the
35 bushels per acre. The barley estimated total yields are : Manito
crop, '21,570,000 bushels, an aver- ha, 50,267,00(1 bushels, or 38 per
age of '29 bushels per acre. The acre; Saskatchewan. 29,76::,000
hay and clover crop 5,329,000 tons, bushels, or 32 per acre; Alberta,
an average of 1'!; tons per acre. 23,451,000 bushels, or 49 per acre.
HE TICKLED D1•N.t MI'rl•;.
.1 Quarryman Instantly hi11e,1 Near
Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says :
Charles Demers, a quarry worker,
was kilted by a combination of tart• of the Provincial Board of
carelessness and an unexploded Health, said on Thursday night. that
blast on Thursday afternoon at St. there were sixty eases of smallpox
('onstattt, itt a quarry. The work- in the town of Edntundstun, N. 11.,
men at the quarry had drilled a and that. 25 houses are quarantined.
hole and placed a blast. They The disease, he says, is of a mild
fired the fuse and retired. but the tape, and he thinks the spread cam
uynansitc slid nut explode. After be preyl'nted. The only fe;,r is the
waiting a few minutes, the quarry- coming of cold weather. The only
glen became tired, and ))eniers, de- explanation of the source of the,
spite the warnings of his fellow- contagion is that it was brought.
workers. approaened the hold and its sten working on the Grand
started tickling it with an iron rod 'Terns l'aeifte• Railwayconstructie►n
te see what was wrong. The fuse
had gone wrong, hut the dynamite
was in good t rking order and ex-
ploded, hurling 1►e9nterS many feet
in the air. He was lard' picked tip
uneonseiousl With ly :i broken leg and
arra; and generalbadly InanKlc(i. A despatch from ituffalo says
He was token into St. Constant, Tile hods of a negro tvirss found in
where he died on 'f hur5ctay even a
f refight ear opened here on 'l'Iturs
ing without regaining colts •ie0115- day. Heath was dile tl, starvation
;less.
1:11(1 11111' t. The car was shipped
_ fret!' Pine Bluffs, Ark., on Oct. 2,
SM.11,1,1'OX IN 1';D41 N1).s•l'ON.
New lir•mitsnick Town JIaPl Sixty
Cases of Mild Type.
A dcspate•h from Fredericton, N.
1:.. says: 1)r. 1'.. 11. Fisher, Secre-
S I. 1 It 1 1:1) 'I'(1 111. 'I'II IN l'.t R.
11 its Stealing ;i mill(' and Car 11'i:s
Sealed Up.
and had been rebilled front St..
l.ottis, iio., hut was not opened at
at the latter place. In the car was
i• etnisigninent of goods from Prost
Je'nce, 11. I.
ENT OF THE YIIKON
is. $3.20: first (lears, *3.lstt 1.. $4 - t tnpleyell in the c icinity of hawser).
20: second clears, It2.90 to (41.. The teeth( itive•-1111Cnt of the ottgg,it-
ttran---Itt hulk. set7.50 to *1'e h Ines, in the country is said to he
Batiste.►, N. 1'., Oct. 27 - !Wheat to the r.e'ighborhmud of twelve mil-
Ouac'k---'eSo von prefer rile to i)r. --spring : Nee. t Xeerthe•rn, then ole►liar.;, and the amount is be-
ing liters; ell.
The e•utp►ttl of the rountrs fel- the
present ! easo t will be between one
end tee tnillItol du!lairs rheic • than
Pail?" Mrs. Mulligan -"Wecraluads, $1.05, s ; 11toler Ilan.
c'ade, (ieeete►r-, (tear ; y e''re a (tale Cern --Low er : Ne►. 3 3e.'ii:►a'. 79.;
''either than the other oitld hum- No. -1 telle►w, 74e: N.1. 3 corn. 77'._
hug." to 75c; t,`o./ coin, 76 to 77e; X.
i
1:►�� 4ease,rr, the' total fe the year
being over five lnilliuns. Next. year,
%then they machinery now being
placed is in operation, the output
e ill be ineress.•d to eight inillionss,
and later the total tett put will pro•
i►abi•y' be further increased tt► ten
millions per annum. The develop
ment work is being dune wholly by
large ('t►tllpallie't, the individual
miner icing rare. ('anal* and
(;it, -hes are being dug and dredges
built for the work rat' future years
There will be al►eeut feur ths,l►aian(t
people in Da% sun during the win-
ter.