Exeter Times, 1905-02-02, Page 3GRERT BRTTLE IN MANCNUflIA
Largest Engagement Since October Now
Being Fought on the Hun River.
IBA'V1'LI: GOING ()N.
A d.spatch front (inn. ICuroki's
I:caeley4tartcrs suss: A heavy and
cont n'ruus artillery roar bus been
!word to the we•stwar(1 all 'llrurs-
da;-. Apparently the largest en-
gagt.runt since October is being
fought. Reports received here are '
to the e`:ect that the Russian force
hen crossed the I11rn River on the
Jai'ar.ot3 left wing. A Jai,anese
force advanced aguinst the itussi-
aro, Booking an attack.
7`h.• fighting must leu attended
with great suffering from the cold.
A sue w -;torn lits an en Mtrrl gty, fol+
low; n;. a long period of remarkable
nnilt'nt •ss. The temperature is below
veto, ane the plains are covered
tvitlu sov'rul inches of snow. The
grout 41 is too halal for rapid
tr( n •)t: ug;. 7 hureday's move by the
Rios urns is tho first important one
since Oen ',Estelle/likens recent raid.
DISSA'1'1S1•'AC'TION ATMUKDEN.
A (.;patch from London says: Re-
ferring
o-ferring to a rumored mysterious dis-
tesL.r in M'atichuria, the St. Peters-
burg correspoiontut of the London
Express, in a dt411)atd1, moiled from
the frontier, says that a dis.iuieting
int rsaoo from (nett. Kouropatkin was
received at the %%ar Oillee, and lel
to a hurried coteneil of the war
party. it is known that Sem. Kou-
rop•;tkin's mow is short of food,
but the despatch iniicata5 events
of a ueueh greater character•.
'11e St. Petersburg correspondent
of the London 'I'elegrraph says: "A
most important piece of absolutely
ti nut worthy information remittal the
on Friday. (:en. Kouropatkin has
forwarded to the Ea peror a tele-
gram, settintl forth that his offensive
power is seriously hamporod by the
obstinate reluctance of the soldiers
from the i:urop,ean provinces of Rus-
sia to advance against the enemy.
Herein they differ vastly from the
Siberian and Cossack regiments,
which are full of dash. The Euro-
pean
o-
pean soldiers argue that Port Ar-
thus havins surrendered, there is
no object in continuing the war."
NEW .JAPANESE NAVY.
A despatch to the London Daily
Tel graph from 'Tokio says the Gov-
ernment will inunrodiateby begin the
bulldog- of a 19,000 -ten battleship
and twin-'pm•hups threo-•-arleo red
cruis •rs of 12,000 tans each. These
will he the first ships of this size
and class to be built in Japan. None
of their big guns will be less than
10 ineh. Many destroyers saki tor-
pedo boats will be added to the pro -
sent meaner. Negotiations were ro-
cent ty opened for the purchase of a
Chil;an cruiser. A navigeatittg crew
for this vessel has nlres ely left Ja-
pan. Fifteen submarine boats will
be [omitted this year. Ten have al-
ready- arrived, with American in -
sty net 01.11.
.10:011'S eoml►ineil (kit finished
°tee h.utl ing %Pedhrwday. 'throe crui-
sers tint several destroyers are now
in tin. it k hlrorhood of Borneo, comn-
tanu 'ed by Admiral Shiutntura, A
cruis, r feetis now going sxmt(11.
Ac'miral Togo is not well, and for
the prem ent mureins indoors. Ad-
?ar:rul linmimura will shortly go
,youth with the battleships.
'l quo.• firstclase cruisers are pn-
trob:n. 'Tmegaru `trait. and three
umt.rntored cruisers and the former
Chin. se Irattlrslrit•s (`hinven aro
goa' d nu the 1' us'hiuta Strait. A
de4''arntion of the hlocrude of l'la-
dtvostock is oxpect►od. it is now
ovld nt that the protected cruiser
ToI.asago hes been post, as her of-
ficers and crew are gazetted as
1111ed.
A ffth ar,nv, under command of
Gen. Iiakatnura is being orgartiaed.
The whole of (:on. Noel's army will
have joined fleld Mat: xtl Oyntna by
the col of January. All men tinder
4.) tears of ago in Japan are now
dtillin;. The calling out. of many
marc res. rvists snit conscripts 15
C1/1,1‘.1111)1014 ‘11. Japan is untoubted-
ly ranrr•'tt.rrttinit her vast resources
. for a decisive blow within the limits
of next Spring. Only a terminal of
the totes raptured nt Port Arthur
ar.' In n comtil iml to 1 n 11.41.1. Tho
snivels n: of tit.' warships there and
the referitdrttl of the forts have been
hcgrn. The Buseian destroyer
Rts-hiten'ne whteh the Japanese cul
out of ('h(doo harbor, is now being
rel'a r• d nt Sample.
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SLASHED BY A LUNATIC.
Insane Man Polled a Razor and
Cut His Attendants.
A '1'aronto des;'ntch mos. While
,tram ing it lunatic iron) the 1(onse
of 1 rwhietry t 4. 1110 ryueen Street
As'.1• Ill 011 N\'dn.'SlbnV evening 1'at-
rick Itil'v and John Webb, two hi-
ss
mats of the Rouse of industrt. Irn'I
-141n- narrow eseoee front death. JohnKn s'r. another of th.e inmates. went
vlolertly insane n few days ago,
an'' 4.s it wits noted that he would
hare the other bkuntes, it. was 410-
cl to remove hint to the nsylunt.
11' n'rl the ine't who ren)ut,e,l hint
1e!' in a can. and when they but
reecho.' the corner of queen :street
an.! ):vcli.i As' are Keiser crew a
ta'°r from his pooket and with two
Wert.; of his arta slashed his two
at•en.lents. inCIet ing n 6rvette'
eosin.' on the •trek of earn. cls the
rnn,, wsre in such ebns' pr►'.i4 itv to
en h at!'er, Knif"rr N►nl.l
lie; .)ret fill! play. nnel !blot f'•.• 1..•'•
of 1:11'v n,al 11eb1) wore snt.`II . t''•'t'
11101 Itlnn:nerl L•nm the rule. h' . ie
. 1,, ,,r,.„ 1v. n011 ..,, ...,, .
C(ort;t, 1). I'etci's drag store. 44
corner of Queen and Euclid. After
being attrndetl by Dr. Watson, the
injured mon a •ere removed in the
annlulance to tit. Michael's Hospi-
tal. Riley was injured inure se-
verely than Weld. IIis wound. luck-
ily. is trot dire, the tenor having
streck hint slentingly. %Vobb's ear
was severely cut, but he was allowed
to return to the (louse of 1tz.lustry.
(',astable Steinman took charge
of Kaiser. and removed him to rho
won't') without further mishap.
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IN JAIL FOR DEBT.
Quebec Indian Immured Year and
a Half.
A Montreal despatch says: Because
therm is not any law in the Pro-
vince of Quebec 'stipulating how long
a man is to stay in jail for dc111,
Ignace Kentuttosse, ono of the Iro-
yllofs tribe, 11115 been locked hip, in
the county jail at. Ste Scholastihuo
since June 16, 1903. The sum that
Kcnnatosse would have to pay to
;coram. his liberty is $10, and he
became responsible for it in a pe-
culiar way. Itis brother, Joseph
Kennatosse, chief of the tribe, was
condemned in the civil courts to
pay P. Brisbols $10 for stealing
timber from his limits, and when
Chief Kcmgatosse disappeared, his
brother, lgnaco Keinlatosse. was
appointed guanlian, and while act-
ing in this capacity ho allowed all
the goods and chattels to be taken
from the house. The guardian was
then held rteponsfhlo for the amount
of the jtensittont, 4114(1 011 his refusing
to pay it, was put into jail. Ile
hall steadily refused to
pay
the
amount and the close confinement
hep almost caused him to lose his
reason.
MARTIN MUST HANG.
For the Murder of His Ten
Months' Old Child.
A 'l'oronto despatch says: Alexan-
der 'Martin was on Wennesday morn-
ing sentenced by Chief Justice Pal-
coutbrk! et to be hung -est on Friday
March 19th, for the murder of his
ten mouths old Child, by striking it
on the hoed and throwing it into
the lake at Coatsworth's Cut on
August 3rl last. His Lordship was
very nruoh affected when imposing
tl'e sentence, and broke down before
the final words hnd been spoken.
The prisoner bore the ordeal well,
but also gave way to tears at tho
last.
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A HUMAN PATCHWORK.
W. Finlayson, Sample Citizen of
Port Simpson.
A despatch from Vancouver, B.C..
says: -W. Finlayson of Port Simp-
son is able to boast that he has on
him a piece of the skin of nearly!
every resident of the corning I'acitic
termini; of the (:rand Trunk Pacific
Railway. Finlayson carne down from
the north (111 'Tuesday night, being
convalescent after the launch explo-
sion in which one ratan was WINO ho
being frightfully scalded. '1'o save
his life he had to have :175 nieces
of skin grafted on hits. At. first the
male residents of fort Simpson were
backward in giving up pieces of their
epit'crinis, but the ladies came gal-
lantly forward and endured the pain
inseparable from the sacrifice on in-
tegument. Of course all the earn
quickly followed stilt until prac(k'al-
ly every while resident had contri-
buted to this unique piece of living
patchwork. Finlayson Is 011 his
way east to his sister, Mrs. E. St.
Laurent, of Saskatoon, at whoso
home ho will recuperate after his
marvellous experience.
FLOCKING TO (ITIES.
An Alarming State of Affairs in
England.
A despatch from Ottawa save -
Lord Stratlic'ona has notified the Do-
partment of Agriculture that an ex-
hibition of cheap cottages is being
held at Letchworth, i•:nglan• I, from
July to September next. The official
circular announcing the fact stats
that there is an alarming tendency
towards depopulation in the rural
districts of 1:nglana. One of the rea-
sons for this Is the fact thatwhen
old cottages fall Into decay new
mew are not built to take their
platter. A committee of prominent
men have got together, In the hope
of finding a reties's.. and the exhibi-
tion is being held In the hope of 50-
lcting; types of cheap dwelling(;
that will suit the elwellers in rural
parts. Prizes are offered in the com-
petition, and Canadians are invitevl
to compete. The Department of Ag-
riculture tiill furnish particulars on
apt.'
JUD'PED FROW T;JAIN
Prisoner Slips Handcufrs end Es-
cap'es Front Constable.
•% di spat, h from grandam, M1an..
Boys: -1n spite of Cie fret that he
a 'aa handcuffed to a constable of the
11.N.-%W.I'., James fetter, just t(e,.-
tenred to two sears In the peniten-
tiary for breaking into the I'ost-
office at Olds. N.W.'1',, aryl stealing
$ltgl) worth t.( string's. meet.. a suc-
ce-sful break for 111 ••u-1 v on (4,s!n. s -
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
IMPORTS TO : ANADA.
Mr. Dane' was informINed by Mr.
i'nterson that the value of imports
1.. Canada during the fiscal soar
11:02-3 was $37,4111,505, aunt for the
yet r 1903-1. $14.765,253.
TRi:N'I' \'ALLEY CANAL.
Col. Ward was informed by Mr.
1•:11 ttt.•rsc.0 that surveys were being
made of the Trent \'alley (-'anal
rout' for exut . by way of l'ort
he•pe. ('o3,ourg and Trenton.
MOTIONS CAItItII•:D.
Mr. Monk moved for corre»porel-
(lee let%ven the Montreal Ilttrbor
Mord ane the 'Department of 'life-
line and Fisheries In regent to the
erection of permanent sheds on the
wharfs. ife said that difficulties
had existed for many years, milking
th.• improvements on the hn'Rior stib-
Irct to costly delay. Thn motion
was carried.
&ft. Poster moved for correspond-
ence in reference to the transport of
hey during 1901, from Ontario or
Quebec to points on the Tnterroloni-
al. 'Phe motion was carriod.
Mr foster moved for enders-in-
('uurc'l. etc., recommending the
sale of Cover/inte'ntlands in the
North-West Territorles during 1003
and 1901. The 'notion was carried.
UNII'OHIIITY IN PACII1.N(1.
?Jr. Fisher will 'Hove a resolution
in favor of amending the Act re-
spectir►g the packing and sale of cor-
tair cou•hdeielities. All apples for
export put up In boxes on the pas -
seer of the Act, will have to bo
pnckv.l in boxes of teniform sire, 10
inches deep. 11 inches wide. and 20
inches long. and having a capacity
of approximately 2,2(10 cubic inches.
'this provision, however, will not
apply when apples in boxes are
placed in trays or otters,
CANADiAN MUNICiPALiTIE.S.
The first of a series of petitions
(10111 ('anadian municipalities .has
reathod Parliament, and they will
forthe
next
d1)
rr' sten
1. co uh In
� Y
g
few w(o\s nt the instance of the
Union of ('anadian Municipalities.
The petitions ask P.:rliarnent to
pass an 'Act amending all charters
grant to telephone companies so
as to declare that tho poles of su'h
companies shall not be erected or
conduits constructed on any road or
1. a the
' nlily with t
street in a municipality
consent of the Council of !(itch Muni-
cipality, and upon Ruth terns es
the Municipal Council may approve.
I':SQUIMAE.T NAVAL. STATION.
Mr. Sloven was informal by Sir
Wilfrid that. the Government. had no
information to the effect that. the
In1perial anthorit ies proposed to
abandon Fsguinlnit as a naval ;ta-
bun,.
IfAltCONI TELi:GRAI'11.
Mr. Lefurgey was informed by
Sir Wilfrid that the Government
paid $1,0(0 each for the 1nstIallntion
of the Marconi telegraph systtrns on
the Government, boats. Stanley and
Stint 0. The Werk thus far hall been
very successful,
ACT DISALLOWED.
air. Smith (Nanuit no) was in-
formed thnt an Act passed by the
Ili -Molt Columbia Legislature at its
last session. to regulate the immi-
gration into British Colutnhia laud
bee n found ultra riles. Iv•rnnse it in-
terfered with Dominion policy. It
hen been disallowed.
O1.:O1WGiAN IIAY CANAL.
-lir. ltrabazon was informed by
Sir Wilfrid that there were ten sur-
t...v battie5 engaged upon the pro-
(euned M0111 rinI. Ottawa, 4111(1 Geor-
ges!. Illy ('anal. 'the first nine had
bevy') work on Oct. 27 last. and
the other one early in the prcrrnt
month. Each consisted of sixteen
men, ant it was expected that their
work would lastfor one year.
NO Itlilt:%L `bAll, DELIVERY.
Sir William Matlock tell Mr. Fos-
ter that. his investigations had per-
suaded hint that a rural postal de-
livery system) should not he intro-
duced in Canada at present. lie
hn•l found that the system in the
United States was very burdensome.
its cost was increasing with great
rapidity. cued even yet they had not
rrnchdsl the fringe of a satisfactory
syr tem.
Mir. Foster agreed that Sir Willi -
MICR view was a %•Ise one.
INDIAN SCiEOOi S.
Sir 10.1Crid Laurier, In reply to
Mr. Foster, said that the indicut
schools hii',I not lurid very hopeful re-
sults ionto slight, but very slow,
silvan.'; were (Ming made. but in
Quebes the i ehans still kopt. to their
old milia;;, limiting, hunting. and
manufacturing baskets, etc. Speak-
ing generally. rally. he did not think that
they had Rucreede:l to nay great
extent in 11rbr ing rpm rod mon up
to th • stilt:nerd of white men.
l'NIUM'VI 1C Till,':'.
1n eamtection with the disriession
o: the post -office estimates, Sir Wil -
line, Maulnae said it was }nten41(81 to
instal it pneumatic tube system at
Toronto and Montreal. At Toronto
there would be a lube from the mil -
way Million to the main post-clfllce.
...el another from the post -ileo to
the branch nt Pnrkdaie. At Mont-
reea' it was intended to erect n (ves-
tal station near the Botravrnture
:iIat.lon, fro:n Which null mutter
email be transmitted by tube to the
• ,,.•t -0411(e. 'rite tube systrtn west
-.1 ecte•1 to cost 1455,0i0.
•
"('Inrn," Bald her mother. severely,
•' .1 T see Mr. Spoodle holding your
bort Inst nt,ht?" "Yes; but he
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Toronto, Jan. 3L -No. 2 white
awl red %%Inter quoted at $1.04 to
51.05 at outside points. No. 2
goose gilotcd at 87 to 88c east, anal
No. 2 Spricig at 93c cast. Manitoba
wheat is steady. No. 1. Northern
selling at 51.09; No. 2 Northern at
5L05, and No. 3 Northern at 99c,
Georgian Bay ports. Grinding in
transit prices aro 6c uln>tve thoso
quoted.
Outs, -No. 2 white quoted at 341
to 35c west, and at 35 to :salc low
f e.ghts. No. 1 white is steady at
:t51 to :w,,c east.
1it.rley--No. 2 quoted at 46c 'i-
dle freights; No. 3, 14c and No. 4
at 42c middle freights.
l'oas The market is doll, with
dealers quoting 66 to 67c at out-
side points.
('arts -The market is unchanged,
with Canadian quoted at 41 to 411c
west; New American No. 3 yellow,
511e on track, 'Toronto, atoll No. 3
mixed at 51c, Toronto. -
Itycs-'\The market is unchnnged at
75 to 70c at outside points.
Buckwheat -The market is quiet
and firms, with No. 2 quoted at '2c
nigh freights, and at 53c low
freights.
flour -Nicety per cent. patents
are quoted at 11.30 to $4.45 in
buyers' sacks, east or west; straight
re•llers of special brands, for domes -
tie trade, in bbl;., $4.85 to 55.
Manitoba !lours are furan. No. 1
potents, $5.60 to 55.70; No. 2 pat-
ents, 55.30 to $5.40, anti strong
iral:ets , $5,10 to 55.30 on track 'To-
ronto.
.Millteerl•-At outside points bran is
quoted at 514 to 514.50. and shorts
at 516 to 5(0.50. Manitoba bran,
in sacks 518, mitt shorts at $20.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples• -The market is firm for
choice stock, at 52 to 52.50 per
bl,l• cooking
apples, 51.25 to
5
l.v
O
Itcnvhs-Trade is fair, and prices
unchanged with prime quoted at 51.-
401 to 51.1.5, and hand-picked at
51.50 to 51.55.
Bops• -The market is utiehnnned at
83 to 35c, according to totality.
lionest-The market is quiet at
7nj to 8c per It, Comb hot.ey, 51.-
7. n
7.,r
to 8
2 per doc .
Iinye-Cur lots of No. 1 timothy
are quoted at 58 to $8.50 on trade
here, and No. 2 at 56.50 to $7.
Straw -Car lots arc (tooted nt 56
to 56.2.5 Ott track, 'Toronto.
Potatoes --Car lots are quoted nt
65 to 75c per bag on track; job-
bing lots are 80 to 90e.
Poultry -Spring chickens, 10 to
llc per lb.; hens, 7 to 8c; ducks, 12
to 18c per th,: geese, 10 to 11c per
11.. t.,trl:c•vs, dry picked, 1:3 to 1.1c
per 11..; rte, scalded, 10 to 1lc per
1t,
'I'lll; DAIRY MAltlil•1'S.
Butter -Finest 1-11. rolls, 18 to
19c: ordinary to choice largo rolls,
1(1 to 17c; pow to medium (trades,
11 to 16c; creamery prints, 231 to
25c: solids, 21 to 221c.
Eggs -Case lots of fresh are (riot-
ed at 22c per (ler/.Cul, atop limed at
lend
('heeso-'Tho market is unchanged,
with et moderate denoted; largo.
cheese. 11 to 111c, ane twins at
111 to 111c per M.
110(: PRODUCTS.
Car lots are quoted at 50.50 to
54.75. Bacon, long clear, 8 to Htc
per lb. in case lots; mess pork, 514
to 51.1,50; do short cut, 517 to
`'rtn)'.e11 al(ats--Imes, light to
nosh llll , 12 to 121c: (10 heavy, 111
10 12e: rolls, 91c; shoulders, 8t to
9c• lacks. l 1t
, 111c.
htauk(ust b
ur
con.
121c.
1 nr(I-Pierces, 71c; tubs, 71c;
Innis, 8e.
BI SINIaS AT MON'T'REAL.
M..n'r.'nl, .pan, 31, -Nu. 2 oat»,
More, in car lots, at 431c, anti No.
8 at 121c to 43c. Flour -Manitoba
Patents. 55.80, and strong; beakers,
55.50; high (rutariu bleelnhtel pxitents,
55.75 to 25.80 in wood, choice 90
per cent, patents, $5.50 to 55M0 in
wood, and 25c• per barrel lees in
shippers' new bags; straight rollers,
52.50 to 52.55, and 25 to 50c extra
in wood. itolled oats -52.05 to 52.-
07 p'er beg of 90 lbs., $ 1.30 to
51.1.5 in harlots. Torek- 1'ntario
bran. in bulk 517 to 517.541; shorts,
$111 to 520, Manitoba bran, in hags.
517 to 518: shorts, $21. iBeans i-
( 11.1 e prime. 81.10 to 51.15 per
bushel. $1.35 to 51.371 In car lots.
Prot isione ileav Cantonal' short
cut pork. 510.50 to 517,50; light
short cut.. 516.50 to $17; American
char cult fat backs, t'20: compound
lard. 61 to 7c; ('anadian lard, lit
to 71C: kettle rendered, 81 to 91c;
hums. 12 to 13c; bacon, 12 to 13c;
flesl, killed nhattuir, 57.50; henry
fit FOgr, 51.75 to 55: Mixed lots.
$5 to $5.1:.. select, $5.23 to 5:5.51)
oil cars: country dressed. $6 to 56.-
75. Che, se -Ontario Fall white.
10; to 101e; colored. 101 to 101c;
Quehe', 11) to 101c. liutt.rn-1'intest
orndee, 21 l to 211c; ordinary finest,
26 to 21c: medium grades, 191 to
)0; c, Weste41) deal,}, 171 to 171c.
inn ;o-Strtight cold storage stook,
1'1 to 20c; No. 2. 161 to 171e;
Montreal limed 19r.+
LiVE: STOCK }t.%itK1.71'8.
The demand was brisk for butch-
ers' cattle to -day, and light receipts
dna- (rent the e,e.1 1u,.i. d nein W.'S '+honing me how he Raw Rome t i '
arced Yahoo' up severeI pu els above
the P.1'.!!.. lotto ;•n C.11-44.1.1 ,. , i'eoi'le walking.along the other the levels of only a few IIs bring-
% t •''.•o. ife w 4••1 ii.; i.••,% g o• , night." ing as high as 54.50, Mn)bee 414)'1
()lenge to Stoney Wfo:o4lni•+, tool "I have known Metter days, Indy," Wikon sul.l a i''.ed lot of slol,rt nt
54.60. Pond caws were acar('e, anti
sold freely.
Although barely 854) sh. ep were
hroraght forward, the demand was so)
11 .• en sea1s• had taken the prernu- began Faded .Tanta. "Yes. it's a
ti.,. to I' r,.1 - 1 the p is met to hien- wretched morning." replied the farm-
e•I '414•• 4•,, i seine fell 1s1.4p (14141 er's wife: "1)111 1'vo trot no time to
•r ••• e ..I the k'y, untocler1 diseu..R the weather with you, 11011 as
' • • m .f 4.uu;; 111.m,elf on ft fee' And she shut the door nerd light as to result in a fat ing away
.:„• c' ,.4 'loft hilts. of about 25c in export ewes and tic
FAMINE IN CITY OF TERROR
Drnnk With Vodka, People May Commit
Sanguinary Outrages.
111011-IIANDI:U OPPRESSION.
The Paris correspondent of The
London 'lime's mitotic -It is devoutly
to bo hoj)od that the rumors of a
probable extension of the Russian
revolutionary movenu)11t ' . 11. sstun
Poland may not i. veriued. Every-
body knows how order ryas restorwl
in Warsaw fn 1803 by MurutiefT. A
renewal of his methods would be cer-
tain, but something worse might oc-
cur. 'Those correspondents who ought
to be acquainted with the situation
apprehend that an insurrectionary
outbreak in Rus: is Poland )night
;preen to German Poland, %there tho
high-handed oppression of tho Prus-
sian authorities hus produced wide-
spread discontent.
Let not rho experience of eighteen
hundred and forty-eight in Hungary
be forgotten by the Poles both of
itis-iu and l'russiu. Lot then) bear
in
11111111 tho intervention of Russia,
which crushed the revolution: of the
Magyars. The Enmperor Francis
Joseph once told a friend of 111111)
that Russian intervention had beet,
uninvited, that Is, that he had not
applied for it. That only makes tho
platter more serious, fur what tho
Czar did to quell the revolutionary
movement on his frot,ti•rrs might to -
ay ,be repeated by the Emperor Wil-
lintnd
MO1t1: iIORIROIRS EXPECTED. •
'I'o judge by the messc►r. s 4! the
French correspondents, under the ex-
isting conditions of life St. Peters-
burg is not worth living in. In ad-
dition to the horrors of the streets,
there, in beginning to he a scarcity
of food and other necessaries. Ac-
cording to nue correspondent, petro-
leum and sugar cannot now bo
r
11 •5 corres-
pondent,
"Famine," says n corres
a
6 J
d mt apprehended at no re-
mote
o-
you ( "is app
mote date. 'then the people, Intoxi-
cated with vodka, will indulge in tho
most sanguinary massacres." 'into
sanmo correspondent re;'orts that ar-
tillery wax used .on Tuesday against
a column of several thousands of
strikers who wanted to enter tho
town. Iie y (%,mall • contradicts the
Russian official version of the killed
and wounded, and says they already
exceed 5,000.
PEOI'l.E Alti•: NOT COWED.
Summarizing the s .uatlon in Rus-
sia at the present moment. Tho Lou-
don Daily Mail says: -"Though the
violent methods of the Grand Duke
Vladimir have for the moment pro-
duce:) an outward sumissiveness
among the St; I'lete:shun„ vvrkurs,
they have not terrified the intellec-
tual section of the Russian commun-
i'y, and Wednesday's news is im-
portant for the vigorous protests
addressed to the Russian Govern-
ment by 1arious societies, editors
and noanpaper proprietors, led by,
M. Suvoriu of The Novoo \'reyma,
talo have denouncc:I the ):ring by
atoned) soldiery upon unarm"• I 1019-
tlan subjects and practirolly do -
mantled a national assembly.
Tho Economic Society, which re-
presents all there is of enlightment
in the Russian capital, demands a
representative es -entity. The %oar
ntvo or Provincial ,%scally of Sim-
birsk, a large province. 11.15 scath-
ingly indicted the policy of the bur-
eaucrats. The revolution thus has
not been killed by whirs of grape-
shot, and the reformers are more in-
sistentthen ever.
In Moscow troops have fired upon
workers, while at Saratoff and hovel
fresh disturbances are reported.
1103111' V. lil'Lr,E'TS.
A d. spatch from Berlin says: -Tho
Frankfurter nndtt;ne prints details of
the riots atLads, Russian I
let,
rumors of which have been current
for a (lay or two. The paper says
that the town hat been in et state
of revelation for a week, and that
many persons 1441to been kiliwl in the
fighting, while others have lost their
lives by the explosion of bombs.
Lodi is the chief manufacturing con-
tro'of Russian Poland. 11 contains
30,000 mill operatives.
A Socialist agitator, who was or-
ganizing a strike was shot and Lilted
in tho street lust week by the police.
although he was alone and could
have been easily arrestc.l. The Exe-
cutive ('ontutittee of tho Socialiats
thereupon centered and adopted a
resolution to wreak summary ven-
geance upon the authorities. As a
sequel 27 bomb outrages occurred,
including the wrecking of the prison
and the ruining of a number of vod-
ka taverns, which are State proper-
ty. Afterwards the polio) bureau
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
THE GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From Gu Ova
and Other Countries of Re-
cent Events.
CANADA.
Japanese labor may be introduced
into .ltlin hydraulic wines in Brit-
ish Columbia.
The %%incisor Hotel Company have
given a thousand dollar); to the
Montreal Isolation hospital.
A largo influx of laborers is ex-
pected into l'aun.'a in the spring,
toting to the belief prevalent in
Europe that they sill be articled on
the Grand Trunk Pacific.
The Dominion has provided 5100,-
000 for the establishment of a Mar-
coni %tireless telegraph service on
Vancouver Islam'. When this is
ready the Empress liners will carry
u wireless apparatus on board.
GI(F..%'l' Bit
London wholesale men have com-
bined to boycott Canadian canned
goods.
English importers complain that
('anadian goods received are not up
wan attacked. The police made surto sample.
-
ties and dispersed the attacker... w'10 Soreuty dight 1lfinisleriul members
of the
British Parliament
have an
-throw bombs, killing and mutilatingnorg r their intention of retiring.many. Bombs wore afterwards ons1he Daily Telegraph Shilling Fund11,Jelagi1n�t the town FulI, m ui-
Counitteo will spend 5:10,000 In
sending poor London families to
Canada, �-
UN ITED STATES.
Fred. McWW'aters, hating but 0418
leg, entered tl:e burning Waldo an-
nox building at. Chicago on 'Tuesday
and sated Benjamin (tody from
death.
Alter an operation which followed
the coughing tip of a pin swallowed
copal offices, and barracks, all of
which were badly wrecked,
'\'hero was desperate fighting be-
tween the police and the revolution-
ists for four s'tccessive dos. The
deaths aro estimated at a large fig-
ure.
FROM BED TO PRISON.
A despatch from St. Petersburg
says:--Ahilo outwardly the capital is
resuming its normal appearance, the twenty years ago, hurry I. liealey
shops reopening, the newspapers re-
appearing, and the troops partly
vanishing front the streets, there is
quietly going on a stern repression
of the revolution by wholesale ar- 1 - p •p g s
rests. Gen. Trepoff's agents, work- to bo called commercial attaches,
ing at night, raid the homes of thoso who shall sisit the different court_
r marked d down in tri • k
%rhos% names are n a a us and make a study of industrial
the Governor -General's bureau, and conditions, With a view to suggest -
seize the occupants even from their ing ,nio(liticatiuns and changes in tho
beds. It is believed that some five existing plans of United States for -
thousand persons have been thus cigtn commerce.
After snaking a record trip around
the world to lied a destroyer of the
codlin Wroth, which has damaged
millions of dollars worth of fruit in
is dead at his home in N41sh,•ua, N,11.
The ojeration (ailed to quiet the
cough.
I'resi lent Roosevelt recommends
the a ointment of six s ectal n cat
transferred to prison, a large num-
ber being of the professional clans.
Moro than 150 of them aro women,
many of then) ladies of refinement
% surprised in(.
' n %h were su r the 1 alt 5tutea or Com r'
and education, o I1 ed a ge pe c,
their beds. They were compelled to entomologist fors West Australia,
dress forthwith and accompany the and agent for the Cotnmissioner of
officers, a hundred of the prisoners! California, said that as the result of •
are lawyers, who were instantly a year's search he had found in .
started for Siberia without the pre- Spain a wasp which is a parasite for •
the codlin moth. Specimens have
bccn sent to California.
FEEDING BEEF ANIMALS.
tense of a trial. It may bo assum-
ed that tlieso wholesale seizures are
not only for the object of intimidat-
ing the people, but also, it neces-
sary to furnish the Government with
hostages itt future contingencies,
!n1inietor of the interior Sl'iatopolk-
mirsky has 'Fi)iiiised A !i dog;-•atlon of
editors who culled upon hint that ho
will investigate the arrest of several
prominent writers who are now con-
fined in the St. 1'eter and St. Paul
fortress and secure their release as
soon as possible.
STRIKE SPREADING.
In the meanwhile the strike Is
spreading to other industrial centres.
At Libra, a town and seaport of
Russia on the Baltic Sen, with u
population of about 30,000, the
workmen were compelled to leave
the factories and mills by the more
militant faction of the strikers. 'Tho
tcbgrnph linea were damaged.
A strike has also begun at the wire
works. .lien singing songs and blow-
ing trumpets went from factory to
factory calling out the workers.
Some of the mills are still working.
A gendarme Was shot dead on
Thursday while in the act of wrest-
ing n flag front a striker.
At Sendoff all the printers have
str::c'c. '1'b10 employes of the Masan -
Ural Railroadhave joi
nc'in the
movement. '!'hero has been no riot-
ing thus far.
in Iambs. 'II:e quality was fairly
Knott.
The tnarket for mach cows was
bloc►dy at 530 lo 554) each.
Exporters were quiet at 51.25 to
55 pier cwt.
The, ((Mooing quotations a ('r a pre-
valent'
ro-valent for butchers' cattle: -Select
butchers', 51.25 to tolne geed but-
chers', leads of, 53.50 to $1.241; fair
to Food, 5:L211 to 5:3.511; cows, $2.-
50 to $:3.121; common to Tough,
$1.25 to *2.
Stockers and ((oder- ve..c quoted
nominally as folIuws:-l",'o'lers, short -
keeps, 1,200 to 1,275 pis $:3.50 to
$4; storker.i, 600 to 800 lbs., 52.25
to 52.7n; stockers, 400 to 6011) lbs.,
51.141 to 52.
The price of sheep and lambs were
as follovs:-Export ewes, $1.25 to
$1.50; export bucks, tl:1.25 to $3.-
75 per cwt.; cull sheep. 52 to 53
each: lambs, 1:..2:, to $6.:35 per cwt.
Calves sold at 3 to 5tc per 11,, an i
52 to 510 each.
Hogs were .rm•hnneed nt t:,.:10 for
selects, 100 to 204; i:,s, of prime
bacon quality, off caws. 'Toronto; 55.-
05 far (,115 and 11v,hts.
TO SPEND FOUR r'TiLLIONS
C. P. R. Contemplate Great Int-
rrovements in West.
A Mom real th spat(h sass: --31r.
William Whyte, of the Cort1., re•
tur11011 to %%milli 'g on 'I'hursciny
night. after living, in emir.•renre for•
some tinge aIth the pre -Vent. Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy. nu the ques-
tion of nl);,ropr'nli.o:. .•r improve-
ments en the s; stem (!mete f the ront-
in•, year. it bus le.•n prneticulty
4:e. filed to (hullle trios the line from
Fort nil ism to %'.i .. •r, lett tit.
•)werdine e1 11•1. ., . • 11 •,..t 1
enno'mrn.l until \1. 11 to t'o's return
t0 tree is e,. 11. h.., ul'•eadr been re-
port/lel that i'4 1 y 11141/015 will he
given the rontrn(1 for C 1:: In•por (ow
Wo -k, hitt the tenor( is ,t,t ,f!1i 14th
• tr .t rued.
Some four usiUi •4. d (Isis will I.
expended in betterment to thud sys-
tem, including 500) miles of new
track of standard rails from Mon-
treal to Winnipeg, with easier grade -
menta, etc. A number of new stn-
tiens will also be erected, including
one at Revelstoke. It is understood
that a good portion of the rails
wooled fur the improvement will be
secured at the "Son."
.•••••••.-....m.101.••••••••••••••••••
••• -*
CANADA'S RAIEWAYS.
Statistics Show 500 Additional
Miles Laid.
.in Ottawa despatch says: 'The
Railway Department Inas completed
th • compilation of rail 44'Oy 4tatistics
tip to .Irene 60, 11101. The mileage
of ;teem railtny-s in ('anucla on the
thole was 111,611, e-crnlpared with 19,-
077 for 1903, or an increase of
to. r 500 stilts. •
'1ho paid-up capital, including Pee
minion, provincial, and n:rtu,icipal
subsidies, was $1,18fe,511:,1)18, com-
pered with 51,110,55(,709 in 1903,
or an increase of nearly 54 ,000,t►00.
The gross enrntrtgs were 100.219,-
4341, Rn increase of 51,154,009;
w. ,kin,, expenditure, 571,:503,102
nn iner'nse of $7,0)I,638.
The n't turnings were 525,056.•
27'1, R de. ren%c of 52,9'20,729 over
1901.
'11'ere were 25.040.705 pinst1t4.11r;rs•s
cut tied, nn dnrrense of 1,492,02:3:
feel; ht. 18,097,519 Sores, an increase
of 721.1112 Inns.
Twenty -Slee pass. 'Kers were killed.
n4 c.ttupnre•1 with 53 In 1003
lb- recent ro1.1 snap in Europe has
. r. reed n lot e,f dnnAge on tt a Itiv-
e r .1 And 1 hr surroun(1i')tl neighh -7.
11 o '
1+14 X is retrench' g in many
treys. I'i roliteet, Is en',' 44 in the
.Wl)'!01'41 PRlare as 1 b t'nt.el,er of�
etnl•lnye% has been n e la. e.1.
Prof. Grisdale Tells the Best Age
For Economical Gains.
riefore you begin to iced, select thin --
best possible altimlabs,.sald Prof. .1.
11. (irisdale of the Central Experi-
mental Farm, at the Maritime %Win-
ter• Fair. On tho platform with hint
were two animal:, one a six year old
ox, the other a yearling steer.
First, Intik nt the steers Ince-wo
want a broad fatten not too long,
with n mild large eye, -a largo uiuz-
iia. Ml good (ceding steers have
short thick necks. Wo want a steer
with a good constitution, for he
must digest Targe quantities of food
to remake a rapid growth. To secure
constitution an abundance of heart
roost is esti-rutin, sl:own by his
thickness and depth. This also
gives room for the organs of diges-
tion behind the heart and lungs.
Ile compared the conformation of
the two animals beside I:rn, tho
large ox with a sharp shoulder and
high back, the yearling tenth great
width of shoulders, top and back,
dila fulness of 10111.
The development of the hind quar-
ters should also show length and
epth and width -a straight and not.
rounding !tutu.
'1ho fhick, low ctsitrr will fl r
sh
much more cheaply
than the rangy
steer. From one year to two and
a half years is the ideal age for
feeding fur beef. The relative cost of
a poantl of gain is as (allots: --
from birth to (1 months... 2c per II).
6 months to 1 year ric "
1 yt'ar to 2 years 8c "
`l years to 3 years 17c "
'llu•re is something in the young
animal that enables it to make bet-
ter use of its toad than when it '
gets older.
We find it pays to put feeding ani -
reals in a loose but --of course they
must be of 61it•ly unit rnn sties -8 to
.1 In a box is enough; 1041 theta well,
and keep them comfortable; keep the
stall well ventilated. Under poor
ventilation a bunch of steers gained
only 1 III. per clay, while another
tot gained 21 lbs. tt ith exactly the
mine feed and rare, but good ...ioda-
tion.
eatna-
tion.
%%hen putting ape steers in lite fall,
feed lots of succulent food, and all
the roughage you can economically
get thenu•lo eat. (lite every steer
as rna.4y turnips ns he wants. with
four or five pounds straw, and ns
much hay. %%e11 cured clover is the
host bay. After four to six %%mks,
Regie the meal. Start with ono
pound per clay; increase this quan-
tity gradua.:ye flats, barley and -
i,et,s m15(44 are n good ration. If
you hate to buy, get 84)1►to food
am -dye's.
Ilrnn ren often l e gut at a low
price in summer. Gluten is one of
our hest foods. The Edwardshurg
Starch Co., of Montreal, has given
ale ae honest gluten meal almost
equal to oil tnetl. 1t is quoted
toelay- at 525 per ton on track at
Ottawa.
A aide ant don rnn 1e fell nt the
start of the 10'('.ing period with pro-
f.t, but it must get narrower as the
feodln4 Ieri01 o(11 nnces.
He urged all who were rnterestetl
in lend raising to nttend the Short
Course atthe new Agricultural Col-
lege nt 'i'rurn, arid discuss with the
experts who 140011) be (hero the
very hest practices, as found by
actual exile f•11ce,
•