Exeter Times, 1907-03-07, Page 6ME AND FISHE
mportant New Bill Introduced By
the Government.
Tho Govcrnrnent'u r,ew measure re'-
$foaling gartte end fisheries was intro-
ducee in the Ontario Legislature an
M'ednesduy a'cr•noon by iron. Dr.
ilcatene. It lakes the place of the On-
tario garno protection act and the On-
tario fisheries set and all amendments
tc them. Inspectors of game and fish-
J(s not exc. eting three in number are
to be appoint d to see That the wardens
and overseers carry out their duties
properly.
Among the mo;t Important change's,
are the enactment of the following close
*suers to supersede These now exist-
lug:—Deer, moose, reindeer, caribou,
Nov. 21 to Oct. 19, both days Inclusive;
grou-o, pheasants, prairie fowl, part-
ridge, woodcock, black and grey squir-
rels, bctvee►t Dec. 15 and Sept. 15;
quail or wild turkeys, between Dec. 1
and Nov. 1; swans or geese, between
May 1 and Sept. 1; duck, of all kinds
or any other water fowl, between Dec.
a! and Sept. 1; snipe, rail, plover or
any other birds known as shore birds
or waders, between December 15 and
$eptenmber 1; capercailzte, between
Dec. 15 int S'pt. 15, but for the pre-
sent these birds are protected by an
alt,tho-year-round close season lasting
until 1909; hares, between Dec. 31 and
Oct. 1. The present law respecting
TWO NEW DREADNOUGHT'S.
Or Three if the Vague Conference Does
Not Forbid.
A despatch from London says: A state-
ment of the naval estimates for 1907-8,
presented to Parliament on Thursday
night, introduces quite a novel feature,
for it makes the construction of battle-
. ships during tho coming year depend-
ent in a measure upon the defence
reached at the next peace conference
held at The Hague. This new construe -
tent. estimated al $40,500,000, against
$46,173,000 for 1906-7, Lord Tweedmouth,
First Lord of the Admiralty, says, will
include two, or unless an understand-
ing between the naval powers 1s reach-
C.i at Tito Hague conference, three !ergo
1trmorcd vessels of the Dreadnought
type. One fast unarmored cruiser, five
torpedo-boat destroyers, twelve torpedo
boats and twelve submarines also are
provided tor. On April 1 there will be
Under construction five battleships, sev-
en armored cruisers, eight torpedo-boat
destroyers, seventeen torpedo bouts and
twelve submarines. 'Tho estimates for
the year show a total reduction of ono
thousand men and $5,675,000 as com-
pared with 1906-7. Lord Tweedmoulli
comments upon the striking improve-
ment in the gunnery of the fleet com-
pared to last year.
TO DISESTABLISH CHURCH.
British Commons Adopt* Motion by
Large Majority.
A despatch from London says: For
the first time In recent history the
lloles,1 of Commons on Wednesday
night adopted a motion in favor of the
dis,.stablistenenl and disendownienC of
the Fetablished Church in England and
Wales. The motion vias made by Mr.
Everett, a private member, and the
Government did not take any respon-
sibility for 1t. Mr. Dirrell, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, was the only member
who spoke In support of the motion.
llo explained that lies views were per-
sonal, The mt,llr,n w•ns carried by a
vote of 198 to 90. Tho only previous
division In the Iingse on the question
of dIsestnblislirnent was in 1871, when
ri was rejected by a vote of 374 to 89.
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LAY DEAD ON THE WIRES.
Employe of Ottawa Electric Company
Was "Electrocuted.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Theo-
phite Audrey, on employe of the Ottawa
Electric Cotnpnny, was electrocuted on
Thurs,lny afternoon at the top of a
street pole. A passer-by saw• hint lean-
ing over the wires and raised an alarm
nmong Ilio rest of the gang. Tho lire
department ladder was fetched, but the
man was dead. He mist have been
Mere unnoticed for an hour. Ile ware
knther gloves over woollen mittens,
and his hands were badly burned by
the live wire tie touted.
beaver, otter and =sterols is unchang-
cd.
'I'lie use of eutarnalic guns Is forbid-
den. Persons employed on the coir
:erection of railways or other public
works stinri not be al'owed to have pos-
session of or carry firearms unless au-
thorized by speciel license, for which
regulations are provided.
It Ls made an offence for any hotel,
restaurant er dub to Futility for or as
part of a meal any gauge or fish, under
any pretended naive or under the de-
signation of molting which might at
tho lime be lawfully supplied.
In regard to penalties persons guilty
of breaches of the clauses of the act ••.'-
(erring to deer, moose, elk, reindeer,
caribou, beaver or otter are liable to a
Line for each offence not exceeding $100,
and not iess than 820, together with
celsts. At present the fines are 820 to
350. For offences against other sec-
tions the liability Is for fines from 85
le $51 and oasts, instead of 85 to $25,
as formerly. In default of imrnediute
payment the offenders aro to bo im-
prisoned for a period not exceeding
three months. A second offence com-
mitted within Iwo years means punish-
ment to the extent of not less than
double the minlmurn of the penalties
mentioned. A third offeuco involves
punishment not less than the nlaxiniwu
penalties.
TOO MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Attention of the Provincial Authorities
Called to Cases.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
frequency of fatal a _cidorits on Canadian
railway., during the present winter, often
caused by what appears to bo gross care-
lessness
aro-lessness on the part of the employees,
led tho Dominion Railway Commission
last month to submit Iwo cases to the
Attorney -General of Ontario and two
similar cases to the Attorney -General of
Quebec, calling attention to the nature
of the accidents, submitting evidence
taken by the board's Inspector of acci-
dents, and asking tho Attorneys -General
to peruse the evidence in the respective
cases, with a view to taking criminal
din s
P►ecee g against the parties named
by the inspector as, in his Judgment, re-
sponsible for the loss of life in several
cases. The Attorney -General of Quebec
asked for addit:oval Information regard-
ing ono of the cases suhrnitted, and insti-
tuted criminal proceedings in the other
1 case. It Is understood no action has yet
been taken by the Altornrey-General of
Ontario regarding the cases submitted
fcr his consideration. The board has
sent its inspector to inquire Into the re-
cent fatal accidents In tho vicinity of
Guelph, and one of Its engineers to ex-
amine the broken rail and the condition
of the other rails in that locality.
HOW TO GET FREE FARMS.
Good Project for Attracting Needed
Railway Laborers.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
Department of the Interior has instruc-
led immigration agents in Europg to
make special efforts to Induce immigra-
tion this year of men suitable for rail-
way construction laborers. Circulars
prepared by the immigration Depart -
men' advertising "a free farm via the
railway route" and calling attention to
the greet field offered in Canada for em-
ployment In railway building aro now
being distributed in Scandinavia, Bel -
glum, Denmark and other European
countries. It is expected that the result
of the efforts now being made will be l0
greatly stimulate immigration of a class
urgently needed in Canada for the next
few years.
MARRIED MEN TIIE BRAVEST.
Tealimony to Superior Courage in the
British Commons.
A despatch from f.ondon saes: Testi-
mony was even In the
i lou
8 se of Corr
mora on Wednejdny night to the super-
ior courage of married 'nen. in the
course of Iha debate on the War Secre-
tary's army scheme Major Seely, who
commanded a company of imperial
Ye'ortianry In Re South African \Vnr,
said it was the general experience there
that married soldiers were more cour-
',,genus than the un►nnrried ones, and
That the areae chnrreteristic 0011% adniit-
Iedly developed In the Busse -Japanese
War
PLOT TO SLAY CZAR'S COUSIN
Powerful Bomb Adjusted to Explode
As Train Passed Over It.
A despatch from St. Pelcrs',nrrg says :
The Novoe Vrerlya publishes a sense -
bona) account of the foiling of another
plot upon the life of the Grand Duke
Nicholas 14ictlolnievItch, president of the
Council of National Defence, and second
cousin of Emperor Nicholas.
This plot is said to hnve been dis-
cvwcrtel shortly before 8 o'clock on Tues-
day night. the time scheduled for the
nrrivat here of the Imperial train bring-
ing the Grand Duke from Tsnrskoe-Selo.
A guard parroting the (rack near the
elation at the 81. Petersburg end of Nle
lino caught a man dressed as n work-
man in the net of placing n wooden box
in the middle of the trnek, at n point 200
yards from the imperial pavilion.
Ailed by the darkness the plotter fleet,
'nulling the fences that !tarred his way.
11.' thus c‘cnpcit to the cab of an accent -
filter. who too+ lying in wait neer by and
drove away.
The box on the track was found lo
colNriin an infernal machine of enor-
mous power. The mechnnism w•as de-
signed to cause explosion from the vibra-
tion of the train as it passed. The guard
who made the discovery at once com-
municated it In the railroad officials,
who signalled the (rain and succeeded in
slopping it before it reached lite machine.
The cubic neighborhood of the railway
station was al 011CC surrounded by
police. A statement that the orders for
the. Grand Dukes journey Into 51. Peters -
Churg were counlern,nndol Is denied.
leolufl. the youth who killed Governor
Mock, )ck, of Samaria. rnarin. Aug. 3 last, by- throw-
ing n bomb al lien. has been rondernn d
I) death by the court-martial which tried
hien. but the court 1P(onl111endrtl Ihi'
commutation of his .sentence 1,) life int-
prisonment hi the 'Hilltop Three male
ncescoriee to the teems were condemned
to fran,lx,rlation to Siberia for life. ,t
ecenan aece.eaory was acquitted.
HE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS rtic)u '711! LEADEN('
TRAI L' CENI11E:4.
Pikes of Cattle, Grain. Cheese awl
Other Lair; Pta'teice at horns
and Abroad.
Toronto, \! ,jell 5. — Flour — Ontario
wheat 9e) l . r , eat, patents ure quoted at
82.65 to i`2.t;i in buyers' backs outside for
export. Manitoba first patents, 184.50;
second potents, 81, and strong bakers',
8J.90, Turouto.
Wheat — Manitoba grades oro un-
changed. N. 1 elimitolii hard quoted ut
91%c North Ray, all led; No. 1 north-
ern at 89yje, ;di rail, and Nu. 2 nerthertt
al 87%e,•alf rad.
Corn—NO. 3 American yellow is quoted
at 53c on 'Reck, Toronto. Canadian corn
is quoted at 15e bid, with 47e asked,
Chatham freight.
Brun— Scarce and nominal at 819 to
See outside in bulk. Shorts quoted at
1821 outside.
CALL BOARD.
Dran--Wattled at $:20, Turonto, but
none offered.
Wheat—No. 2 Ontario wheat, red win-
ter and mixed, all 71e bid at 78 per ceryl
points, but none offered.
Barley --No. 3 extra was 49c bid at 78
per cent. points, without sellers.
Peas—No. 2 offered al bleee outside,
with 80c bid.
Outs—No. 2 white, 38%c bid at 78 per
cent. points, and there were sellas ut
40c, 'Toronto, on track, to arrive.
COUNTIIY PRODUCE.
Apples—Geod to choice winter stock,
$2.50 to $3.50 per bbl.
Deans—!land-ploked selling at $1.55 to
$L60, and primes at *1.40.
Honey—Strained, quoted at 11 to 12c
per lb, and comb honey at $2 to $2.50
per dozen.
Bops—New quoted at 18 to 21c.
Hay—No. 1 liatothy is quoted at $12.50
to 813 here, and No. 2 at 810.
Straw—$7 to 87.50 a ton on track here.
Potatoes--Onturio, 80c per bag on
track, and New Brunswick, 90 to 95c per
bag.
Poultry—Turkeys, fresh killed, 13 to
14e ; chickens, dressed, 10 to 12c ; alive,
8 lo 9e per lb; fowl, alive, 6 to 7c ;
ducks, dressed, 11 to lee; • geese, 10 to
Ile per 11.
TIIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter—Pound rolls are quoted at 22
to 23c ; tubs, 20 to 22c ; large rolls, 20
to 22c. Creamery prints sell at 26 to 27c,
and solids al 23 to 24e.
Eggs—Storage, 23 to 24c ; selections,
25 to 26e, and ucw laid, 29 to 30c per
dozen.
Cheese --Large cheese, 13% to 14e, a
twins, 14% to 1$%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs a
changed, with pricesincqruotedlots at 88aro.50
$8.75 here. Bacon, long clear, 11% 10
per lb. in case lots; niess pork, 821.
shoji, cut, *23 to $23.50.
Hams—Light to medium, 15%c ;
heavy, 1t%c; rolls, 11% to 12c ; sure
dens, 11 to 11%e; bucks, 16'%c ; glia
last bacon, 15%c.
Lard — Tierces, 12%c ; tubs, 12%c ;
pails, /2'/,c.
TiW..E tiE1111.1INGS.
Distributed at No•nhral (k,st for Fin e.t
Planting.
For the purpose of o d itg tarn
the improvement of their wood -I
the re-foresting of waste purl
their farms, a co-operative schet
been set on foot by the Ontario
meal. 'lllu slat is, priutarity, to
on waste land, or, iu the vt el•d5
cilcutnt' scut out, "Iho Depurlure►
lers to make plantations on such
portions of the hunt as sleep Iti
fight sandy, rocky, ur gravelly
swamp land, 1lttrtions of (neons
by ,;uroxins or othe, wise unsuited
regular tillage"; in other• word
land IMO will be a,und advantage
devote to the pltunting of trees is
which, enough j,a jack eA fertility
Lad localiu►i, will uul pay to grot
clops on.
A ferc,t nursery wits started
O. A. College some three yours age
Ing the ministry of pion. John 1)
end a large number of while pine,
locust, tulip, end other varieties o
are new ready for distribution.
E J. Lavilr, a graduate in forestry
Univeredy of Michigan, is in char
the nursery and of the d`,lributiun
Any ono former may secure, 11
erne season, trees enough to pial
two acres of land. No one may get
Than this number in one your, It
this sane number of trees may be
to the same man for .several ye
succession, Ile ►rust pay the ex
chargers on the trees from Guelph 1
nearest railway or express sla
Ibis is tho only charge made. He i
required, of course, to prepare
pound for planting the trees, to
and cure for tho trees and guar
that they shall be protected from
stock. The depertmenl does not,
ever, undetiake to furnish seeds of
benring trees; such trees are hie
oak, chestnut and walnut. 'l tto best
In start these is to plant the nut or a
itself.
Sometimes there is danger of a v
outs growth of weeds among the Ire
planted, especially when the pt
lions are made on good agricul
soil. In such cases cultivation tot
first year or two is advised.
A number of persons Lave at
taken advantage of the offer niad
the department; so fur as known,
results have been good. l'ho sites
sen for the plantations differ cons
ably i1► character, from rocky hills
to sand plains near the takes.
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BATTLE IN 1101I.Sl: C.R.
Lucan Mat '.Vire Penned in A
Stallions Foug:it.
revs
ots and
urns 01
nu has
Govern -
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of the
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wusto
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spots,
cut off
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of the
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work,
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given
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prey
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way
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A despatch from Stralltroy says:
nd
Cooped up in a boxcar on a fast Ire'gltt
trait, with two savagely lighting
stal-
lions, was the terrifying situation ex
-
un- perienced by Paisley Brothers, of Le-
to
can, on I hursday nfter•noen. When the
12c train finally reached here, ono of the
50; animals value) at over $1,000 was dead,
the other was badly injured, and both
men were severely bruised and cut as
a result of their effort; to separate the
enrage:l animals. The two stallions
were being shipped to Montana, and
were in a palace horse car, attached to
a special freight ahead of passenger
train No. 5. Just, after the train had
passed the Cove bridge, near London,
tie ono of the animals, alarmed at the jolt-
(1ng of the train, began to rear and
doj plunge madly, unit in an instant hail
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2 line narrowly escaped beingtrampled
I o death beneath the hoofs of thebig1 b'asts. 'rile other Manion finally broke
, the light fastenings, need the ore -aided
r light became a duet to the death. The
1 Iwo men were now powerless and could
do no more than evade lite_ terrible
s charges and Mews of the titanic mon-
; stets, who, covered with bloody foam
, and with bloodshot eyes, strove for Ih
• mns'ery. 'surging now to one end t
• the car and thaw to fhe other, but neve
for ono moment
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BUSINESS AT MONTREAL,
Montreal, March 5.—Grain—Tho local
and outside demands for oats oontin
good, and prices on spot fire firmly hcl
sales of Ontario No. 2 white were ma
et 4334 to 41c, No. 3 at 4234 to 43c, ni
No. 4 at 41% to 42c per bushel ex sloe
Flour — Choice spring wheal patent
*1.50 to $S.60; seconds. *i; winl
wheat pnletls, .Si to 81.15 ; siraigl
rollers, $3.55 to $3.65; do, in bags, $1.
h $1.70; extras, $1.45 to $L55. feed
'I he condition of the market fur niilifee
was unchanged, prices being firer, an
supplies thrilled ; Manitoba bran, 1
bags, $21; shorts, $22 per ton ; Ontar•i
bran, in bags, 82Y.50 to 823 ; short
$22.50 to 32:3 ; millet! mouillie, $22 to $2
per toe ; straight grain, $28 to 8e
i'rovisions—Barrels short cut mess, *2
to 823.50; half -tills, $11.75 to $12.50
clear cut backs, 1124 to 824.50; long cu
heavy mos, 820.50 to *22 ; halt -bleu do
$10.75 to 811.50; dry sett long Clea
bacon, 12 to 12'/,c ; bills plate beef, $1
to 812.50; hulf•bbls do, 86.25 to $0.75
bbls henvy mess beef, $8.50; half -bid
do, 81.75 ; compound lard, 8% to 10%c
pure lard, 11% to Ise; kettle rendered
13 to 13%e; hunts, 13 to 1G%c ; break
fast bacon, 15
c to tuc • Windsor bacon
154, to 16%c ; fresh kilted ubatloir
dressed hogs. 810 to $10.25; olive, $7.25
to $7.10. Eggs—Selects, 28 to 29c
storage stock, 28e. Cheese---Octuher
made, while, 13'/.c ; colored, 14c nomi-
nal. Roller—Choicest creamery. 25% to
25%c ; malieM grades, 2334 lo 24'yc.
1 : oken the halter by which it was held.
Immediately it commenced a fierce at-
tack with teeth and heels on its male.
which was more securely fastened, and
failed for the time to break loose, The
Iwo men trade every effort possible to
drive back the big vicious brute, but
in Ike close area and gloomy interior
cf the car it was risking their lives lo
make a mote.
That the two brothers did their best
!c separate the brutes ie evidenced by
the tact that the cider Mr. Paisley was
kneeled down three limes, and eneh
UNITED ST.VIT.. NIA lIKE1s.
Minneapolis, March 5.— Wheat— May,
79 to 79%e; September, 78%e; No. 1
hard, 81% to 82%e ; No, 1 northern, fel%
to 81%c ; No. 2 northern, 78% to 79%c;
No. 3 northern, 75 to 77c. Flour•--Firet
patents, $:Lunt to *1; second patents.
81.05 to *1.15; first clears, $:L25 to $3.35;
second clears, *2.40 to 82.60.
Ableaukee, \larch 5.-- Wheat— No. 1
northern, 81 to 12c ; No, 2 northern, 79
to 80%c ; \fay, 77%e asked. Itye— No. 1.
68 to 68%e. Barley—No, 2, 614, to 65e;
sample, 51 10 61e. Cora—No. 3 cash, 423;
to 43%c ; May, 47%c bid.
CATTLE MAltl<ET.
ronlo, March 5. --Trade was steady
prices show very little change, nt-
h some dealers were of the opini m
here was an easier feeling in the
el. Export cattle continue quiet.
holm pond soh) nt 35.15, but the
ofd in he light
t
exporters p cos clns.s at
31.80 to $1990. The demand for ex -
s, while not so slrongilii iiiiie?7q
_. %v kite not so strong as it was it
eehs ago. is steady, and good
sell readily.
her cattle were In demand.
ht loods of choice sold from 31.51)
5, picked cattle selling from 15 to
Is higher ; cows, 83.10 l0 *3.65.
kers and feeders are still very
but there are signs of trade in this
bricking up.
u cows and calves are steady and
wed. The demand for choice
milkers continues good.
p and tombs are steady. Export
81.73 to $5.25; grain -fed lambs,
o a5,50.
- The -market line an easier (enc,
otntons nor, enehanged. Select.,
quo
al 86.90, itd and watered.
To
and
thong
Mat I
mark
One c
rest s(
front
porter
porter
few e
stocks
Bute
Strafe
to 84.7
2'9 con
5(0c'
quiet,
gentle
Mik1
(incline
quality
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rev's
51.7:► I
I Ing<
lot fps
are qr
,ne
one of the beasts wens weakening. 11
Lteottling come in mighty gasps, Ilia
spattered Iho sides of the car will
bloody foam. flelentlees, its mate con
furled to rain blower, 111) welt a shriek
alne•t pitifully human the weakened
eternal dripped to the Door dead.
Vic-
! lcry gaineld }tie other big brule quleted
i (Stora ant+ �.u,miifed to being fasi'cne,l
iagain Ly the mete
f • Is the Increase nl Dominion Customs in
t'
Eight Months.
A de,pat,h from Ottawa says: Customs
receipts for the month of Felon/ire show
OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS
The Fear's Production Worth 22
Millions.
According to the report prepared by
Cho o1lieints of the Department of Milos
rho mineral products of Ontario for the
year 1906 represented a total value of
$22,221,808, as compared with 317,854,296
in 1905, This is estimated on the value
of the minerals in the foram in which they
leuvo Canada. The net vnluo of the
metallic output oras $13,179,162 and of
the non-metallic $9,01.2,616. 1'he most
noticeable gains during the year in the
metallic group are those of silver, which
w us $2,170,212 ; nickel, 8151,-185 ; copper,
$309,555; pig iron, $611,720. in rho
non-metallic the excess of values pro-
tluted in 1906 over 1905 were: Portland
cement, $595,503, and natural gas, 8216,-
970. The output of crude petroleum wes
worth 8136,990 less than in 1905. Tito
output of the urines at Cobalt for filo
year was : silver, 5,:157,830 ounces, worth
e3,543,089; cobalt, 312 tons, worth $30,-
819; nickel, 156 tons, and arsenic, 81,558.
Until the close of 1906 the Cobalt camp
has produced 8,016.061 ounces of silver,
valued at $5,015,479; 4;6 tuns of cobalt.,
245 tons of nickel, and !,919 Ions et
arsenic. For the three last mimed con-
stituents mine -owners receive little or no
return, but they are estimated to be
worth $150,779, $13,467, and $3,596, re-
spectively.
Following is the table of metallic pro-
ducts. lis gross value is 813,422,92e,
from which 8213,761;, the value of 101,569
tons of Onlario iron smelled lilt() pig
iron, is subtracted, raking the net value
813,179,162,
Gold, ounces 3,519 $ 59,274
Silver, ounces 5,357,830 3, r13,ne9
Cobalt, tuns 313 30,819
Nickel, tons 10.932 3,836,119
Copper, tons 5,910 998,518
Lead 4."3,561
lion ore, tuns ▪ 128,099 301,032
l'ig iron, tons 275,558 4,551;247
'Zeus ore, tures 411e) 6,000
1itc output of the nou•mctullic group
was
arsenic, tons 1,298
Mick, common, No, :100,000,000 $2,157,(1110
Tile drain, No, , 17,7o0.0e0 251,500
Brick, pressed, No. 39,860,000 337,795
Do., paving, No.. 3,000,000 45,00u
Building and crush-
ed stone ..
Careen carbide, tons
Cement, Pored, bels
Do., natural ruck,
blies
Corundum, tons ...
14•lelspur, tons
Coq:tiile, tons
4'yli,itm, Ions
Iron pyrites, tons
Lime, bushels
Mica, tons ......,.,
Natural gus
Peat fuel, tolls ..
Petroleum, Imperial
gallons 19,925,322
Pottery,
Quartz, torts 3.856
Salt, tuns 50,414
Sewer pipe
Sodalile, cubic ft200
Talc, tons 1,235
2.6:261.000
1,598,815 2,351,01.1
8.453
X111
20,373
1,772
:1.265
11.095
355
300
6,000
262,418
43,849
15,000
6,005
40,583
496,785
69,011
533,446
9011
:61,5.16
65,000
3,586
367,738
365,(4)
6.000
3,030
FEWER DIE OF OLD AGE.
Disease Responsible for More Death
Than Formerly.
A despatch from Washington says
in a territory in which resideed only two
firths of the population of lite Unite
States more thanhalf a million live.
were offered up in 1905 as a sacrifice 1
disease, according to a census report
made pulite; on Wednesday. This rale
was less than that for the preceding
year, but was in excess of the deaths in
any other year. The death rate from
nephritis and Bright's disease, apoplexy,
cancer, diabetes and appendicitis is in-
creasing, while that from old age, bron-
chitis, convulsions, peritonitis and sear'-
Iet fever are decreasing. The greatest
death rale recorded for any one disease
in 1905 was that from pulmonary tul:.er-
eulosis, 56,770, while pneumonia closely
followed with a deal!' rate of 39,068, ex-
clusive of broncho -pneumonia, The cancer shows a steadily -
growing death rate, the figures being
24,330.
INSANE FROM SUFFERING.
A Settler Near Eagle Lake Attacks Itis
Nurse.
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A despatch from Datleforet says: A
horrible occurrence lies been revealed
by- the investigations of the police fal-
lowing the rumor of a Tragedy near
Engle Lake, in the German settlement.
A settler named Ktuchcr had both feet
frozen, ani white being treated in the
house of a neighbor named Ryder went
blsnne though suffering, having no
lned:cal attendance. Ile attacked Ry-
der while the latter was nsicep, and
nearly murdered hint with nn Iron bar,
heating hint so that he will be disfigured
for life, although the injuries will not
prove Intel. The arrivnl of neighbors
saved lly-der :s life and the maniac was
overpowered and bound. Ile was taken
Ic another house and his suff, ria11~
were so terrible that a man named
Slut,ber•t. who was nursing hint but
(lore] not free him, also went insane
and blew out his brains. Kuscher af-
terwards also died.
ALMOST FIVE MILLIONS.
an Increase of no less than $876,447 neer
s Feb,uery of last year. The total cus-
s revenue for the menet teas 81;
2:17.733. For eight months of the pre-
sent fsenl year the total customs rev-
enues have been 331,552.361, an increase
of $1."2s+,19S over the corresponding
period of Inst year.
j - ere
APPLE N IRkET IN BRITAIN.
Canada Neglects Oppt reunifies) In the
114 -Products of the Industry.
.\ despn!ch -front Ottnea says: at the
s'1,` •t Committee on Ag►•icullure . n
\Vedno, day Alr. McNeill, chief of the
fruit diyiston, referrnd to the (Sinallinn
h: d: wild Great iBritoil]. Mr. McNeill J A despatch front Tol'onlo says • lion
ohl d
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
iIAI'PENINGS FROM ALL OVF.11 Tllb
GLOBE.
Tefegrap)1b. Brieta From Our Own arta
Otter Countries of Recent
Events.
CANADA. -
Sir James Gowan of Barrie, Canada's
oldest Senator, has resigned.
zTlie Daily Telegraph offico at Quebec
was destroyed by fire on Friday.
The North American Cobalt Company
will build the new smelter at Thorold.
Ex -Aid. James Stewart has been ap-
pointed pestinaster of Kingston.
Creditors of the Atlas Loan will receive
a dividend of forly-seven cents on the
dollar,
The Toronto Elevated Railway Com-
pany leas petitioned tha Government for
a private bill.
Operators of the Great Northwestern
Telegraph Company will ask for an in-
crease of wages,
The new Y.M.C.A. building in Wood-
stock will be on the site of the old Cen-
tral hole).
A big suin will be placed in the esti-
mates to provide for a new observatory
ai 'Toronto.
Some drastic legislation regarding the
good wilt of hotels in 'Toronto is likely
to be introduced by the Governrnent.
The Transcontinental Hallway Com-
mission is calling for tenders for !lie
Construction of six steel bridges in
district F.
Mr. Downey has introduced a bill in
the Legislature to provide for the cre-
ation of county associations for the
treatment of tuberculosis.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Freder-
tek Borden have booked passage to
F:ngiand on the Empress of Britain, sail-
ing from St. John April 5.
McGill Univereit• receives $150,000 for
the ftedpath Library wider the will of
the late Mrs, Peter Redpath, of Ckisle-
burst, Keret, England.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced In the
louse, on Friday that the question of it
allway in the north %with an outlet on
lndsor►s Bay was being considered by
he Government.
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GREAT BRITAIN.
General Booth left London on Satur-
day on his way to Canada and the east.
A bill for the reform of the Ilouae of
Lords was introduced into the British
Porliontcnt on Thursdny.
For the eighteenth time the decenset
wiles Meters bill has passed its sec-
ond read rig In the British Commons.
ROVINCIAL FINANCES
Prosperity of Ontario Reflected in
Budget Speech.
p t c ort Ihat the amounts of early
apples sold to tit iloin by Carnelian
growers had been variable, rind hind
fallen off considerably in the year 19(16.
The growers, he snid, went a greet deal
by the fruit crop reports, and when there 1
ons n Inrge crop of early apples on the
other side diff not like to take the risk
or 61tipping.
The chief n; the fruit divisi m alto
pointed oIit the value of making the
1y-p:odu••fs of the apple industry Isar.
kelable, It is eslinurled that six mil-
lion barrels of apples were waded each
yew.. when they might be made into
cider., etnpirated fruit, Janis, or jet -
lies. Al the close he cmphneized the
value of lite co-operative principle be-
ing arp!le•d to fruit selling.
The Russian pnlie'(', In n rnkl on the
l'niversily of 5t• l'elersburg on Sunday•
arresled seventy.: no revolutenists en:l
scizisl 1.:410 pounds' weight of incendiary
proclamations.
Mr. Matheson, lite Provincial Treasurer,
I pec-'nted his annual budget on Thurs-
I (1ny, In his analysis of the revenues and
expenditures of last yenr the Treasurer
was rile to show l
FulIt
n
c fltionces were
on a safe null sound basis. With reve-
nues of 87,119,178. and expendllures of
146,720,179. n cash surplus of 11129.299 hod
been retained in the exclFcquer of the
province. in the two 3•enrs in which the
finances have been under the present
management the Trensurcr has been
able to announce surpluses aggregating
31.050,039, which will be available for
lite completion of the 'femisknnting and
Northern Ontario Railway, At fire eamc
line ordinary expenses have hien met
from ordinary revenues, lion. Mr.
Matheson Ireolell of the estuite:I ex-
penditure for 1907, amounting to 86,519,•
131. Ile went on to deal s ilh flue re-
ceipt!, for the same year. w Well. it is
expellee!. would tithe 87.I;1e.2e7.2e.
ee 0 li rash balances et 1;1.197.2:19 this
I
w:,uld Wrenn 0 Intel of $11,110.536, nisi
ehouki the disbursements equal the
amount foretold, would leave a su plus
of over four million dollars. The details
of the collimated income follow :--
Sub-ie1r, R1,:kt9,2s7,Y8; interest nn
host + 1 fund, held by the Dominion, lees
interest on debts due by Ontario to
Dominion, 8M0,000; interest on invest-
merits. $90.000.
Crown Lands J)epnrin►enl--Weieels rind
forests : Ikmn:, $35irer11); limber dues.
81.30I,0t10; ground rent, $65,0110; leases,
err.. $250,0exi ; clergy Iambi. $5.i*wt
(:matron school land., 81o,0410; gram-
mar school Inuits. 82.0K►: !loyally and
(:row•n nines, $2teeisti1; ntining ureases,
41'It,000; Cobalt and Kerr Lakes, $1.155,-
000.
Public institutkxns. R135.(%J0: Central
i'rison induslrio,, *00.i110: F.+turntion
Department. $-Eiflo ► ; Provincial 5411
tart
re-
.'s Department, $I -,.lttl ; ngrirnl•
Turn, 1471.0U1; casual re %crone, 81I41.11K1:
51ICC( '' n11 tinti,`s, ?471111.4111: ..upplt'min•
fury ie e1111e tax. 8614)15*); tavern argil
1 ee,es• tie,'nsi' • *.150,(I4s:
S•ee t111 : Ugnn►a III\ra, 82.(t41
teeessl, 11•h 1'
3'
Captain Taring, Liberal, was elected
metiber of Pediment for Ilatitietere,
Scotland, %%illt a majority ul over lou
thousand.
W. T. stead, after visiting all the gnat
Eur.,pean powers, is convinced }hut none
of thein will oppose the discussion of
lirnitelions of armaments at the Peace
Conference.
One of the greatest demonstrations
t v,•r seen in l.orll1Lm was held e,n Segue.
day to protea against the return of the
Progressive Sextaitat party to power in
tho London County Cuuncil.
UNITED ST:1TES.
A woman and three children were
drown ed by breaking through the ice
at Ruffolo on Friday.
Airs. Flora McDonald, the wife of a
Chicago million/Ore, has been arrested on
suspicion of shooting Louis Fisher, a -
Chicago art dealer.
lairs. J. S. Medd!, of Connorsvitle,
Ind., on \Vedne: day killed her two chil-
dren, aged lour years and seven months
respectively, and then committed suicide.
No cause for the act Ls known.
A new City Hall is to be erected in
Chicago on the site of the old one, to
match the structure now being built for
Crook County. It will cost between
84.000,000 and 85,000,000.
Two children, aged ten and two years,.
or Joseph Shelley, of <arahuc Lake,
N.Y., died on Wednesday of ptomaine
poisoni'►g, as a result of eating canned
tomatoes, the can leaving stood open for
twenly-four hours.
The Pure Oil Company, of Marietta,
Ohio, said to be the only competing
buyer of crude oil of the Standard Oil,
has announced an advance of 10 cents et
barrel on all oil outside the Oil City per-
chusing department.
Francesco Rafto, of Westchester
county, N.Y., who was serving a 20 -year
sentence in the Dannentora prison hospi-
tal, for murder, was fatally stabbed on
Tlititsdoy night by Miehael Yoscow, who
was serving a life sentence. No cause -
foe the kitting is known.
GENERAL. •
The Transvaal elections have resultect
in a victory for the Helvetic-Nationalist--
Labor
eletic-Nationalist--
Labor parry.
France and the Vulican have broken
off negotiations for the settlement ct
the church question.
Two United States citizens have been
executed in Venezuela along with a num-
ber of revolutionists.
A bomb was thrown at the chief of
police at Odessa on Saturday, and'
wrecked the carriage in which lie was -
riding.
1
GERMANY AND THE EAST
KAISER AIMING TO SUPPI..tN'T BRI-
TISH INFLUENCE.
Ilis Policy Directed Toward Control it
Business in the Near
East.
A Berlin correspondent to the London(
Chronicle says :—It is, perhaps, a suit-
rhlo time for drawing attention to the,
development of a certain line of German
policy which has EIS its object itio-
strengthening of lite position of the Ger-
man Empire in the near east, and nee
substitution there of German for British
Influence.
For more than ten years, but especial -
le since the appointment of Baron Mars-
chall von tlieberstein as Ambassador to -
tree Porte, German policy has sought to
open a way to the east through the-
dominions of the friendly -disposed Sul-
tan. Seven years ago the project for
building the Bagdad Railway became a
question for practical politicians to deal
with. Although the project has been
hotly conibalcd, its realization with every
year draws nearer, and (here Is every
reason to believe that the first, and,.
structurally, the most difficult,
IiALF OF THE LiNE,
which will end at Aleppo, will be ready
by 1909.
But concurrently with this plan has
been another, little behind it in tupor-
lance, namely, the linking -up of Ger-
many's railway and telegraph systems
with those of the near Orient. it has
been found an cosy antler to interest
Ihn Rounronian Government in the pro-
ject, which is distinctly lo tis advantage.
On the one side the German Govern-
ment has agreed to run a special cervico
of last trains to Bucharest and Kustenji,
the lloumanlan pert on the Black Sea;
on the other, the Roumanian Govern-
ment has agree,} to put on a fast line of
steamers from Kuslenjl to Constanti-
nople, with connectelons to the Piraeus
end Alexnndr;o, and In give Germans
rl:ntrol of the new cable which hauls nt
n point near the Turkish capital. Al first.
the landing of this cable was opposed by
the British iIlnek Sea 'Telegraph (Oen.
pnny, but their objections were over-
ruled by the forte.
it is the intention of the Gerrnnn
Government to mike Kuslentlji a serious
rival to Brindisi, the well-known port of
call of numerous British liners, irlriud-
ing the 1'. and 0. boats. At the present.
lime travellers to Egypt from Germany
can reach Alexandria via Kustendji, in
twenty-four hours less time than via.
13rin(isi,
MOST IXIPOlt1'.tNT Fa(:i.OR.
fonsinntinnple and Alcxandrin are
not. however, the final objects of German
ambition. From the Bosphorus a►elher
telegraph line isplanned lt
whichwill fee -
low tl►e course of lite I1agdMd Ilnihvay l,r
Far, and there Join with the Indian sys.
(erns touching the Pee•sinn Gulf. 'Ellie
One, it Is expected, will be n most 110 -
leotard factor 1n the development of
(Icemen relations with India and the far
east, and will 1,e n d1111geron5 rival 1,►
!ti eagtcrn and Indo-European telegraph
lines. The German line has nit overland
stretch of 1,9556 utiles, and will be in u •
position to accept cables at a cheaper
tariff.
Cerrnnny's pxolicy, in a word, Is directed
hewnt•(s the control of the pesco•nger and
telegraph business between Europe nerd
Me east. not with India alnr.e. but with
Me Simile Archipelago, 4:t1inn nil b-
Toon.(;,'rmley's pioneers, are•0rding to
he eledge Lnrg 'lei ung, are laking for -
...eel le the 11401 very dikhent (bite when
1 itsah hrlluence mid pewit', In III./;13
1111111/ 41'4 will be obliged to pi', any 't-
ime the march of coirgl,tr.ng G, rm;tny.