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Telegraphic Briefs From All
07er the Globe.
CAN.e-DA,
'Hamilton has not had a system-
atic cleaning of its streets in the
spring since 1,89e,
The Bisley 'team will leave for ng -
land on June la, the shooting be-
ginning on August, 25.
Hon. Wm. Paterson Nvnl likela
one of the delegates to the' Colonial
Conference in London in June.
Galt Grornmar School will ha-ve
reunion on July 17th and 18th,
celebrating its 50th anniversary. .
Customs collections for Winnipeg
during February reached $27,951
greater than February last year.
The fund for distinctive neeinorials
on the graves of the Canadian sol-
diers in South Africa amounts to
$,591.
,Sir John Carling is the honorary
president and Dr. Campbell the pres-
ident of the London Historical So-
ciety.
A memorial tablet is to be put ip
in Vancouver drill hallin honor of
the British Oolinnbia troops who
fell in South Africa.
The Government has by letter
warned the erailloyes of St. Vincent
de Paul, Penitentiary, Montreal; to
keep out of politics. •
E. H. Dyer & Co., of Cleveland,
have beee awarded thee contkact for
the erection of the Ontario 33eet•
Sugar Company's 6004on refinery at
Berlin, Ont.
Nine thousand foie:ears from North
Dakota points where land is scarce
are to visit the Canadian North -
'west, and it is said that the greater
number of them will buy up land.
According to tbe new rules of the
Canadian Militia Department, the
lieutenants of the force mast stay
single until after seven years' ser-
vice, when they may marry if' they
can support a, wife.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Belfast has started a movement to
erect a statue to Lord Dufferin.
The -visit of the King and Queen to
Devonshire aroused a truly loyal feel-
ing.
The Duke of Connaught -will. be
made Field Marshal at Xing Ed-
ward's coronation.
There is a probability that the
Goverment will proclaim the United
Irish League.
Lord Walsiugham has given his
valuable collectfon of butterflies to
the .British Museum., ,
A painting -of a child by Raeburn
was sold .in a London auction -Orion,.
for 2,800 guineas. .
Hon. Alfred Lyttleton is likely to
succeed Lord Patutefote as British
ambassador at Washington.
Mr. Edwin A. Abbey has been com-
missioned to paint the picture com-
memorative of the coronation.
If the ecclesiastical aueleorities are
to have their own way the corooa-
tam service wiul occupy five or six
hours.
' Santos -Dumont will make an at-
tempt at the coronation to guide hid'
flying machine rouna the tower of
St. Paul's.
Whitelaw Reid has rented Brook
House, in Park lane, London, for six
weeks during the coronation festi-
vities, 'at $20,000.
The installation of the Duke of
Connaught as the Grand Master Of
Mark Masons has been definitely fixed
for Tuesday, Jane 3. .
• The Cunard Steamship Company
will build two steaniers larger than
anything now afloat and with a
speed of 25 knots an hour.
• UNITED STATES.
• Jerome Rome, of Aetria, Pa., hoe
died from hiccoughs, which began
last week and could not be • Con-
trolled. • •
A hal/ million dollars will not, it
is estimated, cover the loss' in Allen-
town, Pa., and vicinity by the re-
cent' floods.
A Board of Education Committee
of Ansonia, Conn., recommends that
no thild over sixteen be allowedto
attend the pablic" schools.
Charles M. Schwab has been elect-
ed president of the 'United States
Corporation. Last month the trust
earned $12,000,000.
Five members of the Family of
Charles Land, of Laporte, Ind., are
in a serious condition frona winter
cholera, caused by drinking snow
water.
While standing on an iron register
talking into it telephone J. J. Me -
Cusick, of Duluth, Minn., was in-
stantly killed, electric , wires havitig
crossed the telephone wire.
'Two policemen acted as masters of
ceremonies, with the coaselit of the
parents, at a public spanking 'admin-
istered to six youthful delingieente
Kearney; N.J., Police Court.
GENERAL.
French antlers are agitating for an
eight-hour work day. --
President Loubet will visit the
Czar in May next for four days.
An Amsterdam despatch says that
4,000 men in the diamond trade
there; are idle. ••
Two more duels haere occurred in
' Germany, one of which has ended
fatally.
All tho» German steamship lines
show .heavy reductions in their divi-
dends for 1901.
A British Colonial and Industrial
Exhibition will open at Cape 'roan
in November, 1908. -
Decrees have been published at
Berlin providing for the `gradual
abolition of house elOvery in the
Cameroons and Togo colonies.
The German Reichstag ha e adopted
a resolation calling upon the federat-
ed governmentto employ all means
to combat the abuse of duelling.
FARMER SUICIDES,
Jumped Into the Water Prom
Toronto Doelt.
A deepatch from Torooto says :—
Samuel Miller, a Markdale earraer,
deliberately ended his life at aye
minutes to 10 o'olock oa Suaday
iurning by juraping into. tee waters
of the hay from the Bertrate
sIUp-
yard clocke at the foot of 'Bathurst
street.
Neither the man's relativenor the
People in the house where he board=
ed, 33a Adelaide etreet--west, ean as-
sign any reason for his self-clestrue-
tion. Be leit a letter, but it deco
not shed any light oil that poiat.
Deceased, Who was a pros -percale
farmer, living near Markdale, came
to Toronto to reside some three
months ago, disposing of .his farm
at the time,' and took rooms at 882
Adelaide street west, with his wife
aud daughter. Tiring of boarding,
he detided to rent a house of his
Own, and with this idea, he left home
Sunday moining at ti o'clock for the
announced purpose of trying to find
a suitable residence. •
LEAPED INTO THE WATER.
It was only a few minutes before
10 o'clock that Thomas Thompson,
watchmau on. the Richelieu and On-
tario steamer Kingston, and John
Wright, 18 Renfrew street,: watchman
for the 13ertrean Company, noticed a
man walking along the. Bertram
docks.. Some xnip:UteS latei• they saw
a figure dart across the dock and
take- ta• flying.. leaeisdiato . the -water,
wide% was •open just there, between
the stetuacre Kingston and 'Montreal.
The body ,diel not rise, to the sur-
face-, and -it was scene timebeforeeit
was recovered by J. R., Richardson.
mate of the Chippewa, with a pike -
pole.
On thee wharf, .quite -dose to the
spot from which deceased ail:aped,
was found his coat, and on.lop of it
a note written in lead pencil, and
weighted down by a stone. It was
merely a request that certain
friends in •Maricclale.would take care
of his wife and' daughter.
Nothing can be suggested as to the
cause of suicide, but a fit of
temporary Insanity. • Before he !eft
home he took from his pocket a large
roll of bills, which he left on a
table in his room.
Miller is 52 years of age, and is
survived by his widow and one
daughter.
ONTARIO MINERALS.
Production During190127 Per
Cent Over 1900. I
The metallic production in Ontario
during the year 1901, according to
the report of Mr. Thos. Gibson, Di-
rector of the Mining Bureau, was as
follows :— •.
Quantity. Value.
Copper, _49,074,000 $589,080
Gold, Oz.- 14,293, • •244,443
Irou ore, tons..., 272,50 174,428
Nickel, tbs .......8,882,000 1,859,970
Pig iron, tons ... 116,370 1,701,708
Silver, oz.., ....,.. 151,400 84,830
Steel, tons... ... 14,471 347,280
Zino ore, tons„ 1,500 15,000.
Total... 0,016,734
The 'value of not -metallic sub-
stanCes mined was V3,805,7.91.
. The aggregate value of the pro-
duction shows :an increase •of 27 per
cent. over the previous year.
The chief increases in quantity and
value are as follows :
Copper -2,846,000 pounds, or 85
per cent.; 069,390, or' 84 per cent.
Nickel -1,802,000 pounds, or 25
per cent.; $1,103,344., or 145 per
cent. .
Iron ore -182,236 tons, or 201 per
cent.; $62,62,a, or 56 per cent.
Pig iron -53,984 tons, or 86per
cent.; $765,637, .or 82 per cent.
Steel -11,652 tons; 8382,809.
The "principal decreases in quan-
tiey and. value are :
Petroleum -3,948,283 gallons, or
8 per cent. ; $401,105, or 21 per
cent.
Natural gas—$56,640, or 14 per
cent, .
The values are all calculated upon
the belling , prices at the Mines or
a
PEACE OVERLAPS WAR.
Orange Colony Revenue Has Ex-
•ceeded Expenditure.
A London despatch says:—Satur-
day's Bloemfontein cablegrams show
that despite the warlike disturbances
the Orange River Colony- has suc-
ceeded in so far re-establishing itself
that the revenue for the six months
ending with December exceeded the
expenditure by $160,000, the largest
item of expenditure being for educa-
tion, $60,000, and the largest item
of revenue, the custones, $895,000.
. How peace is overlapping the area
ef war is further shown bythe fact i
that Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand are supplying, at Mr. Cham-
berlain's request, 100 teachers to
proceed to the former Boer colonies . i
at once, while last Saturday the
principal of -the New Brunswick Nor-
mal College left Southampton on a
three -years' engagement as principal
of •the Nertial.- Mateo- at .preitorica
Yet the iaar persists alreost as vig-
orously as 'ever, thdagh, of course, i
in area gradually lessening under the
blockhouse' system.
THE ONTARIO LEOISIATIJIIE.
wawr OVA MEMBERS ARE DO -
.AT TORONTO,
DiafIGRANTS, FOR oNT.A.mo.
Ur. Duff asked—Haseethe attentime
of the Government; been called to the
fact that emigrants from Great Brit-
ain at the .rate of 4,000 • Monthly,-
have been arranged for. Is it the
intentioo of the Government to take
any steps to obtain any number of.
these for Ontario? If so, what?
Hon.. Mr. Davie replied that the
Goveennunit's, attention. had been
drawn to the fact and negotiations
opened with the Provincial Emigra-
tion Office at Liverpool and with the
Dominion authorities, with a view of
enuring a share of the immigration
for Ontario.
In reply to Mr. Monteith, Hon. Mr.
Dryden said an option had been se-
cured on eleven acres as a site for
tae McDonald Scbool of Domestic
Science at Guelph,
PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE.
The Private Bills Committee passed
the bill confirming the charter of the
Algoma Steel Company, a Clergue
concern, with an 'authorized capital
of $20,00Q,000.
The bill to incorporatb the North-
ern Electric Company, of Newmarket
which- proposes to supply light . and
power in New York and Siencoe
Counties„ was also reported. ,
TWO Cornwall bills to bowie manu-
Maturing aoacerns -by .fixed easessa-
ments were athalgamated as one mea-
sure and reported. • .
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POLLING SUBDIVISIONS.'
The' Attorney -General intioduced a
bill to amend. the Ontario • Election
Act, providingethat where the - rrem-
ber of names on the voters' list at
one polling subdivision exceeds 800
it may be 'divided alphabetically into
two polling subdivisions ; for in-
stance, that one polling place may
be provided for voters on tbe list
from A to M, and another forathose
frone'N to Z. It is provided that
the polling places shall be closed' to-
gether in order that there may he
no inconvenience.
NEW GAME REGULATIONS.
Hon. ,Mr. Latchford introduced a
bill. attending / the Ontario <, Game
Protection Act. It provides that
the open season for moose, reindeer,
and caribou shall in the district
south of the C.P.R. Main line • be-
tween Mattawa and Port Arthur re-
main as at present—that is, from
November 1 to November 15, but
that in the regions west and north
of that section of the C.P.R. the
open season shall be from. October
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15 to November 15.
A special arovisiori is introduced
granting an open. season. for deer
kept on, preserves fromOctober 15
to November -15.
The close season for quail and wild
turkeys is reduced from October 15
to December lst, instead of to De-
cember 15, as at present.
PROHIBITION IILLD..
Hon. G. W. Ross moved the second
reading of his prohibition bill at
3.80 o'clock. He declared there
would be no change in the basis of
the vote, exceptalg it would be on
the votes polled in .1898, instead of
at the coaning elections. The votes
polled in the last election numbered
456,976, and .one more than the'half
of this •would enact probibition. He
announced that the vote .on the re-
ferent:anal would take place early in
November.
A NEW HOLIDAYa -
A sort of an omnibus 'hill, "to
amend the -statute late,” was given a
second reading, after explanation lay
Mr. Gibson. It provides for a new
holiddy, "the King's birthday" ;
provides that, a sheriff's salar3, shall
be at least $1,000; and also that
Ontario shall continue to contribute
$1,000 per annum to each of the
salaries of the Ontario Court of Ap-
peal judges, after their saralies have
been increesed by the Dominion, as
they will. likely be daring the present
eession.
DEVOLUTION'OF Et;PATES.
Wan. the Attorn.ea-General's„ bill
to further amend the ,Devolation. of
Estates' Act coma up for a . third
reading; Joyat , (Glanville)
moved that it 'be referred; -back to
Committee. Speaking to his motion
Me. Joynt said the bill was another
tura of the screw to force estates
into- the Probate Court. There was
no necessity that a large majority
of estates 'should go into the Pro-
bate Court at all, but the effect of
section three of this bill would lie
to play into' the hands of legal prac-
titioners who were anxious to melte
money eat of small estates.
'The Attorney -General held that the
eongentleinan was entirely wrong
n supposing that the bill would
play into the hands of the egal pro-
fession. It was designed on the con-
trary to simplify the matter of prove
ng the titles to lauds.
Mr. ,Toynt's motion was lost on
division and the bin was given a
third reading.
RAILWAY SUBSIDIES.
• Tlie• railtraa subsii1ie Were lir6-
sentea', and total $613,000, includ-
ng two revotes, and in addition to
some land grants. Seven railways
n...all are subsidized, as follows: •
1. To the Pembroke Southern Rail-.
Inouot junction to Irondale (subjeet
to, conditions in the Act respectieg
railways) a distance of ten. miles,
and from a, point thirty-five iailes
from Iroeciale and thence easterly
for a clistanee of ten miles; also from
Pahner Rapids to the Town of Ren-
frew, a distauce of about fifty miles,
in all a distance not exeeecling sev-
venty nines, a eash subsidy of $8,-
000 a reale (revoee $80,000) $210,000o
a. To a' railway from Dinorwia
Station, in the Distriet of • A,goente-
rattlierly to Lake latinetaltie, a dis-
tance of fifteen miles, a cash subsidy
of $3,000 a ,.. —.445,000
5. To the ;Tames, Bay Railway
• Company froia a point on the Can-
ada Atlantic Railway near Rose
Point , to a point on the Georgian
Bay in the Tows of Parry Sound, a
distance not exceeding five miles,
and from. point, on -the main line
of the James Bay Railway at or
•near the Town of Parry Sound to a
point on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way at near Sudbury, re, distance
not exceeding 90 'miles (in all 95
miles), in addition to subsidies pre-
viously granted, a cash subsidy of
$1,000 a- mile... ... ...$95,000
6. To the Lindsay, Bobeaygeon, and
Pontypool Railway, from the Village
of 13obcaygeon to...the Town of Lind-
say, a, distance not exceeding 16
miles, a cash subsidy of $8,000 a
. mile... , . , . $48, 000
7. To the .Thunder Bay, Nepigori,
' and $t. Joe Railway, from a point
thirty. miles east of Port Arthur, a.
distance of ten miles, a cash subsidy
of $2,000 a Mile in addition to 5,-
000 (tares of land per mi1e,..$20,000
TT1F3 BARBERRY SHRUB.
:• A second reading was given Mr.
•Dryden's which•.provides for the
extermination of the barberry shrub,
upon the petition of owners or occu-
pants of lands whose crops have
beet injuriotisly affetcted by the
prosimity of the plant. The measure
also 'prohibits the sale and cultiva-
tion. of, the sffrub. Mr. Dryden said
evidence had been taken which show-
ed conclusively that barberry was the
cause of black rust in wheat.
Dr. Jessop (Lincoln) said there
was a good deal of barberry in his
own county, but no bad results had
been noticed.
Mr. Duff (West Siincoe) and Dr.
Barr (Dufferin) testified to the dan-
gerous cmality of the barberry and
approved the bill.
HIGHWAYS REPORT.
The annual report of the Good
Roads. gemmiseioner, Mr. A. W.
Campbell, has been issued, and re-
ports that benefit has resulted from
the commutation of the statute lar
bor obligation. Mr. Campbell also
alludes to the growing monopoliza-
tion of highways by electric rail-.
ways, and thinks that companies
should be held responsible for acci-
dents.
! PROTECTING THE GAME.
'Ron. Mia Latchford moved the
second reading of his bill to amend
the Ontario Game Protection Act.
Some of its provisions are e --An
open season for. moose, reindeer, or
caribou south of the C.P.R. main
[inc between Mattrava and Port Ar-
thur, from November lst to Novem-
ber 15th; both days inclusive ; mad
from Odtober 16th to November 15-th
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north and west of the main line • an
.open season for quail or 'wild tur-
keys. from October 15th to December
lst; perniission to the owner or oc-
cupant of any land to kill cottontail
rabbits or license others to kill them,
when damage to trees or shrubs has
been proved ; permission to owners
of deer preserves to kill deer on such
preserves between October lst and
November 15th upon proof that the
deer were put there, bred, or im-
ported by the pereon killing the
same.
TOLL ROADS.
The Legal Committee 'Sassed a bill
moved by Mr. Dickenson (South
Wentworth) to amend the Toll
Roads Appropriation Act- by enabl-
ing Municipal Councils to purchase
toll roads on twenty-year deben-
tures, without submitting a by-law
to the people.
ROYAL TRUST COMPANY..
The bill enabling the- Royal 'Trust
Company, a Quebec corporation, to
transact. be -sinew In tartareo Was za-
parted. A deposit of $200,000 as re -
Tared of the .companyaand the
Lieutenant-Governdi-in-Council is
empowered to deniand an increase,
thereof.
' DOMINION' REVENUE
Increase ' of $2,946,300 in -Eight
Months.
An Ottawa despatch says:—The
ilnancial statement of the Dominion
for the eight months ending 28th
'February' last shows the revenue to
be $36,566,79'7, an increase over the i
sante time last year of 0,946,300- r
The expenditure on eurrent aecount
for the same thte was $29,058,067, i
an increase of $2,402,223, so that
there Was a. betterment of about half
a million so far as current reVeziue ei
and expenditure are concerned, s
The revenue for February Was a,
about one-quarter of a million t
greater than for February, 1901.
The expendittras on the capital ite-
count for the eight months Was $8,- $
854,872, over to millions greater
than for the Same period last year.
way 'faom the. Towe. of Perabroke
• a ,point in 'the ToWnship of Ross,
not. exceeding a distance of fifteen
miles, a cash subsidy of $8,000 a
...145,000
2. To the Bay of Quinte Railway
(formerly. the Kingston, Napanee,
add Western RailWay), for such ex-
tensions of branches or additions to
ts projected and a,uthorlied line of
allWay northerly df the village of
'Tweed, as will not exceed fifty miles
n and will enable the Said com-
pany to connect ite line of railway
with the iron. ore deposits or other
eineml lands lying northward of the
aid village of TWeed, in renewal
nd extension of the amount granted
o the Kingston, ,Napanee and West-
rn Railway in the year 1898, a cash
ubaidy of 88,000 a Mile (revote
90,000) •,, ••• Or" a ill .** .4160,00
8:: To the Dendele, allatierofte and
Ottawa, Railway .0eMpaily frets, Kin- 410.
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THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
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NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN
THE FEDERAL HOUSE.
RAILWAY DRAINAGE. •
Mi. Cowan moved the second read-
ing of the bin respecting drainage
on and across the property of rail-
way companies.' He explained that
under the present law land -owners
could now go before the railway
cOmmittee of the Privy Council to
secure settlement of any dispute
about drainage matters ,with rail-
way companies. This was a cumber-
some and expensive method. The ob-
ject of .the present bill was to
adept, the provincial laveseia force in
the several provinces of the Derain -
ion so as td enable laud -owners to
-use the provincial machibary. The
.bill would be a, great boonato the
western towns of Ontario. .
Mr. Haggart questiened the con-
stitutionality of the measure. In his
judgment Parliament had no power
to delegate to the different provinces
the eight of legislating from time to
time �n a question on which it had
exclusive juriedictien. In his judg-
ment the Railway Committee of the
Privy Cduncil was a Cheap and fair
tribunal;
Mr. Fitzpatrick said the Depart -
tent o/ justice had looked into the
bill, and the opinion was expressed
that there was nothing in the mea-
sure which it was not Within the
power of Parliament to pase.
The bin eves read a second time
and sent to the Railway Committee.
COST oF nin 0ENSUS.
Mr. Clarke wits informed by Mr,
Fisher that the ainotint paid out te
date in connection With the recent
census of the Dominica. was $948, -
:RAILWAY EMPLOYES.
Mr. Puttee was told 14r liar, Sathe
eriand that 755 reao are employed io
-the Government railway shops at
liforictoe, NJI., ana 79 at Charlotte-
-lawn, P.E.I. Ten hour e censtittite
day's work in these Shope.
,THE PRINCE'S VISIT.
Mr, Mook was told by Ina. Fitz-
patrick, that the contract for the
lumination of the public buildings- in
Ottawa during the visit of the Prince
Of Wales last year was given' to
Ahern and Soper. The amount was
85,000 tor the main buncliag, $4,-
000 •°ilea for the east and we,st
blocks, and $4,150 for the Langovin
block. The post-oface cold the fes-
toons total $17,150. Thm contract
was for designs, the iampe to be
placed a certain distance apart. No
account was kept of the number of
lamps. ,
CORONATION DAY.
Kr. Clarke was told by Sir Wil-
frid Laurier that the Government
has under consideration the ques-
tion of .making Coronation Day a
public holiday throughout the Do-
minion.
SOLICITOR -G ENERAL.
Mr. H. G, Carroll, 01 Kaariouraeka,
the newly -appointed. solicitor -general
was introauced and took his seat.
• IMPERIAL ARMY.
Mr. Monet -(La Prairie) called at-
tention to a report that' Mr. Brod-
rick, .the Imperial War Secretary,
outlined a. scheme for Imperial de-
fence towarde.whi• h Canada was ex-
pected to 'furnish four.militia corps.
Si; 'Wilfrid Laurier replied that the
Government"had received no intima-
tion regarding any such scheme.
There had ''beeri no negotiatians• of ,
any kin(' with regard to any scheme
of military defence. As to the sug-
gestion that the matter might be dis-
cussed at the conference which was
to take place in London next sum-
mer, the correspondence relating to
such conference would be Me:eight
down shortly, and the attitude of
the Government made known.
AUDITOR -GENERAL'S REPORT.
Mr. John Charlton offered a reso-
lution with regard to the Auditor -
General's report. He pointed out
that the expenditure under the con-
trol of .each department appears as
a separate part of the repost and he
wanted each such part in future
promptly made public as soon as
ready:
Mr. Fielding opposed the motion.
Re thought a betier plan would be
to fix a date at which the report
must be in the hands of the printer,
and let the Auditor -General after-
wards prepare a supplementary re -
pert if necessary. This would ob-
viate the complaint that members
did not have sufficient time to exam-
ine the various items of public ex-
pendi tura.
After Some discussion a vote was
taken, and the ,motion was beaten
by 96 to 58.
ritiEcTioxs
Mx. Cloacae introduced a bill to
amend the Dominion Eleetives Act,
1900.
PERMANENT FORCE.
Col. Hughes was„ told by Dr. Bor-
den that the number of courts-mar-
tial which had taken place in the
Canadian militia from June lst,
1901, to January lst, 1002, was 85.
The number of minor punishments
reported in the permanent corps for
the same period was 1,146. The
permanent force in Canada now con-
sists of 54 officers, 152 staff ser-
geants, and 805 rank 'and file, a to-
tal of 1,021.
SHERIFF EILBECK.
Mr. Ward was told by Mr. Carroll
that leave of absence had been
granted to Sheriff Eilbeck, of the
Yukon, because his health required a
change. He desired also to see his
father, whose health was failing
evaetat ae,aaelateteel
THE MARKETS
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Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
10...,•10.110
Toreuto, March 11,—Wheat—No. 1
Northero offered at 8.84-c en route
North Bay, and No, 2 Northern at
8Oac en route North Bay, without
bide. Fifty -Ogee -lb, red winter offer-
ed at 7240 outside, aied 58-1b, wheat
68ae outsidee without bids.
Peas—No. 2 weite offered at eitic
west, with 79c bid.
• Oats --No: 2 white offered at 42e
oat, with 414e bid ; at ale bigh
freight, without bids, raid at 412c
Middle freight to Portland, with ale
bid,
Corn—No. 2 yellow offered at 564e
west, with 56c bid.
Buckwheat—No. 2 wanted at 56
low freight to New York, while it
was offered at 56c middle freight to
Portland, without bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried apples—The market is quiet
here at 5a -to Go per lb. .Evaporated
fia to 10c.
Hops—Business quiet, with prices
steady at 18c; yearlings at 8c.
Honey—The market is steady pl
9a to 100 for strained. Combs $1.50
,to 0.25 per dozen,
' Maple syrups—One gallon tins, 950
to $1; smaller packages, $1.05 to
:11.15 •per gallon (imperial). Sugar
! to 90 per 15, as to quality.
Beans—The market is dull. Prices
• $1•410 to $1430 per bush, as to
quality. Hand-picked, $1.85 to
$1.40.
• Cranberries — Market- unchanged,
; withstocks small. Cape Cod, $9.50
:to $10 per barrel.
I Onions—Market steady at $2.50 to
83 per barrel.
Hay, baled—The market is firm.
:with good • demand. Timothy quoted
at $10.25 to $10.50 on track Tor-
onto, for No. 1 and at 88.50 to 89
:for No. 2.
Straw—The market is quiet. Car
lots on track quoted at $5.50 to $6,
; the latter tor .No. 1.
: Poultry—Supply is snaall and prices
t steady. We quote fresh killed tur-
' keys, 12 to 121c per lb ; geese, 8 to
:ace chickens, 70 to 900; old hens,
40 to 50c.
Potatoes—In car lots, on track, 68
;to 65c per bag. Small lots, out raf
'store, bring 75c per bag.
.. THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter—The market is unchanged,
with choice qualities in limited sup-
ply. Low grades are dull. We
quete as follows ;—Choice 1-15
, prints, 3,9 to 20c; choice large rolls,
!17 to 17ac; secondary grades in
rolls, 15 to 16c; low grades, 12 to
13c; creaanery prints, 22 to 240; do
solids, 21 to 22ic.
Eggs—Tho market ie lower to -day.
New laid sold during the morning at
22c, and later at 20c per dozen.
Cheese—The market rules firm at
10a to 11c per M.
ALIEN LABOR LAW.
Mr. Charlton's bill amending the
alien labor lawembodies the principle I
adopted in resolutions by the Manu-;
facturers' Association. At present.
the law allows new industries to im-
port skilled- latter. The new hilla
would extend the privilege to all in-'
dustries if needed' •
QUEBEC HARBOR.
A deputation from the Quebec. Har-
bor Board saw the Government and
asked for extension harborimprove=
meets to meet the rapidly growing
needs of the port.
FATHER ALONE ESCAPED,
Ten Lives Lost in. a Burning Dwel-
ling liouce.
A. Montane, Que., despatch ...says:—
()ale of the most dreadful holocausts
ever known in this part .of the coun-
try occurred here on Sunday morn-
ing, resulting in the loss of ten
lives.
About six o'clock a servant girl
returning home from a walk in the
village discovered the lower part of
the house of alr. Arthur Bouchard to
be in flames. The lower part is used
as a grocery store and the upper
part as a dwelling house. The girl
managed to arouse the family. Mr.
Bouchard immediately jumped from'
an upper window, and -was about to
be followed by his Wife, but she fail-
ed in her attempt, and perished, to-
gether .with her nine children, six
boys and three girls, the eldest bee.
big a boy of 14 years and the other
children as follows:—Girl 12 years,
four boys aged 10, 0, 8, aid
years; two girls 6 and 4, and a boy
2 years. •
Bouthard aroseabout 6 o'clock
and lighted a fire in the kitclum and
then retired again. It, • is
thought the fire started in the kith -
en,
•TO EXAMINE BOUNDARY.
U. S. Senate Committee l'aerbia
Joint Otani ssi o n
A Washington deepateh says aa.A.
favorable report was authorized by
the Senate Committee on Cominerce
on the bill authorizing the Preeident
to appoint a commission to to -
Operate with Canada in en.excineinae,
tion of the diversion of the boundary
Watilre between the to Countries,
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs are steady. Car lots
.nominal at $7.50. Hog peoducts
steady. We quote :—Bacon, long
clears, sells at 10 to 10ac, in ton
and case lots. Mess pork, $20.50 ;
do short cut, $21.50.
Smoked Ineats—Hams, 12a to 13c;
breakfast bacon, • 13e to 140; rons,
11c; backs, 13a to 14c, and should-
ers, lOac.
Lard—The market is unchanged.'
We quote :—Tierces, 11c; tubs, 114c;
11a to 111c; compound, 9 to
Oac.
UNWED STATES MARKRTS.
Toledo, March 11.—Wheat—Firm,
higher ; cash, Mac; May, '84ac; July
8010. Corn—March, 60c; May, 621c;
July, 62c. Oats—March, 4410; May,
aata; July, 36aa. Cloverseed—Dull,
strong ; March, $5.60; April, .55.55.
Detroit, March 11.—Wheat closed—
No. 1 -tektite, cash, 1361e; No. 2 red,
cash ..and. -,March, 85c; May,. Mac;
July,
Buffalo, March 11.—Flour--Steady.
Wheat—Spring dull; No. 1 Neartheria
Mac car loads. Winter opened easy,
but closed stronger; No. 2. red, 8.7ac.
'Corn—Dull; No. 3 yellow offered at
651c; No. 2 eorn, 64fe; No. 8 do,
64a. Oats, easy; No 2 white 4.90; No
do 48.2c; No. 2 mixed, 46ae; No. 3
do, 462c. Barley—Nothing doing,
Rye, quiet; No. 1, 65c.
Minneapolis, March 11.—Wheat
elosed—May, 782c; July, 74•1 to
741c; on track, No. 1 hard, 75ac;
No. 1 Northern, 781c; No. 2 do,
71. to 722.c.
Duluth, March U.—Wheat closed—
Cash,, No. 1 hard, 76ac; No. 1
Northern, 7340; No. 2 do., 71c :
May, 75e; July, 76ac; Manitoba No.
1 Northern, cash, 714c; May, 73ac;
No.. 2 Northerne 684c. Cats -42c.
Corn -61c.
CATTLE MARKET.
Toronto, afterch 1L—At the West-
ern cattle yards to -day the total
receipts were only 27 carloads of live
stock, comprising 410 cattle, 600
hogs, 150 sheep and lambs, 10 calv-
es, and a few mulch cows.
Owing to the light ren prices were
webi maintained all round, the only
•change being an advance in lambs.
There was an coley clearance.
Following is the range of quota-
tions:—
Cattle.
Shippers, Per cwt... ...$4.50 15./5
Do., light .. „. 1.25 4.50
Butcher, choice.., 4.00 4.25
Butelier, ord. to good, 8.25' 8.'75
Butcher, inferior ... 2.50 8.00
Stockers, per cwt... .... 3.00 8.50
Sheep .aild Lambs.
Choke ewes, pea cwt ... 3.60 3.75
Lambs, per cwt... ... . . 4,25 5,25
13ucks, per elate, .,.. 2,00 • 2.50
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each .. 30.00 45.00
Calves, each... .,. 2.00 10.00
Hogs,
Choiee bOgs, per cwt5.75 6.00
Light hogs, per cat 5.50 5.'75
Heavy hogs, per cwt5,50 5.75
Sot's', per cwt,.. 8,50 1.00
Stags, per cwt.., 0,00 2.00
RICH GOLD HND,
Ranges: All the Way ra041.41i
Cents to $700 te the Pan.
A Victoria, 13.0., deepatelt says :ea
Tao steamer Amur arrived frone
Lynn Canal on Thureclay afternoon
and brought news of a very ride
eausing great excitement at Daieeon
gold dad on Old Pelly, which is
and at northern pointe, whence steKne
peelers are cltly going over the ice-
bound trails to the new digginge.1
Louis Rudolph and F. L. Powell,,
who arrived at Skagway on Sunday,:
report that they left Dawson on*Feb-
ruary 20. They say that all Dawson
ancl everybody aloag the trail were'
excited over a strike at Old Pella,
about 30 miles from. Whelan Road
Ifouse, about 20 miles below Selkirk
and between the Old Polly and tha
Yulcon River, There were storiee of
finds ranging all the way from 25
cents to $700 to the pan. Dick But-
ler, well known among old-timers
and stampeders, is the discoverer of
thenuenwt Eoiak
lldionrandn0
o . 2e:nn u
News s frronr:
unL
Dawson that a. strike has been made
as high as $12 to the bucket. Mc-
Daw, an old-timer in Votty-Mile, is
the discoverer of the new ground, he
having made his strike on February
10.
REBUKE FOR HIS MAJESTY
Rev. Dr. Parker Creates a Sensa-
tion. in. London.
A London despatch says:—There
was a strikiug scene in the City Tem-
ple on. Thursday when, during the
bourse of his sermon, the Rev. Jos-
eph Parker, D.D., the rainister, 'ad-
ministered a pointed rebuke to Xing
Edward, which was loudly applaud-
ed by the congregation. Having al-
luded to public -houses as "trap-
doors of hell," Dr. Parker referred
to the King's recent brewing of beer.
while visiting Lord Burton:
"Pray for me;" said the divine,
"that I may speak delicately, loyal-
ly. If the King brews beer, what
can be wrong in the subject drinking
it? What the Xing does is likely to
be imitated by others. His Majesty,
is more than a man, and must re-
gard all questions from, a kingly,
viewpoint. If the Xing goes to re
Sunday concert, as he did recently,
he deals a deadly blow to the Eng-
lishman's Sunday. The Xing can-
not ttend a Nonconformist place
of worship, but he can go to a Sun-
day eoncert."
This remark called forth cries of
"Sbarae!" Dr. Parker continued
"If the King, who is the head of
the Ohm -eh and defender of the faith
can violate the English Sunday,
what can the people do but follow
in his steps? I would rather give a
great stun in gold than appear to be
disloyal; but I cannot be disloyal to
Christ, and it is better that these
things .should be said."
TO RAISE LAKE ERIE.
United States Wants to Build Dane
at Head. of Niagara.
A Washington, D.C., despatch says:
—The Committee- on Rivers and Har-
bors finished its bill Saturday after-
noon, and it will be reported to the
House on. Monday. Among the gen-
eral provisions of the bill is one
which relates to the building of a
dam across the Niagara River at the
outlet of Lake Erie. The bill pro-
vides for the formation of an inter-
national commission to be composed
of three members from the United
States and three from the Govern-
ment of Great Britain, to represent
the Dominion of Canada. In. tha
event of Great Britain accepting the
invitation, the President is authoriz-
ed to appoint ono 'United States En-
gineer, one civil engineer, and one
lawyer as commissioners from tb.e
United States. '
The proposition is to raise the
water two or three feet above the
low-water level of the lake. That
will give the increased depth to all
the porta of Lako Erie as far west,
it is believed, as the Detroit river.
•
SAIL ON THE, SEVENTH.
Preparations for Vice-RoyaltY's
Departure.
A Montreal despatch says :—The
Allan Line has been notified from
Ottawa that the Governor-General
and his daughter, Lady Ruby El-
liott, will sail by the company's
steamer Parisian on June 7 for- . -.-
Liverpool. Special apartments, lux-
uriousiy furnished, will be set apart
for the Viceregal party, who will at-
tend the King's coronation. It has
not been definitely decided when Sir
Wilfrid Laurier and the other Min-
isters will sail for England, but it
is understood they will eitheeasail by
the company's steatapr Parisian or
Tunisian.
MOST POWERFUL WARSHIP
One --33uilding for an Unkia.oain
• Purchaser.
A London despatch ertys:—Vickers,
Sons'and Maxim have begun at Bar-
row the construction of a warship
which is described as a, semi -battle-.
ship and semi-craiser, having the
strength of the former, and the fleet-
ness at the leatet. She will he the
most powerful armored warship ever
built. It is not known- who she is
being built for.
• BRITISH IMPORTS..
An Increase of Nearly $10,000,00a
Per Mouth.
A London despatch says:—The
trade reports for February show
that during the month the iniports
into the 'United Kingdom Wore of the
value of Z41,691,591, hoing ari in -
Crease on the import's for February
last year of • Z1,9'77,152, The ex-
ports for February- from the Milted
Kingdont amotarted to Z21,312,276.,
being an increate,on the eorreariond-
ing Month- of last •yeeet of £274,821.
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