Exeter Times, 1903-3-19, Page 2TIE MARKETS
to $3.80; second patents, $8.00 to
'$8.70; first - clears, $2,'70; second
eleai•s, $2 to $2.10.: Bran^• -^In »u11f,
$14.2 to $1440,
Buffalo, March i7. Wlieatr•-Spring
dull; No. 1 hard, .$7c; winter no-
thing offered. Coaaczr-Dull and low-
er; No. 2 yellow, 50*e; No. 2 corn,
4.940. Oats --Quiet; No. 2 white,
41*c; No. 2 Mixed, 89e. Barley --n6
to 620, in store, Rye -•No.. 2, 58*c,
Milwatikele, March 3J7. -Wheats
I3igher•; 'Mt. 1 Northern, 79e; No. 2
Northern, T7-* to 78c; May, 75* -c.
Rye -Steady; No. 1, 51* c. Barley --
Steady;
arley-Steady No. 2, 62c; sample, 47 to
521c. Corn -May, 4''7•go.
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc`
in Trade Centres.
Teroxito, March 17. -Wheat -The
naelf:elt is quiet, with prices steady.
No, 2 white and red are quoted at
691c middle freights. No. 2 spring
nominal at 600 on Midland, and
No. 2 goose at no on Midland.
Zanitoba wheat steady; No. 3. hard,
87c all rail, grinding in transit. No.
1 Northern,. $5e all rail, grinding in
transit ; No. 1 hard, 86*c North
Bay ; No, 1 Northern, 84 o North
Bay.
Oats-'Prade is quiet, with No, 2
white quoted at Kin middle freights
and at 80c high freights; No. 3..
white, 320 east.
Barleys -Trade is quiet, with No. 3
extra quoted at 46 to 46?c. middle
freight, and No, 8 at 48,.x, to 44c
middle freights.
Peas -No. 2 white is quoted at
69c high freights, and at 700. east.
Corn -Market dull, with Canadian
yellow quoted at 45e west, and
mixed 44e west. No. 3 American
yellow at 58c on track . Toronto.
Rye -No. 2 is nominal at 51;c
middle freight.
Flour -Ninety per cent. patents un-
changed at $2.65 middle freight, in
buyers' sacks for export. ,. Straiglht.
rollers of special brands for domes-
tic trade quoted at $8.20 to $8.35
in bbls. Manitoba flour steady. No.
1 patents, $4,20, and seconds,
$8.90, Strong bakers', $8,80, bags
included, Toronto.
Millfeed-Bran is very scarce, and
quoted . at $17 here. At outside
points bran is quoted at $16.50 to
$17, and shorts at $18. Manitoba
bran, in sacks, $19, and shorts, $21
here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Trade continues dull ; me-
dium, $1.65 to $1.75 per bush, and
hand-picked, $1.90 to $2.
Dried apples -Nothing doing, with
prices nominal at 3c per lb. Iavap-
orated, 6 to 6;c.
Honey -The market is quiet, with
prices unchanged. Strained sells at
8 to 8;c per lie, and comb at $1.25
to $1.50.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet,
at unchanged prices. Choice timothy,
$10 on track, and mixed, $8 to
$8.50.
Straw -The market is quiet :for.
car lots on track, at $5.50 to $6
a ton.
Maple syrup -Five -gallon cans, 63-
a
1a gallon ; one -gallon cans, $1.10,
and half -gallon, 60c.
Onions -The market is dull at 40c
per bush for Canadian.
Poultry --Market dull, with prices
firm. We quote Fresh killed dry -
picked turkeys, 14 to 17c; geese,
9 to 11c per ib.; ducks, $1 to $1.25;
chickens (young), 8.5c to $1 ; old
' hens, 60 to 70c per pair.
Potatoes -Market steady. Cars on
track, $1 to $1.05, and small lots,
$1.23 per bag.
--
TIDE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter - Local trade continues
quiet, and without feature. We
quote :-Selneted dairy, tubs, 16 to
17c; choice large rolls, 17 to 18c ;
finest 1-11, prints, 18 to 19c; cream-
ery prints, 21 to 22*c; solids, 19
to 20c.
Eggs -Market is easier, with de-
mand good. We quote :-Strictly
new laid, 15; to 160; held stock
(pickled and cold store), 9 to 10c.
Cheese --Market is firm. 'We quote :
-Finest September, 13 to 13ec ;
seconds, 121 to 13e; twins, 131 to
14c.
IIOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are nominal. None
offering. Cured meats firm, with de-
mand fair. 'We quote :-Bacon, clear,
10 to 10c, in ton •and case lots.
Pork -Mess, $21; do short cut,
$22.50.
Smoked hams, 13 to 13*c; rolls,
112c; shoulders, 11c; backs, 14 to
14 -c; breakfast bacon, 14 to 14;c.
Lard -The demand is better.' We
quote :-Tierces, 10} to into; tubs,
10;1 to 110; pails, 11,e.
BUSINESS .AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, March 17. -Grain -No.
1 Manitoba hard wheat, 73c; No. 1
Northern, 71tic, 'March delivery ;
No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern,
.72c ex store, May delivery; peas,
69 c high freights; oats, No. 2 in
store here, 37* to 37,c; 311c high
freights; rye, 49c east; buckwheat,
48* to 49c east. Flour -Manitoba
patents, $4.20; seconds, $8,90; On-
tario straight rollers, $3.50 to
$e.65 in bags, $1.70 to $1.715
patents, $3.70 to $4.10. Rolled
oats -Millers' prices, $2 bags, and
$4.15 per blel. Feed - M anitobja
bran, $19 to $20; shorts, $21 to
$22, bags included; Ontario bran in
bulk, $18 to $18.50; shorts in bulk,
$20 to $21. Provisions -heavy
Canadian short cut pork, $24 to
$25 ; short cut backs, $23.50 to
$2� ;'light short cut, $23 to $24 ;
compound refined lard, 8* to 9e ;
pure Canadian lard, 11c; finest lard,
12 to 12•;c; hams, 12; to 184e ;
:bacon, 14 to 15e; dressed hogs,
$8.25 ; fresh. Tilled abattoir hogs,
$8.50 to $9 per 100 lbs.. Honey -
;White clover, in sections, 12 to 18c
per section; in 10-1b. tins, 8 to
8?,,c; in bulk, 7* to Se; dark, is
lower. Oheese-Ontario, 13 to 13ec;
Townships, 18c. Butter -Townships
creamery, 20 to 20}c; seconds, 17e;
Western rolls, 16c. Eggs --New laid,
17 to 17ac; seconds, 11c,
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Duluth, March 17. -Wheat -Cash,
No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern,
74e; May, 7 '5 o ; No. 2 Northern
72c; May and July, 75•;ic, Oats -
May, 830,
Minneapolis, March 17. -Wheat -
Kay, 740; July, 741- to 741c; on
track. No. 3. hard, 7'ne; No. 1
Northern,, - 76*c; lilo, 2 1•Torthern,
• ' 5ec. Flour-•-1•'irst : r patents, $8.70.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto, March 17.-A fairly
active business was transacted at
the Western Cattle Market to -day in
butchers' cattle. Exporters were
not offered plentifully, and the de-
mand for them was not brisk.
Space is still scarce on the trans-
Atlantic steamers, and several more
delays in their departures 'for Eng-
land have been reported. Fairly
good prices were paid, however, by
many . of the buyers for choice de-
scriptionsof these. Butchers' cattle
sold well, but it is doubtful if the
present prices would have been
maintained if there had been of
these larger receipts. The markets
Were flooded with niilch cows, and
springers were more abundant than
usual, about forty., or fifty being
brought forward, and but for the
presence of a large buyers sales
would have been oriented with con-
siderable difficulty. The markets ,,for
hogs were steady.
The receipts were 56 cars, con-
taining 726 cattle, 212 sheep, 2,000
hogs, and 28 calves.
The following is the range of
quotations :
Exporters' cattle- Per 100 lbs.
Choice... ............... $4.25 -$4.65
Medium.,. 3.85 4.20
Laght... 4.00 0.00
Bulls... 3.75 3.85
Butchers'-
Choice 4.00
Medium ,.. 3.40
Heifers......, .. .,..... 3.50
Bulls 8.00
Feeders 2.50
Stockers. 3.00
Canners.. 2.00
Sheep -
Lambs 4.50
Ewes 8.75
Backs.. 3.00
Calves, each. 2.00
Calves, per 100 lbs... 4.50
Hogs -
Sows 4.50
Stags 2,00
Selects, 160 to 200 lbs 6.35
Thick fats. 5.10
Lights.. 5.10
4.35
4.00
8.90
3.50
8.10
3.65
2.50
5.+815
4.25
8.50
10.00
6.00
•
5.00
4.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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IN BRITISH MARKETS.
Canada's Produce in Demand,
Says Lord. Strathcona.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Lord
Strathcona has just sent his annual
report to the Department of Trade
and Commerce. He says the num-
ber of Canadian cattle imported into
Great Britain was 5,400 head,
whilst there was a decrease in the
number of cattle imported from the
United States. The cattle showed a
decided improvement over those of
last year, and when slaughtered
were found to be freer from disease,
and healthier than the British cat-
tle. Ills Lordship does not doubt
but that the embargo against the
entry of Canadian cattle into the
United .Kingdom'veill be raised, not-
with::tanding the agitation in favor
of its. maintenance. He anticipates
that there will in the near future
be unproved markets for imported
meats, and urges that more atten-
tion should be paid to this subject
at the Canadian end. The quantity
of chilled meat imported from the
United States last year equaled in
bulk the weight of 342,000 head of
cattle.
Ile notes with gratification that
Canada is the second largest ship-
per of wheat to Great Britain,
though last year's shipments did
not exceed 10 per cent. of the wheat
importations. Canadian grain is
well spoken of, whilst its splendid
quality insures a. large trade in the
future. 'There is a gratifying in-
crease in the quantity of flour im-
ported from the Dominion, and it
now occupies the second place in
the returns after the United States.
The sale of Canadian butter in
the United Kingdom has -more than
doubled in the last three years. Last
year the sales amounted to $6,786,-
000, whilst the total import was
$102,000,000. There is still a large
opening for Oanaidian butter, es-
pecially in view of the disposition to
favor butter from this country over
that from foreign countries. Canada
sold in Great Britain last year $21,-
500,000 worth of cheese, being 67;
per cent. of the total import, or 8
per cent. more than the year be-
fore. The cheese was of the best
quality on record, and the importa-
tions are increasing. A feeling pre-
vails that an effort should be made
by Canada to prevent the exporta-
tion of raw materials, and to in-
crease the industry of the Dominion.
The matter is largely in the bands
of Canada, as competition from
other sources is decreasing from year
to ,year.
CHECK TO WHITE PLAGUE.
Austrian Savant Claims He Sas
Discovered Serum.
A Vienna despatch says :-Medical
men here are eagerly anticipating a
promised lecture by Prof. Behring,
the renowned inventor of diphtheria
serum, who has announced the dis-
covery of a serum by means of
which calves can be made perfectly
immune to tuberculosis, and Which,
he confidently expects, will prove
similarly applicable to human be-
ings..
J
QRFNINCG OI± 'THE PROVINCIAL
LEGISLATURE,
In the Ontario ' Legislature ou
Tuesday of last week, Chief Jus-
tice Mose, in the absence of the
Lieutenant -Governor, delivered the
fallowing
SYE ICH FROM THE THRONE..
.ONE,
Mr. Justice Moss then delivered
thefollowing address from the
throne, after which the house ad-
journed until 3 o'clock to -marrow.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Legislative Assembly
I have much pleasure in welcoming
you to your duties as representa-
tives of the people at this the first
session of a new Parliament,
In common with all his Majesty's
subjects throughout the British Em-
pire
mpire we rejoice at the coronation of
Edward VII. as ".Bing of Great
Britain and Ireland and his Ma-
jesty's Dominions beyond the seas,".
and as loving subjects we sincerely
pray that lie inay long be spared to
occupy the throne of his ancestors
as the sovereign of a loyal, con-
tented and prosperous people.
On the 18th. of December last a
conference of Provincial Premiers
and Ministers was held in the • city
of Quebec for the purpose of 'con--;
sidering the financial relations of
the provinces• to the Dominion. The
conference, after coming to certain
conclusions, ,subsequently met at Ot-
tawa and submitted their conclu-
sions to the Dominion Government.
A full report of the proceedings will
be laid before you.
During the past year 4. greater
area of the arable lands of the
Crown was located by settlers than
in any recent year in the history of
the Crown Lands Department. The
immigration from the United King-
dom was exceptionally large ; the
arrivals reported to the Department
in Toronto being nearly double
those of any previous year.
Under the legislation providing
land grants for military service,
about six thousand certificates have
already been issued. A large num-
ber
umber of claims awaiting settlement
will be disposed of as soon as their
validity is established. An amend-
ment to the act enabling the more
recent contingents to South Africa
to share in these grants, will be
submitted.
Tho progress which is being made
in the leading branches of mining is
matter for congratulation. The out-
put last year was the largest in the
history of the industry. Special at-
tention is being given to the de-
posits of nickel -copper and iron ore,
which constitute so important a part
of the mineral wealth -yet largely
undeveloped -of northern Ontario.
The lumber trade continues active,
the revenue for Crown dues for the
past year being the largest in the
history of the province.
I am pleased to notice that the
past year has been one of excep-
tional prosperity in every depart-
ment of agriculture, not the least
significant evidence being the im-
proved quality of our dairy pro-
duce, bacon, beef, and poultry.
The thanks of the country are due
to the estate of the late Mr. Hart
A. Massey for the timely gift of a
new library building, and also to
Sir William Macdonald for his gen-
erosity in providing for e building
on the campus of the Agricultural
College devoted to domestic science.
These munificent gifts show the
growing interest of influential citi-
zens in agricultural education, and
will greatly assist in the work of
the college.
The work of the Farmers' In-
stitutes has grown steadily ; spe-
cial fruit institutes, held in the
orchard, have been very helpful; the
Women's Institutes have increased in
number, and are so promising that
you will be asked for special as-
sistance to carry on this work.
The vote polled on the 4th of De-
cember last. in favor of the Liquor
Act of 1902, though not large en-
ough to bring tho Act into force,
may, nevertheless, be taken as an
expression of the electors favoring
further legislation with respect to
the liquor traffic. A measure with
this object in view will be submitted
for your consideration.
Ib is greatly to be regretted that,
notwithstanding the liberal pro-
vision heretofore made 'Tor the in-
sane, the accommodation is still
inadequate, and I trust you will find
it possible to meet fully the neces-
sities of this unfortunate class of
the people.
It is gratifying to notice that
many County Councils have provid-
ed for the indigent of their own
counties by the establishment of
Houses of Rrfuge. Some counties,
however, have no other refuge for
destitute persons than the county
jail, and it is the intention of the
Government to submit legislation
for the further extension of - this
system of public charity.
In order to better suppress)
contagious diseases in many parts
of the province, it appears to be
necessary to secure more effective
co-operation of the municipalities
with the measures adopted by the
Legislature. Your attention will be
called to a bill for this purpose.
I have been pleased to notice the
highly beneficial results that have
attended the creation in 1898 of the
branch of the public service charged
with the care of neglected and de-
pendent children. Under its opera-
tion foster hones have been provided
for over two thousand destitute
It is,reported that the farnitie
among the Russian Cossacks of ,the.
Terek is increasing in seriousness.
children, assuring their growth in
all that makes for good. citizenship.
The legislation of 1897 providing
for. supervising and . regulating the
importation of children from the
British Isles, has, I' am pleased to
say, resulted in a more careful selec-
tion of children intended for settle-
ment in this province, and in the
greater comfort and • security from
injustice of all children for • 'whom
lropios onlay lye e found' utider"the :e.et..
r
You wilil be pleased. to know that i guest of Xing Charles..
great ,progress hasbeen made dur-
ing the year in the development of
technical education and manual
training In the Public and Normal
schools of the province. The growth
of the Provincial University shows
the increased interest taken in high-
er education, while the demand for
the better training of :teachers in
Public and Separate schools, calls
for the extension • of the Normal
school term. You will be asked to
consider legislation with regard to
these matters.
In view of the great demand for
electrical energy for industrial and
other *uses, it is desirable that the
utmost facility should be afforded,
through municipal control or other
wise, for the utilization- to these
ends of the water powers of the
province. A hill to provide for this
object will bo laid before you.
Bills will be submitted for the
consolidation of the Municipal Act
and for the revision of the Assess
anent Act,
The reports of the various depart-
nxents of the public service will be
laid before you, including the first-
report
irst-report of the commission•for the
construction of the Teiniskaming
and Northern Ontario Railway, •
The .estimates for the current year
will, at an early date, be submitted
for .your "approval. 'They will be'
found to have been prepared• with
all the economy consistent with the
efficiency of the public service.
,I. feel assured that , your legisla-
tive` labors during the present' ses-
sion will bo characterized by the
sante earnest care and thoughtful
attention as have heretofore exiarked
the work of the Legislative As-
sembly of Ontario.
4.
ENORMOUS INCREASE.
Dominion Trade mncreasing by
Leaps and Bounds.
An Ottawa despatch says :-
Judging from the trade returns for
the first eight months ending Feb.
28th, it is estimated that at the
close of the present fiscal year the
aggregate trade of the Dominion
will approach tine total of $460,-
000,000, or $35,000,000 more than
in the previous year. During the
past eight months the aggregate
trade, on the basis of imports for
consumption and domestic exports,
amounted to $291,284,240, or a
gain of $27,808,9.56 compared with
the same period of the preceding
fiscal year. Imports for consump-
tion were exceeded by domestic ex-
ports by $12,885,000. In round
numbers exports increased as fol-
lows :-Manufactures, $1,750,000 ;
farm products, $7,000,000; animals
and their products, $9,000,000; for-
est products, $3,000,000. Decreases
wore $2,000,000 in exports of
fisheries, mainly . due to the falling
off in British Columbia salmon can-
neries, and $2,000,000 in products
of the mine. Returns for the past
month give the imports as $15,-
515,478 and the exports as $11,-
441,957, as compared with $13,499,-
531 and $8,367,227, the respective
amounts for the same period of
1902.
FATAL KLO1 DIKE FIR1E.
Five Hotel Inmates Burned to
Death Like Trapped Rats.
A Vancouver despatch says :-In
the fire which destroyed the Aurora
roadhouse, 55 miles below Dawson
City, on Hunker Creek, Klondike,
Charles Burnside, proprietor, his
wife and two children perished like
trapped rats, Thomas Baird, a
young miner from St. Mary's Ont.,
a cousin of Prof. Baird, of Mani-
toba College, sharing in their awful
fate. William Dice discovered the
fire, but too late for a rescue. The
remains of the five victims, with the
charred body of a dog, were recov-
ered in the morning by Corporal
Ryan, and a coroner's jury returned
a verdict of death by suffocation.
The Burnside family came from
Portland, Oregon.
KING EDWARD'S CLAIM.
llZr. J. K. Sparling Deeds Him
One in the Klondike.
A Vancouver despatch says :-King
Edward is the holder of a claim in
the Klondike. It is located on
eighteen Pup of the left fork of
Eureka Creek. The claim- was pre-
sented to his Majesty by J. K.
Sparling of the Dawson bar. The
latter filed a q,uit claim in the Gold
Commissioner's office, surrendering
to the King all right and title to
claim Ao. 1 A on the Pup. On the
document' are these words :-.
Re
-
corded without fee by order of the
Assistant Gold Commissioner." The
deed reads as between John Kerr
Sparling and his Majesty King Ed-
ward, represented by the Minister
of the Interior.
TO FLOG WIFE BEATERS.,
Bill to Come Before Quebec Legis-
lature.
A Montreal 'despatch. says: The So-
ciety for the Pi,•evention of Cruelty
to Women and Children has pre-
pared a bill, which will be introduc-
ed in the Quebec Legislature by
Hutchinson, 'M.L.A„ pi•ovitding for
flogging as a punishment for men
guilty of wife beating.
KING TO VISIT PORTUGAL.
Will Be the Guest of King Charles
Next Month.
A Lisbon despatch says: It is
officially announced that King Ed-
ward. will sail from England for
Lisbon on the Royal yacht Victoria
and. Albert, March 31, and that he
Will remain here four clays as the
TIE HOUSE OF 001111ONS
LORD MINTU DELIVERED THE
SPEECH FROM THE DHR01E.
An Ottawa desipatch says: Parlia-
ment was opened at three :o'clock on
Thursday afternoon by Lord Minto.
There was a large attendance at the
opening ceremonies, and the "interest
manifested in the event' Was as
great as in past years.
His Excellency the Governor-Gen-
eral was accompanied frons the GOY
-
eminent use by an escort of the
Princess Louise, Dragoon Guards,
and was received on, his arrival at
the Parliament Buildings by a guard
of honor from the Governor -Goner-.
al's root Guards. The band of this
regiment was present and supplied
the inelsic.
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Lord Minto proceeded to the Sen-
ate Chamber and delivered the fol-
lowing speech from the throne:
I3bnorabie Gentlemen of the Senate,
Gentlemen of the Rouse of Com-
mons:
I azn glad to bo able to congratu-
late you on the continued prosperity
that prevails throughout the Domin-
ion. Canada has received many
blessings during the past year which
call for the expression of our heart-
felt"gratitude to a' kind• Providence.
I, had the pleasure of visiting: Lon -
.don last' sumher in anticipation' of
the 'coronation of his Majesty, and
to ' meet' on that' bceasion••'roproserit-
atives from all parts of the Em-
pire, bringing with them assurances
of the loyalty and contentment :that
prevails throughout his Majesty's
widely -extended possessions, and
though at one time fears were en-
tea•tained that _ the King's illness
would have involved a further post-
ponement of the ceremonies, it was a
source of much joy and happiness to
his Majesty's subjects that his
health was so speedily and perfectly
restored.
COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
Representatives of this Government
participated in the important Col-
onial Oonference, which was calleci
by his Majesty's Government in con-
nection with . the coronation. The
report of the proceedings of the con-
ference, including the documents
s'urbmitted by the Canadian repre-
sentatives, bas already been given
to the public by his Majesty's Gov-
e"rriment fn London. I feel assured
that ninali good will reshilt from
bringing the leading public men of
the great self-governing colonies in-
to direct contact with each other
and with the statesmen from other
lands.
COMMISSION ON TRANSPORT-
ATION.
The great influx of population in-
to our Northwestern Territories and
the very Iarge adklitional areas of
fertile land which are being brought
under cultivation combine to furth-
er press upon us the need for in-
creased transportation facilities for
the forwarding of our grain and oth-
er products to the markets of the
world through Canadian channels.
The whole question of transportation
and terminal facilities continues to
occupy much attention, and my
Government will immediately ap-
point a cornmission of experienced
men to report on the subject. •
ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
A. treaty has been entered into be-
tween his Majesty and the Govern-
ment of the United States, under
which the proper delimitation of the
boundaries between Canada and
Alaska is to be judicially determined
by a tribunal of six impartial jur-
ists of repute.
REDISTRIBUTION BILL.
As a result of the recent decennial
census the representation of the dif-
ferent provinces must be re -adjust-
ed, as required by the British North
America Act, and a bill will be in-
troduced for that purpose. Bills
with respect to the creation of a
Railway Commission, the amend-
ment of the patent laws, the Militia
Act, Chinese Immigration, the re -or-
ganization of the Department of Ma-
rine and Fisheries, the settlement of
railway labor disputes, and various
other subjects, will be submitted to
you.
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
• Gentlemen of the House of Com-
mons: The public accounts will be
laid before you, and also the estim-
ates for the coming year, which
have been prepared with due regard
to economy and the rapid growth
of the Dominion.
Hon. Gentlemen of the Senate;
Gentlemen of ` the House of Com-
axons: I pray that in the consider-
ation of these matters and in the
performance of all the labors which
will devolve on you, your delibera-
tions, under Divine guidance, will
tend still to increase the prosperity
and happiness of our people.
4
THE FRENCH SHORE
Modus Vivendi Passed. in New-
ifoundland Legislature.
A St. John's, Nfid., despatch
says :-The Legislative Assembly on
Wednesday evening unanimously re-
newed the French shore modus
vivendi for the current year, after
a powerful speech, from Premier
Bond, who declared his conviction
that the Imperia]. Governmient in-
tended to redress the colony's
grievances at the earliest possible
moment.
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HAS LARGE HOPES.
Mr. Speers Would Not Limit Im-
migration from States.
A Winnipeg despatch says .:-Mr.
C. W. Speers, Dominion Immigration
Agent, has lately returned from a
trip through Missouri, Nebraska,
Kansas, and Illinois. Speaking to a
reporter, he send :--"Tho movement
will be greater than.. even we an-
ticipated. There would be no use in
estirnating the- number at even
forty, or sixty thousand, because we
intent be away oil's One thing is cer-
tain, that : the t;niuigration will be
atraotdinarily 4' 'ge,
:NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe!
CANADA. -
There were 40 births, 10 mar-
riages and 15 deaths In Brantford
last month.
Employee of the Winnipeg post
offtee want a 25 per cent, increase
ih wages.
The value of the mineral products
of Canada for 1902 is estimated at
$64,970,732.
The De Forest Wireless Telegraph
Company of Canada has obtained an
Ontario charter.
The Canadian Northern will build
a very fine station at Winnipeg on
Fort Garry Park.
During February, 2,860 emigrants
registered at Winnipeg. Iu Febru-
ary, 1902, there were 1,675.
Notice has been given of 148 pri-
vate bills to come before the House
of Commons this session.
Matherin, the wife murderer, of
Montmagny, was condemned to be
hanged on the 24th of April,.
It is said the Deering Harvester
Company are negotiating -for the
Hamilton Steel & Iron 0o,'s plant,.
.Fred Thibadeau, a noted burglar,
was sentenced to 17 years' imprison-
ment by Judge • Landry at. Bathurst.
N. S.
Tho Dinorwic, Man., Hotel ,and
post=office wore manned.The hotel
.occupants escaped '"in their night-
clothes.
The lumber cut in the Georgian
Bay district has been mostexcep-
tional and will amount to 550,000,-
000 feet.
Rev. I. I. Trebitsch, a converted
Hebrew, in a lecture at Ottawa, es-
timated the Jewish population of
Canada at 22,000. -
As a result of the demand of Ham-
ilton teamsters for $4 per day, the
city proposes establishing a civic
scavenger department.
Negotiations are pending between
British Columbia fruit growers and
the Dominion Express, which will
result in largely increased shipments
from the coast to Manitoba.
The live stock and poultry inter-
ests are anxious to have the Domin-
ion Government make an exhibit on
those lines at St. Louis.
Postmaster Johnson, of Dalhousie,
N.B., has been arrested on suspicion
of robbery, it being alleged that evi-
dence against him was found in
letters in possession of Chifferton,
the Rat Portage man connected with
the poison candy case.
The directors of the Brantford fair
are making arrangements for culti-
vating an experimental plot on the
fair ground, and during the fair a
domestic science instructor will be
present to give lessons in cooking.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan,
Board of Trade has passed a strong
resolution urging upon the Govern-
ment the necessity of affording en-
couragement to new railways. It
points out that, while .in Saskatche-
wan there is an area of 114,700
square miles, there are only 100
miles of railway.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Rev; R. J. Campbell was appoint-
ed to the pastorate of the famous
City Temple, London.
In nine and a half hours the po-
lice saw 118 men, 719 women,and 25
boys and girls enter a Kirkdalc,
Liverpool, public -house.
It has been decided in England
that newspaper proprietors are man-
ufacturers, and that the law does
not prevent them publishing Sunday
papers.
Lord Lyveden, organizer of the
proposed excursion of members of
the British Parliament to Canada
next autumn, says many members
have already agreed toy go.
For not vacating his house for six
months after the expiration of due
notice to quit,' a Stourbridge ratan
has been ordered to pay "double
rent" under an Act of George II.
The suggestion was made in Lon-
don that a committee should be
formed to report upon the desirabil-
ity of training sixty of the city po-
lice to act as firemen. -This system
is being practiced in Liverpool, - un-
der Captain Nott -Bower, and has
been found to work very successful-
ly.
UNITED STATES.
Robbers opened a switch at Wash-
ington, Ind., derailed a train, killing
three trainmen.
An injection of formalin cured Jo-
seph Chappeaux of hydrophobia, at
Williamsport, Pa.
Ira D. Sankey, the famous singing
evangelist, who has been seriously
ill, is recovering.
Because she couldn't buy coal Mag-
dalena Spies, a woman worth $75,-
000, was arrested at La Crosse,
Wis., for stealing wood.
J. Pierpont's new library and art
gallery, adjoining his mansion, at
New York, will be built at a cost of
$300,000.
While the surpliced choir marched
up the center aisle in Trinity church,
at New IIaven, Conn., Sunday night
singing "Repent! Confess!" Alex-
ander Page, a retired builder, lay
dying of heart disease in the vesti-
bule.
"John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine 'Workers of America, is
the vice-presidential probability on
the Democratic ' ticket for 1904,"
said a, prominent Democrat wlio is
in the confidence of the leaders of
his party.
GEN3RAL.
For their services . in international
law, the Mikado proposes to confer
the Second Class of the Order of the
Rising Suri on Professor Holland
and Professor Westlake,
Mr. Seddon has been making an-
other protest against the difficulties
put in the way of New Zealand tone
daring for the army moat contracts
in Africa, He declared, "I£ they
give the contracts to the Argentine•
7' will fight them as long as I - aln
able." We deserve better at their
hands.''•
EXPLORER'S ADVENTEBES
MR. a. W. TYRELL READS AN"
INTERESTING 3.ARria
The Thelon River Xs Navigable for
550 Miles From Uudson.
Bay.
Mr, 3, W. 'Tyrell, the wolf -known
Canadian explorer, delivered a very
interesting address in Toronto re-•
cently before a meeting of the On-
tario Land. Surveyors, in which her
gave a very graphic description of a
ten -months' journey in 1900, from
Edmonton to the Great Slave Lake,
and thence to Hudson Bay and re-
turn, covering in all a distance of
4,600 miles, The journeys out and
homeward were made during the*
winters by means of dog sleds and
snowshoes, the summer season being'
uti fzed for exploration work.
Sfed travel over -the ice on Great,
Slave and Artillery lakes was eon--
tinued until the 8th of June, but bar
the 18th of the same month the ice/
had disappeared and the journey
was commenced in canoes. There•
was thus only an interval of ten.
days between the winter and'summer
modes of travelling in that part or.
Canada.
The. real exploration .woris•,was•
commenced at Fort reliance, the•
ruins of the headquarters of Sir.
George Back, in the years 1832-34.
A compass and • pedometer survey,
whs made on either side of theport-
age route, . and considerable of the
"divide" country in the vicinity of' ,
Great Slave Lake was explored and
Mapped, The old maps of Sir George -
Back wore found to be inaccurate
and misleading.
One example of Sir George Back's•
inaccurate statements was a "de-
scription of Parry's Falls, on the •
Lockhart River, which empties it'
self into the northeastern extremity'
of Great Slave Lake. The river was -
described as falling "into an upper
basin almost concealed by the
tervening rocks, whence it broke in.
one vast sheet into a chasm between.
four and five hundred feet deep,,'
The fall was said to be at least.
two hundred feet wide, and very'
hazardous of approach. Niagara,
Wilberforce, Kaisabikka and the -
Swiss and Italian Falls were said
not to compare with it for splendor•
of effect.
WERE DISAPPOINTED.
The exploration party had expect-
ed to see something extraordinary'
after reading Back's account, and no -
little disappointment was causen
when one of Mr. Tyrell's assistants -
returned from a trip up the Lock-
hart River and said that he could
not locate the falls, "that they were -
a myth and had no existence."
Mr. Tyrell concluded to visit the -
locality himself, as he could" not
understand the discrepancy of re --
ports. Parry's Falls were found
about six miles from the mouth of
the river, but Back's dimensions had,.
been so exaggerated as to place
them beyond recognition. The falls -
from top to bottom "were 85 feet
instead of between 400 and 500, and
the width at the crest was 30 feet•
instead of 200 feet. The falls were
very beautiful, and at the time he
visited them .were bridged with ice.
An accurate survey was not attempt-
ed by the party to approximate the'
falls accurately, so that a guide
would have no difficulty in following
their maps, the detail work being.
practically correct.
On June 27th the party, after
crossing the height of land, entered
upon a lake which was called Sifton,
after the Minister of the Interior,.
and were compelled to camp upon
the shores by reason of an adverse
wind.
A portion of the party,' under Mr.
Fairchild, set out for Hudson Tay,
and Mr. Tyrell turned his attention
to exploring the upper portions of
the Thelon River. Spruce and tam-
arack groves were more frequent
than in other portions of the jour-
ney. The mean velocity of the The-
lon River was estimated at three
and one half miles per hour.
A material result of the explora-
tion was the discovery of the Thelon
River, one of the finest in Canada,
navigable for river steamers a
dis-
tance of 550 miles from Hudson
Bay, excepting two rapids.• Thus,
the possibilities of navigation from
Hudson Bay west by way of Ches-
%erfield Inlet, have been well deter-
mined. .
The Thelon Valley, though afford-
ing fine grazing lands for musk oxen
and caribou, can scarcely be looked
upon as a desirable agricultural dis-
trict, though some of our cereals
and most of our hardy vegetables
could be grown in the Thelon Val-
ley.
THE RULINGr PASSION.
A good woman was dying, a wo-
man who had been a true wife and
a loving mother, a woman with but
one weakness -a love for gossip.
Although her time on earth was
short she was critically watching
the attending doctor and the nurse,
as they talked in subdued whispers
of the result which their united skill
had been powerless to avert.
In response to the summons of the
dying woman, her husband approach-
ed
pproach
ed her and bent low to catch the
words • which he expected to be
words of love. Again she turned her
eyes, from which the' light was fast
fading, upon the doctor and the
nurse, es she said, faintly:
"Do you suppose they are engag-
ed?"
These words were her last.
1'ICIi ING 133? A FORTUNE.
.A man has built up a big business'
at Puget Sound, near Vancouver, as
the result of a holiday excursion.
Instead of loafing aimlessly,` lie used
his eyes, and, noticing a little fish,
which lie took to be a sardine, had
some tinned, with the ultimate re-
sult that his establishment lies this
year sent out 175,000 eases, And;
the Market as not yet glutted; there
is still money to be made in this
way,