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Exeter Times, 1903-11-5, Page 6H WORLD'S IARKETS, IMPORTS 'ORTS .:'EO14xi THE 7,EA tINCaa Ta,ea E CExitlazs,. Prices of Cattlee Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Hoene and Abroad. Toronto, N;ev, 3;.-Mbeat--The mare ket is quiet,, with offerings generally limited. No. 2 white and red :Win- ter quoted. at 777* to 78e low freights. No, 2 Spring is quoted at 76 to 77c east, and No. 2 goose >kt 70 to 71c east. Manitoba wheat is dull. 'At upper lake Ports No. 1 Northern is quoted at 89e, and No. 2 Northern at 84e, No. 1 bard nominal et 92c. Oats -The market is firmer, with offerings moderate. No. 2 white is quoted at :9c west,; and at 29:; to. 29fc low freights to New. York.. No. 1 white,. 30,c west. Barley -•mho demand is moderate,. with offerings flair. No. 2 quoted at 43 to 444 middle freights, and No, 8 extra, 42c middle freights,, and No. 8 at 41c east. layer -'rile market. is quiet, with prices steady at about 50c high freights, and at 51e east. Peas -Trade is dull and prices un- changed. No. 2 white quoted at 61 to Clic high freights,, and at 63e east. - Corn -The market is quiet, with prices steady. No. 2 yellow Ameri- can quoted at 54c on track, Toron- to; No. 3 yellow at 54c,. and No. 8 mixed at 5:3te Toronto, Buckwheat -Tiro market is firm, 'with quotations 41 'to 42c at outside poilh'ts, F1oun-Ninety per cent. patents are firm at $:1.10 middle freights, in buyers' saeks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $8.40 to $3.54.5 in bide.. Manitoba flours are steady; No. 1 patents. $4.50 to $.4.75; No. 2 patents, $4.20 to $4.45, and strong bakers', $4.15 to $4,.80 on track, Toronto. Milifeed-Bran steady at $16, and shorts at $18 here. At outside points bran is quoted. at 814, and shorts et $17, hIanitoba bran, in sacks, $18 and shorts at $20 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples --The xnerket js quiet, with no change in prices. Winter fruit quoted at $2 and $2.50 per bills, in ear lets, and at $2.50 to .ew8 in small quantities. Deans -There is a quiet trade, with prices steady. Unpicked $175 to Ryer-NO. 1. nn Creek, 61c, Canal freights -Steady, Ste Louis,, Nov, 8,--Wheat,-Cash 8610, December 43'7*c. May 'fake. Minneapolis, Novi S. -Wheat -De- cember,. . Wheat 1)e- cember,. 800; May,, 78i to 79c; on tracts,, No. 1 hard,' 83e; No, 1 North- ern,, 82e; No. 2 Northeru 80c; No. 8 Northern,, 74 to 76c. ci''loar ]i+irst patents, $4.60 to $4.70; first clears, $8.40 to $3,5 0; second clears, $2:60 to $2,70. Bran -In bulk, $18.2'5.. LIVE STOCK. MA1tEddr, Toronto, Nov. 8. -Exporters' cat- tle of choice quality were scarce at the market to -day. Medium arid rough animals of this class wore mostly offered, and all wero sold at where ranging from $4 to $4.00 per cwt. Many loads of distillery feeders were brought forward, and in these was the most of the business trans- acted. Values held steady, but the heavy offerings had a widening ef- fect on the quotations. Several consignments of light .and, poorly finished exporters were sold as shortkeep feeders, there being many buyers from a distance on the market. The lighter class of feeders and stockers also were in demand, and many loads were shipped out to various parts of the country. Lit- tle change in the values. of these was ,reported. Choice butchers' held up well in price, the offerings being limited, and the enquiry active. 1liediuna to fair grades also continued fairly steady, while thq rougher classes were plen- tiful, and hard to sell above a cer- tain price. Many lots of these were held over till the next market. Liberal receipts of sheep and lambs were reported, and the values of the latter had a tendency to go down a little. Calves wero un- changed. 1'i -embers of buyers were on the market looking for milch cows, and choice ones would have brought good figures. The buyers said that the quality of what was on sale did not average up well, and that not enough good cows to supply the demand were received. Receipts broke all previous records. They amounted to 138 cars, 2,024 cattle, 4,006 sheep and lambs, 2,- 454 hogs. and 151 calves. Prices for exporters' ranged from r $4 to $4.50 per cwt., while $4.60 was given as the nominal top price of anything really choice. Little change was reported in the values of butchers', choice grades of $1.80 a bushel, and hand-picked $2 which were in good. demand. Quota- tions follow: Good to choice tc Quota - $2.15. I butchers' loads of 950 to 1,150 lbs., Honey -The market is quiet at 6 , to 6c per Ib. for bulk and atf 8.75 to $4.25; fair to good, $3.25 ' I to $8.75; common, $2.50 to $3.15; canners and rough stock, $1.50 up. Export bulls sold at $8.75 to $4.- 25 per cwt. Export cows were quoted at $3.65 to $3.85 per cwt. Feeders and stockers continued in demand. A number of light and un- finished exporters' sold as -short - keeps at $4 per cwt. We quote as eollows: Feeders, 1,000 to 1,200 Itis., $8.25 to $3.75; choice stockers, 700 to 800 lbs., $2.50 to $3; feed- ers, 800 to 950 IUs., $3 to $3.75; stock calves, yearlings, 400 to 700 lbs., $2.50 to 83.25; rougher grades, of the same weight, $2 to $2.50 per cwt. Distillery- feeding bulls, 900 lbs. up sold at $2.50 to $3.12* per cwt. Business in sheep and lambs was heavy in volume: We quote- Ex- port ewes, $3.40 to $3.50; export bucks, $2.50 to $2.75; culls, $2 to $3 each; lambs, $3.75 to $4.10 per cwt. Calves were quoted at $2 to $10 each and 4 to 5ic per M. Iibgs advanced 10c per cwt., and the market closed steady. Wm. Harris received 2,000. We quote as follows:- Selects, 160 to 200 lbs., of prime bacon quality, off cars, $5.- 50; fats and lights, $5.25; sows, $3.- 75 3:75 to $4; stags, $2 to $3 per cwt. 41.25 to $1.50 for comb. Choice clover honey 7 to 7:1c per lb. Tay; Demand fair, with receipts only moderate. No. 1 is quoted at $9.50 to $10 on track, Toronto, Straw -The market is quiet at $5.25 to $5.50 per 'ton for car lots on track. Ifiops-The market is quiet, with this season's crop quoted at 20 to e5c. Potatoes --The offerings aro fair. but quality as a rule bad, Quotations n0 to 53c per bag the latter for choice stock. Poultry -The market is s'teady; tur- keys quoted at 10 'to 12c per lb. in case lots; geese 6* to 7+c per lb.; ducks, 8 to 9c; chickens, 8 to 9e, and fowls 6 to 70 per lb, THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The demand is chiefly for choice qualities of dairy and cream- ery. prices of which rule firm. Other grades quiet and steady. We quote : Finest 1 -Ib, rolls, 18 to 19c; selected dairy 'tubs, 16 'to 17c; secondary grades, 13 to 15c; creamery prints, 21* to 22c; solids, 1,9 to 20c. Egger -The market is firm, with sales of limed at 17 to 18c, Fresh are quoted at 20 to 21c. Cheese -Market is quiet with prices steady. :i Fe quote :-Finest, 111 to 12c per ib. and seconds, 1140. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Nov. 8: 2•Ianitoba wheat has .eased off a little, and is now quoted at 830 for No. 1 Northern 7 8„c for No. 2 Northern and 74-Ic for No. 3 Northern, ex store, Fort Vattern:, early November delivery. The continued cold weather causes a firm feeling in butter, cheese and eggs, though there is no quotable advance as yet. Chickens are a lit- tle ittie easier, though turkeys are stilt scarce and firm. Grain= -Peas, 62*c high freights. 72+0 afloat here; rye, 543c east, 58c afloat here; buckwheat. 581,c; oats, No. 2, 844c in store, and Bet to 34c afloat; flaxseed, $1.15 on track here; No. 3 barley, 50c. Flour -Manitoba patents, $4.80; seconds, $4.50; strong bakers, $4.2.•5 to $4.- 50; Ontario straight rollers, $3.90 to $4; in bags, $1,90 to $2; patents, $4.15 'to $4.40; extra, $1.70 to $1.75; rolled oats, $1.80 per bag, $3.80 per bbl. Feed -Manitoba bran, $17 to $18; shorts,, $20. bags in- cluded; Ontario brain bulk, 815.- 00 to $16,50; shorts in bulk, $20.50 to 821.50. Beaus -Choice primes, $1.60 to $1.62* per bush. in car lots. Provisions -Heavy Canadian short cut, $20.50; compound refined lard, 8c; pure pork, $20.50 to $21; light short cut, $20.50 to $21; Can- adian lard, 81 to 9c; kettle rendered, 10 to 10+c; hams 12* to 14c; bacon 14 to 15c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $7.50 to 87.75. Eggs -Candled sel- ected, 22e, and straight receipts, 19c; Montreal limed,il8c. Cheese--Ontar- fee 11* to 111e; Townships, 10- o; Quebec', 10+ 'to 10ac. i3utter•-Town- ships creamery, 21eici Quebec, 20+c; Western (Wry,. 16e, UNITED STATES MARKETS, RKETS,. Milwaukee, Nov, 3,.--Wheat--c low- er; No, 1 Northern, i85c; No. 2 Northern,, 82. to 83c; December, 804c. 7iye--Firnr, No. 1, 57c. Barley -Nee 2, 65c; sample,, 42 to 62c, Corn-- Docembere 4,4 to, Buffalo, . Nov. 8.-Flour.-7'irm. Wheat -Spring quiet; NO. 1 North- ern, 864c; Winter, nothing doing, Corns -Strong; No. 2 yellow, 151 'to •5111e; No. 2 corn, 49t•c. Oats - Steady; No. 2 white., ' 1 ec; No, 2 faxed, $8$c,, 'lr.ley'-''„w ter 64c, UNCLE. SAM ON TUE LAKES 1. HIS FATHER'S CRIME. Son Suffered Twenty-six Year's Imprisonment. 'A Berlin, Germany, despatch says : -A. bricklayer,, named Burmeister, who has served 26 years in the pen- itentiary, though innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced, has just been released under singular circumstances. In 1877 Burmeister and his father undertook to commit a burglary at the house of a farmer at Damsdorf,, Schleswig-Holstein, and Burmeister's father in so doing shot and killed the farmer and his wife. At the trial the son confessed that he fired the fatal shots. Both men were sentenced to death, but a peti- tion to the Emperor secured a change in the sentence 'to imprison- ment for life in the penitentiary. The father died in prison in 1896, and the son recently gave such a cfrracrn- stantial narrative of his part in tree affair that the authorities were c' - vinced that he was not guilty. Bur- meister, knowing his fattier had a black record and would certainly suf- fer death, took the guilt upon him- self in order 'to save his father. Upon the basis of this statement Burmeister sought for a pardon, which was at first refused him, but he renewed his efforts with success. Burmeister has now been liberated, and has joined his mother, who is 90 years of age. FELL FROM MAST. Will Meive evexlu1z`oredableCutters. Fleet of JR�nri. A despatch from Washington to the Chicago Record-Il'eraid says : A formidable fleet of revenue cutters is to be maintained upon the great lakes. Not long ago the old Michi- gan was the only G-overiunent vessel upon those waters, Now, however. the United States has the 'Tuscarora,, the Morrill,. and the. Dallas upon the lakes,_ and to this fleet will soon be added the Medd/law. The Tuscar- ora is to be assigned 'to Lakes Su- perior and Miele:gem the Morrill to 131ur•on and Erie, the Dallas to On- tario, and the Mackinaw 'to St. Mary 's anchorage as station ship. The fleet will be augmented as fast as available appropriations will per- mit,. it being the purpose of the Government to have American inter- ests Upon the great lakes thoroughly protected,, 'especially hi view of, re- cent developments,. which indicate that the Canadiaes'will attempt a• stricter enforcement of their laws. - As the question of boundary is -in- volved in most of the cases, and as the Canadians are. quick 'to fire upon American vessels, it is deemed . im- perative that our force of revenue cutters should be augmented until it • is adequate to grant prompt protec-• tion to all American ships upon the great lakes. • DEATH OF J.+K. STE WART Provincial License Inspector Vic- tim of Appendicitis. (MEMBERS IN TR WEST A ;l`7•IX1VIB'ER tTNDzR GOVERN. TIENT OVEIt - TIEI'TT CONTROL. A barge Increase in the Output PUNCH WAR ON DRINK, A Powerful Alliance saes Been Permed. A Paris despatch says: Assembled in the amphitheatre of the faculty. of Treater This of medicine of the University of Faris, the members of the first Na - Year. tional Anti -Alcoholic Congress on Owing 'to alfa necessity of breaking Monday �vitnossoil tiro formatter), of the new land, the lack of capital and a powerful "Ailanto for Social the distance from markets, many gime, including all the societies in settlers in the North West naturally France formed to fight disease, lin mortality, and intenxperance., Casi- mir-Eerier, •ex President of the Re- public, pointed out in a passionate speech the necessity for these bodies working together, since the evils they are fighting are closely counoct- ed. Ifo also drew an appalling pic- ture of the ruin alcoholism is caus- ing in this country. France, tho ex - President declared, with tears in his eyes, had loaded hire with honors, but had not yet satisfied his ambi- tion, as he desired to devote the rest of his life to the cause of temper- ance. Declarations such as these seem to have reawakened the country to the ravages of drink, for .the committee Ind the first few yours rather try- ing. Ip order to assist the pioneer braziers to keep a few dairy cows which yield a modest cash income monthly the Dairy Dfvihion of the Doauirion Department of Agriculture several years ago established e number of creameries under govern - Went control, At the present time 'there are eighteen creameries of this sort in operation in the Territories, situated at Calgary, Innisfail, ruonton,• Tinclastoll, Wetaskiwin, Iced Deer, Bla ckfalcis and Lacombe in the Terrirory of Alberta, at Church - bridge, Moose .law, Whitewood, Re- gina, I1loosomin, Saltcoats, South Qu'Apneile and Grenfell be the Ter- ritory of Assiniboia, and at Prince of the new mutual organization in - Albert in the Territory of Saskatch- eludes nice of all parties and pro- owan. Three . creameries of the fossions. erearueries formolly managed were Among the prominent risen of Par - closed by the Department in 1902, is connected with the new move - owing to' the lack of su,flicient pat - merit are: Dr. Mabiliono, of the Mu - see Social; Jules Siegfried, tho well- lcnown reformer; Dr. Brouarclel, of the Academy of Medicine; Dr. Emile Roux, of the Pasteur Institute, and Dr. Monod, of the Academy of Medi- cine. Tho Anti -Alcoholic. Congress decided to provide bi-weekly con- ferences on the liquor question in the lecture -rooms in every city in France throughout the corning win- ter. +, FOR. BLIND DEAF MUTES. Clock Pulls Pillow and Throws a Light in Face. A Boston, Mass., despatch - says: W. E. Shaw, of Brookline, gave an "electrical party" on Monday night, the feature of which was the exhibi- tion of an electrical clock for blind deaf mutes, Mr. Shaw is 'deaf and dumb, and ho was assisted M de- monstrating the workings of his in vention by Tommy Stringer, blind, deaf, and dumb, who is snaking great progress fn the sciences. The clock not only tells the time, but alarms the sleeper by agitating a lever which is connected by a spring to a pillow, causing the pillow to move up and down, the vibrations being connnunicated to the sleeper by a touch. A circuit is closed, by which an electric current is sent through a small incandescent lamp in • front of a parabolic mirror, the rays of which are thrown 'into the face of the sleeper. It releases a spring connected with a hammer, which falls upon a fulminating cap, the loud explosion of which at close quarters is perceptible to a deaf per- son. It also gives notice of the en- trance of burglars by any of the above methods, by means of con- nection by a wire with the doors and windows. It gives indication of fire by electric thermostats placed anywhere on the premises. STRUCK WITH A . HAMMER. Little Son of Mr. Broderick Kill- ed at London. A London, Ont., despatch says :- The annual field sports of the Wes- tern University students on Moron College campus were brought to a sudden and on Wednesday. afternoon by a most melancholy occurrence. A goodly crowd of both sexes assem- bled to witness the games, and it was when the twelve -pound hammer - throwing contest was ie. progress that the Accident happened. In de- livering the harn,mer one of the com- petitors, a medical student, threw wild to one side. The spectators, seeing the missile coining, rushed in to avoid it, but Edward, the seven- year-old son of Mr. P. W. D. Brod- erick, Manager of the MoTsons Bank here, was not quick enough, and re- ceived a 'terrific blow on - the head. The horrified spectators crowded around the unconscious youth . who was quickly removed to St. Joseph's Hospital. His injuries consisted of a fracture of the base of the skull, and Ire died the same evening. The young man who threw the hammer is grief-stricken over the affair. A Toronto despatch says :-Mr, J. K. Stewart, provincial license in- spector for the past twelve years, died suddenly at the General Hospi- tal on Thursday afternoon. About ten days ago Mr, Stewart was stricken with appendicitis, and was inh,niediatvly removed to the hospital. His condition gradual -1y became worse, and he was frr,ally operated upon 'Wednesday morning. The oper- ation. peiation was at first thought to be suc- cessful, but the patient on Thtusday* morning took a turn for the worse and rapidly sank. Mr. Stewart• roe a'igned his position in 'the Ontario Civil Service a few weeks• ago, and had iritendecl, when his resignation became effective, to return to Ottawa to engage in the insurance business, which he abandoned on his appoint- ment as provincial license inspector. pis family, with the exception of Mrs. Stewart, had already left for the capital. MRS. BOOTH -TUCKER DEAD renege. The failure of the farmers M. those districts to support the creameries does not appear to arise from any lack of confidence in the . dairy business, but simply because they are in a position to go • into stock raising and grails growing,, and because they prefer the latter means of liveldhood, The changes of the past few years have altered the as- pect of farming operations in many parts of the Northwest. Last year five carloads of butter from, the gov- ei'nnient creameries were exported to Great Britain,, one carload was sold for export to Queensland, Australia, and shipments were also made to China, Japan and the Yukon. The remainder was ifieposed of in local and British Columbia markets.. I Up to Oct. lst of this year the ' output of butter front -the Govern- ment overnment creameries exceeded that of last year by Was on Way to Visit Her Husband in Chicago. A Kansas City, Mo., despatch says: -Mrs. Exrnna Booth -Tucker, consul in America of the Salvation Army, wife of Commander Booth Tucker, and second daughter of William Booth, founder of the Army, was killed in the wreck of the eastbound California train, No. 2, near Dean Lake, Mo., 85 miles east of Kansas City, at ten o'clock on Wednesday night. Col. Tlhom,as C. Holland, in charge of the Salvation Army at ,Amity, Colo., was fatally injured. Fifteen others were more or less seriously hurt. The dead and in- jured wero taken to Fort Madison, Iowa. Mrs. Booth -Tucker was ren- dered uuconscious, and died within half an hour after being injured. Her skull was fractured, and she was injured internally. Mrs. Boot h - Tucker was on her way from a visit to the colony at Anhity, Col., to Chicago, where she was to have met her husband to -day. t RETRENCHMENT ON C. P. R. Heads Will Pall on the Big Cana- dian Road. A despatch from Montreal says: A high official of the Canadian Pacific announces that the company is about to inaugurate an important and extensive movement in the di- rection of retrenchment in operation expenses, which will result in the laying off of a large number of men in the various branches of the com- pany's service. It was pointed out by this official that • the operating expenses for September, amounting to $2,734,f3,5, were so heavy that t here was a fief -geese. in net earnings compared with ear, ;:;~,,P, last year, aiaountir to $2d• Sae.. I It is . at .:+;>e of year f{ for the 2.= 'Rs ,I.SE le a eir- tela:. <i:"°f -. - s. ..'.d:zct24511 in the workingsta : eettedee, w eke. Eating of in the traffee eeseall in the fall, . h t this :,< . -. - .,aa _ac: yet been ias-.e •,. "Chen it is seat o it it will er'f•}r_ rn';rl2?. z' c.�>?.r'i'sire 1 :43ue- tfo,,s th2,11 %.F2tIral. it is ptA33t d onrt tay tt'.1 r; 6i,1,' s in the United .Stayer have for sone time bean care:dog out a similar policy, a;;`: it is ciai: wed that *'» 1 tioes it nt h. pec chats s .ich policy there *:i'.2 in ail pro"3,ability hold good in Canada b4t,re hong. • SOLID ROCK MELTED. Wheelsman on C.P.R. Liner Meets Instant Death. An Owen Bound despatch says Neil Currie, wheeisman on the Can- adian Pacific liner Manitoba, was killed instantly on Thursday by fall- ing from the topmast of the steamer to the promenade deck. Ifo was be- ing drawn tip to the masthead 'to clean 4t, when the. last, which is of wood, snapped off close to the steel lower mast. this Skull was crushed. Currie canto frc,rn near :fault Ste. Marie, 'Mich,, and joined the crew of the Manitoba last spring. A sister. resides hero. 100,000 POUNDS, The increase has been mainly in Alberta, This year all the butter has been taken by the markets of Western, Canada or gratis been export- : ed to the Orient, none having been shipped to Great Britain. The ex- hibit xhibit of Canadian dairy products at the great Japanese E tposition at Osaka was an excellent advertise- ment and has already borne fruit; three new customers for butter have j already been secured by•tho Depart- ment in that country as a direct re- sult of that ex?•ibition. Tho 'trade in butter for the Orient is for the European residents there and not for the natives, and Mr. J. A. Rud- dick, chief of the Dairy Division hopes also to develop an extensive trade with the warships touching at Nagasaki for coal. It is a. good thug that this trade with the Orient )las been worked up by the government creameries, as it requires some financing and could scarcely be handled so well by private enter- prise; as it is necessary to have every facility for studying the mar- ket and a so to be in a position to ship at once on receipt of cablegram. In the case of the trade witji the warships for instance; they some- times stay several weeks at this coal- ing station and in that time it would be possible to get a supply of fresh butter to then from Canada. Part of the butter shie ed this season, especially in the summer months, went forward in tins, but a considerable quantity has also been sent in boxes of assorted sizes. It stands the journey very, sell to the latter, and has been reported in very good condition on arrival. ^.'he Yukon trade'is increasing, aril ship - merits have been made to that ;dis- trict in boxes also. COLLECTING EGGS. In connection with the system of creameries, the Department has adopted the plan of collecting eggs from the farmers of the Territories and holding them in storage. It worked wed the first season and has improved ever since, but greater improvement is noticeable, in the eggs this year than ever before. Zito plan adopted is as follows :-Each creamery patron has a number and he is required to mark this number in pencil on all tiro eggs he sup - plies. No driver will accept the eggs without the number Doing 011. ,These eggs are held at the creamery fcr a short time and then sent in re- fri zratorcars with the butter to the etorage at Calgary. There all the eggs are examined and classified by an expert who hes the egg lists in front of him, and every fanner is : credited with the exact ;lumber of eu'•h clays of eggs he has. sent. The Department advances fifteen cents per dozen on the eggs at the time t'r ey are received and Iater the farm- er gets the balance according to the classification. This year the average price to the farmer will be just about Evidences of Intense Feat in the twenty cents per dozen for the seas - Dominion Colliery. ion, or fully double what could. have fi bt i d I 11 Ab t 30 A despatch from Iialifax says: The system of over a. dozen pumps has been working at -Dominion No. 1 pit of the Dominion Coal Company for the past four months. The colliery is only about half pumped out, and it will take a few more anonths be- fore it is dry. Mining operations, aro being carried on simultaneously with the pumping, the output now being about 900 tons a day, which will shortly be increased to about 1,090. Evidences aero now seen of terrific heat that must have prevail- ed in and about the district where the Piro . occlirred. The rails are Warped in all shapes, and the solid rook was melted and large quanti- ties of coal bi, nt to resemble coke. -4-. DOESN'T USE WATER COLORS, "I have only one objection to rely husband's painting the town red," said Mrs. Snooper to Mrs. Swayback. "And what is that?" "1 -Jo doesn't use water colors," icon o ane oca y. ou ; 000 'dozen will be lhan'dledl. Last year 21,000 'dozen were irandled and the town of Calgary consumed 'thein alI. Shipping first class eggs great- ly increases conslnn;•'ion, and it will be some time before this trade can possibly be crowded, because there is a market in the Kootenay ai*1 an ever growing, market in the North- west Territories. BIG WEEK'S BUSINESS, Q,uebee and Lake St. John Rail- way Pulp Shipments. A Montreal despatch says :-The Aniebee and Lake St. John Railway last week carried over 600 cars of lumber and pulp to Qubece and the business from the I,tike St, John re- gion 'thus shows an increase .of more than 50 per cont. over lett year. TENS PROM THE WIRE, TO SAVE UNITED STATES. Purposes of the Employers Asso- ciation. A. Chicago despatch says :-D. M. Parry of the National Manufacturers' Association, speaking on Wednesday of the purposes of the convention of the Employers' Association, said :- "The greatest work,, perhaps, will be an effort to save the republic. Conditions are so bad that it will not be long before the nature of our government is changed and we shall have socialism. We propose to see that the present condition of affairs is preserved. ;We will show the workingman a better way 'to hnprove his condition than through the un- ions as they now exist or through socialism," 4 - TOO MUCH COAL. Forty-three Collieries Closed Down, and 30,000 Hands Idle. A Pottsville, Pa., despatch says :-- Tho order to suspend all of the forty three coteries and was'heries of the Philadelphia K: Readies. Coal and Iron Co., for one week, for the pur- pose of curtailing the production of coal, went into ailed on Wednesday. The, rule is also in effect on the i'hil adelphia & heading Railroad. Crews, telegraph operators and others em- ployed raployed in the work of transporta't'ion 1 of coal to the market will also be Idle during this suspension period. tTliwards of .80 000 hands Eyre; thus /laid oft far.:,one wank,; HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. There are 824 appeals against the assessment in ]lamilton for this year. Some Toronto dealers propose raising the price of Milk to seven cents a quart. Tho Grand Trunk Railway will build a now station at New Ham- burg, to cost $2,500. According to J. W. Loud, freight traffic manager, the Grand Trunk will not place a fleet on the Pacific, Norman A. Camp, ot ,he Moody Instituto, Chicago, will hold a series of 13ible classes In London this winter. For stealing thirty cents, George Lamont and Jno. Welsh were each sentenced at Hamilton to twenty- three months in Central Prison. A little ten -year-old daughter of George Brooks of Niagara, Falls was burned to death on Saturday, her clothing catching flro from a stove. Col. D. C. Lamb, of the Salvation Army, London, is in Canada to as- certain whet inducements can bo supplied to desirable inrnligrants. 110 says he can send out 2,000 or 8,- 000. ;000. • Presbyterian church treasurers . in Hamilton state that it is a common practice for people to put mutilated coin on the collection plate and will endeavor to induce the Government to redeem it. Lady Aberdeen has presented Miss Nisbet, corresponding secretary of the Women's Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton, with mezzo tint photographs of herself and Lord Ab- erdeen in full court costume. At Clinton, B.C., on Friday, two rich Chinamen, who paid a poor fel low -countryman 'to take the onus of a murder in which they were con- cerned, were, with him, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged Dec. . GREAT BRITAIN. • Since January London, Exig., has had 32 inches of rata. This is a record. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Ambassador at Mailrid, may he appointed Ambassador to Wash- ington. Andrew Carnegie has given $5,000 to help in the purchase of an organ for the Catholic cathedral at Queenstown. The King has approved the ap- pointment of Sir henry Mortimer Durand as British Ambassador to Washington. Tho sum of 85,000,000 in gold was recently landed at Plymouth from Bombay; the largest shipment ever brought to England 011 one steamer. In the Warwick and Leamington bye -election, on Friday, rendered ne- cessary by his appointed as Colonial Secretary, Hon, Mr. Lyttelton's majority was 190, compared 'to 831 at the general elections. Two Croatians, giving the names of Tapare and Rehear, were remand- ed before the Southampton, Eng., magistrate for extradition on the charge of murdering S. T. Ferguson, at West Middleton, Pa., Sept. 25. The men had $1,200 in their posses- si00. UNITED STATES. The Superior, Wis., post -office was robbed and over $10,000 in stamps and currency stolen. Ten workmen were killed and four injured by a cave-in in the New York subway, on Saturday. Wm. Carthew, said to be wanted in New York for the alleged embezzle- ment of $100,000, is under arrest at Oakland, Cal. President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation calling the 58t1i Con- gress iii extraordinary session ore November 9. David Mitchell died near Lincoln, aged 102 years and 7 months. 17o was a native of Ireland and a vegetarian. The marriage of Miss Xfay Goelet with the Duke of Roxburglie will take place°Tuesday, December lst, in Grace church, New York. By the death of Gordon McKay, millionaire inventor of shoe machin- ery and patron of music, it is under- stood Harvard University is enrich- ed by about $4,000,000. The Third Battery of United States Field Artillery completed its 800 - mile march Monday, at Washington, and every man who started was in line when the battery arrived after its forty -day march. The New York Tribune says `that so far as can be ascertained from official information to hand the United States loses about one-sixth of the territory it claimed in the disputed .Alaska region. Officials and managing directors of the United States Steel Corporation have determined to close plants where the cost of production is high- er than in others, and to lower wages of the thousands of employes of the big trust.. BAT rLE WITH A ll:OI3, Many Seriously Wtir e-ded fzt Riots at Paris. 'A. despatch from, I'arfs says: 44 serious riot occurred on Thursday afternoon in front of the Bourse de Travail (Labor Exchange), in the. workingmen's district, in which soy. ,. oral policemen and a dozen rioters, were seriously wounded, and many others wero slightly injured. Num- erous arrests were .made. The trou-• blo followed a meeting of six thous- and persons, who protested against the osta'blisluuent of municipal em- ployment bureaus. The authorities,: M anticipation of disorders, had ac-• • copied the Place de la Republique and the nearby streets with a strong force of military and police. The speakers made inflammatory speech- es, crying, "Ilown with the employ- ment mployment oflicerst" The crowd rushed into the streets, singing .zivolution- ary songs. A lieutenant' of polico- and six mon advanced to arrest the, singers, and a free fight followed. The rioters then entered cafes and shops, seized glasses, tables and chairs, and renewed tho struggle with the police. Another section of the rioters also attacked the . polico. There was a renewal of the rioting in the evonfng. The police deter- mined to clear out the Bourse da Travail, and endeavored to induce• the rioters to leave ie. small par- ties, but the latter refused, and threw projectiles from the windows,. • wounding a number of policemobr-4^"' Tho military later were compelled to use swords, and a bloody conflict followed. Tho forces of the munici- pality finally wore vietorious. • The perfect of police says 45 po- licemen were wounded, and that over 100 rioters were injured, a number of them being badly hurt. Thus far 100 arrests have been made. RIOTING IN SPAIN. Troops Stormed Defences., Killing•,' Manyi Persons. A despatch from Madrid says :-- The strike of minors and factory workers in Bilbao developed into a. serious disturbance on Wednesday. The newspapers assert that a. thou- sand strikers invaded the towns plundered shops, wrecked property,. and stoned pubfic buildings. They compelled the stoppage of railway, and street traffic, and raised barri- cades against the troops, who storm- ed the defences of tho rioters, killing five and wounding a number of thein The troops sustained many casual- ties. Fighting has been fi equcnt in various parts of the city. The sold- iers hold the principal streets. The: residents of the town are confined to their houses, the theatres and cafes are closed, and work of all kinds is, suspended. The British Consul has. asked for protection for British ship- ping. Tho Government is holdip several thousand troops of the Ma- drid and other garrisons in readiness to send to Bilbao. It is tho im- pression here that the movement is developing into a social revolution. like that at Barcelona two years ago. GENERAL. A military plot to kill M.- Belaieff the Russian consul at Uskub has been cliCzar scaole: conoil. The tinues . "to refuse to learn of his people's needs and de- sires" at first band. Twenty-five thousand, dollars 1108 been offered for the return of Edward L. Weny, of Phila1elpjiie, a million- aire who 'disappeared Oct. 14-,; FORTY -P011 t DROWNED. Russian Steamers Collide off anese Coast. A despatch from Yokohama says: A collission occurrod in a fog chis Thursday off I3akodate., Japan, be- tween 1110 Russian Yushen lfaishar. Company's steamers Progress and Tokai-Maru. The letter sank. Of the one hundred passengers card crew 00 board; the Tolcai-Dfaru only fifty-six were saved. MR. CIIAMBERLAIN'S REASONS The Two Great Objects , of the. Statesman's Life. A despatch from Liverpool says :- Speaking at a. luncheon here on Wed- nesday Mir. Chamberlain said his bearers must have been struck by the manner in which the new tariff proposals had been received abroad. The feeling on the Continent and in the United States was not `apr must. this policy, but in favor of p repera- tlon 'to meet it, and to meet it by, concessions which he described. More- over, he was of the opinion that if these concessions were not extended it would be foreign countries and not the British consumer who would suffer. The former Colonial Secre- tary declared that it was because the two great objects of his life ssbich had been devoted to the amelioration of the condition of the working class - 08 and the strength of the Empire• were connected, one with 110 other, that he bad taken off his coat, sa to speak,, for the struggle. + BRANTFORD POLICE. An Increase in the Force to Be Considered. A despatch from Brantford says a-• The residents of Eagle Place have petitioned the police commissioners for a better enforcement of the law in that vicinity of the city. The re- cent murder of Irene Cole in that. section has caused an agitation for increased protection. "rhe police commissioners have promised 'to t,se their influence with the City Council in having "The Willows" properly cleared out. Mayor :Halloran has a. plan to turn the place into a public playground. Tho commissioners will also consider an increase in the polico force. . There aro nine on the force at present,, but only seven do, polico duty, the other two perform- ing sanitary and 'truant service, .This means that Branford has one police- man on duty, for every 2,400 of thin population. • 4 BACK FROM NEW ONTARIO. Surveyor Code Loud in )lis Prais- es of the Country. A despatch from 'J'oroxrto says :- Provincial Land Surveyor Code has. returned • from Stock and Taylor Townships iii the Abi'ttilrt district. where lie hap been doing surveying work for the Ontario Government. The soil in the district,, he says, is a mixture of clay and eared- . and: easily workable. The timber is, small bet plentiful. 'Tho Grand Trunk Pacific is expected, to r•tan through the Abittib •edstrict e and if it •duos a.. large number of .tlere,.. will take 'up lance there. When ;lrfr, Cadre wars an Lake t\lrlltibi he eaw•a. party of Indians- building di: canoe, which when completed will be. 40. feet lona; • aarrd capable of. etre fug 6,500 pounds..of finete Oa