Exeter Times, 1903-11-12, Page 2Appeals to Patriotism and Self
Interest for Support.
A London despatch says: Joseph
Chamberlain made a speech on Wed-
neselay evening to a,,g'atlrering of 9,-
000 of his follow -townsmen at Bing-
ley Hall, Birmingham. It was by
far the largest audience the former
Colonial Secretary bad faced during
the fiscal campaign, and the enthusi-
asm naturally exceeded the remark-
able scenes witnessed in the others,
and was emphasized by the Ohaxn-
berlafnite victory at tee previous
municipal election in Birmingham.
Before Mr. Chamberlain arrived
the vast audience kept shouting to
Mrs. Chamberlain, "Where's Joe?"
The speech was marked throughout
by tumultuous enthusiasm, especial-
ly at the end, when with true dna
instinct he drew from a piece
of, brown paper two enormous, equal -
sized loaves of liread, representing
the • taxed and untaxed loaf, and
holding them at arm's length,
laughingly asked, "Which is which?"
LITTLE ENGLANDERS.
After dealing with conditions dur-
ing the past fifty years under free
trade, and quoting figures to sustain
his argument, Mr. Chamberlain
quoted Cobden as saying that the
United States would eventually
abandon manufacturing, and that
r'their workmen would go back to
the land and dig and delve for us."
Americans, however, said Mr. Cham-
berlain, had not so conceived their
national destiny. Behind the tariff
wall they had built up their indus-
tries, until they had reached a stage
where, unsatisfied with the exteut of
their own markets, they were invad-
ing those of the 'United laingdeni.
Reverting to the question of a pre-
ferential tare/ for the colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain charged those opposed
to his pians with being "Little
Englanders," lacking in the desire to
bring the colonies closer to the
Mother Country, and preferring to
do more for strangers than for their
own flesh and blood.
Mr. Chamberlain spoke for nearly
two hours, in the main repeating his
ea
former arguments, and appealing to
the patriotism and self-interest of
the people of the United Kingdom to
sustain his fiscal project.
TIES WITH COLONIES.
The gist of the speech was an ap-
peal to the L'nglish people to lose
no time in binding closer the units
of the Empire, If Britain were out
of sympathy with the colonies and
refused their oilers, if she could not
co-operate in sustaining the Empire,
she would lose her opportunity, and
it might never recur. Theis there
should never be the bond of commer-
cial union which at one time was the
ideal of Lord Rosebery, and with
no commercial bond they could nev-
er secure that Imperial federation
for which Lord Rosebery declared he
was willing to die. A large party
in the country regarded the colonies
as a costly encumberance. 'ITe was
not quite sure whether the modern
leaders of free trade shared those
antiquated views, but at any rate,
instead of appreciating the import-
ance of Imperial unity, all they
thought of was the unity of the
Radical party. Continuing, Mr.
Chamberlain said: "We reverenced
and gloried in those family ties with
the colonies, and to politician should
induce us to do anything which
would cause us to sacrifice them. I
are not presumptious enough to pre-
dict beforehand exactly what all
these great States will do in return.
I have full confidence, however, that
they will do right. In the mean-
while some facts are ptdiilic proper-
ty. We know that a. preferential
system has been asked for by all the
colonies on three separate occasions.
and asked for at two conferences
over which I presided in London.
"When I remember how all the col-
onies responded to their allegiance
and sent men by thousands, and
paid out money during the recent
war, I feel confident that these men
negotiate without any fear of the re-
sult, and that they will show great
generosity and patriotism." -
FRUIT OF GOOD QUALITY
EXCELLENT ADVICE BY MR. G.
HAROLD POWELL.
At the Meeting of the American
Poznological Society, Held
, at Boston.
In an address at the recent annual
meeting of the American Pomologi-
cal Society, held at Boston, Mr. G.
Harold Powell gave some excellent
advice in regard to growing fruit of
first-class quaiety. Many of the
points which he brought out were
poted with approval by 111r. W. A.
MacKinnon, Chief of the Dominion
Fruit Division, and are given here
for the benefit of Canaelan Fruit
growers. Mx. Powell recommended
as summer apples for the United
States, Red Astrachan, Sweet Bough
and elelllianls; for autumn apples,
Gravenstein and Alexander; for win-
ter, the Greening, the Newton Pip-
pin, which he stated had sometimes
sold as high as ;$+20.00 a barrel, the
King, the Spitzenberg, Baldwin, Spy
and Macintosh Red. He recommend-
ed top grafting the King on two
year old Spies, stating that in this
way a vigorous tree bearing good
crops would be obtained.
Regarding the' Ben Davis, en .
Powell made a very cutting criti-
cism, declaring it had only one qual-
ity to recommend it, namely, its
color; and stating that no fruit
would take a prominent place in our
m'aa+kets or would continue to be a
profitable one for grocers, which de-
pends upon a single virtue for its
safe.
The Champion grape received a
similar castigation. Its only virtue
is its earliness, and this Mr. Powell
thinks has made it one of tbo worst
enemies of the grape grower, inas-
much as the price of the Champion
at 'first very high, drops almost to
nothing. The last price of the
Chareeion, or what the public are
willing to pay after they have be-
come acquainted with its wretched
quality, fires the price for all other
grape which follow, though they are
infinitely
S.UPER,IOR IN QUALITY
to the Champion. In otber words,
rock bottonx prices having been once
fixedit is impossible to get back to
normal prices.
Mr. Powell spoke rather more kind-
ly of the Elberta peach, but is of the
opinion that it also is not an un-
mixed blessing, to the fruit growers.
It is a splendid shipper but has no
quality.
Tho conclusion to be drawn from
Mr. Powell's remarks is that what-
ever transient advantages may be
obtained by the grower from the pro-
d'uction of inferior varieties, it is to
Ms permanent advantage, and it is
els only wise policy to produce the
highest quality in each sort of fruit
!which he places on the market.
Striking testi:nong to the value of
such advice. is furnished by some
reports of fruit sales just received
'by the Fruit Division from London.
langlarrd. .On Oct. 7th, there were
sold e. large number of ball -cases of
Californian and other '.American
pea' s, .including about a. dozen varie-
rties. The Seckel which is generally
regarded as a pear of the highest
;quality, though small in size, sold
for 12s; the Clout Marceau for les 6cl
the Galabasb (similar to our Bose)
'tor 1.1s; the Cornice (one of the vard-
eties recommended by the Fruit I7i-
eision) for 11s to 12s. If We con-
trast these prices with those for
bruit tit irlerior quality, lire must
conclude that the English man wants
,#ally, the best fruit tend that he 3s
prepared to pay for it. Bartletts,
wl•.dch are certainly above medium
quaidty fetched 6s to 7s; Anjou Os;
Clairgeau 7s to 7s 6d.; Duchess 3s.
9d. to 4s.; E,ardy 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.;
and Keiffers, which it is only fair
to mention were "wet" only ten
pence to is. a cask. Large quan-
tities of Canadian apples sold on the
same day brought all the way from
10s. to 25s. per barrel (the latter
flguro being for Ribstons), with the
great majority at 15s. to leis. On
Oct. 12, half case of Cornice pears
were sold by the same firm for lis.
6d.; while the Duchess variety fetch-
ed only 4s. 3d., these being the only
two sorts of pears handled that day.
The highest figure for apples on that
date was 23s., again to the credit of
No. 1 Ribstons, while the lowest
prices were 12s. for No, 2 Fall Pip..
pins, and 13s. for No. 2 Ribstones
and Gravensteins. The wide varia-
tion of 10s. per barrel, between No.
1 and No. 2 Ribstone, is practicular-
ly worthy of notice. indicating as it
does that quality is sure to tell.
BONES FOR APPLES.
In view of the scarcity and high
price of apple barrels this season,
and of the fact that in some dis-
tricts farmers End it impossible to
procure barrels at any price, the
Fruit Division recommends the gen-
eral use of boxes. These can be
had knocked down, at alomost any
saw mill for about eight cents each,
and they should not cost more than
ten cents each made up. As three
boxes hold about as many apples as
a barrel, they will be found much
cheaper than barrels at fifty cents
and upwards. The boxes should be
well and strongly nailed, and should
hold about forty pounds of fruit.
The dimensions the boxes used by the
Grimsby shippers are nine by twelve
by eighteen inches, while the British
Colurnbfa standard box is ten by
eleven by eighteen inches, these be-
ing inside measurements in both
cases. The boxes should be made of
strong material not less than five-
eighths of an inch thick for the ends,
and not less than three eighths of
an inch for the sides; the tops
should have strips across the ends
to prevent the weight of other pack-
ages, piled on top, from bearing di-
rectly on the fruit, It is also usual
to leave open corners at the top and
bottom for ventelation. Little or
no packing material should bo used
as purchasers like to find the pack-
age quite full of fruit. A sheet of
cardboard at the top and bottom
will materially reduce the amount of
injury from bruises. But it should
be remembered that oven in this year
of scarcity of barrels, it will not do
to ship anything but first class fruit
in boxes, as the reputation of the
Canadian box and of the Canadian
trade in general will greatly suffer
if inferior or common fruit is ex-
ported in the box or any fancy pack-
age.
UNION WITH CANADA.
DEATHS FROM CONSUMPTION
Statistics ahoy, vallilla' '0‘t
Mortality.
A despatch from Toronto say
The returns received at the Provinci-
al Health OMce show a largely de-
creased number of deaths from con-
sumption »l ion far last year ' compared
with same years past. The deaths
from consumption last year, 2,694,
show a decrease of 5;49, compared
with 1901, and 890, coelpared with
190, the deaths totalled
484.
The figures for the past six years
are as follows:
1897
1898 «.., ,...... 3,291
1899 ......«... 8,405
1900 ., ... 8,484
1901 .....,.,... 2,248
1902 .., ,.. 2,694
«.., 8,154
19,371
Than failing off is believed to be the
result of sanitary measures, and bet-
ter rare of tuberculosis patients.
While diphtheria has fallen off from
the figures of last year there is this
year a great increase in the number
of scarlet fever cases for the Prov-
face as e. whole,
MUTILATING CHILDREN.
Cruelly Treated By Greeks and
Sent Out to Beg.
An Odessa despatch says ;-Revolt-
ing discoveries have been made here
concerning the practices of a Greek
organization which has engaged in
the business of importing Greek
children, mutilating them arid send-
ing them out to beg. Children have
been lured in hundreds to North Cen
tral, and East Russia by promises of
remunerative occupations. The ton-
gues, eyes, faces, arms, and legs of
the victims have been mutilated, and
in this condition they have been com-
pelled to seek ahns on the pretext
that they were sufferers from Turk -
barbarities in elacec ortia. Printed
circulars have been found on some
of these children gibing details of
their cases. The police have made
a number of arrests, and the public
agitation is so great that • soldiers
are required to guard the prisoners.
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ARMY OF IMMIGRANTS.
Arrivals for the Past Ten Months
Number 121,115.
An Ottawa despatch says :-The
Government returns show that 121,-
115 immigrants came to Canada dur-
ing the ten months up to the close
of October. Of this number 47,5.11.
were from the British Isles, 39,016
from the United States, and 34,528
f: om various countries of Europe.
During October alone 7,S9-2 settlers
reached Canada's shores.
The department is planning for
even a more vigorous canvass in the
United Kingdom next season, and
among the rural population of
France and Belgium as well. Special
literature is being prepared to assist
in the immigration 'work in France
and Bc-lgivan, and Mr. Wiallard, •who
is taking charge of this mission,
leaves at once for France.. It is un-
derstood that Deputy Minister Smart
wi•l undertake the supervision of this
work, as he has of the special effort
in the British Isles:
BURNED TO DEATH.
Boy Locked in House by Mother
When She Went Out.
A Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., despatch
says :-Two seven -roomed frame
houses in Steelton, a western suburb
of Sault Ste Marie, were destroyed
by fire on Thursday afternoon, and
in one the two-year-old son of Mrs.
James Stewart was burned to death,
while another four-year-old boy was
badly burned. The mother had gone
downtown and left the two children
locked in the house alone. The Ere
was well under way when discovered
by tho neighbors, and the oldest boy
was saved with difficulty by C. R.
Courier, who broke down the door
and rushed through the flames. He
did not know that the baby was in
the house or he aright have saved it.
Both houses were totally destroyed.
One was occupied by Dan McLeod,
and wras.owned by Ralph Connell, of
Keswick, Ont. The other was owned
by Mrs. Stewart, who occupied it.
The loss Is about $4,000; partly
covered by insurance.
Political Party Formed. in New-
foundIand.
A St. 'John's, Nfld., despatch says:
-A sensation has been created here
by the formation by former Premier
Sir William Whiteway and former
Attorney -General Donald Morels::on of
a political party which will appeal
to the country next year on a policy
hating in view Union with Canada.
The new •p,arty will also oppose the
prosen.t Bond Ministry and the regu-
lar Opposition led by Alfred Mor-
ino,
LAYING OFF MEN.
Does Not Mean Large Shrinking of
Railway Business.
A Montreal despatch says = -A car
tain number of men have been laid
off by the C. P. R. at the local
shops in the East end. It has been
said that this is a prelude to a most
significant shrinkage in C. P. R.
business. This is emphatically de-
nied by the C. P. R. authorities, who
state that the reductions were slight;
and in no way beyond what aright be
expected at this time of the year,
when the need for hurry work' is not
so urgent as it has been all along
during the rush of the summer seas-
on. The Grand Trunk shops have
been working overtime for some time
past, and an order has been issued
that that tiffs overtime will be dis-
continued. The order in each case
means the same thing; the winter
is coming on, and railway businees In
the northern country is about to
experience the usual shrinkage.
NO MORE CUSTOMS DELAYS
Baggage to be Examined Before
'Reaching Border.
A Montreal despatch says te-The
railways have made arrangements
with the Customs Department to
have baggage cormirg into Canada
from the United States examined be-
fore reaching the border in 'order to
prevent delay. The late custom: bas
been to stop the trains for inspec-
tion,
THE WORLD'S ]IARU ,TS t
BF.,1'QB.TS U'ROIYIa Tar, LEAPING
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TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, ,Grain, Cheese,
and. Other Dairy Produce
at Home and Abroad.
Toronto, Nov. 10, -Wheat -The
market is quiet with the feeling
somewhat easier. No, 2 white and
red Winter quoted at 78c low freights
No. 2 Spring is quoted at 75e east,
and No. 2 goose at 71 to 72c east,
Manitoba wheat is easier. At upper
lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted
at 87fre, and No. 2 Northern, at
82• c. Na, 3. hard nominal at 90+•c
lake po7 ts.
Oats -The muerket is a little weak-
er, with ofllerings free. No 2 white
isque'ted at 29 to Alec west, and at
29f -c low freights to Now York. No.
1 white, 31c etlst,
Baxley -The demand is moderate,
with offerings fair. No. 2 quoted at
42 to 43e middle freights. No. 8
extra 41c, d No, 3 at 39 to
40e twatiddle freiganhts.
Rye -The marlrot is quiet, with
prices steady. Cars aro quoted at
51 to 5,14e. east.
Poas.-Trade is dull, and prices ut-
changed. No. 2 white quoted at 63.
to 62e high freights and 63c east.
Corn -The market is quiet, with
pr'ic'es steady. No. 2 yellow Amer-
ican quoted at 54c on track, Toron-
to; No. 8 yellow at 53c, and No, 3
mixed at 52•ec Toronto.
Buckwheat -The market 3s bran,
with quotations -41 to 42c at outside
points.
Fleuat-Ninety per cent. patents are
flrun at $3.12 middle freights, in
buyers' sacks, for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domes-
tic trade quoted at $3.45 to $'3.60
in bbls. Manitoba flours are steady;
No. 1 'patents, $4.50 to $4.75: No.
2 patents, 34.20 to $4.45; and
strong bakers', $4.15 to 0.30 on
track, Toronto:
Miefeed-Bran steady at $16, and
shorts at $'16 here. At outside
points bran is quoted at $14, and
shorts at $17. Manitoba bran, in
sacks, $18; and shorts at $20 here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
A iplesr-The market is quiet, with
no change in prices. Winter fruit
quoted at 32 to $2.5'0 per bbl. in
car lots, and at $2.50 to $3 in small
quantities.
Beans -There is a quiet trade,
with prices steady. Unpiu'ked, $1.75
a bushe and hand-picked, $1.90 to
,2.10.
.Honey -The market is quiet at 6
to Gee per Ib. for bulk, and at $1.25
to 31.50 for comb. Choice clover
honey, 7 to 7*c per lb.
Hay -Demand is fair, with re-
ceipts only moderate. No. 1 tim-
othy quoted at -9.50 to $10 on
track, 'Toronto and mixed at $7 to
$7.50.
Straw. -The market is quiet at
$•5:50 per ton for car lots on track.
Hops -The market is quiet, with
this season's crop quoted at 22 to
25c.
rota -tow -The offerings aro fair,
with little change in prices. Cars of
good quality offered to -day at 53c
per bag on track, and inferior at
50c.
Poultry -The market continues dull
and weak, with sales difficult to
make. Dry plucked turkeys quoted
at 10e per lb., geese at 6 to Gee,
ducks at 7* to 8c, chickens at 7 to
Sc, and fowls at 6c per Ib..
Term DAIRY MARKETS,
Butter --The market is fairly ac-
tive, with demand good for the finest
qualities. We quote :-Finest. 1-1b.
rolls, 18 to 19c; selected dairy tubs;
16 to 17c; secondary grades, 13 to
15c; creamery pxiIits, 22 to 23c;
solids, 20 to 21c.
Eggs -The market is firm, with
sales of !lined at 17 to 18c. Fresh
aro quoted at 20c, an4 strictly new
land at 28 to 24c.
Cheese -Market is quiet, with pric-
es steady. We quote :-Finest, 11,1
to 12c per lb., and seconds, 10e to
11c. •
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are unchanged, with
car lots quoted at 56.75 to $7 here.
Cured meats steady, with a fair de-
mand. We quote: -Bacon , long
clear, 10 to 10ec in ton and case
lots. Mess pork, $17; do., short
cut, 320.
Smoked meats -Hams, light to me-
dium, 13ec to 14c; do,. heavy, 13
to bilc; rolls, 11c; shoulders, 10 to
10ec; backs, 15c; breakfast bacon,
14ec.
Lar c -Tfe market is quiet and
prices unchanged. We' quote 5 --
Tierces, 8tc; tubs, Sec; pails 9c;
compound, 8 to 9c.
BUSINESS- AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Nov. 10. -Manitoba
wheat has .dropped to 82;<,c for No.
1 Northern, Fort William, and many
buyers expect it to go lower. Partly
for this reason, and partly on ac-
count of under -cutting of prices
Manitoba millers have lowered their
prices 20c a barrel for all grades;
this, howover, is not likely to last
long, as freights will go up 10e in
a week or two, and that much must
then be added to the price of flour.
There has been a reduction also equal
to about 10c a barrel on Ontario
flour in bags, but the scarcity of
barrels-koope uip the price of barreled
flour. The cheese trade is suffering
from a scarcity of cheese boxes,
which has forced many factories to
close down; though receipts of cheese
are falling off, exports have decreas-
ed still more; it Is hard to get more
than 7:0$c for the latest Westerns,
but few holders will sell at that,
and the cheese of a couple of weolcs
ago i's held at 111c. Butter is fair-
ly firm, ' especdelly for the cheaper
grades; selected Western dairy be-
ing scarce and in demand at 17e,
while there is nothing to be had
under 14.c. Owing to the warm
weather little poultry is arriving,
and much of it is out of conditrion
when It gets here. Grain~ --Peas,
71,- to 72e afloat here; rye, 58c
east, 58c afloat here; buckwheat,
5,80; No, 2 oats, 85c in store, 84e
afloat; No. 8, lc less; flaxseed, 51..15
on track here; No. 2 barley, 50e, a chance to tie 1"
leloureallfaxitoba patents, 34.60; see -
oris, $4.80; strong bakers', 34,115 to
$4.80; Ontario straight rollers, 08,90
to $4; in bags,31.2'.5 to $1,95; pa-
tents, $4 to 34.25; extras, 31:65 to
$1.•70. Rolled oats -3L8:0 per bag,
03.80 per bbl, Food,-llfanitoba bran,
$17 to $18; Plante, 320, bags in-
cluded; Ontario bran, in bulk, 016.50
to $17; shorts, in bull;,, $20.50 to
,' 21..5U. Beans. -•Choice primes,
$1.60 to $1:61•e per bush in ear lots.
Provisions-Tioavy Canadian short
cut; 320.50; compound refined .lard,
80; pork, $20.50 to $21; light short
out, 320; Canadian lard, 8k to 9e;
kettle rendered, 10 to 10*c; hams,
12e to 14.0; bacon, 14 to 3.5c; fresh
killed abattoir hags, $7,50 t6
$7.7.4. Eggs-Cenclled selected, 22c;
straight receipts, 19e; Montreal lim-
ed, 19e. ' Cheese -Ontario, 11c;
Townships, 10ec; Quebec, 10-ec, But -
ten -Townships creamery, 21+c; Que-
bec, 20ec; Westerb deny, 16 to 17e..
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Duluth, Nov. 10. -Wheat -To ar-
rive, No. 1 hard, 8'y' ,c; No. 3. North-
ern,
orthern, 80•c; No. 2 Northern, 77*c;
December, e6 -•c; May, 77e.
St. Louis, Nov, 10.-Wheat-Do-
comber,
0. Wheat -Do -comber, 86e -c; May, 791e.
Buffalo, Nov. Ie. -Flour -Firm.
Wheat ---Nothing doing, Corn -Dull;
No. 2 yellow. 51c asked; No, 2
corn, 49*e asked. Oatn-'Weak; No.
2 white, 401e; No. 2 nixed, 881e.
Barley -48 to 600 c.i.f. Rye -No, 1.
61c, Canal freights -Steady,
Minneapolis; Nov, 10.-Wheat-De-
ember,
0. Wheat --De-
cember, 78$c; May, 77-x• to 717•+; on
trach, No. 1 hard, 814c; No. 1 North
ern, 801c; No. 2 Northern, 77j;c; No.
3 Northern, 77* to 78ec.
CATTLE MARKET.
Toronto, Nov, 10.,--To-day's re-
ceipts at the City Cattle Market
were 91 car loads, consisting of
1,300 head of cattle, 1,707 sheep
and lambs, 1,706 hogs, and 57
calves. The run was heavy, but of
the cattle, light stockers and feeders,
and rough mixed butchers' cattle,
were too ninny in proportion to the
cheerer cattle. It was altogether
rather 'a ragged kind of a'market,
with business a little slow, and no
very choice steck offerings,
Export -Offerings of really choice
export cattle scarce, a few loads of
fairly good though light steers sell-
ing at from 34 to $4.25,
Butchers' The cool weather will
probabfy improve conditions in the
local butcher trade, but the change,
was hardly perceptible to -day. The
demand was fair, but not particular-
ly active, and for ordinary• butchers'
cattle the prices were unchanged from
Thursday's market quotations.• The
proportion of rough light cattle was
a little too heavy.
Poedore-eGood heavy feeders and
short -keep cattle are steady. Infer -
for light feeders alittle easier.
Stockers -There is a. little better
demand for stockers, but prices are
low.
Sheep and Lambs -Export ewes
are quoted at $3.25 to $8.40; 'bucks,
$2.50 to $2.75; lambs, $8.50 to
33.75.
Hine -Market easy, but prices un-
changed at a5.40 the top.
Export, heavy ...$4.10 to $4.25
:51u
light ,, .. 4.00 4.10
Bulla, export, heavy,
cwt. 3.75 4.25
do Light 3.00 3.50
Feeders, 800 lbs. and up-
wvards 3.00 8.60
Stockers 400 to 800' Ibs 2.50 3.104
do. 900 lbs. 2.75 3.50
Butchers' cattle, choice •8.75 4.10
do. medium . 3.80 3.50
do. picked .._- 4.00 4.10
do. bulls 2.75 43.00
do. rough ,.......... 2.50 2.6Q
Light stock bulls, cwt.. 2.25 2.50
Milch cows 30.00 52:00
Hogs, best . 5.40
do light,. 5.15
Sheep, export, cwt..... 3.25 8.40
Spring lambs •• 3.50 8.7.5
Bucks . 2.50 2.75
Culls •
.., ...... 2.25 2.76
Calves, each ; , . 2.00 1.0.00
A SAVANT'S DISCOVERY.
Believes He Has Isolated the Can-
cer Parasite.
A. London despatch says ;-7n,a lec-
ture before the Abernethian Society,
of London, Dr. Jesse Johnson gave
the details of a cancer treatment dis-
covered by Dr. Otto Schmidt, of Col-
ogne, which Dr. Johnson has been in-
vestigating, and proposes to try in
England. Dr. Schmidt believes he
has isolated the parasite, on the
presence of which in a sufferer he be-
lieves cancer to depend Regarding
the numerous parasites found by Dr.
Gaylord, an American investigator,
and others, Dr. Schmidt is convinc-
ed that they are, identical, varying
only in shape and appearance under
different conditions, and he claims
that he has produced these variations
in his parasite by subjecting it to
such conditions. He claims that ho
has sterilized the parasite, and also
that by injecting it into animals ho
has produced a serum which destroys
cancer cells. One of the most im-
pressive features of the treatment is
that the presence of cancerous
growths can be discovered through
the reaction under infection by the
serum. It appears, moreover, to re-
duce rnalignnut tumors to the level
of innocent growths, thereby limit-
ing their spread and rendering their
removal effective, but for a complete
cure Dr. Schmidt's treatment re-
quirest, first, the arrest of the pro-
coss; second, the removal of the
growth; and, third, that no vital or-
gan has been seriously injured. Dr.
Johnson deprecated the aceoptanee
of tha trcetmeut yet as a definite
cure, but said he was convinced that
it was worthy of experiment. A
discussion followed, In which several
eminent physicians took part, Tho
(consensus of opinion was that so
many di: appointments had followed
previous methods that D.r. Schanidt's
method should be treated with cau-
tious reserve, but that it was
worthy of a trial.
"Papa says he wi:l not consent to
our marriage un1.11 you have peeved
that you are able to support ire.,,
"Row can I prove it if I don't get
TIOKS FROM: TIE WIRE.
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B AI?PFNINGS mat.ALL OVER
THE GLOBE,
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own
and Other C ouzrtries of
Recent Events,
CANADA,
Milk is scarce in Winnipeg.
Bakers have advaneed the price of
bread.
The Dominion Dovernment will in-
stitute a naval reserve depot at
Kingston.
A colony of live Canadian beavers
Will be:exhibited at the St. Louis
Exposition.
The Arcola Rotel and other build-
ings at Arcola, Man., wero burned
on Saturday, causing a loss of $20,-
000.
The Hudson Bay Company's. ship,
Lady Head, was wrecked on Gasket
shoals in Hudson Bay. No ono was
lost.
John Davis was sentenced at Win-
nipeg to seven years in Stoney
Mountain penitentiary for shooting
at Mary Spence with intent. .
The 'Toronto Board of Trade adop-
ted a resolution favoring the com-
mercial policy of the empire outlined
by Mr, Chamberlain in his Glasgow
speech.
Dr. Moore, Dominion veterinary
expert, says that the disease among
the horses on Wolfe Island and Pitts-
burg, near Kingston, is typhoid in-
fluenza.
A Kingston company have secured
control of Mississipps Falls, 58
miles from Kingston, from which
eight or ten thousand horse power
can be obtained.
Two now guns have arrived at
Quebec, ono of which will be convey-
ed to the citadel. They are two six-
inch rifle guns weighing seven and
eight tons, and are 25.feet long.
Jack Burpee, of New Brunswick,
assistant postmaster at Bonanza,
Yukon territory, has been. arrested
for stealleg letters from the mails.
Over 2,43O0 letters were found .in his
possession 100 being registered.
It is reported that the Grand
Trunk Railway Company hope to lo-
cate extensive areas of coal north of
Lake Abitibi, Tho Grand Trunk
Pacific, it is stated, will develop
large areas of coal in the Skeena
River district, in British Columbia.
It is expected that beds of copper
will be 'found in the region between
Lake Abitibi and Quebec.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Colonial Secretary Lyttelton hopes
that he may soon be able to visit the
colonies.
The War Office has adopted a now
pattern of cartridge bandolier and
pouch for tho army.
The London Outlook says Lord
Alverstone's silence compels Cana-
dians to believe that he has been
magnanimous with their property.
Sir Thomas Lipton has withdrawn
his offer to present a cup for a
trans-Atlantic yacht race in 1904,
to make way for Emperor William.
England spent only $25,000 on
the British Legation buildings at
Peking, against $150,000 expended
by Japan and 3240,000 expended by
Germany.
The Grocer, a trade publication in
London, Ragland, congratulates
Canada on its new act fhdng the le-
gal limit of water in butter, pro-
hibiting the manufacture, importa-
tion or sale of oleomargarine, but-
terine, adulterated or process but=
ter.
'UNITED STATES.
The President has named Nov.
26th as the National Thanksgiving
Day.
Allegheny, Pa., may be quarantin-
ed to protect the outside public
from smallpox contagion.
The prevalence of strikes and the
increased cost of building practically
has stopped all construction work at
Chicago.
To reduce expenses the Erie Rail-
road Company has discharged 10
per cent. of the working force in its
various shops..
The home of James DentIey, of Og-
densburg, N.Y., was destroyed by
fire, his two children, agog three and
four, being burned to death.
Edward 0. Soule, the alleged em-
bezzler of the Home Savings Bank
of Iowa Falls, Iowa, has been ; in-
dicted on three counts of stealing
$40,000.
President Roosevelt has added a
new sensation to the post office
scandal by ordering a. new and com-
plete investigation of the New York
post office.
William Miilenberg received a
shock from a wire charged with 83,-
000
3;000 volts of electricity at Pocatello,
Idaho, and physicians say he prob-
ably will recover.
Morgan T. Reynolds, 28 years old,
the captain of a gang of outlaws, on
whose head there has been a price
of $5,000, was captured alive in the
mountains of Kentucky,. 'the other
day, after hiding three years and
killing six persons.
GENERAL.
It is stated that army statistics
prove that Japanese are growing
taller:
Boers and British, says a Johan-
nesburg despatch, have formed a
syndicate to exploit a spectacular
military display at tho St. Louis
exposition.
Bard tunes aro beginning to bo
felt in South Africa. The Govern-
ment's policy of retrenclunent carte
none too soon. ' .
'1`lre Echo do Paris says the Czar
hopes to remain a friendand alley
of France and to co-operate with
France in the peaceful task of secur-
ing a happy settlement of petding
questions in both the near .'L1ast and
the far East.
no Fiala -Ziegler Polar exploring
party which loft Noir York last
May in an attempt to roach the
North Pole, has failed to get
through the passage leading to
Franz ,Tosefland on account of ice
floes. The party Will proceed by
sleds.
ACTIVITY IN MINING;,''.
Inspector Carter Reports That Iet
clustry a.s Flourishing.
A Toronto despatch says :Tho
Provjneiai Inspector of Minos,'11/fee.
W. E. 11. Carter, who has been on a
tour of dnspeo•tion through 1'iFeste's
Ontario, returned on Wednesday. lee
says "that at Copper Cliff two now
furnaeos are being built by the Can•
ada Copper Company, with a came.,
it,. of 550 tons each, They are to
be used for Bessemer eonvorting, anti
will reduce 80 per coat. nickel -copper
product in ono operation, ineteacl of
two, as at present. It is expected
that they will bo in operation by,
next sprin.
Att the rclgiiton, No. 2 mine, op
orations !rave been continued on a
largo scale. Since the diamond drill
has been working there it has been
dis'cowered that the proper.,; con-
tains about 8,500,000 tot '' 01 ore, of
six per cent. niekfe-copper entente..
In the Webbwood district. co
nsid-
ez'able interest is beiug taken in the
search instituted for gold. Tho Na-
tional Copper Mine is situated near
here, and is being worked profitably.
A largo body of specular !von
ore, north of Desbararts, *;.rich la.
thought to be of excellent quality, is
facing explored by a ddamoncl drill,.
The development work on the iron
range north of Sault Ste. Marie, is
going ahead satisfactorily.
• -4-
POLICE ON ARCTIC SEA .,a,,, a a -
Post Established to Watch Ameri-
can Whalers.,
An Ottawa despatch. says' A re-
port has been received from Super-
intendent Constantine, who took a
party of Mounted Police down the
Mackenzie River, and alas establish
ed a police post at Fort MacPher-
son, in the delta of the Mackenzie,
on the Arctic Sea. This is the
most n'ortheriy white settlement
within the British Empire, and will
be rather a lonely life for the sereieeee
geant and four constables who have
been left there. Good shacks have
been erected for them, and everything
done to make them comfortable. The
primary object in establishing the
post at this point Is to assert Can-
adian authority in the itiackenzie•
delta, to prevent lawlessness, and
the debauching of Eskimo and Iucli- •
ans by American whalers. For many
years United States whalers have
been frequenting the Arctic seas, and
have made Canadians territory, name-
ly, Herschell Island, their Winter
quarters. On the news being receiv-
ed by them that the plslice were
coming, they have moved some 300
miles further east, in the direction
of Cape Bathurst. it is felt that
eventually the Canadian Govern-
ment will have to place a gunboat
on those waters, if law and order
are to bo maintained.
FAST S%iII'S DON'T PAY.
North German Lloyd, Unable to
Declare Dividens.
A despatch from Berlin says: It is
stated in financial circles here that
the maintenance of the three great
ocean flyers -Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosso, Kronprinz ti4'ilhelm, and
Kaiser Wilhelm IL -has . proved so
unrcanunerative that the North Ger-
man Lloyd Company is unable to
declare a dividend for the current
year. On the other hand it is said
that the Hamburg -American Line,
which abandoned the construction of
six-day boats, will pay from 5 to
6 per cent.' The North German
Lloyd's fast boats have pearad pro-
fltaible only during four eadahs of
the year; for the rest of the time
they have been a deed loss. Tho
operating expenses eat up practical-
ly the profits from other sources,
such as steerage passengers and
freight.
Believing that slow boats are the
real money -matters, . the Hamburg
American Line has just contracted
with Farland and Wolf, of Belfast,
for a 20,000 -ton nine -day vessel,
which will enter the trans-Atlantic
service next Spring.
i
MADE THE DUMB SPEAK.
Man Cuts Tongue, • Recovering
Lost Power to Talk.
A Detroit despatch says: For se-
enteen years a man known in Con-
ner's Creek as "Silent Charlie
Fields," had not uttered one word,
but he slipped on Tuesday, cut his
tongue badly, and since then has
been able to talk, as fluently as in
his boyhood days. While a boy he
was struck by lightning, and render-
ed speechless.
EARTHQUAKES AT ST. LOUIS.
Series Felt in World's Fair City
This Afternoon.
. A despatoh from St. Louis, Mo.,
says: This city and vicinity experi-
enced a series of earth shocks at
12.18 o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon. The earthquake was pereep- •
tible all over the.. city and was
mostly felt in the high business
blocks in the down town section of
the city. One occupant of a high
building said his chandelier swung
three inches. The movement was
from east to west. Louisiana, Mo.,
also felt a perceptible' shock.
CANADA'S FUTU1tE.
Secretary Murray i'
Is Very N
thusiastic.
• A despatch from London says: Sec-
retary of the London Chamber of
Cornznerce Murray, in his report
dealing with his official tolir of
Canada., soaks enthuasiasllly -,of
Ca rncla's future; especially for her
wheat -producing districts. Ire also
speaks very highly of the industrial
enterprise exhibited 1;y the Canadi-
ans, particularly in regard. to elec.
trioal develop/amt.