The Brussels Post, 1903-4-2, Page 2TSE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Tracie Centres,
MARICICTS Or TH]3 WORLD,
Toronto, March 31.—Wheat -- Th
market is quiet and steady. No.
red winter and white quoted
685c, middle freights, and at 69* t
705 east; No. 2 spring nominal
695o on Midland, and No. 2 goo
at 66ec on Midland. Manitob
wheat firm; No, 1 hard, 850, grin
ing in transit; No, 1 Northern, 135
all rail, grinding in transit; No.
hard, d a 86c North Ba •
No,
1 No
ern, 8411e, North Bay.
Oats — Market is quiet, with sal
of No. 2 white at 29c high freight
and at 33c on trwtk, Toronto. The
are quoted at 29a to 80e, midd
freight.
Barley — Trade is quiet, with No.
e
2
at
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se
a
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,
eupply the.demand, Thequality of
Y these fine, r e
r was also I n nc, tby o being few
le
Detroit, March 31, — Wheat No,
2 white, cash, 78e; No. 9 reit, cash,
74tc; May, 752c; July, 72*c.
Minneapolis, March 81. — Wheat--
May,
heat—Moy, 722e; July, 781c; on track, No.
1 hard, 76e; No. 1 Northern, 75c;
No, 2 Northern, 74c,
LIVE STOCK MAIITCI>iTS,
Toronto, Mat'clt 31, — Trade at
the Western Cattle Market to -day
was quiet in export cattle, as space
at the disposal of most of the ship-
pers is now small, and more will not
be available till next week, Con-
sequently sales in this line of live
stock were not at all brisk, a good
many buyers holding off, and refus-
ing to pay the prices demanded by
the sellers. The quality of the ar-
rivals continued excellent, butchers'
descriptions, however, continued as
active as they were before, there not
being enough brought forward to
8 extra grated at 46c midd
freight, and No, 3 at 48e inidd
freight,
Buckwheat — Market dull, at 47 t
480 east.
Corn — Market continues dull.
Canadian yellow nominal at 44'*c
west, and 49c here, No. 3 American
yellow, 49e on track, Toronto, and
No. 8 mixed at 48c,
Peas — No. 2 quoted at 138o nest,
and at 69e east.
Rye — The market is quiet at 51
meddle freights,
Flour — Ninety per cent. patents
unchanged at $2,65 middle freights,
in buyers' sacks, for export. Straight
rollers in special brands for dome,'r-
tic trade quoted at $8.20 to 63.35
in bbls, Manitoba Hour steady; No
1 patents, $4.10, and seconds, 513
90, Strong bakers', 53.70 to $8,80
bags included, Toronto.
34illfeed — Bran unchanged at 517
here. At outside points bran i
quoted at $16,50 to $17, and short
at $18. Manitoba bran, in sacic
$20, and shorts, $21 here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Deans — Trade is quite, with med-
ium $1,85 to 61..775 per bushel, and
hand-picked, $1.90 to 52.
Dried apples — Trade inactive,
with prices nominal at 35c per lb.;
evaporated, 6 -to Gee.
Honey — The market is quiet, with
prices unchanged. Strained sells at
8 to 85c per lb.; and comb at$1.25
to $1.50.
(lay, baled — The market is quiet
at unchanged prices. Choice timo-
thy, $9,50 to $10, on track, and
mixed, $8 to $8.50.
• Straw — The market is quiet lo
car lots on track, at $5.50 to $6
ton.
-Maple syrup — The market is quiet
with receipts small. Wino gallon
sell at 85 to 90c, and Imperial gal
Ions at $1.10.
Poultry — Market is farm on light
receipts. We quote: Fresh killed,
liry picked turkeys, 1(3 to I8c
goose, 10 to 12c per 13.; ducks, 51
to 51.25; chickens (young), 815c to
51; old hens, 60 to 70c per pair,
Potatoes — Market is steady, with
fair offerings. Car lots aro quoted
at $1 to 51.115 a hag, and small lots
at $1.20 to $1.25.
TITS DAIRY MARKETS.
inferior stools Olt the market, Sheep
5101 lambs were steady and unchang-
ed, but calves were weak, and prices
le had a downward tendency. (ditch
10 cows were steady, and in good de-
mand. There was a large rut of
o hogs, and prices were weak, with-
out quotable declino.
The following is the range of quo-
tations:
Exporters' cattle— Per 100 lbs,
Choice ,,, ,,, ...$4,70 5.1.80
Meditate ... ... ... ... 3.55 4,30
Light ... ...... ... ... 4.00 0.00
Bulls ... .... ...... 8.75 4.00
e Butrhe's'—
Choice ... ... —a._ 4.20
Medium ... ... ... .... 8.4.0
•
ITeifers ,,, .., 3,50
Feeders ,,, ,,, ,,, ,,,, 2,50
Stoc1 e -s ,,. ,,. ,,. ... 3.00
Canners ... ,,, .... 2,00
Sheep—
Lambs ,., , . r,. . 4.50
s Calves, each... .
s Salves, per 100 lbs...
s,
110 Se t-
3.00
4.50
4.50
2,00
4,40
4.00
8.150
8.90
8,10
8,65
2,50
6.10
4.50
3.50
10.00
6.00
Selects, 160 to 200
lbs . .. .. ... ... ..., f,.0_^
Thick fats ... ... .. , 5.371
Lights ... 5.37.'•,
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IRISH LA' -D BILL.
5.00
4,00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Introduced in the - British House
of Commons.
A despatch from London says:. The
Trish Secretary, Mr. Wyndham, in-
troduced the Government's long an-
ticipated Trish land bill in the douse
of Commons on Wednesday after -
r noon.. let proposes a free grant of
a 660,000,000 for the purposes of the
bill. The keen interest felt in this l
, new legislation, which, it is hoped,
s will promote peace and contentment
- in Ireland, was evidenced by the
crowded House. The Peers' gallery
and the distinguished strangers gal-
lery were filled, and there has been
; no such gathering of members of
Parliament since the opening of the
session.
Michael Devitt, father of the Land
League, celebrated his fifty-seventh
bitthday by re-entering the House
for the first time since he ceased to
be a member in or(let' to hear the
Chief Secrotary for Ireland unfold
his plans.
WBAT TILE BILL IS.
Mr, Wyndham, who was heartily
cheered, rose to speak at 2.40 p. nl,
At the outset, he announced that the
Government thought cash aid was
necessary for the fulfilment of the
proposed scheme, but f1: attached
greater importance to the credit op-
eration than to the cash operation,
1Te then unfolded the scheme, which
provides for advances of money for
the purchase of land by the tenants.
The advances will be in the shape
Butter — The offerings of choice
Qualities are small and prices firm
in consequence, We quote: Select-
ed dairy tubs, 17 to 18e; choice,
large rolls, 171 to 18c; finest
prints, 18 to 1.9c; secondary grades,
(trolls rand tubs), 15 to 16e; creamery
prints, 211 to 23e; solids (fresh
made), 19 to 2('c,
Eggs — The market is steady, with
silex to -day at 32c per dozen.
Cheese — Market firm, with some
enquiry tor expert. We quote: Fin-
est, 131 to 14c; twins, 14c.
11.0(1 PRODUCTS,
Dressed hogs are unchanged. Cured
meats are unchanged, with a good
demand; steady, We quote: 13aco1,
clear, 10 to 10111, in ton and case
lots. Porte—Mess, $21 to $21.50;
do., short cut, 522.50 to $28.
Smoked meats — (Tans, 13 to
131c; roils, 111c; shoulders, 11c;
backs, 14 to 141c; breakfast bacon,
14 to 145c. .
Lard — The market is steady. We
quote: Tierces, 101e; tubs, ile;
pails, lien.
R SINESS INMONTREAL,
L
Montreal, Marcs 31. Grain—No,
1 Manitoba hard wheat, 72c; No, 1
Northern, 711c. March delivery; No.
1 hard, 75e; No. 1 Northern, 72;c
ex -store, May delivery; peas, (1191c,
high freights; No. 2 oats, in store
here, Wit to 37c; rye, 51c east;
buckwheat, 48* to 49c oast., for May
delivery; No. 1 oats, 38c; No. 2, arc;
rye, 600; buckwheat, 56 to 57c;
peas, 81c, F1ou1• — Manitoba pat-
ents, 54.20; seconds, 58.90; Ontario
otrnight rollers, $3.50 to $4.65; in
bags, 61.70 to $1.75; patents, $8.70
to 54.10. Roiled oats -- MJIIo:a'
prices, 52 bags, and $4.15 per 331,
.('reed — Manitoba bran, $10 to 320;
Shorts, 821 to $22, bags included;
Ontario bran, in bulk, $18 to 818.-
60;
18:50; shorts, in bulk, $20 to $21. I'ra-
visions — Heavy Canadian short cut
pork, $24 to 595; short cut back,
$23,60 to 524; light short cut, $28
to $24; compound refined lard, 81 to
9e; pure Canadian lard, 11c; !least
lard, 12 to 1210; harms, 125 to 185c5
bacon, 14 to 15e; ;dressed hogs, 58.-
45 to $9; fresh killed abattoir hogs,
59.25 to .59.50 per 100 Ibs. Honey—
White clove', in sections, 12e per
section; in 10-13. tits, 8c; in bulls,
70; dark, ,•c lower. Cheese—One
{mem 18 to 185e; Townships, 13c,
Butte' --Townships creamery, 20 to
20.1e; seconds, 17c; Weetern rolls,
lac,
UNITED STAT115S 14T.ARNE'r$,
Buffalo, March 81, — finer —
Steady. Wheat—Spring, weak; No.
1 hand, 843e; No, 1 Northern, 801c;
Winter nominal, Corn — Woak; No,
2 yellow, 4711c; Na. 2 corn, 451e.
{fats — Steady; No. 9 white, 40*c;
NO, 2 mixed, 138*0. 'Barley - 61 to
1/8C, Ityc — No offerlogs.
of cusp and not in stock, but in o•-.
(lar to enable the cash to be raised u
a new stock is to be floated.
It will 1;o called "guaranteed 28 I
cent. stock," and will be unrodee,n-
able for thirty years. Mr. Wynd-
ham doubted if 5500,000,000 of the
stock will be needed, It will be is- o
stied at the rate of $25,000,000 n
yearly for the first three years, and n
afterwards, possibly, in larger sums.
In addition to this the (io oreteent u
prop000(1 a free grant of 690,000,- 0
000 to be ratted by additions to the tr
stock, the interest and sinking fund t
of which will be borne by the Treas-
ury, and the maximum annual charge (
of which will not exceed „ 5
1,950,000.
THE }Mk? COM}IIOES
Notes of Proceedings in the Can-
adian Parliament.
1N TU18 SENATE.
The following bills were read a
first time :—Tho Allan Divorce 13111,
the Schulst Divorce. 13111, and tho
James 11, Steele, of Montreal, Di-
vorce 11111. The time for p155on1in3
private bills was extended to May
7111.
On the motion of Sir Mackenzie
Rowell, an order was made for a re-
turn of copies of all correspondence
between the Government of the Do-
minion and the 0overnurents of the
111'0:'11 provinces th Northwest
(1 utof 0 n
Territories relating to the disallow-
ance of any Act passed by 5(1011 Gov-
mm0101115 from the date of the last
'1'U b']X RESPONSIBILITY.
.
I4ugh Guthrie, Guelph, will again
present his amendment to the Rail-
way Act of last session. It pro-
vides for the attention of the pre-
sent system., by w)lich some railwtt
companies compel their 011131oyes t
sign away any claim they neigh
Have against them in case of acct
dent, and subscribe a certain poi
tion of their wages to an insttranc
fund. The bill is in a large measur
lnodried along the lines of 111e Brit
ish Workmen's Compensation Act,
QUESTIONS ASWr,1tED.
To reuly to Mr. Monk's question
regarding the contract for 25,000
tons of steel rails, Ikln. Mr, Blair
sold that as the contract heti not
yet been executed by the Glasgow
firm to which it was awarded, he
(1X111, not feel tat liberty to give the
1101100 of Other he en erers yet.
Mr. McGowan (MIiddlesex) asked
whether it was the intention Of tho
Government to introduce any legis-
lation tending to give publicity to
the tl'1:11Caetinfs of private bankers,
ITou. Mr. 'Wielding replied that the
Goverelnait had no such intention,
as private bankers stood in the sante
relation to the public as other busi-
ness persons.
RAILWAY STRIKES,
DEPAllT!I31NTAL BLOCT'.
Dr, Sproule moved for a return
shoring the number of buildings, of
portions of buildings, rented or 0e -
guided by the Government for ofiices
or other purposes in Ottawa, out-
side the dope rtmem tal buildings,
Ston whole rented, terms of lease or
Imam, and teat 1101113 paid for each.
The stover said he wanted the infur-
lnatlon, ns he heard the Government
was paying exerbl10(1± rents; for in-
ferior and unsuilaillo buildfnge, Im-
portant documents were shred in Un-
safe Windings, lion. I11r, Suther-
land, 111 reply, said that Major's I1111
Park had been suggested but it was
a necessity, New buildings Were ne-
cessary, and if more Inouye' was paid
for rental than 1411011 1(1 be, 31 made it
more important to erect a new
block. The motion market.rlotl
C'RUELT'Y TO ANIMALS.
11'1', (bock (Center Toronto) pre -
rented a hill for the amendment of
the Act for the prevention al cruelty
to animals,
DOUti}TOBORS I]NT]UIPS,
Replying to Mr, Wilson, lion. Mr
Y'FieldJng said that 110 Doukhobor,
olmarle 1lonles(end entries in the
1 Northwest during 1000, (i2 •in 190
- and 207 in 1902. He also said tha
the Government ens tul:ing no ac
e;110n to supply (louses and feel to
e Western settlers next winter, as
0111010E SEEDS FOR TESTING.
They .(Are Now Being Distributed,
Prey of Charge.
3'lu, members of the Oniari0 Agri-
cultural and Experimental Union are
pleased to slate that for 11)0,3 they
are prepared to dist:1(1111it Into (very
Township of Ontario material for
experiments with fodder' crops, roots,
grai1111, grasses, clovers and fer-
tilizers, Upwards of 1,4.00 varieties
of farm crepe have been tested in
rho Experimental llepa1•ttnellt of the
Ontario Agv'ieultural College, Guelph
for at least five years in succession,
These consist of nearly all the Can-
adian softs, alai se'e'm hundred new
varieties, some of which have done
exceedingly well ill the carefully
conducted ,x,
lc experiments at the Col-
lege, nod are 1103) being distt'ibutod,
free of charge, for co-operative ex -
peri
mals �h • nn
1 t t( bout Ontario.
"n
g11 0
following is the list of 0o -operative
experiments for 1908 :
No., 1'lxpe'irnonts. Plots.
1—Tasting three varieties of
oats.,. 3
s 2—'.Testing three vtu'ielies of six -
rowed barley... ....., .. 8
18—Testing two varieties of hil-
t less harl0y... .. 2
4—Testing l:nuncr (spelt) and
two varieties of spring wheat, 8
5—Testing two varieties of
buckwheat.• .,, 2
G.—Testing two varieti's of field
pr Northern Ontario,.,2
7—Testing' two varieties of bug-
pr0ofensfoLield jrens.,. 2
8—:Testing colo peas and two
varieties of Soy, Soja, or
Japanese beaus.,. ...... ..,, 3
9—Testing three varieties of
'tusking corn... 3
10—Testing three varieties of
nitt0golds.,, ... ... 3
11 -Testing two varieties of seg -
a1' beets for feeding purposes2
12—Testing three varieties of
Swedish turnips... 3
13—Testing IC0111 Rabi and two
varieties of tn•nips,., 8
14—Testing parsnips and two va-
rieties of carrots... .. 3
15•—Testing three varieties of fod-
der or silage corn... ...... 3
16—Testing three varieties of mil-
let... 8
17—Testing three varieties of
sorghum 3
18—Testing grass peas and two
varieties of vetches...
19.—Testing two varieties of rape
20—Testing three varieties of
clover......... 3
21—Testing Stvinfoin, Lucerne,
and Bu1'net.,. ., 8
22—Testing five varieties of
grasses... 5
23—Testing throe varieties of
field beans... ...... ., . 3
21—Testing three varieties of
sweet corn 8
25—Testing fertilizers with cornG
26—Testing fertilizers with Swed-
ish turnips...
2'7—Growing G
g potatoes o1 the
level and in hills... ...... 2
28—Testing two varieties of po-
tatoes....., 2
29—Planting cut potatoes which
have lunch which leave not been
coated over with land plas-
ter 2
30—Planting corn in Tows and in
squares (an excellent variety
of early corn will bo used) 2
The size of each plot in each of the
first twenty-six experiments is to be
two rods long by ono rod wide ; in
Nos. 27, 28, and 29, one rod square;
and in No, 30, four rods square
(one-tenth of an acre).
Each person in Ontario who wishes
to join in the world may choose any
one of the experiments for 1903, and
apply for the salve. The material
will lie furnished in the order in
which the applications are received
until the supply is exhausted. It
slight be well for each applicant to
make a second choice, for fear the
first could not be granted. All ma-
terial will be furnished entirely free
of charge to each applicant, alhd the
produce of the plots will, of course,
become the property of the person
who conducts the experiment,
• . . C. A. ZAVITZ, Director,
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, March 23rd, 1903.
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DEATH STATISTICS.
Sir Willda m lliulock's bill to aid i
the settlement of disputes on rad
ways hus been printed and diatribe
ed. It providesfora reference
disputes between railway employers
and employes to a committee of con-
ciliation, mediation, and investiga-
tion, clod in the event of such co
lnittee being unable to effect
amicable settlement, to a. board o
arbitrators. The conciliation coin
1nittcc is to be composed of thre
members, one to be chosen by th
company, one -by - the. employen,5 au
a third by the parties to the differ
ence. Tho conciliation comnlittc
may act as arbitrators, but hi th
event of objection being taken t
this course new representatives on
the board of arbitrators shall be
appointed in the same manner as the
committee of conciliation were
choeen. No court of the Dominion
or of any Province or Territory is
to have any power or jurisdiction go
reno0nize or enforce or to receive in
evidence any report of the board of
arlllt.rators o• committee of con-
cilIntiol, o• any testimony or pro-
ceedings before the said board or
committee, as against any party or
person. or for any purpose whatso-
ever except in case of prosecution
for perjury, 53110re the difference
which is being inquired into affects a
class of employes it shall not ba
necessary for them all to tante part
in the inquiry, but they may 30 em
presented by some of their number,
only agents other than counsel o)
soli: it nr,
n
1-
of I opening the door, saw the general's
figure outstretched on the floor with
the blood gushing from a bullet
wound in the head. She ran scream--
u1- ing to the balcony overlooking the
an :lobby of the hotel, where many
f i guests, including a number of
- 'ladies, were assembled. The pro -
o I p1'ietor of the hotel was the first to
e .reach the expiring mean. Medical
d, help was immediately summoned,
but was found to be useless, death
o ensuing quickly.
0 I The Commissary of Police was
o : notified, and, accompanied by a doc-
tor, proceeded to a preliminary in-
vestigation. No stoney or papers of
any kind were found in Sir Rector's
baggaru. Two notes written in Eng-
lish were found lying on a table in
his room, and those were taken pos-
5eE51an of by the authorities, but it
is understood their contents have no
bearing on the suicide. To the gen-
eral's cont, lying on the bed, were
founds some phOtogi•aphs, Tho Brit-
ish Embassy and Consulate were
notified later, and Consul -General
Inglish visited the hotel and took
charge of the body, which was
placed on the bed. The door was
then locked, the Consul -General tak-
ing the key. The French ofacials
I,took possession of the revolver.
Sir ITector Macdonald arrived in
Paris last Friday evening from Lon-
don on his way to Ceylon, where
it was understood that an imme-
diate court-martial would I)0 held to
clear np the charges made against
him, On reaching the hotel at 11
o'clock at night, he was told that
only a small and indifferent room
was available. Ile replied that that
was quite sufficient. Ile was not ac-
companied by any aides-de-camp or
a valet, 1Ie saki he only intended to
stay a day or two in Paris. Little
was seen of him after his arrival,
I -Te Was, however, in the hotel lobby
about n0oti on Wednesday, and it is
believed that a newspaper printed in
I nglish,1 containing a "resume of the
grave charges brought against hint,
and embellished with the general's
portrait in full uniform, came under
his attention, He left the lobby, go-
ing to his room, and the pistol shot
followed soon after.
they had no reason to belie)e that
suc+11 emigrants could not provide fol
themselves.
a...�.rr
FIGHTING MAC.rr
I=ero of a hundred rights Com-
mits Suicide,
A Paris despatch says :—Major-
General Sir ]lector Macdonald, com-
manding the British forces in Cey-
lon, and one of the foremost officers
in the Delilah h army, against whom
charges based on immoral acts
were filed some time ago, committed
suicide on Wednesday at the Hotel
Regina here. Ile shot himself in the
right temple shortly after noon, anti
expired a few minutes later.
The general was alone in his
small chamber on the Mezzanine
floor of the 110te1 at the time of the
tragedy. One of the female attend-
ants heard the pistol shot, and
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IN ('OI.ifA'rION WANTED,
11It'. Wilson (Lennox) hos filed a
mailer of enquiries respecting the
numeer of leoulehobors in Manitoba
nd the Northwest and their famous
'x] 1011 in the pilgrimage line of
ase fall,
air, l'avis (Saskatchewan) will
110tr for all papers in connection
with the fulfilment of the terms no-
n Odell the C.P;1.1, Company were
uthorized to issue $12,000,000 of
env stock.
Dr. Spr0nle will -enquire as to the
tunnel. of buildings in Ottawa rowe-
d by the Government for depart-
rcntai purposes, particulars as to
heir tante], etc.
the Roddick (Montreal) will move
hat it is expedient to create a Do-
minion Deptu•tmeht of Public I1Oalth
for the protection of Health and
miligaticn of disease. 31 is propo5-
edl shut such department should) be
under the direction of a 113115ter in
00unertion wi111 one of the existing
(leil'art rays ts,
Mr, Casgrain (Montmorency) will
Cng1.'ire for particulars as to an
appropriation of 848,000 for the
purpose of constructing a spur lino
on the Inh't'colonial Itaibway. Mr.
Cis ruin will also enquire if any re-
ores'ntatians have been received
from the Imperial Government as to
the Advisability of Iocating the next
Trans -Canadian rnilway along a
route su0iciently remote from the
frontier to make it useful for mili-
tary purposes,
7t,1IL\1fAY SUBSIDIi;S.
ADVANCES LIMITED.
The advances to tenants, through
the provisions of the Land Bill, aro
limited to 52,500 in the congested
districts, - and $5,000 elsewhere. The
3111 will become effective November
1.
lir, Wyndham said $750,000,000
could sneaky be advanced 00 Ir151M
land, but he thought the scheme
would not involve $500,000,000, Tihe
Trish Secretary explained that
while the maximum charge
on the English treosnry
world not exceed 51,975,000 in a
single year, the redaction In the cost
of the administration of Ireland
150111d1 alnOunt to $1,250,000,
The bill also provides that ten-
ants shall pay 31 per cent. interest
on mans from the Government, that
untenanted farms and grazing lands
5111111 be sola to neighboring tenants,
and that throe commissioners shall
supervise the sales.
b
GIRL LOSES AN ARM
Was Caught in a Machine at a
Bot: Factory,
A Toronto despatch says: Edith
Woodworth, of 93 Yarmouth Road,
was rho victim of a terrible accident
at Teller's paper box factory on
Thursday afternoon, when her left
arm was so badly e'u511ed in a ma-
chine that at the Emergency Ilospi-
tal amputation near tho shoulder
was found necessary. She was tak-
en tte the hospital by another girl,
Who did not remain. Miss Wood-
Woo'th is 18 years of age, T:Ier con-
dition was such that elle couid give
no particulate as to how She sus-
tained the tnj,lry.
Mr, Chal•lton moved the second
reacting of his 3111 to amend the
Railway Act, which 30 explained
was designed to reduce the amount
of the subsidy to bo paid to a rail-
road on progress, .and estimates
from 500,000 to $30,000 which he
said would help small roads. Mr,
Blair said it might ho necessary to
consider the whole question of tho
pay'n.e:lt of subsidies to small rail-
ways. The present system involved
a great deal of trouble to the de-
partment, it might be necessary to
revert to the 5yetem of paying on
ten -mile sections. On motion of
I•Ir. Monk the committee reported
progress, and the bill will go to the
:Railway Committee,
'(3CIKi "l'-.OI'-LTrIAVre ACT.
Mr. T"asgrain moved for all par-
tirulars regarding t.i' application of
the 'ricin( -of -leave Act, cxecpt the
minute of prisoners who had been
given their freedom under it,
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MILITIA ON WAR FOOTING.
The Force to Be Brought Up to
100,000 Men.
An. Ottawa despatch says :—Lord
Dundonald is tit wort: upon plans for
increasing the available strength Of
the militia at war time to 100,000
men. Tile could bo done by incor-
porating the members of the rifle
clubs throughout the country when-
ever tho need arises of mobilizing a,
defensive force, With respect to this
year's camps of instruction, 1t is
believed that the method followod.
last autumn will again bo adopted,
viz,: colling out the officers and non-
commissioned oflicors of the rural
corps, and giving them instruction
in military world of a useful and
practical kind.
CHILD'S FOOT CUT OFF,
Grace 1Vlitchell of Toronto Injured
By a Oar,
A Toronto despatch says: Grace
bIitchell, the eleven -year-old daughter
01 James C. Mitcholl, Medical Health
Inspector, who lives at 134 Harbord
street, was knocked down by a
130thuest street car on Wednesday
afternoon at 11 o'clock, \)Hilo at-
tempting to cross from the west side
of the street to the east side he front
of a north -bound ear. The car was
stopped immediately, anal the child
taken to a nearby horse, to w)(iclt
Dr. Trooper was snnnnoncd, She
eves removed to (frame Hospital,
whore the left foot watt amputated
at the ankle.
LEGISLATIVE ASSE]!IBLYI
Doings of Our Zaw Makers at
Toronto,
PI3IVATI'; 111 LLS,
The 'Town of Oakville has made
application for ratification of a by-
law to provide for the issue of (le-
beneul'es amounting to $28,331,60,
payable in annual amounts of $1„-
191,58 101' twenty yelu's, to provide
for the deficiency in the sinking fund
of the,tOwn, and to pay off the
floating indebtrduess incurred
through the default of its late trea-
surer.
On motion of the Premier the
time for receiving private 31115 was
extended to April 15th.
TlMl3I4P DUES,
Mr. Pearce has nsrcl for retire
showing the remount in detail of
timber dues paid or owing to the
province from timber cut on Crown
lands la the Townships of (:Movie
a(nd 0rintstiorpe for the season of
1901-2, together with the amount
duo to those municipalities,
QUEEN VICTO1UA PARK,
An order -hi -Council has been pass-
ed aboilshing all tolls on rigs en-
tering the Queen Victoria ('ark
Niagara halls.
PULPWOOD DUTIES.
The Ontario Government was no-
tified that the United States courts,
before which the question of in-
creased duties on pulpwood going
11110 that country had been tried,
bud decided that prohibition of ex-
hort fit Ontario .is not an export
fluty ; therefore Canadian exporters
had not to pay an additional duty
into the United States 011 pulp. It
was decided by the same court, ]how-
ever, that the Quebec regulations do
not constitute an export dirty, and
Q.uloa accordingly not relieved 01
tho penalty provided by the United
States ttisu'ilT.
TIZMISICAMING COMMISSION.
The report of the Tenlislcalning R
Northern Ontario Railway commis-
sion, t110wing the work done and the
moneys expended up to December
81, 1002, has been presented to the
Conunissioner of Public Works, The
report contains a profile leap of the
3 roast from North Buy to Red Water
2 Lake, and a map showing the road
under construction on Dec. 8t last,
The statement of expenditures before
the appointment of the conunission
51)0738 an outlay of $34,747,28
Since the appointment of the conl-
101581ol the expellditllre an1011)1ted to
5147,151,88, malting tl. total expen-
diture to clato of 5171,909.12. The
report is illustrated by a number of
excellent photographs of the work
upon tho various scetions.
DAMAGE BY CYCLONE.
Ban, F. li. Latchford, has mode
public the report of the Assistant
Commissioner of Public 1Vo1.1(s, who
was sent to investigate the damage
dOtic by tho cyclone which visited
the comities of Stormont and Dun -
dos on July 17 last. The report
contains tho following summary :
District covered by storm, 30 miles;
101011fes affected, G0; loss in Win-
chester township, $20,072; loss in
Finch township, $0,307; Ioss in Os-
nabruck township, $14,015;_ total
loss, $48,394,
In discussing the grunting of Gov-
ernment aid to the sufferers, the re-
port points out that most of the
losers are well-to-do people, and that
the State's responsibility in ail cases
of disaster appears, according to
usage, to be merely to relieve tem-
porary distress. l caving visited the
families, the Assistant Commission-
er says he had his sympathy aroused
and desired if possible to recommend
that some aid be granted, "But,”
he concludes, "in carefully studying
the whole situation I cannot see
how it is possible to do so without
816130sling a measure that would
be a violation of the recognized re-
sponsibility of the State in such
matters and establishing a precedent
which would lead to demands for aid
in such cases less deserving of
sympathy,"
health IVlatters Are Not Reported
Properly.
A Toronto despatch says; The dep-
redations of scarlet fever in the Pro-
vince aro shown by the returns for
February received by the Provincial
130arc1 al Health, (luring the month
there wore 104 deaths from the dis-
ease, compared with 38 in February,
1902, There were 04 deaths in Jan-
uary of this year from the same
cause. Tho deaths frorn all con-
tagious diseases were as follows:
Feb., 1903, Fob„ 1902,
Smallpox .,, •k 0
Scarlet fever . .,.104 88
Diphtheria ,,, ,,. .,. 27 84
Measles ... 7 21
Whooping cough . 7 1.6
Typhoid ,,. .... 1.0 25
Tuberculosis .. ,180 177
There were 2,083 deaths front all
causo5, and only 700 municipalities
reported, Compared with 772 a year
ago.
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smirk vs. GOOD HUMOR,
Interesting notes 011 the s11u11 tak-
ing habit are fuhnieefed by the 001'-
11100 authorities of the district
known as the Bavarian Forest. The
(nen there conanine 011 an average of
half a pound of snuff per clay, the
tobacco being mixed with ground
glasis "to sting better," The peo-
ple in this distriot are much given
to violence and attacks with the
1(11110 are of daily omotlrroneo. For
years the prison authorities experi-
enced great difficulties with their
charges on account of their uniform
obstinacy asci tonally hit upon the
plan of depriving them of evert, They
say that after a while a great
change for the bettor was notice
a111e, the men becoming tractable
anti sensible of thole degrading in,.
humaul ty, ea,
CONTINENT Int ANTARCTIC.
Its Discovery Attributed to the
Expedition.
A London 'despatch says; Presi-
dent Markham, f
tho tun o
t a Ito •ul Geogra-
phical g
phical Society, commenting on the
achievement of 1;110 British Antarctic
ship Discovery, says it has been
proved conclusively that the greater
part of the Antttl'(tic region is a
vast continent, Capt. Scott, 13. N„
the commander of the Disoov(ny,
penetrated one hundred miles further
south than any previous exp101'01-,
and discovered an extensive monih-
taiuous regio,, hitherto absolutely
unknown, extending 10 83 degrees,
20 minutes south. Ho thinks this
hndic0tes that the land stretches to
the ('ole in a series of very lofty
lnoun.ttlins, which is considered to be
far the most important geographical
result ever achieved in Antarctic ex-
ploration, Tho Discovery Metered
foul' (hundred miles further south
than any other vessel.
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, CONSUMPTION IN PRISON.
One-fourth of the Inmates of
Clinton Are Affeoted,
Afn - Albany, N. Y„ 'ctespatcl, says;
One-fourth of the population of the
Clinton State Prises at Dennelol•e
Is Mint:Led 1)11.11 tuberculosis, accord-
ing to Dr, J. 13, Benson, physician
at the institution, in an argument
stilun,itted to the Ways and Moans
Committee of the A55e» 3ly in faVor
of a bill of Assemblyman Knapp
malting ten appropriation for the
construction of a building at the pri-
son foe the care of prisoners thus
afilieted, There etre 250 tubercular
inhnat05 in the institution, of whom
106 were transferred frons other in,
sttutions,
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A warehouse at Sydney,
0011ta1ning 10,000 tons of merchan-
disc, was destroyed by fir0, the loss
totalling $2,5000000,
NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs Froin All
Over the Globe.
CANADA,
'A series of Jeetures on forestry
will be *wronged by the Kingston
School of mites,
The Toronto Teacher's' A.ssocla•
tion passed a resolution to estab,
lisle a superannuation fund, •
The Welland Canal will be opened
for navigation April( t
A r l U
b 1
1 and the
l
other canals on Muy 1,
There is a Iobeter• famine at St,
JoNell, A crate oto of 1.1.D
lobsters
shipped to I:oston netted $54.
The T+mi
shluule* 1 i \
t, tt 1 vi
1 1 ' 1
b Gon
Y
mi5sionel's have ordered fou
r engines
and are having ,specifications for
cars prepared, 1
Henry Stone, for 52 years on the
Lake Shore Railroad, the oldest en-
gineer in the country, 11 EIS resigned,
Tho Dominion Govornmont has
promised a grant, of 550,000 to the
Dominion Exhibition this year in
Toronto,
The (LTA. have bought addition-
al property in Stratford, in tho
vicinity of their shops, which they
intend enlarging,
Hamilton is considering another
telcpllene adhesio pcovlddng for resi-
dential phones at $12 and business
1211111308 front 518 to $20.
A lock factory is to bo established
in Orillia. Tho company has a capi-
tal stocks of $10,000, a targe part
of which was subseribncl in (Millie,.
Black oak trees in eastern Ontario
aro in great demand. Ftu•me•s are
getting a ready sale for all they can
°STel•, The present price Is $25 per
thousand feet.
The Baton ton Retail Merchants
Association has decided to place
cards in the storo windows stating
that no tickets for bazaars, balls,
concerts, picnics, eta, would bo pur-
chased, and that prizes would not
be given for picnics if asked for at
the merchants' places of business,
GR.IJAT BRITAIN.
Edwin A. Abbey's picture of the
Coronation is not likely to bo finish-
ed this year.
Birmingham's sewage works aro
said to be the largest in the world
after those of Paris and Berlin.
Pursued by the South Cheshire
Hounds, a fox ran into a bedroom
at a farmhouse and hid itself under
the pillows.
Very 13ev, 10, W, Farrar, Dean of
Cantorbw•y, and widely known
through his secular and religious
books, is dead.
It is asserted that a measure to
materially extend local sell -govern-
ment will soon be introduced by the
British Government.
Grief over tho lues of his twin
children caused Petty Officer
hick, of of the Portsmouth Sailors'
Home, to commit suicide,
Over 2,000 persons visited Car-
lyle's house, 24 Cheyne row, Chel-
sea, last year, making a total of
nearly 18,000 since its opening to
the public in 1805.
North Wales guardians any they
Have thousands of able-bodied
tramps they could recommend for
the stand—if the 11000 owners only
knew how to mance them worm.
Colonel Denny, M.P., will introduce
a bill in the 'imperial house of Com-
mons, the MEI 1/1 principle of which
is that the franchise should be ex-
tended to women on the same con-
ditions as it is granted to men.
A Poplar man combines the busi-
ness of barber and dentist. Custom-
ers are shaved to the music of the
gramophone, and molars extracted
amid the encouraging Comments of a
remarkably fluent parrot.
Two dogs chased a flock of sheep
at Banbury, and they took refuge in
a stream, where they huddled toge-
ther so closely as to dam up tho
water,: which, rose so high as to
drown a number of them as they
stood. ,Sixty-one were taken out
dead.
UNITE+'D STATES.
Greene, N.Y., has voted to own its
water -works and electric Light sys-
ten,
Charges of bribery in the Missouri
StateLegislature
aro U
before a spe-
cial
-
le
cial grand jury.
Tho barkeepers of Jersey City,
N.J., ere organizing the Bartenders'
anti Saloonkeepers' Total Abstinence
Society.
Five of the largest meatpacking
companies in the United States wero
tined $5,000 each for being members
of a combination to nix prices.
Charges of a grave nature have
been made against Gen. Wood,
U,S,A„ in connectipn with Itis ad-
ministration as Military Governor
of Cuba,
A corporation has been formed at
Lansing, 71!ichh., to build a bridge
for tho Pero Marquette Railway, op-
posite Grosso Isle, to connect its
American and Canadian tracks,
The ionium conference of the pre-
sidents of the Christian Associations
of Universities end Colleges in scV-
oral States and of certain colleges in
Canada will 'be held at Cambridge,
Mass„ April 16tH.
The otter day Mrs, NJ'ames Strew -
bridge, of Guyanoga village, live
.miles from Peon Van, N,Y„ lcilled
her claugitte', aged 26, and her moth-
er, aged 80, and after setting fire
to the ]louse in which the bodies •
lay, drllbe'ntely entered it and per-
ished in the I10211es,
GENERAL,
The population of China is pieced
by the Board of Revenue at 426.-
447,000.
A French sa\'oat declares that po-
tatoes are good for people suffering
1rof11 diabetes,
Tw,l students died from Injuries
inflicted by the police during the
rioting at Dttctapest.
Aceencling 1,0 1:3013. J05eplt Chain.
bolain 100,000 .T3ogee have been tee
patriated,
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