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CANADA.
Another case 01 smallpox has been
discovered in Ottawa.
L,otdon's proposed address to the
Duke has boon approved at Ottawa.
Ottawa Is still in doubt where to
build its proposed contagious dis-
eases hospital.
The now mining school at Kings -
.ton will, cost $90,000 and the arts
building $70,000.
Conductor Perry, of the O,P,R,
had two toes taken on while coupl-
ing ears, at Virden.
Tho night hour day law is being en-
forced iu.the erection of Government
buildings at Nelson: IL CI,
Winnipeg doctors located a pin im-
bedded in' the muscles of 13. D.
Deer ing's leg. IIo doesn't know hos*
It got there.
A resolution was passed at the
Canadian Medical .Association at
Winnipeg urging on the profession
andpublic the urgency of-re-vacCtna-
tion.
11.11 parties furnishing supplies to
the Post OliIcs Department must pay
the current rate of wage's 1;o their
employees and adopt the union hours
of labor. •
By the courtesy of the Speaker, the
press rooms of the house' of Com-
mons will bo open to journalists dur-
ing the stay of the Duke of York in
the capital.
Tho next.'ntperial officer appointed
.0 command tho Canadian militia
may combine with the duty the di-
rection of the Imperial forces at Hal-
ifax and Esquiinalt.
"it is an offence to call a man a
scab, and let this be a warning to
strikers," was what Judge Choquet
said in Montreal when .he fined E1-
seer Gladu for assaulting a non -
,unionist.
Judge Sicotte, at Montreal, flned
Theophile GeolTrion and Joseph G.
Poulin, two newsvendo•s, $50 and
costs for selling obscene literature,
and throw in a severe lecture with
the sentence.
Mr, J. A. Ruddick, Assistant Do-
minion Dairy Commissioner, states
that owing to the droutli there will
be a shortage of butter in the Mari-
time Provinces, especially in Prince
Edward Island.
Anthrax has: broken out among the
sheep on the farm of Sir Cooper
Keys at Swift Current, N.W.P.,
and the sheep are dying at the rate
of fifty a day. Fourteen thousand
doses of anthrax vaccine have been
wired for.
While the Duke of Cornwall and
York watches the lacrosse match to
be given in Ottawa for his benefit
he will sit in a chair occupied by his
father, the King, when ho visited Ot-
tawa to lay the corner -stone of the
Parliament Buildings.
Canada's exports of pulpwood and.
woodpulp in 1901arnounted to
$3,835,265, of which $966,920 were
sent to Groat Britain and $2,302,-
215
2,302;215 to the United States. Tho
total is an increase of $616,477 over
the exports of 1900.
Tlut investigations carried on at
Canso, N.S., by the Dominion Gov-
ernment this summer into the food,
habitat, and breeding places of the
Atlantae coast fishes are expected to
have valuable effect upon the fishing
industry.
GIU15AT BRITAIN.
King Edward's race horses will
ren next year in Ilis Majesty's zane
and colors.
Edwin Austin Abbey, 1t.A., an
American, has been chosen to paint
the coronation scene next year.
The cruiser Essex. with a, spend of
23 knots, 9,800 tons, and costing
$3,600,000 has been launched at
Pembroke.
Date Livingstone, a cousin of Dr.
Livingstone, the explorer, who is liv-
ing on the Isle of Mull, one of the
largest of the Imperial 1Tebrides Is-
lands, has just completed her 106th
In Loudon there 181 (1, report of a
great amalgamation of the stool and
coal trades, embracing the con-
trolling firms in New South Wales,
with a view to economy in -the use of
coal,
At Liverpool it is stated that the
Cunard, Leyland and Dominion
steamship lines, following the ex-
ample of the lRed. Star line, ire of-
tering to carry passengors from New
York to London foi• $85.
UNITED STATES.
The "stinging caterpillar" has
made its appearance in Philadelphia.
Two young sons of F. L. Gilmore,
of Maseena, N.Y., wero probably fa-
tally stung by wasps.
Owen Bradley, a farmer at Hol-
land, 'Texas, mistook his wife for a
burglar and shot her to death.
A stage was recently hold up near
Ukiah; Oal,., the express box taken
and three Persons were robbed.
At :Ashley, Ind„ one person, was
killed, another fatally hurt and a
blinding was..wrecked by the explo-
cion of a soda fountain.
John Andrews, former postmaster
of lied Lodge, MMMontaua, was mistak-
en for a boar and shot and killed by
John Remus, with whom lie was
hunting,
General Booth, founder and head
of tho Salvation Army, will visit
Chicago .iii .November for a six
mouths' inspection tour of the 'Un-
ited States.
The Cascade division of the Great
,Northern, in Washington, is to bo
equipped with electric motors for the
operation of tt'ains instead Of steam
locomotives. .
Ono of the greatest gas Wells ewer
discovered in the gas bolt was struck
A Utile oast of Parket City, Indiana,
Monday night, by the Vann Land.
011 Company, wine): was boring for
oil in the new oil territory, '7.'he
well is estimated to be flowing 8,-
000,004 offish: feet a day.
L. G, Preston, ecez'otary of tate
330ston Chamber of t:otnmoree,
states that the mannfaoturiitg cen-
tres of MassnDhusetts aro in favor of
reeipreoity between the United Stat-
es end Canada, and that an effort is
being made tq, have the High Com-
mission reconveuo for the purposeef
framing a treaty.
GENERAL.
The oixouchnont of the Queen 01
Holland is expected in January.
Tho Klug of Portugal has invited a
numbed of I.D glish players to visit
him at Portugal In October to play
tennis:
Icing Leopold will bo present with
tiro Czar at the L'reneh naval review,
King Alfoueo of Spain will not be
present,
The trials of the new Italian sub-
marine war vessel Delano, carried out
by the Minister of Marine, have been
satisfactory.
Much excitement prevails at Stock-
holm over the discovery of gold in
Lapland, where are .Also the coun-
try's famous iron deposits.
It is semi -officially announced that
Russia, France and Germany are in
complete agreement regarding Asiatic
affairs, including Chinese questions.
An interhationalexhibition of by-
giene, maritime security, and fish-
ing, under the patronage of itis Maj-
esty King Leopold, has just been op-
ened at Ostend:
The rains in India are irregula.ly
distributed, and, while particularly
deficient in the rice districts, ex-
cessive rains have caused loss in the
northern and central provinces.
The Paris, Lyons, and Mediterran-
ean Railway Company ltas received
ten of the fifty large American loco-
motives it recently ordered, and they
have given. satisfaction.
The well-known inventor, Sczepan
ilc, of Vienna, has developed a but -
let -proof breastplate, and bas also
recently constructed ` an apparatus
for preventing collision between
trains on land and ships at sea.
It is said that American grain
has almost disappeared from the
English market, and Russian, Ar-
gentine and Canadian grain has
taken its place. This is owing to
the decreased American crop and cor-
responding higher prices.
A number of cases of vitriol throw-
ing have occurred lately in the sub-
urbs of Melbourne. Several young
ladies have had their dresses des-
troyed by acid, and one girl had a
sponge saturated with vitriol squeez-
ed against her face by an unknown
man who walked quickly away.
The Bishop of Carpentaria has
started on an adventurous journey,
the overleeed trip from Port Darwin
to Adelaide. The whole of the Nor-
thern territory of South Australia,
comprising an area of about 567,000
square miles, is included in the bish-
op's diocese, as well as the northern
ports of Queensland.
CAPE RACE LIGHT.
Is 55 'Feet Lower Than Was Sup-
posed.
A despatch from. Ottawa says :-
In a report to the Minister of Ma-
rine and Fisheries Mr, Anderson,
Chief Enginoer of the department,
who has just returned from Cape
Itece, says he found by actual level-
ing, that the light is advertised as
being 55 feet higher above high-
water mark than it actually is.
This reduces its horizon two miles,
ancl may have been one cause for
complaint. Ono of the lenses was
found to be a little out of focus.
To remove any cause of complaint
about the fog whistle he suggests
dividing up the single blast of ten
seconds into two blasts of five sec-
onds each. Col. Anderson proposes
to experinteat to see Whether better
results can be got from one shape
or size of whistle bell than another.
WILL BE GREAT DISPLAY.
Illumination of Parliament Build-
ings at Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says : -
The electrical illuminations on the
Parliament Buildings promise to
transcend those of the Pan-Ameri-
can. Wednesday night the Ih'st test
was made of the now lights, a por-
tion of Victoria Toler being lit up.
A prominent officer of the Public
Works Department stated that Ito be-
lieved that there was not the slight-
est oxnggeration when it was stated
that the world had newt' had an
electrical display to equal that' which
it was proposed to give hero during
the Royal visit. Tt has been sug-
gested to the Minister of Agriculture
that an arch of agricultural products
be erected at the corner of Dank and
Wellington Streets, and it is thought
that 3lr.• Fisher may act on the sug-
gestion.
KILLED BY A ROCK.
Assistant Superintendent Duehesney
of the C,Y,R.
A despatch from Vancouver says :
Assistant Superintendent Duehesney
of the C.P.I1 , was accidentally kill-
ed to -day by a rock falling on him
at some point a few miles oast of
here. Mr, Duehesney WAS considered
a remarkably clover railway man
and was also somothing of an ex-
plorer;_Ho recently discovered tho
Yoho valley Bear Field, 13.0.,
SIX DASS PER ROD PER DAY,
The Ontario Department of Flatter-
ies has entered into communication'
with the Dominion authorities with
a, view to instituting more stringent
regulations regarding the catching
of blank bass. Assistant Domnmis-
sioner Bested0 contends that the
catch should bo reduced from 12 to
6, in order to protect the fish.
MARKETS LU? TNN WORLD
Priees Qf Cattle, Che939, Grain. &Q,
in the Leading Mar'sets,
Toronto, September 10. -Wheat -
The local market is without feature.
Sales of old white and fired to millers
at (374 to 680 low freights, while ex-
porters quote at 66c middle, New
white for export, 650; No. 1 spring
on allcilend 684o, Manitoba wheats
quint; No 1 hard sold at 824c to 88a
and No. 2 at 804 to 810, grinding 1n
transit. For Toronto and west 2c.
'lower,
cats. -7110 market was quiet to-
day at unchanged prices. New No, 2
white and mixed sold for export at
88c middle freight. Old quoted lo-
cally at 85 to 36c, '
Peas --Trade quiet and prices firm,,
No. 2 sold at 08e north and West,
and at 70c on Midland,
Barley -The market is firm, with
wales of No. 2 at 4.7c, No. 3 extra at
46a and No. 3 at 450, all middle
freights,
Corn -The market is steady to -day,
with sales of No. 2 Canadian yellow
at 54c, and of mixed at 53o west,
American is nominal at 59 to 60e, on
track here.
Rye -Tho doarkot Is firmer with
sales at 51e middle freights.
Buckwheat-Marvet dull, with pri-
ces purely nominal,
Flour -The .market is quiet. Nine-
ty per cent. patents sold for export
in bbls. at 52.0'0 middle freights.
Choice straight rollers, in bbls., lo-
cally and for Lower Provinces, 53.15
to 93.30. Manitoba patents, 54'in
bogs, and strbng bakers' $3.75.
Oatmeal -Market is unchanged; ear
lots at .63,90 in bags, and 54 in
wood. Broken lots, Toronto, 800
per bbl. extra.
Mi1lfeod-Tho market is quiet, with
supply limited, as well as the de-
mand, Oars of bran for shipment
quoted at 513.50 to 514 west, and
shorts at 517 west. Ton lots sell
here at 515.50 and shorts at 516.50
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed Hogs are quiet to -day at.
39 to 59.40. Flog products in good
demand, and firm, with small sup-
plies. We quote: -Bacon, lung clear,
ton and case lots, 11*c; pork, mesa,
520 to 520.50; do, short cut, 621.50.
Smoked Meats -Hams, 14 to 1440;
breakfast bacon, 15 to 16c; rolls,
120; backs, 15 to 15ec, and shoulders
11 to 11}c.
Lard -Demand good and prices
firm. Guaranteed pure, in 50-I1, tubs
11#c; pails, 111c, and tierces, 110.
DAIRY MARKETS.
Dutter-Tice market is steady. Any-
thing strictly fine meets with a ready
sale for local trade; other grades are
accumulating. Wo quote -Strictly
fresh dairies, 170; seconds, 14 to 15c
bakers' 124 to 13 eo.
Eggs -Market steady. We gttote:-
strictly new laid (nearby gathered),
13 to len; ordinary, fresh candled
stock, 114 to 12c; seconds, 7 to 84c.
Cheese -Market is dull. We quote:
-Finest 94 to 95c; seconds 9ec.
• PRODUCE.
Potatoes -The market is unchanged
with moderate receipts, ' Large lots
of good stock aro quoted at 60 to 65
cents per bush., and jobbing prices,
75 to 80c.
Dried Apples -The market contin-
ues dull, with no offerings, and pri-
ces are purely nominal.
Hops -There is a quiet trade, with
,lrlces steady at 14 to• lee.
Honey -Market is steady at 9 to
Dec. Combs, 51.50 to $1.75 per doz.
Roans -The market is steady with
feta offering. Ordinary stock, $1.80
to 51.90, and handpicked, 52.10 to
52.15.
Flay, Baled -The market is steady,
with sales of ton lots delivered at
510, and car lots at 58,50 to $9.
Straw -The market is quiet. Car
lots, our track, 65 to 55.50 a ton.
Sceds-There is a little alsike com-
ing in; No. 1 is quoted at 56.75 to
57.255 per bush, and No. 3 at 56 to
56.75. Red clover is easier at 55.25
to 55.75 per bush
THE STREP',T SIARKET.
Receipts of grain were smaller to-
day, Wheat -Steady, 400 bush of
old reel and white selling at 73c, and
new at 64 to G8c, 100 bush of spring
at 710, and 300 bush of goose at
674 to 68c. Barley -Firm, 600 bush
selling at 49 to 53c. Oats -Also
firm, 600 bush selling at tic. for
old, and at 374 to 384 fur new. Itye
sold at 52e for one load. Hay -
Dull, two loads selling at 510 to
$11 a ton. No straw. Dressed
Hogs -$0 to 59.40.
Following is the range of quota-
tions :-
Wheat, white...... 50.73 $0.00
Wheat rod...... 0.73 0.00
Wheat, new, red and
Nhite...... 0.64 0.68
Wheat. spring,, .., 0.71 0,00
Wheat, goose-. ...... 0,674 0.68
Oats, old - .. ,..... .... 0.41. 0,00
ants, now ... 0.874 0.33..
ilarley... 0.49 0.53
Pens 0.68 0.69
- 0 52 0.00
Hay, old per ton18.00 13.50
ITay, new, . per ton 10.00 11.00
Straw, per tots... ... .,,0.00 10.00
Dresseo hogs... . 9.00 9,40
Butter In lb. roils.....,0.17 0.22
Butter, creamery.., 0.21 0,26
Chickens, per pail... 0.50 0.75
Ducks, per pair...... 0.60 0,85
Turkeys, pin' 1115... 0.12 0.18
Eggs, now laid... ......,0.16 0.17
Eggs, hold, per doz0.12 0.14
Apples, barrel.., ... 2.00 2,50
Potatoes, new,. bushel0.60 0.75
Tomatoes, basket... 0.15 0.20
Beef, forequarters... .,4.50 5.50
Beef, hindquarters 8.00 9,00
Beef, medium, carcase6,50 7.25
Beef, elmic0 .... , 7.00 7,75
Lamb, yearling... ... 6.50 7.00
Lamb, spring.. ... 7.50 8,50
Mutton.,. 5.50 6.50
Veal, choice,.. .. 7.50 8.25
Duluth, Sept. 10. -Wheat -Cash,
No, 1 hard, 701c; No 1 Northern,
6890; No 2 Northern, 6510; Sept„
6810; Oct„ 6810; Dec, 69:10; May,
73c. Oats -35* to 344c. 00111.-
N011111161.
Buffett., N.Y.,, Sept. 10. -
Fleur -Firm, no demand, Wheitt--,,Spring,.
little doing. No, 1 Northern, old,
760; do., now, 71 to;' winter, No 2,
z'ed, 74401 No. 3. white, 754e, Corn
-Virtue% : No, 2 yellow, 604e; No.
8 do., 594e ; No. 2 yellow, 600 ;
No,. 8 do., 5940; No. 2 Qorn, 5940;
No, 3 do., 59e. Cats -Quiet and
only steady 1 Nu 2 white, 38c ; No,
8 de., 874e ; No. 2 mixed, 864e
No, 8 do, 96e. Barley-eWestern
tt of-
2e,re5d60a, 3C7altmol 0fr3gitty-8e-outld1y;.'119.
Detroit, Sept. I.O.-Wheat-Closed.
No, 3, white, 711e, cash ; No 2`red,
714c, cash and Sept. ; 724, Oct,;
711s. Dee,
St. Louis, Silo,, Sept. 10.-Wbont-
722',
closedD,eo, 6940 cash ;' 8940, Sept. ;
Milwaukee, Sept. 5.0-Wlleat-
lf asher• : close, No, 1 Northern, 694
to 70c ; No, 2 Northern, 68 to 684s;
Dec. 715 to 711c. Clore -Doo,, 584c.
Oats -Steady ; No, 2 white, 86$ to
37e:'
Toledo, O., Sept, 10. Wheat -No.
2 cash and .Sept,. 724e; Dec.. 734c.
Corn -No, 2 Sept„ 56e; Dec. Gets.
Oats -Cash, 36c Itye-No sales,
Clover seed --Prime, 55.70 ; Oct.,
55.65 ; Dec., $5.674.
CATTLE MARKET,
Toronto, Sept. 10. -To -day's re-
ceipts at the western cattle yards
were 68 carloads of live stock, In.
eluding 1,100 cattle, 1,800 sheep and
lambs, 600 hogs, 50 calves and 20
1ni]ch cows,
Trade was fair and the market fea-
tureless.
Export cattle were quotably un-
changed at from 54.25 to 55 per cwt.
Butcher cattle is worth from $3.75
to 54.25 Por cwt. for good to choice,
and selections sold up to 54.50;
medium and common stuff was dull.
Stockers, bulls and feeders are
quotably unchanged.
Sheep end lambs are unchanged at
the prices quoted below.
There was a demand to -day for
good veal calves.
No change in mileh cows.
There is no change in hogs.
The best price for "singers" is 71c
re» Ili,thick fat and light hogs are
worth 6t1c per Ib.
Clogs to fetch the top price must
be of prime quality, and scale not be-
low 160 poi. above 200 lbs.
Following is the range of quota-
tions: -
Cattle
Shippers, per cwt $4.60 $5.00
Do., light 4.25 4.60
Butchers, choice... 4.25 4.65
Butchers ord. to good 3.50 4.00
Butchers, inferior... . 2.75 3.25
Sheep and Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt3.40 3.60
Butchers' sheep, each2.00 3.00
Lambs, each. 2.50 3.25
Bucks, per cwt 2.50 3.00
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each 30.00 45.00
Calves, each . 2.00 10.00
Hogs.
Choice hogs, per cwt... 7.12 7.25
Light hogs, per cwt.... 6.50 6.75
Heavy hogs, per cwt... 6.50 6.75
Sows, per cwt.. 8.50 4.00
Stags, per cwt.,0.00 2.00
SHOT DOWN POLICEMEN.
Men Wore Waiting 'trial by a Com-
mandant,
A despatch. from Pretoria says :-
At the trial of the Boer, Otto, Wed-
nesday, it was proved that he had
surrendered to the British and was
living in Pretoria, He left here and
rejoined his commando at Sahuri,e-
berg, tvhe,' ho told his companions
that he had shot a detective named
Moodie.
It is eeporte1 that the Boers have
shot four police tvhonn they captured
some time ago when Ute police were
acting with Capt. Valentine. The
Boers sent for a commandant south
of the railway to come and try the
prisoners. This commandant was
shot from a blockhouse as he was
crossing the railway, The Boers
then summarily shot the prisoners.
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VEGETABLE KITCHENS.
Established for Children of London's
Slums,
A despatch from London says :--
Four huge kitchens, established to
supply vegetarian food to the child-
rett of the slants, were ceremoniously
opened on Thursday, several titled
pooplc spcakine at the function.
Each of these kitchens twill make 600
gallons of soup daily, and will els
tribute, also n. vast quantity of
bread and currant cake.
e'er one penny a child gets a can of
soup and n generous allowance of
Mead and cake, the whole being
reckoned sufficient to appease the
healthiest appetite for twenty-four
hours It is expected that the ex-
ample of the children will tench to
will the parent= to a vegetarian diet.
attd thus 01111(ate the carnality and
intemperance of the slums.
4 -
WHOLESALE POISONING.
Stew That Had Boiled. All Night
Proves Disastrous.
A despate* from AUatsta, Ga.,
says: --Two hundred and seventy -ave
soldiers of the 27th Infantry aro in
the hospital at Fort McPherson, near
here, as a result of poisoning,
thought to be from eating a stew
whlclt was cooked all night. Four
of them, Sergeant Weinberg and Pri-
vates Cole, Gravely and Beek, were
for a time in a critical condition.
Colonel French, in command, made
the following statement to the Asso-
ciated Press: "A complete investi-
gation of the poisoning of the men
has been made by the post surgeon,
and myself. It is impossible to
state positively what caused the ill-
ness of the mon, The mess halls
have bean regularly inspected, and
nothing has been found that could
have produced poisoning. All the
mem are improving and will be able
to report for duty in a few days.
fi
KITCHENER TO ITIDMAIN.
"I nin authorized to state," says
the Pretoria correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, "that Lord Kit-
chener is not going home, bat will
finish the task assigned him here.
Gen Lyttelton will, replace Gan.
tsildyard, who as goingto leave,'•
VICTORIOUS CANADIANS,
Defeated the Ail*American Team at
Seagirt, N, J.
A despatch from New YorkSetae :--
The Ounadian and American riflemen
had a long session on Thursday ell
tho State rifle ranges at Seagirt,
N.J., in the contest for the Atttet'i-
.Can Centennial Palma Trophy, em-
blematic of the world's champion.
ship, and the Canadians wot, by, e.
Inerg111 of 118 points, t110 final score
being 1 Canada, 1,529; Ameeica, 1,-
414 The ntrnost goon -fellowship
prevailed during the match, which
was very close up to the last stage.
Two of the members of the Ulster
Rifle Association of Belfast, Ireland,
W. T, Braithwaite and Thomas
Robertson, acted as coaches for the
Domluion representatives, and the
Americans had General B. W. Spen-
cer',, with some of his officers, attend-
ing to tltenl in -a similar capacity.
Tho c0nclitione of the contest call-
ed for the use of the national arm of
the country represented by the
teams, so that it was practically a
duel between the American 1Crag and
th,i English Lee -Enfield weapons.
The Canadians used orthoscopic
sights, while the Americans had the
service sights. Lieut. Loizru• of
Washington, D.C., made the highest
collective and best individual score
in the match, which was shot in
three stages, 300, 900 and 1,000
yards, Eaelt of the teams of eight
men lead fifteen shots at each of
tl'ese distances.
.The Carbine team match was Won.
by the men from the 1st Troop of
National Guard of New Jersey. This
match was shot over the 200 and
5017 yard ranges and resulted in a
tie between the Essex men and the
Pennsylvania squadron, each having
a total of 805. IJut as the Jersey
riflemen had the better aggregate
score over the lower range the
Pennsylvanians had to taken second
place. Squadron A of New York
was next with 284, and Troop A
of Maryland fourth, with 180.
In the Schutzen match at the 200
yard ranges, W. G. Hudson has the
top score of 210 out of a possible
225 on the Carman ring target, and
is tied with harry M. Pope, of Hart-
ford, Conn., and Michael Dorrier, of
Jersey City, each having 139 out of
a possible of 1.50 on the standard
American target. Tho special chal-
lenge match at 800, 900 and 1,000
yards, between teams of eight men
each, for the Ulster Rifle Associa-
tion of Belfast, Ireland, and the
New Jersey Rifle Association, will
be the big attraction to -morrow.
The following is a summary of the
Canadian -American match :-
Canadians -Lieut.
Canadians -Lieut. Ross, 185
Capt. R. 3. Davidson, 202 ; Pte.
Fleming, 180 ; Pte. Paubst, 188
Capt. W. II. Davidson, 194 ; Capt.
Stuart, 195 ; Color-Scrgt, Sked.ding,
189 : Lieut. Robertson, 180 ; total,
1,52
Ame2.
ricans-Major Young, 177 ;
Lieut. Shaw, 122 ; Lieut. Leisear,
203 ; Lieut. Bell, 195 : Lieut. Cook-
son, 188 ; Capt. Martin, 175 ; Capt.
Springstoad, 182 ; Capt. Whitte-
more, 182 : total, 1,494.
WOMEN SPIES.
Claimed They Wanted Husbands to
Surrender.
A despatch from Pretoria says : -
Of late a large number of Boer wo-
men have importuned the authori-
ties for permission to go to their
husbands in the field to attempt to
persuade tltenl to surrender, and in
many cases the permission itas been
granted, but it appears that the re-
quests are frequently proffered mere-
ly as excuses by the women, who
are desirous of seeing their hus-
bands, and who have no intention
of trying to get them to lay down
their antis.
Two prisoners were tried on Wed-
nesday on the charge of having re-
joined their, commandoes after sub -
mating to the British, One of the
accused had been employed as a stok-
er on the military railway.
The number of prisoners captured
and surrenders made during the,
week is 339. So far the effect of
Oen. ICitchener's procl rime tion re-
garding the treatment that will be
accorded the Doors in the field after
September 15 has not been very an-
prcciable.
WESTERN LAND SALES.
Valoes Have Rlsen and Number of
Sales ]nor eased,
A despatch from Winnipeg says: -
Returns from the largo land com-
panies for August show a great in-
crease in sales. Values have risen
slightly, and a better grade finds
ready sale. Farm property now in
demand is sold at 56 to 58 per acre,
and high watered land is most fre-
quently chosen. The reason for this
is the increase of enterprise in the
mixed farming line, and as the coun-
try gets settled tee price of land
continues to advance.
The sales of the C.P.R. land de-
partment here totaled 5,074,782
acres at 5165,871.16, against 3,217,-
850 acres at 5108,480.78 last year.
The Canada North-West Land Com-
pany's sales totaled 7,100 acres at
540,500, against 58,000 acres at
$32,000 last year.
HELD UP THE GUESTS.
Robbers Make a Clean-up in British
Columbia.
A despatch from Greenwood, 13.0,,
says ;-Three mnslccd mon hold up
the guests at Kaiser's Hotel at
I.titolt on Wednesday night. Their
spoils aggregated 5400 in cash,
three gold watches, a diamond
breast -pin, a diamond ting, and
other jewelry, Dight persons were
hold ; u .The robbers .also tells:four
bottlI' of o�tit8 3*11 03 IbiA6
whiskey and beer. They warned
thein victims not to venture out
until they were out of range, and
made off in the darkness. The coun-
try is well covered by officers of the
law, but 00 clue was found to the
daring robbery.
I'IGIITfNU HESSIAN FLY.
PIaST WI1 QSE RAVAGES TIAVE
GRUATLY XNOR78ASI+D..
Prof, Lockhead's Recommenda-
tions -Bow Fanners Can
Avoid Loss,
One of the most destructive of the
108004 pests with which thefarmer
has to coutettd is the I•esslan fly,
the ravages of which have consider-
ably iuoi'Oased during the last two
or three seasons. A useful bulletin
dealing with the Hessian fly and re-
eomtnoudiag preventive measures
whereby the evil can be greatly mini,
mized has just been issued by Prof.
Lockheed of the Ontario Agricultur-
al College, Guelph. The matter is
so vital to the agricultural prosperi-
ty of the Province, that a summary
of this timely publication will be of
advantage as the information it em-
bodies as to the best,lneans of deal-
ing with the pest cannot be too
widely circulated, Of late years the
amount of damage done by the fly
has been ehormous, the total loss
sustained by the Province during
1901 being estimated at above
52,500,000. About two-thirds of
the entire wheat crop in the infested
area was ruined. The region com-
prises the counties sleuth of the
Grand Trunk Railway from Toronto
to Sarnia, the visitation being most
•
,destructive in the counties bordering
on Lake Erie and in the Thatues
vauey,
ITS APPEARANCE AND HABITS.
Tho bulletin describes very minute-
ly the appearance and characteristics
of the insect in the life of which
there aro four distinct stages -name-
ly, the egg, the larva or maggot, the
pupa and adult fly. The life of the
latter is limited to a few days, the
insect dying as soon as its eggs aro
deposited upon the young wheat
blades. The fly is about half the
size of an ordinary mosquito, the fe-
male being larger than the male. It
is dark in color with long legs and
black wings. The legs aro one-iiftietli
of an inch in length, spindle -shaped
and reddish in color. The maggot
or larva, shortly after it is hatched,
attaches itself to the stem of the
growing wheat, and sucks the juices
of the plant. They remain fixed in
the stem for about three tveelcs, dur-
ing which time the mischief is done,
when they develop into what is
known as the "flax seed" stage
from their appearance. While in this
condition they aro harmless. The
fall brood remain in tho "flax seed"
stage all winter and during the early
spring. There are two broods of the
Hessian fly every year. The eggs for
the spring brood are. deposited in
May, and the larvae reach the flax
seed stage by about the 10111 or 15th
of June, tate fly appearing about the
end of August, and depositing the
eggs shortly afterwards. But the
date is largely dependent upon local
climatic conditions and varies from
year to year. In an ordinary season
the fly deposits her eggs in the last
week in August and the early por-
tio,. of September -but if August.
period
tins _den a dry •'season the p
may be deferred for two weeks. The
eggs hatch in about four days after
they are deposited, and the larvae
begin at once to move down the leaf
into the stem.
REMEDIES PROPOSED.
After a field has been serzousty in-
fested there is practically no effect-
ive remedy, and it is often advisable
to plow the crop under and sow the
area to some other crop, But if the
attack is comparatively slight, the
crop may be saved by applying some
fertilizer, such as nitrate of soda,
which will strengthen the vitality
of the plants and result in their
putting forth shoots. These latter
will not be effected by the fly,
so that a good average crop
may bo realized. The most effective
measure for the prevention of in-
fection has been found to be late
solving: 1f seeding time is postpon-
ed until the egg -depositing season is
passed the crop will be safe. Tho
reason why the damage sustained
from the l'lessian fly in 1899 and
1900 was so great, was that owing
to the hot dry summers of those
years the Oies did not appear as
early as usual, and consequently
wheat .sown between the 1st and
21st of September was subject to in-
fection. The bulletin worus farmers
that in ordinary seasons it is not
safe to sow wheat before September
15th in the Lake Erie counties or
in the Thames Valley. In the next
row of counties in the Western Pen-
insula
eninsula and in those bordering on
Lake Ontario wheat should not be
sowu before the 10th, while itt the
country further north the 5th of
September is the earliest date at
which sowing is safe. But the eltar-
actee of the season mast be also
taken into account, and if draught
has prevailed sowing should bo de-
layed sonclvltat beyonu these dates,
as the fly will be late in oinking its
appoai'nttce.
CONDITION OF TItE SOIL IM-
PORTANT.
An equally important matter to bo
looked to is the preparation of the
soil and the quality of the seed. If
the land is put in thoroughly good
condition so as to form a slob,
smooth and well -pulverized seed bed
with plenty of manure and good
seed, the plaints will have a thrifty
vigorous growth. Even if the fields
are badly infested a sturdy, well -
nurtured crop will have vitality
enough to resist the attacks of tho
fly and survive them in good con-
dition, whereas weakly plants on a
poor soil reed succumb. Trap
crops, that is, strips of wheat plant-
ed early to attract the fly during
the egg -depositing season and then
plowed in, have been found effective
it protcclhtg rho 1100113 portion of
the crop. The bunting of refuse is
it c tn nr filen ao ns n dr1i Ir 11 '
,,� ppif. 1 e.
in its llal Met Emu, hili} Mee the
burning of infested stubble, but the
latter is not always practicable as
III is frequently seeded to grass and
clever, The most effective and de-
sirable preventatives me late sow-
ing ` and tltorongh preparation of
the soil.
AN 385PORT TAX,
Yuloon Oozntnissioner Volo nis
Views 0n Gold Royalty.
A despatch front Ottawa says :-
OOlnntleslonet' Ross, of the Yukon
Territory, - arrived hers on Wodnose
day morning. l;oterring to the gold
output, llIr Moss said that there
was t 1"kon abou
$16,000Sea,000out up of 40 tltu Augusit 1, lli r.'
t
gard to the royalty, Mr. Ross says
he Payors art export tax Instead of
the royalty. His reason fur tine is
that the royalty .. is difficult to col-
lect, while the export tax,imposed
et the point of shipment, would ,be
easily collected. Ili tlto case of any-
one attempting to take out the gold
without paying the tax, then 1t
would be confiscated. To show that
the tax was pnld, all gold would
be accompanied by a certlflcate.
There are a number of minor mat-
ters
attern which Mr. Ross intends bring-
ing before the attentionof the Min. -
later of the Interior. The new Gov-
ernor of the Yukon has already mas-
tered allthe details of his oilice, and
has earned the respect and esteem of
Ali parties in and around Dawson,
Mueft aympatlty is extended here to
Mr. Ross over itis recent Sad be-
roavcment.
1t2ANTITOBA JUBILANT,
i --
A Record Crop of Wheat -Cattle
Trade is Thriving.
A despatch from Winnipeg, says: -
Hon, Mr. Davidson, who has return-
ed from the Country, declares that
the cutting of wheat along the M. St
N. IV, has been finished, though
there is still an abundance of barley
and oats to bo reaped. Everybody
is busy reaping, and n'itll six weeks
of continued good weather all the
crop will bo safely harvested.
Of the wheat already threshed,
most of it will grade No. 1hard, av-
eraging 25 bushels to the acre. Lit-
tle damage was done by the recent
hail and ram storms.
Heavy shipments of cattle to Liver-
pool aro now going on rapidly. Last
week 1,800 cattle left the North-
west Territories and Manitoba for
Montreal. The animals thisyear
are in splendid condition and look
well.
'le wheat harvest is the finest in
the history of the country.
SUFFERING IN LABRADOR.
No Doctors to Treat People I11
With Cancer and Scurvy.
A despatch from St. John's Ned,
says: -Dr. Greatfell, superintendent of
the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen,
now operating in Labrador, publishes
a harrowing article exposing the
medical deficiencies of that portion
of Labrador which is under Cana-
dian jurisdiction.
Ho asserts that at Bradoro he
found an imbecile girl, wine years of
age. tied in dog harness when her re-
latives were not able to watch her.
lie found people dying of cancer,
dropsy, and scurvy, who had never
seen a doctor. He found no hospital
near, no regular stoam service to
Gaspe or Quebec, and no means by
which the people could procure medi-
cal or surgical treatment. IIo urges
the Dominion Government to take
prompt steps to remedy these con-
ditions.
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WILL VISIT CANADA.
U. S. Glass Manufacturers are
Looking for New Fields.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
The Canadian immigration agent in
Indiana, Mr. L, T. Holmes, has In-
duced a number of glass manufactur-
ers to visit Canada to see what in-
ducements the hominion offers for
the manufacture of glass. Tho In-
diana manufacturers have been rely-
ing 011 the supply of natural gas for
their fuel, but this gas is failing, and.
to substitute other fuel available in
lndiatut will be most expensive.
The manufacterers must, look for
other fields, and 011'. Holmes lino
been tolling dicot about the oppor-
tunities Canada offers in almost any
pert. The manufacturers require it
certain grade of sand and cheap fuel,
and it is believed they can get both
in nuuty places in Canada. A depu-
tation from the manufacturers will
visit Canada looking for sites. One
of the glass factories in Danbury,
Indiana, employs from 500 to 600
people. and the pay roll amounts to
550,000 a month.
• WILL SEARCH TRANSPORTS.
How the Boers Are Thought to
Secure Dynamite.
A despatch from New Orleans
says 'the British mule transport
Montezuma, which reached New Or -
loons ' Tuesday from South Africa,
brings word that such quantities of
alms and explosives are being smug-
gled through the lines to the Boers
that orders have boon issued to
have even the army tt•nnsports
searched. The Montezumawas held
oil' shore for two days while the most
vigorous search was made of all
parts of the vessel. It is suspected,
says Capt. Owens, of the Monte -
einem, that Amerleen mutineers have
smuggled dynamite through, that
being the most convenient explosive
to secrete, and naso that which is
most valuable to the Boers in wreck-
ing railroads. Capt. Owens is the
first transport captain who received
it unanimously signed testimonial
from the men on itis vessel expres-
sing recoguitioat of the kind treat-
ment received during the voyage.
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INVASION OF ENGLAND.
Another French Officer Indulges in
Prophecy,
A despatch from. Paris says
Col. Dolaney has en nrticlo in the.
Vie 1.1Iustro of 'Wednesday, In which
b dl!'�s ueo<3s the possibility of a
.rencj, invii :pn ,qf lJngland. Ire
says that taking .into cii wlllara.i:ints`t
the superiority of the French guns,
the quality of the armaments, and
the bravery of tlto oilicars and then,
he is full of hope for the day when .
the navies of L'raneo and England
will measure strength.