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."»>tJA- MURDER IN ELGIN COUNTY Farm Hani Kills a Lad of Whom He Was Jealous and bleeding in the neighborhood of the right eye. The witness picked up tlio gun und put it away down stairs in its usual place, lie then went to the house and told Mrs. I'Vcenian, who ran out screaming, just as her husband was going out of the gate. After this he informed Freeman of what hud happened, and Was told by the latter to go and 'A St. Tliomas, Ont., despatch says: William Charles King was ur- , McPhor.s-on to go for the rested on Saturday afternoon by in- i j _, ,, , ,,.:_ ..:._" ir. •pcctor John Murray, of the pro- vincial force, charged with tlic mur- der of James William I'Veemaii, the Jfi-year-old adojiti'd son of I). B. Kreeman, who owns a farm on Hog street, in the Township of Aldbor- ougli. King is Freeman's hired man. Freeman was killed on Tuesday of last wc;ek by what was supposed to be the accidental discharge of a gun. An iiKjuest was held after an inves- tigation by County Crown Attorney I doctor. Up to this time Freeman had not seen the irjuro<l boy, but Mrs. Freeman had. With Mr. Cros- by, who liad also been notified, the party again went upstairs and took the lad from his position, laying liim on the door. The lust he saw of young Froemar was when the latter was carrying in peaches. The gun belonged to Mr. Crosby, and had been borrowed by Mr. Freeman to shoot s(iuirre!s. Witness hod only shot the gun o(T once. He did not know what Willie had been doing Donahue, and on the strength of the , â-  , ». fact that no i)owdor marks could be i ''"'t'' the gun. lie remembered Mr found on the boy's face, although l'>ocman loading the weapon m the the shot had spread over nn area of niornmg. six inches. It is stated that a gun *'••« Eliza Freeman s evidence was di.schargod at so close a range, as ^" "'-'^ <'"«-^t t^nt the dead hoy had boon adopted by them when five would have been necessary in voung â- ,â- ,,â- , Freeman's case, from the position hc!»"'^"»''* '^^^ fâ„¢"' ^^^^ House of In- was in. could not possiblv spread thc''^"S""y "^ "' Thonins. and was at shot over such a wide" area. nor , t'"^ time of his death aged nftcec could such a thing occur without iX^^""^- n"** nine months. King had leaving powder marks on the iniurcd l>o*» o«> t''" farm six years. THE BODY EXHUMED. Inspector Murray on arrivol at Kodney proceeded to the cemetery with County Crown Attorney Dona- hue and Drs. Lawrence, Duncombe, and Webster, and had the body ex- humed. An examination of the shot wounds showed that it would have been impossible for them to have been self inflicted. A visit was then made to the Freeman home. part On the farm, besides Mr. and Mrs. Fi-eeman, lived a Charles King, a half-witted fellow, wlio is 2."> years of age, but has more the appearance of 15. nUSONER'S FIRST STOnV. At the inquest held on Wednesday King testified that he had been with Mr. Freeman for six and a half years. The first he knew of any- thing wrong in the drive-house was and King put through all his allcg- at noon when ho was near the house, ed movements after hearing the shot on the day of the tragedy. After talking the matter over with Inspector Murray, the suspected man after having harnessed Mr. Free- nian'c horse. Previous to this he had helped ATrs. l-"reenian to churn and had taken out Mr. coat. After hearing the shot he ran to the barn and went upstairs, where he found young Freeman on a carpenter's sawhor.'-c, sitting astride of it, with his iiend forward, one arm on each side, while the gun lay on the floor, with the butt lying to- wards and within a foot of tlio boy. His hat was al.so lying on the floor. The boy was alive, but unconscious. Frcpinan'.'jJ'broke down and acknowledged that he had shot .voung Freeman hecau.se he was jealous of hina. In telling his story King .9aid lie crept upstairs in the drive-house and took aim at Freeman's eye and shot him. Ho then called Mr. and Mrs. Freeman and told them that "Willie had shot himsolf." King was brought to the county jail here by Inspector Murray. WHY WOOL _I_S SO CHEAP PROPOSED LEGISLATION re SO-CALLED "WOOLLEN GOODS." Stand Taken by the National Live Stock Association of the United States. With this subject in view, the Hon. C'luiK. II. Crosvenor, at the request of the National Live .Stock Association, recently introduced in- to the House of Uepresentalives of the United States, a bill to provide for federal inspection of mixed goods and the proper maikiiig of the same, which is krown as II. It. (i.'iti.'). The purpo.so of this bill is to make it po.s.sible for the consumer to know what he is purchasing by having the goods stamped so as to indicate whether it is all wool, or if not, then the percentage of shoddy or waste. There is no objection made to the use of cotton waste, mungo, shoddy, etc., in the manufacture of textile fabrics, when the fact is made known to the consumer, and where fraud is not periielrated by selling these mixtures as all-wool fabrics. As an epitome of the measure, the following ia extracted: "All man- ufacturers of goods or fabrics of any kird whatsoever made in imitation of woollen goods or fabrics, or goods which when so made arc calcu- lated or intended to be sold as woollens or woollen goods, not made wholly of new or unused sheep's wool, shall so mark, label, or tag such goods, as that they may be readily distinguished from genuine wools or woollens, aa de- lined in the (irst section of this Act. That such mark, label or tag shall be So attached to such goods or fabrics so that it cannot be de- tached except by design; and sucli label shall accuratel.v state in plain prii. ted letters or figures the con» stituent fibres or other materials or substances of which it Is C(unposed, or the relative proportion per cent. of each." THE PENALTY for non-compliance with the provis- ions of the proposed law arc' thus set f(nth: "That any manufactur- er, merchant, im])orter, or other per- son who shall wilfully, recklessly, or carelessly mark incorrectly any cloths, fabrics, or any article man- tifuctmod^ or in the process of man- ufactuio therefrom, ro<iuircd by this Act to twi labelled or niarkiMl, so as to show a larger per cent, of wool or a smaller per cent, of shoddy or cheaper fibre or material, in any niannor than will, or is calculated lo, deceive or mislead the purchaser thereof, shall be guilty <if a niisde- liicanor, and shall be lined tot less than $511. i\n<\ not more than 85,- OUtJ for each olTence." The National Live Stock Associa- tion poi! ts out thai •there, arc sev- eral classes of shoddy." The best is made from the swreiiings of tailor shops, und the empty irgs of rng- b)vgs in civilized countries. The Worst, which constitutes the greater part used in Amerloa, is fr<Mn the fottcn cast-on rags of bcggt rs t-ul the lazar and ;»csl hou: es of VJurote, having in them all kinds and amounts of filth ard disease. These are gathered by rag-pickers from the sluiiLs and alleys and sent to Amer- ica in shiploads, where they aix) purchased by a certain class of man- ufacturers, who, in order to take the curse od the name, term the stuff "re-u.sed wool fibre." It must he .-o- monibercd, however, that in most in- stances, when tearing this shoddy to pieces, preparatory to again weaving it irto cloth, it is found to be so rotten and dead, that noth- ing is produced hut dust, and in order to get two ends so that it can be spun, a, mluinium portion of wool or cotton is mixed with it, in order that it MAY BE irELD TOGETHER. The next stop after weaving carries it to unscrupulous dealers, who sell this production to the laboring men, and in fact to all classes of so- ciety, for "pure wool," thus getting for a suit worth three or 'our dol- lars more than threes times this amount. "To encouiage such a fraud is simply putting the lousy rags of European paufers in compe titioii with the sheep and wool growers of America and elsewhere, and robbing the consumers who wear woollen garm<rts by selling them the stud under a misrepresent- ation." If the foregoing statements are facts, and it is scarcely likely the Live Stock Association would publicly state them unless they were true, it can be readily scon that apart from the fraud and misropro- sentation ir the matter, there is a considerable source of danger to the public health through infection. It will, I believe, bo readily ad- mitted that some shoddy is better than many low-grade wools, anil when made into cloth, would make a better article than the short staple low-grade wool, but this is one of the anomulies one bus to contend with, and should not be a slnmbling Strenuous efforts will no doubt bo made in all countries where legisla- block to legislation on the ques- tion. tion is proposed to prevent the con- sideration of the subject; but the dilliculties in the way of formulat- ing a workable enactment cannot bo insurmyuntable, and 1 sincerely hope tlint this paper may do something to hasten the object we have in view. Al^UED MANSELL, Shrewsbury, Eng. SANITARY REFORM I Enteric Fever Delayed End of War Six Months. A London despatch says: Presid- ing at the sanitary science section of the Sanitary Congress, in .se»- i sion at Manchester, on Thursday, Sir James ('richton Browne, M. P., I emphasizing the necessity for ro- i forming the sanitary organization of I the Ih'ilish army, said enteric fever < during the South African war had reduced the lighting force by 70,0OO [to 8U,OIIO men. But for this the jwar would have been ended six ' months earlier, ond S.lon.OOO.OOO to I i5H.')*),0<>0,i)0'J world liavo been ii.v- Icd. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain. Cattle, etc In Trade Centres. BIIEADSTUI'FS. Toronto, Sept. 1 0. â€" Wheat â€"The market is quiet at 66c lor red and white east and 65c middle freights. Coose Is nominal at 68c for No. 2 east and 62c middle freights. Mani- toba wheat is steady at SS^c for No. 1 hard, 82Jc for No. 1 north- ern and SOJc for No. 2 northern grinding in transit. Flour â€" Is steady; 90 per cent, pat- ents are offering at §2.70 in buyers' bags east and middle freights, with exjiorters bidding S2.70; choice brands are 15c to 20c higher. Millfoed â€" Is steady at $17 for shorts and St2.oO for bran in bulk ea.s't or middle freights. Manitoba millfeed is steady at 523 for shorts and $17 for bran, sacks included, Toronto freights. Barley â€" Is steady at 37c to 38c for No. 3 and 39c to 40c for No. 3 ex- tra middle freights and cast. H.veâ€" Is steady at 48c for No. 2 east and middle freights. Corn â€" The market is quiet at 62c for Canada west. American No. 3 yellow is quoted at 68ic on the track Toronto. Oats â€" Are about steady, No. 2 white are (]Uoted at 30c to 30ic east and at 29c bid and 29ic asked middle freights, and 30c asked low freights to New York. Peas â€" Atc quiet at 73c for No. 2 oast and 72c west. COUNTIIY PRODUCE. Butter â€" The receipts are very large and all the requirements of the trade are eanily met. There is a good in- quiry for creamery prints and for the dairy rolls, but other grades are slow. Prices are unchanged. Creamery prints 19c to 20c do solids fresh made 18c to IS^c do earlier make 17c to 18c Dairy tubs and pails, choice 15c to 00c do medium 12ic to 14c do common lljc to 12c do pound rolls 15c to 16c do medium 13c to 15c Egg.si â€" The supply of selects is slight and there is a big consumers' demand. The market is firm at IGc. Chips and seconds are plentiful and arc quoted steady at 10c to lie. Potatoes â€" Farmers are bringing very few potatoes to market now and receipts have fallen off greatly. The market is firm at 70c to 75c per bag out of store. Poultry â€" There is a good demand for the choice stock but old and withered birds are slow. Prices are steady at 65c to 85c for dressed chickens ard ducks, 45c to 60c lor live ducks, 45c to 50c for live hens and fiOc for live chickens. Turkeys arc nominal at lie to 12c. Beans â€" New York, Sept. 16. â€" There is rather a firm feeling on choice pea beans, recent sales being on a more liberal scale. They are still held at $1.95 per bushel, and poor to good are quoted at §1.50 to $1.90. Baled Ha.v â€" The demand is fairly good and the market is steady. Cars of No. 1 timothy on the track here are quoted at $9. Baled Straw â€" is in moderate de mand and the market is steady. Cars on the track here arc quoted at 55.50. PROVISIONS. Meats â€" Are active ard trade is in fair condition. The volume of busi- ness is limited on account of the small stocks on hand. Prices lu-e lirm and unchanged. Lard is stea- dy. Pork â€" Canada short cut, $24: heavy mess, $20.50; clear shoulder mess", $18. Sniokeii and Dry Salted Meats â€" Long clear bacon, lie; hams, 13Jc to lie; rolls, 12c to 12Jc; shoul- ders, llic; backs, 15c to IGc; break- lust bacon, 14Jc to 15e: green meals out of pickle are quoted at Ic less than smoked. Lard â€" Tierces, lOJc, tubs lie and pails 1 1 ic. • BUFFALO OUAIN MARKETS. BulTalo. Sept. IB. â€" Flour steady. Wheat, spring firm; No. 1 northern spot, old, carloads, Sljc; winter iu- regular; No. 2 red, 72Jc. Corn, de- mand light; No. 2 yellow, 67ic; No. 3, (i7c; No. 2 corn, 6(>Jc; No. 3 do., OOJc. Oats^Unsfttlod, but gcncr- allv stronger; No. 2 white, 32lc to 83c; No. 3 do., Hljc to 32c; No. 2 mi-xed, 20 ic; No. 3 do.. 29c. Bar- ley, western, 52c to 65c. Rye, No. 1. 51 Jc. Tanal freights firm; wheat 4c, corn 8}c, to New York. EUROPEAN ORAIN MARKETS. Ixmdon, Sept. 16. â€" Opening â€" Wheat, on passage, quiet and stea- dy; cargoes about No. 1 Calif., iron, prompt. 20s 41d bid. Corn, on pas- sage, rather firmer. London, .Sept. 10. â€" Clojsc â€" Mark Laneâ€" Wheat, foreign steady; Eng- lish nominally unchanged. Corn, American, nothing doing; Danubian, steady at an advance of 3d. Flour firm. Paris,. Sept. 16. â€" Close â€" Wheat lirm; September, 20f; January and April, 20( 30c. Flour steady; Sej)- tember, 27f 90c; January and April, 26f 53c. LIVE STOCK MAUKETS. Toronto, Sept. 16.â€" At the West- ern cattle market this morning the receipts were 75 carloads, including 1.411 cat^l6, 1,1R8 sheep and lambs. MEAT PACKING COMBINE Reaches Out After AH By- products and Allied Industries expected to declare jrtiuld amount lo $840,000 on this lot of stock- approximately its legitimate earn- ings. On the basis of capitalization Armour & Co., whose last year's jirolits are supposed to have been A Chicago despatch ^ays =â€" J lie; about $8,000,000, will receive $200,- Record-Hcrald says to-day :â€" l^lio [ 000,000 in the new securities in c.x- long expected merger of the great | ^[,£^j,g^. f„,. j^eir business. Swift & meat packing interests in tne United j{_.j, .^^ijj reaive $50,000,000, their States will go into active and open ; „g^ earnings for the past year pro- operalion Saturday, Sef t. 27, unless kj^,^, ^^^^^ amounting to more than there shot Id l>c an entirely unlooked- for change in the plans agreed upon by all those concerned in the deal at a meeting held here to-day. An industrial combination second only $2,000,000, hy rca.son of the fact that this concern does not own its sut>sidiary companies, such as car lines and selling agencies. Carrying out this method to the end, the to the steel trust in point of magni- Schwarzchild & Sulzburger Co. lude and imf ortance is, therefore, liractically an accomplished fact. it is said the combine is to be capitalized at the rate of twenty- five times the lust year's eai'nings of the constituent companies. For ex- ample, Cudahy & Co. are said to have earned about $820,000 in 1901, would receive $26,000,000. It is said that it is tlic undoubted determination of the consolidated meat interests to control all the packing hous-es ana stock yards of the country, and .s>ave every possnhlo dollar in the cost of manufacturing and distribution. In addition to hich would make their share of the ^his, all by-products will be abso- capital stock of the merger $21 000,000. A four per cent, dividend that the new consolidation might be lutely controlled, and ellorts made to buy up industries that are closely allied to the meat business. 500 hogs, ,50 calves, and 15 milch cows. The market all round was quotably unchanged; good cattle were a shade firmer, but little good stuff was here. For a few loads of extra choice export cattle to-day $5.90 per cwt. was paid, but the rarge was from $5 to 85.75 as a rule, and from S1.25 to 85 for light shippers. More choice export cattle would have sold. Only a small supply of really choice butcher cattle were here, but for what we did have prices were stronger at from $4.50 to $5 per cwt. There was no change in the medium and common cattle, but most of them sold. Stockers and feeders were unchanged, but a firmer tone prevailed for both. Milch cows are fetching from $25 to $45 each, with enquiry for a few choice milch cows. There is also steady enquiry for good to choice veal calves. Small stufT was in lighter supply, and practically unchanged to-day. Export ewes are worth from $3.30 to S3. 60 per cwt. Lambs sold at from $3.75 to S4.75 per cwt. Culled sheep sell at from $2 to $3 each. Bucks are worth from $2.25 to $2.- 75 per cwt. Calves are quoted from $2 to $10 each, or from 3 to 5o per lb. Following is the range of quota- tions: Cattle. Shippers, per cwt $5.25 $6.75 Do., ligiit 4.25 5.00 Butcher, choice 4.50 5.00 Butcher, ordinary to good 3.00 4.00 Stockers, per cwt 3.20 3.75 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt ... 7.00 7.12i Light hogs, per cwt ... 6.75 6.87J Ileavv hogs, per cwt.. 6.75 6.87i Sows', per cwt 3.50 4.00 Stags, per cwt 0.00 2.00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt ... 3.30 3.00 Lambs, per cwt 3.40 4.25 Bucks, per cwt 2.25 2.75 Gulls, each 2.00 3.00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 25.00 42.00 Calves, each 2.00 10.00 will be the Dominion's contribution toward Imperial defence. This is what Australia has practically con- sented to do tor herself. The details are yet to be worked out, but it is not unlikely that they will include the taking over of the garrison duly now done on the east and west coasts by Imperial troops. CANADIAN SOO CANAL Increased Traffic Through Do? minion's Waterway. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" The- total freight carried by the two Soo' canals during the month of August last was 5,070,401 tons. This is 382,674 tons more than were cai-- ried in August, 1901, and 1,855,- 717 tons more than the quantity carried in August, 1900. Of the total of 5, 070, -191 tons carried by the two canals, the Canadian Soo car- ried 639,858 tons, which. exceeds the freight carried in August, 1901 , by 344,683 tons. and that in August 1900, by 370,166 tons. Taking the five months of the present season,, the total freight carried by the two canals was : 1902, 18,163^288 tons; 1901, 13,156,275 tons; and 1900, 13,056,074 tons. Thus 1902 shows a gain of 5,007,013 tons compared with 1901, and of 5,107,214 tons corapai-ed with 1900. The total- freight carried by the Canadian canal in the five months of the three years is : 1902, 2,814,546 tons ; 1901, 1,958,533 tons ; 1900, 1,247,- 281 tons. Compared with the Unit- ed States Soo for the five months the Canadian canal carried 13 per cent, of the total freight in 1002. 12.06 per cent. in 1901, and 7.56- per cent, in 1900. BRinSH TEAM WON TROPHY Twelve Points Ahead of the Am- erican Iilarksnien. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" The much coveted Palma trophy, won last year ut Sea Uirt ranges by the Canadian team, was carried olT on Saturday by the British rillemen after a shurp tussle and the piling up of scores con.siderably in excess of those which won last year. At the conclusion of the shooting at 800 yards things looked rosy for the American team, as they held a lead of 22 over the British and 42 over the- Canadians. At the 900 yards.' range, however, the British marks- men not only pulled down the lead, but got twelve points ahead, which they retained through the 1,000 yards' shooting, making a lie with the American team with a total of 448. The fini-sh was magnificent. One of the Englishmen made a miss, but the steady shooting of the others made amends for the temporary lapse. NEWFOUNDLAND'S DESTINY Will TJltimately Federate With Canada. A London despatch says: The Daily Chronicle coniinoiit'ing on Sat- urday morning on the errand of Sir Robert Bord, Premier of Newfound- land, in Washington, says there i» no reason to doubt that ho will sjuc- cecd ill arranging reci-procity be- tween Nowfoundlaiul and the United Stales. "Sir l!ol>crl evidently be- lieves that such a treaty would be preferable lo absorption by Can- ada," says the paper. "Wc doubt whether he is right, and we believe" that union with Canada is New- ' foundland's ultiinolc destiny. The experiment which Sir Robert is mak- ing is at any rate one lliat will be watched with equal interest and, aloi'm." ,1 i.'iS to from EIGHTEEN-KNOT SERVICE What Shipping Circles Expect of Canadian Fast Line. A Liverpool despatch says: The statement that the Canadian Oov- crnment will agree to subsidize steamships of IS-knot speed for the service between Liverpool and Can- ada is received In the best shipping circles as beirg more within the sphere of practical commercial poli- tics. TO PROTECT HER BORDERS Canada's Part in Imperial Defence Scheme. An Ottawa despatch says: The Free Press says it Is probable that at the approaching session the Gov- ernment will irvite Parliament's concurrence in a scheme by which Canada will practicall.y a.ssuuic the duty of defending her borders. This BOERS TO VISIT US They Were Once Prisoners in St. Helena and Ceylon. An Ottawa despatrh says : â€" The- two parties of Boers who arc visit this country ai"c tlie prisoners who werc- confined at St. lleltna and Cey- lon. The St. Helena party will con- sist of Messrs. Jooste, Lane and Stewart, and will be ai'conkpaiiie'l hy Lieut. Godson, of the South Afri- can Constabulary. as gidde The I Boers from ('evlmi ai'o Messrs. Ma- ! ritz, Laas, Badenhiirsl and Schoe- jiiuin.v, with Mr. .1. .\1. Finle.v as guide. It was the wish of both ! Right Hon. .losepli t b.iinlicrlain and Lord Milner that the Hoer delegate*, should visit Canada lietore the win- ter sets in, going afterwards lo New Zealand and Australia. GOODS FOR SOUTH AFRICA Ottawa Manufacturer Has Sold Five Carloads of Furniture. A despatch from Ottawa says: The value of the .South African market and the demand tliere for I'anadinii goods is indicated b.v the largo num- ber of sales recei lly n'adc by Can- adian lirms. Among the largest ol- tliese is the sale by an Ottawa manufacturer to a South Africar inerihaiit of five carloads of fuiiii- turu. Tlie goods arc lo be shijipeii OS soon as possible.