t=r-_rrrT- lOVll WESTERN WHEAT Splendid Record Being Made By the Railways This Year. A despatch from Winnipeg says : I'p to date there ha»paBBed in.ipec- tion at Winnipeg <0,400,000 bush- cU of wheat of the crop of 1908, or i.carly 9,00O,O<X) huslicls more than had been irmpcctcd up to the end cit Dcccftiher last year. Putting the , cxportalilc Eiirplu3 of crop at 80,- 1)00,000 bushels, raoro than half of that atirplus has already been in-. •peet<>d, aud before navigation clos- \fa on the Mh of "December the amount will have run over 45,000,- 000 bushels. In spite of the kicks that continue to come from the country as to car shortage, the west has already got out iftore wheat, considering the distance it has to ♦ ravol, than any country has ever moved in the same period i>efore. Vp to the end of September the avernge price to the farmer had run just about Hi cents per bushel for all grades. The average has Dot been made up since that lime, but it has certainly been higher, ' I .. ._.. rather than lower. Taking the av- rrago of wheat passed inspection at 85 cents to the farmer, there has been paid to them on the wheat crop of 1903, $;M,340,000. It is in- teresting to note the record of the various roads, in the movement of the crop. Of the 43,973 cars inspec- ted the C. P. II. handled 27,845, the C. N. II. 12,821, and the n^w G. T. P. made the splendid record of 924, and 2,383 went over the Great Northern to Duluth. The Canadian Pacific holds the palm for the largest number of cars mover on such long hauls in the I.eriod of two and a half mouths, and evidence* of the advantage of double tracking is fairly thrust in the face of every dealer of wheat. The record of the G. T. P. for a new load is magnilicent, for it must be remembered that not a car mov- ed on that road in September. The record of nearly a thousand car* ib for October and November alone. IT IS YE BY DAME BODS OIL XProf. Parker, of Manitoba University, Says It Is Worse Than Dynamite. ^. IM. A despatch from Winnipeg says : "That oil, poured o.i a living fire, would be mor« dangerous than dy- namite or nitro-glycerine used si- milarly." 8uch was the startling statement of ProfesRor Parker of Manitoba University, on '''V;j,«<lay, on the coiupietion of tests of lamples of oil obtained from the same source as that which resulted in fifteen deaths ''within a fortnight iu the Province. "This oil," said Professor Park- er, "is extraordinary in some re- vpeicts. I do not think that it was adulterated with gasoline, as has been suggested. I tried it for spe- cific gravity, for flash point, and 1 distilled it fractionally. I believe that it contained a heavy percent- age of naphtha, of low grade per- haps. Gasoline would distill off be- low 00 degrees, or oven 70 degrees, and only 2 or 3 per cent, of this oil distilled off below 90 degrees. The portion of 47 per cent, distilled at between 90 and 130 degrees. There- fore I think it contained, not gaso- line, but naphtha. The flash point was below what my machine will register. Investigation shows that the company charged with whole- salcing this oil has been importing naphtha largely." W. ^. MORTON STABBED. Italian Laborer Thrusts Kuifo lato nis Breaat. A despatch from Niagara Falls hayi : Following a dispute over iiges, Joe Fread, an Italian la- borer, ooiumiCted a murderous as- kult on W. H. Morton at Stam- jrd on Thursday afternoon. Mor- is foreman of a gang of kbor- ' v^'ho work on the rondii in Stam- tiO.wnship, and was paying the ^the conclusion of the job. _ lii.ded more than had ^_^X'*8ed upon^'^sfVlg^orton re- lod to pay him. I'TfCad walkccl away, but in a few minutes came back, and, without warning, stab- bed Morton twice in the breast near the heart with a dirk knife, and ran off into the woods. The poli |^ af- ter a long chase, captured him. Morton is in a very critical condi- tion. BACK TO INDIA. G«Tornincnt May Deport Hindus , Kow in DriUsh Columbia. A ' despatch from Ottawa says : Aa there does not seem to bo any likelihood of the Hindus in British Columbia accepting the proposal to be transferred to British Hondu- ras, it is said that the Interior De- partment may take the extreme step of deporting them to India. The climate of British Columbia is held to be altogether unsuitable for Hindus. A KINDRED DROWNED. Coasting Steamer Went Down off the Philippines. A despatch from Manila says : The 'oasting steamer Ponting, car- rying a largo number of laborers from Narvuian to the riccfields in Pangasinan province, struck a rock and sank on Thursday night during a storm, off the town of San Fer- nando, in Union province. It is estimated that a hundred of the passengers and crow of th« Pont- ing were drowned. The steamer Viscaya rescued 65. A patrol of constabulary, which was establishsd immediately after the accident, picked up fifteen bodies, and many were coming ashore. It is not known whether any Americans or Europeans were aboard the wreck- ed steamer. HUDSON'S BAY RAILWAY. Rapid Progress is Being Made With the Surrey. A despatch from Ottawa says : Ropoi'ts received by the Railway Department arc that rapid progress it being made with the survey of the proposed route of the Hudson BaylUilway. There are at present four parties in the field, consisting in all of from seventy to one hun- dred men engaged in surveying al- ternate routes. It is anticipated that the engineers will be in a po- Eiti(m to make a report, on which n practically definite conclusion may bo based, by the end of Febru- ary, for presentation to Parliament. WAR IN BALKANS I MMINENT Tho Trouble Is Now Believed to Have Come to a Head. A despatch from London says: Friday has b.en a day of uneasi- ness and even alarm. Various re- ports, alt seeming to harmonize with each other, created a belief that the Balkan trouble had como to a head, and that war was very near. The general interpretation rf the withdrawal of Marquis Pal- lavicinni, tho Austrian Ambassador at Constantinople, as a di.s^uised ultimatum to Turkey, Russia s un- favorable reply to the Austrian note concerning a conforonce, the re- ported definite conclusion of an al- liance between Turkey, Montene- gro and Servia, the alleged clash of an Austrian column with a Ser- vian guerilla band, the rumored in- crease of troops in Bosnia, and a fresh conrernatic.i at Serain, oppo- site Belgrade, where it was assert- ««d a plot to murder an Austrian Minister hrtd been diccoverod, were th^ privnipal causes of the excite- ,,,...» Tl-e'e. added to tho univor- i.v rtion caved by the Tur- kish boycott caused dcnlines at the bourso.t of Vienna and Budapest, which were partly checked by a hasty official Announcement deny- ing some of the rumors, especially the fight between Austrians and Serv'ans. The position was in no wise bet- tered when it was learned that tho Government had confiscated four Vienna* newspapers for reporting the movements of troops particular- ly at fieinlin. It is impossible to say how far the day's alarm was justified, but nothing can be definitely ascertain- ed to show that the situation is really worse than it has been for tho last few days. Nevertheless the uneasiness ii general, and the out- look is very obscure. It is stated in diplomatic quarters that the pravent difBeulties lie in the direc- tion of an Austrian-Russian dis- agreement, and the probabilit5' of nn alliance between Turkey, Mod- tcucgro and Scrvia. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS RAPPENINCS FROM ALL O^EU THE ULOKE. Teicgraphle Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Becent Erents. CANADA. Gambling is said to be almost a mania at Winnipeg. The tax rate for Niagara Falls will be 21 or 22 mills. The smelter at Chippewa is work- ing day and night on Cobalt ores. Mr. James R. McNeil of Ottawa has left $20,000 to charities in that city. Immigration to Canada from April to October decreased 48 per cent. Capt. Maitland was killed at Kingston by a fall from his vessel, on Thursday. • Police Magistrate Moore of Ke- nora has been suspended by the Government. Two prisoners named Brooks and Mallory escaped from Lindsay jail on Saturday. The. St. Catharines Board of Trade is agitating to stop the ex- port of natural gas. The C. P. R. is preparing to erect h mammoth coal handling plant at Fort William. During October 600 cases of ty- phoid were reported to the Provin- cial Board of Health. Hindus at Vancouver have enter- ed a strong protest against being sent to British Honduras. For the nine months ending Sep- tember 30 Ontario's mines produc- ed mineral worth $12,205,795. Alberta is to build her own rail- ways, and Premier Rutherford will pres'de over the new department. Toronto will receive between $48,000 and $60,000 profits of the recent Canadian National Exhibi- tion. A four-year-old boy named An- derson fell and struck his head on a table at Calgary, and was fatally injured. Many gasoline launches and boats were destroyed in a fire that con- sumed a boathouse on Lake street, Toronto, on Sunday. Madame St. Andre was sentenc- ed at Montreal to three months in jail for attempting to poison the horse of a saloon-keeper. Canada has been divided into in- spection districts by the Railway Commission and the work appor- tioned among a staff. Kingston Board of Education has teen ordered by Chancellor Boyd to admit children who are not vaccin- ated to the schools. Edward Murdoc'k, aged seventy jear.i, of Raleigh township, com- mitted suicide by shooting himself in the bead, on Friday. The Government has decided to exempt dressed meat shipments in bond from the embargo placed on cattle products from the United States. A number of vessel-owners have raised the rate for carrying grain from the head of the lakes to Geor- gian Bay ports from two to three cents a bushel. Four thousand men and large quantities of material for the Na- tional Transcontinental will be sent in over the now Lake Superior branch from Fort William. A bull driven by H. Flaata at Midale, Sask., livdrlf-nly attacked him. The animal /.ad him down and was attempting to gore him, when a collie dog atticked the bull and kept at it until Mr. Flaata was nble to make his escape. Judge Monet has granted the ap- rMcation tor a cliange of venue, and Hon. P. H. Roy will be tried at Montreal on a charge of making false rnturni to the Government in connection with the St. John's Bank. THE WORLD'S iMARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 1.â€" Ontario Wheat â€" No. 2 white or red, outside, 93c to 94c ; No. 2 mixed, 93c to 93%c. Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 northern, $1.07% to $1.08; No. 2 northern, $1.04% to $1.06 lake ports. Oats â€" Ontario No. 2 white, 39c to 40%c outside; No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c, outside, 43%c on track, lake ports; extra No. 1 feed, 41%c ; No. 1 feed, lie, on track, lake ports. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 65%c to 66c ; No. 3 extra, 64c to 65c; No. 3, 53c to 61c. Cornâ€" Old, 74%o to 76c, Toronto freights, for No. 2 or 3 yellow ; new No. 3 yellow, 7lc to 71%c, Toronto freights. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 76c to 76c, outside. Peasâ€" No. 2, 86c to 86c outside. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 55c to 56c, out- side. Flour â€" Manitoba, first patents, $5.80; seconds, $3.30; strong bak- ers', $6.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, for export, $3.70 to $3.75, cutside. Millfeedâ€" Bran, $20 to $21 per ton in bags, outside ; shorts, Sp22 to $23, in bags, outside. ^^ COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" Winter, $3 to $4 per bar- rel for good qualities, and at $2 to $2.60 for cooking apples. Beansâ€" Prime, $1.80 to $1.85, and hand-picked, $1.90 to $1.95 per bushel. Honeyâ€" Combs, $2 to $2.76 per dozen, and strained, 10 to lie <per pound. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy quoted at $11 to $11.60 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8. Strawâ€" $6.50 to $8 on track. Potatoes â€" Delawares, 75 to 80c per bag on track. Poultryâ€" Chickens, dressed, 9 to 10c per pound ; fowl, 7 to 8c ; ducks, 9 to 10c; geese, 8 to 9c per pound; turkeys, 12 to 12%c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 24 to 26c; tubs, 23 to 24c; inferior, 20 to 21c. Creamery rolls, 97% to 28c, and solds, 25% to 2Cc. Eggs â€" Case lots of storage, 23 to 24c per dozen, while new laid are quoted at 30 to 33c per dozen. Cheese â€" Largo cheese, 13%c per pound, and twins, 13%c. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€" Short cut, $22.60 to $23 per barrel ; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lardâ€" Tierces, 12%c ; tubs, 12%c ; pails, 13c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats â€" Long clear bacon, ll%o to ll%c, tons and cases; hams, large 12%c to 13c, small 14c to 14.l^c ; backs, 17c to 17%c ; shoulders, 10c to 10%c; rolls. He to ll%c; breakfast bacon, 16c to 16c ; green moats out of pickle Ic less than smoked. GENERAL. Thirty Servians were slain in a fight with Austrians on the frontier of Herzegovina. Major-General Sir Percy Lake has been appointed Quartermaster- General of India. Twenty men were killed in a fight between Austrians and Servians on the Bosnian frontier. UNITED STATES. A New Jersey girl was frightened to death by a mouse which ran across the floor in her home. Four persons were drowned when tho steamer Finance was sunk off Sandy Hook in collision with the White Star steamer Goorgie, on Thursday. Ray Lamphere, accused of the murder of Mrs. Gunness, the owner ot the murder farm at Laporte, Ind., has been found guilty of arson and given an indeterminate term in the State prison. GREAT BRITAIN. All difficulties in the way of South African union have been sur- mounted. Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia were awarded gold me- dals at the colonial Fruit Show in London. Mr. Birrell has introduced a bill into the Britith Houm ot Commons to facilitate tha purchasa of land for the tenants in Ireland. The army budgat tor Prussia, Baxony and Wurt«mburg estimates the expenditure for 1900 at $180,- hOO.OOO, or $0,500,000 leu than in 1008. INDIA'S DNIST CUR Attempt on the Lives of EnglishnK Almost of Daily Occurrence. A despatch from Calcutta says : The situation in India has not shown such a menace of serious up- risings as it dues to-day for many years past. Attacks and attempts on tho lives of Englishmen, officials and civilians are of almost daily oc- currence. Lord Minto, the Vice- roy of India, returned here on Wed- nesday from the north, cutting phort his excursion in this territory for the purpose of considering mea- sures to cope with the native dis- affection, which the authorities have been forced to recognize as alarm- ingly on the increase. On Wednesday night a Bengali made an unsuccessful attempt to kill Public Prosecutor Hume with a bomb in a railroad carriage, near Agurpara. There were three oti] Luropeana in the carriage at same time. None was injured Ld Monday night District Supt. of lice Clough was murdered by a tive at Lyallpur. The native proached the superictendent vhl he was asleep aud cut open head with a spade. The native, named Chownhur who on November 7 made an tempt here upon the life of Sir aI drew Henderson Fraser. the Lieul Governor of Bengal, on Wednesdi pleaded guilty and was sentencj to imprisonment for life. The police are taking remarl able precautions to safeguard LbJ Minto, and this is regarded as mo significant. 2 Northern, $1.06% to $1.05%; No. 4 Northern, $1.0i;^ to $1.01. Bran â€"$18.25 to $18.50. Flour â€" First patents, $5.40 to $5.60; second pa- tents, $5.25 to $5.50; first clears, $4.00 to $4.30; second clears, $3.00 to $3.30. Buffalo, Dec. 1.â€" Wheat -Spring, pteady ; No. 1 Northern, carloads, Hore, $1.09%; Winter, higher; No. i red, $1.08).^; No. 3 extra red, $1.07%; No. 2 white,, $1.04; No. 2 mixed, $1.07. Cornâ€" Easier; No. 3 yellow, 67c ; No. 4 yellow, 66%c ; No. 4 corn, 66%c to 66c; No. 3 white, 67c. Oatsâ€" Steady; No. 2 white, 53% to 53% c ; No. 2 rye, track, 81c. nAMONIC LAUNCJED. The Finest Product ot Canadian Shipbuilding. A despatch from Collingwood says : Shortly after 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon the ropes hold- ing the splendid steel steamer Ha- monic were severed simultaneous- ly an<^ the tremendous tonnage of steel slid gracefully down the wa.vs into the water and another addi- tion was made to the fleet of the Northern Navigation Company. The initial dip of the Hamouic was greeted by the tumultuous cheering of fully 10,000 people, while the whistles of the several steamers in the harbor added their welcome to the new recruit. The customary bottle of wine was broken upon the prow of the boat by Mrs. H. H. Gildorsleeve, wife of the general manager of the company, who per- formed her task just as the steamer started on the way tor her first sub- mersion. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 1.â€" Grain â€" Cana- dian Western No. 2 white oats are selling at 46%c ; No. 3. 45%c ; extra! No. 1 feed oats at 46%c; No. 1 feed! at 45c ; Ontario No. 2 white, 45 to 45%c; No. 3, 44 to 44%c; No. 4, 43% to 44c per bushel ex store. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $6; seconds, $5.60; Winter wheat patents, $5 to $6.25; straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2.26; extra. $1.- 76 to $1.85. Feedâ€" Ontario oran, $21.60 to $22: middlings, $26 to $26 ; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheeseâ€" 12% to 12%c, and easterns at 11% to 12c. Butter â€"27c in round lots, and 27% to 28c in a jobbing way. Eggsâ€" New laid, 89 to 30c ; selected stock, 25 to 2A%c ; No. 1 stock, 22 to 23c, and No. 2 stock, 17%c per dozen. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Dec. 1. â€" A scarcity ot choice cattle was reported. A buyer said that he was willing to pay $5 for a load ot extra choice butchers' cattle, hut he could not find them. The best prices ruled around $4.40 p?r cwt. Straight loads of good cattle were sold at $4 to $4.25 per cwt. The prices of medium cattle varied from $3 to $4 per cwt. Choice cows were sold up to $3.76 per cwt. Common and medium cows brought $2 to $3 per cwt. Few heavy feeders of good quality wore offered. A demand from the country persisted for them at current prices. Sheep and lambs were in better demand. Select bogs continued to sell at $6.25 per cwt., fed and watered, Toronto. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Dec. 1â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.06%; No. 8 Northern, $1.04 to $1.06; May, $1.08 asked. Rye â€" No. 1, 760. Cornâ€" May, 62%c hid. Barleyâ€" Standard, 640 ; sara- plea, 67 to 64c; No. 3, 57 to 61c; No».. 67o. Minneapolis, Dec. l.-Wh«at â€" Pec, ilOt^; Mav. $1 OOi'i ; cash. No. 1 hard. $) (W% to $I 08%; No. 1 Northern, $1 07% to $107%; No. PARDON CAME TOO LATE. Death ot Capt. N. F. Barbotllc From Cancer. A despatch from Edmonton says: Captain N. F. Harbottle, the de- faulting collector ot inland revenue here, who was serving a two-year sentence, died suddenly iu the peni- tentiary on Fridny morning from cancer of the stomach. He had been operated upon and never ral- lied. A peculiarly sad feature of the case was the fact that one hour after his death a pardon arri\ed from Ottawa, which had been granted by order in Council after ithe precarious condition ot his health was made known to the Gov- ernment. Capt. Harbottle leaves a wife and four children. LICENSING BILL REJECTED New British Measure Burled by 272 tu W Votes. A despatch from London says : The House of Lords on Friday re- jected, in accordance with their re- solution of Nov. 24, the Govern- ment's Licensing Bill at the second reading by 272 to 96 votes. The Liberal party has for the past two months regarded this as the inevit- able fate of tho bill. They will, however, during the next general election campaign, use this as one of their many reasons for ending the House of Lords. They set forth, furthermore, that the bill, being a revenue measure, is outside the jurisdiction ol the House of Lords. HEB LIFE FOR A DOG. Mrs. Tony TcrveraOj ot Hamiltoj Killed by a Car. A despatch from Hamilton : say^ In an attempt to save her dog froi injury by a Rad'al ear on Sunda evening about 5 o'clock Mrs. TuiJ Ververanan, Whitfield avenue, loj her own life. She and her husb.it were walking along the tracks nc^ Irondale, and hearing a car h proach, they stepped aside out danger. The dog remained on t} track, and as it was in danger being struck, Mrs. Ververanan ra on the track to save it. As she hoi forward to pick it up the corn<^ of the car struck her on the l)f knocking her senoeless. The.cs was stopped, and she was take| to the City Hospital, where, th doctors operated on her. Her »ku| was too badly fractured for surg cal aid to be of any benefit, -aij she died about an hour later.* * ; 138 MINERS DEAD. I Explosion in Pittsburg-Buffalo to Mine. A despatch from Pittsburg. Ta says: Twenty-five bodies, all bu| two of them horribly mutilated,'an several dismembered, were takeii o Sunday from the mine ot the Pitt hurg-Buffalo Coal Co., at Maft.n na, where an explosion occurred o Saturday. Officials ot the corajjan who said on Saturday nightjthal over 125 had heeu killed, (Jn day night admit that 138 men went down the t^liaft to work on Satur- day morning, .\ccording to min- ers and others familiar with the number of men generally employ- ed in the mine, the death list will exceed the company's estimate by at least 50. ST. JEROME'S DAMAGED. Berlin Students Work Hard toTr Save New Buildings. A despatch from Berlin say Fire did $35,000 damage to St. romc's College early on Sunday ( morning, destroying the oldest efj the college buildings, which was used as a notiviate chapel, dornii- tory and society hall. Several bil- liard tables, a piano, an organ ai^d other valuable furniture were de- stroyed, as well as practically all the clothing ot 12 students who slegt there. The volunteer brigade of students had streams playing on thoj flames before the arrival ot the cit^r ' brigade. â€" _ >f SIX MEN SUFFOCATED. ' Were Working In Salt Mine on Out- skirts ot Detroit. A despatch from Detroit 8ay»t Six men w«re suffocated to death on Saturday arternoon in the Vil- lage of Oakwood, on the west& t^ _ outskirts ot Detroit. They were flR% work 500 feet down in a shaft b*- ' ing sunk for a salt mine, when the canvas tube which supplied them ; with air became clogged, and the shaft filled with gas. Four bodies have been recovered. Ihere I amount ot late year! Bcious hui who once contempti •wthor:" Dickecs \ day and by many parts ot qualities and stir euporior faults is •hould a who ia a tuperiori passages are refei in an ar author w teqiporai answer t «l tu bii Mr. Ba th}5 traf Dickens. lance to (ilaywrig that rinj there is Intensest to penet: DOSS tha human e only of beings m to whici brings pale of 1 iu the I £n)|lish ill^atrat are thoi James < Detllock Sikes. ded as •ity thai tiifks a ishled fr structioi tremend in few se(iure i the futu But 1 (ths rel books ii Bon," ' Copporf yarned I ly, but nounceii cess in tains SI widely tamo vr rit," w "^p'L I A lew. 1 /nay dll ,parativ j'emain. .contaii ^nowin ^«f geni Jessie Wilkinson, said to be an expert forger, was arrested at \\ m- nipeg on Saturday. ^. Tailor Instructor Has Been Suspended Pending Inv( sfgatioii. A despatch from Kingston says : The tailor instructor ot the peni- tentiary is under suspicion pending an investigation into the finding in one ot his rooms in the institution a quantity ot opium, tobacco, money and two watches purchased at Eaton's in Toronto. The sus- pended official denies all knowledge ai to how these materials found their way into his department. The discovery was made by the prison authorities that opium and tobacco were being ytwd, and a prisoner gave iutormation a> to wber« tho -\. material was coming from. Two prisoners under the instructor were using the drug, and one of them is / now in the prison hospital. How ; the stuff got into the storeroom no , one can tell. Some years ago a lorge quantity of stolen goods were found under the floor of the archi- tect's room at the prison, but he I knew nothing about the matter. Some prisoners were suspected of hiding the stuff, and there is no doubt the present case is a piece ot convict sJoi^ht-of-hand work. 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