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TiPPPr' '^PgfMfVWIIIIUM. )L. / li*^ THE FIN ASCIAL ST ATEMENT Bevenue and Expenditure oi the Dominion for Eight Months. A despatch from Ottawa saya : The statement of public revenue and expenditures for the first eight months of the present fiscal year, as reported to the Finance Depart- ment up to the end of the month, »ho-.vs a total revenue of $55,115,- 2ii7, a total expenditure on consoli- dated fuud account of $43,376,957, and a total expenditure on capital account oi $22,156,394. The great oL.tli( bulk le latter was, of course, on the National Transcontinental llailway. As compared with the corresponding period of last year there is a decrease of $11,547,200 in revenue, an increase of $3,832,501 in expenditure on consolidated fund account, and an increase of $5,601,907 in capital expenditure. The decrease in revenue is accoun- ted for mainly by the falling oft of $10,178,378 in the customs receipts, and $480,790 in excise. The Post- office revenue increased by $77,000. INFECTED CATTLE KILLED. 130 Slaughtered on Stock Furui Near Niagara Falls, N. Y. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: Suffering from foot-and- mouth disease, over 160 cattle were destroyed on Friday afternoon on the Jac.b Dold stock farm, just outside Niagara Falls, N. Y., one of the. largest stock farms in this district. A trench 176 feet long and ten feet wide has been dug, and the cows were buried as soon KB killed, and covered with quick lime. Every effort is being made to prevent the spread of the disease and Kpecial police are stationed around the scene of the slaughter to warn off drivers and keep other cattle at a distance. After the slaughter the entire premises will be disinfected under Government supervision. This is the largest slaughter of diseased cattle since the quarantine was established. An order was issued here on Friday afternoon prohibiting the entry of automobiles into Canada from the United States by way of the bridges. TIJAGEDY AT NIAGABA-ON- LAKE. Firo From Pipe Ignited Bed and Aged Smoker Was Burned. A despatch from Niagara-on-thc- Lake, Ont., says: The habit of smoking in bed cost William Elliott his life at an early hour on Thurs- day morning, when his home on Sinicoe Street was burned to the ground. Elliott was 70 years old and was unable to escape when fire from his pipe ignited the bedd- ing. \) hen the firemen arrived the flames were beyond control. About 10 o'clock the charred remains of the unfortunate man were found buried beneath a pile of debris. A few feet away was the incinerated skeleton of his dog. Elliott was a veteran of the Fenian Raid, serving with No. 1 Company, 19th Regi- ment. His wife is at present ill in a Detroit hospital. WOMAN HURLED TO DEATH. Struck By a Train in Sight of Her Husband. A despatch from Guelph, says: Cut down before the eyes of her husband, Mrs. William McCul- lough on Friday evening met her death on the Grand Trunk cross- ing at Kockwood. Mrs. McCul- lough, who was about sixty years of age, and the wife of a well-known produce dealer of the village, was walking with her husband when they found the crossing blocked by a freight on the siding. The freight brokd to clear the cross- ing, and they started across be- tween the cars just as the through passenger train from Toronto came along the main line. Mrs. McCul- lough thought she could cross, per- haps thinking the train would stop at the station. With a word to her husband she left his side and was hurled to instant death by the engine. MONTREAL SHIPPING. Official Figures of the Season Just Closed. A despatch from Montreal says: Official figures issued on Wednes- day show that from tbo opening of navigation till December 1 the num- ber oL ocean vessels that reached port was 739, or one less than the previous year, 'ine tonnage, how- ever, shows a fair increase, there beiiig l,6.');i,604 tons, compared wita 1,1)24,475 last season, giving an in- crease of 34,129 tons. The n\in.uer of vessels arriving this year is the smallest for many years, 1908, with 787, being the previous best. The total has not been so small since 1903. It is also remarked that no sailing vessels of the sea-going type have come to Montreal, while in 1906 the tonnage of that class was 11,364. The total revenue of the season from all sources amounted to $333,123, as against $330,256 a year ago, an increase of $2,866. The totals on imports show a fall- ing off. The amount was $198,500, as compared with $218,000 a year ago. A gain is reported in exports, the figures being $90,500, against $74,500. ARE THESE DIAMONDS! Mr. Fred. Dane Brings Precious Stones From North. A despatch from Toronto, says : Will Ontario's big clay belt devel- op into a- diamond field ? That is the question some people are ask- ing, since Mr. Fred. Dane, T. & N. O. Commissioner, returned from the north with a few stones that look like diamonds. These stones have been submitted to an expert, who declines to express any defin- ite opinion as yet. They were found east of the new town of Cochrane. Peculiar as it may seem, some few years ago a geologist reported that the blue clay of that particular re- gion closely resembled that in the vicinity of Bloemfontein. in the diamond fields of South Africa. It is said there is already some ex- citement in the nofth country over the find. SEVENTY WERE DROWNED. Japanose Stc.imer Ginsel Naru I'ouudcrcd Off Shauntung. A despatch from Kobe, Japan, says : Word has been received here that the Japanese steamer Ginsel Maru foundered off Weihaiwei on November 30th. Seventy persons were lost. FOUR MEN SHOT IN CAROUSE. One Will Die as (he Result of the Brawl at Kcnora. A despatch from Kenora, sa./h : Four men were wounded on W id ncsday night in a shooting affrp.y which took place at Dryden, Ont A party of men were drinking in a house on the outskirts of the town. when one of the party, Joseph Mili- roy, suddenly jumped up and fl.-cd five shots from an automatic revo'v- er. Four shots took effect. ili3 woiuided are : Richard Denna, of London, Eng., shot in the abb- men ; will die. Daniel Foy, shot in neck and right side. A. Stanton, shot in knee. Wm. Sharpe, shot in thigh. Millroy was arrested and brought to Kenora. He will be tried next Saturday. « THE ENGINE SMASHED. Wonderful Escape of the Halifax Express Train. A despatch from St. John's, N.B., says : While the Halifax express w a «i- n earing the city on Thursday night at a thirty-mile speed the engine struck a half-open switch and immediately broke from the train and leift the rails, running more than a hundred yards be- side the track. It was practically reduced to scrap iron, and the driver ond fireman had a mirac- ulous escape. The baggage and mail car were badly broken up, but the passengers escaped with a severe shaking up. Two tramps riding on the blind baggage were badly injured and taken to the hos- pital. CHARRED BONES FOUND. Thought to Be Remains of Woman Who Disappeared Years Ago. A despatch from Brockville, says : Crown Attorney Brown was com- municated with on Wednesday by the reeve of the Township of Augusta as to the advisability of holding an inquest on a charred skeleton found in the woods by James Vout, near Algonquin. Many years ago Mrs. C. Bolton, an eld- erly resident of North Augusta, mysteriously disappeared from her home, and, though diligent search was made, no trace of her could bo found. The story goes that she was last seen in the vicinity of Vout's woods, which she is suppos- ed to have entered and died from exhaustion, having then travelled many miles. The portions of the skeleton found have been accepted by relatives as those of Mrs. Bolton, and they were buried on Wednes- day in the family plot at North Augusta. A ...» CLOSED FOR A MONTH. Sault Stc. Marie Steel Plant Fin- ishes Its Contracts. A despatch from Soult Ste Mario, says: The steel plant of the Lake Superior Corporation., closed down on Wednesday morning ot 6, ac- cording to the statement of General Manager Franz, from lack of ord- ers. Rolling for the last order of the Transcontinental Railway was finished on Wednesday morning. The management announces that the plant will re-opon on January 1. The blast furnaces and ol!icr industries will continue operating in full force. last month is an- nounced to hnvo been the best month in the history of t'le blast furnaces. In spite of this tlto steel plant has had to purchase Bes- semer pig iron from outside points during the past two months. * THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM TUB LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Homo aud Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 8.â€" Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 white or red, outside, 93c. to 01c. ; No. 2 mixed, 93c. to 93%c. No. 2 goose wheat, SOc. outside. Manitoba wheat-â€" Spot, No. 1 northern, $1.08>i to $1.09; No. 2 northern, $l.oj% to $1.08; No. 3 northern, $1.03j^ to $1.04 on track, lake ports. Oatsâ€" Ontario No. 2 white, 39c. to 40c. outside ; No. 2 mixed, 37c. to 38c. outside. Manit-iba No. %. western Canada, 43c. to 43%c. on track, lake ports ; extra No. 1 feed, 41 %c. ; No. 1 feed, 41c., on track, lake ports. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 5o%c. to 56c. ; No. 3 extra, 54c to 65c. ; No. 3, 53c. to 64c. Cornâ€" Old, 74%c. to 75c. To- ronto freights, for No. 2 or 3 yellow ; new No. 3 yellow, 70c. to 70%c., Toronto freights. Millfeedâ€" Bran, $20 to $21 per ton in bags, outside ; shorts, $22 to $23, in bags outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 74c. to 74j-^c. Buckwheat â€" No. 2, 65c. to 58c. outside. Flourâ€" Manitoba, first patents, $5.80, seconds, $5.30; strong bak- e'rs, $6.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, for export, $3.70 to $3.75, outside. IFATAL WBECK AT PEMBROKE Engineer Rowe, of Ottawa, Killed in Head- on Collision on C. P. R. INDIANS AND TUBERCULOSIS. Falling Off in Population Attribut- ed to This Disease. , A doapatch form Ottawa says : ' Ravages of tubercolosis among the Indians of Canada is indicated in the annual report of the Depart- ment of Indian Affairs, which has been just issued. During the fiscal year eliding last March tne Indian population numbered 110,000, a de- crease of 40. The preceding year showed an increase of 169. To tub- ercolosis alone is the falling off at- tributed. The report notes that the Indians are becoming more self-re- liant. The expenditure for destitu- tion, which ten years ago was $?72,000, is now $113,000. THE SELKIRK SETTLERS. Miss r'atheson, Who Was Born on Voyage Out, Still Survives. A despatch from Winnipeg says : While John MacKay, who died on Wednesday in Toronto, was the last of the Selkirk settlers actually born on Scottish soil, there still re- mains one who was among the last party landed on the shores of Hud- son's Bay. This pioneer ot the west i.s Miss Matheson, aunt of the Archbishop ot Rupert's Land, who was born on the voyage across the Atlantic in 1815, then a four months' rip. She is still halo and hearty, i 1 the enjoyment ot all her facul- ties, and resi'Ves near St, Andrew's, Man. m ANNUITIES NOW Tlio Government Is Prepared to Deal With Applications. iWc^' A 'IcFpatch from Ottawa says: The (Jovernraent of Canada is now prepared to actively begin business $S iuui r<; of old-age annuities. The float oi'lfr in Council approving the Itotnftri&l rates adopted has been UMMXi. Literature explaining the llfflltageB of the system as a guar- IgltM ASainst penury in old age Iglll 4f^''>ng its investment fea- IpirM bM been sent out for distri- * â-  ~ by postmosters throughout the country, ard applications for annuities received from intending purchasers will be promptly dealt ^ with by the office in charge of Mr. | S. T. Bastedo in Ottawa. A staff , of lectures to explain and popular- ize the scheme will hold public meet-' ings in all districts of Canada dur- 1 ing the winter. Dr. Sampson of Windsor, Ont., will be at the head, of the lecturing staff, and will be- j gin a series of meetings in Ontario in a few days. I FIRST GOLD COINAGE. Now Mint nt Ottawa Will Start on Lurdcr Lake Gold. A despatch form Ottawa, says : The first Canadian gold to bo coin- ed nt the Mint hero will bo from a half dozen small gold bricks, ag- gregating 70 ounces, brought to the Mint on WetlncKday from the Dr. Roddick Larder Lake ^gold mines. There being no Canadian gold coins authorized at prewont, the gold will bo made into English sovereigns. Permission to mint these was grant- ed to the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint last year. EARLY IN JANUARY. Opening ot Parliament Will Take Place Next Month. A despatch from Ottawa, says: It is probable that Parliament will be called to meet on January 13th. The exact date tor the opening of tho session has not yet been fixed, but it is the. Government's desire to make it as early as possible in Janua:y, and it the Auditor-Gener- al's roporl and other matters of detail can be got ready in time tho opening of the House vill not bo later than the ISlh, and may pos- sibly be in the first week in Jan- uary. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Poultryâ€" Wholesale prices are: â€" Chickens, dressed, choice, lie. to 12c. ; chickens, dressed, 9c. to 10c. ; fowl, 8c. to 9c. ; turkeys, 12c. to 14c. ; ducks, 10c. to lie. ; geese, 9c. to 10c. Butter â€" Local wholesale quota- tions : â€" Creamery, choice, ^ound, 27c. to 29c.; ''airy prints, t^hoice, 25c. to 26c. ; dairy store prints and large rolls, 22c. to 24c. ; dairy, in- ferior, 20c. to 21c. Cheese- Large, 13%c. to 13%c. ; twins, 13%c. to 13%c. Eggsâ€" Strictly new-laid, 31c. to 32c. ; farmers', 24c. to 25c. ; stor- age, 22c. to 24c. per dozen in case lots. Apples- $1.75 to $3.25 per barrel, according to variety and quality. PotatoM â€" Car-lot prices are COc. to 65c. per bag on track, Toronto. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€" Short cut, $22.50 to $23 per barrel; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lard tierces, 12%c. ; tubs, 12%c. ; pails, 13c. Smoked ond Dry Salted Meats- Long clear bacon, ll%c. to ll%c., tons and cases; hams, large, 12%c. t« 13c., small, 14c. to 14)^c. ; backs, 17c. to ViYiC. ; shoulders, lOe. to 10%c. ; rolls, lie. to 11%.; break- fast bocon, 14%c. to lac. ; green meats out of pickle, Ic. less thou smoked. BUSINESS AT ILONTREAL. Montreal Dec. 8.â€" Grain â€" Cana- dian Western, No. 2, white oats are selling at 46%c-i No. 3 at 45%c., ex- tra No. 1 feed oats at 45c., and No. 1 feed at 45c. ; Ontario No. 2 white at 45c., No. 3 at 44c. and No. 4 at 43VgC. per bushel, ex. store. Flour â€" Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts at $6; seconds at $5.50; win- ter wheat at $4.60 to $4.'iO; d.>., in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to $1.85. Feed â€" There is no change in millfeed, for which the demand continues fairly good. Manitoba bran at $21; siu-.it.';. $24; Ontario bran, $21 to St'St.r.O; middlings, $21.50 to $25.60; shorts, $24.60 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouillie, 30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheese â€" The local market continues steady, with westerns quoted at 12X0. to 12)'^c. Butter -The market is firm, finest creamery being quoted at 27c. in round lots, and 27%o. to 28o. in a jobbing way. Eggs â€" There were no knew developments in the local egg situation, prices being steady, under a fair demand for local consumption. New-laid, 29c. to 30c. ; selected stock at 25c. to 25>'^c. ; No. 1 stock, 22c. to 23c., and No. 2 stock at I7%c. per dozen. A despatch from Pembroke, says : Another fatal wreck took plape one and a half miles east of here on Thursday morning. A light engine from Smith's Falls collided with the C.P.R. local leaving here at 7.50, and as a result Fred Rowe, of Ot- tawa, engineer in chaise of the local, was inetantly kilicd, and R. Crawford, Ottawa, fireman; Mail Clerk Purcell, Engineer Nagle, Smith's Falls, and W. C. Both, baggageman, suffered slight injur- ies. The baggage car of the pas- senger train was badly damaged, but none of the passengers were hurt. Both train and engine wen travailing at high speed and me; on a curve. Both engines wer< badly wrecked. The engines were almost on each other before the danger was noticed. Engineer Rowe reversed immediately, an ' in doing so warned Fireman Crawford, who jumped, and escaped with a sprained ankle and minor bruises. Rowe was pinned betwe&n the en- gine and tender. Death was in- stantaneous. His head and shoul- ders were above the wreckage, but were scorched. His lower limbs were also burned and scald- ed. Fireman Patton, of the light engine, was going to jump when he was hurled out of tho window and down the bank, sustaining a num- ber of bruises. E&gineer Nagle got caught at the tender by the coal, which was piled on him. He was quickly released by the men pas- sengers and was able to walk to the station, as he had only a num- ter of bruises and his leg scalded. The light engine should havo topped at Granges Station, about ten miles east of here. Instead an cKort was made to reach Pembroke and the fatal collision was the re- sult. The engineer's watch had stopped, which misled him as to the time he had to make Pembroke. Queens' Men at Kingston Celebrated Alma Mater Elections. A despatch from Kingston, says : Kingston police had a vigorous battle with 500 Queen's University students on Saturday night. Af- ter the Alma Mater Society elec- tions 500 Queen's men set out at 8.30 o'clock for a night of riot, and charged t'ao Grand ' Opera House, where a pla,y was in progress. The front and rear of the theatre were attacked and extra police help was called. Ono b'g student received such a battering from those in charge of the gallery that he was carried out unconscious. From Princess street the students hurled eggs and stones and created wild scenes. Finally two police- men grabbed ono of the ringleaders '. and started down the rtreet tor the police station. A big mob of stu- dents followed, and there was a running fight for si.x blocks. The efforts of the collegians to free the '• prisoners proved ineffectual and ' several more fell into the hands of the law. On the market square near the police station the climax occurred. Ten policemen, assisted by several pugilistic citizens and artillerymen, held the mob off, but the police received some cracks with axe handles and pieces of lumber which the crazed students wielded. Three constables were fiercely attacked and had to be rescued. Many collegians also re- ceived a clubbing and were knock- ed off their feet. The police got. hold of six ringleaders and held every one of them. At the station house the students tried to storm the place, but the sight of the re- volvers in the hands of the con- stables cowed them. Mayor Ross, himself a professor in Queen's Medical College, and Police Magis- trate Farrel. a trustee of the uni- versity,, refused to liberate the arrested students. ( cwt. Medium cattle sold a(; $3.50 to $4 per cwt., and common ones at $3 to $3.50. As high as $4 per cwt. was obtained for choice cows. Common to medium cows were sold at $2 to $3.25 per cwt. Light and rough stockers are still sold at a discount. Milch cows were easier. Prices tor lambs ranged up to $5 per cwt. Ewes were steady at $3.25 to $3.60 per cwt. Select hogs con- tinued to sell at $6 per cwt. fed and watered, off cars, Toronto. $150,000 FIRE AT KINGSTON. Piano Factory and Wholesale Grocery Destroyed. A despatch from Kingston, says : The Wormwith Piano Company and W. G. Craig and Company, wholesale grocers, suffered losses by fire early Sunday morning to- talling over $120,000. Tho fire broke out in the varnish room in the piano factory about two o'clock and spread so rapidly that the three floors were soon in flames, aud the rescue of the pianos, some 200 ot them in course of construc- tion, was impossible. The safe of the company was saved, battery- men rolling it out of the building. It contained notes and agreements to the value of $40,000. SWALLOWED RAT POISON^ Mistake of .\.nnie Babcock ot Braat" ford Costs Her Life. A despatch from Brantford, says : Annie Babcock, aged 34 years, is dead as a result of taking rat pois- on in mistake for headache pow- ders. She was employed as a do- mestic at A. E. Brown's, Murraj street. Being troubled with head- ache on Sunday morning she took the powder and died in convul- sions. Coroner Ashton, on inves- tigating the case, came to the con. elusion that sho got the powders- and the poison confused, as som«j of the latter was found in her room. STRUCK BY A CAR. Mrs. Flanders of Brantford May bo Fatally Injured. A despatch from Brantford, says : Mrs. Flanders, thirteen Oak street, received probably fatal in- juries on Sunday afternoon at Cainsville while about to board a Brantford and Hamilton Radial car. She misjudged the clearance of the car, tho front end striking her and infiictins! several injuries to het head. She was removed to the hospital. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Dec. 8. â€" Wheat No. 1 northern, $1.10 to $1.11; No. 2 northern, $1.08 to $1.09; May, $1.10>^ asked. Ryeâ€" No. 1, 75c. Cornâ€" May, 62%c. bid. Barley- Standard, 64c. ; samples, 56c. to 63%c. Minneapolis, Dec. 8. â€" Wheat â€" Docombcr, $1.07% to $1.08; May, $1.12; cash No. 1 hard, $1.]2>^; No. 1 northern, $1.11%; No. 2 northern, $1.09% to $1.09. Bran â€"$18.75. Flourâ€" First patents, $5.55 to .^5.90; second patents, $5.40 to $5.05; first clears, $4.30 to $4.50; second clsars, $3.20 to $3.60. • CATTLE M,\RKET. Toronto, Doc. 8. -The range of values for tho best lots of butch- ers' cattle was from $4.40 to $4.76 per cwt. Good loads of steecrs and heifers were worth $4 to $4.60 per Port au Prince Is In the Hands of an Insurgent Mob. A despatch from Port au Prince, Hayti, says: President Nord Alexis bas been deposed and Port au Prince is in the hands of the revolutionists. The deposed Presi- dent is now safe on board the French training ship Duguay Troin, General Antoine Simon, the leader of the insurgents, is march- ing upon the peninsula with an army of 5,000, and General Legitime has been proclaimed the new Presi- dent. At the last moment President Alexis yielded to the urging ot those about him and decided to take re- fuge aboard the French warship. At 5 o'clock on Wednesday a salute of 21 guns announced his departure from the palace under guard of a battalion of infantry and squadron of cavalry, and as he drove down to the wharf, seated in a carriage with the French Minister and with the French tri-color over his shoul- ders, the crow js of armed men and women about heaped curses on the head of the aged man. When at last the landing stage was reached the mob lost all restraint and the scene became tragic and shameful. Infuriated women broke through the cordon of troops and shrieked the coarsest insults into the very face of the President, who strove bravely to appear undismayed. They tried to hurl th<Mnselve8 upon him and fought with hands and feel against the soldiers, who found dif- ficulty in forcing them back. On« woman did succeed in reaching Nord Alexia just as *e was embark*' ing, and made a sweep at him witit a murderous knife, but the blow tell short. N