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â- â- *• MILUONA IBES WEN T HDNffl Inspectors at Falls Destroyed Meats in a r^' Private Car. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., saj-s : For the first time in bis life, Bignnr do Agucro, reputed to be one of the wealthiest Italians in New York, together with a party of distinguished fellow-countrymen, was forced to go without bis dinner on Wednesday. It all happened a» the result of the cattle and dressed meat embargo. To the rear of Grand Trunk ex- Buckley and A. R. Robertson, put in an appearance on the rear plat- form of the private car". Just here is where the trouble began, for the millionaires. The officials demand- ed to be admitted to the chef's pantry. There they found all the choicest of viands, including dress ed turkeys, chickens, ducks and a whole side of beef, ordered burned. All these were The foreigners press No. 4, leaving the Bridge I prq,te8ted that they had not yet C^treet Station at 12.26 p.m., was 'dined, and would have no time to attached Signer de Aguero's private j procure other edibles until they car, "Sunshine." The party wash-eached Toronto. In spite of the bound to Cobalt to inspect some j vehement protests of the million- mining property in which they are aires the viands were burned in a int-erested. Just before the train Grand Trunk engine, and the ves pulled out, Dr. Orchard, Dominion | fels containing them were left be- Inspector ; Customs Officers Geo. hind to be disinfected BURNED TO DEATH. BcmainB of Unknown Man Found in Ruins at Port Arthur. A despatch from Port Arthur says: An unknown man was burn- ed to death in a fire which destroy- ed the old stable behind the Vigars- Bhears Lumber Company's plant Saturday night. The build'ng was vacant, and how the fire originated can only be surmised, but possibly the unfortunate man who met his death in it had been spending the night there. The body was not dis- covered until Sunday afternoon, when Chief of Police McLellan was )ookiug over the ruins. It had been burned beyond identification. « ROY SHOOTS HIS SISTER. Shocking Accident at Mahonc Ray, Nova Scotia. A despatch from Halifax says : 'A shocking accident occurred at Mahone Bay on Sunday morning whereby Ruby, fourteen-year-old dauffhter of Capt. Benj. Ham, lost her life. Her eight-year-old bro- ther was told to take a supposedly unloaded shotgun upstairs, and in passing through the room pointed the weapon at his sister. The ham- mer of the gun caught in his clo thing and he fell, causing the dis charge of the gun, the contents of which struck Ruby in the right cheek, tearing a gaping hole and lodging in the brain, causing in- stant death. â€" ,1, CHINAMEN MURDERED. Crime Committed While People Were Passing I^aundry. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Y^at Sun, Chinese laundryman of 214 Jarvis avenue, and his Iiirad man were murdered some time Sat- urday evening, robbery apparently being the motive, as the store was rilled. The crime was discovered by a man who called for his wash- ing half an hour before midnight and found the Celestials in a wel- ter of blood, the head of one being almost completely Revered. Last spring almost a similar crime wos committed near the overhead bridge when two Chinese laundrymcn were murdered, but in that case the shack was fired in an attempt to de- stroy traces^ 01 TRA DE FOR M TEMBER A Large Increase in Exportsâ€" Imports Are Falling Off A desaptch from Ottawa says : An | products increase J increase of $8,50J»,333 in exports, a decrease of $7,859,622 in imports, and a trade balance in Canada's favor of $0,905, HT."), are the out ht.iiuling features of the trade re turns for the past month, as com ^' hn excess of exports over jmgJTFls' for the month is the largest for any luoiith in Canada's trade for years past. Lxports of domestic goods for the month totalled $31,672,224.' As com- pared with last year, agricultural CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS OAPPENINCS FROJI ALL OVER TOE GLOBE. Telegraphio Briefs From Our Own Md Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. Mr. Gordon J. Leggatt has been appointed Police Magistrate for Winusor. A colony of 600 Germans is to be located in the Peace River country' next spring. An epidemic of catarrhal jaun- dice is reported among children at London, Ont. Mr. F. W. Thistlewait of L'Orig- nal, has been appointed Registrar of Prescott county. A detachment of Royal Canadian Engineers has been ordered from Wolseley Barracks, London, to To- ronto. James Jenkins and Jack Pertella, negroes, and Lee Chung, a China- man, were hanged at New West- minster, B.C., on Friday. Messrs. B. M. and R. C. Allen, brothers, who had lost all trace of each other for 25 years, met by ac- cident in a Hamilton hotel. The public school of Pottersburg, a suburb of London, Ont., is closed on account of the teacher, Mr. Mc- Fadden, being ill with smallpox. Joseph Varone, an Italian, was sentenced at North Bay to five years in Kingston Penitentiary for robbing a fellow-countryman at Co- balt. The National Manufacturing Company, whose foundry at Pem- broke was destroyed by fire, has made arrangements with the Cos- sitt Company to remove to Brock- ville. The local option by-law was car- ried in seven new municipalities in Manitoba, repealed in two and con- tinued in force in five. Seven mun- icipalities in which it was submitt- ed voted to remain under license. William Bero, convicted of steal- ing hides at Cornwall, was allowed by a policeman to enter a butcher shop on Friday. He seized a cleav- er and cut four of his fingers off, remarking that they would steal no more. Train-robbers turned the sema- phore against a train approaching Niagara Falls, on Friday, and robb- ed a car of a lot of turkeys and champagne. Police recovered the booty in a culvert and arrested two men on suspicion. FHE WORLD'S MARKETS OEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cbccso and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 22â€" Flourâ€" Ontario wheat 90 per cent, patents quoted at $3.70 to-day in buyers' sacks outside for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toron- to; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers, $5.10 to $5.2CV Wheatâ€" Manitoba wheat is firm- er at $1.08% for No. 1 Northern, at $1.05>^ for No. 2 Northern, and at $1.03 for No. 3 Northern, Geor- gian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern is quoted at $1.12%, North Bay freights, and No. 2 Northern at $1.09%. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 white h quoted at 94 to 94%c outside, and No. 2 red Winter at 94c outside, and No. 2 mixed at 94c outside. Oats â€" Ontario No. 2 whiteMjuoted at 38 to 39c outside, and at 42c on track, Toronto ; No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats quoted at 433^c, lake ports. Ryeâ€" No. 2 quoted at 71 to 72c outside. Barley â€" No. 2 barley quoted at 55c outside, and No. 3 extra at 63c. Buckwheatâ€" 57 to 57%c outside. Peas â€" No. 2 quoted at 86% to 87c outside. Corn â€" No. 2 • American yellow nominal at 70c on track, Toronto; new No. 3 yellow quoted at 67c To- ronto. Bran â€" Cars are quoted at $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $22.50 in bulk outside. Only Means for Stamping Out Smallpox Says Dr. Hodgetts. COUNTRY PRODUCE; Butter â€" Pound prints, 25 to 27c ; tubs, 22 to 24c ; inferior, 20 to 21c. Creamery rolls, 29 to 30c, and so- lids, 28c. Eggs â€" Case lots of storage, 25 to 26c per dozen, and new laid are quoted at 30 to 35c per dozen. • Cheeseâ€" Largo cheese, 13%c per pound, and twins, 13%c. A despatch from Toronto says: "If the municipal authorities of this province desire to be rid of these nuisances which have been smoul- dering, in their midst for over ten years, they must avail themselves of the only known method to pre- vent them, viz., vaccination and re- vaccination," said Dr. C. A. Hod- getts, secretary of the Ontario Board of Health, in his report to that body on the outbreaks of small- pox which have recently occurred. He told the board on Wednesday that there had been 45 cases in ten municipalities during October, while 136 cases in 23 municipalities had been reported for November. It had been learned that mild cases few exceptions those suffering fiom the disease had never been vaccin- ated for during the past twenty J ears. Municipal Councils had been uniformly indifferent to the question and the Act respecting vaccination and inoculations had been a dead letter. This measure permitted municipalities to provide for compulsory vaccination. "The failure on the part -of Municipal Councils to make the Act operative has resulted particularly in the large centres of commerce, most disastrously to the business com- munity," said Dr. Hodgetts. He added that business was still fur- ther crippled by the failure of the I councils even in the face of an out- had existed for weeks before their j break of considerable extent to take presence was known to the local a firm stand and enforce vaccina- Medical Health Officer. With but tion. SMOKED NEiR GASOLINE. A Hotel Shed at Abbot.sford, B. C, Wa8 Blown Lp. A despatch from Abbotsford, B. C, says: Archie Baxter, aged 50, employed at the Abbotsford Hotel, was fatally injured on Tuesday night by an explosion of gasoline. He was in charge of the hotel's lightyig plant and must have been smoking when he visited the gaso- line shed, a short distance from the hotel. At 5 o'clock a terrific ex- plosion was heard. The shed was immediately in flames, and Baxter was reached with" great difficulty. He died at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning. He had lived in Abbots- ford for some time and had been employed by the Abbotsford Mill Company. BURNING SHIP BOMBARDED. Gunners at Singapore Sink a Dan- gerous .Vessel. A despatch-from Singapore says: The burning oil ship Kelam Ka- loma was bombarded by the har- bor fort and soon sank with her hull riddled with solid shot. "The flaming steamer, which hails from England, arrived in Singapore from New York on Wednesday, with her cargo of case oil on fire. All at- tempts to extinguish the blaze were unsuccessful. It* was impossible to go near the vessel because of the possibility of explosion and finally the harbor agent appealed to the commandant of the fort. The gun- ners, at a distance of two miles, sank the craft with their six-incb guns. by $7,939,436, exports of animals and their pro-* duco increased by $1,291,560, ex- ports of the forest increased by $135,047, exports of the mine de- creased by .^730,504. Total imports for the month were $24,700,349. For tirst eight months ared wihr-jfai. ember of last yo.ir. jij present fiscal year the imports ha'<«;;^utalled $194,827,463; a de crease of $64,667,721. ^Total exports of domestic products wore $168,- 080,489, a decrease of $4,353,190. Customs revenue for the eight months was $30,788,407, a decrease of $10,324,052. BAITLE RITER BRIDGE. First Train Crosses New Structure on Wednesday Morning. A despatch from Winnipeg, says : The rubicon of the Grand Trunk Pacific was crossed on Wednesday morning, when the first engine roll- ed over the immense Battle River bridge, which has been in course of construction during the entire season. The bridge is nearly three thousand feet long, and is very high. 80 that the construction has been slow.jon account of high winds interfering with the handling of aerial steel work. On the west side of the bridge the grading has been practicallx completed to Edmonton for a long time. Steel is now being Inid towards that city, and the work will bo prosecuted as fast as the weather will permit. There are still nearly 125 miles of track to be laid before Edmonton is reached, â- ml the shortest railway line from Winnipeg to the Alberta capital will be rompiete. 1 TO REFORM JOSIE C.VRR. She Will be Taken to a Nunnery in Albciln. A despatch from Kingston says : Jocsphine Carr, the young Toronto girl who was quietly remove I from the penitentiary here last week, was taken by nuns to reside with them in Boysland, Alberta. This is the girl whose murder of the baby she stole from a Yunge street Khop entrance stirred Canada sev- eral years ago. She has developed into an attractive girl of seventeen, and is said to be quite reformed. The trial Judge sentenced her to the penitentiary for an indefinite period, rr until it was safe for her to be at large again. The Minister of Ju.stice agreed to her removal, provided the nuns who a'-ked for her would keep her in charge. It is understood she will take the veil when she becomes older. Her re- moval was kept a secret, and took GREAT BRITAIN. Three Canadian Rhodes scholars have >v.i!i scholarships or prizes at Oxford University. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin has been elected Chancellor of the new National University of Ireland. The British Government's bill prohibiting the use of hup substi- tutes in the manufacture of beer has been withdrawn. In the House of Lords on Thurs- day Lord Morley unfoltled a plan for giving the people of India a greater share in the government of the eastern empire. UNITED STATES. A bill was brought before the United States Senate, on Thursday, to increase the salary of the Pre- sident from $50,000 to $100,000. Accor>ling to the Bureau of La- bor bulletin between 30,000 and 35,000 laboring men were killed in the United States during the past year Thirty-four persons lost their lives during the hunting season in the northern New England States and adjoining Canadian Provinces. GENERAL. Two brothers have been arrested, charged with swindling investors iri a German hotel trust out of two million dollars. The people of Caracas broke out in a riot and burned all the pictures and statues of President Castro they could find in the city. Wilb\ir Wright kept his aeroplane in the air almost two hours at Le- mans, France, on Friday, and cov- ered a distance of 61% miles. A Dantzig professor will build an HOG PRODUCTS, Baconâ€" Long clear, 10% to lie per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short cut, $22 to $22.50. Hams â€" Light to medium, 13% to 14c; do., heavy, 12 to 12%c ; rolls, 10% to 10%c; shoulders, 10 to 10%c ; backs 16 to 10%c ; breakfast bacon, 14% to 15c. Lard â€" Tierces, 12Xc ; tubs, 12%c ; pails, 12%c. 10,000 WOMEN PPT OS TRIAL Eemarkable Scene in a Court Eoom at .Bilbao, Spain. place at night, but the information ! aerial warship next summer cap- leaked out. eBEAT COAl PILES ABLAZE The C. P. R Is Fighting a Big Fire Fort William. at A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: The most destructive coal fire that has ever visited the head of the lakes ha.-! been in pro- grcM for weeks at the Canadian Pacific coal docks, To combat the conflagration and save tens of thou- aandi of tons of soft coal that is threatened the company has resort- fid to almost every known means of fXtinxninhjig the blaze, without re- »-|f,, Hundreds of tons have been 1 !»f:i(f.(l t<» asl?''*, •nd thousands of 1 ,.» .. Kt'.' mi>y BO before the fire is checked. There are more than 100,000 tons in the mountainous piles on fire, and dozens of coal shovellers have fruitlessly endea- vored to get at the seat of the blaze. Fanned by gusts of wind, clouds of Kinoko and flame burst forth at night, giving the appearance of a miniature volcano. In an extreme effort to extinguish the blaze the company is preparing to put in op- eration a steam shovel. It will bo weeks before the seat of the blaze can bo reached. Spontaneous com- buston is responsible for the fire. able of carrying two tons of explos- ives, and of flying 45 to 50 miles an hour. Sir Max Waechter, who is tour- ing European capitals advocating the formation of the United States of Europe, favors King Edward for the first President of his union. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 22 â€" Grain â€" Ca- nadian Western No. 2 white oats are selling at 46%c, No. 3 at 45%c, extra No. 1 feed oats at 45c. No. I feed at 4i;/i;c, Ontario No. 2 white at 44% to 45c, No. 3 at 43% to 44c, No. 4 at 43 to 43%c per bushel, ex store. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts at $6, seconds at $5.50; Winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25 ; straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2:25; extras, $1.75 to $1.85. Feedâ€" Mani- toba bran, $21 ; shorts, $24 ; On- tario bran, $21 to $21.50; mid- dlings, $24.50 to $25.50: shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton. including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheese â€" Westerns quoted at 12% to 12%c, easterns at 11% to 12o. Butter â€" Finest creamery quo- ted at 27c in a jobbing way. Eggs â€"New laid, 34c ; selected stock at 25%c, No. 1 stock at 22%c, No. 2 stock at llYiC per dozen. A despatch from San Sebastian, Spain, says: The opening trial of ten thousand women of Bilbao be- gan on Tuesday. The women are accused of contempt of court in signing a petition of sympathy on behalf of Jesusa Pajana, who was sentenced to eight yea/t' impri::on- raent for killing her faithless fiance. The petition extols Jesusa's deed, and the Public Prosecutor caused the indictment of all the women signing the petition. The docu- ments in the case were brought to court in three vans, and covered 157,000 pages. Crowds, in the street hissed the van's passage. The court room was packed with beautiful Spaniards, and the plaza outside was packed with the re- remainder of the defendants. The court resembled a beauty contest, instead of a tribunal. The justice and prosecutor were jeered in the streets by the women, who demand- ed to know where they could find jails enough to imprison them all if convicted. The novel trial is at- tracting the attention of all Spain. NEARLY FIFTY MILLIONS. Season's Record of Wheat Ship- ments Through Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Navigation has closed and over 48,- 000,000 bushels of wheat of the crop of 1908 passed Winnipeg before the last boats went out. Shipments for the last week of open water reach- ed the enormous total of 5,103,097 bushels. The entire movement of wheat for this season leaves all other years many miles behind. The situation, so far as the outlook for the future is concerned, is much more bearish than it was a week ago. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Dec. 22â€" Wheatâ€" Spring, firm ; No. 1 Northern, carloads, Ptore, $1.13%; Winter, steady. Cornâ€" Steady. Oatsâ€" Steady ; No. 3 white, 54%. to 64%c. Ryeâ€" No. 2 on track, 80c. Minneapolis, Dec. 22â€" Wheat â€" Dec, $1.06%; May, $1.09; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.09% to $1.09%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08% to $1.08%; No. •1 Northern, $1.06% to $1.06%; No. 3 Northern, $1.02% to $1.01%. Flour â€" Dull; first patents, $5.30 to $6.65; second patents, $6.10 to $5.- 20; first clears, $4.00 to $4.10; sec- ond clears, $2.95 to $3.05. Bran in bulk, $19.00 to $19.25. Milwaukee, Dec. 22â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.09X; No. 2 North- ern, $1.07%; May, $1.06% to $1.- 06%. Rye-No. 1, 76c. Cornâ€" May, ei%c. Barleyâ€" Standard, 66c ; sam- ples, 59 to 66c. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Dec. 22. â€" The offerings of export cattle were restr'cted to a few loads of medium quality that sold at $4.60 to $4.90 per cwt. Sales of choice butchers' cattle were slat- ed around $6 per cwt. Good loads of choice cattle were worth from $4.60 to $4.75, and medium sold at $3.76 to $4.25 per cwt. Common animals were worth $3 to $3.60 per cwt. Choice cows were firm at $3.- 60 to $4 per cwt. Medium and com- mon cows brought $2 to $3.50 per cwt. Feeders and stockers were in moderate demand at $3 to $3.75 per cwt. Stock calves sold at $2.26 to $2.70 per cwt. Sheep and lambs wv,ie easy in price, without a quot- able drop. Hogs were reported to be weaker, but no decline w.as re- corded. Selects sold at $:i per cwt fed and watered, off cars, an and fats at $6.75 per cwt. AN ITALIAN STABBED. Ran, Dripping Blood, Along Mont- real Streets. A despatch from Montreal says: An Italian, who will likely die, rushed madly along Craig street on Wednesday night through a crowd of Christmas shoppers, with blood streaming in the snow from a deep gash in his throat. He had been gashed with a razor by an unknown assailant. The blood left a crim- son trail on the sidewalk, and the injured man collapsed within sight of his home. Robbery or revenge is thought to have been the motive. The Italian was taken to the Gener- al Hospital, and is thought to be fatally injured. ROBBED LETTER OF MONEY. Post-oIQee Offleial at Ottawa is Given Three Years. A despatch from Ottawa says : Three years in the Kingston Peni- tentiary was the sentence imposed by Magistrate O'Keefe at the Police Court on Wednesday morning on George M. Lett, who pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $2.00 from the post-office. Lett has been em- ployed in the post-office for five years. During the last year and a half, at intervals, money and jew- elry has been taken from letters, and finally suspicion rested on Lett. On Tuesday a test letter containing $2 was sent to Ottawa from Mont- real. In the evening it was notic- ed that the envelope had been tam- pered with. Lett was searched and the money was found in his posses- sion. When confronted with the facts in the case he acknowledged his guilt. FOR PURER MILK. Quebec GoTcrnment is Looking for Pointers in Ontario. A despatch from Montreal says: The Quebec Government is taking action to bring about the purifica- tion of milk and Hon. Jules Allard, the Minister of Agriculture, an- nounced on Wednesday that the Government is making enquiries from Ontario and the United States and that the movement will have the utmost support of the Qovern- ment. PEOPLE RULE II TUBKEY Sultan Abdul Hamid Opens Parliament in Person. A despatch from Constantinople says: Af'er an interval of thirty two years Turkey, on Thursday, en- tered upon a second attempt at constitutional government, with the inauguration of the new Parliament elected under the constitution pro- mulgated by the Sultan. The Sultan opened Parliament in person with elaborate ceremony. The scene was perhaps one of the most remarkable flowing silk robes, and others in the fashionable frock coat, formed a gorgeous and multi-colored pic- ture, never before witnessed in a legislative gathering in Europe. Albanians, Syrians and Arabs were among the Moslem representatives, while Greeks, Armenians and Bul- gars represented the Christian na- tionalities. So far as can be judged from sur- , face indications, the new Parlia- . . , , ^, >n the political ment has entered upon its' duties history of the world All the creeds I with a united determination to car- and races of the Turkish Empire r.v out successfully the aims of the sent their duly elected representa- \ bloodless revolution which made 41 li-jhts tives, and the varied c-stumes ofjposbiblc the inauguration of a coa- ,tbe sJclegateg, who came, some ini jtituthmal regime in Turkey.