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BliSllSS IS ON THE IlD Trade Returns lor Month of March Are Again Encouraging. A despatch from Ottaw,* says ; The final figures of Canada's trade lor the last fiscal year, issued on Wedncnday by tho Custoraa Depart- Bienk, show total imports amount- ing to 929H,123,79«, a docrease of •60,245),7D3 as compared with the preceding year, and total exports cf douioslic pro<iuuts amouutiug to $2j9.l>2a,3G6. a dcrease of $3,446,- «S6. ficturns for Harch indicate a large increase in this year's trade. Imports t^jtalled $33,8Ca,3G2, an in- crease of $3,811,130. Exports to- talled $13,397,974, an increase of $464,437. During the year coin and bullion to the value of $9,983,442 was im- ported, as compared with $6,584,661 during IW7-03. The value of coin and bullion exported was only $1,- 6^9,793, »« compared with 8lG,037,- 6f>4 during the preceding year. The grand total of Canadian trade was 9r>.'>9,635,951, as compared with $638,3'i0,291 for 1907-08. The grand total of Canadian trade was $659,635,951, as compared with $(l3S,.'iS0,291 for 1907-08. MONTREAL BANK CLEARINGS. A despatch from Moatreal says: Financiers and others who are in- terested in the progress and expan- sion of the Dominion have regarded with increasing satisfaction the fre- quent signs and evidenc<5s of finan-| oial and industrial improvement throughout the country. I Montreal bank clearings for the month of April show in an unequi- vocal manner that tho progress re- ported from ocean to ocean ia gon-| eral and sound. Last year the clearing for the months of April amounted to $111,092,633. This year they reached the large sum of $135,180,233, which is an increase of $24,087,600 over the previous! year. Figures for 1907 were given as $117,054,508, which is also con- isiderably smaller tnan this year's] record. Bankers have reason to feel satisfiei at the strength of the figures, and with the opening of navigation the return of normal trade conditions ia assured. Clearings, April 30, 1909 $135,180,233 Corres. month, 1908... 111,092,033 Corres. month, 1907... 117,054,598 HMBED S m BY TOBIADO â-  Succession of Cyclones Sweep Through the Southern States. A despatch from Atlanta, Geor- gia, Btt>s: â€" A scries ot cyclones and toruaunes, the Iiko which have not been known for years, swept through the south on Thursday night and Friday, leaving in their wake hun- dreds of dead an J mangled bodies and the dismantled wrecks of pro- perty worth many millions. An exact likt of tlie dead and an accur- ate estimate of the monetary loss may nut be compiled for days, but from along the path of the storm came tales of fearful loss of life and dr'scription of whole towns and vil- lages completely wiped out. The Bturm wave seems to have had its origin in the north _and swept from the lake region south in irregular fashion, now moJcrating its force as if spent, now growing more tur- bulent and anptry. The State of Tennessee was an es- pecially heavy sufferer. At 10 o'clock on Friday careful estimates indicate that at least 60 people were killed in tuat btate aioue, while the property loss will not fall short of a million. Memphis reports heavy loss from towns within a radius of one hun- dred miles in three States. The tornado swept over Arkansas and killed eight persons near Mam- moth Springs. Atlanta and most of Georgia escaped with only slight property loss. But two young peo- ple, a brother and sister, lost their I lives here on Friday afternoon, by, the capsizing of a rowboat during a sudden squall. ^ Striking Alabama and headed in a southeasterly direction, tho hurri- cane continued upon its course of destruction on Friday night. •HuntBville sends words of fifteen persons killed, several score injur- ed, and 250 houses demolished. Immense damage vras done in Madi- son county by hail an J lightning. HEJU TO HOIXAND'S THRONK. Queen Wilhelmina Gave Birth to a Daughter. A despatch from Tho Hague, Hol- land, fcays : Wilhetmina, Queen of the Netherlands, gavg biith to a daughter on Fri<lay morning. The condition of her Majesty is raobt •atisfactory, the infant Princess It. doing well, and iiollai:d is cele- brating t!ic happy event from one o.nd of the country to the other with expressions of joy and grutiti- cation such as seldom before have been witnessed on the part of this placid people. The political signi- ficance cf the occurrence lies in tho fact that there is now an heir to the throne of tho Nethnlands, a circumstance that very greatly en- hances the chances of the country fur Continued indepelidi ncc. M I.TIN V ON nATTIiKSHIP. French Sailors Rcfnseil to Kut Meat Provided for Theiu. A despatch from Pans says . A mutiny on board the French bat- UAIL ORDER FROM KN GLAND. Dominion Conipiiuy WiJJ Ship Five ThouHand Tons. A despatch from Sydney, N. 8., says: The Dominion Iron and Steel Co. have received an order from the Great Northern Railway Co., of England, for 5,000 tons of steel rails. The rails are of standard lengths and 85 pounds weight. This is the first order the company has received from an English firm. Now rolls have had to bo maJe to fill this order, as the specifications for the contract call for bullhead rails, widely different from the or- dinary flange in use in Canada. The lirKt shipment will be sent away in a abort time. T TWO CLERKS ARRESTED. Office of Tolnian & Co., at Mon- treal, Raided. A despatch from Montreal says : The oflice of D. H. Tolinan &. Com- pany, money lenders, was raided by High Constable St. Mars on tleship 8t. I.,oui8 is reported from Thursday under a search warrant, Toulon. The crew refused to eat and all tho l.'ooks and personal he meat provided for theni. Three effects seized. Two clerks, Joseph- f the men were arrostcd, where- 'ine Lamoreux auj TesRie M. De- pon the others domande*! that ail vaney, were taken to the police e punlhhcd or none. The prison- headquarters, but were released on crs were then rolca.sed. This is hnil. The accused are charged with tho third incident of tho kind that|onding money at a rate exceeding has occurred on naval vessels with-twelve per cent, on a principal of In a fortnight. Inss than five hundred dollars. WIllPEG T£_ED11T0S Tlie Last Fifty- Mile Gap Is Now Being Laid "With Rails. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS QAI'FEMXCS FROM ALL OVE« TUU GLORC Tflcgraphiq Hrlefs From Our Own •ud Other Countries of Recent EveuU. CANADA. Tae customs receipts at Montreal show a heavy increase. I'our tiioustuiU immigrants from Europu arrived at t^ueuec on Satur- day. 'ihe upper steel arch bridge at Niagara was baUiy damageu uy the ice jam. West Toronto became Waid Seven of 'I'eronto at midnight on laaturday. ifto postoffice and a number of r.tores at Jillt JLai^o w&ro burned on baturitay, 'I'uo estimated value oi new build- ing in Toronto thia year is neariy l?iu,000,0U0. Mr. Alex. M. Scott of London, Ont., celebrated his huuaredlh birthday on bunda^. ine x,ew i>runbwick Legislature defeated tho bill to extend the fran- chise to widows and spinsters. *. ivo tnousanu uouais nas been given to the fund for tho erection of a boys' Y. M. C. A. buildmg at Hamilton. The Lake Superior Corporation will spend a million doiiars on im- proving and adding to tne plant at the 8oo. Mr. J. H. Carnegie, M.P.P., has resigned his seat and accepi.ed the office of distributor of law stamps for Ontario. Mrs. Wright, a Huffragette, is su- ing the Mayor of Montreal for $5,000 for insulting her and having her removed from his oflice. Canada will be represented in the contest for military ofticers at the iniernationai norse ."snow to be held in I.iondon, England. P. J. Kavanagh, a Montreal hotel- keeper, admitted making presents to the police at Christmas-lune and sending money to Aid. Pronlx for protection from prosecution. Dolly Hardy, a nine-year-old girl, has been committed to the Victoria Industrial School for robbing the house of Thomas F'laxen, near St. Thomas. The Quebec Legislative Assembly pasrod the bill to compel railway and steamship companies to publiijh all their contracts and notices to tho public in French as well as English. I Burglars entered the store of Mr. L. Turcotto at Calgary, took his de- livery horse and waggon, and drove away with the safe to a secluded spot, where they cracked it, stole $•200 and returned the horse to the I stable. I Four young children of Mr. Stephen McAKkill were burned to death in a fire that destroyed tho familv dwelling at Glace Bay on Friday. The rest of the family had a narrow cscapo. GREAT BRITAIN. A Holbein portrait was sold in London on Friday for $.130,000. The King's horse, Minoru, won the race for two thousand guineas at Nc'-.vm.'irket. Four militant suffragettes were expelled from tho British House of Commons on Tuestlay. Mr. John Burns has denounced the journalists who are promoting the Anglo-Oorman war scare. A suffragette hidden behind tho organ pipes disturbed a meeting ad- dre.s.scd by Mr. Augustine Birrell at Bristol, on Haturday. UNITED STATES. An epidemic of suicide seems to have broken out at Elniira, N. Y. A fiio stnrtfsl by Black Hand men caused eiglit deaths in New York on Friday. A violent storm on the great lakes on Saturday caused the loss of the schooner Nester of Detroit, with her crew of i>even I A man was flung from a motor cycle running a mile a minute on a track at Los Angeles, Cal., and ' escaped viUmut serious injury. I Miss Helen Muiden, a Ecuior at Smith College, was shot and killed or. Thursday by a young man whose attentions she rejected. The nuir- dred committed suicide. Mr. Lli^vd George's budget, in- tr(>duec<l on Thursday, proposes to niako up the deficit by increased taxes on tlis liquor trade and on accumulated wealth. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS REPORTS FR03I THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prlcca ol Cattle. Grain, Cbccso and . Other Dairy Produce at BREADSTUFF 3. Toronto, May 4.â€" Flourâ€" Ontario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $4.V0 to $4.75 to-day in bujers' sacks out- side for export. Manitoba ttour, first patents, $6.10 to ijiU.40 on track Toronto; second patients, $5.60 to $5.90, and strong bajicrs', $5.40 to $5.80 on track, Toronto. Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, May de- livery, $1.21'/, Bay ports; No. 2 $l.ai>^, and No. 3 $1.19%. Ontario wheatâ€" No. 2 wheat $1.- Ib to $1.19 outside. Barleyâ€" No. 3 extra, 60c outside, and No. 3 at 57 to 580 outside. Uatsâ€" Ontario No. 2 white, 47 to 47)^c on track, Toronto, and 45 to 45/<jC outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada 47>io and No. 3 4Cc, Bay ports. Peasâ€" No. 2, 96c outside. Ryeâ€" No. 3 73 to 74o outside. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2 63 to 64c out- side. Cornâ€" No. 2 American yellow, 80c, on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at TOc on track, Toronto. Canadi- an corn, 74 to 7dc on track, Toron- to. Branâ€" Cars, $21.50 to $22 in bulk outside, and shorts, $22.50 to v- outsido. eREAT BR lTAll'Smi i DEFICIT Expenditure Exceeds the Revenue By $78,810,000, COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $4.50 to $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.6£) to $4 for sec- onds. Beansâ€" Prime, $1.90 to $2, and handpickod, $2.10 to $2.15 per bush- el. Honey- Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to He per pound. Maple Syrupâ€" P5c to $1 a gallon. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy »11 to vw per ton on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10 a ton. Strawâ€" $(>.50 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€" Car lots, 85 to 90c per bag on track. Poultryâ€" Chickens, dressed, 15 to 17c per pound; fowl, 12 to 13c; tur- keys, 20 to 22c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 21 to 23c; tubs and large rolls, 10 to 18c; in- ferior, l4 to 15c; creamery rolls, 2t to 2Cc, and solids, 20 to 21c. Eggs â€" Case lots, 19o per dozen. Cheese â€" Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%c per pound, and twins, 14% to 14j^c. New cheese, 12% to 13c. A despatch from London says: Mr. David Lloyd-George, Chancel- lor of the Ejcchequer, presented the budget in the House of Commons on Thursday. He estimates tne revenue in 1909-10 as $74l,9o0,u0O and the cvpendiiuro ?)a_0, .vjo.i^-j, showing a delicit of Iii78,ai0,000. it ii pointed out that the increased expenditure is due mainly l:o old- age pensions and appropriatioi.s tor the navy. Dealing with the past year's fin- ances, tho Chancellor says that nearly all branches of trade aud industry suffered serious depres- sion, tho foreign trade returns showing a diminution in value to the amount of nearly ?)5;o . . as compared with 1907. The Chancel- lor adds that it is impossible to prophecy any immediate rapid re- covery, but he is of the opinion that there are some indications that foreign trade is beginning to improve. The revenue for 1908 fell short of the bi:d5et estimate of $751,- 750,000. The national debt now amounts to $3,770,006,545. REFORMS FORESHADOWED. The social reforms which Mr. Lloyd-George seeks to intr^jducc in Britain are based, in the main, on Gern.an experience, though the id a of setting aside £l00,0'30 for labor exchanges for both skilled and un- skilled labor is borrowed from France. There is to be a State in- surance against loss of employment. The Board of Trade is developing a scheme under which only deserving workmen out of work will benefit. A vast Echence was outlined by which the State Will aid in the de- velopment cf natural resources, and a definite proposal was made to grant £200,000 to start afforesta- tion, and for the reclamation of waste landj and the encourage- waste lands and tho encourage- RECASi OF flbu.iL i3i.Vfj:,jil ; The new taxation, by which th« estimated deficit of nearly £l«J,000,- 000 is to be made good, is the most comprehensive recast of the Brit- ish fiscal system since the first fre« trade budget, over sixty years ago, The Chancellor's proposals eJibody almost all the sche.Ties which have been advanced in radical pro- grammes for the past twenty years. The list includes a supertax on in- comes of over £6,000, a tax on min- ing royalties, a tax on '-^la "d-- i^ eloped land, a tax on ungotten ' minerals, a tax on the unearned increment in land, increased death duties, and a tax on Stock Ex- change speculation. The whiskey duty is increased by oce-third; th© I tobacco duty is incrci^^^ 01^4.11 pence per pound; there is also an increased tax on motor ctrs. ' Fearing that the tax on tea and sugar would be increased, the im- porters of these coaimoditi'^s have been rushing huge quantities out of bond lately, but there is no new taxation in this direction. "Wo ought to avoid taxes on the nee -s- saries of life, and tea and sugar are necessaries of life," said Mr, Lloyd-George in his speech. at $4 to $0 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at $8.25 to $8.33 per 100 pounds. Toronto, May 4. â€" Butchers' rang- ed all tho way from $3.75 to $o.tO and from $2.50 up for cows. Soa.e fine cows brought as high as S-'S.CO. A large shipment of hogs was brought and made the market a little easier. The same prices rule, however, at $7.25 to $7.50. A despatch from Ott»*a says: Mr. E. J. Chambcriin, General Manager of the G. T. P., who re- turned to Ottawa on Ihursday Horning after a six-weeks' tour of iuRpectiun of the new road, stnten that by next autumn the >i. T. 1* will have 1,365 miles of comp'eti'.o ro:;«i. Every bridge bitwc-'n Win- nipepr and T'^lmonton I as 'j.H'n cm- plcted, and the track is iio'.- Iie-i'g iB.\<l 'in the last fift, mil -s which ivi.ihtitiitcB the out giift bntweu the two citie«. This w>ik will be pushed rapidly, and ;vlr. Chamber lin says there is little doubt as to the road being completed by June from the Red River to Saskatche- wan. F'ifly stations are now under construction between Winnipeg and Waiuwright. Mr. Chamberlin also announces' that during tho coming summer; some 200 miles of branch lines in Alberta and Saskatchewan will b« I completed and ready to carry | freight and passengers iu the fall. GENERAL. There were no May Day disturb- ances in Paris. . Ex-President Roosevelt shot three lions at Nairobi on Saturday. Twelve persona were killed and many injurr d in a May Day riot at Buenos .\yros. It is reportt"d that Castro has left a large amount of gold buried in Venezuela. A baud of female cut-throats have been nrreste<l in a Russian \ilUge near St. Pcteraliurg. ' Russia will not withdraw her army from Persia until tho .Shah makes good liis pledges tl rerorin. An .\nai.hi-'t who was; a»Testcd at Monte Carlo on Tiirxilay >Klmi!- ted that be ! ad gone there for the purj)ose of killing the French Pt.-- sldent. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon â€" Long clear, 12% to 13c per pound in case lots; mess pork, S21 to $21.50; short cut, $:s3 to $24. Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 14 to 15c; do., heavy, 13 to 13>^c ; rolls, UX *o Uj-^c; shoulders, 10% to lie; backs, 16Va to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 13%c; tubs, 13>ic ; pails, 13%c. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Maj 4 â€"Peas â€" No. 2, $1.05 to $1.06. Oatsâ€" Canadian Western No. 2, 61 to SlJ^c; extra No. 1 feed, 50Va to 51c; No. 1 feed, 60 to 60%c ; Ontario No. 2, 50 to 50%c ; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49}4c ; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 43>.c. Bailey â€"No. 2, 60 to 67c; feed, 59% to eOc. Buckwheat- 69j.i to 70c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $0.10; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.60; Ma- nitoba strong bakers, $5.40; Win- ter wheat patents, $8.75; straight rollers, $5.50 to $5.60; straight rollers 111 bags, $2.70 to $2.75; extra, in bags, $2.25 to $2.35. Feed â€"Manitoba bran, $22 to $23 ; Mani- toba shorts, $24 to $25; Ontario bran, $23 to $24; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25; Ontario middlings, $25 to $25.50; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheeseâ€" 11% to ll%c. But- ter-2-l to 24%c. Eggsâ€" 19 to 193ic per doaen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, May 4. â€" Wheat- May, $1.20%; July, $1.20% to $1.- 20>I ; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.24% ; No. 1 Northern, $1.23'/^; No. 2 North- ern, $1.21% to $1.22; No. 3 North- ern $1 1S% to $1.19%. Flour-First patents, $5.80 to $0; second pat- ents, $5.70 to $3.90; first clep.rs, $4.7.1 to $1.95; second clears, $3 25 to $3.15. Branâ€" In bulk, $23 to $23.60. Chicago, May 4.â€" Cash wheat- No. 2 red, $1.41?ito $1.42%; No. :j red, $1.31% to $1.40; No. 2 hard, $1.22% to $1.29%; No. 3 hard, $1.- \S% to $1.25%; Nc. 1 Northern, $1.22% to $1.21%; No. a Northarn, 1$1.20% to $1.23%; No. 3 Spring. :$1.18 to $1.22%. Corn- No. 2 yd- llow, 73% to 74c i No. 3, 71jj to l72%o; No. 3 yoPow, 73%c. Oats- No. 3 white, 55 to 58% e ; No. 1 white, 62% to 56c. SLIPPED OFF BRIDGE. Samuel Cairns and .indrcw Rux< ton Drowned. A despatch from Port Elgin, Out., says : Two drownings occurred near Southampton, in the Saugee^t River on Friday afternoon, the vic- tims being Andrew Ruxton and Samuel Cairns, both of Ch.ppewa Hill. It appears that they wero engaged in making some repairs to Denis bridge, and in some manner they fell into the river, which is Uowing at extra speed on account of tho rains. The bridge was a new and extensive work, only com- pleted last fall, but owing to quick- sand one of the piers had given way. Mr. Cairns was an employee ol the Saugeen Electric Liglit Com- pany, and had been a sailor on the lakes for many years. Ruxton wa.s postmaster at Chippewa Hi 1. Bo'.b were ninrrie-d and Cairns leaves foui children. -*- IN DRYEST MItlllGAN. Tea Brewers and 500 Saloons Close in 19 Counties. A de.ipatch from Detroit says . I More than 500 saloons and to;; breweries, in 19 counties of Mioh- I igan, which voted "dry" at th© j last election, closed their <loors on Saturday. 'Thirty of the 83 coun- ties i the State are now "dry." .$70,009 FIRE AT NORTH BAY.. Thought to Have Been Started By Burglars. A despatch from North Bay says : Early on Sunday morning North r>ay was visited by a disastrous fire, the fine new McKeown block, with stores and offices, being com- pletely gutted, only the walls re- maining. The loss will exceed $70,- 030, partly covered by insurance. There is strong suspicion that the fire was cf incendiary origin, - caused by the presence ot burglars, who arccidentally, or with the pur- pose of covering up their looting operations, set fire to the premises. Strongly substantiating this theory i: the fact that whoa the stores were closed late Saturday night the electric lights were turned off, but when the fire was discovered the lights in Bea.niish and Smith's store, where the blaze originated, were burnir.g. i RRITISU CAPITAL COMING.. Financiers and Investors to Pay Cuuudu a Visit. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Edward Clouston, vic^presi- dant and general manager of the Bank of Montreal, who retur^^ed from England on Sunday made tne interesting announcement "that a number of British capitalists and investors will come over to the Do- minion this summer for tho pur- pose of seeing the country. Sir Edward ''xpressed the opinion that the recent budget, which places a burden on investors, will result in diverting a great deal of capital to Canada. Care, however, would have to be taken against projects of doubtful merit, as such would do great injury to Canada. BIG INCREASE IN REVENUE. Customs for April Shows. Half mil- lion More Than Last ApriL A despatch from Ott-iwa says : The Customs revenue for .\pril, the month of the new fiscal year, v,as $;â- !, 901,078. This is an increase •/ $511,730 over the same month last ' vear, when the collections totalled ! $3,449,547. WILL SERVE FULL TERM. Earl Grey Will be Third Governor . to Do So. A despatch from Ottawa says: riie announcement th<at Earl Grey will serve out hi.s full term of six years, or until December, 1910, has bsen received with general satis- faction. Although the Governor- General is app^jinted for six years, t has been usual to recall him at the end ot the fifth \ear. The Mar- quis -of Dufferin and Earl Minto \vere the only predecessors ot Earl Grey to serve out the full term. TERRIBLE DOIIGS AT ADAM LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, May 4.- Prime beev-ns sold at â- '•I^ to 6ti per pound ; pretty good animals, 4% to 6%'c ; tnilk- â-  men's strippers, 3% to 4%c ; com- j nion stock, 3 to 4e per pound. (ahes sold at $1.50 to $10 each, or â-  Sji to o%o pi'r pound. Sheep sold 'at 5 to 6c per pound. Lamb* soid Destruction of the Town Completedâ€" Loss of Life in the Province 33,000. A London Daily Mail special sent from Mersina, .Vsia Minor, on Mon- day night, via Cyprus, bays :â€" Two Turkish regiments, landing hero on Saturday, proceeded to Adana, where the massacres of Christians began on .Vpril 14, and resumed, • late Sunday night, the wholesale ; murdering of Armenians and the i burning of their property^ Thou- j sands of Anuenians were burnt alive, thoip attempting to escape being shot down b ythe troops. The destruction of Vdaiia was coiu- pleted. The loss of life in th« whole province of Adana is esti- mated at 30,000. The material los- ses of Eu -opeans is enormous. Th» British aud foreign warships her* are inactive. In Hadjln, a towa of 16,000 people, thousands of Ar- menians and thre« American ladies are besieged by Moslem troops and irregulars. Four Germans, previ- ously reported killed at Bakdjeh, have arrived at Mersina safely. Tb* Armenian population of that towa perished.