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wwnwmit ACCfllTS OF THE DOMINION Eeceipts and Expenditures for the Past Fiscal Year. A despatch from Ollawa says: The public account* blue book for the pftHt fiscal year was iBsucd on Wednesday. The main figures of the reteipts and expenditures were made public some two months ago, showing a total revenue of $W,093,- 404, and an expenditure on consoli- dated fund account of $84,064,232, leaving a surplus of $1,029,171. The total capital expenditure was $42,- •93.160. Expenditure for railway •uhsidies was $1,785,887, and the to- tal bounties paid amounted to $2,- 4(7. 306. The net debt at the close of the fiscal year was $323,930,279, or an increase of $45,969,419 during the twelve months. Details of the above revenue and expenditure are shown in the blue book as follows :â€" Of a total capital ex{M!nditure of $1^,646,184 on rail- ways, $24,892,301 were spent on construction of the National Trans- continental Railway, $3,874,480 on improvements to roadbed and roll- ing stock on the Intercolonial Rail- way ; $501, 20C on the Trince Kd- vard Island Railway ; $92,427 on a •urvey of the Hudson's Bay Rail- way, and $6,42I,TS1 in a.ssuming the lndebt«dne.~^ of tlif Quebec Bridge Company. On ranals, the total ca- pital expenditure was $1,873,868, of which a little over one i.nillion was on the new Trent Canal. Public works e.\penditure charged to ca])ital account totalled $2,832,- 885 ; the principal items being, Vic- toria Memorial Museum at Ottawa, f 376,^07 1 Port .Arthur and Fort William harbors, $197,836; Quebec harbor, $287,325; River St. Law- rence ship channel, $964,949 ; im- provements at St. Andrew's Kapida near Winnipeg, $300,023. The total capital expenditure on militia was $1,243,071. The principal items in the total for railway subsidies were : â€" Cana- dian Northern Ontario Railway, $&50,804 ; International Railway Company of New Bruswick, $189,- 846; Grand Trunk Pacific, $367,249; Atlantic & Northwestern Railway Company, $186,600 Iron and steel bounties totalled $1,864,614; lead bounties, $807,433, and bounties on crude petroleum, $260,698. At the close of the fiscal year the deposits in postoffice and Qovern- mcnt savings banks amounted to $59,938,920, a decrease of $2,642,234 as compared with March 31, 1908. The average rate of interest paid on the gross debt for the year was 2.42, as compared with 2.68 in the previous year, and the net rate of interest fell from 2.21 to 1.95. The total revenue of the Inter- colonial Railway for the last fiscal year was $8,527,069, and the oper- ating expenses totalled $9,328,021, leaving a deficit of $800,952. The revenue from the passenger trafiic totalled $2,489,034; from freight trnffic, $5,42:9,624, and from mails and express, $350,478. This year, under the new board of manage- ment, with improving traffic condi- tions and with savings effected by recent reforms, it is hoped a net betterment in the finances for the road will show that the period of annually recurring deficits has been ended. MILLIONS FOR CH.iRlTY. Ediic'iiinnai InslUulionn .\Iso Bene- fit by Financier's MilL A despatch from New York says : The will of the late John Stewart Kennedy, the well known financier, which was filed on Friday after- noon, disposes of an estate esti- mated at $00,000,000 value, some- what lees than one-half of which is bcquealhed for the public benefit. CARNEGIE MEDVLS. Fifiy .Vwards Made by CommiMlon â€"One Reripient a Canadian. A despatch from Pittsburg says : With the regular fall meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commis- sion on Wednesday cams the re- warding of fifty persons through- out this country and Canada for acts of bravery and illustrious con- duct called to the attention of the being distributed amonx various re- commission during the past three ligious, educational and charitable in^'titutions. The University of GlasKow gets $100,000; the Tuskc- gee Institute (Itrookcr T. W'ashing- ton's), »I0O,C)OO, and Uie Syrian Pro- testant Tolloge at Beirut, $25,000. Beven of the country's colleges re- ceive 9100,000 each, namely, Yale, Andierst, Williams, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Hamilton and the Hamp- ton Normal School. THREE MEN KIM.KD. Aocitlent on Ihe Riiiluay Near St. C'alliarineH. A di'spaleh from St. Catharines •avs : Three unidentified persons were killed in almost an instant by train No. 19. due nt the local sta- tion of the Onmd Trunk at 8.07 o'clock on Sunday night. ICxactly how the accident occurred will nev- «•• ho known, aithoiigli it is surmi.scd that the men were walking along tl.<. track and in gcttinK out of the Way of train No. -2, which had left the station at 8.03 going east, step- pffl to their death in front of the IWest-bound train. months. One award went to a Ca nadian, Bertha Rattenbury, Char- lottetown, P.E.I. All the others were to persons in the United States. Approximately $33,000, 23 silver and 27 bronze medals were awarded by the action of to-day's meeting of the commission. Of the fifty heroic acts approved, fourteen of the persons responsible for them met their deaths. In these cases next of kin received the awards. The Turkish (lovcrnnieiit will nd â-¼Isc the expenditure of $100,000,- ©00 on a naval programme. NEW LINE OPENED. Ontcial Train From Wlnnipog to Superior Junction. A despatch from Winnipeg says : The first official train over the N. T. R. left here for Superior Junc- tion on Saturday morning, with I fjuite a distinguished passenger list. I In the party were Hon. F. Oliver, ! (Jeneral Manager Chamberlain of the G. T. P., General Manager Bury of the C. P. R., Messrs. J. D. McArthur, contractor for the con- struction ; James Fisher of the Great Northern; C. A. Young, Transcontinental Railway Commis- sioner; Superintendent Aird of the Bunk of Commerce, and several others. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS DAI'CEMNGS FROM ALL OTEtt TUE GLOBB. THegrikfXile Briefs From Our Owa tfld Other Ccuntrlu vf Percnt Event*. CANADA. Additional rich finds of gold in Whitney town.ship are reported. Manager Jeffrey of the Sterling Bank, Fort Erie, was found dead in his room on Friday. Sir Frederick Borden laid the cor- ner-stone of a new armory in Mont- real on Saturday. Mr. J. A. McCurdy made success- ful flights with Baddeck No. 2 near Baddeck, N. 8., on Thursday. Port Arthur ratepayers carried the Hydro-electric power by-law by a vote of nearly three to one. Miss Frances Beaverstock of Ty- endinaga has been arrested on the charge of murdering three of her children. The Public Works Department expects the Elk Lake to Gowganda waggon road to be completed in two weeks. The Dominion will borrow two cruisers from the Imperial Govern- ment on which to train men for the new navy. An order in Council has been passed appointing Mr. George Des- barats Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. The Canadian Northern Railway have floated five million dollars of bonds in London and will use the money in adding to their railway line. The Dominion Government is making an arrangement with the city of Ottawa to increase the im- provement grant from $60,000 to $100,000 a year, and allow $15,000 a year for municipal services, the city to waive the taxation of civil servants' incomes. GRE.AT BRITAIN. Viscount Selby, who was Speak- er of the British Comomns for ten years, died on Saturday. The British Commons hare refus- ed to accept the Lords' amendments to the Irish land bMl. The House of Commons passed the finance bill on its third reading on Thursday by a vast majority. The Duchess of Marlborough took the occasion of the annual London Flower Show to glorify women who "act" instead of "talk." The Daily Telegraph says it has been definitely decided that the House of Lords will refuse to ac- cept the finance bill nntil an appeal has been made to the people. 3ECZSCSr^ THE WORLD'S MARKEFS nEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of rattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Nov. 9.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $4.30 to $4.35 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.15 to $4.20 outside in buyers' sacks. Manito- ba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.- 10 to $5.20, and strong bakers', $4.- 90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.02, Bay ports, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.00X, Bay ports. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 mixed, $1.- 03 to $1.04 outside, and No. 2 white and red Winter, $1.04 to $1.05 out- side. Barley â€" No. 2 quoted at 58 to 59c outside, and No. 3 extra 56 to 57c outside. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white new, 37 to 38c outside. New Canada West oats, 39 to 3^c for No. 2, and 39 to 38%c for Wo. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€" 86 to 87c outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 74c outside. Buckwheatâ€" 65 to 5Gc outside. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow C9 to 69'/ic on track. Toronto. Bran â€" $21 in bags, and $23.50 to $24 in bags. I- YflllJ COWARD SH OT filBl Tragic Event on Henderson Avenue, Toronto, the Other Night. A despatch from Toronto says: Enraged because, it is alleged, she had tried to take his sweetheart away from him, George A. Neilson, a young man living at 737 King being found hiding in Miss Tuck- ci's home at 835 Queen street west. Supported by her companions, ths wounded girl was taken to the of- fice of Dr. W. A. McFall at 161 street west, on Thursday night ! Beatrice street, and from there re- shot and seriously injured E.sther [ moved to her home. Drs. Clutt«^ Hazell of 15 Henderson street, a buck and Wagner were nineteen-year-old girl, firing three in, and the three physicians bullets mto her back and arms as ' for the bullets. One was located K j^*"^**^ along a few paces ' in the girl's left arm, but the othoi ahead. The shooting took place two, one in her right hip and an- near the corner of Henderson and j other in her right shoulder, could » also called cians probed Clinton streets, 'a stone's thi„.. from the girl's hou?e. As the girl fell with a moan into the arms of her escort, Neilson, who was walk- ing with his sweetheart, Miss Alma Tucker, turned and ran down Cln- ton street and into a lane. He was captured by Detective Moffatt and Tipton about two hours later, not be reached. The wound in the- hip is the only one that may proy4 dangerous, as it is feared it may have penetrated the abdomen. The girl was taken to Grace Hospita in the police ambulance after theat- tempts made at her home to extract the bullets had failed. Mis.) Hazell did not lose consicousness. BOBBEBY AT NIAGABA FALLS Two Foreigners Set Away With Over Fourteen Thousand DoUara A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: A murderous assault •nd robbery was committed on Thurndiiy niKht, when two men se- yercly wounded the cashier of the Caniidiati lixpress Company and got •way with over $14,000. Entering the CanniliKn E.vprcHs odice at 5 o'clock, the two irien asked the cashier, Williiini Dobsun, for a trunk, and while he was looking through the books sttmned him with • loaded pas pipe and decamped, taking with them a package con- taining $14,109. The assault took place just as the 4.f),j Grand Trunk train was waiting to pull out. The express messenger on the train ask- ed for the package of moncv and the discovery of the wounded man money, which was in bills from the local hanks, lay on the counter, al- ready wrapped and scaled for ship- ment, and the cashier was about to take it out to the express messen- gti on the waiting train. Two foreign-looking men came into the office ond asked for a trunk. Ihe name they gave was a foreign- sounding one, and Dohson asked them to repeat it. One man did so, and the cashier bent down to get his delivery book to see if the name wnp entered. As he stooped down one of the men struck him a terrible blow on the back of the head, split- ting his skull and rendering him un- conscious. A minute later R. B. Brown, who had been attending to the shipment of express parcels, e --. .was made when R. n. Brown, ngcnt found the cashier lying on the for the comi>any went into the of- floor. Th UNITED STATES. A mother and four children were burned to death at Pittsburg. New York will celebrate the pas- sing of the old year by an ariation meet. Fifty Italian laborers were rob- bed by four armed bandits near Paterson, N. J. The United State.n Government refused to be drawn into the Cook- Peary polar controversy. School children in a Cleveland high school went on strike because afternoon sessions were impoFed. Norman Hubert of Toronto com- mitted suicide at Pittsburg, Pa., be- cause of his inability to secure em- ployment. P. W. Coleman, a na'.ive of On- tario, is dead at Washington, where he held an important position in the Pension Office. The United States Tariff Board views Canada as the mest difficult problem to solve, and fears a tariff war, according to the official or- gan of the Republican parly. The National Geographic Society of the United States has passed up- on Commander Peary's report of t'le discovery of the Pole, and will award him a gold med.al. An official of the Big Four Rail- road at Cincinnati is said to have confessed that the shortage of from $50,000 to $100,000 in his accounts was due to his paving blackmail. The Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia affirmed the judg- ment of the Supreme Court of the district aduidging Snmuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, aV ofiioers of the Ameri(ian Federa- tion of Labor, guilty of contempt of court in disobeying an injunctioif. GENERAL. The murderer of Prince Ito will be nlaced on trial at Seoul. The Italian Government has de- cided to construct a fleet of diri- gibles. Women voted in Norway for the first time in the general election on Friday. Naval stores worth millions of marks have been stolen from Ger- man shipyards. New BriHsh Warship a Terrible En- gine of Destruction. A despatch from London says : The world was appalled three years ago when it learned that the race { tur.ate woman and impelled her te for armament on a vast scale had j commit the crime, the Cabinet caused the cost of a single warship promntlv decided that the death of the first magnitude suddenly to penaltv should not be exacted. It f^ r.-.n nor h»„ nn ' ?? *P $10,000,000. To-day we are | was felt, however, that it would not to ODC per oag on t^y ^1^,^^ ^j^^ ^^jp^ ^^^ ^^j^^^ ,^jj ^^ .^ ^^^ interests of justice to re- down will cost $15,000,000 each. The commend a full nardon, as the crime fice to find the cause of the delay. Dobsiin was lying on the floor in a pcol of blond. A big gash in the Lack of the head was the, grim evi- dence of the severity of the attack, knd a piece of loaded gas pipe eight Inches long, wrapped with insula- tion tape, the weapon with which lie was attacked, lay beside him _ .An aviator at Hamburg, Ger- e package of money was j many, made a thrilling descent in A burning aeroplane. Five sailors, it is reported, were killed and eaten by cannibals on the Admiralty Islands. Government troops in Nicaragua have inflicted a crashing defeat on the insurgent forco.>, gone. The police were immediate- ly on the scene, but no trace of the robbers could be found. Three ar- rests have been made, but the police ri'-. not think they have got the right men. Two men who partially an- swered the description of the rob- bers were arret-.ted at Hamilton, but they are thought to be inno- COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples â€" $2 to $3 per barrel, ac- cording to ouality. Beans â€" $1.00 to $1.76 per bush- el at outside points. Honeyâ€" Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 10%c per lb. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $10..50 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $14 to $14.50. Strawâ€" $8.50 to $9.50. Potatoesâ€" 50 track for Ontarios Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 11 to 12c per lb. ; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, 17 to 18c per lb. ; ducks, lb., 11 to 12c; geese, 10 to lie per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Pound prints 22 to 22V4c; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 21c; in- ferior, 17 to 19c; creamery, 20 to 27c. and solids, 24 to 25c per lb. Eggsâ€" Case lots, 28 to 29c per dozen for fresh, and 26 to 27c for storage. Cheese â€" 12/.iC per lb. for large, ond 12/^c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon â€" Long clear, li]4 to 14?.^c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $L>6.50 : short cut, $27.50. Hams â€" Light to medium, 15 to 16c; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 141;^ to 15c; shoulders, 12% to 13c; bncks, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 17% to 18c. Lardâ€" Tierces, IS^c; tubs, ISz-^c; pails, 16%c- BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Nov. 9.â€" Old crop oats. No. 2 Canadian Western, 42% to 4.SC ; new crop oats. No. 2 Canadian Western, 41 '/.^ to 42c; No. 2 barlev, 06 to 67c ; Manitf>ha feed barley, 52 to 53c ; buckwl;eat, 57% to 58%c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.70; do., seconds, $5.20, Winter wheat patents. $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers', $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; do., in bags, $2 40 to $2..50. Feed- Ontario bran. $21 to $22; do., mid- dlings, $23.50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $21: do., shorts, $23 to $24; pure mouille. $32 to $33; mixed mouille. $25 to IR27. Cheeseâ€" West- erns 11% to 11%. and easterns 11 to ll%c. Butter â€" Finest creamery, 23 J. < to 24c. Eegsâ€" Selected stock, 27 to 28c, and No. 1 candled 25 to 2Sc per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, No. 9. â€" Wheat â€" Dee.. $1.00 to $1.0'>%; May, $1.- 01% to $1.01%: cash. No. i bard, $1.02^ to $1.02%; No. 1 Northern, $1.02 to $1 04; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 00 to $1.00%; No. 3 Northern, 98% to 99'. 'c. I'lourâ€" First patents $6.- 30 to $5.40; second patents, $"i.lO to $5.20; first clears, $4.45 to $4.- 65 : apcond clears, $3.20 to $3.40. Branâ€" In 100 lb. sacks. $19 50. Buffalo, Nov. 9.â€" Wheatâ€" Spring wheat, unsettled: No. 1 Northern, car lots, store, $1.06%; Winter, lower; No. 2 red, $1.34; No. 2 white, $1.22. Cornâ€" higher; No. 3 yellow, 66%c; No. 4 yellow, G6c ; No. 3 corn, 65%c ; No. 4 corn, 64 %c ; No. 3 white. 66%c. Oatsâ€" Mo. 2 white, 44c ; No. 3 white, 43c ; No. 4 white, 42c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Nov. 9. â€" Prime b'eves sold at 4% to 5%c per lb. ; pretty good animals, 3% to 4%c, and the common stock, 2 to 3%c per lb. Lean canners, l%c per lb. Spring- ers ranged from $25 to $65 each. Grass-fed calves from 2% to 4)ic per lb. ; sheep, 3% to 3%o per lb from $3 to $4.65 for the better grades ; common cows ran from $1.50 to $2.75. Stockers and feed- ers, $4. ,50 for the choicer sort. Milk- ers and springers steady and un- I changed. Sheep continue steady, shorts Lambs, $5.50. Hogs, $7.50 to $7.- 60 f.o.b., and $7.75 fed and watered. A NEW SEA MONSTER. MRS. ROBINSON'S SENTENCF.. Ha.HBpen Coniinnted to Tea Tears* luipri-sonmcnt. A despatch from Ottawa says I .\t Saturday's meeting of the Cab- inet it was decided to recommend to his Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral that the death sentence nassed on Mrs. Annie Robinson of Siid- burv for the murder of her daugh- ters' illegitimate children be com- muted to ten years' inmrisonment. In view of the apnalling circum- stances that confronted the unfor- gun power of the new super- Dreadnoughts which Great Britain will build will be 50 per cent, great was undoubtedly one of murder, and that to set a new precedent of a full pardon after a conviction er than that of the original ship â- â-  for murder, even thoueh palliating of this class. The speed will be circumstances all cried for the ex- slightly increased, while the size will advance 30 per cent. The Orion will be the name of the first mon- ster of this description, and if the experiments justify it her principal armament will consist of ten 13.5 guns. THE COMET'S TAIL. Will Probably Switch the Earth in P.i.H.Hing A despatch from Cambridge, Mass.. says: "Halley's comet will not only pass across the face of the SUP on May l.S. but the earth will pass through the tail of the com- et." .said Director Pickering of Har- vard University observatory on Fri- doy. "The tail of the comet is made up of gas, acetylene, carbon- ic and .several others. The gas will be rarified, so we .shall not perceive it. In case these gases were appar- ent to the people, the result would be very disagreeable. In 1S60, when another comet was passing, there was a erreat display of shooting stars. We may have such a mani- festation when Halley's comet pass- ereise of mercv. would be unwise. After all the facts of the ease wore carefully considered and notice taken of the general senti.ment of the country, as exoressed in the immense number of petitions re- ceived, it was de<-ided that the claims of justice and of mercy would be best met by a limited term in the penitentiary. •>. LET HIS DAI GHTER DIE. Father CJullty of Mnnslanghter â€" Sentenee Suspended. A despatch from Brandon, Man., savs : J. M'illiams of Virden, whose child died under Christian Science treatment for pneumonia, and who ha.- been on trial for manslaughter as a result, was relea.sed on sus- pended sentence on Friday after- noon after a jury had found him guilty with a strong recommenda- tion for mercy, owing to his ignor- ance and extenuating circum- stances. SHOT BV COMRADE'S GUN. Engineer Killed While Hunting in New Ontario. A despatch from North Bay savs « Robert William Dickie, a C. P.R. engineer, of Chapleau, was acci- dentally shot on Wednesday while deer hunting ne.ar Pogumasing, on the C. P. R., 135 miles west o! North Bay. The accident resulted from the gun of a companion being trailed on the ground, a twig catch- ing the trigger, and the contents entering Dickie's back, coussing al- most instant death. De-eased wa« 35 years of age, and leaves a widow and four chiuldren. A WONDERFUL ESCAPE. Five Miners Fall With Cage â€" Only Two Seriously Injured. A despatch from Cobalt sayst Five miners in the Temiskaming Mine had a miraculous escape from death by falling down the main shaft in the cage on Thursday morn- ing while going on duty. The names of the men were : Claude Mclsaac, Chris. Davis, William White, John Smithers and J. Me- Donald. Davis and Mclsaac both had fractures of the leg or ankles. All are doing nicely except Davia who, it is feared, is internally ia jured. BOLB ATT EMPT AT BOBBEBY Threa Highwaymen Try to Capture Cashier oi Rope Works, Dartmouth, N. g. A despatch from Halifax, N. S., says : Highwaymen nearly murder- ed the cashier of the Dartmouth rope works on Friday afternoon in a desperate attempt to secure $3,- 000 he had in his possession. With a bullet through his face and cov- ered with blood, George Foote, cashier of the Dartmouth rope works, drove into the company's office about 1 o'clock, after an ex- citing encounter with three masked men. While driving along the lonely windmill road towards the works with $3,000 to pay the month- ly salaries of the employees, three men leaped cut from the bushes at the side of the road and ordered lambs, 6% to S%o per lb." Good! Foote to halt. Lewis Young, the lot;t of fat hogs about 8%c per lb. driver, whipped his horses into a Toronto, Nov. 9.â€" A few loads of gallop and the team sped down the For- wag. chcl in which was tlie money, tunately the bag fell into the gon and was safely brought to the works. A doctor was summoned and it was thought, from a cursory examination, that Foole's injuriea were not serious. Dartmouth po- lice were notified and were soon working on the case. Chief Rudland was also notified. The two high- waymen were captured by police and citizens late in the day in the woods, about three miles from the scene of the crime. The men, both of whom were heavily armed offer- ed no resistance, being overawed by the large number of persons com- prising the posse. The prisoners are C. L. Gallagher of 872 Massa- chusetts avenue, Boston, and Her- bert E. Hassett, who claims to bo- bng to Missouri. Thev are about When the assault took place the cent of the crime. A shortage of chewing gum is ' prime butchers' steers and heifers road. As they did so bullets whiz __^ , ^^^ _.^„, j threatened owing to the destruction 1 sold at $6 to $5.60; ordinarv fair, zed after them, and Foote was h't • twentv »hrce yo^ra of age'auiT well [of chiclo trees in Yucatan. |t« good loads at $3.73 to $4.85. Cowi in the cheek. He dropped the sat-ldrossod.