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After Careful Consideration Will Be Located Near Gnelph, A despatch from Toronto says After years of patient enquiry and jxainination of in the neigh- Ld of 50 sites, tb« Ontario • /rument has at last settled on ation for the new Central Pri- , It is to be about three miles of Guclph. The properties so- ^cd are four iu number, of 210, BO. NaO and 123 acres respectively, making' • ^otal area of &13 acres. The government considers that it was very fortunate in securing a site which combines almost everything which is required. Tho transpor- tation facilities are unexcelled. The C. P. R. runs through the proper- ty and the G. T. R. skirts it. There are six trains a day each way to Toronto. The situation is almost at the cen- tre of the criminal population of Ontario, which is placed at about S5 miles west of Toronto. This will involve a minimum cost .of trans- pertation of prisoners to the prison. The Rivfr Speed flows through the property, giving ample water sup- ply. The 210 and 123 acre properties contain limestone, vhioh will be Ufeful in the construction of the pri- son, and will also be utilized for the :empIoyment of the prisoners in sup- plying crushed stone for the im- provement of the roads of the prov- ince. The 130 aero property con- tains sand and gravel in abundance and an admirable building site. The other block is good land for farm- ing, vegetablu gardening and dairy purposes. The properties purchased are:â€" Tho Walsh farm, 130 acres, with an inexhaustible deposit of rock and white and grey limestone, fronting on the 0. P. R. The balance of the farm is good agricultural land. The l"'arr farm, 83 acres ; good pasture and agricultural land, suitable for dairying. The Matthews farm, 210 acres, with largo deposit of rock and dolomitic limestone, on the C P. R. Also a large acreage of farm land and a site fur buildings. The Meyers farm, 50 acres, with big gravel and sand deposit, con- tigous to the G. T. R. Also fine farm land and a site for buildings. Tho Fleming farm, 130 acres, two- thirds fine farm land, with deposit of blue clay suitable for manufac- turing bricks. Two other adjacent properties are under consideration, but the price so far asked is greater than the Government is ready to pay. FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OP INTEOEST FROM HLR UANkS AND BRAES. VIbat is Going On In (be HIshlaBt)^ and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Dundee spinners are losing heav- ily through wet juto. The increase to Dundee assistant teachers aggregate $6,987. Eggs were selling in Dumfries at 00 cents per dozen. An ancient urn and a Btone spear have been unearthed at Cockburns- path. The output of coal frona Leith this year has reached a million and a naif tons. At Dundee, James Kennedy (24), teaman, was killed by a falling chimney can. At Paisley, warrant was granted to erect the new Salvation Army Hall to cost 811,000. Carnbeltown shipbuilding yard, after being closed for weeks, was re-opened on the 15th ult. Managers of Midlothian collieries •fty the Kight Hours' Act has re- duced output and increased cost. In 1841 the population of the is- land of Coll was over 1,400. At tho last census it was only 432. Dr. D. Wnterson, Kdinburgh, has been appointed Professor of Ana- tomy in King's College, London. Jewellers' windows have not been so brilliant in Glasgow of late. The fr>g has a bud influence on the liner kinds. A second attempt has been made to plant trees on the vacant ground fronting tho Caledonian railway statisin at Ardrossan. Beardmore k Co. hav« made the first heavy gun produced in Scot- land, weighing G5 tons, and intend- eil for some Dreadnought. Six of the directors of Dundee Infirmary have resigned becaus* it requirrs $200 per month more than the revenue available. There is quite a boom in the lace curtain trade in Aryehirt;. In many of the fa<;tories the moo are work- ing twelve hour shifts. FIRE'S FATAL FREAK. Ilotrl Bnrncd One Day. Stabica Next, with Loss of Life. A despatch from Gloversville, N Y., says: Following the practi- cal destruction of the Keystone Ho- tel late on Wednesday, when there were several narrow escapes from death by occupants jumping from upper st<jrey windows, three lives were lost in a fire which destroyed the Keystone stables lato on Thurs- day. "The three men had remained up all night guarding the ruins of the hotel, and about noon on Thursday went to the stables to sleep. At 3.30 the building was in flames. The men were smothered. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS OAffEMNGS FROM ALL OVEK THE GLOKB. Telegrtipiile Briefs Prom Our Ow» tad Other Couotries ol ll«M>nt Events. CANADA. The coal production of Nova Scotia has fallen ott' nearly a mil- lion tons, owing to the strike. The holiday passenger traffic on the railways is so far tho heaviest on record. The General Conference of the Methodist Church will meet in Vic- toria, B. C, in August of next year. The Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees has amalgamat- ed with the Canadian Federation of Labor. The Railway Commission has de- cided to allow the telegraph com- panies to put their new short code regulation into force on July Ist. The Montreal City Council passed the second reading of the by-law to close all barrooms at 10 o'clock, and at 7 on Saturday evening. Immigration returns for the last eight months show an increase of sixty-eight per cent, in the num- ber of arrivals from the United States. Miss Isbister, a nurse, was award- ed $4,000 in her action against the Dominion Fish Company at Winni- peg, for injuries received in the burning of the steamer Premier two years ago. CONNAUOHT MAY CO-ME. Home Authorities Said to be Par* ing the Wny. A despatch from Montreal says : I' is stated here that letters have been received from England to the effect that the British authorities are feeling the way with a view to appoint the Duke of Connaught, the King's eldest brother, Gover- nor-General of Canada, this cau- tion being caused by the fact that the Duke himself hesitates before acceptance, being not at all certain as to tho temper of the Canadian people on the subject. 8TRATHCOA IN COLLISION. Motor Ban wa>) Forced on Top of His Car. A despatch from London says : Lord Strnthcona, the Canadian High ('ommission<-r, had a narrow escape from serious injury on Thursday night. He had just driv- en up to the Canadian Government office on Victoria Street, when an- other automobile collided with a motor bus and forced the latter on top of fiOid Strnthcona'a car, which was badly damaged. Lord Strath- cona was thrown down, but was not hurt. «â-  _ TEN HOTELS FEWER. Vet Rcnnlt of Local Option Toting in Nanituba. A despatch from Winnipeg says : All the returns from the 11 muni- cipalities are in from tho province and as a result of the spirited local option contest twenty-one wore won by tho veto people and twenty by the liquor forces. Eleven hotels will be closed as the result, and one which was formerly closed will be allowed to reopen. The net gain, therefore, to the temperance cause is that the province will contain ten fewer hotels this year than last year. $10,000 FOR CONTROLLERS. Montreal Finance Committee Totes Legal Salary. A despatch from Montreal says : At a meeting of the Civic Finance Committee on Wednesday afternoon it was decided to vote the maximum legal salary to the future members ot the Board of Control, namely, $10,000 a year each. The sum of $40,000 altogether was voted, in- cluding $38,000 for the four con- tiollers for eleven months, and $2,- 000 extra salary for the Mayor, in- creasing his salary from $4,000 to $6,000 a year. UE FOIGUT AT BIUGEWAY. Jbbn M. Fogarty, One of the Last ot the Fenian Inradora. A despatch from Buffalo says : The funeral of John M. Fogarty, who is believed to be the last Buf- falo survivor of tho Fenian raid, was held here on Wednesday. Mr. Fogarty was 67 years old. Shortly after his return from tho civil war Mr. Fogarty identified himself prominently with tho Fenians, who were then strongly organizing in Black Rock under General O'Neill. Re led Company A across the river into Canada on May 31, 1860, and ill the battle of Uidgoway on June 2nd he led the skirmish line. Later Mr. Fogarty wont on the iwlicc force, and later still became a mail carrier. He continued to car- ry the mails for twenty-seven years. 4> NATAL BASE AT VANCOUYER. Negotiations in Progre8,s With Im- perial Anlhorities. A despatch from Birmingham, England, says: The London corre- spondent of the Post says he learns that negotiations are progressing between the Imperial and Domin- ion Governments which may result in tho establishment of a naval base of considerable proportions at Van- couver Island. The present works will be used in the proposed exten- sion. It is understood that the au- thorities at Ottawa are prepared to provide $10,000,000 for the purt)Oso of constructing docks and other ac- commodations. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Haldane are both ill and unable to take part in the British election campaign. The report that Mr. Herbert Gladstone is to be Governor of South Africa is officially confirmed. Lord Rosebery has asked both parties in Britain to state their policy with regard to the reform of the House of Lords. A great number of inquiries have reached Sir Thomas Shaughncssy in London regarding the C. P. R. immigration scheme. John Burns told his constituents that Britain would take a lesson from Germany and avoid protec- tion and conscription. The London correspondent of The Freeman's Journal says the Unionists will not carry more than twenty seats in London. UNITED STATES. Twenty-seven modistes were in- dicted at New York on charges of smuggling. The police of Pittsburg have chal- lenged all the police forces of America to a drill competition. A woman at New Albany, Ind., is accused of feeding her husband on poison for four days until her treatment resulted in his death. Commander Peary intimated at a banquet at New York that tho ex- pedition led by him to the North Pole might make an attempt to roach the South Pole. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES, Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 28.â€" Flour â€" On- tario wheat 80 per cent, patents, $1.30 to $4.35 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 ,outaide in buyers' sacks. Manito- ba flour, first patents, $5.00 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, $1.09, Bay ports, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.07, Bay ports. Ontario wheat^ â€" No. 2 mixed, $1.- 00 outside, and No. 2 white and red $1.06 to $1.07 outside. Barleyâ€" No. 2, GO to 62c outside, and No. 3 extra, 63 to 59c outside Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white 35% t 36c outside, and 38% to 39c on track, Toronto. Canada West oats 40e for No. 2, and 39c for No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€" 85 to 87c outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, 70 to 71c outside. Buckwheatâ€" 52 to 52%c high freights, and 53 to 54c low freisjhts. Cornâ€" New No. 2 yellow 71 to 71 %c, Toronto, and selected No. 3 67% to 68c, Toronto. Branâ€" $21 in basts, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23 in bags, To- ronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $2 to $3.50 per barrel, according to quality. Beans â€" Car lots outside, $1.55 to $1.65, and small lots here, $1.78 to $1.90. Honey â€" Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 10>.:;c per lb. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $14 to $14.- 50, and No. 2 $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. Strawâ€" $7.50 to $8 on track, To- ronto. Potatoes â€" 50c per bag on track, for Ontarios. Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 13 to 15c per lb.; fowl, 10 to lie; tur- keys, 19 to 20c per lb. ; ducks, lb., 14 to 15c ; geese, 12 to 13c. NINE B lDiEfl WEB E KILLED Graphic Account of the Recent Battle at Rama, Nicaragua A despatch from Washington says : A graphic report has been re- ceived from Consul Moffatt dopict- inar the state of affairs in Tluefields, Nicaragua. He reported that more than 900 men on both s-des were killed in the recent battle at Ra- ma. The despatch follows : â€" "Two thousand starved, emaci- ated prisoners have been brought here from Zf>lava's surrendered army. The sisht of the sick and wearj' totterinp through the streets is horrible. Half are mere boys. The emereeney hosnital established bv the Des Moines and Tacoma con- tains ninetv woxinded and the city hospital sixty. Few of the surren- dered army had shoes or blankets. Scores were almost naked. All are in a pitiable condition. Es- trada is furnishing them witli blan- kets, clothing, shoes and . food as best he can. Flour, beans, rice, su- par, eoft'ee and condensed milk are needed instantly to feed the starv- ing Zelaya soldiers. Disease and death threaten unless they are pro- per' v given best of food and care. "The great and sudden demand for proper clothing and food for the suffering is. a problem for th» provisional Government, whosa re- sources arc exhausted ; their own men, numbering 3,000, are well fed and clothed, but they cannot find means whereby to care for their in- creased burden." 3'^ to 4%c; common stock, 2% to SVc per lb; cows and springers, $5? to S65 pnrh : t^e others bring- ing from 830 to $'0 each. Calves $3 to $12 each. Sheen, -t.^c per lb. ; lambs. 6 to 6Vc per lb. Good lots of fat hogs, 8%c per lb. GENERAL-. Dr. Jose Madriz has been >.lected President of Nicaragua. All the members of the new Por- tuguese Ministry are Progressists. Japan will adopt a tariff for rev- enue only. FATHER AND SON KILLED. A Peculiar Coincidence Attends Their Death. A despatch from Ottawa says : In identically the same way, in the same lumber camp, and within a few days of the same time of the year as his father met his death four years ago, Louis Qauvrcau of Aylmer, aged 18, was on Tuesday crushed to death by a falling tree at Ritchie's lumber camp, near Mattawa. He did not move far enough out of the danger zone when the choppers brought down the tree. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" Pound prints, 23 to 25o; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 23c ; in- ferior, 19 to 20c ; creamery, 27 to 2ijc, and solids, 26 to 2G%c per lb. Eggs â€" Case lots of fresh gathered, 36 to 37c per dozen, and storage, 25c. Cheese â€" 12%c per lb. for large, and at 12/ic for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon â€" Long clear, 14% to 14%c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $20 to $27 ; short cut, $28 to $29. Hams â€" Light to medium, 15 to 16c; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c ; rolls, 14 to 14Xc ; shoulders, 13 to 13Vic ; backs, 19 to 20c ; breakfast bacon, 17% to 18c. Lard â€" Tierces, 15%c ; tubs, 16c ; pails, 16j^c. SUCCESSFUL SWINDLERS. Netted $250,000 by Fake Mining Sheme. A despatch from New York says : In the person of Charles Adams, an elderly man of respectable appear- ance the police say they have one of a group of mining swindlers who in recent years have fleeced weal- thy English families out of $250,- 030. It is alleged that when a death notice appeared in the English pa- pers. Adams or an associate wou'd wr'te a letter .Tddrcsed to the dead ma", knowing th.it H would probab- ly fal' into the hads of the rela- tives, acknowledging previous aid bv the addressee and telling him liow to make his fortune in mining stocks and how, in sratitude, he now offered his benefact'' r a chance to buy choice mining shares. EIGHT WERE KILLED. An Exidoi^ion in a Coal Mine at Ilorrin, Illinois. A despatch from St. Louis, Mo., says : Eight men were killed and 400 others had a narrow escape in an explosion of gas in mine A of the Chicago and Cartersville Coal Company at Herrin, 111., late on Thursday. Open lamps carried by employees of the mine are believed to have caused tho disaster. There were three men and a boy in this party, and all are dead. DIED ON HORSERACK. Wounilcil Man Was on Way From Shanty to Mattawa. A despatch from Ottawa says : A youth named Gauvroau, a log hauler, was killed at the Ritchie camps, near Mattawa, by a falling tree. Ho had stepped aside, but did not move far enough, and was crushed between two logs. The foreman started out on horseback j with the wounded man, to rido to Mattawa to the hospital, but the victim died on the way. i BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 28.â€" Oats â€" No. 2 Canada Western, 42% to 43%c; No. 3, 41% to 41 %c. Barieyâ€" No. 2, 67c ; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 53c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.- 20; Winter wlieat patents, $5.50 to $5.60 ; Manitoba strong bakers', $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.- 25 - straight rollers, in bags, $3.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€" Ontario bran, $21.- 50 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23 to $23.50; Manitoba bran, $21 ; Ma- nitoba shorts, $22 to $23 ; pure grain mouillo, $32 to $33; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese â€" Sep- tember make western, 11% to ll/-»c; October make, Uj^ to ll>gC, and eastern, 11% to ll?<c. Butter â€" choicest creamery, 25% to 26c, cur- rent receipts, 24% to 25c, and dairy 10 to 22c. Eggsâ€" Selected stock, in round lots, 28 to 28%c, and in sing'e cases 3Dc ; while No. 1 candled sold ut 24% to 25c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Chicago, Dec. 28. â€" Cash wheat- No. 2 red, $1.25 to $1.26>^; No. 3 red, $1.18 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.10 to $1.17; No. 3 hard, $1.10 to $1.16; No. 1 Northern, $1.17 to $1.19; No. 2 Northern, $1.14 to $1.17 ; No. 3 Spring, $1.10 to $1.15. Corn â€" No. 3 white, 61c; No. 3 yel- low, 61 %c; No. 4, 68%c; No. 4 yel- low, 58% to 69c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white, 45%c ; No. 3 white, 44 to 46c ; No. 4 white, 43% to 44c; standard, 46 to 45%c. Buffalo, Dec. 28. â€" Spring wheat. No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.17X; Winter, easier; No. 2 red $1.27; No. 2 white $1.26. Corn- Steady. Oatsâ€" Easier ; No. 2 white 48c ; No. 3 white, 47c ; No. 4 white, 45% to 46%c. Barleyâ€" Feed to malting, 62 to 75c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Dec. 28.â€" None of the sales exceeded SXc per lb., and from that down to 4%c per lb. for piime beeves; pretty good cattl* OTTAWA GIRL KILLED. Struck by Fro-Rht Car While Rc- lca.sing Her Sleigh. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.. says: Louise Bray, the six- year-old daughter of Mrs. Chas. Bray, Ottawa, was almost instant- ly killed at the Wellington and John streets crossing at Steelton at 4.30 on Wednesday afternoon. The child was sleighing and tier sleigh became caught in the track. Returning to get it, she was struck bv a freight car, which was being shunted. She was struck on tho temple and lived -only twenty-five minutes. The girl had been in the Soo about one month, coming here to act as flower girl at the wedding ot hej" aunt. THREE YEARS MORE. Completion ot the National Trans- continental Road. A despatch from Ottawa says : Mr. E. J. Chamberlin, Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, stated on Thursday in Ottawa that the road would be completed to the Pacific coast by the end of 1912, and per- haps before. â-  The new joint ter- minals of the G. T. P. and C. N. R at Winnipeg, he sa'd, would be completed by March, and will only be equalled on this continent by the Pennsylvania in New York and the depot at Washington. The Nation- al Transcontinental Commission- ers expect to have the Government end of the road, from Moncton to Winnipeg, completed during 1912. An engagement ring is surely one kind of an exclusive circle. As an eye-opener what's the mat- ter with an alarm clock 1 BATTI.E.WORN FLAGS. Inlercsling Relies Handed Over t» Arehircs, A despatch from Ottawa says . The Dominion Archives has just come into possession of more in- terestin;? relics of the early mili- tarv history of Canada. Several bullet-torn and blood-stained flajfs of reirinients which went through the campaiTn of 1812 have been pre- sented to the Archives by the Mili- tia Department, which recently came into possession of them. The flags are those of the 4th and 5th Regiments, 100th Artillery, 1st Ca- nad'.in Reeimcnt, Quebec Militia and Royal Emigrants. The flags oi the Hh and 5th Resnments are ol peculiar interest, because of being made of homespun material, evi- dently the labor of some- patriotic women of the time. They are at- tached to long lances. THE CANADIAN NATT. - Third-Class Cruiser Apnollo Ha^ Been Purchased. A despatch from Victoria, B. t>. says : H. M. S. Apollo, a third-class cruiser of 3,400 tons, has been pur- chased by Canada from Great Bri- tain, and is being made ready to proceed to Esquimalt for use as a training ship and fishery protection cruiser in British Columbia waters, forming the nucleus of a Canadian navy for the Pacific. H. M. 8. Kgeria, an old survey vessel, has been recommissioncd until 1911, and will continue hydrographio work, and H. M. S. Algerino will recommission at Esquimalt in March. Numerous- applications are being received for places in th« Canadian navy. THE HARRIMAN FORTUNE. Cosservathrelv Fstiwoted Now at $220,»M.OOO. A despatch from New York sayss Edward H. Harriman was really worth at tho time of his death over $200,000,000, although a recent ap- praisal of his estate placed its valn« at $149,000,000. The discrepanoj between the actual and the apprais* el value of tho Harriman estate, i< was learned on trustworthy au- thority on Thursday, is due to th< fact that shortly before his deatb Mr. Harriman transferred to his wife and his elder son securitiei valued at over $50,000,000. Sine* Mr. Harriman's death his estate hai profited by a rise in market values, and it is stated that the wealth oi Mrs. Harriman may be conserva- tively estimated at $220,000,000, which would make her probably the richest woman in the world. *- Albert Leocold, Belgium's new King, ascended the throne on Thursday. Recorder Weir of Montreal fined a number of bakers for delivering bread on Sunday, and Recorder Dupiua dismissed a number of simi- lar cases shortly after. WOULD TO TEKDEB 01 BRIDGE All the Leading Firms Will bo Invited to Compete A despatch from Ottawa says; The leading bridge firms of the world are to be asked to compete tor tho contract for the construc- tion of tho superstructure of the new Quebec bridge, and their rep- resentatives will bo invited to in- spect alternative plans for suspen- sion or cantilever designs at the of- fflce of the engineers in charge, at Montreal, on or after Jan. 3. It is expected that the work will take four years to complete, bo that it will be 1914 before the new struc- ture is in operation. In tho mean- time, it is proposed to iaausurate a oar ferry service to doal with tho National TraHscontinental traffic. Two or three months will be al- lowed the firms competing to thor. oughly examine the plans, owing to the elaborate character of the work involved, and afterwards anothsf two months will be necessary to allow them to prepare their esti- mates. It will therefort be towards the end of Summer or the early Au. tumn before tendors can be rsceiv- ed and the contract awarded. The work on the oontract for tho substruoture, which has been award id to M. P. and J. Davij for 92 5;i0 000. will b« mroceedod with iu the meantime. i