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â€" i-* lii*'' :ilkii't -'I f â€"Iâ€" a«wMiwMi>M â- .'^jftltftflW: .,..-, .H«}^«« PEEPABE FOB EME BSESCY A French Admiral Says Great Britain Needs a Great Army. A despatch from Paris says: In the course of his reminiscences now being pubJished Admiral Fournier, commander of the Mediterranean squadron of the French navy, de- clares that the time has arrived for Fiance and Great" Britain, as al- lies to strengthen their forces of defence and offence ; France bj- ad- ding a powerful fleet of battleships and torpedo boats to her already Btrcng fleet, and England supple- menting her fleet with a great army. This course, the admiral adds, is eshential to safeguarding the fu- ture, and to enable France, Great Britain and Russia to combat the forces of the triple alliance should hostilitifs V)etwcen the United States and Japan occur, or in the event that the tactics of Germany unchain a world war. % Among the interer-ting statements of Admiral Fournier is his assertion thai the real cause for Germany's nagging of France over Morocco was Emperor William's resentment at the failure of Germany to se- cure a place on the international commission of enquiry, which de- cided the dispute bef\veen Great Biitain and Russia, growing out of the action of the Russian Baltic squadron in firing on the Gamecock trawling fleet under the delusion, as alleged, that they w^re Japanese torpedo boats. Admiral Fournier who was president of the commis- sion, says the emperor felt, though without justification, that M. Del- cas-e, then French foreign minister, blocked his majesty's pet plan. A HARDWOOD FAMINE. Iinniiueiit in .Vmerica â€" (> rowing Hiiealyplus Trees .\b»iit the Only Solution for Future Supply. Eucalyi)tus trees in California have been propogated from the seeds only. To this fact is due their freedom from injurious insects and diseases usual to e.totics which have been introduced into America by cuttings or seedlings. Accord- ing to extracts from Bulletin No. 190, entitled, "Eucalyptus in Cali- fornia,"' issued by the College of Agriculture, University of Califor- niii, Berkeley, California: (Page 30) Eucalyptus planting has now passed the experimental stage aid may be considered without question as a commercial proposi- ticii. The value of the crop and the poKsibilities of growing it jn Cali- fornia have been sufliciently de- monstrated to make judicious plantings even on a large sc-ale per- fectly safe, with an assurance of sure and reasonably large profits. (Page 31) The profits to be deriv- ed from Eucalyptus in the future will be found in hacdwood lumber for wagon work, farm and other implements, railroad coach and h(>use finishings, furniture, etc. ; tiis. telephone poles and bridge timber will also prove profitable. For any of the above named pro- ducts of Eucalyptus at least ten years' growth will be required, and, ill course, the older the trees the greater the profits in proportion. .... The Eucalyptus lumber is be- ing used in every place where great stiength is required, and the fin- ished product is vahied at the same price as oak lumber. That there is money to be made under present pries conditions of hardwood, and that there is an in- "^eWtable scarcity of hardwood tim- ber even within the present gener- ation, which will insure still better prices in the near future, are em- phasized in the following quota- tiors : â€" From The American Lumberman, March 20, 1909, the greatest lumber trade journal in the World: "It is probably true that land can be devoted to uo other use that will bs so profitable as the growing of eucal.yptus, if the climate and land aie both suitable. Under proper conditions a eucalyptus plantation should begin to pay after five or six years, and within ten or twelve years should be yielding enormous net profits, exceeding anything that can be secured from a citrus crop, aad horticultural crop, or even truck gardening. The probabili- ties thus expressed seem like a dream, so tremendous are the fig- ures of yield and almost certain profits.' Extracts from Circular 116, en- titled, "The Waning Hardwood Supply," issued by the Forest .Ser- vice U. S. Department of .â- Agricul- ture ; â€" (Page 8) While we know within reasiinably close limits how much h."idwo<id is used for the manufac- ture of lumber, we do not know how much is cut for other purposes. Eni,rmous quantities are required each year for railroad ties, tele- phone and other poles, piles, fence ptsts, and fuel, and a great amount is wasted in lumbering and manu- facture. The present lumber cut of 7 1-3 billion feet represents prob- ably not one-third of the hard- woods yearly used. Twenty-five billion feet yearly is certainly not a high estimate. The amount of standing hard- woods is slill more uncertain. There has been no census of standing tim- ber, and there have been but few estimates. The largest estimate .sets the figure for hardwoods at 400 billion feet. If we are using hardwoods at the rate of 1!5 billion feet per year, this would mean a sixteen years' sujiply. .\ccording to figures published by The American Lumberman, our native hardwoods require a great many years to grow from the seed- li'ift to 12 inches in diameter. The black oak about 50 years, the black walnut about 5G years, hsli about 72 years, hickory about 90 years, and white oak 100 years. The fact that Eucalyptus will grow from iho seedling in good soil to 12 inches in diameter in 10 years demonstrates its possibilities for reforesting purposes. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPEMNGS FRO.H .ILL OVEB THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and OtbRr Countries at Recent Events. CANADA. Less than 2,000 liquor licenses will be issued iu Ontario this year. The C. P. R. has announced plans for very extensive improve- ments at Montreal. Tlie German steamship lines run- ning to the St. Lawrence will en- ter the first-class passenger trade. The Grand Trunk proposes to build a n'cw station and simps at Stratford if the city will construct a subway. William Burnett of Redvers, Sask., committed suicide by drown- ing, his mind being affected by the death of his wife. .An e.vplosion of dynamite at Black Lake destroyed the boiler- room of the asbestos works and in- juied the fireman severely. The Railway Committee at Ot- tawa reported a bill incorporating a company to build a line from Montreal to Hudson's Bay. IJr. Siao, Secretary of the Chi- nese Consulate at Ottawa, was grossly insulted by a local doctor who approached him on the street. The Hamilton Steel Works have been shut down owing to a strike. The strikers showed up at the works and the jjolice had to charge them with batons to disperse them. Winnipeg fruit importers have petitioned the Dominion Goveru- n.eiit to ailow the free importation of fruit and vegetables during the vuiter months. The locomotive engineers' E.xecu- tive meeting at Ottawa will petition for a law to restrict trainmen's hours to fourteen a day in case of emergency. They also favor a law conipell'ng everybody to come to a stop at unprotected railway cross- ing- I • A C.\NADIAX INVENTOR. To Te.st Now Br.ike on Inited Slates Warship. A despatch from Washington says: To stop a 10,000 ton battlesh'p going at full speed within her own length is the problem which the United States Navy Department has set for a Canadian inventor. He has an arrangement like barn doors on the side of a ship which he guarantees to fulfil this func- tion. The department has author- ized a trial of the device on the bat- tleship Indiana off the Delaware Capes on .April 17, the cost to be defrayed by the inventor. BAllOIIN SWEPT TO SEA j GREAT BRITAIN". ! Miss Marie CorcUi is dangerous- ; ly ill at her home in Stratford-on- .Avou. j Mr. Asquith, in the House of , Commons, moved that his resolu- i tions for the shortening of the life I of a Parliament an<l for the abol- i ihh>ng of the veto of the Lords be j cons'dered in committee of the I .whole. In the House of Commons Lord Hugh Cecil proposed to reform the I House of Lords by making the num- ' b«!r of nicmbors 400, ;),'j0 of these to bo appointed by the King from the liereditary Peers aid 50 to be the nominees of the Government. UNITED STATES. The New York ('entral system will spend $33,000,000 on new equip- ment. Six minors were killed by a pre- mature explosion in an Oklahoma coal mine. Two condemned murderers, both negroes, e.«capcd from the jail at Portsmouth, Va. Eight girls from Gu<>lph, Ont., called on President Taft at Wash- \ ington on Thursday. James Hobson, who is said to I have a sister in Canada, was fat- ally injured in a sand-pit at Pon- liac, Mich., where he was working. Jolham P. -Mids, a New York State Senator, was branded as a bribe-taker by his colleagues at .Al- b.-niy, but resigned before the vote was taken. Paul dc Montcalm, who claims to be the last of the house to which the famous General behjiig. was ar- rested in Brooklyn on a charge of larceny. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS REPORTS FRO!« THE LEADING TBADE CENTBES. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Otiicr Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, .\pril 5.â€" Flourâ€"Winter wheat 90 per cent, patents, )fi.20 to $4.20 in buyers' packs on track, ' Toronto, and li!4.10to .'iS4.15 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, I first patents, $D.70: second patents,! $5.20 to $5.30, and strong bakers', | $.") on track, Toronto. j Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 North- ' erii. $1.K!, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at $1.11, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat â€" >so. 2 .mixed red Witter or white, $1.07 to .iil.Ort. Barley â€" No. 2, 54 to Sue outside ; No. 3 extra. 51 to .o2c ; No. 3 at 49 to 50c, and feed, 47 to 48c outsi<lc. Oatsâ€" No. 2 Ontario white 37^/. ! to ;;8c outside, and 39'.^ to 40c on' track, Toronto. Canada West oats; 4it for No. 2, and 10c for No. 3,; Bay ports. Peas â€" No. 2 for shipment, 79 to 80c outside. Byeâ€" No. 2, G8c outside. Buckwheatâ€" 51c outside for No. 2. Cornâ€" No. 2 .>\merioan, 70' .^c, and Nc 3 yellow, fi7 to U7.'....c, Toionto freights. Canadian corn, 63 to 64c, Toronto freights. Branâ€" )j>22.50 in bags, Toronto, ard shorts, $23.50 to $24 in bags, Toronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. .Apples -.<8l..->0 to 92.50 per bar- re., according to qualit.v. Beansâ€" Car Jots outside, $1.95 to $1.95, and small lots at $2.10 to $2.20 per bu.hel. Honey -Combs, dozen, $2 to $2.- bO. extracted, 10).:j to lie per lb. Billed Hayâ€" No. 1. $14.75 to $15.- .50 on track, and No. 2, $11.50 to $12. aO. Baled Straw â€".$7.50 to $7.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoes â€" 40 to 4uc per bag on track. Poultry â€" Turkeys, dressed, 18 to 19o per lb. ; chickens, 15 to 16c, and fa»I, II to 12c. THE D.AIHY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 21 to 23c ; tuts and large rolls, 20 to 21c; in- ferior, 16 ta ISc; creamery, 29 to 30c, solids, 2C% to 28c per lb. Eggsâ€" 19 to 20c per do/.en. Cheeseâ€" 13 to 13%c per lb. for large and at Hj-oC for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon â€" Long clear, lo'.j to 15''^'c per lb. in ease lots; mess |)ork, $28 to V.,.; short cut, $30 to $31. Hams â€" Light to medium, 18 to 19c; do., heavy, 16' i to 17c: rolls, 15/:c; shoulders. 14c; breakfast bacon, 19 to 20c ; backs, 20 to 21c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 16^.j to lC%c; tubs, 17 to niic; pails, 17J.;,'c. THE COAL STRIKE IS ON Miners in Bituminous Fields of United States to Fight For Increase of Pay. A despatch from Indianapolis, Indiana, says : Three hundred thou- sau'.i or.ganizrd miners of the bitu- minous coal fields of Pennsylvania, Oliio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas qu't work on Thursday night. The miners, members of the United Mine Workers of America, dedar ed the walk-oiit was not a strike, bvt merel.v a suspension of work perding an arrangement between thimsclves and the operators for a v.age scale for another year, the old scale having expired with the mcmth of March. The men demand an increase of pay in some instances of five cents a ton, and in other instances more, and certain changes in working con- ditions. Confidence was e.Kpressed by the operators that there would be no general coal famine, largtt supplies of fuel having been secur- ed in anticipation of the walkout. While the miners predicted thn sutpension would be cut short b.v a prompt signing of wage scales, som» of the operators maintain^ that the m'nes might be kept closed for a month or sixty days or even lon- ger i'lie first victory for the men cam* in an announcement from Brazil, Imi., the centre of the Indiana bl'ock coal district, where it was announcaed the men's demand for a fivi -cent increase would be grant- ed President Lewis said ho wan satisfied that the suspension of w<.rk beginning on Thursday night siH'. continue only a few days, and that the miners will have little tr<iuble in making their new con- tiacts with the operators. BIDRED Kevenue of the Dominion Reaches High Water Mark. .A despatch from Ottawa says : The total revenue of the dominion for the fiscal year which closed on Thursday has passed the hundred- million-dollar mark, an increase of about four milliims over the previ- ous rei.ord year of 1906-07. The final figures will not be known for some weeks yet, but from state- ments of Customs and other sourc- es of revi-nue already available it is safe to state that the total will b-, a little over $100,000,000. This is an increase of about two and one-half millions over Hon. Mr. Fi( Iding's estimate of revenue, as made in his budget spee:h of De- cember last, and should bring the surplus for the year up to the r«- cord figure of nearly nineteen mil- lions. The Customs revenue of the Do- Miii.ion for the fis<:al year ending Thursday will, it is estimated, to- tal over\$G1.000.000 when tKe lSti^^^_^ figures are in. This is an increastf^"^ of nearly three millions over the highest previous record, namely, $:,^.:;;n,000 for the twelve months ending March. 1908. .As compared wit II last year, it is an increase of a little over thirteen millions. The ret eipts for the month ending Thurs- day total $5,979,989, an increase of $!"232.G97. or about 25 per cent, as compared with March of last year. X. $5. GO; bulls at $4.50 to $5.00. Stock- ers and feeders strong at $4.80 to $5.25. Sheep and lambs easier, but Spring lambs, which are now coming in. wort; quoted up to $10 each. Hogs after keeping up to the $10 mark for over a week declined 25 cents. Selects «ere cpioted at $9.50, f.o.b.. and $9.75 fed and watered at the market. Three German Aeronauts Lost Their Lives on Baltic Coast A despatch from Stettin, Ger- many, says : The German balloon Pommorn, which made an ascension hue on Sunday afternoon, met with a series of accidents which ended it! i^/Usastor under most tragic cir- •cnnivStancoR in the Baltic Sea. Three r/ieu lost their lives, including the Kialical member of the Reichstag, Werner Hugo Delhrueck. Herr IXlbrueck and another member of the party were drowned, a third oo- C'Uiiant of th(! ('ar was picked up un- conscious and die«l from his injur- ies, while the fourth was rescued in a stiiious condition. The Pomniern carrying Delbru- rck who was acting as pilot; a banker, Herr Seinmclhardt ; an ar- chitect, Herr Bonduhn, and a man nametl Hein, ascended on Sunday afternoon at the gasworks. The wind was blowing a hurricane, and the Pommern broke away before «he had been completely ballasted. A chapter of accidents began im- mediately. The balloon collided with telegraph wires, which broke. ^Imoitt overturning the basket. It then dashed into the roof of a neighboring factory, destroying the smokestack. With the basket sway- ins wildly, and half of its ropes cut. the balloon soared to a great aliifcude, and disappeared in the ch'uds at a tcrriffic speed. Thousands of onlookers, inchid- init a detachment of military, which had a isisted in the ascent, ran along the roads, expecting the bas- ket to break away. The balloon, however, was not seen again un- t'l it reached Swineniunde, 30 miles northwest of Stettin, over which it passed, at a height of 6,000 feet, in the direction of the sea. Tugs followed in its tracks and one of them which had outdistanc- ed the others, was almost directly under it, when suddenly the bal- loon fell into the sea. The tug steamed to the spot quickly, but the work of rescue was difficult. Al- ready Delbrueck and Bcnduhn had diMippearcd, but Semmelhardt and Hein were clinging to tbo ropes, and they were dragged aboard the vciiseL GENER.AL. Lava from Mount Etna engulfed the village of Cavaliero. Despatches from the European capitals indicate that, the reports of the death of the King of .Abys- .siniii are not believed there. Major Enver Bey. (me of the lead- ers of the Young Turk movement, is to be rewa riled for his work with the head of the Sultan's niece. (RATERS POIR OUT LAVA. Cinders Falling Over .\rea Extend- ing lo the Sen. A despatch from Catania, Italy, ^ays: The eruption of Mount Etna has increased in violence, and new craters have been opened. The diiector of the Mount Etna Obser- vatory says that over 30 craters are now active, and from all of them lava is pouring out in cascades, while cinders and lapilli are falling over an arc;!, extending as far as the sea. The stream of lava is ad- vanc-ng toward Catania, but the town is in no danger, as the stream nuist later on be deflected toward the sea. Mr. Perret considers that the eruption is following the natvir- al course, arid will continue as it is until the internal pressure has been exhausted. This may last ior six months. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal. .April 5. â€" Oatsâ€" No. 9 Canadian AVcslcrn, 43)-:^ to 44c; No 3, 42% to 43c; Ontario No. 2 white, 42'-,.;C; Ontario No. 3 white, 41]i,c; Ontario No. 4 white. 40'. jC. Baileyâ€" No. 3, 60c; No. 4, .-jSc ; feed barley, iific. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5. HO; do seconds, $5.40: Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to i^UAiO: Manitoba stiong bakers', $5.10; straight rol- lers. $5.25; straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.!J0. Feedâ€" Ontario bran .$22.50 to $23: Ontario middlings, $23..50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $23; pure grain mouillie. .$31 to $33; mixed mouillie .$27 lo $29. Cheeseâ€" rj?'^ to 12;'hC for white, and 12j-i to n%c for col- ored. Butterâ€" Choicest creamery, 27,'-^ to 28c for round lots, and :)0c fjr single packages. Eggsâ€" 20c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Chicago, .April 5. Wheat â€" Cash, No. 2 red, $I.16>., to $1.20; No. 3 red, $1.14 to $1.18; No. 2 hard, $1.14'/^ to $1.15; No. 3 hard, $1.08 to $i.l3X; No. 3 Spring, $1.08 lo $1.14'.,'. Cornâ€" No. 2, (il% to (>2c ; No. 2 white, 83 to ()4c; No. 2 .vellow, 62% to 62'.:ic; No. 3, GO',, to 61c; No. 3 whi^e, 02,' jc; No. :! .vellow. 61 to fil.'/.;c; No. 4. iJ5 to 57(^ , No. 4 white, Cue: No. 4 yel- low .55 to ,")Hc. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white. 46 to 47 : No. 3 white, 43 to 4Cc ; No. 4 white, 41 to 44c; standard. IG to 46}<c. Buffalo, .April 5.â€" AVheat Spring wheat, steady ; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.22?/^; Winter, steady. Corn â€" Easier. Oats â€" Steady. Barloy--^Feed to malting, 64 to 72c. Ryeâ€" No. 2 on track, 85c. G. r. PACIFIC BHANt HKS, Contract Let for Line From Itegina to Boundary. A despatch from Montreal says: That the Grand Trunk Piicifie is doterm'ned to enter into active couipetition with the Canadi-in Pa- cific for traffic between western Canada and the States of the mid- dle west is shown by the announce- m<Mit made at the Grand Trunk Pacific head<iuarlers on Wetlnes- day morning that a contract had been awarded to the J. I). Mi'.Ar- tliur Company for the construction o: a branch line south from Regiua to the boundary near Portal, while contracts have also been let fur the completion of i line north from Ke- giiia to Melville on the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific. . ♦ SEVEN BODIES IN MOHULE. T\wi Men Found In the .Montreal Canal. A despatch from Montreal says: There were seven bodies in ' Morgue im Friday, four of whioh weie bn'ught in during the night. On Thursday night the water was let out of the canal to make re- pairs. Two bodies of men were found. Two young children's bod- ies were found, one in Notre Dama Church was hidden under a seat, and the other under melting snow ill a field in the north end. A boy w,is killed by a car on Thursday. The flay liefore a man suicided de-^ I sp. iident from being out of ^jsrW' 'and an unknown woman fTTIl dead on the street. / LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Monlical, .\pril 5.â€" Choice steers brought $0.75 ; fair to good. $5 to $5. ,50; fair. $4.50 to $5.25; hogs, $10.25 to $10.50; sows, $9.25 to $9.- ,50 , sheep steady at $4.75 to $6 ; lambs are firm at $7. T lonto. .April 6.â€" Prime picked steers and heifers sold at $8.i)0 to $7 , good to choice butchers at $5. - 50 to 'IRS ; melium at $4.90 to $6.- 3ft; ch ii\co\»s were firm at $4.73 to HOMESTEADING IN WEST. Increase of HflO Entries Over March of Last Year. .â- V despatch from Ottawa says : During the month of February 2,- 2.) I homesteads were entered f>r in the Canadian West, an increase of 890 entries cjver the corresponding in< iilh of last year. The entries represented 5.670 souls. 239 en- trie ' were made bv people from Efistrrn Canada. 679 by .Americans, 30 by Canadians from the United Stales. 298 by English, 77 by Scotch and 33 by Irish. THIRTKEN FIRE.MEN 111 RT. I E\|>lo.sinn During Conflagration in Montreal. .A <losptttch from Montreal says: .A file which broke out on Satur- <lav night <m the premises of J. H. Waldiuan and Co., cloak mauufac- turers, St. Paul Street, resulted in a h)S8 of over $100,000 and the in- juvv of 13 firemen who had a mira- culous escape from death. When llhi' fire was at its height there was ja loud e.\!)losion, and the firemen who were working on the outside I of the building saw a number of I their comrades caught in the burn- jiie?pile. The e-xjilosion was caused : by a back draught on the lower I lloor of the building, and so great ' was its force that several of the ! firemen w(!re blown clean out of the place, while others were knocked I <lown and had to be dragged in an ! unconscious condititui out of lh<* j building. BECADSEJIflM IS HIGH United States Railroads Increase tl Wages of Their Employees. A despatch from Philadelphia says: Following the lead of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., which has just given a six per cent, wage increase to 195,000 employees on all railroads connected with its vast system east and west of Pittsburg, came an announcement from the office of the Philadelphia k, Read- ing Railway Company late Wednes- .iay afternoon of a similar advance in wages to its men. Like that of tbo Pennsylvania, the Heading's increase affects all '( employees who receivo !•â- â€¢ Ukaa $Z(i) a month. The K.-ading's .id- \aree, howcvrr, door n<)t include tiioso employed who«[|. Wages have been adjusted withift the last 90 days. From time to time during the last three monthe th>> Reading has adjusted wages of certain classes of trainmen and other employees. In- cluding tliese, the increase on Wed- needay affects, about 37,000 era- ployee.s. . The general prosperous condition of the rnilroadx and the high cest of living are given as the reasons l„r the inci oases annoMnced ^ both oomjianies. .X