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• • r . ' ' J >iyâ€" ' . I iu i M^ fff f ^'For Tea Tim Can't Beat Upton's'' Oar SoccM* Dupidi Upon Trnir S«ttoft<:tioii. Th«t*8 Wby We Smjilof fk» Wort<r» Greatest Sxperts to lUead. LIPTON'STEA :«j8fv^ <»?*,5j-.>^?*!f^- .<.-rf««<*;- AFAB-BE ACllM PB OCBAMME The British Q-overnment Will Introduce Many Eeforms. 'A defipatch from London says : It is learned on goo<l authority that the Asquith Govornment, feeling that the result of the recent (^-ner- &1 election justifies them in tin- be- lief that they have receive-*! a inan- datc from the people to carry out far-reaching mcasuren of reform, have decided to inlroduce the fol- lowing programme : " 1. V<-to Hill. 2. Ix<cal government for Ireland, and possibly home rule all around. 3. Electoral reform, including (a) Re-distribution according to population. The basis will be about 12,000 voters for one member. (b) One man one vote. (c) Elections on one and the same day. (Electioijs now last tliree weeks.) (d) Payment of fiftmbcrsâ€" £300 a year. (e) R«duction of the legal ex- penses of elections. (f) Stringent regulations as to voters. (g) Three months' residence to qualify for a vote. (It now takes about 18 months.) 4. State insurance against (a) Unemployment. . (b) Sickness. (c) Invalidity. 6. Disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales. BAILWAYS BESPONSIBLE Locomotives Start Thirty Per Cent, of the Forest Fires. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Conservation Commission has issued a statement in regard to the (tarring of forest fires by loeomo- tive'ft^ and the proposed legislation on the question. The Commission declares that it has had investigations made by competent men and finds that thir- ty per cent, of all forest fires have been started by locomotives, and that they have caused enormous loss. The legislation will hold rail- ways responsible for damage caused by fires started^ by locomotives un- less it can be chown that all rea- sonable precautions have been taken to prevent such fires. The precautions will include the best possible spa»ic-arresting de- vices, efficient fire-fighting staffs to check fires which have been started, and the companies will have to show that there has been no negli- gence on the part of their em- ployees in allowing fire.t to start or spread. NEW BO ATS FOB AL LA! USE Two Monster Steamers of the Speediest Type Ordered •. A despatch from Montreal says : The Allan steamship company will •dd two new large steamers to its Canadian service in 1912. The company has had tenders before it lor some time past for the con- struction of the boats, and news was cabled to the city on Wednes- day from London stating that "tlio Allan Line had just entered into an •rrangfment with a large shipbuild- ing company for the construction of two new monster steamers of the â- pecdicbt type." The contract provides that the •hips shall be of the highe<t class in every detail and their propor- tions will be as great as safe navi- gation of the St. Lawrence will I»ermit. They will have a length of about 600 feet, a brea<lth of 70 feet, with 20,000 tons displacomeut and will be capable of developing a speed of from twenty-two to twen- ty-three knots an hour. Mr. Geo. Hannah, to whom the matter was referred for further in- formation, stated that negotiations had been going on in England, but ho could not give any of the de- tails of the transaction. Ho thought it extremely likely, how- ever, that the cable was correct. CRIELTV TU STEl'-bOM. Father and H(ep>nio(hoi' Locked lip Fur Maltreittiiig; Child. A despatch from Montreal says: Locking her step-son in a wood- shed, whipping him when ho cried from the cold, and only bringing him into the liousti to he fed, then Bending hint back into the wood shed again â€" these are details of the charge of "cruelty" ma<le t)n Wed- nt'wlay against Mrs. Phileas St. Jean of Chabol street. "Horrible, horrible," exclaimed Judge Lane- tot. "This is simply barbarous." His Honor promptly ordered both father and utep-mother to be locked up, without the option of bail, ponding preliminary investigation into the case. ASSASSIN GANG IN LONDON * The Police Suspect a Plot Against King George at the Coronatioa A deRpat<'Ti from London says : The Daily Chronicle states that one of the theories that is being consid- ered by the police rog.irding the discovery of a bomb factory in the Kast End on Tuesday is that it is onnectcd with a plot int<iKk>d to «!ov«loii at the cimc of King ('"•>rRe'n c<»i'o.iation. â-  •i.',I'-«" i;tt«ch th" greatiist l... o.',::;v.* to tlieir latest discov- eries in connection with the Houndwiitch crime, in which three policcHicn were killed. Tljey claim I to havo found ducunients proving that the assassiiit. belong t^) a dcs- I perate, highly organized iiiterna- I tionnl gang. I Among the documents found are 8aid I) bi^ letters revealing a sen- I national (liot, iind containing a great mass <.f ot.licr Anarchists in Lomlon Hnd in continental e<': itali. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS UAI'FEMNGS FBeil ALL OTEB THE ULOBE. Trlrgrapki* BHefi Fr«m Onr 0w« •Bd Otker CsnatriM a^ Bevent Eveatt. CANADA. A new company has been organ- ized to built motor cars at Gait. United States Steel Corporation reported to be purchasing land near Dunnvirie. An Italian was shot and another stabbed in an affray on Centre avenue, Toronto, on Thursday. Over forty arroiits were made in a raid on the Central Club at Hamilton, an alleged gambling house. While there was a falling off in grain traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie canals, this season's busi- ness was the largest on rec«rd. New Brunswick Public Utilities Commission investigating rates charged by local telephone com- pany, which are held to be too high. Railway companies will disre- gard the Quebec dual language bill intended to govern the issue of all tickets, railway forms and litera- ture. The White Star-Dominion Line will run the steamer Teutonic to Montreal next season, and may also put the Majestic on the St. Law- rence route. _ Wilson Ford of Milton, N. S., woke up and found his bvuse in flames. He had just time to seize his wife and child and jump from the bedroom window. The Canadian Locomotive Com- pany has received an order from the Canadian Northern Railway Company for the building of ten large locomotives. GREAT BRITAIN. Professor S. H. Butcher, mem- ber of Parliament for Cambridge University and a distinguished Greek scholar, is dead. Mrs. iJlarke, sister of Mrs. Pank- hurst and a prominent British suf- fragette, has died after leaving pri- son, where, Ihe suffragettes allege, she was harshly treated. UNITED STATES. Sixteen men. were killed by an explosion in Pittsfield, Mass., on Thursday. The relations between President Taft and Mr. Roosevelt arc said to be very friendly. Mr. Payne states that a bill for a permanent tariff commission will bo acceptable to President Taft and to Congrei.::. The affairs of the K^'ithern Bank of New York have been taken over by the State Superir: indent in the interest of the depositors. President Taft has at present un- der consideration the pro-British speech at the Guildhall, London, of Commander Sims, which gave of- fence in many quarters. GENERAL. There are rumors of strained re- lations between Japan and China. The lawlessness in southern Per- sia has revealed a widespread cam- paign against British influence in that country. TRACKD BY A PHOTO. DnnlHh Resident of Montreal Had Been Given Up 08 Dead. A despatch from Montreal says : Sophus Hansen, a Danish resident of Montreal, disappeared from this city mysteriously in November, 1804, leaving a wife and daughter, who had long since given him up for dead. At the time of the visit of the western farmers' delegation to Ottawa recently a group picture of '.'.'• members was published in a Montreal paper, and the wife and daughter of Hansen claim that they recognized his picture among the party, and now they arc making enquiries to ascertain where the man is living in the west. Hansen went out with an old country frien<l one evening, and never came back, and this man told confused stories of what became of his companion. ifi . F.AIIL (JWEY'S TRIP. Cruiser Rainbow to Meet Him at Mouth of Miickenzie River. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is inten<led l^hat the cruiser Rainbow of the Canadian navy will be sent from Victoria to the mouth of the Mackenzie River to meet ?;arl Grey in the trip which he has l)Ianno<I for next summer to the Arctic. The tiine of starting will likely be in June, and will be made from Edmonton, but whether the Peace River route or another will bo folliuvcd to the Mackenzie River is not y?t dftermined. The gover- nor-general will be escorted by a detachment of the Northwest Mounted Police, and it is stated that the trip from l*x.lmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie can be cov- ered in the ppjice of three weeks. i The sea trip by the Rainbow woiihl be four t-housand miles, and woiild i be the farthc't north that a war- I ship has ever gone. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS KCPORTS FB4.M TBI I.EADINS TBAIIX CEMBEC. fritM or Cattle. Crala. CtseeM a»i Other Dair; Prft^MO »t B*a« aad Alir*a4. , BREADSTUFFS. f Toronto, Jan 3. â€" Flourâ€" Winter wheat 90 per cent, patents, $3.60 to <I3.65 seaboard. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, $5.40; second pat- ents, $4.90, and strong bakers', |4.70, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat â€" All-rail rates as follows :â€" No. 1 Northern, QSl/^c, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, 96c, Bay ports, and No. 3 at 93^c, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€" 85 to 86c, outside for No. 2 white and red Winter. Barleyâ€" 56 to 58c outside, and feed 43 to 60c outside. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white, 34 to ^i/ic, on track, Toronto, and 32c outside ; No. 2 W. C. oatB, 38c, Bay porta, and No. 3 at 3634»j, Bay ports. Cornâ€" New No. 3 American, 61]^ to 52c, prompt shipment, Toronto freights. Peas â€" No. 2 shipping, 18fi out- side. Rye â€" No. 2 <it 60 to 61c outside. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2 at 46 to 48c outside. Bran â€" Manitobas at $19, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $31 in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $19, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts, $22. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" Spys, $4.60 to $6; Bald- wins, $4 to $5; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.60 to $3.75 per barrel. Beansâ€" Car lots, $1.60 to $1.70, and small lots, $1.80 to $1.85. Honey â€" Extracted, in tins, 10% to lie per lb. No. 1 comb, whole- sals, $2 to $2.25 per dpzen ; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $1.85 per dozen. Baled Hayâ€" No. 1, $12.60 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $10 to $11. Baled Strawâ€" $6.50 to $6.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€" Car lots, 70 to 75c per bag. Poultryâ€" .Wholes«il» prices of dressed poultry :â€" Chickens, 12 to 13c per lb. ; fowl, 9 to 10c per lb. ; ducks, 13 to He per lb. ; turkeys, 19 to 21c per lb., and geese, 13 to 14c per lb. Live, 1 to 2c less. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Dairy prints, 22 to 24c ; choice dairy solids, 21 to 22c; infer- ior, 18 to 19c ; choice large rolls, 21 to 22c. Creamery 27 to 28c per lb. for rolls, 25c for solids, and 24 to 25c for separator prints. Eggs â€" Case lots of pickled, 27c ; cold storage, 27 to 28c ; selected. 30 to 31c, and strictly new-laid, 38 to 40c per dozen. Cheese â€" Large at 12%c, and twins 12%c. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clear, 12% to 13c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $24; short cut, $26. Harasâ€" Light, to medium, 16c ; do., heavy, 15c; rolls, 12y3c; shoul- ders, ll%c; breakfast bacon, 18c; backs (pea meal), 18%c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 12%c ; tubs, 12%c ; pails, I3c. I »«AOBM CANADA BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan 3. â€" Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 39 to 39%c ; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 38%c ; No. 3 Cana- dian Western, SS^jC ; No. 2 local white,- 37%c ; No. 3 local white, 30%c ; No. 4 local white, 35%c. Bar- leyâ€"Manitoba No. 4, 48 to 4a%c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.60; do., seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $4. 75 to $5; Manitoba Htrong bakers', $4.00 ; straight rollers, $4.35 to $4.60; do., in bags, $2 to $2.0:i; extras, $1.65 to $1.76. Fee<l-On- tario bran, $19 to $20; Ontario middlings, $22 to $22.50; Manitoba shorts, $21 to $22 ; Manitoba bran, $18 to $20; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32 ; mixe<l mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€" Westerns, llj^ to 12c and easterns 11% to ll%c. But- terâ€"Choicest, 25% to 25%c. and Bceonds, 24 to 24%c. Eggsâ€" Strict- ly new-laid, 66c per dozen ; select- ed stock, 32c ; No. 1 stock at 27c, and No. 2 at 23 to 24c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 3. â€" Wheatâ€" Spring, No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, $1.13 to $1,13 1-8; Winter No. 2 white, 93e. Corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 48%c ; No. 4 yellow, 47c, on track, through billed. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white, 35%c; No. 3 white, 35%c.; No. 4 white, 34%c. Barleyâ€" Malting, 87 to 90c. M'nneai>olis, Jan 3. â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 hard, cash, $1.02 7-8 ; No. 1 North- ern, cash. $1,013-8; Deeember, $1.- 007-8; May, $l.03>i; July. $1.04%. Flourâ€" First patents, $4.75 to $5.- 25; second patents, $4.75 to $5.15; first clears, $3.15 to $3.65; second clears, $2.15 to $2.75. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 3. â€" Prime beeves sold at 5% to Cc per lb. ; pretty good animals, 4% to 5%c and the Is the S^ndarJ ArticI* READY FOR USE IN ANY QUANTITY For naidag toap, â- slUaing waUr, raaieriac old paiot, ^UafutMbkg (iaki, cIoMti, inimt mod hr manr odiar pmy«M*. A can a^aaU 20 Ib>. SAL SODA. Commence the New year Rijht by Usinj "MEUGAMA" TEA AND COFFEE We guarantee the quality and know that if you onc» try them you will use them always. m m AND BKITED STATES â-  Railway Commission to Have Authority in Both Countfiea A despatch from Washington says: As a lesult of conferences between Judge Martin A. Knapp, Chairman of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and the Hon. J. P. Mabee, chief of the Railway Commission of Canada, an agree- ment has been reached to recom- mend to the Governments of the United States and Canada the crea- tion of an International Railroad Commission, which shall havo su- pervision over the railway rates be- tween the two countries. Mr. Mabee arrived in Washing- ton from Ottawa on Tuesday night to discuss the details of an agree- ment he had reached with Judge Knapp last August, and on Wed- nesday the two otficials who were designated by their respective Gov- ernments to consider the subject and make a report upon it were in conference. No details of the report are yet available, beyond the fact that it recommends the establishment of the International Commission, up- on which shall be conferred cer- tain defined regulatory powers. Whether the Commission is to be created by treaty between the two GovernraentB or by joint legisla- tion cannot be announced at this time. For a considerable period it has been realized that the increasing traffic, both passenger and freight, between the Un.ced States and Canada was likely to render con- trol over rates in the future diffi- cult, unless some international ac- tion were taken. The acquisition by American railroads of Canadian terminals and by Canadian railroads of Am- erican terminals and lines present- increasing difficulties. In the ex- isting circumstances it is not pos- sible to compel either railways or express companies to establish, joint through routes and rates to- and from points in the two coun- tries. In other words, neither an American nor a Canadian carrier may be rekuired to furnish to »â-  shipper a through bill of lading to. any point in one country from any point in the other. The reasonableness of the inter- national rates, which ordinarily are a combination of the rates local to each country, can be determined, only by a circuitous proceeding in- stituted before the commissions of both countries. No power at pre- sent exists that can require .car- riers engaged in international transportation to establish what, may be regarded! officially as rea- sonable through joint rates, and to- apportion those rates among the participating carriers in the event- of not reaching an agreement- among themselves. common stock, 3 to 4%c per lb. ; milch cows sold at $35 to $65 each ; springers. $25 to $50 each. Calves sold at from 4 to 7c per lb. Sheep. i]4c per lb. ; lambs, ^Y^c per lb. Good lots of hogs so'd at about 7%c per lb. Toronto, Jan. 3.â€"- A few loads of the better stuff brought prices that were a good average in comparison with the normal prices previous to the ante-Christmas market. The light and rougher cattle were very much easier. Sheep and lambs were slightly off, but hogs remain- ed unchanged at $6.75 f.o.b. and $7 fed and watered. SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES. Inhabitants of Greek Villages Flee in Terror Fiom Homes. A despatch froni Athens says : The earthquakes in the Elis district have been continuous for five days. The Villages of Lechaena, 36 mile* from Patras, and Andravida, about 33 miles from Patras, have been destroyed. The inhabitants of these villages, who number about< 2450 and 1800 respectively, hav* fled to Pyrgos. Their di.stress ba» been increased by heavy rains. The full extent of the damage is not known. CARPET FOB CORO NATIOI Looms at Glasgow Will Soon bs Busy on »the Task. A despatch from London says : Scotland is to have the honor of making the carpets which will cover the floor of Westminster Abbey for the coronation next June, and the looms of a great carpet factory at Glasgow will shortly be busily en- gaged upon the important task. The floor-covering has from earli- est times been a specific feature in the preparations for the stately ceremony, and in the Liber Re- galis prepared for Richard II., a copy of which is in the safekeeping of the Deans of Westminster, there is a definite order as to the "Ray cloth or Burrell" to be placed un- der the "King's feet as he goeth."' At the later coronations th car- pet has been of a rich and beauti- ful character, with as lustrous a surface as possible, and from the i^uantities needed in the more re- cent times it is one of the first ro- quirements to be set in hand. The new carpet will follow very close- ly upon the lines of that orderod for King Edward's crowning. Then, as now, the color was a singular- ly soft, rich blue. The design wa»- symboHcal and embodIcK) the> badge and motto of the ()rd«^r of the Garter and the Tudor rose, with the thistle, shamrcK'k iind lo- tus connected with fe8t^H)n^= vl bay , leaves and ribbons. Thos<> were ef- fectively shown in a r»thoi' lighter shade of color, and the whole fora- «d an adntirable backgroun<l to tlM- magnificence of the state robes, th*< ecclesiastical vestments, the crim- son of the peeresses' dresses, antli the military and di|»Iumatic uni- forms. It is not yet known how mudi car|>eting will be required, as tJlis- will depend upon the seating %r- rangements. which have not beea finished. For the last c&ronatioM 785 square yards were tomI*-