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TBE Mim MARKETS REPORTS FROM, THE LEADIITO TKADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Chtese, •Jid Other Dairy Product ., at Horn* and Abroad. Toronto, Doc. 29.â€" Wheat â€" The market for Ontario grades is iin- cbauKotJ. No. 2 whito anil mixcHJ quoted ui 77 lo 77Jc low froights. ana ;-:::. '.i red Winter at 76ic. No. 2 spriiiK ntentiy at 72 to 73c east, aii<i No. U gooKO ftt 70c. Mivnitoba wheat Ktoady. At upper lake portH No. 1 Nortlierii is <)UOtcd at Sftjc, and No. 2 Nonheni at aiijc. No. J hard nojuinal nt 88J to 89c lake port.s. For grinding in transit quo- tations are Oc higher than above. Oatsâ€" Tlio market is <iui('t, with prices steady. No. 2 white quoted lit 27 to 27ic west, at 27Jc middle frciglits, and at 28c low freights to New York. No. 1 white steady at 28 J e east. liarleyâ€" The market is (|uiot, with the prices steady. No. 2 quoted at 41 to <12c, middle freights; No. 3 extra at SSlc. and No. 3 at 37c mid- dle freights. reasâ€" Trade is dull, and prices un- changed. No. 2 white quoted at 61 to fil^c west, and at (i2c cast. Ryeâ€" The mnrkot is steady, with 'No. 2 quoted at .')2c ennt or west. Cornâ€" The market is quiet, and prices unchanged. No. 2 old yellow American quoted at 54c on track, Toronto; No. 3 yellow, fi3c; nnrl No. « mixel at 52c Toronto; No. 3 new American yellow (iuotc<l at 50c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at 49c. Huckwheatâ€" The market is fmn, with rieniaud good. No. 2 quoted at 45 to .^(ic inidtlle freights. Flourâ€" Ninety per rent, iiatents arc .sleacly at §3.025 middle frei^'lits, in buyers' mieks for ex[)ort. .Str.niglit rollers of sfx'cinl liiands for domestic trade quoted at S3. '10 to $3..')() in 1)blK, HiiTiitoba flours are (Inn. No. 1 patents, $4.(5.-) to $4.75; No. 2 patents, $4.3,"j to $4.4.'}, and strong tonker.s", $4.25 to $4.3.'5 on track, To- ronto. Millfeed- Ur.au steady at $16.60, and short.s nt $18. .lO here. At out- Side points bran is quoted at $14. una .shorts at 317 to $17.50; Mani- toba bran, in sacks, .?18, and shorts at $20 here. COUNTOY rUODUCE. Apph'Sâ€" The market is fairly active at un(liangc<l prices. Choice stocks job at $2 to $2.50 per bbl. Beansâ€" There is a limited trade, Willi jiricc-s steady. Prime beans are ijuotcsl at $1.60 to SI. 70 per bush. 'Mried applesâ€" Tile demand is fair, Willi |,riccs unchanged at 4i to 5c per II). Evaporated apjdes, 6c per m Hopsâ€" The market is tinehangcd at 25 to .'iOc, according to quality. Honeyâ€" The market is firm nt 6i to 71c per lb. for bulk, and at $1.25 to $2 for comb. Hayâ€" The market is dull, with rc^ eiiplK onl.v moderate. No. 1 tim- olhy quoted at $9 to $9.50 on truck, Tcironto, and mixed at $0.50 to $7. .Str.iwâ€" 'I'bo niarkot is qui(!t at 55 to 85.50 per ton for cor lots on track. I'otaloesâ€" Offerings conlinue light, and prices rule firm. Choice cais are quoted at 75 to 78c per hag on track hero, and inferior quality at <'>5 to 70e per bag. roullryâ€" The demand is good, and prices ni-e lirm. 'J'lirkeys are quoted at 14 to inc per lb., and geese at « to lie per ri).; ducks, II) to 12c per lb., or SI to $1.40 per pair- chickens, 10 to lie per lb., or 80c to $1.25 [icr pair; f(i«l.«;, 7 to 9c per lb. Till': DAIJIY MAUKKT.S. liutu^râ€" The market is steady, with fair olTerings. Demand steady for Btrietly choice parcels. fSecondary grades are accumiiUiling, and jirices are being shaded to make sales. We quote:â€" Finest 1-lb. rolls, 17 to 18c choice large rolls, 16 to 17c; select- ed dairy tul-.s, lOJ to 17ic; inferior to medium qualitlen, 13 to 15c; creamery prints unchanged, 21 to 22e; solids, 19 to 20e FgKS -ilarkel still very firm. M'e ipiote;â€" New laid, ;lOc; selBcts, 23 to 25c; cold storage, 21 to 22c; liaied 20 to 21c. C|ie«KC- Market dull; very little trade ilolng. Wo quote:â€" Finest, 11 to 11 Ic; fxconds. 10 to lOjc. iioa rrtoDijCTS. Dressed hogs are a little easier, witli olTeriiigs inrreasijjg. .Sales, $(>.4() to $(1.5t>, i|,4iveied here, t'ured meats are steady with a fair de- mand. Wo quote:- llacon. long ch-ar, 8} to 9c in ten and case lots; mess pork, $17; do., short cut, $18.- 50 to $19. .Smoked mealsâ€" ITums. light to me- ilium, 121 to ]3r; do , heavy, Hi to 12c: rolls, 10c; shoulderR, »jc; backs, 134 to lie; breakfast bacon, 13 to IBJe. l^arrtâ€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. AVe quote:- Tlerc- m, NJc; tubs, HJc; jMiilfi, 8|c; com- pound, 8 to Oc. DU.SINESR AT MONTHKAL. Montreal, I»cc, 20.â€" The local luar- kots are fairly active. There Is bo change in grain or Aour. Cheese Is qnlct and likely to coutiniie so until the New Year. Butter is rather Weak. Eggs arc still in good 4»- •noiwl anri thn iiunnlv ia srnaJl. "^a I'rovislon Market is steady; the re- ceipts of poultry were fair; prices unchanged. Grain â€" I'oas, 711 to 72c adoul here; rye. 68c east, 58c aflojit here; oats. No. .2, 341 to 84Jc In utorc; No. 2, Ic less; flax- 8i'«d, $1.15 on track here; No. 3 barley, 60c. Flourâ€" Manitoba pat- ents. $4.60 to $4.85; seconds, $4.30 to $4.50; strong bakers', $3.90 to $4.30: Ontario straight rollers. $3.90 to $4; in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; jiat- ents, $4 to $4.25; extra, $1.65 to $1.70; rolled oats, $1.80 per liag; $3.80 per bbl. UNITKD .SrATiJ;.S MARKETS. MinneuiJolis, Dec. 29.â€" Wheatâ€" De- cember, 79Jc; May, 82i to 82ic; Ju- ly, 8lic: on track. No. 1 hard, 821c; No. 1 Northern. 81ic; No. 2 North- ern, 794c; No. 3 Nortlicrn, 79Sc. Flourâ€" First patents $4.45 to $4.55; second patents, $4.30 to $4.40; first clears, $.3.30 to $3.40; second clears, $2.30 to «2.40. Branâ€" In bulk, $13.- 75 to ?14. Buffalo, N. y., Dec. 29.â€" Flour- .Steady. Whoatâ€" Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, 01c asked; winter, nothing doing. Cornâ€" Firm; No. 2 yellow, 501c; No. 2 corn, 48c. Oatsâ€" Good demand; un.scttlcd; No. 2 white, 414c; No. 2 mixed, 394c. Barley â€" 61 to 65c c.l.f. in stpr^. Rye â€" No. 1, fiOlc - ... Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 29.â€" Wheat- Firm. No. 1 Northern, 85c; No. 2 Northei-n, 80 to 85c; May, 83ic. Ryeâ€" Firm; No. 1 , 57c. Barleyâ€" Steady; No. 2, 63c; samples, 36 to 60c. Cornâ€" Steady; No. 3. 40 to 45c; May, 44c. FATAL EDPLOSION. One Man Killed .tnd Fotir Scalded at London. A London despatch says : â€" Two of the hot water furnaces at Wols«ly Uiu'r.ocke exploded shortly after mid- night on Sunday morning, causing the death of Mess Seirgt. Jas. Bur- nett, the probable fatal injiu-y of Ftc. Thomas Worswick, and the very sorious injury of I'to. Walter Wors- \vick and Quartormastcr-Sergt. Dun- levj'. The furnaces wore tho.se used to provide heat for the officers' quarters, and thc.y had not been giving .'aUsfii^tion, in fact a plum- ber had been engaged upon them but an hour jireviously, and had loft in the belief tliat all was secure. It is believed that the pipes had sonie- wh«re become clogged, and as the night was a very cold one, with a blizfcard raging without, the furnaces were ke|it going full blivst. As a re- sult, the blocked furnaces made steam. Tlie foua- men were in the furiiaco- rooai examining the fiu'iiaccs, owing to a ])eculiar rumbling noise whicli the furnaces wore making, and were about to leave for the night, when tJie explosion of one of the furnaces took jdfvce. llurnett was pinned be- neath the boiler momontaril.v, and wa.s frightfully scaldeil. The ekin peelod from his body in l>atches a foot ,s*quaie, and. besides, lie inlialod the deadly steam. The latter was the diroet cause of hLs death, which occurred at A'ictorin Hospital six hours later. Thos. Worswick also inhaled tho steam, and is not ex- pected to recover. Walter AVoi'Switk's case i.s more hopeful. TWENTY-TWO KILLED. Terrible Accident on the Pere Mar- quette Railroad. â-  A Grand llajiids. Mich., despatcli faiy.s : â€" The dcat.li ti.s.t icsulting from the head-on collision between two I'cro ilarqiiette liailroad i)nss«,>iiger trains near Fiusl I'nris on Saturday night stands at twoiity-two, with twenty-nine verson.'i injured, soveral of them prolialily fatall.v. It was the most disastrous wiock in the hintory of the I'oro Marquette system, and instead of being caused by a niiin's cixreles'^n«ss or mistake, is cliaiged to tlio high wind, which extingiii.^liod the reil signal light In tJie oi«ler board at Mcl-ord's Wta- tion. where tho wtstbouud train wa.'i expected to stop and receive new orders. Two minutes before the train ru.sho*! by McCord's tlia light WHS burning, sa.vs the opertttor there but in that brief inter Mil the bliv/- zard that. was raging cxliuifui.sbcd it, and train No. ,") flushed by the station to crash into e»r>t-bound train No. 6. near Kast Paris. The ti'ains, wlii<li were two of the finest on the .\v.ileui, were r»«iucod to a pronii'cuous pile of WroVcu and twisted timber and uietnl, with (lead and injiirjMl )iiiuieil fJown uiid cnisli- ed by the frngmcnts of the heavy cars. SEALS FOR LAKE SUPERIOR Attempt to be Mad* to X'ropagato Them. A Mui'quctte. Mish.. dcspntah says: â€" rrelimiiiary steps for the farma- tlon of the "ijakn »it|)arior Saai rroiHigatlou Seclsty" kave b«»n taken at AaihlaiMl, tdhe •)sit*l liaiHg to sto«ik Lake Sugwriar wltfi hir- bcariug saals. The yrtncltHtln af the orgsnizatlon are CsM* lialrrifT. a Rusalan, wit* thirty ysats' expai-- lenre as a sealsr; ax-Lieut. -Uaxrainior FIAeld «t Wlacansln end J. K. Hob- bins e( RhtnataMlar. It is csMmat- •d that tan male and farty femala «ea]a in the lake will ineroasc to 1,000 la twanty .years. The .Apos- tle Islajvds, tagcttier with Jslc Jloyale aitd tjte rorJiy aliores of Lake tkupcrior, would, it Ts b*iMts«:1. he Maul hr«a4lna nlaeaiw SIXTY-THREE KILLED. Passenger Coacues Wrecked on Baltimore and Ohio. A Connellsvillo, I'omi., dcspiatcb says ; â€" With a terrible criiah and a grinding noise, the Duquenne Limit- ed, tihe fastest thi'uugh passenger train from Pittsburg to New York, on the llultinwie and Ohio, plung- ed into a pile of lumber nt Laurel IliiTi, two miles west of Dav/iBon, at 7.45 o'clock on Wednesday evening, anu sixty-threc lives were lost, and_ thirty persona were injured. The tj-ain left Pittsburg Wednesday even- ing, running a few minutes late, in charge of Knginecr William Thorn- ley, of Connellsville. When passing Laurel Run, which is a particularly fuie piece of roadbed the train was running at a high rate of s?iecd. Suddenly the passengers were thj"own from their seats by tiie lightuing-liko application of the air brakes, and a moment later there was a terrible cra.sb. 1'he train was niade up of two bttggage caJb, two day coaches, one sleeper ajud one dining car, and was caiTying at the time at the lowest cstinjate 160 passengers. 'ITie train plowed along for a considerable dis- tjincc, and the cars were torn to pieces, pjissengers jumping scream- ing from tho wreck as it tore along. Suddenly the engine swerved to the left, and the coacTies fdungod dcAvn over the cmbajikm'ent to the edge of the Youghiogheny River. The minute the cars s-topped roiling, there was a wild scene. Many per- sons were pinnod beneath the wreck- age, aiMl the scieajus and cries that rent the air were beyond des- cription. Many wore injured in their mad excilemont, r.nd others plunged into the river. Others, pinned be- neath the heavy timbers, pleaded in OijOTiized tones for release. 80 ter- rifying was the force of the wreck tliat nearly every pasfongcj- stiflered a moment's unconsciousness and many of the able-bodied men were unable to assist tl;e injured from the wreck. CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS. Quantity Used ."n Canada Is On tlie Increase. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" The conSiuniptioii of spirits in Canad*i is on the increase, while the use of malt liquors is falling off. That is tlio unmistakable evidence derived from comimrison of the inland re- vomie returns for the fiscal year .\oar ending June 30th la.spt with tlio.so for tlie same period of tJie J ear previous. In 1902 there were 27,623,767 gallons of malt liquor manufactured. For the last fiscjil year the quantity manufactuix-d was 25,755,1.')4 gallons, or a falling off of 1,808,017 gallons. In tho fiscal year 1901-02 the iiuantity of spirits entered for consumption was 2,933,- 182 gn.llons of tlic value of $5,613,- 295. During the last liscal year 3,207,74vS gallons of the value of $0,158,275 were entered for con- siLiiip'tion, being an increase of 274.- 56(i gallons in quantity luul $544,- 960 in value. A huger consiiniption of spirits than of malt liquors is not a healUifiil imlicalion. To put the figur(>s in aJiother waj- : In 1902 the per capit.a consumption was as follows :â€" Siiiiils, .796 gallons; to- bacco, 2.404 pounds. In gallons; tobacco, 2.1t)l pounds, In 1903 (he per citpila roiisiuiiption was; â€" Spirits, .870 gallons; heer, 4.712 gallons; yvliie. .f)90 gallons; tobacco. 2.548 pounds. In 1902 the revenue ynsv hea.d was :â€" Spirits. $1,653; beer, 50.214; wine, $0,018; tobacco, 0.915. Last year the per Capita revenue receipts were: â€" Spirits, .?!.- 812;' beer, $0,205; wine, 60.0.51; to- b.acco, $0,092. Tlie number of cigaJH taken for aoiCTUmption in tlie la.st llval ,\ear was 151, 780,516, us against 141,09«.»89 for the year previous. 'niero were 22,077,302 poiimL'! of tobacco taien for con- Buniptioii, comikarcd with 21,540.- .')01 in tho pi'ccodiiig y*ar. HUGE RAILWAY MILEAGE. Will Be 209,855 Miles in XTaited States January 1. A Chicago despatch says : â€" Ac- coriling to the ilailwny Age the tot- al railway niiUage of the Pniled .Sl;utcs Jan. 1, 1904. will bo 209.- ?55 miles, the presciit yaur having sddad .'^.723.45 miles. U'his miltajte is coHsidtranly greater than that ab»wu hy I'ocr's Manual, and pro- babt.y is Bearer correct, as it takes Uto' aeeount all sf the new track laid up to the last ila.^ s of the year, Cof'Xiared with 10O2 tho pre.wnt ,vrar is about an a parity in Blot- ter of railway caustiructiiin. The senstvuut'ion rsport^od wa.i done en .'ISO liticH and in {t!> States and Ter- iil«rie.<t, inchuHng .Mnska. Early in the year it wets ahown that there were $.600 Milae of railroad under corustrinetiiou, but labor trotiblaa and finanaial fliurrics r.ausad sone of the work to be ahaDdoued. SMALLPOX IN BUFFALO. SiK Cases DlscoTered in a Bance Hall. A l»u9iil«. N. Y., despatch says : â€" Nina persons euAerlng trout luuallpox w»re taken to the Ouavantine Wo*- fUai «n Friday. Six nf the caaes WMre discovered at a dance hall in lircadway, where a large number of INNmons were exposed to infectlen. The health auitbori;le« arc wo-King liBJ-d to stump oi:t the disease. 1'wo buildings have been quaraatined and nlftced imrter a police guartf. THE mum OF SEEDS THE CHIEF WEEDS IN CI,OVi.E AND TIMOTHY. Interesting Particulars by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The spread of noxious weeds can be attributed to no single cause. They seem to be naturally adapted to rapid spreading, and besides there are various natiu-al and artiQcial agencies which aid in their dissem- ination. Not the least important among these agencies is the seed grain v.'ade. Almost every farmer purchases yearly seed of grain or grasses and clovers with little thought of introducing weed seeds in this way. As a matter of fxict, how- ever, he seldom gets seed perfectly free from weed seeds of some kind. Occasionally those are not particul- arly injurious, but not frequently they are most undesirable, and, be- ing introduced unconsciously, gain a strong foothold before their pres- ence is suspected. In this connection some particulors of the analysis of seeds from the Department of Agri- culture at Ottawa should be of in- terest .as they show to what extent these conditions prevail. Of over two hundred samples of Timothy analyzed during 1903 only four had no weed seeds in them; in tho others over thirty difterent kinds of weed seei.s were represented. Of those Cinquefoil, Peppergrass, Sheep Sorrel, Hihgrass, False Flax, Lamb's-quarters, Canada Thistle and White Cockle were most commonly present, often at tho rate of several thousand per pound. In red clover and alsikc, of each of which there were several hundred samples analyz- ed, there were upwards of forty species of weed .seeds, those being commonest whose size approximated that of the clover seed. Thus in red clover were commonly found curled dock, Canada thistle, white cockle and ribgrass; while in alsike, false flax, white cockle, sheep sorrtl, cinquefoil and black Medick were pre- valent. TITE PIUMARY CAUSE for this prevailing condition ia no doubt the growth of weeds with tho crop for seed, and tho tendency of farmers to buy improperly cleaned seeds because they arc cheaper than, and • -isual e.vaniiiier, equally as good as dovarer grades. It is usually safe to regard cheap seed as of in- ferior quality and on this account to avoid buying it. Dodder w,as present In twelve sam- ples of rod clover at an average rate of 418 seeds per pound; this is con- siderably more than was the case a year ago and was no doubt due to more seed being imported from the south where this parasite thrives much better than here. Tho analysis of several saxiiples obtained from Chili showed that dodder is a very common impurity fh seed from that country, one sample having upwards of seven hundred seeds per pound and others somewhat less. There is no probability of Canada ever having to import seed from Chili, but as both countries have a common mar- ket for their surplus supply, the presence of this inipurliy in the Chil- ian Eeed should utTord the Canadian produce a considerable advantage. Were it not for this circum.stanee the Chilian red clover seed would prove a dangerous competitor, as it is well colored, plump and of high vitalilv, and with few other objectionable im- purities. KcvBrnl samples of exported Can- adian alsikc and red clover were obtained from ICnglish .'?eed uierch- onts. All these showed a uniform quality, nono of them free from wtod .wihIs. but had apparently been well cleaned as there was a notable ab- sence of such impnrlties as lijjht seeds. chad, or weed seeds eiUier larger or smaller than the bulk of the sample. .Small numbers of cock- le, black lledick and false (lax sUlI remained in the alsike, and of fo.x- tnil and ribgrass in the red elovor. Tho germination was uniformly ove? ninety per cent. Tho average qual- ity was therefiiro considerably bet- trr than that of the V'ods retailed in oiir own markets. It should always bo rcnieiubered, however, by buyere that, while the average i|unlity of our sot'ils nia.v bo low, the bigheiit grades arc always offered for sab', and this ipiality i.s in the end the tnost prodtable. TICKS FROM THE WIEE. KAPPENINQS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBS. Telegraphic Briefs Trom Our Owi and Other Countries of CANADA. Henry Mullen was sentenced t« foi six months In jail at Hamilton forgery. The Nova Scotia Steel Conipanj will purchiisc extensive iron do posits in Cubo. Mr. Alex. McPherson of Hamaltoi was run down by a street car and killed on Saturday. OakviUe Town Council passed i by-law granting a franchise to lh« Hamilton Iladial Railway. All hope of getting tlie steamoi Monai-ch out of the Ice ne.Tx Sault Ste. Marie this winter has been abandoned. Tho members of the Grand Trunk Pacific survey comp on Lake Nepi- gon ran out of provisions and suf- fered witli hunger for nine days. While Sir Frederick Borden was in England Mr. .\rnold Forster. Secre- tary of State for Wai'. suggested that a regiment of Canadians be sent to India to get the benefit cl a military training there. GREAT BRITAIN. American capital it is said will witliin a ycai- set everj- niine work- ing in Cornwall, Eng. All the important London police stations will at last be loanected with one another, and with the new Scotland Yard. Bails for London trains are being ordered from British firms, although Belgium gave the lowest tender. An- other gain for Chamberlain. It now appeals thgt England's ac- cepted offer of $9,375,000 for the two war vessels built for the Chilian Goveniment was just $375,000 larg« er than RuBSia's olTer. A London cnrio shop proprictoi has just sold for f 1 25 what has since been proven to be the ca,-;ket presented 350 yeai's ago by llonry II., King of France, to his favorite Diana of Foitlers. It is said to bo worth $25,000. ALMOST AN EPIDEMIC. Four Hundred Typhoid Cases m Pittsburg. .\ Fittsburg, Fcnn., de.sjiatch .-sa.vs: â€" Ty^'hold fever is raj>i«l.\ iiicren.«>iBg ill tJiis eity and threaten.s lo take m\ the character of an epddemic. For ♦he first 22 days of December there were 410 ca.ses and during the last 24 hotirs 49 sew cases ^^•rc report- ed, 'niis breakfl all puevious re- cords. The disease is virvuJent and a loi'gc pro}>erllon of those talicn »lck ore d.\ ing. -â- *â-  â-  BARKEEPERS MUST GO. No Koom For Them in Ohio Odd- fellews' Xedge. A Springfield. Ohio, despatch says: â€" Orand Master Charles C. Pavey of the Ohio (•rami Lrfidge of the lode- penxtent Order of OMfellowe has is- •ued a circular to the elT»rt that on January 1, 1904, all laloenkeepers, hartcnjdere and pr«>Jesak>nal gnnihi- ers Ataall eith«r quit tite order or thoee occtipaMonai UNITED STATES. One hundred suid twenty-live boats have tied up for the winter at De- troit. Stole are beting taken to form a wa,sherwo!uon's union in St. Louis, Mo., and district. It is oflicially announcetl that the British GJovrriunent has recognized the republic of Panama. Cattle breaking through into a neighbor's field causod a gun fight at Ardmorc, I.l'., in which John Scott and Sam Victory were killed. The Grand Jury at Chicago has voted nine indictments against mem- bois of the street car men's union, on charges of riot, couspirniy, mali- cious iwi.scliicf and unlawful assem- bly. .Much excitement has been caused by reports of the discovery of beds of pure anthracite coal far beyond the limits of the southern boundary of the hard coal region In Pennsyl- vania. The other day Samuel Turner was killed en the railroad track at Port Morris, N. J., at the same place and in the same manner In which his father and grandfather met thcij death, 0110 in IS'TS and the other in 1883. Menominee, Ificli., lumber mill! manufactured last year 260,000,000 f*>et of lumber, 110,000, 000 shiugles and 65,000.000 lath. Two mills have been disinautled owing to th« di.«tapp.''aranco of pine ia Northerr MichlRuii. tlENERAL. (Uiisepi-o ZaJiardoUi, fonncr Pre- mi«?r of Italy, is dead. Cliinrse coolies have looted and buriivd buildings ef the Canton-Han- kow railwoj'. It is said at Johannesburg that the Tvansvaul will be unable to take iq) its shaa"e of the war loan in Februaiy. An arbiti-ation treaty between 1-Yaiite and Italy, along the lines of tliut between Britain and Fi'ance, wa.s sijued «t I'aris. The I'ekiii o(i>rrespondeiit of The Tiirvs says the Japanese la-epara- tions for war are probably tho nio.st coinplele and detailed tho world has c\cr sean. IbLcn, the Norwegian draiuati.«;t . has aphasio- inability lo us! the rig'iit words in eeiiTarsation. When he wanted a visitor to take a seat he said: "Take a cigar." NEW SMELTING PROCESS. Government Appoiata Experts to Inv3St'.(ifate. An Ottawa despatch fays : â€" Tho Govenimcjit has appointed a coui- iniseion to go to ffitirope to inspect the various Jil.tiifs (.hat use tho thcrmo-e>er.tric proce."M for the smelting of iron ores and the jMak- in^f of steel, 'i'kt coimui«siea con- sist.s of Dr. }*R«ni'l. S^nperiHlon^ut of Mines, and Mr. C. W. Brown, as- sistant anfl works eugiaeer for the Canadian (-feaerAl Klectilc Co . reterboro'.if;li. A «;1«>*I exqperl and a tlraughlsukoii will be a.dried to tin conimission. hut they wi'l he select ed i'l lRiiro)>e. Thern ere fivo ca tabllfdinients in lOuropc wUeix" p.ig iron and steel arc comaiereially pre dueec) by electricity. • I I