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\ a- ^â-  â- i THE ALmMBOUNDRY Sir Michael Herbert and Secretary John Hay Have Signed a Treaty. A Washington despatch sas's: Sec- retary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador, on Satur- day si^ed a treaty providing for the settlement of the Alaskan bound- ary questions. Efforts in this direc- tion have been put forth for a long time, the pressure coming from both sides, the Canadian miners being anxious to get thi-ough the Klondike to tlie sea without passing through American territory, and tlie Ameri- cans insisting upon their right to the coast line and the control of the ports. The treaty signed provides for the reference of all these boumiary ques- tions to a mixed tribunal of jurists, three on each side, to determine the interpretations to be placed on the treaty of 182."), between Great Bri- tain and Russia, which defined, the boundary between British America and Alaska. SETTLED TERRITORY. .The commission is to be limited in its consideration and award to cer- tain features of tlio boundarj' dis- pute, which are specifically covered in the treaty. Chief among tliese limitations is that whatever the re- sult of the arbitration the e.^isting settlements on the tide-waters of the Alaskan const should continue to be the property of the United States, and be considered as within American territory. This was a marked con- cession by the British Government, which ha.s, in fact, virtually receded from the position maintained by its commissioners when the Joint High Commission endeavored to effect a settlement of the differences between Canada and the United States. THE OLD PROPOSITION. This jjroposition is virtually the .same as that brought forward b.v tlie j American meuiljers of tlie Joint j High Commission, w hich met in I Washington three yeurs ago, but 1 which tlien was rejected by the Uri- I tish and Canadian representatives. It ; has taken three years to obtain the j consent of the British and the Can- iadian Governments to adjust the . boundary dispute on this basis. It is understood tliat the treaty ha.s been : drawn up after thorough considera- tion with the leading members of tlie Senate of both political parties, the Administration desiring to do everj'- thing possible in advance to secure j its ratification, I THIiEE ON A SIDE. I The commission proposed is curious ; in composition, consisting of an equal number of members upon each 'side, without an umpire or extra man to cast the deciding vote. No other terms of arbitration would liave been acceptable to the people of the Northwest, who see in this ar- Irangement a practical extinction of I any chance of a decision hostile to 'their plans. On the otiier hand, to : get a verdict favorable to the Am- erican claim the ca.se of the United ! States must be so strongly present- ed as to win the .support of at least one of the Canadian contingent. Tlie [treaty will be -submitted to the j United States Senate very soon, and the effort will be made to ratify it I before the exiiiration of the present session. EDUCATIONAL SHOW. The Draft Horse Men WiU H'old an Exhibition. For a number of years Canadian horses met with a ready sale at good prices, and then came a period during which oven tlie best were scarcely saleable, and inferior stock could hardly be given away. The importation of high class stallions almost ceased and the trade became generally doniorulized. During the last two or three years business has been gradually reviving and the l)ust year lias seen a large number of iuir- portations of pure bred stallions for breeding purposes. The draft horse is undoubtedly the most satisfac- tory type for the average farmer to breed. Good heavy horses weighirg from 1,500 lbs. upwards and of good quality are likely to meet with a ready sale for some time to couie. Such horses arc tractable and easily broken and while awaiting sale can be readily used for any sort of farm Work, thus paying for their keep which the fancy horses rarely do. To produce horses at a profit it is highly desirable that oidy the best class of registeied stuftions be used. In order to facilitate the selection of such stallions arrangements have been made to hold at Grand's Re- pository, Toronto, on the tth. 5lh. and 6th of February. a show of heavy draft stallions with a prize list amounting to some !51,.">00. at which an interesting programme of educational addresses will be pro- vided by expert horsemen. The breeders of heavy horses have for some time complained that the To- ronto Horse Show, usiuiUy held in the latter part of April or the bo- ginning of May. was so late as to be inconvenient for both buyers and sellers. Therefore it has been thought advisable to hold a show in February so that private breeders, as well as stallion syndicates and other associations may have ample time to make their selection for the coming season. The dates have been fixed thus early in order to meet the wishes not only of exhibitor:*, but of buyers from all parts ofithe l>o- mlnion, and it is hoi)ed that the show will be liberally patronized both by exjiibitors and visitors. Ij*. W. HonSON. Livo Stock Conimissioner. mide in this matter an e.xci.se officer attends the school to see that the liquor linds its way into the drains. iWAS NEARLY SUFFOCATED Manager of Natural Gas Company I Has Narrow Escape. • I A Welland despatch says: Geo. ' Cook, local agent and manager for the Mutual Natural tlas Company, was neaj-ly asphyxiated by gas in I his homo on Tuesday. Mrs. Cook i and their nepJiew, Roy, were away from home for the night. In the , morning Roy returned in time for .scliool, aiid, lindlng the doors lock- ed, thoug'ht his uncle was at his olHpe. At noon, when the little fel- low returned from school, the door Was still looked, and ho wont down to the office. That, too, was closed, and the child, .iccompanied by a Couple of men, hastened back, and nji entrance- into the house was i forced, tuid Mr. Cook \va.s f'ound ly- ! ing in bed unconscious from gas, I wliich had escaped into the room I from an open lireplace. It took s«v- jeral hours' work before consciousness I was ix'stoi-ed. The doctor said that in ten minuite.s more Mr. Cook would have been past recovery, as his pulse had already stopped bc!ating. POURED INTO DRAINS. Output of Manchester's Beer Plant Destroyed. A London despatch sa.vs : â€" The Manchester corporation recentl.v set up a municipal brvwery. but the beer is all poured into the drains. The explanation is that the Man- chester School of Technology decided some tiuw ago to have every trade of the North of England practically taught. As there were some foiu- teen students desirous of being initiated into the mysteries of brew- ing, the corporation dociditl to es- tablish a miniature brewery. A complete model brewing plant was consequently installed, and visitors to the school have the opportunity of seeing how the operation of brew- ing is conducted, just n.>i if they were in Burton itself. The authorities of Somerset House pomlered for months bttfor* thc.v gave their con.'ient to the working of this minioture brewery, but consented at lust on condition that the h9cr brawcd b« de8tr<>yed. In oi-der that no uiisluke may be SEA YIELDS RICH HARVEST Herring Shoals Return to Swedish Coast. A Stockholm despatch saj's : â€" .Shoals of herrings are standing thick outside the west coast of Sweden, affording a rich harvest to the fishing communities. These fish have not been seen for a generation. The influences that govern their migrations still belong to nature''s greatest mysteries. During the Mid- dle Ages the herring fisheries of Sweden produced great wealth, but the fish disappeared for three cen- turies, reappearing at the end of the eighteenth century, and after another interval of abs-ence returning about the middle of the nineteenth century. TWO MEN KILLED. Fatal Accident ou the Grand Trunk Bail way. A Port Hope despatch says : â€" A head-on collision boi.veen two freight trains occurred on the G.T.R. at (5.1.5 on Wednesday evening, be- tween this place and- Newtonville, a station 7i miles west of here. Two lives were lost, the victims being I'lretnan Matthews, of the east- bound freiglit, residence Little York; Brakesman Everist, of the west- bound freight, residence Little York. Conductor Preston, of the west- bound train, was slightly injured. The accident occurred about two miles east of Newtonville. The west- bound train was ascending a grade, when the eastern freight rounded a curve, the engine crew of tlie former train perceiving the latter a few sec- onds before their own headlight was visible to the crew on the east- bound train. ThJs enabled the west- boimd train's .speed to bo somewhat checked, but the momentum of the other freight on the down grade was too great to allow of its stopping. The crews of both trains jumped on perceiving that a collision was inevitable, but the two men killed and thi! conductor were caught in the wreckage. About a score of cars were smashed up, while both engines are but shapeless masses of twisted steel. It is stated that the cnu.se of the accident was neglect of duly on the pai-t of the operator at Newton- ville. He had. it is said, orders to hold the east-boimd freight at his station until the west-bound train had crossed it there. This order, it is alleged, he failed to deliver, with the result that the oast-bound trai^i proceeded and met the other. I A wrecking crew was despatched i from Port Hope immediately upon the receipt of news of the accident. The wreck took fire and burned fiercely, greatly increasing the diffi- culty and danger of the work. AGENT TAKES THE BLAME. The responsibility for the accident is accepted by. A. McDougall. tl:e station agent, w^ho has had nineteen years' experience, and has been at Newtonville for two years. I'revi- oiLsly he wus at Newca.stio and Bow- manville. He admits receiving an order from the train despatcher at Belleville, in.structing him to hold the east-bound freight until the freight from the west had parsed, but with Uie confusion resulting from his multifarious duties he for- got to deliver the order. In explan- ation of his mislakt; Sir. McDougall â- .'ai-d. "Every train is blocked at : Newtonville until the pi-eceding [train at Port Hope has either pulled lout or been switched. A train had gone out just a. short time aJioad of , the east-bound and I had the block- I signal out: tlien I received an order ; f rom the train desf«atcher at Belle- I ville tiiat a west-bound freight Would meet tJio east-bound here. 1 , put the order down on the desk and 'â-  went ahead with my reports. In a few minutes Port Hope notified me I that the preceding east-bound train I had cleared there. Then I pulled in the block and thought notl'.ing of the order for trains to meet here. I saw Uio east-bound come in, the one that I wui- wrecJved. Shortly afterward the : despatcher asked me if she was here: [I said. 'No. she's gone'; even then ; I did not think of the order. He ' asked mo if I had received the order. jl told him I had, it was un over- sight." POPULATION ONLY NEED. London Journal's Comments on Canada's Development. A London despatch says : â€" The St. James" Gazette had a long article on Saturday on Canada's ro.soiircos and wants, which opens with the state- ment that evidence has lately been forthcoming of the extraordinarily rapid advance in Canada's prosjii^r- ity dtiring the past two years, and reveals by far the most satisfactory condition of things in any part of the British empire, at the pre.sent time. The agricultural resources of the Dominion are dealt with, and the great want, it is pointed out, is population. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. Great Improvement in Wireless Telegraphy. A Berlin despatch says : â€" Professor Braiin announces that he has dis- covered a new. simple and economi- cal nwthod b.v which he can send un- measureii (luantities of electric en- ergy into the atmosphere. By his di.scovery he will be able to over- come the question of distance in wirele.sa telegraphy, insure greater reliability in transnission and more preci.se tuning of corresponding sta- tions, thus rendering them indejiend- ent of other sjsteuia. GUILTY OF TREASON. Death Sentence Passed on Col. Arthtir Lynch. A London despatch says: When the tiial of Col. Arthur L.nich, member of Parliament for Galway, on the ch;u-ge of high treason, was restmied on Friday counsel for the defence began summing up. There was no attempt to deny that Col. Lynch supported the Boots, but counsel contended that his natural- iEation was in no way prompted by rea onable intent, and was solely for the advantage he would thus secuje for journalistic purposes. Subse- muontly the defendant activel.v .suj)- ! ported the Boer cau.'-e, in the lelief j that he was a legally naturalized 1 burgher. I Ropl.viiig I'or the pro.'ocit'ion. the j Solicitor-Gononil, Sir Fiiward Cur- |S«n, niainiained that Col. L.vnoli j joineil the Boer arm.v as a di.scon- tentod Irishman, •'thereby eomniit- , ting a most cowaiyily an<i most .seri- ;ous act of treason." liis nattu-al- â- izalion. coIltinul^l the Solicitor-tJen- ,cral, Was only a flimsy pretext. : Counsx'l then procetnled to detail the I pri.soner's alleged acts of adherence jto his e<.>untry's enemies. The Lord Chief .lustice summed up I \X'i>' briefly. He Siiid that if in war : time a Brili.sli suhject joined the King's enemies, whatever his pui-- I pose, ho was guilty of an unlawftd jact. Njituralization duiing war I time aJToitled no exciiso whatever for subsoijuent acts. There was abund- dant ovidt-nce, he said, of overt acts in ai«.Miig the King's enemies. The jury, after having boon out half an hour, retiimcxl a verdict of ^lilty. When astu"d if ho had anythipR to ."sln.v n!< to why he should not bo sen- tenro<l to death. Col. L>-nch replied: I "Thank you, I will ."si.v nothing." I The .sentence of (K>ath was pa.'-scd ion each of the four cowits in the in- lillctmont. The puisoncr then bowed to the coiu-t. and was ^eulov^ed in I custody. It is believed the death setitelica will uot t>o carried out. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain. Cattle, etc in Truiii Centres. BREilDSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 27.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 Manitoba hai'd olleri'd at fiSc on G.T.R. all i-ail, grinding in transit, and at 85c Sarniu or Owen .Sound, without; bids. No. 1 Northern olTer- ed at .S;?c Surnia, and No. 2 North- ern at 8.')c all rail, grinding in transit, without bids. No. U On- tario red winter oliered at 71 Jc high freights, more oliered at 70c high freights, with 70c bid. One car of No. 2 mixed sold at 70c high freights, with 61) ic bid ; 70c bid for No. '2 mixed middle freights, and it offered at 7T.c low freigiits to New York, without bids. Oatsâ€" No. 2 while offered at 31 Jc high freights, with Hljc bid for 20,- 000 bushels, while Jiljc was bid for 10,000 bushels now shipped. Peas â€" No. 2 oUered at 7.'ijc high freight, with 7Sc bid on C.P.R. Corn â€" No. 2 Canadian yellow of- fered at loijc west, with ILic bid, and No. 2 mixed wanted at 44c west. Rye â€" No. 2 olVrrod at oOc on C.P.R with 49c bid middle freight. Buckwheat â€" No. 2 offered at oljc middle freight on C.P.R., without bids. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans â€" Trade is quiet at unchanged prices. Meilium bring Sl.O.'J to $1.7.5 per bush, and hand-picked Sl.UO to S2. ffi Dried apples â€" Market quiet, with prices unchanged at 4 to IJc per lb; and evaporated at (5i to 7c. Hone.v â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. .Strained, S to SJc per lb, and comb S1.2o to SI. 65. Hay. baled â€" The market is quiet, with no changes in prices. Choice timothy. SIO to §10.25 on track, and mixed. SS to .'?8.5U. Straw â€" The market is quiet, with car lots on track quoted at 55.50 to $6 a ton. Onions â€" The market is dull at 40e per bushel for Canadian. Poultry â€" JIarkot tiuiet. Demand f'air for finest, frosli killeil. dry pick- ed stock. Frozen and held stock only meeting with fair demand. We (|U0te : â€" Fancy dry-picked turkeys, 12 J to 13c ; frozen and held stock. 10 to lie: geese, fresh killed. 8 to TOc: held stock, 6 to Tc per lb ; ducks. 70 to DOc per pair ; chickens. 60 to 75c; hens, 40 to 50c per pair. Potatoes â€" Market firm. Car lots of choice stock, 81.10 to SI. 12 per bag f.o.b. track here; small lots sell at 51. as to 81.30 per bag. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" The market was steady as a rule, with prices showing little ch;inge. We quote : â€" I'^inest, 1-tb rolls, 19 to 20c; selected dairy, tubs, 17 to ISc: choice large rolls. 17} to ]3c; secondary grades (rolls and tubs), 1.") to ISc; bakers', 13 to lie; cream-prints, solids, 20 to 21c. Eggs â€" Market is quote : â€" Cold storage to 20c: ordinary, 1.5 to 17c; limed, 15 to ICc: splits, 12 to 13c. Cheese â€" Market rules firm. W'e (pioto : â€" Finest Septembers. 13 to 13ic; seconds, 125 to 12i;c. active, strong; January, 57.17-J ; March, S7.25; prima timothy, $1.90; prime alsike, $8.3.5. Duluth, Jan. 27. â€" Closeâ€" Wheat â€" Cash, Ko. 1 hard, 785o ; No. 1 Noithern, 77Jc; No. 2 Northern, 75Jc; May, 7'JJc; July, TOJc. Outs- May. 35 Jc. lli.waukeo, Jan. 27.â€" MTiout â€" Higher: dose. No. 1 Northern, 81 to Sljc; No. 2 Northern, 80 to 804c ; May, 803 to SOic; sellers. Rye- Firm ; No. 1, 51 to 52c. Barley â€" Lower, No. 2, 65 to (>7c; sumple, 45 to .58c. Corn â€" .Ma.v. 44Jc bid. Toronto, Jan. 2'r. â€" At the cattle niai'ket to-day the receipts were 84 cars, containing 1,1G0 cattle, 1,320 .sheep, 1.822 hogs, and 25 calves. Sales passed oil slowly in ull line) of cattle, ami at the close a good deal of butchers' exporters were ioft unsold. There was a good demand for ; choice stcckers and feeders, and S4.- i2l) to S4.10 was paid for a choice ,lot of these of from 1,025 to 1.150 Slbs. The bulk of the business in these was tnuisac'.ed on a basia of j§i to 'S4.2o. Feeders of 850 to 3(J0 i lbs. brought 33.50 U) §4 per cwt. I (Juite a lot of butchers' heifers and jSteers were -sold at S3.50 to S4.25 â- per cwt.. for me<liuxu to choice sti:ck iof 850 to 1.050 lbs. Butchers' bulls were sold at S3. 50 for heavy. and iS3 to 33 40 for light. The butchei-s' iand exporters' hulls offered I changed hands in t'lio ma- jority of ca.H'S at S3. 50 to 54 per I cwt. The (juality was fairly gi>o<i. Canners were .scarce, and the prices jwere i:on>.ir,al at S2 to S2.75 per cwt. Ro-igh bntciiers' cows brought from S3 to 83.25 per cwt. Thi^re were !not many sold. A choice lot of butchors' cows of from 050 to l,O50 lbs. was sold at 53.70 to 81.25 per cwt. Milch C'.iws and .sprin;icrs were 'hi .£;ood tlemand. and iho prite3 ranged from S30 to S55 each. For extra choice stocii higher prices wonld be paid. .Sales in sheep and lambs were slow, and lambs took another drop of 25 to 35c per 100 lbs., the quo- tations now being SI to $1.75 per jCwt.; 2150 to 300 were left In the , hands of the dealers. The receipts Were much larger tlnin usual, and this had sometliing to do with the decline. Ewes wore steady at $3.50 i to S3. 75 per cwt., and bucUs were ! worth S2.50 to S."!. I Calves wore still scarce and want- _ '(•<1, and the prices reinaine<l firm at S3 to SIO each. an<l 4i to <>4 per lb. i Hcgs â€" There were libeial otTct^ ings, and the market continued wenlt in sympathy with the easy tone of the Isnglith nuirket. The prices paid were S'.i for .^elect bacon hogs of 100 to 200 lbs.. S5.S7 for thick flits, and S5.87J for light. 23 to 23Jc steady, .selected. AVe 17 Exporters' cattle â€" Per It >0 lbs: Choice ..55.00 55.10 Medium .. 4.. 50 4.00 Heavy .. o.on 4. GO Bulls .. 3.75 4.00 Butcheis.'â€" Choice .. 4.25 4.40 Medium .. 3.(55 4.00 Heifers .. o.oo 3. no Bulls .. 3.00 3.50 Cows .. 2.75 3.75 Feeders ,. ... .. 4.00 4.25 Canners .. 2.25 2.30 Sheep â€" Liunbs .. 4.00 4.7.5 lOwes .. 3. .50 3.75 Bucks .. 2. .50 3.00 Calves, each .. 3.00 lO.OO Hoesâ€" Selects, IGO to 200 Us . 6.00 O.OO Thick fats . .5.,S7J O.OO Lights ... _ *â-  . 5.87i O.OO UONTUEAL MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 27.â€" Manitoba mill- ers have raised prices of flour 15c a barrel: even this, however, is not equivalent to the rise in wheat : since, counting four and a half bushels to the barrel, the grain costs i them 25c more the barrel of flour 1 than formerly. Cheese is scarce, and those who have it are not an.xious to sell. Butter is rather | dull, the price quoted lieing for , fresh receilUs, while little is coming 1 in. There is a good deal of held ; stock, however. for which '22 to t 223c is askcil ; this price cannot be got at present, but iS"1»xpected later on. Grain â€" No. 1 Manitoba hard j wheat. 74.Jc; No. 1 Northern. 72Jc. ! in store. Fort William ; peas, 724c j high freights : oats. No. 2 in store here, 35Jc. 31c high freights : rye, | l'.)lc east ; buckwheat. 5i>c east, j Flour â€" Manitoba patents. 54.35 ; .seconds, SI. 0.5: Ontario straight rollers. $3.50 to 53.0.5 ; in bugs. 51.70 to 51'i'o; patents, §3.70 to $4.10. SPECIAL BRITISH COLONY. Two Thousand Farmers Coming to Canada. A London despatch says :â€" It is ar.notincod that the two thousand British farmers and agricullunil la- borers who are to settle at .Saska- toon are to sail on March 21st. iu charge of Rev. Mr. Barr. The Can- adian t^ovornment will give sulTicieut land for IS townships and foreigners wii! not be permitted to settle oh this reserved territory. The !;ett!o- nient will be callwl the Special Brit- ish Colon.v. The report of the Crofter Coloni>;a-' tion Committee sa.vs the position ol the settlement at Saltcoats in tile Canadian territories, established in 181)9, has undergone little change. Some of the liiune.sieaiis which huvv« reverted to the board have been sold and an endeavor is being made to find purchajiors for the reiiiaiitier. UNITED .ST.VL'ES .AIARKKTS. St. Louis, Jan. 27. â€" Wheat clo.seU â€" Ca.sh, 73Jc; Januar.v. 72Jc; Ma.v. 763c: July. 72Sc. Buffalo. Jan. 27.^ â€" Flour â€" Finn. Whoat^Spring, very little business : No. 1 hard, 8t)c ; winter, offerings very light : No. 2 red. 7t>c. Corn â€" Firm: No. 2 yellow. 51c; No. 2 corn, 52J to 5:Jc. tiatsâ€" Strong : No. 2 white, 42c: No. 3 white. He. Bar- leyâ€" 52 to 63c. lt,vc â€" No. I in .store. 61c. Miiuieapolis, Jan. 27. â€" Clo.w â€" \Vhcnt-.May, 78} to 7.Uc: July. 7S«Sr; on track, .No. I hard. 79}c ; .No. 1 ^'orthe^n, 78|c; No. 2 North- ern. 77}c. Toledo, Jan 27.-7\Vheotâ€" Dull, llrni: cash and .luminr.v. 701c; Ma.v, S25c. Corn â€" Dull, ste'ad.v; Januar.v. 4Rlc; Mivv. 4lic. Ootsâ€" Dull, firm': Januory. 36 }c: May, .57 Jc. Ityeâ€" No. 2, 53Jc. Cloversct^dâ€" Fairly GOOD ROADS IN ONTARIO. Abolishing Statute Labor in Fa- vor of New System. A Toronto despatch says : â€" The campaign waged b.v Government otliciuls tor the abolition of statute labor has boi'ii particularly succe.s,s- fid during th.' last .vear. About one hundred municipalities have com- muted the s.vstem, and many mort> have proiuiso<l to do the same when an opportune time arrives. The seventh annual report of the Com- missioner of llighwa.vs. which is now being [>repared. will give un ac- count of the efforts made to change the system of keeping roads in n- pair, and also n general rtfview ^ Ibc wort \h>'t has Ix"".-^ •••coonipli.shfd during the past .vear. tha ivpoi u contains, too. a it'vlew of tl.e worlc done in conmTliou with ooloniitatlon roads. During the year about 80O miles 01 .stich roadwii>s wer«< con-i struct.Kl, principally iu the Temis- kuuiiiiic country. â- Â«^*'i«i â-  i I