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-- Mi I LESSON TO THE WflRLB : // The True Meaning of New Zealand's Aid to Britain. from Wellington, ( congratulated tho delegates on A conference I "'i*°''^"ii^^y supporting the Gov- 'A despatch Nfew Ze.aland, says cl' the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday unanimously carried a resolution approving of tbp Government's offer to share in ernment's action. The delegates had recognized that that course was adopted and was in the general interest of the Empire. Ik was not one, nor indeed twelve, Dread- the defence of the Empire by pre- ! noughts that counted, but the value Beating a Dreadnought to the Im- of the moral to be drawn from the pe,rial Government. The resolution ' offer. New Zealand was not stupid stated that they acknowledged and enough to believe that Great Bri- plhced on record their opinion that ! tain was unable to maintain a the prosperity and integrity of the 'strong navy, or to offer a Dread- Empire could only be upheld by uought on the mere score of the the provision of an united defence by each and every portion of his cost, ia the belief that Englanv. re- quired her assistance, but she re- Majesty's dominions. Now and in i cognized that it was a proper thing th^ future th^y were prepared to assist in establishing such a posi- tion. At a dinner held in the evening the Prime Minister proposed the toast to "Commerce." Referring to the offer of a Dreadnought, he i belong. to do to show foreign nations that the outlying portions of the Em- pire were willing to help. More- over, the offer proved thai they really formed a part' of the Em- pire, to which they were proud to STIMULUS TO PRODUCTION. Farmers Will Increase Their Wheat Acreage. ,A despatch from Regina, Sask., *ay3 : Cool weather during the past few days has interfered with the Ceding operations through the West, but the delay is not serious Jind there is no concern about the FOUR MEN DROWNED. Went Out in a Frail Boat Near Port Uorien, N. S. A despatch from Halifax says : As a result of a boating accident at Dominion No. 6, near Port Morien, on Thursday afternoon, four men lost their lives by drown- ing while another had a narrow ea cutlook for the season. High prices j ^.^^^^ ^^j ^^s completely exhausted for wheafc in the markets of tho.^jjgjj rescued and brought ashore. world will undoubtedly lead to larger increase than usual in the Acreage to be seeded in that grain. Farmers do not usually pay much attention "to sky-rocketing tactics .en the part of wheat manipulators, but conditions at the present time 'are recognized as extraordinary. ♦ [ 1HS1IURANT8 AT MONTREAL. • Over Sixteen Thousand Have Ar- rived at Windsor Station. A despatch from Montreal says : Trom March 15 to April 15, 16,500 immigrants, exclusive cf children under age, have passed through the Canadian Pacific Windsor Sta- tion. Of the number 12,045 or 73 per cent., went direct to Winnipeg, and from there scattered them- selves over the far west ; 2,955 used Toronto as their distributing cen- tre, most of these going to various parts of New Ontario, and 1,500 scattered them^lves along tho line from Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie. >» SENTENCED TO GALLOWS. Battletord Slan Must Die for Mur* der of Comrade. A despatch from Battleford, Cask., says: Amidee Titrault was on Friday found guilty and sentenc- ed to be hanged on June 27 for the murder of Frank Nadon at Payn- ton, Sask., in November last. "The murder was the result of a drink- ing bout at Nadon's home. A quar- rel ensued and Titrault stabbed Kadon to his death with a butcher knife. Titrault and Nadon form- erly belonged to the Three Rivers district in Quebec and bore good characters. The names of the victims are : â€" Michael Driver, 32, Englishman, married, eight children ; George Hancock, Englishiuan, unmarried ; Harry Gardner, 29, Scotchman, un- married ; William McLeod, 32, of Port Morien, married, two child- ren. The rescued man is Thomas Wrench, who is in a serious condi- tion as a result of his experience, but will recover. The accident oc- curred shortly after 1 o'clock, and when it became known great crowds lined the shore while the rescuers were at work bringing the remains to land. * WHEAT WILL GO HIGHER. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS aAPPEXlNC? FROJl ALL OVER THE GLUKE. Telcsraphlo Briefs From Onr Own and Other Couutries ol Recent Lienta. CANADA. Stcck rustlers are active along the western border. It is reported tnat Ontario's in- depeudent canning companies will iimaiguxuato. leuuers tor enlarging Ontario's Parliament builumgs wUl be called for at once. Street car No. 55 took fire from its motor at Hamilton and was burned. Construction work has commenc- ed on the Canadian Northern's "French Kiver-Otl..wa" line. The Winnipeg street railway men have asked for a board of Concilia- tion under the Lemieux Act. The resolution to grant a subsidy to a line of steamers to France was adopted by the House of Commons. Mrs. Mary Montgomery, who made a fortune in real estate spec- ulation, died at Prince Albert, Sask. The Canadian Northern Railway has two million dollar's worth of cars of various kinds under con- struction. Mrs. J. W. Ander?on, of Ottawa, was fined thirty dollars for having partridges in her possession. She got them as a present. Dr. Michell, who accompanied the British Antartic expedition commanded by Lieut. Shackelton, is a native of f erth. Out. The C. P. R. has let the con- tract for building the Jackfifih cut-off. About three miles of the old line will be abandoned. For assaulting Mr. Crocket, M.- P., Mr. Hanson was sentenced to a inor.th in jail at Fredericton, N. B., and ordered to pay the costs. He will appeal. Gilbert Lee, a settler from Min- neapolis, was found suffocated in a car nith his stock at Pinto siding. It is supposed his lantern exploded while he slept. Street railway conductors at Lon- don, Ont., have been provided with yellow cards containing a notice against scitting on the cars, which they hand to offending passengers. THE WORLD'S MARKEFS UEFOltTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at BREADSTUFF3. Toronto, April 20.â€" Flour â€" On tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, *4.55 to $4.65 in buyers' sacks out- side for export. Manitoba flour, firtt patenis, $S.10 to $6.40 on track, Toronto ; second patents, $5.50 to $5.£0, and strong bakers', $5.40 to <S5.80 on track, Toronto. Wheatâ€" Ne 1 Northern, «1.31 and No. 2 Northern at $1.28, Geor- gian Bay ports. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 wheat $1.- 15 to !ill.l7 outside, according to freights. Oatsâ€" Ontario No. 2 white 47j^ to 48c on track, Toronto, and 45 to 45%c outside. No. 2 Western Canada oats, 47}^c, Collingwood, and No. 3, 46%c Bay ports; No. 2 Western Canada, all rail, 5l%c. Peasâ€" No. 2, S6 to 96}4c outside. Cornâ€" No. 2 American yellow, 74 to 74j'jC on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at 73 to ~Z]4c on track, To- ronto. Canadian corn, 11)4 t° 72c on track, Toronto. Branâ€" Cars, $23.50 in bulk out- side. Shorts, $23.50 to $24 in bulk outside. THOPSA ND DEA] A T AMH Terrible Torrent of Blood Is Sweeping Over Southern Asia Minor. A despatch from Beirut, Syria, says : A terrible uprising has oc- curred in Adara. Street fighting has been going on for three days, and at least 1,000 persons have been killed. The city has been prac- tically destroyed by fire. Ameri- can missionaries named Rogers and Mauer, thp latter from Hadjin, are dead. All the other Americana are safe. The British Vice-Consul, Major Daughty-Wylie, is among the wounded. He was shot through the arm. At Tarsus there was less loss of life. Tho Armenian quar- ter was destroyed. Four thousand refugees are housed in the Ameri- can mission. The need of relief is great, for shortly the fugitives will be on the vergp of starvation. Con- ditions in the vilayet of Alexan- dietta are most serious. Reports have also come in of an outbreak at Erzerum, on the Euphrates, in the northeast. A despatch from Constantinople says : Three French warships ar« hurrying to Mcrsina, where th© situation is desperate. Foreigners and many Christians have taken refuge in the Consulates. The local troops and the Governor are doing their best to protect the town, but there is great fear that it cannot hold out much longer against the invasion of the Mos- lems, who are sweeping down ia large numbers. A British warship in procefxling to Alexandretta, which is threatened by the Mos- lems. Several Armenian farms in that neighborhood have been destroyed. Alarm is felt at Kharput because of serious depredations by the Kurds in the surrounding villages, although the town itself has not been the scene of any particular disorders. H.iNDS .\ND FEET FROZEN. A Tonng Scotchman Lost for Three Days. A despatch from Port Arthur •ays : Basil Day, a young Scotch- man, who was going back to Scot- land with a shipment of cattle, quarrelled with the man in charge at White River and left the train there.. He attempted to walk back here and lost his way in the bush. He had been out three days when he was found with his hands and feet badly frozen. He was brought ID here on Friday, and parts of his feet and hands will probably have to be amputated. A Question of Supply and Demand, Says Jas. A. Patten. A despatch from Chicago says : James A. Patten, the "Wheat King of the World," on Thursday announced his intention of getting out of the wheat market, and cou- pled the announcement with the , , -, - , prediction that after he was out ^^"^ been members of of the market wheat would go even '^'""• higher than it was selling to-day. Mr. Patten ascribed the present market price of wheat to supply and demand. He said that while the supply of wheat had not material- ly increased, tho world's popula- tion and demand had grown and the present price of wheat was merely the natural result of these conditions. PLAGUE IN GERMAN AFRIC.V. Sitxy Deaths Have Occurred in One Di%lrict. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many, says: Advices received by the German Foreign Office state that sixty deaths from plague have occurred in the Muanza district, which lies south of the Victoria Nyanza. NEW BRUNSWICK SH.IKEX. Earthquake Shocks Felt on Main Line of C. P. R. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says: An earthquake sufficiently heavy to cause houses to shake was reported on Tuesday night in de- f-patches from Westfield and Wels- ford, about twenty miles distant, on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. BY A Deputy Warden Stedman Killed at Ed- monton, Alberta, Penitentiary, A despatch from Fxlraonton, Al- berta, says : The deputy warden of the Alberta Penitentiary was mur- dered on Thursday morning by a convict, who struck him at the base of the skull with an axe. The deputy warden with six convicts He went direct to the carpenter shop, in which were Instructor A. Pope and six convicts. In an in- stant Barrett had picked up a short carpenter's axe that was ly- ing nearby, and advancing a step towards the unsuspecting man. were in the carpenter shop at the i struck him a fearful blow with the lime. The reason for the assault is Knknown. Richard Stedman, the <iead man, came from Penctaugui- theue in 1906, where he was war- den in the reformatory tor 25 years. He leaves a widow and two sons. The murderer is Gary R. Barrett, sentenced a year ago for life for killing his stepson at North Bat- tleford. After the blow the murderer quietly surrendered and was locked up in his cell. The deputy warden had left the office of Warden Mc- Cauley about 25 minutes after 10 9'cluck for & ^our uf the building. sharp edge of the instrument and half severed the head from the trunk. The murderer, who is about 59 years of age, has never been a troublesi'ine prisoner, but was morose and constantly complaining about nis health, and claimed that he did not got a fair trial. The only possible explanation for his act was a fancied grievance which he had against the deputy warden because he would not let him see the penitentiary physician without going on the sick list, according tg the rules of tho institution. GREAT BRITAIN. The body of Swinburne, the poet, was laid to rest in the Isle of Wight OP Thursday. The two young women who com- mitted suicide on the steamer Lu- cania a few days ago are said to a suicide As the result of a split in the British Independent Labor party Kier Hardy, Philip Snowden. Ram- sey MacDon.^.ld and Bruce Glasier have resigned from the National Administrative Council. UNITED STATES. Nine of the twelve steamers that put out from Buffalo on Friday were manned by non-union men. A strike of sailors on the great lakes involving 15,000 men, went into effect on Thursday night. Six foreigners, all suitors for the hand of a girl at Manifold, Pa., fought with daggers and revolvers. Two of them were fatally wound- ed. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $4.50 to $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to 34 for sec- onds. Beansâ€" Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honeyâ€" Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to Uc per pound. Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $10.73 per ton on track here, and lower grades $8 to $9 a ton. Strawâ€" $6.50 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€" Car lots, 85 to 90c per bag on track. Poultryâ€" Chickens, dressed, 15 to 16c per pound; fowl, 11 to 12c; tur- keys, 20 to 22c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" tound prints, 21 to 23c; tubs and large rolls, 17 to ISc : in- ferior, 14 to 15c; creamery rolls, 25 to 2oc, and solids, 20 to 21c. Eggsâ€" IS to 19c per dozen in case lots. Cheese â€" Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%c per pound, and twins, 14X to 14Jic; new cheese, ISV^c. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 12 to n%c per pound in case lo^s ; mess pork, S-20.50 to $21 ; short cut, $23 to $24. Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 14 to 14%c; do., heavy. 13 to 13>^c; rolls, II to U%c; shoulders, 10%c ; backs, 16'<| to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13Xe; pails, ISj^c. No. 1 Northern, carloads store, SI.31X; Winter nominal. Corn- Higher ; No. 3 yellow, '2/^c ; No. 4 yellow, 7lXc; No. 3 corn, 11% to 72c ; No. 4 corn, 71c ; No. 3 white, 73Xc. Oatsâ€" Firm ; No. 2 white, 57% to 58c; No. 3 white, 66% to 57c ; No. 4 white, 55% to 56%c. Chicago, April 20. â€" Cash wheat â€" No. 2 red, $1.39 to $1.40; No. 3 red, $1.30 to $1.38; No. 2 hard, $1.27 to $1.33; No. 3 hard, $1.22 to $1.23; No. 1 Northern, $1.23 to $1.29; No. 2 Northern, $1.26 to $1.28%; No. 3 Spring, $1.22 to $1.28. Cornâ€" No. 3, 67%c; No. 3 yellow, 67% to 67%c ; No. 4, 66 to G6%c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 53% to 55c; No. 4 white, 51'i to 53%c; standard, 54% to 54%c. Minneapolis, April 20 â€" Wheat â€" May, $1.26}^; July $1.26%; cash. No. 1 hard, $1.29%; No. 1 North- ern, $1.23%; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 26%; No. 3 Nerthern, $1.23% to $1.24%. Flourâ€" First patents, $6 to $6.20 ; second patents, $5.90 to $6.10; first clears, $4.95 to $5.15; second clears, $3.45 to $3.65. Bran â€"In bulk, $22.50 to $23. MANY PERISH IN HOTEL FIRE Panio In Lodging-honse for Labor* ers in Snn Francisco. A despatch from San Francisco says : Six bodies recovered, and probably eight or ten others buriei in the ruins, six injured, one fatal- ly, property loss $125,000â€" thee* ' are results of a fire on Friday that 'destroyed the St. George Hotel, a ! lodging-house for laborers, at Bow- I ard and Eight Streets. Eight other small buildings were burned. The bodies taken to the morgna were so charred that identification was impossible. The hotel was a tbree-storey frame buOding. It burned so rapidly that none of the 200 guests had time to dress. Many csaped by jumping to the roof ei an adpoining workshop. Score* clambered down the firemen's lad^ ders, and the fire escapes on th« building. Four jumped t-o safety iv a net held by tho fire fighters. GENERAL. A severe earthquake shock has been felt in Peru. President Zelaya of Nicaragua is concentrating troops prepara- tory to a disceut on Salvador. Revolts threaten in various parts of Turkey. The private soldiers are masters at Constantinople. Dr. W. E. Geil has discovered a wild race of Chinese pigmies liv- ing in the mountains north of the Great Wall. Japan is considering the construc- tion of a smaller type of submarine with double the speed of those she now has. Striking button-makers have brought about a reign of terror in the towns of Crepin, Lormaison and Meru, France. Thirty-two persons were killed in a riot following an attempt to stop a religious procession in a Mexi- can mining town. The sealing steamer Decapo is thought to have been lost with her crew of thirty men, between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. A large number of Armenian Christians are reported to have been rosissacred by Moslems at Adana, in southern Asia Minor. It is expected that Admiral Ne- bogatoff and General Stoessel will shortly be released from the fort- ress in which they have been im- prisoned. HANGED HERSELF. Suicide ot Wife of a Well-known Medical Man ot Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says : Mrs. D. J. Evans, wife of a well- known medical man, hanged her- self on Wednesday morning. She had been in poor health for some time, and had previously attempted to take her life several times. Wednesday morning she eluded at- tention, and procuring a rope suc- ceeded in strangling herself. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, April 20.â€" Peas â€" No. 2, ?'1.03 to $1.04. Oats â€" Canadian Western No. 2, 51 to 51%c; extra. No. 1 feed, bOH to 51c; No. 1 feed, 50 to 50j.iC; Ontario No. 2, 50 to 50V.jC; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49%c ; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48%c. Barley â€"No. 2, 66 to 67c ; feed, 59% to 60c. Buckwheatâ€" 69% to 70c. Flour- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.10 to $0.50; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.60 to $6 ; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $5.40 to $3.80; Winter wheat p:»tenls, $5.00 to $5.75; straight rollers, $5.40 to $5.50; straight rol- lers in bags, $2.00 to $2.70; extra, in bags, $2.15 to $2.25. Feed- Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; Mani- toba shorts, $24 to $25; Ontario bran, $23 to $24; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25 ; Ontario middlings. $25 to $25.50; pure grain mouille, I $33 to $35 ; mbced mouille, $28 to I $30. Cheeseâ€" 12% to 13c. Butterâ€" i Fall creamery, 21 to 22c and first ! receipts at 19 to 19%c Eggs â€" 19 j to 19%c per dozen. ! LIVE STOCK MARKETS. I Montreal, April 20.â€" A few of the best cattle sold at about 5%c per 'pound, but they were not extra; 'â-  two loads of cattle from the North- j West ranches, which had been out feeding on tie prairie all winter, were sold at from 4% to 5c per 'pound; common stock, including ! some milkmen's strippers, sold at 3 to 4%c per pound ; milch cows sold at from $25 to $53 each. Calves sold at from $2 to $6 each and 5%c per pound ; Spring lambs at $3.50 to $6 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 7% to 8%c per pound. Toronto, April 20.â€" In spite of the fact that there was an unusual- ly large influx of hogs, the market remained quite firm, and every- thing was disposed of without dif- ficulty at $7.15 f.o.b. outside, and $7 -10 ted and watered Toronto. Sheep sold at from $4.28 to $4.75, grain-fed yearling lambs at $7 to $7.50, and spriug lambs at $3 to $6.50 each. A few loads of Manitoba stock- ers found ready sale at $4 to $4.25. The demand for this class ot cat- tle is increasing as the pasturing season approaches. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, April 20.â€" Spring wheat ; â€" * THREE PEOPLE DROWNED. Mr. and Mrs. S. Robbins and Mr. J. M. Taylor, of Gananoquc. A despatch from Gananoque says: .Another river tragedy occur- red near here on Saturday after- noon by which mourning is brought to three homes. Early in the af- ternoon Mr. S. Robbins and wife and Mr. John M. Taylor left here in a light skiff for Clayton, N. Y. That was the last seen of them alive. Mrs. Robbins had an aunt ill in Clayton, whom she intended to visit, and the young men. after leaving her at her aunt's house, intended returning to Gananoquc al once. But instead, about the time they should have returned, a telephone message was received from the chief of police at Clayton that a skiff, supposed to be from Gananoque, h.ad been upset about two miles out, near the head of Grindstone Island, and the occu- pants drowned. A description of the boat, on the oars of which were the initials G. R., at once indicat- ed that it belonged to the p.-vrty above mentioned. If there had been any doubt it was removed on Sunday morning, when several parties were organized to visit the point where the accident occurred and grapple for the bodies. About t.30 a.m. the body of Mrs. Robbins » as recovered, and a fo wminutes later that of Mr. Taylor. The body of Mr. Robbins could not be located. The boat was a small one, being only fifteen feet long and of narrow beam, and it is supposed that when the occupants attempted to change seats she capsized. B.'th Taylor and Robbins were young men of good habits and well thought of here. The latter was 23 years of age and Taylor l9. Rob- bins' wife, to wliom he was mar- ried lest November, was formerly a Miss Newbury and was only sev- enteen years old. LAY DEAD IN HER ROOM. Woman Stricken With Apoplexy While Rotiriug. A despatch from London, Ont., says : Mrs. James Fairburn was found dead on Thursday morning in her room over the London Cafe, wliere she boarded. She had evi- dently been dead some time. Sha was l>nng on the floor where sho iiad fallen when taken with ap«- plexy while retiring. She was th* widow of the late James Fairbura, who died a number of years ago, and who before his death was a partner in the firm of Fairburn and Mallock, who kept a foundry oa Fullerton Street. FRUIT P.\CKING. Commisisioner Fiiid.s linproTcmcnt in Canadian Method.-^. A despatch from Ottawa says: Before the Commons Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday morning Mr. A. McNeil, fruit commissioner, stated that there had been a notice- able improvement during the past two or three years in the methods cf fruit packing throughout Can- ada. Cases of fraud were now very few, and violations ot the act were being closely watched by a staff of eight permanent and thk"- teen temporary inspectors. I*4it year there were 79 prosecutions tor fraudulent packing. ORILLIA AMONG FAVORED. Will Get .$12,500 From Carnegie t* Build Free Library. A despatch from Orillia says: Mayor Goffatt has received from Mr. A. Carnegie an offer of $W,- 500 to build a free public library in the Town oi Onllia. Th© Coua- cil has decided to accept the amount and will proceed with tho buildiag as quickly as the plans are pro- vided. THE IIIASS ARE STARVlNfi Failure of the Fur Industry Means Terrible Hardship. .\ despatch from Edmonton, Al- 1 berta, says: Reports received here from Fort Chippewyan state that the past winter has been the most severe experienced in the far north tor many years, and in 8<mie sec- tions of the country starvation was only averted by the fact that the deer were unusually numerous. Fish, on which the inhabitants de- pend largely for subsi.stence, have been very scarce. The fur crop failed almost entirely, and the In- dians have been in dire straits. Re- ports fay that the traders have shut dov.n on giving them credit. and 85 they cannot get fur they have no ammunition to hunt with and are slowly starving to death. Their coudition n described as be- ing truly pitiable. iVIany are mere skeletons and too weak oven to get wood, and are Ijiug huddled to- gether in their tepees. .\t Chippowyan and the viiJ'nity even, where food has been obtain- able, the mortality among tho In- dians has been very high, sixty having die<i within twelve months. Farther m^rtli the death rate is still higher. The principal causa is their filthy mode of living.