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I. \ iW i THE FIFT H PLACE In 5 Years Canada Has Risen From 10th " PkoeJ.n Wheat-Producing Countries. A despatch from Ottawa says: A statemeiu prepared by the Cen- â- ub aud Statistics branch of the Department o'f Agriculture shows that among wheat -prcKluciiig cuuu- tTifes of the world CauaJu now ranks fifth. In 1908 Canada rank-, ed tenth. The totul production of ! lia. 82,328.5li busheis ; Great Bri wheat in Canada last year is given! tain and Ireland. 04,.'j25,212 bush- els. In 1908 the order of precedence in respect to production was as fol- low s: United States, Russia, riaiicc, Rritisli In-lia, Hungary, 3f:i.O50.500 bushels; British India, 25a,5!.2.377 bushels; t.'anoda ICti,- 741,000 bushels; Italy, 103,711,230 bushels; Spain 144,;)! 1,081 bushels; Gtrman.v, 138,399,277 bushels; Ar- gentina, 133,6S1,0()0 bushels; Hun- ;-,:irv, 125,363,287 bushels; Austra- ae 166,744.000 bushels, as compared s\ith 112,434,000 bushels in 1908. l^ast year the wheat prodticticn by countries was as follows : Riis- »ia, 786.472.303 bushels: UniU^d Slates, 713,286,923 bushels; France. Argentiuii, Italy, Germany, Can- ada and .Australia. WITH TH E MOMTE D POLICE The Governor-General Will Explore the Northern Wilds. A despatch from Ottawa says: The northern wilds of Canada will pri.bably have a distinguished vis- itor this summer. Earl Grey, who last year visited the Yukon, is con- templating a journey overland to Hudson Bay. If the present plans aie carried out, the Governor Gen sen or Churchill, or Hudson Bay, whichever is chosen as the land ter- n.inus of the journey, the Gover- cc'i -General will be met by the Gov- ernnient steamer Earl Grey, and in this vessel will journey through Uudson^Bay and Hudson Straits, v.here commei-cial craft in a few lyrars will be making r<'(;ular voy- COi\DEi\SEi) \EWS ITEMS UAPPEMNqs FllOM ALL OVEB TilJE GLOBE. Tdcsraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries o( Bcccut EventB. CANADA. The C. P. 11. will rebuild the b.-idge at Lachine. There have been no forest fires in Ontario this year. The Government is sending the steamer Stanley with a surveying I'arty to Hudson's Bay. General Traffic Manager Tiffin of the Intercolonial is in favor of ex- tending the railway to Toronto. The Canadian Northern has tiled plans with the Railway Commission for its entrance to Ottawa. Manufacturers are successfully competing with farmers for men brought out under Government auspices. Mrs. Mary Johnson, an aged wi- dow of Stamford, was killed by a train at a railway crossing, on Saturday. Luigi Rosso was fined fifty dollars %i Niagara Falls for assisting his brother, a prohibited immigrant, to enter Canada. Reggie Bell, aged three, of Par- ry Sound, and Leonard Friend, aged four, of Kingston, were drowned, on Satuiday. Amendments to the liquor laws, li.icing the hours of closing bar- rooms and stores, were introduced in the Quebec Legislature. Tlie Rutherford Government =7^ "'111 I^OYAr mBAST CAKES MOST PERFECT MADE We knqw and users of Royal Yeast Cakes know tliat these are the best goods of the kind in the World. Bread made with Royal Yeast will keep moist and fresh longer than that made with any other. Do not experimentâ€" there is no other "just as good." Wlnnlpai No. as. e. W QILLITT CO. LTD. Toronto, Ont. Awarded hiKhest honor* at all â- xposttlons. MADE IN CANADA Alberta has resigned, and Chief eral Will leave Ottawa in July for ' ages with cargoes of wheat and cat- j Justice Sifton has been called on Winnipeg, and will there be taken tie 'from the Canadian west. The to form a new Government. ty a party of the Northwest Mouu- ^ steamer will then come south aud. Nme mines shipi^d over 60O tons led Police over the route of the land His Exeollcnoy at Quebec, ol ore from Cobalt last week, the Hudson Bay Railroad to Hudson This will be the most ambitious largest consignments being de- Bay. This will involve a very stiff p;ece of pioneer travelling ever at-j sr.etthcd by La Rose and Kerr Lake D.ece of wil<Iernes9 travelling, tfmpt«d by a Governor-(;eneral of | properties much of it by canoe. At Port Nel- Canada. â- it â- â- â- a • fROSI ALB.4XY TO NKW YORK. GlMi Curti8.<9 Made a Flight of 150 Miles. A despatch from New York says: Glenn H. Curtiss, known as the Bvio'tor who had captured the in- ternational speed trophy at Rhe- Iros, France, arose from the tide flats of Van Rensselaer hland at Albany at 7.03 o'cloek on Sunday Diorning in the smallest biplane that has figured seriously in the world's great flights, sped upward to a height of 1,000 feet, maintained it for forty miles, then swung over the Catskills at a far greater height, once attaining a ma.ximum of almost 6,000 feet, dropped down al>ove the Hudson waters for an- ojther forty miles, and landed final- ly at Govertior Island at noon. He had covered 150 miles in an actual flying time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. Friday, June 3rd, Will be a Statu* tory Holidiif. A despatch from Ottawa says : The birthday of King George, June 3, will be a statutory holiday in Canada, although, in view oi his Majesty's proclamation that he W(.uld folkkw the precedent of King Kdward and keep M.iv 24 as ihej'^'- S>'<Ibi'ry, Hurry Southwell, a young Eng- lishman, out of work and de&pond- oiit, shot himself near Brantford. Bis body was found in tlie bush by s<.me boys. The 25th anniversary of the death t)i DoUard and his heroic band, who saved Ville Marie from an attack by the Iroquois Indians, was cele- brated at Montreal on Sunday. .V right of way through Garden E^iver Reserve has beeu secured for the railway from Sault Ste. Marie THE WORLD'S MARKEFS UEI'ORTS FROM THE LEADlJiO TBADE CENTRES. I'rices of Cattle. Grain, Clieess and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Turouto, May 31.â€" Ontario Wheat â€" Jvo. 2 mixed winter wheat, 99c to $1 outside. Manitoba Wheat^No. 1 north- ern, 97c; Mo. 2 northern, 95c at iake ports for immediate shipment. I Corn â€" American No. 2 kiln-dried of I yellow, 64>4c; No. 3 yellow, kiln- dried, 67J^c ; No. 3 yellow, 06c; Ca- nadian earn, 61c to C2c, Toronto freights. Oats â€" Canada Western, No. 2, 35c; No. 3 C.W., 34c at lake ports t.ir immediate shipment; Ontario Nj. 2 white, 33c to 34c outside ; No. S white, 32c to 33c outside, 36c on t'ack, Toronto. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 51c to 52c; l.'o. 3 extra, 49c to oOc ; No. 3, 4Gc to 47c cutside; Manitoba, No. 4, 49c on track, lake ports. Peasâ€" No. 2, 70c to 7lc. liyeâ€" No. 2, e7c to 68o. Buckwheat â€" No. 2, 51c. Manitoba Flour â€" Quotations at NEED OF MIIED FABMlSfi Mr. William Whyte's Prescription For the Prairie Provinces. A despatch from Toronto says: [easily worth three dollars a bustt- Mr. William Whyte, Second Vice- el Western packers tell me there President of the Canadian Pacific ig no better tasting or sweeter ba- Ri-ilway, prescribes mixed fanning jc'n than that raised on wheat. So for the western wheat grower. lyi u can see to what advantage the "I know of no more indolent life big wheat-grower could turn hia than 'that of the wheat-grower, surplus crop, provided he did so saiu Mr. Whyte, in an interview thej without making a regular business otlier day. "After he has gathered! -ji it and so glutting the market." his crop there is absolutely nothing] "Anyway," he continued, "the far him to do until the following j westerner is being forced into di- spring. Because of this we find the versified farming because of the- - average westerner leaving his hold- difKculty in procuring men to har- ings and wintering at the coast or vest his wheat. Look at 'the great in California. I think if he could 'crop there no.w. It has all to b© i be induced to take up the feeding of cattle in the stalls and the rais- ing of hogs, that it would be a b.'cssing to him and to the great plains country as well." "Y^ears ago," said Mr. Whyte, "iouthern Alberta was one vast grazing country. Countless herds ranged there. To-day the great bulk of that land has been trans formed into wheat lands, the farmer takes up the second patents, !jSo $4 fcO ; 90 per freights, 27s. , Ontario Flour â€" Winter wheat and tenders for thej patents for export, $3.'J5 to $3.&0 Empire's general h.diday in honor !« "/^ruction of the road will be ]„ buyers' bags, oxitside. of the SovereiKn there will be no < "'l^'' "* ''"*=^- . j. .. Millfeed-Manitoba bran, $19 per eLertl XcrvanVe of next Fridavi The woodwork surrounding the ton ; shorts. $21 per ton, track, general observance of next 1 riday | j^j,^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ,j,^^^^^^ locomotive 'f. ronto. Ontario bran, $20 per Toronto are:-Fir8t patents, $5.50;! feeding cattle in the stalls I do strong bakers', cent., Glasgow as a holiday. Being a statutory | „j,jjj.j,^^ ^^ holiday, however, all banks will be ch'Scd, thus making the third bank holiday in Canada within two weeks. Tlio Cabinet Council on Saturday decided that no procla- mation should bo issued to exempt Fiiday next from the provisions of the bills of exchange act, which de- clares that the King's birthday shall bo a statutory holiday. WEATHER CHANGEABLE. 8bow and Sleet Follow a Hot Day la th« West. A despatch from Winnipeg says : The weather man continues his queer vagaries. Friday was op- pressively hot and close, ideal crop weather. Saturday was cold, with lugli winds ; all night snow and •leet. and the thermometer close to freezing. Following recent rains, however, rej>ort» from all part« of Die west are most optimistic. Some old farmers go as far as to say they cannot remember a season with less real cause for complaint. The ear- ly seeding, with the cold weather following, caused heavy rooting, â- nd the growth will be very fast and strong when the hot weather Anally arrives. Brandon district reports the crops looking as well »n over they did at the same time »f the year. In four days o< hot weather the growth was i^cnomen- •1. * A fire at Minneapolis destroyed /our implement warehouses, on Sat- urday, doing damage to the extent of a million dollars. EDMONTON TO WINNIPEG. Scheme of Navigalion to bo Care- fully liivcNtlgatcd. A despatch from Ottawa says : A survey is to be immediately commenced to ascertain the possi- bility of making a navigable route between Edmonton and Winnipeg hy way of the North Saskatchewan River and Lake Winnipeg. Ex- plorers have reported that a six or c-'ght foot waterway can be estab- lished CD this route at a compara- tively low cost, with few lockages, as the river has a deep and broad channel for nearly the whole dis- tance. A vote of ten thousand d( liars was made in Parliament last session to defray the cost of the sirvev. The survey will be made under the direction of L. R. Bo- ligny, who was one of the sub- ch.efs on the Georgian Bay Canal survey. Five parties will go in and carry on surveying operations on as many sections of the route. It is expected that the work will bo finished this summer. Seventeen thousand persons have engaged passage to Europe from New York in the month of June. ACCIINTS TO Dominion Labor Department Shows Cost of Living Is Higher. A despatch from Ottawa says : ^Another instalment of the inves- . ligation of the Labor Department into the increase in the cost of liv- ing is published- in the ciirrrut is- «ue of The Labor. Gazette. The tfc«iant_^kBipier deals with the i«vhf>lesa1e prices of hides, tallow, leather and ho«its an<l shoes, which Kre now higher than at any time in Ibe past twenty years. Compared w;lh the average prices for the de- rade JSOO-09, the increase is ap- proximately 35 per cent. During the month of April the Ml of death throujjh accidents to ifuikers in Cana<lian industries wos 04. In addition, 24(1 eerious injuries to work-people were re- norted to the Labor Department, fct .xtcen railway employees were killed and forty injured during the month. During April there were 16 la- bor disputes in existence in Can- cda. six more than in April of last year. About 122 firms and 3,701 employees were affected. The loss of time to employees through trade disputes during the month was approximately 49,110 '.vfirking days, compared with 50,- 670 days in March. Ten Tif the dis- putes were settled. The employers vrre siiccessfiil in two cases, the e-tiployees were successfu'iS" three, .ltd compromises were./effected in five cases. the International Lim ited caught fire near Brockville, on Friday, and the engine was consid- erably damaged. It is reported that Sir William Van Home will leave shortly for Australia to advise the Govern- n'<nt regarding the construction of a railway across the continent, with extensive irrigation works. GREAT BRITAIN. Tlie Earl of Stamford is dead. It is suggested that King George's coronation take place on Empire Day next year. Twenty-two persons were drown- ed in a collision between two steamers in the English Channel. Queen Alexandra received the H'gh Commissioners of Canada aud Australia in audience, and ex- pressed her gratitude for the ex- pressions of sympathy sent her from the oversea colonies. UNITED STATES. The Hill railroads are to float $SO,000,000 worth of bonds in Europe. Mr. Justice MacLaren of Toron- to has been elected Vice-President of the World's Sunday School As- sociation. No person will be admitted to Sunday baseball games in Pitts- burg except upon presentation of a ticket to be obtained only at som« morning church service. GENERAL. Dr. Robert Koch, the famous bacteriologist, is dead. Several Chinese were killed and a chaiMsl destroyed in riots near C'hangsha. The revolt in China is spread- ing, and a score of villages have oten devastated. Three hundred of the poorest iiewish families have been banished from Kiev. Bookmakers shot and killed a jockev who pulled his horse on a R' umauian race-track. The Spanish police believe that a bomb which explode<l in Madrid on Monday was intended for King Al- fonso. The French submarine Pluviose VI as sent to the bottom with her 27 men in a collision with a cross- channel steamer. All the Jews in Moscow with the exception of 191 families of the first guild have been ordere<l to produce riiiofs of their right to remain out- side the pale. A Portuguese .\narchi8t, accused of complicity in the plot which re- sulted in the assassination of the K"ng and Crown Prince of Portu- gal, has made a confession, impli- cating 1,148 persom. !on; shorts, $22 per ton on track, Toronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter â€" Creamery prints, 22c to 2?c ; Separator prints, 20c to 21c ; iJairy prints, choice, 19c to 20c ; In- fciior, l&c to 16c. Eggs â€" 19c to 20c per dozen in case lots. Cheeseâ€" 12c for large and 12>ic fri twins. Old cheese, 12%c for large and 13c for twins. Beansâ€" $2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- pcked. Potatoes â€" Delawares, 55c to 60c per bag out of store and at 45c to 60e on track Toronto, and Ontarios 3.N; to 40e per bag on track. PROVISIONS. Wholesale quotations : â€" Porkâ€" Short cut, $31 to $31.50 per bcirel; mess, $28.50 to $29. Lard â€" Firm; tierces, 16c; tubs, lC>4c ; pails, 16% ; stocks very light. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats â€" L' ng clear bacon, tons aud cases, 15%c to 15%c ; backs (plain), 21c j to 21%c; h»icks (pea-meal), 21J4c *â- <> 2ic ; shoulder hams, 14c to 14%c;| green meats out of pickle, Ic less tiian smoked. Rolls, smoked, 15o to 16%c ; me- dium and light haras, 18c to 18%c; heavy, 16%c to 17c ; bacon, 19c to ?tc. n( t know where the meat supply of the world is to come from. And take hogs. At the present market pi ice of pork it is quite possible for a farmer to make his poor grade wheat, or the damaged variety. f,athered in a short time or else the wind will break the husks and half of it will be lost. Last year we took out for him an army of 30,000 *ritn. We had some difiiculty in retting that number, and what will the situation be as the acreage ex- tends 1 'This year the area sown in ^ wheat in the Provinces of Manito- Unlessjba, Alberta and Saskatchewan wil' work of be from eight to eight and a hal^ million acres. Saskatchewan alone will have about 4,600,000 acres, and there are ninety million acres of arable land between the 49th and 55th parallels 'tif latitude in that- Province alone. \ We have .oaly- touched the fringeSE~>«t-" the for the best average range for tiie best' X.irthern, $1.07% to $1.10; No. » butcher stock was from $6,40 to Spring, $1 to $1.07 J^. Cornâ€" No. » $(i.60. The medium and common f»»<^ to 60c; No. 2 white, 62)4 to Kiades of butcher cattle brought ' e3%c ; No. 2 yellow, 60>i to 61c; frtm $5.50 to $0.25. Cows audi No. 3, 58% to OOc; No. 3 white, 61% bulls for butcher purposes, $5.90 and $6 per cwt. for the best qua- I'ty, with secondary gra<.|es from $4.50 to $5.25. Milkers and spring- ers, $65 and $74 per head, with the low figure of the range fixed around 846. Sheep and lambs were steady. Hogs weaker at $9.50 to $9.75. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, May 31. â€" Wheat â€" May, $1.08; July, $1.07 to $1.07%; September, 96>ic. Cashâ€" No. I hard, $1.11% to $1.11%; No. I Northern, $1.08% to $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06% to $1.08%; No. 3, $1.03% to $1.05%. Bran- $18 to gl8.25. Flourâ€" First patents, $5.- SO to $5.60; second patents. $5.10 to $5.30; first clears, $4.15 to $4.- 25 : second clears, $2.90 to $3.20. Chicago, May 31.â€" Cash grain â€" Wr.eatâ€" No. 2 red, $1.10% to $1.- 11%; No. 3 red, $1.05 to $1.09; No. 2 hard, $1.08 to $1.11% ; No. 3 hard $1 , No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 to 62c; No. 3 yellow, 59% to 60c;. No. 4, 55% to 57%c; No. 4 white, 66% to 60c; No. 4 yellow. 55% to 56c. Oatsâ€" No. 2, 38 to 38%c ; No. 2 white, 40% to 41c; No. 3 white, 3~% to 39%c; No. 4 white, 36 to- 37c ; standard, 40% to 41c. )iu« BOMANCE IN HIS LIFE.. Now He's rhargeil With Try^ ing to Kill Wm Wife. A despatch from Brantford says: Antonis Steinposka, a Russian, was charged by his wife with at- tempted murder here on Wednes- day. The evidence brought out an U'teresting romance. Stgi^^iaaJta^-'" was a guard atJJiiHWa^, and secur- ed life jj»p«8onment for allowing a state-prisoner to escape. He feign- ed lunacy and later escaped from the asylum to Canada. His wife tvllowed him. Recently quarrel* developed. The prisoner was re- manded. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, May 31.â€" Oatsâ€" No. 2 Canaxlian Western, 37% to 38c; No. 3, 36% to 37c ; Ontario No. 2 white. He; do.. No. 3, 35c; do., No. 4, 34c. Barleyâ€" No. 3, 66%c; No. 4, Etc; feed barley, 54c. Flourâ€" Ma- nitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5 60; do., seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $5.25 to $5.35; Ma- nitoba strong bakers', $4.90 to $5; do., in bags, $2.25 to $2.35; extras, $2 to $2.10. Feed â€" Ontario bran, $)9.50 to $20; Ontario middlings, $2i> to $23; Manitoba bran, $18.50 to $19; Manitoba shorts, $21 to $i(2: pure grain mouillie, $32 to jh33; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€" 10% to ll%c. Butter -^ Fiom 23% to 24%c. Eggsâ€" Select- ed stock, 22 to 22%c ; straight re- ceipts at 19 to 20c per dozen. LIVE STOCK MARKCTS. Montreal, May 31.â€" Prime beeves sold at from 6,% to 7%c per pound ; pretty good animals, 6% to 6%c, and the common stock at 4% to 5%c per lb. ; milch cows, $30 to $60 each ; calves from $3 to $10 each, or 3% to 6c per lb. ; sheep, 6 to 6c per lb. ; lambs at $4.50 to $6 each. Q<.o<i lots of fat hogs sold at 10 to )0% cper lb. Toronto, May 31.â€" A limited num- ber of choice heavy cattle are quot- ed «« high as |7 and $7.30, but Bakes-Roasts-Broils-Toasls BAKES bread, pie and eak«â€" bakea them perfectly all through, and browns them appetizingly. BOASTS beef, poultry and gams with a steady heat, which pre- â- eivea the rich aatural flavor. BBOILS steaks and chops â€" maker them tender and inviting. TOASTS bread, muffins, crack* era and cheese. No drudgery of coal and ashes; no stooping to get at the oven; no smoke, no dust, no odor â€" just good cooking with greater fuel economy. Irons and water in wash- boiler always hot. The has a Cabinet Top with shelf for keeping plates and food hot. Drop shelves for the coffee pot or saucepans, and nickeled towel racks. It has long turquoise-blne enannel chimneys. The nickel finish - with the bright blue of the chimneys, nudtea the stove very attrnb- tive and invites cleanliness. Made with 1, 2 and 3 burners; ine a and 3-bumer stoves can be had with or without Cabinet «• UVIMIUUnmn: Stwrtyw s«t IkHrtw e-iee UMI Sm sir sLrtt rni<i " WKW WUCHM.* Evtry deater everywhere; Ifnatat yeura, writafer DescrtptlnCiicular to tba Baareat acaocy of tba The Queen City Otl Company, umiicd. Tvnmto. fl V ^ k-,