Carpenters, Machinists and Fellow Workmen We bendls, the BEST TOOLS in the city, prices avg Fock bottom. Come let ¥ them 0 you. A full snd complute oll gouds in the Hapdwzse line. W.A MITCHELL : FOR RENT. HEADY, i 10 DAYS, BRICK RESIDENCE, 1 8 11_ rooms, all modern, jive and A ready May It treat, EDITION ON PAGE FIVE. COMMERCIAL MATTERS, What is Going vn wu the 3usiness Worid--The Mar, News. French exporis of wheel in six months bave been only 3,920,000 bukbols. The grain movement oi Chicago duriag the month of January was the soabiest for wer eral yours. > The water wom siiiem of Tesh cost $15,000,000, with a capacity of VU0.000 galions. Exports of iron and steel from the United States for the past wou months smousted io #44 000,000, Bir Thomas company is starting a line of steamers tween Savannah snd Liverpool. The revenna of the United Sustes fice department Gill June 30h, this yoar, expected to resoh $120,000,000, The world's visible supply of raw sdgar is 3,740,000 tons, azsiust 3,700,000 toss Jast woek, sud 2,980,000 tons lest year. The Watertown, N.Y. air brakes pany will soon have 1,000 men in, their an ploy: The mow Resign plant of the cow pany is pearing completion. Vague romors were circulated in Now York that the, advance in the European collec markets was on an estimate thet the sex crop will He 7,000,000 to 7,500,000 bags The New York Journal of Comiserce com plies the totsl capital of companies Facorpo rated in (he Fastin States with a capital of $1,000,000 or more during February at $294.850,000. Of this amount companies in eorporated in New Jersey furnish $119,750, 000. Yo Japuary of this year. the Sgures were $146,950,000 for the Eastern States. in February, 1001, $79,500,000 and in 1900, $124,350,000. Joss 75, Liptos, throvgh an Foglidh be pont of = cot Merchants, Tailors, Milliners, Etc. The Whiz job department has anti cipated your spring wants and has ready for your inspection a splendid line of cards and folders for spring an- nouncements, The prices are excep tionally low, for the quality of stuck. Call and see them. Mullin's List For This Week. 4 packages best corn starch, 25¢. 4 packages jelly powder, 25¢, 7 Ib. pail new jam, 47¢ 3 1b, of rice cakes, 25¢. 3 Ibs lemon snaps, Johnston and Division streets, -------------- District attorney Jerome, New York, has declared for the first time, that 25¢. Corner he believes Florence Burns guilty of the murder of Walter S. Brooks. I MONEY 4 "13.08 4th Mast Pleasant Sensations a Porson Gan Fool. The Next Thing fo it Is Buying One of Our { Extra Values iN . - CARPETS wee AT THE---- Per Cent. Discount Tapes SALE Carpets, for halls, stairs and rooms. §0¢,, 65¢c., 75¢. Now 20 per nd durk designs, for halls, duel $1, $u10, 35, $1.50. All 20 per cent. ------ 4 3 HIS BOARDING HOUSE DID IT. FIRE IN Settlers Will Pour Into Manitoba and Northwest During the Next Six Weeks--They Are From United States. Winnipeg, March 3.--Oliver Johuson, an leelander, about forty-three years of age. was sufiocated through fire at his boarding house fast night. The fire was cehused by- an overheated stove in the wan's room. He was an smploves of the CNR. A St. Paul, Mion., despatch the advance guard of setilers to northwest, estimated at 1.500 to 500, passed through yesterday. To-day it expected this pumber will be doubled and the increase will continue from day to day for the pext six wechs. = A large proportion of the says the 2 wn Canadian northwest. Salanon, the Stuartburn Galician, attorney, He says he killed the man with a blow of his fist, MILK GROWING POORER. wo Samples Analysed By Department Mostly Deficient. Ottawa, March 5.=The department of inland revenue has issued a bulle tin giving the results of an examina tion of 132 samples of milk procured in various parts of the dominion. Out of the fifteen samples examined in Nova Seotia ten were genuine, and the other five were cither watered, aoubtiul, or deficiont in salias. In New Brunswick eight samples ont of twelve were genuine, in Quebec twen tv-nine out of fifty-one, in Ontario thirty-four out of sixty-eight, in Mant toha ten out of eighteen, and in British Columbia eleven out of eigh teen. The bulletins states that. as compar- ed with the former analysis, the re cent examination discloses a large in crease in samples which may be re garded as uncertain. a -------------- ADMITS HIS GUILT. He Stole Gold From Toronto Custom House Toronto, March 3. a former emplovee of the eustoms house, charged with obtaining accesé the vault four months ago whil oconpying a confidential position in the Toronto customs house, gnd steal ing $586 in gold, consigned in bond from the Philadelphia mint to I W Ellis & Co., pleaded guilty in oe general sessions this morning, Son tence 'was deferred pending the presen tation of character evidence. Larkins guilt was established by the evidence of a wonlan whose hushand is now held for receiving the gold and who went to Chicago to aispose of it. DAMAGE AT BELLEVILLE. * to Caused By Ice Shove--Water Main Broken. Belleville, Ont., March 5.The wat was morning. lower bridge, shove this broken by an ice The citv, how- famine. Some damage was done to thought that the worst is over as the river is now clear for three miles of its course. ---------------- To Sail Around The Domé. London, March 5M. SantosDu mont ie in London trying to srrange for the 'exhibition of "Santos-Dumont, No. 6," stal palace. He states that by pro- viding a large mumber of ""inkide com partments" Monte Carlo, He will make experi ments in London at the time of the coronation, and will possibly attempt to steer his wirship round the dome of St. Paul's. A Toronto. Man's Luck. Ottawa, March 5.-It 8 understood that J. H. Mackenzie is to be ap- pointed deputy collector of inland re venue, clase A, at Toronto, in sue eogsion to Burritt ler, promoted to the coliectership at Belleville. Mackenzie is a past president of reform association and of macentical council. vears: conducted | fPoronto. the He has for many a drug business in -- Polar Expedition. the Baldwin polar expedition states that it has arrived at Prane Josef Land after 'trying experiences. The America, their vessel, wil winter at Frans Josel Land and go north as soon as the ice will permit. Ice Races At Cape Vincent. Vincent boat. A race was called st 11600 o'clock this morning for a cup. Kent, of Kingston, came in first. They are just calling another now. Accident Was Fatal. settlers are headed for Manitoba and | accused of wife-murder, has confessed | the details of his guilt to the erown | Joseph Larkin, | er main, which crosses the river at the | ever, has two other mains strung on | the bridges, thus preventing a water | dams and outbuildings also, but it is | his airship, | at the Cry | he can prevent the recur | vence of the mishap the other week at | Mr. | the phar | Copenhagen, March 5A letter from | Cape Vincent. N.Y., March 5--7The | race for a purse was won hy & Cape | Simpson. Quebec, March 5.--~A very important meeting of the leading commercial men of Quebec was held vesterday af. ternoon, to take the initial step in the most important railway scheme { which has ever Leen brought before the people of Quebec, was the first meeting of the share holders of the Trans Cassada railway company. This company was incorpor ated by the dominion parliament INS. and its charter amended in 1807. with a capital of $20,000,000, for the purpose of building a rail- way from Quebec to Port Simpson on the Pacific eonst. The charter was originally held by railroad men and capitalists in London. and Ottawa, but they have now associated with them a number of men from Quebec, { Montreal, Chicoutimi and Lake St. | John, Boston and New York. the eon | trol beimg in the hands of Queber people. The company's engineer, Mr. { Doucet, and H. O'Sullivan, C.E., sub mitted plans and profits of the first sixty miles of the road, and a map showing the whole line across the continent, The distance from ocean to { ocean is about 3060 miles shorter than Mackenzie and Mann's proposed line and 700 mile. shorter to Javan and China than the C.P.R. It will more over, across the saumit of the Rockies at a point less than hall the eleva- {tion of the C.P.R. The line is to be divided into four sections, the first from Quebec to James Bav, via Rob erval; the second from James bay to Norway. house," at the north end of lake Winnipeg: the thied, to Peace river pass, in the Rockies, and, the { fourth, * from the summit to Port { Simpson, the best Canwlian harbor en the Padific coast. The dominion gov- ernmenti has recognized thd import ance of this project by voting a hand. some subsidy to the first sixty miles from Roberval westward, and this sec- tion will be immediately placed under contract, a Chicago eonstruction firm being anxious to get the work. The chairman read the financial i statemants up to date and after a num! er of resolations had been adopt od the stock book was re-opened for the subscription of shares and the company formally organized. LIKELY TRUTH IN IT. | That An English Torpedo stroyer Has Sunk. Dover, Eng., March 5.--It is report ed that a British torpedo destrover has been supk, in collision, during a fog in the English channel. The re port has not been confirmed, De- -- The Tidings From Rotterdam. Rotterdam, March 5.--The Norwe gian steamer Heim, Rufesgue, bound for this port, arrived at Maas Luis, ten miles west of here, to-day, in a damaged condition. Her bow was stove in by an unknown English war ship, with which she came in collision in the English channel, SNOWING IN NEW YORK. { Wet And Heavy, And Quite Plen- . tiful, New York, March 5.--Another of the snow storms which have done so much damage this winter, started/- at four o'clock this morning and at eight o'clock two inches had fallen. { The snow was wet and heavy, and caused much inconvenience and (pn siderable delay to traffic on the ele vated and surface lines. Easton, Pa., March 5.--A teffific i storm is raging here and blizzard con { ditions prevail; nearly six inches of | snow have fallen within about five | hours. Trolley traflic is tied up. ONE. MILLION A YEAR. -------- ' This Is{The Means Of Lord Fran- cis Hope. New York, March 5.-Lord Francis Hope, who bas managed to spend $3, 000,000 since his coming of age, has fust assured himseli of a certain in come for the rest of his life, says a | London correspondent, by turning { over all his property and expecta- | tions to a life insurance company, which guarantees him an Shcome of 81,000,000 8 vear for life. Lord Fran { tis is mow at Brighton, where be is recovering from the amputation of his foot, performed some time ago. THE LEADER KILLED. And Many Of His Adherants Ar- rested. Belgrade, Servia, March 3.---An ex- | traotdinary attempt to start a reve lution was made this morning at the Hirontier town of Shabats, fifty-six { miles west of Belgrade, by a raid un i der the leadership of Alavanties, a re- { lative of prince Karageorgevich, the | pretender to the Servian throne. The | only result was that Alavanties was illed and his adberdiits were arrest ed. ------------ CHIEF TELEGRAPHIST { ---- . | Of General Botha Has Been Gath- 1 ered In. London, March 5A despatch from *Pretorig. received to-day, states that filteetr Boers, including field cornet Midtiel and Botha's chief telegraphist Cooper, have heen captured near 3 , eastern Transvaal. How He Willed Property, New York, March 5.-- According to the will of William H. West, the well known minstrel, rhe di ia i "hicago, practically is personal property and one-third of his real es tate are 10 go to his widow, Eming C. West. Of the ron! estate, two thirds is to be ; brother, The occasion | in | Asking to Have Certain Deeds Set Aside--Paying Tribute To Heavy Toronto Purchasers. Moutreal, March 5--J. J. O'Leary. {a carpenter, residing on Versailles 1 street, has been arrested on a charge of keeping the body of a dead infant {in his back shed for a month The discovery was made through his wife salling in the police to stop a quar- rel. Caldwell Ashworth and Lafavette De Priesé, of London, Omi. in their capacity of trustees for the hond- holders of the Atlantic and Lake Su- perior railway SSupany have taken action against the South Shore rail way company, R. Prefontaine, MP. the Great Eastern railway com any and the Atlantic and Lake Superior railway company, and its officials to set aside certain deeds of sale of the Montreal and Atlantic and Great Eastern railway, which are alleged to have been entered irregularly and the plaintifis claim the property as be longing to them. Before the local stock market opened to-day the news from Boston was to the effect that the price of Dominion coal had broken to ninety-five and it was expected here that a slump might follove. By the time the local market comunmeed business, however, the price had recovered to over 10 and the opening transactions here were at 1014 with a quick recovery to 103} in the first hall hour. It was believed that the shorts were again responsi ble for the recovery and are continu- ing to pay tribute to the Toronto people who have been such heavy buy ers of late. Dominion steel was steady at 3M to M4. The Canadian amateur racket cham- pionship contests will take place in this city on March 12th, 13th and 15th, when players from: Boston, Philadelphia) and New York will take part. It is announced that (. M. Hays, general manager of the G.T.R., is to take hold of the insurance and provi demt fund and make it a department of the railway. It is now run entire lv separately. The American system will he adopted in that connection. R----SINRYEIIAIAEIOR Plumbers' Wages Advance. The plumbers' union of the city in vited the boss plumbers to meet them last evening to re-arrangeé the éxisting agreement hetween them. Only three of the plumbers-- Messrs, Birch, Oldfin and Jamieson--accepted the in vitation, After a [riendly discussion of matters pertaining to the trade one or two minor changes were made in the regylations, and the agreement ex tended, in its present form, til Jan: nary lat, 1903, a0 that all trade agree ments might terminate at one time It was also decided to raise the wages of all the second grade men. The new conditions were satisfacto to the three master plumbers. re vised agreement will be drawn up for signature by all firms employing plumbers and by the officers of the union, as was done last year. It was regretted by the union that more of the master plombers did not attend boss the new and amended clauses. -------------------- ' Military Changes. HHth regiment, the Princess of Wales' Own rifles---Capt. W. H. Macnee re figns to accept the appointment of quarterma : to be quartermaster, with the honorary rank of captain, W. H. Macnee, vice W. J. A. White, traWeferred Event Postponed.) A message received this afternoon from manager Small announces the appearance of George Grossmith has had to be postponed until Friday night. Ticket holders will this. Likely No Effect. Copenhagen March 5.--New peti tions are heing circulated by the op ponents of the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States for uresentation to the rigedag. They pro bably will have no effect, Wasted. Editor--What we want is a story containing a real good idea. Contributor--Then why didn't you say wo before? Here I have been reading the back numbers of your magazine for a clew. Love Will Prevail. Madge--She is such a religious girl her music lessons during' lent. Marjorie--But, you see, she's in lode with her music teacher. The spirited team of horses owned by H. A. Calvin, M.P., ran away on Ontario street yesterday afternoon and at the corner of Barrack street crash- od into the sleigh containing George Peck, a Pittsburgs township farmer. Mr. Peck was injured and his sleigh broken. He bas retained a lawyer to press for compensation. The British ministry is now definite ly to discuss the preferential tariff question with Sir Wilirid Laurier and other colonials at the coronation conference. resolutions of the Canadian boards of trade, regarding a preference for grain, have been daily recorded Prince Heory after leaving Milwan- kee was a tired man and slept all night. He was able to show himself les eland, of Spanish ; n conseguence panish premier Sagnsta's illness it is roparted that Senor Monteri Rios will appointed prior and will reconstruct the cabinet. The condition of Mackie, of and take part in the consideration of | { | ~ Your Skirt Edge is Seen | Every Day. a Why not have one that is stylish, elegant and yet. durable, rather than one that is ragged and untidy? . You can make your skirt edge an object of admiration if your skirt is bound with I you do not find the letters S.HasM.R bi NE STH 8M: corded velvet, cut on a per- on the back of Bias Velveteen or Nigh fect bias that fits the skirt without pucker or wrinkle.™ Edge Skirt Bindings they are nos the best. T0-MORROW. TO-MORROW MORNING we will offer a particularly good bargain in BLACK SATINS. These goods were bought at a price much below their value and as we had already a large stock of similar goods on hand we will offer this special lot at a price that will turn them into cash in a few hours. 20914 Yards Black Satin. A heavy soft make with a rich deep color, full 24 inches wide. 8old regul- arly at $1.25 yard. SALE PRICE TO-MORROW 83c, Yard. 306 Yards Black Satin. 24 inches wide, highiy finished; soft and warranted not 40 cut. Regular price gsc. SALE PRICE TO-MORROW 65c. Yard. ALL SALES FOR CASH ONLY. SALE OPENS AT 9:30. JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. | remember | | | i i i { i i | i } | { § { } | I thought for sure she would give up | my ear, | that | Js NSAI Sp ANS SAP MINA oP? SI ei] etn - cin GREAT PREPARATIONS . +» FORTHE . . SALE Of the Gourdier and the Toronto Shoe Stocks At THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE. $4,000 Worth of Boots and Shoes will go into this Sale READY END OF THIS WEEK v F.G.LOCKETT. + ree THE ee KERN BURNER Is made in § sizes, as follows : Candle Power ...............cccc0iidh. 51,50. sexsivarvarseamsiesis Jus ei "ain ins nese nsasamirs ves S00, vas ovunhuaswasnnint vines sv Sedbs No. 4, 140 . ces BeBO, WE HOLD THE CITY AGENCY for the above Burners and have no sub agents. +» BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. * SECURE THE GENUINE. 80 120 FRAN SME hE £i%|J. W. OLDFIN'S, 255 1