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V‘s-“.er 2": a n.2,: . _) . g. .4 (l. i . ‘1 f k. t E. L’ . ,. .‘ .. . ~33 g4, { . ,, i7 *3. I: Lower Income Tax-«Old Age Pensions-n ' * Surplus Over $17,000,000. ‘ 'A despaich from London says: The $5,000,000, 10 per cent. On estates _of ‘twc outsTanding features in the budget $10,000,000, 14 per’ cent. would be towed statement. brought down to the House of on the second $5,000,000. On estates of Commons by Mr. Asquith, Chancellor of $15,000,000 or over 10 per cent. would be the Exchequer, were the announcement levied on the first 35.000000, and 13 Per of a reduction of the income tax by cent. on every other $5,000,000. threepence in the pound. and the state} THE DEBT REDUCED. “19111 by the Chancellor that a fund was Mr. Asquith estimated the expenditure to be started to provide for'tlie honor- able relief of necessitous old age. for 1907-08 at $703,735,000. $332093? , g . less than for last fiscal year. is rev - THE PEN‘RIO‘V FUND' nue on the existing basis of taxation The surplus over expenditure this year was estimated to be $720,950,000. would be $17,165,000, and after making The permanent reduction of the na- ali reductions there would be a. disposal tioml debt, for 1906-07 was announced to surplléishof $19,105,000. Of this $1.665,000 be $68,570,000. ' wou ‘ .e re aincd for emergencies. The r . . ., ' a had remaining $7,500,000 Would be invested beggeggfisttt’,533%,??13323‘30‘} the and would form the nucleus of an old- estimates unénuélpated death duties I I . . 7 age pensron fund. in addition there accounting [or $6 000 000 of this sum, would be $3,750,000 of uncollecled arâ€" while the balance‘wu‘s made up of in- rears of this year's income tax. This creased receipts from the coal duly and w ould swell the fund to $11,250,000. the mint. The latter was due to the in- TIIIlEEPENCE OFF INCOME TAX. creased demand for coinage on account 1 - . . ‘ . t of trade, and the . Ml. Asqrulh stated that’he did not in- flirtgge gigifififuifsmsfiver aggregating lend to make any reduction [his year in 3;) 500 required for varied purposes. indirect taxation. He intended, however, "’ 'v ’ . to deal. with the income tax incidence, REVENUE NOT ELASTIC. which in its present shape worked un- justly. Earnetl- incomes under 1 As a whole, the revenue returns, the year would hereafter only psayg'fig: Chancellor added, had not shown great pence, while the existing tax of a shit. elasticity, and in View of the undoubted ling in the pound sterling on unearned prosperous state of trade they were dis- incomes would remain, This reduction tinctly disappointing. The reduction in WOUId be in. addition to an the present the tea duty in the last budget had been rebates, but it would be confined to the followed by increased consumption, earned incomes of persons. whose total amounting to 4500.000 pounds- meome from all sources did not exceed The revenue from tobacco had not rea- 310300 a year'- lized expectations, and there had brilcn ‘ - . , y .s a progressive formidable decline in .ie DEATH DUTIES REHSLD' revenue from the alcohol groups since The Chancellor of the Exchequer esti- 1809 until last year. As Chancellor of mated the loss from this differentiation the Exchequer, he, Mr. Asquith, was of the income tax at $6,250,000. Of this, glad to say that there weresigns of it however, $3,750,000 would not recur, but definite reaction, and the present year would be made up by a revision of the had furnished an increase of $2,470,000 death duties as follows zâ€"Five per cent. in these receipts. There had been a fall- as at present on $450,000 and under, ing off in the revenue from stamps owing above $750,000 7 per cent; above $1,250,- to the slackness of operations on the 000' 3 Der CBHL; above $2,500,000, 9 per Stock Exchange, and to the fact that the cent; above $3,750,000, and up to telephone was superscding letters. W W CLOSE PLANTING. of the trees to- to bring the crowns gelher within a reasonable time. The distance between the trees should be such that the trees will come together in at least six to eight years; if in less time, all the better. The soil will be improved and the growth in height :1 the trees increased by this meeting of “ill Produce Better Timber Trees Than Wider Spacingâ€"Other Advantages. Foresters plant very young and small trees and plant them very close together. From four to six feet apart each way 15 the usual distance in forcslry plant- - . the crownr. 31.5, now'a'daysi U‘QUgh less and'gr‘eater In some>regionstthe prairie .country, Iamces‘ hf“? their .advocateé' for instance) cultivation is necessary for ‘ course, in planting an 0icliard, or the first few years after planting the, shade-tiees, or, say maples for a sugar- trees; and under these conditions the bush, the trees will be planted farther V ' ' . . - . 1 close plant-mo shortens the time during apau‘ but m plantmg Im the purpose which it is Ticcessary to cultivate the ageigsggda wood'lot the figures gwen plantation. .Where a plantation has B). “ms crowding the trees better been made Wit? thte treats1 four feet aparz timber is produced, for the trees will each. way (33 £35,] [ml 1,6 'prft’vfmfos (d grow taller and. straighter. Such trees Mammba an “95” 91673“) 1:15 01m_ will be found natumuy in a thick wood that three years cultivation Will suffice, ‘ if the trees were put six feet apart. each as compared with a more open one. . - - . l ' . - way cultivation would be necessaiy for The dead bianclies Will fall off better twicé that “me‘ or even longer. ’in other words, the tree will prune it- self better) and the timber will be freer "" ', 5' from knots. Wooden water pipes are to be tested in Another reason for close planting is London, HWI ’ Altoona, Penn., New Burning Ashes and SavingMoney. A despatch from Altoona, Fenn.,says: tensity of the heat and facilitating com. The remarkable ashes-burning secret plots-combustion. discovered by John Ellmore, an Altoona It is poss1ble upon moistening a cobbler, which has excited attention al- small quantity of ashes, without the ad- most the world over, out. Almost dition of coal, to readily detect the odor every householder in Altoona is now to! acetylene gas, and if the treated ashes converting his ashes into fuel, Willi are placed upon a lighted fire they will great saving in coal bills. _ [use and burn‘to a fine powder. Svt‘l‘al writâ€"known chemists, immedi- . the ash-burnmg compound is now be. atclv it was announced that Ellinore mg used in many large industrial and had‘ solved the problem of oblauung mercantile places here, and it is claimed heat from ashes, set to work to try and for it that it has reduced the fuel item discover the formula. They were stic-hiol‘e than half. It has eliminated at. ccssful, and here it is:â€"â€" Moisicn With iost entirely_l'hc question of disposing either salt water or salt water in which OZ 081183. WIIICh has been considerable oxalic acid has been dissolved a mix- where great quantities of coal are con. ture containing one part coal and three sumcd. . parts ashes. and a better fuel than pure the discovery has resulted in a num. coal is obtained. The ashes of anthra- her of Complications, and is retarding cite coal burn as readily as do those the work of paving contractors whp of bituminous coal. This mixture will, have utilized ashes as a foundation for. upon being placed upon a burning fire, Sidewalks. Herelofcre it. was possible fuse into a coke-like mass and deposit to secure all the ashes required for this but little residue. The salt water may purpose without cost, but contractors be obtained by the dissolution of com- are now complaining that it is impos. nion salt in water. sible to get them. The chemical action of this compound Ellmore, who discovered the gem-gt is thus explained:â€" When an aqueous and focused attention upon the possi. solution of an alkaline salt, such as bilitics that lurked in ashes, claims that common salt. is mixed with coal ash his patent will protect his secret. no the result is that a mild lye is formed, claims to have received an offer from which, when mixed with any combustible the British Government. if he can do. material. such as coal, and upon the ap- monstrale the practicability of his com- piication of heat. gives off oxygen gas, pound. _ . thus promoting rapid combustion. \Vlule it is everywhere conceded that The addition of oxalic acid causes '1 Ellmore has conferred a great been up- chemical change of greater value than on humanity, it is feared that he will {he first, for the reason that the second not derive any tangible benefits from chemical breakdown results in the for- his discovery, in view of the fact that motion of a carbide. which in turn gives hundreds of others have secured the oil acetylene gas, this adding to the in- same results, following his dead. BREA‘DSTUFFS. Toronto. April 23.â€"â€"Wheatâ€"â€"Ontario, No. 2 white winter, 72c to 72%c; No. .2 red 72c to 72%0; No. 2 mixed, 72c. ~ Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, 80%0 to 870; No. 1 northern, 85%0 to 800, lake‘ ports, 900 North Bay; No. 2 northern, 83340 to 840 ports. . Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 3840 to 39%0, out- side; No. 2 mixed, 38c to 38%0. Peasâ€"480 to 78%0. Cornâ€"Strong; No. 2 yellow American, 53c lo 53%0, Toronto and west; Ontario, 45c to 460. Byeâ€"02c to 63c. Barleyâ€"Scarce; No. 2, nominal at 530 to 53%c outside; No. 3 extra, 520 to 52340; 1'0. 3, 510 to 51%0. Flourâ€"Onlarioâ€"90 per cent. patents, $3.70 asked. $2.67 bid; Manitoba, first patents, $4.50; seconds, $3.75; bakers’. $3.90. ‘ Branâ€"$20 outside, buyers" sacks; nom- inal. ’ PRQVISIONS. Dressed Hogsâ€"$9.25 for light and $8.75 for heavies, farmers' lots; $8.25 to $8.35 for car lots. , Porkâ€"Short cut, $23.50 to $24 per bar- rel; mess, $21 to $21.50. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 110 to 11%0 for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 15%0 10.16c; heavy, 14%c to 150; backs, 10%c to 17c; shciulders, 11c to 11%c; rolls, 11%0; out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Lardâ€"â€"Firni; tierccs, 12%0; tubs, 12%c; pails. 12%0. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"Market at present holds very steady. Creamery, prints . . . . . . . 27c to 29c do solids ...' . . . . . 20010270 Dairy, prints 25c to 200 do tubs 21cto23c Cheeseâ€"Steady at~140 for large and 1.4%0 for twins. Eggsâ€"~Unchanged at 100 to 17c; splits, 13%0 to 140. Poultryâ€"Quiet, and prices generally nominal. Chickens, live . . . . . 10010110 do dressed . . 12c to 14c Hens, live .. Soto 90 do dressed . . . . . . 10010110 Honeyâ€"Pails, 110 to 12c 15., combs, $2.50 to $2.75 per doz. Beansâ€"$1.50 to $1.55 for hand-picked and $1.35 to $1.40 for primes. Potatoesâ€"Ontario, 850 to 000; eastern, 950. in car lots here. Baled Hayâ€"$12.50 to $13.50 for No. 1 timothy and $10 to $11.50 for secondary grades. in car lots here. Baled Strawâ€"$7. per ton in car lots here. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, April 23.â€"The market for cats is firm; for No.2 White 43615 quot- ed, and lower grades, No. 3, 42c and No. 4. 1c lower. For Manitoba No. 2 while, 43%0 is quoted. Buckwheatâ€"550 to 50%c per bushel. Cornâ€"Aiiierican No. 2 yellow, 550; No. 3 mixed, 050 ex store. Peasâ€"Boiling peas, $1 in carload lots and $1.10 in jobbing lots. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat. $4.25 to $4.60; strong bakers', to $4.10; win- ter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.25; straight. rollers, $3.00 to $3.70; do., in bags, $1.65 to $1.75; extras, $1.50 to $1.55. Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bran, in bags, $20 to $22; shorts, $22 to $22.50; Ontario bran, in bags, $20 to $21.; shorts, $22 to $29.50; milled mouille. $21 to $25; straight grain, $28 to $29 per ton. Rolled Oatsâ€"Per bag, $1.90, to $2. Hay-No. 1, $13.50; No. 2, $12.50; No. 3, $11.50; clover mixed, $11; pure clover. $10.50 to $11. per ton in car lots. Eggsâ€"There are no changes and the quotation of 17c to 17%0 per dozen still holds good. Bui_ierâ€"-Quotations for finest, ~32c. while" for winter make, 20c to 280-15 be- ing asked. Cheeseâ€"130 is still quoted for old white and 12%c is the quotation for fod- dcrs. Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cut mess. $22.50 to $23.50: half barrels. $11.75 to $12.50: clear fat back, $24 to $24.50; long cut heavy mess. $20.50 to $22; half bar- rels do., $10.75 to $11.50; dry salt, long clear bacon, 11%0 to 12%0; barrels plate beef. $12 to $13; half barrels (10., $0.25 to $0.75; barrels heavy mess beef, $8.50. half barrels (10.. $0.75; compound lard. 9340 to 10%0: Pure lard. 12%0 to 13c: kettle rendered. 13c to 13%c;' hams. 14c D to 10,140, according to size; breakfast ba- con. 15c to 10c; Windsor bacon. 15c to 10%,c: fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10; alive, $7.25 to $7.40. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, April 23.â€"F10urâ€"Firm. Wheat â€"â€"Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern, 87%0; Winter nominal. Cornâ€"~Easier; No. 2 yellow, 51%c; No. 3 white, 500. Oatsâ€" Dull; No. 2 white, 47%0; No. 2 mixed. I4.t%c. Barleyâ€"Western quoted, 67 to i75c. Byeâ€"Firm;No. 1, in store, 720 ask- ed. ‘22 NEW’ YORK \VI’IEAT MARKET. New York, April 23.â€"â€"Wlicalâ€"Spol :slcady; No. 2 red. 83%0 elevator; No. 2 trod, 84%c f.o.b., afloat; N0. 1 northern “Duluth. 01%c, opening navigation, fob. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 87%0, open- ing navigation, f.o.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, April 23.-â€"Export cattle were quiet, with not many of them offering. to almost every case export quality sold as biitchcrs'. A few sold for export at prices slightly easier. Quotations are a THE â€"â€" BRITISH BUDGETLEADINLMABKETS'DEAIH 1N MONTREAL FIR Thirty Women 6.7 Hemmed in and r’e'e People Killed. A despatch from Montreal says: A most disastrous fire bl‘Oke out at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon‘in the premises of the Canada Steam Laundry & Dye Works. corner of St. Justin and St. Catherine streets. As a result of the fire two charred and burned bodies, Sul)‘ posed. to be those-of Mrs. Furlong and Wm. Marlincau, lie in the morgue, and Mrs. Giroux, who was severely injured, since died, making the third vic- SEVERAL WERE INJURED. The severely injured arezâ€" Mrs. Diagle, severely burned and fractured limbs; Albertina Paradis, broken arm and severe burns; Albertina Proulx. fractured leg and burns; Janet Leith, binned and injured internally by fallâ€" a::'in the General Hospital. ‘ the others injured are:â€"â€"l\fiss Emma lulienne. burned and rib broken; Miss Bertha McKercher, burns on face and arm broken; Miss chigne, burns on face and back; Miss llodgier, suffering from burns and shock;-Miss- Bowenfant, burns on back. ' THIRTY \VOMEN I-IEMMED IN. The fire broke out. in the second story or athree-stor‘y building through the ex- plosmn of bcnzinc in the engine room. The building was old and thoroughly saturated with benzinc, and as a result the flames spread with fearful rapidity, and in an incredibly short period the building was a mass of flames. Thirty women and girls were in the second and. third stories. and became panic-strick- en as the devouring flames cut off their way to the fire escape in front. TI-IREW' THEMSELVES OUT. Terrified by the flames that were de- vouring the rushed to thc windows and threw them- sevcs out, preferring to be dashed to pieces rather than be burned to death. Two'of the firs't'girls who jumped e;- caped serious injuries, but half a dozen othch "who followed were seriously hurt. . Although the firemen quickly respond 'ei to the alarm, and had sixteen streams playing on the doomed building .wdlun a few minutes, it was impOSSible to quench the fire. Two bodies were re- moved to the morgue all charred and burned so that their identification was impossible." From the list of employees they are thought to be Mrs. Furlong and Win. Marlineau. HEART RENDING SCENES. The news of the disaster spread like wildfire. Most of the girls lived near their place of work, and mothers and sisters were on the spot in a minute, rushing to and'fro in quest of ' U101! loved ones. As face after face appear... ed at the flame-swept windows mothers called frantically to their daughters to jump, and stretched pleading arms to them to come. The while-faced victims would turn and cast a despairing look at the flames behind, and then leap from the third story windows. _ As the mournful looking waggons were filled and went off with their loads men and women fought to see if it was their loved ones who -wcre being hurried away, and turned away sobbing as the victims turned out to be some other per- sons. W w little lower, but are practically nominal. Butchers’ cattle were offering freely. Top sales ranng around $5.10 to $5.15, with the bulk of the good butchers’ offer- ings selling from $4.75 to $5. Choice cows were in demand and firm, prices ranging frdm $4 to $4.25. These prices, however, were for the best, ordinary- slock ranged from $2.75 to $3.50. Slockcrs and feeders are in good de- ' niand and prices are firm. Choice, $3.75 to $4. Mitch cows are slightly easier, with a quiet demand. Prices range from $30 to $45, extra choice selling up'to $50 to $55; common, $25 to $30. Veal calves are steady and unchanged at 3 to (Sc per lb. Sheep and grainâ€"fed lambs are firm and unchanged, but common lambs are slow and 50c easier. Spring lambs are steady and unchanged. Hogs are unchanged at $0.40 for select fed and watered. >14 SMALLPOX ON A C. P. R. STEAMER. Empress of Japan Detained at Williams- headâ€"Chinese Crew Infected. .A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says; The Empress of Japan. with the over- seas mail, outbound, is detained at Wil.‘ liamshead quarantine station wilhsmallâ€" pox. Four cases have been landed, and the vessel is being fumigated. The cases are among the Chinese crew. THEIR BOAT UPSET. Mack Drowned Brockville. A despatch from Brockville says: Missing a stroke in the water with his oars, Wm. Mack, while rowing from Morrislown; a small village opposite Brockville, was drowned on Saturday night. In company with his brother-in- law, Joseph Mars, he was returning from Morristown, where they had ferried two passengers, and, giving a sudden jerk on the oars, the boat capsized. Mars’ cries for help were heard by Peter Frazer, a young man, who went to his assistance and succeeded in landing him on an island. He then went to the viii logo for assistance. Mars became un- conscious when pulled out of the water, and it was not until three hours later that he told of Mac-k being with him. Searching parties were out on Sunday. but the body has not been found. The drowned man was 22 years old, and leaves a 'wife and three months‘ old child. William Oppositi .__yx4_ Fifty thousand dollars are to be ex. pended by the Dominion Government in improving the western entrance to To- ronto Harbor. Francis Barner, aged fifteen years, oi Dover township, accidentally shot him- self whilc hunting muskrats. on Satur- day, and died in a couple of hours. MILLIONS ARE STARVING. Russian ‘ Famine Aid for A despaich from London says:_Writ- ing from the Russian famine district, Dr. K-ennard, who was sent. by the eicty of Friends to investigate condi- tions among the peasantry, draws an appalling picture of the suffering. I-Ie 5‘fl‘xis‘his is the worst famine Russia has known. No less than 20,000,000 people distributed throughout the southeastern rovinces cannot live Without aid to see another harvest, and I may say that this figure has been not only approved bv the Zcmslvo organization, but also by the Government itself. the date of the harvest will vary With the latitude land the famine-stricken region is spread 'over such a wide area (five times the size of France) that more than ten dcâ€" grecs of latitude are involved. This means that in direct proportion from south to north the harvest Will be from July 3 to 23. It will be seen that funds will be needed to the end of July to feed all these millions, and then the bar- vest will bring relief, but there are many hundreds of thousands to whom the bar- vest will not bring relief, for they have neither land nor cattle. The few cows that are in existence are in such a- piti- tu‘. condition themselves that they are useless for milking purposes. rite re. suit is that babies and young children are being forced lo cat the coarse black bread and the indigestible young cu. cmuhcrs which are luxuries lo the adult Russian peasant to-day, but. are death ‘ to the babies, or at any rate spell dis- case. These people have sold their all, and in most cases have likewise sold in advance all that the harvest might bring them. Meanwhile epidemics disease add to the terrible conditions Sufferers Require Months. obtaining. The difficulties encountered of relieving these people are made ten times worse now owing to the practi~ cally impassable condition of the coun- try roads. The winter snows are melting and projecting vast volumes of water in countless cataracts toward mother Volga, and neither man nor beast can hope to do anything in the way of. travel." "CHINA’S CIIILDERN DYING. A dcspalch from Shanghai says: The following are extracts from the reports just received of foreigners in four fa- mine centres:â€" “Yaowanâ€"The worse. bers." . “Suchicnâ€" Almost out of supplies. Need large amounts imincdiatclv to con linuc the relief commenced." I “Singkiangpuâ€"Many (lying. Must dc- crcasc relief work unless larger shin- incnts of supplies are received." ‘ 1 “Lukiawielscâ€"Ji‘bc whole countrv -< famine is growing in the deepest distress. Refugees wt” went south hoping to find relief are re turning empty-hamlet]. There are. pm cessions of people with wliculbari'ows transporting their doors. tables, hit,- ;and cupboards to n‘iorket to be Sold for 'almost nothing. Hundreds of wan,” land children are seen in the fields scratching out rods and scanty bind}; of grass. Hundreds of trees have l-ci-i stripped of their bark from root to th: ,l‘.ight;si branches for use as food. 'l'li lmujority of the population are lii'ii;; cflon wild roots c'c., and HMS.) ill'e cum ing diseases." building, many of them. Children dying in great num- ”ICI'A‘A”A A'JA‘K‘K I‘A‘A'I‘ _ ‘ ‘ ‘ mt‘irrrtr‘rw'r'rra “'1 ’A ‘A' TEE-1 Wn'fio’fii 3:5 . .