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Lx'vlffi l‘ffifn7'1‘54‘24.»,â€"« .., , , . .-.~.»~ \f’hl’.“ win Lw‘ 'r~,~m.w , r... , - T1"ti:r.:':.~ . "» ."7 it is ‘l Toronto, March. 10.â€"Manitoba Wheat 1 NAMES FUR PAST YEAR'LEADINGJAHKETS Receipts and Expenditures of the Province ‘ ‘ of‘ Ontario. Total receipts . . . . . . . . $8,320,419.10 Total expenditures;.\ .. 7,714,245.61 Surplus 606,173.58 In plain figures, that is the financial statement of the province of Ontario for the year 1907. For details, there is a volume of some 800 printed pages, prepared un- der the auspices of Hon. A. J. Mathe- son, Treasurer, and through it he who ' would may plough. During the year the entire turnover was $11,817,658.81, which included a balance of $3,310,636.70 on hand at the end of 1906. Of this, $2,420,329.15 was advanced to the T. 8: N. 0., which left a balance on the proceeds of the bond issue of $1,561,881.61. The surplus for 1906 was $429,209.32, and for 1907 the sum of $620,159.68. BIGGEST REVENUE. The two big sources of revenue were the mines and the subsidy. From lands, forests and mines the province got $3,068,404, and from the subsidy $1,734,020.68. ' ' interestingzâ€"Refund to Montreal. River Pulp 00;, $20,000; purchase of yaCht Lurline, $10,000; members of Legisla- ture visiting mining districts, $4,585; Prince Fushimi, $1,265; funeral late Hon. J. W. St. John. $2,454.35; Eng- lish journalists, $4.500; mining engi- neers, 86,305; new roads in mining districts, $34,623. During the year $17,025.40 was ex- pended in enforcing the Liquor Liccn;e Act, which includes the salaries of special officers. The trip of the Brit- ish artilleryan to Cobalt cost $245.58. The travelling expenses of Mr. A. H. U Colquhoun, Deputy Minister of Edn- cation to the Congress on School I‘Iy- giane in London, Eng, were $526.34. COST OF HYDRO. The expenses and salaries in connec- tion with the Hydro-Electric Power Commission amounted to $40,524.21, of which the salaries came to $14,448.42. Last year the expenditure was $26,000. The Text Book Commission cost $7,- 292. In the statement T. W. Crothers, one of the commissioners, is put down The receipts were the largest in the 35 receiving $192 on account of ser- 'history of the province, being $1,180,- 040.80 more than the year previous and $2,304,243 more than 1905. This is accounted for by several circum- stances. The subsidy increased by $394,742, being one half-yearly instal- ment granted by the Dominion Govern- ment. Then the income from lands, forests and mines increased $815,294, including $1,085,000 received from the sale of Cobalt Lake. AdV-fIIICCS _of $7,- 919 from liquor licenses, $50,000 from incorporation of companies, may also be noted. \VHERE MONEY \VENT. As to where the money went to, the no changes or reductions have been following explains: Civil Government ....$ 502,883.20 Legislation .. 223,327.80 Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579,598.16 Education .. 1,359,105.81 Public Institutions 990,379.18 Central Prison .. 65,483.60 Colonization and Immigra- tion . . . . . . 52,024.45 Agriculture . . . . . . 480,317.84 Hospitals and Charities .. 338,011.70 Parliament Buildings .. .. . 05,336.40 Lock-s, Dams, etc. .. .. 16,841.06 Colonization Roads 316,906.39 Crown Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541,827.61 Surveys, Inspections . . . . . . 1,013.59 Refunds .... 40,254.55 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . 196,815.12 $5,800,126.55 The remaining $1,867,269.06 is made up of payments to the asylums, $340,- 000 in interest, $120,000 in railway aid certificates, $587,162 under special stat- ute, and many small amounts. . SPECIAL. Of the special expenditures during vices, while the other two commission- ers received $2,000~each. Mr. Crothers refused to accept payment over his expenses. SCIIOOL BOOKS CHEAP. Of course, those who pay know all about the reduction in the price 01 school books. But, in reply to a ques- tion, Hon. Dr. Pyne put on record the fact that all the Public school books and English, French and German texts in High schools had been reduced from 50 to 66 per cent. . As to Separate school books, winch are issued under different agreements, â€"No. 1 northern, $1.22; No. 2 northern, $1.18; No. 3, 81.13%; feed wheat, 7c; No. 2_feed, 62%0. Ontario Wheatâ€"«N I. 2 white, 050 out- side; No. 2 red, 05c; No. 2 mixed, 940 LC 94%0; goose, 010 10.920. Cornâ€"Finn; No. 3 yellow American, 67c, 'l‘oronto freights; No. 3 mixed, %c less; inferior, 64c to 650 Barleyâ€"No. 2, 710 to 73c. Peasâ€"87c. Ryeâ€"No. 2, S40. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 67c. :Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 52c to 53c outside, See on track Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 40c to 50c outside. ers', $5.30; winter wheat patents, $3.60. I Bran~Full ears, $23 to $24.80. bags included, outside. Shortsâ€"Scarce, $23 to $24. Call board quotations:â€" Trunk west; No. 2 mixed, 94c bid C. 13. 1%., 95%c outside asked. N Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 520 bid, C. P. R. to arrive. COUNTRY PRODUCE. _ Poultryâ€"Very quiet. loung turkeys, extra choice . Inferior chicks and fowls .. Butter~Scarce, with prices firm. Creamery, prints do solids Dairy prints . 26c to 270. at $1.75 to per dozen. 14c for twins, in job lots here. Flour â€"â€" Manitoba patents, special bPaHdS. $6; seconds, $5.40; strong bak- Winlcr Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 060 asked oulsule; No. 2 red, 94%: bid Grand Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 62%c bid Toronto, 13c1015c Young geese . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 90t011c Young ducks . . . . . . . . . . . 9cto11c Chickens, choice .. 120to130 Old fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 to 80 5c to 70 . . . . . 300 to 310 . . . . . . . 290 to 30c . . . . . . . . 250 to 27c do large rolls . . . . . . . . 24c to 250 do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 to 240 Inferior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 to 210 Eggsâ€"Storage, 210 to 220 per dozen, in car lots; liincd, 190 to 20c; new-laid, Honeyâ€"Strained steady at tie to 12c per pound for (SO-pound pails and 120 to 13c for 5 to 10-pound pails. Combs Cheeseâ€"Steady at 13%c for large and turn an THE his A dcspatch from London says: An outburst of anger against Emperor Wil- Iiam on the part of the British pubiic, equalling that caused by the German Emperor‘s famous telegram to Presi- th-c Jameson raiders, has followed the announcement made on Friday morn- ing by The Times that Emperor William had attempted to influence the British naval policy by a secret correspondence with Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of ahe- Admiralty. The suspicion that Emperor William was trying to meddle by underhand methods in a matter vital to Britain"s ‘national life caused in- tense excitement. both in the House of Parliament and outside. In fact, tht matter was considered so serious that Lord Tweedmouth broke- his customary reticenco and hastened to say that the Butchers' cattle, selected, $4.75 to $5.10; choice loads, $4.50 to 84.85; me- dium, $4 ’to $4.40; common to medium, 83.25 to $3.75; cows, choice, $3.75 10 $4.25; cows, medium. 83 to $3.70; cows, common, $2.50 to $3; butchers‘, bulls 82.50 to $3.50 per cwt. 'A load of stockers was sold at $3 to $3.60 per cwt. ones sold at 5 to 6%c, and heavy at 3 to 4%0 per pound. Trade in lambs was slow on account of the large offerings. Prices of both lambs and sheep were steady. Quota- ticns werezâ€"Lambs, grain-fed, 6% to 7c, lambs, common, 5 to Go; export ewes, 4% to 4%c, and export bucks, 3 to 4c per pound. _ l-Iogs continued to sell at $5 per cwt.. for selects, and $4.75 for lights and fats. dent Kruger in 1896 after the defeat. of . Calves were in good demand. Choice Beansâ€"Firm; $1.70 to 81:75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Baled Strawâ€"$9 to $10 per ton on track here. Baled flayâ€"$16 to $17 in car lots on track here. _ Potatoesâ€"Ontario, 90:: to 81'; Delaâ€" ware, $1 to $1.10 in car lots on track m‘z‘fl AN INCREASE IN REVENUE. made. It was also expected, added Dr. Pync, that the prices of all text books would be reduced, and as soon as pos- Sible' Financial Statement of Dominion for Eleven Months of Fiscal Year. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The .â€"__.â€"}X*..__â€"â€"- DECREASE IN TRADE. Month’s Returns in Britain Show Gcn- ' eral Falling Off. A dcspatch from London says: Board of Trade returns for February show a decrease in imports of 82,408,010 as compared with the same month last year. Exports during the month to- talled $15,747,570, a decrease of $610,- 155. _.___.p_____ HAY AND STRAVV EXCLUDED. British Board of Agriculture Passes Order of Prohibition. A dcspatch from London says: The Board of Agriculture has passed an or- der prohibiting the importation of hay and straw into Great Britain. The the year, the following were the most order takes immediate effect. Sin Ill Stun-h“ 1.65 Children Caught in the Flames in Suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. A dcspatch from Cleveland, Ohio, says: In a fire which completely destroy: ed the common school building in C01- lingwood, a suburb, on Wednesday, one hundred and sixty-five lost their lives. The fire was started by an over- heated furnace. The flames quickly spread, but a panic ensued when the building filled with smoke and the 400 children attempted to escape. _ There were but two exits in the build- ing that were available. One soon be- came choked with the children, who madly dashed for the open air. Those who fell in the doorway were trampled upon by the ones behind and soon the doorway was impassable. ESCAPE \VAS CUT OFF. The frightened and panic-stricken children turned to get out through the windows and by any other means that could be found. Escape was cut off by the flames, which by' this time had spread throughout the rooms. The building was of brick, yet this did not retard the progress of the fire. In a few minutes the lower floor fell, precipitating scores of children to the basement, among the burning embers. A HEARTRENDING SCENE. The scene about the. building was heartrending. Quickly the news of the terrible catastrophe spread throughout the village and hundreds of parents were crowded about the building in search of their girls and boys. In a few minutes twenty bodies had been taken from the ruins. Plainly the writhing or stilled forms of dozens of others could be seen in the base- ,..e.......... .7. . . . . “4...”. i"... ment. Nearby factories dismissed their men and instructed them to assist in the rescue. They braved the fire and made heroic efforts to save the ones who were not dead. , , Three little girls met instant death in attemptingto jump from the third floor. FRANTIC FATHER’S EFFORTS. A man named Doran, who arrived upon the scene early, when the chil- dren were crowded in the front door, discovered his little girl among the mass of injured and crushed. He caught the girl by the hands, and in his frantic efforts to save her pulled her arms from her body. The last four, who were children of thejanitor of the building, lost their lives together. ONE EXIT CLOSED. The greatest loss of life was caused by one of the exits being closed, to which point scores of the children rush-ed. Their escape was blocked by a door that opened inward. In this manner they were delayed in reaching the other door and windows. - It is said that as a result of this stampede alone scores of children lost their lives. TWO TEACHERS MISSING. Of the nine teachers of the school seven are accounted for. The two miss- ing are Katherine Weller, of Cleveland, and Grace Flske, of Cleveland. » Principal Frank P. Whitney, of the school, estimates the number of dead at 165. The pupils were mostly little children, ranging in age from 9 to 12 years. here. PROVISIONS. barrel; mess, $18 to $18.50. 120. hams, medium and light, 13c to 13%c; hams, large,~11%c to 120; backs", 160 to fast bacon, 14c; green meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked. MONTREAL MARKETS. , Montreal, March 10.â€"Local flour pric- wheat patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50; winter wheat patents, $5.50; straight rollers, 85 to 85.25; do in bags, 82.35 to $2.50; extra, $1.80 to $1.90. Eastern Canada No. 2 while oats, 53c; No. 3, 49c to 40%0; No. 4, 480 to 48%c; rejected, 460 to 470, and Manitoba re- jected, 40%c' to 500 per bushel, ex store. Manitoba bran, $28; shorts, $25; On- tario bran, shorts, $23.50 to $24; mid- dlings, $26 to $27; shorts, $24 to $24.50 per ton, including bags; pure grain ,mouille, $32 to $34. and milled grades, $25 to $29 per ton. Rolled oats, $2.75; corn, $1.60 to $1.â€" 70 per bag. A steady and active demand prevails for cheese. September westerns are sel- ling at 130 for while and 13%0 for col- ored; September easterns, 13%0 for white. and 13%c for colored. Butterâ€"Stocks are light and receipts are practically nil. Grass goods, 31c to 330; current receipts, 200 to 300. Eggsâ€"Canadian fresh are selling at 29c to 300; American fresh at 280 to 200; Canadian select. 27c to 28c; Mont- real limcd, 210 to 23c. Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cut. mess. S21; half barrels, $10.75; clear fat backs, 823; long cut heavy mess, 820; half bar- rels do.. $10.50; dry salt long clear backs, 10%c; barrels plate beef, 12.50 to $15; half barrels do, $7.25 to 87.75; barrels heavy mess beef, 810 to $11; half barrels do , $5.50 to 86; compound lard, 8%c to 03; pure lard, 11%0 to 11%c; kettle rendered, 11%c to 120; hams, 12c ti 13%0, according to size; breakfast bacon. 14c to 150; Windsor bacon, 14%0 to 15%c; fresh. killed abattoir dressed 110g5, 88.25: live, $5.75 to $5.85. BUFFALO MARKETS. Buffalo, March 10â€"\Vheatâ€"-Spring easier; No. 1 Northern, $1.13; winter steady; No. 2 red, 81.06%. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2 yellow, 67c. Oatsâ€"Steady; No. 2 mixed, 53%c; No. 2 white, 52%c. Bar- leyâ€"05c to $1.05. Ryeâ€"No. 1, 00c. NEXV YORK \VHEAT MARKET. New York, March 10.â€"Spot easy; No. 2 red, 81.03% elevator; No. 2 red, 31.04% f.o..b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.20 f.o.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 81.16% f.o.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. A few lots of good exporters’ cattle were on sale. A select bunch brought $5.30 per cwt. Heavy bulls sold as high as $4.50 per cwt. Pnrk~Short cut, $21.50 to $22 per Lardâ€"'I‘ierces, 11%c; tubs, 11%c; pails, Smoked and. Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 9%0 for tons and cases; 17c; shoulders, 0%c; rolls. 100; break- cs are firmly maintained. Choice spring financial statement of the Dominion for the eleven months of the Current fiscal year, as entered on the books of the Finance Department on Feb. 101b, shows a total revenue of $87,607,209, an in- crease of $8,620,749, as compared with the corresponding months of 1006-07. The total expenditure of the Consoli- dated Fund account for the eleven months was $60,720,353, an increase of $10,735,686. The capital expenditure for the period was $25,768,488, of which 820,183,830 was for public works, rail- ways and canals, including the con- struction of the National Transcontin- ental Railway. The surplus of the total revenue over the total expenditure for the eleven months is $1,118,458. - For the month of February the total revenue was $6,577,020, a- decrease of $740,793, as compared with February last year. - For the eleven months, the total Postâ€"office revenue has been $6,357,- 320, an increase of $652,007. Customs revenue has increased by $7,040,878, and excise by $545,364. ._...._a'- DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. » One Man Killed and Five Injured on the Transcontinental Railway. A dcspatch from Kenora says: A dy- namite accident, in which one man was killed and five 'others. injured, occurred at. Parson‘s camp, No. 8, Transcontin- enlal Railway, recently. lâ€"I. Bellose was killed and W. Mus-c, foreman, was seriously injured. The men were en- gaged in loading a 30-foot hole, which had been sprung on the Saturday pre» viously. A large number of sticks of dynamite had been put in, when the foreman was called to another part of the work. Upon his return to where the dynamite was put in, while tampihg this to place, the explosion took place. H“...â€" RAISE THE AGE LIMIT. Make Youths Under 20 Keep Away From Pool Rooms. 'A dcspatch from Toronto says: Legis- lation to raise the age at which youths are permitted to frequent pool rooms was asked by representatives of the municipality of Orillia, who called on the _Attorney-General on Wednesday. There was an agitation to reduce the- license fee payable by those establish- ments and in view of the feeling against allowing boys to spend their time in them, the municipality suggests that youths under 20 be forbidden to visit them. The minimum age at present is 18 years. ' â€"___.__a4â€"â€"_ CUT IIIS THROAT ON A TRAIN. .â€" Suicidc of Thomas Dempsey on His \Vay to Jail. A dcspatch from Gladstime, Manitoba, says: A lunaticnamcd Thomas Demp- sey of Roblin, Man., committed suicide on a‘ C. N. R. train on Thursday night while being conveyed to Portage jail. He had a small knife concealed in his clothing and cut his throat, dying short- ly afterwards. . Demand That Lord ATWeedmouth Produce It In Parliament. letter from the Kaiser was a .purely' personal communication and had no reference in it to the British naval es-I tlmates. TIIE T\VO NAVIES COMPARED. According to one version, Emperor William’s letter to Lord Twecdmouth gave exhaustive details of the compar- ative strength of the n-avies of. Great Britain and Germany, and basing his opinion on this comparison the Emper- or said be thought the German fleet could not be considered more than one- fifth as strong as that of Great Britain. This being so, Emperor William thought. Great Britain had no need to fear any rivalry in naval supremacy from Ger- many, and that consequently there was no need of any increase in the ship-- building programme of Great Britain. . H , = :==:________ ______ _ m _ __ ____..____._._..... “’ESTERN GRAIN CROP. ~â€" Rcccint Snow Storm \Vill Have Bone»- ficiol Effect. A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: During the past week there has been a very heavy fall of snow in Manitoba, which has materially brightened the prospects of a good crop, for the pre- vailing impression among old pioneers is that a heavy snow fall is necessary. to good crops in western Canada. Much of the land in Manitoba and Saskatche' wan and Alberta has been prepared for seeding, the long open fall last year lhaving enabled the farmers to do a. great deal more fall ploughing than usu- a'. The prospects are that a much. larger area will be put under crop this spring. Thousands of new settlers will seed and others are increasing their cultivated areas. ' The wheat crop will likely be increased anywhere from ten to fifteen per cent., but it is likely that the out crop will be reduced, owing to the fact that seed cannot be procured, and new settlers cannot afford to pay the price of 81.05 to $1.10 per bushel now demanded for good oats. If the season is at all favorable an unusu- ally early seeding is expected. A little has been done in the Chinook belt of southern Alberta. and at one or two points in Saskatchewan, but it will not: likely be general for some weeks. My“... TVV’O MILES “'ITII LEG OFF. The \Vonderful Endurance Shown by Daniel Stetson. ' A dcspatch from Vancouver says: Daniel Stetson, a handlogger, after miles of bush to tide water at Toba In- let, 250 mil-es north of Vancouver, got into a boat and rowed two miles to a logging camp. He was working alone and was caught by a. falling tree and his right leg was frightiully crushed. Stetson cut the shreds of the skin re~ maining. The men in camp procured the launch Dolpin and took him to Lund. From there he was taken to Vananda Hospital, where he died. The body was brought to Vancouver. 2 - . a m _ . PRIVATE HEIR T0 FORTUNE. Soldier at London Barracks Inherits $145,000 by Death of Father. A dcspatch from London, Ont., says: Thomas Kirby, a private at. Wolseley Barracks, was notified on Wednesday $145,000 left him by his father, a weal- thy stationer, of Warswick, England, who died recently. The information came aboth in a peculiar way through an employe of the Bank of Montreal. not-icing an advertisement in an Eng- lish paper requesting information as- 14- the location of the missing heir. l-Ie imparted the information to one of the officers, who, in turn, instituted an in- quiry that. revealed that Kirby was the party referred to. ._...._.»}< A CANADIAN ARMY. Plans for Mobilization of Large Form at Quebec. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department is now devising ways and means for the mobilization of troops at. Quebec next summer. If trans-port, commissariat, and other ar- rangen'icnts can. be satisfactorily ar- ranged eiglil-cen thousand men will be encamped for a week or so on the Plains of Abraham. It may, however. he. found necessary to cut the number down. to twelve thousand, but in» any event the Canadian army assembled at Quebec will to the most imposing ever seen in the country during the lust hun- dred years. ._._.- 4F...â€" ’I‘lie estimated expenditure for the Pro- vince of Ontario for this year is $7,- 501,875.67. E. A Reinhardt, a Montreal business- man, commilled suicide with a carv- ing-knife, on Friday. Five large lumber companies in the west. have amalgamated with a cap;tal of ten million dollars. losing his right leg crawled through two _ that he had fallen heir to a fortune of . m"; '- 4» V 4%.- v‘V'nu, . .' . ' anv‘ro’sn’yz-zwrrv'fl ‘. I IV '1 ,4