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-.'\ x \x ‘v w g i g i {I ‘Q. .. w __. . -.._.>..~i..» M». :fi)-lml~1vt§\:ti,~wflm' emu-manned wan val-“c Jim-veiammd llfi filllll ll it Villthll A Large Increase in‘ Exports-"Imports Are Falling Ofi" 7 ' A desaptch from Ottawa says: Anlproducts increased by $7,939,436, increase of $8,509,333 in exports, aleXPOrts of animals and their pro- decrease of $7,859,622 in imports,‘ duce increased by $1,291,580, 9X- ‘ . , ports'of the forest increased by and 3' trade balance m Canadas $135,047, exports of the mine de- favor of $6,965,875, are the out- _ creased by $730,501. standing fe'atures of the trade re- Total imports for the month were turns for tnc past month, as com- .‘ T $24,706,349. For first eight months .ared With November of last year. of present figcal year the imports .‘hc excess of exports over imports 0 have totalled $194,827,463; a de- lor the month is the largest for any crease of $64,667,721. Total exports month 1n Canada’s trade for years of domestic products were $168,- past. _ ' 080 489 a decrease of . 4 353 190. Exports of domestic goods for the , , $ i ’ ' Customs revenue for the eight month totalled $31,672,224. As com~ months was $3 ,788,407, a decrease pared w1th last year, agricultural of $10,324,052.‘ "um-"mm BATTLE RIVER BRIDGE. CHINAMEN MURDERED. First Train Crosses New Structure 0n Wednesday Morning. A despatch from Winnipeg, says: The rubicon of the, Grand Trunk Pacific was crossed on Wednesday ed over the immense Battle River bridge, which has been in course of construction during the entire season. The bridge is nearly three thousand feet long, and is very high, so that the construction has ‘been slow, on account of high winds interfering with the handling of aerial steel work. On the west side Crime Committed While People Were Passing Laundry. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Yat Sun, Chinese laundryman of 214 Jarv1s avenue, and his hired urday evening, robbery apparently being the motive, as the store was rifled. The crime was discovered by a man who called for his wash- ing half an hour before midnight and found the Celestials in a wel~ ter of blood, the head of one being almost completely severed. Last spring almost a similar crime was committed near the overhead bridge when two Chinese laundrymen were murdered, but in that case the shack was fired in an attempt to de- stroy traces. of the bridge the grading has been practically completed to Edmonton for a long time. Steel is now being laid towards that city, and the work will be prosecuted as fast as the weather will permit. There are still nearly 125 miles of track to be laid before Edmonton is reached, and the shortest railway l-ine from Winnipeg to the Alberta capital will , be complete. ___. .__..-..»P_ .___..._. mornlng) when the fiYSt engine roll- i man were murdered some time Sat- >1‘._’_.uâ€" T9 ‘REFORM JQSIE CARR. She Will be Taken to a Nunnery in Alberta. ' vacant, and how the fire originated BURNED T0 DEATH. W Remains of Unknown Man Found! in Ruins at Port Arthur. A despatch from Port Arthur" says: An unknown man was burn- ed to death in a fire which destroy- ed the old stable behind the Vigars- Shears Lumber Company’s plantl Saturday night. The build'ng was. can only be surmised, but possibly' the unfortunate man who met his death in it had been spending the- night there. The body was not disâ€" covered until Sunday afternoon, . when Chief of Police McLellan wasi looking over the ruins. It had been burned beyond identification. l u .0‘ 'BOY SIISOTS HIS SISTER. M- Shocking Accident at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. A despatch from Halifax says: A shocking accident occurred at| Mahone Bay ' on Sunday morning whereby Ruby, fourteen-year-old daughter of Capt. Benj. Ham, lost| her life. Her cight-year-old bro-’ ‘them in Boysland, Alberta. A despatch from Kingston says: Joesphine Carr, the young Toronto girl who was quietly removel from the penitentiary here last week, was taken by nuns to reside with This is the girl whose murder of the baby she stole from a Yonge street shop entrance stirred Canada sev- eral years ago. She has developed into an attractive girl of seventeen, and is said to be quite reformed. The trial Judge sentenced her to the penitentiary for an indefinite period, or until it was safe for her o be at large again. The Minister of Justice agreed to her removal, provided the nuns who a"ked for her would keep her in charge. It is understood she will take the veil when she becomes older. Her re- moval was kept a secret, and took place at night, but the information leaked'out. >31 AN rrnmari seasons. Ran, Dripping Blood, Along Mont- real Streets. A despatch from Montreal says: An Italian, who will likely die, irushed madly along Craig street on (Wednesday night'through a crowd of Christmas shoppers, with blood streaming in the snow from a deep gash in his throat. He had been gashed with a razor by an unknown assailant. The blood left a crim- son trail on the sidewalk, and the injured man collapsed within sight ,of his home. Robbery or revenge {is thought to have been the motive. _ iThe Italian was taken to the Gener- ”i‘ ial Hospital, and is thought to be A detachment of Royal Canadian fatally injured. Engineers has been ordered from. â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'1‘ â€" Wolseley Barracks, London, to To-l The local option by-law was car- ronto. _ ri-ed in seven new municipalities in James Jenkins and Jack P61412112, Manitoba,..repealed in two and con~ negroes, and Lee 011111121 a 0111113" tinued in force in five. Seven mun- man, were hanged 5117 New \Vest- icipalities in which it was submitt- minster, 13-0, on Friday. ed voted to remain under license. W . We hill‘ ttil. filth it lit The 0. P. R. Is Fighting a Big Pire at Port William. A despatch from Fort William,iis checked. There are more than Ont., says: The most destructive 100,000 tons in the mountainous coal fire that has ever visited the‘ piles on fire, and dozens 0f 0°31 Ishovellers have fruitlessly endea~ head Of the lakes has been 1n FPO" vored to get at the seat of the blaze. gross for weeks at the Canadian Farmed by gusts of wind, clouds of Pacific coal docks. To combat the smoke and flame burst forth at conflagration and save tens of thou- night, giving the appearance of a sands of tons of soft coal that is miniature volcano. In an extreme threatened the company has resort- effort to extinguish the blaze the ed to almost every known means of company is preparing to put in 0p- extlnguishing the blaze, without rc-lcration a steam shovel. It will be sult. Hundreds of tons have been ' weeks before the seat of the blaze reduced to ashes, and thousands of can be reached. Spontaneous com- tons more may go before the firelhust'on is responsible for the fire. ther was told to take a suppoeedly unloaded shotgun upstairs, and in passing through the room pointed the weapon at his sister. The ham- mer of the gun caught in his clo- thing and he fell, causing the dis- charge of the gun, the contents of which struck Ruby in the right cheek, tearing a gaping hole and lodging in the brain, causing in- stant death. '- mamwuze fimmmw rmmamw a“ ..._._ . 4; arrears 'rnon 'rnn mes'c TRADE ensrnns. .__- Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 22-Flour-Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents quoted at $3.70 to-day in buyers’ sacks outside for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.80 on track, Toron- to; second patents, $5.30, and strong bakers, $5.10 to $5.20. \Vhoatâ€"Manitoba wheat is firm- er at $1.08% for No. 1 Northern, 11t- $1-05}/2 for No. 2 Northern, and at $1.03 for No. 3 Northern, Geor- gian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern 1s quoted at $1.12%,' North Bay freights, and No. 2 Northern at $1.092. Ontario wheat-No. 2 white is quoted at 94 to 94%0 outside, and No. 2 red Winter at 94c outside, and -No. 2 mixed at 94c outside. Oats-Ontario No. 2 white quoted at 38 to 39c outside, and at 42c on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats quoted at 43%0, lake ports. Ryeâ€"No. 2 quoted at 71 to 720. outside. Barley-No. 2 barley quoted at 55c outside, and No. 3 extra at 53c. Buckwheat-57 to 57%c outside. Peas-No. 2 quoted at 86% to 87c outside. Corn-No. 2 American yellow nominal at 700 on track, Toronto; new No. 3 yellow quoted at 07c To- ronto. Bran-~Cars are quoted at $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $22.50 in bulk outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"-Pound prints, 25 to 27c; - tubs, 22 to 24c; inferior, 2U to 210. Creamery rolls, 29 to‘ 30c, and s0- lids, 28c. Eggsâ€"Case lots of storage, 25 to 260 per dozen, and new laid are quoted at 30 to 35c per dozen. Cheese-Large cheese, 13%0 per pound, and twins, 13%0. HOG PRODUCTS. Ba-cone-Long clear, 10% to 110 per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.50; short out, $22 to $22.50. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 13% to 14c; do., heavy, 12 to 121/20; rolls, 10% to 10%0; shoulders, 10 to 10%0; backs 16 to 16%0; breakfast bacon, 14% to 15c. Lard-â€"Tierces, 12%0; tubs, 12%0; pails, 12%6. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dec. 22â€"Grain â€"â€"Ca- nadian Western No. 2 white oats are selling at 46%0, No. 3 at 45%0, extra No. 1 feed oats at 45c. No. 1 feed at 44%0, Ontario No. 2 white at 44% to 45c, No. 3 at 43%, to 44c, No. 4 at 43 to 431$ per bushel, ex store. Flour-4 anitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts at $6, seconds at $5.50; Winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25; straight ‘rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to $1.85. Feedâ€"Mani- toba bran, $21; shorts, $24; Onâ€" tario bran, $21 to $21.50; mid- dlings, $24.50 to $25.50; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouille, $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheeseâ€"Westerns quoted at 12% to 12%,0, easterns at 11% to 12c. Button-Finest creamery quo- tcd at 27c in a johbing way. Eggs â€"New laid, 34c; selected stock at 25%0, No. 1 stock at 22%0, No. 2 stock at 17%0 per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Dec. 22-Wheat-Spring, firm; N0. 1 Northern, carloads, store, 521.13%; Winter, steady. Corn-â€"Steady. Ourtsâ€"Steady; No. 3 white, 54% to 54%c. Rye-No. 2 on track, 800. Minneapolis, Dec. 22-Wheat -â€"â€" Dec., 331.06%; May, $1.09; cash, No. 1 hard, 531.09% to $1.09%; N0. 1 Northern, $1.08% to 951.08%; No, '2 Northern, $1.06}{, to $1.00X; No. 3 Northern, $1.02% to $1.04%. Flour-Dull; first patents, $5.30 to $5.65; second patents, $5.10 to $5.- 20; first clears, $4.00 to $4.10; sec- ond clears, $2.95 to $3.05. Bran in bulk, $19.00 to $19.25. Milwaukee, Dec. 22-Wheat-â€"No. 1 Northern, 221.09%; No. 2 North- ern, 851.07%; May, 851.06% to $1.- 06%. RycMNo. 1, 76c. Cornâ€"May, 61%0. Barley tandard, 600; sam- ples, 59 to 660. ‘ ‘ LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Dec. 22.â€"The offerings of export cattle were restr'cted to a few loads of medium quality that sold at $4.50 to $4.90 per cwt. Sales of choice butchers’ cattle were slat- ed around $5 per cwt. Good loads of choice cattle were worth from $4.00 to $4.75, and medium sold at $3.75 to $4.25 per cwt. Common “my, your? MARKETS yégfillill'fl in mini Only Means for Stamping Out Smallpox“ ' Says Dr. Hodgetts. A. despatch “If the municipal authorities of this province desire to be rid of these nuisances which have been smoul- dering in their midst for over ten years, they must avail themselves of the only known method to pre- vent them, viz., vaccination and re- vaccination,” said Dr. C. A. Hod- getts, secretary of the Ontario Board of Health, in his report to that body on the outbreaks of small- pox which have recently occurred. He told the board on Wednesday that there had been 45 cases in ten municipalities during October, while 130 cases in 23 municipalities had been reported for November. It had been learned that mild cases had existed for weeks before their from Toronto sayszlfew cxccptions.those suffering from the disease had never been vaccin- ated for during the past twenty years. Municipal Councils had been uniformly indifferent to the question and the Act respecting vaccination and inoculations ha been a dead letter Th4" “or” 4*. permitted municipalities to provide for compulsory vaccination. ‘no failure on the part of Municipal Councils to make the Act operative has resulted particularly in the large centres of commerce, most disastrously to the business com- munity," said Dr. Hodgetts. He added that business was still fur- ther crippled by the failure of the councils even in the face of an out- break of considerable extent to take presence was known to the local a firm stand and enforce vaccina- Medical Health Officer. With but tion. ._.......-.__.__.____-__._..__._...____.__.._--- llttt lltllll fill‘ ti fhltl. Remarkable Scene in a Court Room at Bilbao, Spain. A despatch from San Sebastian, Spain, says: The opening trial of ten thousand women of Bilbao be- gan on Tuesday. The women ace accused of contempt of court in signing a petition of sympathy on behalf of Jesusa Pajana, who was sentenced to eight years’ imprison- ment for killing her faithless fiance. The petition extols Jesusa’s deed, court in three vans, and covered 157,000 pages. Crowds 1n the street hissed the van’s passage. The court room was packed with beautiful Spaniards, and the plaza outside was packed with the re- remainder of the defendants. The court resembled a beauty contest, instead of a tribunal. The justice and prosecutor were jeered in the streets by the women, who demand- ed to know where they could find and the Public Prosecutor caused the indictment of all the women _ 0 signing the petition. The docu- if convicted. The novel trial 1s at- ments in the case were brought to tracting the attention of all Spain. Wamw_wd BURNIN G SHIP BOMBARDED . jails enough to imprison them all animals were worth $3 to $3.60 per wt. Choice cows were firm at $3,- 60 to $4 per cwt. Medium and com- mon cows brought $2 to $3.50 per cwt. Feeders and stockers were in moderate demand at $3 to $3.75 per A despatch from Singapore says: cwt. Stock calves sold at $225 to The burning oil ship Kclam Ka- $2_70 per cwt. Sheep and lambs loma was bombarded by the har- wcie easy in price, without a quot-11301‘ fort and soon sank. with her able drop. Hogs were reported to hull riddled with solid shot. The be weaker, but no decline was re- flaming steamer, which hails from corded. Selects sold at $0 per cwt., England, arrived in Singapore from fed and watered. off cars, an ‘ lights New York on Wednesday, with her and fats at $5.75 per cwt. cargo of case oil on fire. All at- » tempts to extinguish the blaze were unsuccessful. It was impossible to go near the vessel because of the possibility of explosion and finally the harbor agent appealed to the commandant of the fort. The gun- ners, at a distance of two miles, sank the 'craft with their six-inch guns. Gunners at Singapore Sink a Dan- gerous Vessel. â€" _---â€">Z‘ aemmn Lumen or nouns. â€"_...- Post-cflicc Official at Ottawa is Given Three Years. - __- A dcspatch from Ottawa says: Three years in the Kingston Peni- tentiary was the sentence imposed by Magistrate O’Keefe at the Police Y >4 NEARLY FIFTY MILLION S. ____. Court on Wednesday morning on George M. Lott, who pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $2.00 from the post-office. Lett has been em- ployed in the post-office for five years. During the last year and a half, at intervals, money and jew- elry has been taken from letters, and finally suspicion rested on Lett. On Tuesday a test letter containing $2 was sent to Ottawa from Mont- real. In the evening it was notic- ed that the envelope had been tam- pered with. Lott was searched and the money was found in his posses- sion. When confronted with the facts in the case he acknowledged his guilt. Season‘s Record of Wheat Ship- ments Through Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Navigation has closed and over 48,~ 000,000 bushels of wheat of the crop . of 1908 passed Winnipeg before the last boats went out. Shipments for the last week of open water reach- ed the enormous total of 5,103,007 bushels. The entire movement ol wheat for this season leaves all other years many miles behind. The situation, so far as the outlook for the future is concerned, is much more bearish than it was a week a30- __.__._______~._____ roarm ll on Sultan Abdul Hamid Opens Parliament in Person. A despatch from Constantinople flowing silk robes, and others iii says: After an interval of thirty two years Turkey, on Thursday, en- tered upon‘ a second attempt at constitutional government, with the inauguration of the new Parliament elected under the constitution pro- mulgated by the Sultan. The Sultan opened Parliament in person with elaborate ceremony. The scene was perhaps one of the most remarkable in the political history of the world. All the crecds and races of the Turkish Empire the fashionable frock coat, formed a gorgeous and multi~colored pic- ture, never before witnessed in a legislative gathering in Europe. Albanians, Syrians and Arabs were among the Moslem representatives, uhile Greeks, Armenians and Bul- gars represented the Christian na- tionalities. So far as can be judged from sur. ‘face indications, the new Parlia- ment has entered upon'its duties with a united determination to car- ry out successfully the aims of the sent their duly elected represent-awbloodless revolution which made tivcs, and the varied costumes oflpossible the inauguration of a con- the delegates‘, who came, some-in stitutional regime in Turkey.