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r . . ._ .....__..-- ; in v mill The Christmas Blizzard Brought Woe on Newloundland’s Coast. A despatch from St. Johns, Nfid.,lpal business street of that place says: Eleven Newfoundland schoon-lresembles an ocean beech, bcmg ers and their crews of 60 mcn, are'piled high with flotsam, that was believed to have been lost in the cast up by the unusually high tides. Christmas blizzard, while great dc- The village of Black Head, three struction to property throughout miles from this city, was almost this island o"-lony has resulted. The swept away. _ storm raged for six'days. All telc- December was the stornnest graph lines in the interior of the.month the Newfoundland coast has colony are down and reports from experienced in half a century, and inland points are slow in reaching it is estimated that its cost to the here. fisheries and general trade is more The town of Placentia was flood~ than three-quarters of a million cl for three days, and th princi- dollars. to secure the revolver, and an- nounced his intention of ending his Cashier Blobs-on and P. S. Whistler life. The police were summoned, n a . - ' I my- Tens of ixnmss 30b1,“... but before they put in an 3123135: ‘ ' w “l ance Forrest locked himself in his A desnatcb from Niagara Falls, room and shot himself. Ont.. says: The three men under ' ,k _ arrest for cnmolic'tv in the robbery , . of the Canadian Express Co. last Rva FOR C‘g‘f‘DIAN RAVY' November. on their own confession, _ are now sai-‘lv behind prison bars, two in the Welland County jail at _ Welland. and one in the Niagara A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Counhy jail, at LOCkPOTt. N. Y- Over a hundred applications have William Dohnon. the cashier at the been received at the Marine Doâ€" ofiice of the Express Company. and pertinent for positions in the pro- Purl S. Whistler, 26 years old. of posed Canadian navy. Included in No. 1121 Dieroe Avenue, Niagara the number are applications from Fans. N- -Y'9 M6 lOCde up at Wel- several men who have served in the land and Charles J. Flynn, proprie-lBritish navy and are now on the tor of the Delevan Cafe, at No. reserve. It is not likely, however, 1913 Main Qtreet, Niagara, Falls, that any large preportion of these N Y., is locked up at Lockport. will be engaged, but younger men ~ .â€"â€".â€"â€"--2« .. sought. The wages of the ofiiccrs A SAD NEW YEAR. will be similar to those which ob: tain in the British navy, but the scale for the crew will be highcr, and more along the line of what is paid in the United States. It is e}:â€" A despatcli from Detroit says:.pectcd that the cruiser Rainbow After travel-lirg sevrral hundredl vill arrive in Canada early in June. miles to be with his need parents on New Year’s Day. Richard Remine, a commercial traveller, reached his 0H hwm m l‘alea‘mo mfg-E'de 5 Conclusion Reached at Conference morning. Unaole to gain admit-l . tancr' to the house. and finallyl 1“ Allsu'flha' thinking something wrong, he broke A despatch from Melbourne says: in the door and discovered his faâ€"lThe conclusions reached at the re- ther lying dead on the floor, andiccnt conference on the subject cl :1. his mother in a dying condition l wireless system in the Pacific were from the effects of escaping coal made known on Wednefial’- Reine“ gas. The old people were living A scntatives of the British Admiralty, 11911331538 CONFESS.‘ Over 1.00 Applications for Positions Already Received. A Son Finals fiimsclf Bercft oi” Both Parents. ’1‘- ...... ._.....â€" WIRELESS IN THE PACKETS. alone and without servants, 3,1- of Australia, New Zealand and the though in quite wealthy circum-ll‘hi Islands shared in the discus- stances. sion. the result of which was a re- commendation that high power sta- tions be established at Sydney) - Doubtlcss Bay, New Zealand ; Suva, Drop in British Excise licvcnucâ€"~ capital of the Fiji group, and Ocean Int-reuse in Death antics. lIsiand, and medium powersstirtions in the New Hebrides and 0 onion T1: lIslands. All these wireless stations the nine months ending on Friday elm?“ tEet contml Of the show a net increase of £1,427,200 ule 0‘ mum? ' revenue, and the huge increase of J'flâ€"Iâ€"I £0,967,301 in expenditures. Most notable among the decreased items is the excise receipts, which are £1.810.000 down, owing to the diâ€" minished consumption of spirits. The most notable increase is in the death and other estate duties, which Wednesday ramming before Magis_ . ,p - went up “2’988’000 owmg to the 00' trate Daly with attempt to murder ficidgncfiyfill the deaths, 0f mm}? 0f Bertha McLean, his sweetheart, and 1e “ea lest personal“ the lungâ€"5' afterwards attempted to commit dom' suicide; He was committed for trial at the assizcs. The case is a most remarkable one in many respects. The girl was found in a dazed con- Bullct dition with a bullet wound in her temple, while Emmett had three A despamh from Montreal says, wounds, all in the back of the head. ‘ lTbree doctors declare they could After warning his younger brother . . never to smoke cigarettes, as they not have been self-inflicted, but the ruined his life) Victor 1:01.113“, 19 girl maintains that Emmett did the years old, living at St. Henri, put shoomng' a. bullet through his head on Sun- WW’I‘ day, and is now lying at the point of Dr. Cook’s fake polar record will death in the hospital. The younglbo placed in the criminal museum mun broke into his mother’s trunklat Copenhagen. _..\‘v( LESS SPIRITS BRUVE. SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD. Girl Says George Emmett Did The Shooting. ' A despatch from W'innipeg says: George Emmett. was charged on ._»Z4 RUINED BY CIGAETTTES. Forrest Puts a Through His Head. Victor m1? 2...... .._..___...._ _____._...4 _ _ __ _____._. _.__.. - l l triage: be... E E“: W E FEE Three New Ones Opened for FaSSengei* Traffic in the West. ' A dcspalch from Winnipeg soyszlwill constitute the main line from "As a result of building operations ' Blouse Jaw direct to Edmonton. The this your three new branches of the portion now being opened from Canadian Pacific last week were 1 Stcttlcr to Caston covers a distance opened for posscugcr trailic. Those of sixty miles. An important strip include the extension of the La- of new country will be served by combo branch from Stcttlcr, Alta, this line. On the new line running to Castor, the opening of the ch- from Lethbridge north to Carmen- burn to Forward line and the open- guy a bi-wcekly service will ~be ing of the new line from Lethbridge l given. The line runs parallel to to Car-mangay. The line running the Maclcod to Calgary branch, and cast from Stettlcr will eventually. is built through one of the finest be built through to Outlook and districts in Southern Alberta. in: worm turns ascents rnon run Lemme TRADE CENTRES. â€".~ Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at ’ Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFF S. Toronto, Jan. 4.â€"-Ontario wheat‘ â€"No. 2 mixed winter wheat, $1.06 to $1.07; No. 2 white, $1.07 outside. Manitoba wheat â€"â€" Spot No. 1 northern, $1.10; No. 2 northern, $1.08 on track, lake ports. For early January delivery. No. 1 northern, 81.15%; No. 2, northern, $1.13, all rail. 4 Corn â€"- American No. 2 yellow, 730; new No. 3 yellow, 690 to 69%0, Toronto freights; kiln-dried No. 3 yellow, 720.6 Oatsâ€"Canadian western, No. 2, 491/60; N0. 3, 39%c-on track; lake ports, December shipment, all rail; No. 2 white, 35c to 36c, outside; No. 3 white, 340 outside, 37c to 380 on track, Toronto. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 58 c to 590; 'No. 3 extra 57c; No. 3, 510 to 520; food barley, at 19c to 1300 outside; Mani- toba, No. 3, 520; No. 4, 500, track, lake ports. 1 1’eas-â€"New, No. 2, 860 to 880. . Ryeâ€"No. 2, 700, outside. ‘ Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 520 to 530 out- side. ‘ Manitoba Flour â€"â€" Quotations at Toronto are :â€"â€"First patents, $5.60; second patents, $5.10; strong bak- crs’, $4.90; 90 per cents,â€", Glasgow freights, 295. Ontario Flour â€"- Winter wheat patents, for export, $4.20 to $4.25 in buyers’ sacks outside.‘ Millfeed-«Manitoba bran, $21 per ton; shorts, $23 to $24, track Tor- onto; Ontario millfecd, $22; shorts, $24, track, Toronto bags included. .. .9â€" oounrur PRODUCE. Applesâ€"$2.50‘to $4 per barrel, according to quality. Beansâ€"Car lots outside, $1. $1.65, and small lots here at $1. to $1.90. Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $3; extracted, 10%(3 per lb. Hay No. 1 timothy at $14 to $14.50, and No. 2, $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. Sherâ€"$7.50 to $8 on track, Tor- onto. Potatoesâ€"50c per bag on track for Ontarios. Poultryâ€"â€"Chickens, dressed, 13c to 140 per 1b.; fowl, 100; turkeys, 180 to 190 per lb.‘; ducks, 1b., 140; geese, 120 to 130. THE DAIRY M ARKETS. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 230 to 25c; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 23c; iu- ferior, 19c to 20c; creamery, 27 to 28c. and solids, 26 to 26%0 per 1b. Egg;sâ€"~â€"Casc lots of fresh gathered, 5 to 360; new laid, 400, and stor- .ge, 25c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"12%c per lb. for large, and at 12%0 for twins. â€"â€"--..._- HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"â€"Long clear, 14%0 to 14%(: per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $27; short out, $28 to $29. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15c to 160; (10., heavy, 140 to 14%0; rolls, 14.0 to 14%0;,shoulders, 130 to 13%c; backs, 19c to 200; breakfast bacon, 17%.c to 180. Lardâ€"Tierccs, 15%0; tubs, 160; pails, 16%0. .303 r BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan. 4.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"â€"No. 2 Canada Western, 42%6 to 42%c; No. 3 cats, 41540 to 41%0. Barleyâ€"- No. 2, 660 to 670; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 53c. Flourâ€"Manitoba ‘ spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; do., seconds, $5.20; winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; do., in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Fccd â€"â€"â€" Ontario bran, $21.50 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23 to $23.50; Manitoba shorts, $22 tr $23; pure grain mouillie, $32 to $33; mixed mouillie, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€"September make westerns 11%0 to 11%c.; Oct. make at 11%c to 11%c, and customs, 11% to 11%0. Butterâ€"Choiccst creamery, 253/30 to 260, and fresh made, 2-11/._,'c to 250. Eggsâ€"Strictly~ new laid, 40c to '42c; selected No. 1 stock, 29c to 300, and No; 1 candlcd, 26 to 2’7: per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Jan. 4. â€"â€" Wheat December, $1.107/e; May, $1.10% to $1.11.; cash wheat, No. lhard, 531.11% to 31.12%; No. 1 northern, 31.11% to 31.12%; No. 2 northern, 131.09%, to 31.10%; No. 3 northern, $1.07% to 951.09%. lb. sacks, $21. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.50 to $5.70; second patents, $5.30 to $5.50; first clears. 31.15 to ruins it Over Ninety Thousand American-s Estimat- ed to Have Gone Into the West. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Immigration from the United States during the past year has far ex- ceeded all estimates or anticipa- tlons. have come in in excess of the high- est calculations. Early in the year is was thought by sanguine eials 0111â€" that seventy-five thousand Canada. has been realized from the great In addition to this, there wheat crop another $120,000,000, lwhich means a total of $210,000.00!) More than fifteen thousand of new wealth last year, not calcu- \lating the proceeds of the dairy, the' ranch, and coarse grains. The Am- ericans have taken up in homosteads and proâ€"eruptions 2,400,000 acres of might be expected, but there havelland, which at the lowest estimate actually been 90,148. The immi- gration Commissioner that the average wealth of each of these is one thousand dollars, which means ninety million dollars in cash added to the wealth of Western estimates to the crop next year. means half a. million acres added Immigra- tion from Great Britain and the continent of Europe was slightly in excess’of the American, amountâ€" ing to 92,522. MW $41.55; second clears, $3.40 to $3.50. Chicago, Jan. 4. â€" Wheat, cash, No. 2 red, $1.24 to $1.26%; No. 3 red, $1.17 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, ‘ $1.16 to $1.17; No. 3 hard, $1.10 to $1.14; No. 1 northern, $1.16% to $1.20; No. 2 northern, $1.15 to 31.17%; No. 3 spring, $1.12 to $1.17. Cornâ€"No. 3 white, 610; No. 3 yel~ low, 60%0 to '610; No. 4, 58%.0 to 56c; No. 4 yellow, 590 to 59%0. Oats â€"â€"~No. 2 white, 45%0; No. 3 white, 44%0 to 450. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 4.â€"Primc becves, 4%(1. to 5%c per 1b.; pretty good animals, 3%(3' to Ego and the com- mon stock, 2%c to 3515c per from 3 to near Go 1561‘ lb. hecp, about 4%0 per 1b.; lambs, Go to 0,140. Good lots of fat'liogs, from 8346 to 9c per lb. Toronto, Jan. 4.-â€"â€"Thc best but- cher cattle brought from $5.25 to $5.50, while medium and commonl cwt. Good cows sold as high as men cows and canners bringing all per cwt. One load Sheep and lambs are scarce, and choice lamb and mutton are firmer than ever. Livelion‘s arc steady and firm at $7.75 to $8.00 v bAi . HIT BY FLYING ROCK. Edward Burlcy Fatally Injured at Edward Burley, an Englishman, formerly employed at the British American mine, but for the last month at the Rochester, died on Wednesday afternoon from injuries received at the mine. his brother wer e working at the 75- foot level. Preparation had been made for blasting. Burley had lighted the fuse and was walking away to a place of safety when an explosion, supposed to be prema- ture, and possibly from a defective fuse, took place. Burlcy’s body was badly broken up by flying rock. He was thrown on his face and his left Shoulder was very badly crushed. Dr. Melbourne was called in, and removed the victim to the Red Cross Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries just after noon. ___ ___, _n?.1,, __ -______ RULE THROUGH CANADA. w Our Ports Handled 370,011,000 Bu- shcls 01' Western G'uin. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€"â€"~ The proportion in which the West- ern grain crop has been shipped from Canadian and American ports, is indicated in returns to the Trade and Commerce Department. Shipâ€" ments to the end of navigation arc figured on. The total through Can- . , . m . 1 r- .. , . . . the way from 31 to $3.15 and $1 est Increase m Import. WW adian ports was 36,964,307 bushels, and through American ports 19,611,~ 216. Of the latter 17,377,154 bushels went by way of Buffalo. The total number of cars inspected to Decem- ber 14- was 65,483, containing 74,- 104,680 bushels of grain. The Can- adian Pacific handled 40,000 cars, the Canadian Northern 18,271, the Great Northern 2,693, and the Grand Trunk Pacific 3,510. , Mm...“â€" TRADE IN WOOD PULP. United States Importing More and Exporting Less. A deSpatch from Washington saysi â€"-Ninety million dollars was the _., H n. ' 110- contribution of the forests to the Much cows, $30 to $00 each. Calves, l exports of .tthuited States durâ€" iDE’I the fiscal year of 1908, an inâ€" crease of twentyâ€"fold since 1851. This is one of the striking facts told in a bulletin covering a period of' sixty years, issued by the De- partment of Agriculture. The for- est product imports have ‘grown “ c- ‘ " "' . r'. « - ' - “Oak “1an £10m $°"5 to 31-"0 PC! 'cven more rapidly. From a little more than $1,000,000 in 1851, they 81.75 toâ€"day, with medium and com. reached more than $100,000,000 in Wood pulp shows the great- From a 11303. f d L 00? _M3mt0bf'- value of 85,000 in 1880, it has grown 86 ms was 501d 3” ""1'3" Per. cw‘“ to more than $7,000,000 in 1907. Ex- ports of wood pulp are compara- prices paid by butcher buyers for they), small, and are decreasing / )z‘ 's'liltlllING OI“ COAL. New Order by ConnuiSHiou in In~ {crests of Dealers. A dospatch from Ottawa says:â€" In amendment to a former order I ‘1‘ . u . (’Oba‘“ regarding the weighing of coal at A dcspatch from Cobalt says: ~â€" frontier points in Ontario the Railâ€" way Commission has issued a new order whereby the. coal must be Weighed by Customs officials at the points where it is imported. In this way coal dealers will be re- Burlcy andllicvcd of the prevailing and much icmnplained of trouble of accepting shipp'crs’ weights. The new order affects only Ontario points. ._____..._{«._. MEAKS 4.15301) SPRING FISEMNL Souls Reported Numerous in flu» Straits ol‘ Belle Isle. A despatcli from St. John’s i\'iid., says: The steenmr Home, which ar- rived from Labrador on Thursday, reports a tempestuous mssngc through tl-c Straits of Belle Isle which are now filling with arctic ice. Seals are numerous in the Straits, and 700 have been taken in Battle Harbor this week. ’...his said to indicate a good spring fishing. The .loard of Trade, at a meeting Thurs- day night, decided to establish abig cold storage plant next spring. Premier Morris attended the meetâ€" ing. ...â€" v .55 _...-._.__.. Two companies of the 1671,11 regi- ment of German infantry, fought in barracks near Stressburg ; live were fatally injured and one killed. W 111213 lllltlltllltll’t till ” Revenue for Year --â€"Some Large A despatch from Frederickton, N. 13., says: The provincial financial statement for the past fiscal year. was published on Wednesday in the Royal Gazette, and shows ordinary expenditures of $1,255,381, as 00111- pared With $1,042,108. last year, while receipts show a big increase, Branâ€"in 100. :and amount to $1,259,826, leaving a lbalance of about $4,000. The larg- esrzcz‘iditure was 8301.449 for ‘" swirls, about $75,000 more TN. >.‘ , 4.x Shows Big Incre se Expenditures that last year, while for agriculture the expenditure was $31,194, or 810,000 more than last year. ther large expenditures include $246,677 for education, $38,176 for Execu- tive Government, and $43,474 for forest and game protection. Pay- ments in interest amount to $197,? 857, while last year it was $232,944. The receipts include $621,320 in Do~ miniou subsidies, $395,236 territor- ial revenue. $12,434 son-carocsior. I duties, ’ 81-14 393 liquor l’r-F- '"3 .1 ’1‘”. -,- A \ . nikyilthfiw‘iv \- .-" < Ln. " '2 .. .v ~v..-â€"«~ ‘ as“, ...- . I A .. . -‘d-â€"‘vuv.â€" ~..,('..a‘.,,.«\,x . ~ , a: ‘ . ‘ "$027" 7“” .