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i 21 In Ontario Showiiioreases And 27 Have Smaller Population sum-5 :4; 2. .1‘ ,Elgin, 730; Essex, '11 despatch from Ottawa, says; [An analysts of the census figures shows that 21 counties have in- creased their population to the fol- low1ng extent :â€" ' Algoma, 30,234; Carlton, 4,005; 8,802; Haldi- mand, 333; Halton, 2,670; Lincoln, 4,913; Muskoka, 262; Nipissing, 45,832; Ontario, 598; Parry Sound, 1,604; Peel, 622; Peterborough, 4,- 659; Russell, 4,252; Simco-e, 2,747; Thunder Bay and Rainy River, 32,- 244; Waterloo, 10,011; Welland, 10,757 ;' Wentworth, 7,816; York, including parts of the city of Torâ€" onto, 51,857. . There are 27 counties which show decreases, as follows :â€" _ Brant, 988; Bruce, 8,895; Duffer- 1n, 3,296;.Dundas, 1,591: Durham, 1,155; Frontenac, 2,862; Glengarry. 852; Grenville, 3,476; Grey, 3,745: Hastings, 3,463; Huron, 8,806; Kent, 1,176; Lambton, 5,308; Lanâ€" ark, 2.850; Leeds, 1,050; Lennox and Addington, 2,965; Middlesex, FEVERâ€"INVESTED PUPILS. Montreal Private School Dismisses 300 of Them. A despatch from Montreal says: Because they were anxious to get home for the Christmas holidays 300 pupils of a private school in this city, which was under quarantine for scarlet fever, were on Thursâ€" day allowed to leave the institu- tion in direct defiance of the Orders of Dr. J. E. Laberge of the Conâ€" ltagious. Dis-eases Department at the City Hall. Dr. Laberge was notified of the‘fact on Friday morn- ing. He at bnce sent a notificaâ€" tion to the authorities of the school that they would be held legally reâ€" sponsible for damages resulting 13,961; Norfolk, 2,037; Northumber- lland, 652; Oxford, 1,042; Perth, l708; Prescott, 67; Prince Edward, 694; Renfrew, 863; Stormont, 2,- 263; Victoria, 2,003; Wellington, 1,154. GROWTH OF PROVINCES. The following shows the percent- age increase of the various pro- vinces, as revealed in the census figm es : Per cent. Canada... .. .. .. .. ., .. 33.92 Alberta .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 412.35 British Columbia .. .. 88.38 Manitoba .. .. .. .. .. .. 78.62 New Brunswick .. ._. 6.27 Nova Scotia .. .. .. .. .. 7.13 Ontario .. .. .. .. .. 15.54 Quebec .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.62 Saskatchewan .. .. .. .. .. 434.52 The following divisions show percentage decreases : Per cent. Prince Edward Island .. .. 10.16 North-west Territory .. .. 21.85 Yukon Territory .. .. .. .. 171.60 COLLISION ON C. P. ll. Freight Crashed Into Standing Train West of Pembroke; A despatch from North Bay says: A serious freight wreck occurred on Thursday night at 7 o’clock on the Canadian Pacific Railway thirty miles west of Pembroke. Two freight trains, which left North Bay about noon on Thursday, cast- bound, came together in a rearâ€"end collision near Bass Lake. The leer - ing train had stopped for some pur- ‘ REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. ._.â€"â€" Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 26.â€"-Flourâ€"â€"Winter wheat. 90 per cent. patents, $3.45 to $3.50, sca- board. Manitoba flours: First patents. 65.50; second patents. $5, and strong bak- ers', $4.40, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern is quoted at $1.09, Bay ports; No. 2 Northâ€" ern, $1.06, and No. 3 at $1.02, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, red and mixed, 88 to 890, outside. Peasâ€"Good shipping peas, $1.10, out- side. ’ Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, outside, at 451-2c to 44c, and of No. 3 at 42 to 421-2c; on track, Toronto, 46 to 4612c; No. 2 Western Canada Oats, 47c, and feed, 450, Bay ports. - Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 681-2c, To-. ronto freight. Ryeâ€"93 to 94c, outside, for No. 2. Buckwheatâ€"61 to 62c, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $25.50, in bags. Toronto freights. Shorts, 82500.0. 1 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Winter stock, 83 to $4.50 per barrel. - Beansâ€"Small lots of handâ€"picked, 82.- 30 to 82.55 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 11 to 120 per lb. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75 Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $16 to $17, on track, and No. 2 at $14 to $14.50. Baled Strawâ€"$7.50 to $8, on track, To- route. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, in bags, $1.50, and Delawares at $1.35. Out of store, $1.45 to $1.50. Poultryâ€"Wholesale of dressed prices pose at the foot of the grade, and l poultryzâ€"Chickcns, 12 to 121-20 per lb,- in the early evening darkness and by some evident mistake in back- ilagging, the second train thunder- ed down grade and crashed into the standing train, wrecking the from their rash action, that is, that caboose and demolishing ten cars they will have to pay the doctors’ bills of the people .who get scarlet fever infection from the pupils of the school, and will be responsible for deaths that result. They can .be sued for damages by the parâ€" ents of children who catch the dis- ease from a pupil of the school and die from the result. Both Dr. La- Iberge and Dr. Lachapelle, the Con- troller in charge of the Health Dc- vpa-rtment, refused to divulge the name of the school. ' V v: LOCKO UT DECLARE!) . 160,000 Cotton Mill Operatives Out ' of Employment. ' A despatch from Manchester, England, says: The Cotton Mill 'Empl-oyers’ Association has declarâ€" ed a lookout, which became effective Dec. 27,» This action has thrown out 100,000 operatives, and the mills will be closed until a final settlement of the non-union work- ers question has been settled. >1? POLICE MEN WERE HURT. Serious Riots by Striking; Carters at Dundee. A. despatch from Dundee, Scotâ€" land, says: Four policemen were badly injured as a result of Friday night’s rioting by the striking car~ tors. The strikers stoned several .resi-dences and destroyed scores of Wagons. Several men who refused to strike were beaten. e and the locomotive. , Engineer Wil- liam Pack-er, of North Bay, was badly injured, and Fireman Mc- Kay, of Chalk River, is reported to be so seriously injured that he may die. a THREE MEN KILLED . Powder Works at Departure Bay, Vancouver, Blown Up. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: The powder works at De-~ parture Bay, Vancouver Island, ~ blew up on Fri-day. ‘J. Defr-ei:=.s, Wm. Doe and J. Wilcox were kill-ed, and several injured. FINE!) $2,500 EACH. us.â€" Members of Australian Coal Pool Brought to Book. A despatch from Sydney says: All members of the coal pool have been fined $2,500 each for a breach of the antiâ€"trust law. Injun-cthins restraining the continuation of the monopoly have been granted by the courts. #14 EI’IDEMIC IN LUMBER CAMP. Believed to be Spinal Meningitis. A despatch from St. John, N.B., Says: -~ A special despatch from C-hatham says there is an epidemlc of spinal meningitis fearcd in that section. In one of the lumber camps in the vicinity there were three deaths, and two other cases have been reported. The nature Disease Bliss" Josie E. Gibson “’38 killed 0f the disease has not yet boon (10. and Miss Lena Irving seriously in~ finitely 511er 111 103131118 from a 191111113" meningitis is suspected. determined, but spinal The Pro- Bridge at Cainsville, on Friday, vincial Board of Health are taking to avoid a assing envinc. D Wm -_.. llSlllllll fill. ll Ell/ll; U il’~ ~' . . l i 5 action. Mum Provincial Government Will Divide Ontario Into Districts. A dcspatch from Toronto says: In order to take steps to provide better sanitary conditions throughâ€" out the province, us well as to pre- Vent the pollution of waters and streams, the Provincial Govern- ment, it is understood, will so amend the Public Health 'Act at the next session of the Leg- islature as to provide for the ap- pointment of seven Medical Health officers for the province, who will be assigned to different territory and put in complete charge of all sanitation and public health matâ€" ters in their respective districts. These men will be paid good sal- aries, and the municipalities will be called upon to contribute. They all will be under the chief health officer for the province, Dr. J. W. S. McCullough, it is understood. The Health Act at present is under revision, and several other import- ant changes may be made when the bill is considered by the Leg- isluturc. fowl, 8 to 10c; ducks, 12 to 130; geese, 12 to 121-20; turkeys, 19 to 200. Live poul- try, about Zc lower than the above. -_.â€"._.... BUTTER AND EGGS. Butterâ€"Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 27 to 290; store lots, 25 to 250; and inferior, tubs, 17 to 180. Creamery quoted at 31 to 32c for rolls, and 29 to 300 for solids, per lb. Eggsâ€"Strictly new-laid. 45c, delivered here, and fresh at 27 to 230. per dozen, in case lots. Cheeseâ€"Large, 15 3-40 per lb. c. 151-2c, and twins at m... HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 111-2 to 113-40 per lb. in case lots. Pork, short cut, $22.50: 1110., mess, $19.50 to $20. Hamsâ€"Medium to light, 16 to 161â€"20; heavy, 14 to 141-2c; rolls, 10 5-4 to 11".; breakfast bacon, 16 to 17¢; backs, 19 to nod. Lnrdâ€"Tierces, 113-40; tubs, 12c; pails, 121-40. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Toronto, Dec. 26.â€"Oatsâ€"â€"Canudian West- ern No. 2, 471â€"20; do., No. 5, 46c; do., extra No. 1 feed. 461â€"20; do., No. 2 local white, 46c; No. 3 do., 451-20; No; 4 do., 441-20. [Barleyâ€"Manx feed, 64c; malting, 96a to ($1.00. Buckwheat, No. 2, 65 to 660. Flour â€"â€"‘.1anitoba Spring patents, firsts. $5.60; (10., seconds, 85.10; do., strong bakers’, $4.90: Winter patents, choice, $4.75 to 35-; straight rollers, 84.2510 $4.40; do., in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Rolled oatsâ€"Barrels, 65; do., bags. 90 lbs, 62371-2. Bran, $23. Shorts, s25. Middlings, 3'27 10 $28. Mou- illie, $29 to $34. Hayâ€"No. 2. per ton, car lots, $15 to $15.50. Cheeseâ€"Finest west- erns, 141-4 to 14 5-8c; do., finest casterns, 14 to 141-20.; Butterâ€"Choiccst creamery, 301-2 to 311-20. do., seconds, 29 to 30c. lggsâ€"Frcsh, 60 to 65c; do., selected, 30 to 51c; do., No. 1 stock, 26 to 27c. Potatoes â€",-Per bag, car lots, $1.25 to 31271-2. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Dec. ZGâ€"Wheatâ€"Deccmbcr, 511.0273; May, $1.067-8; July, $1.07 34; No. 1 hard. $1.05 7-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.05 to $1.05 58: No. 2 Northern, $1203 to $1.03 3-8; No. 5 wheat, $1.01 to $1.013-8. Cornâ€"No. 5 yellow, 57 to 58c. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 45 to 451-2c. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 871-2 to 881-20. Bran -â€"823 to $25.50. Flourâ€"First patents, $5 to $5.30; second patents, $4.60 to $4.90; first 'cleors, $3.50 to $5.85; second clears. $2.40 to $2.80. Buffalo, Dec. 25.â€"Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, earloads, store $1.12 1-4; Winter, No. 2 red, $1.00; No. 5 red, 970; No. 2 white. 990. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 661-20; No. 4 yellow, 641-20, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"-No. 2 white, 520; No. 3 white, 511-20; No. 4 white, 501-2c. Barley -â€"Ma1ting, $1.18 to $1.25. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Dec. 26.â€"Butchers' cattle. choice, $6.25 to $6.35; do.. medium, 154 to $5.50; do., common. $3.50 to $3.75; canners, $1.50 to $3.25; butchers’ cattle, choice cows, $5.25 to $5.50: do.. medium, $4.50 to $5; do., bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; milkers. choice, each. $75; (10., common and medi- um, each, 850 to $60: springers, $301.0 $40. Sheepâ€"Ewes, $4 to $4.25; bucks and culls, MW“ ._.â€"._â€" RIEES 01 rpm PRUDUGIS Gilli fllPULATlllll fill llllllN’llllS" Farmers Saidâ€"ta be ‘ 318011111110 11181. Unable to Meet Their Current Obligations. A despatch from Winnipeg, says: (loss to farmers and business men.) Voicing the demand of western Canada for relief from the burden of unjust railway rates, the Win- nipeg Board of Trade declares the necesmty of Parliament affirming by an act on the Dominion statute books the principle that the rates shall. be no greater in the prairie Provmces than in Ontario and Que- bec, unless it is proved that the costs of operation are greater in the. west. The board expressed its relief that the costs of operation in the west are “no greater, if as great.” Searching investigation is de- manded, with counsel “free from all railway corporation control,” to be engaged by the Dominion Government to act with the board and other western interests. This formal action was taken at a re-' presentative meeting of the board and is the first gun of a determin- ed campaign, for which Winnipeg busmess men have been quietly pre- paring for months. The Railway Commission of Can- ada has been formally requested to take cognizance of and to take such action as may be necessary in con- nection with the car shortage in the western Provinces, which dur- 1ng the past two months has reachâ€" ed proportions resulting in aprac- tical paralysis of business in some districts, and has meant a severe SINGLE TAX IN ALBERTA. jThis action has been taken by the lBoard of Trade after the receipt Iof an exhaustive report from the ,special committee appointed some lweeks ago to make inquiries and gsubmit a report to the board. A gletter has been forwarded to Chair- ;man Mabee, in which the Board of iTrade makes the flat charge'that gthe railways have failed to fulfill .their duties as common carriers, ‘and the farmers of the west have been unable to market their grain, lwith the result that they are face to face with obligations they are lunable to meet through no fault of their own. The congestion of grain, ,it is also charged, has resulted in the deterioration of the. grade in transport. The board also sub- mits that the railways have not made and are not preparing to make improvements sufficient to icope with the steadily increasing volume of traffic in the west. l Reports from many points in Sas- lkatchewan still indicate an acute icondition of affairs. The Outlook ;of Saskatchewan reports that the situation is unbearable, as the ele- vators are overflowing and the farmers’ waggons are lined up in the streets and dozens of farmers lwith grain to market and bills to imeet are in despair. Several points contiguous to Saskatoon report similar conditions. ment from Elsford, who was porter in the hotel and an innocent by- Prcmier Introduces Bill to Provide : stander. Municipal Constitution. A dcspatch from Edmonton, says: Premier Sifton has introduc- ed a bill in the Alberta Legislature which stipulates that within seven years the single tax principle shall be observed by all established municipalities, and that it shall be observed from the outset by muni- cipalities hereafter cstablished in Alberta. The bill,”in its entirety, will prmjdc a model constitution for munic1palities now in existence and that will be created in the future in this Province. tains 377 sections, and it is the aim of the Government to include in these every consideration that en- ters into the administration of a municipality. 94,5 ._. ._. ._-. TRAGED Y AT RIVERS. Innocent Bystander Shot by Ter- onto Strike-Meeker. A despatch from \Vinnipeg, says: Alfred Thomas, a Toronto strike~ breaker in the G.T.R. shops at Rivers, .lan., on Wednesday shot and fatally wounded Arthur Els- ford and seriously injured John Gibbons, strikers, in a melee in a hotel. Some of the strikers [got into an argument, and Thomas was struck on the back of the head with a club. He pulled his revolver and fired until it was empty. Thomas had been working at Rivers for about two months, having gone there from Toronto to help break the strike. Police Magistrate Bates took ‘an ante-mortem state- It cone .K‘ SHOT BANE MESSEN GER. Daylight Murder in Paris Street. Sensational A despatch from Paris, France, says: The latest sensational mur- der here occurred on Thursday morning in broad daylight in the heart of one of the crowded thor- oughfares of the city. A bank mes- senger, who carried a satchel conâ€" taining $60,000, was stopped by four bandits. They invited the messenger to turn the satchel over to them, and when he refused and offered resistance they shot him dead. The thieves then seized the satchel and jumped into awaiting automobiles. The murder and robâ€" bery were witness-ed by thousands of amazed and frightened citizens. - __________>I‘___.. ‘ATTACKED BY COW. Farmer’s Daughter was Probably Fatally Injured. A despatch from Kingston, says: Attack-ed by acow, in a stable on her, father’s farm, Mary ., Sills, aged 14, daughter of Geo. Sills, McLean Post-office, Hinchinbrooke, was brought to the General Hos- l‘pital on \Vednesday suffering from linternal injuries and her recovery lie at present time doubtful. l I for a site for a new flour mill west 1 of lVinnipeg.- 1‘... do i no weevils lclâ€"Seekers Will Attempt To Cross Terri- tory Untrodden By Whites. A de-spatch from Ottawa, says: News was received in Ottawa, from Frank W. Porter, one of the mem- bers of the Ungava gold expedition which left Dane, in the Nipissing mining district, on the overland trail about a month ago. The letter was posted at the last Hud- son Bay post from which mail could be sent on the route of the gold-seekers. The party have with them provisions euificicnt to lasta them provisions sufficient to last a firearms, and expect to augment their supplies with what wild game they may be able to kill on 'the trail. The party is made up of eight experienced prospectors and explorers, several of whom have had experience in. the Klondike, and who went into that country over the old Edmonton and White Pass trails. The party is headed by Will Donaldson of Cobalt, also a Klondike miner, and former man- ager of the City of Cobalt and . Wyando mines at Cobalt. Among old bushmen the trip is looked upon as an extremely. haz- ardous one. The party Wlll go ‘men. This particular territory is almost totally uninhabited, except iby a few roving tribes of Eskimos iwho give the white man a wide iberth. ' The letter was brought to the nearest postoifice by a party of lendian fur traders, and was writ- ten on December 2. All were well, the letter stated, and the party was to leave the post that afternoon to continue its way into the wilder- ness. With the Indians at the post the coming of the party was abig event. The members of the cxpcdi. tion are each equipped with fur- lined suits, with Capuchin coats, lsealskin Boots and leggings, etc., and are fully prepared for the hard- lships they will have to endure. It transpires that the party, which is headed for the northeast- jern shores of Hudson Bay, is mak- ing the desperate trip to head off two American boats, which it is re-‘ ported are out-fitting at Boston and New York to proceed to the placer grounds said to have been located by the Roy brothers, French-Can- adian trappers, three years ago. 83.50 to $3.75: lambs. $5.75 to $6.35. Hogs-«lover and into territorv unexplored One of the Boys is a member of the F.o.b., $7 to $7.25. Calvesâ€"$3 to 8 2. and supposedly untrodden by white I Donaldson party. The Ogilvie Company are looking- .1 .1! J l .3. ii {1.