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Weeâ€"es: ~o. . .m. “wipr .. “my... W.WWMW “w ., ,, an... no... . Heavy Percentage of --â€"Large Decrease in Yield. 'A despatch from Ottawa says: IA bulletin of the Census and Sta- tistical Office makes the following report on the crops and live stock of Canada. The area sown to win- ter wheat last fall was reported asl‘pled with cold weather I 707.200 small amount of fall plowing com- acres were in Ontario, and 300,700 pletedlast year. has caused seeding acres in Alberta. From reports of operations to 1,097,900 acres, of which correspondents at the end of April, it is estimated that about 31.50 per cent. of this area has been winter . per cent. in Ontario, and 38.50 per cent. in Alberta. This represents a total deduction from the area sown of about 345,000 acres (229,000 acres in Ontario and 116,000 acres in Alberta). The average condition of winter wheat on April 30 was 72.62 of a standard (71.24 per cent. in Ontario and 76.80 per cent. in Alberta). From these figures it is calculated that the yield per acre from winter wheat in 1912 is likely to be about 20 bushels per acre, or 13 per ce-nt. less than the average yield of the three years, 1909-11, viz., 23.33 bushels per acre, pro- vided that average conditions pre- vail between now and harvest. In the Maritime Provinces spring seeding on April 30 had only begun here and there, most of the ground being still under snow. Very little progress had been made by the same date in Quebec, the amount of seeding done representing not more than about 3 or 4 per cent. In Ontario about 15 per cent. of the llll an um killed, the proportion being 28.72 \cent. of the seeding of spring wheat Winter-Killed Wheat total seeding was completed, but this applies chiefly to the western and southern parts of the Province. In the Northâ€"West Provinces the wet condition of the ground, cou- and the be somewhat back- ward. In Manitoba 50.13, in Saskatche- wan 71.54, and in Alberta 61.26 per was completed by the end of April, and of total seeding done the per- centage proportions were Manitoba 36.63, Saskatchewan 49.30, and Al- berta 51.50. Nearly 14 per cent. of the hay and clover nieadows have been winâ€" ter killed, and their average condiâ€" tion is represented by 74.63 for all Canada, the figures for Quebec tak- ing 50, for Ontario 80.46, for Mani- toba 88.48, for Saskatchewan 87.82, for Alberta 95.60, and for British Columbia 97.72. The report. on the condition of live stock shows a high average for the Dominion, being over 90 per cent. of a standard. West of On- tario the figures exceed 90 for all descriptions of live stock. In On- tario, for mileh cows and other cat- tle, in Quebec, for horses and mileh cows, and in Prince Edward Island, for mileh cows and other cattle. the percentage figures of condition lfall below 90, the range being from 83 to 88. W". _ ._ _..._ _.__.___.. .._.___,____.__._â€"â€".. ANGLOPIIOBIA IN POTSDAM. CHINESE PREMIER SIIOT. City Where Kaiser Besides Declines Crank Emptics Revolver While Olliâ€" to Entertain British Visitors. A despateh from Berlin says: As an- indication of the feeling against England, the Potsdam City Council, by a large majority, has voted down the. Mayor’s request to appropriate $225 toenterta-in the members of the British Royal Institute, who are going to the Health Congress in Berlin, June 25 and 27. Some of the speakers of the city where the Kaiser resides referred bitterly to England’s attitude toward Germany last summer. >I< $3,000,000 CU STO M S IIOL' SE. Such, it is reported, is to be Built in Montreal. , A dcspatch from Montreal says: 'According to local report Montreal will soon possesses the largest and most magnificent Customs examin- ing warehouse in Canada. It is said that plans are being prepared for the erection of a building that will cover an entire block. The site is about 150 feet in width and 550 feet in length. Between two and three million dollars is said to be involved in the purchase of the land and the erection of the building. ___.___.>Is_._â€"._. BLACK PERIL IN AFRICA. Drives of Natives in Cases of Sus- pcelcd Attack arc Common. ‘ A despatchl from London says: Advices from Johannesburg state that the black peril in South Africa is straining the temper of the Euro- pean population to the snapping E. J. Chamberlin Succccds the Late point. There has been a recrudes- cence of trouble in the last few days and the number of vigilance aSSOCl- ations has increased rapidly. Drives of natives where cases of as- sault are suspected have been quite common. :5 DEVELOPMENT OF FEMINISNI. 700-Acrc Farm Financed and Work- cd by Women. A despatch from London says: A seven hundred acre farm in Sussex on the Surrey border, controlled, financed and worked exclusively by women. is the latest development of feminism. Sympathizers with the scheme have subscribed $50,000. The farm is to have cattle, sheep. pigs and poultry and many institu- tions run by women have promised and dairy products. ' â€".â€"-â€"-’I‘â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" THIS ADVENTUROUS LIFE. “Are you going abroad this sum- met?” “I can’t tell. Every time we get the Titanic on our minds and de- cide to go out west this year, atrain rolls off the track somewhere, and goodness knows what we will do.” --â€"â€"â€"6 It, is now stated that Mr. Hays' will be successor chosen from ~among the present Grand Trunk oficial staff. lProspcctor Has Made Discovpi‘ies to patronize it- with orders for .1. cial is Dining. A despatch from Pckin says: While President Yuan Shi Kai was dining with members of the Cabi- ‘uet. Governors of provinces and leading Chinese officials, on Friday, Chung Ping Lin, a disgruntled office seeker, bribed the attaches and entered the hall flourishing a revolver. He fired several shots point blank at Tang Shao Yi, the Premier, whom he blamed for his failure to get the political promo- tion he had sought. His aim was bad and all the shots went wild. After his ammunition was exhaust- ed Chang was overpowered by the attendants and taken to jail. , 5‘ GREAT GOLD RUSH. _ ..â€"- North 01- Massey. A despatch from North Bay says: Another gold rush is in full swing, following discoveries of gold and copper in the region nerth of Masâ€" sey Station. on the “S00” branch of the C.P.R., by a prospector named Teasdale. Prospectors are flocking in large numbers to the scene of the latest excitement, which entails a 40-mile drive north of Massey to.Whiskey Lake, then a canoe trip some miles further into the wilderness. a. NEW PRESIDENT OF G.T.R. ._. C. )1. Hays. A dcspatch from London says: It was ofiicially announced here on Friday that -Edson Joseph Cham- berlin, vice-president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Paci- fic Railway, has been appointed president of the Grand Trunk Rail- way, of Canada. to succeed Chas. M. Hays, who died in the Titanic disaster. Mr. Chamberlin has also been elected a member of the Grand Trunk board of directors, vice Mr. Hays. q.__ SEEK HARBOR ONIUIES BAY. __ Prof. Ells lo Examine the Mouth of Moose River. A despateh from Toronto says: Professor Sydncy.C-. Ells, of Otta- wa, whose exploring expedition through the James Bay district last summer upset the popular miscon- ception that the bay was absolutely without natural harbors for scago- ing vessels, will, it is stated, he sent north by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commis- sion this year to make an exhaus- tive report upon harbor facilities, possible channels, and the tides at the mouth of the Moose River. ’14 A license reduction campaign will ‘ he started in London, Ont. Bay ports. Bay ports. _____.____â€"â€"_..â€"._ M REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. H ood' Progrcs‘sfillade on the Pre- liminary Work. A despatch from Ottawa says: Good progress has been made in Prices or Cattle, Grain, cheese and com the preliminary work of the new Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADS’I‘UFFS. Toronto. May 28.â€"Flour-â€"Wintcr wheat, 90 per cent. patents. $4.05 to $4.10 at sea- board, and $4.15 to $4.20 for home con- sumption. cuts, $5.70: second patents $5 20. and strong bakcrs'. $5. on track. Toronto. Manitoba floursâ€"First pat- Mauitoba wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1.10, Feed wheat is quoted at 68c. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white. red and mixed. $1.05 to $1.06, outside. Pcas-â€"No. 2 shipping peas, $1.25.. outside. Oatsâ€" )ar lots of No. 2 Ontario. 48 to 481-20, and No. 5 at 47c outside. N0. 2 Ontario, 50 to 51o, on track. Toronto. No. 1 extra W. C. feed. 49c. Day ports. and No. 1 at 48c, Bay ports. Barleyâ€"Market continues dull. Cornâ€"No. 3 American ellow quoted at 82c, Bay ports. and at 8 c. on track. To- ronto. Ryeâ€"Prices nominal. _ Buckwheatâ€"40 to 72c, outsxde. Bramâ€"Manitoba bran, $25, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts. $27. ~__â€". COUNTRY PRODUCE. I Applesâ€"The market is dull and feature- ess. . Beans--Small lots of hand-picked. $2.7 to $2 75 per bushel; prim-es. $2.60 to $2.65. Honeyâ€"Extracted in true, ll to 12c per lb. Combs. $2.50 to $2.75 per dozen. Bnlcd hay-â€"No. 2. $18 to $19 a ton. Clo- ver, mixed, $14 to $15.50. on track. Baled strawâ€"$11 to $11.50, on track, To- ronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots of Ontarios. in bags. $1.75 to $1.80, and Delawach at $1.85 to $1.90. Ont-of-store, $1.95 to S2. Imported potatoes, $1.60, in ’car lots, and $1.80, out- of-stonc. . Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of ehoxce poultry :â€"Chickens. 15 to 170 per 11).: fowl. 11 to 12c; ducks. 12 to 14c: turkeys. 20 to 21c. Live poultry. about 2c lower than the above. BUTTER. EGGS, CHEESE. Butter~Dairy. choice, 24 to 250: bukers', inferior, 20 to 21c: creamcry. 27 to 280 for rolls. and 25 to 26c for solids. case lots. w-â€" noe ‘ PRODUCTS. BHCOIIâ€"‘LOUS clear, 14 to 141-4c per. "1., in case lots. Pork. short cut, $23 to $24; do. mess, $20 to $21. light, 18 to 181-2c: heavy, 16 to 161-20: rolls, 121-2c to 13c: breakfast bacon, 17 o 180: bucks. 19 to 20c. ‘ Lsrdâ€"Tierces, 14c; tubs. 141-40; i41-2c. pails. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal. May 28.â€"Cornâ€"â€"American No. 2 yellow. feed. 511-2 to 52c. to 660: (10., malting. $1.06 to $107. wheatâ€"No. 2. 74 to 75c. Spring wheat patents. firsts. rollers, bags. $2 25 to $2.35. Barrels. $5.55; do; bags. 90 Branâ€"$25.00: shorts. $27.00; $29.00; mouillic, $50.00 to $34.00. middlinrzs. Hayâ€"No. â€"I"iucst Westerns. 133-4 ends. 253-4 to 261-20. â€"Pcr bag, car lots, $1.70 to $1.75. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 86.50 per cwt. Butchers' from 34.50 to $6.25 per cwt. from $3 to $8 each. 75 per cwt., weighed off cars. UNITED STATES MARKETS. No. 3 wheat. $1.12 to $1.121-4. No. 1.4 1-8. No. 3 white oats, 3 yellow corn, 76 to 770. 50 to 52c. No. 2 rye, 86 l-Zc. to $24. to $3.10. . Bufi’alo. May 28.â€"â€"»Spring ter, No. 2 red. 51.19; No. 3 red, $1.17; No. 2 wbi‘tc, $1.18. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow. 830: No. 4 yellow, 801-2c: No. 3 corn. 801-4 to 821-40: No. 4 corn. 791-4 to 793-4c. all on track. through billed. Oats-No. _2 white. 581-2; No. 3 white. 58: N0. 4 white, 57. Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.16 to $1.28. ..__...._._vX‘ TITANIC WAS WARNED. British Investigators Believe Vessel Hit the Identical Berg. A despatch from London says: That the iceberg with which the Tiâ€" tanic collided was one of those of which she had warnings from other ships is the conclusion reached by the Board of Trade court of in- quiry, after a careful examination of the wireless telegrams passed to and from the steamer on the day of the disaster. ._ 1:. CANADIAN FRUIT WIN S. nda and Australia. A dcspatch from London says: At the International Flower Show on Thursday Canada and Australia. were awarded blue ribbons in the form of large gold medals for the best collection of fruit. The King expressed great satisfaction at the admirable arrangements of ,the ex- hibits. . m EIGHT DROWNED IN POTOMAC Excursion Vessel Runs Down Motor Launch Near Washington. A despatch from Washington. D.C., says: Eight persons. two of them women and two girls, were drowned when the excursion boat Angler ran down a gasoline launch in the Potomac off Alexandria on Sunday evening. Eggs~New-laid, 22 to'ZSe per dozen. in‘ Cheeseâ€"New cheese, 14 to 141-20 per lb. Hamsâ€"Medium to 86c. Oatsâ€"Canadian Western. No. 2. 55 to 551-2c: (10., Canadian West- ern. No. 3, 51 to 511-2c: do.. extra No. 1 Barleyâ€"Mam. feed. 65 Buck- Flourâ€"Man. $5.80; do.. seconds. $5.30; (10.. strong bakers, $5.10: '10., Winter patents. choice. $5.25 to_$5.- 35: do.. straight rollers. $4.80: (10.. straight Rolled oatsâ€" 3 lbs., $2.55. - 2. per ton. car lots, 819.50 to $20.00. Cheese to 13 7-80.: do.. finest Easterns, 131-2 to 135-8c: Butter- Choiccst ereamcry. 27 to 271-4e: do, see- Eegeâ€"Fresh. 23 to 231-20; do., No. 2 stock. .18 to 190. Potatoes Montreal, May 28. â€" Top quality steers =old at $8. good at $7.50 to $7.75, and the flower grades from that down to $6 to cows at from $4 to $6 75. and the bulls offered brought Sheep at from $3 to $6 each, and Sprqu lambs at from S4 to $6 each. while calves sold freely at Selected lots at $9.- Minneanolis. May 28.â€"-Wheatâ€"â€"Mny, $1.- 141-8; July. 51.15 3-8: September. $1.05: No. 1 hard. 81165-8: No. 1 Northern. 81157-8 to 81161-8; No. 2 Northern. $1.13 7-8 to $1.- Brnn. 82.3.50 Flourâ€"First patents, $5.50 to $5.- 75: second patents, $5.50 to $5.45: first clears. $3.90 to $4.15; second clears, $2.80 wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. car loads, store, $12314: Win- Gold Medals Were Awardch Can- - Welland Canal, according to reâ€" ports of engineers at the Departâ€" ment of Railways and Canals. New borin'gs are being made and the de- partment will be in possession of definite information as to the charâ€" acter of the new route before the tenders are called for next fall. The Government has appointed a new as-sistant engineer for the work In the person of Frank E. Sterns, a Canadian who has been engaged on the Panama Canal work as an ex- pert on locks. '2' ._... _..... FIVE CAPITAL CASES. Largest Number in Any Month for Some Years. A despatch from Ottawa says: Five capital cases are under consid- eration at present by the Minister of Justice, which is the largest numâ€" ber of any month of the past two years. The executions are sche- duled to take place between June 1 and June 27. All the cases are in the West. One execution to take place on June 1 has been postponed pending the consideration of Hon. C. J. Doherty, who has time to weigh the facts. not had KING CHRISTIAN X. or - DENMARK, who is 42 years old. He has two ' QUEEN ALEXANDRINE or DENMARK, who is a sister of the German Crown Prince. BIG COAL PLANT BURNED. Loss of $40000 at West (foal Com- puny of Edmonton. A despatch from Edmonton, Alta., The whole of the above ground plant of the West Coal Company at Clover Bar has been destroyed by fire, which did damage to the extent of from $35,- 000 to $40,000. The mammoth blaze broke out in the roof of the. boilerâ€" room at the mine on Saturday, spreading from that point until the entire buildings at and around the pit head were enveloped in the flames. 'I‘..._â€"â€"â€"â€"-. BAD DRINK KILLED TWO. Three. Others Poisoned by Supposed Bottle of Cherry Brandy. A dcspatch from Montreal says: Two men are dead and two others and one woman are seriously sick as a result of a party held on Alexis Street, at which what was supposed to be cherry brandy was consumed by them. The dead are John B. m.noimitate THE GLOBE IN A NUTSIIELL. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your LEves. CANADA. Plans for the new barracks near Toronto will be patterned after Bri- tish models. . Canada’s trade increased by more than a hundred .million dollars dur- ing the past year. Sarnia Ministerial has passed a resolution marrying divorced persons. Murray and Eric Simmons, lads of eight. andtwclvc years, were drowned at Hamilton Beach. W. J. Kerst, a, post office clerk, has been arrested at Vancouver, charged with theft of registered mail. Hon. Robert Rogers, Minister of the Interior, has decided that the two wives of Sikhs now in Canada may remain, but this is not to be a precedent. Miss Lillian Stein was fatally in- jured, and Miss Jennie Weinstcin, of Toronto, was badly hurt by beâ€" ing thrown into an open cellar by an automobile on Friday. City postmasters have. been warn- ed to prevent certain business houses in other places sending their city mail by express to be posted in the city limits, thus saving one cent in postage on each. Association against GREAT BRITAIN. The British House of Commons has adjourned. The strike of lightcrmen on the Thames may stop all work on the London docks. London strikers pa‘aded through the metropolis and hel-d a meeting in Trafalgar Square on Sunday. The Welsh coal miners are dis- satisfied with the minimum wage scale fixed by the district boards. Sir Julius \Vcrnher, head of the great De Beers: Diamond Syndicate, is dead in Lend-on. Mrs. Pankhurst and her col-- leagues were sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and assessed in costs of conspiracy trial. The English House of Commons “kitchen committee,” by vote of the Labor and Nationalist mem- bers, decided that instead of in- creasing the price of the House dinner from 25 to 343 cents, that a necessary saving could be effected by omitting sweets from the menu. ~_..-.. UNITED STATES. The United States warship Ne- braska went aground in the Missis- sippi on Friday. ' The United States has despatch- ed warships to Key West to provide against contingencies in the Cuban revolt. Chas. W. Hopping, a waiter, is under suspicion at Boston in con- nection with the murder of Mrs. Jewar, a Montreal widow. GENERAL. Russia will spend $251,000,000 on a naval ship building programme. The German Reichstag passed the third reading of the army and navy bills. Angry scenes took place in the German Reichstag following a S0- cialist attack on the Kaiser. President Gomez, in a published statement, seeks to minimize the gravity of the Cuban revolt. . Italy’s renewed operations in the Aegean 'Sea have stirred powers to further efforts to end the war, as Italy has now entered the dominion ofthe Triple Alliance. F14 _. PRICELESS ORCHID One Group Alone at Chelsea Show Valued at $1,000,000. A despatch from London says: The greatest display of the world’s fioriculture ever known was opened by the King and Queen at the grounds of Chelsea Hospital on W'cdnesday. The show is in a tent covering four acres. It is filled with priceless blooms from many clinics, among which is one group ol orchids alone valued at a million dollars. >7." ' SALE 01“ HUDSON BAY LAND. ~â€" Ovcr Two and a Hall! Millions‘ Worth Disposed of. A dcspatch from Edmonton. Alta, says: Property to the total value of $2,560,650 had been sold in Monette and his nephew, Ovide St. the portion of the Hudson Bay re- Jacques, while the sick are Hippo- lyte Chalefeux, Ernest Dave], and Mrs. Adelaide Cox. The detective force is now engaged in attempting to find out where the bottle labâ€" serve recently thrown on the mar- ket up to 3 o’clock Wednesday af- ternoon. In Edmonton alone the value of the lots sold is SLR-00.500. a total of 486 lots having been dis elled “cherry brandy” came from. posed of to date, up the ' .gv‘,.-r