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I had questioned Janos on our horne- ward way concerning my new acquaint-l ances; but the fellow was so ill’disposed1 by nature to external gossip, so wholly1 occupied with the minute fulfilment of; his daily task, which was to watch over} the well being and saefty of his master,“ that. he had gathered no acquaintancel with affairs outside his province. With the head factor, however, whom I sent for immediately after supper. l was more fortunate. This man, Karl Schultz, is Saxon-born, and consequently one of the few 0! my numerous dependants with whom 1 can hold converse here. it was but natural that among the peas- antry the advent of strangers, evident- ly of wealth and distinction, should have created some stir,‘ and it is Schultz‘s business, among .many other things. to know what the peasantry talk about: altthough in this more con- tented part of the world this sort. of knowledge is not of such importance as among our neighbors the Poles. Schultz. therefore was aware of the arc rival of the ladies, likewise of the ru- mor of smallpox. which had. so he in- formed me. not only driven all of the servants out of the Castle of Scllreckcn- dorf, but spread something like a panic over the country-side. Tidings had at- so come to his ears that two rentlemen “one of them suffering from t e dread- ful malady (doubtless the poor Cham- berlainlâ€"had been abandoned in their carriage by the postillions and servants or the small village of Kiltlitz. some forty miles from here. just over the Lusatain border. lle corroborated, in fact. greatly to my joy, all that i had been told; for i had had an uneasy fear upon me, now and again, as l marched home in the evening chill. that I had been too ready to lend credence to a romantic and improbable story. But, better than all. Schultz, having felt a special curiosity concerning visitors from his own country. had. despite the attempt to keep the matter secret. con- trived to satisfy himself to the full as to their identity. And thus did I, to my no small triumph. from the first day easily penetrate the ill-guarded in- cognita. In [the vineyards. it is true, an inci- dents occurred which for a moment threatened to mar my perfect satisfac- hon. The peasant girls~it is the cus- tom of the country on the appearance of strangers in the midst of their work â€"gnthered round each lady, surrounding her in wild dancing bands. threatening in song to load her shoulders with a heavy hodtul of grapes unless she paid a ransom. it was of course most un- seemly. considering the quality of the :ompany I was entertaining, and I had not foreseen the possibility of such a breach of respect. Never before. it. was evident. in the delicately nurtured life or the Princess. had such rough amuse- ment been allowed to approach here 'lhis being the case. it was not astofii ishing that the admirable composucé‘of her usual nttituc‘o should break down â€"-her dignity give way to the emotion 0: fear. She calledâ€"nay. she scream- ed-to me for help. The while her pret- ty lady-inwaiting. no whit nbnshed, laughed bark at her circle of grinning snnhurm prancevs. threw mocking: good- humored gibes it} hem in German. andj finally was sharp enough to draw her purse and pay; are her looting, crying The beautiful wandering Princess was: the only daughter of thé old reigning: house of Lausitz- Rothenburg; and H “as from Georgenbrunn. where she h: i‘1 teen on a visit to her aunt the Do“ 1-: get Duchess of Saxony that the secondi Outbreak o! the epidemic had driven her! it:- take refuge with Ihe Countess Schrec- kendorf in our neighborhood. Vastly satisfied with my discovery. and not a little fluttered by the impend- ing honor, I made elaborate prepara- tzons the next day against the coming of such guests. We rifled the gardens, the greenhouses, and the slorerooms, and contrived a collation the elegance of which taxed our resources to the ut- termost. Not in the peasant garb did I start at noon upon my romantic quest, but in my finest riding suit 0! mulberry cloth embroidered with green silver, (0! what good auguries did I not think when l remEmbred Yhat green and while were actually the colors of the Maison de Lusace, and that in this discreet mannezj buouyc, uuu unuv us u- nu uwvnvv‘ nu“ .-.u.. I could wear on my sleeve the mark of a delicate homage‘n, mines of finest Mechzin fluttered on my throat and wrists. and a hat or the very latest cock was disposed jaunuly at the ex- act angle prescribed by the Vienna mode. With my trim {allows behind me, and with as perfect a piece of horseflesh be- tween my knees as the Emperor himself could ever hope to beslride, I set out in high delight and anticipation. Now, on this freezing winter’s night, when I look back upon those days and the days that followed. it seems to me I? though it were an a dream. The past events are wrapped to memory in n kind of haze. out of which certain hours marked above the rest stand out alone in cleamess.â€"That particularday xtnnds forth perhaps the clearest of all. I remember that the Princess Ottilié looked even more queenly to my mind than at first. with her fair hnlr pow- :ered and a patch upon the satin white- ness of her chin. In the complacency at my young man's vanity. I was exâ€" eeedingly elated that she should have considered it worth while to adorn her- self for me. I remember, too, that the tady~in~waiting examined me critically, mrl cast alook of approval upon my altered appearance; that she spoke less and that her mistress spoke more than upon our first meeting; that even the resence. mute. dark. and scowling, of heir female attendant could not spoil the pleasure of our intercourse. ’W+fH++++H+H+H+H+++H+++W THC Wimfi Milk; VOL. IS. NU. 3. $1 per annum. MILLBROOK AND 0 CHAPTER 1V. Princess. 0r. Privilege of a out to her mistress to do the same. But the latter was in no state to listen to advice, and, alas! I found myself pow- eiless to deliver the distressed lady. in my ignorance of their language 1 could do nothing short of use brute force to control my savages, who were after all (it seems) but acting in good faith upon an old-established pritilege. So i was lain. in my turn‘ to summon Schultz tn the rescue from a distant part of the ground. He, practical fellow. made no bones about the matter; with a bellow and a knowing whirl of his cane every stroke of which told with a dull thwuck. he promptly dispersed the indiscrect merrymakers. I suppose it is my English blood that "A.“nn rises within me at the sight of a woman struck. Upon lhe impulse of the first moment I had well-nigh wrenched the slafl from his hands and laid it about his shoulders; but fortunately, on sec- oml thought, I had wisdom enough to ‘rel‘rain from an act which would have been so fatal to all future discipline. Nevertheless, as I stood by, a passive SpeClillOl‘ of it, the blood mounted, for wry shame. lo my cheek. and I felt myself degraded to lhe level of my ad- ministrator‘s brutality. waiting nontimwd in mpnsnre me with an altered and thoughtful look. The poor fools fell apart screaming between laughter and pain. One hand- some wench I marked, indeed, who withdrew lo the slds of a sullen gipsy- looking fellow, her husband or lover ap- parently; and as she muttered low in his ear they both cost looks charged wilh such murderous import, not only at the uncompromising justlciaryl but also at She recognized me with a start, and, I all fearful of being noticed by the others. in haste and without a word --as what word could I find in which tr. communicate with a. Slovnck?â€"â€"hast- ily dropped a consolatory cqin, the first that met. my touch, into her palm. Another girl passed me close by, 501)- hing aloud. as she x-chn'ned to her labor. She rubbed her shoulder sorely, and the tears hopped off the rim 0! her fat cheeks, conturied like thoselof (1 Nut)â€" bering child. In halfiashamed and sneaking fashion, yet unable to resist the urging of my heart, I followed her be- hind the next row of vines and touched her on the arm. It was a poor plain creature with dull eyes, coarse lips, andrmatted hair, and she gazed at me a moment stupid- ly bewildered. But the next instant, reading I know not what of sympathy and benevolence in my face, as a dog may read in his master’s eyes, she fell at my feet, letting the gold slip out 01 her grasp that she might the better seize my hand in hers and cover it with kisses. pouring forth the while a litany of gratitude, as unintelligible to me as if she had been indeed a dog whininig at my feet. me. and the man‘s hund stole instinct- ively to his back with so significant a gesture. that I realized for the first, time quite fully that [here might be good reasons for Janos’s precautions uncnt the lord's precious person When the 10rd took his walks abroad. My august visitor had not yet regain- ez‘. her wonted serenity. Still fluttered, she showed me something of a panting visage. I thought to discern in her not cnly satisfaction at the punishment she had seen administered. but some resent- ment at my passive attitude. And this, I confess, surprised me in her, who seemed so gentle and womanly. But I told myself then that it was but natural m one born as she was to a throne. Later on my guest. according-to her promise. condescended to rest and re: fresh herself in the castle. This was the culminating moment of a golden after- noon. l tell the full pride of possession when l led her in through the old halls that. bore the mark of so many centuries oi noble masters: although indeed. as a Jennico. l had no inherited rightto pen- cock in the glories of the House of Tol- lendhal. But, at each portrait before which she was gracious enough to halt. I took care to speak of some not- able contemporary among the men and ,women of my own old line. in that. dis- tont enchanted island of the North, “here the men are so brave and the wo- men so iair. And, without stretching any point. ‘I am sure the line of Jeni- cn lost nothing in the comparison. She was. I saw. beyond mistake im- pressed. I rejoiced to note that I was mpidly becoming a person of import- anr‘e in her eyes. Even the lady-in- To put an end to the absurd situation, distasteful to my British free-born pride for an my foreign training. I pushed her from me and turned away, to find the Iady-in-wniting at my elbow. instead, however, of making my weal:- ness (1 mark for her wit, this latter, to my great relief, and likewise to my as- tonishmcnt. looked wislfully from the ugly hesnmarod face to the coin lying or: the black soil, then at my counten- ance, which at that moment was, I felt, that of a detected school-boy. And, then, without a word, she followed me back to her mistress’s side. On the other hand. while I confound- eil myself in excuses and explanations, blaming myself for having (through my inexeperience of this Country) neglected to prevent the possibility of so untoward or incident. 1 heard behind me the voice 0: the young Court Indy, rating Schultz in most explicit German for the heavi- ness of his hand upon my folk. And, as the Princess gradually became molt- iied towards me and showed me once ngainher own smiling graciousness, I contrasted her little show of haughti- mess with the unreserve of her compan- ion. and convinced myself that it did but become her (being as she was). The while I watched Madomoiselle Ottilie. mingling with peasants as if 'she had been born among them. with an ever renewed wonder that. she should have teen chosen for the high position she occupied. Between the eating of our meal to- gethervwhich, as I said, was quite a. delicate little feast. and did honor to my barefootcd kitchen retinueâ€"and the de- parture of my visitors, I took them through many of the chambers, and showed them some of the treasures, quaint antiquities. and relies that my great-uncle had inherited or himself colw lected. On‘ a little table under his pic-i lureâ€"yonder on that wall it hangs be-i lore meâ€"l had spread forth in a glass. case, with a sort oi tender and pious‘ memory of the rigid old hero, his own personal decorations and honors, from the first cross he had won in compara- tive youth to the last blazing order that a royal hand had pinned over the shrunken chest of the field-marshal. in. ths portrait, painted some live years tefore his death, my uncle had insisted on appearing full face. with a fine scorn of any palliation of the black patch or the broken jaw. It is a. grim enough presentment in consequenceâ€"the artist ‘having evidently rather relished his ltask,â€"â€"and sometimes, indeed, when I imn alone here in this great room at. lnight. and it seems as if the candle-light games but serve to heighten the gloom of the shadows, 1 find my uncle’s one eye following me with so living a stem- ness that 1 can scarce endure it. But that day of which i am writing, ,i thought there was henignily in the lfierce orb as it surveyed such honorable company, and even an actual touch of geninlity in the set of the black patch. - As l'opened the case, both the ladies fell, women-like, to fingering the rich jewels. There was a snuff-box set around with diamonds, upon the lid of which was painted a port'uit of the Dunphine. 'l‘his, Maria Theresa had her- selt‘ given to my uncle on the occasion of her daughter’s marriage, to which it was deemed my uncle‘s iirm attitude in council over the Franco-Austrian dif- tieulty had not a. little contributed. With a cry of admiration. the l‘rin- eess took it up. “Arch, what diamonds!" she said. I looked from the exquisite face on the ivory to the no less exqui- site countenance bending above. it, and l was struck by the resemblance which had no doubt unconsciously been haunt- ing me ever since I first met her. The arch of the dark eyebrow, the superril- ions (troop of the eyelid, the curve oi the short upper lip. and the pout oi the full under one, even the high poise oi the head on the long,’ throat, were curi- cusly similar. I exclaimed upon the co- incidence, while the Princess flushed ’“ith a sort of mingled plasure‘and'bash- fulness. ' Mademoiselle Ottitie took up the minia- ture in her turn, and. after gravely com- paring it with her own elfish, sunburnt Visage in the glass, gazed at her mis- tress; then, heaving u lugubrious sigh, she assented to my remarks, adding, however. that there was no ground for surprise, as the Princess Marie Ottilie was actually cousin to her Royal lligh~ ness the Dauphine. The Princess blushed again, and lift- ed up her hand as it to warn her com- panion. But the lattép,’ With her almost uncanny perspicacity, continued, turn- ing (0 me: “Of course, M. de Jennico" (she had at lasl mastered my nnmc)â€"â€"“of course M. de Jennico has found out all about ur. by this time, and is perfectly aware of her Highness’s ide nllly." Then she added and her eyes danced: “Since M de Jennico is so fond of genealogy" (among the curiosities o! the place I had natuxally shown them my uncles monumental pedigrcex “he can amuse himself 111 tracing the connection and xclationshipsâ€"no doubt he mhnls the ‘Almanach de Gotlm' -â€"belween the Imus-- es of Hamburg and the Calholic house 0! Lausilz-Rolhenburg. ” And, indeed, although she meant this in sarcasm, when, after I had escorted them home; I returned. through the mists and shades of twilight. to my so- litude (now peopled for me. with de- lightful present, and God knows what fantastic future. visions), I did produce that excellent new book, the “Almanach dc: Gotha,” and found great, interest in tracing the blood-relation between the Dauphlne and the fairest of princesses, And afterwards, moved by some spirit. of valnglory, l emnsed myself by com- paring on the map the relathe sizes of the Duchy of Lnusitz and the lands of 'lollendhol. Two Men Mai! Be Fatally Wounded With Knives. A Fort. William despatch says: Tucs- doy night a drunken melee took place "t the coal clock among a party of foreign- ers. three of whom were stabbed and slnshod with knives. The attray was tho rosult of two Italians being turned out or a Ftnlanders’ dance hall in tho eary part of the evening," It appeared that the two intruders had walked into the Finlanders‘ dance and began mak- ing free with some of the Finland ladies. which was promptly resented by that men, who ejected the strangers with anything but easy _for_cc. _After the dance was over the Finlanders started for their homes. At the corner of Me- Laughlin and Christie streets the ejected pair and their friends were on the look- out tor their Victims, and'pounced upon {our Finlanders. who were taken by surprise The affrey lasted for only a. few minutes, with the result. that. four Finlandms were tea‘rfully wounded, two of whom. the doctors say. will not re cover from their wounds. Restore Nan- tel, who was stabbed in the abdomen, and Charlie Paine. who received a stab wound in the neck and chest are in the hospital and very weak. No hopes for the recovery of Nantel are entertained by D15. Cook and \icCarty, who are at- teynding the injured men. The Finland- ers claim they were not the worse for m “or. The. scene of the tragedy “as nem where the Galician was clubbed to death three years ago. The two-yearâ€"old son of Mr. Samuel Plunkett of Woodbridge was killed bv a train. 9FGez'Ko oOKV‘c’ sh} a. train on Friday. At Bellevme, on Friday. a young son of George Skinnex was killed by’ the fall of an old house which was being torn down And next I “as moved to unroll once again mv uncle’s pedigmv .and to study the fine chain of noble links of which I stand the last \xmthy Jennico when something that had been lying unfm-mod in my mind during these last hours of slrangc‘ exnilement suddenly took au- dacious and definite shape. BRUTES AT FORT \VILLIAM. (To be Continhod.) Durham .and Victoria Standard MILLBROOK ONT“ THURSDASI, JUNE 14. 1906. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, June 12 .~Flour â€" Ontarioâ€" Expoxters bid $3.15 for 90 p91 cenL. put- (nts buy’ers bags, for expoxL; millels ask $3. 20. Manitobaâ€"lirst patents, $411010 $4.60; seconds, $4 to $4.10; bak- ers.’ $3 to $4. Branâ€"Offered at $16. 50 outside. \VHlleatâ€"Ontarioâ€"No 2 white. 82c bid, C P R. 850 asked; No. 2 led, 820 pid. LEADING MARKETS \N’hénPNiani'obaâ€"No. 1' northern, 85/0 asked Point Edward and Owen Sound; 84yc bid, Point Edward “a“ ’(tomâ€"No. 'é’greno'w', on'ex-cd at. 590, Toronto, to arrive. " ’o’aISLNé.‘ ’2 white, 37%: Did, outside; offered at 38340; 85%c biq, to_ arjriyg. Butterâ€"Jim market shows little change Creamery, prints ...... 206m 22c do solids ...... .. 190lo200 Dairy, ib. rolls, good to choice 16cm 18c Tubs ........... . . . . ...... 15c t9 16c Cheeseâ€"New cheese is again showing an easier tendency, and is quoted a lit- tie 1lower at 12c 10 12%c. Old is steady at. no. ' Eggsâ€"'l‘hc market is quoted unchang- ed and there are still indications of cas- ier prices later. New-laid are quoted at 170 to 17%0, and splits at 14c. Jib DU .ll/ab‘ uuu oyulo at 11V. Pomtoesâ€"Unchanged. Ontario, 70c to 850 out of sctm‘e, eastern' Dclawares at SEC to 97%0, Quebec 78c, and Nova Sco- tiu at 75c. Billed Hayâ€"~15 steady to firm at $10 for No. I timothy pm- ton in car lots on track here. and $7.50 to $8 for No. 2 Baled Straw-Unchangcd at $6 per ton for cm- 1015 on track here. Peas-487; f.o.b. Rev bushel; 78 per cunt. at 510. , Mann-,eal June 12. ~0ats â€" No. 2, 420 t: 53%;; No. 3 42/0 to 42 Xc; No. 5. 41C. to él/c. Comâ€"N0. 2 mixed, 563.40; No. 3 yellow- 57%0 ex-trncti. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents, $2.60 to $1.70; strong bakors’. $4.10 to $1.20; winter wheat patents, $4 to $4.95; straight winter wheat, patents, $4.20 to 54.4.0. straight rollers, $3.90 .to $4.10; do. in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; extras, $1.50 to $1.65. Provisions-Anarrels of heavy Canada short. cut pork. $23; light‘shert cut, $21.- 511 barrels clam fat back 322. 50; com- pound lard. 7%(3 to Sc; Canadian pure lnxd 11140 to 12c: ketne rendered 12}.’_.c to 13c; hnms.18%c to 15¢, accmdinn :0 size: breakfast bacon We to 18¢: \Xind- sor bacon. 15%0. to 16¢; fresh killed abat~ 10h dressed hogs, $10. 50; alive, $7.75 '0 7.85 per 100 ms. Minfecdâ€"Manitobn bran. in bags, $151 to $19; shorts, $20 to $2] per ton; Ontario bran, m bulk, $8.50 to $10.50; shorts, 20 to $20. 50; milled mouille. 82] {3 $25; straight glam mouillc $25 to 327 pm ton. ~ ~ ' Eggsâ€".lehtoa jut 16%0 to 17¢, with 165.30 being ”mentioned occasionally. This is for finest straight gnthg-ed._ Rolled Oats-Per bag. ‘$2 2.10m cm lots; cornmeal, $1.30 to’ .40 per bag. ”avâ€"No. 1.31950 (0 310. 5:0 N. $3. 50 to $9.;50 clmer mixed. $7. 50 $8. 50 and pure clpvqu $7 _to )8: Bufl'alo, N. Y., June 12. -â€" Flour â€" Steady. Wheatrâ€"Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern. 86%c; Winter, nothing done. Cornâ€"Dull but firm; No. 2 yellow, 55%;; A despateh trom London says: Samiai and Vicinity were swept by a terrific; gale, accompanied by rain. thunder,and‘ lightning, about 10 o’clock on Friday night. Fortunately no fatalities oc- curred. The roof of W. F. Lawrence and Sons‘ new lumber mill was blown off and about 1,500 square feet of root- ing destroyed, besides the shutting and betting ot the mill. A large tree at the corner of Christina and Johnston Streets. was lifted out by its roots and hurlcdl against Miss Watson’s residence, smash- ing' the windows and breaking the cor- nices. The chimney on Edward McDon- ald’s new house on Queen Street,_wns blown down. A new, house on East Davis Street was lifted from its founda- tion and blown over. Richard Lynch’s house, on Wellington Street cast. was struck by lightning and badly damaged. Telegraph lines all through the western peninsula were put out, of business, trees were uprooted, chimneys blown away, and many houses wrecked, The storm struck Chntham arboutc1.25 o'clock on Friday afternoon and when it, had blown over dozens of the beautiful trees from which the town gets its name of the Maple City, had been up-rootcd, Among the buildings damaged were the Dowslcy Axle Works, the Central School the Collegiate and Park Street Melhodn ist Church. Telegraph, telephone and electric light poles and wires were laid llat. all over the city and many of the manufacturing concerns were compelled to shut down for repairs. The Worst of the storm, however, was at St. Thomas, and along the Michigan" Central. where it assumed the proper-l tions of a cyclone. The Michigan Cami tral service was interrupted, and many: houses were blown down at Rodney} Highnete and Ridgetown. The traffic on the Sarnia branch of the Pere Mitr- quette was also seriously interefered with. ‘ 1 At Port Stanley the storm blew a 90“ foot tower on a. new elevator in he creek. and the 'Gov‘crnmentr‘obs’enmféry‘ was also blown over. It is reported that two men were killed and half a dozenl badly hurt by lightning at Springfieldu but as \the telegraph service has been‘ cut off it is impossible to verify the 16-1 porL GYBLUNE m WEST BNTARIG Buildings Were Un roofed and~.f§£ " Torn UpBy the Roots HAMILTON SUFFERS. A deSpatch from Hamilton says:- This MONTREAL MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BUFFALO MARKET. MEMEE MIRROR? Camsâ€"Strong; No. 2 white, 39)“; Win- ter, nothing done. Ryeâ€"Steady; N0. 2 in gore, 65%(2. Canal freights â€"- Steady. New York, June 12,â€"Spot firmgNo. 2 red, 94c nominal elevator; No. 2 red, nominal 95c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north- ern Duluth, 91/0 nominal t...ob afloat; No.1 noxthern Manitoba 893m {.po afloat. Toronto, June 12.â€"The demand for export cattle is steady, and there were some good loads offering, the top prices being around $5.10 to $5.20. The sheep market is steady at. recent. decline. The hog mmket was steady and unchanged (mm the last rise but the prospects are said to be for a lower market. i A 'l‘oor nto despatch says Dr. Hod- getts,Sec1etai'y of the Playincial Board 10! Health, has receiucd maid of small- pox outbreaks at Seneca Sydenhain and Dunwich, in llaldimand, Grey and Elgin counties respectively At Syden- ham there is only one case, at each of the othe1 places several. All are of a mild type The local authorities are tak- ing all necessary p1ecautions.A num- her of people are protesting against the enforcement of quarantine. claiming that the disease is “the Cuban itch,” “the Philippine rash,” or anything but small- Stockcrs and Feedersâ€"Market (air. Steady demand for: good quality, Exp'ortâ€"Market flrYn. Extmâ€" choice, $5 to $5.20; medium export, $4.80 to $4.90. Good short-keep feeders, $4.75 to $4.80. Market steady. Butcllcrs‘ â€"- Market higher. Choice picked butcher cattle, $4.80 to $4.90; medium heavy butchers’, at $4.50 to $4.65; mixed lotsond cows. at $3 xo $4.25; common canners-at $2.50. light Stockersâ€"Stoady. $3.50 to $3.90. Sheep and Lambsâ€"The market is slow, and prospects are for lower prices. Spring Lambsâ€"Lower, ag $3 to $5.50. Calves â€"â€" Good run. Market slow. Prices range from $3 to $6. Hogs~Mnrkct firm, and 10c higher, at $7.40 for selects. Hem y leadersâ€"Good and heavy feed- ms at 34.6010 $4.80. Milch Cowsâ€"Good market for heavy milkers; choice, $50 to $60; common, $30 to $35. ' Several Cases Reported to Provincial ' Board of Health. pox The authorities; however, are carrying out their duties undeterred by these protests. Patient at St. John’s Hospital Attempts suicide in Delirium. A despalch from St. John, N. B., says: Walter McEalheron, a young man suf- fering from typhoid fever at the General Hospilal here, sprung from his bed :‘n Wednesday in a sudden delirium, and before the nurses could stop. him leap- cd from the window three storeys down- ward to the ground. He received se- vere internal injuries, and will probably die. Dr. Hanna), Superintendent of Mines, reports that magnetite, the chief ore or Canada, gun be as economically smelted by electricity as hematite. city was visited on Friday afternoon about 3.30 by one of the heaviest wind and rain-storms in years. It lasted only about 20 minutes, but did more damage than a dozen previous storms. The root of the warehouse of the Interna- tional Harvester Company was blown oft, causing much damage. A number 0' houses in various parts of the city were unroofed, and Bastien‘s boathouse nearly blown into the bay. Telephone and electric light wires are all down, and the city is practically in darkness. it is; impossible to estimate the total damagecbut it will run up into the thou- sands, So for as can be learned no one \ms;~ser10115ly hurt. _At the racetrack ‘the full fury of the storm was felt. Sheets of rain swept the grand stand from one end to the other, and the' gaily-dressedr~occupants were compelled to flee for shelter. ELL 0 UUIUbn, uvulb u D-vkvv “V... age. Trees were blown across the T., H. and 13. tracks and trains delayed, whilst the slrect car trolley lines-in West. Brantford were badly damaged. In the country hundreds of trees were uprooted and much damage done to crops. A~ despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont, says: A terrific wind and rainstorm struck this city from the south-west on Friday afternoon. Two large brick chimneys were bloer down, and two 1'-A_:.|AI A despafch from Brantfnrd says: A tremendous storm swept over Bruntford and Brant. County on Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, doing} great deal of dam; UL ‘blk u v- on one of the top storeys, was badly burned in the eyes with ‘the lime from the falling brick. In the evening about 10 o’clock a small tornado again struck A despatch from Wingham says: In a den-inc thunder and lightning storm which prevailed ,here all night three bums and their contents were burned in the Township of Turnberry. Vuuuuvlu V wings'ot the new General Hospital, under construction, crushed ‘in. Some tcn' workmen got away just in time. Brickwork Contractoy J. Blair, who was unA 1.-.n.. the town. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. BARNS BURNED 1N TURNBERBY. LEAFED FRO.“ \‘\'INDO\V. SMALLFOX OUTBREAKS. DAMAGE AT THE FALLS. LIVE STOCK MARKET. HURRICANE ATHBRANT. UNITED STATES MEAT‘TRADE A aesbafch from Paris says: It is learned that the Commissary-Geneml’s denial of the statement that Chicago foodstuffs are supplied to the French army is incorrect. The fact is that 20.000 cans of this food were landed at Havre, and sent thence to Bordeaux, where the meat was rccanned, marked will; French labels, and sold as French. One of the largest Paris caterers says that his customers were refusing to take American canned goods. Conse- quently he intends to cease importing them. Ogden Armour, in an interview on Wednesday, said that, whatever might happen elsewhere, his yards are above reproach. Nevemheless, he acknowledg- ed that the trade- had received the ugliest knock in its history. ’ ‘ It Has Received the Ugliest Knock In Its History. A despatch from London says: The Chronicle says that Mr. John Bums. as president of the Local Government Board. has been closely watching de- velopments in the canned meat matter. As soon as the aspect become serious he summoned a meeting 0! the medical health officers of the London County Council, the city corporation, and the 28 metropolitan boroughs, and consulted with them as to whether anything fur- ther could be done to secure an adequate inspection of canned goods. He also instructed Chief Medical Officer Buchan- an to prepare a report. This has been done, and the report will be available to the members when Parliament meets next week after the Whitsuntide holi- day. ' A despatch from London says: Mr. Teri-cit, chief meat inspector at the Smithfield market, says that numbers of frozen hogs arrive from the United States in a shockingly diseased condi- tion, yet bearing the Government inspec- tion seal. He does not believe that any Government inspector would be foolish enough to pass hogs in such condition. The wonder is how/the seals get attach- ed to them. Mr. Terrett adds that it is impossible for the inspectors here to DREDGE FIELDING. Mr. Taylor was informed that the dredge Fielding had been estimated to cost $350,000. but had actually cost $405.3”. She was now excavating at Yarmouth. N28” 1,000 cubic yards a day. BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY. Mr. Scharfner was told by Mr. Fisher that. the Government had received com- munications regarding the unsatisfac- tory condition of the beef cattle indus- try in Manitoba and the West, as a re- sult of which the farmers were not re.- ceiving a normal price for beef sold to wholesale dealers. The matter was un- der consideration. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARK ACT. Mr. Oliver‘s Bill to Amend the Rocky Mountain Park Act was takenup in committee. The proposal ot the amend- ment is to alow land to be sold in the park, instead of leased, as heretofore. _A_- L...- it is stated that steps are being taken to get the Foreign omce to take diplo- matic action in the matter. RENT FOR BUILDINGS. Mr. quthrup was informed that the Government had paid to Woods, Limi- ted, for rent in 1903-4, $1,200 for the Queen Street. building, and $5,520 (or the Slater Street building. In 1904-5, $6,225 and $11,040 respectively for the same buildings. In 1905-6. up to March 30, the sums paid were $3,975 and $11,040. The total rent paid during these periods was $39,400. A mining town named Canmore has‘ sprung up. in a section of which the park was extended, and the object of the Act is to allow people to own the land on which their houses are built. Mr. Oliver said there would be building regulations and open competition for the lots. The bill was reported and stands for a third reading. LIGHTHOUSE A'l‘ BRON’I‘E. Mr. Henderson (Halton) asked to have a small lighthouse placed on the wharf \at Bronte. This D1860 is the headquar- ters of the cisco herring fishing on Lake Ontario. In the autumn the fishermen have to go to their nets 15 miles out in the lake. and they have no light to guide them home. DOMINION PARLIAMENT Mr. Brodeur said he believed there was a report on file against the propos- al. He wouid look into the matter and if it was found advisable he would re- commend the work. N.S.. for 3(3.0(.x) Sutherland Ctm'minntinn back sigms. 10 be used on the LccvMet foyd and Lec-Enficld rifles, the sighls having been approved by a board of officers. It had not yet been considered whether or not this sight would be used on the Ross rifle. Mr. Henderson said that if there was a rep‘ort against the proposal, the officer who made it must have considered it from the point of navigation only. NE\V SIGHTS FOR RIFLES. In reply to a question by Cm. Worm- ington it was stated that the Government had contz‘acied in April-Ina! with me Sutherland Rifle Sight (20.. of \‘x'esivllle, SUPPLY OF FORAGE.» Mr. Macdonnell (South Toronto) was informed-that Moses Hunter-and" the Wm. McCann Milling Company tender- ed for the supply of forage for the Nt- agara camp {or this season. The price was the same in each case, namely, #5 cents per ration, and the contract was given to Moses Hunter. GRANTS TO VETERANS OF 1885. _Mr. Oliver's bill to makeiturther pro- ision respcting grants of land to mem- rs_ of the militia force on active ser- vice in the . North-West; was put through committee; and stands for" a third reading. The members of the min- JOHN BURNS TAKES A HAND. DISEASED FROZEN HOGS. C. W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor A dospatch from Ottawa says: Dr. Chisholm (East Huron) will call the at- tention of Parliament to the shocking rex elations in connection with the sani- tary conditions of the Chicago packing- houses and will ask it it is the intention of the Government to prohibit the im- portation of canned meats and meat ex- tracts from the United States. not only ;in the interests of the public health but also to assist the framing. stock- raising tand packing industries of Canada. discover while the hogs are from whether or not they are healthy. Buyexjs are warned that they purchase at them own risk . If, when the hogs are thawed, they are found to be diseased they are immediately seized. A newspaper here sent a. reporter to make a surprise visit to the makexs of canned delicacies and inspect their pro- cesses. One leadmg firm accepted the challenge with alacrity, and passed the ordeal to the utmost satisfaction 0! the reporter, who was regaled with various tid-bits. Another firm asked the newsâ€" paper representative to can at a more convenient time, while another abso- lutely refused “to have anything what ever to do'with any newspaper." A despatch from Kansas City, Mo., says: It is estimated that the business done by the packing houses located here will suffer to the extent of 3510100006 as a result of the agitation in connection with the President’s crusade against “doctored” meats. Reports of the various plants seen on Thursday agreed, with the estimates in the telegraphic de- spatches that the business 01 the whole country would show a loss of at 1885‘ sisomomoi 7 v “I dont think," said Charles W. Ar. mour on Thursday, “the estimate 0! $150H000000 loss to the packers in the “hole country is exaggerated. This is only a shrinkage of about ken per cent. on the total volume of the business done, which I think is easily one and one-half billion dollars in all branches of lhe trade. We have complaints al- ready from England that the canned meat trade is decreasing. It is easy 10 score people five thousand miles away." tia who served at that time were entitled tn grants of 320 acres each, and most oI them had already been allotted, but there were still a few urgallotted, As 500 of the Northwest Mounted Police force of 600 would be retained in those Provinces each of which would pay $75000 per annum towards the cost of the force. in connection with the work 0! the police Sir Wilfrid explained that they have for two years been engaged in constructing a trail to Dawson City through Canadian territory so that should the worst come to the worst there would he means of communication with the Yukon over our own territory. Instructions» to the police were that the route of trail for pack animals should be selected with a New to conversion into a waggon road in future it neces- sary. By means of a mop Sir Wilfrid informed the House of the route so far as the trail is constructed. way. the time for making the allotments has expired, it has been decided to make provision (or doing so, and this is the object of the bill. In supply Sir Wilfrid Laurier. in re- ply to Mr. Foster, said that there are two hundred men of the Mounted Police i!.- the Yukon!, and that it was proposed 1." reduce the strength of the force it occasion permitted. .n - Sir Wilxtfid Lauricr explained the ar- rangement with the new Provinces of Saskatchewan and AlberlAar, undeg- glyph Messrs. A. 8. Ingram and n. N. Kittson to Act With Mr. Lcitch. A Toronto despatch says 2 Two of the commissions made necessary by the enactments of the last session of the Ontario Legislative Assembly are now complete and ready to commence the labors which will be required of them. These are the new Hydro-Electric Com- mission. whose functions will enable the municipalities of the province to secure electric power at an economical rate, and the Railway and Municipal Board, which has been for so long expected. At the close of a somewhat protracted meeting of the Cabinet on 'l'hursday. Premier Whitney announced that it had been decided that the former body should he composed of Hon. Adam Beck, of London. the Minister who has been so closely identified with the power question of Ontario; Hon. J. S. ilendrie, of Hamilton. and Cecil B. Smith. who is now chairthan of the 'Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission. and consulting: engineer of the commis- sion of inquiryâ€"the Hydro-Electric Commission. lion. Mr. Beck. will no- turally he the chairman of the newly found-0d organization. It has not been decided as yet what salary will he paid to Mr. Smith, hut he will not receive any addition to the aggregate of his pre- sent remuneration. ' NEW‘ RAILWAY COMMISSION. The gentlemen "who will with ,Iames Leitch. K.C., compose the"”'0ntarlo ‘gsallway and Municipal' Board, are. Andrew 3. Ingram, who represents East Elgin in *ihe Dominion House of Com- ‘mons, and Henry Norman Kitson. of ‘Hamilton'. The gentlemen will receive "$4,000 a year for their services .on the board.- Their secretary. H. '1‘. Small. a. barrister of Carleton Place. and a (crater resident of this city, will he paid a sti- pend of $2,000 a year. A A unionsstation Ior Port Arthur is be- ing discussed. The entrance: of the an. mime? city will»: «imaged in a couple df weks. \VOULD IMPOSE EMBARGO. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. LOSSES "WILL BE GREAT. MOUNTED~POLICE r.““..'