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: domestic products amounting to : Shiai,» dorenss of $3,448: month 'orease of $3,811,130 talled $18 f 948,487, 8,397,974, an increase of {ion thoy the year coin and bullion ou Ng Ee TAluo of #1 a &8 compared wil 3 uring 1907-08. The value of and bullion fou exported was only 81,- 3 pared with $16,637, So 39) Sade wos § s $550,635,051, as compared with $638,380,201 for 1907-08. pe of 'coin | 8id Clearings, Aj 30, TIIO0D i ns ss sin san x aks $135, Corres. month, 1008. Corres. month, 1907... HUNDREDS DIE BY TE Succession of Cyclones Sweep Through! the Southern States. A despatch from Atlanta, Geor- gia, says:--A series of cyclones and tornadoes, the like which have not been known for years, swept through the south on Thursday night and Friday, leaving in their wake hun- dreds of dead and mangled 'bodies and the dismantled wrecks of pro- perty worth many 'millions. An exact list of the dead and an aceur- ate estimate of the monetary loss may not be compiled for days, but from along the path of the storm came tales of fearful loss of life and description of whole towns and vil- lages completely wiped out. = The storm" wave seems to have had its origin in the north and -swept from the lake region south in {regular fashion, now moderating its as if spent, now growing more tur- bulent and angry, The State of Tennessee was an es- pecially heavy sufferer. . Ab 10, o'clock on Friday careful estimates' HEIR TO HOLLAND'S THRONE. Queen Wilhelmina ¢ Gaye Birth to a Daughter, A despatoh from The Hague, Hol- land, says: Wilhelmina, Queen .of the Netherlands, gave birth to a daughter on Friday morning. The tion. of her Majesty is most satisfactory, the infant Princess js doing well, and Holland is cele- del the happy event from one ; the country to the other with expressions of joy and-gratifi- 'pation such as seldom before have een witnessed on the part of thig| Bll "placid people. The political signi- cance of the occurrence lies in the fatt that 'there is now an heir to thé 'throne of the Netherlands, a umstance that very greatly en- ances the chances of the country or 'continued independence. MUTINY ON BATTLESHIP, French Sailors Refused to Eat Meat < Provided for Them. ¢ A despatch from Paris says: A mutiny" 5 board 'the French bat- " tleship St. Louis is rted from Toulon, The crew refused to eat the meat provided for them. Three of the men were arrested. where- indicate that at least 50 people were! killed in that State alone, while the property loss will not fall short of a million. } towns within a radius of one hun- dred miles in three States. The tornado swept over Arkansas! and killed eight persons near Mam- moth Springs. Atlanta and most of Georgia escaped - with only slight! property loss." But two young peo- ple, a brother and. sister, lost their| 2 and aiid ste pushin aed 188 nves here on Friday afternoon,' by. the capsizing of a rowboat during a sudden squall: Striking Alabama ani headed 'in a southeasterly direction, the hurri. cane continued upon its - course of ree idestruction on' Friday Huntsville sends words. of persons killed, several score injur- od, and 250 houses demolished. Immense d was done in Madi: son sounty by hail ani lightning. night. fifteen RAIL ORDER FROM ENGLAND, Dominion Company Will Ship Five Thousand Tens. A despatch from Sydney, N. 8., sayss :. The Dominion Iron and Steel Co.: have received an order from the Great Northern Railway Co, of England; for 5,000 tons of steel; J 55 potaile; weight. T) Jeng the first or the company hia received from . an Eaiflish firm, New rolls have had to made to; fill this order, as the specifications; for the contract call for bullhead rails, widely different from the or- dinary flange in use in «The first: shipment will be. sent: away in a short time. TWO CLERKS ARRESTED. Office of Tolman & Co., af Mon teen], Raided. A despatch from Montreal saya: The office of D. H. Tolman & Com. 4 po £3 money. lenders, was raided h Constable St. Mara: on Thu ay. under 'a search - Waerasts and all the "books and effects seized... Two Sletks, Tote ine Lamoreux and T\ ¥ ! London on Friday for $330,000. The rails are of standard | ae H. Carnegie, M.P. i his seat and -accep office of distributor of Jaw rime. $100 to oh rn Weigh a suffragette, handpicked, $2.10 Y0'88.16 per a Ye, "ot Mon el. d having Honey--Combs $2 to $2.75 per EA. '{ dozen, and strained, 10 to Ae per ada will be represented ---- for military officers at international iiorse Show. tO held in London, England.' P. 3. Kavanash, a Montreal hotel: grades, keeper, prese Christmas-time the police at sending money to Ald. roux Tudustrial School for' Jedi house of Thomas. Flazen, | near Thomas. The Quebec Legislative passed. the bill' to compel railw to publish on Butter--Pound pa, fl ub and large ; |e rior, 14 to + the public in French as rol heh entered store L. Tarootte at Oalgatyy boo. bis do li orse and waggon, an away. with the ae a secluded spot, where they 'cracked it; stole $200 and raturned the horse to the | 3 ua children of Mr Stephen ill: were 'burned to death in a i that destroyed thei to 11% family dwelling at Glace hy, on on fio: Friday. The rest of the family had a NATTOW Scape, GREAT BRITAIN. A Holbein portrait was sold in 8% 10. 150 Bason--TLong. ¢ clear, bY il 1507 do. Y bo in case lots; mess pork, 9; shor out; $¥3 to. im, a 13 to 18%; rol y | Samuel 3. shoulders, 10% o % % $0" 170; breaktast flowing at xine Lard---Tierces We tubs 18%e. xtong phils, 1830. t ' 80 Rien SINESS IN MONTREAL. | "a% ie horse, Mitioru, won}. Montreal, May 4, --Peas i No, he Bue guineas [8; 81. $1.08. Oate--Canadian PA Di fof many * Cars firagettes were No.1 gh Son 4 " i 3 a bast g nt suffr 3 0 od, | w a the Hh House of | 80 to 0 50%0; fe eh o No. 8, 80 tolfo Cenmnih on' ; rio. Mr. John Burns as. denounced Ont the journalists who are promoting}=- tthe iglo-Ge A a y Mr, Au ostine. Birrell at Bristol, on Saturday: Ane idemio of suicide seats to. have pu out at Elmira, N. Y A fire started by Black Hand men used eight deaths in New} York on Friday. A violent storm on She reat Iakes § Saturday caused the loss o the oligomer Nester of Detroit, with her crew of seven 3 Aman was flux oma Inofe & upping a a minute o ar Loy Angles, Cul. 'ai