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yides or. the settlement in Canada Iw 0 gfe, under fourteen years num | Ten It is of oS ment ormerly ment, year, 4,000 wo- ber af families, 4 oat Belgian Policy to be Followed ~~ Conference. a ) 8 as mma ase conf rence will de- "| The o in 1898 en he 1 wireless experts,*sent by the British Government, sailed on the t | Montcalm to carry out | between Vancouver and Fiji, a dis- tance of 6,000 miles. | 5,000 'passengers are . and the United | | four Jers leaving * the -en: The Salvation Army on Friday signed an agreement with the Duke of Devonshire, Colonial Secretary, giving effect to schemes des: | | age "settlement overseas under Sal- vation Army auspices. Classes affect~ * families, boys and orphans. - A 'second party of boys is sailing ii for Canada next week. Their succes- sors in the eamp here are already "| training and a fourth party also has selected. . f "Commissioner Lamb has sailed for Canada 'to advance the settlement REBEL DERVISH RETURNED 10 TRIBE "| Has Spent 23 Years in Prison Yau ou? 00 A despatch from London says :-- | after él years in prison, Ti the Sudan fn 1834 a the sn Deri ae lod. | arily captured British + Kitchener, 'then a colonel, capt his ear but Osman later it back." hener was wounded in a fight with Osman's Dervishos in 1892. hin again strike of agricultural on Friday on the 'steamer which carries over 1,200 ents stated that, altogether, fully de this ed to encour- single women, widows with "with the Canadian Govern. --_-- chief, who jy a wild charge and r- : guns, Finally i | 4 despatch from London says:-- | workers in Norfolk 8 party of 25 fa Rborars From. has unr doh Tor mats i oy io y To the of Canad PHIL fap spell 3 Roughing it for a night or two is for precious week-ends. h the success of thelr day's fishing ONCE MORE Sal : ho love the outdoors and especially the to seek and prepare their food in the manufacturer In the case of goods inmported a wholesaler and sold by mal tured form, passing in a and then, in by &| Treasury kh fishermen in the picture are about to in salmon cooked over a camp fire. nearest many modern men can get to SB sxpression of their pioneering | ts. A despatch from Grand Rapids, A despatch from London says:-- le come out of the cabin and es ba the food. the mainland. assistance, the relief. ers and started away. One of them Journey required nights. = Part of the time they carried their boat across solid ice to open paces. SIE ETL Their boat finally was crushed by the floes, and the men, risking their lives at every step, crawled and flop- ped over grinding ice hummocks a g| distance of a quarter-mile to the shore, arriving utterly éxhausted and badly 0 ralved vith s| for more than & day snd a night. Théy had been without food a ; 'of Copper A despatch from London says:-- Lecturing before. the Soclety of Arts relative to the importance of Base metals to the nations as instanced during .the Great War, Sir Richard e, ex-president of the Insti- 'tute of Mining and Metallurgy, said ¢| Canada, particularly British Colum. | bia, presented the likeliest source il The second Tribune plane is at Charlevoix, Mich., and the one that delivered the food returned to Gay- lord. Both will return to the island early to-morrow to rescue the Wil- son plane, which is in trouble four miles from the camp. The Tribune planes will also bring off any or all of the people if they desire to reach As soon ag Chicago received word that nine men and a woman were starving on the lonely island, with their only boat gone and the ice break-, ing up so they could not get to the mainland, plans were made to rush 'Wilson & Company, the packers, made up liberal food pack- ages and employed aviators to carry As the plane flew over the island the food was suspended on ropes and dropped to the marooned victims, as there did not appear to be a good landing place. Threa planes altos gether were employed, and carried food, newspapermen and photograph- a big De Haviland, came to grief with | a broken landing gear, but the plane] sent out by The Chicago Tribune con-| his| tinued on its way. It also carried 200, Y Ds 2 ¢ provisions, medicines, a shotographer and a rter. ea| The survivors on fhe island are in "better condition than the three men who, on their third attempt, stretching ritish| over a period of two weeks, finally managed to get to the mainland. The| |i two days and two| escape in the darkness of Wednesday 100 feet to the beach while being haul-| ed up the cliff, but rese and was shot' and killed while trying to escape, and Toronto, $14; the four others of the little party, in-| cluding Walter Stevens, of London, to the Central News from Tralee. ar The men in the cave, evidently be- lieving their position "insecure, were the protection of an adjoining cave! when the casualties occurred. body of Commander Lyons was wash- ed out to sea by the rising tide. over b5 lbs. SOAS 0 Rr over b Ibs, | Up, 88¢; do; over b 26c; do, 2 to 4 Ibs., 80c; do, 4 | primes, 8%e. gal. $3.75 to $4.50. Smok nherits German Estate." |" Major J. C. Thorn, of Vancouver, es- caped from a German prison camp dis- guised as a war widew. While in Ger many he saved a young German from death In a railway accident, and as a result the youth's grandfather has be iqueathed Major Thorn a handsome German chateau and a large estate, Prince Ru Converses by Radio With Halifax Heavy steers A despatch from Prince Rupert, Ble steers C., says:--Radlo communication tests do, d, $6 to between Prince Rupert and Halifax, to $6; do | N.8., have proved successful. The tests heifers, choles, | were carried out by Jack Barnsley, of : this city, communication being estab- lished in a few hours, , 80c; breakfast cial brand Cured mea 90 lbs. and up, in barrels, 8b, fh Lard--Pure tubs, 16 Prints, 8c. 4% to 16%e; | $6.50; do, med. an increased supply of copper. om 0 ; po oli to "$ to freights uc night, and were drowned; Commander| Manitoba flour--1st pats. Lyons of the hillside foréress, dropped, 8acks, $7.10 per ware captured, according to a despatch 26%c¢; triplets, 28¢c endeavoring to sally forth and reach, t; 49¢; dairy, 28 to 370; coo | Maple products--Syrup, | ' gal, £25 ; per B-gal. tin, aple sugar «. Honey--80-1b. tins, 11% to 12¢ per Ib,; 6-2%-Ib. tins, 123% to 18%ec per Ontario comb honey, per dozen, 0 breakfast bacon, 85 to 83¢; backs, boneless, to 70 lbs, $18.60; 7 to 17c; pails, , choice med., $6 to $6.60; do $5; butcher cow: 62¢; TA. The Weds Marke pr ce TORONTO. The Natural Resources Intel- , PLANE - OPS FOOD rae} BATTLE IN CAVE HAS Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, ligence Service of the Depart LAANE : . $1.31%. > ment of the Interior at Ottawa FOR MAROONED PARTY,| ~~ SENSATIONAL ENDING," Haniots oute_omingt. | on = AE -- nitobs barley a "In order to assure the con- Nine Men and Woman Will be Three Irish Irregulars Drown- All the Abele ak, aS Barta. No. ||| ' tinuance of the forests of On- * Carried to Michigan Shore ed While Trying to Esca 2, 9%, yellow, 38% S; tario, provincial and other by Aeroplane. and Others Captured pe Barl -- Malting, 60 to 61c, accord nurseries are making prepara- de. : tions' to produce up to twenty || im i 3 i 2 Mich, +The nine men and one| Ihe spectacular siege of the little band yo--No. 2, There are large areas in the n, SaY8 ned on South Fox Is.|of Irish Republicans, which had been om ite A RLS iahia, Province which are suitable only Woman marooned now have holding out against the Free State 50g included: ~ Bran, ton, $39; the production of timber, food i Hos sufficient for two seks, | 107ces In & cave 100 feet from the top shorts, per ton, $81; lings, $36; || and it is a portion of the pro- ood atippliss aust or : the Clashmeelcon Cliff, on the wild, good feed flour, $2.16+to $2.25. am of the Ontario Forest A DeHn army 3 ane, sen shore of the Shannon, in County| Ontario whept--No. 2 white, $1.20 ranch to replant these areas. The Chicago oS hunt, Xe over Kerry, has come to a sensational to $1.22, acco gto freights om de. s, however, is but one fslan a 33 eon J 4 Bay a lverno ending. : Stare No. 2 White sas le. means of continuing the forest a . boy y . PO! to-| . Two of the men whe had been fight- Ont Tle oh a por oun, Dib. production, The more import- shel=buans, batons mieh in| under a continues' machine gun! y, tite Bogs Mont: rompt. shi ant and at the same time the bacco and other iL i Bi fre since Monday night, fell from the ment, 96.10" $5.20; doronto bags, most productive method 1s to the aeroplane saw maroo ¢liff into the Shannon while trying to, 8.06 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.9 * i Eggs--New laids, loose, 88 to 84c; The new laids, in cartons, 87 to 88c. Live Roultry---Ohigens, <3 do, over 5 Ibs,, 240; do, 4 to 5.1bs., 2 to 24¢; do, 2 to 4 lbs, 28¢c; do, 8 to 4 Ibs, | ducklings, over -Ibs., 28¢c; turkeys, young, 10 do, 4 to 5 Ibs, 25¢ I 18 0, 23¢ b 1bs., 80c; do; 4 to Ibs. an 80c. | "Dressed Poult pe-Cliiekons, milk- ! fed, over b lbs, 8 ci do, 4 to 1bs., 800; do, 4 to b lbs. 1bs., 26¢; hens, over to 6 Ibs., 2 er imp. ® 2.40 per ., 28 to bec. | Potatoes, Ontarios--No. 1, $1.08 to $1.10; No. 2, $1 10.33.05. ed meats--Hams, med., 25 to 27¢; cooked hams, 85 to 40c; smoked rolls, 26 to 28e; cotta rolls, 28 to bacon to 83c; mpe- 84 to 40ec. Long clear bacon. 50 to 90 lbs, $18; $17; lightweight rolls, heavyweig t rolis, 18 to 16%e; 17 to 17%c¢; Shortening tierces, tubs, 16% to 16%; tierces, 5 16% to 16%c; prints, 17% to Ise. $7.50 to $8; 75 to $7.50; choice, med., $5.26 $6.50; do, $6.76 to $7.26; do, com., $4.50 to oice, $4.60 to to $4.50; can- ch , $8.50 -- pd Incomplete Returns. bulls, good, $4 to $5; do, com., $8 to "What did you get for Christmas, in tay Steers, S y 38 1o50; Bobble?" ! » fal, $6. s, good, "1 got a lot of stat, vt pa awe 8 (0FT0 I Pr 20 "0 through playin' with it. $7; , com. $5; ch cows, BE : hoice, $70 to ; springers, choice, oT T Hom 80 bo Joo; | hh ip) i to ; .60; do, springs to ; sheep, : choice, $8 to $9; do, culls, to o, Doge fod and waterad, $11.10 to sf gia $11.26; do, f.0.b., $10.85 to $10.50; do, : ' country points, $10.10 to $10.25. MONTREAL. Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.02 to: Can, 'West., No, 2, 68 to 8, 68 to 64c; extra No. 1 white, - No. 2 local in cotton | milk-fod, to 21e; hi 4 to 6 Ibs, 260] ; roosters, 17c; Ibs., 8c; do, 8 to 4 Ibs, 24c; roosters, 24c; ducklings, over b lbs., 80c; do, 4 to 6 lbs. 20¢; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 40ec. { Beans--Can., hand-picked, Ib., Te; million seedlings per year. protect the forests already ex- sting and encourage natural reproduction. To do this it is barrel; nd pats. | esséntial that care be exercised Hav [|| and forest fires prevented. The Hay--Extra No.2 #11; or a Forest Branch is doing good Bots, per ton; track, To. ||| Work but needs the help of all ronto, $9. : interested in the province's Cheese--New, large 28¢; twins, welfare. ; Stiltons, 20¢. Old, | |L ay , 81 to 82¢; twins, 83 to 84c; 7 Butter. Finest rints, 43 RRIER Crt utter---Finest creamery prints, 1to 48c; ordinary creamery mia, 41 ICE BARRIER GIVES 2, 24c. | WAY ON NFLD. COAST Food Cargoes Reach Settle-! ments Isolated Since January. A despatch from St. John's, Nd.) saysi--A heavy gale hag cleared away in part the ice barrier that had isolat< ed many points on the south coast of, Newfoundland for many weeks. Set- tlements that had been shut off from the outside world since January and whose people had been suffering from hunger, were placed. within reach of relief, The steamer Kyle, frozen in at Lamaline Harobr, is still fast, but ex- pected to work free in a day or two. In addition to a cargo of food for the hungry settlements along the coast, the Kyle has on board the candidates representing the Government and Op: position, who will contest two west coast divisions in the election of Ma 8, as well as all the election lists, bal- lot boxes and other election material for these districts. Next Monday is nomination day when candidates must be present if they wish to figure in the election. re ef ees Canada is Foremost as a Wheat Producer A despatch from Los Angeles, Cal, says: --The time will come when the United States will buy its wheat from Canada, according to Joseph I. Brit. tain, -American Consul-General at | Winnipeg, now visit in Los An. .geles, "I belleve Canada is the great. com., $4.50 to $5; butcher | wheat. producing country on earth," he said. "Our commercial re- 'lations are close and profitable, Wa have the consumers, and Canada for i yoars to come will be producing food- ners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; butcher stuffs in large quantities. The Can. ,adians are a splendid, alert, progres- sive people." { er etp---- |