A despatch from Winnipeg says: The ‘West is in the grip of an almost unpre- cedented snowfall. At Neepawa a fuel famine is again imminent. Storms have|¢ stopped the ool Northern trains, ‘and no wood is in s: Such a ep’ ia here in 26 y been ig fast. Slacks. sible, Owing. to ibe m Prince sage a Rouneement that more snow has fallen im ods this Winter th m = any ‘im rs in We I sre) rom remote regions come reporis 2 sortous interference with timber cuttin fnnot be cul closs. to the ground. with: IM ANG Stock Feed Is Scarce and Lumber industry Handicapped. MANTOD eut infinite labor, and where the wind covers the Tihins an far west 3 Edmonton a ‘the Shell Creek ions exist. will ig hundreds of thou- if it does not seriously indusiry. delivered at Snow foe several days now, and unless reliet mes at an early date there will be e in some homes. t Pecitce la Prairie the fuel situa- lion is again becoming acute, and. the local “dealers are unab) demands s ‘their pings: way companies di re siltation art mation will olla affect the lumber Flake, Man., COR FREE DISTRIBUTION. Third Annual Meeting of the Canadian Seed Growers’ jation is Is a valuable report of 96 pages, coulaning interesting reading’ for far- ers, The report contains a stummary the business transacte + a reprint of constitution, by-laws and regula- 6 assoeiation, the methods of growing. and aatatlind seed- grain and Other seeds of various art Il. of the sport “contains papers 8 lo lowing persons 2 i) Wheat eb ranted, tion of Certain Smut rm, he Ac! tives on thé Vitality of Wheat ;” I N hn aBpphonen: 0.A.C., Guelph, “gomé Varieties of Cer 1 Different Conditions of Growth 3" Macoun, C. perimental Ottawa, ray de Bellevue, he Seed Gorn;" Mr. Wal eds.” nirol Act, 1905, contai tof the act with general planations and instructions. Circular on a Testing, giving sting sels ond vitally, “anid Bate al noles applicable to the condition fot the trade in agticltur al si Geo, clark, Seed ommissioner, Ottawa. MAUD THRE EGYPT. Report. “ot tis Death Four Years Ago ald to be Unfounded. cA a Spite h from Alexandria, Saleh el Khalidi, president an gale of the Central Committee abe recently ex: Tunis by the fists on ay zi travel- Satpubiha aad a talk iwedons by rabud. He declines to aivulge a thi a ‘hi ave ‘ied four aie oe has ac fo all Senoussi Sener iting nat the aa of the sends a mes- ‘the Senoussl, adding : n Moslems ns.” o. the et are hing con- ther chlet is slil- alive and will soon leave Kufra at {he ne dof a large. i to reconquer. Alger! nis ‘and § KING EDW! BRD ROBUST. Mis Majesiy Joined in the Shooting at Chatsworth. A despatch ee London says: “Kin Blword,, who Is | visiting. the Duke at Dev @ af Chatsworth, Joined in tho ae font shoo! His activily denotes eis “hate Tnore robus! Pheasant a: en he was at Shats worth a year ago he was driven to the covers i” arriage, from which ne shot. On Thursday he rode to the fe rts in a cab and shot on foot. of an ee patch i Ottawa says: ot the. ‘foreign trade of the Dominion f the five months endi ing Sos show that a imports te? yunted together $278,5: w repre- sents a gain of SruerHOG! ies Mies re- ccrd of @ corresponding months 48,592,127 sho the $14,709,276, foreign reece | in same period amounted to 1 i oe oguioal of foreign st $1,940,752 produce Aaasareiet RN COAL FAMINE. Due to the Abound: from but x Washington says despaten of, but nol the cure for, 0 served as Cha an galing eee. finds inferer testimony that 86 ved! cau so agree; bt at all justifying’ the conte combination i shorta, @ conspiracy.” —~—+. KILLING TH RABBITS. Strange Disease C: Thousands. Them Off by ‘ss < patch rom Vancouver. says: Nev a strange malady which has MIDKan oil emong the wild rabbits in the north was brought to the city by Captain iz an a the west Mounted Police. The wild rabbits, ually so plentiful in thes On are be hid eles exfermitated lls. season by some strange affliction that is carrying them off in large numbers. Every esse the rabbits hecome sca Some sickness that se a By by thousands, but this season hundreds have been fo1 dead around Carcross alone, that on examination were seen to be afflicted with large tu: mors growing on their bodies. The strange growth bids fair to totally terminate these animals, eat the been a valuable source of WIRE! iS nor YUKON. Government eccives Proposal to Bridge anserons Sketions. A despatch, from Otlawa says: D> Forest Wireless Telegraph Company Asheroft-and Dawson, which by reason of avalanches and windstorms is so fi in Winter times The company wants a subsidy of $50,000 of ts plant and ) for each year a which nm words from-e: deficit_in working the kon line is over 000. AAG A despatch from London says: Accord- armored. cruiser already da no for ang. wilt Hee ask the, Rel a in| to be. $0 it more powerful than “ Will Be Longer and Larger Than New Battleships. ie 24 ‘enough workmen cannot be obtained. ip, indleding “taps tsuma vessel of the Brsadnought type has been under construction for som Bi as vessel of the same type. Their construc- tion will be secret, and the details will not be published, The work is being ‘carried on such high pressure that SUBMARINES FOR FRANCE. despatch from: Paris says: The Ad- mirally has ordered the construction of four submarine ae i Which are superior to a isting type af cf et vessels. T] Bis be o! 0 have a pte a te Tints searcil akola a abundance of bound traffic at the he lakes that ears were not available in the congested slate of that] ® lerminal. for carrying coal “to North | S31 =| says: BREADSTUFES. ronto, Jan. 8.—Wheat—Onlario — No. 2 white, 69¢ asked. outside. 68%¢ ic bid east. Wheat—Maniloba—No. 1 rihern, 86%¢ asked, 79% bid, lake ports. Barley—No. 2, 50¢ bid ei Peas—No, 2, id. io. 2 ked. low Qats—Ni freight to New York, 35%c asked main st. pose aa os tree east. Ww! ee 2e 3 tee he to 50c. $2.70. asked for Ontario, $) percent. patents for export, buyers’ bags outside, $2.65 bid; eateba first patents, $4.50; seconds, bakers’, $3.90. COUNTRY PRODUCE. : Butler—The market continues very Steady and firm. Seats : a see 28 lo Be do solids cto Dairy prints . Bag =Sibrede: ate ‘idl arm a 24c, and limed 220. New laid are nom- Pa at from 30c a cee pe Priaee aoe ag 4 lly nominal Be ry: and steady. 6c to 9c ‘we 20 Selo . ee 10c elotse “Ontarios are quoted at fo ® per bag in car lols here. —Quotations are at $11.50 . 1 timothy, and $9 to $9.- 2 in car lols here ree ~seaty at $7 in car lots here. BUFFALO MAR Busta Jan. 8. — Flo lour — Steady. Winter, on enquiry 0c lo. ite 2 wi nite ey vA arley pitetiaae wae firm; wee, in store, 6X —Dull; No. 1 Nor ribweatarae: "woe. sellers Rye NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET, New York, Jan. 8.—Wheat—S) 5 erie ‘No. ard winter, See giv) alltat MONTREAL M MARKE Montrea a Jan. 8. oat —The demand als continue ote aes are not ex nied; sale: ae to to 13¢; fc; hams, 13 to 1 sera ast bac On, ing to-si Windsor “Ege — oe ted, 20 sheese—Oclobe made Ontario, A to 12% made; 11% treamery Se 25%; ate aes 23% to BAe. CATTLE MARK: 8.=Trade was active catile at the Western wo or three loads ale. The t. Toronto, on light reo ss o Market (o-du at erpoliersee lees ranged from $4.25 to $5 per rs' cattle. were out for Choice picked butchers’ 4. heey tue hers B3.5 $ Bayes of butet fr plies. 40 to A sup) Ae 4, to 4 mean cow eedin, = * stodl Conracn, $1.75 tc is a sold at selling at $6.40 for selects, As. for Tights and fats. geen THE WRECK OF AN ARM Qne Thousand Turkish Soldiers Left Out of Force 4,900. atch Bushiere, A thousand Turkish soldiers, CaP Sian 4,000. sent to the Neid = ae has $1,250,000 Fire on the Gun Wharf at Portsmoutl despatch from Portsmouth, — Eng- : The fire which broke out on caused. damage, according to the offlelal estim: lo mount 000. The ative eaupeent OF-an ion dering b Soniliy beac Gur tauaereae he TRIED TO SHOOT JUDGE. lank, But Misses A despatch from St. ae tesa Just after Judge J. A, McDonald, of Fine ‘ircuit Court, hi a case concerning a was tried be- ; ae us of a ae the itace, 08 are | o! I- aigpated Bearionge that instar geateeen = for the poison of Riera to Beale aac | nyse cian". rain Key, + | yan hs puisigic noth: doris ial Oui stein ec | and night. When diphtheria. is et died of disease or starvation and| 1"! av void all crowded gatherings; {he rest. deserted, pecially keep children from such places. oy What is apparently only a common RS Cine 0 SNE sore throat adults will sometimes give ES DE wee to an oulbrenk of diphiheria in chil- ARMY STORES DESTROYED. wens mae tase ores throat, prudence ‘vould dictate. caution -| the milk are pi Shi Woman et Revolver at Be Point- ‘Si POISON oh TEE BREAD. Striking Bakers at ae Held Serious Char; A despatch from es says: arreste ‘of pulling acid on hund ot bread distributed omong the evs ‘esident ik in progress at a ere nd Its claimed that sie Sympathizers threw the acid and also iodoform on. wage loads of I rolls after they had left the bakery. The police have con- and are holding them for evidence, in the pockels of the four men arrested were found bottles of carbolic aci and. = packs of powdered red iodo- for —_— SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST. New Bill Proreeee to Taree Open Odd d Sections. A asian ‘tom ane says: The| $ bill wie introduced by Mr: cr men! Westera lands with the shee io. ria Hee aoe homestead of a his privilege ho extended to d 7 Se Tend held: oS the th railways and jiand companies, Pa RICH MIN! RAL SAMPLES, Hon. Mr. Cochrane s Ore from Temagami ee Regtotr that they have been off for aid ed alread one million. dol heir claims. LIVE STOCK A AND WOOL. Large Shipments From the Mi Hat District. A despatch from Me ine fat says: icine uri year ended Desember 10, 16. tisak ete: besa shipped trom Medicing Hat district, 1, 13,596 cat a : conside specially} the former, and there would easily wave been van more cattle ee but fo n 27 545, ‘and sheep; DUCATION a eoUNe ED. Mixed S hools Bad t aveatona ally and Physically Londen, e of I A despatch from ays: At a confere r 1 ren, educationally cally. It wa nd under de- rt r boys. to be eve e, her teachers d the mixed a tem. their no TRAPPED THE GROCER. icf Then hrough the Montreal ae nt Calmly A despatch: from Montreal says: A man walked into David Guerin’s grocery store on Friday and asked for a pint of c er down a ap-door piled boxes it and coolly went out several There was $20 DIPHTHERIA, Diphtheria Proper is ive a_ preventable measure from the kes ils ¢seape upon som eb ae is sie bh ele where the dis OR Se senidet go where it come to your. louse banish all sour ground, of the want is under ai "should be era ie ine d S not come from far through the air, therefore do not shut bp. yur hades ‘lighily, nui thereby shut out tho disease, By. so. doing b you shut in ihe poison of -rebreathed air, which paves the way and makes it ater ‘things, whieh go from mouth to moi es that the drinking. water and ——$——— FATHER'S GIRL. Her hair is straight and stubborn; she has freckles by the score e pea an, sallow, by her rs fair But. she never aes a doing kindly acts | Mary brings the ‘water sie and hunts her Mary cae the kitehén floor and ap mimy's’ bat. fudge McDonald two months. ago, CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS UAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER TUB GLOBE. eee Briefs From Our Own and ~ Other Countries of Recent CANADA. ee eu had 45 business fail- ures i The on a A Trunk pe pus a new eaten an hotel at Otla inion See have ée- ede. to sregulite the export of electric pow Mr. Cawthra Muleck ti given. $10,- 800 to the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Ane m yacht costing sixty thou- sand-dollars | i being built for Dr. Oron- yatekho at Pic! Tie er gs of Brantford’s waterworks, owned by the town, total e Tee due ine Go ave ent from Sobalt Lake, ‘ravings ument is con acing the ‘dvisabity of es ablishing two more agricullu Har s for 1 | Company buyi uae rat h the lon of produe! ng “theit cum coal crop. of th prairie totalled -201,( ushels, 720,100 shes bets bern lician, a ae a ern, and his 's sen ed to seven years i mt de Paul, has been pelensed on “ieket of leave, ‘The Bertin and Sats Street Rail- way ae been valued makes at 0, and this the Berlin neil will pay erties plant if the company will sel Lands, Forests and ‘Mines Departs ment is advertising for tenders for the right to cut pulpwood cha orn OE 1 100 square miles in the Nipissing dis- tei. { Halifax 36 Turks bound vated Sint, ‘are elng detained U.S. off o fear their being taken to the rand of the “free in violation’ of Ane alien Iai The ‘bill whtelt ig 16 be inbodiieed by Oliver amend the: Dominion Lands Act, proposes to throw open for selfloment the edd numbered seetions of i ight to tho set- 160 acres adjoining Hier Gonnesiet Ge SNe ge, GREAT BRITAIN. to by the British insura pudiated all 1 e comp ha’ bilities a: sing out of the naa Ke. paper, The Irish an investigation of likely that her to, eharily 1 go Barilett of Py: an synd ning~~ bles in a eee of ian ri rae Chancellor has announced 2G hat the stag was dissolved in order to ee the Government from de- pendence the ae icals and’ to strengthen the Libera! SS fish leges of no Value, A despatch from London ae ed. the sn syst cation of the English aristocratic class fntthe following confession: *T place myself before you as an example of de- qiengy. in. education. I went throug the ordinary Public school course, received a universily education. I found Thyself at 21.0 bachelor of aris of Cam- bridge, with a certain knowledge of pan. and Greek, which I never found of will Hie has benefit by securing that knowledge whic me to acqui re" TYPHOID IN YE MONTREAL. Twenty-nine cases eek — Civie Offic! indy, despaten ae Sis says: that 29: nev among civie officials. dical Health Officer, said’ that there were a: the present time some 200 cases of Va. ve re fe spent the | ni it is now too late for}. A despate stitutional Di “su On Nov. Major pee al vi of 0 Prince Peter Al hee were aya ngorous is On which he himself had previously san IPPRESSED THE RUSS, \ U Young [lan Put a Bullet Into the: Prefect’s Brain. ch from St. Petersburg says: emote, rovitch, Duke of G A des) verit 14 last von der ‘Eaunitz, act- | “John d Democrats in St. Petersbur, fr father of Prof, constitutional member of the 23 last-von der Launitz sup- Howard” of Russia. Proms! the Russ of St. Petersburg, bee e of the publication of an article by, moral consciousness in DYING OF COLD IN RUSSIA, } atch from Odessa says storms and blizzards of exceptional see R wailing throughout south. the services there, and while standing }ern and south-western Russia, —Trafio’! near several high officials, the prefect | on the railroads is interrupted and’ great ached from the rear by a life is reported. According to nc-* young man, wh ww @ revolver and| counts 160 persons succumbed to tho Shot him in the base of the brain. Von|cold in south-western provinces alone, der Launita fell forward and died | * two minutes, assassin turned to ; BEI Gee one of the officers. present drew: his} POUND TO CHAIRS AND “ROBBED, "| sabre out, cut the man down and killed] A despatch from St. Petersburg sa him. A sensational outrage was es WAS A PETTY DICTATOR, ty terrorists al ock on Friday af+ térnoon on. the Nevski Prospekt, in the After digstiulion “at the Russian Par-loentre of St. Petessburg.” Four young liament, little short of those of men entered the flat of Gen. Stchepkin, petty lor were conferred upon ‘ae was Governor of Siberia under tue Pretec! of Palice von der Lounita, liberal regime of Alexander II, Some idea his. activity may be| seized the general and bis aged. wites gathered from figures which he caused] pound -them fo. chairs, and demanded: to be published on Dec. 28 las that the general hand over his .money, ig anna thay ‘he “Flying Sec-!for the “cause.” Both the general and io! eae had made 588 his wife became unconscious. The ter- peo ure. Ses ibe oe then broke open a desk and se ‘ 500 roubles ($750), A- maid-sers women, were A raised an ‘alarm, and aa apes ation” Fees attempted to escape. and: searches | S224, immediately ior "hlinselt dads is they Stehepkin, a prominent® cf her. political opinion: and wi nenty under the 1 vill V exchange an ional £ Three en A dapat Ba) he fle of w oa three cen oe and spri ROBBER IS A CANADIAN, Charles Powley States His Home Is at Charles Powley w i ra cu niles; was identified by the Ue and por: | ly, el train. cretion of the ju ‘My wiey told ies, WHEAT Ston AGE SENSOR UN TENDERS. Mon He was lodged in jail ill be delivered C the anion. point eight n NB ee ay Commissioners Tave. Issued Call for Berlin, Ont. ‘ive Additional Sections. h from Richmond, Va., says:} A despatch ‘from Ottawa says: “The as a ted by detec- of the T i Railway on Friday issued a call for tenders for five additio nal sections, such tenders to be in by noon of Feb, 14. The different sections areas fallow rom rly. ‘trom 2, about © ‘Quebec bridge easter- m La Tuque westerly, Kl aes county, in River, Soul hepa for ‘about 15 as committed, for trial. The miles. For sections 1 and 4 the deposit the “offence may be death, |in each case is, to be $75,000, for section laws of Virginia, in the dis-|9 , for sections 3 and 5 each Milwaukee's Olta’ four different three or lecision ie FAVOR PENNY SCHOOL LUNCH. Scheme ‘Throughout the United States, wile, Is Being Copied to have ste lespatch from Milwaukee says: Th x patch from Milwaukee says: The ne my lunch kiteb which are Fain jong EWE VERE maintained n’s School Al¥ bp stearate ta bag liane, of this city, are featured as modet Diamonds Worth $50,000 Found in a|institulions which eing copied sik Railway Car, ba tie ugh: it Company, has A despatch trom Savannah, Georgta, | N husells Asser Jewels, — principally tisenes: n of nit bly. valued by 8 local expert at 850,000, hay @ hav ritlen to Mrs. With one blow recovered on Wednesday the At |e He Whitnall, of this city, asking fon Smith Tuesd ght lantic Coast Line and wilt he sent information about the penny lunches, nthe: streot in © Diony Rus Miranda, a Cuban, who|with a view to duplicating the syste Smith told her hi Be Myers bad 1s awaiting their arrival at Jacksonville, | there. The New York people want ta attempted to flirt with hen “smith ja., before proceeding on his way just what is the apparent effect Myecs © swinging blow on the ja\, “tnd Senior Miranda and his nite areal siiy- ane ee pai upon the school Myers’ neck was. broken. Toft New. York on Monday, They had | ghildre % a satchel containing fin ele PENERAT Jacksonviie they. complained of the loss ——+. Japa nsist_ on havin; abe the jewels. r fellow- 2 LE F PI ia ost ihs Salty ttt | Sng oman and hee aug] TRUCTAL FINGER. PINTS The Atlee A ere teorssod | were arrested but subsequently released: New! Rochult (Was: Siintha sok © vies Indian ate on his visit. to the} The jewels — were foun me negro tracer leno. porter in, the joitet room where : Polish National League is aclively | it is supposed they may have ween tet} A despatch from Columbus, Ohio, Piisite for the independence of the y the thief to be secured later when | so hen George W. Deacon, who en- Ty. opportunity ae | . listed in Cleveland a few days a pe d in an encoun- ara being examined at the Columbus bar- V alice al an unauthorized Sie a racks on Wednesday, he grew agitated meetin STRONG €RUI avhile the imprint of his fingers was : took place 4 being tak sking to be excused to S w a ene Pralgeie twa | Britain me Send Six of ae vies to} got a drink of waler, he disappeared, i ench officer Visit United States Por Wilhin a short time a request was re- “Foreign merchanis in Manchuria tain 0 cnivet! that: Us he ‘held for authorities i me mere ae oa agatha sent: nee vend: the firet {at Delrolt, where he is’sald to havo Deacon could not ipton Roads: for | murdered hi "Ot stnS Jamestown EtpORL ve Great Britain an De ‘ang naval representation, as ee made up of six of the best es eae nored erulsers, including the Sh sate i it other ports, and piers. with otner Pts Ad Te) nt liar IN STEAMER, Estimates Show 5,000 for Si Ces) se from St. Petersburg sayst t pared by the Minisity Expe pends Of £523) Months. budget estimates of 1907, Sane a Bushel Paid for Winter tin i prov ee Nadu oF antes id. Spring Delivery. ot 8.7 per ceéit., compared with the semi- h from “Fort William, Ont. annual exper nditures for the samé period ane J. B. Wood of the of 190 greatest part of the increase nas. taker 325,000 | will be ahsorbed in the payment Of in Heat here The eeaiies will | terest bij of 1906, which in- ts hel for winter stor- ng ‘ellvery at Bu croised. iho total interés chiirges.frotn $11,098,000 to $94,730,000, by the most 00. thought that | ant be sav be the case, bare walls. The fire br posed t typhoid in the various. hospilals. A~ despatch from Belleville says: Belleville was on Friday evening visited curred for years. Sinest hostelry, between Montreal s the flames had fe considerabl way, and the men had the disastrous fire that has oc- The Hotel Quinte, the and din, @ portion of the building : ed, but such: proved ni as nothing remains but the ed aaasl es condition. lost the ventas part 8 rincipally of pres: The ue ishings throughout were i the. * BELLEVILLE HOTEL BURNED The Hotel Quinte Destroyed Entailing $100,000.00 Loss, A as of fate ‘ was. four one Mr. me V.denking is a proprsto, ent ke out at 10.30, and 5 cu such unable to state what 406 shee hb ars ‘aiuméeige hen discover je head- ‘hotel. pro) fight of tc be ‘an the building was, but it will met. ee! int