i CH ass Works Were Burned Causing Loss of $300,000. y insurance, carried by a companies. The loss con- ally of stock. The Canada} 4., Which fs part of. the con- adjoins the glass works, was | the extent of about $125,000. originated in thé elevator had gained such headway that confined their ¢fforls to a spread to adjoining build- G& MARKETS _ EREADSTUFFS. ), April 7--Manitoba Wheat-- northern, $1.20; No, 2 northern, feed wheat, 67¢; No. 2 feed, n----Firm; No. 3 yellow American, n-dried, 7c Toronto freights; mixed, to less. ey--Very dull; No, 2, 0c. --No. 2, 874c to 88 outside. wheat--No, 2 67c. No. 2 white, 463¢c oulside; 48c Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 44c, Full cars, $24.50, Toronto Maniloba patents special $6; seconds, $5.40 to $5.50; kers', $5.30; winter wheat pat- 'Scarce, $24 f.0.b. mills. COUNTR YPRODUCE. holesale prices are:-- gs--Newlatd, 160. Toney--Strained steady at 11c¢ to 12c¢ pound for 60-pound pails) and 12¢ for 5 to 10 pound, pails. Gombs to $2.50 per dozen, olatoes--Ontario, 85c to 0c; Dela- r fi in car lots on track here. r--Market has an easier tone. TY, prints .c. 263. os BIC to 92¢ BOUTS 6... ice cee eens 29010306 PFUMS 40. ous sive ces WElOLGC Arge TOMS 1... 1... ences BC to 250 ROUGE ice ic ive cect wc ae MOLLE Ee re Bean 1.70 to $1.75 for primes and voy Been for hand-picked. Se for large and 14\%c for , i job lots here, ° led Straw--9 to $10 per ton on nN lay--Timothy is quoted at 816 on track here. pee chet Bact $21 to 821.50 per barrel; mess, $47.50 to $18. Lard--Tlerces, 11%{c; tubs, 11%4c; pails, 11%, 'Smoked and Dry Salted Meats--Lon bacon, 9%c to 100 for tons an hams, medium and light, 12%4c ; hams, large, 11}4c to 12c; backs, 16%c; shoulders, 9%c to 9%c; , 94%c to 10c; breakfast bacon, tic Ide; green meats out of piekle, 1¢ smoked n . re = «SEEDS. lowing are the prices paid at out- le points:--Alsike, No. 1, $11 for fancy . 2, $10; No. 3, $8.50 to $9. Sam- yes mixed with timothy, trefoil or weeds, according to quality. Red Clover--Firmer; No. 1 cleaned, $12.50 to $13, and higher for best; No. 11 to $11.25; ordinary lots, mixed _ weeds, according to qualily. London, April 1.--Calcutta linseed, Aprib and June, 43s 3d per 412 pounds. aaa MONTREAL MARKETS. ontreal, April 7.--There was a good from foreign buyers for spring flour patents, Cholce spring , patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50 to winter wheat patents, $5.30; at rollers, $4.75 to $5; do., in bags, 25 to $2.35; extra, $1.80 to $1.90. itoba bran, $23 to $24.50; shorts, Ontario bran, $24.50 to $25; mid- | $26 to $27; shorts, $25.50 to 826 ton, including bags; pure grass yuitlie, $34 to $35, and milled grades, i' per ton. Oats--$3,1244 per bag. re are no changes in the Weal » situation. Seplember westerns ling at 18c for white and 13%¢ colored; September easterns, 13% hite and 13%e for colored. Current receipts are selling at to 30c per pound, ovisions~-Barrels short. cut mess, alf-barrels, $10.75; clear fat back, ings. The high wind that was blowing at the time fanned the flames, and it was feared that for a time the depart- ment would be inadequate to keep the fire to the glass works. injured in the crash. Fireman Lew Ferguson was struck on the head by a falling brick, and sustained a number of scalp wounds. Fireman Robert Hay- leg being badly injured and back sprained, and fears are entertained that he may be injured internally. "About seventy-five men will be thrown 'cut of employment, but the company will rebuild at once. $22 to $23; long cut heavy mess, $20; half-barrels do., $10.50; dry salt long clear backs, 10%c; barrels plate beef, $13.50 to $15; half-barrels do., $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess beef, $10 to $11, half-barrels do., $5.50 to $6; com- pound lard, 8c to 9c; pure lard, 114% ¢ to 11%c; kettle rendered, 11c tq 12c; hams, 12c to 13%4c, according to» size; breakfast bacon, 14c to 15¢; Windsor bacon, 14%¢ to 1534c; fresh killed abat- toir dressed hogs, $8.79 to $9; live, $6.- 50 to $6.65. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, April 7.--Wheat--Spring we lower; No. 1 Northern, carloads, $1.- 06%; Winter quiet; No. 2 red, 98c. Corn --Quiet; No. 2 yellow, 6944. Oats--Dull; No. 2 white, 56342. Barley --85 to 95c. Rye--88e. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET, New York, April 7--Spot steady; No 2g red, $1 elevator; No. 2 red, $1 f.0.b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, $1.12% f.c.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, $1.10% f.c.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. 'roronto, April 7.--A scarcity of good cattle continues, and medium and. cem- mon cattle had to take their places. Only a few odd lots of export cattle were on sale. Their prices ranged from $4.75 (o $5.35 per owt. Good butchers' cattle were wanted. "Picked butchers'. cattle, $5 to $5.40; choice loads, $4.50 to $5.10; medium, $4 tu $4.50; common, $3.25 to $4; choice cows, $3.60 to $4.25; medium cows, $3 {¢ $3.50; common cows, $2.50 to $3; bulls, $2.50 to $4.50 per cwt. Calves were steady in price at 3 to 6%c per pound. ya §5 to $5.25; bucks, and culls, $5.40 to $4.50; lambs, grain-fed, $7.25 to $7.75; lambs, $5 to $6 per cwt, Spring lambs were worth $4 to $7 each. Choice hogs were quoted at $6 per -cwt. and lights and fats at $5.75 per ewt. pas ai na" aeciee eeal DISTRIBUTION OF SEED GRAIN. Time for Application in New Province's Has Expired. A despatch from Regina, Sask., says: The time for receiving seed grain app'i- cations has expired, and the Govern- ment distribution office on Friday hand- ed out the following. figures. Saskatchewan-- Wheat, 482,279 bush- els, oats, 484,529 bushels; barley, 58,- 269 bushels. Total for province, 1,025, 077 bushels. . Alberta -- Wheat, 27,795 bushels; eats, 183,850 bushels; barley, 30,513 bushels. Total, 262,158 bushels. The total number of applications re- ceived was 15,063, there being 11,644 in Saskatchewan, and Alberta 3,419. Oats imported from the Old Country are selling at 85 cents a bushel, and other grades average 70 cents. Up to Thursday night 620 cars of grain were shipped. EE FIFTY MILLIONS AFFECTED. in India--May Call for World Relief. A despatch from Calcutta says: The Indian famine has assumed such grave proportions that the world may be asked lo contribule to save the millions who are actually starving. Lord Minto re- cently presided at a public meeting in the Town Hall to consider measures for relief. Fifty millions of the inhabi- tants of India are suffering from the failure of crops. It is estimated. that the money loss from the crop failure is $75,000,000. Dry and torrid weather is responsible for the suffering, and practically all of the crops in the Unit- ed Provinces failed, The Central Eng- lish Government has aided very materi- ally in checking the suffering of its suh- jects abroad. The Famine Mi ect teens Great indignation prevails at Nelson, C., over Rev. fl. S. Magee's stric- tures on the moral condition of the Koolenays, ROT SERVICE 10 WINNIPEG When. the walls felt two firemen were | lock was more seriously injured, his. EARLY RIPENING WHEAT| PRESTON, STANLEY, HURON -AND PERCY VARIETIES. ; Mr. Chas. E. Saunders, of the Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, Discusses _ 'Their Qualities. -- In response to requests for precise inr formation in regard to the characteris- ties and qualities of Preston and some other early wheats, the following briet summary of the principal facts has been prepared. rise Reger : Preston is the best known of all the early wheats grown in Canada. It rseems advisable, however, in discuss- ing the subject, to consider at the same time the related varieties, Stanley, Hu- ron and Percy, These four sorts have al! been originated from crosses made al the Central Experimental Farm in ithe year 1888 and are of essentially the same percentage (Red Fife or While 'Fife crossed with Ladoga). As usually grown they are very much alike in most respects and are not distinguish-. able from each other after threshing. The kernels resemble Red Fife, but any competent judge can easily detect the difference between that variety and these' others, provided all the samples con- sist of properly matured grain in pure condition. Mixtures of these wheats with. Red Fife cannot be accurately sep- arated by examination of the kernels. The statement sometimes made that these early wheals resemble or are re- lated to wheats of the durum or "mac- aroni" or "Goose" class is absurd, They belong to the Fife class and have no relationship or similarity to Goose wheat. : The distribution of these varieties fram the Experimental Farms was be- gum many years ago, before the char- acteristics of each sort had been fully fixed by selection; and hence it is now usually possible in an ordinary field of any of these wheats to find heads ee kernels of more than ene type. In order to overcome this objection, to improve the varieties as much as pos- sible, and especially to get rid of the kernels with a yellow skim (which under the present Grain Inspection Act are considered inferior) a careful reselec- tion of these wheats was undertaken a few years ago, with the result that im- proved strains were produced. Some of these are now being distributed, and those of the very best quality (of which only a small amount of seed is yet available) are being propagated as raip- idly as possible. A full description of each variety need not be given here; but it may be mentioned that selected Preston is a bearded wheat with yel- lowish ("white") chaff; Huron, bearded with reddish chaff; Stanley, -beardless with reddish chaff, and Percy, beard- Yess with yellowish chaff. When questions are asked in regard to these wheats the answers are usual- ly desired in the form of a comparison with Red Fife. This method, therefore, seems the best to adopt in considering the various points here discussed. Earliness.--These varieties usually rip- en from about four to twelve days. be- fore Red Fife, if sown on the same day and grown under exactly the same con- ditions. In the Northwest Provinces, Preston on summer-fallow will usual'y ripen at about the same time as Red Fife' on stubble. Hot weather towards harvest reduces the difference in time of ripening. Cool weather lengthens it. Stiffness and length of straw. Re sistance to Rust, Smut and other Dis- eases.--In regard to these points the early varieties show no striking dif- ferences from Red Fife. Yield.--Experiments in regard to yield often give contradictory results under some conditions. Speaking generally, however, one may expect a large yield from any of these wheats, often larg- ev than that from Red Fife. On the whole perhaps the bearded varieties (Preston and Huron) are rather more productive than the others. It must be remembered that these comparisons are generally made under conditions favor- able to Red Fife. In cases where frost hes to be considered the early varie ties usually give distinctly heavier yields than Red Fife. Appearance of Grain, Selling Price.-- These early wheats are as hard as Red Fife and when the kernels with yellow skins are eliminated, are of a rich red- dish color Which is (if any difference be seen) rather darker than Red Fife. So long, therefore, as the Grain Inspec- tion Act requires the higher grades to contain certain proportions of hard, red wheat of the Fife class, these varie- ties should grade quite as high as pure Red Fife. The grade, of course, largely controls the sale price in Canada. The opinion of an English expert in regard to samples of Red Fife, Pres- ton, Stanley and Percy, grown at In- dian Head, Sask., in 1902, was that the Stanley and Percy would sell in London at the same price as the Red Fife, but the Preston would command about three-quarters of a cent. a bushel less. Of the same varieties grown at Ottawa he believed the Percy and Red Fife would bring equal prices and the Pres- ton and Stanley about threetquarters ofa cent a bushel less. Milling alue.--In their conduct in the flcur mill these four wheats closely re- semble Red Fife. The bran separates readily, the proportion of middlings produced is large and the middlings are not unusually difficult to reduce, This means a high yield of "patent" flaur, The total yield of flour is very geod and not much "break" flour is produced. These facts are stated as the outcome of twenty milling tests of samples of pure Red Fife and twenly- three tests of samples of the four ear- lier wheats, all the tests having been varried out during the past few year's hy the wriler, personally. j Color of Flour.--Preston and these other wheats have, like Red Fife, the disadvantage of the writer has baked flour from thirty eight samples of these five wheals, hav- ing made 170 test loaves. 'This amount of work enables one to draw certain eonclusions, bul by no means answers ali the questions that naturally arise. The chief general conclusions may be There stated. As a rule Red Fife gives flour distinctly higher in baking strength than these other wheats, pro- vided the samples compared have been grown under similar conditions and properly ripened. Even when the con- ditions have not been alike the Red Fife usually gives the stronger flour. In the early wheats has the advantage. By "strength" is meant the ability of the 'flour to absorb water and to produce a good shape. On a scale of points for strength where 75 indicates weak, 85 medium and 95 or more very strong, Red Fife has varied from 84 to 102 and the other wheats from 69 to 93, the Red Fife being usually about 10 or 12 points ahead. difference in faver of Red Fife in this important' matter, the "strength" of the wheat from the Maniteba Inspection 'in maintatning its high price in. Eng- jand. The most desirable strength for 'ény flour is a matter of taste, if the flour is to be used in pure condition. make the best bread. For mixing pur- poses, however, the strongest wheals or flours usually (not always) command land all kinds of clean wheat are read- ily saleable, the demand for really strong wheat is generally very great. With alk due respect to fhe views of anyone who judges by appearance only, I am of the opinion that if their relative qualities were clearly understood the Fife and these other wheats on the London market would usually be con- siaerably more than three-quarters f a cent. a bushel. It must be remember- ed, however, that the ordinary western graded wheat is by no means pure Red Fife, though consisting chiefly of that variety. Conclusion.--In spite of their. many admirable qualities, I cannot recom- mend these four early wheats for the purpose of replacing Red Fife, as a va- riety for export purposes, in those dis- tricts where early autumn frosts are not feared. Wherever, in the western prairie provinces, Red Fife can be de- pended upon it should be the main wheat sown, these earlier sorts, if used at all, being sown in relatively small quantities merely to make possible a somewhat carlier commencement of the harvest. In those districts where Red Fife does rot usually escape frost these early wheats {particularly Stanley, Preston and Huron) should be tried. In many cases they will no doubt prove of im- mense value. They are the only suit- able varieties available at present for such districts, except Pringle's Cham- plain, a bearded wheat of similar par- entage and character, which can also be recommended. Farmers in localities where a fair de- gree of success is obtained with Red Fife but where if is occasionally touched with frost must use their own judg- ment to decide, from the foregoing state- ments of fact, to what extent they should use these earlier wheats. CHAS. E. SANDERSON, Cerealist. Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, March, 1908. a ---- ae COINS FROM NEW MINT. First Shipment Made to Various of the Country. { <A despatch from Ottawa says: first shipment of silver coin was made from the Canadian Royal Mint on Wed- nesday afternoon, a total of $24,000 be- ing sent to various parts of the country. The coins were of all denominations, and an equal quantity, so far as value was concerned, of each class was sent out. There were 12,000 50-cent pieces, 24,000 25-cent pieces, 60,000 10-cent pieces and 120,000 5-cent pieces, making $6,- 00¢ worth of each denomination. The money was shipped to the Receivers- General in. Toronto, Montreal, Vancou- ver and other cities, who will deal the coins out as they are applied for. Ship- ments of silver will be made regularly according as the supply sent out now js exhausted. There will be no gold sent out far some time, as the refineries have not yet arrived. Gone TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. United States Fleet Accepts Invitation of Premier Deakin. A despatch from Melbourne, Austra- lia, says: Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister af Australia, has received a' cable mes- sage announcing that the United States battleship fleet, which will be divided into two squadrons of eight warships each, will arrive here Sept. 1, and will Stay for ten days. The fleet will ar rive at Sydney, Sept. 13, and will re- main there 10 days. The armored crui- sers, however, will not visit Australian waters. Mr. Deakin has cabled Wash- ington that it is the desire of other Australian States that the fleet would visit Hobart, Perth, Adelaide and Bris- bane. Parts The ste iggs SNe FEAR THE LICENSE LAW. Buffalo Brides Prefer to be Married in Ontario. A despatch from Buffalo says: Since the new marriage law requiring licenses went into effect in Buffalo the records have shown a marked decrease in the number of marriages here as compared with the corresponding months --'n other years. It has became known that the martiages of many Bulfalonians are heing performed in Fort Erie, Ont., and at other Canadian points simply 'some cases, however, one or other of} large, light loaf of fine texture and | This indicates a. considerable | Division being one of the chief factors. The strongest flours do not necessarily the highest price; and while in Eng-' difference in price between pure Red 4 -- UAFPENINGS FROM ALL 0\.< TOE GLOBE. | Wee 4 _-- ex E ; 'Telegraph Briets From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Z Events. CANADA. Principal MacLaren of Knox College is to resign. : at Duck Lake, Sask. S ee _ Seeding has commenced in the vicinity cet MacLeod, Alberta. be co | Milk in London is to be reduced to 6 cents per quart. = : School salaries in Belleville for 1908 are estimated at $19,800. ; A Galician boy named Goggle was killed by wolves near Fulton Mills, Sask. . : : lation or over may Centro}. : The new wing to St. Joseph's Hos- pital, Peterboro, is about ready for oc- cupation. Z : : ? The Government will remove the em- bargo on the export of tanbark to the United States. The Alberta Government has purchas- el the Bell Telephone system in that Province for $675,000. ; The C. P. R. has let the contract for construction of the new line from Leth- bridge to Macleod. ia have Board of was almost destroyed by fire, and an cld couple perished in the flames. A general fight took place at a dance at Union, Alberta, and a cowboy named Stevenson shot Otto Taylor through the leg. its clerks with gold watches for frus- trating an attempt to rob the Logan avenue branch at Winnipeg. The Canadian Northern Railway has received information that five thousand Americans are expected to take up land in Alberta and Saskatchewan. GREAT BRTAIN. The first of the three new warships fo Brazil, building in Britain, will be launched on the Tyne this month. A resolution endorsing home rule for Ireland was adopted in the British Ecuse of Commons by a vote of 313 to 157. : Mr. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, denied in the House of Commons that Lord Haddo was in any way connected with the disappearance cf the Dublin jewels. UNITED STATES. Howard Mears died in Chicago from loekjaw caused by a gunshot wound received' March 10. Resolutions introduced at Washing- ton by Speaker Cannon call for an in- vestigation of the paper trust. Alice Marion, a dance hall girl of Bakersfield, Cal., has inherited $75,000 from an uncle in Chicago. The students of New York University went on strike on Thursday because one of their number had been suspended. Michigan territory has seen four flags wave in token of sovereignty over it--French, English, Spanish. and Am- erican. John Heity, of Newark, N. J., was stabbed on a street car by a passen- ger on whose foot he had accidentally stepped. Mrs. Beulah Hawkins has slept for 52 days in the county hespitals, Los Angeles, and still continues in the cate- leptic trance. A dog which had an eye knocked out by an automobile in Glen Ridge, N. J., has been. successfully fitted with a glass optic. Automobiles may be pressed into ser- vice as strike breakers in the event of a walk-out of the milk waggon driv- ers in Chicago. The New Haven R. R. has laid off 105 shop workers, reducing the force to 25 as against 800 when the shops are running. full-handed. Volunteer firemen used Numerous kegs of beer to fight a saloon fire 'n Gary, Ind., without avail. Loss was $10,000--partly in beer. James O'Neal, a travelling man of Philadelphia, became deranged at Bid- well, Ohio, and jumped in front of a train. He was instantly killed. At Oswego, N. Y., James Reitz was convicted of murder in the second de- gree for killing his neighbor, Murphy Cooke, in a quarrel over Reitz's chick- ens. A new line, built by the Pure Oil Company, will extend its pipe lines from Southeast Ohio to the Indiana and Illinois fields at a cost of over Miss Addie M. Hunt, a trained nurse, whose legs were cut off by a train at Great Neck, L. I., im June, 1905, has just been awarded a verdict of $25,000. Free distribution of antitoxin to the poor of Pennsylvania, according to the records of the State Department of Health, has saved the lives of 1,500 children in a year. In a futile attempt to blow open the safe of the Farmers' Bank at Spring- town, Ark., the head of one of the rob- bers was blown from his shoulders by a premature explosion of dynamite. Andrew Carnegie has increased his fund» for pensioning college professors by $5,000,000, and has extended the 'be- nefits of it to the professors of State universities. The jury in a Sunday saloon closing case at Chicago disagreed so thoroughly that several of the men were found in- jured and part of the furniture in the room damaged when the report was finally made, ' Because William | Huffman, of Con- nersburg, O., chanced to rise one morn- ing recently at 4 he saved his entire family from burning -to. death, as he discovered the lower part of the house in flames, CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS = Astrike of hard coal has been made} Ontario municipalities of 30,000 popu- The Union Bank has presented two of | Minister Amputated Man's , 7 ee | "Pocket Tne, 'Knife. << A despatch from St. Louis, Mo., says: While pinioned under the wreckage fol- hides collision between a freight and a Burlington passenger train at Span- fish Lake, near here, on Thursday, J. a MeKittrick suffered the amputation to avoid death from scalding steam. The Rev. R. C. Alien of Grove City per- formed the operation at the urgent re- quest of the prisoner, who was later brought to a hospital here, where it is said he will recover. Four others were 'injured in the wreck. wae 'MeKittrick's left leg was caught un- der the demolished cars, and scalding steam from the passenger locomotive enveloped him in a cloud. The prisonct pulled out his pocket knife, and, hand- of his leg with a pocket knife in order. quet ing it to the Rev. Mr. Allen, who, - others, was trying te drag him free, commanded the minister to cut off the crushed leg and save him from being scalded to death. The Rev. Mr. Allen -- began culting at the tendons, but tie knife was blunt, and MeKittrick suffer- ed intense agony. "Throw it away and get an axe," he finally cried. Howev- er, Mr. Allen desperately continued, and in a few minutes had severed the tendons, and McKittrick was carried inte a car. a ee Mrs. Emma Ronner, a trained nurse, who was a passenger, made a tournis -- of her veil and staunched the flow of blood, and then gave McKittrick mor- phine and strychnine to ease the pain and stimulate heart action until he reached the hospital in St. Louis. | USED HIS PISTOL IN COURT -- The Indian village of Sechelt, B. C., } Convicted Man Killed Officer and Wound- ed Three Others. ? A despatch from Terre Haute, Indi- ana, says: Found guilty on a charge ef murder, Henry D. MeDonald in the Circuit Court room on Thursday shot and killed Chief of Detectives Wm. E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three other officers and a bystander, and was him- self seriously wounded. McDonald had been tried for dynamiting stores and a church in Sandford last year. As soon as the jury reported its ver- dict McDonald jumped up, drew a re- vclver, and fired at Prosecuting Attor- ney James A. Cooper, jr., but missed because Cooper tipped his chair over backwards, McDonald continued firing 'at the officers seated around the coun- sel table. Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third shot. Policemen and de- puty sheriffs in the courtroom drew re- volvers and opened fire on McDonald, who returned the fire. The convicted | man finally fell with half a dozen bul- lets in his body, Judge Crane, who pre- sided at the trial, ran to the railing of - the jury box, and the spectators rushed out in confusion. ain THOUSANDS OF LIVES SAVED. Remarkable Results From Vaccination in the Philippines. A despatch from Manila, Philippine Islands, says: The Board of Health dur- ing the last two years has carried on systematic compulsory vaccination throughout the islands, with the result that smallpox, once so prevalent, is al- most wholly eradicated. Statistics show that in the six provinces surrounding Manila, where previously deaths ran as high as six thousand annually, there was not a single death last year. It is estimated that the number of deaths from this cause in the archipelago, in- cluding the Moro provinces, have been reduced by ten thousand annually com- pared with former years. Since the compulsory law there have been slightly exceeding five million vaccinations, with the remarkable result that no deaths, no maiming and no complaints are due to virus injection. The best previous record was in Germany, thirty- five deaths in less than three million vaccinations, : CUSSERTRG, ok ee TS NEARLY $2,000,000 INCREASE. Advance in Customs Revenue at Mont- real for Fiscal Year. A despatch from Montreal says: The amount collected for Customs duties at Montreal during the fiscal year. which ended on March 31st, was the largest in the history of the port, being $16,- 480,921.88, as compared with a total of $14,784,151.14 in the preceding twelve months, an increase of $1,696,796.97. The greatest increase took place in July last, when an excess of $458,499.73 was recorded, and the biggest decrease 'n March, when the collections fell $186,- 047.21 short of those in the same month of last year. Sc a BUILDING AT WINNIPEG, Permits for First Quarter Show Great Falling Off From Last Year's Record. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Dur- ing March there were 64 building per- mits issued, covering 72 buildings to be erected, at a total cost of $92,225. In the corresponding month last year there were 225 permits, for 264 buildings, costing $703,350, To date this year we east of buildings for which permits have been issued totals $113,355, as against $967,150 for the first three months of 1907. However, a very large number of buildings are contemplated, and architects are all busy. Owners have been holding back awaiting de velopments, ---- . TO REMOVE DUTY ON SHEEP. Meat Dealers of Philadelphia to Petition Roosevelt. A despatch from Philadelphia says: The meat dealers of Philadelphia have decided to send a petition to President Roosevelt, asking that the duly on sheep from Canada be removed, LAND IN FINE SHAPE. farmers in West Ready to Regin Seeding. A despatch from Winnipeg. says: James Argue, M.P.P., came in from the west on Wednesday, and stales that seeding prospects have not been so good for years. The land is in splen- did shape, and a great deal of it is prepared. Seeding should be general by the 12th or 15th. Wheat will be rut in more quickly this year than :t has ever been done before, for the farmers are all ready, their machinery is in shape and all they await is the proper date on which to begin opera- ticns in earnest. --h WILL BE A WEEK EARLIER. Harbor Officials at Montreal Look for Opening of Navigation Soon, A despatch from Montreal says: It is expected by harbor officials that navi- gation at this port will open about a week earlier than last year, when it opened on April 25th. The reason for this is that the ice is thinner than last year and is moving out fast. There are no signs of a break in the local harbor yet, but the river is clear up to Batiscan, which is 100 miles from here. At Batiscan fraffic across the river was stopped on Wednesday. There is now about 48 feet of water in the ship channel] and harbor. This is about normal for this time of year, DRE cre, "TEE RIT PURCHASE OF "PHONE SYSTEM, Alberta Will Borrow Money to Pay for 600 Miles Acquired. A despatch from Montreal says: The . sale of the Bell Telephone Company'd plant in the Province of Alberta {6 the province is officially confirmed. Mr, Cushing, Minister ef Public Works for Alberta, who is in Montreal in con- nection with the deal, says that the province will borrow the money to pay for the 600 miles they have just secured, which, with the 400 miles already built by the Alberta authorities, will be op- erated by the province, and probably new extensions built. Mr. C. F. Sise, president of the Bell Telephone Com- puny, confirmed the report that a basis -- of agreement has been arrived alt, but no eontract has yet been signed, and negotiations are still pending with re- gard to some details, WARSHIP CUT DOWN, British Destroyer Was Run Into by a Cruiser, A despatch from Portsmouth, ng land, says: During manoeuvres on Thursday the torpedo boat destroyer was run into and cut in half by the cruiser Berwick. Twenty-two of the destroyer's crew were rescued, but it is believed that 23 were drowned. THREE HUNDRED LAID OFF . igs . a . inning June lbth, GrP.B, Will Put On produeing flour not bale enough for the popular taste... In- deed, as now generally 'grown they yield four of a deeper yellowish color because the brides-elect have refused to | go through the ordeal of being stared | at by curious onlookers while the licens: | GENERAL. Pirated. trade. marks are -an abuse Daily Trains From Toronto. iioh "from Montréal says: As the opening ef the new Ca- ifie. line from. Toronto lo running direct belween Toron- a g, which with make the 's, culling off nearly eight {ime that it has hitherto t fram the one city to the wag decided upon at a meeting held 'at. the ¢, P. R. } Wednesday afternoon a Arrangements for Simmét trains. will be nto Limited" and and -- wilt a h, the same. day ine: is formal! al 4 CG. eV y }peints. rattan sia epibincnn se ~ From 'thal Ume on. there: will be train each way every day in the week, but while the westbound train will take 36 hours, the eastbound will be timed for 37 hours. The train will leave To- ronlo at 9.30 p.m. and reach Winni- beg al 9.30 on the second morning, making two nights and one day for the trip, so that half a day will be saved. . The return train will leave Winni- peg at 10.45 p.m. and reach Toronto at two in the afternoon of the second day. - starting at that time all pas- stiger lrains fitrm branch Manifoba ines will have arrived at Winnipeg, sc that there will be 'excellent connec- tians for eastbound 'passengers, while they will again be able to make close eomnectons at Toronto for Ontario ' Oe | than made from Red Fife... Some mil- lers. find it advisable to -- artificially bleach Red Fife; and such treatment would be necessary iwith Preston' if: it were desired to bring it to a very pale Shade of color. The color of 'the flour produced from the best selected strains of these wheals shows a great improve- menf in sOme cases over that made from the ordinary samples. Flour from the best selection of Stanley '(Stanley A\ is of thé same color.as from Red Fife. The best Preston, Huron and Percy have also been. improved, bul not quile to the same extent. Baking Strength.--It has somelimes been suggested that a comparative bak- ing test should be made to settle once far alk the Yelalive merits of these wheats. It is very easy to'draw precise conélusions from a single test, but un- fertunately such conclusions. aro usu- ally wrong. During the past few yean } eer es are being issued. In Candda licenses are required as in New Yark Slote, but it is' nobenecessary for "bots. partes: % make a personal applicatbon. CS ~-- CUSTOMS REVENUE. An Increase of Six Millions for the Fiscal Year. A despatch from Oltawa says: The customs revenue of the Dominion for the fiscal year, 1907-8, just closed, total- led $57,866,632, as compared with $51,- $12,599 for the corresponding twelve months of 1906-7, an increase of $6,- 054,033. For the last month the cus- toms réceipls were $4,356,102, a. decrease of $745,434 as compared with March of last year. The decrease is, of course, due to the falling off in imports, con- sequent upon the prevailing business depression, <=. 2 : hee 'conpicte- anearchy, prevails: in Hayti, and the Arierican warships are prepar- ing to. land) troops. : Many Haytien 'officers have been ar- ested, charged with complicity ina plot against the Government, ! A long-extinct volcano in Guatemala nas broken into eruption, and the peo- ple on the mountainside are fleeing for their lives. j : The Czar has ordered the dissolution of the Finnish Diet because of the re- solution expressing sympathy with the Russian terrorists, Dan, a hearse horse of Bayonne, N. J.. who in the last 20 years drew more than 1.000 persons to the several ceme- teries, has been pensioned off to spend the rest of his life in ease on a largo farm: It-is said he always stopped be- foro any door on which he saw crepe hanging. pe ae j which is flourishing in Japan. { { See is C.P.R, Reduces Car { Shop Staff as. the Rush is Over, A despatch frem Montreal says: About 300 hands have just been laid off inthe car construction department of the Canadian )Pacifie Railway at. the Angus shops. Mr McNichol], the vice- president of the C. P.R., said that the company had been running this, depart- ment atc out the V both in the: building ef new cars and inthe repair df old ones, Phe rush was iow over, and as the mén mow. 'had good opportunity to ner, ' | The onsiderahia pressure {hrough- | ef getting work elsewhere, ay certain | Amumber had\ been laid off, | : From enguiries at the Grand Trunk workshops at Point St. Charles it was learned on Wednesday that the railway establishments af the point are working reduced time, not more sthan three or four days a week In some deparime outpul in the construction: governed hy the «arning MeL lishment gelling ils alloted perten age of What is.carned, Whe ings are low, as the trafio them to 'be row, 'the sho short 'lime, and the hand red are | PY fak