The rest was easy, and in a short - xew boy.--Youth's Companion. elderly man of respectable appear- a thy English families out of $250,- 000. It is alleged that when a death notice appeared in the English pa- pers, Adams or an associate would. write a letter addressed to the dead _ tives, acknowledging previous An amusing incident took place at _ owner and coal merchant. To many of the questions put to him by the: - trar told him he must confine him- 'self to answering questions 'out making speeches. . This rebuke' did not produce much effect, draw- (ing from the registrar the remark : --.. "Tam afraid he will have to be un- despatch from Toront ter years of patient enquiry the examination of in the borhood of 50 sites, Government has at last se tiled on ut t properties se- eas of Guelph. 'The cured ave four in number, of 210, 50, 130 and 123 acres respectively, making a total area of 513 acres. The government considers that it _ Was very fortunate in securing a site : which cembines almost everything which 36 required. The transpor- tation facilities are unexcelled: The C. P. R. runs through the proper- ty and the G. T. R. skirts it. There are "six trains a day each way to Torento. The situation is almost at the cen- tre of the criminal population of Ontario, which is placed at about £5 miles west of Toronto. This will involve @ minimum cost of trans- ~~portation of prisoners to the prison. The River Speed flows through the property, giving ample water sup- ply. The 210 and 123 acre' properties contain limestone, which will be useful in the construction of the pri- son, and will also be utilized for the the Ontario| im- ince. The 180 acre property con- tains sand and gravel in abundance and an admirable building site. The other block is good land 'for farm-. jing, vegetable gardening and dairy purposes. The properties purchased are :-- The Walsh farm, 180.acres, with an inexhaustible deposit. of rock and white and grey limestone, fronting on the C. P. R. The balance of the farm is good agricultural land. The Farr farm, 83 acres; good pasture and agricultural land, suitable for The Matthews farm, 210 dairying. acres, with large deposit of rock and dolomitic limestone, on the C P. R. Also a large acreage of farm Jand and a site for buildings. The Meyers farm, 50 acres, with big gravcl and sand deposit, con- tigous to the G. T. R. Also fine fart land and a site for buildings. The Fleming farm, 180 acres, two- thirds fine farm land, with deposit of blue clay suitable for manufac- turing bricks. Two other adjacent properties are under consideration, but the price so far asked is greater than the Government is ready to pay. = Tho minister's hat was up in the big maple, where a frisky wind had blown it, "Can't anybody shinny up thet tree?' said Thomas Keyes; and after two or three of the boys had tried it in vain, -Thomas's. head wagged an "'I told you so!" 'the minister brought a' ladder, but it was too short to reach the lowest limb. Harry Rogers ran fora clothes: po! ba lauteneG the TiHiSver, afraid i shallhgve to buy a} + 673 now. hat."' Just then the new boy came _ along. Nobody knew much about the new boy. He had not lived on - that' street very long, and as he was a little shy, the others had quickly concluded that he was not worth getting acquainted with. The children were now somewhat sur- prised te see him walk up to the minister, and say, with an eager manner, "May I try it, sir?' 'Ym more than willing," said the minister smiling, "but I don't think you can get it." "Have you a long rope?' asked the new boy. "Woh, he can't do it with a rope!" sneered Thomas Keyes to his next neighbor. But the rope was fetched, and tho little crowd watched breathless- ty while the new boy wound it round and round his hand and el- bow, and then deftly threw it over a stout limb. "But I don't see--" began Tho- mas, and then stopped. The new boy was skilfully knot- ting the rope into a sort of ladder, which presently he ascended, and was safe en the limb of the tree. time the hat was on the minister's waead, and the minister's hand was ging-that-of the new boy. "J am proud to know you!" said the minister. "A boy who can prove himself so skilful and so help- ful without any fuss is worth know- ing."' Tivethas Keyes did not say a word; but the admiring looks that 'a few moments before had been giv- en him were now centered on the ' vi - SUCCESSFUL SWINDLERS, 'Netted $250,000 by Fake Mining < Sheme. A despatch from New York says: 'fn the person of Charles Adams, an ance the police say they have one of a group ef mining swindlers who na recent years have fleeced weal- "man, knowing that it would probab- | ly fall into the hands of the rela- aid by the addressee and telling him »w to makeshis fortune in mining stocks and how, in gratitude, he now offered his bencfactcr a chance to buy choice mining shares. DID AS HE LIKED. 'Brighton, England, during the ex- amination in bankruptcy of a ship official he insisted on giving an-|{' sewers at great length. The regis- with- muzzled to answer questions, and ther full. the smart trimmings for the tailor- ed turbans. high faver. Most of them are quite closely fitted. bans are shaped almost exactly like a helmet. orate for decorative effects, but they do not appear in numbers. worn with the turnover collars of embroidered batiste or linen. but the wide neck piece of this style is more the favorite. own in suits, but fabrics are rough instead of hard and smooth. sh wn in net, crepe, voile, messa- line, taffeta, moine, and satin. street wear are so trimmed with fur that wraps are considered unnec- essary. dence than ever before. there are bows and bows and bows this season. crepe, the shirrings being held place by narrow bands of taffeta or nun's veiling. gant in size and decoration. of the latest and richest are adorn- el with hand painted miniatures. en to @ particularly alluring silk striped chiffon cloth that is quite & favorite for blouses. some of the new and unusual ca- buchons on hats and gowns. are to be had in a variety of col- Ors. and attractive. with a button-holed edge and have more or Jess elaborate handwork as well. ped and gathered or shirred under the cap wrists. In fact, the bishop tendency is marked. ing a rest, and those of deep vio- let, powder prune, and seal are chosen by the sinartest dressers. with shell pins and combs, and those for evening wear are richly decor- ated with inlaid jewels. : the. body of the garment, but which are neither of the old dolman shape nor of the badly used kiniono style, figure in the richest coats. ; is a filet of black velvet about half an inch wide, finished with a tiny hen muzzled immediately.'" how either directly in front or a little to one side, : CREEP ee heehee Fashion tlints. Pb ebb teed SEEN IN PARIS SHOPS. Dark sepia is the most stylish shade of suede footwear. Among the new purses, Square onés are popular. "In silks, brocade is the ultra pet- ticoat material at present. Seal plush coats,;-made up after real seal models, are in demand. Cerise, .a.shade. so years ago, is: age: novelty is' ac length « } hairpins a P ip BoDofonfucfin ferfacloedtock A ee Ore Pee Or et On the shes ane appearing nds and a pufi i may now be used for laborate daytime o ou é sions. Handsome combs and other hoi+ ornaments are shell, richly inlaid. | « Heels continue high, but they areit thicker and more substantial than last year. Coats distinctively separate and or dressy wear are long and ra- Quills studded with jet are among Long fur-coats were never in such Some of the handsomest fur tur- Buttons continue large and elab- The broad bow of velvet is much A few narrow fur stoles appear, The old popular blues hold their Black waists are popular, and are Some of the velvet gowns for Bows on shoes are more in evi- In fact, Mourning muffs are made of in Hatpins were never so extrava- Some Peking messaline is the name giv- Beads and braid combine to make They Scarfs of white pongee are novel They are finished Some of the new sleeves are cap- and at the elbows and The monotonous black veil is hay- blue, bottle ~ green, The new coiffure is all a-bristle metal and sunken Sleeves that are cut in one with A pretty ornament for the hair a} ployment of the prisoners in sup- | id) Piying crushed stone for the provement of the roads of the prov- | Thursday. vietim died on the way. : Mome Authorities Said to be Pay- Is is stated here that letters have been received from England to the efiect that the British authorities are feeling the way with a view to appoint the Duke of Connaught, the King's eldest brother, Gover- nor-General of Canada, this cau- tion being caused by the fact that the Duke himself hesitates before acceptance, being not at all certain: j= 2) Panes coe = _ The coal. production of Nova Scotia has fallen off nearly a mil- lion tons, owing to the strike. | |. The 'holiday passenger traffic on the railways is so far the heaviest on record. fea ee Seb The General Conference of the Methodist Church will meet in Vic- toria, B. C., in August of next year. 'Railway Employees has amalgamat- ea with the Canadian Federation of Labor. ' The Railway Commission has de- cided to allow the telegraph com- panies to put their new short code regulation into force on July Ist. _ The Montreal City Council passed the second reading of the by-law to close all barrooms at 10 o'clock, and at 7 on Saturday evening. ' Immigration returns for the last sixty-eight percent. in the pnum- ber of arrivals from the United States. Miss Isbister, a nurse, was award- ed $4,000 in: her action against the Dominion Fish Company at Winni- peg, for injuries. received in the burning of the steamer Premier two years ago. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Balfour and° Mr. Haldane are both ill and unable to take part in the British election campaign. The report that Mr. Herbert Gladstone is to be Governor of South Africa is officially confirmed. Lord Rosebery' has asked both parties in Britain to state their policy with regard to the reform of the House of Lords. A great number of inquiries have reached Sir Thomas Shaughnessy in London régarding the C. P. R. immigration scheme. John Burns told his constituents thet Britain wotild. take a lesson from Germany and avoid protec- tion and conscription. The London correspondent of The Freeman's Journal says the Unionists will not carry more than twenty seats in London. UNITED STATES. niy-seven modistes were in- > New Yo#& on charges of lice of Pitsburg have chal- 'iW the police forces of a . ene to~a, drill competition. New Albany, Ind.,; pusband Ang hs may BW oy York ¢ banque: at GENERAL. Dr. Jose Madriz has been clected President of Nicaragua. All the members of the new Por- tuguese Ministry are Progressists. Japan will adopt a tariff for rev- enue only. He. FATHER AND SON KILLED. A Peculiar Coincidence Attends Their Death. A despatch from Ottawa says: In identically the same way, in the same lumber camp, and within a few days of the same time of the year as his father met his death four years ago, Louis Gauvreau of Aylmer, aged 18, was on Tuesday erushed to death by a falling tree at Ritchie's lumber camp, near Mattawa. He did not move far! enough out of the danger zone when the choppers brought down the tree. EIGHT WERE KILLED. An Explosion in a Coal Mine Herrin, Tilinois. A despatch from St. Louis, Mo., says: Eight men were killed and 400 others had a narrow escape in an explosion of gas in mine A of the Chicago and» Cartersville Coal Company at Herrin, Tll., late on Open lamps earried by employees of the mine are believed to have eaused the disaster. There were three men and a boy in this! party, and all are dead. eae DIED ON HORSEBACK. Wounded Man Was on Way From | Shanty to Mattawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: A youth named Gauvreau, a log hauler, was killed at the Ritchie camps, near Mattawa, by a falling tree. He had stepped aside, but did not move far enough, and was crushed between two logs. The foreman started out on horseback with the wounded man, to ride to Mattawa to the hospital, but the at CONNAUGHT MAY COME. ---- ing the Way. au A despatch from Montreal says: as to the temper of the Canadian people on the subject. uae swould be: | - The Canadian Brotherhood of| eight months show an increase of pedition led ty him td Phas oa " 4 fy " luTsGay went 8s Pole might yaake an. att 0 ciao ie ages the buiidine 3 . ] 3 | SiGep. £06 3.00 TNS Ais CID é a he ati leeey men were smothered j lames. Thre Struck by Freight Car While Re- Ont., says: Louise Bray, the six- year-old daughter of Mrs. Bray, Ottawa, was almost instant- ly killed at the John streets crossing at Steeltou at 4.30 on Wednesday afternoon. The child was sleigh became caught in the track. Returning to get it, she was struck by a freight car, which was being shunted. She was struck on the temple and lived only twenty-five minutes. The girl had been in the Soo about one month, coming here to act as flower girl at the wedding of her aunt. Motor Bus was Forced on Top of Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner, had a narrow escape Thursday night. en up to the Canadian Government office on Victoria Street, when an- other automobile motor bus and forced the latter on top of Lord Strathcona's ear, which was badly damaged. cona was thrown down, but was not 'hurt. Net Result of Local Option Voting | All the returns from the 41 muni- cipalities are in from the province and as a result of the spirited local optien contest twenty-one were won by the veto people and twenty by the liquor forces. will be closed as the result, and one which was formerly closed will be allowed to reopen. therefore, to the temperance cause is that the province will contain ten fewer hotels this year. Montreal Finance Committee Votes At a meeting of the Civic Finance Committee on Wednesday afternoon it was decided to vote the maximum legal salary to the future members of the Board of Control, namely $10,000 a year each. The sum of $40,000 altogether was voted, in- cluding $38,000 for.the four con- trollers for eleven months, and $2,- | 000 extra salary for the Mayor, in- creasing his salary from $4,000 to $6,000 a year sg ae ne coast by the end of 1912, ; CoN: Pennsylvania in New York and the depot at Washington. The Nation- ai Transcontinental Commission- ers expect to have the Government end of the read, from Moncton to Winnipeg, completed during 1912. See = HE FOUGHT AT RIDGEWAY. John M. Fogarty, One of the Last of the Fenian Invaders. A despatch from Buffalo. says: The funeral of John M. Fogarty, who is believed to be the last Buf- falo survivor of the Fenian raid, was held here on Wednesday. Mr. Fogarty was 67 years old. Shortly after his return from the civil war Mr. . Fogarty identified himself prominently with the Fenians, who were then strongly organizing in Black Rock under General O' Neill. He led Company A across the river into Canada on May 31, 1866, and in the battle of Ridgeway on June 9nd he led the skirmish line. Later Mr. Fogarty went on the police force, and later still became a mail carrier. He continued to car- ry the mails for twenty-seven years, Ses eee NAVAL BASE AT VANCOUVER. Negotiations in Progress With Im- perial Authorities. A despatch from Birmingham, England, says: Tae London corre- spondent of the Post says he learns that negotiations are progressing between the Imperial and Domin- ion Governments which may result in the establishment of a naval base of considerable proportions at Van- couver Island. The present works will be used in the proposed exten- sion. It is understood that the au- thorities at Ottawa are prepared to provide $10,000,000 for the purpose of constructing docks and other ac- commodations. ee Se FIRE'S FATAL FREAK. Hotel Burned Gne Bay, Stables Next, with Loss of Life. A despatch from Gloversville, N Y., says: Following the practi- cal destruction of the Keystone Ho- tel late on Wednesday, when there were several narrow escapes from death by occupants } upper storey winde were lost in a fire Keystone stz gua ht el, and caemmemecepentta nt OTTAWA GIRL KILLED. leasing Her Sieigh. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Chas. Wellington and sleighing and ner i STRATHCONA IN COLLISION. His Car. A despatch from London gays: the Canadian from serious injury on He had just driv- collided with a Lord Strath- tee aes HOTELS FEWER. TEN in Manitoba. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Eleven hotels The net gain, year than last PRED GRIEVE RS, $10,000 FOR CONTROLLERS. Legal Salary. A despatch from: Montreal says: ted to the Pacific} haps before. The new joint ter-|-- {minals of the G. T. P. and C. 2 R at Winnipeg, he said, would be completed by March, and will only be equalled on this continent by the jumping from +t Ps. BS ; 45% to 46%c. Barley--Feed ~~ to TBC, sales exceeded from that down to 4%e per Ib. for prime beeves; pretty good cattle 3% to 444¢; common stock, 2% to 3%e $55 to $65 each; the others bring- ing from $30 to $50 each. Calves $3 to $12 each: Sheep, 4%c per Ib. ; lambs, 6 to 6%e per Ib. Good lots of fat hogs, 8%e per Ib. Thursday. > a number of bakers for delivering bread on' Sunday, and Reeorder Dupius dismissed a number of simi ee a Ie ico = -s BREADSTUFFS. $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. ern, $1.07, Bay ports. 1.06 to $1.07 outside. : EBarley--No. 2, 60 to 62¢ outside, Oats--No. 2 Ontario white track, Toronto. 40c for No. 2, and 39¢ for No. 3, Bay ports. Peas--85 to 87c outside. Rye--No. 2, 70 to Tle outside. Buckwheat--52 to 62%e high freights, and 53 to 54c low freishts. Corn--New No. 2 yellow 71 to 71}4e, Toronto, and selected No. 3 6744 to 68c, Toronto. Bran--$21 in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23 in bags, To- rento. - =e oe COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--$2 to $3.50 per barrel, according to quality. Beans--Car lots outside, $1.55 to $1.65, and small lots here, $1.75 to $1:90..- = Honey--Combs, dozen, $9.25 to 83; extracted, 10%c per Ib. Hay--No. 1 timothy, $14 to $14.- 50, and No. 2 $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. : Straw--$7.50 to $8 on track, To- rento. Potatoes--50c per bag on track, for Ontarios. Poultry--Chickens, dressed, 13 to 15¢ per lb.; fowl, 10 to llc; tur- keys, 19 to 20¢ per lb.; ducks, Ib., 14 to 15¢; geese, 12 to'13c. THE DAIRY MARKRTS. Butter--Pound prints, 23 to 5c; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 28¢; in- ferior, 19 to 20¢; creamery, 27 to 2&c, and solids, 26 to 26!4c per Ib. Eggs--Case lots of fresh gathered, 36 to 87e per dozen, and storage, 25c. Cheese--1214c per Ib. for large, and at 12%e for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. ur, 144% to 14%c mess-park, $26 ' ; Beccot--Long el lb. Ticase ] 3 Bn 3* , a > to 20c; breakfasi "11714 to We. Lard---Tierces, 1534¢ ; pails, 164%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dee. 28.--Oats -- No. 2 Canada Western, 42% to 43%c; No. 8, 41% to 41%e. Barley--No. 2, 67¢; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to h3e. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds,, $5.- 20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers', $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.- 25- straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feed--Ontario bran, $21.- 50 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23 to $23.50; Manitoba bran, $21; Ma- nitoba shorts, $22 to $23; pure grain mouille, 632 to $33; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese--fSep- tember make western, 11% to 11%c; October make, 1134 to 11%e,; and eastern, 1134: to 11%e. Butter -- choicest creamery, 251% to 96c, cur- rent receipts, 2444 to 25c, and dairy 19 to 22e. Eggs--Selected stock, in round lots, 28 to 28%c, and in single cases 29¢; while No. 1 candled sold ut 2414 to 25e per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Chicago, Dec. 28.--Cash wheat-- No. 2 red, $1.25 to $1.26%4; No. 3 red, $1.18 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.16 to $1.17; No. 3 hard, $1.10 to $1.16; No. 1 Northern, $1.17 to $1.19; No. 2 Northern, $1.14 to $1.17; No. 3 Spring, $1.10 to $1.15. Corn--No. 3 white, 61¢; No. 3 yel- low, 61/4c; No. 4, 5814c; No. 4 yel- low, 6834 to 59c, Oats--No. 2 white, 45/40; No. 3 white, 44 to 45¢; No. 4 white, 43% to 44¢; standard, 45 to 45\4c. : Buffalo, Dec. 28.--Spring wheat, No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.1734; Winter, easier; No. 2 red $1.27; No. 2 white, $1.26. Corn-- Steady. Oats--Easier; No. 2 white 48¢; No. 3 white, 47¢; No. 4 white, malting, 62 to on ee LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Montreal, Dee. 28.--None of the Bye - per dh.,: and per lb; cows and springers, Recorder Weir of Montreal fined lar cases shortly after, }- Toronto, Dec. 28.--Flour -- On-| tario wheat 80 per cent. patents, |:,, | $4.80 to $4.35 in buyers' sacks on| Ny. track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 outside in buyers' sacks. Manito- ba flour, first patents, $5.60 on} track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers', | ated prisoners have here from Zelava' Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, | army. $1.09, Bay ports, and No. 2 North- Ontario wheat--No. 2 mixed, $1.- 06 outside, and No. 2 white and red Pity ORC TES Ce HORDE and No. 3 extra, 58 to 59¢ outside 3534 t. 86¢ outside, and 3814 to. 39c on Canada West oats) -- f eral degrees of burns, according to] but is form on the injured part. must be taken not to tear the blis=) ters--in removing the burned clo-' blister which protrudes most, and, as soon as the water has drained | away, the part should be covered: with a cloth wet with soda solution, or with equal parts of lime-water and olive-oil--called carron-oil, upper layer of the skin is destroy- ea, ma. The despatch "Two. thousan weary tottering through the etreet is horrible. Half are mere bo by the Des Moines and Ta tains. ninety wounded and the « hospital sixty. Few of the surren-| dered army had shoes or blankets. !¢ reoeeronece pooseosong | ) che severit 'ike magic fit of nerv HEALTH jf The medical books describe sev-| f gs the amount of damage the fire has} done to the skin or the parts be-|* neath, -- a The first degree consists merely | in redness and stinging of the skin, | 15 such as is caused by the flame of a| match touching the finger for an instant, or a drop of hot wax from| a candle falling on the hand. Ordin- arily this is a trivial accident, and | - tke pain of it, if annoying, may be subdued by applying a cloth wet with a solution of cooking soda; but if a large surface is burned, as when a cambric night-dress catches , fire and blazes up for a moment,! | quickly extinguished, the] -- patient may shock. ue : In the second degree, blisters]. Care suffer severely from' thing, for example. A little snip with clean scissors, or two or.three punctures with a clean needle, should be made in the part of the tia | Department, | wk camie into possession of flags are those of the 4 Regiments, 100th Artitle In burns of the third degree the Sian esimeant, This is the most painful of all burns, for the sensitive cutaneous jnerves are exposed. The first thing | mpl oF eee 'Pip hese prices. Pt The -ather.nec' erve-endings 'from contact with the same dressing as that for burns of the second degree will give relief until the physician comes. oil is best, but the soda solution is better than nothing, and much bet- ter than plain water or oil. the third and fourth degrees usu- ally occur burned through and the bare flesh is exposed. This, strange as it may seem, is less painful than a third- degree burn, for endings, which receive and trans- mit the painful sensations, are en- tirely destroyed. It is more seri- ous in its after effects, because it always leaves:a scar which is dis- figuring, and may draw the part out of shape. "In burns of the fifth degree the muscles and other tissues are more or less extensively disintegrated, and in those of the sixth degree the Ghee ' entire limb--finger, hand. arm, foot or leg--is destroyed. is more or less shock, which may be so profound as to kill; and there are also serious symptoms caused by congestion of the internal organs, and probably also by a poison form-| Edward H. Ha rriman' Was meal! ed in the burved tissues.--Youth's| Worth at the cone of Nis death ox Companion; $200,000,000, although a yx praisal of his estate pla. with cold water, cover thickly with soda, then carefully bandage. For! fact that fonts Stn a wasp or a bee sting, the above tat_shortly before his ; remedy is the best ever tried. pain ceases instantly. eough for many wecks, without re- ceiving any, benefit from the many remedies I tried, I was persuaded by an old lady, who chanced to hear my cough, to have her perscription filled at the drug store. reculiar interest, b med ase radntty the labor of seme" patriotic women of the time? They are at- tached to long -lameces.> ~ at air. «The TH CANADIAN NA Third-Cless Cruiser Appello Been Parchased. A despatch from Victoria, says: H. M. 8. Apollo, a third-e cruiser of 3,400 tons, has been pur- chased by Canada from Great Bri. tain, and is being made ready t proceed to Esquimalt for use ag a training ship and fishery protection -- cruiser in British Columbia waters. 'forming the nucleus of a Canadiaz navy for the Pacific. H, M Fgeria, an old survey vessel, been recommissioned until 1911 and will continue hydrographi work, and H. M. 8. Algerine wil recommission at Ksquimalt it March. Numerous applications ar being received for. places, in Canadian navy. hn Carron- In burns of the fourth degree-- together--the skin is now the nerve- ioe contract and -- e flee THE HARRIMAN FORTUNE,. In all these severer burns there Conservatively Estimated Now at: $226,000,000. A despatch from Now Werk gave Ri. $149,000,000.5 he -cdisers between the actual andthe app ed value of the Harriman estat was learned on trustworthy -- thority on Thursday, is due to HOME CURES. To cure a burn, wet it quickly Mr. Harriman transferred .to. wife and his' elder son securities valued at over $60,000,000. -- Bince Mr. Harriman's death his estate ha profited by a rise in market value and it is stated that the wealth of | Mrs. Harrimas may be conserva- tively estimated at $20,000,000, which would make her probably the richest woman th the world, The After suffering with a severe Here it is: WORLD 10 TEN All the Leading Firms Will The leading bridge firms of 'the world are to be asked to compete for the contract for the construe- tion of the superstructure of the new Quebec bridge, and their rep- resentatives will be invited to --in- is expected that the take four years to complete, so that it will be 1914 before the new struc- ture is in operation, In the mean-} time, it is proposed to inaugurate | 5 om a car ferry service to deal be Invited mcr FO Galpsts Boe ~~ --~ " oY: A despatch from Ottawa SU Ss }Wationnl Tiauscunginental traffic 'Two. or three months will be lowed the firms vomipeting to | oughly examine the plans, owing the elaborate character of the w. tk involved, and afterwards another two months will be necessary spect alternative plans for suspen-! allow them to prepare their. es = es ee sion or cantilever designs at the of-| mates. It will therefore Seber Albert Leopold, Belgium's new| ffice of the engineers in charge, at| the end of Summer or the early Au- King, ascended the throne on} Montreal, on or after Jan. 3 Th te | , : e tumn before tenders can ed and the contract a work will * ith the!