-- the Large Total of $23,257,010 Wao me ' ae patch from London says : rsonal property left by the mer High Commissioner , amounted to $23,257,- was disclosed when pro- as granted on Wednesday. -- he precise value of the real es- left by the testator, who died ndon, January 21 this year, ot made public, but the fact: the duty paid amounted to 89,190, indicates that his entire real and personal, had a alue of $27,928,000. e holdings consist of $6,608,340 f Great Northern Railway stocks ; ,380,828 Northern Pacific Railway ocks; $4,112,803 Canadian Pacific lway stocks; $645,652 Bank of fontreal stock ; 466,071 Laurentide ak $400,522 Dominion Steel The household effects im Lord Strathcona's Grosvenor Square residence have been valued at $130,000, and his pictures at $30,000 more. *, His Lordship's interest in the Hudson's Bay Company amounted | to $1,240,000, ana in the Anglo-Per- sian Syndicate $280,000. His inter- est in Baring Brothers is valued at $220,000, If the will had come under the provisions of Mr, Lloyd George's Budget, just introduced, the duty payable would have been $5,585,000, instead of $4,135,190. A despatch from Madison, Wis- consin, says+ The estate of Baron Strathcona of Canada will pay nearly $100,000 inheritance tax to the State of Wisconsin. The Wis- 'consin holdings which will be taxed are stocks of the Northern Pacific Railway, approximately $3,780,000. em to Comment on Events A Heroine in Porsia. ot long roll of heroic women an rable 'Ohlson, the wite er of the Persian gendarmerie at un who was Killed in action in ry last. The Persian gendar- is the ony force in that country keeps the peace. It is officered Swedes and they 'are doing splendid rk for Persia. If the officers ney, be iged by the wife of their colonel they PS anDy men... © e tale of her exploit is a thrilling Her husband and the main part the force under his command had of the vad away to undertake a night at-| when the barracks in which ime, Ohlson and the remnant of the gendarmerle were left were fiercely as- or by the enemy, At once Mdme. lson took command, ordered the ma- yhine guns to the roof, and for six days f incessant fighting held the assall- ints at bay. Not only did she lead and spire the desperate defence but as there was no doctor with the garrison, @ attended to the wounded with her own hands. Finally relief came, but that it came in time was due bagi | to the dauntless spirit of this Swedish lady, and her power of inspiring with r own courage and resolution the na- ive gendarmes that were left with her. tis a story that not only the Swedish nation, but the female sex, has a right to be proud of, It recalls some of the finest explotts in the annals of the In- dian mutiny. ; _ A&A Good Suggestion. A Saskatchewan paper. suggests that "the Occasion of the coming visit of -vice-regal party to the west that the customary monotonous round of addresses, banquets, corner-stone --lay- ing, speechifying and other public func- ions be curtailed as much as possible. e loyalty and devotion of the people he west was abundantly shown our popular and esteemed govern- "neral last favored it with a visit. {, would no doubt appreciate th roverbial good nature, ysical endurance to the limit. "Germany's Competition. Germany's commercial competition with Great Britain is the subject of an interesting statement in the Berlin Zeitung. During February and March coal orders for delivety by the end of this year to the extent of over one million tons have been placed fn Germany by English, Russian, Swed- ish, Dutch and German buyers who have hitherto dealt exclusively with British contractors. As a set-off to the nation- \] isfaction at this state of affairs, nondon Times "correspondent in Berlin summarizes a remarkable article by Herr Ballin, chairman of the direc- 'tors of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, on Germany's money policy. Herr Ballin maintains that it is absolutely impos- sible for Germany to have a good fo- reign policy as long as the constantly increasing surplus of.national wealth is reserved for industrial and municip- al requiremnts, with the result that Germany seldom participates in foreign loans except as the partner of other powers. Herr Ballin points out that h French and English "take their oney abroad with great political and p tical advan e, extending 'political spheres of power, and opening ew markets, especially by providing at a large part of the money they lend 4s returned to them in the shape of or- ders. In particular, he complains of the bad effect of Germany's money policy <2: German shipbuilding, since, in spite 4 the cheaper prices, more trust- rorthy contract dates for delivery, ow- ing to less labor trouble, and an equal- ly high quality of work, the orders of the whole world--with fsolated excep- tions--go to Great Britain, Soke - The Home of a King. King William of Albania has dls- covered that his new throne is_ not up- - holstered with roses. His restless and warlike subjects are always spoiling for a fight and the accommodations pro- vided for the royal family are anything but palatial. A contributor to Colller's, who has visited the Albanian capital, not envy His Majesty's luxurious urroundings: "Doubtless all* this dis- comfort will pass away in the next gen- eration, but in the meanwhile our bo- som does not swell with longing when _ think of William huntin for 2 ick to use in Heu of an andlron on a d Albanian morning, stuffing one cor- r of the royal ermine into a broken window in the library while trying to rito a letter with a rusty pen, and icking his sceptre into a rat hole in the royal bedroom at night to discour- ge audience with the oldest inhabit- ts. For us a modern home with steam : storm windows and a good, hard- "Working, capacious cat with very little to do!" ' China's Temporary Constitution. China has a new provisional consti- gution. . it--provides. fora parliament Td a National Council and it also dir- cts that the people of Canada shall jemselves decide on the final form of organic law. -- , Meanwhile Dr. J, W. Jenks, director he Information Bureau of the repub- explains in 'an_ elaborate circular at the ert cone eee = only shee orary expedient to pave e way for a ermanent law. It makes the president ef executive with full power and ad- inistrative control, It establishes the office of premier, It vests legislative owers in the Parliament. It creates a National Council of advisory owers. ; : as been sald that President Yuan ai was promoting a revolution to himself dictator. Despatches have sent out that he had wrecked the Dr, Jenks says there is no . those stories whatever, for no prospect of another revolu- Sun Yat-Sen is charged with try- o organize revolt, but his friends is not true, and the record of that man is such as to justify the feel- hat if he 56 oes he is not a He has d6ne his work, turnod s own and is now doing nothing der the development of the great "Advance, Australia There is something inspiriting in the jtimistic message which Sir George : Australia's 4 high commissioner, place must be reserved for. com. | | going to Singinson's took back from Australia to Great Britain. He spoke confidently of an "exuberant prosperity," following a long succession of splendid seasons, and em- phasized the immensity of the opening for settlers... The stream. of immigra- tion, he said, is still not commensurate with requirements = or . opportunities, That has not always been the fault of would-be emigrants, perhaps, as the re- moval of former restrictions will no rdoubt show. For it is undeniable, as Sir George Reid suggests, that Austra- lia has attractions to offer to people of British stock that are especially power- ful, It is "a bigger Hngland that is growing up in the Southern Seas," he said--a country whose people "inherit, cherish, and uphold all the best tradi- tions of our race," In her endeavors to attract immigra- tion Australia naturally becomes the friendly rival of Canada. She has per- haps certain advantages as she is more of an isolated community with no other race attractions on her borders. Her neighbors do not exercise any influence on her life. They tend to unite and harden sentiment in one direction, Thus it is that among the lessons which Aus- tralia has none is more timely or im- pressive than the manner in which the vital problem of national defence has been faced. ; Ba BREAK KING'S WINDOWS. Latest Raid of Militants is at Buck- ingham Palace. A despatch from London says: Buckingham Palace is to be no longer exempt from the window- smashing raids of the suffragettes. It leaked out recently that two militants succeeded in evading the sentries outside the palace. Enter- ing the quadrangle, they began throwing stones at the windows, and had smashed two of them when the sevtries seized them and took them to the police station within the precincts of the palace, where they gave their names to the police. The Master of the Royal Household refused to prosecute them, and they were released after a few hours' detention. At a meeting of the Women's Social and Political Union, when Mrs. Mansell told of what the two women had succeeded in doing; the audience burst into cheers lasting several minutes. The suggestion that the Queen must be horrified at the treatment meted out to imprisoned suffragettes was received with loud cries of dissent. Mrs. "Mansell strongly protested against the action of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury in "refusing sanctuary' to Miss Annie Kenney, adding that the Archbishop would be allowed no peace until women obtained the vote. Miss Barbara Wylie, alluding to the raid on Buckingham Palace, said that 'Red Thursday'? would have results more widespread than had yet been seen. One result would certainly be that the women would become more and more determined to cast off their chains, hold up their heads and bow down to neither the Govern- ment nor the King. wt. SIR JOSEPH SWAN DEAD. Was Inventor of the First Incan- descent Electric Lamp. A despatch from London says: The death occurred on Wednesday of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, inven- tor (in 1879) of the first incandes- cent electric lamp. He was 86 years of age, and was born -in Sunder- land, Eng. He was the inventor of many other electrical devices, in- cluding a miner's safety lamp and an electric meter, and was probably also as well known for his photo- graphic appliances, as he perfected the carbon process.and the dry plate. * TWO SWEDES KILLED. Were Bravely Trying to Get Burn- ing Powder Out of Box. ; "A despatch from Cedar Rapids, Que., says: Two men, Olaf Singin- son and Wilde Larsen, Swedes, were killed by an explosion of dyna- mite here on Tuesday. They were employed on construction work for the Cedar Rapid Power Company. A spark from a steam shovel set fire to a newly-opened box of dynamite. Singinson noticed the blaze and bravely attempted to get the dyna- mite out of the box. Larsen was assistance when the dynamite exploded, kill- ing both of them. Twenty men ed down by the force of the explo- sion, but were not injured, Ede ene = : J : = Money Back no risk in buying GIN P ro sold on a positive g a, "Kidneys Cured oi : € working in the vicinity were knock- |' WS FROM SUNSET CHAT | WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE| ARE DOING. | os Progress of the Great West Told in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. A Vancouver hen hatched out a chick with four feet. = " In three weeks, the police of Van- couver instituted 30 prosecutions under the Lord's Day Act. In the Crexton District, near Nelson, it as expected that 20,0090 crates of tomatoes will be raised for shipment this summer. At Nanaimo a Chinese laundry- man was cremated in a fire which destroyed his Jaundry. He was asleep when the fire broke out, and never woke. : Counterfeit Prince Edward Island $10 amid $20 bills are in circulation in Vancouver, and two Chinese were arrested, charged with circulating the phoney money. The number of Chinese entering B.C. decreased by 2,294 in one year. The figures were: From, April, 1912, to March, 19138, 5,719; from, April, 1913, to March, 1914, 3,425. A spring training camp for B.C. horse and imfantry will be held at Vernon. The city will give free light and water, and there will be accom- modation for 2,000 mien and 600 horses. A permit has been issued for a new Hudson's 'Bay Company de- partmental store in Vancouver, The cost of the structure will be in the neighborhood of half a million dol- lars, At Fernie, B.C., a coroner's jury found that Arthur Green came to his death through a knife wound in his arm, which severed an artery, the wound being inflicted by his wife in defence of her person. The licenses of three Vancouver hotels were suspended by the Li- cense Board for mismanagement of their cafes, it being proved that they had allowed women to smoke and drink in them. Members of the Vancouver Ship- master's Avssiociation passed a rego- jution upholding the Government in demanding that masters of gasoline launches should be certificated, as well as masters of freight boats. "Tf this prosecution had been laid under another section you might have been given two years in jail and 30 laghes," said Magistrate South of Vancouver, in sentencing George Bremer to 30 days in jail for beating his wife. Chinese eggs are flooding the pro- vineial and coast markets of B.C. A steamer which recently arrived from the Flowery Kingdom brought two millions, and they were sold,- in many cases, as the product of Canadian hens. The Oak Bay, -B.C., Court of Re- vision has upheld the Assessors' claim to tax the street railway's right of way, which was denied by the B.C. Electric Railway. The judgment is subject to an appeal to a supreme court judge. At Vancouver, a Chinese named Hong, was fined $150 or three months for surreptitiously entering Canada from the U.S. Hong said he was on a holiday trip and had just wandered into Canada. He will wander back again when his fine is paid or sentence served. There will be an old-timers' cele- brataon in Nelson, B.C. next July, amd ian invitation to attend will be sent to ex-Presidént Roosevelt, it being asserted that he qualifies ow- ing to the fact that in 1888, while on a visit, he "packed ore" from the No. 1 mine at Ainsworth. Victoria, B.C., shipping men are jubilant because that city will be the first port of call in the Panama service to be established by a large Japanese-New York service, which plans to operaite at least 12 liners of the service: Several 12-thousand- ton steamers are at present under construction in Japan. The service will not be inaugurated till the early part of next year. Four sailing vessels engaged in a race from the Pacific Coast to the United Kingdom, and left Puget Sound within a few days of each other. They were the German bark Frieda Mahn, the British ship, British Isles, the French ship, Hoche, and the British bark Holt Hill. The race was won by the Frieda Mahn, which was 127 days on the passage, the British Isles be- ing second after a passage of 129 days. "ie In the Same Boat. De Broke--"So:the tailor called again with my bill? Did you say I was out?' ? His Man--"Yes, sir; and I told him I thought he was too."' One Answer, Teacher (drawing two parallel lines on the blackboard)--What re- lation are these lines to each other ? Head of the class--Twins ! é > Five young men trooped into a shop; each to buy a new hat. Scent- ing fun, the man behind the counter }waxed jocular, "Are you all mar- ried?" he inquired.- "Y¥es," they chorused. 'Then I'll give a hat to the man who can truthfully say he has not kissed any woman hut his own wife since he was wedded." 'Band over the hat," said one of we party, 'TI was pear yester- ay.' One of the others was spin- laughter suddenly gee Be) oS : gave way t0 fe it you ans bring one"? | Some men who pose as highflyerg land 'with @ dull, sickening her- ing the yarp +6 his wife, and his asked, "how wag) [there was an Indian pipe. -- Business, ~The Merchants Bank of Canada has just completed fifty years of | business in Canada and has cele- brated the half century mark by tory. Net profits for the year amounted to $1,218,694, which is equal to 17.8 per cent, on the aver- age paid-up capital for the year. Taking into account the average of both capital and the rest account, which amounted to $13,348,100, tho Bank earned 9.13 per cent., which is a trifle less than was earned dur- ing the previous year. In view of the fact that the year, which just closed, was a somewhat trying one for the banks, the showing made by the Merchants Bank is considered highly satisfactory. For a consider- able portion of the year, Canada, in common with other countries, en- countered a period of depression which interfered with the earnings of the banks. Exact comparisons with previous years is difficult to make, owing to the fact that the fiscal year of the bank was chaage. from November 30th to April. 30th and the statement issued previous to the present one covered a period of but five months. An examination of the report shows that gains were made in all departments of the bank's activi- ties. For the first time in the his- tory of the bank, the reserve fund 'equals the paid-up capital, each of these now standing at $7,000,000, a considerable gain over the showing for the previous year. The bank's cash tholdings 'are $1,500,000 greater than at the end of April, 1918, while savings deposits have increas- ed by $2,600,000. The bank's cur- rent loans increased during the year by over $1,000,000, and niow amount to $54,700,000, indicating that the bank has been doing its full share by catering to the commercial needs of the communities in which its branches are located. The total assets show a gain of almost $2,500,- 000, and now amount to $83,120,000. During the year the bank issued new stock, on which the premium amounted ti $180,000, which, with the net earnings of $1,218,000 and balance brought forward amounting to $401,000, made $1,800,000 avail- able for distribution. Dividend re- quirements absorbed $686,000, pre fit and loss $580,000, bank premises account $1,000,000, officers pensions fund $50,000, written off for depre- ciation in bonds and investments $135,000, leaving $248,000 to be carried forward. A feature of the bank's report was the large propor- tion of quickly available assets, which represent over 36 per cent. of its total liabilities to the public. This is a satisfactory showing, espe- cially in view of the recent financial stringency. Altogether, the show made by the bank is most encour- aging, as it shows that good bank- ing practice and careful conserva- tive management characterized phe year's operations. At the annual meeting it was also decided ito es- tablish a Holding Company for the purpose of taking over and manag- ing the premises utilized by the bank for the housing of the various offices. The old Board were re- elected, and, at a subsequent meet- ting, Sir H. Montagu Allan was re- elected President and K. W. Black- well, Vice-President. eee. I LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED. Cobalt Man Accidentally Touched a Wire Carrying 11,000 Volts. A despatch from Cobalt says: Thomas Taylor, aged 19, an em- ploye of the Timiskaming Telephone Company, was electrocuted here on Wednesday, while repairing the telephone line, when he touched a wire carrying 11,000 volts. Despite his injuries, he lived for eight hours after the accident. "i CHURCHILLTO BE AIR PILOT. Hopes to Qualify for His Certificate Next Week. A despatch from Salisbury, Eng., says: The First Lord of the Admir- alty, Winston Spencer Churchill, accomplished the first series of tests required in order to obtain an air pilot's certificate. Mr. Church- ill at the steering apparatus of a naval aeroplane rose at Nether- avon, and after a flight over Salis- bury Plain, landed with ease in the yeomanry camp. The First Lord hopes to qualify for his certificate next week. ee DIED IN GREAT AGONY. Sliver in His Finger Was Fatal to Walkerville Man. A despatch from Windsor, Ont., says: Two days ago Archibald Le- sperance, 45, an employee of Walk- erville distillery, ran a small sliver into his finger. He died to-day at the Hotel Dieu from blood poison- ing after suffering from intense agony. Soon after the accident oc- curred the man's entire body be- came affected, the arms and legs swelling, and delirium set in, He leaves a widow and six young child- ren. -- ; i TWO SKELETONS FOUND. Believed to be Indians Buried Be- fore Arrival of Whites. ~~ A despatch from Windsor, Ont., says: Two skeletons, believed to be of Indians, were unearthed by workmen et Leamington, The men were excavating for a new pavilion and éame upon the 18 feet oun cor | east ee : ty ii ng bhetore settlement AS Bee They rere Bas her, one lying | BOW hy id the other west. With, the former pposed } # 3 MERCHANTS BANK Te HHS FBHPENGL Half a Century in ¥ = showing the best report in its his- |. sletons about. 0" the surface of the they vent or APP UNINGS FROM ALL OVEB bh oe THEGLORE 14 NUTSHELL. Canada, the Eniptre and the World to General Refore Your Kyes. -- Cenada, \ J. A. Shales, Kingston, has been appointed science master at Inger-| soll C. I, * The German flag which for 'eigh- teen years has flown at Berlin, Ont., Victoria Park, below the Union Jack, was cut down and mutilated, : ee ' ee Several Montreal policemen are under instructions to give would- be street '"mashers" a sound trouncing instead of arresting them, Antonio Russo, arrested in Mont- real for murder a week ago on the strength of a telegram from New York, was not the man wanted. James Ebert, farmer, near Camp- bell's Bay, Que., and his 21-year-old son are dead, after eating toad- stools. The mother and three young children are critically ill, A systematic exploration of Northern Alberta with a view to the location and development of oil de- posits in the remote townships of the province is contemplated by English oil interests, The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has made a cut of $2 in the west- bound immigrant rate of $81.50, agreed to about a month ago by the steamship lines in the North Atlan- tic conference. Premier McBride, of B.C., sug- gésts that it is a curious coinci- dence that tthe Hindu question should be brought up as an added worry to the British Government, already perplexed by the Ulster is- sue, Quebec Board of Trade urges the Dominion Government to insist that one of the conditions of the addi- tional aid to the Grand Trunk Pa- cific be a freight rate of ten cents per bushel on wheat from Winnipeg to Quebec, and a proportionate rate to Halifax and St. John, N.B. Great Britain. Sir Charles Waldstein has pre- sented the Victoria and Albert Mu- seum with a velvet. cope which tra- dition asserts was given by the Em- peror Charles V. to the Cathedral of Burgos in Spain. United States. The estate of Lord Strathcona will pay nearly $100,000 inheritance tax to the State of Wisconsin on his Northern Pacific Ry. holdings. General. A woman who, after forty, as- sumed man-like physique, with long black beard, was exhibited to the Paris Academy of Medicine. A German liner, the Bavaria, evaded the U.S. blockade and land- ed 1,800,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 rolls of barbed wire, for Huerta, at Puerto, Mexico. What is believed to be the re- mains of the balloon in which Prof. Salagon A. Andree ascended from Dane's Island, near Spitzbergen, July 11, 1897, in an attempt to reach the North Pole, have been found in a forest in eastern Siberia. There was a violent scene in the lobby of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies when Antonio Maura, at- tacked with his cane and his fists the radical deputy, Rodrigo Soria- na, who had called his father a cow- ard. i TO TEACH GARDENING. Young Englishwoman Will Join the Grenfell Mission. A despatch from London says: Miss Christina Fellows, a Yarmouth lady, has sailed to Newfoundland as a volunteer helper at Dr. Gren- fell's mission to teach the fishermen sub-Arctic farming. The idea is to introduce the cultivation of cereals and garden produce in the Labra- dor, so as to combat the ill effects of a diet too much restricted to salt pork, fish and molasses. sae See BERLIN WATER IMPURE. Filtration Plant Will Be Installed at Shoemaker's Dam. f A despatch from Berlin, Ont., says: Water consumers are boiling the water, according to an order issued by the Board of Health as a result of an unfavorable analysis of the city's supply. Various tests showed the water to be infested with Bacteria. he Board will in- struct the Water Commissioner to discontinue drawing on Shoe- maker's dam for a supply until a filtration plant is installed: z 80 MILLION BUSHELS. Estimated that Much Wheat will Go Through Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: According to Mr. James Carruth- ers, eighty million bushels of wheat will this season pass through the harbor of Montreal. This estimate is: based on last year's figures, which were 65,000,000 bushels, by |far the largest shipment in years. One order for a million bushels was received this week for export, bringing the total amount for the week up to 1,600,000 or 2,000,000 bushels. : ir + ; Those Dear Girls, Her Rival--You should get Jack 9 sign the pledge before you marry Bhe--But Jack doesn't drink, -- Her Rival-=No; but he'll probab- ly be*tempted to 'later, ee That horeid ' : poe a has broken yp my home!" "T aken away your husband?" . 'No, the cook." SN. Hning gold medals +and ethics. fH EXPERTS. COMIN Sheed! British Admiralty Said "A despatch from Ottawa says: A systematic exploratio of Northern Alberta with a view to the location and development of oil deposits in ithe remote townships of the pro- vince is contemplated by English oil interests, whose representative arrived in Ottawa on Wednesday. The territory to be explored is that covered or partially covered by claims in regard to which the period for payment of rentals has been ex- s y ¥ 3 tended from time to time pending the negotiations with the British company. These rentals have now been paid up. The representative of the British capitalists who are in- teresting themselves in these claims had conference to-day with the are prepared to spend a large sum be, interested in the project. AN AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER. Dr. Kennedy, Just Retired From the Canadian Institute. When the season of annual din- ners is on for various technical and | learned societies in Toronto none of those functions seems quite com- plete if a white-haired, white- bearded gentleman, rather of the undersized, is not seated comfort- ably somewhere near the evening's chairman. Generally he is called upon to reply to 'Sister Institu- tions,'? or "Learned" ditto. There- upon is the reverend-looking little gentleman wont to arise and silence ensues--perfect silence. Not, know- ing the speaker, one might antici- pate a semi-sermon, or worse. In- stead, one is treated to a talk of abounding sense interlarded with little bits of full-flavored humor and sparkling wit. That will be Dr. Kennedy, of the Canadian ~Insti- tute, Toronto. Mr. George Kennedy, M.A., LL.D., K.C. For thirty years, George Ken- nedy, M.A., LL.D., K.C.--law clerk of the Department of Crown Lands, Ontario--has beem on the Institute's executive as editor of its transactions. They know Dr. Ken- nedy by name in every civilized country of the world--wherever there is a scientific society of any kind whatsoever. They presented him with an address and a set of valuable books a few days ago pon his retirement from the editorial duties referred to. The doctor was born of Perth- shire, Scotland, parentage in By- town (now Ottawa) on March 1, 1838, and had a most distinguished career at Toronto University, win- in metaphysics He took his M.A. de- gree as long ago as 1860, and was admitted to the bar in 1865. At various times in his long and most active career Dr. Kennedy has fill- ed the presidency of such local bodies as the Burns Club, the Cale- donian Society, St. Andrew's So- ciety, and the Canadian Institute. "Oh, we will still have to have the doctor at our annual ban- quets,"' said-a prominent -- office- holder of the Association of Land Surveyors. "He'll qualify as an ex- pupil, you know." oe 'Know thyself" is fine advice For use through life. But here is come beyond all price-- Study your wife. PRICES OF EARN PRODUCT REPORTS PROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad, Breadstuffs. Toronto, June 2.--Flour--Ontario wheat flours, 90 per cent., oe to $3.86, seaboard, and at $8.85 to $3.90, Toronto, Manitobas--First patents, in jute bags, $5.60; do., seconds, $5.10; strong balk- ers', in jute kags, $4. Manitoba wheat--Bay ports--No. 1 Northern, 994c, and No. 2, 97%c. ' Ontario wheat--No. 2 quoted at $1.04 to $1.05, outside, and $1.06, on track, Toronto. Oats--No. 2 Ontarlo oats, 39% to 40c, outside, and at 42c, on track, Toronto. © Western Canada oats setae at 42c for No. 2, and at 394c for No. 8, Bay ports. Peas--$1 to $1.05, outside, Barley--Good. malting barley, 68c, according to quality, ' Rye--No. 8 at 63 to 64c, outside. Buckwheat--88 to 90c, outside. Corn--No. 2 American, kiln-dried, 78ac, Toronto. ran--Manitoba bran, $24 to $26 a4 ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $26 to $27. 66 to Country Produce. Butter--Choice dairy, 18 to 20c; ferior, 15 to 16c; farmers' separator prints, 20 to 22c; creamery prints, fresh, 8 to 24c; do,, storage prints, 22 to 28; solids, storage, 20 to Zlc. Eggs--21 to 23c per dozen, lots. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 104 to lle ner lb. Combs, $2.26 to $2.50 per doz- en for No. 1, and $2 for No, 2, Cheese--New cheese, 14 to 144c for large, and_144 to 16c for twins. Beans--Hand-picked, $2.25 $2.30 per bushel; primes, $2.10 to $2.20. Poultry--Fowl, 17 to 19¢c per 1b; chickens, 19 to 20c; ducks, 20c; geese, 15 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 2be. Potatoes--Delawares, $1.20 on track heres and Ontarios at $1.10 per bag, on track. in- : in case Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay--No. 1 at $14.50 to $15. a ton; on track here; No. 2 quoted at $13 to $13.25, and clover at $10 to $11. Baled straw--Car lots, $8.25 to $8.60, on track, Toronto. Provisions. Bacon--Long clear, 14 to 144c per . in case lots. Hams--Medium, 18 to ; do., heavy, 17 to 18c; rolls, 144 to ; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 20 to 23c, 5 Seppd lei 9 124c; tubs, 12%c; pails, ic. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, June 2.--Cash wheat clos- ed tc to $c higher for contract grades; cash oats fc lower to i¢ higher; cash barley unchanged to ¢c¢ higher. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 2. -- Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 80 to 81c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 482 to 444¢; Canadian Western, No. 8, 422 to 48c. Barley, Man. feed, 51 to 52c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; sec- onds, $5.10; strong bakers', $4.90; Win- ter patents, choice, $5.25 to $5.60; straight rollers, $4.70 to $4.90; straight rollers, bags, $2.20 to $2.35. Rolled oats, barrels, $4.55; bags, 90 Ibs., $2.15. Bran, $23. Shorts, $25. Middlings, $28. Mouillie, $28 to $32. Hay,.No. 2, per ton, car lots, $14 to $15.50. Cheese, fin- est westerns, 12% to i24c; finest east- erns, 113. to 12c. Butter, choicest ereamery, 22% to 234c; seconds, 22 22ic. Eggs, fresh, 238c to 24c; selected, 26 to 27c; No, 1 stock, 28 to 234c; No. 2 stock, 21 to 2i4c, Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 95 to $1.25. to United States Markets. Minneapolis, June 2.---Wheat--May 90§c: July, 9ic. Cash, No. 1 hard, 968 to 98c; No. 2 Northern, 904 to 92§c. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 68 to 68%c. Oats, No. 3 white, 38% to 88%c. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, June 2.--Wheat---No. 1 hard, 948c; No. 1 Northern, 90fc; No. 2 Nor thern, 918c to 91gc; July, 98% to 934c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 2.--Catle--Choice but- chers', $8.65; od, $7.90 to $8.80; common cows, $5 to $5.25; oanners and cutters, $8.60 to $4; choice fat cows, $6.50 to $7.60; choice bulls, $7 to $7.60. Calves--Good veal, $8.75 to $10.50; common, $4.30 to $7. Stockers and feeders--Steers, 800 to 900 bs., $7.25 to $7.90; good quality, 700 to 800 lbs., $7 to $7.50; light, $6.26 to $7.25. Sheep and lambs--Light ewes, $6 to $6.50; heavy, $4.50 to $5; bucks, $4.76 to $5.30; Spring lambs, each, $6 to $7.50; yearling lambs, to $8. \ Hogs--$8.35 to $8.40, fed and water- ed; $8.60 to $8.65, off cars; $7.95 to $8, f.o.b. Montreal, June 2.--Prime. beeves, 7 to 84c; medium, 54 to 73c; common, 4 to 5c; milch cows, $30 to $80 each; calves, 8c to 7c; sheep, 54 to Tic; lambs, $4 to $6 each; hogs, 8% to 9c. There is a - HOME . TRADE MERCHANT near you; You Can Buy Cheaper At Home Ask Your Local Merchant for the "HOME TRADE CATALOGUE" and Save Money Better Quality. Lower Prices. Satisfaction - Guaranteed. to be Interested in Oil -- Deposits in Alberta of money in a systematic search. _ 'The British Admiralty is said to members of the Government, and hee has intimated that his principals ~