= ae a oe, tnd ae i New | in a Tunnel at York. eh despatch from New York says: -Af- or a ceaseless Search of nearly two Jan Janoff Pouren, alleged to be torious Russian brigand who is ted in the Province of Livonia, Rus- for murder, arson and robberies oul number, was caught here on Wednesday. He was arrested on the plant of the Russian Consul-Gen- al, M. De Ledygensky, and held for r examination and the arrival of _ @xtradilion papers. uren is a mild-looking man, and ibmitted without protest. He was wieyed as an engineer in one of the East River tunnels. He admitted "his identity by indicating that the photo- rere ee graph of Pouren, in possession of the detectives, was a picture of himself. The Russian is charged with numer- wus crimes in Riga, Livonia, where, with several fellow-countrymen, he ter- rorized tho province and defied arrest. {i was the custom of the brigands to make demands upon citizens for large sums of money, and after the expra- tion of several days, if the money was not forthcoming, they would rob the houses and set them afire. When fhe inmates resisted, {hey were murdered, it is' said, Pouren and his associates are charged with being particularly active in 1906. having, it is charged, committed a number of murders and robberies, Pedy RPM SH HEALTH fs ENTEROPTOSIS. is is a disease, or rather an abnor- 1a! condition, of the abdominal organs, h they are displaced downward, cause the ligaments and other struc- aes which Should keep them in place ono or all of the internal organs @ displaced, bul when one only is , it is most often the kidney, the on being then known as wander- floating kidney. The condition was c by a French physician, ris often called, after him, Glenard's 2 cause is unknown, but it is pro- "a weakening of tho retaining eS, Among which is the wall of domen itself, in consequence of in- on, wasting disease, debility of blood or anemia, distention abdomen from dropsy or a tumor, Tion by "ne whose abdominal s have not been strengthened by d tight lacing. Tast cause was mote active for- hen the injuriows habii was he fashion, and before the day oi traight front' corset, which, if y constructed and properly used, tive and curative rather "than 'A blow or Other injury may a single organ, as the kidney liver, but, unless very severe, rdly produce a falling of all the TThe condition is more com- women than in men, in the pro- of aboul three to one. symptoms are indefinite and some- at all pronounced. As a rule, pall the viscera, especially the sto- d intestines, aro displaced, there faint of indigestion and a feeling in the abdomen. There is flatu- geuctations are frequent, and ig and unpleasant sensations of ' in-the bowels are felt. The Bue is coated and the breath is bad. ppetite is usually poor and consti- 2 is the rule, but occasionally the ite conditions may prevail. Ner- -symptoms are very frequent--more tgacea than digestive disturbances. most common of these are palpita- dizziness, numbness and "pins and fedies" in the hands and feet, disturbed p and the "blues." he treatment these symptoms may -be ignored, for they cannot be much by drugs. The chief thing estore tone to the abdomen and ay the congestion of the inter- ms. The patient should be put ying for the most part on the ith the foot of the bed raised, or firm pillow under the hips, and should be made to overcome the of the abdominal walls by mas- cold applications, and perhaps ily. Exercise of these muscles by fauc voluntary contractions, prac- or a few minutes several limes a , Is advisable. @ patient should not stay in bed too and on leaving if a firm abdominal rt should bo provided. is only a general outline of treat- of, the details of which must bo car- Gul under the supervision of the jan.--Youth's Companion. eas roct breathing is one of the most lufary tonics of which an invalid can ea draught. On the other hand, in- ect breathing is more harmful to system than vinegar-and-milk or m-and-jam sandwiches of the school- boy order, because the diseases that it erates are more than temporary, are chronic. "Breathe through the nose--that is what © nose iS really for, Each of our fea- has some definite and practical 'ise--eyes aro for seeing, eans for hrear- ig, mouth for eating, and nose for thing. Because. one smells with e's nose, it does nol follow that there no other important function assigned {hat feature. We ery with our eyes, for that reason we do not close them, the belief that they are not meant for ae "Ea respiration should be long- ' dvawn and regular. Cases have recently occurred in which indigestion, consump- ~ fion, insomnia and sea-sickness have all been cured by proper attention to and wstematic exercise in correct hygienic eathing. 4 HEALTH HINTS. A delicate child, or one recovering from some illness, will derive much ben- efit. if its body is rubbed daily with olive - oil, Put just a little oil in the palm of he hand and rub it well in, The art of keqping well is eur 4 ing. Its principles are very simple, Bae particutarly. od or particularly ging belongs to it. Those who wish keep well must beware of draughts, tof fresh air nor of sunshine or rain, primarily must avoid {oo much The normal human being who health is able to endure a Suitiee' sirain ard carry @ unt of weight. to bed with cold feet and suf- s of wakefulness because you F a. is "faddy" to use a hot water tile. It may be faddy, but it is better be faddy than foolish. A clever beauty | dector maintains that the woman who "Buffers from cold feet at night and does- 'i take means {0 avoid the discomfort only herself to thank if she grows -and wrinkled before her time, the ry produced by cold feet being a fre- { cause of crow's feet and other kin- evils, owing to the fact that when 'to sleep it is with a set look of ther faco, while her wiser r hugs ber hot-water bottle ie and is happy. 1t is a well-known fact that if the feet are comforlably warm the rest of the body is generally in a simi- lar condition. DS oo HASTERN DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 3ist Annual Meeting at Picton. Speakers at the Hield at despatch from Picton, Ont., says The gospel of dairying and agriculture was ably preached before the assembled members o the Eastern Ontario Dairy- men's Association, which began its 31st annual mecting here on Wednesday. Fully fifteen hundred persons. gathered Jn the First Methodist Church, when Hon. Sydney Fisher, Minister of Agri- culture, Ollawa; C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Toronto: Sena- tor Derbyshire, srockville; Dr. Currie, M P. P., and Thomas MeGillicudy, Toronto, were thé principal speakers. Much stress was. laid upon the very marked advance in agriculture during the last flve years, the need for still further advancement along scientific lines and the need for practical educa- tion of the dairy farmer, What Canada has accomplished in the dairy industry is largely due to the dairy associations, said Mr. Fisher. Ho referred to the fact that though the farmers generally' in Canada this year had had a hard year, yet notwithstand- ing the agricultural situation in tae Dominion they liad» come through well. Much of the suctess of farming: in these latter days was altributed to the agricul- tural colleges. 'He urged that 'the youth of the country stay on the farms, Mr, James referred to tne fact that the great work educating the agricul- turist had long been directed safely to the man until tie idea oof the woman's institutes was conceived. He thought there was more promise in this work {han any other association in the far- mers interests. Mr. John R. Dargavet, M.P.P., of Elgin, ag president, made the opening speech of the convention. He said the dairy season of 1907, as far as the ex- pert movement was concerned, had been disappointing, the exports of both butter and cheese showing a marked falling off from those of last year, as well as being considerably short of the average of the past few The aggregate value of Canadian cheese and Lutter exports for 1907 would be round numbers about $23,000,000, against $29,000,000 for 1906. The small make of cheese was due to the very late Spring and the poor pasturage during the season. Towards 'the close of the season the make was also re- duced by the cold, wel weather, coupled with the shortage and high prices of food used af that time to keep up the flow of milk. Rua Reena, JPR LAZIEST MAN LIVING, Her Wusband,. Thinks Sadwski, of Cleveland. seasons. This Is Mrs, A despatch from Cleveland, Ohio, says: Mrs. Anton Sadwski, of No. 440 Summit Avenue, N.E., on Thursday testified in Judge Adams' court against her husband in a suit brought for alleged neglect of his six small children. Mrs. Sadwski tiinks he i the laziest man on record. "Why, Judge, he is so lazy," she wailed, "that when he goes to bed in the attic above our rooms he pulls up the ladder after him, Thal's the only stairway, and when he has pulled it up with him I can't wake him in the morning. My hus- bend was awful anxious for me lo marry him. Bul he left me on the day we were married and didn't come back for a week. Then he begged on his knees and 1 took him in, I've supported him ever since." Se lic-opan Aieoniiandionnn IN DANGER OF DEATH, Ybird of Allegheny's Population May be Swept Away. A despatch from Pittsburg sayS: Ex- cilement was created in Allegheny on Wednesday by the announcement by Mayor Guthrie that one-third of the population of that part of the cily is In constant danger of death by the possible breaking of the old Allegheny reservoir. Experts find ils condition is such that the walls are liable lo break al any mo- ment, letting forth 7,000,000 gallons of water. The reservoir is on a hill, and practically overlooks the Spring Garden dsstrict, situated belween two high hills. if the reservoir collapses 60,000 persons wil have little chance to escape with their lives. Se ee an RIOTERS BURNED CHAPEL, Protestant Mission Attacked at Klah- singiu, China, Aoat A despatch from Shanghai says: Rioters at Wialisingfu, a fown in the province of Chekiang, heve burned the Trotesant chapel and school there. The official residence of the local Magistrate also was destroyed. 1 he foreigners at Kiahsingfu- are safe. There has been ccnsiderable unrest recently in this pro- vince, but the disorders have been directed principally against the dynasty, ee SEIZED THE WRONG END, Bethune Lad's Unfortunate Experience With a Riile. ¢ A despatch from Bethune, Sask., says: Austin Stanley, a fourleen-year-old boy, is lying with a bullet hole through his right lung, as the result of a premature discharge of a 22-calibre rifle. He was drawing the weapon from a inanger of a stable when it was discharged. The bul- Icl has lodged in the lad's spine, and his chances for recovery are slight, LEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS, Toronto, Jan 14.--Manitoba Wheat-- No. 1 northern, $1.21; No. 2 northern, | $1.16; No. 3 northern, $1.11 lake ports; feed wheat, 7ic; No. 2 feed, 65c, deliv- erod, : i Ontario. Wheat--No. 2 white, 953c to 97¥4c; No. 2 red, 96¢ to 97c; No: 2 mix- ed, 9c to 9K. Barley--No. 2, Vc to 76c, outside. Flour--Winter wheat patents, for ex- tort, offering at $3.75; Manitoba pat- ents, Special brand, $5.80 to $6; sec- onds, $5.20 to $5.40; strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.30. Peas--83¥%c outside. Rye--No. 2, 80c. Corn--Old No. 2 yellow American, nominal at 72c to 7c, Toronto freights; new, No. 3 yellow, 66¢; mixed, kiln- dried, 653¢c. Oats--No. 2 white, 474 outside, 49 Me track Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 45%c to 46c outside, 46%c to 47%c Toronto. Buckwheat--63e outside. Call board quotations were: Ontario Wheat--No, 2 while, $1 ask- ed, outside; No. 2 red, 99¢ asked. Barley--No. 2, 75c bid, G. T. R. seen 2, 83%c asked, outside, 82c Oats--No. 2 white, 45%c bid, outside; No. 2 mixed, 43%c bid, outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE, Poultry--A few turkeys of fairly good quality are being offered, but practi- oe nothing of other classes -of poul- ry, Young turkeys, extra choice 1460 to 16¢ do choice sy, «. 1h to 13¢ Young geese .... 9c to 11¢ Young ducks .... 9c to 11¢ Chiekens, choice 8c to 10c Old fowl Thee eae 5c to 7c Inferior chicks and fowls 4c to 5e Butter--Market is quiet, with prices unchanged under a steady demand. Creamery prints tapes BOOO J0e do solids . 26¢ to 27c Dairy prints 23c 16 25¢ do solids 22¢ to 23¢ Inferior ALN I GCE 20c to 21c ; Eggs--Storage, 20¢ to 2ic per dozen in Case lots; selects, 25c; strictly new- laid nominal. *otatoes--0e to 75c per bag in car lots on track here. Beans--$1.70 to $1.75 for primes an $1.80 to $1.85 for harm pick en. Honey--Strained steady at 11c to 12c per pound for 60-pound pails, and 12c 'a 13¢ for.5 to 10-pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. daled Straw--Quiet at $9.50 to $10.50 per ton on track here. Baled Hay--Timothy is quoted at $16.50 to $17.50 in car ng frack, with few sales being made below $17. PROVISIONS. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats--Loag clear bacon, 10¢c to 10%e for tons and cases; hams, large, medium and light, tte to 15c; hams, 123c to 13c; backs, to 17c; shoulders, 10; rolls, 10c to 40; breakfast bacon 15¢ to 15; green meats out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Pork+-Short cut, $22. rel; mess, $18 to $19. Lard--tTierces, 113{¢; tubs, 12c; pails, 12%. on io to $23 per bar- MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Jan, 14.--The flour market is unchanged. Choice shipped. wheat patents, $6.10 to $6.25; seconds, $5.50 to $5.65; winter wheat patents, $5.50; Straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; do.,; in bags, $2.25 to $2.50; extra, $1.30 to $1.90. On the local oat market to-day prices for Ontario No. 2 white advanced 1c tc 2c per bushel, and rejected 1c to 1¥gc per bushel. Manitoba rejected al- sc showed an advance, selling tc per bushel higher, Quotations are:--Car lols of Ontario No. 2 white, 52c: No. 3, 48c to 48}¢c; No. 4, 47¢ to 47}4c: re- jected, 46¢ "per bushel, ex-store. A fair trade is being done; market is steadily strengthening and prices are much firm- er. Rolled oats, $2.75; corn, $1.66 to $1.70 per bag. Higher prices in the egg market are being maintained, Prices are very firm, without change. Newly-laid, 30c; se lect, 24c to 26c; No. 1 limed, 20¢ to 2c. Stocks of cheese on the local market continue to rapidly disappear. Novem- ber tailends, 12¢ to 123{c; Octobers, 18c 134; Septembers, 13%c to 13%. A good trade is being transacted in the butter market. Grass goods, 28¢; current receipts, 26¢ to 27c, Provisions--Barrels short cut mess, $22.50 to $23; half barrels, $11.75 to $12.25; clear fat back, $23.50 to $24.50; hong cul heavy mess, $21 to $24: half barrels do., $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt long clear backs, 10% to 11\e;_ bar- rels plate beef, $18.50 to $15; half bar- rels, do., $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess 'beef, $10 to $11; half barrels do., $5.50; lard, 12440 to 13c; kellle rendered, 1244c 40 13c; hams, 12c to 134c, aceord- ing to size; breakfast bacon, 14¢ to 15e; Windsor bacon, 14%c ta 15\e; fresh killed abaltoir dressed, $8.75 to $9.25; 'live, $6.50. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, Jan, 14. --- Wheat -- Spring easier; No. 1 Northern, $1.1744 carloads; No. 2 red, $1.05; Winter, firm. Corn-- Steady; No. 2 white, 63c; No. 2 yellow, 63%c. Oats---Strong; No. 2° mixed, 49%c; Ne. 2 while, 55c. Barley--$1 $1.15. Rye--No. 1, on track, 87c. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Jan. 14.--Wheat--Spot easy; No. 2 red, $1.06 elevator; No. 2 red, $1.06% f.0.b. afloat;No. 1 north- ern Duluth, $1.234 f.0.b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, $1.17}4 f.o.b. afloat. CATTLE: MARKET: Toronto, Jan. 14,--Picked: butchers' cattle sold at $4.70 to $4.80; choice loads brought $4.25 to $4.50; medium, $2.75 to $3.75; choice eaws, $3.59 to $3.85; medium cows, $3 to $3.40 common ccws, $2.25 to $2.75; canners, 75c to $1, and canning bulls, $2 to $2.50 per cwt. Only a few export cattle were sold, evs. Export bulls sold at $3.50 to $4.25 per cwt. Quotations were nominal for feeders at $3 to $3.75 per cwl. . Light stockers sold at $2 to $2.75 per cwt. Calves sold at 3 to 6c per pound. Milch cows were not in extra good demand. Prices ranged from $35 to $59 for good ones. Export ewes were worth $3.75 fo $4.- 25, bucks and culls, $3 to $3.50; lambs, $4 to $6 per cwt. Hogs continued unchanged. Selects brought $5.90, and lights and fats, $5.- 65 per cwl. , edetumenen. | Bemanenneinad GOWNS MADE AT SEA. New Winer Will Have a Modiste's Parlor } Aboard. A despatch from New York says: The Times says: Among the innovations which Herr Balin has planned for the new Hamburg-American liner, Europa, new being built at Belfast, are a tailor's shop and modiste's parlor, which will be under the direction of first-class artists from London and Paris. American tailors will also be on board to please these who like English cloth but not the cul. Whether women will feel spry enough to try on dresses on mid-ocean is yet to be proved, but Herr Balin thinks that the great size of the Europa, 40,000 tons, will preclude the possibility of rolling to any extent and permit women tu keep their feet while being fitted. di "Ee Sacoan AN ENORMOUS. DEFICIT. Frussian Government Wili Have to Pro- cure $110,560,606. A despatch from Berlin says: In the course of the sitting on Wednesday of the Landtag, Baron Von Rheinbaben. Prussian Minister of State and Finance, went over the figures of the Prussian budget for 1908. The total is $840,500,060 end shows the enormous deficit of $110,- 50G,000. A loan is to be issued for $63,- 000,000 ; -$10,000,000 will be obtained by increased taxation, and the remainder wil: be covered, it is hoped, by augment- ing the revenue receipls.. The causes of this deficit are diminution in the reve- nues, fresh expenditures for railroads, and increases in the salaries of State officials, ---- & AFTER MANY YEARS. Dakota Man Finds Wile and Children in Brantford. A despatch from Brantford says: <A man named Chambers here from Dakota on a strange mission, He claims that seven years ago his wife deserted him, taking away two children, a boy and a girl. For years he heaftd nothing of them, unfil lately he learned they were supposed to be living in this vici- nily. The father communicated with the authorities, with the result that the trio have been found in Echo Place. 'The woman is now residing with another man and their two sons. The Dakota futher has taken proceedings to recover his children. is Setar Sener raw A COSTLY WORK. Contract for Transcontinental Section of G. TP. Let. A despatch from Montreal says: A ccntract was given out on Thursday py the Grand Trunk Pacific management to Messrs. Foley Bros, and Larsen, the big Winnipeg and St. Paul contracting firm, fer the construction of 126 miles of the system, extending from a point six miles east of Edmonton to Wolf Creek; 120 miles west of the Alberta capital. The section will be far more expensive than any part of the main line yet under con- tract.. It is understood that the cost is between $40,000 and $50,000 per mile, or a total of between five and six million collars, peesenier Seay TERRORISTS ARRESTED, -- Into Custody at Lau- sanne, Eleven Taken A despaich from Lausanne, Swilzer- land, sayS: Eleven alleged Russian ter- rcrists, including a young woman, were taken into custody here on Thursday after an encounter with the police, in which they put wp a desperate resistance, They are charged with threatening to assassinate a weallhy local Russian un- less he contributed $1,000 to the revelu- ticnary cause, ed BOMBS IN TIPPERARY. Atfempt to Blow Up Landlady {victed Tenant. A despatch from Dublin says: <A bomb exploded on Wednesday at the hall door of the house of Mrs. Chadwick, a land-owner, at Ballinark, Tipperary, who recently evicted a tenant. The Who damage was slight. SAYS THAT WAR IS CERTA M. Jacques Flach Issues a Warning to the United States, A despatch from Paris says: The sensational section of the French press continues to dwell upon the. probabil- ity of a ciash between Japan and the United States, La Press on Wednes- day published a long interview with Jacques Flach, the historian and pro- fessor in the College of France, who declares his belief that a conflict is cer- tain for the reason that Japan seeks war. He advises the American fleet to be on the watch for a sudden Japan- ese descent, and asks: "Who knows if tho attack made by the Japanese on the Russian ships at Chemulpo will not be repeated upon the American. ships ta-morrow?" Continuing; M. Flach ad- vises Great Britain and France to inter- vene, and put an end to the trouble jbefore it is too late. 'The Echo de Paris prints an inter- view, emanating, it says, from an "authorized Japanese source" with the object of showing that Japan is so ab- sorbed with the mainland of Asia that war with America is impossible, "The entire attention of Japan?" says the interview, "is occupied with China sand Corea, where developments are oc- curring which are giving Tokio the greatest concern. China has just Qis- missed a number of Japanese instruc- tors, who have been replaced with Ger- mans. "The message of the Emperor of Ja- pan clearly indicates that the country i» looking to the far East, and not in the direction of America." and most were bought for local butch. |}. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS ------ HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OV.3 THE GLOBE. -- 'Telegraph Briefs From Our Own and _ Other Countries of Recent Events, CANADA. i It is rumored that the Legislature will open on February 6. Hamilton Board of Healih asks that ali children be vaccinated. Winnipeg's high pressure water sys- tem has given great satisfaction. -A Quebec despatch says that Arch- bishop Begin is to be made a Cardinal. The Prince of Wales has given fifty guineas fowards the Quebec battlefields memorial fund. Mr. John Talbot of London has been appointed food inspector for several western Ontario counties, Serious damage was done by great storms on the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coasts last week. The revenue from succession duties in the Province of Ontario for last year has fallen behind 1906 by $179,438. If the winter on the prairie continues mild, the G. T. P, will continue plate- laying all season. it is reported in Winnipeg that the Canadian Northern has just discharged seventeen conductors for irregularities. Philip Benoit of Alexandria was sen- tenced to 23. months in the Central Pri- son for stealing the Bishop's. fur-lined coat. : Ottawa's first Board of Control is: James Davidson, Robert Hasty, Napolcon Champagne and C. Hopewell. Montreal has advanced flour fifteen cents a barrel, making it now $6.25 for first patents, and $5.65 for seconds. Since Nov. 7 the Allan Line has car- ried 4,153 from Liverpool to Canada and & 646 from Montreal to the Mersey. A Chinese laundryman. at MacLeod, Alberta, found the body of a baby in his stove on returning after a short absence. Owing to the outbreak of smallpox in Winnipeg the T. Eaton Company have ordered the vaccination of their 1,700 employes, Miss Davis, principal of Sydenham school, protests against the lavish use of the Stars and Stipes in Kingston. Ovila Labreche, of Montreal, is in jail an a charge of arson, as the police are suspicious of the numerous fires at his piace, James B. Hunter, seven years private secretary {0 the Minister of Public Works, has been made assistant Deputy Minister, ' The Opera House at Brantford was gutted by fire on Friday, and a number of stores underneath suffered damage by walter. : Harvey Blain fell under a Blosr and McGaul car on Yonge Street, Toronto, on Friday, and his left foot had to be amputated. t is said that United States interests are looking to the purchase of the Im- perial Paper Mills and Northern Sulphite Mills af Sturgeon Falls. J. A. Macdonald, leader of the British Celumbia Gpposilion will support Pre- mier McBride in re-introducing the Natal Act to exclude Orientals, Vancouver, B.G., firemen refused a gift of $100 from Japanese residents who sympathized with the three firemen weunded in the fight on New Year's Day. The Department of the Interior at Ot- tawa is considering a new regulation to admit immigrants to Canada only when coming direct from the country of their birth or of their adoption. The Allan and C.P.R. steamship lines both report that the number of returning immigrants from Canada during the last twe months is far larger than the num- ber brought out during the same period. é GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. John Hodge, M.P., will bring the question of indiscriminate emigration {4 Canada before the British Parliament. The While Star Line has announced a cut in its second and third class pas- senger rates from English ports to New York and Boston. UNITED STATES. Four firemen were killed in a. disas- trous fire in New York on Friday. The Vanderbilts have loaned the cily uf Mascow $5,000,000 for street railways. Five persons were killed in a collision on the Alabama & Mississippi Railroad near Mobile, on Friday. Three persons were burned to death in a fire in the oul-building of the French hospital at San Francisco, F. Augustus Heinze, the copper mag- nate, has been indicted.on a charge of over-certifying bank checks to the amount of $400,000, The new finance bill before Congress provides for an additional issue of bank circulajion not to exceed $250,000,000. Wilfam B. Nevin. a fermer member of the New York Stock Exchange and lately engaged in the real estate busi- ness in the Canadian west, committed suicide in New York on Thursday. The United States Interstate Com- merce Commission reports that the railroads of the country are showing a disposition to voluntarily live up to the amended railway law. GENERAL. The Prussian budget shows a deficit «f{ $110.500,090. Count Zeppelin is preparing to build an airship capable of carrying 100 pas- sengers. : The Empress of Abyssinia -has had a modern hotel built at the capital, Ad- dis Abeba. The area sownedg wheat in India is 34 per cent, less than last year because of drought. Count Okuma has denied that, in his speech at Kobe, he urged the natives of India to rise against Great Britain. An Abyssinian force has captured the tewn of Lugh, held by Italy, on the east coast of Africa. The entire gar- rison has been slain, : It is understood Germany is willing to give France and Spain a free hand in Morocco provided the open-door there is not disturbed. A large number of steamers, sailing vessels and fishing craft have been wrecked on the west coast of Asia and many lives have been lost. Lucine Millevoie, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, calls on France and Pyritain to. prevent war be- tween Japan and the United States, Mr. B. Allen, magistrate of Dacca, India, was shot in the back by a Hin- du, believed to be a political fanatic, and the affair is the sensation of east- ern Bengal. Mrs. Darwent, wife of the resident surgeon of the Colonial Hospital at Port ef Spain, and who came from England on Christmas Day as a bride, is dead «tl yellow fever. China is considering the matter of applying for membership in the postal union that she may receive mails from Russia in Manchuria and prevent those gcing to Japanese transportation com- panies, : ed A despatch from Montreal says: Judge Choquette placed himself on record in the Court of Special Sessions on Thurs- day as being determined to pul a stop cg the habit so common among Italians ic this city of carrying and using wea- pens. "You are a foreigner, seven months in this country," said his Honor, in sen- fencing a young Italian named Michaela Marino to three years in penitentiary, and if is proved that without the slightest provocation you' took out a razor and struck Antonio Tatti on the neck, causing him bodily haym. Fore tunately you did not commit murder, lialians in this country must understand that they have to stop these practices-- that they must not carry knives or razors. This is a quict country, yet in this city we hear every day of quarrels and murders. Such quarrels and mur- ders must be put a slop to. Anyone wha is found guilty of such offence as at present before this court will be most severely punished. The highest penalty - in the present instance is three years in penitentiary, and I inflict three years." aa A DRAYLOAD OF BOOTY. The Winnipeg Police Bring Off a Big Haul. A despatch from Winnipeg says: 4 Sang of desperate burglars, who have been operating here for the past week, were cleverly rounded up by thie police on Friday affernoon, and all are now under arrest. By a lucky circumstance they were discovered at work in Go- hen's: store by a patrolman on Friday morning. Ali escaped arrest but one, who gave the name of A. Fortescue, but his personality afforded a clue whica led fo the capture of the entire gang early in the afternoon. At the head- quarters of the gang the police secured a big dray wad of stolen merchandise of a miscellaneous character. Tho rob- bers pitched a camp in a bush {wo miles from the city. They confessed fo the police that they had intended stealing a team of horsas on. Friday night and driving over the border with the loot. Among the spoils were eighty- five watches, which had been stolen in Brandon, The men gave the names of B. Martin, H. Boyd, R. Calder, M, Ray- mond, and all of them are inglish- men. ' ACCIDENTS AT MONTREAL. Oid Man Knocked Down by Runaway Horse and Killed, - A despatch from Montreal says: An old gentleman, about seventy years of age, was knocked down. and run over by a runaway horse at the corer of St. Mark and St. Catherine streets on Friday, and sustained inuries from which he died. The victim when taken to the General Hospital said his name was Simpson, but that was all he'could say before he became unconscious. "There was nothing found in his pockets by which he could be identified; Miss Marguerite Savage, about forty years of age, dropped dead at the Em- pire Cafe, corner of Graig and St. Alex- ander streets on Friday. Deceased had been boarding in the house about a week. Robert Cartwright, employed on the Grand Trunk Railway, was admitted ta the General Hospital early on Fri- day morning with bolh his hands and his feet cut off. He is unable to ex- plain the cause of the accident, ae T ES Ee aie REVENUE INCREASED. Statement For .First Nine Fiscal Year. Months of A despatch from Otfawa says: "The statement of revenue and expenditure of the Dominion for the first nine months of the present fiscal year shows a fotal revenue of $73,955,958, an in- crease of $7,097,205 as compared with the corresponding period of 1906, and a total expenditure on consolidated fund account of $45,667,086, an increas> of $8,616,976. On capital account the tctal expenditure for the nine months was $19,271,966, an increase of about {en millions, as compared with the cer- responding period of 1966. The increase is of oourse, due to-a larger expendi- ture 'last- year on the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, the expenditure on which now averages over one million dollars per month, Ot the 4otal increase in revenue dur- ing the ninemonths ending with Decem- ber $7,107,238 came from customs, half 2 million from excise and half a mil lion from the postoffice. * Sy ; TO PROBE REGALIA THEFT. Commission Will Clear Up Mystery of "Dublin Castle. A despatch from Dublin says: The Irish Government has at last appointed a commission which is to sift the mys- (cry of the disappearance last July of a portion of the Sate regalia, valued at $250,000 from Dttblin Castle. The authorities have been impelled to this step by reports that the jewels are known to have been deposited as se- curity for a loan, It is understood That King Edward has insisted that the mat- -~- RAILROAD MEN LAID OFF, Minois Central Drops 4,000 Men From ay-roll. A despatch from New Orleans says: Between 3,000 and 4,000 IMinois Co. em- ployes have been dropped from the pay- rell on account of the financial situa- tion. This was the announcement here on Tuesday night of J. T. Harahan, pre- sident of the Illinois Central Railroad, who said if he cotild possibly prevent it no more men would be laid off, aE er WOULD SAVE EIGHT HOURS. And Dispense With Nearly 300 Stokers by Burning Oil, A despatch from London says: Engi- neer Kermode, who iatély conducted oil fuel experiments on behalf of ithe Admir- alty, says that if the Lusitania were fit- fed to-huirn oil she would need only 27 Sickers, instead of 312, she could carry 260 more passengers, 4,000 tons more cargo, and reduce her time of crossing flie Allantic eight hours. et TRANSVAAL GOLD. ee A Record Output for the Month of December, A despatch from London says: The Transvaal yield of gold for the month of December makes a new record. 'The out- put was 583,526 ounces of the yellow metal, which is 28,499 ounces over the previous highest yield for a month, The value of the December output is placed Jas £2,478,059, fer be cleared up. de EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. dt r Agricullurists Taking Advantage of | Their Work. A despatch from Ottawa says: The twentieth annual report of the work done and in progress at the several Do- minion experimental farms was tabled in tte Commons on Friday. It contains the resulls of many important and carefully, ecnducted experiments in agriculture, horticulture and arborcullure carried on during the last year, The director, Dr, Wm. Saunders, notes that the large and ecnstantly increasing demand by. the farmers of the Dominion for the publica- tions issued from ~the experimental farms, the rapidly extending correspon- dence, and the readiness shown every- where to co-operate with the work of the farms in testing new and promising varieties of cereals furnish gratifying evidence of the desire for the latest écientific information among the agri- culturists of Canada. During 1906 nearly, 48,000 farmers have joined in co-opera- tive tests of seeds for the improvement of crops. Sixteen thousand samples of grain of various kinds were sent out to furmers in Quebec and seven thousand lo Ontario farmers, SOUR an kas MURDERED BY STRANGER, Alexander Swartz Shot Down at White- mouth, Manitoba, A despatch from Whitemouth, Man., says: Alex. Swartz was murdered in cold 'blood by an unknown man near here on Thursday night for the sako of a small sum of money. He had beén in Winnipeg, where he sold three cars of wood, realizing $150. He returned on the evening train, and was Seen to leave the station to walk to his home, accompan- ° ied by a stranger, Next. day his body. was found beside the River road, about three-quarters of a mile from town, with a bullet through the head. The pockets had been rifled. The presumption is that the murderer shot Swartz and then hastened back to the station and caught the express for the west. The dead man leaves a widow and three litUe children, CE SGAD RTS TR Se SAVED ITS MASTER. Attacked Bear, Which Had Seized Him ~-Animal Clubbed to Death. A despatch from Cupar, Sask., says: Andrew Pellie, of Touchwood was al- tacked on Tuesday by a huge brown bear, Pollie picked!' up a club and swwuck the animal, which caught him by the arm and endeavored to get his other paw round a tree to hug him. Ponie's dog, attacking from behind, made the bear lose his hold, and the man clubbed bruin to death. The bear weighs 158 pounds, Reape aie Nie emcees WINNIPEG TO NEW YORK. Railway Connection Expected to Give Forty-cight-hour Service. A despatel from Winnipeg says: Piacing Winnipeg within 48 hours of New York is one of the. possibilities, it suay | be sald probabilities, of the new connection -~hat. the Canadian Northern secures by the completion of the Winni- peg & Duluth Railway. It is figured out that a service can be arranged by which a traveller leaving Winnipeg, say, on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, Can be landed in New York at about the samo hour on Saturday morning. DOG New te TO PUT A SKIRT BAND INTO A BAND Take a piece of material the width de- sired and have it the Jength of the waist measure, plus the width of the extension of the placket and an inca "pesides, for tuming in on each end, Hold the skirt towards you, and right side oul. Begin at the vigh hand end and pin the band to 'the back of the skirt, allowing the band to extend one- half inch beyond, for turning in, Meas sure from the exact edge of skirt, when belt. is pinned to half the waist mea- sure and put a pin in the bell at this pcint-and pin to the middle of the front of the skirt, then from this point mea- sure on. the band the full waist length measure, and pin to the other end of the skirt, then pin the placket extension fc the band, and that should leave one- half inch beyond for turning in, Pin the skirt to the. belt between these points, allowing a little fullness over the hips. The skirt should be put on and pinned together in the back ex- actly as it will go when finished. Too much carelessness is used in this one point, with the result that after the band is stitched on. it is found to be too fight. If the band is right it can be stitched on and finished. A little prac- fics in putting bands on accurately will make it possible to have them always right the first time. oer Russian sweaters are a new featuro in children's outer garments and are knitted in plain colors, with collar, cuffs, and band at front edge of white, They are fastened with burnished brass buttons. A uble breasted collarless . coated? with V. neck, knitted in. white or plain' color, is made in sizes from one year to seven, A baby jacket, knit. : ted in plain. stitch with a Dutch cap ~ to match, is a new idea for winter's comfort. ( A tea gown for a 2im BF ivory nel, embroidered wilh pastilles of ivory vel- vet, ringed with tiny silver cords, has a collar of chinchilla, and is decorated with a narrow border of velvet with a picot edge of the cording, and a silver belt of interwoven silver braid clasped with silver. A nice little evening frock has an overdress of white Chinese crepe, em- Ibroidered with scattered flowers in shades of palest pink, mauve, and water blue, with long fringes to bor- der the panels into which it is divided, -- ' and an underdress of soft with pink chiffon, ates satin veiled GOT THB HIGHEST PENALTY -- Three Years in Penitentiary for Attempt" . os Steel Stabbing. Aan '