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Government Will Not Consider His Scheme This Year. A despatoh from Ottawa says: Sir Robt. Perks, the British capi- talist and contractor, who has been in Canada, for the past six weeks in connection with his Georgian r-tPi' Canal scheme, has lefrC)etasva, for: England after a finid interview with Sir Wilfrid Laprier, in which the latter told him that for this Fear, at any rate, the Govenrment could not consider the offer of the Georgian Bay Canal Company to "---, build the canal in return for a, Gov- ernment guarantee of bonds, with _ conditions attached that the Gov- ernment shall have control of rates and the right to expropriate at any time upon reimbursing the com- pany for its outlay. One Surveying Party Returns to Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A party of surveyors who have been at work locating the Hudson’s Bay Railway from Split Lake to Chur- chill returned on Friday after spending nine months in the north. Several others have remained be- hind to complete the surveys of Churchill and do other work neces- sary at the proposed terminal. They report having found a very desir- able route, and are confident that the road will soon be built. Fears regarding navigation and hard- ships on the Hudson’s Bay route have been greatly exaggerated. Port Arthur Police Given a Bot Reception. A despatch from Port Arthur says: A pitched battle between police and burglars ensued on Fri- day morning, when Sergeant Fenn and Constables Thurlow and Sy- mens went down the shore eight miles to hunt out the resort of a gang who have lately been oper- ating in the two cities, and made a number of hauls. The gang scent- ed the approach of the officers, and fed along the shore, after empty- ing their revolvers at the police. The police returned the hre. None of the officers were hurt, but it is not known whether any of the gang were wounded. The police found a large quantity of burglars' tools, dynamite and all kinds of goods supposed to have been stolen, which they brought back to the city. A posse will be sent down by rail to look for the men, who ;will in the meantime be refused permission to board any trains should they be passing. To14tu'es and Starves Her lO-Year- Old Daughter. A despatch from Ottawa says: Because she resembled a disliked sister-in-law, Mrs. Nelson Lajoie, of Aylmer, with nine children, is alleged to have tortured her daugh- ter of 10 until she almost died. Tho child is now m the hospital, SIR ROBERT PERK’S CANAL ENEMY!) (WW fill] TRACK A despatch from Vancouver says: The engine and tend-er of Great Northern train No. 274 left the tracks on the New Westminster side of the Fraser bridge about 2.30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and plunged into the tide. A sound of seething water was heard as the big locomotive went to the bottom. Though the train was traveling slowly, the engine failed to take the points at the curve, or the switch had been left open. The locomotive left the tracks and pulled the train along with it for some distance, smashing the woodwork and twisting the. steel rails. - - At the function point of the tracks to New Westminster and l -liilill] BANK STATEMENT Plunged Into River and Engineer and Fireman Drowned. The Increase in Current Deposits for May IS $9,877,263. A despatch from Ottawa says: The bank statement for May bears gratifying evidence of the gradual return of more prosperous fiscal conditions. On the 31st of May the current deposits in the banks wsre returned at $216,916,294, an In- crease of $9,877,263. The savings deposits increased during the month by $3,148,395, standing at $453,599,- 117. Lank notes in circulation show an increase of $1,226,565 as compared with April. Current loans in Canada, amount to $528,- HUD SON’S BAY RAILWAY. A M OTHER’S Bll U TALITY. A BURGLAR’S LAIR. Mrs. Prevost Was Fatally Burned at North Bay. A despatch from North Bay says: Mrs. David Prevost, widow, thirty- two years of age, lost her life here on Sunday as the result of burns re- ceived from an exploding kerosene lamp, used for heating curling irons. The unfortunate woman was preparing for church in the morning at the home of a, relative. Moses Guinette, when the explosion oc- curred. The burning oil ignited Mrs. Prevost's garments, and in an instant she was shrouded in flames, receiving terrible burns, resulting in her death seven hours after the accident. The house was badly burned, but the other inmates es- caped. Mrs. Prevost's husband kept the Balmoral Hotel, Ottawa, for a number of years, and died two months ago. Five children survive. BROWNING NEAR EESPELER A despatch from Montreal says: James J. Hill, who was in Montreal for a short while on Saturday, ex- pressed himself satisfied with the present aspect of affairs in the financial and railway world, but took an exceedingly optimistic view of the future, both in Canada and the United States. As to his own plans, Mr. Hill was not quite so communicative, but he confirmed the report that he was definitely committed to the great scheme for capturing the carrying trade on the Pacific between the United States ports and those of the Far East, particularly Japan. "Mark my words," said Mr. Hill, with much force, "the next quarter of a, century will see packed into it more activity and p1'0gress in the Far East than has been witnessed in the last thousand years." Nelson Dickie, Aged 18, Victim of a Canoe Accident. A despatch from Hespeler says: A drowning occurred at 3 o'eloch on Sunday afternoon at Puslinch Lake, two mills from Hespeler. Nelson Dickie, about 19 {ears of age, was out in a canoe a ong with three other boys. While they were mak.. ing for the island about a quarter of a mile from tht mainland, and when within flfty yards of the is, land, the canoe was upset. The canoe rolled over and over. The three boys managed to hang on, but Dickie went down in twelve feet of water. Dickie was the sup- port of his widowed mother. . her body a mass of bruises, the head being disfigured by five cuts. The neighbors say that Mrs. Lajoie made the child run backward and forward in front of her while she struck her with a stick, also that she tied her hands while hungry and placed her where she could watch others eat. The child will- ingly ate potato peelings. The train, according to witnesses of the accident, was traveling at its usual rate of speed across the bridge, when she struck the half- open switch. The points of the switch were broken, and the engine and tender were derailed. The en- gineer reversed his engine and ap- plied the air brakes, but the mo- mentum of the train carried it along until the engine plunged down the open space. MILLION S FOR N ORTE-WE ST. vancouver the immersion occurred. There the water is deep, and no trace of the engine could be seen. George Zigweid, the engineer, and the fireman, who is an extra man, just gone on the run, and whose name was unknown to the train- men, were drowned. J. J. Bill Sees Vast Population Now in Sight. 313,14.1, an Increase over the April showing of $4,144,153. - ' 1 On the other hand, the assist- anoe‘to speculative investment has been curtailed by nearly half a million, by which amount the ao- oaenmodation on call and short loans has decreased during the month. Call and short loans made by Canadian banks abroad show an increase of over ten millions, the amount outstanding in May 31st be- ing $124,877,955, as compared with $114,493,570 on April 30th. AN EXPLODI‘S c, LAMP. Bill to be Introduced at Next Ses- sion of Parliament. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is announced that at the next session of Parliament a bill will be introduced by Hon. Mr. Templeman fixing legal standards of purity for several important articles of food, notably those which are put up in packages, such as canned meats, fish, fruit, cocoa, spices, honey, etc. The object is to ensure the manufacture and sale of honest goedsins N far as this can be pro- cured by i?i'itC/ enactment. 1Btytai .. .. ., 808,862 1,107,576 Of the increase at least 150,000 is estimated to have come from the United States, as only 148,700 of the overseas immigrants have gone west, 233,000 of them having settled in the older Provinces. One Hundred Thousand Increase Each Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: According to an estimate prepar- ed by the Census Bureau, the po- pulation of the prairie Provinces, which was only 800,000 in 1906, has increased to 1,100,000 within the past three years. The estimate is as follows I--- ( Census. Estimates. June, May 1, 1909. 1909. Manitoba, . . . . 365,688 484,519 Saskatchewan . 257,762 349,645 Alberta . . . . . 185,412 273,412 Wife of a Settler Walked Seventy- five Miles to Edmonton. A despatch from Edmonton sasys I The wife of an unfortunate settler up on Paddle River, her little baby and another child six years old, were found in a desesrted shack on the city limits on Sunday even- ing in a starving condition and in the last stages of exhaustion. Their plight was most pitiable, as they had had nothing to eat for near- ly two days, and very little for an indefinite period. They had been unfortunate out on their claim, after coming up here from Chicago a. year ago to a homestead. Being in desperate straits for existence, and her husband desiring to remain on the farm to endeavor to make a home, she had started off to walk in here, a distance of seventy-five miles, to procure work and food. She tramped the entire distance, carrying the little baby and leading the little boy by the hand, sleep- ing wherever shelter could be found and existing on what she could pro- cure along the desolate way. The little family have been taken in charge by kind hearted citizens, and will be housed until their con- dition can be fully investigated. Fifty Wandering Marauders Cap- tured Near Peterboro'. A despatoh from Peterboro' says: On Monday morning a squad of city and county constables went to Fowler's Corners, seven miles out, and brought in a band of about fifty Mexican Gypsies. It appears that the band was driven out of Simcoe county and came to Lindsay and Bobycaygeon successively, where they were similarly treated. In their travels they plundered gar- dens, robbed barns and burned farmers' fences for fuel. They en- tered houses and took what they fancied. Provincial Detectives Greer and Miller acompanied the arresting party. Thirteen men were arraigned before County Po- lice Magistrate Edminson and com- mitted to jail on remand for one week. The women and children are confined in the jail yard. C Mr. D. Lorne M "ribbon of Mont- real Plans fir psumptives. A despatch from M Itreal says: The anrtouncetptutt. ig"made that Mr. D. Lorne McGlbbon will build a sanitarium for eonisumrtives at St. Agatha, in thg heart of the Laurentian Mountains, at a ost of $100,000. Gold-seekers Continue to Arrive--' Richness of Gold Field. A despatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says: Parties for the gold camp up north continue to arrive from different parts of the west. Owing to the high state of the riv- ers leading to Lae La Rogue, not many have gone out during the past couple of weeks. Many busi- ness men are making arrangements to ruako-tho ti'ip-p,gss son-Wthe waters go down. Word is expect- ed daily from the development party which left here three weeks ago to cross-cut the lead and look into the lower levels. The outcrop is so phenomenally rich that it the lcwer strata is anything in propor- tion, then the biggest strike ic re- cent years has been made. The Sag Canal was re8pened on Saturday,,-" PRIN CE ALBERT EXCITED. WOMAN’S WEABY TRAMP. GYPSY BAND ARRE STED. TO BUILIP SANITARIU M. FILLING UP TIIE WEST. FOR PURITY OF FOOD. Poultry - Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 16 to 17e per lb.; fowl, 12 to 14c; turkeys, 16 to 18-0 per 1b. Card-Ties-ces, Ide; tubs, 14%0; pails, 14%0. Montreal, June 22.--Oats--No. 2 Canadian Western, 61%c; ex- tra No. 1 feed,, 611Ae; No. 1 feed 610 ; No. 3 Canadian Western, 60Ae. Barley-No. 2, 72% to 740; Manitoba feed barley, 67% to 680. Buckwheatr---691A to 700. Flour--- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.30 to $6.50; do., seconds, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $5.60 to $5.80; Winter wheat patents, $6.75; straight rollers, $6.50 to $6.60; do., in bags, $3.15 to $3.20; extra, in bags, $2.65 to $2.80. Feed-Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; do., shorts, $24 to $25; pure grain mouillie, $33 to $35; mixed mouillie; $28 to$30. Cheese-west, erns at 12% to 12%0, and easterns at 12 to 12Ae. Butter-finest cream- ery, 22% to 230. Eggs, 18%, to 190. per dozen. Toronto, June 22.--Flour - On- tario wheat, 90 per cent. patents, 85.50 to $5.60 to-day in buyers' sacks outside for export; on track, Toronto, $5.75 to $5.80. Manitoba. flour, first patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.80 to $6, and strong bakers', $5.65 to $5.75 on track, Togo-mtg . hiiniturrWiar--No.' 1 North- em, $1.35, Georgian Bay ports; No; 2, $1391, and tSo. l W3; L, Ontario M'rhdatL-No. 2, $1.35 to $1.40 outside. . . Barley-Feed, 60 to 62e outside. Oats-No. 2 Ontario white, 60 to 61e on track, Toronto, and 56 to 57c outside. No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats, 61Ae, and No. 3 60yie, Bay ports. Peas-Prices purely nomioal. Rye-No, 2 74 to 750 outs1cle. Buelrwheat---No. 2, 700 outside. Cora-No. 2 American yellow, 82 to 830 on track, Toronto; No. 3 at 82e on track, Toronto. Cana- dian yellow, 77c outside, and 800 on track, Toronto. _ ' . Eggs-Case lots, 18% to IM per dozen. Barns-Light to medium, 15% to lee; do., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 12% to 13c; shoulders, 11% to 12c; backs, 17% to 180; breakfast bacpn, 16% to 110. A TIE WORLD'S MARKETS _ "B/ar-is-nrt/i/r/ii/im to $24 in sacks, Toronto freights;_ shorts, $24.50 to $25, Toronto freights. Apples-Ft to $5 for choice qua- lities, and $3 to $3.50 for. seconds: Butter-pound prints, 18 to 19e; tubs and large rolls, 16 to 16%0; inferior, 14 to 15c. Creamery rolls, 21 to 220, and solids, 18 to 190. Cheese-Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%4; per 1b., and twins, 14% to 14Ale. New, 12%0 for large, and 12% fortwins. Beans-Prime, $2.20 to $2.25, and hand-picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Maple Syrup-Me to 81 a gallon. Hay-No. 1 timothy, $12.50 to $13 a ton on track here, and lower grades 89 to $10 a ton. Straw-io to $8 on track. Potatoes-Car lots, 85 to 90c per bag on track. ' Bacon, long clear, Wd to 13Ae per Ib". in case lots; mess pork, $23; short put, $25 to $25.50. Chicago, June 22.--Cash wheat--, No. 2 red, $1.50 to $1.60; No. 3 red, $1.45 to $1.50; No. 2 hard, $1.22 to $1.28; No. 3 hard, $1.15 to $1.27; No. 1 Northern, $1.31 to $1.33; No. 2 Northern, $1.28 to $1.29; No. 3 Spring, $1.20 to $1.25. Corn-No. 2 white, 75 to Tr5)de; No. 2 yellow, 74 to 74%0; No. 3, 74 to Ti)dc; No. 3 white, 750; No. 3 yel- low 74% to 74A.c.; No. 4, 721/2 to 74c. Oats-No. 3 white, 53 to 58c; No. 4 white, 52% to 5be. RMinneapolis, June 22.---Wheat-- Aly, 1.30; Sept. $1093/8 to 81.09A; Lure. 531.06% to 331.06%; cash No. 1 hard, $1-34% to $1.35%; No. 1 Northern $1.33% to $1.34%; No. 2 Northern, $1.31% to $1.32%; No. 3 Normm, $1.30% to $1.311/2. THour-hit patents, $6.45 to $6.65; second pueue, $6.35 to $6.50; first clears, $5.05 to}? Tr, second clears, $3.65 to $3.85. can-ln bulk, $23.50 to $24. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CEiNTitEl9, Montroal, June sold at 53; to 6V ty good animals grassers at, 21V Superior mild to $60 each, to $50 each. $10 each, C) Shop sold lambs at (' Hoes of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. UNITED STATES MARKETS BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, June 22.---Choice heavy, well finished exporters' were firm at $6 to $6.20; ordinary loads at $5.75 to $6. Prime butcher cat- tle-Firm at $5.25 to $5.65 for the best picked steers and heifers; or- dinary loads firm at $4.75 to $5. smokers and feeders-Fair demand. Milkers and springers-8teady de- mand for good milkers and near springers. Calves-Steady and unchanged. Sheep and lambs - Firm, and lambs slightly higher. L'ogs-Selects, $7.60 to $7.70 f.0.b. and $7.90, fed and watered. Fine Specimens Coming From Iron. tana Reservation. ' A despatch from Butte, Montana, says: A unique round-up took place on Wednesday on the Flathead In- dian Reservation, in western Mon- tana, when the Pablo herd of buf- falo were coralled and driven to the big stockade in Ravalla. There the animals will be loaded on speci- ally constructed care. A number of the finest specimens will go to the Canadian National Park. Others of the animals will be ship- ped to eastern parks. The British steamer in question is the Northburg, Captain Robert- son. She was hailed and fired upon on Wednesday night off Wirelahti, A despatch from Ottawa says: Trade figures for the month of May show most gratifying increases in both imports and exports, and in- dicate that the trade of the Domin- ion has practically recovered from the depression which set in during the fall of 1907, and is now almost equal in volume to the high record set two years ago. A despatch from Viborg, Finland, sasys: A British steamer has been frred upon by a Russian torpedo hat for approaching too close to the bay on the Finnish coast where Empeior Nicholas and Emperor William are to meet. Dr. Graham Bell's Machines to Be Brought to Petawewa Camp for Experiment. Imports for the month totalled $28,060.076, an increase of $5,183,- 547 over May of last year. For the first two months of the ftseal year the imports totalled $50,592,549, an MORE BUFFALO FOR CANADA. A despatch from Ottawa, says: The first Canadian experiments with airships for military purposes -u'akt--iaaauat='sAiusuasvipyp1_p Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 8%0 per pound; old sows at 6e per pound. Government Has Raised 8500,000 of $3,500,000 Loan. A despatch from Toronto says: Rapid progres is being made by the Ontario Government in dispos- ing of the new issue of provincial bonds, placed on the market a few weeks ago. Already $500,000 of the loan of $3,500,000 has been taken up and the money paid to the Provin- cial Treasury. Hon. Mr. Mather son, the Ontario Treasurer, reports that there have been many addr tional subscriptions, but these have not yet.been paid. A large per- centage of the purchasers of the debentures have been individuals who see in them a secure invest ment, carrying with it no liability, free from succession taxes, and pay- ing a satisfactory rate of interest. The most serious of the northern Ontario forest fires are now under control. flll) ULQSE fl) THE (Ulf MEAL NAVIQATIGN TESTS British Vessel Was Fired on By a Russian Torpedo Boat. Imports for May Increased Over $5,000,000 and Exports Nearly $2,000,000. CANADA’S TRADE EXPANDING: BOND S SELLING RAPIDLY. Island of Biorke. The projectile from the torpedo boat pierced tb steampipe, and one member of. the crew of the English vessel was wounded. The incident shows the extreme nervousness for the safe- ty of Emperor Nicholas even at sea. Russian torpedo boats have beers patrolling Pitkipas Bay, the ren- dezvous of the two Emperors, and it was one of these guard vessel‘ that fired on the British ship. Exports of domestic produce for the month totalled $15,810,207, an inn ease of nearly two millions. For April and May the exports totalled $27,673,004, an increase of $2,471,- 704. The total trade last month, including coin and bullion, amount- ed to $44,911,726, an increase of $7,029,650. For the first two months of the fiscal year the in- crease in the total trade has been $11,457,926. Fatalities in Induecrial Pursuits--.. Fifteen Trade Disputes. A ,doespatch from Ottawa. saysr During the month of May 93 fatali- ties occurred to workingmen in Canadian industrial pursuits and 185 were seriously injured. Dur... ing the month there were fifteen, trade disputes in existence, and in- crease of two as compared with May of last year. About 32 firms and 4,759 employees were affected and the loss of time in working. days was approximately 96,357, as. compared with 127,425 in May, 1908. NINETY-THREE KILLED INMri Mr. Paul Brennan, G. T. Yard, master at Ottawa, Killed. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. Paul Brennan, yardmaster of the G. T. R. at the Central depot here, was killed on Thursday fore- noon in a shunting accident, direct- ly beneath the Laurier avenge bridge. Mr. Brennan was riding on the footboard of the engine, when he fell off, the wheels passing over the upper part of the body. Death, was instantaneous. increase of $7,792,625 over the cor- responding period of last year. The customs revenue for the month shows an increase of $670,000. Building of Great West Saddlery Company is Gutted. A despatch from Winnipeg says'. The building of the Great West Saddlery Company, Market Street; east, used for a warehouse and office, was gutted by fire on Thurs- day morning. The building was valued at $75,000, while the stock is a valuable one. The total loss will be about $400,000. All Cadet Corps to Receive Copy " Baden-Powell’s Book. A despatch from Ottawa says: Military orders state that alt, ' cadet corps in Canada will receive a copy of the book by Lieuir,-Gew. eral Baden-Powell on "Scouting for Boys," to assist them in getting an idea of practical scouting. The an- nouncement comes in the militia, orders issued to-day. _ Two of these new airships have just been constructed on the model ci the famous Silver Dart, and they will be shipped to Petawawa under 1 underst pding with the Militia, iii1ii"iiii)t) When Dr. Bell “,8, Two London seedsmen are being prosecuted under the pure seeds act for keeping unclean seeds for sale. $400,000 FIRE AT WINNIPEG. "SC0UTLhU1 FOR BOYS." FELL OFF THE ENGINE. Bio rke. The proieetilo Ist spring th; nd the Minis active intuu- Leicct,i=tinag g the N Iinister, NIinistsG'