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y C Returns From T. and N. 0. Line : Woere $1,361,2214. A despatch from Toronto says: Buring the Ontario fiscal year of _ ten months ending on Oct. 31 last, _â€" _ tho revenue from the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was \ $1,361,224, as against Sam1.131 for «m the correspong ipranomia) 0 8 â€" The total~txpasaiture 1or the ten months, including several items of eapital outlay, such as buildings, etc., was $813,869, thus making the nes revenue $547,355, while the Teâ€" ceipts of the commission from ore â€" royalties was $108,516.. During Ocâ€" tober the earnings of the line > amounted to $167,032, and the exâ€" penditure $130,363, leaving (a net revenue of $36,669. Ore royalties received during the month amountâ€" ed to $909. Of those earnings $101,â€" 000 was from freight, and $52,000 from passenger service. EREAT B00N TO FARMERS ‘A despatch from St. Catharines says: A boon to farmers has been discovered by the spraying commitâ€" teo of the Niagara Fruitâ€"Growers‘ Association, which made a report rt the annual meeting of the assoâ€" {ciation here on Thursday afterâ€" noon. (By means of experiments, the committee discovered that wild mustard can be overcome by means of spraying. Wild. mustard is a thorn in the fiesh of most farmers, and to remove it from crops of grain requires much time and labor. The committee on spraying last year made some experiments on the farm of Joseph Tweedle. A field of eight acres of oats was used for the exâ€" Of this vast total Toronto repreâ€" gsented $18,154,074, Greater Montâ€" real $14,972,021, Winnipeg $7,783,â€" A despatch from Toronto says, The statistics of building operations for 1909 gathered by the Contract Record from all ti.g principal cities of the Dominion bear abundant proof of the great revival in trade throughout the country. The perâ€" mits issued in about forty of the populous centres throughout the Dominion represented an aggregate of over $90,000,000 for buildings. For Immigrants Coming to Canada and United States. A despatch from Liverpool says : Beveral of the Atlantic steamship eompanies on Wednesday issued notices of an advance of five shilâ€" lings on thirdâ€"class fares to Canâ€" ada and the United States. It is believed_that this advance is conâ€" nected with a readjustment of poolâ€" ing arrangements with the continâ€" ental lines. WAS GRKEAT BUILOING YBAB Mors Than Ninety Million Dollars Spent ¢ ; Buring Last Year. Remedy for Wild Mustard and the Coddling Moth Among Apples. Report That Portuguese King Will Wed: British Princess. A special despatch from Lisbon to Paris quotes from an authorized source affirming that the marriage og King Manuel of Portugal and Princess Victoria Patricia, youngâ€" est daughter of the Duke of Conâ€" naught, will occur next May. PDEATHS BY FIRE LAST YHBAB A despatch from Toronto says: That 213 people were burned to death in Canada last year was the stattling fact brought out in a paper read at the Insurance Instiâ€" tute on Thursday night by Mr. Fred W. Field, editor of The Monetary Times. The title of the paper was «Canada‘s Fire Waste." Mr. Field said, in part, that of the above heavy death toll carelessness with matches and lamps was responsible for many deaths. In 1909 the fire losses in Canada, he proceeded to Interesting Statistios Given in Paper Read Before the Insurance Institute. yer d show, totalled $18,905,538, the highâ€" est loss in one month being $3,358,â€" 26 in May, and the smallest being $720,650 in April. _ With an estiâ€" mated population of seven millions the fire loss averaged about $2.70 per head. In Austria, Denmark, HIGHER STEERAGE RATES. KINXG MANUEL‘S BRIDE. QNxTARIQ‘S RAILWAY. periment. It was so filled with wild mustard that it would have smothered the crop of oats had it been allowed to thrive. A mixture o‘ 2% per cent. blue stone (or blue vitrol) with water was used, and the mustard was completely deâ€" stroyed. with one spraying. The mustard was 3l% inches high when the spraying took place. The cron yielded 55 bushels to the acre. ‘The committee also made an experiment looking to the removal of gaul lics from Norway spruce hedge. ‘The lime and sulphur mixture entitre‘y cleaned the hedge of lice. Lime and sulphur used with arsenate of lead practically cleared apple orchards of the codling moth. Three Persons Injured by Runaway Animal in London. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Three people were injured kere on Wednesday night by a runâ€" away horse. Miss Lottie Shelton, a telephone operator, was run over ard had her leg badly injured. Miss Mary Dennis and Wm. Robinson, who was driving, were thrown unâ€" der their cutter when the runaway horse jumped right into it, and beth were severely injured. _ All will recover. * 621, Vancouver $7,258,505, Ottawa $4,527,500, Fort William $2,970,365, Calgary, Alberta, $2,429,452 ; Edâ€" nion on, Alberta, $2,118,386 (this latter return is only to the end of November, or eleven months in all) ; Victoria, B.C., $1,673,420; Hamilâ€" ton, Ont., $1,547,425 ; Saskatoon, Sask., $947,905. The places whose building permits exceed $600,000 and are less than $900,000 are Lonâ€" don, Ont. ; Regina, Sask.; Welland, Ont.: Moose Jaw, Sask., and Haliâ€" Instructions Left by Guest in a Montreal Hotel. A despatch from Montreal says : A man who registered at the Queen‘s Hotel last week under the name of R. Rosen, Winnipeg, was found in his bed on Thursday afterâ€" noon, having committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. On his perâ€" son were found two letters, both in the same terms, giving his name HGORSE JUMPED INTO CUTTER. as N. Wittenburg, of Winnipeg, saying that he had taken his life for certain reasons, and asking that a Winnipeg paper be notified and given a copy of his photograph to print. The letters also mentioned that he had a wife and two chilâ€" dren, but no request was made that the wife be notified. oo erecny oo fax, N. Outbreak of Bisease Reported in Scotland Village. A despatch from Brantford says : Aun outbreak of rabies is reported from _ Scotland Village, where Frank O. Riley was seriously bitâ€" ter by a dog. The animal‘s head is being sent to Ottawa for analyâ€" sis. Several dogs were taken into pound here on Wednesday by the police as a precautionary measure. France, Germany and Italy the fire loss only averaged 33 cents per head of the population. Much of Canaâ€" da‘s loss was due to carelessness, the causes given for fires including practical jokes, smoking in bed, careless use of combustible materiâ€" als. Among the reasons for our unâ€" desirable fire record have been givâ€" en the following :â€"(1) The moral hazard is not as good as it was in former years; (2) the variable cliâ€" mate in Canada; (3) wood enters too largely into the general conâ€" struction of many buildings ; (4) the buildirg byâ€"laws _ are, generally speaking, defective. The ratio â€"of losses of Canadian companies averâ€" aged 59 per cent., while for 1908 the average was 69.5 per cent. of the premiums received. RABICS IN BRANT COUNTY. SUICIDE‘S REQUEST. GON fro 22 Thig‘ Tele Hi sude Ar h6 8 A P 1\4â€" 9 pal 3 Kin? cid at eS in4 g12 The dea!} ; & wealthy_ mercn _| 3 3 Man., is being "in.*® > the. Coroner has ordere body be exhumed. _ front . g' licenses=~ The cheese exhibited at the Westâ€" ern Dairymen‘s convention at. St. Thomas was pronounced by Inspecâ€" tor Johnson equal to any ever produced on this continent. Mr. M. J. Butler has resigned from the Department of Railways and Canrals to accept the position of General Manager of the Dominion Coal and Stee! Companies. Five automobiles were seized at Winnipeg, on Friday, for underâ€" valuation at the Customs. Four were sold and the, owner of the fifth paid a fine and kept his maâ€" chine. Lord James of Hereford believes the British elections will result in an antiâ€"Peer majority of 162. â€" _ Mr. A. J. Balfour in a speech at Glasgow advised his hearers to cling to the principle of heredity in their second Chamber. / ~â€" Mr. Joseph CUhamberlain ha.sé isâ€" sued a final manifesto urging ‘the electors to support Tariff Reform in the interests of a united Empire. James Sargent, the inventor of the Sargent time lock for safes, is dead at Rochester. President Taft sent a special mesâ€" sage to Congress advising that $30,â€" 000,000 be expended on the conserâ€" vation of natural resources. Two prominent New York brokers have been suspénded for short terms for their connection with the recent flurry in Rock Island stock. Louis Paulhan, the French aviaâ€" tor, broke all records for high flyâ€" ing at Los Angeles on Wednesday, attaining a height of probably 4,â€" 000 feet. It is rumored that King Menelik of Abyssinia died on December 23. The Freamch Government has deâ€" cided to take action to meet the war declared on the public schools by the episcopate. Exportation of Cream to the United “ f States. At the annual convention of the Western Ontario Dairymen‘s Asâ€" sociation, held at St. Thomas last week, Mr. J. F. Parsons, the Preâ€" sident, _ reported progress and great success all along_the line. The total exports of Canadian cheese from May 1st to Dec. 30th, 1909, were reported to have been 1.916,677 boxes, an increase of 46,â€" 000 boxes over 1908. The value of the chsese at 11% would be $17,â€" 633,336. The total exports of but* ter for the same period was 39,506 packages, a decrease of 53,911 packâ€" ages of 1908. The value of the butâ€" ter was $508,225. A new developâ€" ment of this season was the exporâ€" tation of cream to the United States since the new American tariff was put in force. Mary Morrison, of Newry, won a silver cup valued at $530 for September white cheese. Prospectors Put Up a Little Job on the @utsiders. s A despatch from Cobalt says: Last week‘s rush to Porcupine was the talk of the town. Prospectors are offering large â€" numbers of claims, some very low in price. A clever ruse was sprung when prosâ€" pectors asserted some time ago that all the inner_ territory was staked solid. It now appears that many claims wellâ€" located were blanketed early in the season and that these prospectors are now proâ€" fiting thereby. s e RUSH TO PCRCUPINE. 50 i3 ‘O ue h T 4s To ceome Ec w 2 0R .4 2 :s GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES. DATIRY EXPORTS. AEP: «fold @ ho w El GENERAL. bn & a 8 @ 9 9 1 fu N 4 .0 D .c o 3 +3 B *3 o & I 4+# 0 o a M L7 P» o 42 ++ 0 O .q,qfii a O 3 8 g @ L]a%;to 14‘%¢c; shoulders, 13 to 13‘/fc ‘backs, 19 to 20¢c;, breakfast bacon 17% to 18¢. Apples=â€"$2,.50 to $4 per barrel, according to quality. ronto. Beansâ€"Car lots outside, $1.65 to $1.70, and small lots here, $1.90 to B2 ( Potatoesâ€"47 to 50c per bag on track for Ontarios. Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $8; extracted, 10%c per lb. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $13:50 to $14.50, and No. 2,/ $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. Strawâ€"$7.50 to $8 on track, Toâ€" ron*o. f Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 17 to I8e per Ib.; ducks, lb., 12 to 15¢; geese, I3 to _ I4c. â€"Butterâ€"Pound prints, 23 to 25¢; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 23¢; inâ€" ferior, 19 to 20e; creamery, 27 to 28e, and. solids, 26 to 2%6‘%c per lb. Eggsâ€"Case lots of new laid, 35 to 36c per dozen, and storage, 25¢ per dozen. Oheeseâ€"12%e per lb. for large, and 12%c for twins. Bacon, long clear, 14 to 14}%c per lb in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $27; short cut, $28 to $28.50. Lardâ€"Tierces, 15%¢; tubs, 16¢ pails, 16%e. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to I6ec: do., heavy, 14 to 14c ; tolls, Montreal, Jan. 18.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 44%¢; No. 3, 483 to 43%ic. . Barleyâ€"No. 2, 63 to 69c. Manitoba feed barley, 53 to 55¢. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; do., patents, seconds, â€" $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Maâ€" nitoba strong bakers, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.20 ; straight rolâ€" lers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50.â€"Feedâ€" Ortario bran, $22,50 to $°3; Onâ€" tario middlings, $28.50 to $24;, Maâ€" ritoba bran, $22; Maniteoba shorts, $23; pure grain mouille, $31 _to $33; mixed mounille, $277 to $29. Cheeseâ€"September make western, 115 to 11%c; October make, H* to 11%e; easterns, 11‘f to I1*e. Butterâ€"The local market continues firm, with cheicest grass creamery quoted at 25% to 26¢. Eggs â€"â€" Seâ€" lected new laid, 40 to 4%¢;, selected No. 1 stock, 29 to 30c¢c; No. 1 candâ€" led, 26 to 27e per dozen. Duluth, Jan. 18â€"=Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.14"5 : No. t Northerp, $1.â€" 14%; No. 2 Northern, $1.12%% ; May $S1.11% bid ; July, $1.13%, nominal. Toledo, Jan. 18. â€"Wheatâ€"Cash, $1:97> May, $1.98.. Cornmâ€"â€"Cash, 69¢; May, T1l!%¢c; July, 71¢c. â€" Oatsâ€" Cash, 50¢c; May, 5lc; July, 48}%ec. Montreal, Jan. 18.â€"Prime beeves sold at 514 to 6c per lIb.; pretty good animals, 4 to 5¢ ; common stock 3 to 4E per lb.; good milch cows from $30 to $65 each. Calves from 3 to 54c per lb. Sheep about 4%¢ per lb. ; lambs, 64 to 64c Ib. Good lots of fat hogs, 9 to 94c per Ih. Toronto, Jan. 18.â€"The general run of cattle was of the medium and poor variety, but there were a few loads of â€"choice quality. These fetched topâ€"notch prices, one load selling as high as $5.85, which is something near a record for Januâ€" ary ; $5.25 to $5.65 were common prices. So keen are buyers to seâ€" cure cattle for killing purposes to £&1l1] local orders that all those in the 3 A G UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. THEâ€"DAIRY MARKETS. LIVE STOUCK MARKETS COUNTRY PRO»®» T d W le 5h HOG PRODUCTS. u2 %%'s'ifl SOLIICD W d Es O ‘m4 O â€"Qo Eo9 3 % sls nsl >3 BC 50 9 O 2 m 5 o $ 0 13 o9 8 Bd B 0 of @ g A 8 1 50 7 bD @ t y (Q 8 B . m 2) M @ A despatch from London, Ont.,|that our feelings are alright. . says: Mrs. Martha Sceott, chargeil; The West Nissouri woman, be with the murder of her fatherâ€"in=|@wildered almost to the point o law, Harvey Scott, was acquitted| speechlessness, was taken to a lit‘%t by the jury at 6 o‘clock on Thursâ€" . roestzurant on the Market square t« day night. They were out exactly have her first meal in freedom fo two hours, and a crowded court!more than four months. She wa room patiently waited their return. ‘accompanied by her husband ant Mrs. Scott, immediately after acâ€"!|little daughter Clara. § A quittal, was surrounded by friends,| _ ‘‘Tell the people that I am thank and through the crowd came John fui for their sympathy and help,‘ McFarlane, Reeve of Nissouri, who ‘she said to a reporter. ""I was con without more ceremony â€" than a.Efident from the, start that I woul handshake pressed a purse into her be let go. . I have never felt that hands. !c’ommitted a crime. I fired the sho "‘We took this up at the gate of |\that killed Harvey Scott to_ say Thorrdale Fair,‘""‘ he said, ‘"‘and wé'fi"y_fi%gef'tl can only. say I am gla want you to take it just to show |the people thought so too" Reeve McFarlane Presents Her With Purse of Money. export class are bought for that purpose. Sheep and lambs are afâ€" fected by the shortage of cattle and were mucr frmer. Hogs took anâ€" cther jump of 10c and are now quotâ€" eA at $8.45 f.o.b., and $8.40 fed and watered. Russia Produced the Greatest Crop in 1809. A. despatch from _ Washington says: Russia is the greatest wheatâ€" producing country in the world. Last year it produced the remarkâ€" able harvest of 783,000,000 bushels, which constitutes the largest crop ever harvested by any countsy. Reâ€" turns received by the U. S. Departâ€" ment of Agriculture from a dozen countries, which in the preceding year, produced over fourâ€"ffths of the soâ€"called world‘s wheat crop, exclusive of the midâ€"season crops of India and the southern hemisphere, show a net gain of 387,000,000 bushâ€" els or nearly 18 per cent. over the yield of the same countries in 1908. Fireman Blown GS§ a Locomotive at Rosser, Man. A despatch from Winnipeg says : A wind of unusual velocity raged throughout the west on Friday night, at times reaching the fury of a hurricane. _ Fortunately it was from the south and was not cold. _ ‘Such remarkable velocity was attained, however, that Kireâ€" man Frank Seal of the C. P. R. was blown off his locomotive while the train was taking water at Rosâ€" ser and was very painfully injured. TURNED BACK T BRMIR® A despatch from Toronto says : Along the border line of the Niaâ€" gara River during the past month there have bceen some strenuous times. The members of the Ontario Provincial police received instrucâ€" tions to vigorously enforce the act against admitting undesirables _ to Offtatio. As a result gight indie viduals were deported from Bridgeâ€" port, eight from Fort Erie, five from Chippawa, ten from Niagara Falls, and four from Quaeenston during the month of Decémber. Officers Instructed to Prevent Criminam®s and Undssirables Entering Ontaric. t w m BIG WIND IX THE WEST. THE WORLBP‘S WEEAT. + service l of the igsheries, [ WAS ACQUITTM kind. t of the discuss 0. He ncement decided ‘ eleven ‘he preâ€" There is Act. compulâ€" ions on mier inâ€" ed_ bill i paper e naval Wilfrid allness hoped second s.â€"â€" He ollowed tia bill, ant reâ€" jrovides wulation PS INSTEAD OF 7: fakes Announcement in o Canadian Navy,. â€" > baildâ€" s of the coasts as the Government may rect. The director of the navy x have the rank of Rear Admirai, ar he will be assisted by a naval board. Conditions of service and terms will be under the direct conâ€" ‘trol of the Government. _ The bill provides that in times of |emergency the Canadian navy will | be placed under and at the disposal of his Majesty‘s Government. L |the Canadian Parliament is not i tsession to give its sanction to :.‘ZL proceeding, it will b ;ment within fifteen days |L§anction. Aus King. The servi cbject the defenc WA The bill provides for thcfl lishment of a naval reserve, a n val volunteer militia, and a raval college upon lines of the military college at Kingston. , Length of service of volunteers in navy will be for a term of three years. They may be called uporn to serve for six months at a time. Reservists will be subject to & year‘s service. Rates of pay aro not fixed by the bill. Provision is made for the payment of pensions. ‘ The West Nissouri woman, beâ€" wildered almost to the point of speechlessness, was taken to a Hfl%G restaurant on the Market square to have her first meal in freedom for more than four months. She was accompanied by her husband and dlittle daughter Clara. : A that our feelings are alright.‘"‘ ‘"‘FTell the people that I am thankâ€" fui for their sympathy and help,‘" she said to a reporter. ‘"‘I was conâ€" fdent from the start that I would be let go. . I have never felt that I commiited a crime. «J fired the shot Massacres of Christians Feared in 1 Africa and India,. A despatch from London says : Lord Crawford, exâ€"president of the Astronomic Society, who has widely travelled in Africa and India, fears a native uprising and massacre of Christians by fanatical Mohamme;y< dars when Halley‘s comet appears in the sky in the comig Spring. Agiâ€" tators, he says, will seize the opporâ€" tunity to stir up the uneducated, superstitious natives, using the co et as a fiery signal of Allah to drix out Christians. He has recommendâ€" _ ed the Government to issue plaâ€" cards, with pictures, explaining the â€" phenomenon, throughout North Afâ€" firica, and especially in Egypt and India. f MEAT PRICES MAY GO HIGHEHK Beetft BRaron Advises Use of Cheap er Cuts. A despatch from Denver, Col., says: Harold Swift, of Swift anw Co., in discussing the cost of livâ€" ing said: ‘‘Prices of meat are yvery high row, but there is every indi« â€" cation that they will go still highâ€" er. This is attributable to the h’ price of corn and the consequ secarcity of live stock. As long as the searcity continues, it is well to educate people to use the cheaper cuts _ of meat. These cheaper cuts are just as good and more wholeâ€" some if properly cooked." Mr. Svift admitted that the retail dea ler is making a on meat The Provincial officers at alf points on the border, Windsor Port Huron, Niagara, an d zds ¢ centres, have bcei/im look after this work and coâ€"operate with the Canadisn immigration ofâ€" ficers in seeing. that undesirables are not permitted to reach the inâ€" terior of the Provinca. En "The view of the Att‘orney‘Gea eral is,"" said Supt. J. E. Rogcery when interviewed, "that it is much easier to prevent crime than to dgâ€" fackt it."" 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