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6. â€"THE NEWS N A PARAGRAPR Statistics Show Appalling Mortality From the Dread Plague ‘A despatch from Pekin says: Ehe Ohinese Government on Wedâ€" nesday applied to the Missionary Medical Association headquartersd at Shanghai asking for the despatch of additional physicians to the porth. The appalling magnitude of the devastation caused by the plague is revealed by the estimates. The minimum estimate of the deaths from plague from Changâ€"Chun to the north is 20,000. The estimate for Southern Manchuria, based upâ€" DEAD NUMBER TROUSANDS on statistics of the Japanese railâ€" way administration, exceeds 2,500. A conservative estimate for the provinces of Chihâ€"Li and Shanâ€" Tung is 2,500. While it is imposâ€" sible to obtain reliable statistics, particularly from the region north and east of Harbin, where the epiâ€" demic is raging with unabated fury, 25,000 as a total is more likely to be an underâ€"estimate than an overâ€" estimate. The Viceroy of Manâ€" churia telegraphs to the Waiâ€"Wuâ€" HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVE THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHKELL. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your ; Eyes. CANADA. A Montreal firm will erect five hundred houses of cement on Ediâ€" gon‘s plans. The Dominion Government has appointed â€" thirtyâ€"seven fisheries overseers to work under the inspecâ€" tors in Ontario, and has made a rearrangement of the inspectorates. RaSRS SA e ces ,Poliéeman Demeules of Montreal gallantly rescued nine persons from £ burning building. _ . One hundred and twentyâ€"five persons have been convicted of illegally selling couaine at Montreal since last July. Sir Richard Cartwright explainâ€" ed the bill regarding terminal eleâ€" vators in the Senate. The Governâ€" ment propose to appoint a comâ€" mission of three, modelled on the Railway Commission. C. E. Eaton, of Montreal, a prominent businessman, was found dead in bed with a bullet wound in his head, on Friday. It is supâ€" posed he had the weapon under his pillow and accidentally discharged British suffragettes are organizâ€" ing determined opposition to cenâ€" sus. Prince Edward Island is cut off from communication with the mainâ€" land, the steamer Earl Grey being unable to make the trip through the ice. A despatch from Montreal says: ‘Erom a report made to Chief Enâ€" ;-.-‘iBEe.n\{apin, of the city on Wed:â€" mwesday.. the serious fact was btought to light that the water in the big reservoir on the mountain it. â€" Sir Joseph Larmor has been clecâ€" ted to represent Cambridge Uniâ€" versity. NONTREAL W ATER SCARCOITY 1;} going down at the rate of ten imches a _ day. . Mr. Janin stated that if© this condition of affairs spould contfinue the outlook was that scrious difficultics would be encouwtutered in the matter of giving citizeas a satisfactory supply. The cause is a reost peculiar one. Jt appears thas owing to the intense reservoir Is Going Down at the Rate of Ten Inches a Day GREAT BRITAIN. Pu that his official reports show beâ€" tween 10,000 and 11,000 deaths, but he fears the total is much larger. HEROIC PHYSICIANS DIE. A despatch from London says : In reply to a question in Parliament by Mr. Allen Baker, Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, On Wednesday afternoon stated that the British Minister at Pekin reâ€" ports that all physicians here have been inoculated with Haffkin‘s vacâ€" cine and that the Chinese Governâ€" ment has done its utmost for the personal comfort of the physicians. â€" The Fremnch physician, Dr. Mesâ€" ny, who died, was not incculated. He was infected owing to a patient coughing in his unmasked face. Dr. Jackson, a British physician, died of exhaustion after continuous hard work among the infected coolies. l’_I‘he Minister concluded by declarâ€" ing that Sir John Jordan reports that the heroism of the physicians is beyond praise. United States Secretary of State Knox says trade agreement is an economic, not a political, question. Russia‘s attitude toward China causes concern. Emperor William and the Pope are convalescent. \ King Nicholas of Montenegro is said to be slowly bleeding to death. The Christian mission at Chee Foo, China, has been infected with the plague. Russia Will seize China Possession ~ to Enforce Treaty Rights. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: The Retch states that Kulja, 48 miles over the frontier, in the Ili region of Chinese Turkestan, is to be occupied in accordance with the decision arrived at by the Govâ€" ernment because of China‘s perâ€" sistent disregard of the treaty of 18$1.. Under the terms of that treaty Russia agreed to evacuate the Ili region, which it occupied in 1871. on condition that she receive certain Consular and commercial privileges in Mongolia and Manâ€" churia. Russia has become irritatâ€" ed over China‘s persistent violation of the terms of this treaty, and this feeling has been greatly aggravatâ€" ed by constant attempts on the part of China to disregard‘ provisions for other treaties. _ Over 65,000 Chinese have died of plague in Manchuria. â€" * Will of the Late Baron Rothschild, of Vienna, Probated. A despatch from _ Vienna says: The will of Baron Albert Rothsâ€" child, filed for probate on Friday, bequeaths $10,000,000 ‘to charity. The Baron‘s third son Louis is apâ€" pointed head of the Vienna bankâ€" ing house of the Rothschilds. frost this winter the ice has got so thick near where the city‘s inâ€" take is situated at Lachine that the water is lowering rapidly every day. There are places where the ice is so very thick that it has actually touched the bottom. â€" The ice in the open aqueduct, which conveys the water to Montreal, is also abnorâ€" mal in thickness. While a water famine in the city is not expected, officials of the water department are concerned at the difficulty they are experiencing in getting a proâ€" per yolume of water to pump. $10,000,000 TO CHARITY. TO OCCUPY KEKULJA. UNITED STATES. GENERAL. PRIGES OF FARM PROBUCTS REPORTS FORM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. BREADSTUEFS. Toronto, Feb. 21.â€"Flourâ€"Winâ€" ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.â€" 50 at seaboard. _ Manitoba flours are unchanged, as follows :â€"First patents, $5.40; second patents, $4.â€" 90, and strong bakers‘, $4.70, on track, Toronto. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheeso and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 northern, 99%4%e, Bay ports; No. 2 northern, 97c, Bay ports, and No. 3 at 94%4c¢, Bay ports; carrying winter storage at Goderich, le extra. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 84¢, and No. 2 red and mixed, 83¢, outâ€" side. Oatsâ€"Ontario grades. No. 2 white, 35 to 35!%c, on track, Toronâ€" to, and 32)4c to 33c outside; No. 2 W. C. oats, 37!%c¢c, Bay ports, and No. 2 at 36¢, Bay ports. 1 Barleyâ€"Malting qualities, 62 to 65¢, outside, according to quality, and feed , 50 to 55c outside. 7 Cornâ€"51l4 to 51%e¢ for No. 3 Amâ€" erican, Toronto freight. Peasâ€"No. 2 at 80 to 82¢ outside. Ryeâ€"66 to 67e outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 1 at 49%c outâ€" side Applesâ€"Spys, $4.50 to $5.50; Baldwins, $4 to $5; Greenings, $4 to $4.50;, No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel. Beansâ€"Car loks, $1.75 to $1.80, and small lots, $1.90 to $2. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10% to llic per lb. No. 1 comb, wholeâ€" sale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen. No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. Fosnsa Poultry â€" Wholesale prices of dressed poultry â€"Uhickens, 15 to 16e per lb.; fowl, 11 to 13e per Ibe; ducks, 16 to 18e per lb.; turkeys, 19 to 21¢ per lb., and geese, 13 to 13}4%c per lb. Live, 1 to 2¢ less. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $12.50 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $9.50 to $10.50. Baled Strawâ€"$6.50 to $7 on track Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 80 to 85¢ per bag. _ 2 Butttrâ€"Dairy prints, 20 to 21¢; choice rolls, 19 to 20¢; inferior, 17 to 19¢c. Creamery quoted at 26 to 27e per lb. for rc‘ls, 24e for solids, and 22 to 23¢ for seperator prints. nA‘]E“]gé;â€";Cas-é lots of newâ€"laid, 25 to 26c _.per dozen, and of pickled at 16 to 17c. : Baconâ€"Long clear, 114 to 12¢ per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $21.50 to $22; do., short cut, $25 to $25.50; pickled rolls, $22 to $20.50: .Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to 16e; do., heavy, 14¢; rolls, 12% to 13¢; breakfast bacon, 17 to 17%4¢; backs, 18 to:19c. 7 _ Cheeseâ€"Large, 13¢, and twins at 13*%c. Montreal, Feb. 21â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 39 to 39)}%c¢, car lots ex store ; extra No. 1 feed, 3814 to sslic: No. 3 C. W., 37%, ‘to 88¢; No. 2 local white, 37%4 tol 38¢ ; No. 3 local white, 36% to 37¢; No. 4 loâ€" cal white, 35% to 36¢. Flourâ€"Maniâ€" toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; do., seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to $5; strong bakers‘, $4.90 ; straight rollers, $4.â€" 35 to $4.50; do., in bags, $1.90 to $2. Rolled oatsâ€"Per barrel, $4.45; do., bag of 90 lbs., $2.10. _ Barley â€"Feed, car lots ex store, 49, to 50c. Cornâ€"American No. 3 yellow, 564 to 5b7c. Millfeedâ€"Bran, Onâ€" tario, $21 to $22; Manitoba, $20 to $23 ; middlings, Ontario, $23 to. $24; shorts, Manitoba, $22 to $25; mouâ€" iillie, $26 to $30. Eggsâ€"Selected, 28e ; fresh, 30¢; No. 1 stock, 24 to ‘Obe: No 3, 20 to 22e. (Cheese. â€"â€" Western, 11 7â€"8 to 12 1â€"8¢; easterns, _ Lardâ€"Tierces, 12}%¢; tubs, 121%¢; pails, 12"f¢â€" l.ili/afito 11%e. â€" Butterâ€"Choicest, 24% to 25¢; seconds, 22 to 23c. Minneapolis, Feb. 21.â€"Wheat, May, 96%e; July, 9758 to 97%e; September, 98¢;.No. 1 hard, 98%c; No. 1 Northern, 96% to 98)%c¢; No. 2 Northern, 93%4 to 96%%c; No. 3 wheat, 90% to 94%4c. Branâ€"$20.75 to $22. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.â€" 45 to $4.85; do., seconds, $4.35 to $4.75; first clears, $2.95 to $3.35; second clears, $1.95 to $2.25. Buffalo, Feb. 21â€"Wheatâ€"Spring, No. 1 Northern; earloads store, €1.011â€"8; Winter, No. 2 red, 95c ; No. 2 white, 92c. Cornâ€"No. 3 yelâ€" low., 49c; No. 4 yellow, 47%c¢, on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"Steady. Barleyâ€"Malting, 98c to $1.02. Rye ==Noâ€" 2, on track, 84c BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. UNITED STATES MARKETS. THE DAIRY MARKETS. HOG PRODUCTS. k Montreal, Feb. 21.â€"COhoice steers sold at 6%c, good at 6Â¥c, fairly good at 5%¢ to 6¢, fair at 5lc to 5%ec, and the lower grades at 44c to 5e per lb. A few choice cows and, bulls brought 54c and the comâ€" moner grades sold from that down to 3c per Ib. Sheep sold at 4c to 4%c,. and lambs at 6c to 6c per lb. Prices of calves ruled lower, with sales at from $2.50 to $12.50 each as to size and quality. The market for hogs was weaker and prices declined 25¢ to 40c per 100 lbs. At the reduction the demand was good and sales of selected lots were made at $7.50 to $7.75 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars. Toronto, Feb. 21.â€"Butcher steers and heifers, including medium, good and choice qualities, $5.40 to $6.10 per cwt.; butcher cows, all grades, $2.75 to $5.50; butcher bulls, all grades, $4.50 to $5.50 ; canners, $2.50 to $3.15. Milch cows and springers ranged from $45 to $75 per head. Veal calves $3.50 to $8.50, with a few selects at $9 to $9.50. At $4.25 to $4.50 for ewes, $3.25 to $3.75 for rams, and $6 to $6.50 for lambs. Hogs, $6.90 per cwt. for shipments f.0.b. cars at country points, and $7.20 fed and watered at the market. At 94 England‘s Oldest Postboy Takes Octogenarian Bride. A despatch from London, Engâ€" land, says: Mr. William Hennen, 94 years of age, England‘s oldest postboy, on Wednesday wedded Miss Fanny Wadhams, an octogenâ€" arian, at Chatham. The town paid the expenses of the wedding. The old couple, who recently were disâ€" charged from the workhouse, where the courtship was conducted, will live on a ten shillings a week old age pension. A great crowd cheerâ€" ed the union of January and Noâ€" vember. They received many preâ€" sents. Joseph Bains, 90 ye s of age, the oldest bell ringer i Engâ€" land, chimed the wedding march. Arrangements for Colonial Premâ€" iers at Coming Conference. A despatch from London, says : It is officially announced that the Prime Ministers of the overâ€"seas dominions and the Ministers acâ€" companying them to the Imperial Conference will be the guests, first of the Government, and afterwards of the King. The Colonial Office has taken rooms at the Hotel Cecil. The British members of Parliament will entertain 58 of the colonial members, eighteen of them from Canada, for a fortnight. They will heve seats for the Abbey cereâ€" mony. s Herbert Thomas, of Mounted Polâ€" ice, Gets Year in Prison. â€" _A despatch from Edmonton, Alâ€" ta., says: Herbert Thomas, of the R.N.W.M.P., uas been sentenceed to one year‘s imprisonment for the forgery of expense vouchers. Thomâ€" "as is known as the. most daring member of all the Northâ€"West New Departure May Injure Cheese Factories in the East. A despatch from Picton, Ont., says ; Prince Edward farmers have before them the proposition to sell cream to a Toronto firm, which ofâ€" fers a tempting price. It is underâ€" stood some of the farmers in the upper part of the county may take up the idea this season. If any great quantity of cream should be shipped the cheese industry would be considerably hurt. force Immigration _ Commissioner _ Preâ€" dicts Population of 25,000,000. A despatch from Winnipeg says : In a lecture on Thursday night, J. Bruce Walker, Commissioner of Imâ€" migration, expressed a â€" positive opinion that there would be 25,â€" 000,000 people in Western Canada 25 years hence, and that the popuâ€" lation of this city would be 1,000,â€" 000. Premier Roblin, who presided, warmly applauded the statements. TOWN PAID EXPENSES. LIVE STOCK MARKET. GUESTS OF THE KING. BRAVE, BUT A FORGER. FUTURE 0OF THE WEST TO SELL THE CREAM. QNTARIO‘S NEW MILK BWLL Municipalities Obtain Complete Control Over Milk Supply A new bill based on the recomâ€" mendations made to the Ontario‘ Legislature last session by the Proâ€" vincial Milk Commission was inâ€" troduced in the House on Wednesâ€" «lay by the Hon. J. S. Duff, Minâ€" ister of Agriculture. It is entitled ‘©An Act Respectiug the Production and Sale of Milk for Human Conâ€" sumption,"‘ and seeks to embody in its scope all the legislation bearâ€" ing on this subject. WHAT BILL DOES. The bill does two things. First, it gives municipalities complete control over their milk supply. Seeâ€" ondly, it sets general standards for the province in regard to certain matters. â€" The principle followed is that the municipality in which the milk is to be consumed should have complete control in the matâ€" ter of the production, care and sale. With this object in view, municiâ€" palities are given power to pass byâ€" laws making regulations as to the care of cows, the sanitary condiâ€" tion of the places where cows are kept, the water supplied to cows, the care of utensils used in handâ€" ling milk, the proper storage and transportation of milk, the making of bacteriological tests as a guide to the wholesomeness of milk, and such other matters as may be conâ€" sidered necessary. Councils are ai". authorized to fix standards for butter fat and toâ€" tal solids, but it is provided that ‘"‘no milk shall be sold for human consumption which contains less than 12 per cent. of solids, of which 3 per cent. shall be butter fat.‘"‘ In addition to this, stringent provisâ€" ions are made to prevent adulterâ€" ation. s Councils are empowered to apâ€" point inspectors, who are given auâ€" thority to inspect the source of supply, as well as every other point Monkey Overturned Oil Heater and Only Horse Was Saved. A despatch from Pottsville, Pa., says: A monkey overturning an oil heater in the Winter quarters of a small railroad cireus at Orwigsâ€" burg, Pa., on Wednesday night, caused the destruction of all the cireus paraphernalia, including a cage of monkeys, trained apes, a pack of trained dogs, a den of snmnakes and several horses. One horse was the only thing taken out alive. Duma Asked to Vote $60,000,000 for Four New Battleships. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: The Government has asked the Duma to vote $60,000,000 for the construction of four battleships by 1915. The vessels are to be namâ€" ed Sebastopol, Petropavlovsk, Ganâ€" gut, and Poltava. A despatch from Montreal says : It is stated that the experts emâ€" ployed by the Government to make recommendations concernins the new Quebec bridge to replace the one wrecked some years ago have reported four to one in favor of the tender presented by the St. Lawâ€" rence Bridge Company, which is composed of the Dominion Bridge Company and the Canadian Bridge Company. QUEBEC BRDGE CONTRACT _ Has Been Secured By a Canadian Firm, and . Will Amount to About $13,000,000 The contract, which doubtless will be awarded by the Government as recommended, amounts to about $13.000,000, or $40,000 above the tender sent in by the Britisk Em BURNED THE CIRCUS. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS. at which the milk might be contam= inated. As to tuberculosis, it is provided that no milk shall be sold from any cow which, upon physical examings tion by a certified veterinarian, shall be declared to be suffering from tuberculosis of the udder 0% milk glands, or whose milk, on bae« teriological or microscopical exame ination is shown to contain tubercle bacilli. It is provided that no cans o# other utensils used in the distribu« tion of .milk shall be used for any other purpose, and all must be thoroughly cleansed before agaim being used. 3 Â¥ x The other clauses of the bill deal with special classes of milk. Foz® instance, municipalities are empowâ€" ered to establish and maintain 0 assist ‘ in the establishment a,nj maintenance of milk depots to fur« nish a special supply of milk for infants. The term ‘"certified‘" is protect» ed by incorporating the conditiqn®# which must be complied with be« fore it can be used, and by pro= viding that these conditions mus# be certified to either by the Medical Health Officer or an incorporated society of medical practitioners. PASTEURIZED MILK. Similarly, it is provided that i# shall be unlawful to apply the word "pasteurized‘‘ to any milk unless it has been subjected for at leas® 20 and not more than 30 minutes bo. / a temperature of _ no# less than 140 and not more than 143 degrees â€" Fahrenheit and. at once cooled to 45 degrees Fahrenheit or under and kept at that temperie ture until delivered. _All the clauses at present in the statutes bearing on milk for hue man consumption are repealed. Will Attend the Unveiling of Na» tional Memorial to Late Queenr. A despatch from ‘London says 1 The announcement that Empero® William would atterd the ceremony of unveiling the national memorial to Queen Victoria in front of Buckâ€" ingham Palace on May 16 is conâ€" firmed. His Majesty will be ac« companied by Empress Auguste Victoria, and it is expected that the two will be the guests of King George and Queen Mary for sevem al days. Three Men in Montreal @fi to Jail for uifence. A despatch from Montreal saysi@ Mr.. Recorder Dupuis sent thre« cocaine vendors to jail on Thurse day morning, and declared his im« tention of doing so in every im« stance where such a thing is pom sible. pire Bridge Company,. which ade hered to the official design. How» ever, when the St. Lawrence Comâ€" pany â€"prepared its tender, Phelpg Johnston, the managing director o# the Dominion Bridge Company, age sisted by Mr. Douggan, of the sam# company. prepared a design of hi# own, and it is understood that the experts considered this design su«e perior to the official one. The suc« cessful companyv. as a result of the award, will spend at least $2,000,â€" 000 in new machinery, as new shop$ will have to be kbuilt. The brieégt will probaÂ¥ly take siz years to come NO TUBERCULOSIS MILK. KAISER TO YISIT LONBON. SOLD COCAINE. I