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FEDERATION OF LABOR British Labor M. P. Convention. Swedish Delegate Made Appeal For Funds For Workers on Strike. M W K SIM tacl m# a resolution ree on of the efforts at British Chasteclor . witnessed in Toront lent occurred at t! American Federat! seÂ¥ Hall The tw “ullill-, » a ® National ent of the department of @DOT it .M Presbyterian _ Church of the _ United States. The first invitation for mext year‘s convention meeting place arrived during the day. It was from Atlanta, Georgia and was supported by letters from _ the Mayor of Atlanta and the Covernor | of Georgia. _ Toâ€"day Mr. Will M. Maup‘n of Lincoln, Nebraska,. editor of _ the Wageworker. will present an official in vitation for the holding of the conven tion in Lincoln. every man, whether he professed to beâ€" lieve in unions or not. Was ready and willing to share in the benefits which trades unions had won. He narrated the long legal fight beâ€" tween the English unions and the emâ€" ployers. The last of these decisigns is still pending. It refers to the right of the unions to make levies upon their members for the support of the parâ€" liamentary representatives: $10,.000 _ a year is subscribed by â€" the English workingmemâ€"in order that the voice of ronto in Mr. J. P. Ciynes, M. said that in Americaâ€" freeâ€"and in Toronto, al of men who . were so they dared not join a t D entirely of Tm T w Of M U W excellent ade the afternoon of Chicago. l Women‘s T1 v. Chartes T. $ VOI L‘oydâ€" MEX XOT FREE HERE [ P Clvnes. M. P. in : spat th K ha en‘s Trades los "F. Steizk partment of Church of ventron composed al UMA L Ntarbes® citizer FROM SWEDEN r1es, M. P., in a speech erica â€"the land of the nto. also. he had heard cre so little free that oin a trades union. Yet her he professed to beâ€" or not. was ready and in the benefits which in Support of D W thooreecds mvention of t k rdiv. Th meon su pe Nein League, rintend in _ the United at t Labor might be able to be heard in the Hanas Mr. Clynes frankly admittes that for twenty years past he had been a Socialist, looking forward to the bringâ€" ing about of an era of social production for social good. "I know that Mr. Gompers does not look â€" with favor upon Socialism; that he disavows its philosophy and _ looks on its economies as unsound. But I car work with Mr. Gompers. Like myâ€" self, he is working for the social betâ€" terment of the wageâ€"earner. 1 cannot conceive of a â€" Socialist, who cannot irf';ly ;’mrk with the trades unionist," sai r. Clynes amid loud applause. He _ showed how the British ”;rldos and Labor Congress unfted the Labor and Socialist parties, and resulted in harmonious working. "The old age pensions scheme has defects, but it is the beginning of the recognition of a great principle. Over 250,000,000 i« _ expended annually for the relief of aged workers of Great Britain,. _ Public opinion does not look wpon the pensions as charity. These men and women have been injured on the field of industrial war. The acceptâ€" ance of the pension is a civic right. The rich men in England have been in receipt of pensions for a long time past. though they had not aided in the creating of weaith." Mr. Fred Baneroft. fraternal _ deleâ€" gate from the Canadian Trades and Labor â€" Congress, charged that _ the Catholic School Commission, who run their own printing establishments, do not pay fair wages. In the Lower Proâ€" vinces, the Catholie workers, he said, are in open revolt _ because of the extortionate _ price lemanded for text vinces, the Catholie workers, he said, are in open revolt because of the extortionate _ pricegdemanded _ for text books, and organized Jabor would supâ€" port the fight of their Frenchâ€"speaking brothers. A Growing Market For Honey in Ontario and the West. ex pre Toronto despatchâ€"Appreciation of the work that i~ being done by the Ontario Government toward the advancement of the beeâ€"keeping industry in Ontario was expressed at the annual convention of the â€" Beeâ€"K hambers Mr. C he last few years at L ibitions in Ontario, _ of iz honey which they h ut which they had theys. A resolution w Suffragettes Create Disturbance in London Theatre. oclations nod t > lb'nliwnwn were obtained, and, helpâ€" ed by many willing hands, ran the women out to an accompaniment _ of an" angry chorus of ."boos." yesterday BEEâ€"KEEPING. HELD UP SHOW. tically impossible of enfore â€" members of the Associaâ€" ‘epers of Ontario in convenâ€" y afternoon at the practice ‘to have been in operation years at the industrial exâ€" mtario, . of exhibitors showâ€" rwich they had not produced, they had _ bought from wolution was finally passed z to the various exhibition no exhibitor be allowed to »ther than what he had proâ€" If. â€"A rule to this effect been in foree, but had been with because it had been ot an ear at congratuiit« xt nt than ever before â€" country, which he to the exhibits _ of n with the hortieulâ€" Mr. Couse also drew videning markets for he west and in New fightin lisease the hting _ the "foul ease which has havoe _ among . the in Ontario in the formed the . subject ie â€" morning session, tt. of Wooler. â€" It ociation n able 1 ceellent ( od price becemin the â€"value of the recently ommittee â€" was d _ Mr. Morley t, Jordan Harâ€" iz with some uring the past the convention one toâ€"morrow 1: lignation f the As unt y th 14 Onâ€" »nineil On n to tine h it M NOT A CREDIT TO NIAGARA. Fruit Section Rather Poorly Repâ€" resented at Toronto, But the fShow as a Who‘e Is a Magnificent On>. Toronto despatch: If the Niagara penâ€" insula should be ashumred of ons thing more than another it lies in the small display of products at the Horticultural show now going on here. The more one notices the excellence of the Norfolk county exhihits, the more he bogins to feel alive to the splendid advertisement the growers over by Lake Erie are getâ€" ting. They monopolie the show in trait. One bright, particular ray of comfort for the garden district, and one only, is the varied collection of fruit shown by the St. Catharines Cold Storage Company. It embraces peaches, grapes, quiness, apâ€" ples and pears, and is tastefully arrangâ€" ed. The red ticket went to this showing, the second to the NorfolKk Fruit Growers‘ Association, and the third to the Granâ€" tham Association. A fine display af sweet potatoes is on of the features of the Essex county staâ€" tion. In the exhibit from the St. Lawrones station, Maitland, one sees a varicty of apples only heard of onee or twice in a lifetime. _ Nome of those on the plates comprised the Salome, Blunt, Mammoth Black _ Twig, Borken, â€" Milding, Scarlet Pippin, Winesap,â€" Maas, â€"Fancy, _ Bine Pearmain, Shackleford, Grimes‘ Golden, Palause, â€" Canada â€" Raldwin, â€" Milwaukee, Sluawassie and othors, The box. and package show consisted of â€"nearly four hundrea entrics in apples alone, _ another _ hundred held â€" poars, '|nill|'q'<. grapes and |n';l('|li Lo Holland pippins showed up well, were of better quality than usual, and fault less in size, shape and coloring. Tallman Sweet had a large place, both in the box and barrel list. _ As might be supposed, Spys, Baldwins, Ribston pippins, Snows, Greenings and Kings held their own, The ‘pn-ny coloring of the St. Lawrenes atâ€" tracted almost every visitor to them. ‘ Perhaps the finest box of the Gillifiower variety is to be scen right at this <how. and barrel list. _ As might be Spys, Baldwins, Ribston pppit Gireenings and Kings held their preitty coloring of the St. Las tracted almost every visitor Perhaps the finest box of the ( variety is to be seen right at It certainly stands alone, and nurple eolorine makes it the purpic co fruit that vificeunt s plates~â€">pecim fiftecn ounces And lust of : and the Snow among â€"their quite @1 ter, fain In sin the on terday Comn w Howell Duchess nothing . fruit. What grapes there hardly sati<factory at make â€" a â€" ereditable peachces the same thing Domestic fruit and the number ef over on What grapes there are on show are hardly sati<factory at this late day to make a ereditable showing, and _ of peaches the same thing may be said. Domestic fruit and jellies in glass to the number of over one hundred, should scem to give the housckeopers out of thefruit district radius an inkling. of what may be done in these lines. Roses are now in their places, alongâ€" side their hardier and more brilliant companions, and held their own in comâ€" pleting a most ereditable floval display, although the ‘mums easily hold the sitâ€" nation well in hand. Honey is in the num! lisplays, ho arranged, w several glass in The â€" Horticultural _ show _ tins . yeat should give visitors a good idea of On. tario‘s fruit producing excellones, In hardy varieties, in methods of upâ€"toâ€"date packages and packing, it is forging shead year hy year. The display, taken aito gwether, is a grand one, the society has taken pains to make it bigger and bet ter than usual. It desorves the patron, age not only of the citizens of Torento, but those in the proximity. London Man Found Dying Near City of Detroit. 1 The Girl He Was Said to be Enâ€" gaged to Missing. Detroit, Mich., despateh; â€" Samuel . Morley, aged thirty years, manager of the Cranbrook form, near Birmingham, twenty miles from Detroit, whose home is near London, Ont., was found !ying on the road near the farm last mght, shot through the side ‘of the neck and in the abdomen. The latter wound is a serious one, and Morley‘s death is looxâ€" ed for at any minute. When found Noxrâ€" ley was so weak he could only say, "Berâ€" tha shot me."" Bertha is supposed t» be the cook of that name on the farm. She has disappeared, and the sheriff is iookâ€" ing for her. Her surname is not knewn. She is about 25 years of age, and éncing, the five years she and Morley were to;, gether on the farm, the latter was very attentive to the girl, and they were beâ€" lieved to be engaged. Morley has an exâ€" cellent character. He has seven brothers and two sisters living in different parts of Ontario. Exh The Ladies Made a Brave Show at Parliament â€" Hill. Ottawa despatch: Foll wing the coreâ€" mony ef the opening of Parliament and the departure cf the Governorâ€"General and his military escort for Rideau Hall, Countess Grey and _ the _ Viceâ€"Regal parfy, accompanied by Sic Wilfrid Laurâ€" iec and the entire gathering, paid their respects to the Speaker of the Senate and Mrs. Kerr and the Speaker of the Commons and Madame Marcil in the speskers‘ residences, where a profusion ofi lights and flowers gave an additional air of festivity to the seene. ller Exeelleney Countess Grey looked very â€" stately _and handsome _ in _ an exquisite gown of white duchesse . satâ€" in, with overdress of chiffon embroid WHAT THEY WORE that it is. ut showin MQ CX SHOT HIM. Th vhile in juite up to the ay {o entries. â€" The s r. are large and n connection are s »s of hbees, always are on show are this late day to showing, and _of may be said. jellies in glass to e hundred, should seckeopers out of us an inkling of hese lines. eir nlaces. alonc n are sqown ilways work vartoly of twice in a the plates Mammoth #, Searlet evy. â€" Kine th (Girey looked tk l 11 Lady Evelyn Grey was in white satâ€" in charmeuse, embroidered in silver and finished with pink tullle and pearls. Lady _ Hanbury _ Williams _ looked charming in pale grey satin, veiled in wrey â€" chifffon, _ trimmed with grey iriâ€" descent trimmming. and diamond ornaâ€" ments, and she wore the Order of St. E. D. Smith Speaks of the Waste of Apples. Purse of Gold Presented to A. M. Smith. Toronto Despatch â€"The present â€" anâ€" nual convention of the Ontario Fruit Growers‘ Association celebrates the 50th anniversary of the association‘s estabâ€" lishment, and during all that time Mr. A. M. Smith, of Port Dalhousie, has been an active member. After Mr. Smith had read his paper on "Fifty Years of Peach Culture in Ontario," Mr.: Murâ€" ray Pettit of Winona, presented _ the speaker with an address in appreciation of his long anrd valued services to the society. Mr. R. B. Whyte, of Ottawa, presented a purse of $175, the gift of the entire association. Join of Jerusalem Other papers read _ were: _ ‘"Comâ€" mercial _ Peach Orcharding in Southâ€" western Ontario," by J. L. Hilborn, of Leamington ; ‘"Prnning of the Peach," by Messrs. J. W. Smith, of Winona, and _ Wm. _ Armstrong, of Queenston; In his presidential _ address, delivâ€" ered at the morning session, Mr. E. D. Smith, of Winona, drew â€" attention to the â€" enormous annual fruit waste reâ€" sulting from fungus, the codling moth, and also from improper packing. _ He suggested the establishment of schools for apple packers and Government _ inâ€" atruction in grading and naming. "I believe if apples were _ packed in strict compliance with the act," said â€" President Smith, "that not over oneâ€"third of those grown _ in Ontario would be packed this year . We have in Ontario 7,000,000 of bearing _ apple trees. In a favorable season _ these trees ‘ought to bear at least one barâ€" rel per‘tree of packed apples Nos. 1 and 2. This is an extremely _ modest estimate, yet I do not believe at the present time that we secure one barâ€" rel more than half of this amount." Papers were also read by Mr. A. W. Peart, of _ Freeman, on _ ‘"Small Fruit Culture in Ontario During the Past Fifty Years." ‘"Cherries _ and Grapes," was _ the main . topic of the afternoon session, and the following papers were read: "Sweet Cherries _ for _ Southwestern Oniario," by F. J. Stewart, _ Homer: "Cherries for the _ Commercial _ Orâ€" chards of Ontario," by _ A. E. Sherâ€" rington, Walkerton; "Is Grape Growâ€" ing Profitable at Present Prices?" by Resolution _ Committeeâ€" F. 8. Wallâ€" bridge, Belleville; C. L. Stephens, Orâ€" illia; W. L. Smith, Toronto; Major H. L. Roberts, Grimsby. Legislation â€" Committee â€"M. _ Petit, Winona ; H. Jones, Maitland ; _ Mr. Adana, Leamington, and Mr. Richard, Newcastle. Lady Toronto despatch: Dishonest al'('ll.\'l]l('lll formed the subject of a general comâ€" plaint by delegates to the fifth unmml‘ convention of the Ontario _ Vegetable Growers‘ Association, which was held in the City Hall yesterday. The president, \r. Thomas Delworth, Weston, in openâ€" ing the convention spoke of the difficulâ€" ty the growers had in obtaining the kind of seeds ordered. â€" He thought legislation should be obtained to protect the growâ€" ers from being imposed upon by dishonâ€" est seedsmen. _ Heavy fines for selling different varicties than those ordered should be imposed on the seedsmen, he said. â€""When we buy Yellow Danvers," he said, "we want to be certain that we get Yellow Danvers." Other speakâ€" ers referred to the trouble in procuring the right kind or seeds. \r. A. MeMeans, of the Ontario Agriâ€" cultural College, Guelph, gave an interâ€" esting report on "Cabbage and Cauliâ€" flower Growing." biodlk cdl ids Audass s The seerctaryâ€"treasurer, Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Toronto, reported a prosperous vear for the association, and an increase in membership. Mr. H. S. Peart, manager of the Ex+ perimental Station at Jordan, gave an interesting report of the vegetable farmâ€" ing av the Jordan Station. Mr. G. H. Clark, seed commissioner, Ottawa, gave a resume of the work done at Ottawa in connection with seeds, and he spoke of matters relating to seeds in Europe. He said i} was a difâ€" ficult thing to control the seed question so long as seeds were brought _ from abroad. _ Control â€"was _ possible only . where homeâ€"grown seeds were used. ‘ The reports of the inspectors of the experimental plots showed that in the Toronto and Ottawa sections the crops were the best. The English grown seed did not give satisfactory returns in some districts. _ California grown seeds apâ€" peared to be better. The struggle against insects and the study of new varieties of _ vegetables were the subjects touched upon by Hon. J. S. Duff. Minister of Agriculture, at the closing session last night. President Thos. Delworth, of Weston, occupied the T chair BelleySel, _ Out., Nov,. _ lAe~â€"A _ ter rible case has been discovered near Frankford, in Hastings County, by the Children‘s Aid officials. Twelve members of a family named MeDonald were found living in two rooms. There were the parents, five brothers, three sisters and an uncle 80 years old. The eldest girl, Sarah MeDonald, has had three children, two 9f t}lem being Terrible Case of Degeneracy in Hasâ€" tings County. now alive. She says her brothers are the fathers of her children. The girl was brought to the shelter here and her brothers will be prosecuted. FRUIT MEN. A SAD STORY. n design in gold thread, & is mss e‘ BIG RIOT AT ry. She wore a magnifiâ€" E/ »ntiar ‘of diamonds. and ! Pim a fi us Students Create Row at Hypnoâ€" Drag Him on the Stage and Make Him Apologize. London, Nov, 15.â€"Fomtecn husdred Glasgow studenis roted at the Colisemi Music Mall in that city toâ€"night, They fought and beat the policc, and later rioted in the streets, where the polies finally triumphed over them. The trowâ€" ble originated in the appearance at the Coliseam of a professional hypmotizer of the name of Bodie, who dubs him#elf doctor. _A recent suit in London against Bodie, which resulted in his having to pay the plaintiff $5.000 for swindling him, had exposed the hypnotist as a mere showman, and when he appoared in Glasgow last Monday the students pelted him with eggs, peas and meal as a quack. _ Bodic, the following night, denounced them as "a pack of beggarly Carnegie students," and the students toâ€" night took their revenge, They had booked seats in the front part of the house, and when Bodie appeared they fired fusillades of eggs, paper bags filled with meal, potatoes, apples, etc.. natil he was forced off the stage. The man: agement ordered the: curtain _ lowered, whereupon _ the â€" students â€" started_to rush the stage. The manager, who had expected trouble, had a foree of poiic? handy, and a desperate fight took plum“ between the constables and the students in the front rank, while the collegians beâ€" hind bombarded the officers with egas and meal until the atmosphere was stifâ€" ling with meal dust and malodorous (#gs The students _ triumphed, reached the" stage and tore the curtain â€" to â€" pieces, They demanded Bodie, but he did not apâ€" pear. _ The police meanw hile wore roinâ€" foreed _ Thoy reâ€"attacked the students, but wore again beaten. Then the leader of the students ap» pealed _ to his followers to hold their hands until he got Bodic, A hand ful _ of the students thereupon pene trated â€"theâ€" wings and brought out the hypuotist, from whom an apology was demanded. This was given, with \a request _ that they accept it, and the charlatan was released, ~â€" He â€" got off the stage quickly. _ The leader then addressed the students, saving thai it Bodie _ ever â€" appeared | agaim im Glusâ€" gow _ nobody could _ foretell the conâ€" sequences. He _ advised the studonts to behave in ar. orderly manner. After â€" leaving â€" the â€" Colissum, the trinmphant students went to a palice station, where â€"four of â€" their namber had been lodged under arrest, and 4deâ€" manded their release, They smashed a number of windows, but after the head officer had received a deputation, Uhey all left and started to attack the house of a local doetor, who had incurred their \displeasure, â€" The p wice had anticipated ‘lhi~ move and were strong enough to hold their ‘own. | They used their cluos, giving many broken heads. _A second at tempt to rush the doetor‘s hous> was similarly defeated. It is stated that a Jarge number of the students were badly clubbed. request charlatan the stage addressed Bodie _ e gow nol sequences to behave The underwriters have _ reduced the premiums on Toronto insurance,. A special civic committee at Toronto will confer with the Bell Telephone Comâ€" pany in regard to telephone rates. The Toronto Parks Committee recomâ€" mends two civic bowling greens and apâ€" proves the proposed skating _ rink in Exhibition Park. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO dames Neott, earpenter, en@amUn 17 the new Willard building at Galt, on Thursday afternoon fell while hoisting a joist into the basement, and broke @a leg and sustained other serious injuries. The toll of death in the electric railâ€" way accident at Vancouver was increasâ€" ed on Thursday by the death of CConâ€" ductor Harris. This makes the fifteenth death as a result of the street car disâ€" astei. Two hundred tank cars have been ordered to the Shamokin division by the Reading Railway Co. to haul water to the collieries and towns that are now practically without water because of a prolonged drought. Pearl Waddell, little daughter of Mr. Robert Waddell, Canton, met with an itnfortunate accident at her home, The: little girl, who is eleven years old, was kindling the tire, when in some way her skirt became ignited. A case of smallpox on board caused the detention at quarantine _ of the Spavish steamer Manuel Calvo, which arâ€" rived toâ€"day from Spanish ports. The paâ€" tient was a second eabin passenger, a priest from Barcelona. Sit Louis Jette has received notificaâ€" ilon that an orderâ€"inâ€"Council had been passed by the Federal ( ‘nbinet appointâ€" ing him Chief Justice of the Court of King‘s Bench of Quebec. Sir Louis sneâ€" eeeds the late Sir Henri Taschereau. The Linby collieries, near Nottingham. Fng., employing 500 miners, will close in a fortnight. the owners announcing that the operation of the recently adopted Miners‘ Eightâ€"hour Act makes it impossiâ€" ble to work the mines except at a loss. The most important secession from the British Government yet announced is that of Nir Robert W. Peéerks, : the noted civil éngineer, who announces that h+ will not support the Ministry any lon_er because of its Socialistic tendenâ€" lon: ces The British Government has decided to grand _ £135,000 towards the Colâ€" looney & Blacksod Bay Railway. When this is constructed London will be only fourteen hours from Blacksod Bay, from which Halifax is distant only three and a half days. The joint committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons which was appointed in July to inquire â€" into the censorship of the grama, report in favor of continuing the censorship and ( GLASGOW. Federal Mouse of Reâ€" Fhursday . reversed by sion of a week ag9 doetor‘s hous It is stated the students the off ien it of extending the avchority. Wthe censor so as to include a supervision over the music balls The concussion from an explosion 200 feet away lifted the trap door in the AMchinleyâ€"Darragh mise at Cobalt and John Valtjie, a Hungarian, who was nushing a car, fell down the w‘aze and broke his leg. The trap door fell after him as precipitately as if the tr»p had be +1 arranged. Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, Superintendent of Horticultural Societies, has been preâ€" sented by the the Ontario Horticultural Association with a set of Royal Crown Derby plate, encircled and beautifally chased with sterling silver, and approâ€" pristely inscribed, in recognition of Mr. Wiison‘s services. Present indications at the University of Toronto are that none of the three students recently suspended for a year will be reinstated, and that neither of the two fines will be mitigated. Reveral student petitions fer leniency have been delivered at the president‘s office, but as yet they have been disregarded. A shooting affair occurred at Glen Miller, on the banks of the Trent Valley Canal, on Thursday. Jt is said _ that some Italians were in a row, and one of them had a gun, which others tried to take from him. In the scuffle the gun was discharged, and the man who had it was shot in the leg below the knee. True bills were found by the grand jury at the Ottawa Assizes against Geo. Detour and NViector La Casse, who are accused of dynamiting the home of M. Lporte, on the Montreal road. The priâ€" somers are charged with attempting to ow up a building and attempting to do gmeveus bodily harm,. La Casse is also accused of theft. The remq'lu of William Huard, killed at the Hochelaga yards by a G. T. R. engine, were taken home to Thetford Mines. Me was the last of six brothers, three of whom met their end on the railway. Joseph and William were both killed at the Hochelaga yards, almost at the same spot, two years ago. _ The third was killed at Quebec, Wheat grown at Fort Liard has been reccived by the Trade and _ Commerce Department â€" from Commissioner Porry, of the Nortnwest Mounted Police, Fort Liard, on the River LAiard, lies 200 miles north of the 60th parallel of latitude and 20 miles east of the Yukon Terriâ€" tory. ‘The grain was graded as No,. 2 Northern, worth about 94 cents a bushel, A sort of poetic justice _ overtook Vernon Clark, who broke _ into _ the house of William Bailey, 242 _ Major street, Toronto, during the month of September, He stole a quantity of powâ€" der. and when he was using it later before he recovered completely. The mystery that has for months surâ€" rounded the disappearance of numerons articles from suit cases and handbags at the Union Station, Toronto, was cleared up on Thursday by the arrest of Joseph Glass, a seventcenâ€"yearâ€"old youth, on a charge of theft. Suspicion was directed towards Glass, and. it is alleged, a bagâ€" vageman saw him in the act of opening a suitcase and taking something out. Lucien Pickett, the convieted bigamist, was sentenced at Cleveland to three years in the penitentiary _ and fined $1,500 by Judge McCall in the United States tdistrict court. The sentence was based upon _ the charge of using the mails to defraud. _ During the trial four women _ appeared as _ witnesses, each claiming Pickett as her husband. September, He stole a quantity of {mw- der, and when he was using it later on, it exploded. _ The powder got into his eyes, and he had to go to the hosâ€" pital. where he remained for six weeks before he recovered completely. dred dollar« \l:n each claimed to have been vic timized to the extent of several hun SETTLED BY COURT. Methed of Payment of the Company, liquidators of the York Coun: ty Loan & Savings Company, in view of the large number of inquiries respecting the recent payment of the dividend of twentyâ€"five per cent., have issued . a long statement. _ In this the whole history of the case is reviewed,. 1t is pointed out that the method of distriâ€" bution of dividends was settled by the court. â€" The liquidators say: "Sharcholdâ€" ers should realize that the method of distribution has been finally settled by the court, and that, therefore, remarks or inquiries on this subject only add to the difficulty‘and expense of the liquidâ€" ation, with a. consequent Jessening . of the dividend. "The liquidator is â€" ready â€" to â€" answer an y reasonable _ inquiries, but the cex» nense of dealing with the large corâ€" pense . of dealing _ with the jarge corâ€" respondence is so heavy that no letters will be â€" answered which are . covered by this explanation, Nince the payment of the dividend _ on the first of this month the liquidator has received _ some 6.000 letters, and about 3.000 shareholdâ€" ers Nn » pany. Fort William Receives a Bill For $1,345,50. Fort William, Nov. 15. An expoeitst account has been received by the City Council from Colonel Steele, the officer commanding military district No. 10, in connection with the recent strike of dock hands employed by the C. P. R. The accounts amount to #3,345.50, being made up as follows: Thompson & Co., #12; C. P. R. transportation, $1,258.20; Strathcona Horse, transportation, #17; staff â€"pay â€"list, â€"sncluding subsistence, $52.50; staff pay. Stratheona _ Horse, $652; staff pay, 96th Regiment, #1,353%.â€" 35 Cus Some comment was made on the fact thut the C. P. R. charged trausportation to bring troops from Winnipeg to quell disturbances raised by its own employâ€" Dies After His Leg Was Amâ€" Belleville, Ont.. despateh: An Italian employed with Larkin & Sangster, conâ€" tractors on the Trent Valley Canal, was shot on Wednesday night, and brought to the hospital here yesterday. He reâ€" ceived a charge of buckshot in the leg, which was amputated last night. . "Lhe man died «bortly after. He was unc nâ€" scious, and his name cannot be leained. He was 25 years old, Coroner Yeomans has ordered an inquest to be hehkL. "A mystery surrounds the shooting. A woman crn\'e; vdc\'utiun from . all men; AJove from but one.â€"â€"New _ York Pross. lla-;'(‘-‘;'n-fll-mrlrnl the office of the com COST OF STRIKE. M ITALIAN SHOT. Loan Dividend. miries, but â€" the with â€" the large avy that no l¢ Natolaal I=t Terrible Pest to Travellers and Naâ€" tives from the Northland. No account of travel in labrador can be complete without some mention of the terrible pest of mosquitoes, . ‘These were always present in immense swarms from the beginning of our trip to the end, and sometimes they made life alâ€" most unbearable. Nothing could be heard but their buzâ€" zing. Whenever we attempted to eat they were down our throats and an our eyes and faces and in spite of our head nets and fly dope we were always badly hitten, The natives secemed to mind them almost as much as we did, their remedy being rancid seal oil. I am satis fied that were one so unfortunate as to be eaught out at night without protecâ€" tion he would be either crazy or dead by morning. Our ~tents were provided with m fine mesh bobbinet inner tent, but _ some would always find their way inside or come up from the ground, At times our light so attracted them we went ontside to see if it were not raining, for the conâ€" stant tapping of the mosquitoes againat the canvas sounded «o exactly like rain that it was impossible to tell the differâ€" ence. On many mights I had to give up the observation of stars for latitude and longitude because a candle could not be kept lit long enough to adjust the @rtiâ€" ficial horizon. We unfortunately had no chimmey and the mosquitoes swarmed so thickly that without this protection the flame was quickly smothered. _ There were but few nights cool enough to afâ€" ford us any relief; we found that it reâ€" quired a temperature within a few deâ€" gress of actual freezing to subdue them. â€"Forest and Stream. In the city of Council Bluff«, low, there is a unique organization known as the "Boy Police," composed, a« its name indicates, entirely of boys, who«s duty it is to preserve order among the lads of that city and to mee that the "rising generation" dues not become tao boisterous in its fun. The young law officers act under the eyes and onders of the regular police department of the eity, and have authority to make arresis when necessary to preserve order, The size of the foree fluctuates, at times _ decrcasing until not a single member is on the roll, and at other times _ increasing until it reaches a streangth of two hundred and fifty. This is the maximum number allowed to gervs in the "Boy Police" force, The boys receive no ’.a_\' for thair work, but are recompensed â€" solely _ by the â€" prestige which acerues to. thom as guardians of the peace. No greatly is the honor esteemed at holiday _ times, _ when the _ mind 0i Young America naturally turns to misâ€" chief, that anything from five hundred to fifteen hundred boys besiege the poâ€" lice â€" headquarters, _ sccking â€" appoin‘â€" ments as "policemen." Jt is the great est honor that can come to a Council Bluffs boyâ€"to be made a â€" policeman. Every grade of society is found among the applicants,. from the street arab to the son of a bamker and railroad magâ€" nate, for practically every lad in Cownâ€" cil Bluffs is a standing candidate for the "job" of a boy policeman, This "Kid Police," as the foree is popularly _ known, originated _ in _ the mind of Chief of Police Réchmond, of Council Bluffs, and was more the re sult of an accident than of mature thought. _ Jt was an inspiration, howâ€" ever, that has worked wonders among the boys of Council Bluff«, and has been so successful in its object that it is being seriously considered by a number of other American cities.â€"Thoma« P. Reynolds in the November Wide World Magazine. ;}, | foot shpped s wheel. I 4 | I:mee n?m save himweli er foot on a all l mangled. ‘I 1k | upon theâ€" 1 The cost of many important articles of supply used by the railways has inâ€" creased more than 100 per cent. Fuel for locomotives constitutes about 11 per cent, of the cost of railway operation, (wing to the mcreased price of coal during the last ten years, which in some States has amounted to as much at 58 per cent., it is asserted that for #1 apent for locomotive fuel in 1897 for each $17.25 of gross receipts the ratio has declined in 1907 to #1 for locomotive fuel for each $12.93 of gross receipts. The expense of taxation is shown to have increased from $235.36 a mile of line in 1897 to $353.090 a mile of line in 1907, over 50 per cent. The cost of regulation, both State . and national, which is classified akin to taxation, has }nlm added greatly to the expense of the carriers. A conservative computation disclosea that the costs due to increases in 6x penses or reductions in revenue im posed by statutes or by commission« acting under Federal and State regulaâ€" torvy laws cost the railways of the Ealr of Crewe Tells Deputation Liberâ€" als Will Not Support Movement. London, Nov. 15.â€"The Earl of Crewe, lord privy seal, told a «lc-‘butmi'm wl Liberal women toâ€"day that there was no chance of the Government supporting a woman suffrage plank in the next clec tion. United States -ppm\lmlu‘l_;' $100,000,â€" 000 per annum.â€"Freight. There were, he said, sharp differenees of opinion on the question among the members of the cabinet. He was convineed as matters . stood now that the House of Commons would defeat such a proposal by a very large ma jorit v. A NATURAL QUERY. (Lion‘s Merald.) "Father," asked the small bey of an editor, ‘"is Jupiter inhabited?" "I don‘t know, my son," . was . the truthful answer. Presently he was interrupted again, "Father, are there any sea serpents?" "I don‘t know, my son." The little fellow was manifestly cast down, but presently rallied and again approached the great source of informaâ€" tion. "Pather, what does the North Pok look like }*‘ But alas! again the answer, "I don‘ know, my son." " TAt ']l;".; in Tlesperlfi@. he enquired, with withering emphasis: "Father, how did you get to be an editor?" with terrible injuries while threshing at Thamesford. He was on top of the enâ€" gine oiling some of the parts, when his foot slipped and was caught in the flyâ€" wheel. Both bones of the leg below the I:nee wert4Aractured. In endeavoring to save himwelf, Sutherland placed his othâ€" er foot on a cogâ€"wheel and the toes were mangled. Theh, dizzy with pain, he fell upon theâ€" hot boiler and was terribly burned Angus Sutherland, of Dorchester The ‘‘Boy Police.‘‘ NO USE FOR WOMEN he said, sharp difference ‘W‘lm"‘ tan young | law and onders met %/» M# j 4 tm