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Clerk of the Bank of Toroxto in Montreal Arrested. A despatch from Montreal says: B. J. Brown, formerly assistant acâ€" ecountant in the Board of Trade branch of the Bank of Toronto, was arrested here on Wednesday, charged with the theft of $3,000. He was brought before Judge Leet, pleaded not guilty, and was reâ€" manded for trial. Brown, who is quite a young man, blames betting o# races as the cause of his downâ€" fall. He came here a short time ago from Toronto. Stratheona Will Provide Last Fifty Thousand Dollars, A despatch from London, Engâ€" land, says: The Lord Mayor has announced, in connection with the epecial efforts now being made to eave the Crystal Palace and grounds for the nation, that Lord Strathcona has undertaken to proâ€" vide the last fifty thousand doliars of the sum nceded (over a million dollars), not half of which is yet forthcoming. Duke and Duchkess of Connaught Will Stay at Clarence House. A despatch from Lomdon says: The Duke of Connaught will stay at Clarence House, which for long has been his London residence, when he arrives directly after Easter. When he returns to Canada a few woeks later the Duchess will probably go to Germany and Sweden for a few mouths. A despatch from Berlin says: It is announced unofficially that the marriage _ of Princess YVictoria Louise, daughter of the German Emperor, to Prince Erost August, on of the Duke of Comberland, will take place on May 24, the same day on which the court will celeâ€" brate the silver anniversary of the wedding of Prince Henry of Prusâ€" «im . ladies. The triple woedding served as an illustration of the manner in which the population of this counâ€" try is being augmented, lovers folâ€" lowing their sweethearts and wives their husbands from the crowded eentres of the Old World. Irdveed â€" Yourg Men to Come to Canada to Marry Them. A despatch from Toronto says : On Monday three former London (England) girls, all very close friends, and who for the past eighâ€" teen months have been residents of Toronto, were married at 264 Harâ€" vie Avenue to three young men with whom they kept company in the Old Country prior to coming to Toronto, and who were induced to come to Canada by the young laxlies. The triple wedding served Priacess Victoria Louise and Prince Erost Augest. NEW CURE FORCONSUMPTION A despatch from Ottawa says : The Government has under copsidâ€" eration the sending of a represenâ€" tative to New York to investigate Dr. Friedmann‘s cure for tubercuâ€" losis, and it is possibie that they may invite him to visit Canada. This statement was made by the Premier in reply to Mr. A. K. Macâ€" Lean, who moved the adjournment of the sitting on T_hursda:- s +ng purpose of dist" _ w~ tha amhiact THE AINANCES OF ONIARIO Premier Bord:n Says Government Wou‘!‘d Be Dereâ€" lict in Duty If It Did Not Enquire Into It A despatch from Toronto says: In the public accounts for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1912, which were presented to the Legisiature on VM{. the total revenue for the year from all eources is shown to be m,‘t,mu Of this amount g?.uz.mw represents current receipts, 780,755.66 receipts on ca@pital account, that is from the sale of stock, debentures, etc., and $1,50391699 is the balance carâ€" ried over from 1911. The current expenâ€" diture wase $10,287,991.59. The total revenue for 1911 was $15,407,124.â€" 82, of which #9,370,855.90 was on eurrent sccount, $2,853,701.2% on consolidated fund and $3,177,589.6 balance carried forward from the previous year. For that year there was a deficit on current account of §249,100.13. For 1910 the fgures are: Total receipts, $15,769,119.30; current revenue, #8,591,004.64; eapital account, $1,791,830.43. For this year the surplus on current acâ€" count was $3,484.59. The chief items of revenue are: Subsiâ€" #I from the Dominion of Canada, $2,â€" ,196.08; interest received from the Doâ€" minion on trust funds, $119,0!1.08; lands, forests and mines, $2,900,204; liquor licenâ€" wes, $805.151; law stamps, $126,720; educa tion, $63,944; Provineial Secretaryâ€"from corporation fee«, companies‘ returne, auâ€" tomobile licenses, marriage liceuses, etc., $545,053; game and feheries, $133,354; supâ€" revenue, $166.439; insurance department, fees, etc., $45,121; public institutions, $281,â€" #44; Hydroâ€"electric Power Commission (inâ€" terest), $181,707. In the expenditure column the larger amounts are as follows: Civil governâ€" ment, $630,451; legielation, $281,42%; adminâ€" istration of justice, $674,300; education, #1,965,%5!; public institutions maintenance, #1,315,969; colonization and immigration, public account gelobar l:. 191 e Legisiatur revenue for th shown to be 8 ©10,042,000.63 re $3,780,755.66 re« that is from t] ete., and $1,0 ried over frou plementary . revenue loorron!fon tax), ‘!.031-. succession duty, $775,.712; casual purpose of di%X Lâ€"ng the subject. }1:. m#*l4an said that even if only partially effective Dr. Friedmann‘s eure would be a great bsssiig to the human : ato. The United States Government had sent a surgeon of its Government service to welcome the German physician on his arâ€" riva Mr, MacLean suggested that Canada should send a qualified Expenditure on Current Account Amounted to $10,â€" 287,991, with Current Revenue of $10,042,000 TO SAYE CRYSTAL PALACE. CHARGED WITH TUEFT. THREE ENGLISH GIRLS. wEX THEY GO HOME. ROYAL WEDDING. | The succession duties show a consider | able falling off. Over $1,000,000 was re | ceived for 1911, but even with the decreas l ed amount the Provincial Treasurer‘s es Utimate has been somewhat exceeded. $170,684. The amount received from the T. & N. O. Railway for the year is $5,000 leso than ‘that from 1911, and $60,00) more than the | revenue for 190. \ , gate A despatch from New York says : Vilhjalmur Stefansson, discoverer of the blondse Eskimo, made public on Wednesday his plans for the fourâ€"year expedition which he plans to lead to the Arctic next May. During this time he hopes to wipe off the map much of the white space indicating the unexplored regions of the Far North. Stefansâ€" son and his companionsâ€"eight or ten picked men of scienceâ€"will sail out of Esquimault, B. C., the latâ€" ter part of May or early in June on the 147â€"ton whaler Karluck, barâ€" kentine rigged, purchased for the expedition by the Canadian Govâ€" ernment. The Karluck now lies in San Francisco harbor. During the next ten days she will be overâ€" hauled and sent to Esquimault, where she will be fitted up as a Government vessel. _ She will fly the Canadian flag, as the entire cost of the expodition is to be borne by the Canadian Government, and will carry a crew of fourteen. Tho Explores‘s Wife Is Boeariag Up Bravely. A despatch from _ Wellington, New Zcaland, says: Lady Robert F. Scott, widow of the Antarctic exâ€" plorer, arrived here on Thursday on board the Aorangi, on which she embarked for the purpose of comâ€" ing to New Zealand to meet her busbard on his return from the South Pole. Lady Seott heard of the terrible fate he had suffered while she was in midâ€"ocean off Fiji. As soon as she had recovered from the first shock she said : "I must be brave, as my husband would have wished me to be.‘" Her brother, Lieut. Bruce, and Commander Edâ€" ward Evans, of the British Navy, who brought back the sad news from the Antarctic, met Lady Scott on the pier. She appears to be bearing up bravely under the awâ€" ful blow. Consul at Tenerife Notifles Cuban Governmezt. A despatch from Havana says: Cuba has established a quarantine against the Canary Islands as a reâ€" sult of a report received from the Consul at Teneriffe notifying the Government that five deaths from bubonie _ plague have _ occurred there. Cuban sanitary officials beâ€" lieve that Cuba and Porto Rico were infected last summer through vessels from the Canaries. Stops Fighting. A despatch from London says: The operations of the five armies engaged in the Balkan War have been â€" brought practically to a standstill by the wintry weather, which is accompanied by frequent snowstorms and by the deplorable Bad Roads and physician to confer with Friedmann and possibly invite him to visit Canada to give demonstrations at a central point. Mr. Borwden answeredl that the subject had already been under consideration. _ He would imagine that the effectiveness of Dr. Friedâ€" mann‘s remedy would require a good «leal of tims to @omonstrate it, and z vstt to New York might not haye very practical results. He did not know whether Dr. Friedmann wou‘d ?m.\‘e time to visit Canada, In~any case the Government would wive thé suggestion its best conâ€" state of the roads ment Buildings, $161,179. ‘The new north wing that has been added to the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings, which wase completed during the year, required $22,882 out of the 1912 revenue, and $50,000 was advanced on account of the new museum. The new Hospital for the Insane at Whit‘lg requirâ€" ed Fnuds to the extent of $136,489. During the year the Provincial Treaâ€" surer @dvanced to the Hydroâ€"electric Power Commission in respect of the Niâ€" agara tranemission line and the Port Arâ€" thur transmission line a total of $479,315, which is apart from the proportion which the Province bears for administration, Will F!ly Canadian Flag in the Northern Iee Regions. ment‘s oontrfi:utlon to the good roads scheme under which counties receive back oneâ€"third of their expenditure under the act was $244,680. _ On new Government House $194,542 was spent. The new Proâ€" vineial &rilon cost tg‘;l.m. and the final restoration of the west winhof the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings, $161,179. The new north stleration. Thore was no difference of opinion as to the desirability of a full test of the remedy ; and any Government which did not take every reascnable step to investiâ€" EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC. QUAaRANxTINED THE PLAGUE. WARRIORS ARE RESTING. which appears in another column as "I MUST BE BRAYVE." WwOu: d be derelici in its duty Wintry Weather Shipments Increased 500 Per Cent. in Ten Years. A despatch from 8t .Catharines says: â€" The convention of Niagara district fruitâ€"growers closed here on Friday afternoon. The extent of the industry is shown when it was stated that the shipments of fruit from St. Catharines had increased 500 per cent. in ten years. Where ten years ago the Grand Trunk carried only ten cars of fruit, last year they carried over. 500 cars. This does not include shipments by express and other railway lines ard stcamers. W. H. Bunting adâ€" vised the growers to go more into appleâ€"growing, and said the growâ€" ers seemed to have gone ‘"peach crazy." The British note to the United States Government asks for arbiâ€" tration on the Panama tolls disâ€" pute. K A despatch from Montreal says : The returns of the Montreal Cusâ€" toms House for February, 1913, show an increase over the corresâ€" ponding period of last year of $234,â€" 445.¢0. _ The detailed figures are : $2,036,488 for February, 1913, and $1,802,022,40 for February, 1912. Thoe returns of the Montreal branch of the Inland Revenue Department for the past moath show an inâ€" crease of $62,176.57 over the corâ€" responding period last year, the figures being $857,067.62 for Februâ€" ary, 1913, as compared with $794,â€" 891.05 for February, 1912. Sir Ian Hamilton, inspector of overseas forees, will inspect the Canadian _ militia this summer. Lord Dundonald will be another visitor. After having lain in a cell for four days without any medical assisâ€" tance, suspected of insanity but suffering from typhoid fever, Askil Marchtrium died in Montreal jail. _A male suffragist and two women were detected trying to burn the Croquet Club house at Roechampâ€" The President of the Quebec Dairymen‘s Association at Cowansâ€" ville _ recommended _ agricultural courses in colleges for ministers of the Gospel. Great Britain. Sylvia Pankhurst is seriously ill in Holloway Jail as the result of a hunger strike. ane . ol Roumania has accepted the offer of mediation made by the powers in the boundary dispute with Bulâ€" garia. There aro sixteen prisoners in the new women‘s ward at Kingston Penitentiary. Pilots testifying before the Royal Commission at Quebec advocated a training ship for apprentices. _ The Legislature will be asked to appoint a commission to investigate the cause of the high cost of living. Mobs attacked suffragette meetâ€" ings in Britain. _ The militants made a raid on the telephone and telegraph wires. The Associated Boards of Trade at London adopted resolutions urgâ€" ing a uniform Dominion insolvency law, parcel post, extension of Govâ€" ernment railways, and several other matters. Increase Over February of Last Year $234,445.60. Provincial supplementary estiâ€" mates call for $1,639,522.00. Hon. Martin Burrell says Ontario lagged behind in good roads. _ The smaller lakes of Manitoba will be stocked with fish by the Doâ€" minion Government. "3> & United States. Paper mills in Washington and California have appealed to the Treasury Department to rescind its order of some time ago admitting paper from British Columbia free of duty. _ The French cabinet will consider extending the active service of solâ€" diers of all arms from two to thres City Engineer A. 0. Graydon of London died uncxpectedly, being thought recovering from a few weeks‘ illness. Sizr Wm. White, Naval Construeâ€" tor, MHas Passed Away. A despatch from London says : Sir William H. White, formerly chicf constructor of the British Navry, died on Thursday afternoon i1 a hotel here as the result of a sirche oi apoplexy. The Canadian Flax Mills Co. will have a plant at Guelph. M Dr. Adam Shorrt, before the Committee on Pensions, pointed out beneficial aspects of combines. _ _ General. Thero was desperate fighting in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. _ § Turkey renewed its offer to cede Adrianople and to conclude peasce. Exâ€"President Diaz congratulated Huerta and expressed a hope for peace in Mexico. _ 4 years Hamilton teachers in convention resolved to ask for a pension sysâ€" Canada, the Empire and the World to Gercral Bcefore Your THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH UAPPENINXGS FRQOM ALL ovEs . THE GLOBE IN A . THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. MONTREAL CUSTOMS. _‘ HUTSUHUEBLL NOTED MAXN GONE. Canada. Becond Doctorâ€""It is a beautiâ€" ful combination. He has appendiâ€" citis, nephritis, â€" laryngitis, and $5,000." era, $40 to #75, mccordin to quality. Calves, choice veal, $8.50 to %9.25, and down to $3.50 for common rough stock. Light ewes, 86 to $7, and heavy ewes 85 to %. Lambs $8.50 to $9.50. Fed and watered hoge went at $9.50, and hogs f.o.b. at $9.15. Minister of Militia Makes Emphatic Statement. A despatch from Ottawa says: ‘"So long as I am Minister of Miliâ€" tia,‘"‘ said Col. Hon. Sam Hughes at the military conference on Friâ€" day afternoon, "‘there will never be allowed in the militia camps any wet messes, mild or light beer canâ€" teens. You will kindly not waste any time discussing this question further. It is settled." First Doctorâ€"‘"Well, what has he t‘ REPORTS FROM THE LEADINGQ TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Minneapolis, _ March 4.â€"Wheat, May, B8 3â€"8¢; July, 9014c to 9038¢; September, $0e to 9038¢; No. 1 hard, 887â€"8¢; No. 1 northern, 873â€"8¢ to 88 38¢; No. 2 northern, 853â€"8&¢ to 8638¢. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 44 14e to 441â€"2c. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 301â€"%¢ to i0 3â€"4c. Ryeâ€"No. %, Me to 5§61%c. Bran, PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS Prices of Cattie, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. _ Potatoesâ€"Ontario potatoes, 80c9&:'r bag ; car lots, 70¢; New Brunswicks, to %¢ per bag out of store; 80c in car lots. Lardâ€"Tubs, 14146 and pails 141â€"%. Bmoked and Dry Balted gleats â€" Rollsâ€" Smoked, 14340 to 15¢; hams, medium, 17¢ to 171%¢; heavy, 1512¢ to 16¢; breakfast brcon, 18126 to 1%9¢; long clear bacon, tons and cases, 141%e to 1434¢; backs (plain), 211â€"2¢; backs (peameal), 22c. _ Montreal, March 4.â€"A few choice steers sold at $6.75, but the bulk of the trading was done in cattle ranging from $6 to $6.50, while the lower grades moved slowâ€" ly from that down to $4.50 per 100 lbs. Best cows, $575, and the poorer ones $5.â€" 25 to $5.50, while bulls sold from $5.25 to $5.25. Bheep sold at from $4.50 to $5.25 and lambs at from $7.50 to $7.75 per 100 lbs., while caives brought from $3 to $12 each, sa to size and quality. Selected lots of hoge, $9.80 to $10 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars. Toronto, _ March _ 4.â€"Choice _ butchers brought from $6.50 to $6.75; medium butchâ€" ers, $5.25 to $5.60, and common, $4 to 85. Butcher bulls from $3 to $5.25, and butcher cows, $4.75 to 85.50 for the beet, and down to $3 for inferior stock. Cannere, $2 to $2.50, and cutters $2.50 to $3.50. Feedâ€" ers from $5.2%5 to $560, and feeding bulls $2.175 to $4.25. Rtockers, $4 to $5.25, and yearlings $3 to $3.50. Milkers and springâ€" Toronto, 4.â€"Manitoba Whest =â€" Lake pom&o. i northern, 9712%6; No. & 950; No. 3, Y%¢; feed whent, 65 120. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2, %¢ to 90 for car lots outside, ranging down to 700 for poor grades. Ontario Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 33 to Mo at oogzotry points; 370 to 386 on track, Toâ€" ronto. Manitoba Oateâ€"No. 2 C. W. oate, 411%c, track, bay ports; No. 3 C. W., 40¢; Noâ€" 1 feed, 400 for prompt shipment. Cornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, all rail, 57c; No. 3, 560 to 56 1â€"%0. Peasâ€"No. %, $1.20 to §$1.25, car lots out side. ue + Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 5te to 53. *A Ryeâ€"No. %, 6lc to 65, nominal. Rolled Oateâ€"Per bag of 90 pounds, "fii per barrel, $4.5, wholesale, Windsor Montreal. Barieyâ€"Good malting barley, outside, 50c to 60c. * Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bran, $19.50 to $20, in bage, track, Toronto; shorts, $23 to $22.50; Ontario bran, $19 to $20 in bags; ehorts, $21.50. ie uB ic it Ontario Flourâ€"Winter wheat flour, $0 per cent. patents, $3.95 to $4.05. Country Produce. Fggeâ€"Coldâ€"storage eggs, 186 to 20¢, in case lots; fresh egke are selling at 22¢; strictly newâ€"laid at 286. i C _ Checseâ€"Twins, new, 1434 to 15c, and large, new, at 141%¢; old cheese, twins, We to 161â€"2%¢; large, 150. *Butterâ€"Creamery printe, 31 to 3%¢; do., S&‘ifl. 29 to 30¢c; dairy :&rinm. 2 to 2l¢; i ior (bakers), 22 to 23¢. Honeyâ€"Buckwheat, % pound in tins and to iifDarrele; etrained cf:)over honey, 12 1â€"2¢ a po\l?i in 60â€"pound tins, 12 346 in 10â€"pound tins; 1%¢ in 5â€"pound tins; comb honey, No. 1, $2.60 per dozen; extra, $3 per dozen; No. 2, $2.40 per dozen. PoultryyLive chickens, wholesale, i%0 to 13c per pound; fowl, 106 to li¢c; ducks, 1%¢ to 14¢; live turkeys, 15¢ to 17¢; geose, 90 to 10c. Drossed poultry, 2o to 3c above live quotations, excepting dressed turkeys, at 20c to Zlc. Beansâ€"Primee, $2.50 and $2.60 for handâ€" picked. Lardâ€"Tierces, 1334¢; tubs, 1414¢; pails, 14 1â€"%¢. i Montreal, March 4. â€"Cornâ€"American No. 2 yellow, 611â€"2c. Oatsâ€"Canadian western, No. %, 411â€"2e to 4%¢; do., No. 3, 401%¢ to 41¢c; extra No. i feed, 41 to 411%¢; No. 2 local white, 38¢; No. 2 local white, 37¢; No. 4 local white, 36c. Barloyâ€"Manitoba, feed, 5%e to 54¢c; malting, 73e to 76¢. Buckwheat â€"No. 2, §5¢ to 57¢. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; eeconds, $4.90; strong bakers‘, $4.70; winter pateuts, choice, §5.2%5; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.â€" $0; straight rollers, bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled oatsâ€"Barrele, $4.3; bags, 90 lbs., $2.05. Branâ€"$20; shorts, $22; middlings, $25, mouille, $30 to $35. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $11.50 to $13. Cheesoâ€"Finest westerns, 1i¢c; Augst eastorns, 1214¢ to 125â€"4c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 2 1â€"2¢ to 29c; seconds, 2M¢ to 25¢. Eggaâ€"Fresh, 28¢ to 30¢c; selected, 23¢ to 25¢; No. 1 stock, 18¢ to 20c; No. 2 stock, 15¢ to 166. Potaâ€" toesâ€"Per bag, car lots, 600 to T5c. Manitoba Flourâ€"First patents, $5.30 in {’uw bags; second patonts, $4.80 in jute age; strong bakers‘, $4.60 in jute bags. Xul cotton bags, ten cents more per barâ€" rel. Baled Haz;No. $9 to $10; No. 3 #9 to $9.50. _Green Meatsâ€"Out of pickle, ic lees than smoked. Porkâ€"Short eut, $2%6 to $28 per barrel; mess pork, $21.50 to $22.00. 6 % Duluth, March 4.â€"Wheat No. 1 hard, 88e to 88 1â€"2%¢; No. 1 northern, 8c to 8712¢; No. 2 northern, 8c to 831â€"2¢; May, 8%¢ to 89 :â€"8¢ asked; July, 903â€"8¢ bid; September, 90 3â€"8¢ bid. 0 3â€"4¢. Ryeâ€"No. E, 5e to 56 Iâ€"Zc $17.50 to $18.00. Flour unchanged Bpanish Onionsâ€"Per case, $2.40 to $2.50 xO MORE BEER AT CAMP. Baled Hay and Straw. United States Live Stock Markets. o8 CRESCENDO. Montreal Markets. Provisiens 1, $12 to $1250; No. 2, $8 to $9. Baled straw, Markets NTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO TORONTO CORRESPONDENGE WPEMBORE PP P C L022 phernalia. It has had amateur hockey wnd professional hockey to its heart‘s content. And it is a curious fact that from the spectator‘s point of view the amateur hockey has been much more satiefactory. The fact of the matter is that Canada‘s two national games, hockey and lacrosse, donot?ouxwhndw'utopro- fessionalism. For one thing they are too strenuous, The oiponumuu for the hired man to loaf on the job are too great. It takes=the enthusiasm born of determinaâ€" tion to uphold the honor ofâ€" one‘s town or club to cnrr{ any man through a game of hockey or of lacrosse. Then team play is the essence of both successful hocke( and successful lacresse. Baseball is difâ€" ferent. There every man is judged on his individual plays, a record of which is kept, and his salary for the next season depends on his errors and his success. Authorities say that the best amateutr hockey teams playing in Toronto this year would "beat the heads off" the proâ€" fessional teams. The final games in the O. H. A,. were inâ€" deed worth going miles to see. It was a new seneation to seo 6,000 people, all comfortably seated in a tremendous amâ€" phithcatre, watching a hockey match. The artificial ice, since the opening days last fall, when preliminary difficulties were discovered, has been entirely satisfactory and presents, rain or ehine, mild or cold, as beautiful a sheet of ice as one could wish to seo. So far as announced, the department of Lands and Mines has not yet taken any steps to refute the charges made by Proâ€" fessor Fernow that there is danger of unâ€" wise eetilement being permitted in the freut Clay Belt of Northern Ontario. Proâ€" essor Fernow, of course, did not condemn the entire area which is understood to extend to some 20,000,000 acres, and on which bright hopes for â€" the future of Northern Ontario have been based, but, to those who heard him he was convincing as to the point that considerable mectfone of it were uufit for settlement dnd that it is up to the Department to discrizpkn- There are not want? signs that the new Minister of Landsaud Mines is someâ€" what more interest@ in the western, p.<. of Northern Ontario than he is in tne dietrict along the _ Temiskaming »and Northern Ontario â€" Railway, which: has come to be associated, in the minds of the public, with the name of New Onâ€" tario. Mr. Hearst comes from Rault 8te. Marie himself, and may be pardoned for perhaps having aâ€"little jealousy of the North Bay to Cochrane area on his own account. He has apparently*â€"also been imâ€" pressed with the proteste of the residents of Port Arthur, Fort William and the surâ€" rounding territory against so much pubâ€" licity being given Temiskaming unless they also are included. Crand Opera Loses Monecy. Toronto has been enjoying three weeks of grand opera by the Canadian organizaâ€" tion known as the Montreal Opera Co. It is understood that finarcially the visit of the company has not been as euccessful as it might have been. At rearly every performance there were a large number of vacant seats, and it is said on one evening alone a loss of $1,000 was occaâ€" sioned. One explanation of the failuro of the company to pack the house at every performance is said to be the scale of prices that. prevail. Orchestra chairs were placed on sale at $3.00 each, running down to $150 for a fow rows at the very back of the house. Box seats were charged for at the rate of $5.00 a chair. It was figured that in the Lenten season eociety would turn out in full force and fll up the $3.00 and #5.00 seats. But society did not respond as expected. It was recogâ€" nized that many real music lovers could not as a rule afford to pay this price, but it was figored that they woul(r be conâ€" teut with galiery seate. h 4e which is art of its sporting pAraâ€" w now a part 0 nhernalia. It has bad qgu%iq. ate Two children of Daniel Farlar dean were burned to death at Ri viere au Pin Volcantier, Quebec Neighbors rescued a baby. INTERESTING BITS OF COS$S!P TMG QUEEN CITY,. Canadian Pacific Railroad Asks for Tenders, A despatch from Vancouver says: J. G. Sullivan, chief engineer of western lines of the Canadian Paâ€" cific Railroad, announced on Thursâ€" day that tenders were being called, to close April 15, for a great tunâ€" nel 28,000 feet long to cut through the Roger‘s Pass Hill. A hunrdred million dollars is the amount the minister of finance will probably ask congress to authorize the government to secure by means of bonds for the pacification and the rehabilitation of Mexico. Whether this year‘s experiment will reâ€" sult in a change of policy in the future or whether the opera organization will continue as a pormanent Canadian instiâ€" tution remains to be geen. Don‘t Like Looking Foolish. As a matter of fact, the operaâ€"loving public in Toronto is not large yet. Proâ€" bably one of the chief reasons is that there is a very small population which understands avything but the English language, and as in the good productions English is nevor used, most people are inâ€" clined to feel foolish in listening to hours of entertainment, the words of which they do not understand. Besides, there may be just a little, if not jealousy, at least, of apathy, because of the fact that the opera company hales from Montreal, where it has the support of Col. Meighen and other millionaires. Bo far they have bhad only fat deficits to take care of, and it may be they will tire of the task. However, they have the satâ€" isfaction of knowing that they have staged the greatest operas in the world on a truly magnificent ecale. ‘The stagâ€" ing, orchestration â€" and choresos could hardly be improved upon, and the artists are from among the best to be had in the world, with the possible exception of three or four, such as Caruso and Tettrazinni. There is no doubt that the organization of the company hbas appoaled to the Caâ€" nadian national spirit, and it is to be hoped that some mears will be found of making permanent the organization on a purely Canadian basis, particularly if it results in epecial attention being paid to the development of Canadian artists. It keefi! your "‘White Clothes" looking just like New. It does not Spot or Streak the clothes as there is no settling. It is the *‘Handiest Kind" to use. It is Guaranteed to flve Perfect Satisâ€" faction or money Cheerfully Refunded. "Jâ€"R Blue is much better than any other." Miss ‘Thomson, Beimont, Man. ."Jâ€"R Biue is an Excellent Blue, Superior to other Blues." Mrs. Frank J. Moore, Conn, Ont. "Jâ€"R Blue is the best Blue I ever used." Mrs. W. Switzer, Brandon, Man. L I S T E N ! B EC A U S E Is THE BEST FOR YOU. A GREAT TUNNEL. Mr. Hearst and New Ontario. W H Y TRY IT, and Prove it for Yourselt. A 10 centpackâ€" age lasts about 6 months, as it blues 25 Good Manufactured by Size A despatch from Ottawa says : Sir William Meredith‘s report as Royal Commissioner appointed to investigate the affairs of the Farâ€" AMID THE HORRORS OF WAR The whole blame for the failure of the bank, involving a net loss to the depositors of $1,806,437, is ascribed to the recklessness and fraud of those entrusted with the management of the bank. In so far as the Treasury Board is concerned the Commissioner finds that there is no ground for imputing any imâ€" proper motives to the exâ€"Fimance Minister or his colleagues, and the most that can properly be charged against them is "an error of judgâ€" ment."". This error of judgment lay in accepting the repeated assurancâ€" But to Mr. Buxton the time has come to tell just what war means to the human beings whom we disâ€" guise and forget under the name of "‘soldier‘‘ or ‘‘army.‘‘ With his own eyes Mr. Buxton has seen the horrors of the Balkan War, and these are some of the things he S&W :â€" mers‘ Bank and the relations of ihe former Minister of Finance, Hon. W. 8. Fielding, and the Treasury Board thereto, was tabled in the Commons on Wednesday afternoon by Hon. W. T. White. The conâ€" clusions reached in the report may be briefly summarized as follows :â€" wWHAT A BRITISH MEMBER OF : PARLIAMENT SAW. Scenes Which We Witnessed on Some of the Battlefelds of the Balkan War. "I hesitate to state truly what I saw of the wounded in the Balkan War,‘""‘ writes Mr. Noel Buxton, M.P., in the Contemporary Review. Sir William Meredith In His Report Puts the ‘Blamg ~ig on the Management § We dislike horrors, and we dislike the people who have a tasts for them. The ugly facts in normal lifo we agree not to speak of." FARMERS‘ BANK FAILURE ton. Often the eyes were gouged out. In other cases men were blindâ€" ced by shell explosions. Blindness seemed to stupefy the mind. A man so injured said to the doctor, ‘‘The flour has got into my eyes, and the mice are eating it." Many who fell where the Turks efterwards advanced were mutiâ€" lated, almost always, happily, in such a way that life could only last two or three hours, says Mr. Buxâ€" They are terrifed of losing a limb. I heard one man say to the doctor who was preparing to take off his gangrenous arm, ‘‘Please kill me rather than take off my arm. If I can‘t work on my farm, I would rather be dead." (coming from above the troops as they lay) struck the shoulders, back and legs. We saw many men pierced through the lungs. An offi: cer rode six miles shot just below the heart. Foreign military attaches picked up Turkish durmâ€"dum ammuvnition, and nothing else would have exâ€" panded in soft flesh with the dreadâ€" ful results that came in a few cases to our surgery. One, for instance, had, in traversing the upper arm, spread so as to make the exit wound quite five inches long. Anâ€" other entering the inner side of the thigh had caused on the outer side a hole quite fourteen inches in length, the flesh protruding in sep&â€" rate oblong masses, mangled togeâ€" ther, the skin apparently all carâ€" ried away. x The majority of infantrymen were hit in the left arm or hand, as it was lifted for firing. H Savings Accounts Interest is credited â€"â€" JANUARY, APRIL, JULY and Oâ€".TOBER at the rate of Accounts may be opened by mail and are subject to cheque wtgzc:‘:;::r'al. One Doilar opens an The Union TIrust Company, Limited PaAID UP C sPYTAL AND RESERYE Temple Buildiag, Cor. Bay and Richmond sts., Poronto. Shrapnel Balls Write dor Book »t $1,750,000 Opene i â€" with uts Compauy cara intere>? from date reâ€" celved to dat : withdrawn. And here, at closest quartors, by the insistent impact of sight and smell and hearing and touch, we realized this image smashed ; its eapacity for work, thought, fathor. hood, happiness, destroyed by re. sultant illâ€"health; not one alne, such as would, in peace time, in a case of misfortune, move a whole nation to sympathy, but by scores ‘and hundreds and tens of thouâ€" sands. plied. The modern practice among best posted and most progres horse owners and farmers is to all horses in the spring. 1t is < on the theory that in their nat state horses were not oblige, work, so could shed the winter . in comfort over a period of se weeks. Since we oblige them . hard work on warm epring the winter coat should be rein« for the same reason that we la: our â€" beavy _ winter _ garm: Clipped horses dry off rayp hence they do not take cold as e« nor are they as prone to be afle with other ailments as unc!i animals whose longer hair h the perspiration for hours. Bec clipped horses dry off rapidly â€" rest better, get more good ! their food and come out in morning refreshed _ and fit work. Means It Will Bo Searcity on Tables of Poorer Classes, Meat prices, with the exception of beef, have advanced sharply again, after having remained nearly sta tionary since (October. . Qetober prices were much higher than tho=> of October of 1911, and any advan over them means that a consider ahle portion <@@â€"2MRMfioores classo® v'ill .eat less meat and eat it Tess o‘ten. es of Travers as to the corr=ctney of the sworn statements of h bank‘s affairs without making a suf. ficiently searching inquiry as to truth of the allegations madft\t; Bir Edmund Osler, Mr. David Hep. derson, M.P., and others, **> THE SPRINXG CLPPING might quite philosophically | Bir William says that if the bant had been prudently and hone.fl' managed there is no reason why j should not have succeeded, despit the irregularities on the part of Travers and his misconduct in cop: nection with the application for the certificate: . This would seem to in. dicate that tke> shareholders and depositors will not haye much to go on in their demand for reimburse. ment from the Government. * Both Mr, Peter Ryan and the late Hon. Col. Matheson," Proviacia Treasurer, are exoncrated of any culpability in the mattes, ° In re. gard to the latter the report finds that thé Provincial Treasurer, in making ‘deposits in the bank, acted with nothing in view but the pubâ€" lic interest. ° The number of animals available for slaughter in Germany is toâ€"day much lower than it was a year ago, and lower also than it was in 1907. There are reductions in hogs and neat cattle compared to a year ago rarging from 5 to 15 per cent., ac cording to the locality, and in some places the reductions in the numâ€" bers o sheep amount to 35 per cent. Buyers paid the farmers about 14 cents a pound for live hogs in Janâ€" vary, 1911. This month they are paying About 15‘ cents. Empoeror Williaim of Germany Los\ a Law Suit. A despatch from Elbing., Gerâ€" many, says: Emperor William on Friday lost a law suit brought against him by a tenant farmer named Sohst, whom he boasted durâ€" ing a recent speech before the Gerâ€" man Agricultural Council that he had ‘‘Thrown out because he was no good" from a plot of land he rented from the Imperial estate at Cadiaen. The District Court deâ€" eided that the Empsror was not enâ€" iitled to terminate the lease of his tenant, which runs until 1918. The Balkan War is Nearly at an End. A despatch from London says: The Daily Telegraph claims special information regarding the Turcoâ€" Balkan situation, in which it is said that peace is nearer than at any time ®ince the beginning of the armtice on December 3. Turkey is alfout to entrust hor cause unâ€" eonditionally to the powers, who will treat diroctly with the allies. MEAT GOES UP IX GERMANY. CAxXxXOT TERMINXATE LEA sF. 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