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a lawyer, and sion of the n hult. The immigration branch of tartar Department will shortly ten-page atlas, which will be to the presentation of the get cal and topographical features as tbp climatic ('onditiuns of C: All the Deputy Ministers of and Defence have been lawyers Futvoya, the first. deputy, was t Iish lawyer, the late Col. Pm A company will at the next session of Parliament seek incorporation with power to acquire and operate the N1- ngara Central Railway, and to extend it to Hamilton, Toronto, tho Niagara River and Lake Ontario. ‘ Tile iinmigration branch of (be In- ' Judge Johnston of Saul! Ste. Marie has been presented with a hundsome gold watch, the gift of his brother dis- trict Judges, in rerognilion of 111339!“ vices asSecretary of the Board of Dis~ trict Judges. It is said an action for damages will he brought agiinst the Grand Trunk Railway by the young German emi~ grant, Frederick Cohen. whose purents were killed in the Murray Hill disas- ter. Miss Booth, of the who has just returned a tour of the Army's Maritime PIO/iDCeS, \u extensive (our going t early in the New Yezu A rich pay streak has been struck in shaft No. 2, Mikado mine, Lake oi the ‘Woads. It is said to be the greatest strike ever made' in this district and runs about twenty thousand dollars to the ton. ER 0. G. Thompson, an ex-mounted policeman. of Regina, while practising on 8. trapeze bar in the bowling alley at Fort Steele, 8.0.. fell and dislocated his neck. Hls arms are partially para- lyzed. Mr. Churlefl H. Norris, who Four delegates, who have returned to Winnipeg from Minnesota, say that fully 200 families will move to North- west from Minnesota and Wisconsin next spring. and locate near Edmonâ€" ton. In élonor of General Lord Kitchener the .PE. Company has changed the name of the new town at the eighth {ding of the Crow's Nest road from reston to Sirdar. The immigration branch of the In- terior Department will shortly issue a 10-page atlas of the geographical and topographical features as well as the climatic conditions of Canada. Misa Alice ("fewer of Hamilton. sued Dr. Baxter, entist there, for 8200. She said he broke her jaw while ex- ;rggting a tooth. The jury gave her 1 . The Department of Marine and Fishâ€" eries has been notified that American companies are taking large quantities fish off the coast of British Colum- m. The steamer Danube brings news to Victoria B. 0., from Skaguay, that pbout 25 livee have been lost on the White Pas: road since winter set in. O. P. R. returns of cattle shipments Show that 40,000 head were this year shipped from the Northwvest to East- ern Canada, 2.000 less than last year The Hambutg~Americau Line is un- proving its service between Montreal and Germany. and will put new vessels on the route next summer. Mr. Edwin Smith and Mrs. Ellen Matt, both of Fort Steele, 3.0.. were married on a mountain top in East Eootenay, on Nov. 27th. The will of the late Lieut.â€"Col. Chas. Magill. of Hamilton, leaves an estate worth $259,956, entirely to the family of the deceased. John McNamara, the Elizabethtown, 0nt., boy injured in the Murray Hill wreck, has become violently and in- curably insane. The Leyland line will run a direct ffortnightly steamship servlcr‘ between Antwerp and Montreal next summer. Fifteen thousand gallons of rum. seized in Cape Bfelon, will be offered at auction in Halifax wilhin a few days. Application will be made next ses- sion for power to build a line of railâ€" way from Lake 'Winnipegosis to Ed- monton. Ernest Boyd has been committed for trial at Hamilton. There are nearly 80 charges of theft against him The first of twenty-five new Grand Trunk locomotives has been turned out by the works at Point St. Charles. Wheat receipts at interior elevators was} of \Vinnipeg are at present aggre- gating 100,000 bushels daily. Napoleon Picard, an insurance agent 0_f Montreal, committed suicide by put- tlng n bullet through his head. Captain “'oodsides. a well known Canadian correspondent, is reported lost in the Klondike. The citizens of Montreal will raise a fund in aid of the Gordon Memorial Cpllege at Khartoum. CANADA. Berlin’s Board of Trade advpcates that town‘s incorporation as acrty. Edmonton, N.W.T., is to have a new roller flour mill of 100 barrels 6393‘ city daily. A p'ork packing factory is likfely to be started in Woodstock by Perrm & Co. of Chicago. The Government inspecfior ‘repnyts that Montreal Civic Hospltal lS unmâ€" habitable. THE 'VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Brimln. the Unltcd States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. and that of the Salvation Army, returned to Toronlofrom Army's stations in the Vinces, will make u more ‘ going to Newfoundland. is also the profes deputy, Mayor Pin stars of Militia lawyers. Mayor y. was an Eng- Col. Panet was of Canada is in Of- the In- issue a Igmphi- as well Mrs. Lqu Johnstone, aged has b9en indicted by the gran Perry, Ok., chu‘ged with n tWU husbands. She has been seven times. The bodies of Mr. Richu‘d Croker all! work on a tunnel under Island. to solve New York’s sit problem. will be begun company wiIhin a year. It cost of the work at $50.0( A Verdict for $1! been rendered aga Minn, Street Railv Complainant wasA inn of Michael J. I fool cruhsed. HESS It is suidothal a tunnel under New York. to solve the city's rapid transit problem. will be begun by a private company within a year. The work will rant $50,000,000. Cong-mas on Thursday in 20 minutes passed the Pension bill, calling for an appropriation of $145,000,000, an in- crease of $4,000,000, over the act of the current year. The lumber cut on the Aroostock river in Maine. this winter will be twenty-one million feet, which is in excess of the past year. There was an epidemic of suicides in New York on Sunday. Three people took catholic acid, while a fourth jumped into the river. A proposal to raise the Maine from Havana harbor and the Christobal C0â€" lon at Santiago is before the “Washing- ton authorities. There was an enidemin of Anioirlnu It is reported that Mr. Josvph H. Choate of New York will be the next United States Ambassador to Engâ€" land. Dr. Lyman Abbott's resignation of Plymouth church. Brooklyn, will take effect from May 1 next. Four United States war vessels. the Brooklyn, Texm, Castine, and Reso- lute, have been ordered to Havana. The Cuban Evacuation Commission has recommended that an army of 50. 00') men is requisite to maintain order in Cuba. boiough horliéemctiowdiscuss the best methods of staying {he ravages of con- sumption. February 25th is the date fixed for the marriage of Mme. Adelina Patti to I‘Bazroa Yon Cederstrom. which will The 18th annual convention of the American Federation of Labour is in session at Kansas Cdty. The steamer Alameda, at San Fran- cisco from Australia. brought treasure amounting to $3,510,000. 4 Majorâ€"General Brooke has been apâ€" pointed Military Governor of Cuba by Mr. McKinley. Buffalo is now free from smallpox. Buffalo's grain blockade continues. Eighty vessels are waiting there to be unloaded. take place Qéwfiefléifif'XValggw-‘Ba'ron Von Cederstrom is about to become a. naturalized British subject. dated from Februai‘y last. _ It is reported in Ottawa that Connolâ€" LV BIOS., Of Montreal, are the success- ful tends-rats for the new Intermlonial Railway deep-water wharf at Sl.John, their tender price being in the neigh- bourhood of $300000. The wharf is to be over 500 feet long, and will accom- modate the largest vessels at all con- ditions of tide. Messrs. Connolly are just rompleting a big contract at Philadelphia. tuxn to the Cubzin capital. The Prince of Wales has summoned a. private Fleeting to be held at Marl- Sir Aiexander Gollan, British Cou- sul-General to Havana, who is now in England. has resigned and will not. reâ€" turn to the Cuban nanifal. Negotiations are reported to have been begun between Russia and Great Britian for the solution of the Chinese problem. Sir William Anderson, Directorâ€"Gen- eral of the Royal Ordnance Factor- ies and part inventor of cordite. is dead. It is Said that the number of British vessels wrecked during November was 62 causing the loss of 77 lives. George Stone. an engraver. has been sentenced to be hanged at Hull, Eng'v for the murder of Emily Hull. Christopher Sykes, wellâ€"known glut)- man. and intimate friend of the Pnnce of \Vales. is dead at London. The year’s outupt on the Clyde reaches the enormous total of 446,911 tons. A thousand tons of ships' plates have just been landéd at Glasgow from Norfolk, Va, It is Said fhaf H19 numhpr of Rrifigh hs, and to pay a fine of $500. 'mon church authorities in Salt City Utah, have advertised an of $500,000 in eleven-year Gper bonds. payable in gold. The 0b- 5' topuy off pressing indebted- Th [3V8 discove) he Yukon w z of the Klan nowu as th had by way 'enilenti the Pri UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN )r $10,500 damages ha against the St. Paul Railwag‘ (loppany, Thl t'rlsuners )uld be to Tinlayson, son ms of the Hu< x. D. Liti-enflg'uaira; Reein, who had his :y to New York, claims red a new gold country hich will rival the rich- dike. This new country 9 Tooya district, and is ' of the Stikine River under Manhattan {ork’s rapid tran~ egun by a pnvara 11‘. He places the $50,000,000. 1‘3, aged 60 years, Lhe grand jury at} wifh murdering announces that Aid Assoc protect disc]: private dete: :1 track then employment ir prison rec Ine the El Wfdmir her two the has Paul. Kings- work ati No Prospect of II. It. ll. opening IIII‘ \‘Irmrln Bridge. A despatch from London sayszâ€"En- quiry made on Tuesday at Marlbor- ough house as to the reliability of the rumour that the Prince of Wales is to cross the Atlantic next summer to open the new Victoria jubilee bridge at Montreal. on the invitation of the Grand Trunk Bridge Co, reeulted in positive assurance that there is no truth whatever in the rumour. A It is gener- ally believed in court circles here that the Prince will not leave Europe in the near future, on account of the age and generally critical health of his mothâ€" er. In case of any untoward happen- ing to the Queen the Prince’s absence would involve serious difficulties. has adopted a bi” loaning $40,000,â€" 000. fo“ the ovmstruction of railroads in Judoâ€"China, guaranteed by the Govern- ment of Indo-China. Mail advices from Constantinople re- port that the Kurds have not bpen confined in their attacks to H)? Ar- menians, but are committing rubber- has and outrages on tha Turks, who were formerly their allies against the A‘n‘maenimxst The Fran 3’95 #dome‘d Capt. McCullough, former chief of police of New York, now in the Same position in Havana, expects to keep or- der there with 1,000 men. The. French Government is. being urged to t'BSt 1h“ prwctimbility of hav- ing mean linars carry rafts as shada decks and life savers in the event of shipwreck. The trial at Rome of Signor Favilla, former manager of the Bologna B'mk for misappmprntian of ll»: bank funds‘ has ended in his conviction. H10 will serve; two years. ' L The French Chamber of Ds-pulias, 1 The imports into France during the last eleven months increased £17,393.- 960. The exports during the same period: decreased £5,808,200. By the explosi in of a shpll at Fort Constantine. at Cronstadt, Russia, nine soldiers Were killed and three ufficers and seven soldi-‘:rs wounded. The. story is revived that President Kruger of 1113 Transvaal is ill and must go to Eumpe to consult a sptriulist on account of inflammation of his eyes. A Vienna newspaper says that Count Tolsloi. the novelist. is shortly to be expelled from Russia, bricuuse of socml dlsturbunces attributed to his! teach- mg. Berlin has :1 case pending in its courts involving "exalted families" in an immonae gambling scandal. The Mexican Government husa sche- me to fill up lh? vaonnt lands of that country with Spanlnrds from Cuba Gen. Ludlow has been appointed Military Governor of Havana by lhe‘ United States Secretary of \Var. The Swiss Federal Assembly. has elecmd E. Mueller, of Berne, ('0 be President of tha Swiss confederation. A Jack-(he-Ripper is at work m Brussels. Another woman was found murdered in the street there last night. A despatch from Bombay says that ‘a British soldier has died from bubon- ic plague at Bangalore, capital of My- sore. at“ no( (3111' 'No 78 em 8011 Sir we: bid ital $3.5 qui frei lots $14. Over 15,000 silk workers in the'Rhine provinces Inve gone on strlkp, accord- ing 10 a despatch from Krefeld, Ger- of Persia, is in Brussels. It is reported 11m the Due d‘OrIeans is to ask the Pope for permission to divorce his wife. Sir Thomas Upington, Premier of Cape Colony from 1884 m 1886, died at Cape Town. It is reported that Russia has ac~ quired a. number of warships that are being built [or Japan. In a test on Britinh ships at Kong recently. 2.000 marines barked in ‘20 minutes. Prince Mirza. of Persia, is In It is reported A riot occurred in (he First District Police Court of St. Louis, during W'hICh‘ Judge Thomas H. Peabody, on the bench,sat with a revolver in his hand while Attorney J. D. Starts, with drawn weapon. denounced the judge in un- measured terms because of a decision he declared unfair to his clients. The National Board of'I’rade, meet- ing at \Vashinglon, has adopted a re- solution to the effect that the commer- cial prosperity of the country would be greatly promoted by the nearest prac- tical appiomh to the establishment of complete” reciprocal trade relations be- tween the United States, Canada and Newfoundland. A riot occurred Police Court of St Judge Thomas I hunsas nag-rues are leading a move- ment for the deportation of 2,000,000 negroes to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Africa. Petitions are being circu- lated, and will be forwarded to the Kansas delegation. praying for an ap- propriation by Congress of $100,000,000 to carry out these plans. Harry Sheffield is under arrest at: Hot Springs, Ark., on a charge of murdering and cremating Mrs. Nellie J. Horn, :2 beautiful young woman who disappeared several weeks ago. Sheffield’s brother. in whose house the crime is alleged to have been commitâ€" ted is also under arrest. on, Mass. was at Dedham, M the Supreme l (‘00 old Daniel \‘ New Yorl: Railway, 1 Henry :Lire min: Michigan years old last husbands which have been exhum ed were found to contain arsenic. PRINCE CANNOT LEAVE. French Government is.heiug to test 1117‘ prwotimbility of hav- wan linalm carry rafts as shade and life savers in the event of T5 in estimate 30.000.000 OW GENERAI found 5 ass, The 1pm, the ml in and rich )ll r act that the commer- Lhe country would he by the marest prac- he establishment of I trade relations be- States, Canada and 101 Nil fox 1 son of (11° Shah hapin of Chicag beworth 510,00: at!) was causedl vol xsmn at Sharâ€" lty by a jury use will go to iin & Hartford mslaughter Hanklin M ion at Shar‘ He million man u Hong disem- was Bf Barleyâ€"36 t‘ December, $2 Cornâ€"3'2 1â€"8c Toledo. Dec or December, Minneapolis, Dec. 20.â€"VVheatâ€"Decem- her. 66 3-40; May, .64 3-4 to 650: on track. No. 1, hard, 650 ; N0. 1 Northern, 64c; No. 2 Northern. 62c. Flour~First patents‘ $3.70 to $3.80; second patents, $3.50 to $3.60; first clears, $265 to 7â€"80 bid 2 spring 85c bid; 27 3-4 No. 2 red, 7220, on track. No. 1 white 720. Cornâ€"Strong: litlle doing: No 3 yellow, 3634 to 370; No. 4 yellow 361â€"20; No. 3 corn. 361-20. Oatsâ€"Quiet barley steady; No. 2 white, 311-20 No. 3 white, 310: N0. 4 white, 301-20‘ No. 2, mixed. 300'. No. 3. mixed. 290‘ Barleyâ€"Strong. Flourâ€"Steady; fail demand. Ryeâ€"Dull; No. 2. in store. 61c. 70 1-8(' Buffalo, Dec. £0.â€"Spring but steady: N0. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, '74 18C; Nn‘ Quotations are as followsiâ€"Dry salt- ed shoulders, 7 1-2ic; long clear bacon. car lots. 73-40; ton lots and case lots. Sc, bucks, 83-4 to 90. sold at $5 ity, Provi altered. 77"- _, “NV” , \. uuiuum. 32 1-2 to 836. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Low prices have had the effect of stopping the heavy supplies which have been coming forward all week, and toâ€" day deliveries were light. Values held unchanged. \Vestern hogs were sold on track to-day. car lots, at $5.10 mix- ed weights; and Northern at $5.15 to $5.25. On the street farmers' loads sold at $5 to $5.40. according to qual- ity, Provisxons market remains un- Ryeâ€"About steady. Car lots, west. are quoted at 510, and east at 52c. Buckwheatâ€"ScarCe; exporters quote 45 to 46c for car l'ots. outside. Cornâ€"~Firm. American yellow. track. Toronto, sold to-day at 42c. and mixed at 4] 1â€"20 Canadian yellow. Chatham, 901 0 L- on)- Duluth. Di side, afe lâ€"2c bid. Oats~Firmen W'hite oats. north and west. sold toâ€"day at 271-20, and mixed at 270; white sold east at 281â€"20. Barleyâ€"Quiet. Car lots of No. 1. out- MillfeedfiScarce and in good 9n- quiry. Car lots of bran, middle freights, $13; and shorts. $15. Ton lots of bran at Toronto mills sell at $14, and shorts at $16. {Peasâ€"Highef. Car lots, north and weft? 633-20, and east, 64 1-20. Oatmeal-Rolled oats, in bags, on track here. $3.40 per bbl.; and in bbls.. $3.50. Flourâ€"Tone firmer among holders. Straight roller in bbls,, north and west, offered at $3.20; and exporters bid $3. 78 1-2c, No. 2 hard and No. 1 North- ern, Toronto and west. at 75 1-20. No. 1 hard, track, Midland 01' Owen Suund sold at 73c. 65 to 700. Poultryâ€"Deliveries not heavy and market holds sieady to firm. Quota- tions are zâ€"Chickens, per pair, 25 to 400; ducks, 40 lo 606; geese, per lb, 51â€"2 \Vheat- to-day 1 tone to morning and west Butter â€" Recei; are ample for the quircmean. Da creamery about are as follows.-â€"D medium, 10 to 110 large rolls 13 to prints. about 14 and boxes. 19 to Baled hayâ€"Very little doing. Strict- ly choice, in car lots, is quoted at $6.50 to $7.50 per ton; No. 2, at $6. Strawâ€"Demand nil. Car lots are quoted at $4 to $4.50, on track. Hopsâ€"Business is slow. Dealers here quote choice Ontario stock to- day at 10 to 180, while holders will take nothing less than 200. Dried applesâ€"Dealers pay 4 to 41-26 for dried stock, delivered here. and small lots resell at 41-2 to 50. Evap- orated, 8 to 8 1-20 for small lots. {Honeyâ€"Market quiet. Round lots of choice. delivered here, will bring about 51-4 to 60; dealers quote from6 to 70 per lb. for 10 to (SOâ€"lb. tins; and in comb at around $1.25 to $1.50 per dozen sections. 7 Baled hayâ€"Very little doimr. Siricfâ€" Baled Iy (-hoic $650 to 60 to fairly active Car lots sold unchan MARKETS OF THE WORLD. Prices of Grain, Cattle. Cheese, 8m 1n the Leading Marts. )Id r 69; turkeys, per lb, 8 to 9 1-20. Beansâ€"Choice handâ€"picked beans sell ' $1 to $1.10; and common at 70 to 0, per bush. Dri»eq applesâ€"Dealers pay 4 to 41-26 uth. Doc. 20.â€"\Vhent 67 3-80: December, 66 7-8 ; No December, Torqnto, Dec. 19.â€"Eggs wing in. Demand Slea‘ Ichanged. Quotations 70c storage -8c. hid $1.04 1 441mm. Car lots of No. 1, out- quoted at 47c asked, and 46 Wintur wheat resâ€"Market steady; demand 15 ctive for all £irst~class stock. sold on track to-day at around lc. Dealers sell out of store, farmers’ loads sold at around DAIRY PRODUCE Receipt 30.â€"“'heatâ€"-No. lhgr December, 65 7-80; hi: I. lNorthern, cash. 62 7-80 bid; May, 1 Northern, 58 3-80; N ; to arrive, No. 1 bar Northern. 64c. Oats -20 bid. Ryeâ€"510 hi 6. Flaxseed, $1.01 l~ 1-4 bid; May, 351.0% 7~ _\\'h 370; No. 4 yellow. 361-20. Oatsâ€"Quiet ; '0. 2 white, 311-20; {0. 4 white, 301-20; '. No. 3. mixed. 290. Ij‘_lou_t_â€"St:ea_dy ; fair and steady, and pric ofations are: â€" Nt held fresh 17 to 18 t0 160; and limed. M a wheatâ€"Dull spot, 76 5â€"8c; .2 Northern, â€"Neglected ; 38 3-80; No, No. 1 hard, (MC. Outg_ reâ€"Slc bid. 1, $1.01 1â€"4; 37. 351.0% 7~8. Not much ash Strict- .) A despatch from London says :- Newspupers here announce that Lieu- tenant Harrington, the British mili- tury representzuive in Abyssinia, reâ€" cently communicated to 1112-. Negus Menelik a phonographic message at friendship from Queen Victoria. The Negus was delighhd. and ordered that an artillery salute be fired in honor of her Majesty. and save. The man believed t razwm. Puu n‘ val ua The re the B1 ton, w named lipon Itcrelvlug n l'honogmphlc Rleusngq I’rnm Iluoc‘u Helm-In. Th: Brilish cruiser Ipliigeniu arrived here Saturday. Chin'x interprets her arrival as meaning lhzit Great Britain will oppose enforceman of tha French claim. Dr. Malherbe, who had charge of the case, sent immediately for the scalp. He had the hair shaved off. and the scalp carefully washed and dipped in an antiseptic solution. and then care~ fully applied to the head. | A despatch from Shanghai, says:â€" Thu American, British, German, and Japanese merchaan here have for- warded through their Ccnxuls identi- cal protests to their Ministers at Pekin against an extension of the French area of exclusive control in Sh~1ngha1. Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Bares- fnrd, wh.) represents the British As- socmted Chimbers of Commerce, at- tended the meeting at which the de~ (‘isinn was arrived at to forward the prutests. WIN Racist Enforromont of French ('lulnu In Slmughal. Everything proceeded in satisfactory way, and the y dress was discharged yeste the worse for her accident. A despatch from Paris says: â€"A very remarkable case is reported from one of the Paris hospitals. Last Aug- ust a, laundress had her hair caught in the machinery of the room where she was working. She was literally scalped from the neck to the eyebrows. The scalp was left hanging in the ma- chinery so as to form evidence of the manner of the accident, and the laund- ress was taken to Lhe Broussals hospl- tal. Remarkable Operation by a Paris Doctor. to his 1y Britain w Free Sta tory whic of the Bé Eupen. BRITISH EMBASSY A'lf'] crew the article of the treaty wlgereâ€" by it was provided that Lerrxtqry should be leased to her, and France In- duced the Free State to renounce her claim under the British lease to the Bahr-el-Ghazel territory. For the concessions that are now Africa by it W21: should be 1; dpoed the E h'or asked layâ€"No to 480. N0. 1 white, 0: cash and Decemt Milwaukee, Dec Northern, 66 1-2 Cornâ€"i 330. 0 No 1ble cut desputch from “'usbingt residence of Sir Julian P British Atnmlssador at “3133‘ Lucked_on Friday SENT A BRITISH WARSHIP. 3. 2 cash, 5 Detroit, De THE NEGUS DELIGHTED. ZLII LOST SCALP RESTORED. France aqd Germany are to te- Ompensatxon in other parts of Hacked on Friday by a man Is. \V. Pearson, who threw d bricks inio [he drawing- » of the missiles hh Miss , injuring h‘r ankle. The 1b~glass in the front entrance :11 windows wvre smashed. is now under arrest but: is I be insana DIVIDING UP AFRICA. sensation in the shape of part gian H‘ertogen forest, near 3 mixed 48 Proceeded in the most y, and the ‘yoqng laun- 15h to 48 cash or 68 1â€"2c; May, 790. Lâ€"W’heat â€" No. 1 67¢; No. 2 spring, Northern, 65 t065 54 to 54; 1-40. Ban to 54 1-4c. Bar~ 3-4; sample, 42 uuncefnte, Washing- by a man ACKED 1t )n says rda} little Dece mber