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‘N- J“, *J‘ ‘ â€" £3? Recent Happenings Briefly Told. fvews Summary. I CANADA. l seeding is late in Manitoba. Ciliatham's assessment is $3,550,023. with lhll. country's political and com- mercial questions. In a speech, Lord Rosebery censured the Radical members of the House of [Elzi‘milton will tax the Hamilton Diss Commons who opposed the grant to tille‘é'y $2,500 a year for 10 years. The work on the Soulanges canal will not be completed for weeks. Twulve guards, over are 1.0 be. retired from Kingston Peni- tentiary. S. M. Brookfield has Gen. Lord Bitchener. IL is expected in London that Sir 501118 Juli-tn l‘auncefote, British Ambassador to the. L‘nited States, will be raised to the age limit, the pet-rage bitty 24th. The \l m. Cory and the Rickett Smith Coal companies, of London, Eng. have secured the ‘ctimbinmt, and now control practically contract for the new Halifax barracks l the entire coab supply of London. at $350,000. Private rooms in Hamilton’s Hospi- known A lutcr version of \Vycliffe's Bible, as the Bramhall manuscript, tal have been advanced to $8 and $10 was sold at; auction in London,; to Mr. |Ou:iritcli, a bookseller, for £1,750. per week. Hamilton City Council declines to (pay its promised $400 for the book, "Ocean to Ocean." ‘ Preliminary operations on the en- largement of the outlet of Lake Man- itoba have begun. Brantford Free Library Board wishes to buy the First Presbyterian Church for its quarters. Montreal will ask the Dominion Government to pass a law against the sale of diseased meat, The 13th band of Hamilton .will probably be engaged for the Winnipeg summer exhibition in July. The largest estimate of the Klon- twalve to twenty millions. .A party of delegates from 'Kansas, ' curl and Iowa has arrived in innipeg to spy out the land. '. ttAn important find of coal, said to be anah Point, 50 miles from Victoria, 0. “The Montreal Licensed Victuallers' Association wishes the Dominion Gov- ernment to reduce the duties on spir- itsiand wines. J3 R. Johnson, a London pattern fit- ter, answered a matrimonial ad., and won a Detroit widow, worth $60,000 from ‘54 competitors. The Calgary byâ€"iaw to borrow $90,- 000 to enable the city to own and operate a system of waterworks was carried by a large majority. The Montreal police are carrying on a determined campaign against gambl- ing. The police say they intend shut- ting up all the gambling places in the city. The new contractors for printing Dominion notes have delivered to the Government 1,134,000 sheets of 01 notes and 312,000 sheets of $2 notes since Aug, 1897. Within the past week there have been shipped from the fish hatcheries at Ottawa 1,380,000 fry to the different lakes and fishing resorts throughout the province. stay’at Ciimiez to Windsor on Friday. Her Majesty was delayed one day at Cherbour by rough weather on the English c annel. The contract for permanent bridges Winnipeg, preliminary to doubleâ€" tracking the line, have been let to .W'm. Garcon, of Rat Portage. The moulders in thirteen foundries gone out on strike in Montreal, And from the present sentiment of masters and men it looks like the be- ginning of a long. stubborn fight. A Toronto syndicate is said to have offered $175,000 for the two plants of the St. Hyacinthe Hydraulic Power, a: q CD St. Hyacinthe Gas Works Company, and will operate both works. The Hudson Bay Company posts in the Edmonton and northern districts, districts, have been amalgamated, and Mr. Livock, appointed manager there- of with headquarters at Edmon- totn. The C. P. R. has ordered for immedi- ate use, 50 miles of IOU-lb. rails, to be laid on a. portion of their line be- tween Montreal and Ottawa. The tails are the standard section of the American Society of Civil En- glneers. A sort of regimental strike is on among the men of No. 5 Company of the Prince of Wales' Fusiliers, of Montreal. The men were not attend- ing drill, and Col. Cook issued thirty aummon‘ses against them. As a con- sequence, there is great dissatisfac- tion. The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation rival company, by which competition Co. has made an agreement Wth the between Clayton and Alexandria Bay and Montreal will not be continued this year. The Richelieu Co. will in return withdraw its boats from the Islands. i I The Amalgamated Hamilton Blast Furnace Company and Ontario Rolling Mills' Company will apply for a charter at. once under the name of The Hamilton Steel & Iron Co. It's capital will be $2,000,000, and it will' erect .a steel plant by October in the vicinity of the- smelting works. I GREAT BRITAIN. 1 Lord Rosebery has denied that he: wlll reâ€"enter politics. l Lord Curzon has been in ill-health ever since he went to India. , There is another crusade in London] against the re-marriage of divorcees. The Prince of Wales will receive the freedom of Edinburgh on July 0th. 5 Scotchironmristers have advanced the i Wuch of their employes I?) per cent. i . British imports in April were £889,694, toss than in April, 1898, while the ex- ports were £1,961,435 more. V The remaining Phoenix Park mur- derers. now in prison, will be liberated} on the Queen's Birthday. l Lord Charles Beresford's book, "’]'he' Break-up of China," deals minutelyl sod anthracite, has been made at Gab. Queen Victoria returned from her. I ‘ . lcently converted their properties into ‘Lord and Lady \Vaer Co., Ltd., the & Electric Light Company, and the. l l l to be built on the C. P. R. east of - i i l l including Peace River and Athabasca' Lord Salisbury has aroused the re- Sentment of the Rational Dress League in Britain by making some jeering re- marks upon lady cyclists’ costumes. Mr. thil Rhodes has announced that the Cape-toâ€"Cairo Railwayt loan, which the British Government Would not. guarantee, will be raised in the City. It is said that England has taken steps to counteract the Russian ex- pedition in Persia, and that a British gunboat has been sent to the Per- sian Gulf. Sir William Reynell Anson, warden of All Souls’College, Oxford, is to sucâ€" ceed Sir John Mowbray in the seat in the House of Commons for Oxford dike gold yield this season ranges from University_ Mulctt, OH'anlon and Fitzharris. the three men in prison onalife sentence for complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, will probably be pardoned on the Queen’s birthday. The London Daily Mail has offered to stop its Sun-day issue provided the Daily Telegraph will do the same. This is the outcome of the crusade against Sunday papers. The Colonial Office declares that there is no foundation for the state- ments that the proixtbilities of war with the Transvaal have been seri- ously regarded by the Government. During last year 1,012. head of cattle were lost in transit between the United States, Canada and England, out of a total of 476,895 head, compared with 5,271 lost out of 94,640 in transit from Argentina. A bicycle funeral took place in Folkcstone Sunday. The undertaker carried the coffin, containing the body of a baby, strapped to the handle- bars of his wheel. The mourners fol- lowed on bicycles. The bettothal of Princess Margaret of Connaught to Prince Frederick Wil- liam, son of Prince Albert of Prus- sia, is announced. The PIIDCeSs is 17, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Connaugnt, the third son of Queen Victoria. Following the example of the Earl and Countess of Warwick, who re- Earl of Rosslyn, it is reported, will float the Rosslyn estate as a limited liability company. Rev. Mr. Mowle, speaking in Exeter Hall, London, upon indecent pictures and publications, said the literature of toâ€"day was bad, but the advertise- ments were worse. The stage is the worst offender. Its pictures are hor- ribly suggwtive and indecent, and in- duce fast living; yet Christian men and women patronize the stage.” (Cries of Shame.") In fact, he was bound to say that he felt the need of a sec- ond reformation. UNITED SII‘ATES. A coroner’s jury has found that the recent Andrews fire in New York was accidental. A tornado caused great destruction in Southern Oklahomo. Several people were killed. Mrs. Wm. C. Whitney, wife of the former United States Secretary of the vNavy, died Saturday. jcontrol of a single .company, Two thieves held up and robbed a police captain in a sleeping car at a depot in Boston. One is in jail. It is expected at \Vashington that President McKinley will call a speâ€" cial session of Congress early in Octo- her. As a result of a demand for an ad- vance in wages. the glucose sugar re- fining works at Peoria, llls., have been closed. The forthcoming wedding of Mrs. George W. Childs and General Wheeler is furnishing gossip for Washington " society. Nearly the whole male population of Wallace, Idaho, has been arrested by United States troops in connection with the recent riots. The combinaLion in steel interests, said to have been effected in New York, will have acapital of something like $500,000,000. President McKinley has handed over the $20,000,000 to M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, to be given to Spain for the Philippines. Another beer brewers' combination is in process for formation. The new company will take in all the large 'breweries in New York city. The famous asbestos mine at Salt Mountain, in White County, Ga., has been sold for $200,000 to Bancroft & Kennick, mining engineers, of London. A consolidation of the peanut indus- try of the United States under the with a capital of $50,000,000, is about to be formed. Capt. Thomas, of the steamer Coya, arrived on Friday in New York, af- ter an 18-months' voyage on an Ant- arctic expedition. He had never heard of the war with Spain. Lawrence Duffy, '70 years old, of New York. died suddenly on Friday, after smoking a pipe of tobacco, from the effects of a cancer formed on his lip through excessive smoking, J. W. McAndrews, at one time one of the best known: ministrels in the country. known as “llavcrly‘s original watermelon man," has been commit- ted to the insane asylum at Elgin, Ill. The President of the United States has amended the tariff and port reguâ€" lations of Cuba and Porto Rico, adâ€" mitting butter, oltlomargarine and vitrified brick at reduced duty and re- laxing the navigation regulations. The President of the United States has amended the tariff and port regu- lations of Cuba and Porto Rico, ad- mitting butter, oleamargarine and VII- rified brick at reduced duty and re- laxing the navigation regulations. The Rev. Dr. L. G. Broughton, of Atlanta. Ga., has been most out- spoken in his denunciation of the lyncliings which have occurred in that State. The whites resented his words and took revenge upon him by wreckâ€" ing the Baptist Tabernacle of which he is the pastor. Dr. \V. H. “"iley. Chief Chemist of the United States Department of Agl'l" culture, says that fully 90 per cent- of the articles of food and drink manu- faclured in that country are fraUdS~ All kinds of dairy provisions. as well as nearly every variety of condiments including coffee in the berry, are adulâ€" terated. At Erie, Pa., on Friday, Ed. Early, 11 young business man. got up from the dinner table, and, after kissing his two little children. walked into an adâ€" joining room and shot himself .through the head, dying almost instantly. Norâ€" man Bates, seeing an account in the evening paper of his friend Hariy's death. went to his own room and shot himself through the heart. The colored people of the United States will set apart Friday, June 2. as a day of fasting and prayer and devote the sunrise hour of the folâ€" lowing Sunday, June 4,, to special ex- erises in order that “God the Father of Mercies, may take our deplorable case in His own hands, and that if vengeance is to be meted out. let God Himself repay." GENERAL. Sweden will spend $3,537,600 to imâ€" prove her navy. tFresh aggressions by Russia on Per- sia, are reported. The Belgian coal miners’ strike is about to collapse. . A Chilian warship has been wrecked in the Straits of Magellan. ' A_German paper says lthat France is incllned to aid the Filipinos. The total benefactions of the late Baroness llirsch are $9,350,000. Dr. Martin Von Simpson. the distin- guished German jurist and politician, is dead at Berlin. Stevedores at Havana have struck for an advance in wages to $3 a day. instead of $2.50. The valet of the Earl of Strathmore, while bathing near Monte Carlo, was devoured by a shark}. A caravan under two Europeans has been plundered in Nyassaland, Africa, and 50 porters killed. The .Uganda railway has reached the 300 mile post of the total distance to Lake Victoria Nyanza. Over 10,000 textile workers are on strike at Brunn to enforce their de- mand for a ten hour day. The Sultan will pay $100,000 for losses sustained by Americans in Turkey dur- ing the Armenian massacres in 1895. A severe epidemic of influenza is prevailing at Simla. Lord and Lady Curzon of Kedleston were attacked. but are convalescent. There is an extraordinary increase of infanticide in Germany. No less th‘an 32 bodies of new-born children have been found in the Rhine within a few days. The sealing steamer Hope is under- gomg repairs at St. John‘s, Nfld., be- fore proceeding northward with the ex- pedition for the relief of Lieut. Peary. the Arctic explorer. _ I'rince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is su- ing his father-in-law, the Duke of Par- ma, for refusing since the death of the farmer's wife, to pay the annuity fixed in the marriage contract. The German press is discussing the proposal of a militant clergyman. who urges that Germany's answer to the powers that humiliated her in Samoa should be the building within three years of 40 new warships. British residents at Lagos, \Vest Af- rica, are suing Bishop Tugwell. Angli- can Bishop of Equatorial Africa, for having stated that 75 per cent. of the deaths: of Europeans 0n the. coast of A'frica were due to drunkenness. __.__ . _..,_ ____-. DYING 0N ASHCROFT TRAIL. Government Asked to 59ml Innuctllnm Ro- llel‘ to 200 Sliirvlng “on. A despatch from Victoria, B.C.,s:iys: â€"-Mail Carrier Alex. S. Briiiale has made a perilous trip from the Stickine, river to urge the Dominion and Pro- vincial Governments to send immedi- ate relief to upwards of 2.00 men who are facing starvation on the Ashcroft trail. Mules and dogs had been the sole diet of the men for weeks past when the mail carrier left. __’___ ._._. __ - NOISELESS CANNON. New Guns ’l‘lmt .AII~II'I:I'~ Artillery Is to In- Armed “'Im. A despatch from Vienna sayszâ€"The new quick-firing guns with which the entire Austrian artillery is to be arm- ed will be not only smokeless but also noiseless and flameless. The present guns, though loaded with smokeless powder, still betray their position by the flash and detona- ation, but the new Austrian weapon will be discharged without; any flash or any report. Ar. enemy might thus be shelled for hours without the precise position of the artillery being discovered. I VFTHWDRD Prices of Grain, Ctttle, Cheese, ice. in the Leading Marts. Toronto, May 9.â€"0ur receipts today at the Western cattle yards were '45 leads, including 1,000 hogs, 100 sheep and lambs, between 50 and 60 calves, and 30 milkers. It was an uneventful day on the market, and the conditions of last Tuesday exactly prevailed, only not be- int,r a recognized market day, things were a little more dull. Shipping cattle was very quiet, and quotations range from $4.25 per cwt. for light stuff, up to $4.80 for choice IOEldt; 355 was paid for a few picked lots, but was not a fairly representa- tive figure. Butcher cattle sells Well at from $4 to $4.60 per cwt.; and good stuff is in steady demand. ‘.There was a. good amount of trading toâ€"day, but much of the: cattle which comes in on Thurs- day usually sent here with no inten- tion of selling it until the next day, without, of course, a good offer should be made. The Cattle is sent here the day before to make sure that it does not miss the early market on Fri- day. Stockers are worth from 4 to 41-4oi per pound. There is a good enquiry. Export bulls are worth from $3.50 to $4. Only a few came in to-day. Feeders are quoted at from $4.50 to $4.75 per cwt. Milk cows are unchanged at from 825 to $45 each. Calves weak at from $2. to $6 each; quality as a rule poor. Good calves are wanted. Good grain-fed yearlings, light ship- ping sheep, and a few better class of DUMIUN patina What the Legislatozsoczi'g‘l‘1’100untry â€" l THE BUDGET. Hon. lV. S. Fielding, in his budget speech, showed the big increase in the receipts from customs, excisu and postâ€"office. The increases in ex- penditure had taken place mainly in sinking fund, immigration, the mount- ed police and militia. There had been a betteiment of $538,937, in the Post- cffice Department, which led to the penny postage and two-cont domestic rate. Mr. Fielding estimates the revenue for the year ending June 30, 1899, at $40,033,396, and the expenditure $42,- 010,026, leaving a surplus in round numbers of $4,000,000. He estimated the expenditure on capital account at 38,- 662,795, making an inorease in the na» tional debt of $1,700,000. Mr. Fielding commented on the fact that the proposal to reduce the rate of interest on savings bank deposits from] 3 to 2 1-2 per cent. had not been carried out. Contrary to expecta- tions the money market stiffened and it was thought advisable to keep the rate at 3 per cent. The Government, however, may reduce the rate at any tune such action is deemed warranted, though the 3 per cent. rate will be maintained in the case of small de- iposits, as the Minister said, in order to encourage thrift. THE CENSUS. Mr. McInnas moved that an address 1 be presented praying the Imperial Gov- spring lambs wanted. Hogs are steady and unchanged. “Singers” are quoted at from 4 1-4 to 41â€"20., as the top price. Light hogs are worth from 4 to 4 1â€"8c per pound. Thick fat hogs fetched 40 per pound. Sows fetch 3c per lb. Stags sell at 20 per pound. Store hogs are not wanted. Following is the range of current quotations :-- Cattle. Shipping, per cwt. . . $4.25 $5.00 Butcher, choice, do. . . 4.00 4.50 Butcher, med. to good . 3.50 3.80 Butcher, inferior. . . 3,30 3.50 Sheep and Lambs. Ewes, per cwt. . .. . . 3.50 4.00 Yearlings, per cwt. . . . 5.50 5.75 Bucks, per cwt. . . . . . 3.00 3.25 Spring lambs, each. . .. 2.00 5.00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each. . . . . . . 25.00 45.00 Calves, each. . ..... 2.00 600 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. 4.00 4.50 Light hogs, per cwt. 4.00 4.121â€"2 Heavy hogs, per cwt. 3.50 4.00 Buffalo, May 9.â€"â€"Spring wheatâ€"Dull; No. 1 Norlhern. spot, 79 5-Fc. VVin- ter wheatâ€"Dull; No. 2 red, on track, 77c; No. 1 white, local, 76c. Cornâ€"Dull and weak, No. 2 yellow, 30 1-‘_’c; No. 3 yellow, 39c; No. 4 yellow. 36 to 370; No, :2 corn, 38c; No. 3 corn, 37c. Oats â€"\Veak; light demand; fair supply, No. 2 white, 33 1â€"40: No. 3 white, 32?. to 32 1-4c; No. 4 white, 3lc ; No. 2 mixed, 200.; No. 3mixed, 200. Ryeâ€"Nominal, Canal freightsâ€"Dull; wheat 2 1-2c; corn 2 1-80; cats, 1 3-40. Flourâ€"Quiet; unchang- ed. Detroit, May 9.-â€"Wheatâ€"Closedâ€"No. 1 white, cash, 740; No. 2 red, cash, and May. 750; June, ’74 5-9c. Toledo, May 9.~\Vheatâ€"No. 2 cash and May, 750; July, '74 3-80 bid. Corn â€"No. 2 mixed, 34 1-20. Oatsâ€"No. '2. mixed, 28c bid. Ryeâ€"No. 2 cash, 580. Cloverseedâ€"Prime new, cash. and May, $3.75 asked: October, $4.50 asked. Duluth, May 9.â€"VVheatâ€"No. 1 hard, cash, 75 5-80: July, 75 3~8c; No. 1 North- ern, cash, 72 5â€"8c; No. :1 do., 651-80. Milwaukee, May 9.â€"\Vhoatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 731â€"2c; No. 2 do., 720. Eye â€"No. 1, 591â€"20. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 410; sample, 410. Minneapolis. May 9.â€"Closeâ€"\\'heat in store, No. 1 Northern, May, '70 1-80: July, 71 1-4 to 713-8c; September, 68 7-8 to 09c: on track. No. 1 hard, ’72 1-80; No. 1 Northern, 711-80; No. 2 Northern, 69 5-80. Flourâ€"First patents, $3.75 to $3.85; second patents, $3.55 to $3.63; first clear, $2.70 to $2.80. â€"~. ..__._- FREIGHT TO COME BY CANADA. As the llesnll of :1 Labor Strlkc Contractors “'lli (‘lose Ilown lllm'nlo shlpplng. A despaich from Buffalo, N. Y. says: â€" President Corrigan, _ of the Lake Carrier's Association, arrived in Buffalo toâ€"night. [ii an interview he stated that the associa- tion. which controls all of the shipping on the great lakes outside of Canada. intended to back up the contractors in Buffalo in their fight with the grain sliovellers. and the first step in that dll‘EClK/bll was taken toâ€"dziy, when all grain shipments to Buffalo had been ‘ordered stopped. It was the intention, Mr. (‘orrigan said, to divert the grain to Cleveland and other lake ports where there were elevators, and also to utilize the VVelâ€" land canal and St. Lawrence river routes. Should the strikes continue any length of time, Mr. Corrigan said it would mean the ruinaliun of Buffalo Ias a grain shipping point. and would undoubtedly prove a boom of the big- gest kind for the Canadian route. Ship. pers who had never before utilised the Montreal outlet, would now do so, and in becoming familiar with it uould con- tinue to ship their grain that way. LIMITED BELIEF. Facetious Guest. I can tell from your looks that you believe in spirituaâ€" ‘lism. Am I right. Solemn Waiter. \‘VellI I do have some faith in table tipping. ernment to amend the British North i America Act, 1807, so as to provide that jthe next general census of Canada be ltaken in the year 1900, and that each subsequent Census be taken every ten ‘years thereafter. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that to him there was an unanswerable objection to the proposalâ€"that is, that Canada Will do well to refrain from lightly amending the provisions of the B. N. _A. Act, except in cases where there is not merely a strong, but an over- whelming, case. The motion was declared lost. C.l:'.lt. BONDING POWERS. There was a very interested discus- sion before the Railway Committee in reierence to the bonding powers to be given to the Canadian Pacific through the mining districts of British Colum- bia. Several Imembere, including Messrs. Robertson, Richardson, and Sproule, sought to secure the restric- tion of the bonding power to the actual cost of construction, less the subsidies granted Mr. Clarke, for 1h! company, made a. vigorous tight, and was successful. The bill was eventually amended so as to specify the sections to be bonded total 13;: miles, and. the Minister at Railways promised to look after the location of the station. THREE GOVERNMENT BILLS. Sir Henri Joly gives notice of three Government bills. One to amend th‘1 Petroleum Inspection Act is to amend tion of oil, as announced by Mr. Field~ ing in his budget speech. A bill to amend the General Inspec- tior Act will embody in large mea- sure the suggestions of the recent con« ference at Ottawa between the VVest- ern grain delegates and’the officers of the Inalnd Revenue Department. A third bill proposes to make some important changes in the Weights and Measures Act. FENIAN RAID MEDALS. Mr. J. Ross Robertson will ask if it is proposed toxgrant the Fenian raid medal to those Canadian volunteers who organized in Chicago in May, 1866. and arrived in Toronto on June 4, and volunteered for service in the front. TELEGRAPH LINE. Col. Prior will ask if the representa- tives now in Ottawa of the Northern Commercial Telegraph Company have communicated to the Government their readiness to commerce forthwith the construction of the telegraph line from Skaguay to Dawson under the charter granted last session, and whether the Government has received any informa- ation from the High Commissioner that the company is quite capable of carry- ing out the work. Whether, under the circumstances, the Governm+nl pro- poses to continue the. work of construc. tion in oppodtion to the charter grant. ed to the company last session. HOME LIFE ASSOCIATION. The- Committee on Banking and Commerce passed the bill respecting the Htme Life Association of Canada. The mmpany is now an assessment Concein, but, warned by the failure of the Massachusetts and‘other assess- ment companies. desires to be made a straight-life company. and the bill makes provision for this. A STEAMSHIP LINE T0 TRADE. A bill was passed in committee, authorizing the Quebec Steamship Co. to do a mercantile business. This is an exceptional privilege, and was granted because the company does a large trade with the’ Windward islands, and in A Contract with the Imperial Government it proposes to tender for respecting mails, elem, there is a provision that the successful it‘u‘ derer inust purchise all fruit offered it at specified ports in these Islands. AN INSI’RANCI‘I DEAL. The committee put (Huntsâ€"ll .Lblll re~ptlctiug the Canadian 'rtuilvuy Ac- cident Insurance ("0. The company is authorized to lllCl‘EilSt‘ the kinds of in- surance it does, and to reduce the number of direcmrs necessary to form I quorum. LONDON'S BLIND. In London there is one blind pewâ€"i. to every thousand of the popuinlluu the regulations governing the inspecl I