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What the Legislators of the Country are Doing at Ottawa. XSUMINIUN PARLIAMENT. The House proceeded into Commit- me 9f Supply, taking up the marine Supplemeutzu‘ies for the current year. Sir Louis Davies set himself right in n nnnnn um. man. an aftnnk which had 1N CUMMI‘l'LnL Ur: The House proceeded into Commit- tee of Supply, taking up the marine Supplementaries for the current year. Sir Louis Davies set himself right in connection with an attack which had been directed against the prices of flupplies to his department. The fact leems to have been that the items had been misstated in the auditorâ€"gener- al's report. In one place a pair of shears for cutting sheet iron was set down as a "pair of scissors." In anothâ€" er place bricks were interpreted as meaning fire bricks. Sir Louis Davies had been bitterly attacked for the Purchase of a bucket at $4.80. This turned out, however, to be a bucket of pickles. On an item of 80,992 for rents, re- heatinir. ventilation DUILLAA.- nah-a fnrnihu res ‘English system of accepting public purse. Mr. Tarte_ Minister of Public 'Works,i replied in justification of the course which he had pursued, and frankly stated that what he had done he had done in the public interests, The cases referred to were of a nature that he had found it impossible to call for tenders. In the case of the dredging work it was impossible to say how much work was required to be done. His experience of three years in the Public \Vorks Deâ€" partment had taught him that minis- ters should have more latitude than they now possess in regard to calling for tenders. The contract system, after all, was one of day labor. and it was open to question whether the gov- ernment could not have the work done as well and as cheaply by day labor. Incidentally ML Tarte referred to the tenders only from firms of reliable standing and pointing to the difference between this practice and the practice in vogue i in Canada. Pickles. On an item of 80,992 for rents, re- pairs, furnitures, heating, ventilation and lighting of the Dominion public bilildings at Ottawa, the Opposition de- sired full information as to the ex- penses of electric lighting throughout the buildings. The information was forthcoming that the Ottawa Elec- tric Light Company charges $2.25 per light,ubi to 3.000 lamps, and $2 on the next 3,000 lights. Six thousand lumps are in use altogether. The Opposition thought that there were a great many more lights in the building than are being used. [The chamber itself is lighted by nine hundred ten candle- power lamps, which represents six hun- dred lamps of sixteen candle power. . The Minister of Finance thought that the]: were various mtes being charged in Ottawa. The present contract was for one year. It had been renewed and is now in its second yen. The item finally passed. Lieut.â€"Colonel Tyrwhitt asked wheâ€" ther the Minister of Militia had adopt- ed a policy of annual training. The Minister of Militia replied that he certainly favored annual drill, and that the policy had been followed to a great extent since he had taken of- fice. This training should be made an annual one to get the full benefit of the money expended. jun, n..- we “may, c.“ _______ In reply to a question by Mr. Ber-1 geron, the Solicitorâ€"General stated that E the cost of the commission to iuVeStl-‘ gate matters appertaining to St. Vin- cent de Paul penitentiary has been $18,076. Being asked whether the ser-l vices of convicts were availed of in these institutions to make repairs, etc., the Solicitor-General replied that it had i been found a very unprofitable in-l vestment at St. Vincent de Paul, Where the convicts had wilfully de- stroyed or carried away sixty per cent. of the tone required for a new wall.. TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. 1 MI. Flint, who has charge of the reâ€"‘ solution passed by the sub-committee of the Dominion Alliance, praying for the extension of the Scott act prinâ€" ciple in such a way as to allow of its being taken advantage of by the prov- inces favorable thereto, proposed that the government name a day upon which the matter may be taken up by the House The matter was one of more than ordinary interest and it was desirable that the discussion should be as full as possible. The Prime Min-‘ lster, in reply, observed that he was perfectly aware that if this matter was left to take its chance the state of the order paper was such that it would not likely be fully discussed this session. Therefore he had no objection to meet- ing Mr. Flint’s suggestion, but was sorry that it was not possible even ap- proximately to fix the date at this inneture. As soon as the debate on he Redistribution bill had been conâ€" cluded the House would be able to take the subject up immediately. ALASKAN BOUNDARY AND PACI- FIC CABLE. Sir Charles Tupper requested that the government inform the House as to the present condition of negotia- tions in connection with the Alaskan boundary‘ and_the Pacific cable. .1“ The Prime Minister’s reply was to: the effect that the question of estabâ€"j lishing a temporary boundary on thel Dalton Trail, is still in course of negoâ€"‘l tiation. The matter of establishing a permanent boundary stood just where1 it stood when the last statement com! earning it was given to the House. With regard to the Pacific cable thel Prime Minister was sorry to observe1 that the Imperial authorities had not seen fit to ratify the agreement of the Imperial committee of 1890. The Bri- tish Government had instead taken another view, and be felt at liberty to say that this government had not seen its way to accept that view, and had made representations to that ef- fect. Arrangements had now been completed for a further conference be- tween the Imperial and colonial au- thorities, interested in this connec- tion. Canada would be represented on that conference by the Minister of Public \Vorks, the Canadian High Com- missioner, and Sir Sanford Fleming, whose advice as an expert should be of great avail. Sir Sanford would pro- bably sail in the course of next week. IN COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. he ght that partment the purchase and transpor- tation of supplies intended for the military contingent in Yukon, the construction of the Edmonton bridge. the Upper Traverse lightâ€"the foregoâ€" ing among many other lesser instances, and dilated upon what he considered as the result of this system upon the Mr. Josias B. Jackson, Federal Reâ€" gistrar of copyrights and trade marks. and the leading authority on the sub- ject in Canada. was present by invita- tion, and asked to address the commit- tee. He held that the union label could not be construed tu be a trade mark. as it lacked the essential qualification. ‘He claimed that the labour organiza- ‘tions. not being manufacturing con- cerns, could not attach the union label to their product as a trade mark. The ‘ union label could not be classified as a ,trade mark. He advised the commit- tee that any counterfeit of the union Tlabel was an offence under the com- mon law, and a person guilty of coun- terfeiting could he proceeded against. Mr. Creighton, law clerk of the Sen- ate, who had been asked at the pre- vious. meeting to report on the legal aspect of the question, said the English statutes did not contain any legisla- tion such as was asked for in Can- : ada. BEST POULTRY TO BREED. Mr. A. G. Gilbert, poultry expert at the Experimental farm, delivered an interesting address before the Agricultural Committee on the de- velopment of the poultry trade. He contrasted the winter laying of old hens and pullets. The latter laid the most eggs, but the product of the former were larger. Fattening ex- periments showed the great superior- ity of thoroughbred Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes, and Brahmas over scrub stock. Mr. Gilbert gave some inter- esting details of experiments in arti- fica! in:ubation. His testimony when published Cannot fail to be of great benefit to the farming community. NOT A TRADE MARK. The bill to legalize the union label as a trade mark was shelved by the Senate Banking Committee. Mr. D. J. O’Donughue was again present, and argued that. according to English pre- cedent the bill should become law. ‘ The New York World of Thursday morning prints a special story from its Washington correspondent, giving startling figures of the war in the Philippines. The article states that {$63,000,000 and the lives of 664 men is .ihe price paid thus far for the advan- tage gained in Luzon, besides 6,500 soldiers wounded, and many times that number made inyalids. l . ‘ COST HIGH IN BLOOD AND GOLD 05,000,000 Spent, 61in .‘Ien Killed, (i. “’oulnletl. It is declared that the army in the Philippines is costing $280,000 a day now, and that the sum will exceed $300,000 when the whole of the 35,000 troops arriver These figures do not inâ€" clude the naval expenses, which are estimated at $10,000 a day, or $1,370,- 000 for the 137 days that the war with Aguinaldo has lasted, over and above the regular cost of maintaining a fleet in A:iatic waters. The \Vorld declares that the United States controls con- siderably less territory in the Philip- pines than Spain did when the Ameri- cans took possession. and that the ex- pense of subduing the islands, includ- ing the. $20,003,000 indemnity to Suain, .will be at least $200,000,000. A POST-OFFICE BILL Fonr Mule Girls Drowned Near Their Homes at Charlolletown. A despatch from Charlottetown, P. E.I., says :â€"A terrible fatality occur- red at Summerside .on Thursday, four children being the victims. Five lit- tle girls, Belle May Fraser, aged 7, daughter of John Fraser; Laura, Ag-‘ gie and Jennie Gallant, aged, 11, 9, and 7, respectively, daughters of Law- rence Gallant; and Daisy Perry, aged 6, daughter of \Vm. Perry, had been clam digging on the bar, off the west and, during low tide in the afternoon. They wandered along from bar to bar until finally they found themselves surrounded by the rising tide. They started to wade ashore, and I only one, Aggie Gallant, succeeded, she having waded in many places through Water up to her neck. She arrived home about half-past 4 in an almost exhausted condition and gave the first intimation. She had left the others, she said, trying to wade ashore and crying. "J 'â€"~o RELIEF CAME TOO LATE. In a few minutes the alarm was given, and a number of men with boats started in search of the four missing ones. But the tide had risen, and it was known that the poor little children were drowned. The bar was dragged, and at 7.30 three little bodies were found nearly side by side. and quite close to the shore on the west side of‘ the bay, and about a mile from their homes. The body of Daisy Perry had not been recovered at a late hour to- night. Lawrence Gallant and John Fraser are both absent from home, the former fishing on the north shore, and the latter a sailor on board a schooner now in Miramichi. The recovered bod- ies were brbught back in a boat, and as they were tenderly carried into the homes which they had left only a few hours before the sight was indeed a melancholy one, and called forth the deepest sympathy of the large crowd that had gathered. \VITBIN SIGHT OF HOME. One of the saddest features of the affair was that it occurred within sight of their homes, and the grief-stricken mothers of the unfortunate little ones were obliged to watch the search from the beginning to the sad close. War oak-e Scheme lulrodnced lnlo the House of l‘ommmn by Mr. “'3 udlmm. A despatch from London, says:-' \Vhen the House of Commons went in- to committee on Wednesday on the Military Works Loan bill, theParlia-| mantary Secretary of the War Office, Mr. George \Vyndhuim, moved a resw‘ l lution authorizing the introduction of a bill providing a loan of $20,000,000, repayable in yearly instalments, for defence works, barracks, and rifle ranges, at home and abroad. He ex- plained this was merely a continuation of the policy laid down by the Military Works Loan Act of 1897, and pointed out that. all British seaborne commercel converged at a point between Cape Clear and Ushant, necessitating strateâ€" gic harbours of refuge, all of which must be defended by heavy guns. In this manner and on other works, be exâ€" plained, it was proposed to spend $5,- 000,000, and on barracks the sum of 1,013,850,000 was to be spent, of which sum $3,375,000 would be expended on the present barracks. The balance would be devoted to the expenses of1 new situations, and Wei-Haiâ€"Wei would absorb $650,000. Wyndhuin's 'barrack scheme in- cludes $200,000 for Hulif_axa r-erol'utiou was adopted by a vote of 2.41 to ($6. Forty lluuses at St. Raymond, Quebec Destroyed by Flre. A despatch from St. Raymond, Que., says :â€"â€"'l‘his village was almost wiped wiped out by a fire which started about 11.20 Sunday \morning in a sta- ble belonging to Mrs. Edward Plam- otndon. The fire spread with great-r21- pidity, and there being no fire appli- ances here, the inhabitants were pow- erless to stay the progress of the flames. Assistance was telegraphed for to Quebec, and fire engines were sent by special train from there, a dis- tance of about 35 miles. When the engines arrived here about 35 or 40 houses had been consumed with several authorises. 'l‘he eminent caught fire, and was dzlm'lged in the upper portion to the extent of about: $341002 ln:\ Ant 'v,-\ V The loss will amount to fully $100 000, and is well covered by insurance, the details of which cannot be learned to- night. .. . ..~ u.,|,,, .,,, W'T‘lâ€"Jé fire is believed to have keen started by a tramp who slept in the Plamo‘ndon barn last night. 'l‘ln-ee lllvn Killed and One Fatally lujur ed In a Ital. Portage "Inc. A despalch from Rat Portage says: â€"â€"Four men on the night shift of the Black Sturgeon mine, ten miles from here, fell down: the shaft with the bucket as they were going to work, and three were killed. The dead are: â€"Chas. Adams, of Nova Scotia; Chas. Haus, of Sudbux‘y; and John Howe,,of Rat Portage. The fourth man,Charles Anderson of Rat Portage, was badly injured, and is not expected to live. The shaft is 200 feet deep. Two doo- tors left for the mine immediately on receipt of the news. ' THE TIDE CAUGHT THEM VILLAGE ALMOST WIPED OUT. $20,000,000 EOR DEFENCE. DASHED DOWN THE SHAFT. Nom- Tholr Large Large Ransom Collected From All Italian “ nlllllonalre. A dewatch from Rome sayszâ€"Sig- ‘ nor Benedetto Leonardo is the well- known Italia’n millionaire who for some time past has been considering the advisability of selling his estates near Salerno and settling in Rome owing to the repeated attempts of a local band of brigands to capture him. He‘. has now finally made up his mind to that course, for during the last week the brigands actually captured him. They fixed the ransom, moder- ately under the circumstances, at 50,- 000 lire, $10,000, and required that the money be paid on Wednesday under pain of slicing the captive’s ears off. The ultimatum had only an hour withâ€" in which to expire when the money ar- rived, and Leonardo considers it too close a shave to incur the risk of a. repetition. .SOME STARTLING STATISTICS. Official statistics of brigandage just issued by the police are calculated to make gentlemen of Leonardo's position shiver. During the first five months of this year brigands committed in Sardinia 980 crimes of violence, and in Sicily 719. During the same period these. ruffians in the two islands cap- tured sixty-one persons, murdered in cold blood all but four, and danger- ously wounded 128. But it is only fair to state that a good many of these were policemen. lllval Rellglous Fncllons Had a Bloody ste hogs are n'oE “ Encounter. _ Follqwing is the Ian A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., "l‘mtat‘on55â€" say81â€"Three _rival factions 9f the Inâ€" 'Shippers’ per ch dian commumty at Port Essmgtou had Butchers! chdice, do} ‘ a bloody fight last Saturday. The Butcher, med“ .to good steamer Princess Louise brought the BUtCher, mfermr- ‘ d of the Indians Sheep and“ 1 news here, an many' I Ewes, per cwt. _ ‘ who took part in the fight came With Yearlings, per cwt. her. Buqks, per cwt. A {m monks: nan the Indians en-‘SPHDE larybs, each- Cattle. W. Heald, a Hallway Contractor Killed at Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg, sayszâ€"W'. Heald, of Toronto, shot himself acci- dentally in the left lung one inch‘ over the heart on Wednesday evening between ’7 and. 8 o’clock. He died short- ly after 11. He was cleaning his revol- ver preparatory to going to Kootnay on Thursday, and had packed his clothes, paid his but at the Queen’s hotel, where the fatality occurred, and was polishing his smaller revolver. which he held close to his chest while rubbing it with a tooth brush. He was unaware that it contained a cart- ridge. The inevitable result followed. ed. His clothing and flesh were burn- ed with the discharge. He rang for a bellâ€"boy, who called Dr. England; but all efforts were unavailable, he dying four hours after the accident. Every- ‘ thing points to a purely accidental cir- cumstance, there being no suspicion of monetary or other troubles. PAID $10,000 To SAVE HIS EAR A few weeks ago the Indians en-l camped at Essiugton went on strike in the salmon fishing business. A corps of the Salvation Army arrived shortly afterwards, and commenced to hold revival services. These were very popular for some time, and the Methoâ€" dist and Church of England mission- aries then decided they would imitate the example of the Salvationists, so that soon they had the camp about equally divided among them. This condition of affairs resulted in a seri- ous riot on Saturday, in which many Indians were injured, but none killed. An engine driver on the Cape railâ€" way declares, that he has seen men, armed and mounted, engaged in drill- ing at Hout-Kraal, near Deaar and Ponsfontein, not far from Kimberley, He was informed thit they were Dutchmen, preparing to assist the Boers in the event of hostilities. By Moving Guns and "envy Gear to Stern Vessel (.‘ol. (0 Port. A despatch from St. John s, Nfld., saysâ€"The [British armoured sloop Buzzard, while trying to reach the French treaty shore on Friday, col- lided with an iceberg. which stove in her bows. By means of collision masts and moving the guns and heavy gear to the stern, she made her way back here safely. She will be docked. At the time of the accident perfect discipline existed on board. and prompt preparations were made to leave the ship should it prove impossible to keep her above water. It was soon seen. however, that the damage was not l serious enough to endanger the vessel. d1 ICEBERG SMASHED WARSHIP. SERIOUS INDIAN RIOT. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. 40,000 FOR THE CAPE. - MARKETS [IF THE WORLD. Prices of Grain. Cattle. Cheese. 8m m the Leading Marts. Toronto, June 27.â€"Only about thirty loads, all told, were received at the Western cattle yards this morning, and an undue proportion of the but- IChe: cattle appeared to be of an in: lferior quality. There was no Vmarked ‘ anxiety to buy, and much of the cattlv E was left over. Shipping cattle was steady, especi- ally the choice stuff, at irom $4.80 to $5 per cwt., and light shippers at from $1.25 to $4.65. For sonm choice selec- tions $5.10 and $5.15 was paid. While there was a fair demand for good to choice butcher cattle at un- changed prices, the poorer grades of cattle were a slow sale at easier fig- ures. The best butcher caLtle sold from $4 to $4.60 per cwt.; and medium at from $3.70 to $4 per cwt. Choice hogs, per ch,” '_ 475 500 Light hogs, per cwt. . 425 4371-2 kfieavy hogs, per cwt. 425 4371-2 THE STREET MARKET. Toronto, June 23.â€"â€"On the street to: day 1,200 bushels of wheat were deo livered and sold at 74 to 75¢ a bushel for white, 74 to 75c for red, and 671-2 to 68 1-2 fpr goose; 500 of oats sold at 35 to 36 1â€"2c. 0n the hay market 25 loads of hay sold at $9 to $10.50 for timothy, and $7 to $8 for clover; five of straw sold at $6 to $7. Deliv- eries of dressed hogs were fair, prices steady. _ Wheat, white, bush. . 8074 8075 v Wheat red, per bush. 074 075 Wheat, goose, bush. . 0671-2 0681-! Wheat. spring‘ bush. . 0671â€"2 060 ' Barley. per bush. . . . 000 042 um, mr bush. . . 035 0361-2 Bulls, feeders, and stockers are pr tioally unchanged. The enquiry for sheep is rather dull, and prices were a shade lower. Spring lambs are wanted. Bucks are un- changed. No change either in milkers or in calves. Good calves are scarce, and in demand. We had about 2,000 hogs come in; the market is steady and unchanged. For “singers,” scaling from. 160 to 200 lbs., 5c per lb. was paid; for light fat and heavy fat the price is 43-80 per lb. Sows fetch from 3 to 31â€"80, per lb. Stags sell at 2c, per 1b. Store hogs are not wanted. Following is the range of current quotations:â€" . Cattle. Shlppers, peg~ cwt. Cows, each. Calves, each Oats, per bush. . RYE, per bush. . Peas, per bush. . Peas, blue. . . . Buckwheat, bush. . Turkeys, per lb. Choke-m, per pair. . c Potatoes, per bag. . Carrots, per bag. Turnips, per bag. Onions, per buslh. Cabbage. per doz. Timothy. hay. Mixed hay. Straw. . Beef, binds. 4 Beef, (ores. ’1 Beef, carcase. Veal, per 1b. $ ‘ Butter, in lb. rolls.. .. Egga, cho‘ce, bci ing... Parsnips, per bush. ..-.. Beef. binds. .‘ . Beef, fores. . . Beef, carcase. . Veal, per lb. . . Spring lamb. . . Last year lamb, lb Mutton, per lb. Dressed hogs, heavy Dressed hogs, light. cash, 76‘ Divan; . - Denoitfifi‘ne Qiâ€"{Vheat â€"- Closedâ€" No. 1 white, cash. 75 1-40; No. 2 red, uuluuuy v- 1 hard, cash 760 bid; July, 76 1-80, bid; No. 1 Northern, Cash. ’73 1â€"26, bid; July '73 3-8c, bid; September. ’73 1-20, bid; No. 2 Nortb‘ern, 690, bid; No. 3 spring, , .H.‘ m! uv. A “v.‘._____, My _ r r '73 3-8c, bid; September. ’73 1-20, bid; No. 2 Nortb‘ern, 690, bid; No. 3 spring, [36 1-20, bid; to arrive, No. 1 hard, ’76 1-80, bid; No. 1 Northern, 73 5â€"8c. Milwaukee, \Vis., June 27,â€"Flou1‘ â€" 103, lower. \that â€" No. 1 Northern, 75 1-2(:; No. 2 Northern, ’73 1-2c. Oatsâ€"2. to 29¢. Ryeâ€"No. 1 60¢. Barley â€" No. 2 41 1â€"20. ' laborer Klllotl at Brampton While Work lug In :1 P". A despatch from Brampton says:â€" About noon on Thursday, a laborer, Joseph Troyer, was killed at a gravel pit on John Crawford’s farm, lhree miles east of town‘ ’l‘royer, with threk other; wa_s working at a bank, - u L,,n.. n..." nf v“, u..- _ beneath several tons of gravel and sand. It took a number of men dig- ging 50 minutes to get to the body of Troyer, who was quite dead. Troyer was in poor circumstances, and leaves a widow and Hive children. uuu: Ulupnu, "u- ..,__,,u and had undermined it badly. One of the men told Troyer to look out or it would fall on him, but the man kept on. and the next moment was buried IIVJVu’luth, Mign BURIED ALIVE UNDER GRAVEL. Milkérs and Sheep and; Larph‘s. Bogs rawford’s farm, three town. Troyer, with 'as working at aAbank, June 2'].-â€"\VheaLâ€"NQ. v0. .005000 u40 746000 u00000976 '2 75 3 ()0 Calves 25 (30 060 000 000 000 009 050 013 090 040 065 900 700 600 800 500 006 007 4 00 0 00 0 ()5 400 375 350 5‘15 5 75 0 50 0 40’. 1 CO: 0 GO 0 70‘ 10 50" 500 400 380 400 300 010 050014 014 10(1( O43