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THE NEW The Fees Are to Be increased and CBartenders to Be Licensed. The Ontario Government’s promised an'iendments to the Liquor License Act, embracing a large number of radical and progressive temperance reforms, were introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday afternoon by the Hon. W. .1. Hanna. The new bill, in its salient features, provides for a better enforce- ment of the law by making the regula- tions uniform throughout the province, by removing some of the technicalities, in regard to the first offences, etc., be- hind which offenders have hitherto shel- tered themselves, and by making it easier to secure convictions. lt proâ€" vides that bartenders in cities.and towns must take out an annual license, thereby giving license boards a check on the character of the men who sell liquor and making them more careful about viola- tions of the law. lt increases the penal- Iies for various offences, and provides for more rigorous prosecutions. It gives greater protection to witnesses who give evidence leading to a conviction. It amends, in a number of respects, the local option laws, giving municipalities 'the privilege of appointing their own of- ficers to co-operate with the license in- specter in enforcing the law and mak- ing, it compulsory for Municipal Councils do submit a local option by-law on" peti- tion of 25 per 'cent. of the voters. The Government. takes power to cancel licen- ses where deemed advisable, in default ' of any action by the local license board. The announced policy of the Govern- ment not to increase the number of ii- censes in New Ontario is embodied in the bill. “Tied houses” will not be per- mitted henceforth. SAFE BLO\VERS IN TORONTO. Burglars Visit Three Toronto Factorics' on Saturday Morning. A despatch from .Toronto sa‘ys: Safe blowers visited three factories in Park- dale early Saturday morning, but only secured money in one of them. The first place broken into was Young and Cofs premises, on Stafford Street. had been left unlocked, so that they easily ransacked it. but found no- thing. They then went to the Puritan Knitting Mills and blew open the vault. No money had been left in the safe, so they secured no cash there either. The , men then visited the Toronto Carpet Co. ,William Wright, the watchman. was just coming up from the basement when three men confronted hfin. The, kicked bis lantern out of his hand and took hold of him. He was taken into the pumphouse, tied to the steam pipes, and gagged. One man took charge of him while the others went to the office. About 20 minutes later Wright heard an explosion. Then one of the men came down and got something from his guard. A little later came another ex- plosion. It is thought that the burglar first blew open the vault and then the cash compartment of the inside safe. Before leaving the. building one of the men gave back to Wright, the night watchman, $4, which had been taken from him when the burglars bound him. The amount secured by the burglars is placed at nearly $1,000. It is quite evi- dent, however, that lhey used charges which were too large, as debris was strewn all over the ofliee and pieces of bills that had been torn up by the ex- plosion were lying about. .-'â€"-§â€"- BRITISII OFFICER HAZED. Comrades Objected to His Keeping to Himself. A despatch from London says: A young officer of one of the Guards‘ regi- ments at Aldershot is now under a phy- sician's care in London, his nervous system being completely broken down as the result of hazing. He is not rich, and he declared that he could not meet the usual regimental subscriptions. Consequently, be frequently absenteij himself from the company of the other officers and kept to his own rooms. His fellow-officers resented this, and to show their disappmval they stripped him, smeared him with motor oil, covey-ed him with feathers and plastered his hair with jam. He escaped to his room, in which he barricaded himself. His tor- mentors smashed down the door, wherc~ upon the victim leaped from a window and sought refuge. in a hotel. The otlnu‘ ofliccrs could not find him, though they sought him, and he was reported to his superiors as being absent without leave. His phv ician felt-graphed to the colonel of the regiment that the young ofliccr is seriously ill. The Secretary of State for War, Mr. Haldane. has been informcl of the affair, and has ordered an inquiry. +.__.__ DROE'GII'I‘ IN ARGENTINA. No Rain for Three Months and Stock Itrredcrs Anxious. A despatt-h from Ilurncs .‘tyres. .\r- gcnlina, says: \Vhile llraril is stiffer- ing from rain and inundations, Argen- tina is suffering a drought. The situa- tion is very alarming. 'l'htrc has been almost no rain for three months and stock breeders are anxious in View of the lack of food. Their caizips offer a pitiablc aspect. If the. thought contin~ yes there will be a ttrrible loss of live stock. The soil I‘vvrywliert- is hard like a stone, and it is impossible to begin labor for the next sowing. The safe. 1 l I I THE ACT IN A NUTSIIISIL. Regulations to be uniform throughout the province. Bartenders in cities and towns to be. licensed. Third offence by licensee to license. No increase in number of lieunscs in New Ontario. Strictcr provisions regarding sale of liquor on medical Certificate. Radical increase in license fees in all municipalities. in cities of over 100,000 to be $1.200 for tavern and $1,000 for shop licenses. Municipalities and province to get rev- enues from licenses, share and share alike. Special census for determining inim- ber of licenses permissible, acording to population, to be abolished. No “tied” houses to be allowed. Municipalities passing local option laws allowed to participate in their en- forcement. Votes for local option by-laws to be taken on annual municipal election days, and to be compulsory on petition of 25 per cent. of voters. Three-fifth of vote polled to carry lo- cal option by-law and three-fifths of vote necessary to repeal it. To be in force for two years, at least, if carried. Provision made against the adultero- t.ion of liquors. More protection given for witnesses who give evidence to secure conviction cancel against license-holders. “’AS THIS REMORSE? Strange Suicide of Edward Lafond Prince Albert. A despatch from Prince Albert, Saslc, says: About daylight on \Vedncsday morning Edward Lafond was found hanging to a beam of a log shime on the north side of the river opposite the city. The Mounted Police were at once notified, and when they reached the spot the body was still warm, although life was extinct. All indications point to a determined ease of suicide. The scene rf the crime was the shanty in which the body of a woman named Linklatcr. suposed to have been killed the night previous, lay awaiting the coroner‘s in- quest. The projecting beam from which Lafond hung was barely seven feet above the ground, and the deed was committed by means of a small clothes line. Deceased evidently stood on an ordinary wooden pail, and when ready kicked it away, his toes just clearing the ground when found. It is supposed that l.af0nd was implicated in the death of Mrs. Linklatcr. and took this means of settling the matter. LADIES’ SMOKING CAR. 9: First Run Was Made to Liverpool From London. ‘ A despatch from London says: On a window of one of the firstclass carri- ages in a train that left London for Liv- erpool on Wednesday morning a label was displayed which read, “Lady and Smoking." The carriage that bore this sign was the first woman’s smoking car ever run on an English road, and prob- ably the first in the world. It was ac- cupied by a small party of women for whom it had been reserved. Applica- tion for it was made on Tuesday night by a gentleman, who saidzâ€"“l want a smoking carriage for a party of ladies attached to your noon Liverpool train to-morrow.” When the train was made up the order was executed, and presently the party that was to occupy it appeared and entered it triumphantly. There were three in the party, an elderly wo- man and two young ones. They start- (-‘t'l smoking as soon as they were scat- ed. They began with cigarettes, but what they ran into before they got to Liverpool nobody knows, but the chances are that they Slllt‘k to cigarettes. Eng- lish women do not often get past the cigarette stage in their smoking. ._ â€"_+__~_.- ONI‘ARIO'S RAILWAY. Head of Rail Is Now 163 Miles Beyond North Bay. A despatt'h from Toronto says: Hon. Mr. Hendrie has returned from a trip made over the 'l‘uuiskaniing & Northern Ontario Railway, in company with the ct‘iimnissioners. The head of rail is now in Otto township, 103 miles north of North tiny, and a train is being run to that point three times a week from New Liskcard, the terminus of the first section of the read. About 40 miles remains to be completed on the section, and the work is progressing satisfactorily. Pre- liminary surveys show that if it. is de- cided to continue the line toward Lake Attitibi to join the 'l‘ranscontinental Railway the miens‘iuul will be easilv constructed. as the grades show no great difficulties, and the fine is almost straight. On the completed rot-lion of the road the p=<~xtngwr and freight traflie con- tinuis vrry heavy. An immense amount ' 'ig machinery is going into the liobalt mining area. ~__+_.._. Lawyer Pd‘t'M'HC‘ of New York was sen- tenced to scrve twenty years for pro- ducing false heirs to an estate. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, March 27.â€"l“lour- Ontario patents are quoted unchanged at $13 bid, $3.05 asked, buyers" bags, outside; Man- itoba first. patents, $4.30 to $4.50; second patents, $3.00 to “heatâ€"Ontarioâ€"No. while firmer. 78c asked outside; red The bid, offered at 7am, Shipped to Portland: think], 700 asked outside; goose, T’n: (lrlv'ttl. \\‘heiitâ€"â€" i\i:uiitoba~.\‘o. I northern. Ric asked, track, I‘m-t Iluron, Midland 01‘ Owen Sound, 32.: asked May ship- ment, 31%0 bid. No. 2 mirtlwrn offered at any, track. I‘ort Huron or Midland. !)L'”H*':T(I asked outside. 0 ~ Unis- .\'o. 2 white, 37c asked in stort‘. Toronto, Ililgc bid main line cast or west. :tfic bid 11min line. cast. tiorn-mNo. 3 mixed, 40c bid Toronto. COUNTRY PRODUCl-l. Rutlcthuotations are unchanged : Cl't‘anlery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 to Btic do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23c to 241: Dairy, lb. rolls, good to choice 18c to 19" do large rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 to 1Se do medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10c to 17c Cheese-Quotations are unchau'cd at lie for large and 14,150 for twins. lillgs~â€"Qtititaiixiiis are unchanged the for new-laid and the for storage. Poultryâ€"Prices for choice dry-plucked arm-Turkeys, Jim to ltic; fat chickens, fin to 12c, thin 7c to Sc; fat hens, Se in 0c, thin tie to 7c; dun-ks 12c to 13c, thin Or to 7c; tense, .100 to lie, for choice small lots. Potatoes~Ontario, firm. to 75c per bag on track here, 75c to 850 out of store; eastern, 70c to 80c on track and 30c to 900. out of store. Rated Hayâ€"Unchanged at $8 per ten for No. 1 timothy on track here and $5.50 to $13 101' No. ‘2. Rated Straw-Car lots on track here are quoted unchanged at $5.50 to $5 per ion. at MON'I‘REAL MARKETS. Montreal, March 27.---â€"Grainâ€"Tln:re was a good demand for Manitoba spring wheat from foreign sources. Oatsâ€"«No. ‘2, 38334:; No. 3, 37).;c; No. 4, 36].;jc. l‘casâ€"r'itic f.o.b. per bushel. Harleyâ€"Manitoba No. 3, 4th to 49%c; No. 4, 48c to 48,141); Ontario, the f.o.b. 73 per cent. points. (Zornâ€"American mixed, fill/fie; No. 2 yellow, 52c ex track. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat. pa- tents, $4.50 to $4.60; strong bakers’, $4 to $4.10; winter wheat patents, $4.25 to $4.50; straight rollers, $4 to $4.10; do in bags, $1.75 to $1.85; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Millfeedâ€"«Manitoba bran, in bags, $19 to $20; shorts, $20 to $21 per ton; On- tario bran, in bulk, $18.50 to $19.50; shorts, $20; milled mouille, $21 to $%; straight grain mouille, 25 to $27 per ton. Rolled Oatsâ€"Per bag, $1.90 to $1.03 in car lots, $2 to $2.05 in small lots; cornmeal, $1.30 to $1.40 per bag. flayâ€"No. 1, $8 to $8.50; No. 2, $7 to $7.50; clover mixed, $6 to $6.50. Cheese-Situation unchanged. Busi- ness quiet. Quotations steady at 13C to 13%0. . Butterâ€"Steady under a good active demand. particularly for higher grades. Choice butter, 22c to 22%c. Good sup- ply Manitoba dairy butter in the mar- ket. and selling at 16c to 17c: choice and dairy bringing 190. Good roll, which is scarce, sells at 190 to 20c. . Eggsâ€"Rather firm in tone. Prices un- changed at 10%0 to 17c for fresh. Receipts continue fairly liberal. Limed quoted at 12c to 13c. Beansâ€"Choice primes, $1.60 to $1.65 per bushel; handâ€"picked, $1.80. Potatoesâ€"Per bag of 80 pounds, 650 to 70c. Honeyâ€"White clover, in comb, 13c to 14c per 15. section; extract, Sc to 9c; buckwheat, 6%c to 7c. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut. pork, $21; light short cut, $20; American short out, $20; American cut clear fat back, $20; compound lard, 5%6 to 7%e; Canadian pure lard, 11%6 to 120; kettle- rendered, 12%c to 130; hams, 12c to 14c, according to size; bacon, 14c to 15c; fresh-killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10; country-dreSsed, $8.75 to $9.25; alive, $7.50 for selects. BUFFALO M A RKIETS. Buffalo, March ‘27.â€" Flourâ€"Quiet, firmer. \thatâ€"Syu‘ing, quiet; No. ‘. Northern, 83%e, carloads; Winter, good inquiry; No. 1 hard, 85%0. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2 yellow, 493/10; N0. 2 corn, 40c. Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 white, 3534(1. Barleyâ€" Quict; 47 to 520 in store. Ryeâ€"Sonic in- quiry; No. 1, 71c. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, March 27,â€"Spot easy; No. 2 red, 84% elevator; No. red, Stilgc f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Du- luth, 8739: f.o.b. afloat. ._._._â€" LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, March QTâ€"I’i‘iccs at the West. crn Cattle Market continue very firm for choice cattle, and some advances were noted to-dziy. Export Cattleâ€"Choice are quoted at Sift; to $5.25, medium to good at $4.30 to $4.70, others at $4 to $4.25, bulls at 33.50 to and cows at $2.75 to $4. Butcher Cattlc‘Picked lots, $4.75 to $5.10: good to choice, $4.40 to $4.05: fair to good, $3.75 to 554; common, $2.51) to $3: cows, $2.75 to $4; bulls, $3 to st; can. ncrs, $1.50 to $2. Stockch and Feeders â€" Short-keep feeders are quoted at $4 to $4.50, heavy feeders at $3.85 to $4.15, medium at £0 to $3.50, bulls at $2 to $2.75, good stockers run at $3 to $3.65, light at $2,- 75 to $3, rough to common at $2 to $2,- 75, and bulls at $1.75 to $2.50. Mileh Cowsâ€"Quoted at $30 to $50 each. 0 h notion LAW LEADING 30003111le1113 TO RUSSIAN Dorm The Workmen Refuse to Vote for, Delegates. DELEGATES IMPRISONED. A despaich from St. f’etersburg says: The primary voting for delegates to reâ€" present, the workmen in the filial elec- 1101] for members of the Domini demon- strated that the State-controlled factories thronglmut the country are the most vc-I tivo centres of the revolutionary propa- ganda. The cmploycs are against us- ing their mics, and are openly hostile to the Douma. The men in the Oubou- choff ordnance foundry, near St. Peters- liurg, where 12,000 hands are employed under the direction of the Ministry of \\’ar, refused to choose electors. The workmen in the Government's principall cartridge factory at ’f‘ula refused to choose any of the five delegates allowed under the electoral law. The work’men III the imperial railway workshops v't \\anovo and Vosncssensk also refused to participate in the election. The em- f10.l‘cs in several of the leading indepen- dent industrial enterprises adopted the same attitude. The men in Siemen an-l Halske's electrical works here explained their refusal by saying that as soon as they canvassed the claims of any can- didate he disappeared from the works, and eventually was obliged to quit the locality. ' There are numbcrless reports of such interference by the political police throughout the country. The elector chosen by the peasants of Simferopol is a school teacher. He was imprisoned or. a political charge immediately he was elected. The peasants refused to elect another delegate. An insignificant minority of the peasants participated in the elections in the provinces. In the leuma district of Nijni Novgorod onlv one thousand received inaction noticei. although 8,000 were entitled to vote. A petition for an election has been prepar- ed in this district. Where the urban workmen vote, as in factories in St. f‘etcrsburg and Moscow, the Constitu- tional Democrats almost. invariably elec- trgd their candidates. The preliminary election passed off without incident, and attracted no attention. ANOTHER wofifnu UPHEAVAL. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: 1 be growing unrest and agitation among the Russian workmen is largely due to the Government’s repressive measuresm the Provinces, and especially to the threatening situation in the Don and other regions. At Ekaterinoslav 16,000 men of the Hughes Iron Works are al- ready reported to have struck, and at Moscow great agitation prevails in the industrial sections. Undoubtedly the “hole movement is connected with the demand of the social democrats and re- volutionists for another general political strike. DEATH FOR THEFT. A despatch from Riga, Russia, says:-‘ 'lhrec revolutionists were sentenced to death here on Thursday for breaking in- to a store and stealing ammunition. I CRIME VIN RUSSIA. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: lawlessness and crime are keeping pace if. Russia with the respective measures of the Government. Columns of the newspapers are daily filled with records of murders and robberies, and side ty side are brief chronicles of condcnma-v lions and military executions of politi- cal offenders. The majority of the ref)- Calves â€"â€" Quotations unchanged 3%: to 70 per pound. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Export ewes are quoted at $4.75 to $5.25 per cwt., and fucks at $4 to $4.50. Grain-fed lambs are steady at $6.75 to $7.25, and mixed at $5.50 to $6.50. Spring lambs sell at $4 to $8 each. Hogs-$6.85 per ewt. for selects and $6.00 for lights and fats. .__...__...+__â€"â€"â€" FIRE IN GUELPII FOUNDRY. Three-Storey Varnish and Paint Shop Called. A despaich from Guelph says: The biggest fire this city has experienced in years was raging from 8 until 0.30 on Thursday night. About 7.45 the alarm was sent in summoning the brigade to Crowc's Iron Foundry, where smoke was issuing from the three-storey paint. and varnish shop attached to the foun- dry. l’rom then until 0.15 the firemen had one of the hardest fights to conduct the flames to the place of origin. The foundry and numerous surrounding frame and plastered cottages were for a time in great danger, but a covering of snow on the roofs put out the flying burning embers as soon as they alighted, and materially aided in preventing any spread. The paint shop was gutted. There were. between 30 and 4-0 men em- ployed in the burned building, and one of the departments was at work when the fire broke out. A great many piano: plates in a finished and unfinished con- dition were destroyed. It is understood that. a barrel of japan was being opened and was ignited by a gas jet, one of the men being burned about the head. The moulding shop was flooded with water, which will suspend work in that depart- ment for a few days. The loss will pro- bably reach $21,000, divided as follows: $8.000 on building, $6,000 on equipment, and $7,000 on stock. _._+_._ The [louse Committee at Washington recommended an appropriation of $1,â€"l 480,000 to Jamestown Exposition. ~for aid. l‘eries and assassinations are of a poll-v, tical nature, and everywhere the rcvo-I listiouists are fighting their oppressors with bombs and revolvers. 3 The spirit of lawlessness has penetrat-l cit north, which part of the country is; still snowbound. The peasants of that Northern Votogo Province, on the roadf it Archangel. are driving off the pro-{ prietors. They fought a battle near‘ Yarensk with a detachment. of a hundredl and thirty ('Iossacks, were defeated, and‘ left a number of dead on the field. Ont the other hand, near Bloscsisk, in Nov"? gorod Province, the peasants were we furious in a fight with forest guardsj forcing the latter to retreat. f EDITOR GOES TO PRISON. The London Times correspondent wires from St. Pctcrsburg as follows:â€" The editor of The Russ will have to undergo a year‘s imprisonment for printing a revolutionary manifesto last )eccmber. The court’s recommendation to reduce or defer sentence was ignored, as the Government is anxious to remove one of the most. fearless. single-hearted champions of freedom. The Russ, un-‘ for the able guidance of its founder and? editor, has become such a scourge to the bureaucracy, that various satraps,i principally those of Moscow and Odessa, penalized all who sold or read the paper. The imprisonment of Alexis Sonvorin, jun., is an eloquent sign of the prevaih mg lawlessness. as was the execution of Lieut. Schmidt, the abominableouts rage committed by two officers on Spirit douova. and numerous other outrages with which the newspapers are daily} filled. JAP SPIES ARRESTED. A dcspafeh from Vladivostoek sayszl Two Japanese merchants were arrested on Saturday in one of the forts here. In their possession were found plans of the fortifications and notes referring to them. TO HELP POOR LANDLORDS. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: The Council of the Empire has adopted the project to grant a. loan of $5,000,000 to landlords who suffered from the ag- rarian troubles. The loan is rcpayable, in forty years, but will not bear inter-g est until 1010. , MILL GIRLS POISONED. Thirty~four girls working in Kindler's,’ mills at f’abianiee, ten miles southwest; of Lodz, on refusing to join a strikel were on Saturday poisoned by a pow-l 001‘ that was strewn upon the floor cf} the mill. One of the girls died from the; Effects of the poison and the remainderi are seriously ill, ten of them not being. expected to recover. _. RUSSIA'S NEW‘ INCOME TAX. The Commercial Gazette publishes an. extract from the income tax measure, showing that the tax will be an addition in the taxes already in existence. ln-: comes of less than 000 rubles ($450) are exempt. Those above 000 will pay on a scale graduated between 5 and '7 per, “ cent. based on the taxpayer‘s own de-{‘ claration. It is estimated that the new tax will yield annually 43,000,000 rubles ($21,500,000). at ' SHOT Hisâ€"EMPLOYER. D. J. Campbell, of Froliishcr, Sash, Fatally “'ounded. A Frobisher, Sask., despalch says: A shooting affray, which will result. in the death of Mr. D. J. Campbell, a resident farmer, occurred about four miles north of Frobishcr, on Wednesday. From the information at hand it would appear that one Weivent ltferyyon, a Hungarian in the employ of Mr. Campbell, had a dispute with him over wages, and Wed: nesday morning about (3.30 took Mr. (Campbell‘s shotgun to the stable. and on Mr. Campbell's approach raised the gun to shoot. Mr. Campbell made an effort to get out. of the way, but too late, the shut striking him in the region of the, groin. Mr. Campbell was able, to reach: the house. where he sent to a neighbor'st The Hungarian, after shooting; his victim, started for town, where be is- now in custody. Mr. Campbell is a; married man, with a family of four.. Mcrvyon, it seems. wished to leave his employer, and the latter refused to re- trase him until his time expired, and his resci'ihncnt resulted in the tragedy. _ BANWELL SENTENCED. The Young Rank Defauitcr Gets? Four; Years in Kingston. A Toronto dcspahh says: Four years will he spent. by 11. St. t'icorgc linuwefll within the walls of Kingston I‘eniteni bury, in L'Xlllflfiuil of his crime, the theft,] (n Doc. 0 1:141. of $40,000 from the, (frown flank. ’f‘lzis rcntwnw was bassedl upon him in the Court of Geller,” gush. sions on Saturday by Judge \\‘llb;ll-'n".0f‘,] and after its pronouncement the ynungi man, pale and more nervous than on hist former appearance in court, was led! away to commence, his term of imprisâ€"Z onment. At. the close of the Court Mrs.; Banwell, his young wife, went with her, counsel, Mr. E. E. A. DuV'crnet, to Judge Winchester's chambers. There she changed her plea to one of “Guilty” or" the charge of receiving stolen goods, She was released on suspended sentence, A l t