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A Winnipeg despaich says: Accord- ing to the weekly report of the C. P. R. prospects for a great wheat crop were never better throughout Western Cana- da, and seldom so good. In all 150 sla- lions reported. and all were sanguine in their estimates. The rainfall has been ample, with the possible exception of a section west of Prince Albert. Will Denote Deficit on Letters Not Ful- ly Prepaid. A despatch from Ottawa: A new stamp has been issued by the Posl-omce De- parlment in connection with letters not (ully prepaid. The stamp will be fur the use of postmasters 'only. In the past it has been the custom to mark letters not fully prepaid with a figure, speci- fying how much the receiver would have to pay. The stamp will now he used instead. The new stamp is bluish in color, and is in several denomina- lions. Mr. R. E. Oaks. ex-manager of the! 'i‘raders‘ Bank at Calgary, is here. MT. Oaks has just returned from Alberta,| and says that while considerable of the} wheat has been a disappointment ini southern Alberta, still no material lossI will he suffered by the farmers, as they ploughed the land this spring and seeded with oats. and a valuable crop of these will be assured. The Prospects “’ch Never Better in the “'cst. ' Samuel Mendelson, one of his bro- thers, was so shocked by the unexpect- ed remark that he failed to answer the question. He called his two other bro- thers, Jules and Anton, and to the great} surprise of all three the man who hadI teen dumb since boyhood repeated his; question. The mystery perplexed alli three. Louis told his brothers that ‘-e had felt a sudden tickling in his vocal chords and the impulse to attempt to attempt speech had grown so strongg that he could not resist it. When he' tried. he discovered that his voice re- sponded. ’Mendelson lost his voice after an at- tack of fever when he was in his sev- enteenth year. Recovers Power of Speech After 21 Years of Silence. A despalch from Chicago says: After 21 years of silence, during which time he was unable to utter an intelligible sound, Louis Mendelson suddenly ic- covercd his power of speech on Tues- day. The relurn of words was as mys- terious as the allliction which silenced him so long. liviendelson is 38 years old, and until Tuesday had not spoken since he was 17 years old. To the surprise of his three brothers and his friends 'ie walked into their wholesale liquor store and said: “Hello, is this hot enough for you?" A despalch from London says: Mr. Terrell, chief meat inspector at the Smithfield market, says that numbers of frozen hogs arrive from the United States in a shockingly diseased condi- tion, yet bearing the Government inspec- tion seal. He does not believe that any Government inspector would be foolish enough to pass hogs in such condition. The wonder is how the seals get attach- ed to them. Mr. Terrell adds that it is impossible for the inspectors here to A despatch from London says: The Chronicle says that Mr. John Burns, as president of the Local Government Board, has been closely watching de- velopments in the canned meat matter. As soon as the aspect became serious he summoned a meeting of the medical health officers of the London County Council, the city corporation, and the 28 metropolitan boroughs, and consulted with them as to whether anything fur- ther could be done to secure an adequate inspection of canned goods. He also instructed Chief Medical Officer Buchan- an to prepare a report. This has been done, and the report will be available to the members when Parliament meets next week after the Whitsuntide holi- day. it is stated that steps are being taken to get the Foreign Office to take diplo- matic action in the matter. A 'despatch from Paris says: It is learned that the Coxnmissary-Gencral's denial of the statement that Chicag0 foodstuffs are supplied to the French army is incorrect. The fact is that 20,000 cans of this food were landed at Havre, and sent thence to Bordeaux. where the meat was recanncd. marked with French labels, and sold as French. One of the largest Paris calerers says that his customers were refusing to take American canned goods. Conse- quently he intends to cease importing Obem. Ogden Armour, in an interview on Wednesday, said that, whatever might happen elscwliere‘ his yards are above reproach. Nevertheless. he acknowledg- ed that the trade had received trio ugliest knock in its history. UNITED STATESMEAT TEAM] It Has Received the Ugliest Knock In Its History. JOHN BURNS TAKES A HAND. DISEASED FROZEN HOGS. A DUMB MAN SPEAKS. GREAT “HEAT CROP. A NE\\‘ STAMP. A Sydney, N. S. W., despatch says: Premier Seddon, of New Zealand, died here on Sunday night, of heart failure. The end came on board the steamer Owstrey Grange, on which he had em- barked in the morning to return to New Zealand. Mr. Seddon complained of feeling ill on Sunday afternoon, and slept for two hours. On awakening he rested on a couch while awaiting din- ner. Suddenly he leaned his head on his wife’s shoulder, saying. “Goodâ€"bye, my dear, I am going," and expired. ‘ Mr. Seddon had been in Australia since the middle of May. He came here to consult Mr. Alfred Deakin, the Prime Minister of Australia, on important questions, mainly those concerning the New Hebrides. He visited the principal towns, making vigorous speeches and receiving deputations on various mat- ters interesting to Australia, such as colonial preference and alien immigra- tion . He made a speech at Sydney on Saturday, declaring that it was a sui- cidal policy for the colonies to send trade to foreign countries, thus enabling them to strengthen their navies. Trade. he said, should go to the Mother Land to assist in strengthening the British Navy. Died 0! Heart Failure on Steamer (or New Zealand. was over the Finlanders started for their homes. At the corner of Me- Laughlin and Christie streets the ejected pair and their friends were on the look- out for their victims, and pounced upon four Finlanders, who were taken by surprise. The affrey lasted for only a few minutes, with the result that tour Finlanders were iearfully wounded. two of whom, the doctors say, will not re- cover from their wounds. Restore Nan- tel, who was stabbed in the abdomen, and Charlie Paine, who received a stab wound in the neck and chest, are in the hospital and very week. No hopes for the recovery of Nantel are entertained by Drs. Cook and McCarty, who are at- tending the injured men. The Finland- ers claim they were not the worse for liquor. The scene of the tragedy was near where the Galician was clubbed to death three years ago. Two Men A Fort William despatch says: Tues- day night a drunken melee took place at the coal dock among a party of foreign- ers, three of whom were stabbed and slashed with knives. The aflray was the result of two Italians being turned out of a Finlanders’ dance hall in the eary part of the evening. It appeared that the two intruders had walked into the Finlanders’ dance and began mak- ing free with some of the Finland ladies, which was promptly resented by the men. wh) ejected the strangers with anything but easy _force. After the dance A despatch from Kansas City, Mo., says: It is estimated that the business done by the packing houses located here will suffer to the extent of $10,000.000 as a result of the agitation in connection with the President‘s crusade against “doctored” meats. Reports of the various plants seen on Thursday agreed with the estimates in the telegraphic de- spatches that the business of the whole country would show a loss of at least $150,000,000. “I don’t think,” said Charles W. Ar- mour on Thursday, "the estimale of $150,000,000 loss to the packers in the whole country is exaggerated. This is only a shrinkage of about ten per cent. on the total volume of the business done, which, I think, is easily one and onehalf billion dollars in all branches of the trade. We have complaints al- ready from England that the canned meat trade is decreasing. It is easy to scare people five thousand miles away." discover while the hogs are frozen whether or not they are healthy. Buyers are warned that they purchase at their own risk . If, when the hogs are thawed, they are found to be diseased they are immediater seized. A newspaper here sent a. reporter to make a surprise visit to the makers of canned delicacies and inspect their pro- cesses. One leading firm accepted the challenge with alacrity, and passed the ordeal to the utmost satisfaction of the reporter, who was regaled with various tid-bits. Another firm asked the news- paper representative to call at a more convenient time, while another abso- lutely refused “to have anything what- ever to do with any newspaper." A despatch from Ottawa says: Dr. Chisholm (East Huron) will call the at- tention of Parliament to the shocking revelations in connection with the sani- tary conditions of the Chicago packing- houscs, and will ask if it is the intention of the Government to prohibit the im- portation of canned meats and meat ex- tracts lrom the United States, not only in the interests of the public health‘ but also to assist the farming, stock-raising and packing industries of Canada. BRUTES AT FORT \VILLIAM. WOULD IMPOSE EMBARGO. LOSSES 'WILL BE GREAT. PREMIER SEDDON DEAD. May Be Fatally “'ounded \Vith Knives. lulantry 10 be Reduced to 10,000 and Artillery by 48 Batteries. A despatch from London says: The Express says it understands that the military programme of Secretary cf War Haldane includes a reduction (f the infanlry by 10,000 and of the artil- lery by 48 batteries. Butchers’ â€" Market higher. Choice picked butcher cattle. $4.80 to $4.90; medium heavy butchers', at $4.50 to $4.65; mixed lots and cows. at $3 to $4.25; common canners at $2.50. Light Stockersâ€"Steady, $3.50 to $3.90. Sheep and Lambsâ€"The market is slow. and prospects are for lower prices. Spring Lambsâ€"Lower, at $3 to $5.50. Calves -â€" Good run. Market slow. Prices range from $3 to $6. Hogsâ€"Market firm, and 106 higher, at $7.40 for selects. Milch Cowsâ€"Good market for heavy milkers: choice, $50 to $60; common, $30 to $35. Heavy Feedersâ€"Good and heavy feed ers at $4.60 to $4.80. New York, June 12.â€"~Spot firm;No. 5 red, 94c nominal elevator; No. 2 red nominal 950 l.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north em Duluth, 91%0 nominal f.o.b. afloat No. 1 northern Manitoba 89%0 f.0.b afloaL Toronto, June 12.â€"The demand for export cattle is steady, and there were some good loads offering, the top prices being around $5.10 to $5.20. The sheep market is steady at recent decline. The hog market was steady and unchanged {mm the last rise, but the prospects are said to be for a lower market. Strockers and Feeders~Market faith Stgady demand ‘10:: good quality. Eprrtâ€"Market rifln. Extra' choice, $5 to $5.20; medium export, $4.80 to $4.90. Good short-keep feeders, $4.75 to $4.80 Market steady. 2 in store: 65%c Steady. Buffalo, N. Y., June 12. â€"â€" Flour â€" Steady. Wheatâ€"Spring quiet; No. 1 Northern, 86%c; Winter, nothing done. Cornâ€"Dull but firm; No, 2 yellow, 55%0. Galasâ€"Strong; No. 2 white, 39%0; Win- ter, nothing done. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 2 in store, 65%c. Canal freights â€" Montreal, June 12.â€"â€"Oals â€" No. 2, Ho to 43%(1; No. 3. 42%0 to 42%c; No. 4, 41c to 41%c. Peasâ€"78c f.o.b. per bushel; 78 per cent. at 510. Corn~No. 2 mixed. 56%c; No. 3 yellow 57%c ex-track. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents, $4.60 to $1.70; strong bakers’, $4.10 to $4.20; winter wheat patents, $4 to $4.25; straight winter» wheat patenls, $4.20 10 $4.40, straight rollers, $3.90 to $4.10; do, in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; extras, $1.50 to in ba SJ .65. MiHiecdâ€"Manitoba bran. in bags, $18 to $19; shorts, $20 to $21 per ton; Ontario bran, in bulk, $18.50 to $19.50; shorts, 20 to $20.50; milled mouille. $21 to $25; straight grain mouille, $25 to $27 per ton. ' Rolled Oatsâ€"Per bag. $2 to $2.10 in car lots; cornmeal, $1.30 to $1.40 per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1, $9.50 to $10.50; No. 2, $8.50 to $9.50; clover, mixed. $7.50 to $5.50. and pure clover. $7 to $8. Eggsâ€"Quoted at 16%0 to 17c, with 104C being mentioned occasionally. This is {or finest straight gathered. Butterâ€"The market. shows little change Creamery, prints ...... 20c to 22c do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19c to 20c Dairy, 11'). rolls, good to choice 16c to 18c Tubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 to 16c Provisionsâ€"Barrels of heavy Canada short, cut. pork, $23; light short cut, $21.- 50, barrels clear [at .back. $22.50; com- pound lard, 7%0 to 80; Canadian pure lard, 11%c to 120; kettle rendered, 12%c to 13c; hams, 13%c to 15c, according to size; breakfast bacon, 17c to 180; Wind- sor bacon, 15%0 to 160: fresh killed abat- toir dressed hogs, $10.50; alive, $7.75 !0 $7.85 per 100 Ibs. Eggsâ€"The market is quoted unchang- ed and there are still indications of eas- ier prices later. New-laid are quoted at 17c to 17%0, and splits at 146. Potatoesâ€"Unchanged. Ontario, 706 to 85c out of sctore. eastern Delawares at. 85c to 97%c, Quebec 78c, and Nova Sco- h’a at 75C. Balod Hayâ€"Is steady to firm at $10 for No. 1 timothy per- ton in car lots on hack here. and $7.50 to $8 for No. 2 Baled Straw~Unchange(l at $6 per Baled Straw~Unchangé(l at ton for car lots on track here $4.40 to $4.60; seconds, $4 to $4.10; bak- ers,’ $3 to $4. Branâ€"Offered at $16.50, outside. Wheatâ€"Ontarioâ€"No. 2 white, 8220 bid, C.P.R., 85¢ asked; No. 2 red, 820 bid. Wheatâ€"Manitobaâ€"No. 1 northern, 85%c asked, Point Edward and Owen Sound; 8040 bid, Point Edward. Oatsâ€"No. 2 while‘ 37%c bid, outside; offered at 38%c; 35%0 bid, to arrive. Comâ€"No. 2 yellow, offered at 59c, Toronto, to arrive. do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19c to 200 Dairy, 11'). rolls, good to choice 16c to 180 Tubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 to 16c Cheeseâ€"New cheese is again showing an easier tendency, and is quoled a lit- tle lower at 12c to 12%c. Old is steady as 150. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, June 12,â€"Flom' ~â€" Ontarioâ€" Exporters bid $3.15 for 90 per cent. pat- ents, buyers' bags, for export; miners ask $3.20. Manitobaâ€"first patents, $4.40 to $4.60; seconds, $4 to $4.10; bak- ers,’ $3 to $4. LEADING MARKETS NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. BRITISH ARMY REFORMS. LIVE STOCK MARKET. MONTREAL MARKETS. BUFFALO MARKET. COUNTRY PRODUCE. A Halifax, N.S., despatch says: A sensational scene occurred during Thurs- day night’s session of the Yarmoulh Town Council. Councillor Fuller made an insulting reference to Councillor Perrin. The latter immediately jumped at Fuller and was pummelling him in lively shape when Mayor Hood and the Town Clerk went to F uller’s rescue. As soon as Fuller regained his feet he made an attack on Perrin, kicking at him. The latter returned in vigorous style, un- til the unseemly encounter was stopped by the other Councillors. There has been bad feeling between the two for some time arising out of Perrin’s charge, seeking to disqualify Fuller. The latter is a leading church member of the town. Both are doctors. NEW RAILWAY COMMISSION. The gentlemen who will with James Lcitch, K.C., compose the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, are. Andrew B. Ingram, who represents East Elgin in the Dominion House of Com- mons, and Henry Norman Kitson, of Hamilton. The gentlemen will receive $4,000 a year for their services on the board. Their secretary, H. T. Small. a barrister of Carleton Place, and a former resident of this city, will be paid a sti- pend 0! $2,000 a year. A Lively Scene in Town Messrs. A. B. Ingram and II. N. Kittson to Act With Mr. Leitch. A Toronto despatch says : Two of the commissions made necessary by the enactments of the last session of the Ontario Legislative Assembly are now complete and ready to commence the labors which will be required of them. These are the new Hydro~Electric Com- mission, whose functions will enable the municipalities of the province to secure electric power at an economical rate. and the Railway and Municipal Board, which has been for so long expected. At the close of a somewhat protracted meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday. Premier Whitney announced that it had been decided that the former body should be composed of Hon. Adam Beck, of London, the Minister who has been so closely identified with the power question of Ontario; Hon. J. S. Hendrie, of Hamilton, and Cecil B. Smith, who is new chairman of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission. and consulting engineer of the commis- sion of inquiryâ€"the Hydro-Electric Commission. Hon. Mr. Beck, will na- turally be the chairman of the newly founded organization. It has nokbeen decided as yet what salary will be paid to Mr. Smith, but he will not receive any addition to the aggregate of his pre~ sent remuneration. At Port Stanley the storm blew a 90- fooi tower on a new elevator in the creek. and the Government observatory was also blown over. It is reported that two men were killed and half a dozen badly hurt by lightning at Springfield. but as the telegraph service has been cut off it is impossible to verify the le- porL The storm struck Chatham about 1.25 o'clock on Friday afternoon and when it. had blown over dozens of the beautiful trees from which the town gets its name at the Maple City, had been up-rooted. Among the buildings damaged were the Dowsley Axle Works, the Central School the Collegiate and Park Street Method- ist Church. Telegraph, telephone and electric light poles and wires were laid [lat all over the city and many of the manufacturing concerns were compelled to shut down for repairs. The worst of the storm. however, was at St. Thomas, and along the Michigan Central, where it a$umed the propor- t‘ons of a cyclone. The Michigan Cen- tral service was interrupted. and many houses were blown down at Rodney, Highgate and Ridgetown. The traffic on the Sarnia branch of the Pere Mar- quette was also seriously interefered with . A despateh from London says: Sarnia and vicinity were swept by a terrific gale, accompanied by rain, Lhunder,and lightning, about 10 o’clock on Friday night. Fortunately no fataliLies oc- curred. The roof of W. F. Lawrence and Sons’ new lumber mill was blown oif and about 1,500 square feel. of roof- ing destroyed, besides the shelling and belling of the mill. A large tree fit the corner of Christina and Johnston Streets was lifted out by its roots and hurled against. Miss Watson’s residence, smash- ing the windows and breaking the cor- nices. The chimney on Edward McDon- ald’s new house on Queen Street, was blown down. A new house on East Davis Street was lifted from its founda- tion” and blown over. Richard Lynch's house, on Wellington Street east, was struck by lightning and badly damaged. Telegraph lines all through the western peninsula were put out of business, trees were uprooted, chimneys blown away, and many_houses wrecked. CYCLflNE IN WEST GNTABIO Buildings Were Unroofed and Trees Torn Up By the Roots HAMILTON SUFFERS. despatch from Hamilton says: This RAHAVAY COMMISSIONERS. COUNCILLORS FIGHT. the Yarmouxh, N.S., Council A despatch from Hillsboro’, Kan, says: Gocssel was practically destroyed on Thursday by a. tornado. About 80 per. sons were injured. The tornado laid waste a strip 200 yards wide. Several slorcs and twelve residences were de. molished, and every house in town was damaged. The large Mennonite hospi. 131 was only slightly damaged. Thq injured were taken there. Ssvon Townships Set Aside for Heroes of 1866. A dcspatch from Toronto says: Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. has set apart six; townships in Aigoma on the north shore! of Lake Superior back of Chapleau on the C.P.R., and one in the district ofi Nipissing, for the veterans of ’66. Thai veterans are privileged now to step in and take full possession of all the lots; in the townships, the names of which are: D'Arcy McGee, Chcwctt. Cochrane. Box-.3 den and Gamey in Algoma, and Laura, in Nipissing. 9d Infantry effectively searched the bush and dislodged the enemy. Thirty-five kmals, containing 150 huts, were burnt. lnjurog Eight People and Demolishes a Town. insr of the Insibindi Valle down to, Buffalo River. Guns were, placed it? points of vantage on the tops of emin- ences, guarded by a portion of the force under Major Wilson. Capt. Battery with a mixed force of Carbineers, Rifles: and reserves, descended the valley un-= der cover of the guns. The approach; 0‘ the force was discovered and signaled: b3 many tires, which appeared in a tewt minutes throughout the country far; into Zululand. The impi. consisting on upwards of 300 natives, besides smalll armed parties, was located within th ‘ area covered by the guns. The shell fi drove out a number of natives, and Capt; Battery engaged the rebels. who grad ally retired towards broken and thorny} Country. The Maxim of the Natal Mount-l A despatch from Durban, Natal, says: Natalian forces under (1015. Mackenzie and Barker have had a severe fight with rebels in the Marne Valley. The rebels were defeated, 350 of them being killed, including the important Chief Mahlokazulu. The Natalians lost Capt; MacFarlane, of the- Transvaal Rifles, and Lieut. Marsden killed and several troopers wounded. It is reported that Chief Bambatta was wounded in the fight. The rebels fled, demoralized. Details have been received of the at. tack on a rebel impi which was mob- ilized in the vicinity of M'teli’s liraals- Operations started in the vicinity of the Elandskraal settlement wilh the sweep- ing of the Insibindi Vallxj' down to, Buffalo River. Guns were placed 8115'. A despatch from Niagara Falls. OnL, says: A terrific wind and rainstorm struck this city from the south-west on Friday afternoon. Two large brick chimneys were blown down, and two wings of the new General Hospital; under construction. crushed in. Somé ten workmen got away just in timfii Brickwork Contractor J. Blair, who was on one of the top storeys, was badly b’urned in the eyes with ’he lime front the falling brick. In the evening about 10 o’clock a small tornado again struck the town. A despatch from Wingham says: In a terrific thunder and lightning storm which preV'liled here all night three barns and their contents were burned in the Township of Turnherry. city was visited on Friday afternoon about 3.30 by one of the heaviest wind and rainâ€"storms in years. It lasted only about 20 minutes, but did more damage than a dozen previous storms. The roof of the warehouse of the Interna- tional Harvester Company was blown oil, causing much damage. A number 0‘ houses in various parts of the city‘ were unrooled, and Bastien‘s boathouse nearly blown into the bay. Telephone and electric light wires are all down, and the city is practically in darkness. it is impossible to estimate the total" damage‘ but it will run up into the thou- sands. So far as can be learned no and was seriously hurt. At the race-track the full fury of the: storm was felt. Sheets of rain swent At the race-track the full fury of the: storm was felt. Sheets of rain swept the grand stand from one end to the other, and the gnily-dressed occupanisx were compelled to flee for shelter. A despaich from Brantford says: A1 tremendous storm swept over Brantford' and Brant, County on Friday afternoon at 3 o‘clock, doing a great deal of dam! age. Trees were blown across the T., H. and B. tracks and {rains delayed, whilst the street car trolley lines in Wesfi Brantford were badly damaged. In the country hundreds of trees were uprooted and much damage done to crops. Chief and Thutee Hundred Rebels Killed. BARNS BURNED IN TURNBERRY. DAMAGE AT THE FALLS. LANDS FOR VETERA NS. BRI'HSH DEFEAT ZULUS. HURRICANE AT BRANT A KANSAS TORNADO. and Filly