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lit littlllllSE ill antinuclear What the Comparative Figures of the Province of Ontario Show. A despatch from Toronto says: 'n his annual report to the Ontario Board of Health Dr. llodgetts, Secretary of the board, draws attention to the fact that during 1907 there was an increase 0: smallpox compared with 1006. CA'Ill- menting upon the position, he says that the total of 833 cases reported falls to represent the actual number of cas- es As the result of inquiries made by the officers of the board it has Leen faund that large numbers of cases of smallpox have occurred without medical attendance being called in owing to lg- norance of the true nature of the (itsâ€" easc from which the patients were suf- fering. in other instances cases had been concealed on account of fear of quarantine. This has resulted in the spread of the disease. in many muni- wcre therefore again cautioned that when a case of eruptions disease :5 known to exist no time should be lost ill ascertaining its true character. Diphthern shows little difference as compared w llt- liloR, and 283 deaths re sulted. Only about half the number of cases of enteric wore repented last year as in the previous twelve months, but the disease was of a more severe type, and. it, was responsible for 425 deaths, as against 607 for the preced- ing year. Dr. llodgctts remarks with satisfac- tion that the increased interest shown Ly local authorities in health questions is evidenced by the fact that the re- turns lnade to his department report on 92 per cent. of the (wtimatcd popu- lation of the Province. There has been “Politics the disease was not recogniz- an increase in the number of cases of cd. 'but was diagnosed as chickenpox measles and scarletina notified, but the or impetigo. Local health authorities outbreaks were of a mild type. THE LANCASTER RILL. .___ The Measure to Regulate Speed at Cross- James ings Amended. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: In the Senate Railway Committee on Thurs- day morning the Lancaster Bill for the protection of railway level crossings in the thickly settled portions of cities, 'towns and villages was amended by the adoptionuof an amendment proposed by Senator Beique. The bill in its new ’form provides that “no train shall pass CRIME OF A SUICIDE. Fechcly Shot His Wife, Then Killed Himself. A despatch from Toronto says:â€"An- gored by a firm refusal of his wife to allow him to come back and live with her, Jas. J. Fcehely, 62 Euclid avenue, shot the woman on Friday morning about 9 o’clock, and then turned the revolver upon himself. The bullet en- tered his left eye and killed him instant- ly. Mrs. Fechely, who was lying in over any highway crossing, at rail bed at the time of the shooting, receiv- level, in any thickly populated portion of any city, town, or village at a great- cd the charge in the shoulder, but the bullet failed to reach a vital spot. The or speed than 10 miles an hour, unless doctor at St. Michael’s Hespital, where such crossing after duly maintained with the orders, regulations, and al- is constructed and there She was taken by the police ambulance, in accordance are confident that she will recover. The dead man and his wife had not been rections of the Railwav Committee of on amicable terms for some time, ow- the Privy Council, or of the board in force, with respect thereto, or unless such crossing is properly protected in accordance with such orders. regula- tions, and directions, or unless permis- sion is given by some regulation or or- der of the board. The board may, from time to time, fix the speed in any case, a: any rate that it deems proper. “The company shall have until the first day of January, 1909, to comply with the provisions of this section." W DEAD AGED 108. Former Pctcrborough County “’oman Passes Away in West. A dcspatoh from Pelerborough says: WOUU not hear him. mg, the neighbors say, to Feehely's strong distaste for work. He preferred to live on the profits of the small gro- cery store owned and managed by his wife. About a week ago he gathered up about a hundred dollars from the shop and departed. He came back shortly after, but his wife refused to admit him. Friday morning, accord- ing to the story told Dr. Mackay and Sergeant Mulhall by Mrs. Feehely beâ€" fore leavlng for the hospital, the bus- band came into her room and renewed his request to be taken back. “He sat on the side of the bed and pleaded with me to take him back,” said the injured woman, “but i had my back to him, and refused to listen. Then he became abusive and hied to scare me, but I The next. thing Information has been renewed hem of I knew was the sound of a shot and a the death at Nesbitt, Manitoba, of Mrs. 'Argue, a former resident of Pctorbor- ough County, who passed away at the age of 108 years. Iler maiden name was hrlaragaret Jameson, and she was bom in Ireland on Aug. 15th, 1800. She came to Canada in the early part of the eenlury and settled in Cavru Township, Peterborough County. She moved to Manitoba with her grandsan in 1886 and had resided there since. The fam- ily records showed that she would have been 108 years of age next August Some of her relatives claim that Mrs. Argue was 111 years old. ._._>x¢§ IIE LOST HAND AND EYE. Thomas Leroy Badly Injured in Cobalt Explosion. A despnlch from Cobalt. says: Whilst making an uprafse to connect with the surface from the east drift. Thomas LeRoy, a Frenchman, aged 56, and a native of Buckingham, fell into the Kendall shaft on Tuesday. in some manner not yet. explained be caused some loose powder to explode. He had one arm badly laceratcd, lost two fin- gers and a thumb and had to have an eye removed. LeRoy, who is a married man with a large family, now lies in a precarious condition at the local hos- pital. Ipain in my left shoulder. i called for my son, but before he could get into the room Feehcly had shot himself.” -_â€"~__*â€"_ SIIOT IN HIS DO0R“’AY. Shooting Gallery Proprietor Accidentally Wounded. A dcspateh from Port Arthur says: Danch McLeod, proprietor of the shoot- ing gallery on the east side of Cum- b<rland Street, was shot in the groin by a bullet from a Bil-calibre rifle in the hands of Ernest Wilson, on em- ploye of a rival gallery on the opposite side of the'strcet on Wednesday night. The wound is serious. Betti men ex- plain the shooting as accidental. They were standing in opposite doorwaysI and the rifle was discharged while Wu- son was cleaning it. -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-l¢â€" BIG DEAL IN FAR.“ LANDS. Sale of 100,000 Acres is Reported at Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The sale of 100.000 acres of farm lands be- longing to the Canadian Northern Railway is reported here, the purchas- er being a large land company with headquarters in St. Paul. The price is understood to be $10 per acre, which is considered a good figure. in BlllTlSll ttttlllBll in Will Be Disallowed By the Dominion Government. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The Canadian Government have sent iii- slructlons to the agent of the Justice Department in British Columbia to promptly take legal action either by habeas corpus proceedings or other- wise to restrain the Provincial author:- is clearly ultra vires, the courts can at once grant the release of any immi- grant whom the Province attempts to penalize, and r.course for damages for illegal arrest may be had against the Province. As seen as an oflicial C‘ipy ef the act tics from any attempt to enforce against reaches Ottawa it will promptly to dis- Jfipflm‘se immigrants the penalties ini- posed in the Natal act, just passed at .Victoria. Under the act the Province takes power to imprison or fine immi- grants from Japan or China who land after refusing to pass the educailonuil test prescribed in the act. allowrd. Meanwhile OSSlll‘allCOS have been sent by cable to the Japanese Gov- ernment that the action of the British Columbia Legislature will not. be al- lowed in ally way to interfere with the and. “hiJe rights of Japanese subjects in Canada. As the act as guaranteed by treaty. BRI‘IADSTUFFS. Toronto, Feb. ISfiManitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 northern, $11014; No. :3 noithern, $1.15}; fill d wheat, 66;; 1'0. 2 iced, 010. lake ports. (llitniio “healâ€"No. 2 white. 95C to .06,- outsdc; Us. 2 red, 050 to 06c; No. 2 mixed, 05c; giOSC, die to 93c. llarlcy~No. 2, nominal around 700. (Zorn-de 3 yellmv American, Gill/1c to (lie, 'l‘oronio fruignts. Old can, about 72c: none (dialing; infcrl r, (lie to ozijgr. Peas h5c to Stir. llyeL~No. 2, Rio outside. itlt‘i\\\’il(‘ilt~NO. 2, 65,14: to 66c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 510 to 52.: ou‘sidc, 530 to Sic on track 'l‘oronto; No. 2 mixed, 40c to 50c outside. Flourâ€"Prices of the trading Manitoba grades are very firm, as follows: l‘at- cnts, special brands, $6; se'onds, $5.40; strong bakers’, $5.30. Winter wheat patents very dull, around $3.60. Branâ€"Full curs, when they can be obtained, are not sold less than $94 per ton. When part of a car the price ranges from $22.50 up Sliortsâ€"Jl‘he price is now $21, buy- (rs‘ bags. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Poiillry-~ Young turkeys, cxtra choice . 13ctoch Young geese . . . . . . . . {lointh Young ducks . . . . . . fictollc Chickens, choice fletottc Old fowl . . . . . . 6cto Sc Inferior chicks and f0wls 5G to 70 Butlerâ€" Creamcry, prints .. 300toGOc do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280m 000 Dairy prints . . . . . 25cto27c do large rolls 23cto2tc do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2530 t'323c Inferior . . . . . . . 2Cotoztc Eggs~Storage, 210 to 22c per dozen, in case lots; selects, 250 to 26c; new- laid, 290 to 30c. Cheeseâ€"Steady at 13%0 for large and 13%c for twins, in job lots here. Beansâ€"$1.70'to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Potatoesâ€"700 to 750 per bag in car lots on track here. l-loncyâ€"Strained steady at lie to 120 per pound for (SO-pound pails, and 120 to 130 for 5 to 10-pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Baled Strawâ€"$10 per ton on track here. Baled Hayâ€"Timothy, $16 to $17 in car lots on track here. PROVISIONS. Porkâ€"Short out, $22 to barrel; mess, $18 to $18.50. Lardâ€"Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; pails, 12%c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats â€"â€" Long clear bacon, 9%c for tons and cases; hams, medium and light, 140 to 15¢; hams, large, 12%c to 13¢; backs, 16c to 17c; shoulders, 40c; rolls, 100 to 10V2c; breakfast bacon, MC; green meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked. $22.50 per MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Feb. 18,â€"Eastern Canada No. 2 white oats, Site; No. 3, 50c; No. 'i 48c; rejected, 47c, and Manitoba re jicted, 40c to 40%0 per bushel, ex- store. A steady volume of trade is being done in flour. Choice spring wheat pat ents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50; tvintcr wheat patents, $5.75; straight rollers, do., in bags, $2.67; extra, $2.05 to $2.10. The local ml.liced market is very ac- tive. Manitoba bran, $23 to $25.50; mid- dlings, $27 to $29 per ton, including bags; milled mou'llle, $28 to $32, and pure grain moullle $35 to $37 per ton. Rolled Oats and tornâ€"Rolled oats, $2.75; corn, $1.60 to $1.70 per bag. The firm undertone i'l the local clzeese market is being well maintained. Sop- tcmber Westerns are selling,r at tile to lSXc for white, and 13%c to 13%c for colored. Butterâ€"Grass goods, 200 to 30c; cur. rent receipts, 28c to ‘20e. Eggsâ€"Newly-laid, 32c to 33c: select, 26c to 27c; No. 1 llnied, 20': to 22c; No. 2 15c to 17c. Provisionsâ€"Barrels short cut. mess, $22.50 to $23; half-barrels, $il.75 to $12.- 25, clear fat back, $23.20 to $211.50: long ‘cut heavy mess, $21 to $24; halfâ€"barrels do, $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt long clear backs, 103.41 to 11%c; barrels plate beef. $13.50 to $15; half-barrels (10., $7.25 to $7.75: barrels heavy mess lvccf, $10 to $11; half’harrels do.. $5.50 to $6; comâ€" pound lard. 1th to lie; pure, lard. 12%0 to 13?; kettle rendered, 12540; Windsor bacon. 12h: hams, 12c to 13%c. accord: ing to size; breakfast. bacon. 14c to 15c; “(‘11 killed abattoir dressed, $9.50 to $8.75; alive, 86.25 to $0.50. CA'I‘TLE MARKET. Toronto, Feb. 18.â€"-l\'ot many (xport cattle were offered: a few picked ones sold as high as $5.20. ~Olhcr choice exporters sold for $1.75 to There were plenty of good butchers’ cattle offered and prices eased off a bit. 35 bean the highest price for picked butchu‘s'. Straight lcads of choice cat- lic brought from $1.50 to $4.90. medl~ inn $3.90 to Silo and ccmmcn from $3.40 to $3.70. Medium and common cows were stronger, medium selling at $3.25 to and common at $2.50 to 83.25. Very f«\v slackers were on the markets. A lot of {,0 sold for S3 to $3.00. There was a goal supply of calves, IIACCN did n.t decline, trade Rump \\‘el'i- steady at form- 'was 51\‘\'\'. _lllllll3l’tllltlll F llllll Five Sunnites Killed till THE M03 and Twenty Injured at Bombay. A (Yes-patch from Bombay, India, lsays: Seinous riotngr occurred here on t lice cmnmanilcr and other European of‘ lllGlS tl:cd upon the rioters, killing at I'Ihursday evening during the course offloast five of them and injuring forty, tile celibation of the, Muharram, the ari-lng fmm dispute between th‘ Sim- nlfes or oithodox sectzon and the Shi- t tweniy «f whom were seriously wound- flrst month of the Mollamnmlan year, ed l 'i ll l: lelleved that others were killed and their bodies moved by relatives, 13115. the send great divisioli of M‘J‘llOl' duringr the course of the, alteration jluimmedans. The police arrested sev- iCâ€"ral Sunnites and the mob demanded 'tlrlr reease, which demand was re- lfused. The mob thereupon stoned tlu l‘ciiee, illle'lllg two of them. The po- The trade in lambs, both grain-fed and common, was slower, but prices were unchanged. The price of hogs is changed. reported un- Fhe market is weak, owing tn the large numbers offering. SCALDED TO DEATII. [Engineer .and Fireman on a Grand Trunk Train. A dcspalch from Ottawa says: The passenger train from Montreal on the Grand Trunk Railway due here at 10.30 cu Saturday night left the track after Passing Eastman Springs station through a broken rail. The engine, af- ter gong a car's length on the ties, fell over on its side, carrying the bag- gage car along Willi it. The passenger cars all kept the track. William ltoh‘ ertson Marlin, fireman, was scolded to death, and Alfred Parks, engineer, died in the hospital here on Sunday from the injuries received. Both resided in Ottawa East. Parks was 4-3 years of age and leaves a widow and family. Martin was married about three months ago. Those in lhe'baggage car receivâ€" e-l some scratches and bruises, but no thing serious. There were none of the passengers injured. w RIDING MOUNTAINS GAS. Prospects of Obtaining an Abundant Supply. A despatch from Winnipeg says: There are. prospects that an abundant supply of natural gas will soon be secured frOm Riding Mountains district equal to that now available at Medicine Hat. The Government outfit has been working eighteen miles north of Necpawa for some time, and last week they were down 150 feet. At that depth they struck gas in such quantity that when lighted paper was thrown down the well the gas burned and flames shot twenty or thirty feet in the air and the running could be heard for a long dis- tance. The gas, however, burned out after a short time, but experts have ex- amined the situation and say that when the shaft is put deeper there will be plenty of gas. .â€"â€"+â€"_â€"_â€"_ PANIC IN A THEATRE. Several People Trampled Upon, but no One Killed. A dospatch from Medicine llat, Alber- ta, says: The moving picture machine in the “Idle Hour Theatre” blew up on Thursday night when the place was densely crowded. Fire broke out and a panic ensued. Coats and hats were lost in a wild rush for the door, and several of the audience were trampled upon, but all escaped serious injury, with the exception of the lessee, Charles Ness, whose binds were badly burned. and who is all present in the hsopltal. The lllz’ atre was gutted and a new piano destroyed. â€"-)â€"~â€"-â€" 'l‘hrce officials of the Big Six, a New York branch of the International Typo. graphical Union, were fined $250 each and sent to jail for twenty days for disobeying an injunction. 1101 ll Milli [once Nightingale, the organizer of the lsderatlon will be taken of their claim. and (VOlllllg :CVCi‘fll similar clashes oc- cuired. liventually tho troops were cal‘ed out and are now camping at nights in the streets. The native quar- ter, however, is abnormally quiet. EIGII’I‘ PERSONS KILLED. Big Four Passengen Train Struck an Electric Car. A despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says: Eight people were killed and a dozen injured when a Big Four passenger train struck a Toledo & Western elec- tric car at the Michigan Central cross- ing in West 'l‘oledo on Saturday night. Alcordlng to an eye-witness. the con- ductor stopped at the crossing to [lag the car across. Seeing the train comâ€" ing, he motioned to the motorman to stop, but the signal was either misun- ‘dcrstood or not heeded, for the car ‘came ahead and the collision followed. Freedom of London to be Confcrred mt) Famous Nurse. __.â€"_.x‘__ FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. A despatch from London says: The Corporatim of the City of London will confer the freedom of the city on Flor- nursing in the Crimean War, and who has otherwise made herself beloved by her charlt'es to soldiers. She is now in her 80th year. -___._g._._._. I _ GREAT MEETING OF MAYORS. Earl Grey Will Address Chief Magis- trates of Ontario. A despatch from Toronto says: Hie Excellency the Governor-General will visit Toronto the first weekin March for the purpose of addressing a gath- ering of all the Mayors of Ontario, who are to be invited here by his Honor the. Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. _.__..1.___ EIGIITY THOUSAND IDLE. Distress Becoming Acute in Berlin â€"- Socialists Demand Relief. A dos-patch from Berlin, Germanyr says: More than 80.000 \vorklngmen En this/city are without employment, and a Council of Ministers was held a few days ago to provide measures for their relief. The Socialisiic party in the Reichstag is very insistent that. someâ€" thing shall be done and the Ministry had to face the situation. No practical conclusions were reached. â€"_._..'(___. MEN OVER 65 TO QUIT. Trunk Issues Orders â€"â€" Some May be Rc-engaged. A dcspateh from Ottawa says: Orders have been issued to the heads of the Grand Trunk Railway System instrucb mg them immediately to retire from the service all employes who have reach‘ ed the age of 65 years. This is in ac-- cordance with the new pension rules. Provision is made for any of those who are over 65 but still active. 0n appli- cation for a renewal of their term CO”- Grand _â€"â€"â€">X<â€"â€".___ . A German lawyer asked the court to impose a sentence of 1,461 years in pri- son on a man found guilty of selling- foreign lottery tickets. A British expedition against um Afridis, on the northwestern frontier cf the tribe’s lndia, has captured most‘ important stronghold. â€"___â€" GREAT l‘ltillT; Wounded Ten Lynohers Before He Was. Overpowered. A despalch from Valdesm, Groygm, luck the prisoner out to hang him, A says: Attacked by a mob of lynchcrs just across the Florida line on Tues- day, Jack Long, a white man, fought his assailants desperately, wrundLng ten of them and forcing the others to kill him in the tight. Long was accused of illlng Jazncs Sapp, a wealthy cit;zen. A son of Sapp had killed a brother of Long’s and es- coped. Long saw the father of the slayer and shot him to death. Long was arrest~ e: lI‘.C‘.>_ and mac in god demand. ed, and fifty men visited the prison and spectator Says Long fought the mob 1., a standstill in the pristn, but was anCkL'iI down with a club as he ran (Lil oi the door. Then another fight. ensued, in which the combined strength of the men were required to subdue lhe- prlsonr-r. A start to a place four hun- drcd yards distant was made, but 1.4 ng fought every inch of the way, the path. being marked with splclches of lilolt. it is said he was beaten to death be fore he was finally hanged, Four oi the members of the mob were wounded/f so badly that they may die. f" / / I .1 's,