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A dcspatch from Atlanta, Geor- gia, says:â€"A series of cyclones and tornadoes, the like which have not been known for years, swept through the south on Thursday night and Friday, leaving in their wake hun« dreds of dead ani mangled bodies and the dismantled wrecks of pro pel'ty worth many millions. An exact list of the dead and an accur- ate estimate of the monetary loss Thought to Have Born Started By Burglzu-s. The State of‘Ténnessee was an es» peelally heavy sufferer. At 10 o'clock on Friday careful estimates The grand total of trade was $559,635.95], as with $638,380,291 for 1907 may not be compiled for days, but from along the path of the storm came tales of fearful loss of life and description of whole towns and vil- lages completely wiped out. The storm wave seems to have had its origin in the north and swept from the lake region south in irregular fashion, now moierating its force as if spent, now growing more tur- bulent and angry. .$70.000 FIRE AT NORTH BAY. During the year coin and bullion to the value of $9.988,442 was im- ported, as compared with $6,584,861 during 1907-08. The value of coin and bullion exported was only $1,- 559,793, as compared with $16,637,~ (354 during the preceding year. The grand total of Canadian trade was $559,635,951, as compared with $638,380,291 for 1907-08. Succession of the The Last Fiftyâ€"Mile Gap Is Now Being Laid With Rails. IicLurns for March indicate a, large increase in this year’s trade. Imports totalled 333363.362, an in- crease of $3,811,130. Exports to- talled $18,397,974, an increase of $454,487. EBEWNTQN WINNIPE§ T0 in th for the last fiscal year. issued on Wednesday by the Customs Departâ€" ment, show total imports amountâ€" ing to $298,123,792, a. decrease of $60,249,793 as compared with the preceding year, and total exports of domestic products amounting to $259,922,366, a. dcrcasc of $3,446,- 556 A despatch from Ottawa. Says: The final figures of Canada’s trade 1‘ C Trade Returns 101“ Month of March Are Again Encouraging. BUSINESS 18 [EN THE MEND “1'an at 3( \‘9 1,365 1 Every b1- nd Edmo‘ and the the last. r of the G to Ottaw ! after a si patch from Ottawa. J. Chamberlin, G )n of next cmes Ottawa on r a six-weeks the m autum en the stores aturday night we turned off, ms discovcrcd h and Smith's [IS roan [ comp‘c tween W Canadian compared ‘08. Cyclones Sweep Through Southern States. General ‘ who re- Thursday " tour of en The tornado swept over Arkansas and killed eight persons near Mam- moth Springs. Atlanta and most of Georgia escaped with only slight ‘property loss. But two young peo- Iple, a brother and sister, lost their 11V€S here on Friday afternoon, by the capsizing of a. rowboat during a sudden squall. says: Two drownings occurred near So‘uthampton, in the Saugeen River on Friday afternoon. the vic- tims being Andrew Ruxton and Samuel Cairns, both of Chippewa Hill. It appears that they were engaged in making some repairs to Denis bridge, and in some manner they fell into the river, which is flowing at extra speed on account of the rains. The bridge was a new and extensive work, only com- lpleted last fall, but owing to quick- sand one of the piers had given way. Mr. Cairns was an employee let the Sangeen Electric Light Com- vpany, and had been a sailor on the ilakes for many years. Ruxton was -p0stmaster at Chippewa Hill. Both lwere married and Cairns leaves four children. indicate that at least 50 people were killed in that State alone, while the property loss will not fall short of a million. Striking Alabama an:l headed in a sout-heasterly direction, the hurri- cane continued upon its course of destruction on Friday night. Huntsville sends words of fifteen persons killed, several score injur- ed, and 250 houses demolished. Immense damage was done in Madiâ€" son county liy‘hail ani lightning. 1909 . .u . . . . . Corres. month, Cox‘res. month, feel satisfiei at the strength of the figures, and with the opening of navigation the return of normal trade conditions is assured. Clearings, April 30, oral and sound. Last year the clearing for the months of April amounted to $111,092,633. This year they reached the large sum of $135,180,233, which is an increase of $24,097,600 over the previous year. Figures for 1907 were given as $117,054,598, which is also conâ€" siderably smaller than this year’s record. Bankers have reason to Memphis reports heavy loss from towns within a, radius of one hunâ€" dred miles in three States. wan COGS A dcspatch from Montreal says: Financiers and others who are in- terested in the progress and expanâ€" sion of the Dominion have regarded with increasing satisfaction the fre- quent signs and evidences of finan- cial and industrial improvement throughout the country. Montreal bank clearings for the month of April show in an unequi- vocal manner that the progress re- ported from ocean to ocean is gen- eral and sound. Last year the clearing for the months of April nmmin’mirl to $111.092.633. This [ht some i Albert. comple freight MONTREAL BANK CLEARINGS mnnol Cairns and Andrew Rnx- (on Drowned. A despatch from Port Elgin, O 1s 11 ed M 1' SLIPPED OFF BRIDGE. duri i300 “Ct 0d and ready to carry and passengers m the fall an hetwe 1t. the 1908... 1907... )l‘ ll] $135,180 111,092 117,054 h lmes mus” an WIII be $1“ to carry 10w 1t 233 633 598 mus WORLD'S MARKETS! Bacon-Long clear, 12% to 130 little easier. 'I per pound in case lots; mess pork, however, at $7 $21 to $21.50; short cut. $23 to $24. Hamsâ€"Ifight to medium, 14 to 15c; do., wavy, 13 to 133/50; rolls, .‘ w 11% to 11}/_,c; shoulders, 10% to Hle '10 H0! 11c; backs. 16% to 170; breakfast 01mm “1th”, â€"~~â€" Butterâ€"Pound prints, 21 to 23c; tubs and large rolls, 16 to 180; in- ferior, 14 to 15c; creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and solids, 20 to 21c. Eggsâ€"Case lots, 190 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Large cheese, old, 14 to 14%c per pound, and twins, 14% to 141/20. New cheese, 12% to 13c: Honeyâ€"Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to 110 per pound. Maple Syrupâ€"95c to $1 a gallon. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy $11 to 91;. per ton on track here, and lower grades. $9 to $10 a ton. Strawâ€"$6.50 to 7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 85 to 900 per bag on track. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 15 to 170 per pound; fowl, 12 to 13c: tur- keys, 20 to 220 per pound. Montreal, May 4.â€"Peas â€"â€" No. 2, $1.05 to $1.06. Oatsâ€"Canadian Western No. '2, 51 to 51%c; extra No. 1 feed, 50%, to 510; N0. 1 feed, 50 to 50}/._,'c; Ontario No. 2, 50 t0 50km; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 491/2c; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48%c. Barley â€"No. 2, 66 to 670; feed, 59312 to 600. Buckwheatâ€"09% to 700. Flour â€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.10; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.60; Ma- Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 800, on track, Toronto, and No. .2 at 790 on track, Toronto. Canadl- an com, 74 to 750 on track, Toron- to. Bl‘pnuC/ars, $21 outSIde, and shor outside. firsts, 5U wheat pat nitoba str ter wheat livei‘y, $12472, Bay ports; N0. 2 31.2114, and No. 3 $1.19%. Ontario wheatâ€"No. El wheat $1.- 12) to $1.19 outside. Barleyâ€"No. 3 extra, (30:: outside, and No. 3 at 57 to 580 outside. Oatsâ€"Ontario No. 2 white, 47 to 471/20 on track, Toronto, and 45 to 451/2c outside. No. 2 Western Can- ada. 47%c and No. 3 464:, Bay ports. Peasâ€"No. ‘2, 960 outside. Rye~â€"No. 2 73 to 740 outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 63 to 64c out- side Apples~$4.50 to 5. qualities, and $3.50 ends. Beansâ€"Prime, $1 handpicked, $2.10 to Toronto, May 4.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.70 to $4.75 today in buyers’ sacks out- side for export. Manitoba. flour, first patents, $6.10 to $6.40 01! “Wk Toronto; second patents, $5.50 to $5.90, and strong bakers’, $5.40 to $5.80 on track, Toronto. Wheat~No. 1 Northern, May dc- livery, $12472, Bay ports; N0. 2 31.21%. and N0_ 3 $1.19%. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. )aCOH, er dozen ‘rices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at BUSINESS IN MONTREAL on, 15% to ard-Tierce ls. 13%c. NITED STATES MARKETS. unsapolis, May ~'1.â€"Wheat THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG PRODUCTS BREADSTUFFS. Cars, $21.50 to $22 in bulk and shorts, $22.50 to w- $1.23 >1'an 3 $1.19 30 to to $5. Ju 16c How Toronto. Northern, May Bay ports; N0 , 3 $1.19%. 13%0; tubs, 13%c It 3.50 {0): choice to $4 for secâ€" $5.60; Ma.- 5.40; Win- 5; straight ; straight %c. But 19 to 19% middli n mom $2, and per bushâ€" Ont shc , 14 t0 _ Toronto, May 4.â€"Butchers' rang- ;, 14% to 13c: to 130 L pork, ed all the way from $3.75 to $5.60 and from $2.50 up for cows. Some fine cows brought as high as $5.30. A large shipment of hogs was brought and made the market a. little easier. The same prices rule, however, at $7.25 to $7.50. mg 3.111- aI‘IO revenue in 1909â€"10 as $741,950,000 and the expenditure $820,760,000, showing a deficit; of $78,810,000. It is pointed out that the increased expenditure is due mainly to old- iage pensions and appropriations daughter on Friday morning. The condition of her Majesty is most satisfactory, the infant Princess is doing well, and Holland is celeâ€" brating the happy event from one and of the country to the other with expressions of joy and gratifi- cation such as seldom before have been witnessed on the part of this placid people. The political signi- ficance of the occurrence lies in the fact that there is now an heir to the throne of the Netherlands, a. circumstance that very greatly en- hances the chances of the country for continued independence. Queen Wilhelmina Gave Birth to : Daughter. A despatch from The Hague, H01 land, says: Wilhelmina, Queen 0 the Netherlands, gave birth to : daughter on Friday morning. Tln condition of her Majesty is mos satisfactory, the infant Princes is doing well, and Holland is cele army Montreal, May 4.â€"Prime beeves sold at 5% to Sc per pound; pretty good animals, 4% to 51/40; milk- men’s strippers, 31/2 to .41/2c; com- mon stock, 3 to 40 per pound. Calves sold at $1.50 to $10 each, or 2% to 51/20 per pound. Sheep sold at 5 to (Sc per pound. Lambs sold at $4 to $6 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at $8.25 to $8.33 per 100 pounds. MEIR T0 IIOLLANI)‘S THRONE. The social reforms which Mr.} Lloyd7George seeks to introduce ini Britain are based, in the main, oni German experience, though the idea. ‘- of setting aside £100,000 for laborl exchanges for both skilled and un- skilled labor is borrowed from France. There is to be a State in- surance against loss of employment. The Board of Trade is developing a. TERRIBLE MINES AT ADANA A despatch from London says: Mr. David Lloydâ€"George, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, presented the budget in the House of Commons on Thursday. He estimates the age ponsmns and appropriations for the navy. Dealing with the past year’s finâ€" ances, the Chancellor says that nearly all branches of trade and industry suffered serious depres- sion, the foreign trade returns showing a diminution in value to the amount of nearly $570,000,000 as compared with 1907. The Chancel: No. 3 white, 55 to 5623:; No. 4 white, 52% to 56c. 101‘ adds that it is impossible to prophecy any immediate rapid re« covery, but he is of the opinion that there are some indications that foreign trade is beginning to improve. The revenue for 1908 fell short of the budget estimate of $751,- 750,000. The national debt now amounts to $3,770,606,545. REFORMS FORESHADOWED. Destruction of the Town Completed-«Loss ' of Life in the Province 30,000. Elke {ussm 111M xpenditure Exceeds the Revenue By $78,810,000. LIVE STOCK MARKETS \V 1 will not withdraw her 1 Persia until the Shah d his pledges of reform. the i, and happy \a’ana rnâ€" whole “70 mate< Customs for April Shows Half Mil- lion More Than Last April. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Customs revenue for April, the month of the new fisval year, was $3,9Gl,678. This is an increase of $511,730 over the same month last year, when the collections totalled $3,419,547. interesting announcement that a number of British capitalists and investors will come over to the Do- minion this summer for the pur- pose of seeing the country. Sir Edward expressed the opinion that the recent budget, which places a burden on investors, will result in diverting a great deal of capital to Canada. Care, however, would have to be taken against projects of doubtful merit, as such would do great injury to Canada. The new taxation, by which the estimated deficit of nearly £16,000,- 000 is to be made good, is the most comprehensive recast of the Brit- ish fiscal system since the first free tradehudget, over sixty years ago, The Chancellor’s proposals embody almost all the schemes which have been advanced in radical pro- grammes for the past twenty years. The list includes a supertax on in- comes of over £5,000, a tax on min- ing royalties, a. tax on urban unde- veloped land, a. tax on ungotten minerals, a tax on the unearned increment in land, increased death duties, and a tax on Stock Ex- change speculation. The whiskey duty is increased by one-third; the tobacco duty is increased eight pence per pound; there is also an General is appointed for six years, it has been usual to recall him at the end of the fifth year. The Mar- quis of Duffcrin and Earl Minto were the only predecessors of Earl Grey to serve out the full term. Financial-S and Investors to Pay Canada a Visit. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Edward Clouston, viceâ€"presi- dent and general manager of the Bank of Montreal, who returned from England on Sunday made the tobacco duty is increased elgm: pence per pound; there is also an increased tax on motor cars. Fearing that the tax on tea. and sugar would be increased, the im- porters of these commodities have been rushing huge quantities out of bond lately, but there is no new taxation in this direction. “We ought to avoid taxes on the nec-‘s- saries of life, and tea and sugar are necessaries of life,” said Mr. Lloyd-George in his speech. which the State Will a velopment of natural r( a definite proposal v grant £200,000 to sta tion, and for the rec waste lands and thc waste lands and the Earl Grey Will‘be Third Governor . to Do So. A despatch from Ottawa says: The announcement that Earl Grey will serve out his full term of six years, or until December, 1910, has been received with general satis- faction. Although the Governor- BIG INCREASE IN REVl-INI'E. \r :hemc ur orkmen BRITI SH (‘AI’ITAL COMING. . RECAST OF FISCAL SYSTEM WILL SERVE FI'LL TERM. which only work w1l1 b was outlir mil aid in t u'al resource ‘sal was me 0 start aff< 1d for 51x years, recall him at 11'. The Map l Earl Minto 1r ls made to t afforestaâ€" amation of encourage- encourage. ltlincd by in the de- 1 town of Al’- crvmg enefit. 1 the esti- 1 103â€" . The here and 16