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h h \ h '1; despastch from Yonkers, N.Y., says: Three hundred and fifty em- ployees of the Smith Carpet Works on Tuesday received checks for $1 00 each; devised to them in the wi of the late Mrs. Eva Smith Cochran, daughter of the carpet shop founder. Mrs. Cochran, whose son is now the head of the works, died on February 3 last, leaving an estate of more than $8,000,000, and one section of her will provided that all persons who at the time of her death had been in the em« (Vwalner déuth had been in the em-lployeos. 1 Ont-Mic “heatixo M _ {$1.40 oulsldc. ‘ Burley~Feed. GO to A i Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontaric . 01;, on track, Tornnt ' ‘ lETC outside. N0. 2 The Increase in Current Deposits for May Is $9,877,263. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The bank statement for May boars gratifying evidence of the gradual return of more prosperous fiscal conditions. On the 31st of May the current deposits in the banks were returned at $216,916,294, an in- crease of $9,877,263. The savings deposits increased during the month by $3,148,395, standing at $453,599,- 117. Bank notes in circulation show an increase of $1,226,565 as compared with April. Current loans in Canada. amount to $528,- .S’l‘RAY MAN WITH SMALLPOX. Found Alongside G. T. P. ’l‘rack‘ and Barred F '0111 City Limits. ; A despatch from Fort Williziin says: The G. T. P. local, on its way, from Lake Superior Junction to this city, on Wednesday, came across a. man lying beside the track, 26 miles east of the Junction. Dr. Scott, who was on the train, ap- proaching the man, saw what was apparently a. came of smallpox. The man was placed in a boxâ€"car and brought to the city. News having been wired ahead, the magistrate made arrangements for an isola- tion camp about four miles out of the city limit, as the city refused to allow the man to enter the lim- its. All passengers on the train were carefully inspected by the me- dical health officers before being alâ€" lowed to enter the city, and strict watch will be kept on incoming trains for some time, as it is surâ€" mised the man may have contract- ed the disease in a- camp and com~ municatcd it to others. lo wed watch trains mised g1 Those Twenty Years With E‘Carpet Company Remembered in Mr. Paul Brennan, G. T. Yard- master at Qttawa, Killed. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. Paul Brennan, yardmaster of the G. T‘ R. at the Central depot here, was killed on Thursday fore- n‘oun in a shunting accident, direct 1y beneath the Lauricr avenue bridge. Mr. Brennan was riding on the footboard of the engine, when he fell off, the wheels passing over the upper part of the body. Death was instantaneous. EQES'AND DOLLARS EACH Australia Would Undertake to Police the Pacific. A despatch from Melbourne says . Colonel Foxton, Australia‘s dele gate to the Defence Conference sail AERIAL NAVIGATIQN TESTSixggw Dr. Graham Bell’s Meohines to Be Brought ‘1 to Petewawe Camp for Experiment. A despatch from Ottawa says: The first Canadian experiments with airships for military purposes will be made at Petawawa, camp shortly. Mr. Percy Baldwin, the University of Toronto graduate “ho has been associated with Dr. Graham Bell in the successful flights of the latter's Rel‘Odl‘Ofiifi‘S H: Baddock, N.S asz on Wednes . arrived day mo 1“. FELL OFF THE ENGINE. ghts at t- rodmmos A SUBSIDIARY NAVY. C€ s for a camp with ay mormug and t-awawa to make conducting trial in Ot~ in}: and ploy of the carpet company for a. period of twenty years should each receive 31,000 free from all tax. Since that time lists have been un- der preparation in the different shops. On Tuesday Alexander Smith Cochran announced that the money had been distributed, but the lists were held in strict secrecy, and those receiving the money were pledged not to speak. It is learned. however, that many of the recipi- ents of the checks are women emâ€" ployees. [18W 313,141, an increase over the Apl'll showing of $4,144,153. On the other hand, the assist- ance to speculative investment has been curtailed by nearly half a million, by which amount the acâ€" commodation on call and short loans has decreased during the month. Call and short loans made by Canadian banks abroad show an increase of over ten mlllions, the amount outstanding in May 3lst be- ing $124,877,955, as compared with $114,493,570 on April 30th. ed on Wednesday. He is authorized l to discuss alternatives to the gift of a Dreadnought, including the provision of a. great naval base for the Imperial navy at some Austra lian port», and the assumption by the Australian navy of full respon- sibility for policing the Pacific‘. Colonel Foxton Wlll assure the Adâ€" '1'“ *1 UALIH MARIMBA»- miralty of the desire of the Comâ€" Enthrflpound prints, 13 to 19C; monwoalth to accept_B1'itish guid- tubs and large rous‘ 16 to 161/5“ an“? m the COUStrucmon and,“}a'n inferior, 14 to 15¢. Creamery rolls, agement of the proposed subsldlary ‘91 to 226, and solids, 18 to 190, navy, and to undertake that the Eggs_case lots, 18% to 190 per whole of Australia’s warlike ma- dozen “ chinery will be so organized as to Cheese._La,.ge Cheese. 01dy 14 to be instantly available for any Im- 14%c per 11,” and twins. 14/14 to perial emergency. He will not. 14}§c_ New’ 12%!) for large, and however, be able to promise the 12% for twins‘ enlistment of Australians in mili- _____ tary forces for other than home do HOG PRODUCTS. fence' Bacon, long clear. 13}: to 13}; Lumbcrmcu Fear Rise in Saskat- chewan River. A despatch from Edmonton, Al bertav, says: Lumbermen are alarm ed at the rapid rise of the Saskatâ€" chewan River. Millions of dollars worth of logs have be‘cn lost in the last, three years. Five booms now in the river, it is feared, may give way. Last year all broke, and a million feet of logs went adrift, threeâ€"quarters of which were lost. Two of these new airs} just been constructed on t (f the famous Silver Dart, will be shippecl to Pet-nga will be shipped to k’etvawa an understanding with H- Department. When Dr. in Ottawa last spring the of Finance and the Minist litia took an active inten airship experiment-s at The coming experiments wawa are an evidence of ‘tical interest the Gove) taking in the important the Canadian pioneers science of aviation. THE TERROR IN Bl‘SSIA. AY an Increase over the April L0 SE TH E111 L0 G S. 51: m 1 Baddo at Po the pr nment 19 n and Min in flu lave odel ster THE WORLD'S MARKE TS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. the Toronto, June 2-2.â€"Flour â€"â€" On- tario wheat, 90 per cent. patents, $5.50 to $560 10â€"day in buyers’ sacks outside for export; on track, Toronto, $5.75 to $5.80. Manitoba flour, first patents, $6.20 to $6.40 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.80 to $6, and strong bakers’, $5.65 to $5.75 on track, Toronto. Manitoba, Wheatâ€"No. 1 North~ em, $1.35, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2, $1.33, and No. 3 $3.31. L Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS Toronto, June 2-2.â€"1“lo tario wheat, 90 per cent $5.50 to $500 toâ€"day i sacks outside for export; Toronto, $5.75 to $5.80. I Branâ€"Manitoba, $23.50 to $24 In sacks, Toronto heights; shorts, $24.50 to $25, Toronto heights. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 60 to 611:. on track, Toronto, and 56 to 57c outside. N0. 2 Western Caâ€" nada, oats, 61%0, and No. 3 GOV-2C, Bay ports. Peasâ€"Places purely nominal. 1"” rv-w- Peasâ€"Prices purely nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 2 74 to 75c outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 70c outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellOW. 82 to 83c on track, Toronto; No. 3 at 82c on track, Toronto. Cana- dian yellow, 77c outside, and 800 on track. Toronto. Apples~â€"$4 to $5 for choice qua- lities, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds. Beansâ€"~Prime, $220 to $2.25, and handâ€"picked, $2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Maple Syrup-$50 to $1 Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $13 a. ton on track here, ‘ grades $9 to $10 a ton. Strawâ€"$7.50 to $8 on Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 85 bag on track. ‘ _ Foultry â€" Chickens, yearlmgs, dressed. 16 to 17¢ per 1h.; fowl. 12 to 14c; turkeys, 16 to 180 per lb. Bacon, long clear, 13}: to 13%c per 11:). in case lots; mess pork, $23; shor§ _c1}t, $25 to $25.50. __y;. red, $1 $1.22 M $1.27; $1.33; $1.29;I low T Oats Montreal, June 22.â€"-Oatsâ€"No Canadian Western, 61%c; ex 3. No. 1 feed,, 61%0; No feed (SIC ; NC. 3 Canadian Western hard. $1. Northern Northern 3 North! clear $23.30 tr 10111' white, Mmm TN ‘3 DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE NITE D STATES MA B KETS .45 to ) $1.28 $6 Chickens, yearlings, ge cheese. 01d, 14 to and twins. 14,14 to 12%0 for large, and une 22.â€"-â€"Cash wheat~ $1.50 to $1.60; No. 2 3 $1.50; No. 2 hard. 60 tof white «38330. Cheeseâ€"west,- ) 12%c, and easterns Butterâ€"â€"finest creamâ€" c. Eggs, 18%.; to 190. hit 62c ou'tside $1.31. $1.35 to track. to 90¢ per a gallon. $12.50 ix) and lower W I to 740; A despatclz to 680. A drowning 0 ENGENE JUMPEB TEE TRACK Plunged Into River and Engineer and Fireman Drowned. A dospatch from Vancouver says: i The engine and tender of Greatl Northern train No. 274 left the: tracks on the New Westminster side of the Fraser bridge about 2.30 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, and plunged into the tide. A sound of seething water was heard as the big locomotive went to the bottom. Though the train was traveling slowly, the engine failed to take the points at the curve, or the switch had been left open. The locomotive left the tracks and pulled the train along with it for some distance, smashing the woodwork and twisting the steel mils. At the junction point of the At the junction point of the tracks to New Westminster and .Montroal, June 22.-â€"Prime beeves sold at, 5% to 6%(; per pound; pretâ€" ty good animals sold at 4% to {SK/to; grassers at 23/; to 4‘/._.c per pound. Superior milch cows that sold at $55 to $60 each, the others sold at $25 to $50 each. Calves sold at $2.50 to $10 each, or 3% to 6c per pound. Sheep sold at 4 to 50 per pound; lambs at, from $3.50 to $6 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 8‘40 per pound; old sows at Go per pound. Toronto,'June 22.â€"â€"Choice heavy, well finished exporters’ were firm at $6 to $6.20; ordinary loads at 515.75 to $6. Prime butcher catâ€" tle--Firm at $5.25 to $5.65 for the best picked steers and heifers; or- dinary loads firm at $4.75 to $5. Stockers and feedersâ€"Fair demand. Milkers and swingersâ€"Steady deâ€" mand for good milkers and near springers. Calves~Steady and unchanged. Sheep and lambs â€"â€" Firm. and lambs slightly higher. Hogsâ€"Selects. $7.60 tor$7.70 f.o.b. and $7.90, fed and watered. 'l‘ortures and Starves Her 10-Year- Old Daughter. A despatch from Ottawa says: Because she resembled a disliked sisterdnâ€"law, Mrs. Nelson Lajoie, of Aylmer, with nine children, is alleged to have tortured her daugh- ter of 10 until she almost died. The child is now In the hospital, her body :1 mass of bruises. the head being disfigured by five cuts. The neighbors say that Mrs. Lajoie made the child run backwai‘d and ing for the island about, of a mile from tht, main when within f1ny yards ‘ land, the canoe was ups canes rolled over and 0 three boys managed to but Dickie wen! down i km. of water. Dickie wa, forward in front of her while she struck her with a stick, also that she tied her hands while hungry and placed her where she could watch others eat. The child Will- ingly ate potato peelings. DROWXIN U NEAR Nelson Dickie, Aged 18, Victim of a Canoe Accident. A despatclx from Hospcloy gays: Sunday afternm‘ two mills from Dickie, about 1 out in a canoe other boys. \V ing for tho islu of a mile from feet of “rat port of his Imports for May Increased Over $5,000,000{ and Exports Nearly $2,000,000. the LIVE STOCK MARKETS A MOTH ER'S BRETALITY. 1d IUU .tl'uuunu . 1 from Hespcler says: mourred at 3 o'clock on ‘ noon at Puslinch Lake, um Hespeler. Nelson t 19 years of age, was 0(- along with three While they were mak- sland about a quarter om tht mainland, and fifty yards of the is‘ noe was upset. The over and over. The managed to hang on, went down in twelve Dickie was the sup- pidowed mother. Operation Performed in Chicago. A despatch from Chicago says :‘ A surgical operation that is being watched by the medical world was performed at the Frances Willardl Hospital on Thursday, when a sec-j tiou of bone from the leg of a lambl was grafted into the right leg of! Docearl Townsend to replace a sec- tion of shattered tibia. Surgeons (f Chicago assert that this was the first time this operation ever was attempted in America, and that it never had been attempted more than four or five times before. Rare rred at 3 o'clock on n at Puslinch Lake, Hespeler. Nelson HE SPELER )tt M Vancouver the immersion occurred. There the “labor is deep, and no trace of the engine could be seen. George Zign‘eid, the engineer, and the fireman, who is an extra, 1mm, just gone on the run, and whose name was unknown to the train- nieu, were drowned. The train, according to witnesses of the aceident, was traveling at- its usual rate of speed across the bridge, when she struck the halfâ€" open switch. The points of the switch were broken, and the engine and tender were derailed. The en- gineer reversed his engine and apâ€" plied the air brakes, but the mo- ment-um of the train carried it along until the engine plunged down the open space. the fireman just gone < name was men, were MILLIONS FOR NORTH-WEST. J. J. Hill Secs Vast Population Now in Sight. A despatch from Montreal says v James J. Hill, who was in Montreal for a short while on Saturday, ex- pressed himself satisfied with the present aspect of affairs in the financial and railway world, but took an exceedingly optimistic view of the future, both in Canada and the United States. As to his own plans, Mr. Hill was not quite so communicative, but he confirmed the report that he was definitely committed to the. great scheme for{ capturing the carrying trade on the Pacific between the United States ports and those of the Far East, particularly Japan. “Mark my words," said Mr. Hill, with ‘much force, “the next quarter of a. {century will see packed into it ‘more activity and progress in the Far East than has been witnessed in the last thousand years.” Mrs. Provost Was Fatally Burned T at North Bay. A despatch from North Bay says: Mrs. David Prevost, widow, thirty- two years of age, lost her life here I on Sunday as the result of burns reâ€" ceived from an exploding kerosene lamp, used for heating curling I. irons. The unfortunate woman was preparing for church in the morning at the home of a, relative. Moses Guinette, when the explosion oc- curred. The burning oil ignited Mrs. Prevost's garments, and in an instant she was shrouded in flames, receiving terrible burns, resulting in her death seven hours after the accident. The house was badly burned, but the other inmates esâ€" ’ca.ped. Mrs. Prevost's husband kept the Balmoral Hotel. Ottawa, for a. number of years. and died two months ago. Five children survive. IAMB'S BONE GRAFTED. spond x; N EXPLOIHNG LAMP. and 5 re an increase th totalle. )4 f nearly t“ per lay enue 2.625 over the cord} d of last year. The. for the month; ;e of $670,000. neetic produce for‘ led $15,810,207, an‘ y two millions. For' he exports totalledI ucrease of 82,4715 trade last, month, 1d bullion. amount- !6. an increase of‘ vr the first two [ism] year khe in- !11‘. {Hair 1:;1: been