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The Chrlstmas Blizzard BrOught Woe on Newfoundland’s Coast. SIXTY MEN WERE DBUWNED 'A desputch from St. Johns, Nfld., says: Eleven Newfoundland schoon- ers and their crews of 60 ‘men, are believed to have been lost in the Christmas bli’zzard, while great de- struction to property throughout this island c-‘lony has resulted. The storm raged for six days. All tele- graph lines in the interior of the colony are dawn and reports from inland points are slow in reaching here. The town of Placentia was flood- yel for hhree days, and th princi- NNW 0.11.3. BNANCN LINES Cashier “Mean and P. S. Whistler Tells of Express Robbery. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont” says: The three men under arrest for comnlie’ty in the robbery of the Canadian Express 00. last November~ on their own confession, are now selnlv’ behind prison bars, two in the Welland Count-y jail at Welland. and one in the Niagara County jail, at Lockport, N. Y. William Dohson. the cashier at the office of the Express Company. and Purl S. Whistler, 26 years old, of No. 1121 Pierce Avenue, Niagara. Falls, N. Y., are locked up at Welâ€" land and Charles J. Flynn, proprie- tor of the Delevan Cafe, at No. 1913 Main Street, Niagara Falls, N Y., is looked up at; Lockpo‘rt. A despatch from Winnipeg says: 'As a. result of building operations this year three new branches of the Ganadian Pacific last week were opened for passenger traffic. These include the extension of the La- cOmbe branch fromAStettler, Altm, to Castor, the opening of the Wey- burn to Forward line and the open- ingof the new line from Lethbridge to Carmangay. The line running east from Stéttler will eventualliv be built through to Outlook and Victor Forrest Puts a Bullet Through His Head. A despatch from Montreal sa-ys: After warning his younger brother never to smoke cigarettes, as they ruined his life, Victor Forrest, 19 years old, living at St. Henri, put a. bullet through his head on Sun- day, and is now lying at the point of death in the hospital. The young man broke into his mother’s trunk Three New Ones Opened for Passenger Traffic in the West. Drop in British Excise Revenueâ€" Increase in Death Duties. A deapabch from London says: The British Treasury returns for the nine months ending on Friday Show and; increase of £1,427,200 in revenue, and the huge increase of £9,967,301 in expenditures. Most notable among the decreased items is the excise receipts, which are 531310.000 down, owing to t‘he di- minished consumption of spirits. The most notable increase is in the death and other estate duties. which went up £2,988,000 owing to the co- incidence in the deaths of many of the wealthiest persons in the King- dom. A Son Finds Himself Berth of Both Parents. A despabch from Detroit says: iAfter' travelling several hundred miles to be with his aged parents on New Year’s Day, Richard Remine, a. commercial traveller, reached his old home in Kalamazoo on SatI‘rdw-y morning. Unable to gain admit- tance to the house. and finally thinking something wrong, he broke in the door and discovered his fa- ther lying dead on the floor, and his mother in a dying condition from the effects of escaping coal gas. The old people were living alone and without servants, al- though in quite wealthy, circum- stances. . RUINED BY CIGARTTTE S. LESS SPIRITS DRUNK. BORDERS CONFE SS. A SAD NEW YEAR. pal business street of that place resembles an ocean bemh, being piled high with flotsam, that was cast up by the unususlly high tides. The village of Black Head, three miles from this city, was almost swept away. will constitute the main line from Moose Jaw direct to Edmonton. The portion now being opened from Stettler to Gaston covers a distance of sixty miles. An important strip of new country will be served by this line. On the new line running from Lethbridgo north to Carmanâ€" guy a bi-weekly service will be given. The line inns parallel to the Macleod to Calgary branch, and is built through one jof the finest districts in Southern Alberta. December was the stormiest month the Newfoundland coast has experienced in half a. century, and it is estimated that its cost to the fisheries and general trade is more than three-quarters of a. million dollars. to secure the revolver, and an- nounced his intention of ending his life. The police were summoned, but, before they put; in an appearâ€" ance Forrest locked himself in his room and shot himself. Dr. Cook’s fake’ polar record wili be. placed in the criminal museum at Copenhagen. Girl Says George Emmett Did The Shooting. A despatoh from Winnipeg says: George Emmett was charged on Wednesday morning before Magis- trate Daly with attempt to murder Bertha McLean, his sweetheart, and afterwards attempted to commit. suicide. He was committed for trial at the assizes. The case is a most remarkable one in many respects. The girl was found in a dazed con- dition with a bullet wound in her temple, while Emmett had three wounds, all in the back of the head. Three doctors declare they could not have been self-inflicted, but the girl maintains that Emmett did the shooting. Over 100 Applications for Positions Already Received. A despatch from Ottawa says:- Over a hundred applications have been received at the Marine Deâ€" partment for positions in the proâ€" posed Canadian navy. Included in the number are applications from several men who have served in the British navy and are now on the reserve. It is not likely, however. that any large proportion of these will be engaged, but younger men sought. The wages of the oflicers will be similar to those which ob- tain in the British navy, but the scale for the crew will be higher, and more along the line of what is paid in the United States. It is exâ€" pected that the cruiser Rainbow will arrive in Canada early in June. Conclusion Reached at Conference In Australia. A despstch from Melbourne says: The conclusions reached at the re- cent conference on the subject of a. wireless system in the Pacific were made known on Wednesday. Repreâ€" sentatives of the British Admiralty, of Australia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands shared in the discusâ€" sion. the result of which was a reâ€" commendation that high power sta- tions be established at Sydney, Doubtless Bay, New Zealand ; Suva, capital of the Fiji group, and Ocean Island, and medium power stations in the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands. All these wireless stations will be under the control of the British Government. - BUSH FOR CANADIAN NAVY. WIRELESS IN THE PACIFIC. SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD. Minneapolis, Jan. 4. -â€" Wheat December, 251.10%; May, $1.1078 to $1.11; cash wheat, No. 1 hard, $1.11% to $1.12%; No. 1 northern, $1.11% to $1.12%; No. 2 northern, $1.09}/a to $1.10%; No. .3 northern; 531.07% to 31.09%. Branâ€"in .100- 1b. sacks, $21. F10uf~First patents, $5.50 to' $5.70; second patents. $5.30 to $5.59; first clears. $445 to THE WORLD'S MARKETS Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese sud V Other Dairy Produce gt Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 4.â€"â€"Onta,rio wheat ~â€"â€"No. 2 mixed winter wheat, $1.06 $0,821.07 ;_No. 2 white, $1.07 outside. Montreal; Jan. 4.â€"â€"Oa.tsâ€"-No. 2 Canada Western, 142%0 to 42%0; No. 3 oats, 41%c to 41%(3. Barleyâ€" No. 2, 660 to 670; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 539. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; (10., seconds, $5.20; winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; (10., in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feed â€"â€" Ontario bran, $21.50 to $22; Ontario middlings, $23 to $23.50,; Manitoba shorts, $22 tc $23; pure grain mouillie, $32 to $33; mixed mouillic, $25 to $27. Cheeseâ€"September make westerns 11%0 to 11%c.; Oct. make at 11%(3 to 11%0, and easterns, 11% to 11%c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamer-y, 25%0 to 260, and fresh mader 241/20 to 25c. Eggsâ€"Strictly new laid, 400 to 420; selected No. 1 stock, 290 to 300, and No. 1 candied, 26 27¢ per dozen. r Corn â€"â€"- American No. 2 yellow, 730; now No. 3 yéllow, 690 to 69%0, Toronto heights; kilnâ€"dried No. 3 yellow, 72c. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Manitoba wheat â€" Spot No. 1 northern, $1.10} No. 2 northern, $1.08 on track, lake ports. For early January delivery. No. 1 northern, $1.15%; No. 2, northern, $1.18, all mil. Oats~CaImdian western, N0. 2, 401/205 N0. 3, 39%0 on track, lake ports, December shipment, all rail; No. 2 white, 350 to 360,‘ outside; N0. 3 white, 340 outside, To to 380 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Flour -« Quotations at Toronto are :_â€"First patents, $5.60; second patents, $5.10; strong bakâ€" ers’, $4.90; 90 per cents” Glasgow frqights, 29s. Millfeedâ€"Manitoba. bran, $21 per ton; shorts, $23 to $24, track Tor- onto; Ontario millfoed, $22; shorts, 8324-, track, Toronto bags included. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15c to 160; do., heavy, 140 to 14%.c; rolls, 14s to 14%Q; shoulders, 13(: to 13%0; backs, 190 to 200; breakfast bacon, 17%0 to 180. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 58 c to 590; No. 3- extra 570; N0. 3, 510 to 520; feqd barley, at 190 to 500 outside; Manx- toba, No. 3, 520; No. 4, 50c, track, lake ports. Peasâ€"New, N0. 2, 860 to 880. Ryeâ€"N0. 2, 700, outside. Buckwheatâ€"4‘10. 2, 52c to 53c out- side. Ofitario Flour -â€"- Winter wheat; patents, for export, $4.20. to $4.25 in V’buyors’ sacks outside. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dressed, 130 to 140 per 1b.; fowl, lOc; turkeys, 180 to 19¢ per 1b.; ducks, 1b., 1.40; geese, 12c to 130. . Eggsâ€"Case lots of freéfi ghthered, 35 to 36c; new laid, 40c, and stor< agf:2 25c perAdozen. Baconâ€"Long clear, 14%0 to 14%0 per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $27; short cut, $28 to $29. LardwTiéx‘ces, 15%0} tubs, 160; pails, 16%0. Beans;Ca.1"10ts «Sutside, $1.55 $1.65, and small lots here at $1. to $1.90. Hayâ€"No. 1’ timbth‘y at $14 to $14.50, and No. 2, $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. I Butterâ€"Pound prints, 230 to 25c; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 23c; in- ferior, 190 to 200; creamery, 27 to 28c, and solids, 26 to 2672c per lb. _Cheese;12l/gc per lb, for large, and at 12%c for twins. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"$2.50 to $4 per barrel, acgording fio quality. Honeyâ€"~Combs, dozen, $2.25 $3; extracted, 10%c per lb. Strawâ€"â€"$7.50 to $8 on track, Tor- onto. ' P0tatoes-500 per bag on track for Ontarios. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS. HOG PRODUCTS. to A despatch from Frederickton, N. B., says: The provincial financial statementfor the past fiscal year was published on Wednesday in the Royal Gazette, and shows ordinary expenditures of $1,255,381, as com- pared with $1,042,198 last year, while receipts show a big increase, and amount to $1,259,826, leaving a, balance of about $4,000“ The largu 09f expenditure was $304,449 for yu-bFr- works. about $75,000 more A despatch from Winnipeg says: Immigration from the United States during the pest year has for ex« ceeded all estimates or anticipa- tions. More than fifteen thousand have come in in excess of the highâ€" est calculations. Early in the year is was thought by sanguine ofli- cia-ls that seventyâ€"five thousand might be expected, but there have actually been 90,148. The immi- gration Commissioner estimates that the average wealth of each of these is one thousand dollars, which means ninety million dollars in cash added to the wealth of ,Western Chicago, Jan. 4. -â€"- Wheat; cash, No. 2 red, $1.24 to $1.26%; No. 3 red, $1.17 to $1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.16 to $1.17,; No. 3 hard, $1.10 to $1.14; No. 1 northern, $1.16% to $1.20; No. 2 northern, $1.15 to 831.17%; No. 3 spring, $1.12 to $1.17. Cornâ€"«No. 3 white, 610; No. 3 yelâ€" low, 60%0 to 610; No. 4, 58%0 to 59c; No. 4 yellow, 590 to 59%0. Oats â€"â€"No. 2 white, 45%0; No. 3 white, 44%c to 456. Our Ports Handled _370,00,000 Bu- shels of Western Grain. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" The proportion in which the West- ern grain crop has been shipped from Canadian and American ports, is indicated in returns to the Trade and Commerce Department. ~Shipâ€" ments to the end of navigation are figured on. The total through Can- Edward Barley Fatally Injured at Cobalt. A despatch from Cobalt says: â€" Edward Burley, an Englishman, formerly employed at the British American mine, but, for the last month at the Rochester, died on Wednesday afternoon from injuries received at the mine. Bui'ley and his brother war 6 working at the 75- foot level. Preparation had been made for blasting. Burley had lighted the fuse and was walking away to a. plaoe of safety when an explosion, supposed to be prema- ture, and possibly from a defective fuse, took place. Burloy’s body was badly broken up by flying rock: He was thrown on his face and his left- shoulder was very badly crushed. Dr. Melbourne was called in, and removed the victim to the Red Cross Hospital, where he succumbed 'to his injuries just after noon. NEW BRUNSWIUK’S SURPLUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 4.â€"Prime beeves, 4,340 to 5%0 per 1b.; pretty good animals, 3%c to 4%0 and the comâ€" mon stock, 2%0 to 3%0 per 1b. Milch cows, $30 to $60 each. Calves, from 3 to near 60 per lb. heep, about 4%.(3 per 1b.; lambs, 6c (30 6%0. Good lots of {at hogs, from 83/35 to 90 per 113. Toronto, Jan. 4.â€"The best but- cher cattle brought from $5.25 to $5.50, while medium and common stock range from $3.75 to $4.50 per cwt. Good cows‘ sold as high as $1.75 to-day, with medium and com~ mon cows and canners bringing all the way from $1 to $3.75 and $4 per cwt. One load of Manitoba feeders was sold at $4.35 per cwt. Sheep and lambs are scarce, and. prices paid by butcher buyers for choice lamb and mutton are firmer thaln ever. Live hogs are steady and firm at 87.75 to $8.00 Revenue. for Year Shows Big Increase ---Some Large Expenditures 84.75757; second clears, $3.40 to $3.50. Over Ninety Thousand Americans Estimat- ed to Have Gone Into the West. FARMERS ‘ WITH THE CASE BULK THE 0 U (:11 CA N A I) A . HIT BY FLYIN G ROCK. that last year, while for agriculture 7 , the expenditure was $31,194, or $10,000 more than last year. Other large expenditures, include $246,677 for education, $38,176 for Execu-. tive Government, and $43,474 for forest and game protectié‘n. Pay- ments in interest amount to $197,-’ ' 857, while last year it was $232,944. The receipts include $621453“); H)?!- tor”- TQLT. ; minion subsidies, $3“ ial revenue. 313% duties, $44 393 liq’fim- . , «SB: Two companies of the 157th regi- ment of German infantry, fought in barracks near Strassburg; five x'vere fatally injured and one killed. Seals Reportod Numornus in “Ha Straits of Belle Ishu A despatch from St. John’s Nilch says: The steamer Home, which ar- rive-:1 from Labrador on Thursday, reports a t0n11)estu0115 passage through the Straits of Belle Isle which are now filling with arctic ice. Seals are numerous in the Straits. and 700 have beenâ€"taken in Battle Harbor this week. This 'is said to inglicate a good spring fishing. The ,‘idzird of Trade, at a meeting Thurs- day night, decided to establish abig cold storage plant next spring. Premier Morris attended the meet ing. New Gl'lll‘l' by Commission in In: ‘ forests of Dealers. A deg!I ntch from Ottawa says :â€" In amendment to a former order regarding the weighing of coal :at frontier ploints in Ontario the Railâ€" way Commissign has issued a new claim whereby the coal must b‘e weighed by Customs (:fiicials at the points where it is imported. In this Way coal dealers will be re~ lieved of £116 prevailing and much cnlxmlaixmd of trouble of accepting shippers“ weights. The new order affects only Ontario points. Canada. In addition to this, then has been realized from the great wheat crop another ‘ $120,000,000, which means a total of $210,000,000 of new wealth last, year, not calcu- lating the proceeds of the dairy, the ranch, and coarse grains. The Am- ericans have taken up in homesteads and pre-emptions 2,400,000 acres of land, which at the lowest estimate means half a million acres added to the crop next year. Immigra- tion from Great Britain and the continent of Europe was slightly in excess of the American, amount- ing to 92,522. adian ports was 36,964,307 bushels, and through American ports 19,611,- 216. Of the latter 17,377,154 bushels went by way of Buffalo. The total number‘ of cars inspected to Decem- ber 14 was 65,483, containing 74,- 104,680 bushels of grain. The Can- adxan Pacific hanaled 40,000 cars, the Canadian Northern 18,271, the Great Northern 2,693, and the Grand Trunk Pacific 3,510. United States Importing More and Exporting Less. - A despatch from Washington says: â€"Ninety million dollars was the contribution of the forests to the exports of the United States dur- ing-j the fiscal year of 1908, an inâ€" crease of twenty-fold since 1851. This is One of the striking fact: told in a bulletin covering a period of sixty years, isSued by the De- partment of Agriculture. The for- esl product imports have grown even more rapidly. From a little more than $1,000,000 in 1851, they reached more than $100,000,000 ’in 1008. Wood pulp shows the great- est increase in import. From a value of $5;000.in 1880, it has grown to more than $7,000,000 in 1307. Ex- ports of wood pulp are compara- tivcly small, and are decreasing. M BAN S GOOD 5 TRADE IN W001) PULP. wan HING 0F COAL. SPRING FISHIN f: '1? ~59