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BGBBERIES AT WINNIPEG 'A despatch from Ottawa says: 'As a result of a mistake in the new American tariff, making the duty on cream five cents per gallon inâ€" stead of five cents per pound, was the evident inteni‘ion of the framers of the Payne-Aldrich bill, Canadian farmers, especially in the ‘Province of Quebec, have been do~ ing a. rushing business in respect to marketing cream intended for manufapture into butter in the United States. It is estimated that during November alone crgam Farmers of Quebec Taking” Advantag of Tariff Mistake. Two Cases of Embezzlement Discovered ' at the City Hall 'A despatch from Winning says: Rumors of petty embezzlements in the City Hall, which have been carefully withheld from the public fof some time, were confirmed on Wednesday, when it was officially stated in the Board of Control that Walter Magee, clerk in the soliciâ€" tor’s office, had absconded with about $170, which he had secured in money coming into the depart- ment. He had forged the soliciâ€" tor's signature to papers, and had leashed a check through this means. Magee afterwards made his escape. This is the second defalcation in the BUSHING IN THE DREAM Two Half-breeds Caught After a Long Chase. A despatch from Portage la. Prairie, Man., says: H. Sioux and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Cabled to Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Lords trathcona on Thursday after noon cabled $25,000 to the commitâ€" tee in charge of the funds for the Emergency Typhoid Hospital, which has just been created out of a dis- used factory by the activity of a number of citizens, and has offered a further $100,000 to start a fund for Whatever steps are deemed es- sential to prevent further out- breaks. A despatch from Ottawa. Boys: The total Dominion’s revenue for December was $8,733,571, an in- crease of $1,550,216, or over twen- ty per cent., compared with Decem- ber of 1908. For the nine months the revenue has been $73,390,080, an increase of $11,091,497. The in- crease in the Customs revenue has been $9,361,421. The expenditure, on the other hand, shows for the nine months a. decrease of $3,034,- 492 on consolidated fund account, and of $2,290,206 on capital ac- count. The total expenditure on consolidated fund account was $47,- 898,129, and on capital account $24,- 026,137, of which about seventeen millions was on the National Trans- continental Railway. Dul‘ing Deâ€" cember the net debt of the Domin~ rion decreased by $690,658, and now stands at $322,284,079. Dominion's Financial Statement For Nine Months. A New Record Is Likely to be Made This Week. " A despatch from Halifax says: 'Apple shipments from Halifax will be very heavy this week, and a new record for the week’s export may be made. The present indications are that about 50,000 barrels will gr; forward. The Furness Liner Shenandoah, whichsailecl for Lon- don on Wednesday afternoon, took 83,000 barrels. This is the second largest cargo that has left Halifax this season. The C. P. R. Liner Mount Temple will take over 10,000 barrels. The Allen Liner Grem- ian, which sails for Liverpool on aturday, will have four or five thousand barrels on board, and the Furness Liner Ulunda. will carry about 1,000 barrels on board. LORD STRATHCONA‘S GIFT. A HUNDRED-MILE CHASE. ON THE UP GRADE STILL. APPLE SHIPMENTS. from the Province of Quebec equi- valent to 250,00Q lbs. of butter was shipped into the United States. Cream is also being shipped from Brockville district and from points in western Ontario in considerable quantities. As a. result of the loop- hole provided in the American tar- iff the Canadian farmers have shipped during the past four months probably twohundred thou- sand dollars’ worth of cream into the United States, which, under the old tariff of five cents per 1b., would have been kept out. ’ City Hall ~discovered within a moilth. It is officially announced that the Legislature of Ontario has been called to meet on Tuesday, Janu« The other was in the tax ofice, where a man named Forbes is acâ€" cused of having misappropriated about a thousand dollars or more, by means of destroying stubs for receipts for tax payments. The defalcation was not discovered fora. long time, until some parcels of land were offered for sale for nonâ€" payment of taxes, when the receipts were produced which indicated the guilt of the clerk. Others are said to be implicated and an effort is being made to hush the matter up on account of Forbes’ relations. ary 25. Is an Increase of $50,000,000 Over That of 1908. A despateh from Ottawa Says: The Department of Agriculture re~ ports that the total wheat crop of Canada last year was 166,744,000 bushels, averaging 211/2 bushels per acre, with an average market value of 84 4â€"5 cents per bushel, thus ag- gregating for the whole crop $141,- 320,000. In 1908 the crop was 112,- 434,000 bushels, averaging 17 bushâ€" els per acre, with an average mar- ket value of 81 1-10 cents per bushâ€" el, aggregating for the whole crop $91,228,000. ' Hunters Were Not so Successful During‘ Last Season. A despatch from Toronto says: Although more hunting licenses were issued last year, the number of deer brought out of the woods was smaller than in the previous year. Last year’s kill totalled 3,- 923 deer, as compared with 4,387 Jeff Sioux, French halfbreeds of the Giswold reservation, who are accused of selling liquor that reâ€" sulted in Charlie Hall’s death here a few days ago, were brought into the city on Wednesday, having been arrested at Clandeboye by Detec- tive Guertin and Constable Garriâ€" och, after a. hundred-mile chase. The men may be tried for mim- slaughter. The officers had their faces frozen on the trip. ' Railways Say it Would be Danger- ous to Order Otherwise. A despatch from Ottawa says: Representatives of all the big rail- way corporations before the railâ€" way commission on Wednesday op- posed the proposition of the board to do away with brakemen on top of freight cars, thus reducing the necessity of high bridges and les- sening the cost of grade separa- tions. The present system, it was argued, is a guarantee against brekemen going to sleep. They give certain signals to the enginâ€" eer, and on grades must operate the presSure retaining halve to make the air brakes effective. The board decided to make no change. in the 1908 season. Besides the deer, there were also 24 moose killed. One reason of the smaller number killed during the last sea- son was .phat no settlers’ licenses were issuéd. FEWER DEER WERE KILLED. BRAKEMEN STAY ON TOP. WHEAT CROP $141,320,000. Minneapolis, Jan. 11. â€"â€" Wheat~â€" May, 131.13%; July, 331.12%; cash wheat, N0. 2 hard, $1.14% to $1.- 15%; No. l Northerm $1.14 to'$1.- 15: No. 2 Northern, $1.12 to $1.13. BragTIn 100-115. sacks. $22 to $225.â€" 50 y'Fvlouv-éâ€"F'rrst patents, 35.6010 $5.80; second patents, $5.40'to $5:- ' Buffalo, Jan. 11.-â€"â€"Spring Wheat, No. 1 Northern, carloads' store, $1.- 23%; Winter firm. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 67%c; No. '4 yellow, 66%0; No. 3 com, 66% to 670; No. 4 corn, 65 to 65%c; No. 3 white, 67%0. Oats â€"No. 2 white, 510; No. 3 white, 500; No. 4 white, 48% to 49%0. Bar- leyâ€"Feed t'o malting, 69 to 76¢. Rye â€"No. 2, track, 840. ” THE WORLD’S MARKE IS REPORTS mom THE LEADING . TRADE CENTRES. Montreal, Jan. 11.â€"Oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 43% to 43%c; No. 3, 42% to 42%0; barley, No. 2, 63 to 690; Manitoba feed barley, 53 to 55¢. Flour-Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; Ma.â€" nitoba Spring wheat patents, s‘ec- onds, $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers’, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.20; straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€"Ontario bran, $21.50 to $22; Ontario middlings, to $23.50; Manitoba. bran, $21; Manitoba shorts, $22 to $23; pure grain Inouille, $30 to $32; mixed mouille, $26 to $28. Cheeseâ€"Sepâ€" tember and October ‘make, 11%0, and November make, llc. Butter --â€"choicest creamery, 25% to 280. Eggsâ€"strictly newâ€"laid, 40 to 420; selected No. 1 stock, 29 to 30c, and No. 1 candled, 26' to 270 per dozen. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 11.~â€"Flourâ€"â€"On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $1.30 to $4.35 in buyers’ sacks, on track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 outside, in buyers’ sacks. Manito- ba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers’ $4.90 to $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern $1.13, Bay ports, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.11, Bay ports. Eggsâ€"Case ,lbts of new iaid 37 to 350 per dozen, and storage, 250 per dozen. Baconâ€"Long clear, 14% to 14%(3 per 1b. in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $27; short out, $28 to $29. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to 16c; d0., heavy, 14 to 14%0; rolls, 14 to 14%c; shoulders, 13 to 13%0; backs, 19 to 200; breakfast bacon, 171/; to 180. Lardâ€"Tierces, 15%0; tubs, 166; pails, 16%0. - Barleyâ€"No. 2, 5540 outside; No. 3 extra, 55 to 560; N0. 3 50 to 52c, and feed, 4-80 outside. Oatszo. 2 Ontario white, 36% to 37c outside, and 39 to 400 on track, Toronto. Camada West outs, 40%0 for No. 2, and 39}/_,(: for N0. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"85 to 86c outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 68c outside. Buckwheatâ€"523 high heights, and 530 low fz‘eights. Butterâ€"Pound prints, 23 to 250; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 230; in~ ferior, 19 to 200; creamery, 27 to 28c, and solids, 26 190 26%c per 1b. Cheeseâ€"12%c per lb. for large, and at 12%0 for twins. Ontario Wfieétâ€"TN’O. $1.06 to $1.07, and N0. 2 red, $1.07 outhide. Cornâ€"~Ne‘7v N9. 2 yellow. 72% to 730, Toronto, and selected No. 3 at 690, Toronto. Branâ€"«$21 in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23 in bags, To~ ronto. Applesâ€"$2.50 to $4 per barrel, according to quality. for Ontarios. Poultryâ€"~Chickens, dresséd, 11 to 122 per lb. ; fowl. 90; turkéy‘s, m to 180 per 11).; ducks, 1b., 13 to 140; geese, 12 to 13c. v BeansLCar iots éutside, $1.55 to $1.65 and small lots here at $1.75 to $1.90. Hay-~No. mmo’thy‘” $13.50 to $14, and No. 2 at $12 to $12.75 on track, Toronto. Stréwâ€"â€"$7.50 to $8 on track, To- rcnto. Honey~Combs, dozen, $2.25 $3 ;7 extracted, 10%9 per l_b. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. ‘otatoesâ€"50c per bag on track THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. 52 mixed, white and 0., on New Year’s Eve was a most serious affair. 'At léast 70 men were-on sides, in the. fight, which took place near one of the hotels, and-7 was the \Welsh and English aga’llé‘st the I'ffxlians. Three men are A despatch from Grand Forks, B 0., sayé: Reports heretofore carefully guarded and hushed up have reached here and been conâ€" firmed that the fight between two sections of miners at‘Phoenix, B. Accident on the Canadian Pacific at ' Loon Lake. A despatch.f1'om Fort William says: Ten box cars were demolish- ed in a rear-end collision at Loon Lake, a. small C. P. R. station, fif- teen miles east of Port Arthur, Monday morning. Two freights were involved, and engine 742 crashed into the ~caboose of the train drawn by engine 765, throw- ing ten cars over the embankment. The train crew of the front train had a narrow escape, but fortunate- ly had left the caboose a. few mo- lments before the accident occur- red. Engine No. 742 was damaged considerable. 7--...- A..-uuvv quD- “It is far more promising than any- thing in Ontario except Cobalt,” said Mr. J. F. Whitson, assistant chief of the surveys branch of the Ontario Government, on his return from the Porcupine gold district on Thursday afternoon. “There is scarcely anything like it in On- tario.” ‘ Seventy Men in 1a, Fight in British . Columbia Camp. Some Conservatives Confident of a Victory in Britain. A despatch from London says: The Conservative Weekly Observer prints forecasts of the result of the elections by experts on both sides, showingthe most remarkable difâ€" ference 'of opinion. One of the Con- servatives predicts a, Conservative majority of ninety, another forty. Another says that the Government will have a, majority of sixteen. A Radical forecast gives the Goverm ment a majority of 200. Another Radical places it at 110. while still a third believes that the Conser- vatives will win by eight. The Oh- server points out that these esti- mates Show the strongest conflict in expectations ever known on the eve of an election in Great Britain. Ten days ago Mr. Whitson went to northern Ontario for the pur- pose of investigating the possibili- ties of the district so far as gold production was concerned, and he returned with a most optimistic reâ€" port for the Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. AFFRAY AT PHfENIX MINES PURUUPINE » sum FIELDS Mr. J. F. Whitson Reports That New Gold Mining District Is Promising. “Two thousand claims have been staked in four townships,” said Mr. Whitsonl “All of Whitney and Tis- dale Townships, except that owned Montreal, Jan. 11-Pretty good animzils sold at 4 to Sc, and the common stock at 3 to 3%0 per lb. Milch cows from $30 to $55 each; calves from 3 to 5%0 per 1b. ; sheep about 4%0 per lb. ; lambs. 6 to 65.40 per 1b. Good lots of fat hogs, 9 to 9’4c per lb. 5 ’ ‘ Toronto, Jan. ll.--Choice well finished butchers’ sold up to $5.60, whilst- $5 to $5.50 w_.re common prices; common to medium quality butchers’ were firm at $3.75 to $4.- 90: cows sold all ,the way from $3 to $4.50. Milkers and springers were shghtly easier. Sheep and lambs steady and unchanged at last quo- tations. Hogs firm at $8.15 f.o.b. and $8.40 fed and watered for se~ lects. by veteréms, Iias been‘staked; aboui; hwowhirds of Shaw Township, south of Whitney, and twoâ€"thirds of the 60- first clears, $4.35 to $4.55; secâ€" ond clears, $3.30 to $3.60. TEN CARS WERE SMASHED. GUESSES AT_'.I‘HE RESULT. despatch from Tqrontp says: ~£,r ‘ LIVE STOCK MARKE‘ The row began in a small,w'a.y, but some bad blood that had. been rising for some time between the miners of difierént nationalities caused a g’engfi] baL ‘ i' 1. reported dead, and fifteen are in the hospital as a result of the af- fair. This is denied at Phoenix, but a miner who arrived from Phoeo' nix on Wednesday confirms the story. He was himself a, participant in the fight, as his appearance amply demonstrated. Timothy Dorsey Killed in a Win- nipeg Fire Hall. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Timothy Dorsey of Lucan, Ont, was instantly killed here on Wed- nesday afternoon in a most pecu- lialV accident. With an acquaint- ance he had gone to No. 2 fire hall to call on a mutual friend, who is a. member of the brigade, and while inspecting the hall and equipment; Dorsey fell through a manâ€"hole in the engineer’s sleeping apartments and brake his neck; Elected Reeve for the Forty-firsf [Term . . A despatch from Ottawa says: Charles Mohr of Fitzroy township, Carleton county, has established a unique municipal record. He has just been re-elected Reeve of Fitzâ€" roy for the 41st consecutive time. Mr. Mohr is one of the pioneers of the Ottawa‘Valley, and his stand- ing with the community is evident from the remarkable fact that for 41 years he has been annually elect- ed to the highest municipal office in their gift. ' FELL THROUGH A. MAN-"HOLE. “There is a road from mileage 22‘: in to the Porcupine district, which was finished about ten days ago, having been constructed by the prospectors and people owning stop. ping places on the way. The O’Brien Mining Company and the New York Syndicate have 25 men at work developing properties near the southwest corner of Tisdele Township. One of these, which is managed by Mr. Timmins, of the La. Rose Mine, has a quartz dykc passing through it which has been stripped for over 1,300 feet: It is about 20 feet wide, and free gold can be seen across the whole dyke in many places. There is nothing else like it in Ontario. It is far more promising than anything in Ontario except Cobalt.” unnamed township south of Tisdale. Several hundred prospectors are in the woods doing development work on the claims which were staked in the last two months. A Third of Those at Tulane College Infected. ’ A despatch from New Orleans, La., says: Consternation prevail: among the 100 or more students 0! Tulane College, following the ex- amination of every student for hookworm. It is now announced that more than a third of the stuâ€" dents were found to be infected with the parasite. Practically all said to be thus affected are appar- ently robust specimens of manhood. Ground Opened and Engulfed it»â€" Sevon Persons Per‘ished. A despatch from Vienna says: An extraordinary accident occur- red on Saturday at Raibl, in Car- inthia. The sudden collapse of the site of a disused mine completely engulfed a. small hospital building. Not a, vestige of the hospital reâ€" mained, and only a huge cavity ap- peared in the ground. Seven in- mates of ,the hospital, including Surgeon Wesseley and his family, perished. STUDENTS HAVE HOOKWORM. HOSPITAL SWALLOWED UP. A UNIQUE RECORD.