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per head. In Augtriav, Denmark, ated populafion of seven millions J _fire_lossiaveraged about $2.70 W. Field, editor of The Monetary Times. The title of the paper was “Canada’s Fire Waste.” Mr. Field said, in part, that of the above heavy death toll carelessness with matches and lamps was responsible for many deaths. In 1909 the fire losses in Canada, he proceeded to show, totalled $18,905,538, the high- est loss in one month being $3,358,- 276 in May, and the smallest being $720,650 in April. With an esti« A despatch from Toronto says: That 213 people were burned to death in Canada. last year was the startling fact brought out in a paper read at the Insurance Insti- Egte on Thursday night by Mr. Fred 11 WARSHIPS INSTEAD OF 7 Local option has reduced licens- es so that the cost; of administer- ing the law, in several counties greatly exoeeds the fees. Instructions Left by Guest in a Montreal Hotel. A. desputeh from Montreal says: A man who registered at the Queen’s Hotel last week under the name of R. Rosen, Winnipeg, was found in his bed on Thursday afterâ€" noon, having committed suicide by taking catholic acid. On his_pcr- son were found two letters, both in the same terms, giving his name as N. Wittenburg, of Winnipeg, saying that he had taken his life for certain reasons, and asking that a Winnipeg paper be notified and given a, copy of his photograph to print. The letters also mentioned that he had a wife and two chilâ€" dren, butlno request was made that the wife be notified. The' Premier Makes Announcement in Regard to Canadian Navy. Interesting Statistics Given in Paper Read Before the Insurance Institute. DEATHS "BY FIRE LAST YEAR In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Sir Wilfrid Laurier in- troduced the long-promised bill which stands on the motion pepor as “an Act respecting the naval service of Canada.” Sir Wilfrid referred to the unfortunate illness cl" Mr. Brodeur, whom he hoped would be able to move the second reading and give all details. He explained that the bill followed closely the lines of the Militia bill, but differs in one important reâ€" spect. The Militia bill provides tint the whole male population over 18 is liable to service. There is no such provision in this Act. There is no suggestion of compul- sion or conscription of any kind. Importation of Cream to the United States. At the annual convention of the Western Ontario Dairymen’s As- sociation. held at St. Thomas last week, Mr. J. F. Parsons, the Pre- sident, reported progress and reat success all along the line. he total exports of Canadian cheese from May 1st to Dec. 80th; 1909, were reported to have been 1,916,877 boxes, an increase of 46,- 000 boxes over 1908. The value of the cheese at 11% would be $17,- 633,336. The total exports of butâ€" ter for the same period was 39,506 packages, 3. decrease of 53.911 pack- ages of 1908. The value of the but- ter was $508,225. A new develop- ment of this season was the expor- tation of cream to the United States since the new American tariff was put in force. Mary Morrison, of Newry, won a silver cup valued at $50 for September white cheese. Leaving the big details of the bill, Sir Wilfrid came to discuss What it was proposed to do. He made the important announcement that the Government had decided to adopt a programme of eleven ships instead of seven. The pre- sent plan contemplates the buildâ€" ing of four armored cruisers of the Bristol class. The bill provides that the service will be under the control of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, SUICIDE’S REQUEST. DAIRY EXPORTS. France, Germany and Italy the fire loss only averaged 33 cents per head of the population. Much of Cana- da’s loss was due to carelessness, the causes given for fires including practical jokes, smoking in bed, careless use of combustible materi- als. Among the reasons for our un- desirable fire record have been givâ€" en the followingzâ€"(l) The moral hazard is not as good as it was in former years; (2) the variable cli- mate in Canada; (3) wood enters too largely into the general con- struction of many buildings; (4) the building byâ€"laws are, generally speaking, defective. The ratio of losses of Canadian companies aver- aged 59 per cent., while for 1908 the average was 69.5 per cent. of the premiums received. The bill provides that in times of lemergency the Canadian navy will be placed under and at the disposal of his Majesty’s Government. [f the Canadian Parliament is not in session to give its sanction to such ’a proceeding, it will be called to lmevt within fifteen days to give its 1 sanction. Moose Jaw. “Dutch” Henry, a notorious horse-thief, was shot and killed by :1 mouyted policeman south of The Alberta. Govbrnment has de- cided to establish a publicity bureau at Toronto Union Station. Report That Portuguese King Will Wed British Princess. A special despatch from Lisbon to Paris quotes from an authorized source afi‘n'miug that the marriage 0g King Manuel of Portugal and Princess Victoria Patricia, young- est' daughter of the Duke of Con- naught, will occur next May. Mrs. Gordon, wife of the Princi- pal of Queen’s University, died at Ki_n_gstoq on Friday. Three Persons Injured by Runaway Animal in London. A despatch from London, Onh, savs: Three people were injured here on Wednesday night by a run- away horse. Miss Lottie Shelton, a telephone operator, was run over and had her leg badlv injured. Miss Mary Dennis and Wm. Robinson, who was driving, were thrown un- der their cutter when the runaway horse jumped right into it, and both were severely injured. All will recover. with the command vested in the King. The service will have for 1t8 object the defence of the Canadian coasts as the Government may di- rect. The director of the navy Wlll have the rank of Rear Admiral, and he will be assisted by a naval board. Conditions of service and terms will be under the direct con- trol of the Government. Length of service of volunteers in navy will be for a, term of three years. They may be called upon to sei‘ve for six months at a time. Reservists will be subjmt to a: year's service. Rates of pay are not fixed' by the bill. Provision is made for the payment of pensions. The bill provides for the estabâ€" lishment of a. naval reserve, a n3.- val volunteer militia. and a naval college upon lines of the military college at Kingston. For Immigrants Coming to Canada and United States. A despatch from Liverpool says: Several of the Atlantic steamship companies on -Wednesday issued notices of an advance of five shil- lings on thirdâ€"class fares to Can- ada and the United States. It is believed that this advance is con- nected with a readjustment of pool- ing arrangements with the contin- ental lines. HORSE JUMI’ED INTO CUTTER. HIGHER STEERAGE RATES. KING MANUEL’S BRIDE. Montreal, Jan. 18.â€"â€"Prime beeves sold at 5% to 6%0 per 10.; pretty good animalstft to 50 ; common stock 5 to 40 per 11).; gobd milch cows from $30 to $65 each. Ca!me from 3 to 5%0 Der 1b 01-54»- Duluth, .Jan. 18â€"Wheatâ€"-No. 1 hard. $1.14%; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 141/2; N0. 2 Northern, $1.12%; luay $1.11% bid; July, $1.13%, nominal. Toledo, Jan. 18.â€"Wheat~0ash, $1.27; May, $1.28. Cornâ€"Cash, 690; May, 71%0; July, 71c. Oatsâ€" Cash, 500; May, 510; July, 481/40. Montreal, Jan. 18.â€"â€"Oatsâ€"~No. 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 441/20; No. 3, 43 to 43140. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 168 to 690. Manitoba feed barley, 53 to 550. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat “patents, firsts, $5.70; (10., patents, seconds, $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Ma.â€" nitoba strong bakers, $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.20; straight rol- lers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feedâ€"â€" Ontario bran, $22.50 to $23; On- tario middlings, $23.50 to $24; Ma- nitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $23; pure grain mouille, $31 to $33; mixed mouille, $277 to $29. Cheeseâ€"September make western, 11% to 11%0; October make, 111/.2 to 11%0; easterns, 11% to 11%c. Butterâ€"The local market continues firm, with choicest grass creamery quoted at 25% to 200. Eggs â€" Se- lected new laid, 40 to 420; selected No. 1 stock, 29 to 300; No. 1 cand- led, 26 to 270 per dozen. Ldrdâ€"Tierces, 153/40; tubs. 160 pails, 16%c. » Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to 160; (10., heavy, 14 to 14%(2; rolls, 14 to 14%0; shoulders, 13 to 131/40; backs, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 17%l to 180. Bacon, long clear, 14 to 14%0 per 1b in case lots; mess pork, $26 to $21; short out, $28 to $28.50. Cheeseâ€"«123$ per 1b. for large, and 12%0 for twins. Butter-Pound prints, 23 to 250; tubs and large rolls, 21 to 23c; inâ€" ferior: 19 to 200; croamery, 27 to 280, and solids, 26 to 261/20 per lb. Eggs-0ase lbts of new, fairi, 35 to 360 per dozen, and storage, 25c per dozen. THE WORLD'S MARKE IS Toronto. Jan ld.â€"-Flour â€"â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.30 to $4.35 in buyers’ sacks, on track, Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 outmde. in buyers’ sacks. Mani- toba. flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20, and strong bakers’, $1.90 to $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 North- ern. $1.131/. Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, 531.11% Bay ports. Poultryâ€"Chickens, dresSed, 17 to 18¢ per 1b.; ducks, 1b., 13.. to 15c; geese, 13 to 140. ‘ Barleyâ€"N0. 2, 5/80 outside; No. 3 extra, 55 to 560; No. 3 50 to 520. and feed, 480 outside. Peas~85 to 86c outside. Ryo~No. 2, 67 to 68¢ outside. Buckwheatâ€"530 high heights, 2mg 54c low freights. Cornâ€"New No‘: 2 yellow, 72 to 73¢, Toronto, and selected No. 3 at, 69c, Toronto. Straw-$7.50 to $8 o'n track, To~ ron‘o. Oatsâ€"No. 2 Ontario white, 37 to 383 outside, and 39% to 400 on track, Toronto. Canada West oats, 411/20 for No. 2, and 40%c for No. 3,ABa,y ports. Applesâ€"$2.50 to $4 per barrel, acgording fio quality. Hayâ€"~N0. 1' tiriotfiy, $13.50 to $14.50, and N0. 2, $12.50 to $13 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"47 to 500 per bag on track for Ontarios. Ontarid WheéEâ€"~N6. ‘ 2 mixed, $1.06 to $1.07, and No. 2 white and reg", $1.07 to $1.08, outside. Branâ€"4321 in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50 to $23, in bags, Toâ€" ronto. Beans;Car-lots Butside, $1.65 to $1.70, and small lots here, $1.90 to 2 REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Honeyâ€"Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extr_a:cted, 103/21: per lb. Prices of Cattle. Grain. Cheese and um» Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. BREADSTUFFS. A despatch from Toronto says: Along the border line of the Nia- gara River during the past month there have been some strenuous times. The members of the Ontario Provincial police received instruc- tions to vigorously enforce the act against admitting undesirables to Ontario. As a result eight indi- viduals were deported from Bridge- nort. eight from Fort Erie, five from Chippewa, ten from Niagara Few“ and four from Queenston ~ fine month pf December. Russia Produced the Greatest (‘rop in 1909. A despatch from Washington says: Russia is the greatest wheat- producing country in the world. Last year it produced the remark- able harvest of 783,000,000 bushels, which constitutes the largest crop ever harvested by any country. Re- turns received by the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture from a dozen countries, which in the preceding year, produced over fourâ€"fifths of the so-called world’s wheat crop, exclusive of the mid-season crops of India and the southern hemisphere, show a. net gain of 387,000,000 bush- els or nearly 18 per cent. over the yield of the same countries in 1908. His Honor Judge Hodgins died suddenly at Toronto on Friday. TURNED BACK AT BURDER Officers Instructed to Prevent Criminals and Undesirables Entering Ontario. Toronto, Jan. 18.»â€"-â€"The general run of cattle was of the medium and poor variety, but there were a few loads of choice quality. These fetched top-notch prices. one load selling as high as $5.85, which is something near a record for Janu- ary; $5.25 to $5.65 were common prices. So keen are buyers to seâ€" cure cattle for killing purposes to fill local orders that all those in the export class are bought for that purpose. Sheep and lambs are af- fected by the shortage of cattle and were mucr firmer. Hogs took an- other jump of 100 and are now quot 61 at £38.45 £0.11, and 558.40 fed and watered. “We took this up at the gate of Thorndale Fair,” he said, “and we want you to take it just to show per 11). ; lambs, 6% to 6%0 11). Good 109‘. of fat hogs, 9 to 9%0 per 1b. A dcspatch from London, Ont., says: Mrs. Martha, Scott, chargei with the murder of her father-in- law, Harvey Scott, was acquitted by the jury at (3 o’clock on Thursâ€" day night. They were out exactly two hours, and a crowded court room petiontly waited their return. Mrs. Scott, immediately after ac- quittal, was surrounded by friends, and through the crowd came John McFarlane, Reeve of Nissouri, who without more ceremony than a. handshake pressed a purse into her hands. I ' A dcspatch from St. Catharines says: A boon to farmers has been discovered by the spraying commit- tee of the Niagara Fruitâ€"Growers’ Association, which made a report at the annual meeting of the asso- {ciation'here on Thursday after- noon. By means of experiments, the committee discovered that wild mustard can be overcome by means of spraying. Wild mustard is a thorn in the flesh of most farmers, and to remove it from crops of grain requires much time and labor. The committee on spraying last year made some experiments on the farm of Joseph Tweedie. A field of eight acres of oats was used for the ex~ GREAT BOON Tl] FARMERS Reeve McFarlane Presents Her With a. Purse of Money. MRS. SCOTT WAS AUGUITTED Remedy for Wild Mustard and the Coddling Moth Among Apples. THE WORLD ’8 WHEAT. “The view of the Attorney-Gen- eral is,” said Supt. J. E. Rogers, when interviewed, “that it is much easier to prevent crime than to de- tect it." The Provincial oflicers at alh points on the border, Windsor,§ Port Huron, Niagara, and all other‘ centres, have been instructed tor' look after this work and co-operate‘ with the Canadian immigration ofâ€"? ficers in seeing that undesirablel are not permitted to reach the in- terior of the Province. from passenger service. A. despatch from Tormle says. During the, Ontario fiscal [\‘nm' of ten numths ending on Oct. 31 last, the revenue from the Tomiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway was $1,361,224, against $951,131 for the corresponding period in 1:108. The total expenditure for the. ten months‘ including several items (a! capital outlay, such as buildings, etc., was $813,869, thus making the net, revenue $547,355, while the nu coipts of the commission from (m- royalties was $108,516. Duringr 0v- tober the earnings uf, the line amounted to $167,032, and the exâ€" penditure $130,363, leaving a net revenue of $36,669. Ore royalties received during the month amount- ed to $909. Of those earnings $101,â€" 000 was from freight, and $52,000 l'roxpectors Put Up a, Little Job 0' ‘ the ()utsiders. A desputch from Cobalt says: Last week's rush to Porcupine. was the talk of the town. Prospectors are offering large numbers of claims, some very low in price. A clever ruse was sprung when prosâ€" pectors assorted some time ago that all, the. inner territory was stalked solid. It now appearg that many claims well located were blanketed early in the soasm‘x and that these prospecturs arc now prw fiting thereby. Ra-turns From '1‘. and N. 0. Were $1.361,224. “Tell the people that I am thank- fui for their sympathy and help,” she said to a. reporter. “I was con- fident from the start that I would be let go. I have never felt that I committed a crime. I fired the shot that killed Harvey Scott to mate my life I mm only say I am glad the people thought so too‘” The West Nissouri woman, be- wildered almost to the point 0! apeechlessness, was taken to a little restaurant on the Market square to have her first meal in freedom for more than four months; She was accompanied by her husband and little daughter Clara. periment. It was so filled with wild mustard that it would have smothered the crop of oats had it been allowed to thrive. A mixture 0‘. 2% per cent. blue stone (or bl e Vitrol) with water was used, a, d the mustard was completely de- stroyed with one spraying. The mustard was 3% inches high when the spraying took place. The crog yielded 55 bushels to the acre. The committee also made an experiment looking to the removal of gaul lica from Norway spruce hedge. The lime and sulphur mixture entirely cleaned the hedge of licc. Lime and sulphur used with arsenate of lrad practically cleared apple orchards 6f the cédling moth. that our feelings are alright.” ()N'E‘ARE ()’H R.” LWA Y. R US“ TO PORCUPINE. .iun