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INCREASED GUST 0F LIVING 'A despatch from' Ottawa, says: A further instalmentfipf the results of the special investigation by the Dcpurtmenb of Labor into the in- crease in the cost of living during the past- ‘lwenty years was publish- ed on Friday. It relatesto prices of dairy products and fish. A sum- mary of the figures quoted shows that dairy products were at their lowest in 1896 and 1897, and at their highest in 1908, when the general lave-i was 36.3 per cent. above the average for 1890 and 1899. Prices Government (‘ontrol of Butler and Cheese, Factories. ' A despatch from Quebec says: Hm. Hr. Caron has framed a law which proposes to place all cheese flHl butter factories under the di- rrm control of the Government. On and after January 1, 1912, all proâ€" prietors of factories will have to present :1 certificate from a Gov- m‘nmeut inspector declaring that their building is sanitary and well equipped in order tO‘receive per- mission from the Minister of Agriâ€" Slept in Room With Storm Win- dows and Full Stove. 'A (leapatch from Halbrite, flask, says: Peter Erickson, whose home is in the Dirt Hills, was re- turning from a visit to Weyburn on Sunday evening, and put up for the‘nigh't at his brother Simon’s place, 150 miles southwest of Halâ€" btite. Both retiréd in a, mom with storm windows on, and filled the stove with briquettes. The followâ€" ing a‘ternoon at 4 o’clock a. neigh- but found both men unconseious, though still breathing. Physicians were called in and in the meantime irtificial respiration was usmL Tfr limiting in the recovery of 831mm. but I’M-or died before Llw le-cturs arrived. Simon is new cu: of dauâ€" gor 3 HOW Dairy Products and Fish Prices Have Advanced in Twenty Years. GYPSY 'SLAYS TORMENTORS lA despatch from Shawville, Que, says: Goaded to madness by the jibes and afironts of a half-dozen young men who 'wcre tormenting him, Mike Murphy, a, gypsy, 55 years of age. on Wednesday night, shct and instantly killed two of their number, Harry Howes, aged 22, and William Dale, aged 30. Both young men were killed by one shot fired point blank at a range of eighteen feet from an old muzzle- londing shotgun. Howes was stand- iug immediately behind Dale, and the discharge of buckshot passed completely through Dale’s body and entered that of Howes. Both dropped dead. The slayer, Mur- phy, was arrested by a private citi- Confesses [0 Killing Wife, Bntho Witnesses to Prove It. _ = A despatch from Niagara. Falls, N Y., says: A peculiar situation has developed here as a Aresuolt of the alleged confession that he mur- dered his wife here’six years ago, made at WaukeganwllL‘, on Sat- urday, by Foster Johnson, 1a,: Tus- carora. Indian. Johnson says that he pushed his wife into the rapids above the falls. It is claimed by lawyers that the confession he made cannot be used against Johnson in atrial, and it is impossible to get corroborative evidence against him, as there were no witnesses. “The thing that makes me confess the murder of my wife,” Johnson said, .“wns that before I killed her, and when she told me that she'intend- ed to commit suicide, she asked me for a nice gravestone, and I prom- ised her I would get it. I have never done so,»and it has haunted me I see her head in the river in my dreams, and have hardly en- joyed a peaceful night in all these years." Yotmg Man Threw “Stones and He Re- “ sponded With Buckshot. MURDERER WILL GO FREE. TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED. Ql‘ E-BEC DAIRY LAWS. In fish there has been a similar rise‘in prices, the average being 34 per cent. higher in 1909 than in the decade 1890 and 1899. The lowest year shown is 1892, since when prices have advanced 40.8 per cent. in 1909 were slightly lower than in 1908, though eggs were consider- ably higher, being 71.5 per cent. above the average. Since 1897 the price of eggs has advanced approxiâ€" mately 122 per cent. In the case of dairy produce generally, prices have advanced 46.6 per cent. since 1897. under a ray of light. Prof. Gor- ham has been working on his pro- cess in secret for some time and anâ€" nounces that he will make known his discovery and method of applyâ€" ing it within ten days. He indicates however, that the ultra violet rays play a, great part in his successful experiments in his Providence lab- oratory. There his experiments ham been uniformly successful, and he believes he has discovered a deadly enemy to all food germs. Brown ’l’niwrsity Professor Uses Ijllrfa-Vialct Rays. 1‘ despatch from Boston, Mass., says: Prof. E. P. Gorham of the Brown University plans to steri- lize meat, milk, fish and every other food product in which disâ€" easr‘ germs exist and ‘tu destroy these germs by simply passing them Will Pass Through Sarnia Tunnel Each Week. ‘ A despatch from Port Huron, Mich, says: The Grand Trunk Rail- way has secured the contract of hauling the National Car Line Com- pany’s cattle trains from Chicago to Boston,‘which means that over three hundred cars of cattle will par-s through the tunnel every week, and that additional men will be given employment at this terâ€" minal. There is 11156 a probability that feeding and watering quarters for the cattle will be erected at this pcmt. culture to continue business, and all new factories will have to se- cure;- a, permit from the Minister before commencing operations. All head cheese and butter makers Will also have to show a certificate from the St. Hyacinthe Dairy School or from an inspector in'ordpr to re- tain their positions. Signed by Miners of Central Pennsylvania." A despatch from Altoona, 'Pa., says: After being in session until midnight Saturday night the coal operators and miners of the Gen- tra-l Pennsylvania. buituminous dis- trict sign-ed a. wage scale agree- ment to hold good for two years from April 1. The miners gained their contention for an increase in wages, but relinquished some of theiI demands on less important questions. Murphy has scarcely a friend in the place. For three years he has openly defied the authorities to oust him from the property on which he “squatted” immediately outside the corporation limit at the south- erly end'of the town. There, in a miserable hovel, he has lived with his gypsy wife amid opoverty and filth and squalor, avowedly hostile to everyone in Shawville. On the other hand, the two young men who are dead were of good familâ€" ies, and were themselves highly re- spected, hence the very strong feeling which prevails against Murphy. zen and lodged in the jail. His wifé- was also jailed, charged with be;ng an accomplice in the Vcrimer. A TWO YEARS’ CONTRACT. LIGHT AS A S'I‘ERILIZEIh 300 CARS 0F CATTLE Wholesale quotations :â€"â€" Porkâ€"«Short cut, $31 to $31.50 per barrel; mess, $28.50 to $29. Ohtario Flourâ€"Winter wheat pat- ents for export, $4.05 to $4.10 in bxlyrerljs’ bags, outside. Potatoes â€"~ Delaware potatoes, 450 per bag in car lots, and 55c to 60$ per bag out of store. Millfeedâ€"Maniboba bran, $20 per ton; shorts, $22 per ton. track, To- ronto. Ontario bran, $22 per ton; shorts, $23 per ton, on track, Toâ€" ronto. Cheeseâ€"430 per pound for large to IBZC for twins. a Beansâ€"$2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and at $2.15 to $2.25 per bushel for hand-picked. Cornâ€"American No. 2 kiln-dried yellow, 660 to 661/;c; No. 3 yellow, kiln-dried, 6534c to 660; No. 3 ye]â€" low, 641/20,- Canadian corn, 60c to 6:0, Toronto freights. Oatsâ€"Canada western, No. 2, 39%0, on track, bay ports. For opening of navigation, No. 2 C. W. 380; No. 3 C. W. 370, at lake ports; Ontario, No. 2 white, 360 to 36730, outside; No. 3 white, 350 to 35%0, outside; 38%c on track Toronto. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 530 to Me; No. 3 extra, 51c to 520; No. 3, 46c to 47c outside; Manitoba, No. 4, 52,140,, on track, lake ports. Peasâ€"No. 2, 75c to 76c. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 670 to. 680. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 516. Manitoba Flourâ€"Quotations at Toronto are :â€"~First patents, $5.70; second patents, $5.20; strong bakâ€" ers’, $5; 90 per cent., Glasgow heights, 28$. Butterâ€"The market for good qua- lity of butter is still very firm. Creamery prints .. 30c to 320 Separator prints .. 25c to 26c Dairy prints (choice) .. 24C to 25(- Large rolls .. 23c to 24c Inferior .. ..17c to 180 Syrup-«$1 to $1.10 per imperial gallon. Eggsâ€"20c to 210 per dozen in case lots. Manitoba. Wheatâ€"Spot N0. 1 northern, $1.09; No. 2 northern, $1.07 on track, lake ports. For opening of navigation, N0. 1 north- ern, $1.05; No. 2 northern, $1.03 at lake ports. " Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and‘ unread. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, April 26. ~â€" Ontario Wheatâ€"N0. 2 mixed winter wheat, $1.06 to $1.07 outside. THE WORLD'S MARKE IS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. COUNTRY PRODUCE. National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited This is just where NA-DRU-CO Canon-o. Laxatives. NA-DRU-CO Liquorice. linseed, and Chlorodyno Cough Syrup. NA-DRU-CO Tasteless Cod Liver Oil Compound and everything else on the NA-DRUâ€"CO list are preeminently better than. mixtures at present flooding the market. They are compounded by men who know. Some menu-co Cmphor ice Grauelou Tail-t Crou- Tolcum Powdor Tooth Paco Tooth Powder E-hv'e.T-_H9t- - When you use NA-DRU-CO medicinal or toilet preparations you have the positive guarantee of one of the largest wholesale drug firms in the world, the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited, that each one has been compounded by expel-g ghgngilts qnly. ‘ . If yo‘il did not protect yourself in this way the laws of the country would protect you. for they demand that physicians' prescriptions be dispensed by phyficians or qpaljficd druggis‘ts only. _ Is' it not equaily hnpottani’R know {hat the house- hold remedies, such as laxatives, cough syrups and tonics, and the toilet preparations such as tooth paste, which you use so frequently, are also compounded by expert chemists? When your physician gives you a prescription you would scarcely risk having it compounded by a grocer or a baker, even if you wexe surejhey had the right drugs. You insist on your druggist’s skilful dispensing. PROVISIONS. Who Compounds Your Medicines? NA-DRU-CO.Formulae, Ingredients and €55,135 3â€"5-1": Cum Luxuivea (leloll, Cod live: Qil Cgmpogfi, Wholesale Branches It: Ham-x. St. John, Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, London, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary. Nahen, Vancouver, Victoria. This}; T2332») Toilet and Medicinal Preparations HArq'ICompounded by Expert Chemists , I . a ./ kn? New York, April 26.7Wheat-â€" N0. 2 red. $1.13Z nominal c.i.f.; No. 1 northern, 831.15% f.0.b., openâ€" ing‘ navigation. Option wheat was w oak and lower at the start under further liquidation on the weak A despatch from Bedding, Conn., says: Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) died painlessly at 6.30 o’clock Thursday night of an- gina: pectoris. He lapsed into coma. an 3 o’clock in the afternoon and ncver revenvered consciousness. It Montreal, April 26.â€"â€"There is still very little business passing in‘ the local flour market. Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; do seconds. $5.30; winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers, $5.10; straight rolâ€" lers. $5.10 to $5.25; do. in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Millfeedâ€"«Ontario bran, $20.50 to $21; Ontario mid- dlings. $22 to $23; Manitoba bran, $2]; Manitoba shorts, $21 to $22; pure grain mguillie, $32 to $33; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Rolled Oatsâ€"Per barrel, $4.05; do per bag. $1.90; cornmeal, per barrel, $3.40 to $3.50. Cheeseâ€"Old cheese 12%0 and fodders at 12%0. Butter vâ€"Old stock, 28,140 to 290 and new MARK TWAIN, IS DEAD FamoUs Humorist Passes Away at His Home in Connecticut. milk creamery‘ 300 to 310. Eggsâ€" Selecbed lots, 230 to 240 and straight receipts, 19c ’to 20c per dozen. Rolls, smoked, 153,120 to 160; me- dium and light hams, 180 to 18%0; heavy, 1640 to 17c; bacon, 19%0 to 20c. Lardâ€"Firm; tierces, 16%(: to 161/20; tubs, 16%c to 17c; pails, 163310; shocks very light. ’ ‘ Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"â€" Long clear bacon, tons and cases, 15‘2c; backs (plain), 210 to 21%0; backs (peameal), 2172-0 to 220; shoul- der hams, Me to 14%0; green meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET MONTREA L MARKETS. TMII TRADE MARK APPEARS ONLV ON OUR GOOUS If any NA-DRU-CO article you buy does not prove entirely satisfactory return It to your druggist. He has 0111- authority to refund the full purchue pricc and charge it to us. You can get any NA-DRU-CO preparation any- where in Canada, for if your druggiut should not have it in sta he can get it within two days from our nearest wholesale branch. We are farepnted to furnish to any physician or dmggin in Canada, on request, a full list of the ingredients in nny NA-DRU-CO article. Ask these men, who are men of standing in your community, and best qualified to tell you, all about NA-DRU-CO preparations. Your own druggist could ,not be more careful or more accurate in compounding one of your physiCian's presqiptions than are our chemists in compounding every NA-DRU-CO preparation. Add to this the facts that only the best and purest materials that money can buy are used in NA-DRU-CO articles, and that each NA-DRU-CO formula has been thoroughly tested in actual use, and you have the solid grounds for the implicit confidence we want you to feel m NA-DRU-CO preparations. Compounding Are Best Preparations i‘ootluche Gum White Linimont Pile Ointment Rheum-tin. Cm Sun! of Milk , 3 of Milk $5”, 1.4:... Gannon! D ape ' T-bl h til-921?.w-f3n, Tim; Mark Twain died, as truly as it can be said of any man, of & bro- kvn heart. The death of H. H. lingers, a close friend. was a seâ€" vere blow. The death of his daughâ€" ter. Jean, who was seized with an attack of epilepsy last fall while in her bath, was an added biow from which he never recovered. It was then that the stabbing pain! m the heart began. recognized his daughter, Carrie (Mrs. ()ssip Gabrilowitch), spoke a} rational word or two, and. feellng himself unequal for conversationfl wrote nut in pencil: “Give me mys glasses.” These were his 13513 words. . Laying aside his glasses and pencil, he sank first into revâ€" erie and later into final unconsci- ousness. There was no thought at. the time, however, that the end waS; so near. Albert‘H-uhnes, who killed Na thaniel Boltun at Cardinal, is now) in Blymkvillre jail, having; surrend~ cred. Constable Samuel Baker of King stun has been appointed Chief of Police for Trenton. Mr. J. S. Larke, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Sydney, N.S.W., is dead. ere d himself Toronto, April 26.â€"The- average range for the best quality of steera and heifers was from $6.50 to $7. and an idea of the firmness of these prices may be gathered from the transactions, which show cattle weighing 800 and 900 pounds bring- ing from $6 to $6.50 per cent..Cows and bulls quoted as high as $6.25 and $6.60 per cwt. Trade in milkâ€" and springers is light, but a few good cows have been sold as high as $75 per head, the market for this class of cattle ranging from $45 upward. Yearling lambs are quoted 50 cents lower at $8 and $9 respectively. Sheep are very firm at $5 to $7 per cwt. Hogs are easy at, $9 f.o.b. to $9.25 fed and watâ€" Montreal, April 26.~â€"~Choice steer». brought $7.50 to $7.85; fair to good, $5.80 to $0.40; fair, $5 to $5.50; cows. $6.25; bulls, $6; hogs, $10.- 50; sows, $9.50; sheep steady at $4.75 to $6, while lambs sold at $7.50 to $9; calves brought all the way from $2.50 to $10. cables and pbor cash demand, but prices regained the losgon coirering by shorts and closed at unchanged to ‘Ac net decline. LIVE . STOCK MARKETS.