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\ A despatch from Ottawa, says: Themain estimates for the next fiscal year, ending March 31, 1912,, which were tabled in the House on Friday, provide for expenditures amounting to $138,863,200, of which $28,180,200 are to be \spent under the provisions of various statutes. The sum to be voted for the year is $110,682,330, as compared with $100,468,173 called for in the main Estimates for 1910-11. For the na- val service the appropriation asked ls $3,831,500roashcpmpared with 3,- 676,500‘in the previous year. .Of ‘ the vote, $3,000,000 is for the purâ€" ‘ “chase and maintenance of ships, the upkeep of dockyards at Halifax and Esquimalt, and the establishment of training schools. To meet the cost of taking the decennial cen- sus $1,000,000 will be appropriated. For the preliminary work in 1910- 11 $50,000 has already been providâ€" INCREASE IN ESTIMATES In the Protection of Level Railway Crossings. A despatch from Montreal says: Chairman Mabee of the railway commission spoke out ion Friday with no uncertain sound as to the relative responsibility as to level crossings. The chairman said it would be absolutely ruin to saddle the companies with the whole cost of safety appliances, and that the municipalities will have .to pay their share. In fact, it was ~ no use for them to try to get out of this responsibility. It would be decided, concluded the chairman, whether a third is too much for the municipalities to pay. over a period of ten months. Un- usual local interest attaches to this deal. About three munth ago the discoveries were made lean-van, and One Hundred and Thirty-nine Million r Dollars Looked For ' ' Report of Provincial- Board of Health for Week. ‘ A despatch from Toronto says: According to the report issued on Friday by the Provincial Board of Health, the weekly returns of con- tagious diseases totalled 1,077 from 709 municipalities. The returns show 1,077 cases and 181 deaths for the month, as compared with 1,292 cases and 248 deaths in November, 1909. The cases are apportioned as follows :â€"Infantile paralysis 21, cerebro-spinal meningnitis 5, small- pox 28, scarlet ’fever 240, diphtheria. B24, measles 65, whooping cough 23, typhoid fever.266 and tuberculo- sis 105. A despatch from Cobalt says: One of the biggest of recent Por- zupine deals was consummated here an Thursday. Mr. Thmnas Reilly Iold the Go-de-Burns group of claims In Shaw township to 'buyers repreâ€" senting strong Toronto financial lnterests, although the purchasers’ names have not been disclosed. The price, which “as close to one hun- dred thousand dollars, is spread PUBDUPINE MINE IS SOLD A dcspafcli {mm Calgary says: [he inquest on the remains of a. man found in Bow River, near Denâ€" bow East, on June 29 last, termin- ated tragically on Wednesday at Dkotoks, when Thomas Mitchell Robertson confessed to having shot and killed Tucker Peach, at the same time implicating Jolm Fisk as accomplice. The body when found was headless, but the head wasfouud a couple of weeks ago For the annual drill of the mi- litia $1,325,000 wxll be voted in- ADMITS MURDER AT INQUEST Said to Be Very Rich, and the Sale Has Stimulated Other Owners Alberta Man Confesses to Killing Another Near Denbow East SOME RELATIVE RESPONSIBILITY. DISEASES DECREASE. considerable attention has since been given to Shaw, Langmuir, De- loro and other townships in. the re- serve, stimulated through the Crude-Burns finds, in which a dyke some fifty feet in width is shown with rich vein matter, with free gold somefthree feet in width. Thomas Burns was formerly em- ployed at the Buffalo mine, while George Gode was an orderly at the mines hospital, and they“ decided to try prospecting, with the result of a sale at one hundred thousand dol- lars the first year in spite of their Votes are asked for two new monuments. For a. memorial to ihe late King Edward $20,000 will be voted and for one to Madeleine de Vercheres, to be erected at Verâ€" cheres, $15,000 will be provided. stead of $1.175,000 as in 1910-11, and a new appropriation of. $50,000 is to be made for paying instruc- tors, expenses of teachers qualify- ing at military schools and far the purchase of equipment of cadet corps. For the National Transcon- tinental $27,000,000 will be voted, the same amount as for 1910-11, and for the construction of the Quebec bridge $2,000,000hof which $500,000 Was voted last session, but not expended. - .-n to wear a, hatpin the exposed point of which extends more than oneâ€" half inch beyond the crown of t e hat. A fine of $50 for each an every offence is provided for in the proposed ordinance. Councilman Schumucker declared that the lives of riders on street cars and pedesâ€" trians on crowded streets are im- periled by the long hatpins. lack of experiénce. and the body exhumed and identi- fied. The police had been watch- ing Robertson, who was a. brakes- man on the C. P.VR., running be‘ tween Field and Medicine Hat. Peach disappeared since last May, and Robertson claimed to have purchased his ranch. The head was identified by cotton wool in the ear sockets. Robertson broke down while on the stand at the in- quest. The police have left for Carbon to arrest Fisk.' Proposed Law in Philadelphia Im- poses $50 Fine. A despatch from Philadelphia. says: In an effort to curtail the long hatpin evil in this city an or- dinance was introduced in Coun- cil on Friday providing that no person upon the public streets or on conveyances shall be permittpd A Representative Contingent of Canadian Militia, A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Council has now un- der consideration the question of sending a representative contingent of the Canadian Militia to parti- cipate in the coronation ceremonies in London next June. It is pro- bable that a. composite regiment of about 200 will be‘ sent, embrac- ing each arm of the service and drawn from each lr‘i-ovinuo. There will also be a detacl'm-xent'of the N orthwestL Mounted Police. -_-r--_..‘ , That the Government has still some idea. of carrying out the plan of a canal from Edmonton to Win- nipeg by the Saskatchewan River is indicated by the fact that the surâ€" veys begun last year are continued, and the appropriation increased from $10,000 to $25,000. FOR THE CORONATION. BAN 0N HATPINS. Montreal, Dec. 6,â€"Oats â€" No. 2 Canadian Western, 39V2 to 39%0; extra. No. 1 feed, 38% to 39¢; No. 3 Canadian Western, 38% to 38%0; No. 2 local white, 38%c; No. 3 lo- cal white, 37%0; No. 4 local vwhite 37 to 37%0; Manitoba barley, N0. 4, 48 to 48%0; Manitoba feed barley, 47 to 47%0. Flourâ€"Manitoba. spring wheat patents; seconds, $5.- 10; Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to $5; Manitoba strong bakers, $4.90; straight rollers, $4.35 to $4.50; straight rollers, in bags, $2 to $2.- 05; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Feedâ€" Ontario bran, $18.50 to $19; Onâ€" tario middling, $22 to $22.50; Ma.- nitoba shorts, $21; Manitoba bran, $18; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 115-8 to 11%0, and easterns, 111â€"8 to 11%0. Butâ€" terâ€"Choidest fall make, 25 to' 251/20, and seconds, 24% to 25c. Eggsâ€"Se- lected stock, 29 to 300; No. 1 stock at 25 to 26c, and No. 2 at 19 to 20c. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 North- ern, 971/20, Bay ports; No. 2 North- e‘tn, 95%c, ‘Bay pants, and No. 3 atAQQZC, Bay ports. . Buffalo, Dec. 6.â€"â€"Spring Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, 851.12%; Winter, No. 2 red, 950; No. 3 extra. red, 91c; No. 2 white, 930; No. 2 mixed, 920. Corn -â€"No. 3 yellow, 57%0; No. 4 yellow, Cornâ€"Old No. 2 at 59% to 600, Toronto freights. New No. 2 Am- erican, 531/2 to 540, prompt deliv- ery, and 50% to 51¢, December de- livery, Toronto freights, ‘ Peasâ€"Good No. 2, freerfrom bugs, 84 to 85c outside. , ‘ Ryeâ€"â€"No. 2 at 61-to 62c outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 at 47c outside. Branâ€"Manitobas, $19, in bags, Toronto, and shorts $21, in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $19.50, in gacks, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50, In sacks. Poultryâ€"The receipts are fairly liberal. Wholesale prices of dress- ed poultryâ€"Chickens, 12 to 12%0 per lb. ; fowl, 9 to 10c per lb. ; ducks 13 to 140 per' 1b.; turkeys, 17 to 18c per 1b., "and geese, 12c per 1b. Live, 1 to 20 less. Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 22 to 23c; (10., tubs, 21 to 220; inferior, 18 to 19c. Creamery, 26y2 to 270 per 1b. for rolls, 241/2 to 25c for solids, and 23 to 240 for separator prints. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 16 to 161/;0; do., heavy, 15 to 15%0; rolls, 12% to 130; shoulders, 120; break- fast bacon, 18 to 18%0; backs (pea, meal), 19 to 191/20. THE WORLD’S MARKE TS BBEADSTUFFS. Toronto, Dec. 6.â€"â€"F10urâ€"-Winter wheat 90 -per cent. patents, $3.40 to $3.45 outside, in buyers’ sacks. Manitoba flours ~fl‘irst patents, $5.40; second patents, $4.90, and strong bakers’, $4.70, on track, Toâ€" ronto. ' Eggsâ€"Case lots of-pickled, 26 to 270; cold storage, 26 to 270; select- ed, 30 to 310, and strictly new-laid, 35 to 370 per dozen. Baronâ€"Long clear, 13 to 13%(: per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $24 to¥¥$24750i short cut, $26 to $26.50. Lairdâ€"Tierces,713%c; tubs, 14c; pa-ils,< 14%c. Onfia-ri'o Wyhe-atâ€"84% to 850 out- side for No. 2 white and red win- ter. Barleyâ€"5G to 580 outside, and feed 48 to 49c outalde. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 360, on track, Toronto, and at 33c outside. "No. 2 W. C. oats, 37%0, Bay ports, and No. 3 at 36%0, Bay ports. Applesâ€"Spys,‘ $4.50 to $5.50; Baldwins, $4 to $4.75; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 per barrel. v Baled Hay-â€"â€"N0. 1 at $12.50 to $13.50 on track, and No. 2 at $10 to $11. , Baled Stfapvâ€"$6.50 to $7, on track, Toronto.." ; Potatoesâ€"Cat lots 65 to 700 per bag. Beansâ€"Car lots, $1.60 to~$1.70, 1mg small lots, $1.80 to $1.90. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10 to 11c per 1b.; No. 1 comb, wholesale, $2 to $2.25 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $1.85 per dozen. CheeseJ-Large, 12%0, and twins at 12%c. ‘ REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain. Cheese and - Other Dairy Produce at . Home and Abroad. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. THE DAIRY MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. Nearly Six Million Tons in Excess of Last Year. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, says: All records for traifilo through St. Mary’s Falls Canal are already smashed this year, with the season not yet over. The November report brings the grand total for the year to 61,836,- 900 mm, over three million tons in excess of the record of 1907, and nearly six million tons in excess of the corresponding period last year. The American locks will go out of commission about the middle of next week. The Canadian locks will ac- commodate the remainder. Two Chicago Men Forced to Post- pone Visit to Toronto. A despatch from Niagara, Falls says: Because they could not pro- Montreal, Dec. 6.â€"~Hogs brought from $7.25 to $7.40 a cwt.; steers, 40 to 5%c; cows, 3%c to 40; bulls, 81-30 to 3%0; sheep, 4%0; lambs, $6 to $6.10, and calves, $4 to $9. Toronto, Dec. 6.-â€"â€"Some bulls were bought at $5 per cwt. ; butcher cattle, best heifers about $5.85 a cwt. ; general run, $5 to $5.50; com- mon, $4.50 to $4.90; medium cows to good cows, all the way from $3.- 50 to $5; bulls, 3.50 to $4.80. Shortâ€" keep feeders $5.15 to $5.25; good feeders at $4.70 to $4.90, and stockers at $4 to $4.65. Milch cows and springers $65 up. Sheep ewes were quoted at $4.50 to $4.60, and rams at $3 to $3.50. Hogs se- lected, fed and watered at the mar- ket, were $6.85 a. cwt., the most representative value, and $6.50 f.o.b. at country points. A despatch from Berlin says: Telegraphic inquiries are reaching Berlin from organs rgpresenting the American beer and liquor trade as to what effect the Emperor’s lately-undertaken temperance cru- sade is having in Germa-riy. Statistics published on Thursday indicate that the crusade is hav- ing a, substantial effect. In the navy, to which the Kaiser’s most recent temperance speech was ad- dressed, the ccnsumption of alcoâ€" hol among the offiuers and men de- A despatch from Ottawa says: The report of the penitentiaries branch of the department of justice, tabled in the commons on Thurs- day by Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, gives the average daily population of the Canadian penitentiaries dur- ing the last fiscal year as-1824‘;~»as compared with 1625 in the previ- ous year, and 1407 a. decade ago. Tables are submitted to show that of the 1859 convicts who constitute the penitentiaries population of the Dominion, 1392 were born in Can- ada, Great Britain, or other Britâ€" ish countries. While the number of foreign- born convicts generally has inâ€" creased from 14 per cent. in 1900, to 25 per cent. in 1910, those born in the United States have increased less than 2 per cent., and still con- stitute less than 10 per cent. of the penitentiaries’ population. KAISER’S DRINK URUISADE Canada heads the list with 1071, the other countries ranking as fol- lows: England 208, Ireland 50, Scot- land 39, other countries 24. Of the foreign-born inmates of the peni- tentiaries, 184 were born in the United States, 98 in Italy, 36 in Austria, 36 in Russia, 32 in Ger- many, 23 in' France, 13 in China. and 45 in other countries. Minneapolis, Dec. 6.~Wheat â€" No. 1 hard, cash, $1.05%; No. 1 Northern, cash, 831.03%; December, 851.01%; May. $1.05%. RECORDS BROKEN AT THE 800 56%c; No. 3 corn, 56c; No. 4 corn, 55c, all on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white,.36%c; ’No. 3 white, 360; No. 4 white, 350. Bar- leyâ€"Malting, 81 to ,860. FOREIGN-BURN 'UUNVIUTS Striking Reduction in Consumption of Alcohol in the German Navy Twenty-five Per Cent. Constitute the Penitentiaries’ Population STOPPED AT THE FALLS. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. The report of the parole officers show that 286 paroles and 17 par- dons were granted during the year, as compared with 244 pai‘oles and 14 pardons granted in the previ- ous_year.' It is observed by the parole oflicer that the result of the parole system continues to be sat: isfactory. The creeds of the penitentiaries' inmates are given as follows: Ro- man Catholic 931, Church of Eng- land 344,‘ Methodist 199, Presbyter- ian 183, Baptist 72, Lutheran 51, other denominations 21, Buddhist 17, Hebrew 17, Unitarian 2, no creed 22. duce $50 each, Frank Hoffman and Andrew K. Tine of Chicago were on Thursday forced to abandon their visit to Toronto friends, after coming all the way from Chicago. The men Were refused admission into Canada by the immigration authorities. They stated they were going to Toronto to spend two weeks with friends. Prince Edward County Man Perish- ed When Barn Took Fire. A despatch from Picton says: A wealthy farmer, Phillip C. Dul- mage, a bachelor, of Cherry Valley, five miles from here, was burned to death in his barn early on Thurs~ day morning, along with a, num- ber of'cattle, horses and the seaâ€" son’s crop. Deceased was about 60 years of age. Death of Wife of Professor at Ag- ricultural College. A despatch from Guelph says: Mrs. Harcourt, wife of Prof. R. Harcourt, one of the most popular ofiicials of the Ontario Agricultural College, died suddenly on Sunday morning shortly after 9 o’clock, fol- lowing quickly the taking of a dose of oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts. Mrs. Harcourt had been sick for some time, but was getting better. ' Twm'h' one caui'duh ; )asscd . l the ('S =17". nat1on fur (:ntranm'. to the Royal College at Hahfax. The Emperor’s bosom friend, Prince Max Ezon Zu Furstenberg, however, continues to sell beer pro- duced at his brewery in the Black Forest under EL label bearing: the legen-d,"‘t,x: table bevernbr a” the Kaiser.” In this connection the opinion is expressed that the time has arrivâ€" ed when the oversight by the Do- minion parole officer should be re- stricted to those released from fed- eral institutions. Some of the western provinces have already ap- pointed parole oflicers to look after the interests of prisoners released from provincial jails and reforma- tories, and the view is taken that it would be but right for the east- ern provinces to undertake the supervision of its prisoners. W'i‘hergross expeflditure on peni« tentiaries for, the year was $536,325 and the net revenue was $45,686. Supposed Loss of Fifteen Fisher- men Off Charleston. A despatch £10m Charleston, South Carolina, says: Fifteen fish‘ ermen are supposed to have been drowned off Charleston, their smacks having been missing for several days. A report says a smack was sighted floating bottom upward on Wednesday. The Lord Mayor of London enter- tained United States sailors to lunch in the Guildhall on Saw“ “I creased, réspectively, in 1906,: 1907, 1908 and 1909 by 8, 12, 19 and 30 per cent. The decrease in the army is not believed to have been so marked, but the Kaiser is doing his best to popularize the use of tea and milk, instead of beer, among; the troops. _ TOOK POISON FOR ‘MEDICINE, FARMER BURNED TO DEATH. FISHING FLEET DISASTER.