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IA despatch from London says: It is learned on good authority that the Asquith Government, feeling that the result of the recent gener- al deetion justifies them in the be- lie! that they have received a man- hte from the people to carry out far-reaching measures of reform, have decided to introduce the fol~ loving programme: I. Veto Bill. 2. Local government for Ireland, and possibly home rule all around. 8. Electoral reform, including (a) Redistribution accordingto population. The basis will be about 19,000 voters for one member. (b) One man one vote. AME-REACHING PROGRAMME The Commission declares that it has had investigations made by competent men and finds that thir- f-‘y per cent. of all forest fires have been started by locomotives, and that they have caused enormous loss. The legislation will hold railâ€" A despatch from Ottawa. says: It is intended that the cruiser Rainbow of the Canadian navy will be sent from Victoria to the mouth of the Mackenzie River to meet Earl Grey in the trip which he has planned for next summer to the Arctic. The time of starting will likely be in June, and will be made tram Edmonton, but whether the Peace River route or another will be followed to the Mackenzie River in not yet detsrmined. The gover- nor-general will be escorted by a. detachment of the Northwest A despatch from. Montreal‘ says: “no Allan steamship company will Mid two new large steamers to its Canadian service in 1912. The company has had tenders before it for some time past for the con- struction of the boats, and news was cabled to the city on Wednes- lily from London stating that “the 111m] Line had just entered into an arrangement with a, large shipbuild- ing company fonthe construction of two new monster steamers of the speediest type." 'A despatch from Ottawa says: The Conservation Commission has issued a statement in regard to the starting of forest fires by locomo- tives, and the proposed legislation tn the question. iThe confiact provides that the uhips shall be of the highest class The British Government Will Introduce Many Reforms; A despatch from London says: The Dafly Chronicle states that one of the theories that is being consid- ered by the police regarding the discovery of a. bomb factory in the East End on Tuesday is that it is connected with a plot intended to develop at the time of King George’s coronation. BAILWAYS RESPONSIBLE Grniscr Rainbow to Meet Him at Mouth of Mackenzie River. The Police Suspect a Plot Against King George at the Coronation. Tha poiicc attach the greatest imguu'eancc to their latest discov- Locomotives Start Thirty Per Cent. of the Forest Fires. NEW BOATS FUR ALLAN LINE ASSASSIN GANG IN LBNDGN TWO Monster Steamers of the Speediest Type Ordered EARL GREY’S TRIP. (c) Elections on one and the same day. (Elections now last three weeks.) r; (d) Paym'ent of membersâ€"£300 a. year; ways responsible for damage caused by fires started by locomotives un- less it can be shown that all rea- sonable precautions have been taken to prevent such fires. Mr. Geo. Hannah, to whom the matter was referred for further in- formation, statcd that negotiations had been going on in England, but he could not give any of the de- tails of the transaction. He thought it extremely likely, how- ever, that the cable was correct. V (e) Réduction of the legal penses of elections. (g) Three months’ residence to qualify for a vote. (It now takes about 18 months.) 4. State insurance again“ (a) Unemployment. (b) Sickness. (c) Invalidity. 5. Disestablishment of the Church Australian Boys Come Forward to Ofl‘er Their Services. A despatch from Melbourne says: The registration of youths between the ages of fourteen and seventeen for military service is in active progress. Judging from the reâ€" sponse to this call to duty, the sérvice will be popular. (f) Stringent regulations as to voters. of England in Wales. The precautions will include the best possible spam-arresting de- vices, émcient fire-fighting staffs to check fires which have been started, and the companies will have to show that there has been no negli- gence on the part of their em- ployees in allowing fires to start or spread. Mounted Police, and it is stated that the trip from Edmonton to the mouth of the Mackenzie can be cov- ered in the space of three weeks. The sea triphy the Rainbow would be four thousand miles, and would be the farthest north that a. war- ship has ever gone. in every detail and their propor- tions will be as great as safe navi- gation of the St. Lawrence will permit. They will have a. length of about 600 feet, a. breadth of 70 feet, with 20,000 tone displacement and will be capable of developing a speed of from twentyâ€"two to twenâ€" tyâ€"three knots an hour. cries in connection with the Houndsditch crime, in which three policemen were killed. They claim to have found documents proving that the assassins belong to I. des« perate, highly organized internaâ€" tional gang. Among the documents found are said to be letters revealing a. non- sational plot, and containing I, great; muss of other Anarchists in Landau and in continental capitals. HER CITIZEN ARMY.. y Butterâ€"Bait prints, 22 to 240; choice dairy so ids, 21 to 22c; inferâ€" ‘ior, 18 to 190; choice large rolls, 21 ‘to 22c. Creamery 27 to 28c per 11b. for rolls, 250 for solids, and ‘24 to 25c for separator prints. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan 3.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat; 90 per cent. patents, $3.60 te $3.65 seaboard. Manitoba, flour â€"First patents, $5.40; second pat- ents, $4.90, and strong bakers', $4.70, on track, Toronto. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 34 to 341/;c, on track, Toronto, and 320 outside; No. 2 W. C. oats, 380, Bay ports, ancho. 3 at 361/2c, Bay ports. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10% to He per 1b. No. 1 comb, whole~ 39.13, 82 to $2.25 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $1.85 per dozen. bag. . Poultry-Wholesale pricgs of dressed poultry :-â€"Chickeris, 12 to 13c per 1b.; fowl, 9 to 100 per 1b.; ducks, 13 to 140 per 1b.; turkeys, 19 to 210 per 1b., and geese, 13 to 140 per lb. Live, 1 to Be less. Eggsâ€"Case lots of pickle/d, 27c; cold storage, 27 to 280; selected. 30 to 310, and strictly ucw~laid, 38 to 40c per dozen. Hamsâ€"Light, to medium, 160; (10., heavy, 150; rolls, 12%0; shoul- ders, 11%0; breakfast bacon, 180; backs (pea. meal), 181/20 Hontreal, Jan 3.â€"Oatsâ€"No. 2 Canadian Western, 39 to 393/20; ex- tra. No. 1 feed, 38%0; No. 3 Cana- dian Western, 38%c; No. 2 local white, 37%0; N0. 3 local white, 36%0; No. 4 local white, 35%0. Bar- leyâ€"Manitoba. No. 4, 48 to 46%0. Flourâ€"Manitoba, Spring when pat- ents, firsts, 85.60; do, seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat laments, $4.- 75 to 85; Manitoba strong bakers’, $4.90; straight rollers, 84.35 to $4.50; (10., in bags, $2 to $2.05; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. Feedâ€"~On- tavrio brain, $19 to $20; Ontario middlings, $22 to $22.50; Manitoba shorts, $21 to $22; Manitoba, bran, $18 to $20; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€"Westerns, 11% to 120 and castcrns 11% to 11%0. But- terâ€"Choicest, 251/2 to 25%0, and seconds, 24 to 24%0. Eggs~Strict~ 1y newâ€"laid, 550 per dozen; select- ed stock, 320; No.1 stock at. 27c, and No. 2 at 23 to 240. THE WORLD'S MARKETS ‘ Mahi‘ooba Wheatâ€"~Allâ€"rail rates as follows :â€"No. 1 Northern, 98%0, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, 960, Bay ports, and No. 3 at 93%0, Bay ports. Branâ€"Manitobas at $19, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $21 in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $19, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts, $22. V Bearfsâ€"â€"Car lots, ($1.60 to $1.70, and small lots, 81.80 to $1.85. . Ontario Wheatâ€"85 to 860, outside for No. 2 white and rod Winter. Baileyâ€"56 t6 58c outside, and feed 48 to 500 outside. Cornâ€"~New No.3, Amverâ€"ican, 51% to 520, prompt shipment, Toronto heights. 7 W Bacon~Long clear, 12‘4 to 13c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, 324; short cut, $26. Peasâ€"No. 2 shipping, 78c out- side. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 60 to 610 outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 at 46 to 48c outside. Applesâ€"Spys, $4.50 to $6; Bald- wins, 34 to $5; Grecnings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $3.75 per barrel. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1, $12.50 to $13 on track, and No. 2 at $10 to $11. Baled Strawâ€"$6.50 to $6.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 70 to 750 per Buffalo, Jan. 3.â€"thatâ€"S,ngipg, No. 1 Nerthern, cu‘louds, store, 81.13 to $1.131-8;, Winter N0. 2 white, 93c. Cdrnâ€"Vo. 3 yellow, «Kc; N0. 4 yellow, 470, on track, flureugh billed. OltfiflN-O. 2 white, 35%c; No. 3 white, 35%:3; No. 4 white, 343-;0. -Barlcy~â€"~Multing, 87 to 900. CHeesewLargo at 12%0, and twins 12%c. LI-rdLLTierces,’ 12%01 tubs, 1581c; psils, 130. REPORTS F30)! THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain. Cheese and Other Eairy Product at Home and Abroad. Minneapolis, Jun 3.w-Wheu~â€"No. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. THE DAIRY fiARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. 7%c per lb. Toronto, Jan. 3.â€"â€"â€"A few loads of the better stuff brought prices that were a. good average in comparison with the normal prices previous to the untoâ€"Christmas muket. The light and rougher cattle were very much cmsicr. Sheep and limbs were slightly off, but hogs remain- ed unchanged at 86.75 f.o.b. and $7 fad and Viberodf Inhabitants of Greek Villages Flee in Terror Fiom Homes. A despatch from Athens says: The earthquakes in the Elia district have been continuous for five days. The Villages of Lmhaena, 36 miles from Patras, and Andravidav, about 33 miles from Patras, have been destroyed. The inhabitants of these villsges, who number about 2450 and 1800 respectively, have fled to Pyrgos. Their distress has been imreased by heavy rains. The full extent of the damage is not known. 'A despateh from London says: Scotland is to have the honor of making the carpets which will cover the floor of Westminster Abbey for the coronation next June, and the looms of a. great carpet factory at Glas ow Will‘ shortly be busily enâ€" gag upon the important task. The floor-covering has from earli- est times been a, specific feature in the preparations for the stately ceremony, and in the fiber Reâ€" galis prepared for Richard 11., a copy of which is in the safekeeping of the Deans of Westminster, there is a. definite order as to the “Ray cloth or Burrell" to be placed un- ‘der the “King’s feet as he goeth." A despat-ch from Washington says: As a iesult of conferences between Jufie Martin A. Knapp, Chairman of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and the Hon. J. P. Mabee, chief of the Railway Commission of Canada, an agreeâ€" ment has been reached to recom- mend to the Governments of the United States and Canada the crea- tion of an International Railroad Commission, which shall have su- pervision over the railway rates be- tween the two countries. Mr. Mabee arrived in Washing- ton from Ottawa on Tuesday night to discuss the details of an agree- ment he had reached with Judge Knapp last August, and on Wed- nesday the two otficials who were designated by their respective Gov- ernments to consider the subject and make a report upon it were in conference. No details of the report are yet available, beyond the fact that it; ’recommends the establishment of the International Commission, up- on which shall be conferred cer- tain definod regulatory powers. Whether the Commission is to be created by treaty between‘the two Governments or by joint legislaâ€" tion cannot be announced at this time. 1 hard, cash, $1.02 7â€"8 ; No.3 North- ern, cash, $1.013â€"8; December, $1.â€" 007â€"8; May, 81.03%; July, $1.04x. Flourâ€"First patents, $4.75 to $5.- 25; second patents, $4.75 to $5.15; first clears, $3.15 to $3.55; second clears, $2.15 to $2.75. Montreal, Jan. 3.â€"â€"Prime hooves sold at 5% to 60 per 1b.; prqtty good animals, 4% to 5%c and the common stock, 3 to 4%o per 1b.; milch cows sold at $35 to $65 each; springers, $25 to $50 each, Calves sold at from 4 to 70 per lb. Sheep. 4720 per 1b.; lambs, GZc per lb. Good lots of hogs sold at; about 7%c per lb. At the later corqnations the car» pet has been of a rich and beauti- ful character, with ms lustrous a. surface as possible, and {mm the quantities needed in the more re- cent times it is one of”thc first reâ€" quirements to be set in hand. The For a. considerable period it has been realized that the increasing Looms at Glasgow Will Soon he Busy on ' the Task. CARPET FOB, NEONAle Railway Commission to' Have Authority in Both Countries CANADA AND UNITED STATES SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. l The reasonableness of the inter- national rates, which ordinarily are la. combination of the rates local bu leach country, can be determined lonly by a. circuitous proceeding in- lstituted before the commissions ol both countries. No power at pre- sent exists that can require car- tiers engaged in international 'transportation to establish what ‘may be regarded officially as new lsonable through joint rates, and to lapportion those rates among the participating carriers in the event 1015 not reaching an agreement among themselves. new carpet» will follow very close- ly upon the lines of that ordered for King Edward’é crowning. Then as now, the color was a singulmu 1y .soft, rich blue. The design was symbolical and embodied the badge and motto of tho Olflel' of the Garter and the Tudor rosc.‘ with the thistle, shamrock and 1m tus connected with festoons of bay leaves and ribbons. These were ef- fectively shown in a rather lighter shade of color, and the whola form- ed an admirable background to the magnificence of the state, robes, the ecclesiastical vestments, the crim- son of the peercsses’ dresses, and the military and diplomxtic .uni- forms. - ‘ r It. is not yet known 'HBW,‘m1ich carpeting will be require/41.15 thit will depend upcm the}. sent:ng ar- rangement“. which have mathbex‘: waisted. Fen: the. hust- cm‘qnatiu: 725 Squaré yards-were made. The acquisition by American railroads of Canadian terminals and by Canadian railroads of Am. eri‘can terminals and lines present increasing difficulties. In the ex- isting circumstances it is not pos- sible to compel either railways or express companies to establish joint through routes and rates to and from points in the two coun- tries. In other words, neither an American nor a Canadian carrier may be rekuirod to furnish to a shipper a through bill of lading to any point in one country from any point in the other. Danish Resident of Montreal Had Been Given Up as Dead. A despatch from Montreal sayss Sophus Hansen, a Danish resident of Montreal, disappeared from this city mysteriously in November, 1904, leaVing a. wife and daughter, who had long since given him up for dead. At the time of the visit of the western farmers' delegation to Ottawa, recently a. group picture of its members was published in a MontreaJ paper, and the wife and daughter of Hansen claim that they recognized his picture among the party, and now they are making enquiries to nscertain where the man is living in the west. Hansen went out with an old country friend one evening, tnd never came back, and this man told confused stories of that became of his companion. Father and Step-mother Locked Up For ltltreuing Child. A despatch from Montreal says! Locking her stepâ€"son in a wood~ shed, whipping him when he cried from the cold, and only bringing him into the house to be fed, then sending him back into the wood- shed againâ€"those are details of the charge of “cruelty” made on Wed- nesday against Mrs. Philems St. Jean 0! Chsbot street. “Horriblel horrible.” exclaimed Judge Lana tot. “This is simply barbarous." Hi: Honor promptly ordered both father and stopâ€"moth” to be locked up, without the option of bail, pending preliminary investigation traflic, both passenger and freight between the Unwed States aml Canada. was likely to render con- trol over rates in the future diffi- cult, unless some international ac. tion were taken. into the cue. CRUELTY T0 STEP-SON. TRACle BY A PHOTO.