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~- 'A despatch from “Quebec says: Hon. Clifford Sifton delivered an excellent address at the recent ses- lion of the Forestrj' Assob'iatibh. He chose for this subject the ques- :ion of “Forestry Problems and ?orest Fires.” At the outset he minted out the early Vdifiiculties vhich beset the pioneers in forestry vork. Despite the indifference on he pa‘rt of the public, Mr. Sifto‘n cdntended that no movement in modern times had made such gen- uine progress as the conservation of our forests. He told 01 the early struggles he had to obtain a. vote of $15,000 for the establishment of I. forestry school in connection with the Department of the Interior. 'Since the establishment of that whool no less than 15,000,000 trees had been planted in the western provinces. Questions Discussedeat ' the Forestry Asso- ciatiOn Meeting in QUebec. Results of the Year’s Seed Grain Competitions. A despatch from Ottawa. says: The feature of Thursday at the On- tario Live Stock Show was the an- nouncement of results in the year’s seed grain competitions. The prize winners were: Oats, Wm. Lewis, Dunford, Siberian; Thos. Cash, Bobcaygeon, Yellow Russian; Peter Drummoud, Keene, Irish White; S. W. Rilance, Beaverton; D. Coon, Frunkford; H. W. Bernard, Billi- ioro; M. S. Campbell, Dominion- Hrs. Percy 0. Brooks and Her Three Children, of Toronto. V A despatch from Toronto says: A fire that partially destroyed the frame house, 425 Indian Road, at In early hour on Saturday morning was responsible for four deaths in the family of Mr. Brooks. The fire upparently started near the furâ€" nace and worked its way into the upper part of the house, cutting 05 all escape for the family. The maid jumped from a. rear window and escaped. Mr. Brooks, Mana- ger and Treasurer of the Fairbanks- Morris Manufacturing Com any, is in Chicago on business. 0 was telegraphed to by neighbors imme- diately on the tragedy becoming known. FIRES CAUSED BY BAILWAYS Traiumen Hurt in Escaping From Burning Caboose. A despatch from Portage La Prairie, Man., says: Conductor Howe and Brakesman John Alex- ander and Frank Moore, of the C. P. R., are in the hospital here, though not seriously hurt. The cause of Fthe trouble was the ex- plosion of a lamp, which set fire to a. car, when the train was five miles west of this city. They were un- uble to open the door, but broke the window and leaped out into the wow In connection with forest fires, Mr. Siibon showed that the rail- roads were the chief offenders. From careful investigation it was found that out of 171 fires in Que- bec last year the railroads caused '5. In Ontario the railroads start- ed 404 out of 432 fires, which took place in the Province. In the west the proportion was smaller, but even there it was shown that they were the chief offenders, causing 186 out of 1,226 fires. “We want A despatch from Montreal says: Mountain sectic ?t was stated on Wednesday even- "W11th stated '3: ng by Vice-President William 3“ a' r°°k baua Nhyte of the 0‘ P. R. that the made out Of the I . ' large crushers. .mmpany W111 build 500 miles of the western p rack in the west during the coming the strengtheni yummer, including the completion bridges to kee the double-tracking of the line creasing weight é‘etween Winnipeg and Brandon. anumber of ne n addition to this there will be a. rest of the cons 00d deal of doubleâ€"tracking around includes a nun {loose Jaw, which is becoming an from twenty to tnportant shipping centre. In or- connect newly-s 181‘ to make the road through the the main lines. 500 MILES OF NEW TRACK Canadian Pacific Railway Plans Many New Lines in the West. 0NTARIO LIVE STOCK SHOW. FOUR BURNED TO‘DEATH. LEAFED FROM CABOOSE. 1D. them pen‘alized’ for the fires they cause, and if this is done it will tend to make campers and settlers more careful,” said Mr. Sifton. In conclusion he asked for the sup- port :of the convention in connec- tion with the efforts being made by the Conservation Commission to penalize the railroads for the fires they cause. Austrian Physician Claims Success With Tuberculin. A despatch from Vienna. says: After three years’ experimentation, Prof. Wagner von Jauregg, of the University of Vienna, claims to have cured 23 per cent. of cases of pro-i gressive paralysis out of 1,500 pati- ents by injections of Koch’s tuber- culin. The disease heretofore has been considered incurable. Subscriptions to Montreal me- ;norial to King Edward are pouring en a rock ballast, the ballast being made out of the mountains with two large crushers. In addition to this the western programme includes the strengthening of a number of bridges to keep up with the in- creasing weight of equipment, and a number of new steel bridges. The rest of the construction programme includes a number of Shul‘t lines, from twenty to forty miles long, to connect newly-settled districts with Mountain section more secure, Mr. 'Whyte s§a1§ed__that ét vyot_1_ld bt; giv- Mr. Hall, Secretary of the Soci- ety for the Protection of the Adi- rondacks, told of their fight to se- cure freedom from forest fires. They had found ,1 after careful inves- tigation, that the railroads were the chief ofienders, and had passed laws compelling them to burn oil in their locomotives while passing through the forests. This policy, together with the cleaning up of the right» of way and the establishment of watch towers, had made the Adi- rondacks practically free from fires. Many at Keeley Mine Had Money in Farmers Bank. A despatch from Cobalt says: The Keeley Mine is closed (1p as all the employes excepting two engin- eers and the cook refuse to return to work. Wages were cut 25 cents a day all round. Many of the min~ ers had their savings in the branch of the Farmers Bank situated at the mine. . Mr. R. D. Campbell, Dominion Superintendent of Forestry, gave an exhaustive report on the work carried on by his department. He pointed out the difliculty of proper- ly patrolling large areas of forest, of getting trained fire-rangers, and of the need of educative work among the settlers. He concluded that a fire patrol was needed along the lines of railroad, no matter what other means of protection were adopted. Government to Insust on Equipment of Passenger Steamers. A despatch from Ottawa says: It was stated on Friday at the Ma.â€" rine Department that a. bill ‘was in preparation which would be intro- duced by Mr. Brodeur in the House of Commons requiring all vessels on the Great Lakes and in the St. Lawrence carrying passengers as a. business to be equipped with wire- less telegraphy. ville; W. J. Barber, Dossmore; Geo. R. Bradley, Cursonby; An~ drew Knox, Norwood; spring wheat, W. J. Oats, Queen’s Line. Thos. McMillan of Seaforth spoke on “The Beef Cuttle Industry in Ontario,” and Prof. W. E. Day of Guelph on undertraining. ALL TO HAVE WIRELESS. MINERS L0 SE SAVINGS. C URE S PARALY SIS. Montreal, Jan. 24.â€"Oatsâ€"â€"-Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 40% to 41c, car lots ex store; extra No. 1 feed, 39% to 40¢; No. 3 C.W., 39 to 39%c; No. 2 local white, 38% to 381/20; No. 3 local white, 37% to 37%0; No. 4 local white, 36% to 36%c. Flourâ€"Manitoba. Spring patents, firsts, $5.60; (10., seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $4.- 75 to $5; strong bakers’, $4.90; straight rollers, $4.35 to $4.50; (10., in bags, $2 to $2.10. Rolled oats~ Per bbl., $4.45; bag of 90 lbs., $2.- 10. Barleyâ€"Feed, car lots ex store, 49 to 57%0. Millfeedâ€"Bran, Ontario, $19 to $20; Manitoba, $18 to $20; middlings, Ontario, $22 to $22.50; shorts, Manitoba, $21 to $22; mouillie, $25 to $30. Eggs-â€" Selected, 32c; fresh, 40 to 430; No. 1 stock, 270 ; No. 2, 23 to 25C. Cheese -â€"Westerns, 115â€"8 to 12%0'; east- erns, 11% to 115â€"8c. Butter â€" Choicest, 25% to 259/20; seconds, 23% to 25c. » Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 160; do., heavy, 150; rolls, 12%c; shou1~ ders, 11%c; breakfast bacon, 180; backs (peg. meal), 18%c. ‘ Buffalo, Jan.‘ 24,â€"Wheat ~â€" Spring, No. 1 Northern, carloads Butterâ€"Dairy prints, 22 to 240; choice dairy solids, 21 to 22c; in- ferior, 18 to 19c; choice large rolls, 21 to 220. Creamery, 27 to 28c per lb. for rolls, 250 for solids, and 24 to 25c lo: separator prints. Eggsâ€"Case lots of pickled bring 26c; cold storage, 270; selected, 28 to 30c, and strictly newâ€"laid, 327m 350 per dozep. Larleierces, ' '13c _ tubs, 13%c ; pails, 13%0. - BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 24.-â€"Flourâ€"â€"Win- ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.80 at seaboard. Manitoba flours -â€"First patents, $5.40; second patâ€" ents, $4.90, and strong bakers’, $4.70, ‘on track, Torgnto. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of dressed poultry :â€"~Chiekens, 12 to 12%0 per 1b.; fowl; 9 to 10c per 1b. ; ducks, 13 to 140 per 1b.; _turkeys 17 to 190 per 113., and geese, 12 to 12%0 per lb. Live, 1 to 2c less. "(EhregselLiige are quoted at 12%0, and twins at 12%c. Baconâ€"Long clear, 12 to 12%c per lb. in case lots; mesa pork, $24; short out, $26. Ontafia ’WheVaKâ€"SG to 870 outside for No. 2 red and white, respec- tively: Manitoba. Wheatâ€"No. 1 North- ern, $1.04, Buy ports; No. 2 North- ern, $1.01%, Buy ports, and No. 2 at. 98%c, Bay ports. Oatsâ€"No. 2 whine, 35% to 36%c, on trwck, Toronto, and at 340 out- side; No. 2 W.C'. oats, 390, Bay ports, and N04 3 at 37%0, Bay ports. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Ba'rleyâ€"Malting qualities, 56 to 58c outside, and feed, 48 to 500 out- side; Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10% to 110 per 11). No. 1 comb, whole- sale, 82 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. V Baled hayâ€"No. 1 at $12 to $12.- 60, on track, and No; 2 at $10 to $10.50. " ' Baled strawâ€"$6.50 to $7 on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots 75 to 60¢ per bag. RULINQ PRICES 0F ' FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FORM THE LEADING ‘ TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. . Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow 53c, prompt shipment, Toronto freights. Peasâ€"No. 2 shipping lots, 79 to 800 outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 61 to 620 outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. l at. 480 outside. Branâ€"Manitobas at $21, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $23, in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $21 to $21.50, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts $23. Applesâ€"Spys, $4.50 to $6; Baldâ€" wins, 84 to $5; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $4 per barrel. - Beansâ€"~01“ lots, $1.70 to $1.75, and small lots, $1.85 ’99 $1190. UNITED STATES MARKETS. THE DAIRY MARKETS. MONTREAL MARKETS . COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is learned from high authority that his Serene Highness the Duke of Teck, eldest brother of Queen Mary, may be the next Governor- General of Canada. Although no official advices have been received here by the Government yet that the Duke of Connaught will be un- able ‘to come to Canada this yesr as representative of the King, owâ€"' ing to the need of his presence in England until the Prince of Wales is old enough to assume the duties of his position, present indications are that his Royal Highness will be prevented from coming for that reaâ€" son. It is understood that the Im- perial Government is now suggest- Montreal, Jan. 24.â€"Choice steers sqld at 6%0 to 6%0, good at 5%c to Sc, fairly good at 5%0 to 5%0, fair at 4%0 to 5c, and the common grades at 3%0 to 4%0 per pound. A hundred milch cows met with a, ‘air demand, and prices ruled steady from $35 to $65 each for milkers, and at $25 to $55 each for spring- ers. Sheep brought from 4%0 .to 4%0, and lambs from 6c to 6%(2 per pound. The demand for calves was good, and sales were made at 4c to 70 per pound. Hogs unâ€" changed. Toronto, Jan. 24.-Hogs sold on the basis of $7.25 to $7.35 f.o.b. country, while sheep, lambs and all other commodities were steady and unchanged. 500; No. 4 yellow, 48%0, on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 36%0; No. 3 white, 36c; No. 4 white, 35%0. Barleyâ€"Mating, 970 to $1.- 02. Ryeâ€"No. 2, on track, 86:. ' Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 24. â€"-â€" Wheatâ€"~May, ' $1.07% to $1.07 7-8; July, 81.08%; No. 1 hard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $f.08%; No. 2 Northern, 81.04% to 31.06%; No. 3 wheat 31.02% to 351.05%. an $21.50 to $22. Flourâ€"First pat- ents, $4.95 to $5.35; second patâ€" ents, $4.85 to $5.25; first clears, $3.35 to $3.75; secOnd clears, $2.- 35 to $2.95. A despatch from Ottawa says: A telegram was received on Wedâ€" nesday by the Hon. Geo. P. Gra: ham, Minister of Railways and Ca~ nals, from.Charles M. Hays, P1e~ sident of the G.T.R. C,)mpany, making an offer from the G.1‘ R. to negotiate with the Government respecting the operation of Lue Hudâ€" son Bay Railway. While no terms were mentioned, it is surmised that the Grand Trunk Pacific would deâ€" sire a. lease similar to the one un- der which it will operate the east- ern section of the National Trans- Duke of Teak Suggested in Case Duke of Connaught Cannot Come. NEXT‘ GOVERNOR â€" GENERAL I A despatch from Montreal says- A consignment of canned eggs from China, valued at $75,000, has been seized by the city, and the Board of Control ordered on Thursday that not a. single can must be, sold in the city. The owners were all terwards given permission to re- move the eggs from the cold-stor- age warehouse, but if there is any delay in removal every can will be destroyed. From the information given to the board it was shown that the eggs were dangerous to public health. In the analysm, which was made by experts, some surprising facts were brought out. The experts in their report say: “The eggs in the cans were found to be frozen, and ere said to have come from China. The eggs, while in the frozen condition, had lunch store, $1.18%; Winter, No. 2 white, 95c asked. pornâ€"N9. 3 yellow, G.T.R. Willing to Negotiate With Govern-1 ment Regarding Operation of Line. CANNED CHINESE x EGGS SeVenty-Five Thousand Dollars" Worth Seized at Montreal. THE HUDSON BAYRAILWAY LIVE STOCK MARKETS. continental. A substantially simi- lar ofier. it is said, has already been received from the Canadian Northern, and it is hoped that bet- ter terms may be received from one of the other companies. The present proposition contemplates the construction of a line from the Grand Trunk Pacific from Saska- itoon to the Pas Mission. This pro- iposition follows on a, conference iheld here recently in which Presi- dent Hays, Mr. Wainwright and Chief Engineer Kelliher partici- ing in an informal way that the Duke of Teck would be a suitable choice as successor to Lord Grey, in case it is found that the Duke of Connaught cannot be spered. The matter has as yet not got beyond- the stage of tentative suggestion, but it is known that it is under con. sideration. ‘His Serene Highness is a. grandson of the first Duke of Cambridge, and the eldest son of the late Duke of Teck and of H.R.. H. Princess Mary Adelaide. He was born at Kensington Palace on August 13. 1868, and saw service in South Africa as transport oflicer of a composite cavalry regimens. H6 was temporary military attache 4! Vienna in 1904. ‘ ‘ 'patefl. A despatch from Ottawa. says: It is now regarded d3 a. settled feet that this year will “see a, start on the Georgian Bay Canal. A speci- a1 estimate of three million dollars, allowing for a. beginning, has been prepared, and it is expected that it will shortly be brought down. Confirmation of the report is indi- cated in the remarks of Hon. Ro- dolphe Lemieux at Montreal, and also in statements that have been made by some of the Ministers to members for constituencies parti- cularly interested in the work. Big Alberta Land Company Pro paring to Farm Its Holding. A despatch from Calgary says! A. Briggs, who in company with associates, I purchased twenty sec- tions, 13,000 acres of non-irrigabla land, within the irrigation block, south of Kininvie, last summer, an- nounces that he has now organized the Boston-Alberta. Development Company, and that they propose to put 4,000 acres in flax this spring, breaking the land with traction plows. It is the intention of his company to put the greater part of the entire area. in wheat, as soon as possible. 1y any noticeable odor, as would have been expected. A small par! of the eggs from samples were Lak- en and placed in a. warm tempera,- ture. Putrefaction of a. violent nu.- ture resulted in about 24 hours‘ showing the presence of large num. bers of bacteria. Such bacteria were probably introduced at the time of packing, the subsequen!‘ freezing checking their action," An experiment was conducted to determine the etfects of a small portion of the eggs, when inocu- lated into a. guinea pig. On De- cember 24, a sample of the mixture with sterilized water was injected subcutaneously into a. guinea pig, the pig died in les'S‘than two days. The oonsignees were ordered to re- move the stuff from the city, and some curiosity is exhibited as to who will finally get them. Appropriation of $3,000,000 to be Submitted. GEORGIAN BAY CANAL. 4.000 ACRES 0F FLAX.