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FREIGHT THROUGH CANALS Practically Almost Every Commodity Exczpt Soft - Coal Shows a Great Increase A despatch from Saulb Ste. Marie. Ont., says: More than ten million tons greater than the record of 1910. the best, previous season, was the volume of freight carried through the canals at the S00 this season. as shown in the statistical report jusp issued. While shipments of practically every commodity chept soft coal show an increase over the three preâ€" vious seasons. the movement of iron ore, 46.303.423 toms. was graater by more than 4.699.789 tons than in l9l’the season showing the great. est previous shipments. The movement of wheat. 174.086.~ 456 bushels. was 60,832.895 bushels greater than in 1909. while the total grain shipments show a gain of 12.- 505.095 bushels over the record of that year. )csperate Battle with Hungry Wolves. Peterborough Examiner says: .A young man named Rodier, em- ployed in one of the camps of the G. B. Lumber Co. at Luring, On- tario, left the camp about seven o'clock a few evenings ago to visit some traps he had set in the woods. He was gone only a few minutes when he was set upon by a pack of eight or ten wolves. Rodier was armed with a revolver, and the re- port of the weapon together with his cries for help attracted the atâ€" tcnfiion of another lumbermau, Honore Auger, who seized his rifle and hastened in the direction of the cries. He reached the scene just as Rodier dropped exhausted. Au- ger fired and killed one of the wolves. Thereupon the pack abanâ€" doned the fallen man and attacked the newcomer. Auger emptied the magazine of his rifle into the pack, killing three more. Then armed only with a pocket knife, he suc- ceeded, after a desperate struggle, in despatching the three that re- mained. Both men had to be carâ€" ried into the camp by companions who arrived on the scene a few moments later. Rodier escaped with but. a few scratches, while Auger, who had risked his life to save that of his companion, was severely wounded in the shoulder and thigh. Contract Awarded for Addition to Montreal Structure. Adespatch from Montreal says: The contract for an addition [,0 the Harbor Commissioners’ elevator No. 1, whereby 2.600‘000 bushels of grain may be handled instead of a million bushels as at present, was let on Friday to the John S. Met- calf Company for $600,000. Work on the additions will proceed as fast. as possible in order to be ready to cope with the grain rush of 1913. FISH HAS LIGHTS 0N SIDES Tcn_Rcsidcnts of Cincinnati Will Die as Result of Snmsh-up. A despatch from Cincinnati says: Plunging 39 feet, after a. wild dash down a grade on the central bridge connecting Cincinnati with the Western end of Newport, Ky.. Monâ€" mouth Street car number five, on Friday evening, crashed into the brick pavement of the street below, injuring ten persons so seriously that little hope is held out for their recovery. An Unusual Inhabitant of the Deep is the First Discovered in Canada A despatch from Ottawa. says: The Commissioners of Fisheries have just received interesting speci- mens of a, remarkable little fish ne- ver before found in Canada, al- though rare specimens have been caught in the United Sta-tes and Europe. It- is a, small silvery fish not unlike a. small herring, but has two rows of pearl omans along the side of the body. The fish were caught by fishermen on Grand Maâ€" nan. and they are scientifically velâ€" uable Mid interesting. The most wonderful feature is the fact that each of the pearl organs gives out a. brilliant. light, similar to a small Ait-hough the movement of hard TO BUILD BIG ELEVATOR. TROLLEY FALLS 39 FEET. FIGHT FOR LIFE. . Luv .. Passenger trafiic shows a consid- erable falling off. the number car- ried through the canals, 66,877. having been 56 fewer than in 1910. and showing a loss of 13.074, or 16 per cent.. compared with 1911. For this. the unseasonable cold weather ea,er in the year is held chiefly re- ‘spons5ble. coal was delaved in starting by mine difficulties early in the season, the shipments. 2.141485 tons, were 82.276 tons greater than the previ- ous high record of 1911. The move» ment of soft coal. amounting to 12.- 789.109 tons. was 483.558 tons below 1911. due chiefly to delay in getting the product from the mines to the banding docks owing to car shortr age. A,“- - .n ‘mIIumber shipments were 607,542,- 000 feet, a gain of 64,441,000 feet over the high regard _of 1910. - 1 Total for Present Year Will Amount to a Billion Dollars. A despatch from Ottawa says: That the year 1912 has been one of unexpected prosperity is shown by figures of Canadian trade for that period. The aggregate will he a. billion dollars worth, which cre- ates a record. In January the toâ€" tal was $63,680,443. February saw an increase of one million, while by March it had jumped by 3323.000 000. The increase throughout the Sum- mer was steady, and October reached the total of $101,277,403. November figures now being com- piled will go three million ahead of this. The grand total to Novem~ her first was $821,723,347. and. as stated. the total of the calendar year will be a billion. One May Die as Result of Unex- plained Blaze in Vancouver. A despatch from Vancouver says: Four men. one of whom may die from injuries received. had narrow escapes from cremation in a fire which broke out in an unaccount- able manner in a house up 66:} Powell Street at 3 o’clock on Friday morning. The men are: M. McIn- nis, Neil McLeod, John McLeod and Malcolm Macdonald. In addition to being most severely burned Mc- Innis had a compound fracture of the thigh and several ribs broken as a result of jumping from a. winâ€" dow. He may die. TAM PER WITII' SIG NAL WIRES. Sufl'ragrttos Now Accused of En- dangering Public Safety. A despatch from London says: The Daily Chronicle accuses the suffragettes of endangering the pubâ€" lic safety by tampering with the sig- nal wires of the. Great Northorn Railway near London. The wires, the paper says. were found tied to- gether and a letter was attached which demanded votes for women. Half-mile Strip of Land on Each Side of Line to be Set Apart. A despatch from Ottawa, says: An order-in-Counci} has been passed setting aside for the pur- poses of the Hudson Bay Railway a half-mile strip of land on each side of the line from Le Pas to Port: Nelson. electric lamp. The fish is called the “pearl sides.” and belongs to a. group of very rare fish that are luminous. Very little is known about the history of these small fish, but scientific authorities are of the opinion that they inhabit the deep- est waters of the ocean and that the light they give out enables them to procure their food. and may also protect them by frightening away their enemies. Prof. Prince is handing these specimens over to the biological body of which he is chair- man. but is preparing a technical rfiport for the Royal Society of Canâ€" \a al FOR HUDSON BAY RAILWAY. FOUR INJURED IN FIRE. CANADIA N TRAD E. THE NEWS IN A PARAGRA} l'“ "r “ A fourteenâ€"year-old boy, John I Galbraith, was accidentally =drowned in a well at his home at; Camden East while drawing water. Beriin is to have a. new Federal building to cost $200,000. Quebec Board of Trade favors commission government for the city. Premier McBride of British ()0â€" lumbia has accepted a life viceâ€"preâ€" sidency in the British Navy Leaguo. ILH’PENIVGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSIIFLL. The Donaldson expedition which had been lost; track of in the James Bay country, has been reported safe. Canada. the Emplrr and flu- Worlc In General Bolero You: liven. Canada. BerIin is to have a. new Federal building to cost $200,000. Serious complamt against the treatment of miners at, Porcupine was iaid before the Attorney-Gen- oral. | Jos. Schneider of Montreal, has Ebeen awarded by Judge Chfirbon- 'neau, $799.68 from the Royal Guar- dians, an insurance company, Ewhich, after he joined, pass-ed an Eamendment, excluding liquor deal- lers from membership. The sum {represents the sum he-paid in. A plan to teach farming by mail is about, to be tried by the Manitoba Government, and the C. P. R. is to establish demonstration farm work. Major W. Dunsmore of Bury, r‘ue., will go to Scotland as special immigration agent for the Eastern Townships. - 1 Harry Weese, brakeman on the Centrai Ontario Railway, was killed at; Trenton while engaged in mak- ing up a train. .. . v! Wm. Todd, formerly of Hamilton, has been arrested in Seattle, Wash- iugtqn, charged with theft of $2,- 300 from his employers. He is al- leged to have deserted his family for another woman. The new Montreal harbor com- missioners are W. G. Ross, chair- man, Fax-quhar Robertson and Lt.~ Col. A. Labelle. All are prominent business men. Three young children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Curran of Edwards Station, Carleton county, were burned in a fire that consumed their home, while the parents were hatr~ messing up to drive‘to the grand- parents’ for Christmas dinner. Official returns show a. tremendâ€" ous increase in Britain’s trade. London tradesmen say the holi- day trade has eclipsed all rgcords. Elliott Smith, professor of ana- tomy in Manchester University, says that the Pharaoh of the Exo- dus was corpulent. and almost bald. 'f'he Turks and Balkan allies ex- hibit no signs of yielding in regard to peace conditions. Col. Goetha-ls. now in charge of the Panama canal zone. has been offered the Governorship. It means a reduction in salary of $5,000. VWm. Loeb, jr., collector of cus- toms of New York, will join the (3mggenhei;nsL U. S. Steel Corporation wiil increase the wages of unskilled lab" OI‘GI‘S. A three million dollar drydock will be built, at South Boston. Congress will probably meet March 15 to begin work on tarltf revision. Guy de Villepwn, a former tea- cher at a San Francisco academy, has returned from the west coast of South America, and told a tale of having been fattened for a. feast by cannibaXs while attempting to cross from Ciudad to Buenos Ayres. He escaped after many adventures. An unknown woman of Los Ange- les, Cal., with a. revolver forced a number of, drunken Austrians to cease trampling 11) American flag. ‘ The Paris {yolice will arrest. ve- hicle drivers who splash mud, Greece has contracted for a, sun peijrgadqoughp_. The French Premier. M. Poincare, decided to contest the Presidency. A vigorous campaign is in pro- gress for the French Presidency. â€" Servia and Montenegro are grow- ing restive, fearing the designs of Austria in the Balkans. China has declined to negotiate a, new treaty with Britain concerning Tibet. Six Italian anarchists are under arrest, charged with plotting an at- tack on the King. The Chinese Government has is- Great Britain. United States; General. sued a manifesto towards suppréss- ing the opjllm in_dust_ry. Chas. Borseul, who discovered the principle of telephoning. which Graham Bell perfected, died poor and unknown in Paris, aged 83. The German penal code is to be revised. Every sixth man and every 25th woman in Germany has been punished for Violating it. in some way. Thevpresent demands of the Bal- kan league are scouted by the Young Turks as being arrogant and impossible, The newspapers take the same view. “The Man of Fifty” was the sub- ject of a. Chrlstmas symposium in the Berlin Tageblatt, and medical experts, business men and artists agree that a man of fifty is no older than a man of forty, and in numer- ous instances decidedly more use- ful. Premier Malpartida, of Peru. re- signed after a vote of censure by the Senate, and Gen. Varcla 'suc- ceeds him‘ CUUN'I'ESS 0!" ABLNULI‘JN. Lady Aberdeen, consort of the former Governor-General, who with Miss Violet Asquith is visiting on this side of the Atlantic. Plant to Cost $5.000.000 to Be Erected at Newcastle, ‘N.S.W. A despatch from Washington says: A formidable rival to the so- called steel trust is to be created in New South Wales. where a steel- making plant is to be built at a cost of $5,000,000. The- information is conveyed in a report just received by this Government from American Consul-General John F. Bray at Sydney, who says that $50 000 al- ready has been spent in preliminary work. The mills are to be erected near Newcastle, and they will be extended as the needs of Australim grow. “The amount of money 9) be expended will be unlimited.” Mr. Bray declares in his report, “because the company will be spending money all the time.” The Broken Hill Proprietary Company is said to be behind the project, which eventually is expected to con- l:rol absolutely the American man et'. Rulers of Many Nations Asked f0 Hygiene Congress at Buffalo. A despatch from Buffalo say}: One hundred and twentyâ€" five thou: INVITATION FROM CHILDREN. sand school children of Buffalo and vicinity are to sign a mammoth in.â€" vitation to be sent to the heads of nearly half a hundred countries all over the globe. requesting them for the sake of their little cousins in those lands to send as many dezveâ€" gates as possible to the fourth ln- ternatfonal Congress of School Ey- giene, which meets here next Aug- ust. Among 7chose to which the in- vitation will be sent are England. France, Germany, Russia, Italv. Spain. Finland. Roumania. Servie. Greece. Portugal. Holland, Swe- den. Denmark. China. Japan, Cor- ea, India. Canada. Brazil, Argen- tina, Chile and Ecuador. A general massacre of crows has been declared at Kensington. near Ashford. Kent; where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease has oc- curred. RIVAL T0 STEEL COMPANY. Toronto, Dac, 51.â€"~I~‘lour-â€"O}xtario Vhefl' flour, Domenic lots, $4 to 354.13 at film“ Manitobas. burst patents, m Jule buss! 35.1.50; second patents. in juze base. $4M» strong bankers} in jpbe pugs. Manitoba wheatâ€"ho. m 931â€"20. Bay ports: Do. 3. 90c. Bay ports. 610, Bay pqua. PRIBES 0F FARM PRUUUW mum; Unnula, u. Juw w...” v, ..... Manitoba wheatwho. 1 northern qnoted' m 951-Zc. Bay ports: No. 2. 921-20: and Do. 3. 90c. Bay ports. feed wheat. 65 610, Bay ports. Omano wheatâ€"No. 2 new white and red wheat, 90 to 91c, outside. and sprouted, 75 w ow. Oats-~Ontario cats. 55 w bol-Zc. outside, and 351-2 to 56¢. on track, ’l‘oromo. Wee- Lern Canada oats. 411% for No. 2. and It 4w for No. 3, bay porbfl Peus~No. 2 at $1.20 to $1.25. Barlewaoz-tyenghmb. barley of good quality._§0 toAfiSc.‘ outs.de. Feed. 40 to 603. "In: at can". cum. can" no cums "Inna. u Mama «mg gamut “KuILLJ. w w_uwu. Uuobnuv~ .‘A ._ -_. a” Cornâ€"New 1N0. 3 Amencan corn. 33c. all- ran. $Za.50. U-IPOITI IRON Ins unmuu "‘09. ‘ifl‘lflfib 0F AMERICL Ryeâ€"No. 2 at. 75 no 760. outside. Buckwheatâ€"08 to 49c. ouulde. Erwin-Manitoba bran. $20, in bags. 'l‘oa Ifgngg taught. Shorts are quoted at. $25 to _ Butterâ€"Rolls, choiice, 20 to 270; bzkel't'e' Inferior. 22 to 23¢; choice dairy. tuba. Zicn‘ urfadmery. 51 to 520 for rolls and 29c 10:“. so x a. WEBEQIWCase lots of fresh, 3?. 30 330 perf dozen, and of cold storage, 27 to 2803- su‘gctly new-laid: 430‘ per dozep. . «1"- pumcn. wuv’v‘ Au «1 Honeyâ€"Extracted.“finial? iii-'2 m 12 3-40 per pound for No. X, wholesale; combs‘ $25030 $5 per dozen for No. 1. and $2.4 nu nu. u. Poultry~~Well~ratted, clean. dry-picked stock. Chickens. 15 to 160 per 1b; fowl. 11 to 12c: ducks. 15 m 16c: geese, 15 to 170; turkeys. 20 to 220. Live poultry. about. 20 lower than the above._ _ __ M for No‘ Bacon. long clear, 151-4 w 151-20 per ib.’ in case lots. Porkvfihnrt cuz, 26 L0 27:) (10.. mess. $21450 to $22. Ham~~Medium to light. 17 to 171-20; heavy. 151-2 to 16m" rnlis. 141-2 to 14340; breaklast bacon, 180: backs, 211-20. Lardâ€"Tissue, 141-20; tuba. 143-40; 93,113,; “nun unu- u“. um.- .Potatoeeâ€"Goo OE'tEHO stock. 75 {o 830; peppy; on mack. and New Brunswick. 90‘ i0 92152}: per bag Band Hay and Straw. Baked hayâ€"No. 1) $13.50 to $14, on track, Tommo: No. 2. $32. Mixed hay, $10.50 1.01 Baled gnaw-“$9.60 to $10. on track, Ton. rouxo. Monty-931, Dec. 31.â€"Oamâ€"â€"(‘anadiau Wes‘ tern. No. 2, 43 to 431-2c; extra No. 1 Ned. 421-2 to 430: N0. 2 local whiie. file; No. 3._ (10.. 40c: No. 4. do., 396. Parley#Manimba; fwd. (:0 to 610: making, 76 to 730. Bucky wheatâ€"No. 2. 57 to 60¢. F1011râ€"â€"Manitoba. Suring wheat patents. firsts, $5.40: do..‘ seconds. $4.90; strong bakers'. $4.70: Win- wr patents. choice, $5.35; straight. rollers. £495 to $5: (10., in bros. $2.55 to $24k RAHed our-Barrels, $460: bags at 90 lbs. $220. Millfeedâ€"Bran, $21; shorts. $1“; middiings. $28 to $50; mnnlllie, $30 to $35. Hayâ€"No. 2. per ton. car mm. 3’4 50 to $15.5 Cheeseâ€"Finest westerrs. 13 to 151-4c: (low. Camerns 121-4 to 123-40.. Butterâ€"Choicew creamery. 301-4 to 301-20. Potatoeaâ€"ui’eri hag. car lots, 75 to 90. U nlted States. Minneapolis. Dec. 51.â€"â€"Wheat~December. 31H? to 8! l-4c: May. 85 3-4 to 857-8c: Jilly. 871-20: No. 1 hard. 83 7-80: No. 1 Northern" 82 to 85 5-50: No. 2 quthern, 894w $80: us. Lkl v- .wm . A“, Na 3 yellow corn, 411-2 to 420: No. 3' whi‘e oats. 501-4 to 301-20 No. 2 rye. 54! to 580. Bran. 19 Lo $‘9.‘0. Flourâ€"First) patents, $4.05 to $4.55: second patents, $5.- 90 to $4.15; first clears. $2.90 to firm; 680-. 0nd clears. 552.10,“; 3:40. “ ‘ . ._ Li‘Tllr u. 'vU..Lv w Wm... Duluth. Dec. 31.~Wheatâ€"â€"Nn. 1 hardl? 841â€"40; No 1 Northern. 831410; No. ' Northern, 811-40; Ju!y, 873-4c: nominal“ Docember, B2 5-Sc asked; May. 861-40. Linc seed on track $124343: to arrive, $1.24 3-!” Dorember. $1.7241-81Abid; January. $1.241-5x Toronto. Dec. 31.nGood to choke butch- ‘ering steers from $6 to $5.25, medium at: from $5 to $575. and common at from $4 25 to $5. flows from $5.50 to $4 25. with common grades and owners at $2.50 to $3.50 Bulls ranged frnm $3.50 to $4.25: Lambs bvourzht from $7 65 to 37,75. fight; ewee from 84.50 to $4 75. ard heavy froml‘ 2M 25 to $350 Veal calves went. at from; $7 to $9. while rouehs changed hands at from $3 7m 36, ‘Hogp from. $825 w_ $8.40, é’s'ke'if; 'my.‘ $1.271-8‘ HééthBdE‘e'dvE-Eigfiifffed"aiia 'w'atered. District Simply Goes Largely to, Hamilton and Toronto. A despatch from Gait says: A! the result of scarcity of milk in this se~"tion producers hnve raised prices. Chief among wagons given for the limited supply is that the big dairy companies of Hamilton and; Toronto are coming into the dis- trict to get milk. Wagons from Hamilton are collecting milk within a few miles of Galt. and large quan-; tities are shipped by express to Toâ€" ronto. Patient in Hamilton Hospital Is Doing Nicely. A despatch from Hamil-ton says: Gibson Rake, the young man who- underwent an unusual operation at the City Hospital on December 19, when a piece of a bone taken from a. sheep was grafted in his arm in place of the human bone. is doing nicely at the institution. Dr. J. P. McGregor. of this city. performed the operation, and it attracted great attention among the local medical men. Several short courses in agricuL. ture are announced to be given at. the Ontario Agricultural College, beginning in January. "\_1 Angelo Buzzulin. an em'o10vee at the Fort William freight sheds. met death on the steamer Str°fhoona by being caught. in a. line shaft. SHEEP BONE 0 PER ATION. MILK RAISE!) G Juntry Produce. le0 Stock Markets. Mortreal Markets. Breadstufls. Provisions. A’l‘ G ALT.