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1" “emu-40' jlarrive, bags included. ,t‘lvlarch shipment. “more. â€" ~ â€"r â€"~ -â€"â€"â€"-: », .Mmmmmmmmmwwfimw Commons on Thursday afternoon Hon. Mr. Fielding, on motion for the second reading of the insurance bill, reiterated his suggestion, made when the mea- sure was introduced, that it be form- ally read a second time, then referred to the Banking and Commerce Com~ mitteo on the understanding that it would be a matter for full discussion in , the House when it came back from the ; committee. ‘ among other bill proposed to deal with the question . of assessment or ‘In regard to that urgent representa- Proeeeding, he said that important matters the fraternal insurance. tions had been made to the Govern- ment, including those of a deputation representing the great fraternal order of the Independent Order of Foresters. .While only that body was represented on the occasion referred to, he had no doubt they expressed views that would generally be agreed to by fraternal or- MW“- influencing BREADSTUFFS. Toronto. Jan. 28.â€"Maniteba Wheatâ€"â€" No. 1 northern, $1.21; No. 2 northern, $1.16; feed wheat, 60c; N0. 2 feed, 1340, “all rail. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, 090; "$10. 2 red, 08c to 08%(3; No. 2 mixed, .080. Barleyâ€"No. 2, 760 to 78c out:id-c; No. 3 extra, 750 to 76c. Flourâ€"Winter wheat patents, for ex- ‘port, selling at $3.75; Manitoba patents, ‘ {special brand, £535.20 to $5.40; strong bakers', $5.10 to ,,.;$5.30. $5.80 to $6; seconds, ‘(Peasâ€"Slic to SSc-outsidc. _‘;r_Rye~No. 2, Sic. :‘Cornâ€"No. 2 yellow American, 64c to {64%13, Toronto freights. Quotations onI ZCanadian corn about nominal at 57c. ‘;‘“.Oatsâ€"No.' 2 white, 49%c to 500 out.- 3.131(10, 53c track, Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 117C to 48c outside. " Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 660 outside. g~Branâ€"$22 outside; shorts, $24. Bran 4 :sold at $24 Toronto, to arrive. 2 Call board quotations:â€" "Bran~Sold at $24 track, Toronto, to Sold at $24 Same price bid for _. Winter Wheatâ€"Ontario, No. 2 mixed, .08c asked, outside. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 2 northern, asked, track, Midland; No. 3 north- ..crn, $1.15 asked, en route to North Buy, $1.15 bid spot North Bay. coux'rnv PRODUCE. Poultryâ€"There is an easier tone to prices, 156 per pound being the top _ price obtainaiiiic. .‘i’eung turkeys, extra choice. 130101150 do choice . .. 'ilcto 13c Young geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0c to tie .Young ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0c to '1 to Chickens, choice .. 0ctoltc Old fowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inferior chicks and forvls Butterâ€"Market holds steady. Receipts are moderate and the demand steady. Creamery prints ...2Sc to 306 do solids . 27ct0230 firmer; No. 1 Northern, $1.15; No. 9 Dairy prints . . . . . . . 240 10260 mid, 3193;; mm”, easier. com __ do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . 22cto 23c Unsemed; N0, 2 white, 590; No, 2 yel- ITIIC‘I'lOI‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . 203 to 210 10“], 50%c_ (mtgâ€"Steady; N0_ 2 "fixed' Cheeseâ€"13%c for large and 13%0 for 50%,); N0. 2 Whue‘ 55¢ twins, in job lots here. Eggsâ€"Storage, 2.1!: to 22c per doz- ‘ en in case lots; selects. 25c to 260. Honeyâ€"Strained steady at. lie to 12c per pound for 60-pound pails, and 12c to 130 for 5 to 10â€"pound pails. Combs at $1.75 to $2.50 per dozen. Beansâ€"$1.70 to $1.75 for primes and $1.80 to $1.85 for hand-picked. Potatoesâ€"70c to 750 per bag in car lots on tracks here. Baled Strawâ€"$0.50 to $10.50 per ton on track here. Rated Hayâ€"Timothy nil lltSUllltlttlll .lVIr. Fielding Drops Sections of Fraternal Insurance. 'A dcspatch from Ottawa says: in the ders. The leaders of that very infiucn~ ‘ â€" V ". ' ‘ " - A- ‘4 x- , v: BILL i bulls were selling at $4.10 to $4.40 per cwt. The following were the quotations: Choice load, $4.25 to $4.60; select steers, $4.75 to $4.85; medium to good steers, $3.75 to $4.75; choice cows, $3.40 to $3.75; medium to fair cows, $3 to $3.25; rough cows, $1.50 to $2.60; canners, 75c to $1.40 per cwt. Light to medium stockers were worth $2.75 "to $3.25; and feeders, medium, $3.40 to $3.75 per cwt. Choice milch cows were lower at $40 to $45 each. Choice calves were worth 5% to 0% cents per pound. l-Ieavier ones were worth $3 to $3.40 per cwt. Export ewes $4.25 to $4.50; bucks and cuffs, $3 to $3.75; grain-fed lambs, $5.75 to $0.25; ordinary lambs, $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt. Hogs were weak at $5.50 for selects, and $5.25 per cwt. for lights and fats. The Views of Sir A dcspatch from New York says: Sir William C. Vani-lorne, chairman of the Canadian Pacific, who arrived here from Cuba on Tuesday, is optimistic on the business! outdook. He expressed the belief that the wheels of business would soon revolve at their normal speed. This has been a very severe depres- tial order had quite frankly acknow- ledged that their system was undergo- ing consideration. While they had ample reserves for present obligations and for the early future, they felt that the time had arrived when some steps should be taken to put it on a still more 1 ’1 t'. tlSlllllSSlllLl son an William Van Horne . Are Optimistic. per cent. of the normal production or manufacture is the case. Large cor- porations could not get money Lecause they could not sell their securities ex: cept at ruinous pricesâ€"now money is becoming easy. The securities market,‘ especially in bonds, is better, and soon! corporations will be able to sell their: .__.. s- - -a n~~o.vv.t:L:/mn:‘.~;¢)n"|‘ A) (3910 80 Windsor bacon, 14%0 to 15%0; fresh 501,0 7.; killed abattoir dressed, $8.75 to $0. solid and permanent basis. For that purpose the Supreme Court had been summoned to meet in June next, one year earlier than usual, to consider some steps. Other bodies will likewise meet during the year, and it seemed but right that their officials should have an opportunity to consult with the same end in view. Hon. Mr. Fielding there- fore proposcd to strike from the mea- sure all the clauses dealing with the as- sessment and fraternal insurance, which if necessary, might become the subject of a second bill at another session. Mr. Borden concurred, and the bill was read a second time. P‘ROVLSlONS. Porkâ€"Short cut, $22.75 to $23 per barrel; mess, $18 to $10. Lardâ€"Tierccs, 11%0; tubs, 12c; pails, 12310. Smoked and Dry Salted Meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 0%0 for tons and cases; hams, large, medium and light, 140 to 150; hams, 12%0 to 130; backs, 16c to 16%0; shoulders, 100; rolls, 100‘ to 10%3; breakfast bacon, 15c; green meats out. of pickle, 10 less than smoked. MONTREAL MARKETS. , Montreal, Jan. 28â€"There is no change in‘the local flour market. Choice spring wheat patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50; winter wheat patents, $5.75; straight rollers, $5.50; do. in bags, $2.60 to $2.- 65; extra $2.65 to $2.10. Milli-eedâ€"Manitoba bran, $23.50 to $24; middlings, $27 to $20 per ton, inâ€" cluding bags; milled mouille, $28 to $32, and pure grain mouille, $35 to $37 per ton. Rolled oats, $2.75; bag. There are no new developments .in the local cheese situation. Nov. tail ends, 12%c to 12%0; Octobers, 12%c to 13%c; September's, 13%0 to 13%0. Receipts of fresh butter are practical- ly nil. Grass goods 27c to 200; current receipts, 250 to 270. Newly-laid eggs, 350 to 38c; selects, 24c to 270; No. 1 limed, 20c to 220; No. 2, 156 to 17c. ' Provisionsâ€"Barrels, short cut mess, $22.50 to $23; quarter-barrels, $11.75 to $12.25; clear fat backs, $23.50 to $24.50; long cut heavy mess, $21 to $24; half- barrels do., $10.50 to $11.25; dry salt lcng clear backs, 10%0 to 11%0; barrels plate beef, $13.50 to $15; half-barrels do., $7.25 to $7.75; barrels heavy mess beef, $10 to $11; half-barrels do., $5.50 to $6; compound lard. 100 to lie; pure lard, 12%0 to 13c; kettle rendered, 12%0 to 13c; hams, 12c to 13%0, according to size; break-feast bacon, Mo to 150; corn, $1.70 per .._..___â€"» BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo. Jan. 28.â€"that â€" Spring, Barleyâ€"$1 to $1.15. Ryeâ€"000 on track. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Jan. 28.â€"Wheatâ€"â€"Spot easy; No. 2 red, $1.04% elevator; No. 2 red, 81.06% f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north- ern Duluth, $1.20% f.o.b. afloat; no, 2 hard winter, $1.14% f.o.b. afloat. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 28.â€"Little business was transacted in export cattle. The sales is quoted at amounted to a few lots of mixed heavy $16.50 to $17.50 in car lots on track steers and good export cattle, which here. were sold around $4.00 per cwt. neer it‘ltlltl S Elli lititl‘i Gain of Nearly Seven Million Dollars in Foreign Trade. 'A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The total trade of the Dominion for the calendar year 1007 was $658,500,074, as compared with $504,310,280 for 1006, an increase of $64,280,685. Total im- ports last year wcre $385,275,360, an increase of $60,433,675; total exports were $273,324,614, an increase of $3,- 847,010. Total exports of domestic p'o- (11100 last year were 8238015557, 0. de- crease 011 $730,765. Total exports of foreign produce amounted to $35,300,- 057. an increase of $4.577,775.~ The statement of imports and ex- ports for the last month shows a very considerable betterment over the corâ€" responding month of 1006. The fall- ing off in both imports and exports noted in the figures for the preceding month is replaced by large increases in the figures for the last month. Total imports for the month were $24,007,- 968, an increase of $4,582,822 over De- cember, 1006; total exports of domestic products were $21,470,667, an increase 0t $248,651, and exports of foreign pro- ducts totalled $3,040,544, an increase of $1,870,160, making a total gain of $2,: - 127,820 in exports. ports and exports, and bullion, the gain for was $6,710,642. Taking both im- exclusive of coin the month Three Lose DRUGS IN FOODSTUFFS. Said to Sherfcn Lives of People in America. 1 A dcspatch from Washington says: Dr. ll. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Ag- riculture, reported on Friday to the House Committee on Agriculture the results of exhaustive experiments to de- termine the poisonous effects on the human system of such drugs as borax, benzoic acid, benzoate of soda, sulphate of copper, sulphur dioxide, formalde- hyde and salicylic acid when contained 111 foodstuffs. Dr. Wiley said that the expulsion of those and kindred drugs from the body is performed almost on- tirely by the kidneys, and that he is satisfied the term of American life would be lengthened if the use of such drugs in foods were wholly discontinued. He said he was convinced that kidney dis- ease, so prevalent in America, is partly the.result of the constant introduction into the system of such preservative S I b. . "bsmnces as pcmoate 0i so‘m Gamma of the kitchen and caved in the roof. in foods. ._ Dr. Wiley has a .plan to teach the farmers of the country to make dena- tured alcohol, which, he says, can be cheaply manufactured from damaged fruit and vegetables and other farm waste. V 51 FEREMEN PERISH IN BLAZE. ‘licir Baltimore. from Baltimore, A dcspatch Md., says: Fire early on Friday took heavy tells of the members of the fire depart- ment of this city, three being dead and sixteen others more or less seriously injured, including George Heston, chief of the fire department. damage is estimated at $400,000. blaze, which is the worst that has ocâ€" curred in this city since the calamity of 1004, started on the third floor of the buildingon the southeast corner of Holiday and Saratoga streets. in an incredibly short time after the blaze broke out. on the Saratoga street side of the chcstcr Building, and without Warning 0 large SCCUOTI 0f the north .I. Stevenson, Shoemaker, and wall o: the building fell. It was this that scattered death and injuries among the firemen. While responding to the alarm, a hose carriage and fire engine collided, and five of the men on the en- gine were injured, one of them seri- ously. â€"_â€"â€"q‘_â€"â€"-â€" LIEUT. BROWNE’S SUICIDE. well-Known Young Montreal Shoots Himself. A dcspatch from Montreal says: If. Gordon Browne suicide. He was an officer in the Vic- toria Rifles and confidential secretary to Lieut.-Col. Whitehead. Lieut. Browne had been chatting and smoking with two friends. He passed a casual remark and rose from the easy chair in which he was sitting and walked upstairs. Nomdy Spspccmd that “withing was has been tracked unsuccessfully. wrong until a mumcd report was heard pursuit has 00% over $30,000. coming from the direction of the top story. His friends immediately made a dash for the stairway and up to Browne's room. There they found Lieut. Browne lying on his face, his arms out.- streteh-ed, shot in the head, and the ,revolvcr lying close to his right. hand. He had evidently died instantly. Lieut. Browne had been in poor health for some time. ..____..â€",X4..__._ CITY HALL BURNED. Fire in Portland, Maine, Docs $1,600,600 Damage. A dcspatch from Portland, Me, says: A fire which caused a property damage of $1,000.000 early on Friday destroyed the City Hall and police buildings and endangered the lives of more than 700 persons. The fire was the worst in the State since the great contlagration in Portland in 1866. Death was absent from the fire, a that considered very rc- markable, as there were more than 700 members of the Western Maine Knights «‘1 Pythias’ Jubilee gathered in the audi- torium of the City Hall when the flames were discovered. Only a few persons were hurt. The financial loss is estiâ€" mated at $1,000,000, but this sum will not cover the loss of the papers and documents in the registry of deeds, where everything was destroyed. Other city departments were swept clear of everything by the flames. with the ex- ception of the city clerk’s and the city treasurers offices. _-â€"â€"â€"â€",z‘_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The refusal of Chancellor Von Buc- low to discuss the Prussian suffrage quest'on in the Reichstag led to violent speeches on the part of Socialist Depu- ' tics. "worth, two miles east of here, at 10 Lives of a Fire in Canadian Pacific Railway Company has The financial , u, , _ The intimating that the regulations govern- Man They were J. Stevenson, owner of the . , “A by w. A. Baker. sensation “"15 Caused on Thumdwy dently tried to reach the rear door, but when the news spread that Lieutenant {€11 overcome by the smoke1 with his had commit”th head within a foot of a window. Both sion," he said, “and in my judgment ” _ securities again. When securities are“ 1e rebound Will be speedy. One can g y . being sold one will find an immediate: .eo'uhy steel and copper industries response in industrial circles. Busloi have been paralyzed, so that not 50 mass will immediately improve.” KITCHEN WAS WRECKED. REVENUEE STILL INCREASE. 'IIirce Persons Injured by Explosion of 'l'emiskaming 'Eailwgy a Moneymackcr Natural Gas. for Province of Ontario. ‘ A dcspatch from Blenheim says: Three A dcspatch from Toronto says: For persons were injured and a house bad- sensation was caused on Thursday 1v wrecked by an explosion of natural ing- and Northern Ontario Railway gas at the residence of Mrs. Thos. Coats- amounted to $65,406 and the disburse- ments to $54,326. The province thus obtained from its own railway a net revenue of $11,170, as against $10,510 o’clock on Sunday morning. The in- jured were: Mrs. Coatsworth, her so '1. Mr. Herb Lot, and a young man named in the same month of 1006. For the David Hamilton, all of whom were bad- eieven months ending November 30 the- ly burned. Mr. Lot some time previ- receipts of the ’l‘emiskaming and Northâ€" ous to the explosion had disconnected crn Ontario Railway were $778,478, and. the pipes in order to remove water from the eXpenditures were $586,098, leaving them, and in doing so quite a quantity a balance of $102,360. In addition to- of gas was allowed to escape, \Vhen this, the commission in charge of the the fire was lighted in the kitchen range, road collected $128,005 in royalties on it was followed by a terrific explosion, are produced on properties leased to which blew out two of the outside walls different concerns. The total. net reit- enue of- the road was, therefore, $220,â€" 885 for eleven months. MUST BE TEETOTALERS. All three of the injured persons were in the kitchen at. the time of the ex- plosion. â€"â€"â€"â€"-*â€"_ A LIVING PENSION. No More ,, Drinking by Employees of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. . A dcspatch from Baltimore, Md, says; It is officially announced that here-- after employees of the Baltimore tin Ohio Railroad having anything to do, with the direction or running of trains-1. will not be permitted to use intoxicants; at any time, either when on or off duty; and no person using such beverage will be employed. This action has been. taken by the officials of the railroad in an effort to reduce the number of acct-- dents. Canadian Pacific Raises Minimum Re- tiring Allowance. A dcspatch from Montreal says: The raised the minimum retiring allowance to employees entitled by length of ser- vice to a pension so that no one shall have less than twenty dollars per month on leaving the company‘s serâ€" vice to participate in the pension fund. President Sir Thomas Shaughnessy has just. issued a circular to the employees ing pensions have been revised, as it 3‘ had been found that, in some cases the amount of pension was not sufficient to support the recipient in his declining years. SEED GRAIN FOR SETTLERS. Arrangements for Advancing Loans to Those Who are in Need. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The arrangements for advancing money by‘ ‘Wes way of loan to settlers in the Northr West whose crops failed last season, McKinnon, Tailor, of Fort Frances. v for the purpose of enabling them ,0 A dcspatch from Fort Frances says: PUI‘CMSO Seed grains W111 be 0010010th Fire was discovered on Sunday niorn- this \VCCk. It is Said that the $1111:th- mg at 2 o’clock in a smau building usnd quired may run as high asthree million as a shocmakcr‘s $1101) on chumh dollars. Seed oats wtll likely be par-1 street, opposite the postoflicc. Inside chased in Roma. and probablym Nor-- half an hour the fire was subdued, and “jay and Sweden. so as to Introduce the firemen were horrified to find on divers-Inca 00133111 "OPS 1T1 Westm‘n‘ the floor the remains of two men. Provmces. .__.__â€")EL.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH. by the name of THE UNEMPLOYEDrLEn. shop, and a tailor was employed James McKinnon, who McKinnon had evi- Vv’cre Cliascd by the Pplicc Through Chicago Streets. A dcspatch from Chicago says: An at. tempt of the Socialists to bring about wise badly burned. Stevenson had flhungliémhlgtAhghléigfmglfifiiwgagguffi ' b the front art. 6 W“ ‘V ‘ 3 tried to get 0111' yv p the City Hall resulted in two sharp *tâ€"â€" fights with the police, in which the GummNoot, who shot two men in would-be marchers were rout-ed after a July, in Northern British Columbia. numbec of men had been clubbed. Dr..- The Benjamzn Batman, the originator of the plan to march through the streets, , , _ and two of his followers were arrestâ€" ’lhc C. P. R. steamer Montiose ar ed rived at St. John on Sunday with three hundred immigrants who were on board the Mount Royal when she was compell- ed to return to Queenstown. legs were burned off, and he was other- wâ€"â€"â€"â€"- A Dr. Sprap‘uc, a well-known physician of Bellevillo, dropped dead on Saturday. #T_flllrfilllti Statistics for 1907 Show That. Britain Builds Half. uâ€" Statcs built, in 1007, 450,000 tons, which was slight increase. Germany shows rather a serious. dc- clinc. Last year she built 275,000 tons, as compared with 318,000 in 1006, while. at the same time she purchased less from Great Britain. Great Britain is still a large purchas- e; of vessels built abroad. Another matter of great discontent in this coun- try is the largest percentage of foreign- ers employed as seamen on the Brit- ish mercantile marine, numbering a to. ltd of 40,000, with an annual wage list. of $10,000,000. While the question of the unemployed is‘ pressirI; heavily ashore, this is considered unfortunate, and the British Naval League is taking active steps to agitate the utilization of the unemployed to take the place of aliens on the-ships. ' A dcspatch from London says: The statistics of the world's shipbuildings in 1007, just issued by Lloyds register, shows a total output of mercantile ton- nage by the United Kingdom of 1,742,- 365, being adecrcaseof220,200 tons, as compared with 1906, which was the highest on record. The foreign out- put in 1007 increased by nearly 80,000 tons. Great Britain, however, still builds more than one-half the mercantile ship- ping of the globe, which last year show- ed a net increase of 1,084,800 tons, as compared with an increase: of 2,158,- 600 in 1006. The world’s fleet of sad- ing ships was reduced during the year by 180,000 tons and the steam tonnage w'as increased by 2,164,800. The United W‘nmmmrpzâ€"vn__s;.w.wg. . , ., , A 1.“. m‘rmsu ‘ a-gqx 01â€"1 5&3332 7533. “M37 . 53332;: I i