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Hon. W. T. White, the Minister of Finance, was asked to state whether there was any foundation {or the. press rumor that sweeping tarifi changes were about to be mach: by Order-in-Connoil in the duties upon lumber. cement. agricultural imple- ments. clothing. sugar. explosives. fence wire, cotton, coal. coal oil, boots and shoes and other articles in general use. A ‘ _ A _-__. “There for ,such ply. “I! in any w There is no foundation whatever such a statement] was his re- ‘In fact, the matter has not in) w'a) been under consideration the Government." Company Mining Contractors South Porcupine, capable mining men and we guarantee good work in every contract undertaken Reports and Maps on completion of every Contract. High-class References All our work is under control of thoroughly Memorial for Crew of Titanic The London papers publish a state- ment made by The Liverpool Jourâ€" nal of Commerce, that J. Bruce Is- may intends to prOVide an endow- ment fund for pensions for disabled seamen of all classes connected with the White Star Line, and for their widows, as a thank ofiering and a memurial to the heroism of the Titanic's crew. The fund, it is further said. probably amount to $100,000. will in the quarterly report of the In- spector of Hines covering the first three months of the present year there is a marked decrease in the number of fatal accidents in the min- ing operations of Northern Ontario. For the period given it appears that there were only eight fatalities for 1912. as compared with seventeen for the same period in 1911. During] this time the total number of non-' fatal accidents reported was forty- eight. involving twenty-air men be- low ground, seven men above ground and fifteen men engaged in metal- iurglcal works. 0f theee non-fatal accidents. two were serious, causing. permanent disability; two others reoi sulted in fractures of the leg and: the remainder consisted mostly ofi lacerations and bruises. 1? 0f the fatal accidents one at the (Yrean liill mine was caused by from 75 to 100 tons of rock. left after a blast. falling on a man. At the ('reig-hton nickel mine on March 7 n P‘inlanrler lost his life by falling OR a shelf in a shaft 100 feet above the muek pile. .-\t Cordova gold mine on January 10. Bert Easton. 3 Cana- dian. was struek on the head by a julling ohjeet and forced into npool inf water at the bottom. A Coronâ€" ier's jury said the company was new ilia‘ent in not haVimz the shaft elenn‘ ml as the water was pumped out. Other accidents at the home. llol- ilineer aml l’eterson Lake silver mines. where more or less negligenee appears: to have been eommitted by the indiVidual. Mining Accidents Are Decreasing l.\' 'l‘Hl'I MATTER of Sylvester Ken- nedy and the l’orvupine Supply ('mmmny. lns‘nlyents. Native is hereby given that the nhove named insolvent. Sylvester Kennedy, carrying on business as the Porcupine Supply (‘ompnny and as Sylvester Kennedy, General Mer- chant, of the town nf South l’orcu- nine. in the Provinee of Ontario. has made an assignment of their estate to us for the general benefit of their creditors. The crmlitm's :U'v nutiiiud to meet at the Board of Trade Building. Hamilton. Ontario, on the {find day of May. .\. D. 1913, at two o'clock in the afternoon. for the purpose of rocvivim: a stzitmncnt 0f the insolv- vnt's affairs. for the appointment of inspectors and the giving of direc- tions with rofvronce to the disposal of the estate. ' All persons claiming to be entitled to rank. on the estate must file their claims with us on or before the 92ml «lay of June. 1912, after which date we will prucmd to distribute the as- sets thereof. having regard to those claims only of whivh we shall then have I'cceiVnd notice, and we will not lie liable for the said assets or any part thereof to any person of whose «'laim we have not then l'l‘PPth‘d no- tice. IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- STATE OF IDA MILLER, late of the township of Whitney, in the district of Sudbury, Spinster, De- ceased. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Statutes in that behalf, that all creditors and other persons having claims against the estate of the above named Ida Miller, who died in or about the month of September, 1911, are required to send by post, prepaid, or deliver to the undersign- Eed. the administrators of the estate Iand effects of the said deceased, on Eur before the 30th day of June, 1912. .their names, addresses and full par- jticulars of their claims, duly verified iand the nature of the securities, if iany. held by them, and after the said iimth day of June, 191-2, the said Ad- ministrators will proceed to distri- gbute the assets of the said deceased ’.among the persons entitled thereto, {having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had noâ€" :tice, and the said Administrators 3will not be liable for the said as- , sets, or any part thereof, to any per- .50“ or persons of whose claims they ‘shall not then haVe had |otice. . DATED this 14th day of May, 1912. :THE NATIONAL TRUST COM- PANY, LIMITED. Toronto. Dated at Hamilton this lfifith day Of May. A. D. 1912. 8-3 R. S. U. (‘HAPTFIR 1 NOTICE Ill Bflflllmflfi NUIIBE Ill BBEBIIURS THE PORC UPINF. ADVANCE McIEOD. TEW 6: (1).. Hamilton. Ontario, Assignees. S. ALFRED JONES. South Porcupine. Their fiolicitor herein l llis Majesty already has added one gitom to his experience in naval work by going down in a submarine. llc «pent ten minutes below the surface ; nf the water in mm of the latest "D” typv boats which carried a disap- lpoaring mm. and expressed himself Ms delighted with the Vontnrp. Spent Inn Iinutes in Submarine Vessel and Expressed Plea- sure With Experience King George. who is at Weymolnh. Eng” seeing for himsell the progress toward the reorganization of the home fleet as outlined by First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill introduc- ing the navy estimates in Parlia- mnnt.has again taken up the lile oi a naval officer with remarkable (unto. HIS MAJESTY, THE KINB, BIIES BElflW Sllflfflflf 'l'he aerial eorps which is eon-fin the way of portable sawmills will timially manoeuvring over the fleet is i likely he maintained. hoping to Parry the Kim! as a 939‘! Some changes may he made in the semrer. llis Majesty witnessed hiiflliomestead regulations. to allow the gum praetiee by the fleet on hoard i settler to put in the six months' re the Neptune. the flagship of the (‘om‘ sulunee now required each year [on mander-in-Chief. 'three years consecutively. thereby en l'remier Asquith. Mr. Churchill and ‘ ahlimz him to work in the neithhor Mr. Ballmnn who are attending theihoml while the land is developing. manoeuvres. all hawll heen down in a? submarine. 3 Cobalt Miner Died on Train Edgar Phamunn. :1 well-kuuwu Cw halt prospector. was found dead in a lum-r berth Of the. ”KER. train from (‘nlmlt tn 'l‘nrnutn Mnndny morning at 7.48. The Imdy wzh‘ fnuud by the var porter when he made his regular rmmds to wake the occupants of the cur. Death'is supposed to haw re- sulted from heart failure. A seal‘t'h of the man's pockets re- vealed $103.50 in hills and silver. .11 gold wan-11.. some blank cheques on the l’nion Bank. and a letter ad- dressed to E. Chapman. drawer W. .\'mv|l.iskeard. Out. The letter mm from his daughter Effie. who liw-s at .m KippendaVie-ave., Toronto. . The body was removed to the mumtw. and later identifiedby the man's brothvr. J. Chapman. of 46 lx‘ippvmlafio-avo. .\'o inquest will lw lit-M. Road From Cobalt .\ mow-mum is on {not in the Co- hnlt district to interest the Govern- ment in the construction of a macâ€" ndnm trunk road botwevn (‘nlialt and Vow Linkeard. 'l‘hc Hailovhury Board of Trade is taking tho matter up and will en- list the sympathies of the Associat- vd Boards 0f Trade of that district. made to gamm- $10,000 out of the $5k’fl).000 to be spent this year from the $5,000,000 fund. The road will cost, about $6,000 pvr mile. and an attempt will be The attitude of the (lok'emment is not known. but recently an applica- tizin for aid in Coleman township was refused on the ground that the resources of Coleman were so great that it could easily aflord to finance the road itself. Dirty:Bank Bills Are Disappearing The new Bank Act will be brought. down almost immediately upon the reassemhlim: of Parliament." and in it there will be the duty of the banks not to reissue soiled or faded notes. .»\n Ottawa despatch says the day ”Lthe dirty dollar is passing. The banks have already a standing request from the Department of Finâ€"‘ mum to return for exchange all soil- ed Dominion notes which come into their possession. The old “shin-plaster" ‘0r Zfi-cent note is likely to disappear in a short time. as it is understood the Minis- ter of Finance does not favor it. ’l‘O RENT â€" ONE STORE. IN Grant, Ont., building with a room in the back of it. Situated on lot No. 130, good locality for restaur- ant, pool room. fruit store. butcher shop or any other kind of business, except dry goods store. For parti- culars write or apply personally to CHALYKOFF‘ DRAJKOFF, Box 120 Coohrane. Ont. ”-0- 0 New Liskeard l-d 1 Another factor that will be dealt 'iwith is cheap lumber for building ivmmtruction. and this also involves “he question of freight. Something ',m the way of portable sawmills will *likely he maintained. King of Denmark Dies in Street Roads and Bring: to he Built Mona the Iranscontin- antal Railway Tbe Ontario Government will soon select a number of townships contig- uous to the National Tnneoontimtc al Railway. west of Coobrane. where roads and bridges will be construct- Only nine miles ol colonintion roads have been built in that Vicin- ity. and it is difilcult lor settlers to get in. With these roads under oon- qtriiction. the settler will be able to get Work wlwn ho is nut clearing his land. Hflflfsmfl BEGUWIBIS Wlll lllflfflfill CHANGE Some changes may be made in the Immostoad regulations. to allow the wttlor m put in the six months' rc- sldum‘c now required each yvar for ? Rea Will Likely . Renew Operations llumhurg. Gun. May 15.-King Frederick VIII.. of lksmmu‘k. died suddenly during the night. He arrived here only yesterday. Frederick was the rider brother 0! Queen Mother Alexandra. of England and fathvr of King llaukon. of Nor- The death of King Frederick of Denmark was pathetic. He died at 1 o'clock, unrecognized and unattend- ed. on the stwet. wav. He was born in 18-13 and he will he succeeded by Prince Christian. who us now ~11 years of age. The death of King Frederick of He was takvn to a ward in the public hospital and bia identity was nut discovered until the members of his suitv who had been alarmed at. his prolungcd absence from the hu- tvl. made a search fur him. |.. H. Rea of the R011 Consolidated (iuld Mines is paying a visit to Por- cupine and making an inspection of the property. 'l‘hc speedy rcupming of this mine is expected as a result of Mr. Rea's Visit, and it is understoml Operations are likt'l)’ to be resumed at the Rea (”1 the strength of information rc- vcivod from Harold Kingsmill. for- mer manager of the prnperty, win» is nuw in South America. Tumbull Is The Coming District It is stated that Mr. Kingsmill has written those interested in the property that the proper place to work the property is at the 100 and 150-foot lex'els. where he claims there are OVer 50.000 tons of pay ore blocked out already. With the setting up of a Small mill those interested believe this pro- perty could be worked to great ad- vantage and this is likely to be tried. Several of the prospecting parties who went into Turnbull township to «lo aisst‘ssnu-nt work on their claims are returning to town and according to reports this township is going to make good and might prove to pos- R095 seVeral Valuable properties. Practically the whole of the town- ship is staked, and from several of the claims have Oomc the reports of promising looking finds. On the Pudden-Edlcstone claims a 75-foot quartz porphyry dyke has been uncovered and further work is being done to determine its length and value. According to indications the dyke will extend on to adjoining claims and a gang of men has been sent in to sink a trial pit and thoroughly sample the values contained. Pearl Lake ‘Will Surely Resume There is every prospect )f .u. miiy resumption of mining activity a: the Pearl Lake, as matters are 'a a {air way for an earl}. and satiafw'tury ad- justment. ill the Big fillies are Receiving Supply at 85 and Sill Bold Pieces The Finance Deputmont is for- warding to the neural omega 0! the Receiver-Gourd ut Vancouver. er nipeg. Toronto. Mound. St. John. Charlottetown. and Rollin 3 supply of the new ton nod five-dollar Cm- dian gold coins now bolus mlnhd tt Ottawa. The technicul description is as follows: ‘ivo-dollnrâ€"The same observe imo pression and inscription as the ten- l‘ilnilnr: and for the rewrite. a shield [hearing thv arms of the "(minim of '(nnndn within a wreath of maple ilmxms. surmounted by the inscrip tinn “Cnnndnf and bearing under- nvnth the words. “Five Dollars." ‘iwith «into of iRHUI‘: with n m‘nininc ‘npon the «dire. NEW WWI Efllfl CHINE fllfl fllSIfllBllIllll Tendollarmh‘or the obverse im- pression. his Muiesty's emgy. oonolat- imr of head and hunt. wearing the Imperial Crown and the who of State. with the collar ol the garter. and looking to the left. with the in- scription. “Georgi“ V. Dei Ora. Rex Rt Ind, Imp"; and for the reverse. 3 shield hearing the urma of the Do‘ miniun nl (‘zmmln within a wreath nf maplo loaves. surmounted by their:- si‘ription "(‘nnadu." and hearing un' ilornmth tho words. “Ten Dollars." with (late of issue: with ng’rninimz 1upon tho edge. I Mr. Hurllcy Williams. uf Dawson 1(‘ity. has just. came “out" from the iWuat. Mr. Williams has been in the I Yukon sinvo 1891!, and for 1-4 years he Inevcr came ”out." He was prospect Hug for cnppnr and gold in the Alan- 'ka country both“: the discovery of :gold in the Klondike. and the his- turic rush of 1898. ' The public may obtain those coins at any of tho alich-mcntioned of- llvi-s. The Minister of Finance has pvrsunally presented the. first coin struck nl‘ eavh denomination to the Vivtnria Memorial Museum. Ottawa. as likely tn lip of lnturv historical intornst. More Locations Yet in Yukon I Mr. Williams was a . an Francisci) man twvnty years ago. but has be- mnu- ('nnndianivi-d since living east ml the Alaska boundary. "WP'H‘ had the lineal winter in 14 years," said lll'. “It was steady and mnnparutivvly mild. The Dawson stages got through to White Horse rogularly all winter." Mr. Williams says the Yukon is a "big company" country now. “But. thorn'll he more stamped!” up than» yet." he declared. ”The muntry is only in its infancy. 'l‘hel‘c'll he more high-grade placcrs to locate them yet. all right. 'I‘iere 'l q a s 'u. r. im~ spr The law and order on the Canadian side has taken all the dime-novel of- fcct. out of Dawson. and the Yukon, according to Mr. Williams. “The Canadian criminal laws are the finest in America, and there's nothing like the North-Went Mounted Police in the world, except the South African Constabulary (model- ed in imitation.) I've seen more rough frontier life in old California and Arizona than I ever saw in the Yukon, on the Canadian side. any I! way. F oley-O’Brien Will Again Resume From ropnrts rem-.chd from 'l‘oronv to it is likely than the internal trou- bles of the company which resulted in the closing down of the mine for some time have finally been settled and an early start will be made on the property. It is expected that actiVe operaâ€" tions on the Foley-O'Brien will be recommenccd by the first, of June. The Foley-O'Brien is in good shape financially, with a cash reserve in the treasury at $132,000 and a block of treasury stock still unsold. At the time that work was sua- pcnded a fine ore body had been 10- rated at a depth of 16-1 feet and the opening up of the mine was progressâ€" ing favorably. The No. l shaft had been abandoned owing to striking a large underground water course, but at the No. ‘3 shaft sinking and cram-v cutting was being done, and it is at this shaft that operations will be re- .511de as; «won an the mine reopens. a small utumpedu to (KPmile this