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gihothond.s hat" Sin, are To Tao- w ful of Nanking, nephew of relary Chia. Gal Sun, is leading ir rebellion. He is well known 2s a re- volutionary, and was arrested al Nan- |! kin last January on a' charge of con- Siring. Maina against the Government, Thir- troops 'have been de- he or for Swatow from Canton, and another detachment" from Shiubing s will 3: tallow. ft NOT AGAINST F FOREIGNERS, A despatch from Swatow, Ching 'says: A proclamation issued by the Svatvan revolutionary society declares that the uprising is not = directed against for- , eigners or . ordinary Chinese citizens, but against 'the Government; 'the inten: tion of the revolutionists being fo ¢.t- ack and burn 'every yamen. and éxter minate the officials, with the object of overthrowing the Government. The missions, with the exception of the German nat Lienchow, have thus far unmolested, 'but the mis- sionaries are abandoning their sta: tions and seeking refuge here, FELL FROM LINER IN A FOG. Young Englishman on Way to Calgary Loses His Lite. . A despatch from Montreal says: An unusually sad fatality occurred on tcard the Virginian, which arrived in gort from Liverpool on Sunday. A young Englishman named Alford, emi- grating to Canada with his wife, to tr fortune in the great North-West, fell overboard during a fog, -and lost his life, leaving his wife on her way, fo a strange land, without friends and destitute, The couple were among the steerage passengers and were intend: ny to go to Calgary. They had their tickets to that place and twenty pounds slerling, the husband carrying these in an inner pocket of his jacket. On the evening of the first day out Alford left his wife to go for a siroll along the deck, She-never saw him again. The ship was running in a dense fog, and in some unexplained way he fell over- board. Several hours later the a wife, afded to, the utmost by the offi cers, were searching. 'the ship for Al. ford; but in vain, Two. little boys among the steerage passengers told a oonfused story of having seen him fal ing into the sea and of' too much frightened to report it. The most sym pathetic interest was displayed by the other passengers on board.' A oolleo- tion was made up among them to en- able the bereaved wife to either return to her friends in England or to aid her to start the battle of lile in Canada, and the proceeds netted 34 pounds, ese esrer-- DEADLY FIRECRACKER. Contained Enough Poison to Kill a Hundred Men, A despatch from Winnipeg says: Phosphorus in a firecracker caused the death of a little lad named Ernest Latl- mer on Sunday afternoon. The child was playing around home and picked up the cracker and put it in his mouth. few minutes afterwards he was seized with convulsions, and the doctors were at a loss to 'understand the case. The post-mortem revealed the fact that he had been poisoned by phosphorus. The firecracker was suggested as the source, and the doctors analyzed the othe child had sucked, making t) discovery that 'it contained or son to kill A hundred people. ; "East London Man o Drinks Carbolié. AGI. on Father-in-Law's Lawn. 'of age, on Saturday aflérnoon took a large dose of carbolic acid on the lawn "in front of his fathe-in-law's residence. oung Austen, it appears, has had some family troubles. during the year or two patch Canton, Chins. says: 98 The revolutionists in the Delghborhiod gagem occurred bi the provincial troops and a body or re- Lels, resulting in a victory for he forms er . The rebels lost over a hundred men killed, and. the Government forces. cap- 'ured the rebel . leader, together with 8 number of flags and a considerable quantity of ammunition; ~~ Two. thousand 'additional troops havey Leen despatched fo Chaochow,: Where the malcontents are active. THe 'Chinese gunboat Sum Hong, having on board Filteenth Regiment ¢ of Chinese troops.' has sailed from here for Swatow, to defend that city against a possible altack on the part the rebels. MEASLES PROVED FATAL. Twenty-two Deaths From the Disease in Ontario. A despatch from Toronlo says: Measles caused as many deaths as scar. let fever and diphtheria combined in Ontario during April last, The returns from 758 division. registrars to the Pro- vincial Board of Health show that 22 cases of the first-mentioned disease, out of a total of 195, proved fatal. Smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria and consump- tion were also more - prevalent than usual, The deaths from coniagious dis- eases numbered in all 275, an increase of 30 over the same month in 1908. Of these, 203 were caused by tuberculosis. From smallpox there was one death among 107 sufferers from it; from scar- 12% fever, 6 among 225 cases; diphtheria, 16 Soaths among 143 cases; Whooping : . Smoked cough, 3 "deaths oul of 2 cases | ty- phold, ®4 deaths, 153 cases. The total number of deaths {rom all canses dur- ing the month were 2,483, in a popula: tion of 2,110,151," & mortality. rate of 18.8 in -1,000. omits TWO GIRLS MURDERED. Bodies Found in Creek by Distracted Father. A despatch from Springfield, IIL, says: Carrie Lederbrand, 7 years old, and here sister Cora, 17 years old, daughters of Joseph Lederbrand, a farm- er, were, 'murdered and thrown into Sugar Creek on Wednesday, and the bodies were found on Thursday night by the girl's father, The, girls left home early in the 'afternoon. Their father became alarmed at their ab- sence, and went to search for them with neighbors. Dr. - Duncan found that each girl had a bullet hole in the right temple. No cause has been assigned for the 'murder, neither is there any clue to the slayer. esd LIVE WIRE CAUSES DEATH. Engineer at Kenora Power-house Re- celves Shock, Killing Him. Y A despalch from Kenora says: About our. o'clock lodkc_on Friday morning James. wh, Seoond engincer in charge of {I powerhouse, -recel ) live wire: while on nedr & swito and was instantly Price Jilted, > 8 ; : { badly en gh curren "A despatch from London says: WI 'Ham Austen, 'of East London, 21 years above' hiv knee, ohio. No. hile! Boos: 0, 2 red, 88c; No. 2 Wheat--M lgba---L ake: por hard, 99; No, lan 1 northern, 97 1 northern, Oats=---No, ¢ 'white, #4 side; No. 2 mixed, io a ! Corn--No. 8 yellow erican, 62¢ to | 623¢6, lake and Tal, , 82%¢ to 6% all rail Toronto basis, Peas--No. 2, 7c to 80¢. % Rye--71%¢ to oe. 3 Barley--No. 2, Bo "54¢ outside; Ne, oe extra, 523c to 530)" 'No. 3, 5130 Pour Onlsio-= 00 per cen {. patents, $3.25 bid; no sellers; Manitoba first pat ents, $4.75; seggnds, $4.15 to $4.20; bak: $4.06" Toronto; ~~ Bran--$31 fo. $22; shorts quoted" a 82 to 823 outside, COUNTRY PRODUCE Butter--Supplies are plentiful, with an especially large' smouni of Creamery. 'a 220 Holo 25¢ Butler, dairy, . Creamery, prinia- Dairy, prin Gen 10 R0c Cheese--13c- for large and 105 fof twins. Eggs--Steady at. 17%c to 18¢. Honey--Pails, 11¢ to 12¢ Tel OMDA, $1.50 {0 $2.50 per dozen, Beans--8$1.50 to $1.55 for hand-picked and $1.85 to $1.40 for primes. Potatoes--Firm; Delawares, $k#5 fo $1.30, An car lots on track: here. On- tario are quoted at $1.15, but prices are practically nominal. ton for No. 1 timothy, and 811. 50 to $12 tno for No. 1 timothy, and $11.50 {o $12 for secondary grades, in car lofs here. Baled Straw---Steady at $6.75 to 87 per ton, in car lots here, PROVISIONS. Dressed Hogs--$9.50 for light-weights and 89 for heavies, farmers' lots, Pork--Short cut, $23 to $23.50 per bar- rel; mess, $21 to $21.50 «and Dry Salted Meat clear bacon; 11¢ 40 11}e- 104; Raia a to - backs, 'y, VY, i 0 1%¢;. shoulders, 1ic to 113e; 11340;0ut of pickle, 10 less than Lard--Prices are: Tierces, 18Xc; 12340; 'pails, 12%c. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, June 4--Provisions--Barrels shirt cul mess $22 to $22.50; half bar: , $11.85 to $11.75; clear fat back; poy 50 to $24; long cut heavy mess, $20.- 50 to $22; hall barrels , $10.75 10 $11.50; dry salted long. clear bacon, | 11%c to 12¢;' barrels plate beef, $13 10 $14; half barrels de,, $7 to $7.50; -- heavy mess beel, $10; half barrels 44. $5.50; compound lard, 93e¢ to 10c; pure laid, 12¥%c to 1230; kettle rendered, 18c lo 13%0; hams, 14¢ to 15340, acoording to size; breakfast bacon, 14Xc to 156; Windsor bacon, 15%¢ to 16c; fresh killed abatloir dressed hogs, $10. to S105; alive, 87.25 to $7.50. 5 Dairy Producis---Ontarios, 18%¢ fo 130; easterns, 12)4c to 12%c. Receipls of butter: this morning were 831 packs ages. Choice creamery is uoled at 20%c to 21c. Receipts of | 840 cases. No. 1 are ab 180 10) id and No. 2 at %o to 160, per | O readtufts--Mandtoba No. 2 white burned. - Ded was tht 3 " of age, in which he has been married, ana he 9° oF deserted his wife a few days ago. Sg he went to. Sas SR at Soke. Ey Onta 0) ida \ tad B ) DANCERS NIC-S7 IRICKE! minuies am- summoned