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"RERORN CIVIL SERVICE Competitive Examinations to Replace Ar- 3 a bitrary Nominations. A" despalch from Olawa says: Hon Bydney Fisher on Wednesday morning introduced the Civil Service bill. He ex- plained that there had been a careful view of Canadian, British and United tes legislation. The present bill pro- posed "a large measure of civil service reform." . The most important innovation is the esiablishment of an independent civil service commission of two members, who will have the status and salaries of deputy ministers. They will control the entrance examinations and will give uch certificates as may be necessary in Tegand fo promotions and salary increas- es The commission will have power fo make regulations and control examin- ali } is now left "entirely to the judgment of th nominating power," will be by open competitive examinations. Under this t system, candidates pass quali- ying examinations, but are not neces- sarily appointed. Hereafter the ap- pointment is lo be made after competi tive examinations, according to merit, by the commission. BRITISH SYSTEM. The procedure is to be according to the British system; examinations will be &eld as often as necessary, say twioe a fyear. The heads of departments will "Notify the commission as to vacancies, eic., and the commission will advertise, slating the offices which are to be com- ppetel for. The commission will, while fpaking appointments generally by mer- t, be given latitude in the case of can- didates who excel In one partioular branch, end who may therefore be ap- pointed to offices for which they are Specially qualified. The probation period will be six months. In that time a TWO WERE MURDERED. Terrible Tragedy on a Yukon River Boat Near Selkirk. A despalich from White Horse, Yukon, says: Major Snyder of the Mounted Police has received news of a murder on the river, a short distance below Sel- kirk. The telegraph line from Dawson to White Horse is out of order, and the s came via Valdez and United lates cable. The message is as fol- lows: -- "Ned Elfost arrived in Dawson in boat No. 113 alone. He had been seen a the river with two others on the way wn. The sound of shooting was heard by other small-boat passengers on the river bank below Selkirk." Inquiry by Major Wood as 40 who left here in boat No. 113 showed that Ned Elfost, Emil Anderson and David Berg- man left in the boat on May 16. The murder probably occurred five or six days later, as that lime would be re- quired to run from here 10 Selkirk. Whe- ther the murder was for the purpose of robbery or the result of a quarrel is not known. The names indicate that all were Scandmnavians, either Norwegians or Swedes, people not given to quietly obeying orders. The supposition is thal the close inlimacy of travelling for sev- eral days in a small boat engendered $irife and bad blood, which culminated murder. -- PAY AS YOU ENTER CHURCH. Cash Registers Placed at Entrances of R. C. Church at Worcester. A despatch from New York says: The arishioners of St. Casimir's Church 'orcester, Mass., on Tuesday learned through the new parish priest that their application to have an auditing commit tee has been refused by Bishop Bea- ver, and that, instead, cash registers will be put in the church. The congre- gation must pay their dimes at the door and can see thelr money registered. The bishop hopes by this means to straight en out the financial and,other tangles in which the church has become in- wolved. ------ -- - SHOT HIS SISTER. Fort William Boy Pointed Rifle at Her and It Went Off, A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: Two children of James Harrison, section foreman, aged 5 and 9, were playing round ihe roundhouse on Tues- day, when the boy got hold of a rifle, The boy in pldy pointed the weapon at tdz sister, and it was 1 sy acei- "dentally, fatally wounding the little one, who died shortly. afterwards. The ed to Deputy Minister may reject a new ap- punto, giving his reasons, The com- mission may, when advisable, give the probationer another appointment. All departmental services at Ollawa are fo be Included in the inside service and brought under the Civil Service act. Any outside service may brought in from time to time by order- in-Council, and otherwise they remain under the old law. The classification of the service is to bo made in three sections, the first in- cluding those qualified for administra tive, executive, and technical work, the second a class preparatory to the first, and a third will include those doing routine work under direct supervision. Those in the third class may enter the second only by competitive examination and on an equal fooling with outsiders. PROPOSED SALARIES. In the first class the salaries are to be from $2,100 to $2,800 and from $2, $00 to $4,000. In the second class the salaries will be from $800 to $1,600 end from $1600 to $2,100. In the third class the salaries will be from 85300 to $700 and from $800 to $1,200. There will be a statutory increase of $50 a year for those deserving it, and this may be doubled on certificate of merit from the commission. There are now in the service "tempor ary clerks" who have been there In some cases thirly years. In the future a temporary clerk may be appointed only for six months, through the com- mission, Mr. Fisher, dealing with another ques- tion, declared that it was intended by the new act to do away with the practico of making salary appropriations in the estimates "notwithstanding anything in the Civil Service Act." The bill was given its first reading. NEW STEEL BULLET PROOF. Unknown Man Reported to Have Made Great Discovery. A despatch from New York says: A new process of making steel hard be- yond the breaking point, and which has made the poor inventor wealthy, is the report being spread about by Mr. Jas. A. Wilson, a patent attorney. Mr. Wil- son will not name the discoverer, but says he has worked in poverty all his 1.fe until now, and that he is sixty years cld. "The inventor," said Wilson, "is now in England. He left ten days ago, in response to a cable summons {rom a group of English capitalists. They arc about to purchase the exclusive British rights to the patent for half a million dollars in cash and 40 per cent. of the stock of the company to be organ. ized, with a capital of $50,000,000. My client spent over fifleen years perfect ing his process. He was aided by the United States Government. Metal plates treated by the new process were used as targets at the testing grounds st Georgetown, Md., and the result aston- ished army and navy experts. The pro- jectiles fired at the plates bent them,|da but left no other mark. The process takes the brittleness out of the steel.' Mr. Wilson said that the U. S. patents had been granted, and that steel might soon be adopted in armor plates fcr the navy, ' --k MOVE THIS YEAR'S CROP. The Grand Trunk Pacific Will be a Factor. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. F. W. Morse, Vice-President and Gen- eral Manager of the G. T. P., has left for the west to look over the new road as far as completed and decide as to opening a portion of the line for traffic. It is pretty cerlain that the line will be engaged in Sarying a share of this year's harvest from Saskatoon to Win- nipeg, but it is quite likely that before the autumn is far advanced it will be in operation from Edmonton east. There is, however, no prospect of G. T. P, trains getting into Port Arthur this fall. Mr. Marae va be away a few weeks organizing and preparing. Before leav- ing for the nl Mr. Morse had a con- ference with.a delegation from St, John, N. B., with regard to the Atlantic ter- minal of the new Transcontmental road. This ocean terminus the company is de- termined to have under its own jurlsdie- tion, and Courtney Bay is designated as| the ovation. | + Plea. o------ Puslinch Lake: from electtic railway Is to be extend- |. CONDENSED NEWS ITENSIL] GAPPENINGS FROM ALL GLOBE. Other Countries of Recent y Events. § The vomplets. control of Manitoba's telephone system is now vested in ihe commission, 3 As u result of the failure a state audit of be proposed. Ingersoll will contract dro-Electric Commission for 500: borse power, Se Three men were killed by an explosion in No. 8 mine at Coal Creek, Albers, Saturday. TA Alex, Cross was crushed to death un- der a falling derrick at Port Colborne, on : Sate). Ce un in Colby was crushed BLE, W0- der a load of lumber while driving info Norwood, on Friday. . St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary overcrowded, and - prisoners are being sent to Kingston. ' A young son 'of Mr. Joseph-Watts of Belleville was drowned in the Moira River while bathing on Thursday. Joseph Hutchinson, an inmate of the Essex House of Refuge, has d a million dollars in Manchester: W. G. Smith, brakeman, was killed by his head striking a ~ girder of the Rainy River bridge on the C. N. R. Serious forest fires are near Dawson. Fifteen miles of the Yukon telegraph line has been destroyed. Bowmanville "has been left a large legacy by the late James H. McGill of Washington, a native of the town. The Alberta Government has granted $10,000 to the Quebec Battlefields fund, and Mr, E. B. Osler has given $1,000. Harry A. Collins, Supreme Treasurer of the Independent Order of Forcsiers, died on Saturday afternoon, at Toronto. The lower Lincoln paper mill al St. Cathanines was destroyed by fire, on Friday, causing a boss of over sixty thou- sand dollars, Robinson Leach of Chippewa anmounc- es his intention of jumping off the steel arch bridge into the Niagara River on Dominion Day. Mr. Theodore Berringham of Palgrave was kicked in the head by @ horse at the Ontario Agricultural College Guelph and very seriously injured. Montreal City Council wants the Street Railway Gompeny to water-the streets and clear off the snow in relurn for we privilege of carrying freight within the city limits. ove Tum banks may with 'the Hy- -- GREAT BRITAIN. The second reading of the pension bill was passed in the House of Commons. The question of the uniformity of pat- ent laws in the empire was discussed in the British House of Commons on Thursday. J. F. Oddy, Unionist and Tariff Re former, was elected in the Pudsey divi- sion of West Yorkshire, on Saturday, by a majority of 113. UNITED STATES. A 25-month-old baby of the East Side, New York city, weighs 110 pounds. Five Italians were killed hy a prema- ture blast, near Scranton, Pa., on Fri- old epe British Thousands of foreigners are leaving New York for Europe owing to the low steerage rates. Some unknown penitent sent $8,000 to the Government conscience fund at Washington, D.C. A New York doctor announces a new cure for rabies, effected by direct injec- tions of anti-toxin into the brain. A Chicago woman, aged 78, died as the result of a brutal beating adminis- | tered by a burglar in her hame, William H, Taft was nominated for the | Presidency of the United States by the Republicans in convention at Chicago. An organization of Jews, num ! 95,000, dre planning fo: erect a Jewis hospital in Second street, New York. | A gold watch, a pair of valuable dia- mond earrings and $499.90 were found on a women beggar in a New York police court. Yer Bangue St. Jean Corn--N : v a'l rail, and 78c lake Flour -- Manitoba seconds, .80; ter wheat ing mow at $3.80. Barley--No, 2, 55c to 5%. and zal, $3.40; strong - ' Peas--No, ab 9c. pia Rye--No, 2, none about 88c. ¥ 84%c fo 85¢c. about $20.50 track here, 7 Shorts--$20.50. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Jids, 886 Dy im, srcamery solids, i 4 3 choice, 18¢ to 19¢; dairy prints, ordin- ary, 16c lo 18c; dairy tubs, inferior 165.30 Jae. it rule easy cheese, 12 to 123c for large, and 123c for twins. : Beans--Primes, $2 to $2.10; hand- picked, $2.10 to 82.15. ' , Honey--Strained, 1ic to 13¢ 'per pound; combs, per dozen, $1.50 to $1.75. . Potatoes--Ontarios, 750. to 80c; Dela: yore, $50 10 We io car ow on, ag Baled Hay--Timothy is quoted at $9.50 tc $10.50 per 'ton in car lois on track here. No. 2, 87 to 88. Baled Straw--Good straw i8 quoted at about $7.50 per ton, or a little hi y Inferior stock has been offered at $6.50. These quotations are for car lots on track here, or PROVISIONS. Pork--Short cut, $22 to $22.50 per bar- rel, mess, 818.50 to $19. Lard--Tierces, 113%¢; tubs, 11%{c; pails, 12¢. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -- Long clear bacon, 1030 to lic, ' as and cas es; hams, medium and light, 13)c to 14c; hams, large,-113¢c to 12¢c; backs, 160 to 16X%c; shoulders, 9%c to 10c; rolls, 100 to 1030; breakfast bacon, 1c to at] 15c; green meats, out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. 'MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, June £23.--Flour -- Manito. ba spring patents, $6.10 to $6.20: second patents, $5.50 to $5.70; winter wheat patents, $5 fo $5.50; straight rollers, $1.25 to '$4.50; in bags, $1.95 fo $2.10; extra, $1.50 to $1.75. Rolled Oats--$2.75 in bags of 90 unds. . Oats--No, 2, 500 to 51c; No. 8, 47%c to 48c; No. 4, 46c to 483c; refected, 45¢; Manitoba rejected, 4734c. Cornmeal--81.75 to 81.85 per bag. Millfeed--Ontario bran, in bags, $20. 50 to $21.50; shorts, $23 to .$24; Mani foba bran, in bags, $22 to $23; Shorts, 824 to $25. Provisions--Barrels -short cut mess, $822.50; hall barrels, $11.50; clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long clear backs, 11c; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half bar- rels do., $9; compound lard, 8¢ to 9c; pure lard, 123c to 13c; kettle rendered, 136 to 13}¢c; hams, 1234c to 14c, accord- ing to size; breakfast bacon, 14¢ to 15e; Windsor bacon, 15¢ fo 16¢c; fresh kil abattoir dressed hogs, $9.25 to $9.50; it Finest utter--Fin creamery, 22Xc; rund. lots, 23c to A Cheese--The .m 1s t and a end easterns, 11}4c fo 11¥c, Eggs--Selecled, 17}{c to 180; No. 1, 1634¢ to 17c. * UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, dime 23, = emer; No. 1 northern, 'Winter steady; No. 2: igher; No, 2 white, D. H. Fawcett, President of the Aber-|. deen Banking Co. at- , Ohio, shot himselt as the police were trying lo enter his house to arrest him on Thursday. * An aged man, C. I. L. Meyer, once the wealthiest citizen of Fond du Lag oy Wis., was saved from the poor-house 'Ly the aid of friends. wned in New York when an "I'vo women, a man anda child were? 2 Northern, old, 81.07%; new, Nc. 8 Northern, $1.083¢ to $1.05%; £1.08%4; Seplem dro mobile in which they were ridi ed into the udson Ai ng 3, wulet, nominally quoted' Buckwheat--No. 2, nominally quoted fr Offered outside at $17.50 to $18;| at 17 to '180. {of in| shade easier. Westerns, 113c to 1150. | them is reported from York county be- July, | , 9130. - Flour--First| &° $5.30 to 85.40; second Jalenis, / 20 to 85.35; first clears, $4.20 to. second. cle A 60, Bri Among the buildings demaged W. Sharpe Co., general store; Dr. Par dg, drug slore; Arrow Prining Office J. P, Fowler, general 'Loffice, C. P, R. Ticket Office. Bailiff's Startling Evidence at the Tillson= - burg Fire Enquiry. A despatch from Tillsonburg says: "I done it, 1 told him I would get even with him." This is the statement which py Sonvict Chester Buckborough of g fire to the Queen's Hotel on May 20th, causinyt the death of three persons and injurin} many more. The confes- sion was repeated by the. last witness called for the Crown at the preliminary hearing before Police Magistrate "Hare cn Thursday, and ii was sprung upon a crowded court . room with' Jdramatic suddenness. Up to that pot the hear- ing had proceeded without anythin more definite being adduced agains dhe accused than that he had been heard to say on more than one occasion that he would get even with John Mero, the proprieior of the Queen's Hotel, and that Mero stated he saw the accused in the hall of the hotel after the alarm of fle had been given. That evidence was probably enough to necessitate the com- mitment of the prisener for trial, but when Chas. Crossitt; bailiff of the dis- trict Division Count, made his dramatic statement there could be no doubt as to° what action the Magistrate would be compelled to take. Crossitl in his evidence told how he 'happened fo pass along the street while creating havoc in many Caterpillars are orp Province. An army. of sections of the Cork slations, on (he lg v Fredericton Junc- A despalch from St, John, N. B., says: i be was interested and stopped lo wa what was doing; Chance placed him next to Buckborough, now & X charged with a crime, which, if he com. mitted it, is one of the most ; fn the dark history of crime. | related his - brief oonversation. . will Buckborough. He said: "I seid to. Bucks: borough, 'It's a p be Sat dane 1p 1 ahi ie wilh : si Lhe oe an oath), I'd even with, : w, 0 Kelly, Simcoe, who, ] C, Brown, Tilisonburg: a "for the prisoner, submitted Crossitt to a severe cross-examination. "Why," asked Kelly, "do you esk us fo believe that. .you_ heard this and told nobody?" - 41 told dhe Chief of Police," repl "When " was the = question rap back, and es quick came the reply "That morning, when the hotel. still burning." J The case for. the Crown was | hands of Mr. R, A. Ball, Crown ney of Woodstock, : At: the Kelly stated that it at that {ion to call evidence