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EE ER The Yield in the Niagara District will Be Poorest in Many Years 5 A despatch Fi Sb. Ontharines The past two weeks have con- od the repeated early predic-| ons that the peach orop In the Nia district will be the poorest in years, notwithstanding the acreage od Joubg trees that you the baring Buch Fy SL 'and P! ere as Mi Bdlem minenb | th J t the a fivd pond Shot baskets o eaches marke Ye il and i A i ajor Hiscott avers that in: the usual thousdnds of baskets t} he' 'and many nedghbofs usually shi 'growers will not have enough or own -use: Messrs. Onalow, rnard,-Jamés, Aikens, and sh few |e 'others along ths lake road say they Ons- i and an a Ee variety of plums and pears is prom- fied, providing & few warm days are et cannot find a single bud in their! orchards. : Wile the fallure the peach 'orop will be felt Tre by éotnmls- elon men and tran Jiation com- panies, he blow wi wil | the most pon the young ae who' ht EET energy to wed _all of a mixed 'crop. be rd pe tes Ja edo plums, too, A doi] experienced. - The smaller ruits, buch as strawberries and respbe r- ries, es, promise well. MoOubbin, Dominion Plaat Pathologiel in Iivestiguting.. ¢ conditions west of Bt. puting he along the lake shore, found a grow- er Sh a peach orchard of from sighs to ten acres who offered to © PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS i REPORTS FROM THEN LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Oattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Breadstufls, . Toronto, May 10. Sent tho 0 |fheat, flours, 90 per IY $3. 5.90, 8.86, seaboard, gad at ¥ ! 1.48 to 30 'oronto. anitoba-- st 'pate: te bags, $6.60 nth 10} 10; Xo 0} do., Beconds, t Pde. usted ts $1,08 : Fon akers', in Jute bags, Manitobh whegt--. arthérn, O8ic, 0 tario wheat---NO. § 1.04, outside, and $1.05, on track, onto. fFogorio. 2 Ontario oats, 89k to 40¢, | Putside, and at 430, on t 5 nto, | Wegterh Canada, opth455 for No. 3. snd _3040for No. 8, Bay ports. _tes Péas--31 to $1.05, outside. I Barley--Good malting barley, 66 | 'nceordin a big, y 0 o3 ec to de outside, By Cewhoat--v00, ohts at--800, "780, all-rail, $35 to $26 Corn--No. 8 American, ronto. TOOntY: Afanftobh bran, a ton, in Jags, Toronto freight, horts, $26 to #28 to Country Produce. Butter-----Choloe dairy, 18 to 20¢; Ine ferior, 16 to 1840; farmérs' separator rints, 21 to-22¢; creamer; Br ts, fresh, : i 26¢c; do., Orage br as 8 to 240; olids, storage. BEggs--21 to 22c per dosén, in case gp ale for J Beans--Hand-plck r bushel; pritnes; ee : Poultry--Fowl a3 ay ka gr P fhickens, 19 to eese, 18 to 16c; Saber. 0 to. 8 Potatoes--Delawares, $1.20 to AS Ron track, here, and Ontarios at § Per bag. on track, Provisions. Bacon, lo lear] as 3 160 per 1b. in case lots. Heme dium, 18 to 1840; heavy, 17 to rode "rolls, 15 to 3 boi es akfast bacon, 18 to 190; backs, 32. 18%c. fare --rierces. 12Qc; tubs, 130; palls, - 18¢; Baled Hay and Straw. Baled HAY No. 3 Atoe14.80 to 16 ton on track her L% goted tad w 0 HA 3% and on over a ne to $1 fod d straw--Car lots, $.35 to $8.60, [on ror Toronto, Seeds. Wholesale seed aperchants are selling jocleaned a sssds & She te in Shs 100- Nor S od} RRNA A Timothy, , 1, 8.60 3 Vo Ye. 56: aitifa, Ko! Li ng Graln. No. 2, $18 to $13. Winnipeg, May 19. --Cash a No. 1 Northern, 94c; No 3. Bes No. 8 Northern. 90§o; wa. oo Etherts T%ic; No, T4§c; Ws: No. Selected" segds, hte" eeds, No. re, Sleatod seeds, xs i i No. 0. 1 smutty, 89 jo; 0. 3 smutty, 86§c; N ¢3c; No. 3 Tea inter, Jude, 3 C xe pt Markets. Monit: treal, 19,~Corn~--A: Jean No. 2 yellow, A 39 THe Oa! Th 43 yk rt May 58 ast two walked to the one dollar for his entire crop. $14 to $15 121° to 12R¢; do, easterns, 11% to 12jc. Butter--Choicest Seamery, 23 to 28ic: 22 to 3340, Eggs--Fresh, 23 slog opted, 26 to 270; No. 1 stock 1 to 82¢c. Potatoes--Per by 'oar 53% $1.06 to 05'to $1. 20. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Minn, May 19.--Wheat-- May, 90fc; July, 0086; No, 1 hard, 95§c; No, 1 Northern; p2gc to 94ic; No. 4 Northern, 9236. Oorn--No. 8 F141 to 67c. Oats--No. 8 white, S80, $i ur and bran, unchanged, uluth, Minn, May 19.--Wheat--No. 1 hard, ¥4ic; No. 1 Northern, 98fc; No. 2 Northern, 82f¢; July, 93] to 98jc. Lin. tioed closed, cash, $1.5 bok; July, $1.67. ave Boek took Matkets. Tor: 19.--Catt. le Coton aa $7. oy a $6.85; good, $7.90 t .26; common cows, $5 to pore and cutte $4; cholce Hah $0 To $7.35) choice bulla es-<aiood veal, $8.76 to $10; com- as 0" 76 to $7, Stockers and foeders--Steers, 800 to 900 pounds, Vs ;2% to $7.60; good qual- a " 1" 3 pounds, $7 to $7.50; light, Boy 3d iam s--Light ewes, $6, 60 i $3 hn heavy 6 to $6.26; bucks, Vie Boring he each, $6 to 3h; to $9.05 lambs 0 $9. 50, but h-180 per head dedustes. for ati th Daok lambs, Hogs--3$8.40, fed and watered; $8.60, off cars; $8, f.0.b, Montreal, dey 10.~Prime beéeves, 7% to sho: me isin, 84 to 78c; milkmen's 8 pers > to 9 oom Aon, 43% to Bic. OWS, 0.4 0 each ; calves, 8 to Te; sheep, 5S s oe spring 'lambs, $4 to $6 each; hogs, dlc. | TREN TWO MEN SHOT DEAD. Fatal Fight Ocourred After a Pub lo Dance. A despatoh from North 8: Women River, a small e7, sage; the Canadian Pacifio Railway main line, 200 miles weet of Ni Bay, was the scene of a t shoot affray Pride) ig night, whioh resulte in two men shot to death. A public dame dance was vas being consumed ha & the with, the ma fight oc- curred. John Ohapman of L'Ori- ginal, Ont., and Oesinee Fortin, wot ble liquor was --r TWO EXECUTED FOR MURDER. Men Declared With Dying Breath Companion Did Deed. A de Bia Ig Vanes es 8 B.O., says: is my did killing." These were the only words ever confes- wade by Frank Davis just be- ore he and Herman Clark were ex- ecuted by Executioner Ellis at New 'estminaber Jail for the murder on of Police Consta-' , of Vancouver. . Arh 00! blamed the | thar for the crime &ver since both 'were arrested: within. & few hours after the mutder. « The {wo .men ak ge, -- re r Wag sp! i eno "ls 60, Cheese--F'inest westerns, $8.35. daned- ~~ held, and it |in Olark {the Royal Fusiliers, SEE ers 3 of the demand o hh pa ) ers for loans; ) rate on both long and loans; (5) es fhe Eo Bankers, registry office officials 'and pro nent farmers were eied Ts or the information gathered, and the an: fo Jang. usiness men, nyers i Rein of Them Ha Work Overtime, A despatch from Hamilton facturing concerns have. started i | work overtime. The officials of the This pho lages were wiped aut. C.N.R. UPPER LINE. Northern Ontario Section Will Be Ready in the Fall, A despatch from Ottawa says: Some time next fall the Canadian Northern line, now under construc- tion from Ottawa to Port Arthur via Pembroke, Eastport, North Bay, and Sudbury, will be.put in operation for freight and local traf: fic and probably for traffic of all kinds, says Sir Donald Mann, vice- president of the O.N.R. With the completion of this line from Ouawa |; to Port Anthur, the Northern will have a through line operation from Quebed Bri- tish Columbia rrr ee TWO ARMY AVIATORS KILLED. Machine Turned Over After They Struck the Ground. A despatch from North Allerton; England, says: Two more British dren a combined flight bya. que ron ol military aeroplanes f and to Salisbury Plain, The were Lieut, J Engson, of ws ergeant Dudmore, who was acting as me- shiaiie-, The accident occurred eo the aviators were tryin; to land in a dense*fog. The ying so struck the ground sharply and over- turned, the two oocupants being| killed by the motor falling on EXPLOSION : "T= wMount Aetna' in 'Eruption. aph 'shows "the 'Bicilian volcano in action. army aviators were killed pear here | P Bteel' Company of 'Canada that business is picking up, they expect to have their plant working at full capacity Fors aon, The Canadian Westinigho tions. Bevenal of the large east end ond mam "A aged subject report [looms gly. and | tutionalist horizon, annou has need that it will' adeqhate reparation for hig o} : pany also reports Er dt" eo upon. : /such reparation can i a8. res] nsibilil $2 authorities ot dem HARD ON OPIUM SMOKERS, 3 To Be Shot if Found Smoking. at Chengtu. A despatch from. Peking, China, Says: Persons under forty years of age are to be shot if found smoking opium at Chengtu, in 2 Whe province of Bze-Chuen, after the expiration of a period of twenty-oué days from Baturday, according to & govern: ment announcement just . Those above forty are to be son. tenced to terms of penal servitude. The campaign against opium smok- ingh as reac por a point that all igh a smokers in the province are compelled to submit emselyes to a course of treatment. re A STORMY TIMES ON PACIFIC. Europeans and "Asiatics May Meet - In Deadly Btruggle. A despatch fr m Auckland, N Zealand, says; "Bir Miter gency,' Ta the future Hote wil de r and more ony: sions Tog the past. The Pacific is the meeting ground, not.of na- tions, but of continents, and here ne STR are 'or Europeans le [the tiny of this planet," OF CHEMICALS| Several vil- |. ~ Guide, BUY AT HOME. Merchant Near YOU, man'® i Buy Direct from Factory 'When you buy HOME TRADE merchandise you have the satisfaction of knowing that you are receiving the lowest good quality, You get the latest in every 1 the splendid quality and valu¥ received. You Cannot Lose on HOME TRADE 'Goods HOME TRADE Catalogue g00ds are guaranteed to: sive satisfaction. - . 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