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BUSINESS 18 ON TH WEND CONDENSED NEWS ITENS ‘Trade eat tor Month of March Are Again Encouraging. vitawa saye:) MONTREAL BANK CLEARINGS. A despatch from Montreal says: Financiers and others who are in- A despatch from Ottawa says: The final figures of Canada’s trade ~ for the last fiscal year, issued on Wednesday by the Customs Depart- ment, show total imports amount- ing to $293,123,792, a decrease of $60,249,793 as compared with the preceding year, and total exports| ~ of domestic products amounting to $259,922,366, a dcrease of $3,446,- » 586. P Returns for March indicate a ~ large increase in this year’s trade. » Imports totalled ie 863,362, an in- crease of $3,811 Exports to- talled $18, 397, he an increase of 487 sion of the Dom: with increasing Meatislaction the fre-| ent signs and evidences of finan- | ial and industrial improvement} throughout the country. Montreal bank clearings for th month of April show in an unequi- vocal manner that the progress re- n is /. tho 113 5,180,233, whicl of $24,087,600 over the previous year. Figures for 1907 were given 0 con- ring # the year coin and bullion to the value of $9,988,442 ae, Ree Ve eet Re oe ease |of a boys’ ¥ SLIPPED OFF BRIDGE. Samuel Cairns and Andrew Rux- ton Drowned. A despatch from Port Elgin, Ont., says: Two drownings occurred near Southampton, Saugeen ver on Friday afternoon, the a an MAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Brists From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. ‘Tae customs receipts at Montreal show a heavy ‘The upper steal aceh rile gara was badly damaged by ae Denis bridge, and in som flo fhe eae new and extensive work, only com- pleted last fall, but owing to quick- sad one of the p “West, Toronto became Wa: ay. r. Cairn = Seven ae Toronto at midnight - a ane Saugeon Electric fe ghee one pany, and ha. na sailor on the lakes for ey . Ruxton was postmaster at Ghinpewa Hill. Both were married and Cairns leaves four children. ——— RAILWAY ACROSS ANDES. It Will Attain an Elevation of a 12,000 Feet. The Lake Superior Corporation : : Sil ofbnd foil ion doliate ocume|c oe ent te proving and adding to the plant at) +.) Arica, in Ohi, to-La Bag in pss Bolivia, atlaining an, elevation. of mated value of new build- ing i Scent this year is nearly $18,000,000. ‘dhe sew Brunswick Legislature \defeated the bill to extend the fran- ers. ars has been given to as Sy fox the erection . M. OC. A. building at ee H. Carnegie, M.P.P., has} 9,793, tel satisfied aise steed oF ie Sean “O00 feck: and bavi 654 during the ieee gu ith the opening of |resigned his seat and accepted the | -7u ao, a A ai The grand eo of Geasics nerieatinn ae return of normal pe oe aes itor of law stamps} has been given to Messrs. Sir John trade was $559,635,951, a ae | trade conditions is assure for Ont [ya eckson, Limited. It is understood with $639,880,301. for 1007-08. Ey Mrs. Wright, a sufizagette, is 50" that the actual money voted fer the The gran tal af Canadian ~ $135,180,293 |ing the Montreal for | <cheme is $15, 00 1809 . trade was $559,635,951, as compared re Sno pth, “1903. with $638,380,291 for 1¢07- 08. res. month, 1907. HUNDREDS DIE BY TORNADO}: Sucé@ssion of Cyclones Sweep Through the Southern States. 111,092,633 117,054,598 ‘A despatch from Atlanta, Geor- indicate that at least 50 people were gia, says:—A series of cyclones and killed it t Si alone, while tornadoes, the like which have not/the “Dropery ie will not fall short been known for years, swept through | of the south on Thursday night and Mem She renbite heavy loss from i ing i i towns Rhy a radius of one hun- ies|dred miles in three States. The tornado swept over Arkansas and killed moth Springs. Atlanta and most of Georgia escaped only slight property loss. But two young peo- ple, a brother and sister, lost their aves here on Friday afternoon, by the capsizing of a rowboat during a sudden squall. ealibea a y | from along the p: came tales of fearful loss of life and description of whole towns and vil- lages completely wiped out. The } storm wave seems to have had its| Striking Alabama anJ headed in origin in the north and swept from | a southeasterly direction, the hurri- the lake region south in irregular|cane continued upon its course of _ fashion, now moderating jits force|destruction on Friday night. as if spent, now growing more tur-| Huntsville sends words of fifteen bulent and angry. {persons killed, several score injur- Bic Sietet Tenicsree woe ai os-: Fed, and 250 houses demolished pecially heavy sufferer. At 10 Immense damage was done in Madi- o’clock on Friday careful ranate! son county by hail and lightning. eight persons near Mam- } liv proceeding fi front Eng- ‘o the railhe ia aailctis Suplsved ts Ne ing this railway, and when finish- internaw send jed it will rank’ among the great held 1 . Lane Togiand. engineering undertakings of the J. Kavanagh, a Montreal hotel-| a, ae admitted making presents to| abe police at. Christmas-time and fu 1 = $5,000 for insuiting-her and having|” The stall is her removed from his office. Han Canada will be represented in ne ntest for smilitary, officers at tl “Six months will be required care- lly, to. survey the new line, an passed thie bill 10 compel railway and steamship companies to publish all their contracts and notices to the public in French as well as A despatch from Toronto says: An order assenger four freight engines has been placed Englis bythe Semel eis See Mica Su tcted. the lore ota | hee aenney comin sriOn, Sa Re L. Tureotte at Calgary, took his de- | x5 Two switching engines n, and drove BENE: and a $200 and raturned the horse to the Company of Halifax. The Races stable: ‘dar ff Mr, | t0 be built with steel under frames, Four young children a contrivance that is much stronger Stephen ‘“McAskill were burned to eath in a fire that destroyed the foily ‘dwelling at Glace Bay on Friday. The rest of the family had @ narrow escape. ci as the old style of construction. 1: $3" cars of all descriptions. GREAT BRITAIN. Ss WERE DRUNK. ‘A Holbein portrait was sold London on Friday for $330,000. The King’s horse, inoru, won the race for two thousand guineas in CHILDREN Buffalo Le ae of Selling f UREMTA, ~ of the most dreadful forms] F thse ‘tcintoxieation, or. self-poi - soning, can oe is that canere ast uremia, so call ed eoniies it has been thought to be caused chiefly | by urea, one of the waste products’ ard | which it is the prov- ince of the This, ee os is only a surmise. “No one really knows what pois ate steps taken to start the kid- t other or- |gans to -istrong purging and sweating. |first symptoms may ate the (one |of a convulsion, o: mplete un- consciousness, and ores r of mania, but the more gradual onset is the more common drowsiness gradually be- comes more and more marked until it deepens into coma, which grows more profound until the active idneys perform such puentnt and necessary work lL. pai eonomy of the body that)“ sometimes bleeding is eee to anaes which them to Mehirk-tieir job” is a serious mat-| Under the theory that er, and a refusal or an. inability = a Ree va to work at all is) 314 then salt solution injected in- er to the vein, the blood remaining in the body will be diluted and ite poison consequently weakened. Youth’s Companion. Ur almost always the. re- sult of a diseased state of i = ena before they can do an: s but diseased kidneys, and especialy kidneys afflicted with ——_r___ HEIR TO HOLLAND’S THRONE. Queen ee oe Birth to a aught f ; A despatch fr oe he Hague, Hol- mulate until they |/#d, says: Imina, nets of - are present in such force that they ae petheplanas, gave ‘birth toa are able to overthrow the whole | @4¥ghter on Friday morning. The “economy. condition of her Majesty is most Many cases of Bright's disease Rati tantonys infant Princess rr lta, oe Oe ely ail Helin: pole ey are overtaken by eae or some other acute “trouble. But some persons, who Tbave ea apparently in good health nee placid people. been e part of this The political signi- aleen OF hock, sure of say | cance of the occurrence lies in the ‘Kidney trouble, develop uremio| ¢act Anat there is now an heir to the throne of the MSs a circumstance that very greatly en- lances the chances of the country for continued independence. once may restore them to resi at least e a time. is is a rea- son why sij s of uremia should be Hecoanized eae once, especially by ms who have the care of sick se Many ordinary sige suits are seen in the new s| There are waists of colored linen to match the cloth skir Ivory tips are on some of the ribs of the new parasols. conte Extreme drowsiness associated with headache and vomiting. should ways be Sepested: and immedi- Laid ru Rails. ch from Ottawa says: pushed rapidly, and Mr. Chamber fe: a AES aay poet all jin says there is little doubt as to re- 2 urna te. Ola it: ae sday | the road being completed by June from the Red River to Saskatche- wan. Fifty stations are now under © will have 1,365 miles of comp'cted Wainwright. ~-road. Every bridge between Win- Mr. Chamberlin also announces that during. the coming. summey els ites of branch lines in nthe last fifty relict Aiertac nid Saskatehowar sills he constitutes the ono gap betweeu' comply -d ready to carry 8 the two cities. This work will be ‘freight 2nd passengers in the fall construction between Winnipeg and Ni A des ar — eee says: For the alleged sale of whiskey to children of St. Casimir’s School in eimer street, Mrs. a saloon on Clinton street, was arraigned before police dudes Nash on Wednesday. She pleaded not guilty and the cae ad ad- jeurned until Satur Several scholars recently Have Been ton to be under the influence of Xquor at Four militant suffragettes; were expelled from the ek, House of Commons on gue = eS UNITED :D STATES. An epidemic of suicide seems to have broken out at Elmira, N. Y. fire started by Black Hand men area eight deaths in New York on Friday. A man was flung from a motor cents a drin WATSON eae THE PRICE. ess Goes to Penitentiary d r Ten Years. A aa from Winnipeg says: eh ntenced on accumulated we: GENERAL. Tt is reported that Castro has felt x Ierge, smount of gold buried] ¢, in Venezuela. aN band of female cut-throats have a Russian village! 6 to loo ie was stealing the horses Watson was lighting match- arn and . The barn of Watson -|pleaded guilty to theft, but de- clared that the arson was an ac dent. tay Deputy Attorney-General Patterson said that if he was pro- : Eee would be no further prosecution. A SKY- SCRAPER HOTEL. ee, T0O0 MANY DEPORTATIONS. New York ae Have One of Thirty- ories. A ae oa New York says: New York is te have the highest hotel in the world, if plans filed on British Government Said to Have Made a Protest. A despatch pow Belleville says: is It turns out that the six English Wednesday. with the Bureau of} families who were to be deporte: Buildings are carried out. Yifrom Picton and did not go after call for a Sl-story structure at the| disposing of all their effects were southyrest corner of let remain because the British Gov- and 2nd e Ca- ehad| been too many deportations from Y | Canada ee cause. ‘It appears now that one the six famili will be lepareet and the other will remain. The British ae eate ment claims that after people have een two years in a place they can claim to be citizens of that place and country. the city. local real estate com- ‘pany is behind the project and will aoe $2,000,000 to complete the buil —— RAIL ondER FROM ENGLAND. Dominion Company Boe Ship Five Tho} ‘ons, treal, Raided. A despatch from Montreal says: The office of D. H. To! pany, money lenders, by High Constable A despatch ae fe ey, N. 8., says: The Dominion ae and Steel ee have received a1 ler from he Great Northern Railway, Co., of England, for 5,000 rails. The rails are o lengths and 85 pounds weight. is the first order the company hasj/and all the books and_ personal English, - | effects seized. Two see Joseph- ine Lamoreux and Tes: vaney, were taken to “the mae heater: but were released o was raided Bt. Mars on o fill this order, as the specifications for the contract call for bullhead rails, widely different from the or- dinary flange in use in Canada. The first shipment will be sent away in a short less than five hundred dallara they ae into the river, which is] wheat 90 and | bag s|to 1444c, bri ie ee to sijeclinuwe’ wat’ Bikey euainat perly punished for the theft there Office of Tolman & Co., at Mon- K Iman & Com-} 4 is| Thursday under a search warrant, A THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at BREADSTUEFFS. Toronto, May 4.—Flour—Ontario r cent. patents, $4.70 to $4.75 to-day in buyers’ sacks out- side for aes Mani flow Bars ‘Toronto. No. 1 Northern, May de- ie in 24) Bay Por esd $1214, and No $1.19. Ontario wheat— 2 wheat $1.- 16 to $1.19 outside. Barley—No. 3 extra, 60¢ outside, and No. 3 at 57 to 58c¢ outside. nee No. 2 oe 7 es Rye— Pek shent Ni. 2 63 to 64c out- side. C American yellow, 80c, on ange Toronto, and No. at 790 on track, Toronto. Canadi- ?/an corn, 74 to 75¢ on track, Toron- Bran—Cars, $21.50 to $22 in bulk} © outside, and shorts, $22.50 to ps. outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—$4.50 to $5.50 for eee eee and $3.0 to $4 for sec- on ae Prime, $1.90 to $2, and handpicked, $2.10 to $2.15 per ‘bush- ending money to for} i S will not be completed for three og ney—Combs, $2 to $2.75 per BictRCOn from prosecution oe i r four years. Se and strained, 10 to lle per Dolly Hardy, a nine-year-old gir] pos eee the Victori ee —95¢ to $1 a gallon. a strial ee robbing ihe| EIGHT NEW LOCOMOTIVES. Hyxe. Hino 7 gil to Sil. house of Thomas Flaxen, near St. z Z 3 ton on track here, and lower mieinad: T. & N. 0. Commission Adding to vrades, $9 to $10 a ton: The Quebee Legislative Assembly lts Rolling Stock. Straw—$6.50 to $7.50 on track. Putees Oat “lots, 85 0° 000 per g on track. Poultry—Chickens, dressed, 15 to I7e per pound; fowl, 12 to 13¢; tur- keys, 20 to 22c per pound THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter—Pound prints, 21 to 23¢; tubs gay ee rolls, 16 to 18¢; in: 4 to 15¢; creamery rolls, |. Eggs—Case lots Gicese tiaras cheese, old, 14%e per pound, and twins, “ws New cheese, 1234 HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon—Long clear, per pound in case lots; $21 to $21.50; short cut, $28 to 824. medium, pe 15% ti tube teerves, 1s tubs, 19326; pails 13%. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, May 4.—Peas 0. 2, $1.05 to $1.06. Oats—Canadian Loe No. 2, 51 to 514%c; extra No. 1 feed, 501% to Bi, No. 1 feed, (0 No.2, 5 50YZC 5 600. a nena to 70e. Flour —Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.10; anitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5. a nitoba strong Vakers, $5.40; *Win- a rise str raight straight ge oes —Manitoba bran, a2 to 3, Mant tcba shorts, a3 ts 5 Onterie eed Se rOinante middlin, 50; pure grain eienatles to $35; mixed ee $28 to Cheese—11 ter—24 s 24Y%e. per doz UNITED STATES MARKETS. rye y 4.—Wheat— ee July, $1.20% to $1.- Pa hard, 8 $1. 2A; No, y 2 North- ern, $1. 0. 3 North- ern $1. 18% to ae Dy, Flour—First to $6; second’ pat- “Chicago, May 4.- whea ue a oe No. 2 har No. 2 red, $1. a 3 red, s.2l% low, 18 & ane; ° No. 3 ee 73%%e. 3 to 56%c; LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mcntreal, May 4.—Prime beeves ld at 5'% to 6e per pound 5 pretty milk- Calves sold at $1.60 to $10 each, or 2% to 5%4e per pound. Sheep sold 6 to 6c per poun Jambs so! at $4 to $6 each. Good lots of fat oe sold at $8.25 to $8,338 per 100 Peete May 4- —Butehers! ax rang- however, at $7.25 to $7. --—* —— Wreaths and Basleods are among the fancies of 1! %eo. But-|™ Mge to 19%e bul Byher pretty Leghorn hat, .60| from Mersina, Asia el day n. A despatch from London says: Mr. David Lloyd-George, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, presented the !4 t,|budget in the House of Commons! y, on Thursday. He estimates the revenue a 1909-10 as $741,950,000 ant expenditure $820,760, 000, showing a deficit of $78,810,000. it out he increased expenditure is due mainl, Be. old- near! industry suffered serious depres- sion, the foreign trade returns "|showing a diminution in value to|al the amount of nearly $570,000,000 as compared with 1907, The Chancel- lor adds that it is impossible se prophecy ee, immediate rapid re that there are some indications that foreign trade is beginning to improve Tho revenue for 1908 fell short of the budget estimate of $751,- 750,000. The national debt now amounts to $3,770,606,545.. REFORMS FORESHADOWED. Tho social reforms which Mr. Lloyd-George seeks to introduce in Britain are based e main, on German experience, though the idea of setting aside £100,000 for labor exchanges for both skilled and un- skilled labor France. There is to be a State in- surance against loss of employmen e Board of Trade is developing a covery, but he is of the opinion i borrowed from} ou GREAT BRITAIN'S BIG DEFICIT Expenditure Exceeds the Revenue By $78, 810,000. oe scheme under which only deserving’ ns out of work will bens nie yast was outlined b: which the “State will aaa in the a elopment of natural resources, and a definite proposal was mi to grant £200, pe to start afforesta- tion, and e reclamation of waste naa! and the encourage-| waste lands and the encourage- RECAST OF FISCAL SYSTEM | e new taxation, by which tha estimated ena of ae £16, 0005-) 000 is to be made good, is the comprehensive recast ‘of the Boel ish fiscal system since the first free} minerals, a tax increment in Tend’ increased death duties, increased ti n motor cars. Fearing that the tax on tea and sugar would be increased, the im- orters of these comm ave Been rushing huge quantities out of bond lately, but there is no new taxation in this direction. ‘We saries of life, a cessaries 0} Lloyd-George in his speech 2 o YOUNG FOLKS POLLY’S SCHOOL. ran poe the garden-path the front ati lower Hee and grasped the top rail, for it w: a very high gate, and anne to | Bappily back and torth. Farther down the street she could ve ee and pee coming out from Wi of them carried a ae oa Pally knew held books, for it was the first day of school. soos f in amazemeni is 2 eee cut short off since yes- ter He wore a cloth cap, his foes vad shining clean, and he, too, carried a bag. Polly forgot to swing. “Tm going fo “schoo Danny, La, jo am I,” “You can’ £1 oy Picag Fae Danny, po ‘ou can’t go for a whole “Dan most five!” declared Polly. “You can’t go for a whole year!” .| called Danny, over his shoulder, as down the street after his Polly stepped off the gate. and walked slowly back to the house. Everybody went to school now, she over to herself the fortunate chil dren who only last week had been ready to play games with her, and 3}who were now on their way to ool. ‘Mother,’ she sat, going into the sittingroom, “Danny Drew has gone to school.’ “And my little Polly-wog can't ear, can she, up from her Ae “That is, not to a real school, t play schools is really much “Ts it?” questioned Polly. Mother nodded anita: "Yes; indeed, when you know the teacher. But you must get ready. You must put on your hat ,and a must have a bag with a book in Pp sti, giving a happy liétle skip. ‘‘s’fl run and get y hat. vWhen Polly came back, wearing mother Hieded her a “What's the book oad where is the sega?” said Pi will see re the book is 2 | then Soa ithe house again. to the side por renee exulaimed Polly, tak- ing the bag, and giving »mother good-by kiss. ki - called thought, a little mournfully, naming | oy When Polly reached the “So this is my new pupil?’ said her mother, in a very polite voice. “What is your name, little girl?” “My name is Eilzabeth Laurel Pope, but they call me Polly for a baby name,” answered Polly, as soberly as ues could, but wanting very much to laug! “Very well, Elizabeth Laurel 8 |Pope. You may take off your hat and hang it in the hall.’ Polly obeyed, hurrying bac her little cigs as fast as she eae ‘Now what book Haye you in your esd asked mothe: scsob Hooks 2 ae Adaginte an took broad, flat “boo! ith a yellow cover, and ‘‘Polly’”” panied Fa it in blue letters. “T amrsure that it is a very inter- esting | book, » said Mrs. Pope. it’s all about me,’” ex- sion Polly. “O mother, read me about the time I found the Maltese replied ut & i oe ture of two Mal! basket, and a little ‘an sitting: bee side them. “You wrote it wll in the book about me, didn’t finding two little serene ina is time for recess,’’ said snd Polly skipped on after hi ran down to her playhouse i1 the garden, and forgot all about school until she ide . pee bell nea sl ward the Routes shed ee sae one » and looking toward iin oie “q “I go pene , Proudly. every Polly eed back at him. 5 “That's my see T must. eee ? and rau to the side porch. But the little. chair and table were gone. Mother: stood there, smiling; and as soon as she saw Polly, she exclaimed : ss here is’ my little daughter home from school just in time for luncheon !’’—Youth’s Companion. pas et FADS AND FANCIES: ‘colored linens ara aranrasa The long coat bids fair to vemain a favorit Odd coats be tan and gray are to| Coat: ir ae suits are plain and almost straight. A London Daily Mail special dae night, yia Cyprus, Turkish regiments, landing here on Saturday, proc jana, where the ane, of Olesen 4, and resu! 5 sands of ‘ alive, those attempting to escape being shot down b ythe troops. Figured, as ae as a ped: hen- sia. ara in the shops. The destruction of Adana was com- TERRIBLE DOINGS AY ADANA' Destruction of the Town Ee eek Lesal of Lite in the Province 30,000, pleted. The loss of life ain the jn, & Ns of 15,000 people, thousands of Aj perish