The Department. of Labor publish- cent. above the average price of the Mrs. Wesley LEIA ELE AIO, House at Cobalt despatch from Cobalt says: Cope, taged 35, and his wife, Edith, aged 28, were burned to n in their three-roomed shack ; D6 rt 11.80 o'clock on Thursday ght. The post mortem shows thai yr to death by fire Mrs. Cope id bled freely from the nose, and e inference is that she received a How, and may have been rendered onscious or sufficiently hurt as to be unable to eseape from the flames. Cope, who is a young Englishman, had been seen at a beer saloon on. Argentite Street earlier in the evening. He left that place in an intoxicated condition about half-past 10, and was seen by neighbors to go into his shack. Tne two were expecting to go to a dance that night, and Mrs. Cope had her hat and rubbers on when discovered. A despatch from Winnipeg says: ;of the cereal last year. She also The Germans are preparing to make ; wants vast amounts of canned meats an aggressive bid for the trade and|aud beef. Manutacturers of iron market of Canada, and the Consul|and steel goods and smallwares here is almost inundated with let-|ave also seeking contracts, and as rs from German merchants and evidence of how they are going af- manufacturers, asking for reports | te: business under approved condi- the conditions and requirements , ticns it may be said that se7 ral onsumers here. Germany €vi- German firms are submitting ten- eutly is anxious to secure a share|ders for electrical equipment re- wheat for her supply, as she im-j quired by the city, which has been xted ninety million dollars' worth | bat recently advertised. adrift upon an ice floe which broke away from the shore near Peterhof, COST OF LIVING. | Wow Grain and Fodder Have Ad- vanced in Few Years. Finland, are believed to have per- from A despateh Ottawa says: futile. eee TURKEY'S NEW NAVY. Rritish Firms Get Contracts Three Warships. 'es in the current number of The Labor Gazette some additional re- sults of the special investigation being conducted with regard to the increase in prices of the household commodities contributing to the "high cost of living and covering the past twenty year period. This menth the report deals with prices | of grain and fodder in Canada since $90. It is shown that in general the lowest point for barley, oats, heat, corn and hay was reached in the years 1896 and 1897. Since then there has been.a pronounced upward movement, and wholesale prices for 1908 were approximately 70 per cent. higher than in the year 1897, and approximately 50 per for A despatch from London says: Contracts for two battleships and a cruisér, the nucleus of the new Turkish navy, were placed on Fri- day with the builders at Elswick, Barrow and Clydebank, respective- ly The order represents an expen- diture of $15,000,000. ta EDUCATED APE IS DEAD. Consul Passed Away Like a Human Being. A despatch from Dallas, Texas, says: Consul Junior, the so-called educated chimpanzee, who was dressed and taught man, died on Wednesday of bron- chial phenumonia, after an illness of four days. Consul was valued at $50,000, and was insured with a London insurance company for that amount. During his illness several last decade of the nineteenth cen- --f.--__----- VED MOTHER AND BABE. London Boy Saw Them Helpless in Burning Home. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Lying in bed, alone and help- Jers, with her one-day-old babe, Boyce narrowly es- eared being burned or suffocated to death on Friday morning. A boy passing noticed smoke issuing in thick volumes from the house. When he tried to get in he was un- able to do so, but raised a window sufficiently to see Mrs. Boyce th: infant helpless. He hurriedly |, --", : eae -ealled. neighbors, and the woman | °° fifty Sra: tt Foy ae tea the and babe were carried to safety. LAbih a Sabbe oyoks it!" This is the Both were badly affected by the | Prediction of Rear-Admiral Bacon, ; leommander of the original Dread- -smcke, which would very soon have 2a0 amc ke, y nought, who addressed the Insti- will be embalmed and sent to Eu- rope for burial. ee DREADNOUGHT A PIGMY SHIP Rear-Admiral Says Size of War Vessels Must Increase. A despatch from London says: on the south shore of the Gulf of | ished, as search for them has been} cena REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. ---- Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFES. Toronto, Mar. 22.--Flour-- Win- ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.20 to $4.25 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and $4.10 to $4.15 out- side, in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.70; second patents, $5.20 to $5.30, and strong bakers', $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat--No. 1 North- ern, $1.12%, Bay ports, and No. 2 Noithern, $1.10, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat--No. 2 mixed red Winter or white, $1.07 to $1.08 out- side. : Seine Barley--No. 2, 55 to 5S¢ outside ; No 3 extra, 53 to 54¢; No. 3, 50 to bic, and feed, 48c outside. Oats--No. 2 Ontario white, 38 to 38%4c outside, and 41 to 41%¢ on track, Toronto. Canada West oats, 41240 for No. 2, and 40% for No. 3, Bay ports. Peas--No. 2 for shipment, 82 8ic outside. Rye--No. 2, 68 to 69c outside. Buckwheat--51 to 52c outside for No. 2. Corn--No. 2 American, 70c, and No. 3 yellow, 67 to 67\4c, Toronto freights, Canadian corn, 621% to 68c Teronto freights. Bran--$22 to $22.50 in bags, To- ronto, and shorts, $24 in bags, To- ronto. and 9 4 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--$2 to $3.50 per barrel, according to quality. Beans--Car lots outside, $1.85 to $1.95, and small lots at $2.10 to #2.20 per bushel. Honey--Combs, dozen, $2 to $2.- 5G: extracted, 10% to lle per lb. Baled Hay.--No. 1, $14 to $15 on track, and No. 2 at $12 to $13. Baled Straw--$7.50 to $7.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoes--45 to 50c per bag on to act like a! physicians attended hin. The body | "The battleship of the future may} track for Ontarios. | Poultry--Turkeys, dressed, 18 to 1192 per Ib. ; chickens, 15 to 16c, and | fowl, 11 to 12c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Pound prints, 21 to 28¢; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 2le; in- ferior, 16 to 18c; creamery, 29 to l30¢: solids, 26% to 28¢ per Ib. to 26c. Cheese--13 to 13%e per |b. large, and at 13%c¢ for twins. for HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, 15 | per ito $28.50; short | $20.50. | Hams--Light to medium, 16% to i 17¢; do., heavy, 15% to 16c; rolls, |14% to 15¢; shoulders, 13%. to 14e; i breakfast bacon, 18/4 to 19¢; backs, 120 to 20%%4c. Lard--Tierces, 1614c; tubs, 16%¢; | pails, 16%4¢. cut, -- $29.50 to BUSINESd AT MONTREAL. | Montreal, Mar, 92.--Oats--No. | Canadian Western, 44c; No. 3, 48¢; /Ontario No. 2 white, 438¢c ; Ontario | No. 3 white,. 42c; Ontario | white, 41c.. Barley--No. 3, 60c; No. 4. 58c; feed barley, 56c. Flour-- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, | firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, %5.30; | Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.- ' 60; Manitoba strong bakers', $5. 10: straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; 9 a | | THE WORLD'S MARKETS| Eggs--Case lots of new laid, 25} to 154%c| lb. in case lots; mess pork, $28 | No. 4) pefore I get home." suffocated them. Sean ee SUMMER WEATHER IN WEST. ltnte of Naval Architecture on Wed- | nesday. The size of the ships and | 'the power of their guns must in-| | ercase until actual war confirms or} straight rollers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feed--Ontario bran, $22.- 50 to $23; Ontario middlings, $23.- 50 to $24; Manitoba bran, $22; Ma- Bork will be Current, Battleford, ~ tte, the Adrift on an Ice Floe in the Gulf BOX OF LEAF SILVER STOLEN 'Daring Robbery Perpetrated in Storehons | ~Joaded it on Warmest March in Memory of the qualifies the present theories of na- ival construction, he added. Old-timers. j | i A despatch from Winnipeg says: |} ~The Summer weather continues in | the West, and old-timers say it is| Three Take Poison the warmest March on record. Seed- ing is already under way in many,| parts of the West, the earliest for! yg teat i t twenty-five years. In southern Ma-, tn . tae , he yr Spidenic nitoba and around Brandon a nom- |" SMAee, § ue to neurasthenia and ber of farmers have already start- | lancholia, was 1 cently remark- ed seeding, and in many districts ed here, and further attention was . called to it on Thursday by the sui- quite general by, the |*" ; ; ) . kit the weather | ' ides of three girls of social status, SSS Soe GIRLS COMMIT SUICIDE. After Playing Funeral March. A despatch from St. Petersburg i » of next wee 1 ae "Th Saskatchewan, seed fene of them heiress to $10,000,000. i Thea ay e af , A jag also has been started at such The three met, and after one of 'widely separated points as Swill them had played Chopin's "Fimer- APEN, Humbolt wads © March,' all drank poison and Head. Tn southern Alber idied. They left letters saying they codime-bas boon under: way | were tired of life. Fifteen other seocing 'suicides, mostly girls, were report- ed on Thursday. The Russian law igeverely punishes attempts at sui- leide, but a bill has been proposed 'be some members of the Council of the Empire abolishing the penal- ities on thé ground that life is an lindividual's private property and A despatch from St. Petersburg | he should be allowed to dispose of says: Fifty fishermen who were seb: it accordingly. Tndian fox over a week. ---- FIFTY FISHERMEN PERIESIL, of Finland, of Tretheway Mine. says +7 used between the door 'and the post at| ard the door forced back... The ithicves must have dragged out the A despatch from Cobalt vieves broke into a storehouse the Trethewey - night, lifted out.a strong boX} and impossible to carry off except ptaining 200 pounds of leaf silver,| by means of a sleigh. Tho book- - a waiting sleigh, and | keeper missed the chest and sup- ade their escape,in the night. The | posed that the superintendent had ¥ wae worth about $1,000. The |}had the silver taken away. When Guse in which? the box. was| it was learned that he knew nothing adjoins the office, and en-| oi it several investigations were to it is obtained through the | nade, with the result that the man- om the outside by means |ager of. a detective service was : "his door was | wired for. He obtained clues that : 'moe be instrumental in causing the f the thieves. = sol wooden! ms ust have been ariest of Mine, on Wednes-}) tor it was too heavy to lift} | nitoba shorts, $23; pure grain | mouillie, $31 to $33; mixed mou- illic, $27 to $29. Cheese--West- erns, 12% to 12%e. Butter--Choic- est creamery, 25% to 26c. Kggs-- New laid, 27 to 28c; American, 25 to 26¢e per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, March 22,-- Wheat-- May, $1.16%; July, $1.13% to $1.- 18%; cash wheat, No. 1 hard, $1.- 14% to $1.15%; "No. 1 Northern, $1.18% to $1.147%4; No. 2 Northern, $1.10% to $1.12%;-No. 3,--$1.07% to $1.087%. Bran--In 100-Ib. sacks, $22 to, $22.50. ~ Flour--First pat- ents, $5.20 to $5.40; first clears, $1.35 to $4.45; second 'clears, $3.10 to $3.40. Buffalo, March 22. -- Wheat -- Spring---Steady; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, 81.2344; -- Winter, easier: No. 2 red,: $1:233.. No.2 white, $1.23. Corn--Steady; No. 4 yellow, 63%4¢; No. 4 corn, 68e. Oats--Easy ; No. 2 white, 49%c; No. 3 white, 48%4c; No. 4 white, 474c. Barley---Feed to malting, 69% to 75. ' LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Mareh 22.--Choice stcers brought $6"to $6.25; fair to good, 85 to $5.50; fair, $4.50 to $4.- 95: hogs, $10.25; sows, $9.25. Sheep $4.75, lambs 87. 'Toronto, Mar. 22.--Prime_ picked steers and heifers sold up to $7. 'Many light exporters were secured ifor local killing at $6.35 to $6.50. Extra choice butchers were firm at $5.75 to $6. Ordinary good loads realized from $5 to $5.60. Fat cows were in strong demand, and sold up to $5.25, while bulls went up t $5.40. Sheep and lambs very firm, with a tendency towards high- er prices. Hogs strong at $9.50 f.- o.b., and $9.75 fed and watered, for selects. The Canadian Northern Railway will build a new city on the Fraser River, near New Westminster. Every train from the south ar- riving in Winnipeg is crowded with American land-seekers and home- ee ~ lA RS EGeLrS. "A RAINY-DAY GAME. I+ was a stormy Saturday. "Oh, I'd like a game of tag!" sighed Alice Chapin.. '"'I'm tired of sitting still."' : "Aunt Ruth's eyes are dreamy," spoke up Carl. "If you're plan- ning a new game, aunty, do make it a lively one. I've been quiet about as long as possible." "Your mother may think this too lively before we are through," Aunt Ruth said, laughing, "for the Little Old Lady of Lynn will ocea- sion a good deal of noise." "Oh, mother won't care!" re- plied Bertha. "Do tell us what it so oa "Well," and Aunt Ruth smiled, 'Gt comes of the trouble the Little Old Lady of Lynn always had in packing. "The Little Old Lady of Lynn, She never knew how to pack; She'd begin and go back and begin, And go back and begin and go back."' "How funny!' eried Bertha. "But I don't see how you play it." "We will clear this side of the room," said Aunt Ruth, and she started to move' things away. '"Yeave four chairs," she directed, as the children sprang to help. '"Alice,'? she went on, "you may fetch a needle-book, a spool .of thread, a thimble and a pair of scis- sors from my work-basket, and lay them in a row over on the couch. And, Bertha, you may get an apple and a fruit-knife and a napkin from the dining-room, and put them in tue same row. Let me see, that makes seven articles. I think you will be able to manage three apiece. So you had better find a sheet of paper and a pencil and a magazine to go with the other things. And here ig my apron--you can fold this up and put it there, and my purse} will make out the dozen. "Now I am going to show you how the Little Old Lady of Lynn does her packing, but first IT will place her articles in your care, three to each of you. Alice may take charge of the mneedle-book, spool of thread and thimble ; Carl, the scissors; apron and purse; Nor- top paper, pencil and magazine ; Bertha may see to her apple, fruit- knife and napkin. Whenever I mertion any of these articles, the one in whose care it has been placed must go over to the couch and fetch it to me, and the one who is stand- ing may take the empty seat, if he can get it. Here are only four chairs, one each for three of you, and the other for me."' "Oh, I see!' eried Carl. "That's where the. fun comes in!" "Tt is something like stage-coach, isn't it?' asked Alice. "A little,' Aunt Ruth replied, "only more lively, if I act well my part. "P| stand,'? Carl volunteered. "Now I am the Little Old Lady of Lynn," said Aunt Ruth, and she took up her shopping-bag and open- ed it. 'What shall I put in first? I must have my needle-book, anyway, for I dare say I shall tear my dress Alice rushed for the needle-book, while Carl slipped into her chair; but the Little Old Lady was saying: "And I mustn't forget my scis- sors--"' Carl started, and Alice was tak- ing his seat. "Por I shall need them," went on the voice, "to cut off my thread." Carl was in the chair when Alice reached it, but he had to jump up in a hurry, for the Lady of Lynn continued : "T']] put my purse right in now, so that won't be forgetten, and a magazine, for I shall want some- thing to read on the train." Carl and Norton raced back abreast, but Carl got the chair. "Oh," cried the little lady, "I al- most forgot my apple! And I'll put in my apron right here by the side of it, for I shall need it when I cut my apple--there, I must have a fruit-knife, too! And I declare, aI forgot. my thimble! That must go with my sewing things--O dear, [ shall have to begin all over again !' Ani-the little old lady turned her bag upside down, and the laughing children hurriedly deposited the ar- ticles on the couch onee more. "Seems to. me there's a good deul of noise in here," said Mrs. Chapin. "Oh, come eried Alice. fun.' Norton fetched another chair, Alice explained the game, while Carl and Bertha gave the purse and the napkin into her keeping. Then for the second time the Lit- and play with us!" "We're having great tle Old Lady of Lynn began to pack! her bag.--Youth's Companion. see RUSH OF IMMIGRATION. Arrivals for February Numbered Over Ten Thousand. A despatch from Ottawa says: Immigration into Canada for Feb- ruary of this year was moye than double the immigration for the cor- responding month of last year. The | total last. month was 10,162, as com- pared with 4,791 for the preceding | February, an increase of 112 per cent. fiseal year the total number of im- migrants has been 175,729, an in- exease of 45,285, or 35 per cent., compared with the corresponding eleven months of 1908-9. From the United States for the eleven months the immigration increased by 71 per cent., the comparative figures' cing 86,458 and 50,650. For the eleven months of the! [CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS] J F £ THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own -and Other Countries of -- Recent Events. . CANADA. The new assessment gives St. Thomas a population of 14,872. There is a great demand for farm help in the west. Forty per cent. of the attendance at the Montreal Protestant schools are Hebrew children. Harry Thomas, sent to Kingston Penitentiary from Sault Ste. Marie fur burglary, has been deported. The C. P. R. steamer Empress of Britain is expected to make her first trip to Quebec for the season on April 29. Hon. G. E. Foster is threatened | with nervous breakdown and has been advised to take a trip south by his pyhsician. The February bank statement shows an exceptional gain in com- mercial loans but a falling off in market loans both here and abroad. The Shipping Federation of Mont- rex' has decided to abolish the por- terage charge of 25 cents a ton on) goo 's handled on the wharves. The New Brunswick Legislature passed a resolution in fayor of the} rnanwfacture of pulpwood cut on Crown lands in the Province. The Eastern Ontario Dairymen have appointed two officials to look after the prosecution of farmers who supply adulterated milk to the cheese factories. Nine Indians and two white men have been arrested in the vicinity of Fort Frances ona charge of buying wolf skins in Manitoba and collecting the bounty from the On- tario Government. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Curzon on Wednesday made a plea for an imperially-minded House of Lords for the sake of the colonies. A bottle Arctic ship, Greenland in year has been | coast of Ireland. | During the debate on the reform jof the House of Lords on Thursday the Marquis of Salisbury stated that | extra burdens were being thrown on the upper House by the decad- ence of the House of Commons. thrown from Peary's the Roosevelt, off September of last picked up off the } UNITED STATES. Half a million dollars was paid for a painting by Franz Hals, the Duich painter, in New York. The Governor of Ohio has order- ed all lobbyists away from the State House. The wage bill of the United States Steel Corporation for 1909 was over $150,000,000. Archibald Birse of Toronto has been deported from Buffalo under the alien Jabor law. Rioting has broken out at Bogo- ta again and the American Lega- tion is said to be in danger. The American Sugar Refining Cempany paid out over four mil- lion dollars in penalties last year. Federal mediation has averted the threatened strike of firemen on the railroads in the western States. The Tariff Board at Washington expressed the opinion to President Tatt that the United States could not afford a tariff war with Canada and advised the application of the minimum tariff, but Secretary Knox for diplomatic reasons at- tempted to secure concessions. GENERAL. A German priest has invented a HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER| | garding the health of King Edward NDE Canada's February Most Satisfactory. _ Trade Figures The total trade of Canada for Feb- ruary was $46,291,201, an increase of $8,202,374 over February of last year. For the eleven months of the fiscal year the total trade has been $610,577,981, an increase of $104,113,307, or over 20 per cent., as compared with the correspond- ing eleven months of the last fiseal year, and constituting a new record fo: Canadian trade. the month totalled $30,341,462, an increase of $7,152,794. For the $332.381,669, an 13] 239. A despatch from- Ottawa says:! ducts for the month totalled $15,- 337,043, an increase of a little over oae million. Exports of domestic products for the eleven months to-. talled 257,012,262, an increase of -- /€32,805,650. Of this latter increase, _ about seventeen millions was in ag- ricultural exports, about seven and Imports for, eleven months the imports totalled increase of $68,- | $58,781,333, an increase Exports of domestic pro-) 085. a half millions was in exports of the forest, and about two millions -- in exports of manufactures. Ex- ports of foreign products for the eleven months totalled $21,174,050, -- an inctease of a little over three millions. The total custems rev- enue for the eleven months was of $11,389,- THE KING NOT WELL. His Indisposition Causing Uneasi- ness in London. A despatch from Logdon says: Unfavorable news from Biarritz re- is causing uneasiness in Court and Gevernment circles. Wednesday's despatches said the King was suf- fering only from a cold, but it de- velops that he has also had several severe chills since going to the French resort. His illness would probably be considered trifling in a younger man, but owing to the King's age his indispositions always create alarm. The King's illness is not responding to the treatment that has hitherto brought him re- lief in similar attacks. He is forced to spend most of his time indoors, and is so disappointed over his in- disposition that he will likely eut short his stay in Biarritz and re- turn to London. % TO AVENGE CHILD'S DEATH German Peasant Takes to Wreeck- ing Autos. A despatch from Munich says: Tuvestigation into the deaths of the Argentine Consul, Geiger, and four friends, who were killed in an au- tomobile accident, appears to show that the car in which they were riding after nightfall crashed into a tree which had been deliberately felled so that it lay across the road. | A series of accidents has occurred , in the suburbs recently, automo-! bilists driving into logs and other! obstruction placed in. their path. | The police have evidence indicat- | ing that the accidents were plan- | ned by a peasant, who sought at one. to avenge the death of a chil whe had been killed by a machine, | to impress the Government with | the necessity of adopting more stringent ordinances against fast! and inconsiderate driving. e! peasant has not been arrested yet. | yn H SEVEN TONS OF SILVER. Big Shipment of Cobalt Product for | England. } A despatch from St. Culepinee| says: Three big lorry loads of sold} silver passing along St. Paul street | on their way to the Grand Trunk | station on Tuesday evening testified to the richness of the Cobalt silver mines. The silver was all in bars - ; a weighing about seventy-five pounds ' aveirdupois each, a hundred and seventy-six of them in all, the whole totalling up to about seven tons of solid silver. It all came from the Thorold smelter, and was smelted from Cobalt. ore. The silver goes to London, England, through Mont. real and Halifax. As it is very heavy stuff, its very weight adds to its security in transit, though every precaution will be taken en route. This is probably the greatest ship- iment of silver ever sent from St. Catharines. SHEEP I 'Some Have Been Kept Over Two, Years at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says? Montreal's Chief Food Inspector, Dr. McGarry, has been investigat- ijn cold-storage conditions here, In one cold-storage place Dr. McGarry has found that no less than two thousand sheep have been kept for the last two years. The owners of the sheep declare that they are still i Are - ie £. his. will in good condition and fit for con- § yay sumption. also that in some cold-storage places there is stored food that has gone beyond "prime"' condition. It is likely that more stringent regu- lations will be enforced. -- ye REFORMING BOYS. There is only one way of reform- ing a boy and that is by securing his friendship, his goodwill, his co- operation. To reform a boy who is determined not to be reformed is about as impossible as,attempt- ing to drive water up a hill. He may be kept for months or for years in the institution and go through prescribed routine with apparent obedience and yet at the. end of it all come out a far worse boy than when he entered. But get into friendly, sympathetic realtion- ship with the same boy, learn his , wishes and aspirations, at the right psychological moment place him out amid good surroundings, show that yon trust and believe in him, visit and encourage him from time to time, and if he fails to respond you can put it down that he is deficient and that his proper place is in the asylum for the feeble-minded. Nor- mal boys like to be regarded as ra- ticnal human beings and they have a great depth of loyalty for the man who knows how to treat them right and to rely upon their honor. J. Jess elso. HBLP SCARCE IN THE WEST pocket wireless apparatus. Australia is considering the es- tablishment of a military academy. An agent of the American Bible Society was assaulted in Venezuela and his Bibles destroyed. An attempt to recover the blue Hope diamond from the wreck of the French steamer La Seyne, hich went down near Singapore last year, has ended in failure.- A resolution was passed in the Reichstag asking for the introduc- tion of a bill making the Chancel- lor responsible to the Reichstag for his own acts and the acts of the Emperor. 5 apes ot FORTY WERE DROWNED. In Sinking of a Portuguese Emi- grant Ship. A despatch from Lisbon says: The Portuguese Governor of the Azores cables from Horta Island of Fayal, that the Portuguese bark reported on Tuesday as lost in a storm off Pico Island was loaded with emigrants bound for America. Forty lives were lost. Twenty- three of the passengers and crew were saved. The bodies of 28 per- sons have been washed ashore, The Governor reports that the bark was an old hulk and inadequately man- ned. When the survivors reached land they ran terror-stricken into the hills. The vessel foundered soon after sailing from Pico. -------- TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE. Painter, Killed While Working. A despatch from Cobalt says: Almost the first current sent over transmission lines to Cobalt from the Metabetchouan. Power Com- pany killed E. L'Avoit, a painter, of Verner, Ont., on Wednesday. He was engaged painting a roof from a platform on Brady Lake sub-sta- tion, and must have touched the wire, carrying 22,000 volts. He immediately fell to the floor, and when picked up was dead. He 'ER. L'Avoit, a Ten Thousand Men Aro Required at th® Present 'Time. With the advent of spring come re- ports of the labor famine prevail- ing almost throughout the entire west, and it is estimated by officials of the Immigration Department that at least ten thousand men are required at the present time, but it is only experienced agricultur- ists who are wanted. Good wages will be paid, averaging from $35 to $40 per month. At the present mo- ment there are on file in the immi- gration offices requests for 8,578 men, which the department cannot fill. These are out the prairie lows: Provinces as fol- sé A despatch from Winnipeg says: | required through- | Experienced men--For Manito- ba, 2,458 ; for Saskatchewan, 1,819; for Alberta, 1,407. Total, 5,684. | Inexperienced men--lor Manito- 'ba, 1,042; for Saskatchewan, 421; for Alberta, 458. Total, 1,921. Married couples--For Manitoba, /262; for Saskatchewan, 419; for Al- | berta, 270. Total 941. Boys wanted---22, Grand total--8,578. So serious is the situation that the Manitoba Government will at onee take the matter up with the railways in an effort to secure low- er rates and excursions from the j east. { The Manitoba Gover A despatch from Winnipeg sys: At a largely-attended mecting of delegates of the Live Stoek "Asso ciation, the Grain Growets' Asso- ciation and business men on Thurs- day to discuss the meat trust in Western Canada, the Government announced that it would appoint a commission to investigate all -as- pects of the subject and apply a re- medy. The stockmen complained that the combination controlled both the retail and buying end of the meat trade, and, because of this control, dictated any terms they liked from lakes to coast. This combination, they assert, extends to all parts of the West, and but- s, a widow and seven children. % Ne chers are finding it impossible to nment Has Promised a Commission. Yret into business i Lo thet on mobwation. tb is also satcd that is controlled a iiwn- { vetail shops in the eity, where they regulated prices so as to keep anyone else out of business. As. the same combination controlled i the wholesale end of the trade, they could do as they liked with thoso who tried to compete with their re- tail stores. Ts was brought out during the mecting that the St. Boniface stock yard proposition was tied up on ae- count of trouble within the ranks of the company itself, and the opin- eC atcoa } bur 4 mai interest'? was trying to get fu control before the stock yard ) nstructed, the Pacific -- vat unless they bow to the will of. ion was expressed that some "one- _ \ The report will show Varch HEAT COMBINE 70 BEPROBED