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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-3-2, Page 7Tea You Can't Beat Lipton's" You've Tried the others ; Honest, Now, Isn't the Best Tea L TO TEA �fcl Only in Airtight Packages. FIVE INJIIIIEB Halifax Train. Plunges Down a Ten -foot Em bartluzent despatch front Halifax says The Halifax ant Southwestern train, from Middletoii to Lunen- burg, was wreeled near Now Ger- many en Friday evening, Two xuen were killed and t'tve persona wero more or less badly injured. The accident, it was thought, was caul, ed; by aireading rails, The engine and two or three boli ears went along all right, but the baggage car adssen e a r car at the rear p 13 jumped and fell over a ten foot embankment, lying on their aide, In a few moments after the cars fell over thebaggage car took he and the flames afterwards spread to the passenger coach, which ]weld' twelve persons. Within the hag- gage car were four men. Stand on the outside was Qrime, Sargent, the bs gagernan, He was 'thrown to the ground, and the ear fell upon lairs, causing instant death. People ran to the baggage ear and opened the door. They pulled out ` three hien, and, thinking that was all, they diverted their attention to the passengers.. One man, Lock Mc- Laughlin, was, however, left, and hebeti hod in the fire that burned ed the baggage ear, if he had not been killed in its fall, Axes were used, and the skylights of the passenger coach, were /nit away and the pas- setxgers were pullet out. They were serionsy bruised, but atone fatally injured. E C neier els an Ia; ;ample to His Countrymen. A despatch from Paris, France, , says: Auguste, Leutrefzl, who was born a peasant and became one of the riebest Vreueh financiers in Russia, died recently. Ho had been impressed by the meagre 'endow- ment of seienc:e in Fi'anee and de- termined to sett an example for his countrymen. His . will, which has jest been made public, discloses that ho bequeathed $700,000 to the Academy of Science$; $500,000 t0 the University of Paris, and $20,- 000 to the Pasteur Institute of re- ' search work. BIG' 331E ;JI,WI L ROBBERY. Mrs. :tEeldwin Drummond Robbed of sa I ortune. A despatch from New York says; Mrs. Masldwin Drummond, former ']y Mrs. Marshall Field, jun., of 'Chicago, was robbed of a fortune' in jewels on Saturday night aboard a transatlantic liner. Diamonds, pearls and other gems to the value of approximately . $130,000 disap- peared mysteriously from her state- room on the steamship Amerika of the Hamburg -American Line some time between 9.30 Saturday night and 5.30 Sunday morning. WAS CUT IN TWO. Passenger Carried Past Station lumped from Train. A 'despatch from Moncton, N.B., says: :Burton Casey, aged '25, of Memramcook, N.13., a passenger on an Ii'tercoloniai train, was cairiecl past his station on Friday, jumped from the train, fell under the wheels and was cut in two. PRINCE I:»W%1t1D 1Jll°3N "al.ue of Industry in Province Shows .Big Increase. A despatch from Charlottetown, P,E.I,, says; The value of cheese and butter manufactured at the forty-five island factories last year WAS $514,000, the best in tne his- tory of the province. The.inaraase was $12,000 over last year. There was a decrease in the cheese, but an increase in butter. The annual meeting of the Provincial Dairy- men's Association was held on Thursday. The reports were op- timistic, and members are enthusi- astic over the progress of the in- dustry, x---- CAU GILT BY CIRCULAR SAW. Young Man Met ' as Terrible Beath in Mill in Quebec. A despatch from Ottawa says: Cut into three sections by falling across a circular saw, Hiram Stin- son met death in the saw mill of J. A. Erickson, near Barnard Lake, on Wednesday. Stinson, who was 22 years of age, unmarried, and lived at Lasoelles Corners, was working beside the saw, taking away the slabs, when the carriage which carried the logs was stopped to be adjusted. It is supposed that Stinson attempted to jump across the saw, and his clothing caught. His head and Iegs were cut off. EXPIRED IN DENTIST'S CHAIR Young Girl Passed Away Under Chloroform et Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says :. Florence Bird, 19 years old, died in a dentist's chair on Friday morn; ing, while under the -influence of chloroform. The girl, who was an orphan, only arrived here from Ire- land four months ago. FREIGHT TRaiN WRECKED Seventeen G ' a� s Were Hurled Down an Embankment Near Toronto A despatch from Tox•onto ' sa ys Seventeen big G T.R freight: cars heavily laden, were thrown .down the embankrnent est of the :}Tim- ber : liiver on Sunday moaning; and piled, in . a. heap just behind`' the Iiiiinber Bay Hotel, . Most of the cars were reduced to kindling wood and their contents, consisting al- most wholly of grain, was scatter•- od +'broadcast over the 'grouncl. The cars made up the greater part of a through freight :train bound from Port Duron to Portland: The train was drawn by a heavy mogul; en- gine and, left Mimic:o yards just: be- fore 10 o'clock on its way into To- ronto. There were. in all twent 3 •- nine cars'. loaded with grain and _. n' and t , these was attached ,lU shot n • ti le' caboose used :b tlie'tzalal er } 1 .:.,A the engine vas just 'boa a the � Halm 4 �;i •e oer e Hu b br d an eon the.� vleelof one care.was ,ou_ when, h 1- xt y� a �•;`� ort,}. a sw.ilcl_ iVf •Ur.. Y P .• arR 'cells -al�E;� = 0 aa Sr `�, ;1 5 there. The,fifth z ca 1' r behind the eix-; gine broke away 'and` went tumb ling down the embankment to the south, pulling fifteen or sixteen more with 'it, and piling them up in a heap. The last car was ,thrown:' down with such force that the coup- ling by Which it was held to the others behind was snapped. The car in plunging down the hill came. so close: to the rear of the Humber'i Bay Hotel kept by William Miles: that it ;struck' and demolished a buggy in the yard. The ' breaking of the coupling on p g the last car to descend the 1iiIl alone saved the lives of Conductor. Her- bert ''Russell and his three breaks men who were in the cabooset the e rear of the train. Theengine, ;. . , e n� the:: caboose 'and some tenor twelve cars did not leave the,rails. ..` The 4 ;.... e anel� ,t�va freemen",'` ginex' on. the engine were only- made aware oC t i en; -'.. acd ut he .1e ,eras <of th c by,1 h� e x ita =G.CY n toga, ,8 ,�:; t � ... r. nl',tie _ foo. tr. THE NEWS, IN A: PARAGRAPH ; PRICES IIAPPBNINGS FROM ALL OVBB T1113 GLOBE 1:N NUTSKELL, aCanada, the Empire and in General Before Iles. CANADA. Several large sales of Saskatchc- wan lands are reported, The ,11-iiigst0a, Lpgomotive Works is building 38 new engines for the C. P. R. Hon. Adam, Beck was appointed a judge of the Olympia Horse Show in London, Englaw, Mrs. Fraser, mother of the late IIon. 0. F. Fraser;, died at Brock- ville, rockville, on Friday, aged 88. The Grand Trunk will relay th line between.London and the Fa11 with hundred -pound rails. ,Rev, Z. 13. Grass of . Moncton, N.B. has been committed for trial on eharSe of setting fire to his house, t1 very extensive gambling outfit tvas seized by the police of Mont real in a raid on East Sherbrooke street, on Friday,y, A Toronto company, said to be acting for English capitalists, has secured 'xptions on 2,000 avres of farm 1arvo, near Arkoua. An explosion in the Battle Cram( food factory' at London, Ont,, dam- aged the roof of the "building and scalded several ,mployecs. There was so much dissatisfaction 2 u f •aac:,ion a Ottawa regarding the a .,l t t u the health authorities in <<ie ty- phoid epidemic that Dr. Law, Ye - al Health Officer, has been a:sk ed for his resignation. Tk e Oliver Plow Works COm- paizy, which has let the contract for za $200,0Q0 assembly building, announces that it will spend six hundred thousand dollars this year enlarging its plant at Hamilton, Sir Frederick Borden annotusee� that the recommendations of Sir John French regarding the militia shall, be earned out as speedily as conveni��n* and that he has planned. to send a warn of artillery to Great Britain this summer. FAR IMPORTS FORM TUI LEt.D1NG TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. ices et Cattle, Crain, Cheese? and Other Produce at Rouse and .Abroad. 1;READSTUFl S. Toronto, Feb ,28,-•-Flosxr--W°ane ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.-. 40 to $3,45 at seabs?ajd Manitoba tlonrs---First patents, $5.40; sec- and patents, $4.90, and strong bak- ers', $4,70, em traek, Toronto, Manitoba 'Wheat --No. 1 North- ern, 984e, Bay ports;; No, 2 North- ern, 96e, Bay parts, and N. 3 at fl a I9334e, Bay ports; carrying Winter storage at Goderich, 1c extra. o Ontario Wheat—No, 2 at $2 4e, s and No. 2 red and wired, 82e, out- side., Barley 06 to 68e outside, accord ioutsitdn o qualify, and feed 50 to 55e e. Oats --Ontario gzOtdes, No, 2 white� 4Xe, on track, Toronto, and 32 tea :ewe, Outside; No. 2 W. C. oats, , Bay ports, and No. 2 quoted at 354, Bay ports.. Corn—ol% to 52e, Toronto freights, for No. 3 American, Peas' -No, 2 at 80 to $24 outside. i'(ya --G0 to $7e outside, Batr'kwlleatt ,-e.: 1 at 49X.,tG 49%e attta;de. Lra.1- tanitubas at 222,50 to $23, hags, Toronto, and shorts, $24 xar. bags, Toronto. Ontario bran a22 to $o2 aa, in sacks, Toronto and shorts, $24 to $25.. casiy for use iu atzi quautity. setul for iTYC is nclr®ri purposeo., A jean, equals 20 Ik,. SAL SODA. up: Daly *Lc $kst,, Far Malting Soap, For SuitenirdsAfattr., For bona rias matt;. F9r c i4fcc4'ia: Sims CIo.."to, r,frr�Ln4,C$l', GREAT BRITAIN. The Irish party will take no . art in the Coronation ecremonies. First reading of veto bill passed in the British Commons,, Houso of Lords will introduce as bill to reform the second Chamber. UNITED STATES. An extra session of the -United States is now regarded as 'inevit- able. U. S. railway freight rates are. ordered to be cut down by commis- sion. GENERAL. The French Minister of War drop- per] dead on Thursday. NEW ISSUE u1 STAMPS. Announcement shade in the house of Commons. A despatch from Ottawa says : In supply on the Postoffice esti- mates, Hon. Mr. Lemieux announc- ed on Friday that before the Coro- nation a new series of Canadian stamps would be issued, bearing the image of King George. The design is now before his Mojesty for ap- proval. The Postmaster -General also announced that he would bring in again this session a motion to grant "a substantial increase" to all railway mail clerks, inducting stampers and sorters. Representa- tions which have' been made on be- half of the rural postmasters for an increase of the present minimum salarynow under of 35 are $. con- sideration. DRY-DOCK AND SHIPYARD. Big Plant to be established Near Esgitimault, B. B. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says : Official announcement is made that the British Columbia. Marine Railway Company will build a dry- dock to cost �3 000 000 at Lang's ng.s Cove, ;'Esquimault. The dock will be 900 feet, long and 100 -feet wide: It is ;the intention' toequip a mod- ern shipyard for- the construction' of cruisers and destroyers for the Pacific squadron of the Canadian navy at Esquimault. BILLED LABOR.Lii Il'ITI1 A. F. d lruial' ilttider E ve attt ItttJian as WesternlaOntario, A despatch from ' Lenora says: .. A brutal -murder occurred early on Wednesday morningat Minnitaki, Ontario, near the village of Eagle River;, and 70 miles from I mora. The victim ' las a Galician track laPritka..:(311 o 1 ,h z the G, P R, teamed i�T: Pxitka': a xl his .assailant: was , n• an Italiala naincd".John ,berilli `13eri11i" for an unknown niotive, stru..h. �l fack "a tieacherous,blgw with the , - acv of an e , Ea •& t e ' h lather s as tubi COUNTRY PRODUCE, pples 4:tid55; 110, 2 stss(t barrel, aaus C anBed small 1 Honey-xtratoto to Ile per lb.; Na, sale, -$2 to 52,50 p comb, wholesale, dozen. I3aled Hay -:No, i at $12 to $13 yen track, and No. 2 at $9 to 210.50. Staled Straw -20.50 to $7 on track, Toronto, Potatoes—Car lots, 80 to 85e per bag. Poultry—Wholesale prices: of dressed poultry :--Chiekens, 15 tea IGe per lb, ; fowl, 11 to. 13e per .Ib. ; turkeys, 19 • to 21e per ib. Live 1 to 20 less. $0; Baldwinsa $4 to 54.50; to .$4,50 per t,s to $1,50, o29. , in tins; 10% errnlr, oie- r dozen ; No. 11 11.75 to d,$2 ,per THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter --Dairy prints, 20 to 21e; choice rolls, 19 to 20e; inferior, 10 to 18c. Creamery, 26 to 27c per lb. for rolls, 24e for solids, and 22 to 23c for separator prints. Eggs—Case lots of new -laid, 23 to 24c per dozen, and of pickled, 15 to 17c. Cheese—Large, „ 13e, anis twins at 13Xc. HOG PRODUCTS. • Bacon—Long clear, 11X to 12c ;per Ib. in ease lots; mess pork, 521.50 to $22; do., short .;ut, 525 to 525.- 50; pickled rolls, $22 to $22.50. Hams -Light to medium, 15 to 16c; do., heavy, 14e; rolls, 12<c;. breakfast bacon, 17 to 17%e; backs, 18 to 183c. Lard—Tierces, 120; tubs, 123c; pans, 123"c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 28.—Oats-Cana- dian Western No. 2, 39 to 39c, car lots, ex store; extra No.,1 feed, 38g � to 38%c;,No. 3, C.W., 33< to 37%e; No., local white, 37/ to 371Ac; No. 3 local white, 36/ to 36%c; No. 4 local white, 35X to 35f c. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; sec- onds, $5.10; Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to. 55; strong bakers'. 24.90;, straight rollers, $4,35 to 54.50; in bags, $1.90 to $2. Rolled oats Per barrel. $4.45; bag of 90 lbs., $2.10. Feed barley—Car lots, •ex store, 49 to 50c. Corn—American No.''3 yellow, 56% to 57c. Millfeed— Bran Ontario 522 to 523; Manito- ba, $2.0 to $23; middlings, Ontario, $2,1 n. $25;short.. Manitoba $22 t 9 O � ouill•e 25 to 30. Eggs to s�� o m x , � $ r�a —Selected, 23c; fresh, 27; No. 1 stock, 20c; No. 2, 18c. Cheese -- Westerns, Westerns, 12 to 12%e; easterns, 11% to 12c. Butter—Choicest, 25% to 251,4c; seconds, 23 to 24o. UNITED STATES .MARKETS, Minneapolis, Feb. 28. -Wheat Itlay953to955-ScJuly, 965 -Se; ./ a September,,; •913.!c; cash, No. 1 hard 98c; No. 1 Northern, 96 to 971,4,c; No. 3 Northern, 93 to 95<o; No. 3 wheat, 91 to 933<c. Boaz — $20 to $21.Flour—First ; patents, $4,45 to, $4:55; second patents, $4.- h 35 to ap{t.75 first clears, $2.95 :to ,6 $3.35 • ✓Lund dears, „ 1..,95 to�'',�2 .;r5. ', m I3tBuffalo,I'28— cb. � S11ziu;, wheat ,. dull; No.` 1 Northern, carloads, store. $1.03, Winter nominal, Gorn -No., 3 yeliow, 50c; No. '4 yallottr, 48c on trach, thi-Ou h hzl1e<l. Oats 2' h 5''1'c 3 vh` No«w ate ,. /_ , No.; r rte, I y4���`:`'' '�li'.Iiite 3c Teazle=— fns; 3 o, 98c. rti 1 ,000,000 Fl t A or lotted for despatch' front Montreal ay: Mme dune ago it was anzioaans at a new Canadian haul; was established by Mr. .Rotielpl reset, M.P., the well-known ,Heli: real ftnnncier, an* associates, a vi) the support of French and Gaited en capital, the new : bank to 1 known As La Banque du. Canada, and to have a capitalization of ten len clGliar, million a ,11 dollars. Cable advices received en Wed- nasday from Farts announce that Fo i Canadian Bank the seven riaillioz ,cl.l,l`rench bankers total Capital s has beers assbse'. n Franee, and it reed th it Tali of thi* fl to Canada written is now pr±ae 11 'Ileo new bank isnow seeking, in, at corporation . :' as Ottawa, and (r.9A as the .., charter isgranted h0 work e of organization will be eoinpieted. LIVE STOCR,, al, Feb, 28 sold at, 0}:'e, geared aat e tea e)' e, ia3ir`- In goo ito534e, fair at5to Ofc per pound. Tice, deinroad for good fat euros was faair at 5 fio. ft e, and the commoner mese per pound. A few good bulls sold at 5 to ai Vie, and the lower grades fa"Dna 3fa se per pound, .Bogs, $7,50 to $7.73 per 100 pounds, weighed off cars, Calves, from 4.00 to 512.00 each. The trade in t sheep. and lambs was quiet, with. the former selling at 43< to 43'e, ;and the latter at 63 to '0%e per pound. Toronto, Feb. 28.—Most of the trade in buteher eattle hovered around 55.50 to 55,05. Lambs were weaker. Sheep were practically unchanged, but fat hogs were being taxed 50c a head for overweight, Calves were steady. TRAINS WORKED BY 'PHONE. C. P. 1t. Stations Between 'Toronto and London. A despatch from Toronto says: The Canadian Pacific Railway is busy extending hs telephone sys- tem between various points for the operation of trains, The latest sec- tions to be installed is that from 'reroute' to London, a distance of 111 miles by rail. The telephones which will supplement and not supersede the telegraphs will be fitted at 25 stations on the line to London, and are intended to be used only in the despatching of trains. The Port Burwell, St. Tho- mas, and ,St. Mary Branches, and the line. between Toronto and Smith's Palls, are also to be con - meted by phone. The C. P. R. is already working about 1,500 miles of track by this method. ,p EIGHTEEN WERE BILLED. 62 Were Injured When Train Broke Through Bridge. A despatch from Valaparaiso, Chili, says: A railway train was made up of eight cars, in one of which were eighty miners, and the others loaded with cement, broke through the Rancagua bridge, near the American Braden Copper Mines, on Friday. The bridge crossed a ravine 150 feet deep and. the train was precipitated to the bottom, The miners were all Chil- eans. Eighteen of them were kill- ed and the remainder injured. TRAINS t �,taetc:cfal despatch ta, says:, Titt ger train fi ,tan 4 way zreigtat tae leo d Junetion khortly al't Olt l� ednesday afternoon sines were scrapped' 4n freight cars were wrecked, the tracks were blocked for hour's. °debt. Cooney, firer.. :the passenger engine, had -a broke 'arm and all the other engine rtic z suffered slight injuries. The freight was oust -bound and both, trams converged op the switch. The brakes failed to check the speed of the freight, and the locomotives. 'side °swiped" each other at the witch. No passengers were hurt,, rut the baggage car was partly' wreeked. The damage to the ruli- ng shack was heavy, :=a ded 1 SMALLPDX ON RBSERVE. Six Cases Reported and the Disease ie Spreading. A despatch from London, Ont., says : The 'smallpox outbreak on the Oneida Indian reserve is ,spreading,, and there are now six cases. 'There :are two canes in Westminster under the care of Dr. Ray Routledge, Dr. Mitchell of Rilworth, who has charge of the cases on the reserve, has no easy task. It is nine miles in length by seven in breadth, and about 000 Indians are thereon. He makes daily visits, but is not being given the co-operation by the na- tives that he would like. However, latterly there is a better spirit; as both of the new cases have been voluntarily reported. AUSTRALIA'S YELLOW PERIL. Regulations hart Been Issued Ex- cluding Orientals. A despatch from Melbourne, Au- stralia, says The Federal Govern- ment has gonea step farther in n the campaign against Asiatics in Au- stralia. Regulations have been is- sued which will have the effect of practically expelling Orientals, The real reason is that the authorities charged with the duty of securing the defence of the island continent are anxious lest the Japanese may have the opportunity of spying. W G�I,D FIEZ Formation Sirnilar to That at Discovered at 1-lobon A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.,says. Mr..J.J- J.Byrne, ne, who'has been interested in the gold and silver .discoveries. at Cobalt Porcupine and Gowganda, returned to the "Soo" on Wednesday after- noon from Hobon, a newg •old -`field discovered by William 14 o `ui y � 1 cl st of the "Soo" last November. E Byrne with J: Hollinger, who with .s'b g 111.. bro- ther Ben.,Staked hdothe Timmins claim. at-1'orcalina Porcupine, which was,sold for;; -;5330 0.00 hare staked.1G claims as '� o u... g H ataoiai c n the ,� o l , �•.,I t t claims, slio v lI r n:' i ich values. �i do a4 Byrne says Clic fora cation at Hobon 1, Porcupine similar to that at Porcupine and teat values are equally as good. Tim f e'°1s are only 156 miles apart. The new field is easy < <,u of access, the 0. 1'. it, running within' 11 -miles of the most important claims and 1 s o the, N. C. R. when forming a junction with C. P. ll,. at Hobon, will run directly through oue of the richest gold fields on th e continent. Assays made on Hobon ore run Iron' ', 6 � �.60 to $400,00 to ton. It is expect -ed that frith the ' advent of spring a rush will lI b e made to Hobon, the :finds having created consterabl F cote,tcnient a Ir " among the nunxnb rue� -Llt. the 0