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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-3-27, Page 2Items of flews by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going, on All Over .the World Canada. 'Gee.- Kerr, •ex-M.P.P. for Stew - moat, died at Cornwall, aged 00. The T„ H. and B. will doublet' track .about 16 miles" west of Wel- -. land. The Montreal Hunt C'lub's sta- bles and kennels were burned; lose, $15,000. I)r. W, 0. Eastwood, for 'Marry years Coroner at Whitby, died at the age of 82. James Raymond was sentenced at Berlin to 28 months for passing worthless cheques. Kingston harbor was cleared of ice by the wind on Friday, the earli- est opening in twenty years. Samuel Roach, formerly of Corn- wall, was burned to death when his hotel was destroyed at Desbarats.. Judge Macbeth declared the Lon- don township local option by-law in- valid, lacking two -fifth's of a vote to carry. Ontario Vegetable Growers have derided to buy their seeds and fruit boxes in one order and thus save $50,000. After being out three hours the jury in the hove murder trial at Owen Sound on Friday returned a verdict of guilty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and • Princess. Patricia sailed from Hali-` fax at 3 a.m. on Sunday. Wm. Astings. Toronto, and Thos. Sharpe, Peterboro', C.P.R. tele- graph linemen, were instantly kill- ed by a T., H. & B. engine at Ham- ilton on• Wednesday. James Sherlock, - a fire depart- ment driver for 25 years in Inger- soll, was seized with paralysis while exercising his team, and died short- ly afterwards. A. six thousand egg incubator just opened in Morrisburg marks a for- ward movement in the development of the egg and poultry business in Eastern Ontario. A retired clergyman in London has garnisheed the wages of re Cana- dian Pacific Railway brakeman, whose home is in London, to collect his fee for marrying him, J. 0. HUI & Sons, Lloyclniinstor, Saskatchewan, 'have been awarded the Colorado $1,000 trophy for the best bushel, of oats shown at the National Corn Exposition held at Columbia, S.C. Hon. J. D. Hazen, Minister. ,of Marilee and Fisheries, has gone to. Washington to confer with the new Democratic Administration rega•ed- ingratification of a • treaty over fisheries in boundary .waters. During the debate on the draft Address in the P.E.I. Legislature, Hon, Charles Dalton, the island's millionaire `'fox king," intimated i hat the Government intends to in- troduce measures to give further protection to the black fox indus- try. " Great Britain. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst gained her freedom by a 1111nge}'-strike, The strike of Loudon taxicab drivers is ended. •Sir Frederick Banbury has. intro- duced ,,in Parliament a bill making the vivisection of dogs unlawful un- der any conditions. United States.. Many. of Dr. Friendmann's * pa- tients in New York show marked improvement. Dr. Friedmann treated thirty-five patients in New York, most of whom were deformed babies. The, storm on Friday cau.s,ed heavy loss of life and property in the United States. General'. M. Barthou may form the new French Cabinet. President Bonilla of the Republic of Honduras is dead. General Louis Andre, former French Minister of War, is dead. The remains of the. late King George of Greece will be conveyed to Athens on a warship. The powers have sent a comranni- cation to tie' pelkaa eiljgg stipula.- ing the •con ition•s of ;peace. LORD IC11OLLYS. Private Secretary to the King, who will soon retire. AFTER THE CUTWORM. Government Secures Servs es of E. 11. Striekland fol' Alberta. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government has secured the services .of E. H. Strickland, an English .entomologist, to condust. an investigation into -an outbreak of cutworm'in Southern Alberta. A new •variety of this pest. destroyed from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of grain in Southern Alberta last year, .he - sides doing serious damage to gar- den and root crops. Mr. Strickland enters the service of the Depart- ment of Agriculture as a permanent r:fier»I aril. will go West next month. He •is a, man of much dis- tinction in •his line and lately re- fused an offer of the position of Government Entomologist in Cey ton, snE KNEW N:ArOL1 oN, Mrs. Mary Dal;, Aged 111, Dead at Emmett, Michigan. A despatch from Sarnia says: Mrs. Mary Daly, aged one hundred and eleven, St. Clair County's old- est resident, died at the home of her son, eine mile west of Emmett, near Port Huron, on the anniversary of her birth, on Tuesday evening, Death followed an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Daly was born in Ire- land. When bat a child she met Napoleon ,Bonaparte when he wan in his supremacy. Until the end she recalled the Battle of Waterloo, and often narrated with interest - thrilling incidents of the engage- merit. lifter the Battle of Waterloo and while stilt' a young girl' she inoved: for Canada, TIDAL WAVE IN ENGLAND. Ells*bourne. Isle > d.' Wight: .and Dover'- Suffered. A despat'elr from London .Rays : The Easter •holiday was spoiled by tempestuous weather, including thunderstorms, cyclonic winds •and• pelting rains.e. The ;south coast, crowded with excursionists, Bore the brunt of the aneteorological at. tack. •Worthing pier, near Brigh- ton, was swent away, and Hastings was flooded by, a tidal wave. East- be;urne, •the Isle of Wight,' a•nd. Do- ver ell suffered. London on Sun - .day was a, desert. The West End was empty, barring -troops of pro-' vincial trippers. Real spring wea- ther obtained at Hampstead Heath and Hampton Court. KING SHOWED GREAT GRIEF. Meeting Between Hint and Dowager Queen Olga. A despatch from Salonika e•ays : King Constantine arrived here en Sunday and was acclaimed by the populace. The foreign warships fired a salute of 21 guns. The King showed great grief, and the meet-. ing between him arid Dowager Queen.Olga in the death chamber was most affecting, both bursting, into tears. The body of the Iate King George laid in state on Mon- day, and the residents of Salonika were allotted to pass before the coffin. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Carelessness in Handling a Loaded Rerolrer. A despatch from Kingston says : Norma Richards, aged 12 years, is at the Hotel Dieu as a result of be- ing accidentally shot while she was visiting on Corrigan, Street. It ap- pears that she was sitting on a chair in the dining -room, when without warning a .22 -calibre re- volver, picked up by the hostess to show her visitor, went off and the bullet entered the child's head. She is expected to recover. PARIS PREFECT RESIGNS. Louis .'f spine lied of Police for 20 Years. A. despatch from Paris says:. Louis Lepine, the popular pre- fect of Paris police has resign- ed office after twenty years' ser vice, interrupteei • only by an ab- sence of two y :a,rs, when he served as Governor-General of ''Algeria from 1897 to 1899. M. Lepine is 67 year s of age. He Served through the Franco-German War in 1870 a,s e sexgeant-major ill this fortress Of Eelfort. OUR LETTER FROM TORMO WHAT iS UPPERMOGT IN THE MINDS OF THg CITIZi$NS. Away From Homo at' Easter -A Diplomat of tic First Degree --Mystery to b4 Cleared Up -An Active Career. Baster, the greatest Church date in the entire yyear, seems to bo losing in the city something of tlio spirit of olden times, This ismerely to say ,that'with thein• .crease of wealth and population, worldli- ness 10 on tiio inorease. biterall;v theta sande of citizens awake it a point of beteg away frexn bonito at Master. The uuinber of those who spend .the entire Whiter In eouthern climes is on the inerease. •'1 o Mediterranean or the West ✓✓leases are fav- orate trire, while this season foci, the first time Panama has been comiva in for its share of husinese. The winter tour- ists do oat return until, Spring. 10 well ads ranted .and the Baster seasonaeon an exodus to the near south;••which is: menet-. int: to veal, largo proportions. 'Atlantic City is a favorite resort 'and Baster Sun- day saw huudreds of Torontonians on the promenade there, far; away Irani church or other home duties. Str William's Diplomacy.- .Sit iplomacy.-.Sir William Meredith, who for the past two years has been investigating the Workmen's Compensation with; a view to rccomnxendiug legislation, ,lUis proved lximsolf a diplomat of the first. degree by the report which he liar lust',presented to the Legislature. One of the chief oauses of oontention in connection. with tlio Act will be as to what classes of citizens should be exempt, Sir 'William received much evidence., on this point. For example, there is no doubt that there will bo great onnoeition in farmixiir communities to aux, enactment , whit will make emplovere liable fot injtuies, austained by their help.' In ihesanie way store -keepers em- ployina perhaps -Milo one olerk, in many eases where the chanees of injury are of the slightest degree. will object vigorously at any taxation which might be imposed for the purpose of Workmen's' Compensa- tion. Sir William has neatly side-stepped tills 1 entire controversy. Ho has done so by leaving the whole question of what classes pre to be exempt to the discretion of the Legisiatuie. Hie Act ae ffareed applies universally • and if , it.- went •into 'force as it is, would appiv to every employer of labor in the Province. As it is ",generally reeoanized that there must be some ex- emption. the whole question of whet these exemptions shall be must be' thrashed out by the members in the Mouse. No doubt a great number of exelnptiore will be asked for and the Act will be lucky if it escapee emasculation. As far as the controversy between the Labor trnions and -the Manufacturers is concerned, Sir William seems to have been able to bring about a certain amount of aererment. On the Noe of it it looks as though his findings lean toward the aide of the working men. , Gardening Days.' Sir William will now -have more free- dom than for some time to devote to hie flowers and his gardening, . which is the chief hobby of his life. There is probably no man in the Province who lute a great- er love for lowers, and. -his home ,which stands above the Rosedale ravine, le every summer a real living home of flo1ver life. He has made gardening a health -giving relaxation from a strenuous life. The ar- rangement of his•grounde and flower beds .is particularly pleasing. Nor is Sir Wil- liam one of those gardenere who likes to let other people do the work. Like Glad. etone, who sought mental relief by cut- ting utting down trees on his farm at Hawarden, Sir William always delights in the actual tabor of hie own hands, The Mystery Biock. Toronto's"mystery block" -still remains a mystery, Rumors have recently been revived that the Canadian Northern Rail- way is the owner, but tam hove 'leen denied. Of the names mentioned iii with the property . only 'from:;tllxe T. Baton Company hasthere' been . no denial. and the impression still stands that this firm proposes, sooner.' or later, to move from its present location to the site bounded by Carlton, Yonge, Qhurch and Alexander. As this would mean' .a tremendous dislocation of businese on Yonge St, there is the keenest interest in what will happen. The statement has been made by a man supposed .to know that the mystery will be cleared up before the_end of the month of May. If this is the case there will be fresh activity in Toronto real estate. Nothing more spectacular than,, the mystery block has been heard of in real estate records in this country. The en- tire block, consisting of hundreds of small parcels of • property, was bought up . by agents of a real estate -firm within a' few weeks. That was two years ago, and who the real estate firm acted for is as much a mystery as it was then. The deal, of course. involved millions. . Meanwhile, Baton's continue' to make improvements in their present premises. Friedmann Was Pleased. Toronto physicians are gratified that Dr. Friedmann should have given so much attention to 'Toronto patients, and .that be was so complimentary in his remarks concerning hie operations here. Ile said that his local clinic was the most 'saris factory that he had had, this being due Largely to the system of registration which prevails,, and Which reveals:. the history of each case. The patients treat- ed' are, of course, being watched with the greatest anxiety, partioularly by sufferers from the disease. Local physicians con- tinue to be unenthusiastic. but hopeful. Dr. Friedmann" was greatly impressed with the cordiality shown in Toronto and other Canadian cities, particularly when contrasted with •the disposition of aloof - nese which greeted 'him in New York. One Story le to the effect that the reason of his cool reception in New. York was the opposition. of the drug 'trust, which, of course, flnde one of its chief sources of profit in the medicines which it soils to tubercular ''patients. But such a story seems too diabolical for belief. Citic Troubles. Toronto bas been having its troubles in civic financing. In round figures it takes about $10,000.000 a year to run the vitt', and as a great proportion of this amount. is required for' capital expenditures, it means that much cash -has to be raised by selling bonds and debentures. The market for the last year not baying been good, there is on hand an accumulation of unsold bonds. with the result that the city has been perilously close to the point of. not having ready cash with which to nay current expenditures. In recant weeks small bond issues have been disposed of on more or less satisfactory terms and the situation has been temporarily reliev- ed. As result of: this situation the Treasury Department ,has come in for a great deal of criticism. TJnfortunately, Mr, Richard T. Coady who has been .pity '1'rext,sxrer 1-�*�•�.-�----- for tweutY4tati aeere, and: rix whom the I• Aity looaeti to 40 11 its} bonds tied keen) the etrong 1%x well Mrelnied with reaciy'uaslz has been -seriously ill. It is doubt% 1 Ix be will ever resume 'bis duties, et east as actively ee formerly, Mr, Goady's Carsor, Mr,, Coady heel&. Toronto My' ove if sp max 1xae. Ito .bps been in the city sor- vice for 36 years. Chief &ecoentant iii 1877; City Treaeuyez in 1888 and ever sinus.+' Previous to that ha was a lumber 'pier- tehant. a has scan,oighteen alarms conic and go3 Re has seen the cit �i a opltzla, time s mos t a us drnv� le • e ec ams 'l'roaenrcr ,fust when the fabulous boom. struck Toronto, when 00 the, late BO's, without reason, thdueande packed their trunks .and 'moved' to the city atom the eonntry dietriote, Thio boom burst,, and the next ten years wae.the least encourag - lag a in the history, of the city. Brit ill the lastdeoada figures have been goiue- ahead In Jame, expenditures. Kaye more than, doubled, eseessmorits and all other figures bounding. ahead in similar^ proportions. Mr,' Coady is still the 'paymaster. But there aro critics who think that a sucees- sor . must soon bo appointed, Before : his. illness it was charged that his depart. menu had not kept pace with the times, and was 'really in a chaotic condition,' Who will; succeed Mr. Coady.,is an open question:' Controller MaCar ]x ha beea showing a special interest int the Treasury Denertxuent. ; and it has been ramore5t that he will follow the example set by Mayor Geary last' year and step from the Board of Control, into a soft life job at a salary of some $$10,000 n ••year. But Con- troller 0to0arthy denies ..absolutely that be is a candidate or that he would aocept the position if offered to him.. . • BRITISH ARMY'S AIRSHIPS. '.Typo of Pring Hardline Far Wert tor to Any of Other Nations.. A desptiti:ls from London says The British army possesses the best aeroplane in .the world, and has perfected a type of flying machine far superior to any .in the posses= cion of other nations, according to Col. John Seely, Secretary of State for War, who caused a sensation by snaking this announcement in the House of Commons when introduc- ing the army estimates on Wednes- day. ' For British purposes, Col, Seely said, the great problem had been to secure an aeroplane that could fly both slow and fast, The British army now had . machines that had beaten 80 miles an hour, and whioh also were :able to reduce their speed to 40 miles an hour. An army Biplane recently had passed all the tests at an average speed of. 91X, miles an hour. Col. Seely said the British army would have 148 aeroplanes by next May. He -claim- ed that Great Britain had deliber- ately rejected large airships as be- ing useless for her purposes. ' The War Department was devoting its. attention to small dirigibles which could be picked up and sent abroad with expeditionary forces. The Secretary for War said that the mechanical problem of repelling • at- tacks on air craft hail been solved by experiments carried out by the army service. FITE PEOPLE WERE HILLED. And Forty to Sixty Persona Buried in Ruins at Medicine Hat. A•A despatch from Medicine Hat, her asays The worst aeoidetrt in the history of Medicine Hat'took place 'on Wednesday afternoon, when the Malcolm Canneries blew bp, burying in .the ruins a, large number of people; estimated any- where from forty to sixty. Five are known .to be dead. . The firemen, assisted by a large number of citi- zens, are now digging the ruins to save any others, that may be alive. A dozen or more were taken out when the wreck first -occurred, and were• rushed to the hospital. The number of dead cannot be known for some time, as the whole ruins will have -to be removed before the last chance of finding more will be gone. The disaster was caused by a leakage of gas. Among. the injured are several firemen, and a few on- Iookere, Many had narrow escapes. The building was a three-story brick .structure. The dead: J. Brier, .gas inspec- tor ; nspec-tor;•Wm.' Stewart, painter and vol- unteer fireman ;,John Rimmer, paid fireman; 'Harry Green, boy onlook- er; an unidentified man. DYNAMITE EXPLODED. Two Italians Killed at Woodstock, . ' New Brunswick. A despatch from Woodstock, -.N.. B., says: Two • Italians, Angelo Spagroti and Romolo Ronald, were blown to, pieces by dynamite on Wednesday. The inen were work- ing on the Quebec and St. John Railway construction. about six miles from here, and, it is thought, ups'ht a can of elynamite into a, fir e over' which they were -thawing the explosive: •4e>'. •rv,.rmxar a. [UM.,, E «xr.x -.•, rrtrr i...n.,r-v, �-.....,. c , , • An Increase of About Thirty'Three Million Dollars This Year.' • A -despatch from Ottawa, says The Avenue of the Dominion for the fiscal year will be close to $17,000,000, according to the fig - tires. to, date of the Finance Depart - Mena This represents an inerea•se of a,pproxinlately thirty-thtee mil- lions over the revenue ofthe pre-, ceding fr.s.cal year. The total ex- penditure 'for,. the year is estimated at between $153,000,000 and $I54, 1 000,000,' leaving a :surplus of some sixteen millions over .a11 expendi- tures xpendi-titres on both consolidated fund and capital aecounts. Lest. year the to- tal expenditure was 4131,046;764, or some twenty-three millions less than the Government has spent this year. On consolidated fond ac count this year the total expendi- ture will beabout $11.000,000, and on capital and special accounts about $43,000,000.,• Grain, Cattle and Chccse Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded eroadstyffs. Toroiz't0, March 25.--lour-90 per vent. patents, $3.85 to. '$3.95, Montreal or To. rontta freights. Menitobae-First patonts, in jute bags, $5.20; second patents, in jute• bags, $4,80; strong' bakers',: to jute bags, $4.60. Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 97 1-20, on truck, Bay •uorts; No. 2 at 9501 No. 3 at 92.1-2o,' Bay ports, Ontario''Wheat-No. 2 white auto rod wheat, 93 to 94o, outside, avid sprouted, 75 to 880, •s Oats-Ohtario oats, •33.to 34c, outside, and at 37e, on track, 'Toronto. Western Can- ada, oate,. 461-2e *for No. 2 and 3So for No. 3. Bay ports, .. Peas -$1 to $1:08, outside.. Barley-b'orty.eight-ib, barleyof good, quality,. 52 to 53c, outside. Peed,, 40 to 500. Corn -No. 3 American corn, 561.20, o01 - rail. Rye --No. 2 at 40 to 62c, "outside. ' Buckwheat -No. 2 at 62 to 630, outside. • `Bran -Manitoba bran, $20 to $20,50, In bee$. Toronto freight. ; Shorts, $22 ,to $22.60, Country Produce. Butter --Dairy prints,, choice, 25 to 26o; do ' creamery, 31 to 320 or rolls, and. 29c for solids.,tubs, 23 to 24o;inferior, 20 to 21u; loDts ggs-New-laid, 23o poi dozen,• 3n case ' twi0heese-141.2o for large, and 143.4o for ne, Beaus -Rand -picked, $2160 per bushel; Primes, $2.25, in a jobbing way. Honey -Extracted, in tins, 121.2 to tali -per: lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, 82.50 to $3 per . dozen for N. 1 and $2.40 for Ne. 2. Poultry -Chickens, 18 to 200 per lb.; :fowl 13 to 14c; 'ducks, 17 to 190 per lb.; geese, 17 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 21c. Live poultry, about 20 lower than the above, Potatoes -Good,. Ontario stock, 65o per bbaags eg,' oun tracktrack., and Delawares at 750 p0r Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 141-2 to 14 3.4o per lb., in case lots. Pork -Short cut, $26 to $27;9143=40. do.b, a'Zxmksese,, 22o$21..60 to $22. Hams -Medi - nm to light, 18 to 181.4o; heavy. 161-2 to 170; rolls, 151-2o; breakfast bacon, 19 to 1 1- Lard-Tieroes, 141-40; tubs, 14 1-2c; pails, 2c Baled Hay and Straw. " Baled Ray -No. 1 at $1L75 to 812.00. on track, Toronto; No. 2. $10.50 to $11. Mixed hay is quoteli at $9.50 to $10. Baled Strawo18:60 .to $9, ori taliala To 1 rent°, • Montreal Markets. Montreal, Marelt 25, --Corn - American 'No. 2 ' yellow. 601.2e.. (Tats-Cxwadiao Westeru, No. 2, 411.2 to 42e: Canadian Western, No. 3 40 to 401aq; extra No, 1 feed, 401.2 to 410; No. 2 local white, 38c: No. 3 local white, 370• No. 4 .local white, 36e. Barley -Man. feed, 51 to 53o; malting,,'' 73 to 760. Buckwheat' No, 2, 56 to 580„ Flour -Man. spxdng wheat patents, Greta,; $6.40; seconds, $4,90g•: -strong bakers', 314.70; Winter patents, olxoioe, $5,25; siraight,.rol- , lora, $4.85 to $4.90; straight xo lere, bags; $2.20 to. $2.35. .Rolled oats, barrels, 8435;; bags, 90 lbs„ $2.05. Bran, $20: Shorte, $22.' Middlings, $25. .Mouillie,' $30 to $35, Bay, No, 2,. per ton, car lots, $11.50 ,to $12,60.1 Cheese, finest westerns, 130;1. finest east erne, 121.4 to 12 3.4o. Butter, choicest, creamery. 201-2 to 30o; seconds, 25 to 27e, BRA%, fresh, 25 to 250; selected, 18 to 20c-' No. 1 stook, 16 to 17o; No. 2 stock. 14 tea 15c. Potatoes, per bag,. cat lots, 55 671-20, ' United States Markets. Minneapolis, Maroh 25, -Close -Wheat -1 Mav 850:. July 871.40; September, 877-8.`' to 880. Cash -No. 1 hard, 851.2e; No. 1; Northern, 831.2 to B5o; No. 2 Northern,: 811-4 to . 82 3-4o. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 470. Oats -No. 3 white, 283.4 to 291.40. Itye- No, 2, 63 to 55o. Bran, $16 50 to $17.00,; Flour prices unchanged, • Duluth, Metall 25. -Wheat -No. 1 Bard, 84 7.8 to 85 3.50 No. 1 Northern, 83 7-8 to 843.8o; May, 85.7-8c bid; July, 873.8o bid; September,' 88o bid Live Stock. Markets. ' Toronto, March 25. Cattle -Choice butch- er, $6.50 to $6.80; good nmilium, $5.50 to 85.75; common, $5 ' to $5.25; cows, $4.75 to $550; bulls, $3 to $5.25; Cannel's,: $2 to $2.- 50, $3.25 to $3.75. (salves --•Good veal, $8 too b'eeders-Steers. g700�toJ 1000 Stockers $2a; 75 to $4.25; yearlings, $3.10 to $3.50. Milk- ers and Sprin$•ers-From $50 to $72. Sheep' and Lambs -Light ewes, $6 to $7.25; heavy, $5 to $6; lambs, $8.25 to $10;.bucks, $4.50 to• $6. Hogs -$9.60 to $9,65, fed and watered;: and $9.20 to $9.50 f.o.b. Montreal, March 25. -There were "no ex tra eteors on the Market, and trade waei dull at about the former' rates, quality considered!• Prime beeves, 6 3-4 to 7; xnedx.) um, 5 to 61-2; common, 3 3.4 to 5. Cows, $35 to $70. Sheep, 5 to 51.2; lambs, 71-4 to ' 71.2; •spring lambs, $6 to $8 each. Hogs,' 101-4 to 101-2r IN THE PATH OF THE GREAT GALE Wires Down? Buildings Unroofed, and flany Narrow, Escapes From Injury. - , A despatch 'from i Toronto says: This city was in the throes on Fri- day of the fiercest equinoctial gale that has visited this latitude in years. From the south-west ' and west a fifty -mile. -wind raged throughout the. day. Numerous buildings in .course Of. construction were' damaged. 'Shaoks-'were over- turned,, and roofs were lifted off in the outskirts of the city. Trees were up -rooted. Awnings were ripped from store -fronts. Windows were smashed. Signs were torn .from their hangings. Telephone, electric light wires were broken in all parts of the city, and the emer- gency repair gangs of these public utility 'companies were kept on the run all day. The lake, and even the bay, was piled into billows by the tremendous rush of the wind. On the streets it was with extreme dif- ficulty that pedestrians could make progress. 90 Miles an Rour.. A despatch from Hamilton says : Hamilton knows after its experi- ence on Friday something of the terrors of an equinoctial gale. From ono o'clock till a late hour in the evening a hurricane blew t4hrough this city, carrying havoc and suffer- ing in its wake. It is difficult to estimate the damage done. No one suffered to any alarming extent,• but the - number of those affected will be in the hundreds. A conser- vative estimate is $100,000. In the' morning it rained; and just. before, noon a very warm breeze sprang up. In an hour this was 'followed by a perfect hurricane, The velo- city of the ' wind could not .have bcen less than 90 miles an hour.. • . Damage at Guelph. A despatch from. Guelph says : Thousands of dollars' worth of dam- age was d"one here en. Friday by the worst tornado in the . history of Guelph. The rain came down in torrents all the forenoon, accom- panied by amild wind, but' ab•oub noon the wind increased in velocity to an alarming extent, and contin- ued all the afternoon. The rant stopped about 1 o'clock: Reports 'from all parte of the city and out. in the country tell of damage to property. Telephone -and telegraph wires are down in the country, bad- ly crippling the service, Many tele- phones in the city, are out of coin mission, , Chatham School Wrecked. A despatch from Chatham says : A {'errific windstorm passed over this district on Friday aiid thou - sends of dollars' worth of damage has been done, The Centred Scshool in Chatham was badly wrecked, A huge chimney was blown down, crashing over the roof of a corner tower. The top of the tower was blown off and landed:osl the;, street. The chimney crashed through the building and completely demolished a room on the third floor and other on the second floor. R. fie Dunlop, the janitor, was in the', :building at the time but escaped. - Rouses Razed at London. A despatch from ' London says : Several thousands of dollars Main-: 4 y age• were done by a verdestiuctive� gale that swept over London and: district all day on Friday, razing e houses, stripping buildings ' of; chimneys and causing an infinite amount of damage of a more or less. serious nature. At Ingersoll. A despatch from Ingersoll says: Reports from surrounding districts; tell of considerable damage from the high wind that „prevailed . for several, hours' on Friday. At times. the wind attained cyclonic .propor- tions, and,` although details from the outlying districts are very m e- gre owing to interruptions in thee telephone service, it is understood: that several barns have been blown down and 'much damage caused to. other property. Throughout the town considerable damage has' re- sulted. ' , • Tore Off Roof. " 'i. A despatch from.Berlin says : The terrific gale which passed over this, vicinity on.Friday cause•d•eonsider- able damage in the city High winds tore the roof off St. Jerorne's College and other buildings, and the boiler house of Ximmelfelt Com- pany suffered in a similar manner. Windows of some of the business blocks along King' Street and -of quite .a number of residences were blown in, and had to be b•oarcleci up. Damage Will Be Heavy. A despatch from Owen Sound sa,,y.s : Wind, which at times at- tained a ve•Iocity of 'over: 80 nails; an. hour, stripped the roofs from many buildings, smashed plate -glass win- dows, upset chimneys, and created havoc genera,ly here -on >I'riday,. causing damage to the extent-, of, several thousand dollars. Though' bricks and heavy pieces of wood were being oonetantly blown to the streets no one was injured. Fireman l{illcit. A despatch from Sturgeon ii'alls says: One fireman was blatantly killed and two others mortally.hurt whem the tower of the fire hall here blew down just as the brigade were leaving to respond to an: alarm, when the storm was at its, height on Friday afternoon, The dead and injured were : Dead, Fireman King, aged 16; fatally injured, Fir man •Idertst, Fireman Sylves- ter. The .horses • drawing the reel were also killed: The fare depart- event had; been kept extremely busy during. the gale, answering no fewer than sixteen calls, but the' tires themselves were not very serious, Tie town was hard hit by the stoner reds being bTwn off and several shall buildings blown down.