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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-5-8, Page 7Grain, Cattle and. Chccse Prices of These ProduCts IIi the Leading Markets are it-leee Recorded .4...••••Temen.lonP.01.;,••••OR OreadstUffs. A...Toronto, May 6,--Flour-90 Per cent—Pat' mita, $3,90 to $3.95, hlentreal or Toronto freights. Ma,nitoba,—First natent, in Jute bags, $5,30; second patente, in jute bags, $4,80; atrong bakers'. In jute bags, $4,60. Manitoba Wheat—No, 4 Northern, 90 1-2o, on traok, Bay ports; No, 2 at 9634c; No. 3 at 940. Bay ports. Ontario Whea.t—No. 2 white and red wheat, 96 to 97o, Outside, and sprouted, 76 to 88e, Oats—Ontario oats, 33 to 344, outside, and at 37o, on traek, Toronto. Weetern Canada oats, 41e for No. 2. and 39 1-20 for No. 3, Bay ports. Peas -950 to $1, outside. Barley—Forty-eight-lb, barley of good Quality. 61 to 530, outside. Feed, 40 to 500. Corn—No. 3 American corn, 62 1-2,c, all. rail, and at 58e, c.i.f. Midland. Rye—Prices are nominal. Buckwbeat—Ne, 2 at 62 to 630, outside. , Bran --Manitoba Main 19, in baks. To- ronto freight. Shorts, $21, Toronto. Countri Produce. Butthr--Dairy prints, choice, 25 to 26e; do,. tubs, 24 to 25e; inferior,- 20 to 21e; creamery, 30 to 31 1-2o for.,rolle and 28 1-2 to -290 for .Egge--Case loth, 200 here, and at 16 to 17c outside. Cheese -13 1-2 to 14o for twins, and at 13 to 13 1-83 for large. ,Heans—lfancl-picked $2,40 to $2.60 per bitshel; primes, $2 to $2.25, in a jobbing Honey—Extraethd, in tins, 12 3-4 to' l&a per 14. for No..1; wholesale; :combo, 50 to' $3' per citizen for No. 1; and $2.40 for NO. 2. Poultry—Wall-fatted, clean, dry-pthked stock; Chickens, 18 to 20o per lb,: fowl, 15 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 21o. Live poul- try, about 2c lower than the above. Potatoes—Good Ontario etock, 600 per bag, on track, and Delawares at 70o per bag, on track. / — Provisions. Bacon—Long clear, 15 1-4 to 15 1-2e per lb.. in case lots. Pork—Short out. 826 to $27; do., mess, $21.50 to $22. Haras--Medium -to light, 18 1-2 to 19c; heavy, 16 1-2 to 170; rolls, 16c; breakfast bacon, 19 1-2 to 20c; , backs, 23 to 24c. Lard—Tierces, 14 1-4c; tubs, 14 1-20; pails. i4 3-4c. Baled Hay and Straw. .Baled Hay—No, 1. at $12.50 to $13, on track, Toronto; No. 2. $11 to $11.50. Mixed hi ay s quoted at $10. Baled Straw -$5,5O to $9, on traok, To- ronto. •• •—•••—• Montreal Market. • Montreal, May 6.—Gats--Canadian west- ern No. 2, ,43c; Canadian western No. 3, 40 1-2c. Barley, Manitoba feed, 560 to Rd Flour—Manitoba spring vtheat patents, firsts, 135.40; do., second:, $4,90; etreelf baker'. $4.70; winter patents, chothe, $5.25; straight rollers, $4 85 to $4.90; Waif:Olt Vol, bage, $2,29 tO $2.36. Rolled date. bar - relit, $4.35; do., bags of 90 lbe., $2,05. Brim, $19 to $20. Snorts, $21 to $22. Middlings, $24 to $25. Mouillit. $28 to $34. Hay, No, 2, Per ton, oar lots, $13,50 to $14.00. OlioeSe "Finest westerns, lie to 11 1-4o. Butter— Choicest creamery, 27o to 27 1-2o; do, aec- onds, 26o to 26 1-243; Eggs, freela, 21e to Ma. Potatoes, per bag, " -par lots, 60 to 60o. Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, lita.y 6.--.Cash:—Wheat—No, Nbrthern, 931 -Bo; No. 2, do:, 90 1-8o; No. 3, do., 87 3-4o; No. 4, 84 1-4c; No, 5, 79 1-2c; No. 6, 75o; feed, 64o; No. 1 rejected, seeds, 880; No. 2, do„,82o; No. 1 tough, 871-80; No. 2, do., 84 1-2c; No. 3, do., 81 1-4o; No. 4, clo., 77 3-4o; No. 6, 72 1-20; No, 6, 671-2o; feed, 57e; No, 1 red 'Winter, 953 -Bo; No. 3. do., 883-4o; No, 4, do., 851-4v, bats—No. 2 0.W„ 343-80; No. 3, do., 32 1-20; extra No. 1 feed, 33 3-4'No. 1 feed, 323.4o• No 2. do, 303-4o, Barley—No. 3, 460; No, 4, 481-243; rejected, 46o. Flax—No. 1 N.W., $1,17 3-4; No. 2 $1.15 1-2; No. 3 do., $1,07 3-4,, United State i Markets.. Minneapolis, May 6,--Wheat—May, 88 5.8o; July, 913.8o; September, 92,1-80. Closing caoh—Not 1 hard, 915-60; No. 1 Northern, .901-8 to 911-8c; No. 2 Northern, 881/8 to 891.8c; No. 3 wheat, 86 to 871 -go; No. 3 Yellow corn, -55 3-4 to 56 1-2o;, No. 3 white oats, 321-2 th 33e; No. 2 rye,"56 to 58 1-2. Flour—Prlees unchanged. 13ra0 $16.00 to $17.00. •:Duluth, May 6.—Linseed--Cash, $1.33 1-2 to 1333.4; May, $1.33; July, 81.353-4; Sep- tember, ,51.38 1,2 asked; October, $1.36 1-4 asked, Wheat—No. 1 hard, .95 5-80; No, 1 Northern, 915-60; No, 2 Northern, 691-0 to 895-8c; May, 901 -go; July, 92 1-2c; Sep- tember, 93c bid. Live Stock Markets. 4 Montreal, May 6.—Prime beeves, 7 to 71-2; medium, 51-4 to 7; common, 4 to 5. A number of milkmen's stripers on the market were sold at 41-2 th 51-2. Calves, 21-2 to 61-2. Sheep, shorn, 61.2 to 6; yearlings, 61-2 to 7; spring lamba $5 to $7 each, Hogs, 101-2. Toronto, May 6.—Cattle—Choice export, $6.50 to $7; choice butchers, $6.40 ;to $6.. 80; good medium, $6 to $6.25; eommon, $5 to $6.25; vows, $5.26 to $5,75; bulls, $5 25 to $5.75; canners, $2 to $2,50; cutters, $3.- 25 to, $3.75. Calves—Good veal, $5 to $7; choice, $8.50 to $9; common, $3 to $3.25. Stockers and Feeders—Steers, 700 to 1,000 pounds, $4.50 to $5.75; yearlings, $3.10 to $3.50; extra choice heavy feeders, 900 Pounds, $5.85 to 86. Milkers and Spring- ers—Good stook at from $50 to $72. Sheep and Lambe—Light ewes, 56 to $7.25; heavY, $5 to $6; lambs, $8.25 to $10; bucks, 84.50 to $6.. Hogs—$9.70, fed' and watered; $9.35 to $9.40 Lob., and $9,85 to $10 off cars. OIIR LETTER FROM TOROITO WHAT IS ENGAGING THE ATTENTION Or THE CITIRENe JUST NOW. Th00 ToesIongs of Professor Jackson Glees Offense to SoMs—Sir Janie* Whitney,' Present. Professor George Jackeen, W,11080 , lone have been again ereating 00, n kr 9' VOr8y, has been the stormy petrel or the- ology io , Canada ever eine() hie _arrival aOme Mac or seven. -years ago. neenas Professor Jackson, One would never for a moment •suspect that there was any- thing stormy- about him. Re hi a milcl- naannered gentleman of the soholarlY type, almost different in manner and ap- parently shrinking from • the publioity whiela hi opinioninevitably bring him,. illere IS no doubt, however, that he to a man of great mental „force and Canada will lose intellectual color by reason of Ma departure, which is to • take place almost, immediately. • In Sherborne Street Church. Prefesaor Jackson came to Toronto from the Britieh Wesleyan Conference as a loan for a three -year -term as pastor of Sher-, bourne $t. Methodist •Olturch, • probably the most erase -same) congregation in the Methodist denomination in Toronto. lm - mediately his sermons, told particularly his addresees th his Sunday afternoon Bible Class began to attract attention. Itumore reached the ears of the stric1 disciplinarians, who decided, that action should be taken. Though Professor Jack. sou has maintained that his addrceses Were semi -private and not intended for Publicatioli, excepting in book"-formy'stePe were taken to secure shorthand, reports. The publication of one . of these an the local prees- iirouaed a etorna of contro- versy. The Matter linallY went before the Tiarento Conference, -where, after a disettesion lasting several days, wbich the most heated arguments and state- ments were- used, Dr_ • ja.ekson's , friends carne,dut •on -top, thua averting any -di- Tea discussion in the larger arena, of the 'general—Methodist Contreton of .0a,n- At the conclusion of his pasitorate at Sherbourne Street, a place was made for him at Vactoria College, his appointment being th the chair ,of, the English Bible. Now, after feur years' service there, he is returning to England. A Lovable Man. By those •whO know him. best, Profes- sor Jackson is deecribed a$ a moot lov- able man. „The teaching which is most strongly assailed is that, concerning the histormal and 6cieutifle value -of the de-' scriptien of the oreation of the world In the else chapters of Genesis and of some of the other incidents of the Old Testa- ment. There has also been some question as to his teaching concerning the fain,. bility of Christ. Naturally, his disciiii- sion of these points gave offense to those who accept the literal inspiration of -the Holy Scriptures. His critics have not he- sitated to deseribe him as a "destroyer of faith and hope." Plis friends bitter- ly resent any such comment. He has ehown the capacity of arousing the warm- est loyalty, both by reason of Me intel- lectual powers and his personal (realities. • The latest controversy arose from a newspaper report of one of his addresses. This, Dr. Jackson maintaing, was abee- lutely unfair, misleadingand inaccurate. His general attitude iFf that it is only in book form that such discnseions as he has to offer should be given broadcast to the public. This gives ample opportu- nity to make hie 'meaning clear and en= sures perusal under ojrcumstances where readers will not get false impressions through hfiety understanding. • Ilis pubis' cations now -,rfin up towards a dozen volumes. VACCINATION PARTIES. Smallpox Epidemic at Stockholm Sweden. A 'despatch from Gothenburg, Sweden, says,: So many people have been vaccinated aa tbe result of am outbreak of smallpox at StoCkholan that the supply' of vie: eine is exhausted. . Sufficient eine for over 100,000 persons has been ordered from abroad. 'Tao- cination parties" are now fashion- able in Stockholm, Guests are in- vited to an "At -Home" at five o'clock, and the doebor arrives and vaceinates them. When this is ,over the guesta dine together. I. INCINERATOR INCINERATED. $7,000 Damage Ey Blaze Outside Town Liinits of Cobalt. A de.spateh from Cobalt says:. Fire which started from unknown causes late on Thursday afternoon, destroyed—the Cobalt Town Public Incinerator. The loss is estimated in the neighborhood of $7,000. There was 110 insurance. The build- ing is 6,000 feet outiide the town and the local fire department was helpless. 'GERMAN AVIATOR KILLED. Biplane Collapses, One -Oceupant Dies and Other is Hurt. A despatch from Darmstadt, Ger- many, says: Lieut. von Mirbach was killed and Lieut. von Brunn badly injured in an aviation accident near here on Wednesday evening. In an attempt to land -their -biplane collapsed only & few feet above the ground and fell upon the aviators. It 'is thought that von Brunn will recover. FIRE AT LYSTER, QUEBEC. Fifteen Houses rtnd Two General Stores Destroyed. A de'spatch from Quebec says: A serioue fire occurred at Ly,ster, Me- gantic , County, on Faiday. after- noon, fifteen houses and two gen- eral stores being destroyed. It is thought Abet only the two stores owned by S. Thibe,aeleau and Gag- non carried any insuran,ce. Lyster is about forty miles from Quebec on the line of the Grand Trunk. The loss is plazed at between $20,000 and $30,00_0. SOLICITOR. -GENERAL COMING Sir John Simon, Brilliant British Minister, to 'Visit Canada. A despatch from London says: Sir John Simon, •Solicitor -General, intends visiting Canada this Stu:ti- ther. Sir John is one of the bril- liant young men who form. the bul- warks of the present Government. He is forty years old, has repre- sented Walthamstow seven years, has been Solicitor -General three years and was oneof the counsel for Britain in the Alaska boundary arbitration. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. Increase for April Shows Tide of Prosperity Still Flowing. A despatch from Ottawa says,: Customs receipts for the Domin- ion for the first month of the pre- sent fiscal year- ended to -day, were' $8,812,938, compared with B8,075,- 962 for the corresponding month last year. This shows an inereese of $736,9'76, and indicates that the tide of general prosperity is still flowing strongly. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS Report of the British 'Technical Committee Issued • In London • , 'despatch ftorty 14ondon says: e ,report of the Teohnical Com- - mittee appointed •by Postmaster - General Samuel to consider the var- ious systems of long-distance wire- • - less, particularly in relation to the ProPomed ImPerial chain of wireless stations, was issued on Thursday night. The report declares: "The Mareoni system at present is the Only system -whereof it can be Said with any certainty that it isecapable of fulfilling 'the requirements of an Imperial ohain, but this rillIS't not be taken to imply that in otir opin- iori the Marconi company rntisi ne- eessarily bo employed as eontrac- tors for all the work required for 'the imperial chain. Indeed, in some respects it Might, ''we think, be better for the Government themselves to' undertake the con- struction of 'equipment necessary for the stations," The committee %ink it unclesirs,-,. ble that the Post offiee should be pledged -to the nontineed use of any eXisting appaasatus or be subjeet to any penalty hy sway of eentinesed royalties. . With a trained staff and an engineer of special knowledge standing at the head of the 'testing, and, if necessary, the further. de- veloping of any new invention er, improvement, the committee see "no reason why the Postoffice wire- less statioes should not -be ulti- mately equipped with apparatus far more efficient than that now used in any siE-called system, more espe Cially as 'the Postoffiee will be able' to eembirie in spite of the Oxisting patent rights cni 91,ppdraitua or do - ' tees w1fioI becauSe of the existance of stick rights 'cannot now be tornbined by anyone elie." 40ING TILE TIOVHST: The AreocerrgIvehojefilWisheaa tor 60.10allolgtol. 4.deapateli from Winnipeg eve; 'The Free Piesslorterightly erop re - Port, based on telegraphie reports frOan 207 ,poittts in tho-tbree western Provinces, ehowa that seYentysfiVe per emit. of the eeeding is' done, 114' points, having reported '75 per cent. or inare. The aeredge in wheat is not inereased Oyer 1912, and there may be a slight deerease, This is regarded ae a good sign, as farm- ers aro apparently •realizing •the danger of late seeding and are de-, voting their attention to land t.hat was • prepared last year. • Only three poinet report' an aetual need of rain, Wet firlOW has fallen very geneiadiy in Southern Alberta, About the only section where addl.- tional moisture was needed, With referenee to the seeding on stubble land without replowing, the figtires'weuld indicate that from 25 to 30 per cent, of the wheat crop had gone en land in this 'condition. Very many s)eints report the ground as too soft for the use of mlostir 'tractors. The reports almost 'all declare that,';‘'while seeding s, on the whole; conSklerablY later than in 1912, the Condition of the grout& is so' good and there ha,v.e been so' fa* draws bielea-that on the whole the seed- ing i actually as.fer in advance as it was'en the eorre'spending date. of last rear, and" with a better general ontioek for the season. 11,* 014 • 90 BARS WERE CUT OFF. Local Option and Other Causes Contributed" the, Result. A despateh from Toronto says: Nearly ninety bars went • out of business with the last day of April, ithei a,s the result of local option or in gespOnse to petition's to the License Commissioners. a Legislation came into effect in Queensland, Australia,, last month irr eormection with the liquor traf- fie, which among other penalties con- tains the following: Selling intoei- eating drinks to an intoxicated per- son or habitual drunkard. Selling to any person apparently under the age of 21. To any in.sane person or one reasonably suspected to be in- sane.' To any female in any bar or ia any room adjacent to a bar which •is especially set apert for drinking purposes, a fine not less than A150 or more than $150. Anyone selling liquor to an aboriginal or Polyne- sian shall be fined $100 or impriasn- ed for one month. Sale hours are between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. with berseshut on.Sundays,. Good Fri- day; °Christmas Day, and on polling days in either *the' State or Com- monwealth elections. - Sir James Cets a Motor Car. For' many -years•,Sir James 'Whitney's chief recreation has beeno-iding a bicycle. Every day when the weather was fine he With been aseuetomed to take his iron steed and go for a half -an -hour or an hour's ride through the well paved re- sidential district of Torento. It always irnpressell visitors with the democracy -of Ontario's first Minister when they were fortunate enough to get a glimpse of him riding sedately and slo-wly' 'along, No more. however, -will thia sensation be vouchsafed, for, as an exceedingly grace- ful contribution- on the part of his fol- lowers in the Legislature; a splendid new automobile was tile other day presented to the Premier. Sir,Sames, and also his family, will no doubt find the automobile a great convenience and comfort, but some folks have their:suspicion that when be has time and omiortunity Sir James will continua occasionally to take a spin' on is old bicycle. - When Toronto Was Captured. Toronto has so little history di a ro- mantic sort that considerable attention is being paid to the events of 100 years tihi go this month,when, for a short time, e town was n the possession of the Americans. The chief incidents of that memorable action • were the landing of the American forces at a point Just west of the present Exhibition Grounds, about where the new Sunnyeide Station stands, the blowing up of a powder -magazine at the olci fort, • with the consequent de- struction of a large number of Ameri- cans and the burning of many public buildings, including the parliament house „of that day, which stood on the Bay front near tht foot, of the prenent Farlia- Inont Street. The Canadians were over- powered by numbers, there being some- thing like 600 British regulars and Ca- nadian militia, while the American forc; es numbered about 2,400 strong. The smallness of these figures show e las how cnir ideas of warfare have changed in the past century. Historically, there has always been controversy as to whether the magazines were blown.,im by accident or by design of the Canadians. In the seg- o:Al explosion, 'Goberal Pike, who was in command of the invading forces, was among the number blown up. WILL GO TIIROUG'H CANADA. English Members of Parliament Will Visit Australia. A despatch from London says: The Empire Parliamentary Associ- ation on Wednesday received a cable invitation from the Austra- lian association for 20 English members of Parliament to .visit there' this surnme,r. The invitation was accepted. The members whe will accept the invitation to visit Australia will endeavor bo travel via Canada. The party will in- clude tneMbers on both sides of the House. The visit is being made about. the end of ' -GIVEN riA.str CHANCE TO EAT. Montreal Murderer Will be Forcibly Fed. A despateh from'Mentreal flaya : Unless Totnasco Bernardi, alleged murderer of Louis •Strole; his suc- eeesful rival for the hand of Anse - Bina Regina, undertaketo eat of his own aetord,he will be fed fort. ibly. Bernardi has taken practie callynothing since he Was arrest- ed on April 22, and when be 'ap- peared in the arraignment court on Wednesday morning he eollapsed from weakness arid afterWattl8 adjourned to give Bernardi a last eaine uhennseious, The ease was chance to eat. DOINGS THE MILITANTS. Blamed for Fires at Aberdeen and Bradford. A eies.patch from Aberdeen, Scot- land, ,says-: On -e ,of the public schools of !this city - was partly burned on Saturday morning by militant 'suffragettes, the' damage amounting to $2,500. A large quan- tity of suffrage literature was found scattered about the building. despatch from Bradford, Eng- land, 'says: Extensive sheds be- , longing. to, the Midland Railway and containing quantities' of freight were 'hurried down here during Fri- day night, causing a loss of $500,- 000. Mysterious fires have broken out in these ,sheds on three eueces- ,sive Friday nights. • The militant zuffragettes were ,suspected of ar- son, but there was no proof of this. The. latest &ewes evidently incen- diary, as -the firemen discovered that, it had been started ,simultane- ouslyin several parts ef the build- ing, which is 250 yards long by 50 yards wide. e NEAR SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND. Succession Duties Colldeted in Oft- - • -tario in April. • . " A despatch from Toronto isays: Succession duties for the month .of April .received by • the Provincial Treasurer amounted to $60,881, as compared with $88,615 for the cor- responding me -nth of 1912. In the six months of the fiscal year ended April 30, the total aniount received is $385,894. For the same period of last ye.ar the amount was $350,675. In York .Count3r the ae.state of the late Edward Blake contributed $14,,484, out of a. total of $36,210 for the county. Wentworth came next: in the list with $13,696. • * LO SS *BY. l'ItAIRIE FIRE. Several Peonie Burned., to Death— Damage $250;000, A despatch frOin Moose Jaw, Sask., mays W. S, Woodward, Goverpinent immigration agent for Moose "Taw, returned feem a trip through the hurnedwares in the south eourit.ry airliera he, gave re- lief to settlers ,slering, from prairie area; A eonservative oSti- mato of thelese 'is a, 'quarter of a million dollars. EG found that Gus Linbeng and daughter, Mrs, Pea,se, had been burned to death, and a. son, Arthur, L now in ,Weybuert Hospital in'a Precarious eondition, t, Items of News by Wirc Hamilton plunibers -get an in- ereaae ef 234 eeats an hour, An industrial tarni, forinebriates is projected at London. l'orento'a new General Hospital will be formally opened this znenth, More than thirty-one thousand families in Montreal moved on May Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on M1, 9yer the World - •. Canada. A mammoth dredge is being built in Teronto to be used in Hudson Bey. Montreal grain men are naretest- ing against a new rate imposed by the Harbor CommiSsioners. . The sehooner Iron City was ram- med and sunk by" the freighter Thos. F. Cele in St. Clair 'River. The !steamers Turret Crown and Wan. H. Mack eollided in a fognear Whitefish Point; both being dam- aged. The Government's investigation into the eos,t of the National Trans- continental is preying expensive, having already cost $42,000. Bert L. Billings, bandmaster , of the' 25th Regiment Band for fifteen years, died at St. Thomas after a few days', ill -nese of pneumonia. The three-year-ord son of Andrew Macdonald was drowned at Brock- ville a few days after the family had moved there from Ottawa. It is expected that between 45,000 and 50,000 militia, will be under arms at one time or another during the months of June and July. • Great Britain. The Duchess of Connaught's con- dition shows more improvement. A plot to remove Mrs. Parnaurst from England in an airship was dis- covered. Itiotoue ,eeemes attended a 1 e Speech•a meeting in Trafalgar Square London, on Sunday. The London pollee made• a raid on the headquarters of the Women's Social and P,olitica,1 Union, arrest- ing the ehief officers. " The British Ministry were bitter- ly denounced, at suffrage tneetingsl in Landon on. Friday, United States, Two "plainclothes" patrolwonsteri; will walk beats in tile downtown! district of Los Angeles at night, The United States Senate is to be asked to consider an atbendment to the constitution giving- women nation-wide suffrage. Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont/ the wealthy New' Ydrk suffragist, will invite Ohristabel Pankhurst to spend the summer with her in her villa at Deauville on the French coast. • Andrew Carnegie has financed •a small party of investigators who will go to Egypt to study the secrets Of the fakers and dervishes, end es- pecially from a scientific viewpoint! the ecstatic state in which the faksi ers are observed to accoreplish wonderful feats. General. Montenegro, it is reported, has bowed to the 'wish of the powers, and will evacuate Scutari. Montenegro has opened the wayl to peace by agreeing to 'accept come pensation for evacuating Scutari. Guillaux, a. French airman, with his aeroplane flight from Biarritz,l Franco5-4o Kellum, Holland, a dis- tance of nearly a thousand miles, won a prize of $10,000. BAD .BLAZE AT .ENGLEIIARI Fir., Wipes Out the -Wooden Blocks, Causing a Loss Estimated at $125,000 A des'patch from Cobalt- sa.ya: The 'entire 'business section of the town of Englehart was wiped off the map early on 'Sunday Morning by fire which made its way through the wooden blocks that formed the main _business section and left two entire town blocks bare, born the corner of Fourth Avenue andeThird Street west to Fifth Avenue on both sides, and from the same corner north and south one block each way on the west aide of the street. Not a building stands to mark the busiest section of the town It was with difficulty that the large King Edward Hotel was saved, and although it was on fire Many times volunteer firemen assisted greatly. Had it caught fire during the, conflagration what little of the section of the town was left would to -day also be in .as.h es. The loss is conservatively esti- mated at $125,000, with less than 00,000 insurance to cover this. In all twenty-two buildings fell a prey to the flames, inclnding some thirty stores, and to -day the town is with- out a ,single grocery store, a but- cher shdp, bakery or drug store, and it is necessary to .s.end out to other towns in the district for the daily necessaries of life. Details of Loss• es. Details ef Jogs are, as follow,s : Lowery Block, lose $6,000, insur- ance $3,000; Ceti; & Lowery, drug- gists, $3,000, insunaa.ce $1,000; Englehart -Charlton Power Co., 85,000, insurance none; Dr. Low- ery, household effects, $1,500, in- surance $100; A. J, Ca•tt, real es- tate office, $1,000, insurance 8500; Fennell Block and 'boarding beim, $4,000, insurance 41,000; Jamieson Meat Co., $2,000; insurance $1,000; Thos. Maglabery, hardwere, $6,500, 511Su ranee $3,000. CANADA' • The following had no, insurance: Turnbull Block, $2,000; M. Thensp- raTiadg711004:3Zrellalln: $2,000; David' Korma-n, general Store, 85,000; GOldStein & Lavine, butehers, 81,000; 5. W. G. Hol - ditch, bakery and household ef- fects, $3,000; A. J. Catt residence owner; Frank Taylor, tenant, $1,000; The Englehart office, W. Buolianan,„ owner, $3,500; I. P. Wilson, residence, $1,000; J. Verb- lieb, va-cant store, $1,000; S. Vert- grooery store, $3,000; Sohn Clark, general stere and block, $35,000; Union Bank, W. P. Hogg, manager, 81,000; James Loftus, restaurant, 81,000; William Hugh, pool room, $1,700; Joseph Ruben- stein'gents' furnishings, $3,000; O'Grady Block, $2,000; Henry O'Grady, household furnishings, $1,000; Meshy Block, James Dusby, owner, $1,500; Ramsay Block, ;F. D. IlLneay, owner, $5,000; Post - office, 81,000. — A COUNTESS CHARGED. Claims to Own Sugar Plantations,' But Is Arrested. A despatch from Montreal says: A real live C,ountess2 in the person of Countess de Bois Hebert de Geste, was brought before Magis- t•rate, Lafontaine on. Friday on a charge ,of obta,ining-money under -- false ;pretences. She was arrested at the instance of Mrs: J. Hamel, a, bearding -house' keeper, who claim- ed that the COUTitess obtained $1,000 by false ;pretence's. The lat- ter represented herself as owner of sugar plantations and -other valu- able ' property. After Mrs, Hamel had given her evidence, the ease was po.stp,oned. uotil Wednesday., The accused was released on bail. IPPING RECORD The Dominion Is Novi/ Ninth Among the .Maritim Nations of the World ' A despatch from Ottawa says: In the number of veseels and volume of torinag,e Canada shipping last year showed a substantial inerease. The total number on, the register books vas 8,380, 'measuring836.278 tons, an inerease of 292 "tea* 'itn-CI 65,832 tops,' 'compared with • 1911. The number of steamers was 3,667, with a. gross tonnage of 641,225, Assuming the average value o be $30 per ten, the value of the not registered tonnage of Canada at the end of 1912 was $25,088,340, The lumber of new vessels built, and registered dttring the y011r was 420, the tonnage 34,886 and the value $1,560,810. During the year 241 veseels were removed frem the re- gister book. It is estimated that 42,490 men and boys were employed on ships registered in Canada dur- ing 1912. Canada has now the ninth position in the shipping of all conn - tries, Grea.t Britain and her 'colo- nies being first with 12,5,80,439t ons(' Germana eecond with 3,034,144, an the tituted States third with 2,07,- 791. In new shipping lasit year, On ter. ip led with 11,,170 tons, British Cpl - was seeend with 10,647; Nova, Sootia third with 5,$53, and Quebec feirelli with 6,144. Wrecks num- bered i9 etrarglings 10 and 'total losses 19,