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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-8-7, Page 7Notes. of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World r ..' Canada. The term of Six Jelin Gibson as Lieutenant -Governor may be ex- tended another year. Twelve hundred Timiskaming far- mers visited the Provincial Govern- ment farm at Monteith, Ont. The Department of Agriculture is Pa g planning new development kr the clay belt of Northern Ontario. Lockjaw from a slight scratch on the leg caused the deathof a little Hamilton girl; Dorothy Hatcher. Joseph, the five-year-old son of John Reinhart, was fa -tally kicked by a, horse at Colborne Hill, Goder- Lovell's directory for 1913 esti- Mates the population of Montreal and suburbs M about 664,000, or a .xi increase of 61,503 over 1912. John H. Whitey a bookkeeper in the Bank of Montreal, was drown- -eel at Ohesterville Lake, Calgary, when his canoe upset. He was un- able to swim, Premier Borden's health is un- satisfactory, and it is expected that lie will go to Muskoka for further rest, Tho last strenuous Parlia- anent session is responsible. A cannon °ball has just been found on the site of the old battle ground, Chrysler's Farm, Morris - burg, Ont., and i, musket hall has been picked up on another section. Manitoba requires 25,000 men for the harvest, and each of the other western provinces needs about the same number. The Manitoba crop is estimated this year at 06,003,212 bushels. Engineer Percy Maxwell, Depot Harbor.; Fireman M. M. Wilson, Ottawa.; Brakeman John O'Neil, Renfrew, and Student Firemen Bateman and Wilson, or Neven, were killed in a wreck on the G. T. R. at Beatty's Siding, near Parry Sound, on Thursday. - Great Britain. Lloyd George hotly denounced the House. of Lords in a speech at Carnarvon on Thursday. A London magistrate declared that women should not sit beside the drivers of automobiles. Therecord prigs of $250,000 was paid recently for the horse Prince Palatine, winner of the. Ascot Gold. Cup, by J, B. Joel, the South -Afri- can millionaire sportsman. Lord Strathcoua has sent the Lord Mayor his promised •contribu tion of $50,000 for acquiring Crys- tal Palace for the nation, A bank- note for a thousand pounds, sent anonymously, has also been re- ceived. United States. Desnaoratio Senators at°Washing- ton charge that the Republicans are working for a panic. The United States Government will advanee $50,000,000 to help move this year's crop. Northern Pacific Railway tele- graph operators are taking a strike vote.. They want increased pay and improved conditions. Persons interested in, Panama - Pacific exposition in San Francisco in 1915.are perturbed over the fail- ure of -Great Britain, Germany, Ja- pan and other countries to accept the invitation sent them to partici- pate. General 1 French society is advocating the taxation of all childless persons in the Republic. The Provincial Governors of Spainhave been ordered strictly to forbid gambling in casinos and clubs at watering places. No ex- ceptions .3.0 to be made under the order. STARTLING REVELATIONS. Carberry Mau, It Is Said, Has Con- fessed to Burning Store. A despatch from Winnipeg says: According to Provincial Fire Com- missioner Lindback, J. A. Marshall of Carberry has confessed to having set fire to'Garland's store in that ((town three years ago. Marshall. Commissioner Lindback states, im- plicates A. E. Webb, and says that Webb offered' him $100 to set fire to the store. Several other well- known Carberry people may be in- volved, and startling revelations are e npeeted when the parties are brought to`trial. A. E. Webb was arrested on Tuesday at Carberry on a charge of having instigated fires that occurred at the same time, He is being held at Portage la Prairie for trial. Marshall is also under arrest, and is confined in the Brandon Jail, `where he is stated to • have confessed every- thing. LOST IN THE BUSH. Iona Black Lived on . Berries . for Sixteen Days. A despatch from Blind River says : Lost for sixteen days in the bu,ah, during which time he lived entirely on berries, a man who gave his name as John Black, .was found in •a deserted hut by a young - Frenchman, who happened upon the deserted camp while out on a paddling excursion, Black, when found, was in a terrible condition. His only clothing consisted of a pair of old overalls, held together by pieces of wire. Ins body was a traass of sores,' the result of seratch- es sustained while groping through the underbrush, and mosquito stings. his feet were badly lacer- ated, and he was in a terrible ema- oia.tecl• condition, He was- hurried to the hospital ; here, and it is thought he will recover. SiiIan`GLE MILL'S 'SHUT DOWN. Ilitixli Colulnbla Men Suspend Op- erations Lntll September. A. despatch from Vancouver stays On account of the light •demand and low prices, the British ' Columbia Shingle Manufacturers' Associa- tion annokinces that the mills: 'will .'close' and not re -open until some time ,in September, Forty of the largest mills in the province are re- presented in the • association, Hottall pOODS EMBARGOED. odder May Not 0e Imported from The Continent. A despatch from. Ottawa says,: The Department.of Customs had,is- eiteci si Ministerial order prohibit- ingthe. importation of hay, straw, i fodder, r d er teed ff 1~ lilts a000m» feedstuffs or .• aliyJSWin horses from Continental ta.3" e. sit o�p for � period s x t$4 .: July" 16. THREE GIRLS DROWNED. Rowboat Upset Near St. John, New Brunswick. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says: Three young women were drowned on Wednesday night by the capsizing of a rowboat in Lake Loch -Lomond,: a few miles from this city.. Three others, a young woman' and two men, were saved after Clinging to the upturned boat for two hours. The drowned, all of this city, are: Miss Tilly Davis, Miss - Brown, Miss Eliza Darling. The rescued are Miss Georgie Pat- terson., Jos. I. Noble and John Stanton, of this city. It seems the party were fishing in the upper part of the lake when a squall struck and swamped the craft, which was overloaded. FATTIER OF 29 DEAD. Dined on Billiard Table When Family Reunion Was Held. A despatch from London says.:, At the funeral of Thomas Arthur Stack, 54 years of age, of Purley, Surrey, twelve of his twenty-one living children were present at the. graveside. Mr. Stack was the fa- ther of twenty-nine children by two marriages. There were nine chil- dren of the first marriage. Mr. Stack's twenty-ninth child was born in February. At a Christmas family reunion two years ago the only table that could accommodate the party was the billiard table. DAIRY FARM IN SIGHT. Winnipeg 'Will No Longer Import All Its Butter and Eggs. A despatch from Winnikeg says: The largest dairy farm on the en- tire western hemisphere is now be- ing whipped into shape. at Heading Iy, a suburb of this. city. When completely stocked the farm will count 2,500 head of cattle within its fences, and with 1,500 of these giving milk, the total yearly output of milk and cream should be'2,000,- 000 gallons. It is estimated that Minneapolis and St. Paul furnish. "this city with about $500,000 worth of milk, etc., a Sear, which, with the estimated output of this farm, would be eliminated. (FL QUEBEC TOWN FIRE SWEPT. $200,000 Damage by Blaze Starting i In Stable: at xioliiis v 1le . A despatch from •Three Rivers, Que., says : A fire which broke out at Louisville, near here, at mid- night Wednesday and raged until 5 o'clock next morning did $200,000 damage: The heavy loss was due to the start the Are t liin'the 'first of w - iiiof the leek �a incur on accot t ter. The fire started in a stable. The district destroyed had been de- vastated once before, and many hooses and places of bufiineas had been 'burned. THE WQRtO IN REVIEW ti. ahoree. 17ndgubtedly hie stili oil the platy ln bail bee w ;yourrn Of strap th tt gartl, MtM•apter is more of the Int* lest• Ass�arciinps t<z ills daily payors, a, prom`- ineUt iten.n sOatety stirl of Taxonto, sapynd Jag .her holidays at a well known eumzuer resort, ran away with a Young man whaxp; the had not ?ruown for more than ten dye and got married, She Wee iutznedi- ately taken home lay :her parents, The. next day her htuyband apgeared in the, police court sad the bride's father wad preparing to institute proeeedinge in an attempt to 'have .the. marriage annulled, 'L1bta is ane of maw incidents retleoting a sort of deredevilishneee that is exhibit- In;r iteelt in Uanadian society, l;ut whiciz only in a modified form and rarely ee0 the light of day in the newspapere,;Thanke to au obliging Oanadian:press,• it is not. difficult to keep attciz stories, out et gyrose this being ane of the outstanding dia- tinguiehiug characteristics of the news- papers of thie country ae cgmpared te. those of Per neighbors to the eolith. The fact le that according to private goB. sip there are 'any number of:, inoidei ties occurring in Toronto and Montreal wh o do not refleot any coedit on the stamina. and sounduess,of Canadian charaoter.'One. frequently hears the prediction that' some day. if things go on as 'thee are; there will be a tragedy in Canadian eootatq, sect called, which may attract the attention of the world. These conditions apply only to a certain small set, ' One wonders sometimes if it would not be a good thing if Canada had one real "yellow" newv{epaper •lehich would ge after these proceedings and brintt`them to pub. lie atter;tion. Perhaps the feet of pub- licity and the light of.day,would be 'a vastly more reprieving influence than have been the laws of the land 'or reepeot for morale, .. The U. S. and Mexico. A good many people in Canada view with ausploion the conduet of the United States toward Mexico, It is not evident that there is any ground for. this suspicion ex, oepting the feeling that the United fitatee has not always been. mot considerate in; its attitude toward- Canada, and that per haps if she saw a good chance to absorb" Mexico. the would not be averse to taking it Such oritice point' out that'the United - States obtained the,Panama Canal zone by tootles that were. not altogether free from criticism, that she has more recently obtained a protectorate oyer Nicaragua by the same methods and that she would not be averse now to cleaning up the map from'the 49th' parallel .to the Isthmus of Panama by securing a statue in Mexico. It ought to be said that so far as out- ward, acts ao there does not seem to be the .slightest ground for any such asner- sion with respect tb her activities in Mex- ico. Indeed, ih England'and in Europe generally, the .feeling is that tho United, States is shirking her reenonsibility in not having interfered long , ago with the re- volution e volution ridden country of Madero and Huerte, particularly when the liven and property' of many foreign citizens are •in danger. • The Republican party'is generally cred- ited with being- in the United States the Imperialist party, that is the Harty which wants to branch out and become- a figure in world affairs. True, it was responeihle for the taking.. over of that waif of the Pacific Ocean, the Phillipine Islands. But it has to be remembered that it was the Democrat party that caused the Venezuela explosion. It would be history repeating itself if the Democrats, on their first re - tern to power,' gat into a mix up in Mex- ico.-. They play iingo•politics in the Uni- ted States as well as other places. A Big Munioipat Enterprise. If the City of Toronto's negotiations with Sir William Mackenzie for the purchase of the Toronto Street Railway and the To - ionto Electric Light Company go through, it will inaugurate one of the largest ex- periments in public ownership which have been tried in Canada The deal involves approximately, .$30,000,000; of which about $22,000,000 is for the Street Railway and about $8,000,006. -for the Electric Light: Com- pany. Mayor Hocken and - Sir William Macken- zie have. now come to terns which' they have agreed to "submit to their principals, What, the exact terms of ,thfe agreement: are is not known yet. Sir William on his part will submit the proposal to his, share- holders. - The Mayor before leaving for a holiday trip in Newfoundland, also passed the agreement over to expert valuators who will check up the figures. after which it is to be,considered by the Provincial Hydro Electric Commission. Just what Hon. Adam Beck and his col- leagues will say to it is somewhat diffi- cult to guess. They may come to the conclueion that the deal prejudices the rights of the other municipalities outside Toronto now being served by the Hydro Electric Commission. If they come to such a decision they may arouse the hostility of Toronto's Mayor, who apparently be - Heves that the deal will be a good thing for everybody, and that if Toronto wants to spend her money buying up these local concerns it is nobody's business but her own. If the Hydro Electric Commission give their approval it will help the reception which the proposal will 'receive from the citizens, for of course the whole proposi- tion has to be voted on by the ratepayers before it can fro into effect. It is expected the vote will be reached about the last of September: or' perhaps some time in Octo- ber, that rs, providing the Hydro Electric Commission give the arrangement • the stamp of its approval. Will be opposition. • Undoubtedly there will be vigorous op- position to the proposal. The Toronto Telegram early showed its colors and is opposing the whole businees with char- acteristic vehemence. The chief criticism from a Toronto view point is that the price quoted by Sir Wil- liam 'Mackenzie is exceeeive. The Toronto Street Railway franchise has but eight more years to run, and though the com- pany is making surplus profits at the rate of about $1,500,000 a year. $22,000,000 is a big price to pay for au eight-year fra.n- obiee. In 1921, when the franchise comes to an end, the City -will get for nothing what it is asked to pay something for now, though at the same time it has to be I e- menihered that thereeis the possibility in 1921 of a big argument over what the city will be obliged to pay for the plant and equipment of the railway even' after ite franchise is exhausted. From a provincial point of view the site nation is complicated by reason of the fact that the Street Railway and, the Elec- tric) Light Company both have • long term contracts with, the Electrical; Development Company, the chief competitor of the Provinical hydro Electric Commission. Before the matter •ie finally settled there will no doubt"' be'somo warm discussion and perhaps . interacting developments. Less eourageoue;mayore would not have tackled such a big problem, but Mayor Hocken from the beginning of his term has !teemed determined to' make his regime moan something, Visiting -Englishmen. le party of seine twenty English M. P.'s, with. their wives and daughters, have been passing through Canada en route to Aus- tralia, where they are to be the guests of the Commonwealth. .They had no mission to Canada other than any other tourists, being members of the Imperial Parlianien- tary Union, a purely, social organization, r�fie remarkable thing about the party wris the extreme diilleulty in 'getting any of them to eeprese an opinion .on any political enbjeot whatsoever. The explain tetion of this •ourlorts fact no doubt lag in the .feet that even their"small hunt. here represented almost emery .shade of po- litical opinion, including, alike Lords and workingmen, Liberals anti Unionists, and it would bave been almost tmposeible to havo' expressed any opinion on any po- litical matter to which'somet/no' in the party would not have taken violent "ex• caption. Conspicuous in', theropartyOweretwotorr-` mer Canadians, Rarest? nwoo a gra nate of Toronto Univorsity,. and Donald Mebtester, a graduate bf M c*1ll University, Both of ,these teen have made. distinct. p tedestes In law and .Politics ig: I'ingland, the former In a Liberal and the latter'as a Unionist. Both are comparatively young men and may be in line for still further honors. Greenwood, to a partteu]arly arra greeetve typo and his career is lit trent, able romando, While Canada .is the land of opportunityfor many a penniless im- niistant, Etrttla ;d proved to ba the land n Who, r it for oirn (fre9 wotSd of o»po„ tun ry 9t fr on hie. arrrival there, was as peeniloes es finny imfnigriint Arlie set foot.lieen these tsill pe and is.conii ezit�l� expe.qted "to be lnolu oil in the no:c iT�siouirat Cs, Last whenever that shall be oritanisod, One of the Moebletures uo ap•embrr0 lit the arty was will i raooks, the latbor unmoor Tor Woolwich., Peer .or peasant, it is all one to ()rooks. Re it bail fallow well mot with ail, .Lard Emmett and Lord Sheffield were tlia leaders of the party. They are typed of newly appointed Inheral lards wllo have grown Woaithy in trade and who carry With thorn into the Upper Chamber certain more :or lees pronounced 'ltadioal Pro411v. lat s.. 11COS',C f1L00DY BA1i?LE. Recent Engagement of Greeks and Bulgarians. A despatch from London says: The Daily Telegraph's correspon- dents with the Greeks at .Salonica describe the remit battle between .the Greeks and Bulgarians in the Djurna district as the moist hotly contested and sanguinary of the en- tire war. The Bulgarians, ; the per - respondents say, •reinforced by 50,- 000 men who, have been withdrawn from the Servian fz'ontier; made an unexpected attack on the. Greek left wing. The fight -raged for two days: with varying successes, but victory finally rested with the Greeks, who captured againtheir lost positions. The Greek losses were 2,000 men killed including ntany of&cars bearing ' historic names, and between six thousand and seven thousand wounded. 114 NOVELTIES IN FIREWORKS.. Motion Pictures of Flame at. Cana- dian. National'Lxhibition.. Moving pictures in firewarks are surely the newest thing in pyro- technics, And the newest thing in. ,all' lines are served at the Canadian National Exhibition. Among the motion pictures framed in fire that are on the bill are a threshing ma- chine, with wheels running and grain pouring from the spout, an auto fire engine that runs so fast it crashes into an automobile, and flying machines. Add to these the changing illumination,the colored. balloons, the exploding bombs, the soaring rockets, the massive golden. fountains and dispersing radiating batteries, and you have a fireworks bill more varied and more wonder- ful than anything ever before pre- sented at the Canadian National. CIGARETTES` CAUSE DEATH. Partially .Paralyzed Woman Smok- ed Thein While in Bed. A despatch from' London, Eng- land, says On the witness stand atm thee', coroner's-' -inquest` into the death' of Juanita Camp, 29, -wife of a jeweller's clerk, living in Little Chatham Place'; Walworth; who was burned to death in her. bed, her husbancrtestified that for the past six years his wife had been addict- ed to the habit of drinking methy- lated spirits, which caused, her limbs to become rigid as though paralyzed. He also said that his' wife smoked _cigarettes„in bed and read by candle -light. It is pre- sumed that a spark from her cigar- ette, ignited the bed -clothing, and because of her inability to escape she was burned to death. TRIED BY JURY OF HER PEERS Female Jury Recommends a Fine of Five Dollars and' Costs. , A despatch from St. Louis nays The first women's jury to be em- panelled in. Illinois since the recent enactment of the law in that State on Tuesday convicted a woman in a Justice Court in East St. Louis. Mrs. Blanche Thomas, charged with disturbing the peace of a neighbor, asked for a jury of wo- men., A fine of $5 and costs was fixed by the jury. Five of the jury were stenographers, one was mar- ried, and four were under the legal age. The trial lasted three hours, and it took the jury le'ss than ten minutes to agree upon a. verdict. ak GETS STIFF SENTENCE. Mrs. Edith. Rigby Goes to Jail for Nine Months. A despatch. from Liverpool says: Mrs.' Edith Rigby, the well-known suffragette of Preston, was sen- tented on Wednesday to nine months' lard labor on the charge of .setting fire' to the country ., resi- dence 'of Sir William II. Lever at Rivington, Lancashire, on July 8, and causing damage estimated at $100,000. The prisoner, who is the wife 'of a physician, admitted her guilt, anti also confessed to being the perpetratorof the bomb out- rage itt the Liverpool Cotton Ex- change on July, 5. 1tE'ENUE Or CU'S'TOMS.. Federal Receipts to Etiid ' of Jaly Over $2,500,000 Increase. Ottawa says: Ades . tcl from Qt af, The Custt iia revenue of Canada continues to•soar. The revenue up to the end of July from this source amounted to $38,906,828.82. sin in- crease of $;058,799.over the total kr lastyear up to July 31. For the month, just, closing the revenue front 'CUSton s totalled $10,033,208) an intreaaer' of`$t3171404,* Prices of These Products In the Leading. Markets are here Recorded BreaAdsttOts. Toronto, Aug. S. -Fleur -Ontario wheat flours, 90 per cent, $4.20 for .doznestie'trade, _Bound, made of new wbeat,$3 60 seaboard, for September delivery, anilobas, first patents, in .jutei balte, 6.69; second pa' tents, in jute beige, 6; strong bakers', in jute gage, $4.80. Manitoba whoa -No, 1 Northern. $1.05. on track, Ba'y porta; Na at 91.02; No. 1 981.2x, Bay ports. Ontario wheat -.No. 2 white and red 85o, outside. wheat, $1.00, outside, and new wheat at Oats --No. 2 Ontario oats, 35 to 36e, out- eide, and at 371-2 to 380, en track, To' ratite. Western Canada oats, 38e for No. 2, and at 370 for No. 3, Bey Potts. Peas -elle market is purply nominal. Barley -Prices nominal, Corn -No, -,2. Amerlcan Corn. 72' 1.20, To- ronto, and et 69 to 68.1-2e. elf., Midland. Rye -Pricea nominal. Buckwheat -Purely nominal. Bran -Manitoba. bran $19 a ton, in. base, Toronto freights, Shorts, 920, Torento. Country Produce. Batter-dhoice dairy. 21 to 23o„, inferior, 17 to 19c; creamery, 26 to 261-2e for rolls, and 24 to 26e for solids, Lege -Case lots of new -laid, 24 to 2$o per dozen; fresh, 20 to 210, and seoonds. 16 to 180. Cheese -New eheeae, 133-4 to 14e for large, and 14 1-20 for twine. Beans--lfand-picked, 92,25 to 9230 per bushel; primes, 91.75 to 93, in a Jobbing way. Honey -Extracted, in tins. 121.2 to 13o ,per ib. for No. ie wholesale; combs, $2.25 to $3.00 per dozen for No. 1, and 82 to 92.25 for 14o.. 2. Poultry --Hens, 16 to 170 per Ib.; turkeys. 18 to 20o. Live poultry, about 20 lower than the above. Potatoes -New potatoes, 93.25 per barrel, Provisions, Bacon, long alear, 153.4 to 16o per lb,. in case kts. Pork -Short cut, 928.50 to 929; do„ mess, $24. Hares -Medium to light, 20 to 21a; 'heavy, 18 to 190; rolls, 161-2 to 17e; breakfast bacon, 21e backs, 24 to 25e. Lard -The market is unchanged. Tierces, 14o; tube. 14 1.2c; pails. 143-4o. Baled Hay, and Straw. Baled hay -New hay sold at 912.50 to 913.00. No. 1 at 914, on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at 912.50. Baled straw -$8 to 98 50, on track To- ronto. Montreai Markets. Montreal, Aug, 6. -Oats -Canadian Weet- ern, No. 2, 401-2e; do., No. 3, 39 to 391-20; extra No. i feed, 40e, Barley -Manitoba feed, 61 to 52e; malting, 62 to 64e. Buck- wheat"-No..2, 68 to: 60e. neer-Manitoba spring wheat patents, brats, 95.60;' do,. seconds, $9.10; strong bakers'. $4.90; SP'ia• ter patente, choiee, 96 50; et*'e.i bt rollers. 95.10; do: in bags, $2.40. Bolin oats -Bar, rale, 94,56; .ba of 90 The., 1112.1. lclillfeed- Brau, $19; shorts ,.$21} middlings, 924; monillie, $26 to 932.' Ifaye--4o, 2. ,per ton. car lots, 912.60 to $13,60. Cheese-Pi:e t westerns, 131.4 to; 13 1.8e; do., eastorns, 123-4 to 13e. Butter-Cholosst creamery, 233.4 to 24e; swede, 231-4 to 231.20. Begs -Fresh, 29.e; seleeted, 27e; No, 1 stock. 23ee;. No. 2. do., 18 to 19e. Potatoes -•Per' bag.• oar lots, 60 to 60e. Winnipeg gain. Winnipeg, Aug. 0,-Cash--Wheat-lee, 9. Northern, 96e; No, 2, do., 93e; No. 3, do.. 69e; No. 4, 801.40 ; No. 6, 72e; No, 6, 671.2o; feed, 60e; N. 1 rejected. seeds, 890; No. 2. 86c • No. 3, do,: 810; Na. 4, do., 73o; Na. 6, do., 651..4e; No. 6, do„ 605-.8e; feed ough.. r 630. Oats -No. 2 5}.W., 341-20; No. -3. do., 331.4e; extra No. 1 teed, 333.4c; No. 2 feed.' 303.4e. Barley -Rejected, 43x: feed, 43e, Flax -No, 1 N. -W.. 91.27: No, 2 C.W.,' 91,28 1-2; No. 3. do., 91.12. United States Markets, Minneapolis, Aug, 6. Wheat - 7.8 July, 840,' Sepptomber, 863.4 to 667.80; December,' 89 6.8 to 89 3.40, Olesins cash -No. 1 hard,. 89'3.80; No. 1 Northern, 87 3.8 to 88 7.80; Na: 2 Northern, 863-8 to 5t7-80. No. 3 yollow corn, 64e. No. 3 •;d+ to oats, 303-4 to 391-4e. No. 2 rye, 55' ;o b7c. Flour 14n4 bran unchanged, Duluth, Aug. 6 -•-Linseed-July, 91.40 nom - incl; September, $1.42; October, $1.42 1-2: November, $1.421.2 asked; December, $1.401.4 asked. Wheat -No. 1 hard. 893.8e; No. 1 Northern, 88 3.0c; No. 2 Northern, 865.8 to 867 -Be; July. 871-4e nominal; Sep- tember, 883-8e asked; December. 9018 to 901.40; May. 94 7-8e. Live Stook Market. Toronto, Aug. 6.-Cattle--Choiee' bitch ens, $6 to $5.60; good medium, 95.25 to $5,75;. common, 94,25 to 94.75; canners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, 92 75 to 83; fat cows, 95 to $5.30;, oommon cows, 93,50 to $4. Calves - good veal, $6 to 97; choice, 97.75 to $8.00; eommon. 93 to $3.50. Stockers and feeders Steers, 700 to 800 pounds, 93.25 to 94.25; extra choice, heavy feeder's, 900 pounds, 85.00 to $5.50; rough light, 92.50 to $3.50. Sheep and lambs -Light ewes, $4.25 to 96;. heavy. $3 to $3.50; bucks, $3 to 93.50; spring lambs, 97.50 to 98.25. Hogs -$$9.90 to b. and 910.25 fed and watered. Montreal, Aug, .5. --Good steers, 96.25 to $6.50, and the lower grades from that down to 94.50 per cwt., while butchers' cows brought from 93 to 94.50 and bulls from 93 to 94 per cwt. Ewe sheep, 94.75 to 95.00, and sidle at $4.00 to. $4.59, while lambs brought $7.25 to $7.75 per cwt. ,doge. 910,00 to $10.50 per swt., weighed off cars. Mr. Bruce Walker, The watch -dog of Canada's entry ports. BARLEY IS A SPLENDID CROP. Illftftftftft Wheat harvesting Will Be General In Northwest by August 15. A despatch from Winnipeg says: "We have a splendid crop, in fact the best for many years," said An- drew Kelly, President of the Grange & Western Flour Mills Company, on Wednesday after- noon' on. his return from a long trip by the C.N.R. to Edmonton, Saskatchewan and. Regina. He is full of optimism at the prospects. "To come down to hard facts," said Mr. Kelly, "1 saw barley being cut at many points. Barley harvesting will be. general at the end of the week. It is a splendid crop. I saw wheat turning color in 'many dis- tricts, and there will , bemuch wheat cut next week and wheat harvesting will be general by Ante Ust 15. The greaitbulk of the oat crop will also be ready by that time, I saw little flax, but what I ss.w was good. The weather is ideal for filling and maturing, and a few weeks more of it will see western Canada with the biggest yield of wheat she has ever had. I base this on increased acreage and the gen- eral fine oonditioi of the crop." AR• .,YI]I SMAN IOSI1$ A. Lk;( 'ails Beneath Ilto''1u6 '1 n6 Ino Dur. • ifg First day ;on the Job: • Adespttch from Belleville ifs a At 'Napa tree oiz Thursday. morning. 1 acCitiiley, a young br'akesm,ali of this city, fell beneath a moving engine and had his right leg taken off above the ankle. Although he had been in the G.T.R. employ for some time, this was his first run as brakesman.. He was brought here after treatment at Napanee, and is now in the Belleville ,Hospital, 706 CONVICTS WANT FREEDOM-. Dominion Parole OMeer Ends In- speetion of Penitentiaries. A despatch from Winnipeg says: W. P. Archibald, Dominion parole officer, is now in Winnipeg, having completed at Stoney Mountain on Tuesday an in;speotion of peniten- tiaries, during which he has had 700 interviews with convicts that 'hope for release under the parole system. Four, hundred of the ap- peals carie from the 'Western Pro- vinces. 014. Very Bright. "What do you do when people, come in and bore you 1" -When they stay too long, the office boy, who is very bright, and knows just when to 'interfere, tells me that a gentleman is in the counting -house waiting to see me on important business;" "He 1 ha 1 That's a Cap- ital `way to get rid of bores who don' t. know Jl st then ') �Ile ei t boy opened the door, sang out: 'Gent in- the:, ,cotintih'-house; sir, tva .tin' -'t,o' see you on iraper tan t sinesg p, bti l •w r 4 4 s