HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-2-5, Page 3Grain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of These Products In the LeadillS
Markets are liere Recorded
nrcaautnefe.
• Toronto, Feb, 3.-1814nive,On1.ario wheet
flour, 90 ler cent., $3.56 to $3 60, Seaboard,
and et, 3.55, Toronto. llanitobae-Firet
Pateute, n jute bags, $5„40; do., eeeOnds,
114.90; strong baltersiO in jute begs, $4.70.
Remitolett wh1.--Bay ports, No. 1
blortbern, 96 1-2c, and No, 2, 94 1.20; •tritek,
• Ooderieh. All rail. No, 1 Northern, 0.1.01;
Ne, 2, 99 1-2o. '
Ontario wheatesPrices of No. 2 are 87
to 88e, Outside, anti 91 to No on traok, To,
;cameo.
Oath -No. 2 Ontario oats, ,35o, 01118540,
,aucl at 38 to '38 1,2o on track, Torento,
Weetern Canada oate, 40 140 for N•o. 2,
am) at, 390 for No. 2, DaY eort..
Barley -54 to 55, buteide.
Corn -,Now No, 3 American, 70o, all rail,
Toro n to.
Rye -No. 2 at 63 to 64e, outside,
lietekwheate-No. 2 at 73 to 75o, 0111Olde•
•trate-Manitoba bran, $22.50 a, $24.50,
ton, ill
bagn
s, Torotto o freight. Shorts, $24
Toro e to,
• Country Produce. •
Buttere-Ohoice dairy, 23 to, 24c,; inferior,
00 to ?le; farmere' eeparatag prints, 24 to
260; eroamery printe, •30 to 31c: eolids, 27
to .29e; storage prints, 27 to 28,0; eolide,
25" to 26 1-2c.
Egg;s1 -Cites° tote of new -laid, 40o per doz-
en»; storage, eoleete, 36 to 38o, and. storage,
32 to 340 per dezen.
elietase-le'Reav cheese, 14 1-2 to 14 3-4e for
• large, and 15e for twins.
•Bealts-elleind-pielted, '92,20 to $2.25 per
bushel; primes, 9210.
I Doney-lixtrauted, in tine, if :to 12e per
lb, for No. 1; eombe, $3 to $3.25 Der dozen
for No. 1, and 02.40 to $2.50 for No. 2.
Poultry -Fowl, '12 to I.3o per lb.; chick -
es' ens, 16 to 18e; ducks. 13 to 15e; geese, 14
to 15e; turkeys, 19 to 22c.
Potatoce--Ontario, 80c per bag, on track,
ana Delawares at 80 to 85e, on track, in
-ear lets. •
. PrOVIS1011O.
B41.e011--trong 'nicer, 15 to 16c per lb., in
ease lots) Pork -Snort cut, $28.50; do.,
]alOSE1, $24.50. Rame-Ileclium to light, 18
to 18 1-2.is r heavy, 17 to 17 1-2e; rolls, 15 to
15 1-11es brealtfast bacon, 18 to 19e; backe,
22 to 24e.
Lrn'41» 'Pierces, 14 1-4e; tubs, 14 1-2c; pails,
14 3-4e.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay -No. 1 quoted at 014.50 to 015
0 ton, ea treolc here; No, 2 quoted at $13
to $13.50t mid mixed et 910 to $12.60.
Baled etraw Clotas lots, $8.50 to $8.75,, on
track, iforonto,
Winnipeg Grain,
Winnipeg, Feb. 3.---Caelit-Wheat, No. 1
Northeru, 86 5-8c; No. 2 Northern. 84 7-8c;
No. 3 Noethern, 82 7,8o; No, 4, 77 teles No.
5, 70 1-2e; No. 5, 65 1-2c; No. I rejected
eeeds, 81 1,2e; No. 2 rejected. seeds, 79 1-20;
No, 3 rejected steeds, 77 1-20; No. 1 inalliitY,
81 1-2o; No. 2 einnttY, 79 1-2e; No. 3 smutty,
77 1-2o; No. 1 red Winter, 86 5-8e; Ne. 2 red
Winter, 84 7-8e; No, 3 red Winter. 82 7-8e.
Oats, No. '2 0.W., 33 3-8e; No, 3 C.W., 320;
extra No. 1 feed, 32 1-4e; No, 1.feed, 31 MEI;
No. 2 feed, 31o. Barley, No, 3, 41 3-4e; No.
4, 40 1,4e; reieeted, 38 1-2c; feed; 38e, Flax,
No. 1 N.W.C. $1..27 1-4; No, 2 C. W. 01,24 1-4.
No. 3 C.W., $1.11 1.2
Milted Staten Markets
Minneapoiis, Feb. 3.-Vgloat, 89 1.8 to
89 1-4e; July, 90 3-4 to 90 7-80 tusked. Cash;
No. 1 hard, 91 3-8 to 91 5.8e; No, 1 Northern,
88 1,8 to 90 3-8o; No. 2 Northern, 85 1.8 to
87 5-8e, Cern, No. 3 yellow, 58 to 58 1-4c.
Corn, No. 3 yellow, 58 to 58 1-4o., Oate,
No. 3 white, 10 1-2 to 36 3-4c.
Duluth, Feb. 3.—Wheat, No. 1 bard,
S9c; No. 1 Northern, He; No, 2 ..North-
ern, 860; May, 90 to 90 1-8o; .TulY,
91 Mo. Linseed cash, $1,50 1-8; May,
91.531-5;Juiy, 91.554-8.
Live Stock 'Marketer.
Toronto, rob. 3.s-Catt1e-,1,4Good bot -
Chem, SS to $8.25: mediums $7 to $7,50;
common, $6 to $6.25; choice coWt], 99.80
to $6.75; good, $6 to $6.25; znedlum,
$5.50 to $5.75; common, $4,50; cutters
and canners., $3.25 to $7; ehothe bulls,
97 100---$7,26s; good, $6 to $0.50; common,
95 to $5.7o. Stockers and f eeders—
Steers, choice. $7 to e7,25; good, $5,50
to $6; light, 93,50 to $5.25; milkers and
springers, up to $80. Sheep and lambs
—Light ewes. $5.50 to $6.75. heavy, $3
to .93.15; Spring lambs, $8.4 to 99.50;
bucks, $3 to $3.50, with 730 off. Hogs -
99.15 IC $9.40, :fed and watered; $8.80 to
$9, f.o.b.; $9.25 to $9.50 oft ears, Calvee—
Good. veal, $8.75 to $11; common, $5 to
95.50.
Montreal, Feb. 3,—Primo beeves, 7 3-4
to 8 1-2c; medium, 5 1-4 to 7 1-20; com-
mon, 4 to 5 1-2c; mlleh cows, $40 to
$75 each; calves, 4 1-2 to 7c; sheep,
about 5 1-2e; lambs, about Se; 'hogs,
about 120.
THE, FEDERAL ESTIMATES.'
Grand. Total for - rear 1914-15, as
Tabled int Ifeuse, 10 $190,735,176.
A despateh from Ottawa says: A
reduction el almost $12,000,000 as
compared with the expenditures
authorized for last year is .the oon-
spicuous featu,re of the main esti-
mates for the fiscal year • 1914-16
:which were tabled in the Hoase on
Thursday evening. The grand total
is $190,735,176.42, as coniPiered with
8202,656,166.59 la,st year. Ot this
total $146,I,86,124.42 is on consoli-
dated &COO -alb and -$43,949,050 is
chargeable to capital. The largest
dee.rease, that of $3,703,762.48, is
under the head of public works
chargeable to income. There is a
decrease of $150,000 in the Naval
Service appropriations, another of
8138,750..under railways and canals
(income), $114,244.10 .under miscel-
laneoue, and- a» decrease of $71,905
under militia.
Large Increases.
The largest iliereaSes are $1,-.
266,500 under agriculture, $1,911,-
840.75 under post -office, $250,958.22
in provincial subsidies, $383,550
under immigration, $465,533.38 un-
der trade and 'commerce, $745,570
under railw.ays, $584,041.57 in eivil
gove.rument and $1,738,013.32 on
account of public debt; including
sinking fund.
During , the fiscal year , ending
March 31 last the total a,uehoeized
expenditure was $184,196,317, but
of this amount nearly $40,000,000
was left unexpended,. During the
year which closes Ma,rch 31 'next
the expenditures on large national
undertakings, and in connection
with investments has been very
heavy.
In the Agriculture Department
the detailed votes include,: $770,000
for experhnentel farms, an increase
of $11C,000; for the enforeeinent of
the Destructive Insect Act, $50,-
000; development of dairy and fruit
industries, $225,000 a Cold storage
en ouutagement, $200,000; health of
an heals; $500;000 ; administration
of Meat and Canned Food Act,
8e40,000; develepnaent of the. live
etteck industry, $400,000; an in -
Crease of $200,000. ,
1.14.110.
Under the Agricultural Instruc-
tion Act the provincial votes are:
Ontario 8230,868.83
Quebec 187,409.16
Nova Scotia 61,144.45
New Brunswick 4,9,407.20
Prince Edward Island 27,832.81
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta ,.. a , ., ... a
Veterinary colleges .....
Total' ........... . $800,000.00
52,799.38
58,075.45
61,152.31
51,310.91
20,000.00
The Railway Department eqi-
mates include :---New terminals at
Halifax, $2,500,000; 'Wharfs and
docks, Halifax, $160,000; installa-
tion of block a.nd telephone- sys-
tems, $164,000; new car ferry and
dock ab Port Milgrace, $458,000;
new rolling stock, $1,000,000; east-
ern extension in Halifax County,
$850,000.
For the, Hudson Bay "Railway
terminals and elevators, the vote is
$4,500,000; for the National Trans-
continental, $8,000,000; Quebec
-Bridge, $3,000,000; Welland Canal,
$4,000,000; Laehine Canal improve-
ments, $215,000; -Trent Canal, $1,-
000,000.
Public , 'Works estimates include
the following capital expenditures
for the continuance of works .al-
ready in progress on harbore and
rivers: Toronto harbor, $1,000,000;
French River improvements, $500,-
000; St. John harboe,» $3,000,000,
and a million each for woeks at
Victoria, Vancouver, Quebec and
Port Arthur and For William,
Public buildings votes are largely
for the smaller class .structuree,
and praetically all re-yotee for the
continuance of works already in.
progress.
4.4
TWO WO MEN EXEC LTE1).
,
Were Beheaded by the Axe Xecord-
' log to the Prussian Custom.
A despatch from Berlin says:
There was an unusual event at
Ratileor, in • Silesia, on. Thursday,
when two women. Were executed for
murder. They were beheaded by
the axe, in accordance' with the
Prtiesnin cuatom.
HAMBURG -AMERICAN L
Service Will Be Placed In Operation, at Once Be-
tween liarnburg and lialifa2c
A despatch from Montreal says :
"That there is a -big trade with pas-
sengers and freight to and » from
Canada 'is quite evident, and our
•
nouncernent in the foregoing words,
that his company will open its own
offices in Montreal on Monday, and
that a direct service between Ham-,
burg and Halifax will be inimedi-
Avmpany decided some timeago to ately placed in operation. When the
C,Xoter into a, direct; servide. I do, port of Montreal is open, this will
tiot know 'anything about `rate be the Canadian port of call. The
ware'. beyond What I have reaeTand. Montreal office will be. in charge of
the, entry of the Haihburg-Ateeri- Henry Dorgoleh, at present in
0818 Line into the Canadian teadeis Boet,on, but who wae until eecenth,
due to the conitianY'S: belief: that, in ;charge cif the 'company's affairs
there is e good field for boldness," at,. an Francisco, He thought traf-
A., L. Cronmeyer,passienger tra,f, fie, wbuld originate froin Continen-
fie manager of therrettnb01-Amer- tal Europe, `including Russia. Mr,
ican Line, who ,Canle LO -Montreal !Croettneyer said that the freight
froza New York, made a format an- businese looked very promising,
The World In Revlow
OVOrtalte4
The (Waited etory of the terrible
nape that has followed a veep failt
In Northerlt japen reveals ono or me
reasons for the Utter absurdity Of t
the Japeneee war ficare„ The coy
061/100111 01' the lsoi&lon Times says tl
it is the weest, famine that 'Tap
which ie well lasted to famines, hal]. e
perlermed In a ceattry, a•nd met its
root win be eeeti throatrhoilt. the 0011
try for years. -
Bet wholly" aside from thin' MUM/
coutlition of thinge, Whieh don
loss sth. the heart of the world no
ProiliPt relief Measuree will ' toile
japan cannot ,aOrord the 111X-ary
for ArlanY Years to eople. Taxon hie
more than. doubled Mace the war WI
Raseia and are now about thirty p
cent. .of the incoane of business 111
and property holders. The Indestei
eve (Tippled by the lack of Iron in t
country and the leek '01! skilled labor.
These are some cy:, the haedicaps
forth with much 0.0,111 by a recent
server, George Sherwood -10t1c1Y,'
"Tile New Era en, the East," ' -d
Mares that, except as 0 matter or eel
defence, japan is far toe poor to .drea.
of: another war for generations. He
also convineea that the ereeent sucee
ses ot the people as • 'soidiere, sallo
an n merchants are only am outward d
velopmea, and that the heart of ti
nation—the lere., the morale, the ethi
or the people—are still under , the ePs;
of the 11•Eiddle Ages. ,
Regulating' Morale by reeding.
•• Having' tried every otIter eXPerime
ou prlsoners„ including opera,t1Or
on the beain for the remove' of aim
/tally affected pats at the cerebra
the theorists now propose to impro
the morals of peison inmates reg
lating their diet.
The process Is under way at Oal
land, Oal. The food furnished the pri
oilers is expertly treated both 11,0
quart ty and quality. Each prisoner
studied fox' his indtvideal tastes and
giesen such edibles as will, in the b
hot oE the •exponents al the idea,
cline him 1.0 'reform.
leerhape the Oakland theory is faun
MI cm the proposition - laid down by 'M
Bumble, the pompous parieh beadle
'Dickens' "Cniaer Twist," •who declare
In an analysis ..of Oliver's outbreak
that "Ct isn't madness it's meat.' Thi
Is borne out by the fact that their 111011e-
-us Tor the prisoners largely comPris
fruits and light articles of food whic
exeel in nar tive qualiteee.
However; they should remember th
injunction of 'Augustine, who said; 'N
man should judge us in meat or then s.
Let him not despise him that eatetienot,
mid let hint not that eateth, judge him
that eateth,"
Nebuchadnezzar was rampant Ve-
getarian. and. we all recall hls curions
antics. Elijah, on the other hand, was
ted with flesh, and john subsisted oil
locusts, neat of swine is forbidden to.
the peoples' oO at least two religions,
and fish is .the favorite djsh or others.
What is good. for some is 'eactieon for
others, itod what makes one thin will
make others fat. Just wbether this
dish will cause crime and the other .pro-
duce a benevolent, kindly disposition,
remains to be seen.• . •
• Eruption awl Earthqualce.
The volcanic eruption and earthquake
which overwhelmed a populous eitY and
several villag-es in Japan is the worst.
disaster of the. kind. singe the French,
island of Martinique was laid waste In
1002, with the loss of 30,000 lives.
Without doubt It is the inoet appalling
catastrophe in the histpry of _Nippon.
Blago Shima, which housed 64,000' Peo-
ple, is a modern Poinpeit or Heroula.-
neutn, burled under ashes and stones:
Thousands who escaped the whirlwind
of fire and the rush of molten lave
were drowned in the tidal wavo. that
swept over the city, Others fled only
to be trapped and perish in blazing f oe-
ests. The tale of horror may not be
Yet complete, for two other volcanoes
in the same range have burst forth. The
sympathy eV the whole world. will go
out to Japan in this manifold visite-
tiou , of woe, and there is need for im-
mediete aid to •the multitudes or home-
lese refugees in a. stricken land. •
1111„ii fOEILS POST SYSTE
rOv iteunilatiel Zoneff--10.,
fa- aikl 14409 Apply for 20 Mimo.
ire
ny despatelt from Ottawe oey€: A memo
he expleining reethode and werliing of
airileL):1 sotliiieure14:7, plaotitel:alti76,1:vo!t yeeiritq;etniert lylispobtuteetunitolerr
X- "After eonsidering enrol' every
efe plittee ef the pareels poet, question( the
POOPIlleter-general hue doelded to 44.01.4
the sone syetepo la fixing, porcel pun
hi.,)tY7 rwitittiel oda oatri tannarti .0of hr.: tog rettt arnrao da, 0
1.'"" Canade and tho comparativeiy Spats,'
pointlation Of tile Dominien.
,
flat rate wore axed that would
v". t
te no * to great a lees to the depart,
er =cut in <tarrying paroels from one end
en of Vie Domieion• to the other, or even
es train the eentre proviileAli to tate exixenie
he east be west, the rate wooed be too high
for eomparatively ehert dtameezi or even
et between points Within the ettme province,
be and tlin oply praetioaa pimp aepeered 10
In be the zone (system, under which the rates
e- are graduated according, to the distance
a, a parcel will have to be carried,
Is Prot/111MS' slowiciaries,
on aecount of the geographical posi-
es lion or the provincee of Canada and their
le being aPproxirisately the same Mee when
es the three Maritline.provincee are ea -newer -
11 ed es one it was found. that the provincial
boundaries 'would be the meet convenient
to adopt es the limite of the armee, and
censoEllisotlY the rates were fixed by 'Pro"
itt vineee. This makes the eyetem a very
is 0.1mPle sole, much easier to follow than
1- ihe Sone eystein batted upon Mileage 40110.
"'.U.110 first or local rate lig five cents for
et; iiret pound and 0110 cent for each ad -
u., ditional pound or fraction thereef, up to
four pounde, and two eente for each» ea)),
eeqitent pound up to eleven ponde within
es a raeliva of twenty miles from the place
to of mailing, irrespective of provineial
Is betinclaries. This ia to give loeal it* er-
n.] clitente an advantage within their own
e- neighbortood and also farmers a,nd ear-
n- denees• 'who can use the maile for send-
ing produce to their local market at a
d- low rate. • '
LI. •
A parcel of 11 pourale ca,n'be emit 20
milee for 2 ciente a ;round, and this should
e• give the farmers a derided advantage 111
-4 marketing eggs and other perishable mat-
. , a po give a decided advantage
to the country merchant over the depart -
h mental stores. .ne farmer eau eend out
ROO& in parcels up to 11 pounds to hie
O custoraere at 2 cents a pound while if the
0 sstime goods were ordered from a departs
mental stores. The former can send out
cern more than 20 miles dietant, it, aa-ould
cost about 5 cents, a pound for postage.
"The next rate is fixed for the province
in which an article ie posted. For the
0184 ou(1 additiouaj ptolluenrdat4e eieenit0e.°"Ttll'e aneadstertcollf
handling a one -pound parcel is approxi-
mately the same as that of 2 or 3 pounds],
and ooneequently it, evas necessary to fix
a minimum i'ate for the first pound eon.
siclerably higher than the average rate
for the additional pounds included in the
weight of a parcel.
Method is SimPia.
"For an neljacent proving() the rate of
10 cents for the first pound will apply,
but for eac,h additional pound an extra
charge of 2 cents :will be imposed, making
the ram 10 cents; for the fLt'st pound and
6 cente for each subsequent pound. Beyond
the province edjoluing the one in which a
pare& is mailed, an oelditional 2 cents a
pound will be hnposed• for each province
that las to be eroseed to the destination
of,the parcel, up to a maximum charge of
12 emits a pound. ,
.
The method of finding the rate on any
Parcel ie extremely simple. Rate cards
will be f urnished to all postmaeters and
for distribution to the public, there being
o Separate card for cech province. On this
card as given the amount of postage
chargeable op any parcel up to a 'weight
of 11 pounde within the proviuce in »which
a parcel is posted and to all other Pro-
vince"; of the Dominion.
"When zt, parcel ist mailed the mistmae-
ter eees frorn the addrees the province to
whiebeit hue to be carried, and a glance
01. thie,eard eliowe him, without making
anso- dalettlation, 'what the pottage will
. • The Slaughter of Bulgarians.
At this titne, when Turkey is care-
fully preparing to take from Greece
what was forced from the Ottoman
Einpire by duress of arum by. the 13a1-
lcan allies, and when tbe heart of tine
suffering, destitute and frenzied 111,11-
8011011 is racked with the bitterness of
xenon) toward Servia and Greece, the
heart of man is bowed with grief over
the Shocking spectactle presented by
the devastations resulting from a de-
sire 1.0 place the cross above the cres-
cent.
It is figurell that the 1population
of 13t1gariari Macedonia was reduced In
the course of hostilities from 176,600 to
42,500. In Bulgarian Thrace there are
225,000 male survivors out of a /in
ol. 494,000. in the distriet et ilus-
taplia Paha, to the north of Acirinte
mole and close. to the old . Bulgarian
frontier, 4.000 men and boys remain out
of a total of 33,000. These figures are
only for Bulgaria. '
The awful siguifieance in the census
showing is that it 'relates entirely to
decrease in the number Of male .Bulgar-
lens. • Yet in the face of Ibis extra,or-
clinary slaughter the war spirit grows
apace and the day is coming when Bul-
garia will press forward to regain Its
lost ground and. 'wreak vengeance upon
those who have so shocklegly despoil-
ed ber!
Scourge of Paresis.
Another or humanity's fearful male,
clies- hitherto Set .down 00 ineurable is,
yielding to modern science. Paresis,
commonly called softening or the brain,
Wait theecause of insanity. le 17 per
cent, of the men admitted iu mie Year
to the state hospitals of .New York and
the prOporticut peobelly holds good
13,1310117 tit e insane elsewhere. For m
workers in the Rockefeller Tflstltute for
lateclical Ilesearch have discovered thnt
an agent known as salviirsan Injected
irtto tIll sninal canal will nommer one
of the. direst scotn•ges of the race, and
sevei•al Oomplete cures of- paresis are
now reported. ,11 is no wild prediction
that a generation 11.0W 110/11 will live to
see the day ween merlieal science recog-
nIzes no such thing as incurable disease
of body or mince
Tho High Commissionership.
The Position of High Commissiolier
at London is the blue ribbon or the
Canadian civil servioe. Arany- distin-
guished names are mentionea ae pro-
bable suct:essore to Lord Strathcona.
The office carries with it social re-
sponsibility that place it 'beyond the
reach of any but weal the men, the
salary attached being inadequate to
maintain the prestige, pertaining to
the office, Arty appointee who can fill
It withie a rea.sonable degree of the ef-
fteioney or the late esteemed incumbent
will render his country a great service.
F1RE IN 111 0 NTH I", L.
$250,000 Damage Ihine, on Sunday
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A deepatch from Montreal says :
iree fires 'that broke. out within
hear on Seinday morning kept
ontreal firemen on the joint') a
'go part of the day and did dam-
e of about $250,000. The roost
rious was that which destroYed
a
c premises sedi by the Meeeltants
()thing- Comp 8,)iy and (i fi rm s
36 West t re D time Stree n
e heart Of the dwn owntobusiness
triet; About the same time in
e forencoin the `Deaf and Ddrnh
stitute, in the north end o±. the
y, vvas in flames. and then an-
:tor fire- occurrth
ed in •e Canadian
Rails of Rates.
The firat rate is five cents for the first
pm/pc) 01140 110 cent for each additional
pound or. fraction thereof up to four
ponecle, and 'two mitts for each subee-
queet pound up to 11 pounde, within a
radius of 20 miles from the place of mail.
Ing, 1r-res1)ective of provincial bouudaries.
The next r,ate is fixed for the province
to where the articles ie posted. The first
pound ie to be ten eentts and each addi-
tional pound four, cents.
No]: an adjaeent proviree the rate of
ten cents for the first petted will avelY,
but foe each additional pound on extra
charge of two cents will be hemmed, mak-
ing the rete ten cent e for the erst pound
an six cents for each subsequent, pound.
Beyond the peovince adjoining bile 0110 in
;which ai paToel is mailed, art additional
two cents a. pound will be imposed for
each province that hat -to he crossed to
the destination of the paroel, up to a
moximnin of 12 cente a pound.
B.C. 1YOULD ANNEX "YUKON.
Pacific Coast Province Is .Said to
Be AnIlous to Gel; Control.
A despatch ,from Ottawa says :
The Province of British Cohan -
b e is under s o d b apply-
ing for the control of the
Yukon 'Territory, a. step long eon-
templated. No confirmation of -the
report is .ohtainalde 'here, but the
province, Thisad to be anxious to
a,nnex the territory, the adminis-
tration of which by the Dominion
involves a financial loss. United
States railway interests me report-
ed to be waiting for the absorption
'of the Yukon by British Columbia,
before proceeding with plans for an
all-raila
.ceese to Alaska..
HIGH WA Y ,PERILS.
'
302 'Killed by Autos in New York
City last Ye:1i.
A despa,tch from New York says :
According to figures eompiled by
the Nntional Highways Protective
Society 'from the, monthly reports
of coroners 302 persons were killed
by autcandtiles in. New York City
during 101a, as againet 221 in 1912.
During the same period 108 were
fatall3r injured by trolley (axe and
132 b3''' ,wagons in the greater city.
.14
SWALLOWED ACID..
:Employe or Guelph Stove Works
Ended His Lire,.
A despatchm froCluelph Sas;
101118 Rudd, an employe for years
of the Guelph Stove Works, coin-
rnitted.suicide on Saturday by tak-
ng ettrbolic acid. The tieectise11
d
,sp
tad been deondeut, for , sont
d-
,.,, »'...1 e
!Arne Past,----Pris health; had net been
thc best, altiough he Was ritt con -
d to the h oitse with aiekness,
deecased had done the rash
in a monent of mental d0731'09-
3,
Brant county emineillors again fine
reject the proposal ;to join ',with Th
tiler west eri tarili 00118111(17 to act
secure an Industrial Prison FAA* sio
Notes ot Interest as to What Is (ioing
on All Over the World
Canada.
Nliddlesex county council may de-
cide 021 581 industrial farm.
The Nyberg Auto Co. Will locate
at Berlin and employ 200 hands.,
Fenian Raid bounties paid total
$4585,000, being 58 per cent. above
estimates,
The Federal Goverrnrient's adver-
tising and printing bill for the past
year was more than $1,400 000.
Mayors and other representativee
of a. large number of municipalities,
meeting at Windsor, adopted reso-
lutions favoring deepening of the
54. Lawrence system waterways,
Complete returns of the vobes» on
the Canada. Temperance Act on
Thursday show ,a,. net »rnajorit»y of
2,568 for 'the act in Huron» county,
and 30 for the act in Welland
county.
Owing to the campaign that has
been earried on by a lady Dominion
austorns officer against smuggling,
the stores of Port Huron, Mich.,
have decided »te stop advertising in
the Sarnia papers until »the special
officer goes to other points.
rt is reported that the majority
of the municipalities of Quebec and
of its representatives in Parlia-
ment, as well as the Chambers of
Commerce and labor unions are
giving their support to the dham-
bey of Commerce of Montreal in its
demand for the immediate eon-
struction of the Georgian Bay Ca-
nal,
• Great 13ri4a1n.
London's strike of coal porters
has collapsed.
The Bishop of London!, denied that
militants imprisoned in lifollOwaY,
Jail were maltreated.
The London, nines announees
that Sir Lionel Carden, British
Minister to Mexico, will shortly re-
turn to England on leave to report
to the 'Government upon »the out-
look in Mexico.
United States.
President Wilson reiterated hist
policy a "watchful waiting" in re-,'
goad to Mexico.
An antidote for bi-chloride of
mercury poisoning is saict to have
be.err discovered by a Chicago phy-,
sieian.
The United States Senate For-
eign Relations Committee showed
anxiety in preventing the expiry of
the arbitration treaties.
\ General.
The Council of China, passed a
bill virtually establishing Condit,
cianism as the State religion.
Gen. Villa has repeated his
pledges of kyalty to Gen. Carran-
za, head of the Mexican rebels.
Labor men. in South Africa pro-
tested against the action of General
Botha in deporting the »strike lead-
ers,
41 PERISHED IN COLLISION.
Nineteen Passengers and 22 of the
Crew Drowned.
A despatch from Norfolk, Virgin-
ia, says: The most shocking tra-
gedy in the history of the .Atlantic
coastwise "trade was enacted off
Hog Island, 60 miles north-east of
Cape Charles, Va., in .the early
hours of Friday. Nineteen passen-
gers and 22 ineinhers 'of the crew of'
the 4,700 -ton passenger ship Mon-
roe, of the Old Dominion Steam-
ship Company, lost their lives when
the Monroe was rammed in the
dense sea fog by the steamer Nan-
tucket, of the Merchants 'and Mill-
ers Transportation Company. The
Menroe; rent from her item clear
to her engine -room, filled and sank
within ten minutes of the collision.
DISA_STROUS FIRE.
British Columbia Mining Centre
Swept by Flames.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
Vananda. the busy mining °entre of
Tuxedo, Island, was swept by a dis-
astrous fire on Tuesday night, and
a lack of provisions in the camp
will mean that sorne temporary suf-
fering must exist until a boat ar-
rives from Vancouver with a, fresh
supply. The flames broke out in
Deighton's store, and within a'
short time the conflagration had
spread and consumed »the general
store, post -office, telegraph offices
and Customs, as well as Kirknees'
drug store and pool -room. Dyna-
mite was used effectively on the
Miners' Union Hall to keep the
flames froni spreading to the hotel.
Very little was eaved from the path
of the flames.
CHINESE CITY SACKED.
Mtos;onaries» in Looted District Be-
lieved to Be Safe.
A despatch from Shanghai,
China, says: A force of2,000
dits on Thursday sacked and burn-
.
ed virtually the entire city of Lina.n
Chow, in Ngan-Hwei Province.
W. Entwhistle, of the China Inland
Mission, with his wife and children,
succeeded in escaping to Ludlow -
Fu,' but the Catholic missionaries
are still in the looted eity, and it is
believed they have not been in-
jured. The brigands apparently -
are 'connected with the bands com-
manded by "White Wolf," who
have for a considerable tirne» been
ravaging the eastern part of Honan
Province.
CANADA'S RAILWAY LINES
The Dominion Now lias Under Operation Ovei
Twenty-nine Thousand Miles of Steel
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Some interesting facts about Cana-
dian railways and the Statistics in
connection with them are contained
in the annual report of Taloa Lam-
bert Payne, comptroller of railway
statistics, tabled in the House on
Thursday evening by Hon. Fra.nk
Cochrane.
During the year ended June 30
last operative mileage increased by
2,576, bringing the total up to 29,-
304 miles, Ontario leads, with
9,000 miles; Saskatchewan is second
with 4,651; Manitoba is third with
3,993, and Quebec fourth, with
33986. At the end of the year 18,-
647 miles were under construction.
During the year a careful and
judicial revision was made of the
capital statement. Duplication and
extinguished liability lia,s been car-
ried along for many years. The re-
vision led to the elimination of
$157,000,000 of stocks and bonds,
and left the total in force on June
30 at $1,548,256,796. This was di-
vided,as follows: Stocks, $759,645,-
016: consolidated debentures,
stocks, $168,257,224.; bonds, *625,-
354,356.
Since the prooess» of deletion cat
out more liability than was added
during the year, "there appears a
small ,redttotion in the total for
1913 as compared with 1012. The
actual' increase, however, ' was
$100,483,633, made up of stocks,
$47r882,910, and funded debt, $52,-
9°()Tlle
'723,cost of Governinent-0sv11e4
and » operated railways, 'represent-
ing 2,131 mile a of line, reached a
total of $1263030,987 in 1013, This
is not included 111 capitalization.
The amount of cash subsidies
paid during the year was $9,758,684,
distributed 11 foilowist---
By the Doininion, $9,176,234; by
the provinces, $554,500; by munici,
palities, $27,350. The addition
brought the total accounton June
30 up to the following:—By the
Dominion, $163,251,460; by the pro-
vinces, $36,500,015; by iminicipali-
ties, $18,078,324. .
Gross earnings for 1913 aggre-
gated $256,702,703, as compared,
with $219,403,753 in 1912, , an in -8
crease of seventeen per Cent. The
increment of $37,298,951 was con -2,
siderably the la.rgest of any year)
In addition $24,588,416 was earned
by Canadian railways in 1913 from
outside operations, making a final
total of 8281,291,113.
Passenger earnings were 874.-
431,994, and freight $177,V,9,373,
opera Ling expenses aggregated
$182,011,690 in 1913, as against
8150,720,590 in 1912. Railway
equipment becludes 5;119 locomo-
tives, 5,696 passenger ears, and
182,221 freight are.
The moveme,nt of trains in 1913
resulted in the ,killing of 710 per-
sons and the iejiiry of 2,966. •.
addition 32 persons wore killed and
1,606 injured from other causes
than t;lie movement of trains, 0± 11)6
killed from all causes, 41 were pas-
sengers, -324 were employes, lead
418 iTeve classified as "others." 0±
the. injured, 667 were passengers,
3,407 were employes, and 098 were
e
One passenger in every 1,216,500
wits killed, and one in every 71,121
wag injured, This was a eompara-
tively low recOrd in respect of fatal
accidents, but the proportion of ill.
jored passengers \vas high,
The number of employes 131(70413-
0(1 by 223751 in 1018, »hrihging the
total up to 178,652. Salaries and
wages Amounted to 8115,799,8250 AA
compared with $97,200,630 188 1012,