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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-2-26, Page 3r:....,. Items of News by Wire Notes of interest as to What IS Going on All Over the World L Caitade. Sunday cars were ilun for the firet time in London, will build 1,000 miles of braneh lines in Alberta this ever, Buffalo .and othe,r animals are thriving 'Ire C /ma da's National Park. , Berlin and AVaterloo •authorities have <Welded to form a joint high school district. Premier Borden announced a• grant of $25,000 to the Canadian Peace• Centenau .A.ssociation. r them Volunteer Firemen's Association will hold this year's tolitnameut •tit Lindsay on july 30, Shatf-five kinHin4niagnhtte*-iik'PArr lecte'el' to paiticipate t.* lakes disaster fund, amouuting to $110,- 34. Arc1ibisliop 33ruclresi has abso- lutely forbidden llonia•n Catholics to •dance the tango and other simi- lar dances. Hon. Mr. P.erley introducerl a re- solution to, provide for ineorporae tion and regulation of loan com- panies undeniedel bill. Fire in the Grey Nuns' 'eonvent,- Quebec, ea,used by benzine, on Fri- day, did considerable, damage to it, and 'destroyed the adj.oining ehurch, lieury "Woods, 108. 08,k Avenue, Haanilton, and four ehildren are seriously ill with diphtheria.. Two children have already died from the disease. Loans'of Afteen million dollars to Montreal and two million dollars to Quebec Harbor Cominiasioners for improiements were forecasted in the Commons. Cbrie'topher Eaton, one Gf the most prominentbusineeS men of Grey co'unty, died at his home in Owen Sound after a few days' ill- ness of pneumonia, A monster petititon, 200 yards in length,' and hearing 10,000 names, from the, -weinen of British Colum- bia, •asking kr the franehise, was presented to the B. 0. Legislattim Thomas Lyons, employed as a marine watehman at Sarnia, was arrested at Point EclWard on a eharg.,:e of placing .explosives in a kitchen etoye,a the home of Tho- mas Taylor. Alleged to be ringleadeis oFa band of firebugs which caused $500,- 000 loss to insurance eompanies in Chicago, Leopold a,n.el Felix 1e1. - nick were areested in Toronto and Montreal on Scuturelay. . Twelve- Efu,ngarians who have been working in Brantford or some years are going home with about $35,000. One, kreman of the city sewer gang, is said ta have about one-third of it. Harold Gillespie, M.D.'. aged 29, a, graduate of :McGill ITniversity, but grey-haired, was sent to jail at 'Vancouver as a, engrant, his fourth prison tetm in three years. •Ile is a, drug • Information has been laid aga-inst 15 reeidents of Bonfield, a eniall village 20 miles east of North :Bay, for hooliganism in connection with the wedding of a local Couple, who were pelted with iee. That there was nothing in the Workmen's Compensation Act to deprive an injured perion from ob- taining benefit if injured on Sim - day was the decision of Mr. justice Gregory in isetting aside the deei- sion of another judge in Vancou- •s) er, Frank lia•11 superintendeht of a snowplow erew; Engineer- Sxnith, Fireman Freeman land ' Brakeman Bourque were killed when the en- gine ,paid plow went through a bridge at Sooteh, Settlement, near Moncton, NB on Friday. Great Britain. London newspapers 'strongly de- nouneed United States' policy in regard to Mexico. 'militant suffrae-clte akt*ed Weardale with 4,014, lid's.. -tam, hini for Premier Asinalth,1 The ystem of confidential re- ports practised in the 13ribish, War °file° was strongly condemned by a London court. Unionist members of the House of Lords decided to support the mo- tion for an inquiry into the charge of the newspapers, of the purchase of titles by subscriptions to the party funds. UnitedStates. The United. States Senate refused to 'exempt from arbitration the Panama tolls question. Officials at Washington are await- ing official action from, Great Bri- tain on the Benton ease. A number of .arhibration treaties with importantnations were rati- fied by the United States Senate. A. terrific rainstorm devastated six orange -growing counties in southern California, on Thursday• . Boards of Trade in the North. western States may be subjected to Congre'ssional probe in regard to alleged control of wheat and flour prices. More than 100,000 members of the Salvation Array from 46 countries will assemble in San Francisco August 15 to 22, 1915, for the Inter- • national Convention, The Alaska, Railroad bill, •author- izing President Wilson to, 'construct a $35,000,000 railroad from. Alas- ka's coast to the coal fields, was passed by the American Flouse, vote 230 to 87. The extension of the free tolls ex- entption to coast vessels of all na- tions, which would permit Cana- • dian vessels to go through 'fn'ee is one of the compromises suggested in Washington in regard to the Panama Canal. General. A commission for the study of 'the eeonomie coneequences for France of the opening of the Panama Ca- nal was formed in Paris. • It will make a report to the Government. The marriage of Crown Prinee George of Greece and Princess Elixabette of Roumania, will be Celebrated at Athens May 21st, and the Raiser, who arranged. the matelt, will be present. Pope Pius has prohibited the emi- gration of priests to America, with- out ,sanction of the Congregation of Consistory. Authorization will be refused when the 'motive of the trip is speculation. STORMIN CALIFDRNIA. Seven Lives May Be Lost and Dam- age 'Reached $4,500,000. A despateli from •Lee Angeles, Cal,, says: -With a loss of proba- bly seven human lives and nore than $4,500,000 since Wednesday, southern California began to re- cover on Sunday night from the ef- fects of -the .Worst Sterm in its his- t•ory. Aceording to an estimate made by A. C. Hinges, assistant eity engineer, Los Angeles was damaged to the extent of at least $1,500,009. " • SPAIN STORM -SWEPT. •Telegraph Lines Blown Down 'in AU • D irecti s. A despatch .from Madrid says : • Fierce stern:LS of wind and rain aro • ravaging the whole ,of.Spaiu., Tele- graph lines are down in all direc- tions, audit, Some inatances trains. have feund it impossible to make haadway,• against the hurricane force Of the wind. Pon 0 FFI C,E LIUJ1AiUS. r Gnyerniunia is cooside ring Their. Establieliment. :4t A despatch from Ottata says : Mr. Borden told Mr W A. Buch- anan in the Houk, e COminorie on Wednesday that the Prime Minister had received, a number Of eommuni- cations :urging the establishment of libraries in the taralepesteoffiees of Canada,. The 'Premier added tn.4,,e, tho Metter was nu der 1 eon .1.der - tion; FROZEN TO. DEATH. An- Englishman Perishes in Rail- ' way Camp in the North. A desp.atcli from. North Bay, 0,nt., says : • Two boys, sons of Farmer. Jodouin,. living, near Sandy Falls, on Ithe t.iturgeon Raver, .whble out hunting on.. Saturday along the 'right-of-way of the C.N.R. under ,construction, found the dead body of a ma,n in the railway eamp latikling. The body wa.s lying in a bunk, frozen stiff,' and was later identified as 'that of Thomas • Parkee; an employe of the in charge ,cif the construction en- gine water tank. Parkes was about 30 years old, and was a, ser- geant in the :British army before coming to this tountry. NEE 11A 'REA 411,A BLE WO MEN , jil ale p tip illation JieHJIeratCs by 226,000 in Australia.. A despateh from Ottawa says.. A ustralia' a neoessity for inntiigrae tion, esPeeially of female domestics, is set 'out in the first report of the DOM i Tito )1 8 Royal Commiesion, ta- bled in the House on 'Wednesday by non. George Foster. A demand for marriageable women is also empha- sized, there being a difference of e26,000 between the male and fe- male population. The eonniiiesion, of which •Mr. Foster is a nleinher4, vi sited A nstr and Nev Zealead last Su ntni er, Pailwey lines in P.V.T.•are block - ea by now, some drifts 'Wing Al. teen feet high,• sencit num IRE TORO Opening of 'Mari eioA of Titir* teentir17egialaitire o frirailir"" onie epetch tree). the roue at the opening of the Ontario Legislature at Wertarteoo WednesdaY is AS follows: - 30, Speaker and gentlemen ot the 14(410" leave Aseembly; It after<ls me pleasure to -welcome yan to the eietherse o you 4410$ alt, thl$ t113 'third semiett et the t4trteentb, Legte• lature et this Proviuee, Our ,thaulis are, due to an overluling Providence fOr the abundant harveet with whion Ontario 'was biases/3 during the POO year, which bas hod a steadying effect on ofiltannyti,ial and industrial conditions gen.- In common with. Our fellow-eitizens else; where throughout Canada, the people ()tOntario have experienced great satisfac- tion frota the return, of Iris Royal ee the governor-general to this conntrY, accompanied by ger Itoyal Ilighaess the Dia.:hese of 0ounaught, whoee restoration to health has beau a matter of gens,,,,n1 t,11 an f tan ess Iffy Government, trea repre:Sentet at 'tho Interprovincial gonference lield last fall in the Olt)? of Ottawa. in Which every Province in the DoMinion partioipated, The proceedings e the confereece relating to several important subjecta of public interest will be laid before yon for your consideratiam In, aceorcianoa with the announcement made at the last meeting of the Legisla- titre, a Colnatission on :Roads and Ifigh. ways has been appointed, and has begun the preliminary work for a eeherao of road improvemant throughout the Provinee. PlAksaaaairtage were 3f.e1d abszrious pi Mf Which: the vioNts municipal authorities and various organs izatious wore eliettedl'he information thus obtained will be embodied in the re- port of the Commission. • An agreement has been reached, -with the Goverument of Canada for <tarrying out to thie Province the provisions of the agricultural instruotion aet passed by the Dootirtion Parliament to cover a period of ten yeaas, Ontario' first, installment, aggregating $1.96,000, has been received, and is being spent along the lines of ha etruotion and demonstration. It is gratifying to observe the increased interest on tale part of the tarmere of the Provinoe in approved agrieultural meth- ods. An indiention of this ie found in the feet that the attendance at the Ontario Agricaltaral College is about. double what it was ten years ago, 3viille tho iunnber of no3v students regiatered at the epen- PoOng tba past year the Province re- eove4 the Federal subsidy of $2,134,000 in tod it 'the 'im kswtzt Li Nertliorn On teria Itallway, A rovidar train. orrice •new neon inausaratee en the Lull° branch, and the extension to the Abitibi 'River has been completed. Settleroeut Iri the district served by the rail3vaY con - }lanes to advance. While the incintries made by prospective settlers afford bop. tut indications for the future. Legislation respecting coinpensation to workmen for iniuries, representation in the Legislative Assembly and other mat- ters of public irapertanee wtli 00340 before, you for consideration. The growing financial demands of tate rrortneo, consequent upon its develop. 'moat and the extension of its publio ger- vices and activities, call for increased -ex- penditttres from year to year. To meet 'picas conditions a, larger revenue,. with your approval, will be obtained from a number of available isources on an equit- able and reasonable baSia. A serions and protracted, illneee has be, fallen MY' Prime lifinister, the leader of this ISouse of Assembly, eVolting the deep sorrow ands.ympathy of the whole own- natutity, le very gratifying to know that the recovery of health and strength seems now to be assured, The public accounts will be brought down for your consideration at the ear - Heat moment, and the oulTlennultar7 es- timate s for the current, year will be sub - witted without delay. , It in my earnest hope and belief that Srour deliberations will sore to advance the best interestis and -welfare of thie im- portant Provinee. • :EuIUPJ.S1F SO./SECT SLA.IN. t Irense Sitlittlion Develops Over Ex- ecution of W. S. Benton. • A despateh from Washington says: A shunbering Mexican situation waS brought quickly to a point of intense international interest on Friday by the flash of a message stating that 'William S, Benton, a British subject, had been killed in Suarez by orcler of General Fran- cisco Villa, the Constitutionalist commander. Sir Cecil Spring -:Rice, the British Ambassador, conferred with Secretary Bryan about 1b; ing of the present term shows a marked President Wilson and his Cabinet advance ever that of tho Previous Year*discussed it briefly, land a, ear - To meet these conditions an enlarged , i , , equipment has been provided, and plena ougn investigation was ordered by for further extoneioxis 13.320 now reeeiving the St -ate Department from Consul attention. The iiumber of Dietrict Representatives of tho Ontario Department of Agriculture has: beeu increased and the -work of indi- vidna.1 Representative has been made more effective. One marked feature has been. the holding of rural school fairs with a view to interesting the rising generatioo in better agriculture-eeventy of these Fairs having been held during the past season with marked suocese. It le hoped to extend this work -until 'the whole Pro- vince is served. In ,consequeneo of the iooreased con- somption, of power the Hydro-eleotrio Power Commission ilttel been enabled to make a further reduction in -the prioe of eleetrieity. •The Commiesion has under consideration 'the duplication of the main transmission line, and is construeting a high-tension line to the western boundary of' the Province. Information regarding radial railway projects has been furnish. ed to communities asking ills assistance of the Commieeion, while alhe efforts to Internet 'agriculturists in the use of elec- tricity have been continued with preinie- ing results.' During the past year the Commission organized a department* for the inspection ot. electrioal installations and equipment, in order to afford protec- tion to ,life and property. The poliey road development in Nor- thern Ontario, under the epactal legisla: tion of 1912, has .beeo extended from the eastern to the .weetorn boundaries of the Provihee. About 500 =ilea of roads, ;with the noceesary bridges and drainage facili- ties, were wholly or partially constructed. last year. involving an expenditure of about $1400,000. Tho effect of this work upon settlement and upon. the value of farm 1:3,nds has already been noticeable. • The mineral production of Ontario dur- ing the past year was ithe largest yet re oorded, there having been a eonsiderable increaee in the output el nickel, 'copper and gold, while' the yield of eilver was about equal to that of the, previous year. I am glad to know that there is every 'prospect bolero the mining industry of a period o2 -further• expansion. An outstanding feataire of the education, at eituatiou during the year has been the exteusion of industrial training through- out the Province. In nearly all the large induetrial centree evening classee have beau organized under the industrial and oducatiou act, passed in 1913, showing the widespread desire for this (does of in- struction. s • Sufficient progrees hae been made in the work on the Central Prieon • Farm. at Guelph to varrant the antioipation that the Central Preen. in Toronto will be va- cated in November next. The plan of pris- on reforni adoptedin the new institution has passed the skperimental stage, and is proving satisfactory in every respect. The labor of the prisoners is being utilized also in eonneetion 'with the brick manu- facturing plant, established at, Misnico, the product of which is used .01113r for pub. lie inetitutione. The new Hospital for • the Insane at Whitby is now well adv.anoed and it is be- lieved that" a large section -of it will be completed and afford accommodation for five hundred patienti by the latter part of the present year. The Commiesion appointed to revise and consolidate sthe Statutes of the Province, having completed. it labore, has present- ed las final report, -which will be laid be- fore YOU.. In the meantime tan dietribu- ties: has already been commenced. representatives on the border,. In this ease, for the fist time sinb.e the present revolution began year ago, the general warning from the United States Government ta3 Mexican factions to protect all foreigners went unheeded, though there is evidence to show that both the British Ambassador and the State Department were advised too late of Benton -'s impending fate to intercede 'specifically for him. The news shocked officials generally, who had come to believe that Gen- eral. Villa fully realized the posi- tion of the American Government in regard to the protection of for- eigners in Mexico, particularly in the Merth 'of that eountry. How Did Benton Die? • A despatch from Juarez, Mexico, says: Whether Benton, the Bri- tish subject, met his fate before a rebel firing squad or fell from a bullet,. fired while he was in Villa' s office ^la rtb kneain and may, never he' known. Villa, left on an early train. en Friday for 0.111hUahus and refits.ed to make any 'further statement -about the affair. Before going her....etook with him all of the guards he had at his headquarters, including the men who are believed to have taken part in the execu- tion, if -there was an execution. 3.1=Ieldean officials here 'claim that Benton wee tried by a court-mar- tia,1 eomposed of Judge Advocate Lie Aatio Aguierre Benavides, Presiding Judge Jesus Rotliguez, Major Gloria rand a court steno- grapher. They claim that Benton •was foirnd guilty after a formal trial 'of being implieated in the plot to kill Villa.. 44 FATAL EXPLOSION. Seven Workmen Killed and a Large • :Number Injured. A despatch from Glasgow, Scot- land. says: Seven =workmen were killed, a large number injured, and many bnildings destroyed 'on Fri- day at Alder, Ayrshire, by au ex- plosion. nt. the Nobel Gunpowder Works. EAVY OUTLAY BY THE C ER. fifa,m1*••••••,••••••••••••••1,11. When Present Programme of Work for 1914 has Been Completed Will ilave Spent $45o,000,000 A despatch from Montreal, says : Canadian Pacific, extension plena last year and this will involve a total .extpencliture of around $85,- 000,000, according to authoritative foreeasts current here. Viee-Presi- _ dent Bury is in town conferring with the head of the road, but nei- ther as yet has handed oirb an offi- cial statement. The large amount quoted, however, is said to be Cpssad over a number 'of years, and that deuble-tracldng and. other parts of the programme will be pro- eeeded with conservatively as the need ariees. At the present time there .are 133 miles of double -track under wiy. be- tween Sudbury and Po;t Arthur, on the Lake Superior Division, which alone will coat $9)000000; 178 miles of double -track between lirandon and Calgtiryto cost $5,- 000,000; 139 miles between Revel- stoke and Vaneouver, to cost $7,. 000,000. All -this is in addition to other works going on at the SWIM time in other sections of the country -anew lines between Swift Current; and Sedgewick, a distance of 270 miles; two other branch lines on.the main line in, Alberta,; there is the Wey- burn, braneh, which is comprised in 476 miles, of whieh 196 miles have •al rea,cly been. constructed. But while no new or startlieg features are announeed, the work mapped out will mean as big a dikbursement as if a sensational programme had been made public. Before the Can- adian •Pacific Railway is, through with its present progranarne of work in the West, including the •irrigation Works, the double -track- ing, Alia' the new traekage, amount- ing to about 1,200 milesit will have spell I something like $450 000 in 'the western ,part of the coun- try since its inception. / Grain Cattle and Chcese Prices of These Products in, the Lading Markets are Here Recorded „ Crop OUtiOuk Favoruuts, United Kingtioni--1,Yeather generally 20 vorablo, and ,iuticolc for crops itue.' F1'a,nse--Sozne fears <if damage from re- cent severe weather, but generally the outlook is favorable. 'Weather Germany -A :stiecesalen sI freczbag and thawing will result in -damage. Weather le seasonable, but uot severe and there ra Partial snow. coverieS. Oeuditione continue favor, able, with weather milder. Roumania -No •compla,ints from crop, with weather seasonable. nungary--Oomplaints are • eoming to hand of damage from recent severe freez- ing', as the crop has a very light snow prf). teotion. Large importation expected dur- ing now and April. Italy end Asia, Minor--Grop outlook fa- vorah1e, with weather ,seasonable. Spain -Outlook unfavorable, owing to deficient rainfall during the winter. Wes - tiler mild. India -6 -general rain has been eonfirmed, 1.4lt•atutiate to bonefltSto aly„ extent, and usafaistit harvetsting.in early districts. Ixt northern regiOus offers of wheat are prate- tioally nil, North Afram-Reporte are eezitradietori, but geoerally favorable, Belgium =la Ifollaucl.-Sowing progress - big, witit weather mild, Rain argenilY wanted. areadstuffs. T*wheitMtlifitturleb9r01MpeYr ce2n4C.-,P$13P.17u0'-to°11$b$24'.7i° 5, seaboard, and at $3.70, Toronto. Manitobas -Phut Patents, in jute bags, $5,40; do., eeoonds, $4.90; strong bakereS in jute bags, $4.70. Manitoba wheat -Bay ports, No. 1 :fifer - them, 98 14o, and No. 2, 96 14e, Cioderich, 1-2e more, No. 1 Northern, North Bay, $1.04, and No, 2, $1.01 14. Ontario wheat -No. 2 at 91 to 94o, out. side, Toronto. acangtc) fr'gL4It' and. 95o, 00 t Oate-Ne. 2 Ontario oats, 36 to 35 1-2o, outside, and at 38 to 38 1-2o, on track, 39 1-2o Mr No. 3, To• No. 2, and at 39 to Bea' proonrttso.. 'Western Canada. oats, 40 1-20 for Paas -No, 2 at 96o to $1, onto:tide. • ountsie arley-Good malting barley, 56 to 58-0, rail, ConriiT-oNewtoNo. 3 American, 69 1-20, all Ryer-No, 2 at 62 to 63o, outside. Buckwheat -No. 2 at 75o to 76c, outside. Bran -Manitoba bran, $22.60 a ton, in base, Toronto freight. Shorts, $24 to $24,50. Toronto. • Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; inferior, 19 to 250; farmers' separator print. 22 to 25e; 'creamery prints, 30 to 31e; ,solids, 27 to 29c; storage prints, 27 to • 28e; solids, 23 1-2 -to 26e. Egge-Case lots ,t)fr xteir4aid 46 -to 360 per dozen; storage, selects, 33 to 34e, 8,nd etcrage, 31 to 32e nor dozen. Chease-Nevr cheese, 14 3-4e for large, and 155 for twins. Beans-Rand-pieked, $2.15 to $2 20 per bushel; primes, 52.10. Hooey -Extracted, in tins, 11. to 12o Per 113. for No. 1; combs, $3 to $325 Per doze's for Nois and $2.40 to $2.50 for No. 2. Poultry --Fowl, 12 to 13o per lb.; chick' ens,16 to 18o; -choke, 13 to 15e; geese, 14 to 155; turkeys, 19 •to 220. Potateee-Ontarios at 83 to 85e per bag, on track, and Delawares at 960, ou track, in car lots. • P rey • Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 16o per lb., in case We. Pork -Short cut, $28.50: '. mom, $24.50. •31ams-Medinps, 10 to 18 1-2e; do., heavy, 17 to 18e; rolls, 15 to 1614o; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19o; backs, 22 to 24o. • Lard-Tiereas, 14 1-4e; tubs, 14 1-2e; 143-40 ialed Hay and straw. Baled lay, No. 1 at 814.50 a ten, on traek liere; fie. 2 quoted. at $13 to $11.50, and mixod at $12 to Lulea straw -ear late, $0,50 to $8,75, or traok, Toronto. winnings Grain - (as -Winnipeg, FebraarY No. 1, Northern ' 90 1-8a; No. 2, 40,, 88 1-4e; No, 3„ do., 86 3-4c; ,11.o. 4, 02 1-20i No 5.. 74 1-20; No, 6, 68 3-201, fend 63 1.-2o; No. 3. rejeOted, seeds, .8$ 2-4e; No. 2, do,„ 83, 3.4e; No. $, do, 82o; Ne. 3 smutty, 85 1-40; No. 2, do, 839-40; NO. 3, dos 820:' No. 1 rod Winter, 90 1-8c; No, 2, de., 87 1-4o; No, 3, do., 86 3-4e. Oats -17o, 2 0.W., 355; -No. 3, do, 34e; extra No, 1 Med, 34e; Ne, 1 feed 33 1-20; No. ,2, do, 32 3.4e. flarle3,-Ne. 3. 44e; NO. 4, 41.1-2e; rejeeted, 41e; feed, 40 1,20, Fla -No, 1 NS-W.C., $1,31. 1-2; No. CW., $1.29 1-2; No. 3, do, $1.15 1-2. 47,M,orttreil Ma * „*htrealAllehigupxy rican No 2, yellow, Mc7"Osts en, No. No. 2, 43 to 43 1-2e; do., No. 3, 42 to 42 alp; extra, No. 1 feed, 421-20. ,Barley - Manitoba feed, 48_10 49e; malting, 64 to 66e, Buckwheat -No. 2, 66 to 67e, Flour - Manitoba Solana wheat pateate, fixate, $6.40: 40., seconds, $4.90; strong bakers", $4.75: Winter patents, oho's:3a $5; straight rollers, $4.45 to $460; de., in bugs, 82.05 to 82.16. Rolled pate -Barrels, $4.25 to $4.35; bag of 90 lbs„ $2 to $2,10. IfillYeed-- 13ran, $23: shorts, $25; middlings, 528: numillie, $28 to $32. IlaY-No. 2, per ton, oa,r lot% $13,50 to $15. Cheese-Pineet, west - erre, 13 3-4 to 14o: do., westerns, 13 14 to 13 5-4o Butter,-Clioicest ereamery, 27 14 to 28 1-55; sesands, 26 14 to 230. Eggs- Freeh, 36 to 38e: selected, az to 35e: No. 1 stock, 30 to 31e. Potatoes --Per hag, eav lots, 77 to 85c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, February 24. -Wheat --May, 91. 1-4 to 91 7-8; July, 93e bid; No. I hard, 95 3 -Se; 17o, 1 Northern, 92 7-8 to 94 3-40: No. Z Northern, 90 7-8 to 92 3-8e; NO. 5 wheat, 87 7-8 to 89 7,80. 001q1 --No, 3 yob( low, 57 to 57 1-40. 0a,ts-No. 3 white, 36 1,2 10 3743. Flom—Faney patents, 54.75: first eleare, 53.45; second clears, $2.60. Ship. merits, 60,870 barrels. Bran,122,50 th, Dulu, February 24.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, 91 3-40: No. 1 Northern, 92 3-4e: No. 2 Northern, 91 1-4c: Manitoba. No. 2 liard, 88 1-4 to 89 1-4e; gay, 92 3-4e; July, 94 5-8e. Linseed --Cash, $1,54; 3,fay, $1.55 1-2; July,. $1,57 1-4. • Live Steck Markets. Toronto, February buteliers', $7.90 to $8,50; kood, $7.50 to $7.75; medium., 5675 to 57; -common, $5.75 to $6; choice oows, $6.25 to $6.50; good, 56.75 to $6: medium, $6.26 10 $5.60; common, $4.25 to 56.26; cutters and eannere, $3.16 M 53.75: choice bulls, $6.75 to $7: good, $5.75 to $6.25; oonamon, 54.25 to $5.50. Stockere and. feoders---Steers, choice. $6.75 to 8616; good, $5.25 to 56.35; light, $3.30 to 55.10: springere to $82; milkers, 885. Calves -Good veal, 88.65 to 511; common, $460 to $5. Hogs, fed and watered, 89.35 to $9,45; to:13, 359 to 59.1.5; off cern, 59.50 to $9 60. Sheep and lambs -Light ewe,s, $5.60 to $7; heavy, $3 to $3.50; Spring lanibs, 59 to 59.75; bucke, $3 to $3.50, with 75e eff. Montreal, February 24. -Good ,steers and heifers sold at $8.25 to $8.60. fairly good at 57.60 to $8, and the lower gr:idee at froth $6 to $7 per cwt. Choice butcher cams at 56, and the eommon and inferior at from $4 to $5.50. Extra, choiee bulls, 87,60, while choice brought:,$6.50 ,to $7, and the coin' mailer ones from ,aalt (-lbw u to $4 per cwt. Sales of sheep were made at 55.50 to $6, a,nel Jambe at $8.25 to 88.50 per cwt. Calvet • ranged from $3 to $12 eaoh, en to eize on, Selected lots of hogs sold from $10 to V10,25, and for small lots an high as 910 60 -was paid in smile case: per cwt., weighed off 412.1,1. • 25 BONUS TO MOTHERS._ . Fourteen Months' Record of Opera- tion of Maternity Aet. • A 'despatch from Ottawa, says: The weekly report of the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce con- tains this pa,ragraph in a report from D. H. Ross, Canadian trade agent in Australia: "Since the Maternity Allowance Ant .canie into force, 14 months ago, 149,29 Corn,- rnonwealth mothers have drawn the 26 bonus, and the Treasury has paid o-ut the sum of 2746,145 to mark the arrival of new little Aus- tralians. • In New SoutleWales 57,- 340 applications for the allowance home been made, and 56,342 of them have been approved. In Victoria 40,789 mothers out of 41,052 who have been granted the bo- npri applied !i, ADMIRALTY 1VILL ECONOMIZE Save $2,500,000 By Abandoning Naval Manoeuvres. A despateh from London. says: The Daily Mail says the British na- val maaboeuvres for 1914 have been a.ba,ndenecl, ostensibly on the ground •bhat there is nothing more to be learned from naval manoeu- vres, all that was necessary having been ascertained in 1918. The pa- per adds that the real reaeon is a. desire for economy in the Admiral- ty, to save the $2,500,000, which the manoeuvres would cost. It is re- tailed that the manoeuvres of 1907 were abandoned for the sake of economy. TO BAR DISEA.SED ANIMALS. ‘Certilleate gest Accompany Stock Front British Isles. - A. despatch from Ottawa says: The regulations, tinder the Animal Contagious biseases Act have been amended to require ,that animals imported from. Great Britain be accompanied by an official 'certift- cate of bhe Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, instead of that of the0ocal authority, end animals thrtP6rted from Ireland by an efficial seertifele of the •Department of A gr (MI , re a nd Te im i cal In 8 Oat C - Sion fee Ireland. CONTRACTS FOR MILLIONS'. Four Sections of New Welland en - nal Will Cost Over $21,000,000. A despatch' from Ottawa says: Information regaxding the con- tracts for work on the new waiana canal and on the, Hudson Bay Rail- way were given by Hon. Franit Coehrane, in reply to queetions by, Mr. Murphy,' in the House on Thursday.. he contract for the first section' of the Welland Canal, said Mr. Cochrane :to Mr. Murphy, had been let to the Dominion Dredging Company, Limited, at a price of $3,487,725, with $200,000 deposit required. Baldry, Yer- burgh and Hutchinson, Liinitede had obtained the eontra,c,t for sec- tion 2 at $5,377,185, With a deposit of $150,000; seetion 3 had been let to James H. Corbett for $10,220,- 665, with $400,000 deposit; section 5 to the Canadian Dredging Com- pany, Limited, for $1,945,788, wadi $]00,000 deposit. The time limit Ica) the eampletion of the 51ih section is/ April 1, 1918; that for -the others is April 1, 191/. • Regarding the Hudson Ray RaiT way contract, Hon. Mr. Cochrane, informed Mr. Murphy that Mr. J. D. Ala,cArthur was the eontracter, for the three sections at the follow.; ing figures: Le Pas to, •Thicket Portage, 185 miles, $8,078,354: . Thicket Portage to Split Lake, 68 mile -s, $1,811,285; Split Lake tn Port Nelson, 165 miles, $3,008,1281 The time limit for the. 'Le Pas sec', teen had been twice extended frem December 1, 1012, .arid was now De- tember.1, 1914, as alee for the °tiler, two 8cetions. Deposits of $200,000,1 $150,000 and $150,000 had been Made on the three aections, re- spectively. •. = The Minister of Paitways tolt1 I -Ton. .George P. Graham •that the Grand Trunk :Paeific had it art - proved of the change ofgrades math: on the National Transconti- nental 'Railway sinee the new Gov-• ernmeti t ealne ini‘i office, Mr. Ceelitane also said that the 04)st 'of he 'mountain secti4m of the Grand Trunk Pacific was cmiimaied at $07,0135 by tile Government's thief engineer and at 8102,775 by tir chief •cligineer rallWay, cost per mile of the prairie sectier was estimated at $45,180.