Exeter Advocate, 1914-3-19, Page 3•Grain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Inarkets are ilere Recorded
Breadstuffs.
, Toronto, INiareh 17.—Plour--Ontario wheat
!loam, 90 per dent, aro truoiocl,,„ ,
at
Seaboard, alid at 53,85 to $3.A1,
lianitobas -•Piret patents, in jute bags,
56.50; do., seconds, 56.20; strong bakers',
iu jute bugs, $6.
na1ito4a Iva-loot—Bay ports—No. 1 Nor-
thern, 99 1-00, and NO. 2, 9501 Ooderioli, 1-4e
more. No, 1 Northern, North Bay, 51,04 14,
anki No, 2, $1,05.
Ontario wheat—Market IS firm. No. 2
quoted at 96 to 98, outside, acxxnding to
:freight, and 99o, on brook, Toronto.
Oate--No, 2 Ontario oats quoted 4t, 371-2
to 38e, ontside, and at 40 to 40 1-00, on
track, Toronto. Western Canada, oats
'quoted at 41 1-2o for No, 0, and at 40e for
No. 5, Bay ports.
Peas—Nene offering, with prices nom-
inal at 98e to $1, outside.
Barley—Good malting baaaeY qiioted. at
87 to 600, outside, aeoording to gnality,
Coru--The market, is steady. New No.
* • American is quoted at 690, an rail, To.
tenth. Canadian quoted at 66o.
Itye--No. 2 is quoted at 62 to 630, outside.
tettekwheat—Prices purely nominal, in
oben ee et offerings.
"Bran --Manitoba bran is firm at $23 to
$24 a ton. in bags, Teronto freight. Shorts,
525 to 5,16,
Country Produoe,
Butter -'nhe market is pretty well
• lvith demand good for choice quail -
ties. Choice dairy. 22 to 23o; inferior, 18
to 19c; farminv" separator prints, 29 to
25c; creamery prints, 30 to Mot solids, 27
so 29e; storage prints, 27 to 2833 solid%
25 1-2 to 26e. .
Egge—dleceipts are liberal. with prices
easy. Case lots of neov"laid, 33 tto 54o per
dozeol 'storage, selects, 32,o, and storage,
30 to 33{ per dozen.
Cheese—New cheese quoted at 16 to 1.5 1-4e
or large, end 15 1-20 for twins.
Beans—lfartd-picked quotecklat $2.15 to
$2.20 per bushel- primes, $2,1 to 52.15.
Ifoney—Extraoked, rbitne, noted at 11
to 12e per lb. for No. 1; combs, $3 to $3.25
per desen for No. 1, and $2.40 to 52.50 for
No. 2.
Poultry—Fowl, 13 to 15e per lb.; chick-
ens, 17 to 190; dneks, 15 to 17a; geese. 16 to
160; turkeys, 20 to 25c.
Potatoes—The market is firm, with offer.
dugs ilroited. Onto:ries are quoted at 90o
per bag, on track, and -Delawares at 95o.
on 'brook. oar lots.
P rov is 1 ons. -
Cured" meats are gnoted as fo1lows:-
33acon, long .clea.r, 15 to 16o per lb., in
case lots. Pork—Short out, $28.50; do..,
mess, $24,60. name—Meditun, 18 to 18 140•
do heavr. 17 to 100; rolls, 15 to 15 1-5c0';
breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 22 to 24e.
Lard—Tierces, 14 1-4o; tubs, 14 1-00; pails,
14 3-4e.
Baled Nay and straw. -
Baled hay—The offerings are fair, with
ries 13touly. No. 1 is quoted at. $14 to
$i4.60 a -ton, on track, alerel NO, 2 quoted
at $13 to $13.60, and mixed at $12 to 81150.
Baled Rtxrnv--Car lots, $8.60 to 58.75, On
t r ack, 'Toronto.
winnmeg Gerain.
:Winnipeg, Mar,* 17.—Cash:—No.
Northern, 90 1-2o; No. 2, do., 88 7-8o, No, 3,
do., 87 1-80; No. 4, 83 1.4c; No. 5, 800; No., 6,
75e; feed, 70o; No. 1 rejeated seeds. 83 1.40;
No. 2, do., 85c; No. a do., 83 1-4°3 Nol. 1
tougb, 86 1-4c; No. 2,40., 850; No, a, do,:
83 1-4c; No. 1 red Winter, 90 1-8e; No. 2
68 7-00; No. 3, do., 87 1-8c. Oats—No.
2 C.W., 35e; No. 3, do., 34 1-4e; extra No. 1
fecxl, 34 1-2c; No. 1 toed, 34o3 No. 2, do.,
7,3 /-00. Barley --No. 3, 451-4c; No. 4, 43 1,13a;
;). rejected, 42 1-2o; feed, ",42o. Plax----No. 1 No
W.C., $1.36; No. 2 C.Ybr„ 51.33 NQ, 3, O.:.
Montreal Market
Montreal, Marela 17.—Oorn—Amarlean No.
2 yellow, 72 1-2 to 730. Oats—Canadian
Western, No. 2, 44o.; do., No, 5, 43 to
43 1-2e. Barley—ktaarctoba food, 49 to 52:0;
malting, 65 to 66e. Flour — Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, firsts, 56.60; do,,
8e00nds $6.10; strong bakers', $4.90; Win.,
ter natestts, choice, $6.25 to $5.60; straigilt"
rollers, 54.70 to 54.90; do„ In bags, $2.20
to $2.30, Rolled oata—Berrels, 54.35 to
64.45; bag of 90 lbe., 52.05 to $2.10.
feed—Bran, 523; shorts, $25; raiddlingf3,
$28; anouillie, $28 to 532. /lay—No. 2, per
ton, oar lots, 513 50 to $15. Cheese—Pinest
westerns, 14 1-4 to 14 1-2o; do., easterns,
13 3-4 to 14e. Buttes.--Oholoest creamery,
29 1-2 to 300; seoonds, 27 1-2 to 28 1-2e, Eggs
—Fresh, 35 to 37o. Potatoes—Per,bag, oar
lots, 85 to 930. Dressed hogs--.A.batteia.,
killed, 513.75 to 514, Porlt—lfeavy Canada
short mess, barrels, 35 to 45 pieces, 529;
Canada short ant baok, barrels, .46 to 55
p eces, 528.50. Lard—Compound, Venom,
375 lbs., 10 1-4e; do., woad pail's, 20 lbs. net,
10 3-4o; pure, tierces, 376 lbe., 14 1-4a; do.,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 14 1-2e.
United States markets.
minnea.pelis, march 17.—Olose; *Virheat—
May, 91a; jady, 92 5-30; No. 1 hard, 94 1-40;
No, 1 Northern, 91 1-2 to 95 1-40; No. 2
Northern, 89 1-2 to 91 1.40; No. 3 wheat, 87
to 89o. Gorn—No, 3 yellow, 57 to 57 1.20.
fancy patent, 54.55 in wood; first clears,
Oats—No. 3 white, 36 1-2 to 36 3-4o, Flour,
$3.45 in jute; second °Mars, 52.65 in jute.
Duluth, March 17.—Close: No, 1 hard
wheat, 93e; No, 1 Northern, 900; No, 2
Northern, 900; Montana, No. 2 hard, 91o;
May, 900; Ally, 93e. 0105e—Linseed,
51.58 1-00; May, 51.59 1-2; July, 51.61 1-4.
Live stock Markets,
Toronto, March 17.;—Cattle, choice buteh-
ere', 57.75 to $8.25; good, 57 to 57.20; medi-
um, *6.60 to 57.60; corona:on, 55.45 to $5.75;
apioo cows, 56.50 to 57; good, .8575 to
56.50; eartunon, .55.75 to 56.20; cullrs and
canners, 53.15 to $3.60; choice buU, $6.75
to 57.25; 'good, $5.80 to $6.60; common, 54.15
to 56.40. '
Stockers and feeders—Steers, choice, $7
to 58.10; good, 56.45 'to $6.35; light, $3,50
to $5; springers, to 582.00; milkers, to
585.00.
Ocilvee—Good veal, $8.65 to $11.60; medi-
um. 57 to $9. '
Eth.eep and lambs—Light ewes, 55.50 to
57; heavy, $.3 to 53.50; Spring lambs, 59 to
$9,60.
Hogs—$8.9Q, 59.25, fed. and water
ecti off eare, $9.65.
Dunn said icevank sold 4 -steers, 1,060
pounds, 57.60; 1 milker, 567; 3 cows, 820
pounds, 5426k 2- balls, 1,430 pounds, 57;
4 butchers steers, 870 pounds, $8.65; 1 bull,
1,824 pounds, 57.40; 1. bun, 1,350 pounds,
36.76; 2 cows, 1,190 pounds, 56.75; 1 bittober
Meer, 790 pounds; $7-35.
Montreal, March 17. — Sales of choice
steers were made at 57.75 to 8895; good
stook at $6.60 to 57.50. -and common at from
54.50 to 55.50 per cwt. The market for
miloh oows was weaker on account of the
increased- offerings and prices hove de -
°lined 510 per head with sales of choice
milkers at 599 td: 5100, good oft $70 to $80,
and springers tvt, 950-40 $60 each.
Slaeep and larabs—$8.50 to $9for lambs,
and at 56 to 56.50 for sheep per cwt. The
demand for calves was good and as the
offerings Were !larger than they ha.ve been
lately. a 1:120re aotive trade was done" at
5 1-2 to 7 1-00 per pound. . Thera was no
dha:nge irc the condition Of the market, for
hogs, for whioh thel* was a good denaand
from packers, and sales of selected lots of
antarios were made at $10 and Manitobas
at 89.76 to 59.85 per ewt., weighed off cars.
e ROBBERS AND POLICE DAME
One Ofileer Killed and Another Fa-
tally Wounded in Fight.
A despatch frora Montreal says:
An elaborate raid •carried oub for a
few pounds of meat and a. few cents
in cash, upon a butcher store in St.
Laurent, an isolated suburb of the
city, during the early hours of
Thursday morning, developedintes a.
revoleer battle between the - four
robbers, who were being driven in
a sleigh and three constables, who
on foot had attempted their oap-
ture. As a result, Constable Hon-
ore Bourdon'36, married, is dead,
and Constable August Ouyon, 22,
single, is dying. The third offioer,
Brizard, eva.s lucky to dodge the
• fusilade. The robbers, although
they were sighted by a turnpike
!nee and others, and although they
abandoned their bloocl-beepattered
sleigh on one efethe main streets of
the city, 'got clear away. •
The robbers were eurprised in the
store by a St. Laurent polipeman,
• and as they drove ea.pielly. 'away in
their red sleigh alon,g the country
• road female's (Cote des Neiges the
station et the latter place was noti-
fied by telephone. The three men at
the Cote des Neiges steaon hid in
ainbush at. the side of the main
road. As the sleigh came dashing,
up Briza.rd hailed the driver and
• grabbed th e horse's rein, while
t.` Bourdon and Guyon, his compile -
ions, appea.red on either side of the
sleigh. The , occupants, hidden un-
der rugs, eummenced firing rapidly
at the ,conStabIes who, hardly anti-
cipating the onslaught, were hang-
ing on to the sleigh, Bourdon was
armed, but he had not timeeto pnfl
his revolver before he fell, with
three eliots through his body,,
Seeing this, Guyon madly hnrlesci
bimsell: into the sleigh and eeized
one of the inurderere by the neck,
only to be shot himself ab pulets
blank range. The robbers hurled
him out of ehe sleigh and deal% on
whilst -sate third eonetable, while heel
been. clinging to the maddened
hot,e's lastd, emptied his reseolver
after the party, one of whom, it is
believed, was hie Guyon was shot
throngh the left lung, elose to •the
heart.
ettetemer---"Is this bread to-
elay'e ' 13alser-e€Tee'ne." Cue -
tomer ----"The reason I ask is be-
eause the bread I of here yester-
day wasn't,"
BRIGAND S SACK AND BURN.
Norwegian Missionary Killed. and
Several Others Injured.
A despatch from Pekin says:
Brigands Beaked and burned the
City of Lao Ho-Kow, killed Dr. T.
Froyland, a Norwegian missionary,
tend wounded several others includ-
ing Rev. 0. M. Sanaa, another Nor-
wegian.
.A force of from 400 to 500 of th,e
brigands obtained entrance to the
city by mutes of treachery from
within.
The brigands then - plied foroh atid
sword all round. They burned
down the „Atiatio Petrels= and the
Singer buildings art(' looted the
British and American Tobaeco Com-
p.aey's premises. Afterward they
proceeded to the arsenal, where
they secured /00 rifles, severed field
guns and much ammunition. Two
thousand coolies were forced by the'
brigands to carry off their loot.
Lao Ho-Kow, which is a river
port- on the Han Kiang, is an im-
portant miesion station in the Pro-
vince of Hu-Peh.
Three missionary societies have
representatives there. One of them
is the Noewegian Lutheran China
Mission •Association, • with head-
quarters in Norway, which had a
staff of three men, two of them with
their wives, and three other women,
Dr. T. Fro:viand, who was killed „by
the brigands and Reve0. M. Same,
wha was wounded, were missionar-
lee of this eociety. -
Another societY is the China, In-
land Mission, ,whose headquarters
are in Landon, Eng., and which has
a stag in Lao-Ho-Kow of one mis-
eionary artel his wife, with three
othee evemen.
The third society is also Britieh---.
Christian missions in mama lands--
whieh has a staff in 1,0.0 Ho -KO -se of
two iniseiosiaries with their wiveb.
44
•GOLD IN CREEK BED.
rospeeter Offered Einaneial Aid to
Develop His Find.
Denver', Colo., March 15.-eAfter
•ospectang eince last fall, Wm. II,
inehbaele jr., hes diseoveeed gold
nd quielceilvee in a satry creekbed
the Valverde farm, located with
-
Denver city limits) between Mis-
ssippi and Alameda, •Avetutes, Ho
ids a mining lease from the Stale
end Board covering a 'bead of 360
OSS o school land, and has, boon
ered financial backing to develop
s find.
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WITII 'FRAIN R01111Ellkt
Two l)len Were ond Three
Persons Were Wounded,
A deepatch from Pe,roria, Ill.,
says; Two men were killed and two
deputy sheriffs and a women
wounded as the reeelt of an at-
tempted hold tip of a, Ohieago and
North-wetter:1 freight 'brain itt
Manlius, 46 miles north
of here. Arthur Fisher, of Pekin,
liiinoie, engineer of the freight
train, was shot dead by one ef the
bandits and an unidentified' robber
wee slain in a battle with the
sheriff'e posse. Mee. Weight, wife
of the station agent at Langley,
wait etruek by a, stray bullet, but is
not believed to he seriously wound-
ed.
The trainmen declare they found
four men 'unloading inerchendise
'from one of the cars. One of the
men opened fire on the conductor,
while the others ra,rt to the engine
and ordered Engineer Fisher to
proceed with the train. Ile tried
40. eplain that there would be clan-
ger of a collision and one of the
bandits ehot him dead.
nonocco SWEPT BY GAL'E.
Steamers .Torn 7iFercouiit 1110orings and
• Tied.•
A deepaech from Melilla, Moroc-
co'says: A hurricane of impend-
leled violence did enormous damage
to the Port of Melilla and shipping.
The Italian steamer Leonardo.. was
torn away from her moorings, and
dashed against the Mole, and now
he in such a critical position that
it is feared she will be a total loss.
A tug caught by a, terrific wave was
also hurled against the Mole and
smashed to pieces, while 17 fishing,
boats, launches and other craft in
the harbor were sunk. There .was
no loss of life. •
The Spa,nish cruiser Infanta Isa-
bella, which- was in port, escaped
probable serious damage by putting
hurriedly to sea.
6.
THOUGHT IT WAS SHAM FIGHT
Police 'Watch Duel With Swords for
Two Hems.
A despatch from Rome' eassa.:
Major Fabbroni, the journalist, and
Signer Marvesi fought a duel with
swords for two hours on Thursday,
during which Signor Mervaei was
slightly wounded in the, chest. A
number of persons, including sev-
eral policemen, watched the duel,
thinking it was a moving picture
sham fight. The police did not an
teller° until after the usual recon-
ciliation was omitted, When they
realized it was_tho real thing. Then
they seized the swords and reported
the matter to the publi; proseentor.
T•WO BANKEItS„.ARRESTED.
Prominent New York Men Indicted
For Grand Larceny.
A deeriatch from New York says:
Henry Siegel, head of department
store enterprises in New York, l'eos-
ton and Chicago, and Frank E. Vo-
gel, his partner, were indicted by
the Gra,nd Jury 4o -day for grand
larceny and violations of the bank-
ing hews in conneetion with the
management of the Henry Siegel As
Co. private bank.
• Three indictments were found
against Siegel and Vogel- 'jointly.
Warrants were issued immediately
for their arrest,. 'One indictment
charges that they committed geand
larceny in borrowing $25,000 from
the National Bark of Commeree by
• making falee representations as to
the fina,ncial eta.nding of the Siegel
enterprises. The other two indiet-
merits allege that the Siegel bank
accepted deposits when those in
charge knew that the hank was in-
solvene.
GEO. 'WESTINGHOUSE DEAD.
He Was Best Known. as the Inven-
tor of the Air Brake.
A despatch from New York sa•ye
Geo. -Westinghouse died suddenly
here Thursday Afternoon. Mr.
Westinghouse was 68 ' years old,
and was .perhaps best known as
the inventor of the air brake
Which boars his earn° and
which revolutionized railroading in
this country. The --air brake which
he in.venteel is used throughout the
Civilized Warld, and an almost every
part of the -globe there are great
plants which„ lee founded.
Mr. Westinghous,e founded many
manufacturing compantes in this
country, Canada and abroad. In
the Westinghouse industries •some
60,000 persone are employed, and
the many eornpanies have a ca,pitali-
ration aggregating $200,000,000.,
TRA ININ G SHIP BUINED
Only z Few of 300 Boys Suetained
A despatch from Leaden saYs
The training ship Wellesley, (me of
the last of Exigiand's -wood-
en warships, was burned in Shields
harbor, Only a few of the three
bandied boys oti bard were
jered. One of the lads- made ri. dash
through the ereeke and reecited the
Captain's baby.' Perfect discipline
alone prevented a terrible dieester,
iEN " GL. no 0 DEO II V RAIN.
Severel livers la Country Dietriots
O verileW,"
:fedOden, Marelt 15,e -Severe rein -
Opines prevail throughout England,
and the ,country is flooded at neetae
Phteitss Soveral rieere have over-
flowed their beaks-, At Queenetown
eeeeral houeee were unroofed, and
the Sea was SD high, yesterday that
the Cunard lien' Andatia, from
Beaton for Liverpool,- was, unable to
land her passengers and had tb pro-
ceed to Liverpool with her Queens-
tewiCgsilot. The Amerioan liner
Haeerford was five hours late in
starting from Liverpool, and did not
atilt at Queenstown, but proeeeded
to Philadelphia, carrying leer Liver-
pool pilot with her. The cable
steamer Telconia has for five days
tried in vain, to repair a broken
cable, end returned to Queenstown
yesterday.
60 INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK.
-Car' Stood on End, Throwing Pas-
sengers in a Heap.
St. Paul, Minn., Meech 15.—One
women, ltliss Jblia, Highborg, 22, of
Minnegpolis, was killed and more
than sixty other passengers were
injured, several fatally, when two
coaohes of.4 nine -oar passenger
train on the Chicago, St. Peel,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad
last night left the rails and rolled
down an embankment at Mendota,
Minn. The first part of the train
remained on the traoks and came to
St. Paul with the deed and injured.
The,erain left, Omaha for St. Paul
early yesterday. After passing the
station at Mendota, two coaches in
the middle of the train were derail-
ed and toppled over. Ohe of them
stood 'almost ettright, throwing the
passengers 'the end of the coach.
Hardly a, passenger in this car es-
caped injury.
Mr. Robert Bridges.
English Poet Laureate.
WATER POLLUTION IN LAKES.
Sewage and Vessel Refuse the chief
Cane s of Impure Conditions.
A despatch from Detroit says: Tho
International Joint Commission in
session' here officially received and
signed the report of sanitary. 'ex-
perts who: maxi° leasei,eriologioal ex-
au:bastions of 30,000 samples of wa-
ter taken from as many plaees along
the 2,000 miles of waterways com-
prising the Great Lakes and con-
necting rivers. The report shows
the Detroit River is the meet pol-
luted stream in the entire chain.
"According to the report signed.
by the commission to -day, we found
the pollution starts as fa,r back as
Rainy River," said Ohairmen Taw-
ticy to -night. c'The waters of St.
Mary's River St. Clair River, Lake
St Clair; Detroit River, Niagapa
River both ends of Lake Ontraio
and the St. Lawrence River are
badly polluted, while the pollution
extends as far as ten and fifteen
miles out in. the lakes,
"This report," he eontinued, "is
but the first half of the work of the
commission in regard to the pollu-
tion of waters of the Great Lekes,
The second half will be to find •,e,
remedy for it and the meeting .01
the commission to be held in Wash-
ington April 7, will be for the pur-
pose of formulating a plan of ac-
tion,"
Sewage and eteataboat refuse aro
given as the principal causes of pol-
lution.
SEA ROSE AND FLOODED TOWN
•
Oeer 1,000 Persons Dro'wned by a
ic Ile in R male.
Petersburg, March 15.—Ov•er
a thousand pereone were drowned in
Cie-Cetteasioiae during a vielent
hurricane teedee. The hurriettne
revelled in the province ot Kuban.
he ,Sea, ofeAzov mese nine feet, and
flooded several villages, tn the town
of •Achteralraya, near the OiV of
Azov, the Wall of water swept 386
houses into 'the sea, and 1,000 people
weredrowned.
One, hunched and fifty perielied ho
the town, of Yaxerikaya. All along
the :131ack Bea, teethes were blown
from the traclee by the terrific force
Of the herriesene,
.1.01..1•14••040
Items of News by Wire
Notes of Interest as to What is Going
on All Over the World
•
hisJowhink,AtkineCoann, aada.farmer, near
Tilsonburge wae found hanging by
in2Ateulgh needs a larger collegiate
, Seven armed men from Washing-
ton territory robbed the Royal
Bank at Abbottsford,
F, T. Cromwell, 4 minieg man
from Vancouver, 13 0, disappeared
in Sonora, Mex,, last December,
wording to his wife.
Bayard Raker, aged 64, of Gil -
Out his throat while visiting
relatives at Belleville.
The. Ontario Govexnment offers
$25;000 reward for the diseovery of
radium in commercial quantity.
Farmers are already out on the
land in Alberta. Many have been
seen along the MaeLeod-Calgary
line of the C.P.R. working with
their harrows.
The High Cost of Living Commis-
sion, at the present rate of investi-
gation, will take many months to
finish its work andpresent its is
port the Government.
The combined ports of POrb Ar-
thur and 'Fort William, with ship-
ments of 203,328,129 bushels of
grain in the navigation year of 1913,
lead all ports on the continent of
Anteriea in grain shipments.
The Hydro system made a profit
of nearly $30,000 last year,
Rev. John L. Scully, formerly of
Toronto, died in New Yoek,
May -or Hocken promised a tax
rate of 1934 mills, the same as hat
year.
• Thomas Pateack, who fell down au
elevator shaft last month, died in
the hospital.
A xneinorial service for the late
Sir George Reese was 'held in Old St.
Andrew Church.
James, Moore, a Fenian raid vet-
eran and superintendent of a To-
ronto concern for twenty-six years,
died et the dinner table.
A Plan by which the teachoee •of
Great Britain and her oversea
Dominions are to ehaege places, for
hart time was explained in To -1
ronto.
Four hundred Spaniards on the
way to work on the Welland Canal
were held up in New York by ordee,
of theDeaninion Gov-ernment on re-'
quest of labor men•
Mre. Augustus Northcott of Lore-'
don, vaunting with her daughter ia
a :cab from a ,vieie, stidelealy col-
lapeed and died.
The Department of tfari.xie send
Fisheries hae decided on a liberal
appropriation to remove obebrue-
tions to sahnon ie the Fier River,
The two fine black bears present,'
ed to Berlin, by Chief of Police Wale
lace of Sudbury were found dead;
poisoned by scone unknowu pereon.
Great :Britain,
Lord Ernraett at a meeting in Lon
-
clan, said there was no general desire
in the dominione for closer organic
union.
King George presented silver me -
to 232 officers and men of the
fleet of steamers that amisted in .
the work of rescue when the Vol -
was burned at sea. The Board
of Trade presented the sailers with
$3,000 in cash and gave a set of
-plate to each captain.
Militant suffragettes ooaeinued
their campaign of violence. -
The Bisley ranges were open on
'Sunday fee the first time.
• United States.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution, veldel would give 'wo-
men the right to vote, pareeed the
Ma,s,sachusetts State 'Senate by is
Tote of 32 to 2. -
The New York Appeal Court has
upheld the claim of the late Rev. H.
B. Goodwin for royalties from the,
Eastman Kedalt Co., as being the,
inventor of photographic films.
BRITISH AVIATORS KILLED.
Double Aerial Trageily Over Sails
bury Plain.
A deepateh from Salisbury, Eng.
says: Two neere offseers of the Bri-
tish array flying corps were killed
here when their • aeroplane col-
lapsed. CaPt. C. R. W. Allen, of
the Welsh Regiment ,and Lieut. J.
E. G. Burroughs, of the Wiltshire
Regiment, while flying over the
military aerocireme on Salisbury
Plain, were hurled to the ground
from a high altitude owing to the
collapse of their aeroplane.
The cause of the.accident was the
breaking of the rudder bar of a
Government -built biplane piloted
Capt. Allen, who was earrying
Lieut. 33m -roughs as a passenger.
• FIRE IMPERILLED LIVES.
Five Persons Carried Down Lad
-
dors From Building.
A despat,ch from Fort William,
Ont., sa,ye : Fire which did dam-
age estimated at between $25,000
and $30,000, imperilled the lives of
-a number of persons residing in the
Dyke block and for a time, threaten-
ed to wipe out a. considerable por-
tion of the business section of the,
city shortly. after 12 o'clock Thurs-
day morning. A eonfusion in the
names led the brigade a consider-
able distance out of its way and
same five or ten minutes was lost in
making the extra run. Five persons
were rescued from the burning
building by ladders, but no ono was
hurt.
The insurance on the latter loss is
$3,000. •
FIGHTING IN TRIPOLL
Italian Troops Killed 5os During a
• Sharp Battle.
A despatch from Bengasie Tri-
poli, says : Severe fighting, in
which the It,alien troops killed 283
Arabs, took place recently in the
neighborhood of the Oasis of Sette-
tine, according to • dispatches
brought here by couriers from the
interior,
An Italian cohttnli 00311008ed
chiefly- of netire lee-ies., was attack-
ed 00 the march by 2,000 Arz1.1)8,
and a, sheep beetle ensued. "
The .Italians lot two offieers and
42 native soldiers killed and a num-
ber of °Meets end 100 etative iol
diers wounded, ,
MATCHES IN 'THE MAILS.
Government 1Vi11 Prosecute • Those
Who Disregard Warnings.
A despatch from. Ottawa eays A .
bulletin issued by the Posteoffwe
Department states that:
"Notwithstanding the urgent and
repeated warnings of the Pest-off:toe
Department against the sending of
methees a,nd other inflammable arti-
cles, through the mails, the practice
still continues, and the department
is now referring such eases to the
criminal authorities fax prosecu-
tion. Under the Post -office Act,
section 122, the sending of inflame
ineble or explosive articles in the
mails is an indiotable offence, and
renders the offender liable to im-
prisonment for five years."
NEARLY 2,500 IMMIGRANTS.
Landed at Halifax Within Twenty -
Four Hours.
Halifax, N„S., March le—During
the past twenty-fouid hours nearly
2,000 new settlerwere, landed at
Halifaa. • They were 'nought, by five
sebeeeners from europea,n ports. The
C.P.R,. liner Empresa of Britain ar-
rived Saturday with 1,350 passen-
gers,
The Russian -American liner.
Kursk- arrived on the same day freen
Liban with 400 passengers. The
steamer Canada, from Liverpacl.
to -day landed 300 pigeengers, and
the ICristianialjord, from Bergen,
made pore to -day and disembarked
259 newcomers. The people laud2d
here, by the Cunard liner Alattnia
totalled 398.
• Liners on the way to Halifax have
over 1,000 more passengers.
• Record. Size of COLO.
We have spoken of small eoiee,
but whet of liege ones?. The recera
both for size and value must surely
be held by one described by Roger
Ascham, It was epecially ma,de us
a gift from the inhabitants of Tyrol
to the Eraperer'lliaximiI n and
was of the 'size of a "great Suffolk
'cheese' aner AS heavy ae two nen
could bee's. Over 6,000 gildere
(about $6,000) had gone to the mak-
ing of it, and it wee duly .saimped'
with the .ariee of the Emperor, and
on the othet eide with his wife's
face "most lively printed," 'Vele
however, .was a freak-. The largest
v.oin (WO r n oroulatioe- was probe-
bly the old English .05 piece,
C"a, Il°11chlr". his yeeing eon, "I del not know till'
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A mil lion doGlleal,irerli:::,.is repo,'ted at. I 'levet-1'14,1 `7 ea d I ::: $.1 fa i he r to
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Pierre Pelbef'' a 611° surgical I feetlav Chet 1.41l week yon M•03"0
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