HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-03-12, Page 3FINANCES FOR PAST YEAR THE WORLD'S MARKETS
Receipts and Expenditures of the Province
of Ontario.
Total receipts .... ....$9,3211,119.19
lulu! expenditures .. •. 7,714,245.61
Surplus .... .... ....$ 608.17.3.58
In plain figures, Biel is the financial
&tale►nent of the province of Ontario
for the year 1907.
For details. there is a volume of
some 800 printed pages. prepared un-
der the atispb_es •,f 11•nt. A. J. :\lathe
Soon, Treasurer, end through it lie who
1,/ would may plough.
During the year the entire turnover
was $11,817,08.81, which Included a
balance of $3,310,636.7o un hand at the
end of 1906. Of this, $2,429,329.15 was
advanced to the T. & N. O., which left
a balance on the proceeds of the bond
issue of $1,56!,881.61.
The surplus for 1106 was $-429.299.32,
and for 1907 the suns of $620,159.63.
RIGGFtil' IIEVENUE.
The two big sources of revenue wero
the mines ani the subsidy. From
*elands, forests and mines the province
gat $3,063.49t, and from the subsidy
t> 1.7&1,029.68.
The receipts were the largest in the
history of the province, being $1,180,-
940.81) more than the year previous
and 82.301213 more than 1905. This
ti. accounted for by several circum-
shnces. The subsidy increased by
8394,712. being ono half -yearly instal-
ment granted by the Dominion Govern-
ment. Then the income from lands,
forosts and mines increased 8815,291,
Including $1.085.000 received from the
sale of Cobalt Lake. Advances of $7,-
919 from liquor licenses. $50.000 from
Incorporation of companies, may also
be noted.
\VIIERE MONEY \VENT.
As to µhero fho ironer went to, the
following explains:
Civil Government .... ....$ 502,883.20
I.egistation .... .... .... .. 223,327,80
Justice .... .... 579 598.16
Education .... .... „ 1,359,105.81
Public Institutions .... 990,379.18
Central Prison . „ 65,483.69
Colonization and Immigra-
tion 52.024.45
'Agriculture .... .. 480,317.81
Hospitals and Charities .. 338,011.70
Parliament Buildings .. 95.338.40
Locks, Dams, etc. .... .. 16,811.06
Colonization Roads .... 316 906.39
Crown Lands .... .... 511,827.61
Surveys, Inspections .. 1.013.59
Refunds .... .... 40.254.35
Mi.oellaneous .... .... 196,815.12
$5,800,126.55
The remaining 81,867.269.06 is trade
up u( payments M the asylums. $310.-
000 in interest, $120,000 In railway ai.l
li certificate's, SW.162 under special stat-
ute, and ma;l6-sn►ail amounts.
SPECIAL.
Of the special expenditures during
the year, the fol:owing were the mast
lntereeting: Refund to Montreal Icier
Pul ► Co.,$20,(00; purchase ac
1 of ht
1
Iodine, 810,000; members of Legisla-
ture visiting mining districts, 31,585;
Prince Fushimi, $1.265; funeral Into
Hon. J. W. SI. John. $2,451.35; Eng-
lish JournrILsts, 81.50!1: mining engi-
neers, 36,305; new roads In raining
districts. 331.023.
leDuring the year 317,975.19 was ex-
pend,,1 in enforcing the Liquor License
Act. which litcludoe the salnries cf
special officers. The Trip of the Brit-
ish artillerymen In Cobalt cost 5215.5e.
The travellhng expenses of Mr. A. H.
11 relei hetun, Deputy \sinister of Elu-
cnl 'o the ('ongrese on School Ily-
g:en•- .n Conlon, Eng., were 8526.31.
(:OS'r OF iIYDno.
The expenses and snlnriee in cnnnee•
tion with the Ifydro-Eketrie rower
t Inmis%.on weevil/el to $10.521.21, of
whie•h the salnrie; cline to 814.118.42.
Iles year i1.• '\p'n.hture was S2o,600,
ThA Peel it e:; Cnmmtesinn coil 87,-
292. In the • 0 •...ens T. W. Crothers,
one of the ie non ',•loners, is put down
as re; eying 31e' on account of ser-
vice.. ,. i'i!,• the . .'r two )mn,ts,'on-
era i.• 1 .ei ,rich. 1fr. Crashers
f
refused to accept payment over his
expenses.
SCI100i. ROOKS (:IIEAP.
Of course, those who pay know all
about the reduction in tho price of
solrool b .oks. But, in reply to u ques-
tion, lion. Dr. Pyne put on record the
fact that all the Public school books
rind English, French and German texts
to Iligh schools had been reduce) fi•nn
50 to 66 per vent.
As to Separate school books, which
aro issued under different agreements,
no changes or reductions have been
made. 11 was al..eo expected, added Ur.
Pyne, That the prices of all text books
would be reduced, and as soon as pos-
sible.
11%1SE THE AGE LIMIT.
;Hake Youths Under 20 Keep .sway From
Pool Rooms.
A despatch from Toronto says: Legis-
lation to raise the age ut which youths
aro permitted to frequent pool rooms
was asked by representatives of the
municipality of Orillia, who palled on
the Attorney -General on Wednesday.
There µ•os an agitation to reduce the
license fee payable by those establish-
ments and in view of the feeling against
allowing boys to spend their time in
them, the municipality suggests that
youths under 20 be forbidden to visit
them. The minimum age at present is
18 years. -
DTN %MITE. EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed and five Injure'1 on the
Transcontinental Railweet
A despatch from ICenora says: A dy-
namite accident. in wh'.e h one man was
killed and live others injured, occurred
at Pnrsnn's camp, No, 8. Transcontin-
ental Railway, recently. 11. Release
was killed and W. Muse, foreman, was
seriously injured. Tho men were en-
gaged in lending n 30 -font hole, which
had Leen sprung on the Saturday pre-
vi')asly. A lnrgo number of sticks of
dynamite hod been put in, when the
foreman was called to another part of
the work. Upon his return to where
the dynamite was put in, while tamping
this to place, the explosion took place.
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PRiV \37i Iliait TO FORTUNE.
S',f.lier at London iterraeks Inherits
SI/5.4100 by Death of Father.
\ despatch from London, Ont., says:
Thomas Kirby, a private al Wolseley
Rnrra••ks. was notified on Wednesday
that he hod fallen heir ton fortune of
8145,00Y► lett hint by his father, a weal-
thy stationer, of \\'arswick, England,
µ•ho diel recently. The information
carne ribaut in a t'eculIar way through
an employe of the rank of Montreal
noticing an r
d,erlicen
1
in an'
I•.-
g
n
lish paper requeeting Infermntion res
k• the 10 0.11.4)11 at'on of the missing heir. Ilo
imparted the information to one of the
ofllcers, who, in turn. institute.' an in-
quiry that raveale.l that Kirby way the
party referred to.
\\71.f. \I %kr 771111•:1: 1,1119.
Prince of \Bale. Opposes 111r (:reel Dear.
ing Rein.
A despatch from Lend on says: At Ila+
annual meeting of the Anti -Dearing
item .\seocialan nn \1',vinesdny a
meeker said the movement had the
hearty support of the Prince of Wales,
who had promised the sired r suppres-
sion of the cruel bearing -rein pracUr'
when he came 1.) the throne, 111' quoted
the i'rinre s den un"Mtinn of the prac-
tice, published in n hr)k by Gen. I3a1en-
Powell. spying: "When 1 and King i
will make three laws. Xo one shall
cut puppies' Mils, there will be no
more gin in the country. and nobody
shall uu
use tearini.reins, because They
hurt the horses."
PRODUCT OF THE MINES
The Output of Ontario Was Large During
Last Year.
The t •tat 1e.•% of the produrls of
Anhwei min••.1 in 19117 was $71,313.30:
ail advance over 1906 of $1.951,919. The
greateet intranee is again to be found
•'n the output of silv.'r. which totalled
9,Ra16."'1 ••un.'es veined at *5.947.''01, the
leer.' .se being equivalent to $2.215.572.
Of the metallic products nickel •.irniv
vett in point of vntlie, its 10,965 tuns
Ming valued at $1.271,616. Gold only
Mrren.seel M the extent .et Sent, the out-
put being worth ti' .999. The output of
eohslI. 711 tens. Ls values• at *92.751. The
iimdetetk n of eopper Mermen! by Sit..
(.1R. Ih.' 7.973 Inns ruined being valued
a: $101:•.511. Of iron ere 20018.5 tone
ware mined worth 5171.126. whew the
reveling of pis iron. to the making of
whtetl a largo quintlty of Imported ore
wee uiedt. rrrchekt $1.716.857 In µslue.
an In: rens.' over the pr'viou.i year of
`1(. 61n The non-met/One prem. -t%
ware Areenie, 3.3.)1. tons. worth 81.
(.10. common brie's, $1.910.000. a deTei <e
of $117..11; drain tiles. 8214.1191. d.•.
crease 81.500; pressed brick;. $119.117,
increase $161,6e2; paving hriok, *13.-
270. Increase 325170; bulldin,; anti
crushed stone, $G171.J$10, increa'.' alen0i1;
calcium carbide $173.763. incense 810..
993; Portland eem•'nl, $2.0I0.rerl. M-
erease 1239,691; natural reek een nl,
e5,i)97..!eerea., $9n3; enrun'luru, 3212.-
60, decrease ttle.4411; feldat.nr, 830,375,
decreae.' 113.171: graphite, $30.000. In-
crease s1.(»): grypeunr, tln.77G, !ncron :o
$1.171: iron pvrite%. 851.8.17. increase
$11.751: erne, $412.ti>,), d•eereoso $51.785;
mica. 1e te.?:9. increa=e $13.,t't.t: nature(
got, $7',1.167. 'n•'reeo' 4?21.7221: pel-
ro.kimn, 81.049!'.31. in. role' 81'-5.,)83:
fere. 451.9,15, tkerea.e 511.015. (marry,
8121.114. inermee $58.3'.1; salt, It:176.621,
ie. -r.'& -%e 114.411: %ewer pipe. t1ee. 5e4, Irn-
er. Ace' al12.96 , tile. 55.010 inerra.e
$1.9.0. Ti... returns ere not quite corn.,
Mete. notably these for leek!.
REPOiHTS FRO\I THF. LEADING
TRADE CENTTIU .
Prices o1 Cattle, Grain, (.,ecce an.l
Other Dairy Produce at hones
and Abroad.
Toronto, \larch 10. -Flour - Ontario
u heat 90 per tent. putents are quoted
a' 83.55 to 83.60 in buyers' backs out-
side for export. Manitoba flour un-
changed; first patents, 85.80 to $6; sec-
ond Patents, $5.25 to 85.35, and strong
bakers', 85.15 to 85.20.
Wheat -Manitoba grades were quiet,
with prices easier. No. 1 Northern is
quoted at 81.22, lake ports, and No. 2
at $1.18)., lake ports.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white and red
quoted of 96 to 96%e outside, and No.
2 mixed at 95 to 95%e outside.
Oats -No. 2 white on track, Toronto,
54 to 54%c, and outside at 51% to 52e.
Cont-tNo. 3 American new yellow is
quoloi at 67c, Toronto, and No. 3 mix -
co at 6G30, Toronto.
Rye -No. 2 quoted al 83 to 85e out-
side.
Buckwheat -66 to 67c outside.
Peas -No. 2 quoted at 86 to 87c out-
side.
Barley -No. 2 quoted at 71 to 72c out-
side; No. 3 extra at 68c outside, and
No. 3 at 67e outside.
Bran -$22.75 to $23 in bulk outside.
Shorts, 824 to $25 outside.
COUNTi3Y PRODUCE.
Apples -\\'inter $1.75 10 $3 rer barrel.
Roans-Prirne, 81.70 to $1.75, and
hand-picked, 81.80 to 81.85.
Ilonoy-12 to l3c per pound for strain-
ed, ani at $1.75 to 5250 for comb..
Hay -No. 1 timothy quoted at 816 to
317 here in car lois.
Straw -$10 to 810.50 a ton on track
here.
l'-Jtatoes-Car lots of Ontario, 990 to
$1. and Delawares, 81 to $1.05 per bag
outside.
Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 13 to 14e
per pound for choice; chickens, alive, 7
to 9c per pound; dro .sed, 10c to 12c;
docks, dressed. 10 te Ile.
THE DAIRY !MARKETS.
iltitter•-! ound prints, 25 to 26e. and
'rage rolls, 23c to 24e; do., inferior. 21
to 23c. (:ronmery rules at 30 to 31c,
and sol'ds at 28 to 29e.
Eggs -26 to 27c per dozen in case
k•Is.
Cheese-13?41 to 14c per
jobbing wee.
pound in n
HOC PRODI'rrs.
Bacon -Long clear, 9%c per pouniI in
case lots; mess pork. $17.50 to $18;
short cut, 820.50 lo 821.
Hanes -Light to medium. 11 to 14 %c
do., heavy, 12 to 13e; rolls, 10 to 10 ;e
shoulders, 9% to 9'/,c; backs, IGc
breakfast baron, 11 to 1434c.
liars--Tlerccs, 11%c; tubs. liXe;
pails, 12e.
_BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, March 10. -Groin -Eastern
Canada No. 2 while oats at 58e, No. 3
n1 49 to 493 e, No. 4 at 48 to 48%e, re-
jected at 46 to 47c, and Manitoba re-
jected at 49'% to 50. per bushel, ex
slbrr. F'.aur-Choice spring wheat pat-
ents, 56.10; seconds, 1e5.50; winter wheat
patents, $5.50; straight rollers. $5 to
85.25; do., In bags, $2.35 M 82.50; ex -
ten, 81.80 to 81.90. Feed-,\Ienitoba
bran, 823; s10irle, 825; Ontario brae.
823.50 to $24; middlings. 826 to 827;
shorts, $24 to 8.1.50 per ton. including
bags; pure grain mouilk, 832 to $31,
and milled gentles. 825 to 829 per Inn.
Provisions -Barrels short cut mess, $21:
half -barrels 810.75; clear fat back, $23;
long cut heavy noes, $20; half -barrel,
do., 810.50; dry sell long clear backs,
lf%e; barrels plate beef, 31:1.50 to $15;
half barrels do.. 87.25 to $7.75; barrels
heavy mass beef, 810 to 311; half -bar-
rels do.. 115.50 to 36; compound lard.
8j*
to 9e:; pure Mrd, 11% to Its e: ket-
Ile rendered, 12 to 123X; hams, 1e to
13%c; breakfast haceen, 11 M 15c; \\ inti.
sor bacon. 1434 to 15%c; fresh kilkef
abattoir dressed hog-. 38.25; alive, 55.-
73 10 85.85. Buller -Full grades, 52 Io
33c; frock, reeelpls nominal; dairy, 27
1.. 28e. Cheese -13 to 13Xe. Eggs -
Firm at ye,terdny's advance; American
selected new laid are selling at 30c; or-
dinary nt 27 to 28c; •lfontrenl limed al
23c per dozen.
t'N1'FF.n STA'rE` MARKETS.
1linrl.enlwlis, Margit, 10.-.\Vhenl -
May. 31.08 to 81.08%; July, SLOG% to
4I.06*•,,: No. 1 tenni, 51.12X; No. 1 Nerfh•
ern. 81.10";; No. 2 N•erth.frn, 81.07
1, 81.119'/.; No. 3 Northern, 81.01 to
81.416. Flour --First patents, 85.15 to
85.60; second patents, $5.35 In 55.50;
fest cknr.. $1.15 to 51.55. second clears.
$3.50 to $3.60. tlrnn--In hulk. $21 to
821.50.
Duluth. March 10--\Vhent--\'o. 1 hurl,
x1.1151.; No. 1 Northern, &1.094(: No. 2
Northern, 81.06%; Mtiy, 81.073,; July.
\t lwatikes Mardi 10.- Wheat -No. 1
N •rthern, $1.13 to 51.11; Nn. 2 Nnrlh.
ern. $1.11 io $1.12.%,; May. 99 to 99%e
bid. stye -No. 1. *1.01. Barley -No. 2.
934': sample. 6.5 to 92c. Corn -No. 3.
cnsh. 38 to IW: May, 62' a bid.
(' ViTI.F 11 \RKET.
Toronto, %leech P1.- Nport cattle
were in a relighlly larger pmpeerlien
than they hove been, noel they lir.ught
g..r141 prices. It is rapid flint nl.ee it half
a bad of picked exporter., sit.! for $5.-
$.1. and a few heavy bulls w, r' height
at ac high as 81.50.
f.'•lium rind common butcher', ,whlrh
were plentiful. told tiff aheut sae per
p.,tin•l. Coes etre not guile so plcn•
thi% and cheeia' nol.l in s .ore eaves f.'r
$4.7'..
1 few sM'kers toil I ren.lily al fernier
nri'e.. One d.'lter tonight a Mad of
5.; t•, 51.0 ).
There is n ¢-'.l demand f .r eale•ee,
pr'eea of %chi•'h ore ale'pete a1 85 1, era
S, fee- c' nes. let Rot 1-. Wei f• r b e e, \ .
Th.' host tense i. qu:el.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS PItO\i ALL 01i...1 TUE
GLOBE.
Telegraph Oriels From Our Own
Olbce Countries of Recent
Estate.
CANADA.
Galt is to spend 8292,121.35 014
ors.
No mom immigrants will bo permit-
ted to go to Chatham.
The salvation Army has an extensive
immigration scheme for 1908.
All steam locomotives have been tak-
er. off the Sarnia tunnel trips.
The estimates of the Toronto Board of
Education for this year areeont to 81,-
397,00‘.
1;397,001.
Transportation authorities expect the
immigration to Canada this season will
surpass all former years.
Mr. W. '1'. Payno has been appointed
manager of the C. 1'. R. i'acific ik'et,
with headquarters at Yokohama.
The surplus of the Provincial revenue
over the expenditures at the close of the
financial year was $606.173.58.
Temporary hotels may lee erected to
accommodate those attending the Que-
bec tercentenary celebration.
Mr. W. I...Mackenz'.e King will go to
England to interview the Imperial and
Indian authorities regarding emigration
from indiu to the Dominion.
General Otter has declined Ilto Alder-
shot a-ppointment and will be made Chief
et Staff in the Canadian militia. General
Lake will 011 the post of Ins,x'ctor-Gen-
eral for n time.
The appointment of a successor to the
late Judge Killnm as C:hairnmul of trio
Railway Commission will probably be
trade soon, !hough the Government has
not as yet eorrsidered the smatter.
(;I1EAT BIt11'AIN.
The dowager -Empress of Russia has
arrived in London on a visit to her sin -
ler. Queen Alexandra.
New slips are being built at Belfast
to permit of the building of vossets n
thousand feed in length.
It is au►xnmced in I,ndon that 'he
Prince of Wales will represent 'Chug Ed-
ward at the Quebec tercentenary.
Mr. Asquith inforined the British
Ilou=o of Commons that it was the Gov-
ernment's intention to rnntntaln the Iwo-
paw•er standard of the navy.
and
GENERAL.
King Leopold los consented to the an-
nexation by Belgium of the Congo Free
Slate.
Dnbno. a town in ituissia Poland. has
been sold by its owner to an Austrian
Count for $2,030.000.
'fens of thousands cif persons have
been impoverishod by fkods In the val-
ley of the Pelle) River. In China.
It is stated at Tokio that large num-
1:(rs of Indian titterers are Inking pas-
sage al hong Kong for Vancouver.
Rubb.'r hunters in tho German Cnnn-
eroons. West Africa. till recently forr-
et) natives to work for them and to sup-
ply fool.
Anto',ne Themes. es. µho was r esronsihle
Mr the sensational robberies of French
churches last fall. has boon sentenced
to six years in prison.
1;Xn'ED SPATES.
use
A museum item
is anxious to trans-
port 1'
po t an coccal Egyptian Iran Mab to Chi-
cngu.
Twelve hundred children merited nut
orf n burning school at Grand Rapids.
Miclh., w•ithetil n mishnp,
Unite! Stales immigration eflirials
hove been ordered to aioperate with
the pollee in their efforts to sweep tlw
a untry clean of alien Anarchy -Is and
crii'nals.
WESTERN (:It AIN (310P.
Rerun! Snow Storni Will Have Bene-
ficial Effect.
A despatch !none Winnipeg says:
During the past week (herr has been
a very !envy fall of snow in \Ionil-tha,
which has materially brightened the
prospects of n good crop, for lite pre-
vailing impms in among o1,1 pioneers:
is that n heavy snow fall Is necessary
to good crops in western Canada. Much
e: the Inn', in \lanik.bn and Snskalehe•
unit and Alberto has been prepared for
seeding, the k.ng open fall last '.ear
having enabled the former+ to do n
great deal more hill ploughing than usu.
n'. The prospects are that n much
larger nren will be put under erop This
spring. Th•eusnni s of new feltters w'll
weed rend others are Incr.asing their
cultivated ores. The wheat crop will
likely le ewe e--•'1 anywhere from ten
Io fifteen per cent.. but it Is likely Itinl
the oat erne will he reduce, melee/ le
the fact Met see ennnil 111' procured.
and new settlers cannot afford lo pay
the price of 11.05 to $1.10 per 'tachel
naw denrnndeel for good cods. If the
season is al nil favorable an unuct.•
nlly early ee ding is expected. .\ line
has been .line In the chin.kek belt el
southern Alberta, and al one or too
points in Sncknlehewan, 11111 11 Win rift
1'kely t,e general for .µ.me week:.
11111 '.111.1.'. WITH 1.1:G OFF.
111e V.nnlerfiil Endurance Shinn bl
Daniel steiso/,.
A •espat -h fr.ern \'an-'..tnver sees.
Daniel Stele in, a hnndk.gger, after
ls.ng his right leg ernwl'd Ihmugh Iwo
miles of bush to Ude eater al 'feta In•
tel. 250 miles north •.f Vanrnuver, got
into a bent and rowed Iwo miles 1.. n
1• ggingt camp. Ile ens working ohne
and one caught by a falling tree and
hi3 right leg waw frightfully cnrsheet.
`tet -on cut the Owlets •.f the skin r.' -
main rig. TFe men in earnp prtoeafre.l
tine !emelt I)otpin nail took hien 1n
I unn. Fr.rn there he ens taken too
Vensnda Il'-pilal, ehere he d1 til. The
1..dy was breughl 14) Vancouver.
PERISHED IN SCHOOL FIRE
16b Children Caught in the Flames in
Suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
A despatch from C..•veland, Ohio,
seys: In a firs; which ooniplctely destroy;
cd the emanon school building In Col-
I;ngwood, a suburb, on Wednesday, ono
hundred and sixty-fl•e lost their lives.
The lire was started by fin over-
heated furnaoo. The (tames quickly
spread, but a panic ensued when the
building fillet with smoke and the 400
children nl'empted to escape.
There „ere but two exits in the build-
ing thut were available. One 50011 be-
eaino clicked with the children, who
madly dkrshed for the open air. 'Phse
who fell in the doorway wore tramped
tipot by the ones behind and coin tl:e
doorway was impassable,
ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF.
The frightened and panic-stricken
children turned to get out through the
windows and by any other means That
oould be found. Escape was cut off by
Iho flames, which by this time had
spread throughout the rooms. The
'tinkling was of brick, yet this did not
retard the progress of the firo.
In a few minutes the lower floor fell,
precipitating scores of children to the
basement, among the burning embers.
A REARTRF.NDIN,; SCENE.
The scene about tho building was
heartrending. Quickly the news of the
terrible catastrophe spread throughout
the village and hundreds of parents
were crowded about tho building in
scarcer of their girls and boys.
In few minute; twenty bodies had
been taken from the ruins. Plainly
the writhing or stilled forms of dozens
of others could be seen in the base -
omen!. Nearby factories disnnissed 11:e.f
men and instructed them to aseist in
the rescue. They braved the lire and
made heroic efforts to save tho ones
who were not doad.
'three., Mlle girl., met instant death
in ult'ntptuig to jump front the third
floor.
FRANTIC FATI IF,It :S EFFOlb l S.
A man named Doran, elm arrival
upon the &Dello early, when the chil-
dren were crowded in the front door,
de -covered his little girl among the
mass of injured anti crushed. Ilo
caught the girl by the hands, and in
hu trams; efforts to save her pulled
her amts fr-nt1 her body.
The last four. who wore children of
the janitor of the building, lost !heir
lives together.
ONE EXIT CLOSI'ED,
The greate.-.t loss of life was caused
bo one of Iho exits being closed, to
which point scores of the children
rushed. Their escape was blocked by
n door that opened inward. In this
manner they were deluyed in reaching
the other door and windows.
It is said that as a result of ihls
stamp:ede alone soores of children lost
their lives.
TWO '1'EACIIERRS MILSSING.
Of tho nine teachers of the school
seven are ac coated for. The two miss-
ing are !Catherine Weiler, of Cleveland,
and Grace Fiske, of Cleveland.
Principal Frank P. Whitney, of tho
school, estimates the number of dead
al 165. The pupils se=re mostly little
children, ranging in ago from 9 to I8
years.
TIIE WINDS OF TIIE WORLD.
Fight Between the Monsoons --Local
Breezes and Their Effects.
Being credibly Informed the other day
by a queer old Iran of the seafaring per-
suasion that the southeast monsoon was
slit' fighting the northeast monsoon to
see which would conquer, and the In-
ferrnation being followed by a disserta-
tion on the failure of the last sea sports
owing to the same pervisit of a veteran
lagging superfluous on the stage when he
ought to have lett the boards empty for
the keen northeaster. It occurred to mo
Ihnt there was a considerable amount of
Information to be obtained about winds
without discoursing on windiness, says
a writer In the Singapore Free i'rciss.
Until one actually experiences it there
is n lot of reinanco hanging around the
outskirts of (110 word monsoon. Wo
speak of the monsoon being late or
cnrty, of the fast coast hoing.pracllcally
closed, but unless we go down 1n the
sen in ships the wind affects us lett little.
fn tho great continents of India and
Australln, however, the breaking of the
rains Le a matter of real moment, of gen-
eral Interest to every one, of pninful and
kcenosl anxiety to many, and in such
cases the word Ls fraught with n mean-
ing which is greater than ever book con-
veyed to the mind of own.
Apart from the winds of regular habit
there are the many local winds which
orcur in different parts of the world and
nee• generally unkind in character. Of
such may ho mentioned the Simeon,
Simeen, Ilnrmaltan, the Puna of Peru,
Itt,' hitter northeaster of Rritnin, the Mis-
ters! of Marseilles and that coast, the
Pnmpem of the Andes. With all these
Inrnl breerzns, though In fort they are
nftenthnas gales of some velocity, many
eerious effects are ooupled, and one of
111, most noticeable of these is that tho
bkewing of the genuine nnr'easler at
home Ls always cilncident with the
greatest number of deaths from con-
sumption and bran disease.
There is here opened up a wide field
of nest interesting; research for the cur -
loan in weather study and bunnnity
lore, for the effect of wind on sentient
beings has never loon as deeply con-
sidered ns It might be. Thus In the lower
planes of life the animals are dfstmclly
dialed by winds, and in pnrticnlar cels,
n; any one will remember if they con-
sider the peculiarities of cots when high
winds ore blowing. Cattle. too. ore su%-
repli111n to winds, and pissihly more In
Ih, premonition of wind, while the binw-
Ine of n ner'wester will exhilarate some
lemperamenls in a manner not quite the
temp 05 anything eine will.
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A I1N1DI-IN %IMF.
Flans for %Iolkiliratiiiit 01 barge 1'.irre
al Quebec.
A eespalrh from 0tIewa stays' The
\Idaia Department Ls row deviiing
ways and means for the nlnbil.zalien
.•f Iroeps at Quebec next sunnier. If
transport. commissariat, artd other ar-
rangements can be satisfactorily ar-
•••.nged eighteen thousand mien will be
encamped fir a %seek or so on the
Plains of Alirahnm. It may, however,
1..• found necessary Io cut the minder
down to twelve Thousand, bel in tiny
mens the ( anadian army assemble.) at
Quebec will le the newt iinposing ever
seen in the country during the Neel hen•
dree1 years.
HAY AND STRAW EXCLUDED.
Itritt.h RoArd of Arlrirniture Paces
Order of Prohibition.
.1 .l. spaleh from i •,n I on sn n. The
Board of Agriculture has p,as., d an or•
der prohibiting the imp)rtatien of hay
ane! straw into Great Britain. The
order lakes inrnnerlint' effect.
"And do yon t,iv•' In le teasel in the
morning,''.' n.kel the 1,dy who %es
Fibula In ears','•' a new girl. "1 don't
have to 1.', morn," replied the .4ppli•
eat, "nnln,s you happens 10 went
rner
CHILDREN IN O1t1'11.%N.%GB3.
Tire isa)•ffe Increase is .tscribed to Re-
cently Arrived immigrants.
lit his Annual Report just issued, lir.
Bruce $Mille, Inspector of Gharitto,,
says:
"During the past year 31 orphanages
have received government aid. '!'hese
llstitutlmis had a total populntlon of
4,4:6 children, The total expendituro
fur the nlainlenano, of these charities
during the year was $158,368.
"The number of children in the Or-
phanages of Ontario 15 two hundred
►rwro than last year. This is not a
hopeful sign, and on enquiry 1 find that
the increase in the number of M inute%
is, in many institutions, ascribed to the
many children lelongrng to the Immi-
grant class, recently arrived in this
o.nmary, who have had to lie pr)vide.J
for. 'I'to best institution Is a poor ...sub-
stitute for the home. The Chikiren's
Aid Societies Throughout Ontario have
more applications for children (or n.kop-
ion than can bo supplied, and it seems
pc'cu!lar that :e many children should
tr kept in Orphanages who might l,o
adopted inti oomfortable homes. Nearly
all 1111 institutions for tete caro of chil-
dren in Ontario are well managed, but
a! b st the life of a child Iho;eln is de -
envoi of that broadening development
I.l e;:lrrxs from Intercourse w•'
Ills oat-
s
elo children. The environment in
childho•t d has n potent influence in
moulding character. No matter how
kin•l'y cared for 111ey may ba in these
Met tenons, they aro lacking In some
of the• elements that ninke tier rugged
upbuilliug of character. \\'n are year-
Iv providing in Canada comlorbibie
hones for hundro Is of children brought
out from the orphanages of Great 13ri-
tabn while keeping 50 tinny of our own
nnlive.born young Canadians housed in
our own institutions. The ninjerily . f
people taking English children espresa
it preference for C:anedlan bins but
for some vermeil their wisltes cannot r►o
complied with. The (null Hes, 1 ant eon-
v;11170d, ilot liearly so 1111101 with the
peopte in charge of our orphanages es
with the persons µ•110 (lemrnit children
to thew, institutions with the expressed
understanding that they must be kept
tlier'e and not given out for adoption
into private homes. I have expressed
lb•• opulent that the rules g.,werning
the admission of all inrnaItts Memel le
changed sea ne Ie permit the manage.
merit of all orphannges, rifler a chill
has remained a nertnin levied to de-
cide in regard to his removal for adop-
tion."
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JUVENILE IMMIGi1'uNTS.
1. J. Ke'so, Superintendent of Neglect-
ed and i)e)•endent Children. In hit re-
port on juvenile immigration into On -
term for 1907. recently made r''10 ,
'tato, that the total number of children
who carne into the Province was 2,159,
es amnesic,' with 2.213 for MX. The
percentage of crime among the children
of th's Class his greatly ditnin!shed, and
this t., attribute) to the close lnsspeclien
made at Liverpool. Before they nee al.`
lowed to 1-inrd ship there. the chit Iron
must le fable to read and write. and 'f
!hey have been used to street life moil
spend a period in one of the home, les
fere be:t'g allowed to cam.' t:. ('nnnda.
The clu',1r•en lor,►fe.1 in the 1'nivinee
during the peel ye:.r won) brought orit
under the nurpil'es of 1110 following in-
eliluli-,ns:- -Dr. Itarnnr,n.s Rome. To-
r ,, o, 750; Dr. narnnr•l . s Herne, Peter -
'rough. 316; Catholic 4sntgretunt Ser-
e etv, Ottawa. 331; Feg.in Mime. To.
mut-,, 7.1; 11,1.ei,hers•'n Hoare. -tralfor't.
179; Mar'•hmnnt Homo. ite'11e,i1'•', R0:
Church of England Society, Vingnna,
1:1. 1'a -Min n, a 11,111••. itrn •1. v 1110. 13'-;
I h•• S�ival+•'n %rmv. 25; Simi: Home.
11.',p "I.'r, 01: `tenhenson Moore. Ilemii-
t.n, 11.1: 11ur,t 11011,44 Training Homo',
12.
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fen ems kn..w nnv puhlle Anklet,
µhr, ere dev •l..g !bar enUro (f11►.i 1)
114 w.•Ifar,' of tree pubis!