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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-08-13, Page 6, ' WORLD'S MARKETS'.CONDENSED \1:1t'S ITEMS TOTALLOSS IS 85,000,000hIhIE REPORTS FROM THF: LEADING i HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER -- TRADE CENTRES. THE G1,O11E. First Statement of the Actual Damage By i Priees of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Fred uc•e at the Great Fire in British Columbia. A despatch from Fernie, B. t'., and children, where they had tried rays: Asked for a statement of fire to get relief from the terrific heat. lossc-s, President Lindsey, of the The head of the Ulan, whose name ('row's Nest Pass Coal Company, was William Ford, was badly burn - has given out the following official cd, while his wife and children, a statement : 1-'(,y of 2 years, and a girl Of 8 years, "Fire area—Valley of Elk River all died of suffocation. There was coal mining district in Kootenay, little water in the well, which was 11. C.; is approximately 30 miles curbed with wood, and after climb - long and two to ten miles broad. ing into it he and his family were "In this area are situated the evidently unable to get out again, City of Fernie and the Tower of and the curbing burned down al - Homier and Michel, all mining most to the water's edge, suffucat- camps. There is a large mining ing them. plant at Coal Creek, near Fernie, Even more pathetic is the awful whence comes the largest output of manner in which Mrs. Addie Tur- coal. Although the fire has been ver, an aged invalid woman, who within two miles of Coal Creek, the lived with her son in Fernie annex, town may be said to be safe, and met death. When it was seen that although the tire is all around the house was going to be ignited Michel there is no grave apprehen- by flying embers in the gale, Mr. Bion as to it. Turuer, a miner, prepared his wife "Homer has escaped with little and children for Alight. Tho aged loss on its mining side, but Fernie woman could not walk, and she has been completely obliterated, pleaded with them to leave her only 23 houses and three business and save themselves, but finally, houses being left. On both banks when the house was caught by the of the Elk River are a large num- flames, Mr. Turner wrapped the old ber of sawmills, all of which, with woman in a wet blanket, carried one exception, have ben swept out her out of the house, and laid her of existence, and probably a large on the ground. He then seized his number of men have lost their wife and children and fled. Nothing lives in the woods. The bodies re- but the blackened bones of the old covered so far number 16, and there woman were found by the search - will be more, but in the woods ,ing party. Mr. Turner and his only. fancily escaped. "The loss of the Crow's Nest Pass Company, owning mines at PEOPLE FLOCKING BACK. Coal Creek and Fernie and Michel, Every day scores of people are will be $200,000; the C. P. It. will returning to Fernie, and before ten lose $200,000; the Great Northern days have passed It is expected that Railway will lose about $250,000, the majority will have returned. and the lumber companies not less There are no new de•.-sloprccents than a million. The loss of timber except that donations of supplies to the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Com- and money continue to pour in from pany will be not less than a mil- ali direct ons. Food is plentiful at Bion. present, and sleeping quarters ade- "The loss to the City of Fernie quate. The sanitary conditions are will be not less than two million. There is no rain in sight, and the fire continues slowly up the moun- tainside, but nothing but a very high wind would do much damage, as the valley along its lower por- tions is swept clean of everything combustible. Relief in the form of money, supplies and bedding have conte in with great freedom and everyone is now under canvas at Fernie. There are about 3,000 wo- men and children at. Cranbrook, to the west of Fernie, and about 1,500 at Lethbridge, to the east, but they are being slowly brought back to Fernie, where tent accommodation can be provided for them." TRAGIC INCIDENTS OF FIRE. Home and Abroad, BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 11—Ontario Wheat —Old fall wheat quoted at 84c to 85c outside; new at 84c to 85e out - Manitoba Wheat—Quotations at Georgian 13a; putts; No. 1 north- ern, $1.11/1 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.- 09; No. 3 northern, $1.08. Barley—No. 2, 58c to 60c, out- side; No. 3 X, 56c to 57c. Bran—Quoted at $16 to $18 per ton in bulk outside ; in bags, $2 more. Corn—No. 2 yellow, nominal at S6c to 861/2c, Toronto freights; kiln - dried, 84c to 84%c. Oats—Ontario No. 2 white, nom- inal, 44c to 46c outside; Manitoba, No. 2, 481/2c, lake ports; No. 3, 46%c ; rejects, 45c. Shorts—Quoted at $20 to $21 in bulk outside; in bags $2 more. Flour—Manitoba, first patents, $6; seconds, $5.40; strong bakers', $5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat- ents, $3.30 to $3.35. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Steady and a little quiet- er. Wholesale prices are :— Creamery, prints .... 25c to 26c do solids .... .... 23c to 24c Dairy prints, choice 23c to 24c do ordinary ..... 21c to 22c Dairy, tubs .... .... 21c to 22c Inferior .... 17c to 18e Poultry—Wholesale prices, live weight : Spring chickens, 14c to 15c; fowl, 10c to 11c; ducks, 8%c to 9c ; dressed. about 2c higher. Eggs -20c to 21c per dozen in case lcts. Cheese—Larre, 12%c to 13e, twins 13c to 13c. Honey -8% to 10e per pound. Beans—$2 to $2.10 for primes being very carefully watched, and and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand-picked. Potatoes—Ontarios, 80c to 90c per bushel in farmers' waggons; Ameri- cans, $3.35 to $3.65 per barrel in car lots on track here. there is no fear of danger from that quarter. Cranbrook has done marvels to- ward alleviating the suffering thou- sands of Fernie refugees. The mo- ment word was received that Fernie was burned the citizens began to or- ganize committees to receive and care for the people, public subscrip- tions opened, tents erected on va- cant lots, and citizens began to ga- ther blankets and clothing and va- cant stores on the main thorough- fares were opened, to be used as tons and cases; hams, medium and distributing bureaus for clothes and light, 141/2c to 15e; hams, large, 12%c to 13e ; backs, 17%c to 18c ; shoulders, 100 to 11c; rolls, l0'/c to 11c; breakfast bacon, 15c to 161/2e; green meats out of pickle, lc less than smoked. PROVISIONS. Pork—Short cut, $23.50 per bar- rel ; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lard—Tierces, 12e; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%e. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats— Long clear bacon, 111/2c to 111/2c. blankets. Provisions were donated, a corps of cooks got busy, and ev- erything was in shape to receive One of the most tragic fatalities and handle the refugees almost be- ef the fire, and one which shows fore they arrived. The big rink the extremes to which people were was fitted up as an eating hall and driven to escape the heat. was the sleeping place. At each meal fully finding of the bodies of a fancily of 1.500 people are fed. and every four in a well, a miner, his wife night 750 sleep within the walls. FIREBUG CA 11:11T. tinguished after destroying two hundred tics. The police had been nctifted of the firebug's disastrous work, and n patrol was sent from the city. Williams was captured. Started a Number of Blazes in Moncton, New Ilrunsuick. A despatch from Moncton, N.B., says: After leaving a trail of incen- diary fires behind, Frank Williams, aged twenty-eight, and believed to PIGSKIN GRAFTED ON SOV% be mentally unbalanced, was ar- rested by the police early 1Vednes- Suceesshil Operation Performed in clay morning, and is in jail await- St. John Hospital. ing trial. While making his rounds about. 1 o'clock Wednesday morn- A despatch from St. John, N.B., Ing Watchman Cowan of the Build- says : Two months ago Eugene Mc - ors' Woodworking Company saw Aiiliffe, the 14 -year-old son of Jere flames coming from a lumber pile. !1icAuliffe, the actor, fell under a As he approached it a man sprang train and his left leg had to be am - from behind the pile and fled.. An putated close to the trunk. Teel. alarm was given and the fire ex- day evening eight physicians per- tinguished with little damage. The formed a skin grafting operation man fled towards Humphreys Mille Some days ago a boy friend gave a and a few hours later a barn owned large section of skin, which war by Mrs. Joseph Stultz burst into successfully grafted. On Tuesday Pames, and was burned with all its a young pig was chloroformed and contents, the loss amounting to skin taken from it to cover a gnat 8400. While the Karn was burning raw wound on McAuliffe's l odv • fire broke out among the big pile The pigskin has completely taken (i ties along the 1. C. R. tracks. hold and ,McAuliffe will recover The ,nen employed on the work This is the first operation of the were summoned, and the fire ex- kind ever attempted in Canada. MACHINE A TOTAL WRECK Zrippelin's Great Airship Was Struck By Lightning and Burned. A de -patch from Stuttgart. Ger- many. says : The great flight of the Zeppelin airship, which looked like placing the practicability of aerial nnsigation for war purposes beyond all doubt. had an unfortunate con - elusion on Wednesday. The airship left the i,ake of Constance en Tues- day morning for a trip to Mayence and return. The machine respond- ed absolutely to the control of its pilots end ttas navigated oyer the Lake of ('onstance down the Valley j.f the Rhine. ,.t •t• Strasburg and several other (;tie,. and was ex- pected b::ek at i'riedrichchafen, the starting point, on Wednesday morning. Owing to a defect in one ( i tap: motors. howeter. a descent l,r,i to i made plateau five t ... :sent Stuttgart. Preparations BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 11.—Grain—The market for oats is firm, with a fair demand; Manitoba No. 2 white, 48e; No. 3, 47e ; rejected, 46c per bushel in car lots, ex store. Flour --Choice Spring wheat patents, $6.10; seconds, $5.50; Winter wheat patents. 8a ; straight rollers, $4.30 to $1.50; (lu., in hags, $1.90 to $2.- 10; extras. $1.65 to $1.75. Feed— Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; shorts, 820; Ontario bran. 820 to $20.50; middlings. 824 to $25; shorts, get_ Le to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain muutlle, 830 to $32; milled grades, 82b to $28 per ton. Cheese—The market continues firm, with westerns quoted at 12% to 121%c, and easterns at 12 to 12/.c. Butter — Finest creamery being quoted at 23', to 24c in round lots, and 241/2c in a jobbing way. Eggs —Sales of selected stock were mace at 23c ; No.' 1, 20c, and No. 2, i6c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Detroit, Aug. 11.---1Vheat—No. 1 white, cash. 95%e; No. 2 red, cash, 90%c; Sept., 98c; Dec., $1.001/2. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 11.—Wheat— ('ash. 96''c; Sept., 971/2c; Dec., *1.00. Corn—Cash, 82c; Sept., 82e : Dec.. 661/2c. Oats—Cash, 501/2c ; Sept.. 48%c; Dec., 48%c. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11—Wheat— ('ash. 94c; Sept., 951/2e; Dec., LiVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Aug. 11.—Only a very limited number of good export cat- tle were nn sale. Their prices were quoted at $5 to $5.51 per cwt. Some light and medium animals sold at around 85 per cwt. were being made to have the defect Oood loads of butchers' cattle, piePared when a thunderstorms A4.50 to 81.85; medium, $3.75 to arose, and to the dismay of the j i 4.35 ; common, $2.50 to 83.50; crowd of bystanders the giant air- choice cows. $3.50 to 81.25; coni - ship broke frons its moorings, ex- ploded and burst into flames. The storm blew up unexpectedly. A fierce gust of wind tore the bal- 1o0n from its anchorage and drove i springers at $40 to $60 each. '1 in a s,'uthwesterly direction for, Some of the calves brought for - fifty yards. Here the rear end of `` ward were of poor quality, and sold the great fabric (Iroeped and smoke) nt easy prices. Quotations were and flames burst •.ut front one end I eV to 5',c per pound. to another. In a fee seconds came Lambs were 25c higher. while an explosion and a great column of ewes were steady. Prices were:— fire ore:f,re shot upward into the air. This Export ewes, $3.75 to 84.40; bucks. was followed by the crashing duwnl $3 to $3.25; lambs. 85.50 to 86.25 f . the earth of tl.e rooters and (tames that had been attached to the underside of the airship. Sever- al bystanders were injured. mon cows, $2 to $3 ; canners, 75e to $2 per cwt. There was a good enquiry for choice and fair tnilch Cows and per cwt. Select hogs went clown to 86 75. fed and watered. Lights and fats were selling at $0.150 per cwt. Telegraphic Briefs; From Our Owu and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. One hundred and four children died at Montreal last week. Men idle in western cities refuse to work at the harvest. Clainshoro', Sask., suffered a $30,- 000 firo loss on Thursday. The C. P. R. asks for 25,000 har- vest hands for the prairie harvest. Several towns in Saskatchewan are getting telephone service at $2 a month and under. The July output from the collier- ies of the N. S. Steel & Coal Co. was 59,318 tous. Tho C. P. R. are said to be pre- paring to snake Montreal the sum- mer port fur their Atlantic steam- ers. London's customs returns for July were $65,935.78, an increase of $10,469.13 over June. The examination of school chil- dren's teeth is advocated by the Ca- nadian Dental Association. The C. P. R. are said to bo im- porting men from Chioago to take the places of the striking mechanics. The estimate of Ontario receipts from succession duties for this year has already been exceeded by $189,- 000. The Ontario Government has ap- pointed M. J. N Hare, an agricul- tural export, to assist the farmers of Ontario county. Canadian private yachts not en- gaged in commercial enterprise can enter U. S. ports without going to a customs' house. A prospector returned with $3,- 000 gold dust front behind the Gol- den Egr Mountains, and a rush has begun from Port Haney, B. C. A carload of speckled trout from Osceola, Wis., has been placed in lakes near Kcnora, and the fish will be protected for ten years. J. A. D. Poitras, former Treasur- er of the Lachine, Quebec, School Board, was sentenced to three years in penitentiary for stealing $2,000 of the board's funds. The Railway Commission has is- sued an order to all railways for the protection of trestles by watch- men and fire alarm devices from May to October inclusive. GREAT BRITAIN. An Irish company proposes to generate electricity from peat. Only two of the twelve measures forshadowod in the Kin's speech were passed by the British Parlia- ment. Wm. Burke, a motor mechanic, VMS thrown from an auto at the Brooklands srack, England, and died of his injuries. UNITED STATES. The fruit crop of Illinois is a failure. The Yaqui Indians have killed thirteen persons in Texas. Senator W. B. Allison, the we - Cool Weather Has Followed the Scorching Heat in the West. A despatch from Winnipeg says: is now general throughotit\:anito- Crop conditions in Manitoba and in I ba, while wheat cutting has start - 11 extern pr.,vinces could not be bet- cd in several places and will be ter. The weather has been cool the general in a couple of weeks. last couple of clays, and is a relief The Provincial Department of from the scorching heat, which in Agriculture reports a demand for some districts threatened to cause help from many sections of the a decrease in the yield. country, but as the harvest excur- "We want hart'est hands," is siting from Ontario have nut started now the cry from almost every sec- there are few inen of the desired tion of the Nest. Barley cutting class available. ARRESTED IN ITALY. Alleged Murderer' of Black Hand Chief at Montreal. A dorpatch from Montreal says: A letter received on Thursday by the parents of Vincenzo Marino, who was shot to death a couple of months ago, tells of the arrest of the alleged murdered Francisco Alagna, alias Cecilagna, alias Car- lo Tortto, in his native Calabrian village, Perlizzi, on July 20. Through correspondence, the au- thorities of the town were made aware of the facts of the murder, and when Alagna, who disappeared from Montreal immediately after the murder, made his appearance, he was immediately arrested by the gendarmes, and is now being held awaiting action by the Canadian Government. Marino, the dead man, was generally credited with being the leader of the Black Hand Society in Montreal. He had, it is alleged, collected $200 from Alagna, and it was the latter's refusal to return the money when demanded that brought death to him on the spot. Alagna shot him in the sto- mach, and then disappeared. QUEBEC'S RICH DEPOSITS Engineer to Examine the Chibou- gamau District. A despatch from Montreal says; It was announced on Thursday that the Provincial Goverrnnent had decided to send at once a com- petent mining engineer to the Chi- bc.ugaman district, to investigate end examine the properties which are reported to contain large cop- per, gold and asbestos deposits, opened by Mr. Peter McKenzie, and also to examine others that have been discovered more recent- ly. One of Mr. McKenzie's sons, who has just returned from that district, located several important discoveries of copper and asbestos. He found a twelve -foot vein of blue quartz, very rich in fine gold, and reports several other important dis- coveries by prospectors in the vi- cinity. _ A BANKER'S SUICIDE. A. H. Ridont, of Port Elgin, Takes His Own Life. CHOLERA IN INDIA. 1 Baptist Mission hoard at St. John Receives Rad News. A despatch from St. John, N.D.. says: At. she monthly meeting of the United Baptist Foreign Mission Board for the Maritime Provinces ('n Wednesday, it was announced that word has been received that cholera is raging at the mission sta- tions in L►dia. No missionaries have died, but at one station in tiM Madras presidency the natives aro said to be dying at the rate of eight (•r ten a day. 4. TRAGEDY AT RUFF:iLO. A Woman yhonts Her Husband in rl Quarrel. A despatch from Buffalo says: Mrs. Alexander Sutherland, whose husband was shot and fatally in- jured early on Tuesday morning at their home on Niagara street, on Wednesday admitted that she had shot her husband. Mrs. Sutherland claims that there had been many family quarrels, that her husband had been very jealous, and that she had finally determined to commit suicide. Going to her husband's room, she started to inform him of her purpose, and in the scuffle which ensued she accidentally shot him. ('O:AT OF M.tIL SAVED SULTAN Would -he Assassin Hail Large Sum of Gold %Vhen .Arrested. A despatch from Geneva, Swit- zerland, says: The Sultan of Tur- key was stabbed in the breast on Monday night by •a minor palace official. The coat of snail which the Sultan always wears deflected the blow. The would-be assassin was arrested. Apparently he had been bribed to commit the.aet, as he his( a large sum of golc i. his pockets, and his baggage was pecked ready foi flight. KRUPP HAS AiR TORPEDO. I'rojeelile May be Used Roth on Land and at Sea. A despatch from Essen, Germany, says: Notwithstanding frequent de - A despatch from Port Elgin says: minis, the Krupp works have tipper- dead. a trying illness of a year and r,tls Acquired the rights to air ll' h 11 a half from nervous prostration t,.rpedo invented by Colonel theUngeir known United States statesman. is Mr. A. H. Itidout in a fit of insan- e , f the Swedish army, under condi- �+ dead. sty took his life un 1Vednesdiiy' H,� tions giving the Swedish Govern - 1n South Dakota the dreaded had been r:,nneeted with the Bank tient use of the device. The parti- black rust is ruining the wheat crop. (1 Hamilton for thirty years, and tilers of the weapon are a real In the streets of New York City for the past seventeen years was secret, but it is understood that the 1,030 people are killed every sear. agent of the bank here. A prolong - i Kruppsret,paid a large sum for the in - Driven crazy by the heat, two ed stay in a sanitarium and a Eli- vrntu,n after prolonged tests, so it then committee! suicide at Brooklyn repeat] trip last year served to stay isst Assumed that the projectile is on Thursday. Two men were killed and three others wounded in a fight over a school election at Layman, Ken -4. Welty.Food experts, gathered for con BOTH i.F.G�3 ('("1 OFF. PRISON -MADE GOODS BARRED ventinn at Mackinac, declared cold storage poisons fish and milk. Alan Hilted at London Returning A nurse said to belong to Toronto From Picnic. ark. is accused of the theft of a din' A despatch from London, Ont., mond ring from a patient at New' � `' Sits William Mullins, a young rnan The mills of the international from Dorchester. fell from the steps Paper Co. in New England are of a I'ero Marquette train on Thurs- closed en account of a threatened day night while returning from the strike, and 20,000 men are idle. Irishmen's picnic at Port Stanley Nineteen nut of every one hun- and had both legs cut off below the dred Chicago babies under one year knee, from the effects of which he old died in the first 22 days of later expired in Victoria Hospital. July. This is about one-fourth the 'i' quoted death rate of the city. 1 the progress of the disease but really effective. Reports say it can slightiy. The deceased leaves a l,r used on land as well ns at sea. widow and three children. GENERAL. A military dictatorship is predic- ted in Turkey. A ret•oluti,.iiary outbreak is threatened in Col,anhia. Germany intends to construct 'Another Zeppelin airship. Japan is said to be contemplating the construction of sixteen new tcarships. There has been further fighting between the Royalists and anti - Royalists in Persia. An earthquake destroyed much property in Algeria, and many lives were lost. Erichsen, the Danish explorer, and two companions have perished in Greenland. Seventy per cent. of the mulberry trees were destroyed by the Hong Kong typhoon. Miss Steele. a lady missionary. has been brutally attaeked by Hin- dns in the Poona district of Tndla. Considerable damage has been d.ne and n number of lives lost by an earthquake in Algeria. GERMAN TO VN 111 II\111. Six Persons lost Their lite' in Fire in Baden I'rntinee. A despatch from Berlin says: The greater portion of the Town of Don- aueschingen, Baden. has been de- stroyed by fire. Six persons lost their lives. 4!- 1.1\t IIF:O 111:111 (►F I'OI.I( E iie Was the 11u -t ilated Nan in al! lathe). A despatch from Constantinople says: The notorious Fehim Pasha. formerly head of the secret police, has been lynched at Yenishir, in the Vilayet of Broussa. Feliirn was one of the most hated of the palace favorites. He was among the most unscrupulous persecutors and plun- derers of the public. He became involved in a row with Germany about 18 months ago. and it result- ed in his banishment. He had late- ly been threatened by some of his many victims. and was fleeing when optured and killed. New Zealand's New Law Prohibits Importation. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of Trade and Com- merce has received a cable from tho New Zealand Government stating that the importation into New Zea- ` land of all prison -made goods has been absolutely prohibited. Hither- to there has been a surtax of 20 per cent. ed yalorunc on all prison - made goods going into New Zea- land. i.A U (.111:1► AT Vit 1: % It. ('ape to Fair( Rallr•orid Nott guilt 2,0101 Mihi•s \ort h. No longer than ten yeat • ago the Cape to Cairo railroad - roject of Cecil Rhodes was laughed at as a dream. but the present moment finds it extended 2,000 miles north- ward from the ('ape. and prospects t f the immediate further extension of this southern section are bright. There is only n little engineering dispute as to the mare desirable of two proposed routes. The first step in the construction of the northern section is the building of the great steel bridge which is now being tt;rown ever the Blue Nile Lona miles south of ('Hiro. This bridge will greatly simplify the transpor- tation troubles to and from Khar- tum and will open up a rich coun- try which has tieen inaccessible to this time. The bridge is 1.704 feet long and rests on 14 stone piers. it will carry railroad tracks. stag- gun road and foot pat' A