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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-08-20, Page 6BOBS PLEASED WITS MILITIA Complimentary Opinion to King Edward Regarding Review. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department here has received the following, which was sent by Earl Grey to the Colonial Office and given out for publication i►: England : "Following for his Majesty the King. 'Have the honor to ferwaid to your Majesty the fol- lowing opinion from Lord Roberts ith regard to the review at Que- bec :--The review this morning was great success. The troops looked well and I was much impressed with the precision, order and or- ganization generally ; there were about 12,000 men under arms and there was 'no hitch anywhere. ('an- ada appears to ole to be dealing adequately with the problems af- fecting her militia, and with care and improved organization to be building up a very useful force.' '' lilt: ('t'STOMS St'I'1'. Department is Demanding $240,000 Front C. 1'. R. A despatch from Montreal says: The Customs Department of Can- ada has entered an action in the 'Exchequer Court against the Cana- idian Pacific Railway Co. to rccov- -cr $260,000, out of which it is claimed the railway defrauded the country by means of fraudulent en- tries, under -valuation, etc. It is stated that the alleged frauds were committed during the period in which a C. P. R. Customs clerk committed extensive frauds and for which he is now serving a long sen- tence. In one instance it is alleg- ed that bridge material to the value of $37,000 was entered as scrap iron. 4i - HEIR '1'0 MILLIONS Son of George J. Gould to Work in Mines. A despatch from Mexico City sass: Kingdon Gould, son of George J. Gould, an heir to mil- lions, will work in the mines of Guanajuato for the next month as n common miner, gathering the practical rudiments of mining and learning to set his blast so as to get the most nut of a charge of ex- plosive. All his work will be done under the instruction and super- vision of Prof. Kemp, Instructor of Geology, of C'olembus University, where young Gould has been study - nig mining engineering for the past two years. He worked his first shift on Wednesday. COAL FIND IN NOVA S('OTIA. The North Allaulie ('ompany Strikes Well -Known Seam. A despatch from Halifax says: A fine strike of coal has been made at the north shore of Cow Bay, C. B., near the old Blockhouse nip- ping pier. The North Atlantic Col- lieries, Limited, on Tuesday struck the well-known Blockhouse seam et about the depth of 125 feet. The seam was found to be nine feet nine inches thick. This Sean] is owned exclusively by the Dominion ('oal Company and North Atlantic Col- lieries. Limited. The latter coin - piny is rbout entering into an ar- rhngement with the former to sink shafts on the Dominion ('nal Corn- fany areas, exercising its right to mine the seam underlying the areas of both companies. 4 EXPERTS TO DESIGN BRIDGE. Government Takes No Chances With Quebec Stricture. A despatch from Ottawa says : It hap been decided that the rebuild- ing of the Quebec bridge will be un- dertaken under the direct supervis- inn of the Government. In order to guard against any errors in cal- culation in the stress weight, such ns led to the downfall of the ori - Final structure, the plans of the new bridge will be carefully pre- pared by a board of three of the Lest bridge engineers that can be found in Europe or America. Bit. GUN EXPLODED. Rix Killed and Many injured on French Ship. A despatch from Toulon say's: Rix persons were killed anti 18 in- jured in a gnn explosion on the school ship ('ourunne on \\'ednes- (lav off Les Satins d'Hyres. The accident occurred while a number of recruits were engaged in hand- ling a 104 -millimetre gun. the breach of which blew out. Three of thine wounded are in a critical cendit ion. MEETINGS FOR FAR MFRS. To be Held Froni November 30 to March 31. A despatch from Toronto says: The Farmers' Institute breach of tltc Ontario Agricultural Depart- ment announces that meetings will be held at suitable dates between Nov. 30 and March 31st next. Meetings will be arranged for De- cember in sections where the roads will likely be bad during January and February. It, is further an- nounced that each district will be covered twice in the season.. Pro- visional lists will be sent out to the officers of the agricultural socie- ties in the several localities, and lists will be kept in the depart- ment's tent at the Fall Fairs. It is the intention to hold again this year special fruit institutes and to extend this part of the work. A conference of institute workers and effacers will bo held in Toronto dur- ing the Exhibition. CHINESE SEIZE JAI' SHIP. Another International ('omplic:.'lon is Threatened. A despatch from London says: Another cloud has arisen bet seen China and Japan, according to a special despatch received here from Hong Kong, owing to the seizure at Chine -Hou by the Chinese au- thorities of a steamer having on board 10,000 rifles and 2,000,000 cartridges. Japanese merchants have protested, claiming that this cr.rgo belongs to then, and threat- en to make another international question of the incident. The sei- zure is similar to that of the Tatsu Maru. BOLD BO'' BURGLARS. Young Ottawa Lady+ Accused of Serious ('rime. A despatch from Ottawa says: The youngest burglars ever arrest; ed in Canada were caught hero on Wednesday by Detective O'Meara. Three lads, whose ages run between eight and ten. have been arrested ft t a series of burglaries, having br ken into offices and stores along public streets by means of rear windows and gratings. The boys broken into offices and stores along took away money and postage stamps. R1('11 GOLD DISTRICT. Prospector in fort Arthur Reports Finds at Sturgeon 1,nke. A despatch from Port Arthur says: N. M. Bell. who is in the city from the Sturgeon Lake district, rep )rts the finding of a quartz vein 35 feet wide. He traced over three claims, showing free gold on two. 1-fe says if the mineral values of the Sturgeon Lake district were appar- ent anywhere in the United States it would be one of the most active mining camps on the continent. -ill•--- SHOT ONE, WOUNDED ONE. Icelander at 'Vernon, R. C., ('oto- I tirg and Kiel, Germany, on Mon- o milted Murder. day. • B. Fonr sailors lost th •it lives C.. says: Superintendent Hussey. Rion ia anthrough an error in the transmisoof the provincial police, received order on the German, The great People', Opera HouseLail.eii;leakonnd:nr.d in Berlin, where high-grade pro3. It. Brewn. at Vernon. B. C., in ductions are to lie given at low• the morning follewing a dispute af- prices. will cest $4.0tYl.MO•feeting an irrigating ditch. Ander- in a remarkahle flight at Lemons.Wilbur Wright attained an altitude CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL. OVER THE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs FromOur Owu and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. A six hundred -pound tuna was captured off the Cape Breton coast. Canada's water -borne traffic dur- ing navigation in 1907 totalled 20,- 543,693 tuns. Fines aggregating $910 were im- posed at Hamilton for breaches of the liquor license law. Mr. It. G. Macpherson, M.P. for Vancouver, has been appointed Postmaster of that city. This is the best year in the his- tory of the Niagara Peninsula fur gardens and orchards. The capital expenditure on the canals of Canada to March, 1907, aggregated $91,734,718. Mrs. Wm. Duni of Killarney at- tempted to give her baby dry sul- phur for throat trouble and smoth- ered it. Heat and drouth of July have re- sulted in reducing the estimate of western crops, but the prospect is btill considered to be good. The British Columbia Irrigation Commission is asking the Govern- nient to take drastic measures to protect the forests from fire. A Dominion Government survey party of one hundred men has start- ed to locate a route for the new railway to Hudson's Bay. The G. T. P. will have access to the water front at Prince Rupert, hut space is reserved for public wharves and other utilities. GREAT BRITAIN. King Edward and Queen Alexan- dra will pa a state visit to the Kai- ser at Berl'•] early next year. The British 0 •vernment has re- fused to interfere to have conces- sions cancelled by Venezuela re - restored to British companies. It is stated that, beginning in March next, the Cunard steamers will cut out coling at Queenstown. and will run to Plymouth and Cher- bourg. UNITED STATES. Eight persons boiler explosion at York, Pa., on Monday. A hail stormdid heavy damage to wheat in forty mile strip in South Dakota. Shipments of ore from Superior are 10,000,000 tons short of the sante period in 1907. Waiters at St. Lawrence River re- sorts complain that tourists this year are not tipping as generously as formerly. Two persons are dead and two seriously ill at Rochester from eat- ing toadstools, which they mistook rot mushrooms.The engineer of the G. T. R. east- bound flyer fell from his cab near Battle ('reek. Mich., and the train ran four miles untended. A Los Angeles man, driven insane by religious mania, murdered his run and daughter with an axe, and then cut his own threat. In Springfield. 111., the lives of several persons have been endan- gered as the result of bites by a horse afflicted with rabies. were killed in a GENFRAL. The Turkish Ambassadors at Paris and St. Petersburg have been dismissed. During the month of July four- teen mountain climbers were kill- ed in the Alps. Portuguese revolutionists are im- porting secretly large quantities of arms and ammunition. Two Pittsburgera. nrrested in Mexico on a cliaree of theft. were tortured by the Mexican police. idreased hogs, $10; live. $7 to $7.- Nine persons were killed in a . 12%. Eggs -No. i, 19 to 20e; se- iailwav collision between Flens- lc•cts, 24c per dozen. Butter - 24''Ac in jobbing lots. Cheese - Western, 12 to 12%e; eastern, 12 to 1:'%c e-• 1HE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TIRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Houle and Abroad. BItEADSTUFFS. Toronto, Aug. 18 -Ontario Wheat -Old or new, No. 2 white and red, 84%o to 85c; No. 2 mixed, 8-te to 84%o. Manitoba Wheat Quotations at Georgian Bay ports, No. 1 north- ern, $1.15%, No. 2 northern, $1.13; No. 3 northern, $1.12. Oats -Ontario, new, 39c to 41c outside; old, nominal, at 440 to 46c outside; Manitoba, No. 2 scarce, 48e to 48%c lake ports; No, 3, 4Gc to 46%e; rejects, 450 to 45%c. Barley -Old, No. 2, 68e to 60c outside; No. 3 X, 56c to 57c, out- side; new, 530 to Mk. Itye-Now, 65e to 70o bid outside; old, no stocks. Corn -Nominal at 86e to 86'/.,c Toronto freights for No. 2 yellow, and 840 to 84%e for kiln -dried. Bran -$16 to $18 per ton in bulk outside; in bags, $2 more. Shorts -$20 to $21 per ton 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 - The Local market is steady. Local 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 22e. Inferior .. . .... .. 17c 18e Eggs -Quotations are 20e to 22c per dozen in case lots. Cheese -Firm at 12%c to 13c for large and 13c to 13%e for twins. Poultry -Spring chickens, live weight, 13c to 15e; fowl, 10e to Ile; ducks, 10c to 11c; dressed, 2c high- er. Honey -Strained is about 10c per pound. Beans -$2 to $2.10 for primes, and $2.10 to $2.'20 for hand-picked. Potatoes -Wholesale prices are 65c to $1 in fanners' waggons. selling at PROVISIONS. Pork -Short cut, $23.50 per bar- rel; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lard -Tierces, I2c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%e. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats - Lyng clear bacon, 11%c to 11%e; tons and cases, hams, medium and light, 14%c to The ; hams, large, 12%e to 13c ; backs, 17%c to 18c; shoulders, 10e to 11c; rolls, 10%c to 11c; breakfast bacon, 15c to I54c ; green meats, out of pickle, le less than smoked. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 18. -Grain -The market for oats is firm under a steady demand. Manitoba No. 2 white, 48e; No. 3, 47c; rejected, 46c per bushel, in car lots ex store. Flour -Choice Spring wheat pat- ents, 86.10; seconds, 85.50; Winterwheat patents, $5; straight rollers. 6.4.30 to $1.50; do., in bags, $1.90 to $2.10; extras, $1.50 to $1.75. Feed -- Manitoba bran. $92 to $23 ; shorts $25; Ontario bran, $20 to $20.50; middlings, $21 to $25; shorts, $24.- 59 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain monillc, $30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Provisions -Barrels short cut mess, $2.2.50; half -barrels (1o., $1.50; clear fat hacks, 823; dry Fall long clear backs, 1 le ; barrels plate beef, $17.50; half -barrels do., $9; com- pound lard, 8% to 9'/,c; pure lard, 12% to 13e; kettle rendered, 13 to 13%e; looms. 124 to 14e ; breakfast bacon, 14 to Me; Windsor bacon, ;5 to 16c; fresh killed abattoir sun was arrested. nr rine.• feet with his acres one. THE PROVISIONS OF A WILL UNITED STATES MARKETM. Buffalo, Aug. 18. -Wheat. --Spring unsettled; No. 1 Northern, carloads store. $1.20%; Winter easier : No. 2 red, este; No. :3 extra red, 96c; No. 2 white. 97".2e. ('ern -Steady. Oats ---Lower : No. 2 white, 52c; NII, S. white. 51c; No. 4 white. 50e. Minneapolis, Aug. 18 --Wheat - and remained almost seven min- No. 1 hard. $1.21 to $1.25; No. 1 rtes in the air. Northern. 81.22 to $1.2.3; No. '2 Northern, $1.18 to $1.20; No. 3 Northern. $1.12 to $1.15; Sept.. ti1.00%; Dee., 98%e. Flour- Frist patents, $6 15 to 86.25; second pat- ents, $e to $6.15; first clears. $4.3o WAS FIENDISH -ATTEMPT. Unknown Party Try to Wreck Ex- enrsion Party. Leaves $4,000,600 and Forbids Heir to $3.00.4Bran---In b c; second ul$19.50 .\ despatch from \Vinnip(1 says: CATTLE M.\itKET. it was learned on Friday morning .1 despatch (sem North Bay says: that a fiendish attempt was made Toronto. Aug. 18. -The highest Twu excursion trains of harvesters ht some parties. es yet unknown. price paid for export cattle was from tii • Mariton i Provinces acre A despatch fr..rn London says: quor operate to the prejudice mor- to wreck a C. P. R. excursion train (;;,.25. The range was 85 to $5.25 stalled in Chalk River for an hour (', lone] Richard Pilkington, the ally and materially of large masses running from Winnipeg BBen(h on for good and 84.50 to $5 per cw t. on Friday, in consequence of a largest cniployer of labor in Lan- of the community and those recall- Tuesday evening with several hun- for light and medium. Picked sli;r!nt freight wreck Ores,' During cashire. in his will disposing of ties ought to he (entailed." dred citizens on hoard. about five butchers' cattle. $4.75 to $5; gond their stay in Chalk Ititer the hotel !our million dollars makes some re- The will forbids the heirs to sell 1 miles out. A rail was lifted•and re- loads, $4.50 t., $4.8:i; medium loads, was loote<I, th, pr•,priet.r carried tnnrkable provisions to prevent the of rent any part of the estntes to' mooed from the track, but the dao- ?3.75 t,> $•t.7.i; common. $2.50 to outside, and t.v�r to -A, t'.,u�an(1 rlol- eale of intoxicating liquors on his anybody for the purpose of dispen- Fier was discovered before the hes- P3.fi0; choice eor.•s. 83 7 i t$ 8l.•'O; Ings' worth of liquors n•;•1 cigars estates. The testator says: ring intoxicating liquors. The will tiny -loaded train ran int.) it. Su- common cows. $e.:,0 to Ra:,n: bolls. earried off on the r• -•l:r•i ,ti train. My experience acquired as a is causing widespread eomment. as sl.icion, of course. is directed to- v2 to $1.20: canners. Q1 t) $2 ner Even the cellar wre- ransacked. and large employer of labor and n mag- it shows the spread of the temper- words strike sympathizers. hut cwt. Prices of cc...a •t•,eks rs ri-]a- •► err -lend of b.'er. in kegs. stolen. irtrate have convinced me that the once spirit among the land -owner. I there is absolutely- no evidence to ed from .43 to $3 /'t n •r r • : l ••r O, the trains riotous ',ernes ensued. connect with it. kers the ate F: cot facilities for the sale of li-�of r.glnnd.anybody light ,tucprices gore trot.. wr.ter tanks were emptied and Gll- Countenance Liquor Traffic ONTARIO IS OVERBURDENED Insane and Criminals Cost the Province an Enormous Sum. A despatch from Toronto says: Owing to the fact that Ontario is contributing annually an enormous SUM of money, entirely out of pro- portion to the percentage of for- eign -born residents. for the main- tenance of criminal, insane and de- pendent persons of foreign birth, it 's likely that the Provincial Gov- ernment will pretest t) the Do- minion Government against the lat- ter's system of inspection at the pests of landing. Mr. Samuel A. Armstrong, Inspector of Asylums, Prisons and Public Charities, fol- lowing his investigation into the matter, states that many cases of foreign -born of the most defective type have been allowed to enter the Dominion, who had been in asy- lums in their own country or be- 'a. longed to families in which them were one or more insane members, and of course they soon found their way into the hospitals or asylums here. Tho exact figures for the year 1607, which have just been issued, show that there were 1,517 patient. in hospitals for the insane, who cost the Province for their keep $227,- 550 ; 4,:313 prison( rs in the jails cost $61,339.23; and prisoners in the Central Prison cost $25,425.50. Tho total cost of maintenance of the mentally afflicted and the crimin- al classes was thus $314,315.03, more than two-thirds of which was incurred on account of the firab class, constituting about one-fourth of the number of persons alto- gether. THE POWER LINE OONTRAOT Agreement Signed for Entire Work at Bulk Sum of $1270,000. A despatch from Toronto says: The tender of the F. H. McGuigan Construction Company for the erec- tion of the great electrical power transmission line for the people of Ontario was accepted on Friday esening by the Hydro -electric I'ow- et• Commission. The total price is $1,270,000. When completed the line will be 293 miles in length. The agreement was signed by Mr. F. H. McGuigan, representing the com- pany, and also by the commission- er. Total mileage, 293. Territory covered, from Niagara Falls to St. Thomas on the west and Toronto on the east.. Contract price, $1,- 270,000. Successful t-enderers, the McGuigan Construction Co. Work to be completed Dec. 1, 1909. Alu- minum cables to be manufactured in Quebec. Steel towers to be man- ufactured in Ontario. The cost is $250,000 less than the commission's esti nates furnished the municipali- ties. The contractor is also bound to build additional lines if directed by the commission on or before Feb. 4, 1909, up to double the mile- age already contracted for, at the same price, so as to permit exten- sions to other municipalities. 82.50 to $3 per cwt. Calves were firmer. Prices were 3 to Cc per pound. Good mileh cows, $40 to $60 each. Ewes, $4 to $4.25; bucks, 83 to $3.25; lambs, $5.50 to $6.25 Per cwt. Hogs were unchanged. Selects were quoted at $6.65 per cwt., fed and watered, and lights and fats were worth $6.40 per cwt. +F CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS. Where Every Cuss Word Costs a Penny.. A curious custom prevaila at an Edinburgh hotel. Whenever a cus- tomer is heard to swear he is re- quired to place is penny in a box on the bar counter. It is not a matter for surprise that the land- lord hears much less bud langu- age than some of his fellow publi- cans in the capital of Scotland, says London Tit -Bits. The following is a quaint idea for providing funds for picnics and sc.ciaJ evenings. It is carried on with much success at an Ashton - co --Mersey inn. A "knocking club" is connected with the inn, and when a customer calls fur refreshment he is expected to kneek on the table or counter before drinking. If lie fails to do this he is fined one pen- ny. Any one who wrongfully ac- cuses another of breaking this unique rule is also fined. The money thus obtained provides funds fur many enjoyable outings and plea- sant evenings during the course of the year. At another hotel, known as the Old Hundred, customers are allow - e<; only one drink. if one is not suffiicient. to quench their thirst they are obliged to go out of the hotel and take a walk before they are al- lowed to have another. Till recently the proprietor of an end time hotel in Warwickshire to invite all his customers to ac- company him and his wife to the Fero ice at the parish church on Sun - clay mornings, which was situated on the opposite side of the road, the house being closed while they were away. On returning each cus- tomer was invited to partake of re- freshments offered by the hospi- table landlord free of charge. Visitors to a certain hotel in Ab- erdeenshire who wear brown boots roust remember to keep them in their room overnight. - Otherwise the boots will be blacked, regard- less .of the original color of the same.. In one of the rooms of a Iturimfries public house is an old armchair which is said to have been frequently used by the poet Burns. All who sit in this chair are expect- ed t� treat every one who is in the room at the time ani often the irul� mortal memory of tt famous Scot- tish national poet is drunk. A small hotel in \Vales until quite recently was used by the Catholics as a place of worship on Sundays, end police court proceedings were held on the premises during the week. TO GO ON '1'11E MARKET. Prince Rupert Tonnsile Will be Sohl in September. A despatch from Montreal says: The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway announce teat the townsite of Prince Rupert mill be placed on the market in September. The arrangements re- garding details are in the hands of General Manager Morse, who is in the west. This announcement fol- lows one that the company have been successful in arranging the differences with the British ('olutn- bia Government over the water- front sites. i MORE; 809115 1N CALCUTTA. Another Attempt to Wreck Midway Train I'reteoled. A de:•p:tch from Calcutta says: Another attempt to wreck a train with a bomb has failed. Coolies. cleaning brush from an embank- ment outside the ('handernagoi e station, accidentally exploded two bombs. It is believed that it was intended to use thein to destroy the train carrying Sir Andrew Fraser. Lieutenant -Governor •,f Henri! HAll VESTERS LOOT HOTEL Hooligans on Excursion Train Stalled at Chalk Rivera ed with beer. Fighting became gen- eral, and one roan had his nose split and sustained other injuries. One policeman in with each train, Mit no attention is paid to hien. At Mackie's Station the traveling hoodlums amused themselves by wrecl:ing the furniture in the sta- tion agent's house. and otherwise misbehaving. At North Bay the police force end a number of rill - ns were prepared. and the first sign of rliserder resulted in arrest. which put a damper on the hooli- ganism.