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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-10-01, Page 31 HUNDRED WERE BROWNEIICONDENSCDE1VS 1TEMS RE WORLD'S MARKETS IIAI'1'I:\1Nf S ritOM ALL OPER REPORTS FROM THE i.EADING The Ship "Star of Bengal " went Down Off the Alaskan Coast. 'A despatch from Wrangel, Alas- ka,1tys : One hundred and ten out of a total of one hundred and thirty- feven persons aboard the cannery ship Star of Bengal were drowned last Sunday afternoon, when the vessel was torn from the hold of protecting tugs and dashed ashore at Hekn Point, at the southeast end of Coronation Island. The news was brought by the tug Hattie entree Island. The Kayak was light and could do nothing. The Hattie Gage could not handle the ship alone. At 4 o'clock the Star cf Bengal drifted into a narrow bight and we could see land on both sides abreast. \1'e sounded and fc,und eight fathoms. \1'e could see the vessel dimly by the phosph- orescent rocks which were all around. We cut the two-line and steamed out into open water, but TUE (,LOBE. TRADE CENTRES. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Owu and Other Countries of Rectal( Events. CANADA. The scheme for the reorganization of the Bank of St. Hyacinthe has fallen through. Consignments of liquor for new Ontario were seized by the Provin- cial License Department. The C.P.R. roundhouse at Webb - wood was burned with two engines. Incendiarism is suspected. Gage, Captain Ferrer, which car- could not see anything in the driv_ Plentiful rains are reported in tied the survivors, 27 in all. ing rain except one blue light burn- Quebec and the forest fires are no The ship was being towed to sea ing on the ship. The storm increas longer a menace to property. from the Wrangel cannery by the caland the tugs steamed away to Owen Sound Council decided to tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak. Cap- Shipley Bay, 26 miles away." have another vote of the people on talo Ferrer of the Hattie Gage Captain Wagner of the Star of gives the following account of the Bengal charges the captains of the disaster: tugs Kyak and Hattie Gage, who "As we came within reach of the cut loose from him, with rank cuw- gale we could see we were making ardice. The captain was unconsci- leeway and drifting toward Coro- sus for an hour after the rescue. 3.500 MECHANICS ENGAGED. Number Taken on by C.P.R. Shure the Strike Started. A despatch from Montreal says: The one hundred and thirty me- chanics brought over from Liver• pool by the Lake Manitoba were landed at Quebec on Tuesday and are at work to -day at the Angus shops. The position of the strike, entering upon its eighth week, is that, including the 700 who have arrived or are on the way from England, the C. P. R., according and found that every man, woman real, was acquitted of the crime at to the statements of officials, have and child in it was frozen to death. Montreal, the Crown withdrawing engaged about 3,500 mechanics since The evidences showed that. slow the charge. the strike began. Officials in the starvation had preceded death. C. P. R. accounting departments 1 GREAT BRITAIN. state that estimating the number who went out at 6,000, there has been a loss of some $700,000 in wages. Twenty-seven more mechan- ics were engaged by the C. P. R. cn Wednesday and sent to the An- gus shops, none of them being ANOTHER FALLS SUICIDE. strikers. - •i•- 'Woman's Hat and Handbag Found HEALTH OF ONTARIO. on the Batik. THE INHABITANTS FROZEN. Finding Esquimau Village in Which All Were Dead. A despatch from Seattle says: News reached here en Wednesday cf the discovery of a village in Northern Siberia in which alt the inhabitants had been frozen. Sea- lers tell the story of a party of In- dians who visited the place, which was an Esquimau village, about the middle of June. There was no sign of life. They searched the place, the local option by-law in January. Two hotelkeepers were sentenced to terms in jail at Montreal for keeping slot machines in their bar- rooms. "Crooked -neck" Smith was found guilty at Montreal of the murder of Mike Malone and sentenced to be hanged November 27. A lot of Chinamen struggled into Canada as merchants by way of Mexico have been detected at Mont- real and will be sent back. The late W. G. Elliott of Brant- ford left 8230,000. Among his be- quests is $5,000 to establish a chil- dren's ward in the John H. Strat- ford Hospital. William Sangster, who accused himself of the murder of Pierre I)e- lorme for the purpose of getting a free trip from New York to Mont - With their food a 1 gone, the fam- ishing Esquimau had tried to eat their skin clothing, and tent cov- ers. but the cold soon completed the work of hunger. Report of Board of health of Deaths in August. A despatch from Toronto says: There were 2,449 deaths from all causes in Ontario in August, ac- cording to the report of the Pro- s •ncial Board of Health. making a death rate of 13.4 in 1,000 .Typhoid fever has been more prevalent. There wore 329 cases and 50 deaths from the disease, as compared with 155 cases and 33 deaths in August, .rte 1907. T - patients out of 7.1 died of scarlet ever; 14 out of 115 suc- eumbe( diphtheria. and 141 out c.f 145 from tuberculosis. There were only three cases of smallpox, and none proved fatal. Two out of three sufferers died of measles, while nut of 26 persons afflicted with whooping cough 19 died. + IIt'IlRIC.1NE''S iIAVOC. Governor of the Bahamas Says De. rastattou is 11'idespread. A despatch front London says: the Colonial Office on Wednesday received a cablegram from Sir Wal. Grey -Wilson, Governor of the Ba- hamas Islands. regarding the de - 1 j About 140,000 cotton operatives aro on strike in Lancashire, he - cause the employers are attempting to reduce wages. UNITED STATES. Georgia has abolished the system of leasing convicts, in vogue since 1865. The Chicago Great Western Itail- A despatch from Niagara Falls, road will shortly pass under the control of the Canadian Pacific. Toronto Oddfellows von the sec- ond prize for drill at the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Denver, Col. Mr. Robert Bruce, Controller of the London postal service, is at Washington striving to increase the efficacy of the mail service be- tween the United States and Br' - N. Y.. says: Wednesday morning, Officer Burch, of the State Reserva- tion, noticed a woman go to an un- usual point. on Green Island. She told him she awaited the coining of friends. Later on he found her Handbag and bat upon the island shore. She had disappeared. In the handbag was a spectacle case, No. 70,297. purchased of the Buffalo Op- tical Company, who say it was sold to a young lady of that city. This 'twin. HOG )',,JDUC'TS. I resident Gompers of the Ameri young lady could nut be located in car Federation of Labor testified at Bacon -Long clear, 12 to 12'/,c Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon. \\ ashingtun on Thursday that Per pound in case lots; mesa pork, The recovery of the body may be agents of President Van Cleave of $19 to $19.50; short cut, $23 to *23.50. hams -Light to medium, 14'/, to Ibc; do., heavy, 12% to 13c; rolls, 11 to 11%e; shoulders, 10% to 10%c ; backs, 17% to 18c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 15',ao. Lard -Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13'/.c; Pails, 13%c. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Rowe and Abroad. Toronto, Sept. 29. -Flour -- On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, 83.45 to $3.50 in buyers' sacks out- SI1e for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $6.15; second patents, 85.55, and strung bakers', $5.45. Wheat - Manitoba wheat for prompt shipment is quoted at *1.05 for No. 1 Northern, and at $1.02 for No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. For October delivery, No. 1 new is quoted at 81.04, and No. 2 Northern at $1.01%, Bay ports. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white is quoted at 92 to 93c outside; No. 2 red Winter, 92 to 92%c, and No. 2 mixed 92c outside. Oats -Ontario new No. 2 white, ,0 to 39%c outside ; Manitoba No. 2 quoted at 44c, and rejected at 42c Goderich. Peas -90c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow nominal at 87 to 87%c on track, To- ronto, and No. 3 at 87c. Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at e.9 to 60c, and No. 3 extra at 57 to 57%c outside. Bran -Cars are quoted at. $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $21 to 822 in bulk outside. Rye -No. 2 quoted at 79 to 60c outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans-Pritne, $2 to $2.10, and hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25. Honey -Combs, No. 1, $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen, and No. 2, in 00 - pound tins, 9%c; No. 1 extracted, 10 to llc per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy quoted at $10.50 to $11 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at 87 to $8. Straw -$6.50 to $7 on tr- • k. Potatoes -Ontario quoted at 65 to 70c per bag, and Delawares at 70 to 75c per bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, spring, dress- ed, 11 to 12c per pound; fowl, 9 to IOc; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12c; tur- keys, dressed, 13 to 15c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 22 to 23c; tubs, 20 to 22c; do., inferior, 18 to 19c. Creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and solids at 24 to 24%c. Eggs -Case lots, 20 to 21c per dozen. Cheese -Large cheese, 13% to 13%c per pound, and twins, 13% to 13%c. necessary to unravel wtta6 now the National Association of Manu- facturers had attempted to bribe him to desert the cause of labor. seems a n►ystery. -•1' ORDERS F011 "S00" MILLS. Transcontinental Will Take 1:,.000 Tons of Rails. GENERAL. Germany is proposing to increase A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, 1 the taxes levied on luxuries and to Pintroduce a universal succession Qnt., says: Announcement was! tax. spade on Wednesday by Manager i Ninety persons. nearly all ne- Franz, of the Lake Superior Cor- groes, were killed by the recent pc ration. that the Transcontinental hurricane on Inagua Island, one of Railway had placed an order at the the Bahama group. "Soo" rail still for 15.000tons of The Pope has appointed Arch - rails for the Western division. The bishop Denten% ill of Vancouver management expects to receive a Stiperior-General of the Oblate Or- sastatiun wrought by the hurricane supplementary order for the der of the World. of Sept. 11-13. Sir William says Ti anscontiuental, and the order is Twenty-two bulls escaped from the Islands of the Great and Little e`Pected claily. the arena at Marta, Portugal, and Inaugua, Acklin Island, Crooked -.1. ran amuck in the crowd, killing Island, Fortune Island. Long Is- '11111 Fr. 11 EN SUF'FOC'ATED. five persons. land, Runway and Watlins islands. -- Paris, owing to the destruction were swept by the storm. All yes- Struck I:r.. 11 Idle Digging Well by fire of the central telephone building, is almost entirely cut off cels caught by the storm were either stranded or wrecked. At Clarence. or. Long island. the residency, the jail. the ceeurt house. all the church- es. and ninety-seven per cent. of the deellinfs were completely destroy- ed. No detailed information yet has been received from many of the islands, and the distress is believ- e 1 to be creat. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 29. -Grain -On- tario new crop oats, No. 2 white are quoted at 45.' to 40c; No. 3 at 44% to 45c, and No. 4 at 44c, with Manitoba old crop No. 2 white at 47%c; No. 3 at 46%c, and reject- ed at 45'4c per bushel ex store. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pat- ,•nts, 86; seconds, 85.50; Winter t( heat patents, $5 to $5.10; straight rollers, 84.40 to $4.50; do., in bags, to $2.10; extras, $1.50 to 31.75. Feed -Manitoba bran, 82.2 to $23; shorts, *25; Ontario bran, $21 to Near Manley. from communication with the pros-, $22; middlings, $26 to $27 ; shorts, -1 despatch fr nt Port Arthur. Ont., inees and foreign countries. I *2i' per ton, including bags; pure says : Three Finlanders were killed Tang Shao Yi, a Chinese diplo- grain mouille, $30 to $35; milled on Wednesday by gas in a well they mat, has sailed for Washington. grades, $25 to $28 per ton. Pro - were digging on the farm of a man with several carloads of valuable' visions -Barrels short cut tress, named Erickson, eight utiles from presents. He heepes to win the! 822.50; half -barrels do., 811.50 the States fur' clear fat backs, 823; dry salt long clear backs, 1lc; barrels plate beef, 817.50; half -barrels do., $9; com- *tanley. Ont. In digging they friendship of struck natural gas. and were im-) China. areirately t' erceettle by it. ,1 - pound lard, 8% to•9 %c; pure lard, CZAR'S 11 111:1 f 1,11 101: a 111611. i2;, to 13e; kettle rendered, 13 to ClIOLERA IN 13%e ; hams, 12;%= to 14c ; breakfast �.i �it tIillio►r itu-h. l- Pass ! hrou_li Hacon, 14 to 15c • Windsor bacon, It Milieu.. 15 to 16e; fresh killed abattoir A despatch from \\ tnnipeg says : (dressed hogs, 810.23 to 810.50; So far eight million bushels of live, $7.25 to $7.50. Cheese---West- 1 'i- ern. 12'1, to 13c; Townships, 12', to 411e wheat have passed through Winni 1•J' e; eastern, 12s; to 12 c. lI i • z, and been inspected. as cone.'But- ter--25% to 25',;.e in round lots; pared with only one million bush- el!. same date last year. But the `;tic jobbing. Eggs -Nu. 1, 19 to 20e; most encouraging feature is that of selects, n to 24c per dozen. this amount no less than eighty per- cent. is high grade milling wheat. """P.STATES MAIIKF:TS• which almost constitutes record per- Minneapolis. Sept. 29. - Wheat- centage. If the wheat continues to No. 1 hard, 81.037-, to 81.04%; No. grade to this high a(erage the crop 1 Northern, $1.02's to $1.031,i,; No. 2 Northern, 81.tK) , to $1.02%; No. 3 Northern. 07',c to 81.007,. Flour ---First patents. $5.05 to $5.60; see- _ (:nd patents. $5.s. to 85.65; first • Strike•Breaker• la.ailed In St. clears, $4.35 to 84.45; second clears Ronilace Pard•. t'3.50 to $3.60. litan--Inbulk. $ls. Buffalo, Sept 29.-Wheat--Firrn- A despatch from Winnipeg says: et Ne'. 1 Northern, carloads store. \While the strike-breakers in the 81 oe',: Winter firmer; No. 2 red. employ of the C. P. R. were en- , a 1 01 ' , : No. 3 extra red. 99',9e. aged on Thursday morning in re- , ("rn Finn; No. 4 corn. 79', to ailing a 1(•coututiye which left the "' c. Oats-Firrn; No. 2 white. track last night in $t. Boniface to to 52'4c. Barley -Feed 1,. yard they were attacked by a malting. CA to 67e. Rye --No. (road of strikers and their %slops- track. 79c. tl iters. and a hand-to-hand battle resulted One of the strangers named 11. Brown was so roughly t andled that he is now in the hos- pital in a dangerous condition. Dread Disease Enters the Home of Emperor and Empress. • A ' Tat, h frena St. Petersburg s acinatie•n in cholera cases several tit it Not only is the number of giadnate students sof St. Petersburg cases of Asiatic cholera in this city l'nisersity %oluntaril} permitted themselves to be vaccinated. after increasing, but the disease has in- (:;rich they drank a solution con- taining cholera germs. Among the cases reported in St Petersburg nn Wednesday is that bruit discovered in the servants' (,f Court t'.unciller Neehiporenko, quarters of the palace. in which who was stricken while entertain extensive preparations are going en ing a party cif guests. Two pr 'inin- io the exr,^station that the Fmper- (int merchants, several officials in u•• and Linpress 1%111 spend part of the c.'ming season in the capital. Other cases have been discovered in the palace of (;rand Duke Niche - laded the aristocratic precincts of Ft Petersburg. it has exert reached the Winter Palace, one case having the various Ministries. and other welsher• of the better classes io the capital are down with the dread r,i'ease. Tile accumclet:on of eorp- 1,,i Nichelaevitch. the Tauride Pa- se' at the graveyards continiles t•' lace. the palace of l'rince :'tlexvn- incre•nse. der Oldenburg. a cousin of the Em- Tlo r• r. -! f'•r the to r -four peror, and thr• Imperial (}p•ra 1.e''r- c •'1: _ t no'•e t \1'.•;sset. 1Poise..1 number of (hp!e�Ir'is tool els she -vs ' n bel+? anC! 1::• (tenths. • eminent society pe ,pie have bur- The dise-p-' n . hr.'keo • ut among r.••ei their t:c•parture abroad. , t!.e er(:' :t tate Pavlov •k Military In order to test the ciE..acy v.'.\(a'e • v will he very profitable. -+- -- .1'rT1l'KEI) 111- STRIKERS. CATTLE MABKLT. Toronto. Sept. 29. -- Dro,,ers claim that the ehoirest of cattle for 1 utchering purposes would seal at --1 BBOOKYIbE IN DARKNESS Electric Light Station Burned and Almost Entire Roof Fell In. A despatch from Brockville, Ont., says: Brockville is in darkness, with the exception of glimmering lights furnished by gas lamps in the scattered portions of the town. The cause is the gutting by fire of the electric light station on the hank of the river, in a thickly settled portion of the town, on Thursday night. About seven o'clock Engin- eer Turkington, while sitting in the main engine and dynamo room, heard a crackling noise in the at- tic overhead, and on investigation discovered that portion of the building in flames. Before the ar- t iral of the brigade the entire roof was enveloped from end to end, and burning fiercely. Several streams were soon in action, but the build- ing being so dry from the continu- e(( dry weather, they seemed to have little effect in staying the pro- gress of the flames. Fears were ex- pressed for the surrounding pro- perty with which the station is closely connected, but fortunately' the blaze was confined to the seen el the outbreak, and by dint of hard work the efforts of the fire brigade prevailed after one hour's effort,; 1.ut not before almost the entire roof had fallen in over the maize engine room, where the large dy- namo was located. The principal damage is to the roof covering the Machinery. The boiler -room is intact. also the re• serve power, which will enable the department to i 'Suttle a partial seri. vice. The hest portion of the iia. cl►inery is damaged by water, in- cluding one large dynamo. The to., ta: insurance on the buildings and machinery is 82.2.500. The loss is roughly estimated at *10,000. The origin is laid to a crossing of the wires in the attic. Luckily. not 1>) breath of wind was blowing, other - .wise the results might have been serious. The plant is owned by the Corporation of Brockville. $5 per cwt. Owing to none of these having been offered, the best price going was about $4.60 per cwt. Good cows were a little firmer at $3.75 to $4 per cwt. Stockers were in improved de- mand. Prices are about steady. Sheep and lambs were unchanged on large arrivals. Milch cows were scarce and firm- er. Select hogs were worth $7 per cwt. off cars, Toronto. For thin hugs, which are plentiful, buyers will pay no more than $6.50 per cwt. QUAKES IN MEXICO. Steamer Bumped in Dock and Four Persons Killed. A despatch from Mexico City says: Advices received here on Thursday from Acapulco are to the effect that two heavy earthquake shocks were felt on Wednesday on that port. The sea was greatly agi- tated, and broke in tremendous waves. The Cosmos Line steamer Radmez, from San Francisco Aug. b, for Hamburg, was caught and tossed to the dock by the onslaught of waves. Four persons were killed and several others were wounded to rolling spars and falling wood- work. The earthquake was barely perceptible on shore. STRIKERS A'IT.II'K WORKMEN. Two Assaults Made and One Man Badly Burt at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: There was another clash between the C. I'. It. strikers and the men working at the Angus shops on Wednesday night. When the work- ingmen were leaving the works they were assailed by a gang of strikers numbering between five and six hundred, and a free fight resulted. A force of police were called to the scene and dispersed the strikers. Another fight occurred later. when one of the workingmen was badly ['eaten and one of his arms broken. --- 1'- LAI DAN! i•OIND. Fort N illiant Fruit Dealer's Death in hotel. A despatch from 1''rt \\'illiate, Ont., says: H. Roberts. a fruit dea- ler, of Fort William and Port .Ar- thur, was found dead in bed at the Frederick Hotel in West Fort on Wednesday morning. Investigatinn i y the coroner led to the belief that l' ended his life by taking laud- anum, an empty bottle being found order the bed. F• T111; PIACI I: I\ 11:\%t ,:1.1. .1 Fresh Outbreak Wooded in the Capital. .1 despatch frern Willemstad. Curacao. says: Letters received here from Caracas announce a fresh outbreak of the bubonic plague in the Venezuelan capital. The disease is spreading. and a rumbcr of deaths have occurred Among people of the better class. + --- -- PI, OI.t�IIEl) IN'r0 GANG. I'asseni:er Train hills Ttrn Nen at SWEPT BY 7'1'I'IIOON. -4 Great Damage Wrought by Stori$ in Philippines. A despatch from Manilla says. As typhoon of teri Vic velocity sw cp ever the central portion of the Philippine group, sweeping part of the island of Samar, northern Leyte, southeastern Luzon. north. ern I'enay, Masbate and part o$ ltemblon, on Thursday. The ty. phoon disappeared in the China Sea, moving in a direction west by northwest. Wires are prostrated and available details of the damage done are meagre. It is evident, however, that serious disaster fol. lowed in the wake of the sudden storm. A telegram from the town in Masbate reports that every building in the place was razed with the single exception of the postal building. A despatch receive ed from Itemblon says that the ty- phoon caused a great loss of pro- perty, and that undoubtedly many persons have been killed. THREE WEARS FOR CHAR EST. Montreal ex -Civic Employe Is Sent Down for Fraud. A despatch from Montreal says: Three years in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed by Judge Piche in the Court of Special Ses- sions on Thursday on Auguste Charest, the furrier assistant fore- man of the Municipal head Depart- ment, who, when arraigned on charge of defrauding the city out of between $1.100 and 81,500, entered a plea of guilty. I barest. when ho became aware of the fact that his actions in obtaining money from the treasury by the use of padded pay rolls was discovered. left tho city, hat was arrested at New Bed- ford, Muss., and return,• its:out fighting extradition. N.1 P1' F'Oit .1 l'S7'11.11.1 1. liri1i-h Admiralty Consents t" the I'rupa.ed Scheme. A despatch frons Melbourne says t The British .Admiralty has giver) its general af,proyal to the scheme of the Australian Commonwealth fur the formation of a flotilla of six tor- pedo-boat destroyers, nine subinar• ines, and two depot ships, as the nucleus of an Australian navy. It is believed that Parliament will vole readily the $6,250,000 required for the construction of the suggest- ed flotilla. The officers and men will total 1,200, and will be pro- vided by the Imperial navy. But they will be paid by the Common. wealth, which will retain adminis- trative control of the flotilla. WHAT BABY WANTED. "It isn't a bit of use." cried tho young man, distractedly, as ho Laced the room with the crying in- fant in his arms; "there is some- thing alarming the "natter with him, or he wouldn't cry like thin." "Oh, whatever shall we d', ?" said the young wife, as she took her off- spring and tried to soothe hien f "whatever shall we do 1" They were very young. and it was their first baby. and rei.11y, i? things' had gone on for anuthee hour as they had during the lasts English River. it is an open question which would 1 despatch from Fort William, have gone into cuuvulsions first Ont.. says : The west -bound passen- father, nether, or baby. iter train ploughed into a section I'll fetch mother, � cried the gang at English River about one young fellow• at last ; 'she'll know clock 'en Wednesday. Two fore• what to do." Pr-sently he return- igner•. balsa and Ludst. were in- stantly killed. 'their bodies arc be- ing brought here. THANKSGIVING NOV. 911f. Date Has Been 11eflnilel3 Eked for ed. di ageing the good old rr.e.:her with Iran. alniost breaths -ss • ith hate and oyer•otne with apprehe3• Rion. Putting on her spectacles, she regarded the infant critically for a moment, and then said, ''He wants feeding''' "There!•' cried the young father. King's Birthday. excitedly. "we b.:th knew the little :1 despatch from Ottawa says : Beggar wanted something, but nei- .1s was expected. the elate (,f the" of us could tell what it was. Thanksgiving Des this year has been set for Monday. Nov. 9, Thirteen French sailors were which also happens to be the Kiag's killt•'t by the explosion of a gun on ! irthday. 1 et- armored cruiser. 1 1