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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-01-21, Page 31 1 MQIR ESCAPES THE GALLOYS!CONIJENSED_LL\S'TDI5 Loudon Murderer Will Spend His Life in Insane Asylum. A despatch from London, Ont., in a fairly reasonable manner an t says: Pte. Moir, whu shot and kill- still know nothing of what he ttaa ed Sergi. Lloyd in the Wolseley Barracks here, was oa Thursday sftert:oon acquitted of murder, af- ter 15 minutes' deliberation by the jury, on the gruuud of iusanity. He will be sout to the insane asylum at Hamilton. Four doctors, Dr. W. J. Robin- son, supnriutendent of the London Asylum; Dr. C. K. Clark, head of the Toronto Asylum; I)r. Bruce Smith, inspector of asylums, and Dr. A. J. Johnson, of Toronto, tes- tified, and all agreed, that, Muir was an epileptic, and that when the murder was committed ho was in a befogged, semi-conscious con- dition and knew absolutely nothing of what was taking place. It was quite possible that Moir might act doing. Counsel agreed to dispeus- with addresses and Sir 1Villiam 111ercd:' h summed up briefly, pointing out that the evidence went all one was to indicate Moire irresponsibility "You could have reached no other verdict," he said, when the jury returned it. Under the verdict the prisoner will be kept iu close con finemont till the pleasure cf the Crown is known, which means Frae- tically he will be confined in an asylum for life. This trial shows the jrublic are in danger fro epi- leptics such as the unfortunate pri- soner. Such people may go around without having knowledge of their condition and their tr. n'icidal u.an'a may develop at any time. FROZEN TO DEATH. William Evans Lost His Life Near Waterous, Sask. A despatch from Waterous, Sask., says: William Evans, an English homcste :der, was frozen to (Lath on a claim just northwo_t of this t :t on Saturday last under what seem peculiar cir::umatances. He left town for home early in the forenoon, but as he was net seen afterwards search was inct:tuted and his body was found on a bluff about half a toile beyond his shack. His footsteps were followed right up to his own door, and his mitts and key wore found there. Whether his hands were frozen and he was unable to unlock the door can only be surmized, but it is evident he bad turned to go to the house of a neighbor and had perished by the way. His feet had evidently been frozen, as he had fallen fre- quently in the snow. FORTY-FOUR STABS. Hamilton, Ohio, Man Attacked Wife With a Penkuite. A despatch from Hamilton, Ohio, says: Rudolph Wirtz, Secretary of the Wirtz 'Transfer Co., a promin- ent business man, went insane on Wednesday and ran amuck, injur- ing six persons. including his wife, elle will probably. die. Wirtz as- sailed his wifo with a penknife at home. He cut and stabbed the wo- man forty times in the face, breast, neck and head. He cut out her left aye and severed her right thumb. Wirtz was beaten almost insensible before being disarmed. Wirtz slashed his brother. Julius, twelve timed in the face, and injured Chas. lartin, President of the Martin ransfer Co., Harry Sumrnerton, 'cm. Kirschner and George Long, but they will recover. QEAR.1NT1NE MODIFIED. U. S. florsee May be Shipped Via ('anadian Ports. .\ despatch from Ottawa says: An important relaxation in the Canad(an cattle quarantine regu- lations has been made in favor of horses for expert from the L'nited States. Crider the regulations which were made at the time of the outbreak of the foot and mouth dis- ease in Illinois, Michigan, New York and New Jersey. it was pro- vided that no steamship carrying Ilse stock front an American port could call at a Canadian port to take on cargo. The disease having been practically stamped out, it has now been decided that steamers may take horses from Roston, Port- land or any other American port and afterwards call at St. John or any other ('anadian port for cat- tle or other freight. MAN BADLY LACERATED. U.\1't'LNIN(S FItOM ALL OVEIt 1'11E GLOBE. Telegraphic ilriefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent £scuts. CANADA. A new canala from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is projected. Hampel's box factory in Brant- ford was burned. Loss $10,000. Senator J. K. Kerr of 'Toronto, has been appointed Speaker of the crenate. Prof. Sexton of Halifax says Ca- nada needs a national system of technical education. Mr. Robert Fleming of Edinburgh and his associates have already put $6,000,000 into the Soo industries. Ontario architects complain of the custom whereby United States architects are allowed to do busi- nese in Canada. Tho contract for Montreal's ioe palace has been let to Charles Thackory & Co. The building will - cost about $7,000. The 1Vinuipcg City Council will probably buy the street railway and power plant from the company now operating them. Professor Prince has been ap- pointed by the Dominion Govern- ment to confer w.ch the Provincial Another Accident at Cobalt hue to Striking Old Charge. A despatch from Cobalt says: On Tuesday another blasting accident, which may add anothct fatality, oc- Governments regarding the fisher- curred about six r..yles from Cobalt, ies. Pi the dire°.: ten of Lorraine town- Former 0. P. R. Agent Tully of ship, through a missed hole being Emerson, Mas., has been sentenc- picked into. As a result Botisso,ed to a month in jail for ovorcharg- Lanaby, aged about 40, with a wife ing for tickets and pocketing the and family residing at Pcrkinaville, surplus. Quebec, is lying in the Red Cross Hospital almost at death's door, with both jaws broken, his hands Carrie Nation was arrested dur- and body badly lacerated and weak ing a raid on a saloon in Newcastle - from hemorrhages. Lanaby had on -Tyne. been contracting with two partners Sir Conan Doyle was operated on in a shaft contract which was just on Sunday for an intestinal affec- being finished when the accident tion. He is recovering. happened. The first step has been taken to - 4 ward the formation of an Interna- tional Shipowners' Union for the reduction of conpetition and the maintaining of freight charges. GREAT BRITAIN. FiRE-DAMP AND Double Explosion in DUST. a Hungarian Mine. :1 despatch from Veszprim, Hun- gary, says: Two explosions in the Auka coal mine hero on Thursday entombed two hundred and forty men. The first explosion was of fire -damp; the second was a dust explosion and was followed by fire. The flames have so far been confin- ed to one section of the mine, and rescue parties are working tireless- ly, fighting back the flames and us- ing every effort to reach the im- prisoned men. Already sixteen living miners and forty-five dead bodies have been brought up out of the pit. It is expected that the remainder of the 'nen will bo saved if the flumes can be held in check. :1 S1:Ti'L}:R .1SPHIAI.1TED. Body Lay in Shanty Two Weeks Be- fore it Was DLecovered. A despatch from Davidson, Sask., says: Another lonely homesteader has met n melancholy fate. The victim was Edward Marmoy, who lived eighteen miles west of here. He had been asphyxiated by coal gas, and the body lay in his shack for two weeks before it was dis- covered. + OTT:111`'.1'S FIRE IONS. Only $7l,it76 Last Tear. Compared With Half Million in 1907. A despatch from Ottawa says: The total loss from fires in Ottawa during the last year was much smaller than it has been for tnany years. The total loss in 1909 was only $71,e76.Ms, as compared with a total loss of over hall a million next May are going forward stead - he pre%ious year. ily. No less than 1,675 acres have g. been plotted and will be put into Even a weak woman may raise lots for the hominess section. This trong objections provides 10,739 lots. in the resi- dential district, w hich reaches UNITED STATES. A bill has passed the Tenessee Senate prohibiting the sale of li- quor within four miles of any schoolhouse in the State. Prof. A. L. Lowel has been chosen by the corporation of Harvard Uni- versity to succeed President Eliot, who retires in May. Owing to the disorganization caused by the earthquake tho pric- es of lemons have advanced 73 cents to a dollar a box in New York. Cardeno F. King, a former Bos- ton broker, was sentenced to not less than ten years in prison for larceny and embezzlement. GENERAL. Prussia will have a deficit of $44,- 000,000 this year. The Duke of Connaught visited the ruins of Messina on Tuesday. A man was rescued alive from the ruins of Messina after having been a fortnight entombed. Prof. Paterno, an eminent Italian scientist, declares Messina can nev- er be rebuilt upon its former site. General Ktoessel and Admiral Nebogatoff have appealed for a pardon or the commutation of their sentences. Admiral Rojostvensky, who com- manded the Russian fleet at the dis- astrous battle of the Sea of Japan in 1905, is dead. 4 PRINCE itl"PERT LATS. Arrangements for Laying Out Iso Tots nslte. A despatch from Montreal says: Arrangements for placing Prince Rupert townsile on the market t F IAY INJUREB IN YBEC around the curving shore of the beautiful harbor, 842 acres have been divided up, snaking 1.500 Iota in this district. All provision has been made for streets, alleys, parks, public buildings, cemetery, $27. Cheese -Finest western, 12', waterfront and terminal facilities to 13;;c; easterns, 11% to 12'•4°. Token ire rlilll ew Railway Coaell Into fuer railways and water shipping. Butter Finest creamery, 26",<,to 27c: fre•Ii receipts, 25% to 26c. Eggs New laid, 3.5 to 40c; selected stock, 27!s to 2r)e; No. 1 stuck, 21's •nie WORLD'S NARIiEI'S'A COMPLICATED BUSINESS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. (:rain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home uud Abroad. BREADSTUFF,S. Toronto, Jan. 19.--Flour-On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.70 in buyers' sacks outside for export. Manitoba flour, first pat- ents, $8.50 on track, Toronto; sec- ond patents, $5.30, and stroug bak- ers', $5.10 to $5.20. Wheat -Manitoba wheat, $1.09 for No. 1 Northern, at $1.08 for No. 2 Northern, and at 81.04 for No. 3 Northeru, Georgian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern, $1.13'/, all rail, and No. 2 Northern at 1.10%i all rail. Oats -Ontario No. 9 white, 39 to 40c outside, and at 42 to 421/c on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Ca- nada oats, 443.c lake ports, and No. 1 fend, 42e lake ports. Rye -No. 2, 68 to 68%e outside. Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at 56c outside; No. 3 extra at 54c, and No. 3 at 52c. Buckwheat --56 to 56%e outside. Peas -No. 2 quoted at 86 to 80%c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow nominal at 67%e ou track, Toron- to, and No. 3 yellow at 66%c, To- ronto; Canadian, 63%c. Bran -Cars, $19.50 in bulk nut - side. Shorts $21 to $22 in bulk outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Winter stock, 83.50 to 84.50 per barrel for good qualities, and $2 to $3 for cooking apples. Beans -Prime, $1.70 to $1.75, and hand-picked, 81.80 to $1.85 per bush. Honey -Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to Ile per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $11 per ton on track here, and No 2, $7 to $8. Straw -$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes-Ontarios, hoc per bag. Delawares, 75 to 80c per bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 1rto 13c per pound ; fowl, 8 to 9e; ducks, 11 to 13c; geese, 11 to 12c; turkeys, 1i to 18c per pound. THE D.\IRY MAlRKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 25 to 26e; tubs and large rolls, 22 to 23c; in - Success of Dairying Depends on the Farmers' Intelligence. A despatch from Brantford says: I point was emphasized that ines eas- The forty-seventh annual eomen- cd production from tho individual tion of the Western Ontario Dairy- :cow was the object to bo attained. men's Association was held in this In western Ontario, particularly, city on Wednesday, and proved the the production of cheese and but - most successful gathering in the ; ter has more than be:.n maintained history of the association. President' during the past year. Creetman of the Ontario A$rieul- C. F. Whitley delivered an ad- tural College, and Deputy Minister of Agriculture O. (7. dross ou the benefits derived from keeping the records of milk-preduc- cred addresses, in whichJames delis- was urged tion front each cow, by weighing closer study and application to soil the same three times a week. The cultivation, which was the basic directors again decided to promoteelement to success in the dairying a dairy herd competition, for which trade. Increased earnings as a re- medals and cash prizes were offer- sult of tile -drained fields, said Mr. ed. The principal wino. rs last Creeltnan, paid tot the expenditure in three years, according to prac- tical experiences. Ho also adduc- ed statistics to show the increase in productivity from proper° varia- tion of crops. Deputy Minister James in his re- marks pointed out that dairying proved the most difficult problem in manufacture. In this connection he instanced the various stages of the industry, from the cultivation of the soil, through plant production, to the animate life of a cow, whose milk -producing qualities depended on the former conditions. It was a complicated business, demanding the highest intelligence. Ile urged the clearing of swamp lands, the selection of tho best seed. the weed- ing out of old cows, which were merely pensioners on the farms, a proper study of the feeding ques- tion, and the erection of well-equip- ped factories. These things would make dairying a wonderfully rich business, with the market of the world open to Canadians. REVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY. President Brodie reviewed the dairy industry fur the past few years. From 1900 to 1907 the pro• duction of cheese had fallen off by 1,137 tons, but the price secured had been greater. Butter production had increased by 651 tuns. The year were as follows: -John W. Cornish, Harrietsviile, 8 Holstein, 7,234 pounds of milk and $68.50 per cow during the season of 6 months; Seymour Cuthbert, Sweaburg, 14 Holsteins, 7,200 pounds and $67.511 per cow ; W. E. Thomson, Wood- stock, 11 Holsteins, 7,000 pounds and $59.4.1 per cow. SIBIERIA'S BUTTER. An address by J. A. Ruddick, Cold Storage Commissioner of the Dominion, on "Dairy Industry from the Canadian Standpoint," formed one of the closing features of the convention. The Siberian export of butter, he said, was now second in volume to the Danish, and threatened to enter into seri- ous competition with the Canadian trade. The new trans -Siberian railway had opened up an enorm- ous dairying territory, where peo- ple lived in primitive surroundings and where butter could be produc- ed at a rate ruinous to Canadian industry, in which there was much higher scale of living. The chief hope of Canadians lay in bringing to dairy operations the advantages of science, the result of a more ad- vanced civilization. There was s greater opportunity than general- ly believed in the encouragement of larger home consumption. No. 1 Northern, carloads, $1.13; 1Vinter, steady. Corn -Steady. Oats --Firm. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 19. -Best butcher cattle were scarce, and only a mod- erate supply of export cattle offer- fcrior, 20 to 21c. Creamery rolls, ing, which were in brisk demand 28 to 29c, and solids, 28c. at firm prices, $5.30 to $5.50 being Eggs -Case lots of cold storage, paid for the best. There was a 25 to 26e per dozen; selections, 29 fairly heavy run to -day. including to 30e, and new laid 33 to 35c per ;a large number of poorly finished dozen. cattle, with a good demand for Cheese -Largo cheese, 13% to choice atoekers and heavy feeders. 13%c per pound, and twins, 13';c. Sheep and lambs -Market firm and higher. Hogs -Prices firm at $6.50 for selected, fed and watered. But- cher -Active demand for medium - class of steers, heifers and good butcher cows. Common and can- ners steady. Veal calves -Steady at late prices. Stockers --Firmer at *3 to 83.75 ; good heavy feeders, 81 to $4.60. 4• TREES RARE AS DIAMONDS. The I'aes '[hinge are Coating to in the United Stater. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 10% to llo per pound in case lots; mess pork, $19 to $19.5o; short cut, $22.50 Hams ---Light to medium, 13 to 13%e; do., heavy. 12c; rolls. 10% to 10%e; shoulders, 10 to 10.,c; backs, 16 to 16'/.,c; breakfast bacon, 14' to 15c. Lard --Tierces, pails, 12';c. 12c; tubs, 12%c BUSiNESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan. 19. -Grain --- The market for oats is stronger and prices were advanced ' -;c per bush- el to -day. Peas, No. 2, 91 to 95e; oats, ('anadian \Western Nu. 2 white, 46';c; No. 1 extra feed, •16c; No. 1 feed, 45%c; Ontario No. 2 white, 44;9 to 45%c; Ontario No. 3. 44 to 44'/.,e; Ontario No. 4 white, 431;c. Barley -No. 2, 63 to 64%e; Manitoba feed barley, 57 to 58e; buckwheat, 59 to COc. !''lour --Ma- nitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 86; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ent., seconds, $5.50; strung b.sk- ers', 85.30; %% inter uheat patents, /5 to $5.25; straight rollers, 84.60 to 14.70; straight roller:,, in bags, $2.15 'u $2.2, ; extras. in hags, $1.- 7S to *1.t)a. Feed Manitoba bran, $21; Manit.ba short,. 821; Ontario bran, tell to 8.1.50; Ontario shorts, $24 to /21 50; Ontario middlings, $24.50 to *23; pure grain mouille, $29 te, 8'eu; mixed meuille, $25 to the Ditch Near Guelph .\ despatch from Guelph, Ont., are likely to prove fatal. The meri- uy= :.\--rious ae-ident, fortunate- ously injured are :-Alexander IS net attended with loss of life, oc- I Stewart, Guelph, both legs serious - mitred shertly after eleven o'clock1ls hurt; Harold Hartman, Tober- en Thursday morning on the south f niers-, hack seriously injured, and line of the Grand Trunk Railway, 1 internal injuries ; George Gillis, Ac - tee, miles front Guelph Junction. ( ton, internal injuries, extent not 11 hen the heavily -laden morning known; J. Marks, Brantford, arm pa -stinger train which leaves here broken, ribs crushed. and severe at 10. t0 e as in the vicinity ef (leu- cuts. The following sustained in - rock the rear coach left the track, juries e--11. 11. Brydon, Guelph; J. due I.e is broken tire, and sent in- H. Mc('errnick, Guelph; G. II. to the di: -h. The conch overturn-! Ryan. Guelph ; F. 1V. Goulding, ed, and n scene of terrible confu-I Buffalo; Brakesman Kearns, Mr. hien en.md amongst the passen- and Mrs. J. Knowles, Guelph; Miss gets. einem( whom were several Craig. Aherfoylc : J. H. R. Ander- (itrelphites. the members of the son, Hamilton; R..iasper. Guelph; Brantford i're•fessienal hockey team J. M. Darling, Callender ; Warren srhi,•h p':i•,-ed here on Wednesday Were. Rattinean, N.D. ; Miss .1n- aigl,t. or r the Hamilton Thistly. Feline Holm and Miss Agnes Holm, earling t going borne teen tIse tlespeler. The following members Fergus I. 1 „•1. of the ilrantford professional hock - A Imre,. ►,unnber of these recd.- c • team were also injured; J. ed mere or less serious injuries, but %irks. T. Hutton. W. Stiller. T. it is % et set kneeri if any of thews Smith. and .1. Bradley. PL.\NT WITH A iIRAIN. ('aptain S. Musgrave, who was in to 25e. charge of Lord Robert's armored train in South Africa during the UNITED ST -ATE; MARKETS. Boer War, has returned to Eng- land after a twenty months' mule Minneapolis, Jan. 19. -Wheat - trip through Colombia. Resides May, *1.07%; Juli, /1.08%; cash, numerous specimens of plants, in- No. 1 hard, $i.09'; : No. 1 North - accts, and skins of animals the cap - ern, $1.09%; No. Northern, /1.- tain brought home a live ant eater, 06 to 81.06%; No. 3 Northern, which during the voyage to Eng- $1.03% to $1.05. Bran -819.50 to land was fed on bananas, rice, and milk. ('aptain Musgrave says that he had been on a zoological expedi- tion. and had been successful in getting several fine specimens. He had, he said, discovered a speci- men of a carnivorous plant which had a brain, digestive organs, and a nervous system like a human be- ing. OWNERSHIP. "He owns his own home, doesn't he i" "Yes; he only owes $3,375.00 and interest on it now." 819.75. Flour --First patents. 85.1(1 to $5.60; second patents, $5.25 to $5.45: first clears. 84.00 to $1.10; second clears, 82.95 to *3.05. Milwaukee, Jan. 19. -Wheat - No. 1 Northern. $1.10; No. 2 Northern, $1.07 to $1.09; May, $1.06 asked. Rye -No. I, 76'/.,e. Corn -May, 61'/, to 61%c bid. Bar- ley -Standard, 660; samples, 65!.;; to 66e; No. 3, 62 to 63c; No. 4, 61%e. Duluth, Jan. 10. -What -No. 1 hard, $1.01%; No. 1 Northern, $1.07%; No. 2 Northern, 111.05%; May, $1.07%; July, *I 07. Buffalo, Jan. iO.--Wheat - Firm; A despatch from 1Vashington says: "The time is corning in this eountry when trees will be as scarce as diamonds unless immediate steps are taken to preserve our forests." This was the dark picture painted in an address by Secretary of Ag- riculture Wilson at the 28th annu• al tneeting of the American Fores- try Association here on Wednes- day. The Secretary declared that our forest gnaw th is getting scarc- er every day, and that we are us- ing three times as much wood as we are growing. "leo not let us sit down and make faces at Con- gress," continued the Secretary, "because that Keely has not yet seen fit to provide for t..e Appala- chian and White Mountain forest preserses. Wo must not depend too much on Congress. What we want is a refurestration of the country at the rate of about one- quarter of a million acres each year." SOO LOAN GUARANTEE. Ontario is Now Relieved of all Re- sponsibility. A despatch from Toronto says t The Province of Ontario has been relieved of all responsibility in con• nection with what is commonly known as "the Soo loan guaran- toe." Sir James Whitney, on Wed- nesday night, received from Hon. Mr. Matheson, the Provincial Treasurer, who went to New York II few days ago in connection with the 'natter, the following telegram : "Tho Canadian Improvement Co. paid in $1,000,000, and the Morton Trust Co. gave is certificate that all guaranteed certificates are can- celled and the matter closed." The guarantee of the Province was giv- en in 1904 on a 82,000,000 loan to the Lake Superior Corporation during the crisis Of 1901. me cor- poration liar immense industries at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and the ac- tion of the then Government in the year named in guaranteeing the loan gave the industries a new lease of life, and was indirectly an immense boon to the town. Some time ago the Pros ince wag relieved of $1,000,000 of the guarantee, and the step outlined in Hun M.Mathe- son's telegram relieves it of the rest. M01t Ilt'iRNFD ('.\it`t. Drastic .lotion la Rio Janeiro to Settle Fare Dispute. A despatch freeni Rio Janeiro says: Twelve cars of the American - Canadian Company, operating the city street railway system. were burned by a rnu}, on Monday be- cause the company's new fares and routes were considered unsatisfac- tory. The police were unable to cope with the rioters. The company, through the press, then signified its willingness to submit to any ref .iiia the Mayor might deem necessary and quiet has been restored. NOIIT}IEHN ITALY SIIAKEN Earthquake Shocks Felt in Milan, Venice and Florence. A despatch from Venice says: • sidnrah!c alarm. A number of pee - Teo earth shucks were experienced plc rushed from their hon::.cs aria here on Wednesday morning. The congregated in the t athcdrat people rushed out from their Deus square. There was no repetition of the quake, and calm was subse- es and gathered in the place ef St. quently rcrtored. N,, damage war Mark and other open square.; done. There was much excited comment A despatch from I lorence says: and questioning, but calm in gen- Seieral earth sh' ks were ree•,rd- eral was maintained. No damage ed here on 1Wc•clne,day morning at was done, and this i• thought to be' interest!. of two seconds. The ',co- der to the fact that the houses of ple rushed out teen their h,enses Venice are built on piles. The pen- in cen'idcrable cenfu5ien, feiring plc congratulated themselves on !s rpctitiun of the Messina n'ed this system of construction. ('alahrie disasters. Ni damaKe A despatch from Milan says :.1n was dune, and as the trembling earth shock was felt here on Wed soon ceeseti (;alio un. -(gored acrd ne_day morning and caused con- ' the r •.rk of the day re.,•rroe t1.