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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-04-08, Page 7I GENERAL INCREASE IN PAY Hard Working Post Office Employees' Salaries Will Be Advanced. 'CONFUSED NEWS ITEMS A despatch Irene Ottawa says: man is 313; consequently the in - Hun. Mr. Lemieux, Postmaster- c'reµse is 8156 per year. There is General, has given notice of a re- a further betterment in the condi- solution in tho Canmuns which tions of the men by allowing those in grade+ A to go into grade 1.1 after will bring good news to over one only three months' service. thousand employees in the outside Inthe case u ff fourth-class clerks service of the department. Tho the minimum salary, which is now eaolution provides for a general practically only $361, is increased advance in salary to messengers, to $500, and the annual increase porters, letter -carriers, box cullet- of $100 is provided up to a maxi - tors, stamper,;, sorters and fourth- mum of $700. class clerks. The increases average In the case of stampers and sort - over $150 a year. ers the minimum salary is raised For messengers, porters, letter -'frons $400 to $500. carriers and box collectors the new The action of the Postmaster - schedule will be as follows: veradc General extends to the letter -car - A, $1.75 per day; grade 11, $2; riors and other outside employees grade C, $2.25; grade 1), $2.50; of the Postof ice Department the grade E, $2.75. The present same measure of justice as has *schedules are 50 cents less in each been accorded to members of the case. Tho average number of inside service generally by the re- working days in the year for each cent increases of salary. THE CUSTOMS REVENUE. March Increase Nearly Four Hun- dred Thousand Dollars. A despatch from Ottawa says: Customs receipts of the Dominion for the month of March, the last month of the liseal year, show that the turn of the tido, which set in with the beginning of the year in respect to customs revenue, is now increasingly apparent. For the month the total customs re- ceipts have been $4,747,291, an in- crease of $391,189 as compared with March of last year. This is the first big increase in about a year and a half. For the twelve months of the fiscal year the cus- toms revenue has totalled $47,378,- 000, a decrease of $10,489,632, as compared with 1907-08. ['RGF'ITS OF TU EMINT. Silver and Copper Coinage Yield Large Returns. A despatch from Ottawa says: A return showing the financial re- sult of the operations of the Royal Mint last year indicates that it is a most profitable investment for the country. Although, owing to the financial depression, the amount of new coinage required was not up to the normal of recent years, and the output of the new ]Mint was consequently restricted, thus decreasing the profits, there was a gross profit in the silver and copper coin minted during 1908 amounting to $191,431. The expen- ses of maintenance and salaries totalled $71,939, leaving a net pro- fit, exclusive of interest on capital investment, of 882,492. The amount of silver coined was $313,338, the profit being $175,709. The value of the copper coinage was $23,290, the g►rufit being $18,709. { 1 • _I SW.1LLOWED TIIE SPOONS. Three Taken from Philadelphia Man's Stomach. A Philadelphia despatch says: George Wojcechowski was operat- ed on at the Episcopal Hospital here. on Tuesday, and three spoons and a fork were removed from his stomach. Since 1)r. C. G. Davis operated on the saute patient last Thursday, and found a kitchen fork. wrapped with a ball of twine, 'edged in his throat. the man has been hailed es "the human os- trich." Ile complained of pain in swallowing his food. The opera- tion on his throat followed. His sister paid a visit to the hospital and said she believed he had swal- lowed several other articles; of kitchen furniture. Ho confessed to three spoons and an extra fork, which were recovered on Tuesday. WE`T'S GREAT DEMAND. Implement Dealers Unable to Fill Their Orders. A despatch from 1Vinuipeg says: Western irnplernent dealers are having great difficulty in filling their spring orders. which have exceeded in volume all estimates e.t the trade. Manufacturers c•an- nut rush orders, as their output iu a majority of cases is already sold Shead. An enormous business it being done in ploughs, thrashers and smaller implements. AIRSHIPS .1T PETAWAWA. ('anndinn ./iiators Will be Invited to Conduct Experiments. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Gov,•rntuent will give assist- ance to Messrs. McCurdy and Bald - w in. the Canadian aeronauts, to enable them to continue their ex- 4,erintents. They will probably he Invited t.• go to Petawawa camp and conduct airship (puristl.•ns tier.' at the eepense of the Militia 1)cpartinent. c - 11. NEW OPIUM LAW. Now Unlawful to Import or Pre- pare the Drug for Smoking. A despatch from Vancouver says: On Thursday the new opium law forbidding the importing and preparing of smoking -opium both in Canada and the United States went into effect. The drug may be procured for medicinal purposes. Over a hundred pounds of opium, seized by the customs officials at Tacoma, was auctioned there on Tuesday. One Vancouver firm ad- mitted to Mr. Mackenzie King making an annual profit of $150,000. The Victoria factories closed months ago. Three months was given for the disposal of the stock. .� 4• llAPPENI\GS I ROM AL.I, OVER TUE GLOME. Telegraphic Ilriefs From Our Oittt and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Gtain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Hoare and Abroad. Bit1._\1)STUFFS. • Six new constables were appoint- Toronto, April 6--Flour-Ontario eel at Hamilton. wheat 90 per cent. patents`$4.15 to The Senate has killed the Lan- $4.20 to -day in buyers' sacks out - caster crossings bill again. side for export. Manitoba flour, Port, Art t will buid a new Col- firstpatents, $ �.70 W $ 5.9Uun track legiate Institute and gymnasium at Torouto; seeoud pateuts, *5.40 to a cost of $G5,000. $5.60, and strung bakers', $b to The Ontario Government's bill $5.20. amending the license act increas- Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.21, es tavern licenses in Toronto to and No. 2 Northern, $1.18, Geer. 81 GOO gian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern, 411.27%( all rail, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.24;1, all rail. Barley -No. 3 extra, 60c outside. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 48c on track; Toronto; No. 2 Western Canada oats, 47' c, Collingwood, and No. 3, 46c, Bay ports; No. 2 Western Canada, all rail, 51Nc. Peas -95c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 73%c, on track, Toronto, and No. 2 72%c on track, Toronto.. Cana- dian corn, 71 to 72c on track, To- ronto. Bran -Cars, $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $23 to $23.50 in bulk out- side. TIRED OF SUFFRAGETTES. Little Sympathy Shown in Another Fruitless Raid. A despatch from London says: The militant woman Suffragists made another attempt on Wednes- day afternoon to gain access to the buildings of Parliament, but they were easily foiled by the police, who were expecting thein and had taken precautions. The public is getting tired of these fre- quent exhibitions before the Houses of Parliament and the women whom the police drove back among the spectators received scant sympathy. Eight or ten of the most persistent of them were arrested. 1,.12 HE:AV'Y ON CONSCIENCE. I'aul S. Lesser, a Winnipeg clerk who absconded, has been captur- ed in Germany and will be brought hack fur trial. A company is asking assistance at fort Hope to establish a daily steamship service between Pictou and Turoato. Dr. Ainyot has recommended that Spriugbauk Park, London, Ont., be closed to the public, ow- ing to danger of pollution of the city water supply. A hotel porter was fined a hun- dred dollars at Cobalt for supply- ing the guests with liquor, un- known to tho proprietors. The guests paid the fine. Several hundred pounds of honey was found between the antic and the roof of Philip Cook's apartment house, corner of Queen's avenue and Colborne streets, London, Ont. Bank clearings in Toronto during March were $111,875,827, and dur- ing the first three months of the year $328,236,792, the largest in any similar period in the history of the Toronto clearing house. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Augustine Birrell reintro- duced the Irish land purchase bill in the British Commons on Tues- day. The Naval League prize of $400 for an essay on "Shall Canada Have a Navy of Her Own?" was awarded to Mrs. Oliphant of Sim- coe street, Toronto. Sir Robert Hermon -Hodge, Un- ionist, was elected to the British House of Commons from Croydon. His majority was more than 3,000 over his two opponents. The London Standard thinks the creation of a Canadian fleet would be more useful to Britain than an alliance with a second-class naval power. Eleven suffragettes, arrested in air attack on tho British House of C'on:neons, on Monday, have been sent to prison for terms varying from one to three months. Pie Stolen 27 Years .Igo by Guelph Hospital Patient. A despatch from Guelph says: :After 27 years' remorse for the theft of a pie from the General Hospital, Guelph, has overtaken Joseph Brown, of Selkirk Avenue, Winni- peg, has written to the mntron of the instruction. here, enclosing ten cents in stamps to case his consci- ence. Brown 27 years ago was a patient at the hospital with typhoid fever. When he was recovering, UNITED STATES. It is probable that President Eliot of Harvard University will not accept the position of Ambas- sador to Gren Britain. Eight work were killed and eight injui ie the explosion of four bundre . pounds of dynamite at Indian Creek, Ohio. GENERAL. A case of sleeping sickness has been discovered in I'aris. The Franco -Canadian treaty was ratified in the French Senate by a vote of 217 to 6. Dr. Wm. Jones of Chicago, a not- ed anthropologist, was murdered by Philippine hill men. The sloop Kearsarge went down off the Nicaraguan twist wityi twen- ty-one passengers and sailors. New South Wales and Victoria have decided to join their contribu- tions and present a Dreadnought to Britain. Count Zeppelin's great airship became unmanageable in a gale. in Bavaria, but was finally brought to the ground. after eleven hours. TWO CHILDREN BURNED. Mo{her ilad to Jump From Window With llabe. A despatrb from Euro., Ont., COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$4.50 to $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for sec- onds. Beans -Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honey -Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to Ile per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to all per tun on track here., and lower grades at $8 to $9 a ton. Straw -$7 to $0 on track. Potatoes -65 to 70c per bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 15 to 16c per pound; fowl, 11 to 120; tur- keys, 20 to 22c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 20 to 21c; tubs and large rolls, 15 to 17c; in- ferior, 13 to 14c; creamery rolls, 25c, and solids, 20 to 21c. Eggs -Case lots, 18 to 19c per dozen. Cheese -Largo cheese. 13%c per pound, and twins, 14 to 14%e. 1100 PRODUCTS. MARINE BBOY EXPLODES One Man Killed and One Hurt on the King's Wharf at Quebec. A despatch from Quebec says: For want of expert direction on Friday forenoon a fatal explosion occurred on the King's Wharf in connection with the Quebec agency of the Marine and Fisheries De- partment, which resulted in the death of one man named Ludger Germaine and serious injury to another employee named Huppe. The agency is now busy getting ready the buoys to be laid in the St. Lawrence at the opening of navigation, and several workmen were charging ono of the largo buoys with calcium of carbonite, which did not seem to fit. Ons of the workmien, presumably Ger- maine, lifted a piece of batten from the ground and commenced to strike the carbon, when the ex- plosion took place. It was acceler- ated cler- c ated by the damp snow that cov- ered the ground on which the large gas buoy stood. It is very evident that, the workmen were ignorant of the danger in handling the cal- cium of carbonite, and there was no expert to direct them. lett at $6.90 f.o.b. and $7.15, fed and watered. Montreal April 6. -Trade in cat- tle was rather slow, with the pric- es a, shade lower; prime betevett sold at 5% to 5%c per pound, but they were not extra; pretty good animals sold at 4'/. to 5c, and com- mon stock at 2% to 4c. per pound. Calves sold at from $2 to $7 each. Sheep at about 5.-c per pound; lambs at 6N to 7e per pound; Spring lambs at from $4 to $6 each. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 7% to 8c per pound. Bacon -Long clear, )2 to 12%c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $20.50 to $21; short cut, $23 to $24. Harps ---Light to medium, 14 to 14%c; do., heavy, 13 to 13%c; rolls, 11 to 11%e; shoulders, 1034c ; backs, 161A to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c. Lard -Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13%c; pails, 13%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, A pril 6. -Peas --No. 2, $1.03 to *Lot. Oats -Canadian Western No. 2, 51 to bl%c; extra No. 1 feed, 50% to 51c; No. 1 feed, 50 to 50%e; Ontario No. 2, 50 to 501Ac ; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49,' :±c ; Ontario No. 4. 49 to 48%e; No. 2 barlcg', 1,9% to GOc; buckwheat, barley, b9% to Oc; buckwheat, 69.J to 70e. Flour --Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents. seconds, $5.30 to $5.50; Mani- toba strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.30; Winter wheat patents, $5.40 to $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10 ; do., in bags, 82.25 to $2.45; extra, in bags, $1.95 to 82.05. Feed - Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; do., shorts, $24 to $25; Ontario brau, $23 to $24; do.. shorts, ,24.50 to $25; Ontario middlings. $25 to $15.J0; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed monilia, $23 to $30. Cheese ----White quoted at to 13c. Butter -Fall made creamery, 21 to 21%e. while Winter made is quoted at 20 to 20';c. Eggs - 21 to 22c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. he says. the matron allowed him to says: .1 horrible occurrence hap- Buffalo April R.-1Vheat-Spring go into the kitchen when hungry, pened on the farm of Robert Stir- firmer ; Nu. 1. escheats stoic, and one clay, in getting some ret, north of this village, at an ,, articles of clothing from the lauu- early hour nn Friday morning, 81 2'-%+; Winter higher; No. 2 red, dry, thepie was taken. when his residence+ was burned. 81.28; No. 3 extra red, t)1.26i ; and two little children, Colin and N.,. -2 white, $1.26; No. 2 mixed, -_ -- - -- ---- Ruby, aged 7 and 5 years, respec- $I '',.:• Corn--Iligher : No. 3 •el- iittvely, rised in hflames. low, .'.eN. 4 yellow, G9;4c; 1.'er) mepemberhof the tfeamily was No. 3 co0rn.; 69% oto 70 ; No. 4 corn, burnrd more or iess, but Mr. Stir- 69!xe; No. 3 white, 7024e. Oats - ret was severely injured in the ef- Stead) ; No. 3 white, 56%e. Get to rescue his children. A Minneapolis, April re -heat - married daughter. Mr.. ('nmpbell, !May, :'I.18;:, rte $1.16%; Jtily. *1. ild but a vseelt17% to $1.17, : cash, No. 1 hard, old, hhadith rai-erytnartrew escape from 81.19%; No. 1 Northern, 111.18%, favorable calculations are that the No. 2 Northern. *1.16.s to 81.16%. , a horrible death, being obliged to- No. 3 Northern, $1-I2'� to $1.14%. deficit to be faced in 1900-10 will ji:m}, from a window into asnow- `-- ---4`---- - hank with her babe. Flottr- Fir■t patents. $5.65 10 $5.- - - - _ �q,-_-_,_- ;r,; second patents, 113.55 to Sic!,: IIR.�Nh ('.1RROLiC ACID. 4 ele•patc}t (rain Winnipeg says: large numbers of cars leaded with GREAT CANADIAN ORCHESTRA first cleat..., $4.35 to $4.45; second Sir O'Moore (r.•ash to he Cotnman• 11 a :,!t h is pouring ever the border; effects, are also bring operated. dears. $3.13 to $3 Y5. Bran In Four-year-old London Bel Has a der-ln-t bier la India, is,t. t anada Irvin the United ; The estimate ef the local oftir a i, The concert of the Toronto Sym- hulk, 82:1 to 823.50. Narrow Escape. tc the effect that 70.000 Americans phony Orchestra in Massey Hall, _ A d► patch (ions London 'a:s State.. at the present at the rate i will coni•' in this reasc to taking up Toronto, last week, war an ungissli_ A drspateh froth 1, age. Ont., Gen. ter O'kloerc (reagh has been of nearly a million per week. ac- i:etwocn 20.000 and 271,1W bonne- fled success, and proved that we LIVE STOCK MARKET. saws : Harold Dent, aged fnur appointed l'om n 4nde•r in Chief in cording to the estimates of these. steads, and the nuniher may pus- n•w have an nrchestre in this Tel -ewe. April 6.- Frporters' years. son 4•f Mr, Chester Dent. 1ndoa. to sneered e n Lord Kit - who are in touch with the immi-'sibh rearh a hundred thousand. country which will soon be the were 'Hi fairl% actise dernand and Rectory street. on Tuerder night owner. alien "ilia latter retire• i• grate!' movement. The influx is' :1t seieral points in ha,kat.•heaan equal of any such organization in price• firm for well finished cattle. picked up a bottle of crude carbolic Augu•t - ex;.p:ienally large. Trains in two sue: A'he:ts tie rush has been so America. The most unstinted Other grades dcel,ned stockers acid by m stake and drank part .•f sert:ons are the rule .1 the Fun g ee: 0.st Cie G•,s'rancent ha. praise is due to Mr. Wel.men, the and feeders were wanted. and the the contents. Drs. lend,at ar,d line running into Moo a Jaw. sad 1114th • 41 rtpp:y large furnished C'on•lueter, and to the perfopmefferent f, w effert (1II hl% changed hand■. W. J. Stevenson were called. and I She "Mr. Garnb:e used t,• h^ all the train. are cat r:i es ieerg • t i ,n i he i sed not only themselves. not forgetting those Mitch cows and springers were dull. used a stomach pump. The l.oy's raihrr wild. [)o yo.i thick };c".I numbers . f Arneri a t� frier :at 1 " 'r.•. fro the United who have shouldered the financial sheep and lambs -Firm and un- throat and mouth were badly make lane a p4•ud husband1' He .i'•o L. tie •r frim East- responsibility which made this fin- char d. Calve. Quiet and lover. burned. but he is nos doing fa�rdy `- ',t r. r'1! make him a good hue Elates of the centre' v s t Special t efts is' tsc:s. , • a ars/ Europe. fish orchestra possible `Hog ---Steady and unchanged. S•,w:11. 'Land:' 1 1 THE HUGE INVADING FAMILY ASPHYXIATED. Family of Mr. James McLean, London, Found Unconscious. A despatch from London, Ont., says: At 6 o'clock on Friday even- ing, when neighbors broke into the house of James McLean, on Cites - ley avenue, it was to find McLean, his wife and three children in an unconscious condition from gas as- phyxiation. For eighteen hours they had been that way. All will probably recover except a ten- year -old girl, who is in a serious condition. The family retired about midnight on Thursday night. An hour later the mother was awakened by the moaning of a child. She staggered into the next room, to find the child vomiting, and then herself fell in a semi- conscious condition. The woman says that she never completely lost consciousness, but was physically unable to arise or even snake a sound. When neighbore finally awoke her she thought it was but morning. Her husband, when aroused, murmured that he had overslept. II1S CATTLE POISONED. Strathroy Butcher Sutlers a Serious Lees. A despatch from Strathroy, Ont , says: After wintering a herd of nine cattle, Samuel McCandles, a prom- inent butcher of this town, went to his farm, about two miles south of here, on Thursday to find that three of the animals had been pois- oned, two were dead and a third had to be killed. That the ani- mals had been poisoned was ex- plained by the fact that a small package of Paris green was found in a corner of the barn. Mr. Mc - Candles is at a loss to know who committed the outrage. Seventy Thousand Americans Will Go Upon Farms in the West This Season. BUFFALO'S GAS SHUT OFF. Order Prohibiting Export of Na- lural Gas Now in Forte. A despatch from Welland says: The Provincial Gas Company re- ceived official notice from Ottriwa that its permit to export natural Stratford Man, in Whose hard gas, expiring Mar. 31, would not be Hod) was hound. Arrested. renewed, and on nednesday night A despatch from Stratford says: at midnight the supply going to p Buffalo was shut off. One-third of In connection with tho death of the Buffalo supply came from the late Alexni:ck r Sutherland, of Can- ada. The company has not yet de- West Zorra, a charge of manslaugh- cided what market it will Peek for 't•er has been preferred against the gas which ha' been going to , Aloysius Guerin. at the back door Buffalo,, but a meeting will be held of whose huu•e the lifeless hod) of soon to decide this matter. Sutherland was found on the morn- ing of Feb. 2tth last. + - - DEFICiT OF OVER £1:1.9oo.otlo. UPSET TN}; LA MP. British Revenue £1,300,000 less A Little Child Burned to Death at Than Estimates'. Saskatoon. LONDON LEARNS TO FRIVOL. Expatiates on the Joy of Playing the Fool a Little. "1t is a common cause of com- plaint against English people, and English men in particular, that they cannot let themselves go, or in other words that they cannot frivol and 'play the fool,' " says tho Lady's Pi. t4,rial. "There is nothing so gocd for the individual'a spirits and the nation's gayety as to be childish vn occasion and fool- ishly young. "Orr the Continent they consider the best means to this end is to don dominoes and false noses and blow penny trumpets, dance in the open air, and so on. In England wo do none of these things and so we are told, more's the pity. "Desperate efforts are now being made to correct this mistake on our part. London is now a gay city ; we are making the most of our restaurants, the cafe is creep- ing into favor, we are no longer so chary about decorating our houses and making a brave show when we get a chance of organiz- ing a procession. "There are signs and tokens that the carnival spirit hovers over us. The artists' fancy ball idea has been warmly taken up, the roller skating carnival at Olympia, to which none aro admitted who are not in fancy dress. has found favor in the sight of the public, and this year the restaurants made merry- at Mardi Gras dinners. "By all means let us make more of Shrove Tuesday. It is a day for frivolling across the Channel. Let us frivol here. We have seen how the Christmas parties organized by foreign managers of our big hotels are enjoyed by the stolid English, and without doubt if we are shown how to keep Shrove Tuesday in Continental fashion we shall not now be slow to enter -into its spirit. We are learning the pleasures and ignoring the silliness and childish- ness of 'dressing up,' we are�dis- covering the art of frivolling '1' -- KILLED iN COBAi.T MINE. S1. Thomas Prospector Met Death Near Ilttiteybury. A despatch from St. Thomas, Ont., says : Word w as received is the city on Friday morning that J. P. Bailey. mining prospector, of St. Thomas. was killed in a tnino near Haileybury on Thursday. Tho deceased had been in the employ of the Elgin Co halt Mining and Developing Company for four years, tho members of the company all being well known St. Thomas pc:,ple. CHARGE OF M'tNS1,-t1'(.UTER. :1 cleopatrh from London says. TI:e Bri:ish rere Inc returns for the fiscal year ended en Wrdueselay 13owit, while vitt nK in a go Part show a total re% cum- approximately owit beside the tabic, go cart £1.500.000 below the estimates. F $ This is Fetter than was expected. %%hick it. mo,her was busy getting The expenditure is not stated, hat supper, pulled the cloth and upset it is known to have considerably the lamp on itself. on 'Thurday It exceeded the estimate. The most was burned te death before this horrified m••thcr could extingeisb the flames. A despatch from Saskatoon, Sask., •ave : A little child of John TO SUCCEED KI[1'}il:NER. 3 a 4 • 4 4 4 4 41