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Exeter Advocate, 1909-10-14, Page 3BOY WARNED BY A BREAltco,.. NEWS ITE '1SITl1E M'OREL'S MARIiE T� RLPORTs FROM '1'IIE LEADING TRADE CENTILES. Saves C. P. R. Express From Plunging Through Burning Bridge. 'A desputtri frem erecd says: Passengers by the be:tiled C. P. 1t, express, which reached here at noon on Thursday, brought a thril- ling story of the destruction of a bridge by fire in the early morning hours, am! the possible saving of the train itself fruni a grave dis- ster through the intervention of a .1►i<,y, wh') was warned by a dream that the bridge which carried the track over the creek between Bran- don and Winnipeg was on fire. The train crew were warned of the peri- lous condition of a bridge through a boy named Guthrie, the son of a trackman, ole) lives in a cottage on the line some distance from the bridge. Ile said he was awak- ened by a dream that something was burning that seemed like* a bridge, and, seeing that everything was all right in the house, he went out and saw the bridge in !lames. It was then something after 1 o'clock, and ins`antly remember- ing the express, he awoke his fa- ther, who arranged the plan for signalling the express before it reached the point of danger. PUMPKINS E)11611-1'1I:D. 'I.O I'l.l' '1'0 T1I1; POi,I:• Vines Crossed the Boundary Line Zeppelin Will ('onstruet oat Impress Into Canada. ed Airship. A despatch from Seattle, Wash- ington, says: 'Theodore Mastin, a farther living north of Blaine, owes a piece of land the north line of which is the international boundary between Canada and the United. States. Mastin, while aware of this, has never had cause to re- gret it until this year, when he . planted a hundred rows of corn along the line. In the tield of corn he planted pumpkins, and now harvest time is nigh, and Mastin has written to federal officers in Seattle asking how he can gather some fifty pumpkins which have emigrated into Canada without taking out naturalization papers. Some of the pumpkins are as much as thirty feet into forbidden land. Just what the federal law says re- garding the unique question is not known, but the jurists replied to Mastin's letter that he might stand directly on the international line and pull on the vine which had root it, the United States, and if the pumpkins could be dragged in, well and proper; but if any should be snapped off and remain in Cana- dian territory he should leave them alone. 4' GOLD FINDS IN TIIE NORTH. Reports of Discoveries Received in Toronto. A despatch from Toronto says: •- The Ontario Department of Mines has received reports of material gold discoveries in the district sur- "rounding the township of Vi hitncy. So greet is the interest that al- ready, according to the depart- ment's advices, there are 500 pros- pectors in the field. The route to the gold field is by the Driftwood River, a tributary of the :1bitibi. Tho field lies west of Night llawk Lake, near Porcupine Lake. Mr. Thos. W. Gibson, Deputy Minister of Mines, states that samples of the ore show visible gold, and some places in the district, are raid to be rich in the precious mineral. The department is making investiga- tions. A despatch from I'r iedrichshafen says: Prince Henry of Prussia pre- sided on .Wednesday over the meet- ing of the Board of Directors of the Zeppelin Airship Arctic Expe- dition, to bo ul:dertaken under the auspices of the German Society for the Exploration of the Polar Re- gions. It was decided at the meet- ing to send an advance party dur- ing the summer of 1910 to Spitz• bergen with all the requisite equip- ments to prepare for the success• fu1 operation of an airship in tno polar regions. The members of the board emphasize the necessity for the further development of the Zeppelin type of airship for long voyages, especially over the sea :\u improved type is to bo con• strutted, and will be ready for its trial flights in January, 1911. The tests will be carried out between the various ports. Prinoo Henry of Prussia, after the conclusion of the meeting, made a trip in the Zeppelin III. PLOWED U1' .t FOWI't'NE. Farmer Discovered Treasure Valu- ed at $50,090. A despatch from Ogdensburg, N. Y., says: A farmer ru►mod Yost - burg, living near Champlain, while plowing on Tuesday, turned up a quantity of gold coins, tarnished by the weather and dirt in which they reposed. Digging farther, ho found more coins than ho could carry home at ono time. Their value is estimated at $50.000. It is believed the treasure was buried I•y persons who stole it, from the British army which camped near Champlain during the Burgoyne campaign. The robbers probably i lost their lives subsequently and no one knew what they had done with their booty. -- 3 EARf. (:ERY .1T WINNIPEG. II}y Excellency Arrives for a Two .Peeks' Retedenee. A despatch frotn 11'innipeg nays: Eat•. Grey, Governor-General. ac- companied by Lady Grey, arrived GIRL SHOT 1)I:1ll. in the city from Regina at. 5.15 on _ Wednesday afternoon. Earl Grey e station Deliberate .tet of n Ru'..ian Roy of bynd guard of !tewere net at i or from the Royal fifteen. Mounted Rifles and 90th Battalion A despatch from Canora, Sask., and escorted to Government House, says: Georgina Downs, an Eng- where they r the next. two will take up r twheir girl, thirteen seers of age, was disembowelled by a shot Thousands of people lined the fired from nun in the hands of a streets on the route of march and Russian youth, 'fifteen years old, gave Earl and Lady Grey a royal or Wednesday. He deliberately reception. pointed the gun at the girl exclaim- - .): -- - 'lig. ".'our money or your life,' '1'II1: MODERN .I F(,(:f'It\ 11 I. at the same time pulling the trig• - -- ger. He claims he did not. know Chlcnp;n `ircef (':Ira hill 1'ifle en the gun was loaded. Neighbors to Every !loath. the absence of tho girl's father, who is away working in the Mani- A despatch from Chicago !says, t.,lia harvest fields. carne to Canora Eleven persons on the avenge have fot n doctor. who went out aceom- been injures! daily and one per•ou anied by Constable Wilson of the has been killed every other day f r . N. W. M. P. to investigate the the last three months by the t matter, but the girl was des& cage street. cars. U.t1'r'L I\G9 11cO11 ALL OVER lUt: G1.011E. ieiegra,,nte ilriefs from Onr Ons aad Other countries el /let rit I:vruts. Pricey of Cattle, Grain, ('heeee and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. S20,000,000 FOR A NAVY Canada's Naval Defence Act to be Passed in Early Part of Session. A despatch from Ottawa says: supervision of British experts loaned to Canada fur that purpose. The details as to the proposed training chip and enlarged dry docks have not yet been worked out. The Admiralty is said to take the view that bigger d e k, aro more a necessity than the construction u1 a fleet, but it is hoped that some arrangement on this point will be reached before Parliament meets. The other legislation will in- clude bills to amend the bank act, to anion(' the insurance net, to ra- tify the French treaty, and it. is lion dollars, as well as an annual hoped as a result of the coining con. outlay fur maintenance and upkeep fe reneo between Mr. Lemieux end of over three million dollars. the Britia'r Postmaster -General in .While no decision has been reach- England next week to include a ed as to where the new navy shall bill for the reduction of cable rates be built, strong pressure is being in the session's business. There brought to bear upon the Govern- will also bo a bill to amend the Ment to ask Parliament to consider militia act, to give effect to the the desirability of expending the military end of the defenoe confer - whole stun in Canada under the once. C'.1\.111-1. BRE.IDSTUFES. It was semi-ofli''ally announced oa Brigadier General Buchan dive; Toronto, Oct. 12.-Tlour -- One Thursday afternoon that the bill a: atuntreal on Thursday. tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, to give effect to the decision of the The C. P. R. is to issue thiri> `:-1 to $4.05 in buyers' sucks on millions of new stock at 123, track, Toronto, and $3.90 to >g3.9b defence conference will bo intro- 1)i..Ernest ,Shipman urges Cana- outside in buyers' sacks. Mar:ituba dosed sit an early stage of the ses- clians to secure a share of the Puna- flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, slur, and will be entitled the Naval ma trade. Toronto ; second patents, >t15.to,by proposals for the construction Defence Act. It will be followed The Ontario Government has : and strong bakers', $4.90 to $3 on VANCOUVER TIMBER DEAL taken treasures to encourage sheep -raising. William Hendrick, the Guelph Lurglar, was sentenced to ten years in penitentiary. New West►niustcr has been cho- sen as the Pacific terminus of the Canadian Northern Railway. The Ontario Government has purchased the splendid library of the late Chief Justice Strong. Mr. Bartholomew Presley of Kin- tore had his neck broken by being palled over the plow -handles. James F. Ruston was acquitted at Brampton of the charge of set- ting fire to his own house. Tho jury at London in the trial of Mrs. Wesley Scott for shooting her father-in-law disagreed on Wednesday, United States Company Pays $1,500 000 for the Property. A despatch trete Victoria, I3. C., contains approximately 9,000,000, - says: Ono of the largest indisidu- 000 feet of merchantable lumber. al timber deals in the history aCowichan Lake is abon , 100 miles north of 1•cattle and 22 miles from .Western "nada has ju'et been the nearest point of the Nal -mine, closed whereby the American Fin- and Esquimalt. Railwa', n branch ante and Securities Company, of of the Canadian i'acifi• it. is sti- pulated in the contra •t that the purchasers aro immediately to erect a mill nith an annus! capacity of at least 100.000.000 feet, nest that the railroad is t'e build a branch line New York, purchases from the Ca- nadian Pacific Railway 54,000 acres of timber lands on Cowichan Lake. Van louver, B. C., for approsiona'c- ly- $1,500,000. This is said to be the from (.'.wi.htn harbor into the finest tract Of timber remaining in tinder. The ( anndin i I's::f;.• ten - British Columbia. The timber, ber fielding% in Vancouver are all Which consists largely of fir, is of Crown grant lands. and it Isis al-' an unusually dense growth. Ex- whys been the cur'l's r•'!:er to seg! .erts who were employed 1,-. ttw :e.; timber Only tt:Nl,e the p!. r''•'Qt r Nva York company report CI it 00 ail! ag►te t l operate the lei p••rt.( timber averages mere thee P(l.11(t', and guarantee "Hai, 8:11011!11 e'f t'1; n e..n'sp t,nt ',' .! •, • nail: i' ,• lu it r per lb. u.'i',n inn''. ken to the acre and that the tract traffic °i'1 :I:0 line. 11' c'aw ep er,►::%e. I Tor.,nto, Oct. 12.- .lnsthi t; real The Elk Street t•ia4iuct as being GREAT BRITAIN. T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader, will shortly pay a visit to Canada aryl the United States. A number of British officers will compete at the. National Horse Show at New York next month. The difficulty of avoiding a con- flict between the Lords and Com- mons in Britain seems to be in- creasing. Of the pork imported from China into Britain 9 per cent. of that so far examined was infected with tuberculosis. The Freeman's Journal has an editc:rial arCelc, the ob;ect. of which seems to be to restrain Irish emi- gration to Canada. UNITED STATES. William R. Hearst was nominat- ed for Mayor of New York on Wed- nesday night. Robert ,Millington was fatally in- jured while playing football at Shamokin, Pa. Hon. W. T. Pipes, Attorney - General of Nova Scotia, died sud- denly at Boston, on Thursday. Principal Peterson of McGt11 University was given the degree of Doctor of Laws by Harvard Uni- versity. GENERAL. Meg Manuel of Portugal will visit Madrid, London, and Paris in November. Albert Pulitzer. a brother of the proprietor of The New fork World, committed suicide in Vien- na. The capture by the Spaniards of Zeluan, the sacred Ititfian city, has cawed the tribes of the hinterland to flock to the Moorish standard. track, Toronto. 01 twelve vessels of cruiser and de - Manitoba, Wheat -No. 1 North- strayer class, n'ne of which will be ern, $1.01'-. Bay ports, and No. 21 placed on the Atlantic and three Northern at $1, Bay ports. Ice the Pacific. This will involve a Ontario wheat -No. 2 mixed, 96 capital expenditure of twenty m'l- to 97o outside, and No. 2 white, 97 to Otic outside. Barley -No. 2. 56 to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra, 51 to 55c outside. Oats ---No. 2 Ontario white, new, 37 to 37;c outside. New Canada West oats, 37; to 3Sc spot, Bay ports. Peas -82 to 85c outside. Rye -No. 2, 69 to 70e outside. Buckwheat -55 to 56e outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 6S% to 60c on track, Toronto. Bran -$18 to $19 outside in bulk for Ontario bran, and 820.50 to $`21 for shorts in bulk. (',11 -SED PANIC IN STORE. .1 Les!. Re.e'd•• 1•- .tttenlpt to ('om- n►it Suicide. ,\ despatch from Que:bes says: T. llobitaille, aged 4o. a resident of Levis, who it is said was suffer- iug from niental distress, supposed to be caused by over -indulgence, entered the hardware store of Mr. Doyle at noon on \We,l.,e,.lay and attempted to commit suicide. ltu- bitaille, approaching one, of the clerks. asked permission to look at seine revolvers, which were shown him. lie picked out a small seven - chamber %cap'n, and asked the clerk to load it. This was done. Rnbitnille then picked up tho pis- tol. tied pointing it at his right breast fired. The store was filled with customers at the time. and the incident created a small panic. A (lector and the city ambulance were. immediately summoned, and the unfortnnatt' man WAS conveyed to the Hotel Dieu Hospital, where lie COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$1 to $2.75 per barrel, .according to quality. Beans -Primo, $2.25, and hand- picked, $2.40 to $2.45* per bushel. Hoary -Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3; extracted, 10c per 1b. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $14 to $11.50. Straw -$3.75 to $9.50. Potatoes -55 to 60e per bag on track for Ontario, and at 75c for New Brunswick. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per lb.; fowl, 10 to 11c; tur- keys, 17 to 19e per lb.; ducks, Ib. 11 to 13c. THE D.1IIIY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 22c; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20c; in- ferior, 17 to 18e; creamery, 23 to 25%e, and solids, 21 to 22c per lb. Eggs -Case lots, 24% to 25c per dozen. ('}reese-12'/,e per 1b. for large, and at 12,4e for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 15%c per lb. in case lots; mess pork. 826.50 to $27; short cut, $28 to $28.50. Hams -Light to medium, 15% to 1Ge ; do•, heavy. 14 to 14%c; rolls, 141.', to 15e; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 18; to 20e; breakfast ba- con, 17 to 18c. Lard -Tierces, 15c; tubs, 1514c; pails, 15%c. ��- BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 12. -New crop oats, No. 2 C'anadi.tn Western, 41% to 42c; old crop oats, No. 2 Cana- dian Western, 42 to 42%e; barley, No. 2. 66 to 67c; Manitoba feed barley, et to (15c; buckwhcit. 55 te, 55;ec. Flour ---Manitoba ,Spring wheat pat ent s, firsts, 85.70; Mani- toba Spring wheat patents. sec- ot:ds, $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers'. $3; straight rollers, $5 to $5.25. straight rollers, in bags. $2.35 to $i•50. Feed --Ontario bran, $21 to 822: Ontario middlings. $22.50 to 823.50; Manitoba bran, $.!1 : Mani- toba shorts. $23 to $114 ; pure train mouille, $33 to $3:,; mixed n 4 1ille. $25 to 827. Cheese -.Westerns, W„ to 11'•;e ; easterns 11 to 11,1,e. Butter -Finest. creamery, 21%c. Eggs -Selected stock 25!•i to 20e; No. 1 candled. 2.2'' to 23c; Nu. 2, 10 to 19c per d..zeu. UNITit) STATES 31A1t?':h.TS. Chicago. Oct. P2 -Cash wheat - No. 2 red. 81.18; No. 3 reel, *1.0M to 81.16; No. 2 hard, $1.00 to $1.- 12: No. 3 hard. $1.04 to $1.05: No. 1 Northern, $1.05 to *100; No. st Northern, *L03 to $1.0.',; No. 3 now lies in a precarious ceralition`pring, Lel t • 81.01. Corn No. 2. • N 1h1:.1 11.1N WORK.(0l; to e.o'� c; No. 2 white. 61'4c ; TO Nn. 2 yellow. 60'; to 6014'e: No. 3, ly good that could be picked out sold quickly from $4.85 to $5; fair to medium loads at $4.20 to $4.60; all other grades were easier, but everything on offer was sold. The demand for feeders was strong, with prices firm for ' good bulls, steers and heifers, but the fight rough stock were a shade lower. Milkers and springers were in ac- tive demand for good quality. Calves steady. Sheep and lambs were steady to firm. Hogs weak, owing to the poor quality, but anything of good weight and qua- lity sold at $8, fed and watered. GO! to (i(1'2e: No. 3 yellow, (;6',� to Ret order 11 sir Thinks frnnh.ii•d ' 00',c; No. 4. 59'.i to 59'4e. Oars-• should enpport Family. No. 3. :39e ; No. 3 white. 38,'.2 to .5 (i.'-1 aIch f..•:n Montreal rays: 39',e; No. 4 white, 38 to 390; stan- With a family of seven, destitute (lard. 11,ye. and homeless, John ('Connell and Minncapotis. Oct. 12.'Wheat --- his wife appeared before Recorder December. 99'1 to 09!.e ; May. $1.- Weir on Thursday morning. on the 02% to $1.02!,'„; No. 1 cash. '1rd, charge of being drunk and nettle f`i•o1'.1 ; No. 1 Northern. $t.nt ; No. ii,a to protide for their children. e Northern, (19c: No. 3 Northern. They pleetl'•d guilty and were sent i f-7 10 9Rc. Flour --First patents, down for sir and feu,: months re- *5.20 to $5.•0: second patents. $5 spretively. Recorder Weir said, t'' $5.10: first clears. $1.33 to $1.5.1; there was 8'1 Old sl-itutt' which i !"ding dear-. *3.10 to tt;i:o liven would compel the man t'e V. ork and -- in 100 !h ., k', g19 50 \ de -patch front Buffal', says: the proceeds of his labe r vould be 1`'t 1,1�'E STO('h \1.1Rh1'.steel viaduct user the New York devoted to the support of I.i, fern- ; Central tiac•ks. near the Elk Street i's. Mr. 1.efchsre. .l• r;;.4 the Montreal, Os•t. 12.- Pri;ne beets Market. w'I , Ween tip by dynamite e •e'rt. sates{ tl nt tl:e la,. e:.:•'«J .old at 4', tie 5:: per lb.; pretty at. 1 nein. on •(he'.r,day morning. A ,•.'c i.1 thc.:r•:, are! rete i el pet ' peal animals. ,^,',a to 4!,:e.; comme'tt litaiv el arae of the explosive was irt•' (rani.•.' lt'.. •..d sr 11.c;1 • 'i rl nock, 2 to 3',e per Ib. .514. it a u'+•.1 a^.el a large Reetion of the i^-eete'I t!.•• clerk t" le ^'t•• ', t',•• .leen, Iran old cow.; w?re ,els at Ureters, me, t••• is'ed and shatter- it'^r :.., (;..t••r41 a . ! r ... 1 e. a: ..-f,..'.0 elch. or 1!,e per lb. !'►his ail. T`,:' i, Om fifth dynamite out :r ':' . 1:. the Ir i ` , 1., . Oe • ,. , , 5''.c r•rr Ile Sheep. n... t.. ;''4e: lag.` that ha, t,'^erred here Nlth- • Ise 1 'es c,' ri , .` tie 1:0- 1 . I 1h. !wide,. 51,4 to 1. • prr !t' , i a tear. al! of then brills on re ('n• . 1 e; '"r• .4•9.e. t;, .41 let- of fat hog: sc•'(t at n'.; rtrn'•tere; worked by other than 64 NOT FIT TO DRINK. Montreal's Water Declared to be Absolutely Dirty. A despatch from Montreal says: Dr. Henri St. George, City Bac- teriologist, has completed his re- port in regard to the condition of the city's water, showing it to be unfit for drinking. The report of Dr. St. George conunences,by say- ing that the city at the present time is getting almost all its water from the Ottawa River, owing to the lowness of the water in the St. Lawrence. Samples of the water have been taken during the past ten days, and the analysis shows that the fluid now being provided to the city is unhealthy in the ex- treme. It is full of vegetable mat- ter. Indeed. the condition of the supply can be judged from the fact that the analysis shows there are nu less than 96,000 bacteria in fif- teen drops of water. In brief, the whole tenor of the report is to de- clare that. the water is absolutely dirty. PRIIRI1: FIRES. GUARD IS MISSING, TOO. Three Prisoners Escape From Mounted Police. A despatch from Edmonton, Alta., says: Between 5 and e o'clock on Wednesday night three prisoners escaped front the R. N. 11'. M. 1'. barracks at Fort Sas- katchewan. The guard in charge also disappear'!, and as he is a recruit the theory is that lie de- serted with the lnen. This belief has not been substantiated, how- ever, and there is a possibility that he may have met with foul play from the Wren ho had in charge. They were working in a field near the buildings, and their disappear- ance was not noticed fur some time. Wide Extent of Country Has Been Devastated. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Prairie fires are raging in various parts of Alberta and Saskatche- wan, hut details are scarce. One- third of the Government Park near Wainwright, Alta., was burned, but the buffalo are safe. Another Lig fire is rushing towards the park at present. Many homesteaders it both Alberta and Saskatchewan have suffered loss. A despatch from Oak Point, Man., says: Fire is raging 32 miles north of Oak Point. It was start - (el over a week ago on Dug ('reek Italian Reserve. Since then it has turned hundreds of square miles of prairie sod and timber. A large quantity of hay hes already been destroyed. Several settlers have lost stock, houses and stables, and narrowly escaped tearful deaths. On three or four days of last week the sun was completely hidden by smoke. The whole population in that region is greatly alarmed. be - (nese nothing but heavy rain can extinguish the flames. If a pea wind prises the whole country be- tween Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg may become the prey of the Ilatne'. s SWINi)LED THOUSANDS. An Ameriean Crook Sent *0 Prion in England. A despatch from London says: Harry Benson of Brooklyn, whose real name is Ilebro, has been found guilty by the Criminal Court and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The charges against hien were of fraud in connection with the bankruptcy of the Velth- ants Bank, which he founded. In the course of the trial evidence was given that he ilad defrauded more than 500 persons by his operations through the bank. It was also ad- duced that he had swindled 18,000 other persons by means of the in- ternational Securities Corporation. TO COVERDEFICITS. (; ernuul (:•os ernment to Ask for Loan of $125,000,000. A despatch from Berlin says: The Imperial Government will ask ter a loan of $125.000,003 in the beginning of 1010, the Tageblatt said on Thursday in its financial article, to cover deficits. This ac- counts, according to the news- paper, for the recent tendency to sell Imperial issues on tho Boerne. _ e _ _ , DATE DEFINITELY FIXED. Cabinet Decides Parliament Shall 'Nee Nosemher 11. A despatch frotn Ottawa says: At the Council meeting it was de- cided to summon Parliament. for despatch of business on Thursday, Nov. 11th. Mexicans hnvc a nice, delicate way of saying even nnpleaxant things. A young Mexican lady, talking with a prisoner in the peni- tentiary, pol.te'y asked : "How 1 )ng Jo you expect to le- away from homer A lawyer in Mexico, writes politely. of a certain client : "I Lave writeen to Senor -- about the documents, and I am awaiting lis reply. He has not answered. although there has been plenty of time. 1 hear he is in jail. and that, of course, handicaps him to some extent." BLOWN UP DY DYNAMITE Fifth Explosion Within a Year on Works Manned by Non -Union Men. built by the S. J. Mc('nnn Com- pany. of Mercer, Pa , who do prac- tically all their (e ••rk on the open shop poli: y. Th' last outrage here was directed against the seine firm. :1 large construction car and heist- ing crane, owned by them ars} op- t rated at the Elk Street viadact, IA as wrecked by a charge of dyna- mite that he:d beel placed under the boiler of the engine. - No arrests have been made in csnne• tion with ai;y of the job, pulled off here. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 • 4 1