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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-10-28, Page 3BUSINESS BOO1YI NEXT YEAR ,4Railway Men Axe Expecting the Briskest Time in Many. Years. '.\ despatch from Pittsburg, Penn.. says: That the revival of business and general confidence has taken a new grip on shippers and manufacturers is indicated here by elders that have been placed for .t/ars and locomotives by various 1 ail road companies. Railroad men say that the great volume of business that has been booked for manufacturers will ne- cessitate an enormous outlay by the railroads fur new equipment. Or- ders for cars and locomotives ag- gregating $3,650,000 have been placed within the last week. The Baltimore and Ohio, the Erie and Norfolk and Western railroads SWEPT OW ER BOA RD. Mrs. T. Sampson. of Brisbane, Drowned at Sea. A despatch from Victoria, 13 C., says: Swept away by a great sea which washed the decks of tha Ca- nadian -Australian liner Mara:•.a, which arrived here on Wednesday, Mrs. T. Sampson, of Brisbane was drowned before her husband's eyes during a strong gale in which the wind blew sixty miles an hour water the liner was an hour from Ayd ney, and many others had narrow escapes. Steward Noble was swept against the rail, clinging to two lit- tle girls rescued by hien. Fireman. Anderson had both legs broien, and from 18 to 20 passengers and seamen were swept in a mats of broken deck fittings, but one life only was lost. Mrs. Sampson v. a•; swept against the rail with suet' force that it broke and she was ca••- ried into the sea. Lifebuo='s were thrown and a boat made ready for lowering, but it would have been madness to lower it even had the unfortunate woman been sighted a`_ - ter the vessel stopped as soon as tip warning cries were heard on the bridge. Mrs. Sampson was a y It ttg woman, 2.2 years of age. FOl'It7'II MAiN EINE. C. P. R. Completed Road From Saskatoon to 1Vetaskiwin. A despatch from Winnipeg says: :The new C. P. H. line from Saska- toon to \Wetaskiwin, in Northern Alberta. is now completed, and the company is celebrating the comple- tion of the second plain line through the prairies giving direct connec- tion between Winnipeg and Edmon- ton. This snakes the fourth main line between Winnipeg and the far west, and all will eventually go through to the Pacific coast. It is officially stated that the C. P. R. have completed the survey of a lino through the Pine River Pass in the Rockies in Northern Alberta. and this will he a continuation of the line from Wetaskiwin. .l. LOSSES IN FOREST i'Ilti:s. Totaled Over $25.9041,000 in Canada Last fear. A despatch front Ottawa says: The Census and Statistics Monthly shows that there were 835 forest fires in Canada in 1903. by which 60,290.000 feet of timber, board measure, were damaged or destroy- ed, and the valve of the timber and improvements destroyed amounted to *25.533,550. Twenty --two lives were lost. The train causes of the forest fires were sparks from rail- way locomotives. bush burning by settlers. and carelessness by trav- elers and sportsmen. have arranged fur a total of 310 new loc•utin.tives. The New York ('en- tral system has placed orders here for four thousand steel cars of the Gondola type. Orders for 100,000 steel curs and 1,100 locomotives had been placed previous to the latest orders. The largest order fur loco- motives ever placed at one time by a railroad became known Tuesday, when it was learned that the Balti- inore and Ohio will place orders for 250 engines of various types among different locomotive works over the country. Railroad men expect the heaviest freight traffic in years, starting the first of the year, and all lines are placing orders for additional cars. C. N. R. WESTERN TER MINA L. To he Qmalsino on the West ('oast of 1'ancouver !stand. A despatch from Victoria, B. C'., says: Mr. 1). D. Mann of the Ca- nadian Northern Railway in a con- ference with representatives of the Board of Trade, stated that, the ul- timate terminal point of the C. N. It. on the Pacific seaboard was Quatsino on the west coast of Van- couver Island. Mr. Mann urged the people of the island to unite for the construction of a line of rail- way the whole length of the island when population would pour into the country. Having concluded his negotiations with the government. Mr. Mann returns to the east at once. It is believed that these ne- gotiations have been successful, and that Premier McBride has agreed to guarantee the bonds for the ex- tension of the Canadian Northern from Edmonton to Vancouver, with a connection to Vancouver Island by ferry. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS Bh1't'ENINt .S IIt0MI ALL OVEN 1 D GLOBE. Telegrap(lte Briefs from Oar Owe add Other 1'ouutrles el Recent Et eats. Levi Dell, a traeknuu1, was killer{ on the railway at Welland, on Wed- nesday. A Government inspector is inves- tigating reported gold finds in Whitney township, Otitarie. The Southwestern 'Traction Line, running out of London. has been purchased by a syndicate of Lon- don, Hamilton and Toronto men. 'fhe Soo eastbound express was ditched at North flay by some boys who tampered with the switch. Two men were hurt, but not very seri- ously. It is officially announced that the fire insurance companies will pay :he Province of Ontario $146,136 for the losses in the Parlinnent build ings fire. Workmen excavating for a new building on St. Catherine street, Montreal, found the ruins of an old French outpost in a fair state of preservation. Guelph City Council passed a re- solution in favor of allowing towns c;f over 7,000 population to appoint a commission and do away with the City Council. The foreign trade of the Domin- ion for the first six months of the current fiscal year amounted to $301,390,038. The figures now equal those of the boom times of 1907. GREAT BRITAIN. Prof. Martin Elke.nburg, a well- known Swedish scientist, was charg- ed in London with attempted mur- der in connection with the recent Swedish bomb outrages. THE WORLD'S MAR1iE f `' REPORTS PROM 'f11E LEADING TRA DI: CENTRES. friers of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADST I' FES. Toronto, Oct. 26--1 lour-- (Mario wheat 90 per cent. patents $1.15 so $4.23 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and $1 to $1.10 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 on tack, Te- rmite; second patents, $5.10, and strong bakers', $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern 81.02'., Bay ports, and No. 2 Nor- thern at $1.01, Bay ports. Ontario wheat --No. 2 mixed $1 outside, and No. 2 white and -red Winter, $1 to $1.01 outside. Barley -No. 2, 57 to 53c outside, and No. 3 extra at 56e outside. Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new, 3G'. to 371. c outside. New ('ana- d:. West oats, 39c for No. 2, and 3Sc for No. 3, Bay ports. Peas -S4 to We outside. Rye -\o. `l 70 to 72c outside. Buckwheat -55 to 541e outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 69% to 70e on track, Toronto. Bran -$21 in bags, and shorts, $2:t.50 in bags. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$1.25 to $2.73 per bar- rel, according to quality. Beans -$1.50 to $1.60 per bushel at outside points. Honey -Combs, dozen, $2.25 to $3: extracted, 10c per Ib. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 at 811 to $14.50. Straw -$8.75 to $9.50. Potatoes -47 to 50c per bag on track for Ontarios. Poultry--('hickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per lb.; fowl 9 to 10e; tur- keys, 17 to lav per lb; ducks, Ib., 12 to 13c; geese, 10 to 12e per 1b. SCENE IN BR!TISII HOUSE Labor Member's Hope for Those Who Signed Ferrer's Death Warrant. t despatch fie»n London says :I Grayson made an attempt 10 prove :1n unusual scene was created in the' his the expulsion of the Spanish House of Commons on Tuesday : Ambassador, but this was prevent - night by the Socialist member for• Yorkshire, Albert \'ietor l;raysoi, I ed by the Speaker, while the pro - and William .J. 'Thorne, labor mem- , test of the Socialist forces against ber for South-west. Hama. The tire killing of Grayson's motion was Socialist members tried to adjourn i quickly silenced 1►y the majority. the House to discuss the execution ( Arthur Henderson, a leading La - at Barcelona of Prof. Ferrer, but. bor member of the House, opened of Labor and Radical members pre-! the discussion by questioning the sent only sixteen would vote. Foreign Secretary on Britain's at - Grayson and Thorne then anathe- tirade toward 11►e Ferrer incident. ntatized their colleagues, calling I The Secretary responded that the them "shameful cowards." i Government at no time was in pos- Thorne shouted out that it was' session of special information re - his pious hope that "those who i garding the Ferrer ease, and that signed Ferrer's death warrant will ' the proper policy of non-interfer- be sent to heaven by the chemical ' euc•e with the internal_ affairs of a parcel post." foreign country had been fe,1lowed. Good lots of fat hogs 8%c to 8%e FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND per pound. TYPHOON iN CHINA. Mau;, Casualties Caused on ('oast Near Hong Kong. A despatch from Hong Kong says: Many casualties attended a 11' bat is Going On in tire Ilighlantls typhoon t.11at played havoc with the native shipping, and damaged other and Lowlands of Auld vessels at various points on the Scotia. coast, during Wednesday night. At this port the Standard Oil sieanl_ Fire broke out at the Palace er Lyndhurst fouled the Japanesetlrewery, Edinburgh, a large malt - steamer Hong Kong Marti, and • nig building being destroyed. Dant - both were damaged. At Macao the age about $x0,000. Portuguese gunboat Petrie was :\ c•ollect►ion of specimens illus- liited from its Moorings, and car-'tratiug the progrmss of aeronautical ried up the Canton River, where i. being formed in the Royal Scot- the stranded on a flooded rice field. tish Museum. Many houses were blown down in Lord Advocate, Lire has address - the vicinity of Macao, where junks e., vnore meetings in support. of the and fishing smacks in largo num- budget than any other member of bets foundered, involving many the (invernrnent, casualties. There were 16 outbreaks of ankh - UNITED STATES. rax in Sco.land for the week en►:diig Tuberculosis causes s ten thousand MURDERED .1S TRAITOR' 1 right. Perth thand ingust Wigtown. MURDERED DAIRY 31.1RKETS. ,e- deaths a year in Now York. dedMrs. Pankhurst,, the suffragette Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 22e; Russian Revolutionist Disappears res elout s tly 1,000commemorationaof ice FOUR YEARS IN CANADA. leader, arrived in New York on tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20e; inin - \I'ednesday, ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 25 to From SL Petersburg. Battle of Bullion Groes, held at Bedfort's Brother-in-law hoes Nol }Teary \\'. Mack, counsel for Dr. 26e. and solids, 23 to 24c per ib. A despatch from St. Petersburg hlotterstone Haugh, in tho ti:iuity Believe His Story. Cook, says his client is the victim Eggs -Case lots, 25c per dozen says: The police have received a de- of the field• of a widespread conspiracy. for fresh, and 27 to 23e for new spateh from Paris informing them A boy scout named Frank Burrs A despatch from London says: Elsie Bowman, asixteen-year old laid• ut the disappearance from that city "as drowned near Cramond Brig who The sass ht ecimt murdered Ethe of el Kinn girl from Southampton, Ontario, Cheese -12%c per Ib. for large of one of the principal agents of the on the .:nth ult. Scoutmaster Og- rade at Hamilton, Ont., is Jahn was found on the point of starve- and at 12'/._c for twins. Central Committee of Social Revo- lutionists. nitre made a plucky attempt to res - tion at Cincinnati. on Wednesday. •-- The police here think cue the boy. Corry. He was born in London. Mrs. G. G. Hubbard, mother -in- HOG PRODUCTS. that this disappearance may have Tho ('arruhber's ('lose �Iisjinn, His brother-in-law called at the some connection with two niysteri_ Edinburgh,u has been in existence for Buxton prison on Wednesday. Bed low of Dr. Alexander Graham Bacon -Lor_g clear, 13 to 13,,;c ,Ila murders recently committed in fifty }ears, and no fewer than 1R, - Bell's son, was killed in an automo- fort. was well dressed when he ar- per lb. in caro lots; mess pork, $'-�: this city. The theoryof the slice 62 consecutive nightly meetings bile accident in Washington, on $27.50 to 829. i have been held. rived in this country and had con- short cut, siderable money. He did not look con - Wednesday. Hams -Light to medium, 151. to is that the victims were revolution - The Glasgow School P.�ard are like a plan w•he had worked his pas- The presence of a league among 16!:,c; do., heavy, 11% to iSe; rolls, i.ts, whore good faith had been taking stops to carry out a scheme importers and customs weighers has r, ,, suspected by their associates' for the medical exa•minatien and sage over. His brother-in-law does 14,4 to ISe; shoulders, 12s to 13c; ,. not believe Bedfort committed the been indicated as the result of a backs, 18�y to 19c; breakfast bacon, supervision of children. It is pro - trial for fraud at New York. INDIANS .11{E UNRULY. posed to appoint as ho confesses to doing. 17e. p a chief medical of - There is no insanity in the family. Lard -Tierces, 153;c; tubs, 15' c;liver and 20 mcdieal practitioners. Bedfort would not tell his brother- pails, 15;4c. Redskins in Rainy River District By way of celebrating the semi - in -law the name of the steamer he --- Secure Whiskey. jubilee of the Co-operative mote - carne over in. Bedfort was four'tient in Burntisland an imposingyears in Canada. but when writing A despatch from Mine Centre, dr.monstration took place recently. Ont., says: How to handle drunken tc. his relatives in this country he Indians is getting serious in the About 1,500 ithildren took part and always gave the sante postotGce ase Rainy River I►istrict. Redskins were given sports and prizes. his address, ranging tip and down the Seine sit -Burgh band has received an invite,- ---_...4. German Emperors South .1f-, 2 66 to 07e; Manitoba feed barley, tion from a New York impreiario riean diamond fields are, said to': re to 53e. Buckwheat -57e. Flour- Lake, and women and children t•: tour the United States and Can - have been robbed of large numbers Manitoba Spring wheat patents, along the route are in apprehen- sion soda for ten weeks on the condi- of fine. stones. $5.70; Manitoba spring wheat pat- of being attacked. The Inch- testi that they wear the Highland Russia may send tromps into Fin- ents, seconds, $5.20; Winter wheat ons are securing whiskey, are con- garb. land to force the people to comply patents, *5.50; Manitoba strong stoutly drunk, and in trouble. if Datid Brown, the first passenger A despatch from ('Iric•agn saes • with the wishes of the Russian Gov- bakers'. $3: straight rollers, $5 to SOIIIe one does not take steps to guard on the Edinburgh ail Perth Nam curing by electricity is ut.• •.f ernnient. *5.25; straight rollers in bags, $2.- stop the sale of liquor to Indians, line after the opening of the forth the new wonders of the age, as told t33 to $2.50. Peed -Ontario bran, it is felt there will be a tragedy Bridge, and who afterwards served of on Wednesday at the convent .4 di' `!-'- *21 to *22; Ontario middlings, *23.- 80111C day• in a similar capacity en Di. fast of the American Meat i'uekers' ,\,-� 50 to *21; Manitoba bran. *21 ; Mn- "' _* traius between Carlisle and Edin- 1 \1'iSI)O�i \WHI11'�. nitoha short,, $'23 to $21; litre 1''ARMAN'S GRE.1T 11,14,HT. 1.i,r h, was the other da laid to sociatiun. The idea originated with I •___ R � J. C. Lincoln, of Cleveland, the.•' True love will run smooth while grain nlouille, *33 to 835; mixed rest in !'artiste Cemetery. and a half years ago. A ham h••; the track is wel! greased with gold. iiiouille, $2:, to *27. (.'heer.e--West- l'orly•rsevcu Miles in an Hour and a Sir Holbert Stout, chief justice of cured by the electric process at that The finite of theatre tickets often erns, 111,-1 to 11';;e, and easterly; at Ilalf. New Zealand aril former Premier, tune, he declared, is as good now as, accounts for a 111a11.5 suddenly ac- 11 to 11'/,e. Butter -Finest cream- .1 despatch from Blaekp,ol, Eng. addressed a meeting of temperancethe doe it got the electric bath. 'file quired domestic taste,, er}, 24 to 21',;e. Eggs -Selected land, says: Henry barman, the workers in Glisgow recently en the meat is placed in large vats filled' The longer a man studies the sh.ck, to 28c; No. 1 candled at French aeronaut, en Wednesday advance of ternperanee rentinlent with a pickle composed of sugar,: • curves of a decanter the closer he t.. 20e per dozen. :u the colony, which lie attributed 1 i R accomplished at the aviation meet to the educative vnlno of local r. ► salt, and saltpetre. and an electric is apt to imitate them on his home- by far the finest flight that has been op- salt, is passed through the vat.1ward journey.. I'Ni"flit).ST,1T1:S 1(.1l1KKTS. witnessed in this countrt. The tion introduced 16 years ago. Tho new method will mean cheaper; Before marrage a man asks hut Er covered 47 miles and Stirling hal its Auld years as well ham. I 'for one little word. afterwards he Buffalo, Oct. 26. -Wheat -Spring .,•, sr :1yr, but it is without n poet In wheat, steady : No. 1 Northern. car- 1.1'+1 cards in one hour „_ minutes p gets plenty without the asking. I loads, ~lore, a1.09's • Minter, firm, 16 4 :. seconds. In the first hour li. render it immortal. It has been Some oxen never succeed because i Corn -Higher; No.+3 yellow•, 66i (.. made 30 miles and 1,:x77 canis, and it) exi-fence for 500 years, and is SAFE they are afraid of doing more than . the spectators cried out in their en- naturally experiencing the frailties s their share. I No. ace tt}`el�er,w, 06e:cNu.No.3rr'nhit.,;' 1husiasn► that he hod established a f o!d age. It was much impro%.41 1'eoplh will nearly always tell the "'a• a Oats -Higher : Nn. 2 wt.', , world's record. This is not SO, Trow- 23 Sears ago, Lot i • again in dan- t•ntl► when they can maks some- •1.11.,c; No. 3 white, 13%e; Ni.:. i ever, as i'aulhan flew 31 7-10 miles pe ayr offfalling a rest"is from the giving thing by dining it. white, 42;4e. Barley -Feed to malt• I In sssty minutes at Rhcim Generally a man who thinks he �- 4. A FEW POINTS. Some mien flied a sort of itit .xi- catiou in avoiding payment of just debts. if yon have a dog which barks n great ileal at night and disturbs the neighbors. du you caret After n than has said grace nt :1, meal. some time is required fur NOTi:S OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. GENERAL. Count. de Lambert. the French aviator, flew over the Eiffel Tower in his aeroplane. A bloody battle followed an at- tempt of Haytien insurgents to am- bush a body of loyal troops. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 26. -Old crop oats, No. 2 Canadian Western. 42'S to 43e ; new crop oats, Noe 2 Canadian Western, 41'4 to 42c. Barley - No. ('t"I{I: HAM B1' I:i,E(" I'I{1('11'1•. New Device toCheapen Product Told of at Convention. THIS EXPLOSIVE IS Can be Hammered, Heated or Shccked by entertain you as a nail in your ( wittyIs 15u beast as successful nt Ings hieago, Oct. 2x1.- 60 __ :m\l heat Cash 0I 1 11\ 1'� 1;1{1111'111. Ni.. 2 red, *1.20 to $1.2:': No. Detonator Without Exploding ''''.(1:1';‘,''''.(1:1';‘,ems average n an seto think red. 81.1E 151.20; No. hard, $I I eptilsii,n (lover 5:1.1191 tastes's. �' the best way to get ahead in the 1'' to *1.12: No. 3 hard. $1.06 t., moll Litt} -three )lillion. - -- --- world is to hold some other fellow $1.10: Nn. 1 Northern, 8!.0.1 t, x41.- :\ aespatoh from Ottawa s.tys: hock. 09'; : No. 2 Northern. $1.01 to *l,. Ottawa now IIA, n population of 33,- \ do•patch from Washington sur was inserted could the in a The ratan She becomes famous 03, No. 3 Spring. 81.03 to 81.00. 360, aec•od'ng t.. the annual een- says:.1 new explosive. a British in- stance be exploded; but thea, in usually dues so through the efforts Corn- No. 2, 61%e; No. 2 white, se. c•f the As;essmeiat ('on►mission- vcntien which possesses possibili- few chola that were ahnt off, it of others to (prove that he isn't. 611; to 01';e; No. 2 yellow, 61'.i to er. The increase during the year hilities, it is said, of revolutioniz• showed itself more ponerfu1 than There's lin rdly a man who 61;! t'; No. 3, 61 to GI' -:;e: No. 3 cel- amounts to 3.076. 'I'asable proper - d' )seat c. it can oil! I►e set oft tl. esn't like to pretend when lie goes low. hist to 011, c. Oats -No. 2. 1: is gi%4 11 a valuati.�n of 53,318,31-1, ib.Ko are,un,l the (nide to bocun•o ing the blasting work in connection 1,� heating a small pintinunt wird 40c: No. 3,"c; No. 3 white, 40 ec.mfortable again. ton restaurant that he's so well- 39%which is nn increase of $L410.O00 g with the construction of the Pana- just inside the open end lit an elee_ known t here they always try to do to Ile; No. 4 white, 39}4 to 40c; during the• scar :1 newlyt,,irrird woi+an's dinner inn ('anal, has been tested ..n the tris spark or base. it will nut es s„+netting special for him. standard, •11 to 41'!c. 1:ltde all a ay. looks pretty. but 't. Isthmus of Panama recently, anti plode by concussion.Seehow far you area nod man. - I'(l l \ 11s, an111 1 \ 1111.1, \ . tikes an older housekeeper, with as n result the Panama ('anal Cool- It is claimed that the ncss expo,-! 1late yon helped a fallen hrother',• I.1\'1: STOCK \i \1:KETM. - l ,•• heat chino smashed, to got t•;• a mission ordered twenty tons of it site is 50 per cent. stronger than the Are you keeping yourself breve and �.uinC )laehin" 1 -, nl i �pirr. 'tomer that tastes good. for trial. CO per coo(. grade of ds minute, and trice f Are you reaching your 'nor-; Montreal, Oct. 26. Good cattle _ The inventor's exhaustive tests that the cost of manufacturing will , nl Ideals, and. shote nit, are you were scarce and higher priced. Six t Near 4 before the members of the lsth- b.• more than *20 per ton cheaper, i ra� isin each ideal as you reach it North ee.•-1 heifers sold at 4',e per .1 despatch from (' .halt sats : i it's easy fur n 111811 t„ be h..neit mina Canal Commission showed So confident is the British invent, re pegl►igherl (round and from that down to 3',,e \While driving by the Buckingham ; if it pati, better tha' !!ring that it is absolutely impossible to that lie will secure the contract to There are some people whose re- per pound fur pretty good animals. Hotel. at North Cobalt, a gentle 11'there ise. explode it by ordinary means. It f►rni-Ir all the cxployite. to he use.' limon wouldn't foul the most credit - annum. on and lean stock sold from man 011 '1'u,•sday night met a I, ,Qaty , I .lake the bra 1 of the pre: eat - if WAS hampered with n sledwe, shot 'n the ('anal nest tear, it is stared loos person on earth. bot, the;: es- 1',;c to 3i per pound. Hills from apparentlt without a cdrit••4-. On, "'ta are inal•le to sell (+r exchange into by a rifle, burned, and (+rain- that be has organii�•l n cotnpa, s pert the Lord to swallow it. 2c tel 3e per pound. filch enws, making nn examination he discos- ! it Ai dytinn,itc detonators were es- which will at once creel n fact.,r} Stone people seem to think they *:;0 to 1160 each. Calves from 3',;c creel the Indy of .taniee 11cCiee•, n' Remot,• the rind from your circa !dude(' in it b.dh by fuse and by en the helmets with n capic•..a eV ; aro charitable berause thee: dream to to per pound; good teak, :.e to '('w ins; ma -billy, agent. r ho had loft ' sh.,e• l,efore calling attteation to the electri••it v. hat the compound was h,•tweea 6.e40 and 7.011 ton. pc r' of g:vin•t Rwa) ,nu:,rv_and le: it 5',c per pound. Sheep about :'e Cobalt far Ifni;,•,b:tt abort a half-;•l:,.t ••,1 tl:; fo„la ss ,-f jolt neigh - inert. Not until a special detona- i annum. � gc ill !tsar. ► “ii -t1 iambs at 5':,C to Oc per pound. Is ur pre% i .us. 1 1/Ur.