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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExter Times, 1910-06-30, Page 2llkMEN REFUSE AWARD Board Has Ignored Differentials Existing in C. P. R. Territory. A despatch front Montreal says: The committee of the Brotherhoods of Railway Trainmen and Railway Conductors have refused to accept the award of the board of concilia- tion in regard to the wage dispute with the Canadian Pacific and Gland Truett Railways. Their do- eision was made on Wednesday af- ternoon, when they sent the follow- ing telegram to the Minister of La - bur at Ottawa: "The general committee, repre- senting the hien employed in the train and yard service on the C. P. R unanimously request us to ad- vise you that they have received an 1 thoroughly considered the award handed out by the board of arbitration in the recent investiga- tion. "While thanking the board for its earnest efforts, honest considera- tion• and intent in propar;eg the award referred to, the committee aro compelled to advise you that P. is unsatisfactory, being imprac- ticable of adoption, and that, it can- not be a cepted. "For reasons best known to the gentlemen comprising the board, standards and comparative differ- eetials existing in the territory and un the C. P. Ii. have been entirely ignored, or, worse still, reversed, thereby making the award as hand- ed down impossible of acceptance. "11'e are this date writing Mr. McNicoll, quoting tho telegram, VDU asking if his company are still indisposed t- recognize past and recently revised standards in the territory." This is signed by James Mur- dock, vice-president of the I3rother- hcod of Railway Trainmen, and S. H. Merry, vice-president of the Or- der of Railway Conductors. Tho standards referred to in the telegram to the Minister of Labor aro those paid by United States railways entering Canada, so that practically the demand of the men is that wages on Canadian railways ba placed on the sarno basis as thceas in tho United Stites in ter- ritery contiguous to the Canadian border, that is upon the New York Central and its affiliated lines, whish are closely in touch with the Canadian frontier. WALTER ROSS HANGED. Protested His innocence of Wilful M urder. :1 despatch front North Bay says: Walter Ross, who was found guilty of the murder of Percy Parkinson, his prospector chum and partner, at Ramore, Timiskaming district, Ian December, died on the scaffold on Tuesday morning at, seven o'clock. In a statement to the press Ross said: "I am thirty-three years of age; I was born in England; the place does not matter. I have lived in Ci.nada and the United States for the last nine years. Am a mecha- nical engineer, and have been all over the world following my voca- trcn. I have never married. You cannot put it too strongly that Parkinson was shot in self-defence. I had been in the Cobalt country aLeut three years, and Parkinson and I were partners. Parkinson seemed to get in a frenzy when haw tempered. I admitlying to Constable Rowell as to where I spent the preceding night, but it was to shield the woman. I do not fear death, and the only thing that troubles me is that Canadian jus- tice has not given me a square deal in any shape or form. I gave my- self up, thinking I had nothing to tear, as the shooting was in self- defence, taking the first train and returning with the officer. when I could easily have escaped." lio.tRI►CRs 111!) 10 .11 M1'. Our Man was Badly Burt in Halley - bury Fire. :1 despatch from Ilaileybury says: One man was probably fatally in - jilted and several others badly hurt in a fire which destroyed the King Edward boarding house on Brown- ing street early 1Wednesday morn- ing. it was filled with boarders at the time of the fire, who just es- caped in their night garments. The man who was very badly injured was Dave Clay, an Englishman about forty years of age. He is in the Allen Hospital, and the doc- tots hold out little hope for his re- covery. Tont Baily is also in the hospital suffering from the shock in j►.mping. .John Irish, another boarder, had his back badly strained in jumping from the third stt ry window, and Albert Taylor, a young man who tried to catch Clay i:l jumping. had his face badly la- cesated. The building was owned by Harry Steele, and his loss will be 61,000, with no insurance. A CANADIAN'S CRIME. Alexander Wiley Shot His Wife in Michigan. A despatch from Pontiac, Mich., says: Alexander Wiley. forty years of age, who came here from Canada a short time ago and married a widow, became angry at her on Tuesday night because she would not untie a string from about her (neck which held a bag containing her savings of $75, that he might buy more drink. He shot her in the head three times and then fired a bullet into his own head with a thirty-eight calibre revolver after he had slashed her throat with a knife. Both are in the hospital. She will die. He may recover. The tragedy occurred in the presence of her fifteen -year-old daughter and teu-year-old son. GOLDWIN SMITH'S ESTATE. Most of It Has Been Left to Cors nett University. A despatch from Ithica, N. Y. says: Cornell University will re- ceive the major part of the estate of Ooldwin Smith, who was prom- irently identified with the early history of the university. An- nouncement of the bequest was made by President Schurnian to the Alumni Association on Wednes- day. Its value will not be known until the executors file the petition for probate next week. The will says: "I make this bequest to show my attachment to the university. to pay respect to Ezra Cornell and to show my attachment as an English- man to the union of the two branch- es of our race on this continent and with their common mother." The estate, it has been estimated, will total around $1.000,000. DRY DOCK P1.1\.4. Vickers Sons & Maxim 11il1 .11.ro Make Car 11 heels. A despatch front Ottawa says: Aibert Vickers of the English ship- l.uilding firm of Vickers Sons and Maxim, saw Hon. Messrs. Pugsley ant Brodeur on Wednesday with regard to the plans for the new dry- dock at Montreal. In addition to the construction of a floating dry- cicek and ship repair plant, the firm, it is understood. aims to turn nut seven -eighths of the wheels re- geired by the Canadian railways. Shipbuilding will also he carried on and it is not improbable that some of the smaller ships of the navy sill be tendered nn. A final ngree- ment, however, has not yet been reached. VOYAGE OF AERIAL LINER Count Zeppelin at the Wheel Carries the Farty 300 Miles, A despatch from Dusseldorf, Germany, Pays: The first regular airship passenger service was in- ar.g11rated on Wednesday. when Count Zeppelin's great craft. the Deutschland, carrying 20 passen- gers, successfully made the first scheduled trip from Frie Irichsha- fen to this city, a distance of 300 miles, in nine hours. The weather WO; !Jr rfeet and the motors worked faultlessly. The average time maintained for the complete course v'1s approximately 33 miles an hour, but between Friedriehsaafen ar.d Stuttgart the 124 miles was covered in an average rate of 11 smiles an hour. The best speed for a single hour was 43;, miles. Count Zeppelin was at the helot when the Deutschland ► ut.schland roseat 1 n I� 'e<ric}ts} inf- cn at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morn- ing and sailed away on the trip that was to mark an epoch in aviation. The passengers were some of the di- rectors of the ilntnburg-Atnericnn Steamship Co. and the German Air- ship Stock ('o., joint owners of the dirigible, and guests. They occu- pied the mahogany -welled and car- peted cabin, situated between the gcndolns, and from the windows viewed the scenery as the aerial car swept along. Count Zeppelin steered for the greater part of the distance. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER TIIE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Owe and Other Countries of Recent Evests. CANADA. Miss Ethel Keeler was drowned in a cistern at Woodstock on Thursday. The C. N. R. has bought a large hock of property as a station side at Montreal. Guelph has granted five years' exclusive franchise to the Bell Te- lephone Company. A oontract has been let for the construction of a huge office build- ing at Montreal. The Naval Department expects to submit plans of the now vessels to contractors for tendering on very 80e•n. Tho Montreal firemen who dis- etinguished themselves with brav- ery at Tho Herald fire are to re- ceive medals. Dr. John 8. Booth of Montreal war fined $3 and costs for cuffing a pian who wanted him to attend his sick father. Irons Sewery, a pupil at Nor- wood, Man., was suspended for criticizing her teacher, and her fa- ther has taken action against the ►School Board to have her rein- stated. Blackburn and Jones, the two prospectors who engineered the rush into Cariboo Lake district in search of gold, were convicted of fraud at North Bay, and released en deferred sentence. GREAT BRITAIN. It has practically been arranged that the coronation of King George will take place about the twiddle of May next year. Twenty-two sailors aro said to have been drowned in the wreck of s Spanish steamer off Land's End. Senator Geo. W. Ross, Byron E. Walker of Toronto and H. N. Bate of Ottawa have been made Knights Bachelors. The British Cabinet has decided r(.t to oppose the passage of the second reading of the women's suf- frage conciliation bill. Captain Cody, the British army instructor in aeronautics, was seri- ously injured when his aeroplane fdl with him at Aldershot. UNITED STATES. It is estimated that on a hot day New York spends about $1,500,000 o;. beverages. Chief of Police Kohler of Cleve- land has been acquitted of the charges against hint and roiustat- cd Porter Charlton, arrested at Ho- boken, N. J., admitted having mur- dered his wife at Lake Como, Italy. A Canadian jurist will have a place on a Board of Arbitration that is to settle a boundary dispute between Mexico and the United States. Four persons were fatally injur- ed at. Coney Island when two cars et. a scenic railway left the track while going at a high rate of speed. GEN F;lL L. Roumania has sent an ultimatum to Greece demanding satisfaction for damage done a Roumanian 'nail steamer at the Piraeus, and threat- ening, action if the demand is not met. + EGGS F011 NEXT WINTER. Being Gathered into ('old -Storage 11 arrhuuses. i. despatch from Newark, New Jersey, says: Forty-five million eggs hove been shipped into this city since April 1 and placed ie cold- stcrnge by warehouse men, to re- nnin there until the big shipments ut last winter are duplicated. Tho eggs coma mostly from Indiana. Michigan and Ohio. They were pur- chased at an average price of from 23' 1 to 24 cents a dozen. Two cents a dozen is added to cover in- serance, storage costs, etc., which brings the total cost up to about 26 cents a dozen. if the eggs can be retailed in New fork next win- ter at 45 cents is dozen, which they sold for last winter, there will be a profit of 19 cents a dozen, or is total of something over $700,000. PLENTY 01' R.tiN. Beneficial Showers Visit Souther. Alberto. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Reports received on Thursday morning indicate very heavy rain on the Mennonite reserve and around Ochre River on Wednesday right. Southern Alberta had a v od shower. At Kamsack there was heavy rain, and at Qu':Appello there was one of the heaviest down- pours in the history of the valley. There was a good heavy shower at the Portage Plains and all through southern Manitoba. In the latter district, especially around Carman and south, rain was very badly needed, the crops being parched. GRATEFUL RAIN SAVED CROPS Great Disaster Had the Drought Continued. A despatch from Winnipeg says: According to reports received from all over Western Canada by local grain men, the late rain came when it would bo most beneficial to the wowing grain. Little or no dam- age is reported by any of the cor- respondents, although the crop is somewhat small in some of the shady districts. The general state- ments are that, had the drought continued until the end of the week the results would have been disas- trous, but practically every place in tha whole belt reported rain. The crops aro best in Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta. Manitoba comes a close second. while those of the irrigated districts in the vicinity are virtually heading out, and will be ready for the binder within two weeks, if the present waren weather and showers continuo. After tho big rain the crops around Winni- peg have grown as though they were in some huge hot bed. .s, RICIIF:ST ON CONTINENT. Phenomenal Strike of Zino Ore at Kelso, B. C. A despatch from Kelso, British Columbia, say-' : Phenomenal strike of rich oro has been made ori the Lucky Jim Mine at Kelso, the rich zinc mine. Tho present strike on the big fissure is 33 feet wide. It is of phenomenal richness, exceed- ing fifty per cent. green ore, such as is found nowhere else on the the continent. The directors have purchased a tramway giving direct access to the railway and ship- n;tints will begin immediately. A large concentrating plant will bo erected at Kelso, the city giving liberal concessions in tax exemp- tien and free water, and a large number of men will be employed. PENALIZING THE BACHELOR. France hopes to Increase Birth Rale. :1 despatch from Paris says: A series of rneasures designed to stimulate the birth rate in France, was introduced in parliament on Thursday, It includes the imposi- tion of additional military service upon bachelors over '29 years of age; making obligatory the marri- age of state employes who have reached the ago of 29 years, with supplementary salaries and pension aliowances for those with more than thee children, a Q o repealof therlaw requirin *cppal distri- bution of estates mongmthe chil- dren. MONTREAL. fi.1RBOR. Annual Report Shows Large in• crenr•e in Revenue. A despatch from Montreal says: That the harbor of Montreal had applications for 25 per cent. more accommodation than it could give in 1909 is one of the statements rna.lc in the annual report of the Harbor Commissioners. just published. The report points out that 1900 was de- voted to the study of plans of de- voltpment, which have since been financed and are under way. Big increases in revenue were reported. The amount disbursed on capital account was $979,570. -#- - M .t (i .t Z I N E S Bum yr. C'ontractor's Henry Loss by Forest Flies. A clespatch from Port Arthur says: Contractor McEwen, working en the N. T. R. north of Lake Ne- p•igon, suffered the loss of two pow- der magazines, which were explo- ded by forest fires. They contained 100 eases of explosives, and were valued at 815.000. Tho magazines were on an island, and the fire Punned across from the mainland. No ono was injured. 4 A POSITION FOR KI'I'l'111:NER. 11e May Become Chief of imperial General :staff. A despatch from London says: In view of the probable appoint- ment to the ei'mrnnnd in Ireland of (ien(•ral Sir 11'illiam G. Nicholson, who for two years has been Chief of the (lencral Staff and First Mi- litary Member of the Army Coun- cil. it is suggested that the way will then ie cicnr for the appoint- ment of Lord Kitchener a, Chief of the imperial General Staff. iS NOW PRINCE OF WALES. Rine Rodeos New Dignity on ilia Eldest Son. :1 despatch front Lender] says: The King on 1Vedncsday created the 1)t•ke of Cornwall Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. Thursday was the Prince's sixteenth birthday. 4 ANTI -TYPHOID VACCINE. Savant Annennocs Discovery le the French Academy. A despatch from Paris sitva : I)r. Vincent has informed the French Academy that he has discovered an antityphoid vaccine, and gave proof of its result*. THE W'ORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS FROM TUE LEADING TRADE CENTREtI. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREA1)8'I uFF8. Toronto, Juno 28. -Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 northern, 09c; No. 2 n( rthorn, 97e, at lake ports, for immediate shipment. Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 61e; No. 3 yellow, 66%c; ; Canadian corn, 61c to 62e, Toronto freights. Oats --('amnia Western, No. 2, 3'.e ; Nu. 3, C. W., 36e at lake ports f.. r immediate shipment; Ontario No. 2 white, 33e to 34c outside; No. - - ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■. .•• 0ILLETT THE Standard Article Ready for use is say quast•ty. Useful far fiver kusdrsJ purposes. A ea. equ.1s 20 Its. SAL SODA. Um only tks Bat a E tarti iletN t ITO TC ■ ■ ■ .- . „5 SOLD EVERYWHERE Fur Making Soap. Fur SuftcningWatsr. Fur Removing Paint. For Disinfecting Sisk.. Closets. Draias.sts. • • 1 • 3 white, 32c to 33c outside, 30c on ToRm track, Toronto. Barley -No. 2, 51c to 52c; No. 3 extra, 49c to 50e; No. 3, 46c to 47c outside; Manitoba, No. 4, 49c ou track, lake ports. Peas -No. 2, 70c to 71c. ltye--No. 2, 67c to 68c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 51e. Manitoba Flour -Quotations at Toronto are :-First patents, 85.30; second patents, $4.80; strong bak- ers' $4.60; 90 per cent. Glasgow freights, 25s. Ontario Flour -Winter wheat patents for export. $3.b0'to $3.110, in buyers' bags, outside. Millteed-Manitoba bran, $18 per ton; short, $20 per ton, track, Toionto. Ontario bran„ 819 per ton ; shorts, $21 per ton on track, Tc ronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Eggs -19c per dozen in ease lots. Butter -Creamery prints, 22c to 23c; Separator prints, 20e; Dairy prints (choice), 18c to 19c; inferior tubs, 16c to 17c. Cheese-11Ac for large and 11%c for twins. Old cheese 12'.;c to 1234e. Beans --$2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- picked. Potatoes --Ontario potatoes sell at 40c to 45c on track• and at 55c to GOc out of store. Delawares from iOc to 15c higher. PROVISIONS. Wholesale quotations :- Pork -Short cut. $31 to $31.50 per barrel; mess, $28.50 to $29. Lard -Firm; tierces, fee; tabs, 16%e • pails, 16%c; stocks very light. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats. - Long clear bacon, tons and• cases, 15%c to 15'C,c; backs (plain), 21c to 21'/,e; backs (pea-ntcal), 21',c to 22c; shoulder hams, 14c to 14'/,c; green tneats out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Rolls, smoked, 15c to 15%e; me - chum and light hams, 18c to 1834c; heavy, 1634c to I7c ; bacon, 19c to 2(4 MONTREAL III ARKETB. Montreal, Juno 28. -Floor -Ma- nitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, F3 40; do., seconds, 84.90; winter wheat patents, $3; Manit.•ba strong takers', $4.70; straight rollers,, #4.75; do., in bags, $2.10 to $2.20; extras, 81.90 to 82. car lots. Oats --37c for No. 2 Canadian weqcrn and 33c for No. 3 ex store. Corn- American No. 2 yellow, 0tc to 63c; do., No. 3 yellow, 03c to Ole. Oats- No. 2 Canada western, 30'/,c to 37e; No. 3, 35' ,c to 36c. Barley -No. 3, 48c to 49c; No. 4, Ile to ISe. Millfeed-Ontario bran. $18.50 to $19; do., middlings, 821 to *22; Manitoba bran, $14: do., shorts, $21 ; pure grain mouille, $32 to $33; nixed tnouille, $23 to 828. Butter -Choicest creamery, 22e per lb. Cheese-IIc to 11%c; easterns, 10%c to 10,'ic. Eggs- 21e for selected lots and 18e for straight receipts per dozen. UNITI:I► STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, June 28.- tVlient--Spring wheat stronger; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.16N; Minter, steady. Corn -Firm. Oats -High - ...r; No. 2 white, 1 tl c ; No. 3 white. 42',t ; No. 4 white, 41%e. Minneapolis, June 28. --Wheat -- July. $1.10'; ; September. 81.0214; December, $1.00N; cash, No. 1 hold, 81.15; No. 1 Northern, 81.- l:'' to $1.14; No. '2 Northern, 81.• 10' to $1.12; No. 3, $1.07'2 to $1.- 101;. Bron- 817 to $17.23. Flour -First patents. $3.20 to 85.10; see• and patents. $5.00 to 85.20; first clears, $1.05 to $4.15; second clears (t2.$0 to $3.10. I.1 V 1: STOCK MA UU K I .TS. Montreal, June 29. Prime beeves sold at 6%e to 7%c per ib., pretty good animals at 6;;c to 0'ie, and the common stock, 4c to 5e per lb. Superior milch cows sold at from $00 to $63 each, the other cows selling at $30 to $55 each. Calves $2.75 to $11 each, or 3',o to 6c per lb. Sheep, 43 to 4'/,c per lb. ; lambs at X3.60 to $5.50 each. Good lots of hogs sold at about 91,;c per lb Toronto, lune 28. --The best quss- lity of butcher cattle sold at from AND EARTIIQIIAKE Lightning Strikes and Explodes a Gasoline Tank in a Halifax Store. A despatch from Halifax says: Nova Scotia was visited by a se- vere electric atorni on Thursday morning, accompanied by heavy thunder and a terrific downpour of rain. During the storm the build- ing ocupied by I. Creighton & Sons, grocers, ou Campbell road, was struck by lightning, which enter- ed the shop where the telephone wires were. The lightning travel- led along the wire until it reached the rear of the shop, where it struck tho gasoline tank, exploding it. The damage done was slight. The storm was very heavy at Yarmouth. At Barrington the pas- sage of the storm began on Tuesday afternoon and continued at inter - vols until midnight. Lightning struck it. house of Capt. Horatio Brinnew and shattered one of the chimneys; one of the inmates was quite badly injured. The home of Jchn G. Nickerson was wrecked. A hole was made in the roof, tho car- pets ripped up and doors split in every room. The family received only a slight shock. Two buildings at Shag Harbor were also damag- ed Heavy downfalls of hail dam- aged garden plants. At Yarmouth seismic disturbanc- (es occurred on Wednesday night at • 10 o'clock, greatly alarming the people. A terrific shake, which lasted for five seconds, was felt in every house in town. .6.25 to $6.80 per cwt., bu many more sales were made aroun $5.50 er cwt. for the medium! class stocks. Cows of all grades, wet easier, the best animalsa istee''in ing over $5.50. and the cumin classes ranging as low as $ up to $4.50. The best bu ed to 85.75 per cwt., w stock selling as low as Shea lambs Sheep and nut s sold a 8') per cwt. Hogs, *8. $9.15 fed and watered i ONLY THE FRINGE. On. Per ('ent. of Alberta all That i,► (Under i'ultivnlion. A despatch from Calgary, Alta. stn es :.Although over a thousa p!ows and probably twenty tht sand t.earus have for the past se% eral months been steadily at work for 12 to 16 hours daily, breaking prairie ar.d back setting in Alberta, provincial government reports shot► that only one per cent. of the to area of tine province is pow un cultivation. This statement. S' 1$104,11144-AND- Appeal $10 -Wt4-A!11-Appeal for ilelp for Families of Montreal Herald Victims. A despatch from Montreal says: Ten widows and eighteen minor children are left dependent as a re- sult of Tho Herald disaster. A careful canvas of the families of those who lost their lives in the dim- a:ter shows that ten of the victims left behind widows and families who levJ been dependent on their earn- ings for support. 1n addition, four ••1 the men supported, in whole or in part, widowed mothers. Another helped his mother and invalid fa- ther. Of the thirteen girls and ye ung women who lost their lives, eight left fathers and mothers be- llied. Two were practically the sole support of their widowed mothers, and a number of others assisted in the support of widowed mothers. Eighteen young children }rt their fathers in the disaster. Public ap- peals will be made on behalf of the suffer( rs. 4 ct.ltural expansion and r:t; :d set, Cement of the past four years. is, in the opinion of all, proof -positive that the Canadian west will become in a few years the world's greatest wheat district. FATHER 01 1'IiIR1'Y-ONE. Pierre I'nndrier it limiting Con- gratulations of His friends. A despatch from Quebec says: Pierre i'oudrier of St. Alexis des Monts was congratulated on Thurs- day on the birth of his thirty-first child. Mr Puudrier is 63 years old, and has been married three tunes. Seven children were born from his first marriage. fifteen from his sec - ono, and front the last nine Of th( se 31 children, 23 are still liv- i►.q, nr.d t':e eldest is 45 years of age. M r. I'oudrier appears no old- er than his eldest s..n Cool Kitchen --Perfect Cooking The housewife With ycars of experience -the woman who knowshow to cook finds, after practi- cal tests and hard trials, thc Ncw Perfection Oil Cook -Stove is her idea of what a good cook -stove really ought to be. She finds it rcquirer less attention, costs less to op- erate, and cooks all food better than any other stove she has ever tried. She finds thc New Per- fection oven bakes and roasts perfectly. The New Per action WICK iftLtUiE F'■.AM F: i 011 Cok-stove has a Cabinet Top with a shelf for keeping plates and food riot Tbets are drop shelves for coffee pot or saucepans, and nickeled towel racks. it has leng turquoise -blue enamel chimneys. The nickel finish, with the bright blue of the chimneys, makes the stove ornamental and attractive. Made with 1,1 sad 3 burners; the 3 and 3 -burner stoves can be had with or erttbout Cabinet. CAVIN111111 IMTI : M are res set Ille elwe we t1N lb* aaoe-elate reads " MEW POIVICT1I ,s livery dealer everywhere; If not at yours, writs toe Desenativo Ckeurar is the nearest sasses of the The Queen City 011 Company. Limited. Toronto.