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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-10-01, Page 3 (2)li•APPENINGa .F11.0,M Atli OVE THE GLOBE. Vela si-t4t*% ud tt'It Cid* nd thittye h.eettne y re iIrowid Point, at the sout ea end Coronation 'Island: The newe • was breught by the tug Hattie Gage , -Captain Farrer, which car, tied the survivors, e7 in all. . The ship was being towed to sea from the Wrangel cannery by the 'Op Hattie Gage and Kayak. Cap- tain Farrer of the Hattie Gage gives the following account of the disaster: "As we came within reach of the gale we could see we were making , leeway and drifting toward Coro- LOO MECHANICS ENGA9BD: Number Taken on by c.p.n. Since the Strike Started. A despatch from Montreal says: The- one hundred and thirty •me- ' 4autiorkbriambto-wParufrowiPiLimerii. pool by the Lake Manitoba were, landed a Quebec on Tuesda and shops. The position of the -s "ex entering upon its eighth week, is that, ineluding the 700 who have -arrived...or are _on_ the .way Apia zutbP I1 o the statements of officials have gaged about 3,,500 mechanics since the strike began. Officials in the P.. resseeccounting departments state that estimating the number stbo went out at 6,000, there has been a loss of some $700,000 in wages. Twenty-seven more mechan- ics were engaged by the C. P. R. on Wednesday and sent to the An- gus shops, none of them being Itrikers. • Report of Board of Health of Deaths isi August. , A despatek from Toronto says: .There were 2,449 deaths from all causes in ' Ontario in August, se- coesiing tOL the report' of the Pro- vnicial Board of Health, making a -death rate of 13.4 in 1,000 *Typhoid • fever has been more prevalent. .froni the disease, as compared with ltei• cases and 33 deaths in August, • f 6, 1907. patients out of 74 died 1 • Of scarlel t ever ; 14 out of 115 suc- cumbeildiphtheria, and 141 out • " cif 145 from tuberculosis. There were only three cases of smallpox, and none ;mewed fatal. • Two out •of three sufferers died of measles, while out of 26 persons afflicted with whooping cough 19 died. ,. • IIVIIRICANE'S HAVOC. Governor of the Bahamas SnYe De• e vastation is Widespread. A despatch from London says: The Colonial Office on Wednesday received a cablegram from Sir Wan. Grey -Wilson, Governor of the Ba- hamas Islands, regarding the de- vastation wrought by the hurricane of Sept. 11-13. Sir William says TliTs1iiiTsof the- Gees,Vaild LittTe Ineugna, Acklin Island, Crooked ^ tilarel,-Fortune Itland-, Long Is- land, Rumeay and Watlins Islands, were swept by the storm. All ves- eels caught by the storm were either stranded or wrecked. At Clarence, on Long Island, the residency, the Jail, the 'court hous,e, all the church- es, and ninety-seven per cent. of the • dwellings were completely destroy- ed: No detailed information yet bas • been received from many of the iftlands, and the distress is believ- e' to be great. 4 ta Island. TIe Kqak wa aid' tItiliu ,T0'4` (age e0.11411 -40t 5Lpalone-. At t o'clock, , cf en*al dOtted -414 vkl'.enultli„seelsn,tro:n' buth 4threOst. ,We,*onnide,4,.ad frund'eight tathogtic, -We eiAx tt N00144,00**,:PbOt oieee!t reeks which' Were al around. We tut the twosline and steamed out into open water, but could not see anything in the driv- ing rain e_xcept one bleb light burn- ing on the stiles. The storm increas- ed and the tugs steamed- away to Shipley Bay, 26 miles away." • ,Captain Wagner of the Star of Bengal charges the captains of the tugs Kya,k and Hattie Gage, who cut loose from him, with rank cow- ardice. The captain was unconsci- ous for an hour after the rescue. Finding Esquimau Village in Which • AU -Were Dead. A despatch. from Seattle says: News reached here on Wednesday fettettediesecettelesesedesetessitletateettt Northern Siberia in which all the inhabita ts had been frozen. Sea- , • rk. 47.40, ts.,,,,'0,hztti;` ac' was an Esquimau village, about the middle of June. There was no sign ot life_ They searchedethe phtce, The evidences showed that slow starvation had preceded death. With their 'food all gone, the fain- iehing Esquimau had tried to eat their skin clothing, and tent cov- ers, but the cold soon completed the work of hunger. ANOTHER FALLS SUICIDE. Woniaies Het and Handbag Found an the Bank.. A despatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y., .says: Wednesday morning, Officer Burch, of the State Reserva- tion, noticed a woman go to an un- usual point on Green Island. She told him she awaited the coming of friends. Later on he found her •harldbas and hat upon the -Wand 'Shore. She had disappeared. In the handbag was a spectacle case, No. 79,297, purchased of the Buffalo Op - to a young lady of that city. This young lady could not be located in Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon, The recovery of the body may be necessary to unravel what now seems a mystery. -4, ORDERS FOR "SOO" MILLS. Transiontinental Will Take 15,000 Tons of Rails. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie„ Qnt., says : •ifainouncement was' made on Wedneeelay by Manager Franz, of the Lake Superior Cor - pc ration, that the Transcontinental -Railway had placed an order at the "Soo" rail mill for 15,000 t.9118 of iirOWn DPiee Cutris ot 1,0.ipstt hekte tlieItanic *of fthrouIi ti Junipmen Ontario• REpons nom m LEADING TXADE lerrervittlfictraficekeese * r Mary Produo 4 kik Miropt, Ivo Inereed With two engines. Incendiarisza is suspected. 'Plentiful rain* are reported in Quebec and the finest fires are no longer a menace to property. Owen Sound Council decided tol have another vote of the people on the local option by-law in January. Two hotelkeepere were sentenced to terms in jail at Montreal for keeping slot machines in their bars rooms. "Crooked -neck" Smith was found guilty at Montreal of the murder of • Ike Malone and sentenced to be hanged November 27. A lot of Chinamen smuggled into C'anada, as merchants by way of Mexico have been detected at Mont- real and will be sent back. The late W. G. Elliott of Brant - , quests is o5;000"te este 1mi a'c dren's ward in the John H. Strats a gs r, o"'" himself of the murder of Pierre De- lorme for the purpose of getting a free trip from New York tceMonts 1;sevasesteted'eritsthe'riiiness-Ct- treal, the Crown withdrawing the charae. GREAT-BRITADT. About 140,000 cotton operatives are on strike in -Lancashire, be- cause the employers are attempting to 'reduce wages. UNITED STATES. Georgia has abolished the system of leafing convicts, in vogue since 1863. The Chicago Great Western Rail - Toad will shortly pass under the control of the Canadian Pacific. „ ir.oro,!At-O, e s'Ato* Wheat: 344' tit AM; Si le' for ilyst:pa for o,'1 Northern,4(11;024 for No. 2 'Northiirn, Georgian Bay ports, For Welber. delivery, No, 1 new is quoted at 41.04, and No. 2 Northertt at 41.01%, Bay parte. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white is quoted at 02 to 93c outside; No. 2 red Winter, 92 to 92e, and No. 2 named 92e outside. Oate-Ontario new No. 2 white, 49 to 393e outside,- Manitoba No. 2 quoted at 44c, and rejected at 42e Goderich Peas -90c outside. Corn -NO. 2 American Yellow nominal at 87 to 87e on track, To-, ronto, and No. 3 at 87e. Barley -No. 9 barley quoted at es to 60e, and No. 3 extra at 57 to 57e outside. Bran -Cars are quoted at $19 in bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $21 Asse43.4eiteeletalteceetti o rtye-No. 2 qu�teat..79f�80c ou side neltr4ri, Beans -Prime, $2 to $2.10, and band-picked,12.20 to $2.25. g---If.one3teiorn--14A7,14144),-to $1.75 per dozen, and No, 2, in 60 - pound tins, 9%c; No. 1 extracted, 10 to ile per pound. • Hay ---No. et -timothy quoted at $10.50 to inf a ton on track here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8. Straw -46.50 to $7 on treek. Potatoes -Ontario quoted at 65 to 700 per bag, and Delawares at 70 to 75cper bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, spring, dress- ed, 11 to 12c Per pound; fowl, 910 me; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12c; tur- keys, dressed, 13 to 1.50 per pound. 'Mario; L' §4tio4. j3upe4 jd. Almo$ Entfre-49offt41.. In despatch frOm Brockville,.,0444 elosely connected, but fortiina Proekville is. ,in tlarkneS/h. bri4e-'044.gquiiike410 ren tinuer:ixesIxeep.atitovito,(,45futgulltr itterrg:ttrte.„it e ftort (f t141J,,F atii„itt 61;4", is tfor tritt7thgr't."1412:,,i,ge"Pi 4.kilc.;d'hSefftOefe'',7:14)0;talti'vetV1:: uik e ettrie istatiiin- On 'the Mot had faneuitt over 'ttiq nffiij f the tivtilorin,40tizat,,,,,,livfismetVoci engine ro,914,- where' .the shugg` tou o located. , • ' 4 (Mt *even o"Ctoek'Bh 1,ThiP4iiiiVaigirtrthiert eer MTorkiiigton, While nit -tint; in the root coveringthe maghinery. ,Tb* 'ain engine :and; di ynamo room, boiler -room s intact, alsOthe re. heard a crackling noise in the at- serve power, which will enable the tic overhead, and on investigation department to resume a phrtiiii eere discovered that Portion of/ the vice. The'heet portion of the ma. • building in flames. Before the ar- chinery is damaged by water; ine rival of the brigade the entire roof eluding one large dynamo. The to. was enveloped from end to end, and tal insurance on thebuildings and burning fiercely. - Several streams machinery is $22,500. The loss to were soon in action, but the build- roughly estimated at $10,000. Thq ing being so dry from the confirm- origin is laid to a -crossing of the ed dry weather, they seemed to wires in the attic. Luckily, not have little effect in staying the pro- breath of wind was blowing, other-, - greats of the Haulers. Few% were ex- ;wise the results might have .beete pressed for the surrounding pro- serious. The plant is owned by th4 perty with' which the station is Corporation of Brockville. Toronto Oddfellows won the sec- tubs, 20 to 22c; do., inferior, 18 to end prize for drill at the session i 19c. Creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at solids at 24 to 24%e. Denver, Col. Eggs -Case lots, 20 to 210 per Mr. Robert Brace, Controller of the London -postal -service, is at Washington striving to increase the efficacy of the mail service be- tween the 'United States and Br - dozen. Cheere-Large cheese, 1334 to 13%cper pound, and twins, 13% to 13%e. tam. HOG le,..s.IDUCTS. `President Gompers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor testified at Bacon -Long clear, 12 to 1234e Washington • on Thursday that Per pound in case lots; mess pork, . agents of President Van Cleave of $19 to $19 50; short cut, $23 to the National Association of Manu- $23-50- facturers had attempted to bribe Hams -Light to medium 1434 to him to desert the cause of labor. 150; do. heavy, 1234 to tic ; rolls, •• 11 to 113;e'c; shoulders, 1034 to 10%e; backs, 1734 to 18i; breakfast bacon, GENERAL. 15 to 1534c. Germany is proposing to increase Lard -Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13%e • the taxes levied on luxuriee and to Pails, 13t4c. introduce a universal succession • BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Ninety persons, heady all nee groes, were killed by •the recent Montreal, Sept. 29. -Grain -On - hurricane on Inagua Island, one of tario new crop oats, No. 2 white the Bahama are quoted at 4534 to 43c; No, 3 group. . The Pope has appointed Arch- At 4434 to 45c, and No. 4 at 44e, rails for the Western division. TheManitoba old 'crop No. 2 white bishop Dontenwill of Vancouver with management expects to receive a Superior General of the Oblate Or_ at 4734c; No 3 at 4634e, and reject - supplementary 'order for the , der of the World. . „ ed at 4534e per bushel ex store. Tianseoutinental, and the order ist Twenty-two bulls escaped froiniFlour---Manitoba spring, wheat pat- .expeeted--dailythe arena at -Mosta, -Portfigal, .40 ttritte;° e8T -"seconds* 15:50; 'Ain ran amuck in the crowd killing. : wheat patents, $5 to $5.10;. straight five persons. f rollers; $4.40- to $4.50; do., in bags, Paris, owing to the destruction ! ft2 to $2.104 extras, $1.50 to $1.75. le$ fire of the . central telephone Feed -Manitoba bran, 822 to $23; LIIIEE MEN SUFFOCATED. Struck Gas While Digging Well building, is almost entirely cutoffshorts, e25; Ontario bran, $21 to Near Stanleyfrom communication with the prov- 822; muddling, 826 to $27; shorts, inces and foreign countries. /32? per tan, including bags; pure Tang Shao Yi, a Chinese diplo.-1 grain monille, $30 to 835; milled mat, has -sailed for Washington, grade, 4,25 to 828 per ton. Pro with several . carloads of valuable visions-Bariels short cut mess Presents. Ile hopes to win the $22.50; half -barrels do., 811.54 • clear fat backs, 823; dry salt long dear backs, Ile; barrels plate beef, $1S0+;' half -barrels do., tl9 s 'come pound lard, 8% to -934;e.; pure lard, 1234 to nci de kettle renred. 13 to • A despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., says: Three Fiolanders were killed on Wednesday by gas in a they were digging on the farni of a man named Erickson, eight miles-- trans Stanley, Ont. In digging they friendship of the United States for struck natural gas, and were inie sediately overcome • " ' ' ' ) ' se WHEAT GRADES HIGH. • Dread Disease Enterthe Home of the Emperor and Empress. Pipatch fToirs St. 'Petfrshilrg Not onlie N t#ae rimmh(lr, of .„ .t . cases a As:ae eholera t s city increasing, but the dkease bas hi- Azded tL aristeerat:e prwirsestssvf Et. Petershurg. It has es en reached the Winter Palate, one ease having Uteri tire:covered in -the torvants' tItiarters of the palace, in which extensive Vreparatioris are going on lo the exr:Qtation that the Einvr- tt. Emprets will nrend part of the cording, tst)35,311 in the capital. Other cases have been (lisNpvered in the alace of Grand Duke to - b Nichelamitch. the Tatride ra-1 to palace of Printe Mona- Ader,Oldenburg, a consEnkaf tIze arid the Itntorial Cress A nuniber of ier.t7 r4mueot t..aziety reaple have ~eZ7 6,7 pattoto crecv to tt:i'» tt,.e 1,aeinatiori in cholera tk,pcesiwvera'11 , giaduate stunts of St. Petersburg ersity ' volunt'arilw yeralittc-4 thenrekes to be vat,cinated, after 1-.-71iTli they drank a colutiein con- tabilfig eliolera gernis. Among the, caFes report6d in St Petersburg On Wedneday is that of Court Couneillf.).1- "Neehipreriko, who wa§ stricken while entertain irq_4 a party of guests. Two premin- ent inerehints. severl c,ticialist in tLe •t,,arhuo Mtriet; and ethr me hors of the 'better clas tl capital are dot n vith the arena GEtieage. accum.r_131:on rei .c.orp- re at t'J`,1c, graveyards continues to Z.V.C.276-nPO. The rPr ,0?t .fon. tSente-Feese Lo-J1r3 a n(-.4 ail c43 crz40110110 rirE7 1:1a1 ont among t!b at.thet Pavlot. tk ° • 133e"c; han' ss 12% to 14c • breakfast Eight Million, Bushels Pass Through. bacon) 14 to , lee ; Windsor bacon, . Winnipeg., 1 15 to 1Gc.; fresh killed abattoir A despatch from Winnipeg says : 4„regseeds setmasgsse„, el("30heteilse_!‘lc°•e5(2t! So far eight million bushels of s "ye, Q,.„..„"'""1"" "9"5”' wheat have passed through Winni-'"ny 1'44 to lc; TownshiP3,,12.5".; to peg, and been inspected, as com- pared with only one million bush- elb smite date last year. But the inost encouraging feature is that of this arnoent ho lets than eighty per eent. ls high grade rniUing wheat, irbizb almott eenstititteslreerd per7, Min polis, Sept. 29..1.- WIfeat--- (entage. If the wheat continues to N!. 1 haia, $13 to 81ck1?4,; No. grade to this high average the crop i 114.7orthern, t1.021.4 to $1.03; No. will be very profitable. wearrimia. *51.orthern, $1.00:.',-i to $1.0:1%; No. • -..4..._-_-,. .---- INioAherri,e to $1.-00%. Mier --First patents, 135.65 to $.5.8,0; sees AirrAcKED 111 STRIKERS. , d patents t.y.tio to $5,45; first ike.rfreakers .tmaited 1* t ars, 84.W:to $4.45; second dear: ...... 50 to 0.60. Ilians-In bulk, 818. Roalface Tante. Buffalo, • Sept 29.--AVhesit---Firni- A despatch trout Winnipeg. t •' No. 1 Northern, carloads store, While the strike -beakers ut t ...0601517.F1.2..! Ii74i341. tact fterxtatrear, ; Nodi 2rfatie,de• employ of the C. P. It. were e re g aged t.in Thursday morning in r rn -Firm; No. 4 corn, 7f0' to ,4 2 r.. , i.... railing a locoarotive which left, the. `e• uat-5-"2131; N.°, 2 *Lite track laa night in St. Balliface r,' t'-' 5377e- GnatileY Feed t vard they WkI0 .atta(?tied hy• a tinE, 061 Se---INTP- rowd of Strikers and their esripas trak, Me- \- ttliere, and a hand-te.hand 'brittle CATILI; C MARILT. raulttd.•. One of the stramgera tt.t.41d It. Itri,Wtt was so roughly nto, Sr.,pt. ft, 1...- I anillod that he is now itt the hos, hat the eh:A2ai:1 (Ica fo Fla! tan A tlAngotpus c(,nditien, 124e; eastern, 12. to 12'4e. But- ter --254 2.3%e' in round Iote; eGc jobbing. Eggse-Na, 1, 19 to 20e; elects, 23 to 240 per dozen. • . II -NUM) STATES MARKETS. puvroles would sell. $3 per cwt. Owing to none of these having been offered, the best price going was about •14.60 per cwt. Great Damage Wive .0 k tets0 0 0, cows were avial,ttz1143afir7.miner at Sheep and lambs were unchanged on large arrivals. Mach cows were scarce and firms. rirrw s -off -ears;-- Toronto: For -thin hogs, Which are plentiful, buyers will pity no iiiore_thain $6-50 Per cwt. ••••••••• •••••••••••04.0.00/1••••• QUAKES IN MEXICO. Stearner Bumped in Dock and Four Persons Killed. A despatch from Mexico City says: Advices received here on Thursday from Acapulco are to the effect that two • heavy earthquake shocks were felt on Wednesday Olt that port. The sea was greatly agi- tated and broke in tremendous Iwaves, The Cosmos Linesteamer Radraez, from San Francisco Aug. hi for Hamburg, was caught and tossed to the dock by the onslaught of waves. Four persons were killed and several others were wounded by rolling spars and falling wood- work. The earthqpake was barely perccptible en ahor�. STRIKER.S ATTACK WORKMEN. Two Assaults Made and One Man Badly Hurt 'at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: There was another clash between the C. P. R. strikers and the men working at the Angus shops on Wednesday night. When the work- ingmen were leaving the works they were assailed by a gang of strikers numbering between five and six hundred, and a free fight resulted. A force of police were called to the scene and •- dispersed the strikers. Another fight occurred later, when one of the workingmen was badly beaten and one of his arms broken. LA UDAN M FOUND. Fort Vilifier» Fruit Dealer's Death • In Hotel. • A 4espalch from Fort William, 'Ont., says: R. Roberts, a fruit dea- fer, of Fort William arid Port Ar- thur, was faund dead in bed at the Frederick Hotel in 'West Fort on Wednesday morning. Investigation 1.y"the coroner led to the belief that be ended his life by taking laud- anum, an empty bottle being found ;seder the bed., THE. PLAGUE IN VENZUELA. • A Fretili-•Outbreak Repelled in the CapitaL A "deepatch from . Curios°, says: Littets. received here 'from • Caracas ,announce a fresh outbreak ^of the bubonic plague in the Venezuelen Capital. -The dieease is spreading, and ii • rumber of deaths have occurred Milong people of the better dams. pLo1GuE0 INTO GANG, Passeager,Tia' ken ai Vaiglieit Weir. • A deqseteli, from Fort William, Ont., sags: The westsbound passen- ger train ploughed into a section gang .at Englith River about one 3:clock on Wednecday. Two fore - goers, Kali* and Ludt. wen!in- tautly killed. Their bcdies are be- g ,brought here. THANKSGIVING NOV. STR. Date Has Boot Deflaitely. iied A dettatelt \ from Ottawa s was expe:ted, t1 dai ankvgliving thio ben tet 3Y4 *NO bapier tot3, trthtay over the central portion Of the Phil:ppine group, sweeping part of the island of Samar, northerq Leyte, southeeetern Luzons_norths 'ern- enays--- as a is7-i-lidTsepart-4. lteritblon on _TIntrielays_ _The tye phoon disappeared in the China Sea, moving in .24 direction west by nor iv, est. -Wiresare -prostrated and,available details of the damage don`‘ are meagre. •It is evident, however, thateseerioupsdisaster lowed in the wake of the sudden storm. A telegram from the town in Masbate reports that every building in the place was razed with the single exception of the postal building. A despatch receive ed from Remblon says that the ty- phoon caused a great loss of pro- perty, and that undoubtedly many persons have been killed. THREE YEARS FOR CHAREST. Montreal ex -Civic Employe is Sent Down for Fraud. A despatch from Montreal sayst Three years in the penitentiary was Plebe in the Court of Specia4"1 Ses- sions • on Thiursday on Auguste Charest, the former assistant fore- man of the Municipal Road Depart- ment, who, when arraigned on ie charge of defrauding the city out a between 81,400 and 81,500, entered a plea of guilty. Charest, when he became aware of the fact that his actions in obtaining money from the treasury by the usc ef padded pay rolls was discovered. left the city, but was arrested at New Bed- ford, Meese and returned without fighting extradition. NAVY FOR A t'STRALIA. British Admiralty Consents to the Proposed Scheme. A despatch from Melbourne says: The British Admiralty has given its generatsapprevateto Aire --seleeme et the Australian Commonwealth for 'the- formatioa ot a flotilla of six tor- pedo-boat destroyers, nine submar- ines and two depot ships, as they nucieus of an Australian navy. it is believed that Parliament will vote readily the $0,250,000 required for the construction of the suggest- ed. flotilla. . The officers and men will total 1,200, and will be pro- vides" by the Imperial navy. But they will be paid by the Conurions wealth, which will retain trative control of the flotilla. WHAT BABY WAWEIX "It isn't a bit of tliSe," cried tho young man, distractedly,as be aced thezoom with the crying in. ant in -his arms; "there is some thing alarming the matter with him, or he ;wouldn't cry like this," "Oh, whatever shall we do I" pia the young wife, as eheptook her off- spring. and- tried to oothe Wine' "whatev r shall, we dor' They were ver Y young, and it was, their, first baby,, things' had• gone On for ierioilaer hour as they bad durin3 ttio t it is an open question Which wiuld have gone into convulsions 'first father, ntaher,..or baby. "I'll fateli mother." cried thi young feltow at last; "she'll know .what to do.o'fr Presently he return. ed, drtgging tho igoed cld Ir.:44er with horn. altamt • breattilLs% ,baste and overNme with appr6zeil. tico3. Putting on her srcetaciets, the regarded the infant critieally: for a inolient, and then said, "Ho wait o feeding::"- . cried ttle young faeter, bvcit:Ftily, "vie bah knew the little brggNr wantedcnte.,thing, but titer; ct cotga tat what it was.m ihkrtceit fibe arale. iorr,