Exeter Advocate, 1908-11-12, Page 7 (2)'
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cd'. Oro 'Woos,an4 e.v•
t -dwe whree wipe&1 out 'ii‘et
ire whch anted at 4 &c1 ,:i
Vedneedny morning. The Ione is therned the .liody. Of n Ursa Sulli-
egeseeserilte.nlied on Tneetianneetintnie
had. to be carried to ti.e,Town ilall
fin safety. • . '
In, tho Leland Hotel an Indian
had to be called half a dozen times
before he got up, end before ha left
thelse.
b:tilding it was in * °la" °I
ita
COMPLETELY GONE.
The following builchnea aro cones
(if'
,0::**P., . ,.
atij id.I , „ „C#riS I * l'A,.. X r
tlierc ' 'Vratil . 40. I i*
t 04,..V*Otit':1P#t 1;:tArrovv‘ 'escapes. -
'From' ouci .of.,f(he slecintete Which .was
,
,fro ,itor 10,W4SiNir* " WA, • 5aDo-000,..44,41,04SMIt
s
4e
/Wee at 4440AM
he fire sterted in the Natienal
311snufsetering Company, a tbeo-
IrxcL factory 2ituated adjaes
eat to the O. P. R. tracks. One
'inipposed cause of the fire is sparks
from a pasting engine. Tho top
eterey was first notieed to be ta
ilittnes, but by the time.the firemen
- areived the factory was doomed.
Prom there it spread to the Wright! pletely destroeed: Natioeal Maim-
itannerye .8 'frame building adjac- I facturing 0e, Lelexci Hotel,
ent, then to the frame stables of Writfet's tannery, Brash's Hotel,
Fraser's boot and hoe store,
Bristotee restaurant, Keinp's gro-
cery, Wallace 00.14 drugs, Winter'
A h
ler's general etore, Shepherd's but-
elier shop, Pembroke Milling Co.,
othe Leland Hotel, and thence to
the hotel Wien, and across the
street, 0
nuiIer of frame build-
: ep
esnd the burning embers
were carried a block to the main
t of the town, the fire break-
woe dilinctrpinee e
gibioeffii-Veie*T Plot
destr -ed, and the fire passed
esoutbwar4s, licking up several fine
leellintte. By one o'clock the fire
in the businese section W83 under
endotweee-shoiete,
ary,
-fireesprettominsuis-the-Teoreenne -stone -WEiTks,
ary.
ar of-
fice, Mackie (dentist), Bolt (jewel-
ry), Dominion Express office' Roy-
al Bak, Quebec Bank, BellTele.
' hone office, Taylor's paint shop,
Totiu Carer
-
14
, ,tOPte‘',4 Egan
ef ttatetate was rt ed by an ex-
Pleeion a natural as.
itolthtetWeitn rintott, lantititittttrekt
taw*, hes reeigned and taken his
eeat on the Railway Commission.
From May 1st to the .eud of Oc-
leber 0,663 has been collected in
liquor license fines in the Temis-
kaming district.
The schooner Lorna Doone, ar-
riving at Halifax, reported the loss
of Captain Roberts, who waa wast-
ed overboard.
The township of Geulph is taking
action against the city of Guelph
on account of polluting the River
Speed with 'towage.
The Railway Commission 'will al -
kw railways to handle grain at
lake ports on Sunday, on condition
ess ; les ein
ant o
is neeessar‘taiteenanteeettel
.quoti4 st t 3O
Manito-
ba flour; s 11*. INttelit;
640414 .04400 for
trek, Toronto'; *aeon
Itiinsand -sting' hatke . 0.
heat-Manitoha wheat, 14.0,53
for No. 1 Northern, and at
Tiber; Georgian Bay
pitrrt118.°' 2 11
014449 Wheat -No. 2 white,
to 904c outside; No. 'I zed Winter,
p0Outtsoide.n014`e, and No. *2 mixed, 00c
Oats -Ontario No. 2 'white, 39 to
3914e outside, and at 41,0 on track,
Toronto; NO. 2 Western Canada
eats quoted at 42e, Goderieh.
R
Y°"-N
o. 2 quoted at 77e out-
side.Barley-No. 2 barley quoted at
50 to 57c, and No. 3 extra at 55 to
65%c outside.
Buckwheat -6's'0 eO t - de.
spate
, •
4e,
to,
'ex next,' 4rhe
on
vcrnnit.wfll zsi ffl PhargC
the .tlynStructiox et the. bridget
%vat parteof
'ilwont- The ffe,tor-
ate of t eQuebee Bridge Conipany
havereceived ofacial notice irons
the Department of Railways and
Canals in keeping with the fore-
gcing, and, rewording tristhe ter=
of the transfer, Vac *Government
will take over the conipany's *snot&
and liabilitiest it the same time re-
.,tdesteliot
theeQt'(
0414 it.
einas „
•taeltilS - thc Quebio‘
bridge will be rttonStructed wider„
Ihe snnerrieinens of theectlotnietterstets tn's
it*onterstesette-atill the 'etark'tilt '
struetiiin eoutmeneed a soon &5 ,
pessible aft er the engineers entrues
ted with the plans have finished”
their work, Afiti, OW plans bona
beo,h properly approved. Thesee..
plane are betel prepared to pros
vide much heavier metal in the su-
perstructure than was used in the
former structure.
52% to Ole; No. 3, 50 to 52e; No. 4,
52% to 60-0.
Minneapolis, Nov. 10 -Wheat -
December, $1.01%; May, $1.05% e
cash No. 1 hard $1.05% to $1.03%;
No. 1 Northern, *1.01 to $1.01%;
No. 2 Northern, *1.02 to $1.02%;
No. 3 Northern, 99c to $1.01%.
Bran -M.70 to $,18, Flour -First
.10.14tt
3.e0
GREAT 'BRITAIN.
The conference of cotton -workers,
nit Manchester ended without a set-
tlement of the great strike hein
nominal at 82teye on track,. Torons
to, and No. 3' at 82c. •
Bran -Oars are quoted at $18 to
$1e in bulk outside: Shorts quot-
ed at *22 in bulk outside.
4 0 to $5.151';'.
$3.20.
"Al
BIG FIRES IN DOMINION
i bat section -was. removed.
ROTEL AND TOWN HALL
SAVED.
The Copeland House, the largest
hotel in the town, is standing with
'burned buildings on both sides and
itantralti outbuildings all burned
in the rear. The Town Hall and
several other residences taught Are,
but were saved. "
Businent was completely suspend -
.ed ell day, and ail elastics of eiti-
PIATLY DESTROYED;
Residences: Thos. Delshaye and
Harry Irwin. Market block: John
P Miller, wholesale provisions;
Hardwood's jewelry store, rite -wards
Harrison, photography and paint
hops.
stone bridge over the Musk-
rat River was badly broken and
burnt.
REPUBLICAN' MAJORITY 45.
41001•,••••1•••1
'Standing of Parties in the Next
. 1.1. S. Congress
despatch from New York says:
Election returns from Congression-
al districts indicate that the House
ef Representatives in the 61st Con- ton at Toronto, Wednesday and
gress will stand n--216 Republicans 1 Thureday, November 25th and 26th,
to 173 Democrats, giving a Repub. promises- to be oneof •the -most iii -
Leen maim* of 45. The present teresting gatherings ever held in
Xfouse Wands 221 Republicans and Canada. The programme. which
'Mt
Denocrat .giving s Republi- has evidently been carefully pre -
can majority » 57. The Republi. pared, deals with alt phone. of
.cans lost &cle seats, While there
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CHARITIES AND
...11.•••,••••111.
CORRECTION
,Conferenee Win be Ifeld in Toronto
No. put And 25th.
A despatch from Toronto says:
The meeting f the casaatlian. Con-
ference of Charities and Correc-
charitable work and corrective me -
were Itepubliean gains in some thods in this country. The aim of
*bidet, notably in Pennsylvania,' the Executive is
these were offset by striking De- together as never before all en-
mocrittie victories in Indiana and 'gaged or interested in public chari-
Nebraska. The latest returns ftp- ties and the adruinietration of jus -
to increase instead of dimin- bee to offettders. One of the pub-
zsli Mr. Taft's eweeping victory. Ise addresses at the Conference
s From 'aroma indications he has will be delivered by 3. A. Leonard,
,carried Missouri by 8,000, thus ad- Superintendent of the Ohio State
ding • eighteen more electoral votes Reformatory, on Prison Reform..
to the Republican column. Mary- Such important questions as the
lend, too, has gone Taftward, al- care of the consumptive, houses of supply. Coal stocks at Fort Wil -
though it is probable that an offi- refuge, hospital financing, our gaol ham and Port Arthur are ample for
visa count will be necessary to de- systems, care of the feeble-minded, all requirements, and if the west-
terinino the result of the balloting juvenile delinquents, care of nhe ern centres are short they alone
for the electoral ticket. Mr. Taft's inebriate, causes of poverty, etc., are to blame, as they were repeat -
probable vote in the electoral col- are to be discussed. A delegation edly warned to stock up before thquiries for Manitoba spring wheat acres, destroyed ; property los,e.
lege will be 327 against a possible from everyrn- 813,500,000.
county in Ontario leu rush of the fall' began. Now load. from foreign sources are conce
I56 for Bryan, Colorado being still been promised and everyone inter- tag facilities at Fort watiara are ed there is little to complain of, August 1, 187, Hamilton-Sever-
_Bliminatineto Coloralien .nated.siseiniziteri 10_,Attend._ InitillieniktiLi.,, Jima .i but but the price offered is so out f al largo warehouses on John anti
with its five eleetorel voteee Drszlq
fiVe•-.1.1411,C1...
Prffirlfellin-dlittLthe :Rational -
suggested in the House of Com-
mute that the Kaiser be offered a
seat in the British Cabinet.
UNITED STATES.
President Eliot of Harvard Uni-
veraity has resigned.
A. L. Miller, Chief of Police of
Fairbanks, Alaska, was ebot and
killed by a demented woman.
S. C. Whitney of Detroit, the
proprietor of several theatrical
houses in Canada and the United
States, had his skull fractured 'a
an automobile accident near
Brownstown, Ind.
4.000.6.0•10.•••••••
GENERAL.
China has granted the Delia
Lama a salary and ordered him to
return home.
The anti-Japanese riots in Hong
ILTing have reached swell proper -
lions thateseldiera 'have teen calrett
out to patrol the business streets.
It is expected that the different
German parties will unite to de-
mand that the power of the Em-
peror be limited somewhat after
the British fashion.
44 T
WESTERN COM. SHORTAGE.
Some wraworeal.
Dealer e in Se Towns Have
Failed to Stock En.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Still the cry of coal shortage comee
from western towns, and an appeal
for cars which it is impossible to
Or-altE
Poultry -Prices hold relarkahlY
firm, as there is a good "dernand
for it.
Chickens, dressed .. e 10t0 lle
st of Disasters Where the Loss
Duette ...a 10e to Ile Was Hall a Rilliioits
Geese.... ason. or More.
Turkeys a... .... ... . 120 to T40
Butters -Local wholesale prietie May 28, 1845, Quebee-Over 100
are :-- houses burnt and 20 lives lost; pro
-
Creamery, choice,. pound 26c to 270 perty $1,030,000. CIPLERA, AND THE GANGES.
Dairy prints, choice 24c to 260 June 28, ltio, Quebec -1,200
Store, prints and tubs .. 220 to 230 houses burnt and 40 lives hist ; prq- Whitewashing the Reputation of the
Inferior .. lee to 21c perty loss, *1,590,000.
Cheese -Large, 13c to 13%c, April 7,..„1849, Toronto -City Hall, Sacred River.
twins, 13%e to 14c. St. James Cathedral, and a number
Eggs -New -laid, 20c to 30c; farm- of buildings deetroyed; property
era''eggs 24c to 25c; cold' storage, loss *500,000.
22c to 214. - .* June 25, 1850, Montrea1-100
hou-
Beana-$1 to $1.90 for primes sesburned; property loss, $500,000.
and $11.00 to $2 for band -picked. July 8, 1852, Montreal - Nearly
Honey -10c to 110 per pound for 1,200 houses burnt and 15,000 peos
strained and $2 to *2.75 per dozen ele rendered homeless; property
forwasnells.- - ICISfs $5,0004,00.
Potatoes --Ontario 600; Delawares October .16, 1666, Quebec -2,54v
75e to 800 per bag in car loton houses 17 coilvents and churches in
track here
St. Roche and St. Severn destroy-
. .
ed and 18,000 people rendered
hcmeless; property loss $3,000,000.
May 30, MO, .Quebeo-700 dwell-
ings destroyed in SC Linde. Ward
and 5,000 people rendered, home-
less; property lose, $800,000.
June 18, 1870, St. John's icluebec
-The business section of city
(Richelieu and Champlain streets)
destroyed; property loss, *2,500,-
00&
September 3, 1840, St, Hyacinthe,
Quebec -60 stores, three banks and
500 other buildings destroyed ; pro-
perty loss, $4260,000.
June 20, isn St. John, X. B.
The entire business section of the
city, extending over an area of 000
CONIttf,AGILITION,S.,
covering an area of from 70 to 80
acres, destroyed; property loss,
*500,030.
May 20, 1003, St. Hyacinthe, Que.,
-400 houses, a boot and shoe 'fee-
tery and a number of store e (30
blocks in all) in the section known
as "Lower Town '• destroyed; pro-
perty losis $600,400.
4148ittaltilitigfft
Vittlert,
itrg ro
Front street; nroeerty101, .„-
-Conflagration in business and old-
er residential section; _property
June0°0. 22, 1003, Three Rivers, Que.
er_.„437,8
6°D
Cj
end -nerrotmiling distriets---Forest
°fire devantated Elk River valley
trict for an area entending 30 ''sdles
in length by two to ten in width.
Town of Fernie practically wiped
out and seriousedismaeie done to
other towns and to lumbering
road and mining industries; proper-
ty loss, $4,000,000.
„
PROVISIONS.
Pork -Short cut, $23.50 per bar-
rel; mess, *Into $19.50:
Lard -Tierces, intote; tubs, 191,4c ;
pails, 13%*.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -
Long clear baton, 12c to 121/0,
'
tons and eases; hams, large 1234ce
to. 13e ; small, 144c to 15c; backs,
17,to1-fic ; shoulders, 104c no Ile;
rolls, 11 to 11%c; breakfast bacon,
15r to -10c ,• • green meats, out of
pickle, le lets than smoked.
.1,6•1•10•••••••••10.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, Nov. t0 -As far as in -
%Atm 0 0 e Iffirtifire-Tiltill-firre-t fra Ki eta es oecit,sn proper
epParently has carried ouly enough .......-......._........ over four hundred „ears leeltind it! s ventusiting. These show an ad- loss, *500,000.
'
States to, give him 151 votes in the their orders as a -re'slift. It -limy tuna' of front 11June 5d to 3a. American 8, lest, Quebec -e00 houses
,-
electoral college. Conceding Col- THREE KILLED AT elt0finING, be weeks before some of the out.. corn is in quiet demand at 78c for burned and over 1200 families Tea
°rod° to Bryan, it is likely that Mr.
I •
oN.
dered homeless, St. Min's Ward;
side dealers will he able to have. $0. mixed in ear lots and 10e for
Tait' s majority in the eleetoral eol- Mrs. Hobert j4eett and sons Run their orders filled, under eolith. No. 2 yellow per bushel, esoitore. Property loss, IP2,000,000.
lege will be171Buckwheat,' 61e Per blishel for No. January 6, 1805, Toronto - The
. .
2 afloat. Canadian western No. 2 Globe newspaper and other lenge
building* destroyed nproperty lost,
Down by Engine. •
A despatch from Guelph Rays:
Mrs. Robert Scott arid two 6011S0
bons as at present. If there is any
euffering, which is improbable, the
people will have only their local
dealers to blame Anthracite pric-
• 4•1.......MMINI151.1§, emieslo.••••••••10
white oats are selling at 45c to
SEVEN MEN KILLED.
leeloo in a Cut on the G. T. P. •
Leonai-d and Murray, aged 11 and i es are uncharifed at 10.60 per ton, feed oats at 44c Lad No. 1 `feed itt
Largeinumberr Iri °Of [riling
Tvdestroy-
kilted
--
- in Rainy River.
I riarosf% Wednesday morning. on severol years past.
of Ifunet, were instantly I the figures which has prevailed for 43%c; Ontario No. 2 white at 44c
to 44%c, No. 3 at 43c to 31895Toronto-Simp
43,Y2ushel, lierch e, and cd; property 1°83, $750"-
lt4evenimen have' beea killed at ete.1 two crestings east of Auburn, and . %-, , -
e* -store.
v . 11. irle6pateh from No4 at 42e to 43c per bWinnipeg eays,.e the Guelph. and Goderieh lioilroad, .
, ;eleven mites from. tToderieln. They k NEW CHAD EISVAir0
„ Flotir-eIf-itnitolia sPringi- wheat
45Ye, No. 3 .at 44e, extra .No. 1 $70(060.
-Leansa Amp; on the Transontin-
cotal Railway, 19 mike north of
Dryden. Ont., by an explosKirt of
Astesenite in it rOelt eat: The acei-
deat oecurted lett. on Tuesday, and
four bodiee are still_ hueied in the
were driving, toschool and .were
'*truck by 'a light -engine, 'running
up from - Guelph-. junetion., The
horse 'eecaped„ but the buggy was
struck, and all nlirea Octet/ants
rfactko3., tune deaths in killed.- A. heavy snowstorm contri-
buted to tile occurrence.
OB
- Tr() ble in the Balkans May be Expeo
the Spring, However.•
51;at,:yh from V -na
The vernraent has reeked
not' from' Bessie, proposing an in-.
tc=rozitional eonferenze, but indi.
.eatraig that the programme for this
sem will be tanth vaguer than
that ,AFitleil in Lotdon some time
. Tenon -eftseteegn.inte
• *lot .e the annotation of &snit
and llerzrgovina, the inderadente
'of Buttons, the compensation to be
r.
h Anne:tat:ion of Bosnia and Her.
zegovina or nmke eui., comment
thereon, .and is 'framed in an
tirely ton-cominittal ztiatztter. The
oasensus of opinion is, hosteller,
that Russia is deteraliassi e
the annexation of Bosnia and
egovine, sind.conseently.,,
cnitinidertible (Air Aiistria
determination not Ilindo On thil
point. The ,preparations
have not been relaxed het the Go
patents,' firsts, At $5, second at $0..'
Colopasty to greet $34/40.0 Stave. 50; winter wheat. patents (15 to
• tare at rorCArtbur. go.p ; straight rollers $4 liOst $4
A despatch froin •, Port, Arthur 0; dc'n in t°1101, $1'10 t� 0403
rsays: A new' company, to be known tx_t_r:114:11-4.5 :2°2 ;$81irrts. Igitfibut
cut the Thunder Bey Etevittor nr",.
poNly, ban beets organized at Win- tario btaXt. $2150 ,4) en; raiddlnigs
rupeg and hainigned an agreement $24 to SW) alwrtl, 444.60 to $25
with Port Arthur for the erection Ver ton,, including bags; Pare grain
,herie of it new elevator With can, inotlillo, $30 to $36; milted grideio,
$25 $25 lled oat*
paeity of 1,560,000 bushels,f tie cot
$500,000. The site'already pro.
turedand work will cnmenee al-
moi
mot mmediately. The prombtirs
of the coropany•are W. McWilliams,
N. Bawl!, 0. B. Piper, who
are the principal stockholders in
the Empire Elevator. Company,
which has a plant at Fort William.
The revolting customs which pre-
vail among pilgrims to the Ganges,
including -promiscuous bathing by
those who are well and those. who
are suffering from diseases of ell
sorts and the drinking of water
from the bathing places, make the
following item from the Indian Res •
_Nifty' somewhat Of a surprise.'
'The reputation of the water of
the Gangne ameng the Hindu mil-
lions of India is known to all, and
raost of us were content to believe
that in a hot and thirsty /and like
northern India such a magnificent
. river as the Ganges had many
claims to be' -highly thought of, but
it ld wouappear as if modern wi-
ener) was comingto the aid of anci
i -
ent tradition n maintaining a
special blessedness of the water of
the Ganges. E. IL nankin, in the
preface to the fifth edition of his ex- -
cellent pamphlet on 'The Cause and
Prevention of Cholera,' writes as
follows:
'Since I originally wrote this
pamphlet I have discovered that the
water of the Ganges and the Juirma
is hostile to the growth of the chol-
era microbe, not only owing to the
absence of food materials', but alto
owing to the aetual presence of an
antiseptic that has the power of de-
• gethiseneicrobeeeeetttepreergre
I can nrake no suggestion as to tine
origin of this mysterious antieep-
tic
'
PICIIT WITH. ROBBERS. -
Two Bonk Clerks at Marievilles
Que., Aet Bravely.
A detpatcht from Montresd siays
The, branch' of the Eseterei Town-
ship Bank at Marieville, was "
ison's buildings; property loss,' entered .by robbers on uesda
$600,000.
night, but Tr were beaten o
October 17, 1897, Windsor, N.B. The noise their entry' aroused
The greater portion of the town de-
stroyed, including o large number
of dwellings; property loss, $te
000,000.
Septembir 1892, New West-
minster, II; 0. --The business 'sec-
tion of the town entirely desaoyed;
Dt6perty lose, $51,060,000. " •
December 20, 1 Montreal
to per ton. 'to
"Wholesale ' wareltofiscs of Green. i *ithotit any jbooty 'ming seenred.
sire steinlY at, *SAO pei, bait of to shields and. liteintylie,, Victoriiq are -being 'pursued bst Chid
pounds, and corrupts. is unemengest Square, former entirely destroyed, McCaskill of th8
Oherse-Western(rioted at Provincial police '
s 22Yie building*; Pr°Peitr 1°341 1
at $11.10 to $11.30, r \barrel. badly damaged, besides other and his assistan
to 1251,-0 for white And 1234 for col. 080000•
orirl. White essterns are quoted Aril 950000, Ottawa-Ifull---lire
creamery -quoted at 200 to th, irat Qf tq,111nl itilll 38
round lots ittid *To to 27,14o to too met to Wawa, deg ag.
grocers. 'Eggs.aelect,sit Iwo to Most of the property' in the Cha
two clerks sleepzug in the rear oi
the building, and hastily dressing,
they toolc up arms and entered the
room where the butglars were at
work. The -miscreants fired at
them, and an exchange of shots
followed. A bullet grezed the head
of. one clerk, but his -condition is
pot seriout, The bandits 'then 'tied
PARIS ROURSE 01.40132111E0
*log Orolty of Snoods* 1
• NNW' Fonts
&Valeta from Paris soy
ref), despite the **throttler*
Persisdee.ithe prattle ottit tke
it ot ,AlsterieSch-eiectioti;
very much depressed oil N1/641
y, Oil Seettant hen
Itteitiolt ltieterta
di
lte to itge. Butter Finest bro e out in litull,'dettroying two
wre, 41, inn to ekt,le, and /Tom diere lumber distrtct; 14000.houses
2, 17ht per dozen. • wetit burnt besides mills and fac.
Iiidil.W•..,. tOrIe* And many tiiillion feet of
IlTosett)110811i:It8W3thAeontgse88111% - liirtpeb:Pee'y 8611:1:6:444,1141:00,ellesr4)00wed".1: Iseti::111d
if°' 1 ' 1°4411,, *t°reo hin'uarYI3: 1600e litientrieti 11`
in rot
-Itow, , • iiL... 150.41# • 'Ot-Tiridti-liitilding.,
0. 2 0. 4 0 eetofil las rod of 1000#000, and
Ao, .se.
, No, iti,, 1$134 ' .ntiniiwt or 14,01100006 ,:44;ito6s, ,m.
reerl to ' . . tool ,**1 St. toter stitoeto, -de.
°yeti; fooporrtiloos* t1,f40,00.
IT
TUE COLORS OP EGOS.
Ur. A. R. llorwo0d of th Lei.
eester (England) Museum riunarks
that the eolors of birds' eggs can
in a large number of rases to traced -
to the necessity of aprotectivo rex
mrtiblattee." 'White eggs are unttil.
Z' laid by ,birds testiog zo bolA in
tr6s, r itt 'derk situation',
**Is, kers and some pige-
11$.Mna rdtnrshng Dit or reit
iregrai y.ogto of anolive-
green or brown und or. Tho
01gs of grou,e, phirmigs iota eet
forth, resemble the heather ustt
'Allier they re 144.' Those of tho
tetfl n4"
itimi
tt"t'i.:414 thci_
4:4" d