Exeter Advocate, 1908-12-17, Page 3 (2)NDEN3Efl NEWSITEMS
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• THE GLOBE*
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010 41;0104 donvon
.!0410,04,...s; Institntea /
ne14.0 WeAl
eek. led
et' be eihith.- the
1 llegee edvertieed the
aleread, twiny grailitatea
, 1 notleteey eet the farms, but eu-
rtI
flied IniSinete4es,: • Thus the,
eves • working tor the farm-
ere.6 ,a4riee , thought:thee'
'the Xaetionald lnstitutsi WWI teach-
ing lerniers' daughters what they
eouldetet learnat home. In receiv-
ing- ally anti town.girls, he thought
tile school, was doing a -work whieh
it W44 40t intended to do. «'
Irireeident Creelman attired the'de-
-----legateeeteenettfyeixim if .they kite
any ghi detartng to take a course
irz life Maedoteeld Iiistitute. He
tve then eid lei with funds pree7
vided by the legacy of the late W.
IL Massey for that purpose. "When
every teom in the institution ie
eupied by it farmer's daughter it
will he the happiest day of the pre -
144411_ 00_11A1_7!",-;refitiliW.Vtiiette.
men, who weleonted the delegates.
• Mrs, W. -J. Hunter, of Brampteity
°voiced the thanks of the ladies for
.-the welcome afforded them. She
-felt th d b norm far1fl-
4ors„...
etitute. "Tfie' women's institutes
tiltould partake of the nature of a
.great fraternal soeiety, without se-
etrets.
In his review of the year's, work,
Mr. G. A. Putnam, superintendent
'of Farmers' institutes, said that
bile the greatest latitude should
be A veil the institutes in their
he time had come when they
undertake some definite
WRE ft K ED- As HOUSE.
Than a Score of Persons
Were Injured.
patch from New York says:
Eore than a score of persons were
anjured, five seriously, early on
'Wednesday, when a bomb- was hurl -
id intp the airshaft of the tenement
' houTeee at -320 East 63r4 Streete-The
house was badly wrecked. Failure
.01 the occupants of the house to
comply .with demands for money
xi them by Black Hand con -
IN men is believed by the po-
llee to have beetij* cause of the
outr*ke, The house was occupikd
,exclusively by Italians, and it de-
veloped that threatening letters
had been received by many of them
during the. past few months. Prae-
welly all of those injured were
asleep in the bedroom on the south
Plaster and bricks, mixed
with jagged pieces of glass from the
ehattered windows,. were hurled in-
to looms with frightful force,
4 !some of those injured were
l (: half -buried and unconscious
or the -debris piled upon their
FALSELY MARKED.
100 arrels of. Rotten Apples Ship
- ped to 'England.
&vetch from Ottawa says
.Roy, acting trade commissionerin Birmingham, in d report to the
Department of Trade, after- deal -
out high praise to British Co-
lumbia apples, state e that he came
t to & shipment of five hundred
barrels of epples from a prominent
'Ontario shipper, all ef 'which were
rotten otlialf decayed. The pecti-
thini; is that in -each case the
Ntrreli were marked "Not- to be
Ahiritcl? or ‘Talsely marked." It
tee 010 thei consignors collected
ittefadv*nce, and that the tipples
Were thtte sent. forward.
•'QUESTIONSVOR, WOMEN.
"Problen a of "the People" was
the title of the eildreesf W. -O. V.
J41411).0,. Deputy Minister of Atericel-
tura, but - he &Voted hiineelf chielly
to the queetions for the contilderae
Sion of omen. A great de*I of
energy had been expended in the
development of the material side
f life, rather than on the develop-
ment of the people. Even the eX,--
• ertinents -of the -Department of.
,Agriculture had been married on
with a view to adding to the Pro-
duCtivenese of the fields. Many
great tmestions were dealt with in
the 'ally papers, questions f train,-
portation of the assimilations of the
thousands of people pouring into
Canada from lands where mistletoe
_ticiwowswirrc#40*.c.,54,mirs,
ons of Government, Imperialism
inari y th pro
the men.
TILE, GREATEST PROBLEM.
First of the problems ler wome
csume fieeree_ee keehttine-AneLitseati
N
lems of the shoo1, which shared
with the parents the responsibility
for the training of youth. "There
are many school -houses for which
we should apologize," said Mr.
James. Questions of health should
be considered. The Government
spent large sums to prevent or era-
dicate --dieettee ainong livestock but
little to -sternlyout the mala
which afflicted mankind.
An Irleh Setter SIM It OR a Wo
man's Hat.
A despatch from Sayville, Long
Island, N. Y., says: Mistaking the
plumage of an EngliAlt pheasant on
the hat of Mrs. Grace Fehneler for
a live bird, an Irish setter sprang
at herlteed on 'Tuesday and buried
his teeth in her face and forehead.
Screaming from pain and fright,
she tried to beat the dog off. It was
a powerful animal, however, and
was so determined tOr get the phea-
sant that it returned again and
again to- the attack. If bystand'Ors
had not interfered the setter might
have killed the WOltkall. She was
hurried to a local physician and her
wounds were cauterized.
Fell 150 Feet From a Building in
A despatch from Montreal sa.ys:
Joseph Bennett Was killed and
Fred Sellers had his back and leg
broken in a hundred and fifty foot
fall from the new gas tank at the
East -end on Wednesday. Both men
were at work on the top of the
building, when the scaffolding
broke. An aceident to the ambu-
lance necessitated the transfer Of
theeinjured-meneecatt'tleeedelayoove,
ed fatal to Bennett, who dietIaslie
was being put in bed. Sellers will
probably die.
• FOUR DAutarrEns.
All Born at Once to It' Miseour
. School Commiseloner.
A despatch from. Puxico,
says: "!Four daughters were born
on Tueulay to Prof. Reuben V.
:ones, bead of- the locat echool
and a school tomirtissioner of Sto
dard 'county. One. batty died but
the others bid fair to 'thrive.",
deepat says:
nr zn st cation regarding the
comparatIlve seclusion led b
iser eince bis historic inter -
tit eltancellor Von Ituelow the Crown Princess iv re • r 1
ous manifestatione 4e1y.
Tuesday, when Mir Ifitjeety
recommended to teceive the 31
isters in audience, it is said I
Ilinpreas, the Crown :Prince. zid
, 1 •(iovernmezit for new
building.1`
' Fire at Ketwittizi deetroyed
bakeshop, and the Bay 'Pit)"
Hotel. Andrew Allan was burned
to death in the bakeshop.
Preeident Geo; E. Gibliartl, ad-
dresaing the Ontario College of
PliarnmeY Couneil, 'mild the drug
habit was spreading among melt -
berg% of the profession. •
31ontrett1 Street Railway -con-
ductor claims to have*been robbed
by three men without the attention
Of the motorman onthe car being
attracted.
G. W. Hine an Indian herbalist,
was given damages of $100 against
Detective Itoee, acting for the Col-
lege of Physicians, for false arrest
at Brantford,.
•r v.seans of the ,focesi
°
-,try--and-emeet-from one Province
into another without inspection.
GENERAL.
lapsed in the street because of the
weight of her hat.
Eleven men were killed end twen-
ty-six injured in an explosion in a
magazine at Calcutta. -
Mutineers at Salonika fired on a
cenapany ortroops of the line, kill-
ing two officers and seven men.
Chancellor -Toe Biutiti-W-ta314-13erif-:
many has always regarded the re-
striction of naval arroamenteras ex-
tremely desirable.
The German authorities hire -
quested Yale University to return
a phonographic record of a speech
made by the Kaiser some years
ego.
UNITED STATES.
A French-Canadian sailor has in-
vented a steel brake lor _steamers
which will prevent collisions at
WM.
Prof. Lowell, the, astronomer,
claims to have found a proof that
there is water vapor on the planet
Mars.
James Sharp, leader of the fan-
atics, who fought the 'Wises City
Pollee a few days ago, has been
arrested. ,
Amioyed by boys who were snow-
balling him, Adolph Schultz, of
Schenectady, shot and mor-
tally wounded one of the lads.
At the Standard Oil investigation
in New York evidence showed that
the profits of the Indiana Company
between 1599 and 1903 were $55,-
000,000 on a capitalization of 41,-
003,000. •
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British Government will in-
troduce a bill eliminating from the
coronation oath the clans() de-
nouncing Roman Catholicism as
idola,troese--
Commission Issues a Series of Ne
-Orders to Companies.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Several orders have been made re-
cently in the idterest of safeti by
the ttailwity Commission to all lines
under their jurisdietion. It is. or -
tiered that every eleetric bell used
at crossings for protection must be
nspeeted end tested _every morn
-
nee by the sectionman in cherge of
the track. A penalty of $50 is fixed
or each violatipn. It is ordered
hit no freight car can .be hauled
in a mein line passenger train un -
loss the .'freight ear is equipped
with aii.brake, steel -tired wheels
and trucks designed for pate,e,nger
service. The penalty for Irkilikti011
8 fixed at $50. Te(prevent eecident
heifer ,eaused by mail craueS it le
ordeeed that”they shell net be Otte-
Inearer than seven foet to the
centre of the traek, or be less tha
ten feet fen, inches in heislit to the
top of the arm. -
Itintiman awl TwiS Negroes Will
on NOvember 17 has not been di- ly the only persons he had teen or
uSer, In Netv 'ifestiiiinste
minisheel by a statement published tonversed with sine ;November 21. .1t deep/111ot( ' frora -'Ottawa save
in The liresden N'aehriehten. This He hut hiineelf off completely trete 'N'ete Meentennaster, Bee., will have
ournai takes theresponsibility for the activities which usually oeeepyrthe unique experieeee of three $
-xniue.vewu
returned -
and. e
"In xny. opinion, and la the'Opin-
e n ()le some of the men in Great
atBritain, War With Gentian must
Come; *WI at will Cora0 wit the
neNt two YearSo •
"White, in,Englitind talked to
80140 Of the'heet versed men in pub -
lie, nava' and militsiry affairs, and
• itlieete-Manitoba *heat eit4
at $1.07K for No, 1 Northern,
I.OEto $1.00 for No. 2Northern,
And At *1.03 -to $1.04 for..No.
Northern, Georgian Bay ports.
Onterio, Wheat. --0. ' '2 white is
quoted at 01 to 050 outside, and NO.
2 red winter at 94 to 95e ritetsicle
and No. 2 mixed at 93 to 940 out-
side.
Oats -Ontario No. e *white quoted
at 394 to 40e outitideeetzid at 42 to
42W on track, Toronto; No. e
Western Canada oats quoted at 43
to 43t4c, lake ports, and No. 1 feed,
41t/ot, lake ports. .
Rye -No. 9 quoted at 73e outside.
Barley --No. 2 barley °quoted at AG
to 57e outside, and No. 3 extra at
65e.
Buckwheat' 55% to 56e outside.
7cutsidL
Corn-Oldceidan
vel-
MWO. 3 y
f 68o, Toronto.
Bran -Cars are quoted at $19 in
ulk outside. Shorts quoted at
•
;i2 -:-.111p7 I el *I* f 1.1111011i 43
trie ,n $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1. -
ON. to $1.07%; No. 3 Northern,
0.03X to 411.05%. Bran -t19.00
19;25 Arstpateasi
second patents, $5.30 to 0.50; first
clear, $4.10 to $4.20; second clears
$2.90 to $a,a. •
Milwaukee, Deo. 15. -Wheat, ---No.
1 Northern, $1.11; No, 2 Northern,
$1.10; May, $1.07% bid. 'Rem
No. 1, 76% to 77. orn-May, 62
to 62%e bid. Barley -Standard,
,t
TRY P °DUCE.
Apples -Winter ;took $3 to $4 per
barrel for good qualities, and at
$2 to $2.50 for, cooking apples.
Beans -Primes; $1.70 to $1•75,
and baud -picked, $1.80 to $1.85 per
bush.
Honey -Combs, $2 to $2.75 per
dozen t -and atrained, 10 to 1-10 per
pound'.
Hay -No. 1 timothy is quoted at
$10.50 to $11.50 a ton on track
here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8.
Strave-47 to $8 on titiek: 7
Potatoes-Ontarios 60 to 62c per
bag, Delawares, 75 to 80e per hag
on track..
Poultry --Chickens dressed, 10 to
lle per pound ; fow1;8 to 9c; duke,
10 to tie; geese, 9 to 100 per pound;
turkeys, 12 to 15c per pound.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 26 to 270;
tubs, 22 to 24e; inferior, 20 to 21e.
Creamery rolls, 20 to 30e, and s0 -
lids, 280.
Eggs -Case lots of storage, 24 to
25o •per dozen, and new laid are
quoted at 30 to 35e per dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, 1334c per
pound, and twins, • 13Xe.
EfOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon --Long clear, 10% to lle
per pound in case lots; mess pork,
$19 to- $10.50; short cut, $22 to
$22.50.
Hains-Light to medium, 13% to
14o; do., heavy, 12 to 12%,e, rolls,
10% to 10,Xe; shoulders, 10 to 10%e
backs, 16% ,to 17e; breakfast ba-
con, 14% to 15e.
Lard -Tierces, 19Xe; tubs, 123e;
path, 12Ac.
Montreal, Dec. 15.-eGrafte
41241411..Westerst--Ne.-2---whittreeets
art-seRing at-461-40,--NoTe3 at 464e;
extra No. I feed oats, 45e; No. 1
feed at 44%c; Ontario No.. 2 whites
44% to 45e; No, 3, 434 to 44e.'No.
4, 43 to. 43140 per, bush, ex store.
Flour--Marutoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, firetei $6; seConds, $5.50;
winter wheat patents, *5 to $5.25;
straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; do.,
in bags, $2.15 to $2,25; extras,
75 to $1.85. Feid-Manitolia bran,
$21; shorts' .$.14 e Ontario bra, $21
to $21.00; middlings, $2450 to ,$2
50. ehorts, $24,50 to $25 per tont in-
cluding bags; )pure groin mottille,
*30 to $32; milted- grades, 23 to
$28 .per ton. Provisions-Barrele.
short ent mess, $23.50; half -barrels
do, $11,0; elear 'fat backs, $2.3
dry ealt long clear hackie net bar-
rels plate beet, $17.50; half -barrels
do., 40; compound,lard, 9 to De;
pure lard, 12% toplgo; 'kettle ren-
dfied; 13 to 13..%ee to
Ile; breakfeet bio04, 10 to 15e;
Windsor bacon, le to Wei fresh
killed abattoir dressed hogs; $9,5
to $0.60; live, $6.25 to $0.50 per 100
pott4de. Clieese---Weeternf 12% td
12%e. Dutter-Weaker at 11 to 25%0
in round lote. Eggs -The market
vrati.quieteelnit the feeling remains
Dim; new laid, 129 to 301; eeleeted
Pito*,:*.o to 2; No, 1 etoek,
to tne, end No. 5t(Aek, 17r3e pet
dezen.
sertiag that persons in very elos.ee at thisi seleen of the sear. One lesegings 4./11' the one' day. !These'. rto
uot uitit the Emperor received..report 'nye, the ginperor made le c&uttoe a* 8-? oat el itte, trial of No
6 itnetressien tllat the Emperor deliberate attetopt at the celebra.P three muriler t.',MPPS r4Ot e)adetnn-
dePrestioa. The Naehrieliten to'regain hie poputerit,v, hitt weeltlieer. 'and teee neg4seee
Heil in the, town hall on Nolie;-plel:
otti teen aro a tereleeeeeti tiareed.tee.6 t
that, tlap Emperor is said to
eeteral hears\ (It be&
ib lie isela -$
d'
tetieee
to overwhelmed' with di.opprintq
ben .. jr dvrtdttMt'
era, at his faitnit that he has " '
;Tehte erel3ti lid 14.
Tit C Cii r4,s,w tee,..7eeeesi tt'e
1 is nelli!re
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NITED STATES ALAIIKETSI.
Halo, Dec. Sprortg
No. 1 Northein, carloads,
-Toronto, Dee.--15.-Fat -holiday
cattle were in evidence at $5 to $5.-
50 per o_w_t: The_ peseoLgoad.
ebutetieest--cattleeirrestraight load
telitgrerra-
$4.20 to $4.85 per cwt. Medium
animals were sold at $3.60 to $4
per cwt., and common at $3 to 83.-
50. Choice butchers' cows were in
active demand at 44 and over per
cwt. Medium cows sold at f3.10
to $3.50, and common ones brought
$2 to $3 per cwt. Stockers and
ersiaw. eAte eteetiereleele-
ing was reported in the market fer
milch cows. Lambs held up to $5.-
25 per cwton an average. Export
ewes brought $3.25 to V3.60 per
Trealorerer-tport a firraeretren
to the market for hogs. They were
still quoted at - 116 per cwt. for ee-
lects; fed and watered, off cars, To -
rout.
IliseMajestee Health Improving --
I'Suffered from Slight Cold.
A despatch from London says:
In view of the disquieting rumors
abroad, The Lancet is authorized
to state that the health of his Ma-
jesty the King gives no cause for
anxiety. The King contracted a,
slight cold, an subsequently show-
ed symptoms ,of influenza and neu-
ralgia, but he improved urCer
treatment, and he has derived de-
cided benefit from the change of air
at Brighton.
$50,000 GIFT. TO MeGILL.
To be Devoted to Raising Profes-
sors' Seleries.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Announcement was made on Thurs-
day that Mr. Robert Reford, of
Montreal, had given $50,000 in se-
eueitiee to McGill Univereity in or-
der to increase the salaries of tho
krefessors. Irr14 letter to yrinc.
pat" Petei;ktin -Mr ltaeToid" itite
that the necessity of such increases
mutat be recognized and dealt with,
if McGill is to retain her standing
and obtain the best men available.
Innutte at Itokkwood Aeylum
'filets Serious Injuries.
A despatch fromKingeton eaye.
At Rockwood Asylum on Tuesday
afternoon a patient struck Samuel
Stevenson, guard, on the' head
with-a--Itatturter-whi
ing a blind iti the roetn. Stmensor
fell Unconscious: and is. in the hes
-
pita,' nowisuffering frion concussion
of the brain. „
Was 'Discovered/41 Itusbandy 'Witt
' Summoned Dottors, '
tat from Ituntl4ville,
. P. Letelter, len aged
r of Ihie town, taade an at-
teMpt on Tuealay night to end her
life by- cutting, her throat. She
was ditrovered in the act by her
husband, vibe at, onee summoned
medical Tiwre is a ehanee
her recoveri,'. Despondency, canted
by continued, health', is sieppeeed
to have eaused the atte:npted
tide.
SMALLPDX IN fintatu emirs.
re. NVinter, steady; 'vortseiseyee Cases in North of'.PcI
3 extra rel, Vorn-e
wer ; No. 4 yell,ew, Cie; Nil. 4 yel eriter0)414 C60141)".
4Wf sr.;,,coree 63 to all?„ 4 ° A ,eeetelt frere Pe;eel
4 coin. vA CL'e it. 8whit,-1 eees; 'are tecisee of -en
/t Ole incr. Foe lun;ber camps en the
e weae. $1- tel worth terboi mph, Comity erd
on tinned ti kigh
ani for the mole
ato -decheratien of "war. the matter,
eann.t he put off. It must come,
endthe soinier conies the better
t- will be for England.'
oThis is but bne of many sum -
lar expreesions I heard during my
isit in England,"
Surrounded With the Most Elabore
-----atexereamees.
Perhaps no office to which a man
is elected ky the people has more
attendant glories than that of Lord
Mayor Of London. It is also sur-
rounded with the moat elaborate
forraalitiee. He has gowns of etar-
let, violet and black for various oc-
°
't;INae Afttgthirekt0WW*Wri'll*
eostume. rra e e y the Mayor
takes precedence-inintediately after '
the sovereign. A quaint feuda1
ceremony, which was strictly ob-
-servettein-thee-Itt
-That the--
gword of state to the sovereign at
the Temple Bar. -The Lard- it,fiesyor -
has a Choice of four swords -the
sword of state, for eupreme °come
"sions ; flee p9ari sword, for cer-
emonial occasions, and the black
sword, carried when there is death
in the royal family and when ate
tending funeral ceremouies. The
fourth sword is hetet above the Lord
Mayor's chair in the Criminal
Court. Then there are other em-
blems of office -the _diamond scep-
tre, the eetii; the purse and the
mace. • They play an important
part in tho inaugural ceremoniee of
the Mayor.* The City Chamberlain,
with three obeissances, presents the
sceptre to the _retiring Mayor. He,
in -turn, delivers it to his successor,
_who_ Weill On tne table in front of
him. The chaniberlain retires with
three more bows, to return with a
seal -and three more reverences.
The purse is similarly presented.
Further ceremonies follow from the
sword bearer, who renders up the
sword. The mace bearer also gives
up the niece in a similar way. The
retiring Lord Mayor then surrend-
era the keys of the coffer in which
the seal is kept. There are three
4eys; of the other two one is held
by the Charaberlain, the second by
the chairman of the Lands Com-
mittee. To unlock the coffer all
three must be produced. This cere-
-nionial has great historic interest,
It implies the sovereign power and
authority in ancient times of the
chief magistrate of the city.' The
sceptre, sword and mace are em-
blems ef royalty. Thee Lord Mayor
was a merchant prince= in fact as
well as in name. He is still, by
virtue of his office, admiral of the
ported, London, guager of wine and
other_gangable_artieles;
"meter" -of coal, grain, salt _and_
fruit, and inspector of hope and but-
ter, soap, ehese and other lertieles.
coming into the port of London. Of
course, these duties are performed
by deputy. Other dignified offices
which he, hell& are goveirnor of four
hospitals, trustee of St. Paul's
Cathedral and magistrate in sev-
eral places.
GREAT CROP- IN MAIL
Labor Soweto Init Machitt.
, ery is. Being Imported.
A deepateh front toradoa says;
There is the prospect of an enorm-
ous wheat crop in the Punjab where
there iii. a great scarcity of hbor.
The Governirient is importing la -
tor -saving treeping machines front
England. .1?
L ME REAL THING.,
By hard work and careful' litee
Is 14 had got together a littlel
rtune... The. time had arrived for
nu when walking was no longer
pleasure, and so lin decided that
hci was at last justified in ordering
family carriage.,
Off he went one morning to a ear-
liagtebuilder's, anddeeeribed in
iietail the kind of vehicle he wiehed
to ^buy.
eJtzttl, youtii- watt tablier
tyres 2" said the carriege4Ail1ater,
"Nct, tte, 03 re -an
za tones or retentraent. "My fellts
ain't that kint lilLere they're rid-
iete they 1.,ant to kaow
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