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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-8-8, Page 6AIL STORM IN MAIIT013A any Wheat Fields Were Levelled, Makin Thom Worthless FQr This Year A despatch hem Winnipeg says t • A heavy storm, which swept over the central southern belt of Mani- toba en Saturday afternoon and evening, has done excessive dani- ge many farms in that area. The storm appeare to have orien.ated at aorae point just west of Brandon, and to have, swept right across the Province, in a south-easterly direction, doing the greatest damage in the neighbor- hood of Austin and Sidney, and trerther to the south itt the vicinity of Manitou and Morden. At this latter point a strip of about two miles wide and twenty miles long was swept by a violent hailstorm, which levelled crops and made meaty of the fields practically worth.. lose, from the farmers' pomt of view, for the present year. At Kil- larney, Bolssevain , and Souris there was no storm en Saturday, and the rain a Friday was the lat- est complaint in those parts. At Portage there was heavy ram, but no hail, At Morris there was mita cia,mage done by hail, but at Emer- son raan was heavy, but no hall was experienced. In Glenbere" district tbe wind was heavy enough to overturn buildinge, and the hail flattenettout creps in a narrow •etrip, Amusing damage whieh cannot be e„stiinated until ib is eeen whether the crop will revive.. The damage in Mor- den district, -which was hardest bit, is conservatively- estireutted at $100,000, Many buildings were 'wrecked, At, Virden the hail wae heavy, and did great damage. Near Manitou a strip fi.ve miles long by three wide was practically bailed out, althongla some farmers report they are stall hopeful that the fiat- tened wheat will pick up and ripesa yet, 112 Brandon district the dam- age was not very great, hail falling only in spots, but where it did ap- pear it cut the crop to pieces; In Brandon city the hail stripped the leaves from the trees like a knife and destroyed garden stuff, but a mile ,out of town there was little if any trace a hail at all. PRICES OF FARM PRIORI'S 1.11.1•••••11 kennpvs FROM THE LEADIND TRADE DE43RES OF AMERiCA. 1„,„ Prisms et Cattle, &atm Macau) and Mar Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFF'S. ororonto, Aug. 6.—Flour—Winter Wheat 80 per cent. patents, $3.85, at seaboar& and at $3.90 for home consumption. Ma- nitoba, flours (these quotations are for Pita bag% in cotton bags 10o more)—First pa- tents, $5.70; second patents, 56.20; and strong bakers', $5 on traok, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat—No, 1. Northern, 81.- 12 ports; No. 2 at $1.08; and No. tt,t $1.04„ Bay porta. Ontario Wheat—No, 2. white, red and mixed, 990 to $1, outside. Peas—Nominal. Oats—Car lots of No. 2 Ontario 43 1-2o, and No. 3 at 42 1-2e, outside; No. 2 quot- ed at 460, track, Toronto, No. 1 extra W. 0. feed, 44c, Bay ports, and No. i at 430, Bay 'ports. Barley—NozainaL Corn—No. 2 American yellow, 77o, on traok, Bay ports, and at 020, Toronto; No. 3, 8143, Toronto, and 76e, Bay ports. Rye—Nominal. Buckwheat—Nominal „ tran—Manitoba bran, $22 to $23, 'in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $24 to COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Dairy, choice, 23 to 25o; bakers', inferior, 20 to 21o; creamers'. 27 to 220 for rolls, and 26o for solids. Eggs—Case lots of new -laid, 26o per dos.; fresh, 22 to 23o. Cheese—New cheese, 141-4 to 141-00 for large, and 141.2 to 14 3-4o for twins. Beans—Hand-picked, $3 per busb.el; primes. 52,86 to $2.90. Honey --Extracted. 10 -Elms-, 111-2 to 12 1-2o per lb. for N. 1, wholesale] combs, $2.25 to $3.00, wholesale. Poultry—Wholesale prices of ' choice dressed, poultry:—Chickens, 16 to 1.70 per lb.; fowl, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 16 to 17o. Live poultry, about 2c- lower than the above. Potatoes—New, $3.50 in barrels. PROVISIONS. Baoon—Long clear, 14 to 14 1-2c per lb.,. 10 oase lots. Pork—Short out, 824.50 to $26; do., mess, $20 to $21. Hams—Medium to light, 171-2 to 18c; heavy, 16 14 to 17o; tolls, 13 to 131-20; breakfast bacon, 18 to 18 1-20; backs, 20 to 21c. 7&ONTE.33A.L MARKETS. Montreal, A.bg. 6.—Oats—Canadian 'west- ern, No. 2, 45 1-2c; do., No. 3, 441-00; do., Oxtra No. 1 feed, 451-00. Barley—Nan. feed, 64 to 650; do., malting, $1.05 to 81.- 87. Buckwheat—No. 2, 75 to 760. Flour -- Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, KO; ito., seoonds, 86.30; do., strong baker', 55.10; do., Winter patents, choice, $5.25; do., straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.90; do., bags, $2.25 to 22.30. Rolled Oats—Barrels, 56.05; do.. bags, 90 lbs., $2.40. Bran -222. Shorts—$26. Middlings -327. litoui11ea4-830 to $34. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16 to $17. Cheese—Finest westerns, /3 1-4 to 13 3-80; do., easterns, 121-2 to 1.2 3-4c. But- ter—Choicest creamery, 26 1-2 to 26 3-4c1 do„ seconds, 26 to 26 1-40. Eggs—Seleoted, '25,1.2 to 281-2c; do., No. 2 stock, 15 to 160. Potatoes -Per bag, -car lots, $1.60. UNITED STATES IdARKETS. Hinneapolis, Aug. 6. — Wheat — $1.071-4: Sept. 937-8 to 94c; Dee., 945.20; May, 921-4c, Closing cash—No. 1 bard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.08 10 $1.08 1-2; No. 2 Northern; $1.06 to 21.06 1-2. No.. 1 yel- low corn, 75 1-2 to 76e. No. 3 white eats, ItIc No. 2 rye, 69c. Bran, 519 to 520. Flour —First patents, $5.10 to $6.461 seeend pat- ents, 54.85 to $5.10; first dears. $3.60 to 03.85; second clears, 82.50 to 52.80. Duluth, Aug. 6.—Wbeat—No. 1 hard, $L - 04Y.8; NO. I. Northern, 51,037.2; No. Northern, 51.007-8 to 51.017-8; :nty, $1.06 111••••••••• asked; Sept., 951 -So asked; Deo., 957 -Bo, nominal. LIVE STOOK MARKETS. Montreal, Aug. 6,—A 'few choice steers sold at $7.25 to $7,50. Choice cows sold at 55.50, and the lower grades sold at from 53.50 to 55.00 per owt. Common bulla sold at 53.00 to $3,50 per .oert. Sheep sold at 53.76 to $4.00, and lambs at $7 per owt., while aalves brought troni 23 to 510 each. The tone of the Market for hogs was flem, with saleof selected lots at $9.25, and mixed lot% including sows and stags, brought' $8.25 to $8.50 per cwt., weighed off ear. "WHITEY" LEWIS ARRESTED. One of the Four Gunmen Charged With Killing Rosenthal. A despatela from New York says: "Whitey" Lewis, one of the four gunmen charged with killing Her- man Rosenthal in front of thii Ho- tel Metropole early in the morning of July 16, was arrested on Thurs- day night in Fleischraanias, Dela- ware contity, this State, just as he was about to get on a, train. His arrest put in the hands of the Roe lice two of the gunmen whom "Bil- liard. Ball" Jack Rose and "Brid- gay" Webber say they hirpel at the instigation of Lieut. Charles A. Becker to murder Rosenthal. The other is "Dago Frank" Cierosici, who was captured several days ago. "Lefty Louie" and "Gyp the Blood," as Harry Horowitz is known, are still in. hiding. • SQUADRON OF WARSHIPS. Germany's Reply to Speeches of Winston Churchill. A despateh' from London says: The Express prints a rumor that the Krupps have for months pa,st been making guns and munitions for a new German squadron of nine battleships, for which the armor plates have been ordered in Eng - laud. It is Understood that the squadron, which may be completed in a year, is Germany's reply to Winston Churchill's speeches at the time he took the portfolio of First Lord of the Admiralty. It may be noted that the Express is consis- tently and in an alarming manner anti-Gerrnan. A. DOCTOR'S CANCER -CURE. sen - Physician Produces 14 Patients Cured Without OperatiOrt. A despatch from Berlin, 'Ger- many, says: Dr. Adolf Zeller has presented before a conference of physicians forty-four patients, whom he declared he had entirely euied of cancer without an opera- tion. Ten of the original' fifty- seven are still under treatment, and only thre,e have died. The method of treatment has nut yet beeTh. di- vulged. TY P110ID FEVER ENDE IC Ottawa's Regular Hospitals Filled and Ones Being Opened I A despatch from Ottawa says: The Ottawa typhoid epidemic eon- tinues to grow.. As tests of the city water have shown no contamination for -ten days or more, these are eases will& apparently, were long in developing. The city. hospitals are hill and an emergency hospital has been opened, but seven deaths have occurred to date. A proposal is now made that the city- defray the hospital expenseeof the tiphoid patients. In the meantime the civic authorities are unable te decide on a tourse of action toward securing A permanentesupply of pure water. MeOulktigh's ultimatum call- ing for et filtration plant. on Le - miens Island and a tunnel Under the river to the pumping station, has not been acted upon. Th‘ city has aecepted part of the plan, but Emergency MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS Dr. -3,1o0ullenigh, backed up by his e,olleagues ,pf the Provincial Boa,rd ofHealth, holds out for speedy ac- tion on the complete proposal. Conferences here and in Toronto have failed to relieve the situation and now Mayor Hopewell has gone to New York to look up an expert. Ottawa, Aug. 1. ---About 60 mOre eases df b'Yphoid fever have been re - posted in the last 24 hours, the to- tal number registered at the City Hall now being 575. There are 48 cases at the Emergency Hospital, B,y warda the fever patients are lo- cated as follows: Rideau 23, Ottawa 47, By 37, Si. George 52, Central 48, Wellington is; Dalhousie 1.0, Capital 61, Victoria '10, from out- side eity 12. It is expected that by the official list"ivill iexeeed 600, PROVIDINO SINKING FUND TO OFF. SET DEPRECIATION. The way the Executors of 0)10 Estate are Taking no Chaneetl With an Inheritance -When Holding Industrial Common Stooks a Sinking Fund IS a Valuabie Ad. Janet -Particularly so If Company Is Engaged In Mining. The artielea contributed by "Inveptor" are for the sole purpose? of guldiag pros - elective bacestore, and, if possilele, of awe - Dig them fro% lodes money through olsoing it in "wild -oat" enterprises. The impartial sea reliable elneracter of the iefermatime May be relied mean, The %vette?: of these articles and the publiebee of this wiper have no interests to serve In connection with this matter other than those of the reader., e My "Investor.") In a paper recently it was announced -that the executors of a Cenadian eetate had decided that large, holdings of a ger- tain industrial stook would have to be sold because the beireficiary of the estate persisted in treating the entire dividend from the stock as income. The executors contended that as the stock was that of au industrial company the owner should set aside as a sinking fund part of the annual return on the stock, Theoretically the exeoutors were entire- ly correct in their attitude. 'Practically it would depend a great deal on the na- ture of the basinful?) in which the com- pany was engaged. As a rule, however, their proposed action was admirable. In - Mistrial oompanies depend for their suc- cess on a great many things which can be altered by politica, nature, finance and the whim of the populace. By politics through tariffs and taxes; if the -tariff on the productof cox-tatu of our industrial 00111Pallin 11•8,13 lowered or 'wiped out the shareholders Would find their securities worth hut little. The bondholders would alone use up mast at the profits. Nature could affect industrial companies in many ways. Pulp and timber eompanies by fire could conceivably be wiped out. Floods might destroy mills, though this possibly Is searcely applioable to aely but the smal- lest single plant industries. Finance could -affect e an industrial company through its bankers and througb the mar- ket for its securities, and finally, 'on the whim of -the people many industrial conn parties depend •for their business. Pat- ent breakfast foods are examines of public whiras. Pew -of these retain their popu- larity for .mora than a few months 'or years. When one owns an industrial common stock, or even the preferred of some of the companies engaged in a precarious business—I have in mind Amalgamated Asbestos, which, of course, went up be- fore even a large sinking fund could save the shareholders—it is always well not to treat the whole -amount of the divi- dends as ineeme. Part should always be treated as capital and put by in a sort of sinking fund to reinvest as it grows large enough in this way—if the holding is large, two per cent.02each five reeeiv- ed in dividends should be saved. Thus, from a ten per cent, dividend s10 per cent. Gould be ?mane and four per cent. put by to be treated`aas capital. If after ten or twelve years the company was etill "in the ring" the sinking fund would have amounted to sufeasient to offset a, very substantial depreciation in value and' would, through reinvesting the, inoome from the sinking fund, amount to the par value of the investment in a few years more. Of course, where the sum in- vested is small it is scarcely worth while bothering about it in this way. It is wiser to sell the stook if one cannot af- ford to take any chances with one's capital. In the case of mining stooks this is, of couxem, the rule. It, is figured out that the life of the average mine is ten years. One should, therefore, put by at least ten per cent. of the cost of the mining stock every year, if the mine is a come paratively new one and a greater pre- caution it the mine is older, always pro- vided it pays sufficient dividends. Of course, ...anyone who buys non -dividend paying mining stocks is a gambler and won't be interested in this sort of thing. But if you mast buy mining stocks buy those paying dividends, and figure that ten years will exhaust the supply of ore. if lit the end of ten years the -mine is still working you are so much to the good. If, alas, it has shut down you lose, as you probably will. GET A.CQUAINTED WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. If you are genteel in appearance and courteous in your manner, you will be welcomed in every home in your locality, who you are showing samples of oar su. perior toilet goods, household necessities, and reliable remedies. The satisfaction which our goods give, places the nacre ander an obligation to you, which wins for you the same respect, esteerfeand in. tiraate friendship given the priest, phyrn. elan, or pastor, and you will make more money from your spare time than you dreara of, besides a host of friends. This is your opportunity for a pleasant, rofitable and permanent businese. Ad. dress, The Home Supply Co.. Dept 20, Mei, rill Building, Toronto. Ont. TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Winston Churchill announce ed his acceptance of the invitation ,.. to Canada in connection with the naval question. placomm••••••••••weremsomes INTERESTIND BITS 02, DOSSIP PROM THE QUEEN CITY. The, World's Walking chaniplon-Llberats New Ontario -Yacht Raoes-Tho . City's Many Perim Cynical oritiela of the Tomato street care attach great eignilloance to the feet that the one lone world's championship 'to. route ea:lured at the Olympic Geattee was that for evelltieg. But that singe oleaM. pionslaip Was Viers Waal worth While. Walking may not be ooneidered muc3z of sport or even an exorable, but it is yery made of both, as George eGlonldirig, viorld's alutrapion, walks. From the Mo- ment he strikes his pace every' muscle in his belly some to be in motion—hthands, arms and body all seera to 'be helping his legs along. Not that he ha e the errigainly Punen-leandle Jerkiness which some walk- ers think gives them spee& fel- his mo- tions are every 011() STIteetal and he 1110/e forward with a speed that ie so impressive that it generally gets the nerve of any competitor. - GrOulding's style has been oritioized, but the 'sleet authorities say it ha a perfectly legiti- mate walk. He is probably the beat the world has seen. And that's something for Toronto -to be proud of. No wonder it gave him a warm welcome home. SOME POLITICAL AMENITIES. The idea of a leader of the Opposition taking his whole party on a trip through New Ontario was a novel one, and Mr, Rowell has been receiving a good deal of non-partisan praise for conceiving and carrying out hie dog -day jaunt, To take 116 representative old Ontario oitizens, even it' thee,- are vote -hunting, into New Ontarm, cannot help but be good for both Old and. New Ontario, The govern- ment, too, is getting credit for the spirit it showed in connection with -the under- taking. A Temiskarning and Northern Ontario Railway private oar was placed at the disposal of Mr. Rowell, and gov- ernment officials at various points wera instructed to look after the comforts of the party. The growing interest in the hinterland is further evidenced by the Toronto 13oard. of Trade's second expedition into it in force. YACHTING HA.S PEW CONVERTS, With international yacht race?? at To- ronto and at Chicago, the first week in August sees the climax in the season's interest in yachting. For some reason or other yachting does not increase in po- pularity here. There Is doubtless much more money invested in pleasure boats in Toronto than ever before, but that is be- cause every onee in a while some million-% aire takes it into his head, to spend 5100,- 000 on a steam yacht, and expensive motor boats also are increasing in number. But in the old-fashioned dinghys and other sailing craft where every man works for his passage, there is not much advance. Possibly accidents have held popularity in cheek. An amateur -in a sailboat is about as awkward and as dangerous a combination as one ever sees, and the occasional fatal upset that happens always eesults in a lot of sailboats being put on the market, and makes a lot of other peo- ple decide to find sport some other way, despite the many natural advantages of- fered by Toronto's bay. ,TORONTO SPREADS WESTWARD. eaeelm Save Money and Increase its Earning Power .• W.P., have issued a Book- let describing the "PERIODICAL PAYMENT PLAN" for the purchase of .stacks and bonds. This Booklet shows how you can create- capital thraugh a,small monthly savings. It ,also shows how these savings are protected and. how they are available for use at - any time if ,required. 'Write to Investment . Department THE METROPOLITAN:, SECURITIES ACENCY) Liwirito ,60 Si. James St., IlleNTROM, rgi Mounts:In Mit, Qt1E1BEC There are many people living who re- member when it was quite an expedition to visit the Humber river, Nellie)i flows in- to Lake Ontario some five miles west of the foot of Yonge street. In the old days exeursion boats ran froni the harbor to the Humber mouth. That was long be- fore the "Banish the Bar" era, and. if the ashes of some of the Humber buildings recently destroyed by fire could talk, they could tell of many gay goings-on, when the merry -makers from the then distant cify arrived in force. Now we seem to be within reasonable distance of the time when the whole valley of the Humber from its mouth' up• to Lambton Mills, two miles north, will be taken into the city limits, and at the same time will come in the interveuing territory,' which includes the settlement at Swansea and Runnynaede. Mr. Home Smith, one of the most far-seeing and en- ergetic) of the younger citizens, has, with the backing of a syndicate, bought up nearly all the property on both banks of the river. The high ground on the banks will make attractive residential sited, em - mending as it does views of the beauti- ful Ituraber Valley panorama, and of the lake. A year ago he offered to present the city with the bed of the river and the low-lying ground beside it. He settached certain conditions which the civic au- thorities balked at, but now the time seems ripe for Toronto's next big annex- ation scheme to go through. When it does they say that the author of the idea will stand a good chance of going into tbe millionaire class. One of Mr. Horne Smith's eonditiona was that the city would construct and man- tain a driveway up the Humber Valley. This would connect witb the sea-wall and boulevard, which some day, it is hoped, will decorate the city's waterfront from the Exhibition grounds weetwaed, and would provide one of the longest and, most picturesque city driveways to be found anywhere in the world. Now, Acting Mayor Char& has improved on the plan with the suggestion that at the mouth of the Humber a new city park should be established. The aite;" he says, should be as large as Queenii Park, whieh contains 37 acres. The location is excellent, and if the entire project is worked out Toronto wilt have reason to be proud. TORONTO'S PARK SYSTEM. This is the season when the city gets the full benefit of its breathing spaces. Queen's Park, whichais probably the best known because of its accessibility and the location there of the Parliament build- ings, is by no means the largest park in the city. That distinction falls to High Park -in the west endeavith 110 336 acres, chiefly in their state ef natural beauty. This was the magnificent gift 'tee Toronto of the late Mr. Howard, who lived on the property and whose -qiialut old rest- dence,• with monument neae by, keeps green his memory. It is not altogether satisfactory to know 'that 'descendants of the city's benefactor a.re net fax removed from poverty; for the property, if put on 'the market now, would yield a stupend. owe sum. High Park 40 traversed by a network of roadways, and has been spoiled for many' citizens in recent years by the ad- vent of motor cars, which make the wiled- ing paths a nightmare to the mothers of impetuous children. Then there is Exhibition Park, with its 234 acree, and Centre Island Park with 218 acres. Riverdale Park with ' its de- veloping Zoo has beeeme the mest inter. esting spot in the city for children. it has 108 acres, Then there are literally dozens of smeller park areas.. Alexander Park 011 Bathurst street, with its. seven acres, Was formerly the residence of Sir Casimir t Gyawski, and is a, delightful re. treat. The Allan Gardens at the cerner (if Sherbourne and Carlton, with its sta- tue •of Robert Barrie tend 'plant- house, has 10 aeres.'Rellwood's Park in the west end, with 6 Renee, te in itself a delightftl bit of ecetiery. The Grange, • Goldwin Smith's formerresidenee, contributes 6 acres in the heart Of the eity, TI*n there are some 30 mares in the Resedale ravinee and a great number of other open spaces and gardens running from hall an acne upwards. Altogether, the eity has over 1,600metes of park -land, On the warm stiramer evenings they are well filled, paf. titnilarly when the band plays, OltIt4D11$1$ LIEFi RIVERDALE, ' The ltiverdale Park Ston is Oa special 'delight' of "Darillit" Lamb, forliierly alderman, and now the ultra strict, teeIn.t ber of. Beard stliipoulils Clete 14001i rOIV, Ea LUC PACKAdt„ WE, CARE PI) TCY S EN; THAT LA EL:0 N ' ,_„06fotai AGE :IS B LU OTHEft COLOR TAR USED ON OYA L 'YEAST gEMEMSER THE COLOR SLUE 'EWCG 1LLETT CO. LTD , TORONTO- ONT. lie wetter /-161#45-1 Oat I COMPANY 1100 ° N C4 CaglifiE0 STRIKE 13LMS- T 44 AFFIC Immediate Relief Needed to Unload Vessels C.N.R. Docks at Port Arthur A despatch from Port Arthur says; Immediate relief will -have to. be forthcoming in order to prevent a blockade of 'the traffic of coal as a result of the, etrike at the, Cana- dian Northern daks. The railway and wholesale dealers have orders placed for the winter supply, the majority of which in previous years had been carried west before the fall rush of wheat. ;Without men to unload their cargoes the steamers Wainwright, Sheldon Parks and Charles,Hobbard,Ihree of the larg- est American type, are being held up.' The Wainwright has about half its cargo unloaded and will have to at remain until the strike is settled. The other two vessels will most likely have the destination of the cargoes changed" to Fort William, Duluth or Superior. • The militiamen .have beea with- drawn, as it is thought the city and poliee can look after the situation. Chief of Police Angus McLellan ,ancl the two Ibaliari strikers are resting somewhat easier, according to advices' front St. Joseph's Hospital. It is now thought that the foreigners as well as the chief will recover, although the improvement in their eenclition is exceptionally slow. missieners. By purchases, gifts and trades he has built up a collection that is already the children's 'delight. He has an elephant, six lions, a tiger. leo- pards, polar bears, Canadian, Japaneee, Russian and. Syrian bears, kangaroos, wolves. monkeys, llamas, enemoons, deer, ia-ds of various kind, including eagles, storks, cranes, parrots, peafowl, wild fowl; also !several alligators and a large number of reptiles. Needless -10 say, they constitute a never -failing source of inter- est to the younger generation and to the grown ups too. Every afternoon and Sun- day Riverdale is crowded with thousands of children and their guardians. SCORE OF FIREMEN HURT. Nearly $250,000 Damage by Fire at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says Fire which caused nearly a quarter of a million dollars' ...damage, and more'or less ,serious injury to a score of firemen, broke out at the Montreal Abattoir. Company's' plant Stionly after -noon on Thurs- day. The building was a four-story structure, but owing to the intense heat, bid smoke, and a somewhat poor water supply, the fireme.n found it a difficult fire to fight. Over twe,nty firemen Were overcome by smoke, and Firemitn Martineau, evho fell three stories, was -taken to* the hospital. The fire raged all af- ternoon, and at 4 o'clock over twen- ty had been pulled out of the build- ing by comrades, overcome by the ammonia fumes from the cold - storage plant. BRITISH CONTRACTORS WIN. Awarded One of the Largest Bridge Contracts in Accent Years. A despatch from London says: The largest individual bridge con- tract plaeecl in Great Britain since the building ,of the Forth Bridge has just been secured by British engineers' iii severe competition with .Belgian, German and Ameri- can structural firms. The contract comprises the, whole of the steel ,wor4e required for the new railway . bridge which will be built to carry the Eastern Bengal State Railway over the. Lower Ganges. The bridge will consist of fifteen main spans, weighing 1,300 tons each, and will involve an -expenditure of about 21,125,000. BEDBUGS FIVE CENTS EACIL Experimenters Use„ Them to Fight • Insects in Orchard. , • A despatch from Washington says: A -man has been ,found who not only wants bedbugs, hut is will- ing to pay five cents each for them if they are delivered alive. G. M. Zimmer, superintendent ef the United States Agricultural Experi- ment Station at Vienna,, Va., has hung out a sign *reading :--"Will pay five cents foss each bedbug up to $5 worth.',' Mr. Zimmer com- plains that he has been unable 0,, buy all the bedbugs he desires. He puts them at work exterminate ing another insect which is destroy- ing an orehard'On the Experimental F,arrn. SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD. Brakes m an Dying WhiIe Gunman nodes Police. A despatch from Calgary, Alber- ta, says: Brakeman Roy Blair is dying in Banff Hospital. A gun man who late Wednesday night shot him as he steed -in the doorway of , a refrigerator ar at lVferley is at large and has so far eluded the posse of, pollee and Indians that ,scouring the foothills, . CUSTOMS RECEIPTS GROW. July Returns Are the Largest Ever Collected. A despatch from. Ottawa says: Evidence of the great prosper- ity of the Canadian people is found in the - Customs receiPts for the Dominion during the month of Jul, which totalled $9,- 715,708. Not only is this the 'largest amount ever collected during any month, but the increase over the oorresponding month last year, viz., $3,018,223, • is also a record one. With the .rapicllv increasing returns the revenue' of the Domin- ion from Customs alone will be over $100,000,000 -this fiseal year, as the returns show that ;for the 'four months of the present fiscal year ending. to -day $36,250,028 were col- lected, an increase over the corres- ponding four months last. year of $10,322,000. PEACE CELEBRATION. United, StatesSo Project. Favors the pr A despatch from Washington says: The movement to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the treaty of Ghent was advanced on Wednesday by the 'Senate For- eign Relation,s Committee, which agreed to favorably report Senator Root's bill to authorize the Presi- dent to appoint a Peace Centennial Commission of seven to confer with ommissions of Great Britain and Canada, and report to Congress a plan for an appropriate celebra- tion. No salaries go with the jobs, but $100,000 would be appropriated for expenses. SUCCESSION DUTIES FALL. — • Reeelpts for July Better Than Half of Last . A despatch from Toronto says: Succession duties received ,by the Provincial Treasurer for the month of July amounted tq_ $88,452. For the same month last year the &lien amounted' to $154,882. So far this year the succession duties are $200,000 behind last iear's figures. For the nine months of the fiscal year ended July 31, $621,206 wee collected through Ms department, while last year's figures amounted' to 0847,251 for the same, period, paanswarzeocrou—awamsicaso. 411.' 7 To Cumulative Preferred Stook AIVIES-11 LODI cgREADY --if5141-TEO (Carrying a Bonus of 4096 Oommon.Stook). • Prite and full particulars will be glkdly forwarded on request. CANADA SECURITIES CORPO,RATION LTD. Meeteefl, l'ot9ttio, laindoh# Eng. ecoreciessassiniagetauseessrearamiese THE NEWS IN A, PARAGRAPH 11APPENTNOS PROM ALL OVER THE GLOBB IN A liUTSHELL Canada, the EMpire and the 1:1Vala hi Gonterld Before Your Eve& CANADA. There is a big deilland itt Ontario" for farm laborers, LOUden, Ont., retailers will raise the price of milk to 7 cents a, quart. Rust in fall wheat is reported in against ha 13hliapns.b ohard and Fuller ten. to wn- s, Railway bagqagemten are orusa•zle i;,t,rtirrioui trunks. , James Shaw, in the -penitentiary for wounding with intent, hanged himself with a towel, Quebec Board of Trade will Hon. F. D,Monkila co flopit at that po,rt. The steamer Pallamza, has rived at Montreal wifh.lt-Shl of Christmas toys from Germaij At Louisville, Quebec, the of the Turville Lumber Ooini. were burned, with heavy loss. Sir Willia Maekenzie on his turn to Canada urges pr•ampti aid Britain to maintain naval suprem- acy. Dr. J. W. S. McCullough, Pro- vincial dflizer of Health, advised, Ottawa to use typhoid vaccine to ftlit- the epieleinic there. With his throat badly gaibed, the dead body of an unknown man was found in Montreal:7 Murder is sus- pected. The loss incurred in the collision between the Empress of Britain and Helvetia, will 'total three-quarters of.s, million. Nine recent Queen's graduates have. passed the Saskatchewan. Medical ,Council's examination, and are free to practise there. Philippe Hebert, the Canadian sculptor, will design the monument to King Edward VII. to be eractecl in Phillips Square, Montreal. GB,EAT BRITAIN. Excessive speed of the Titanic iwnasuitry.lieverdict of Lord Mersey're g Fierce strike rioting took place in London, one being killed and many injured. The London Daily Mail under- stands that Premier Aequith and Mr. Winston Churchill may Visit Canada. Sir George Askwith, of the Lon- don Board of Trade, will be sent° Canada by the British Gayer= to study the Lemieux °Act, -- .UNITED STATES. A pet ferret horribly mutilated the baby of Mrs. 0.arrie Cobb, at Grafton, W. Va. The U. S. House rejected Senate amendment to the tax for the repealof the reciprocity Sworn statements in New Yp went to show that the police av getting $2,400,000 annually as gr from gamblers. • , The U. S. Senates may rea,ffi the Munroe doctrine, in regard Japan's proposed naval base Magdalena Bay, Oalifomnia..' YOUNGS ARE OLDEST: -Beat All Other British Pamir Matter of Longevity. A despatch from London, land, says: In -order to r ripe old age in this eity,„eyee be born Young. A referenc "Who's Who" will show tha Youngs b eat all other 1m:oil ' the matter of longevity. weeks ago Englishmen were gratulating Samuel Youn patriarch of the House mons; on tht completion o year, and a, few days ago erick Young; the grand o' the Royal Colonial Instif tered on his 96th year. Ne the Ballarat gola 6elol in AI tomes news of the cleathof 1 Young at the age of 108. boy of 14 he left Englanc was one of the pioneer gol at Ballarat. - WAS PURSUED FOR Mei Notorious Cattle Thief Cal Montited Police. A despatch from Calgary ta, says: Pursued for 11 -trough the wilds of North ada by, members of the, Mounted Police, W. Rep the most notorious hot and tattle thief in the country, has been ap and is in the local barr Ing the disposition of his chase coverkl more miles. ° Rapp has the crimes he ad mitted are ft, revel cors themselves, of several hundre statement that h committed aa ma of 'which he has J. Mkssey and drowned in Lit through changing