HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-5-13, Page 71,300 LOST ON LUSITANIA
Fastest Ocean Liner in the World Sent to Bottom
by .German Pirates
'More than thirteen hundred lives were lost when the Cunard
liner Lusitania was torpedoed without warning off Old. Head of
Kinsale, Ireland, bf a German submarine Friday afternoon, sink-
ing within thirty-five minutes..
Qlit of a total number of 2,104 persons aboard, passengers and
erew, with over 200 Canadians and 189 United States eitizens,
between 840 and 900 are reported ashore at Queenstown, Kinsale,
Galley Head and Clonakilty, but a late bulletin received by the
Cunard Company in New York from a chief steward expressed
his belief that no more than 500 or 600 were saved.
Among the survivors, it is reported, are many wounded, who
have been taken to the naval hospital at Queenstown, thus estab-
lishing that the explosion must have been terrific, or there• was
a second interior explosion.
Loss of Life. Enormous.
The very latest bulletins received
enumerabe so few survivors that it
is .feared that more than 1,300 have
pesisthed.
Out of the 2,104 passengers andcrew aboard the ship, 1,254 passen-
gers and 850 crew, there is definite
information concerning less than
700 of them, and even the uncon-
firmed reports of rescues at vari-
ous ports add very few more to the
list..
The latest bulletin comes from
Queenstown by way of Liverpool
thortgb. the. Cunard Company. It
reads : "Queenstown wires that
the Stoainxock is landing about 160
paseeingers and crew. It is re-
ported by the Admiralty that the
trawlers • Dock and .Indian Empire
have about 200; the tug Flying Fish
100; -three torpedo boats have 45
living and four dead.
"We are putting these up at the
different hotels and boarding
houses."
London, May 7, 5 p.m. The
Lusitania was sunk at 2.33 this
afternoon off Old Head Kinsale by
a torpedo, Assistance has been
sent to her.
Queenstown, May 7. -The Cu-
nard Line steamer has been tor-
pedoed and sunk.
The Lusitania sailed last Satur-
day from New York.
Cunard Gives Text of Telegram.
New York, May 7. -The Cunard
Line gve out the following cable-
gram received from Liverpool:
"Lands End wireless reported
distress calls made by Lusitania, as
follows :
"'Come at once; big list, posi-
tion ten miles south Kinsale,' Sub-
sequently received telegram from
Queenstown that all email, craft in
harbor dispatched to assistance."
Aim second message read
"Queenstown. -Old Head Kinsale
wire begins, "About 20 boats of all
sorts belonging to Lusitania are in
vicinity where sunk."
Before the Lusitania sailed agme
nervousness was caused because of
the publication in the papers of an
advertisement warning intending
travellers that a state of war exist-
ed between Germany and Great
Britain and her allies; that the
zone of war includes the waters
~adjacent to the British Isles; that
in accordance with motice given by
the Ge•rw•an Government vessels
flying the flag of Great Britain are
liable to destruction in those wa-
ters and that travellers sailing in
the war zone on :ships of • Great
Britain or her allies•do so at their
own risk. This advertisement was
signed, "Imperial German Em-
bassy."
This warning apparently did not
cause many cancellations, for the
ship sailed with aa• very full passen-
ger list.
Charles P. Sumner, general
agent of the Cunard Line, was at
the pier, and in a statement made
then, said that the voyage of the'
Lusitania would not be' attended
by ,any risk whatever, as the liner
had a speed of twenty-five' and a
half knots, and was provided with
unusual watertight bulkheads.
In eomtnenbing on the report of
the torpedoing of the Lusitania,
onarine men pointed out that in
their opinion the Lusitania could
nocbe sunk by a single torpedo,
The Lusitania carried Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, Elbert Hub-
bard, Charles Frohma.n, and other
well-known people. Just before
the _ steamer sailed away many of
.the passengers received telegrams
from a mysterious source warning
them not to ,make the voyage as
something wasgoing to happen to
the big liner.
The Lusitania was commanded by
Captain W. T. Turner, Royal Na-
val Reserve, and Staff 'Captain J.
C. Anderson is his assistant. On
board were a number of British re-
servists going ba,ok to join the
colors and •representatives of many
Aarerioan and Canadian firsts who
deal in war materials.
The Lusitania carried a crew of
about 700 and 1,300 ,passengers.
This included 200 passengers who
were taken aboard from an Anchor
Line steamer which was com-
mandeered by the British Admir-
alty.
Hit Without Warning.
There is` no doubt that .she was
hit without warming, Liverpool
shipping men have announced that
Captain Turner would not think of
stopping for any German submar-
ine, but would rely on his speed
the moment he saw a periscope in
i sight. 6. It would only be by chance
Ithat a torpedo would strike home
unless there were a number of the
1i undersea boats in line, each of
j which would discharge a torpedo
in her path. None could stop her,
' none could keep u.p with her.
Therefore, it is believed to -night
that there was a great loss of life.
A message reoeived from Queens-
town by the Cunard Company
says:
"Chief Steward Jones thinks
about 500 to 600 saved. This in-
clude -s passengers and crew. In
the meantime the injured and the
dead are taking up all our atten-
tion.
Sent Only One Wireless.
After the early afternoon report
of th-e Lusitania nothing was heard.
officially at any of the wireless sta-
tions until shortly after 2 o'clock,
when the wireless operator at
Land's End, Ireland, caught this
hurriedly : "Coope at once. Big
list; position ten miles south of
Kinsale."
That was ,a.11 that ever came out
of the ship so far as can be learned.
It would not have been sufficient
to have blown up` the boilers to
stop the wireless, for the emer-
gency batteries were there to work
with. Something' ssnapped the whole
thing out. The - word from Land's
End was out to the world in an-
other two minutes. Every port of
the Irish coast was notified and'
passed the word along. Men on
the jump from Waterford' clear
down to Oatpe Cleiar• rustled into
small bats and large boats and
dashed out to sea.
Old Head of Kinsale was the next
to send a little word. A. marine
observer there with powerful glass-
es made out the big ship ten miles
out, listed to one side almost on
the point of turning over. There
was only a brief flash of this, and
bhen came the" word, "She. has
gone." As .a matter of fact, it is
estimated the Lusitania was hit
around 2.15 o'clock and was under
water by 2.45. Lloyds officially
places the time as that.
Then the observer made out the
small boats on the -spot- left when
the big ship vanished.
The Daily Mail in an editorial
says of the sinking of the Lusitania
and the loss of life :
"It was not .an act of war ; it was
a case of sheer cowardly murder.
To the American people who suf-
fered this felons' blow equally with
ourselves we address no words of
imperbinent counsel, but - we do
RAIDS BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT
Zeppelins Soldiers Were Killed and Long
ppDestroyed,
Trains ,filled F With Benzol Burned
A dlespartch from Paris ,says: In
a bombardment of the railway sta-
tion at Briey damage was done to
Oonf n s, Briey and Metz, where
provision depots were' destroyed
and the railway line was cut. .
The station at St. Quentin and a
central depot of munitions was
'bombarded, ,, One hundred and fifty
.oars, rainy of them containing
benzol, were eonleteldestroie
d
by fire,wnsli lasted fourteenhors
Explosions were heard throughout'
the night. Twenty-four soldiers
were :killed.
In .e bombardment the Friedrich-
sbafen hangars were damaged and
a Zenppelin was destroyed, Bombs
were also dropped et Leopolxlshohe
and Lorrach, arnd on the etatio,n .at
Haltingen, Two locomotives and.
two express trains were disabled
and ,all traffic between Leopold-
shone and fialtingeli was suspend-
ed,
The Cunard Liner Lusitania, Sunk by the. Germans.
venture to offer to them fromthe
bottom of our hearts a message of
profoundest sympathy. It is at
such times as these essential by the
kinship of the" English -+speaking
peoples that we make unmistakably
manifest that we share their indig-
nation, loathing .and contempt for
the assassins who sneak under the.
water to wage a campaign of mur-
der against unarmed defenceless
passenger ships, merchant vessels
and fishing trawlers, and we pro-
mise them that, so far as in as lies,
the deaths" of tlhese American Citi-+
zens shall be avenged."
Says 200 Americans Dead. New :York, .Saturdat; May 8. -
More than 200 Americans are
among the -dead in the Lusitania
disaster, according to a London
cable to the Tribune, whose cor-
respondent places the :total loss of
life at from 900 to 1,400, the latter
estimate by First Officer Jona. It
is suppo-sed there were 400 Ameri-
cans on board.
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POISONEDF
�.'� TLS
BEFORE RETREAT
The Germans in. South-West Africa
Threw Arsenic Into the
Water.
A despatch from London says:
In support of charges that the Ger-
mans had poisoned wells in the
South-west African campaign
Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State
for the Colonies, has issued a com-
munication in which he says that
when Gen. Louis • Botha, comman-
der of the Union of South Africa
forces, occupied Sw.akopmund he
discovered that six wells had been
poisoned by .an arsenical cattle
wash.,,
As a. remonstrance Gen. Botha
sent a communication to Col.
Francke, commander of the Ger-
man forces. This elicited a re-
sponse, according to the statement
of Mr. Harcourt, that the German
troops had been given orders that
"if they possibly caa prevent it,
not to allow any water supplies to
fall into the hands of the enemy in
a form which allows it to be used
for mean or beast."
When Swakopmi'ind was evacuat-
ed, the reply of Col. Francke con-
tinued, the officer in charge had
several bags of cooking salt thrown.
intothe wells, but it was found that
this "could in a short time be ren-
dered .ineffective." Thereafter,
Col. Francke's letter said, "we
tried the copper dip, and found
that by using this material any
enemy occupying the town would
for some time have to rely on water
from elsewhere."
The communication says than de-
spite Gen. Botha's protest the prac-
tice continued, A message said to
have been from Capt. Kruger, of
the German' protectorate troops, is
quoted in the communication as
saying:"The patrol at Gabib has,
bcen instructed thoroughly to infect
with disease the Ili mine. Ap-
proach Swakop and the Ira mine
with extreme caution. Doai't water
there any more."
Since their evacuation of - Aus,
Warmbad and other places, Gen.
Botha says in a'l•etter, "the Ger-
man troops have consistently poi-
soned all welds along the railway
line in their retirement."
TOOK SPLINTER 1110M HEART.
French Surgeons Performed an
Operation That Was Unique.
A despatch from Paris says. - A
young sergeant in the French army,
from whose heart a splinter of e,
hand .grenade was extracted by.
C
Dr.- B�eau�"�senat, chief of the mili-
tary hospital, was presented before
the Academy of Medicine last night
by Professor Arnengaud, of Bor-
deaux, The patient was wounded
at St. Hubert, where the steel frag-
ment of the grenade penetrated his
diaphragm,pericardium and car-
diac niusges, lodging within ,the
right ventricle.
The splinter remained in the ven-
tricle four and a half months be-
fore ib was extracted, The opera-
tion was declared to have been
unique in the annals of surgery.
Considerable difficulty was expert-
eneed in removing the piece of
steel, as it slipped from the forceps
several times. Various •eonrplica-
tions wore feared, but everything
went well and the soldier now is
eonsddered ,cured, ori his, heart ,acts
normally.
PASSENGER SHIP
SUNK BY PIRATES
Danish .Steamer Was On Iter Way
Pfons Copenhagen for -
China.
A despatch froin Lon -don says :
Tthe Danish ••sbeamer Cathay, 2,600
net tons, from Copenhagen for
Chinese ports, was either anined or
torpedoed .late last night in the
North Sea. . She went down in 20
minutes, Her passengers and the
members of her crew, totalling 43
persons, took to the small boats and
.11 were •landed safely at Rams-
gate.
The trawler. Stratton, of Grims-
by, was sunk inthe North Sea by
the gunfire of a .Geranan submarine.
The crew was taken en board the
'submarine, ' and later landed at
Hartlepool` in a small boat.
The schooner Earl of Latham
was slink by a German submarine
off Kinsale, on. the Irish coast.
The crew was permitted to take to
the small boats, and was rescued
by a, trawler,
The ,submarine fired nine shells
at the schooner before she sank .
The British steamship Harpalyce,
under charter to the American Bell-
gian Relief Committee, which was
sunk by -a German subm.arine in the
North Sea the early part of April,
was torpedoed within 23 miles of
the Dutch coast, according to a re-
port made to the British Admiralty
after an investigation which was
confined chiefly to an examination
of the members of the crew of the
steamer, for the reason that no
part of the ship remained afloat.
The report asserts that the H r-
palyce, at the time'•slh•e was attack-
ed, flew the flag of the Relief Com-
mission and that slhe had also large
sheets bearing the naane of the com-
mission stretched along her sides.
The, report points out,particu1arly
that it has been proved that the
Harpalyce was not within the war
zone when she was sent to itte bot-
tom,
Plenty of India Wheat -
To Supply Britain.
A despatch from London says:
The British Government . hoped,
said the Marquis of Crewe in the
House of Lords, that the exporta-
ble margin of wheat from India
would be sufficient to -prevent any
thing like a panic- or a rise in the
price of wheat for the current -year
in this country.
Government interference with the
export of wheat from. India,, the
speaker said, was due to the belief
that unless some strong action were
to- be taken a serious position
would be created M India owing to
the high prices to which the wheat
was advancing.
The Government was prepared,
the Marquis concluded, to take as
much wheat from India as it could
get in view of what the price of
wheat was likely to be in this 0oun-
t1'. -
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Italy Ilas Prepared Staten"
A despatch from Ronie'''says In
addition to military preparations,
file Italian Government is takingali measuresossible in a diplo-
matic
p
matic way in anticipation of e. pos-
sible outbreak
ossibleoutbreaak of war.
Foreign Minister Sonning has
prepared long statement for pub-
lication the moment Italy joins the
allies, in oak she decides upon this
action. This statement is designed
to justify Italy's action before the
world. - 14 sets forth the historical;
racial, .economic and strategical
reasons influencing the nation, ands
dwells upon the "intolerable posi-
tion" of Italy in the Adriatic and
on her eastern frontier.
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To Lead a New Army..
A despatch from London says
The Official' Gazette announces the
appointment of General Sir Henry,
Rundle, Governor and t;ommander
iii -,chief at Malta, to the chief cam-
mand.of' one of Great Britain's six
new armies.
Two of the armies already at the
front are under General Sir Doug-
las Haig and General Srnith-Dor=
rien, while another is in the opera-
tions against the Dardanelles un-
der General Sir Ian Hamilton. Of
those armies not yet M notion
Lieut. -General Sir Archibald Hun-
ter commands the first "Kitchener"
army and Generals' Rundle and
ci
Brace Hamilton the remaining two.
r1.
l 1
All Soldiers in the German Arn;G
are taught the history of the
Prussian Itoyal F.amil,F,`
DEVOTE EFFORTS
TO- TRAWLRDS
Fifteen Fishing Steamers Subrlrar'-
Ned Without Loss of Life,
Despite espite Shell Fire.
A : despatch from Lottdoa says :
To the .nine trawlers, bhe sinking
of which by German submarines
which - have . been reported, another
victim has been added. A Norwe-
gian .steamer landed the crew of the
trawler Sceptre, which was torpe-
doed forty miles off Peterhead.
This brings the total number of
trawler victims of. Germany under-
water bouts up to fifteen. The sub-
marines sem eo be 'making a deter -
maned effort to prevent Ragland
froth procuring fish in the North
Sea.
None of .the -trawlers, according
to the stories told by their crews,
surrendered while they had the
slightest chance to escape. Gener
ally the fishermen did not take to
their boats until 'bullets or shells
were flying about them. Despite
.these statements no loss of life
among the crews of the trawler has
occurred.
Several trawlers which were oh.al-
lenged by submarines made their
escape by putting on a full head
of steam and outfooting the Ger-
mans. -
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No Demonstrations
On King's Birthday
A despatch from Ottawa says A.
message from Right Hon. Lewis
Harcourt, Secretary of State for
the Colonies, has been received by
the Government 171 regard to the
celebration of the King's birthday.
The cable 'states: "It is his Maj es
ty's wish that 8n the occasion of his
Majesty's birthday this year flags
should be flown, but no dinners,
reviewe, salutes or other celebra-
tions §Mould take place?'
Instructions have bean sent out
by the Militia -Department to offi-
cers commanding divisions and dis-
tricts to carry odt the King's wish-
es throughout their respective com-
m ands.
Resolution to Ratify
Uses of Gases in War
A despatch . from London says :.
The suggestion that Great Britain
adopt measures in retaliation for
the use of gases in battle by the
Germans has taken concrete form.
Joseph King , representing the
North District of Somerset in the
House of Commons, announced his
intention of introducing- a resolu-
tion on this subject.
The resolution sets forth "that
this Hoose agrees to such mea-
sures of retaliation as is essential
to prevent suocess attaching to
such gross and -unparalleled viola-
tion of the rules of wax; subject,
however, to the condition that in
the preparation ce any gas used by
hes Majesty's military forces the ut-
most regard be paid to the dictates
of humanity."
It is much easier to be saucy than
to be sarcastic; but there- are a lot
of people who will never discover
the difference.
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S .YRNA CUT OFF
F110I11 STRAITS
British Aviator props Bornbs en
1 ander'rna Bridge, Destroy-
ing
A despatch from London says:
Desperate fighting is inprogress on
the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Turks
have been reinforced by a division,
and ithe allies are now endeavoring
to prevent this force from joining
the othee b,odie8 of Turkish troops.
The losses on both sides are
heavy. The allies at other points
on the Peninsula axe strongly es-
tablished, and are advancing slow-
ly but steadily, overooming the
Turkish resistance everywhere.
A despatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph from Athens says that as a
result of the destruction of the
Pamderma bridge by a, British avia-
tor contmumic.ation between. Smyr-
na and the Dardanelles is i,nter-
n mts
v
rupt�ecl, and thatbaththe e -
CAist of Turkish troops and h
transport of supplies from the in-
terior of Asia Minor have been ren-
dered difficult.
The Turks, considerably rein-
forced,..attacked the allies camp
at Krithia, but were repulsed,
leaving 1,500 dead, according to
advices from Mitylene. Krithia is
about three miles up the Gallipoli
Peninsula from Seda •el Bahr at
the Tip, and- is an interior point.
The allies have advanced into the
interior, the despatch says, and
now occupy positions of great stra-
tegic importance.
A report from Tenedos says that
British warships continued their
bombardment of Turkish positions
in the Dardanelles, and also of -
Smyrna.
Boom in Recruiting.
A despateh from. Sydney, 'N. S.
W., says: The details of the opera-
tions of the allies against the Dar-
danelles have been received with
enthusiasm. Recruiting shows no
signs of diminution.
Premier Fisher, replying to the
question whether, in view of the
fighting, the, Commonwealth, in-
tended sending an increased num-
ber of men to the front, said to-
day : "Our offer is unlimited. We
shall train and equip men to the
best of our ability and. provide
means for getting them speedily to
the front,"
PETROGRAD IS NOT ALARMED
Temporary Success Can Do No More Than belay
the Russian Advance Into Hungary
A despatch from London says:
The battle now progressing between
the Vistula and the Carpathians is
thus described by the correspon-
dent of the Daily Mail at Petro-
grad :
"For the moment masses of Ger-
man and Austrian troops who for
some weeks past have been ooncen-
beating at Cracow have, by mere
weight and 'superiority of niinilb-ara
forced the Russians along the Dun-
ajeo to draw back. , The operations
inthis region began a eek ago
when an Austrian force approached
the Biala River south of Tarnow.
At first they were held in check,
but soon German reinforcements
arrived, including many first line
troops not before used in the Car-
pathians. At the same time ab
Krasnow, on the upper: Vistula, a
very vigorous offensive began. Si,Y
times the Russian positions were
attacked and eadh time the enemy
was driven off. Finally, the enemy
being greatly weakened; a battalion
of Russians was ordered to' charge,
and did so with complete success,
a whole regiment of Laaidwehr.
troops being put .out, of action and
400 survivors being made prisoners.
"Then came, the movement of the
enemy. for which these attacks had
been preparatory. A very large
force of Germans crossed, the Duna
jec and under cover of a heavy and
concerted artillery fire made an ad-
yfl'llc,.°x•inn": lyorl. tyro; pw an"r7
t11.0' tight -an..: pwcf'e-r, #ligan jlaey
wept satopped li the fire bf the Rus-
sian - gunners. Orders were then
e'en -t to the Beeeeiaps to retire on
their strong secand line defences,
and this was done after a fierce en-
gagemtent in whjch the enemy'q
loosess`� i"v�erevery heavy.
"In connection with this move-
ment other attacks were made by
German and Austrian forces on the
Nide, .south of Lohucthno, and in
the Gorlioe district. The first ven-
ture failed, all attempts: to cross
the Nide being rapuleed and the
enemy being driven b=ack on the left
bank, which he had oo-cupied for
some time. At Gorlice the ,advance
was more issrions. The object of
the Germans here is to compel the
Russian armies in the Oa.rpath a:tls
to retreat by threatening their line
of communications.
"No anxiety regarding the result
is felt here, and it is not believed
that the new' Austro -German offen-
sive can do more than delay the
Ituwslan' advance into Hungary,"
Heat-, n
a
d Thirst
Fail to
a Stop Botha
A despatch from. Cape Town says :
"Gen Botha hes: 000eupied the im-
portant railway junction of IKaribib
and other stations (German &South-
west Africa). He expects to occupy
W indhrkvery soon, Large gt a•xaji-
ties of ral its- • . stock,: incturding; gz•,
ven locomotives, were taken at
l aribib,
1
"Tire town was occupied after a
forced march of 35 miles over a
watei I ss •..waste, under conditions
of heat,' thirst and hunger which, n g
-called far^ the getratest resolution:
and vit."'
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTS r'ROM THE LEAa1NC TRAO•
4ENTRES OF AMERICA,
Breadsluifs.
Toronto, Mar 10--•h'1our--•1t[aniteka lira
patents quoted at $8.10, in Jute. 'Imo; sen^
outs patents, $740; strong .briers', $7.40,
Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent patents,
quoted' at $6,40 to $6.45, ucaboard, atltl. at'
$6.40 to. 56.60,Toronto freight.
w'heat-Manitoba N. 1 1'fortiaere dtiol-
ed at $1.70 1-2; No. 2 at $1,68, and No. 3
at $1.66. Ontario wheat is neon/nal :at
$1.60 for No. 2 at outside Point;,.
Oats Ontario quoted, at 60o, outolde.
and at 63o, Toronto. Wettarn Canada, No.
2 quoted at 67 1.2o, and No. 3 at 65o. (1,1,3.,
Bay ports,
Barley --The market is nominal. Good.
=sating g 73 to rades,
Is duulll dull et to $1,08,
outside.
Peaea-•-T1xe market Is quiet, with No, 1
quoted et 81,65 to $1.65, outeldo.
Corn -No, 2 new American - quoted at
82e, c,i.f„ Bay ports, and No. 3 at 81 1.20,
Bay porta.
•Buckwheat -No. -2 quoted at 80 to 82o,.
.outside
Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at $21
a ton, shorts at 529 to $30.
Rolled oats -Car lots, per Ibag of 90 lbs..,
$3.40,
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 24 to 26c; interior.
21 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 34o; do;,
solids, 29 to 30c.
Eggs. --The market is steady, with sales
at 22c per dozen, in case lote,
Beans -The market is quiet at 53,15 for
prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 .for hand-picked.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 18 to 20o;
ducks, dressed, 15 to 17e; itowl, 13 to 16o;
turkeys, . dresc•ed, 20 to 21o.
Cheese -'Phe market is quiet, 'with new
quoted et 171.20 for large, and at 17 3-4o
for twins. Old quoted at 19 to 19 1-4o.
Potatoes -Ontario, 60 ;to 65c ,per bug, oat -
of store, and 500 in car iota, New Bruns•
wicks, ear lots, 600' per hag.
Provisions,:
Bacon -Long clear, 133.4 -to 14e per lb.
in case Iota. Itam--•1Uedium, 17 to
171.2c; do., heavy, 141-2 to 15e- rolls, 14
to 14 1-2c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 20a;
backs, 21 to 22c; boneless backs, 23e, •
Lard --The market is quiet, 'with pricer
steady; pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 to 1.2c; do.
pails, 12 to 12 1-Zc. Compound, tubs, 9 3-4
to 10c; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4o, -
Baled Hay and Straw,
Straw is quoted at $7.50 to 58 a ton in ._.
car lot deliveries on track- here:
Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at 517 to i
517.50; No. 2 at 514.50 to $15.50, and No.
3 at $12 to 513. 1
puslness to ,trial, l
Montreal, liar Aiaerican No.
2 yellow, 83 to 84e. Oats, Canadian west- 1
ern, No. 3, 67 1.2e; extra No. 1 feed, 66 1.20;
No. 2 local white, 67c; No. 3 40., 660; No-
4' do., 65o. Barley, exalting. 88 to 90o.
Flour -Mao, Spring wheat patents firsts.
$8.20; do., seconds, 57.70; strong bakers',
$7.50; winter patents, choice, 87.90;
straight rollers, $7.40 to 57.50; do., hags,
53,50 to 53,60. Rolled oats, barrels, 57 to
57.15; do., bags, 90 lbs., 53.40 to 53.50. ;
Bran, $26. Shorts, 528. Middlings, 533 to
534. Mouiliie, 535 to 538. Ray, No. 2, per
ton, ear lots, $18 to $19,50. Cheese, finest
western's, 17 1-4 to 17 1-2o; do., eastern-,
16 3-4 to 17e. Butter, choicest creamery,
30 to 30 1.2o; seconds, 29 1-2 to 29 3-4c. Eggs.
fresh, 22 to 23c; -elected, 24 to 250; No. 2 t
stock, 21c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots,
45c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 13 to
131.2c. Pork, heavy Canada short mess,
labra., 35 to 45 pieces, 528; short cut back. 6
bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27,50. Lard, com-
pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 9 1-2c; wood pails,
20 lbs, net, 10c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs.,
11 1-2c; -pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 120.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, May 10.--wheat--•No. 1
hard, 51.64 1-4; No. 1 Northern, -51.59 3-4 ,
to 51.63 3-4; No. 2 Northern, 51.55 3-4 to
$1.60 3-4; July, 51.53 bid. Corn --No, 3 Yel-
low, 72 3.4 to 73 14c. Oats -No. 3 white,
63 to 531-2c. /lour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, May 10.-whe.tt•-No. 1 hard,
51.64 5-8; No. 1- Northers 51.63 5.8; No. 2
Northern, 51.56 5-8 to 51 39 5-8; July,
51.58 3-8. Linseed, 51.99 1-4; July, 82.01 3-4.
New York, May 10.- Flour ,toady Rye
flour steady. clay sarong N r 1, 51.22 1-2;
No. 2, $1.17 1-2 to 51,20; No. 'i, 51.05 to
51.10; shipping 90c to 51. linin quiet.
Hides dull. Leather firm.
Live Stock markets.
Toronto, May 10.--Butc•bere' eattin,
choice,. 57.60 to 58.15; do., good, 57.10 to
57.40; do , medium, 06.75 to 57; dn., Tom- -
nxon, 56.10 to 56.50; butchers' bulla c ho..•e,
56.25 to 57.25; do.. good- bur - $0.•10 to tis:
do., rough bulla, 54.60 to 55.70;-buteh::rs'
cows. choice, $6.25 to 57; do., m drum,
55.25 to 56: do„ common, 54.00 to 55;
feeders, good, $6.40 to $7.25; do, rough
bulls, 55 to 55.50; stot'krrs, 7010 to 1,000
lbs., 56 to 57.25; canners ;en•d cutters,
53.75 to $5; milkers, cho.c•e, each, 60 to •
890; do., common and medium, each, 535
to 545; springers, 530 to 575; light ewes,
67 to 58.50; do., heavy. 55 to 46.31: do.,
bucks, $3.50 to 54.50; yearling lamb,+, 56
to 510; spring lambs. 58 to 511.50.
Montreal, May 10.-- There were no choice
steers on the market, but e x.lcs of good
steers were made at 57.75 to 58, fair, at
57 to 57.50, and the lower grodrei ..t 55
to 56.75. while butchers' cors brought
from 54 to- 57, and Mil's from 54 to 51.50
per cwt.. A feature of the small meat
trade was the weaker feeling in tho tnxr-
ket for calves, owing to the lib'•~ 1 sup -.
coining forward, and pr'crw lrt ±n -
ed, but at the redu{,ion the demand was
good, and an active trade itis dorm at
from 51.50 to 59 each• its to : ze and qual-
ity. The demand for Spring lamb, - was
flair at 54 to 58 each, and old e.bee,; told
at 56,25 to 43.50 per cwt The tone of the
market for Logs was firm, -With a eto:' A »-
•demand, and sales R
,PF Teo -trate' w'-o`re .
maxte-at ",F9.26 t 1'6,50: and heavy -weight
at 59 per cwt., 'weighed off care, •
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S011E NEW FACTS.
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To guard against quadk tree sur-
geo'p;51 t MAssachusetts Forestry
Assoeinti an ui]•1 inspect shade to>.as
free of claargz,
A great deal of the -oak used on
the Pacific coast comes from the
eastern part of Asia.
Rubbing with turpentine win re-
store the color to ivory, knife han-
dles that have turned yellow.
An atomizer for perfumery small
enough to be carried in a pocket-
book 1s a novelty from Europe.
Forbach, Germany, has the most
towno
profitable forest .st ..known ;. it
yields an annual net gain -of $12.14
an acre.
Apple wood, used 'almost exclu-
sively for saw handj.es, also fu °nimh- -
es the material for mann so-called
brierwood pipes,
Although the 1J'nitsd • States re-
fines more nickel than ,any other
country, practically .all the ore used
comes :from Ontario ,and New Cale -
In Northern Idaho and Montana,
which had many fires during the
last summer., 35 per•cent, of the
fires on national , forestts were
caused by railroads, 26 percent. by
ightni.ngand 10 per cent, by camp-
ers.
One of the molt expensive wooers
n the United States is boxwood.
It tilts been quoted at
t b � of 4 cents a eu-
bic inch, and about $1,300 by the
thousand board ft eb,
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