The Herald, 1912-01-26, Page 6aECEI�BER AOOIDE)T $OQRB
Great Improvement Shown as Compared
with the Previous December'
IA despatch from Ottawa says:
,Eighty-two fatal and one hundred
and ninety-four non-fatal aoeidents
'to workpeoplewere 'recorded by
the Department of. Labor -during
December. This record shows a
.light decrease compared with the
preceding month; and is Bluth. less
i
than in the same month of last
year, 'In November there were 230
accidents, fatal and non-fatal, to
individual workmen, and in Decem-
ber, 1910, there were 351 accidents.
The chief disasters during the
month were the suffocating of three
miners at. Middlesboro', B. C., in
the chute of a mine, and an ex-
plosion in a powder factory at De-
parture Bay, Vancouver, B. 0., in
which three men were killed. There
were eleven killed in the railway
service, and fourteen in mining.
The largest number of non-fatal
accidents occurred in the metal
'trades, in which forty -'two were in-
jured. Nine men were killed and
thirty-one were injured in the build-
ing armies, an unusually high num-
ber for the month of December.
There were twenty-six non-fatal
accidents in the railway service..
HON. WM. H. HOYLE.
cw Speaker of Ontario Legi:+la-
ture.
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BIG FIRE AT TORONTO.
uarter of a Million Loss in a
Down -Town Blaze.
A despatch from Toronto says :.
fire which broke out at 7.45
MINERS VOTE FOR A STRIKE -
Unless They Receive a Fixed Min-
iniuin Wage.
A despatch from London, says:
Tne recent ballot taken by the coal
miners of Great Britain, the result
of which was officially declared on
Thursday. afternoon, was over-
whelmingly in favor of a strike for
a fixed minimum wage. The actual
figures were: For a strike, 945,901:
against a strike, 115,051. Notices
to quit work will doubtless prompt-
ly be handed in by the miners.
and this will bring about a national
stoppage of coal -mining on March
1. The intervening weeks, however.
give plenty of time for negotiations
between -the employers and the
workers, and efforts for 'mediation
may be expected to a.vert what•
would otherwise prove a national
calamity.
FIELD CROP COMPETITIONS.
List of Prize -Winners Announced
at Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
The prize winners in the Ontario
standing field crop competitions
were announced on Wednesday.
;'clock on Fridayeveningin' the They are:- Oats -First prize, Geo.
lien buildi 103-107 Simcoe Brown, MMillbrook; second, George
tweet, gutted the top two stories Boyce, Merivale; third, W. G. Wil-
son, Woodville. Barley -First, S.
PRICES OF fAI1M PRODUC
hick were occupied by the R. D.
airbairn Co., .bimited, as, stock -
al damage: Joy ewate, ,.
as ei5 :'lower fiorfrs efecti
ied by the Allen Manufacturing
ompany, Limited, and the Swiss
aundry. The loss is estimated at
250,000. Three firemen were in-
ured when a high pressure hose
woke away from the men who were
olding it as the water was being
urned on. William H. Hawkes
as thrown against the aerial truck
nd had his back badly bruised.
ohn Roach, who was holding the
ose, was hurt about the head.
dward Courtney, who' was in
harge of a low pressure stream,
as struck by a, flying nozzle and
ad his leg broken.
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TWO HIEN KILLED.
E. Bonisteel,- Frankford ; 2nd, D.
.., Bos, I+rankford. Wheat --First
Ba ]w^tfrf -I-e` r v ';Ands
John Ireton, Queen's Line. Poto-
toes-First, F. Walker, Royston;
2nd, Jas. Reid, Oxdrift; 3rd, Wm.
Jenkin, Enisclale. One hundred
and four agricultural societies, 1,-
800 farmers and 28,000 acres were
judged by sixty judges sent out by
the Ontario Department of Agri-
culture for this competition.
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SMALLPDX IN A BAKERY.
REPORTS; PROM THE LEADING''R ,
TRADE CENTRES OF ;1-er �hxE> I,rA. ow the M,�nitonas, Manitoba'Gold
D I\ TllBKEYS";OROPS
Prices of Caine.. Grain, Cheese
grid Other Produce at Homo
and Abroad.
Toronto, Jan. 23. -Flour -Winter wheat,
790 per cont. patents, $3.56 to $3.60 atseri,;,
board. Manitoba flours --First patents,
$5.50; second' patents, •55; and strong bal;,
era', $4:40, on track, Toronto,
Manitoba Wheat -No, 1. Northern .is
quoted at $1.11; Bay ' ports; . No. 2 North-
ern at $1.08, and No. 3 at $1.04, Bay ports.
2` 'white, red and
ide,
peas, $1.10'^ to $1.-
A
1:
Neighborhood Is Li a State of Ex-
citement.
A despatch from Montreal, says:
A baker, 'who. has been making and
distributing bread at Matane, Que..
for four days, is discovered to have
smallpox, and- the neighborhood is
C. N. R. Construction Gang Drills in a state of excitement and fear.
Into Old Charge. The matter was reported to the Pro-
vincial Board of Health Friday by
wire, and a full staff of inspectors.
consisting of three doctors, has been
rushed to the county to take all
precautions against the spread of
the disease.
A despatch from Port Arthur
says,: Two Finns, John Ranto and
0: Henderson, were killed and five
`others injured at t' a Canadian
Northern Railway construction
works on Tuesday, four miles north
of Nepigon, by drilling into an un-
exploded charge. They were em-
ployed with Flatt & Timmo, sub-
contractors.
Matters have reached a critical
stage in Pekin, and 'Yuan Shi Kai
is preparing to leave the capital.
53 SAILORS WERE DROWNEB
The Steamer Wistow Battered to Pieces on.
The Scotch Coast
A despatch from Aberdeen, Scot
laud, says: Fifty-three of the
British steamer Wistow Hall were
drowned on , Thursday morning
when the steamer foundered on the
r 'gripers of 'Buchan, off the coast ; of
Aberdeenshire. . Only Capt. Stod-
dart and three of the crew reach-
ed shore. The Wistow gall had a
terrible experience' in the gale.
, Capt. Stoddart, who was resuscit-
ated after a long perio) of ancon-
eciousness, relates a:stery of ea-
tremely tempestuousesrugas
weather from
the time of leaving the Tytie on
Monday. •' The vessel got into dif-
ficulties Wednesday, when two of
the crew were mortally injured. The
captain himself had his spine hurt
and his arm broken, confining him
to bis cabin. Finally' the fires were
, .1,sui:;hcd and the vessel was at
Ontario Wheat -No.
mixed, 91 to 930, outs
Peas -flood slapping
16, outside.
Oats -Car lots of No.
431-2e,'t nd No. 3 at 42
2 Ontario at 43 to
to 421.2e;_on track,.
Toronto, 46 to 46 1-2e. No. 2 Western Can-
ada oats, 49c, and No. 1 'feed, 45 to 451.2c,
Bay ports.
Barley -47 to 48 lbs. at 85 to 86 1-2c, out-
side.
Corn -No. 3 American yellow, 70e, To-
Dante
aionto freights.
Rye -94 to 95o for No. 2, outsAtft,
Buckwheat -61 to 620, outside.
Bran -Manitoba bran, $23.50, in' bags,
Toronto freight. Shorts, $25.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
.Apples -Winter stock,' $2.75 to $3.50 per
barrel.
Beans -Small lots of J,and-pinked,
35 to $2.45 per bushel.
Roney -Extracted, in tins; 11 - 12e per
lb. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75.
Baled Hay -No. 1 at $16.50 to .$17.50, on
track, and No. 2 at $14 to $15.
Baled Straw -$7.50 to $8, on track, To-
ronto.
Potatoes -Car lots, in bags; $1.25 to 51.-
30,
1.30, and Delawares at $1.35. Out -of -store,
$1.45 to $1.60.
Poultry -Wholesale prices of dressed
poultry: -Chickens, 13 to 16c per lb; fowl,
10 to 120; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 13 to
150; turkeys, 20 to 21o. Live poultry, about.
2d lower than the above. .
BUTTT1R, EGGS, CHEESE,
Butter -Dairy, choice, in wrappers, 27
to 30c; large rolls, 27e; and inferior, tubs
18 to 190. Creamery quoted at 32 to 4331-2c
for rolls, and 30 to 310 for solids; per
Ib.
Eggs -Strictly new -laid, 35c, delivered
here, and 'fresh at 28c per dozen in cal
Cheese -Large, 15 3.4c, and twins at 1614-0;
per Ib.
the mercy of the sea. A few min-
utes before she struck the steward
assisted the captain to,dress. No.
sooner had he reached the bridge
than the steamer :crashed into the
rocks. He was washed overboard
and'i'emembered nothing until he
recovered 'consciousness in the cot-
tage where he is now lying. After.
Monday the crew had no food or
drink, and all of them huddled in:
the, engine room, not daring to yet
-
tarethe to forecastle to procure
supplies. The scene from shore
was 'harrowing. The vessel soon
broke,. up and the crew clung' des-
perately, but every wave claimed its
victim. Nothing could be done to
help the men, and in a short time
r except all disappeared e pt the four
who were carried by the seas to the
shore:
1C0G PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 111.2 -to 11 3.4o per
ib., in ease lots. Pork -Short cut, 522.-
60; do., mess, $19.60 to $20. Hants -medi-
um to light, 16 to 161.2e; heavy, 14 to
141.20; rolls, 103.4 to 110; breakfast bacon,
16 to 17c; backs, 19 to 20e.
Lard -Tierces, 113.40; tubs, 120; pails,
121.4e.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, Jan. 23. --Oats - Canadian
Western, No. 2, 471-2 to 48e; do., No. 3,
451.2c; extra No. 1 feed, 461.2e; No. 2 10.
cal white, 46e; No. 3 local white, 45e; No.
4 local white, 44c. Barley Malting, 96 to
98c. Buckwheat -Nu. 2, 70 to 71e. Flour -
Man, Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.30;
do., seconds, 55.10; strong bakers', 54.90;
Winter patents, choice, $4,75 to 56; straight
rollers, 54 25 to 54.40; straight rollers,
bags, $1.95 to 52.05. Rolled oats -Barrels,,
$4.65; do., bags, 90 lbs., 52.20. Bran -•$23;
shorts, 525; middlings, 528; mouillie, $28
to 534. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15
Were Discovered.
despatch from Winnipeg says:
:Iit ports' from :Minitonasi in ' the
ai?van River Valley, give details of
61 newold strike '.which . is said
g ,
be phenominally rich. Just be -
bre Christmas a farmer named
Murphy, living • some nine miles
from Minitonas, sold some turkeys.
Several flakes of gold were noticed
in their crops, and when the con-
tents were :properly, examined a
number of nuggets ranging in
weight up to three ounces were
found. No one seemed to know
where the turkeys had come from,
but.Murphy heard of it and staked
,claims along a ridge of black sand
.where the turkeys had run daring
Fields
the summer and .fall. Other claims
have been staked in the vicinity and
in all some hundred and twenty lo-
cations have been filed. There is
too •much snow for much prospect-
ing, but a nugget weighing just over
an ounce has been found and sev-
eral smaller ones. When the snow
goes there will be an active: mining.
camp, for preliminary prospects
show that a rich gold field has been
located, with possibilities .of find-
ing the mother lode. Geological
formations are similar to those of
other rich gold mining regions, and
two Llondyke• miners' now at Mini -
tones predict a wild gold rush in
the spring as soon as the value of
the deposit becomes known.
555; springers, $30 to $40. Shoop -Ewen,
$4,50 $4.75; bucks and culls, $3.75 to
$4.25;. lambs, $6.50 to x.75. Hogs -E. o. b,
57 to $7.25, Calves -$3 to $15;
Toronto, Jail. 23, -Demand was keen for
the few loads of choice steers and hei-
fers marketed, and as high as $6.75 was
bid and .refused. Some loads of good
butcher cattle sold from $6.25 to $6.50.
Medium cattle ranged from $5.50 to $6.
Sheep and lambs sold from $6.50 to $7.20,
and the latter from $3 to $4.75. Hogs
'and calves were praetioally unchanged.
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SURPRISED DOCTO1t
jill►istrating the Effect of Food.
The `remarkable adaptability of
Grape -Nuts food to stomachs so dis-
ordered that they will reject ev-
erything else, is illustrated by the
case of a woman in Racine, Wis.
"Two years ago," she says, "I
was attacked by a stomach trouble
so serious that for a long time I
could not take much of any sort of
food. Even the various kinds pre-
scribed by the doctor produced most.,
acute pain.
"We then got some Grape -Netts
food, and you can imagine my sur-
price and delight when I found
that I could eat it with a relish and
without the slightest distress.
"When • the doctor heard of it he
.old me to take several. small 'per-
.01)..day,; beceuse•he feared T"
wo;lel grow tired of it as 1 ha c of
all other food.
"But to his surprise, (and that of
everybody else), I did not tire of
Grape -Nuts, and became better
day by day, till, after some weeks,
my stomach entirely recovered and
I was able to eat anything my ap-
petite -craved.
"My nerves, which had become
so weakened that I feared I would
become insane, were also restored
by the Grape -Nuts food in connec-
tion with Postum, which has become
our table beverage. I appreciate
most gratefully and thankfully the
good that your food preparations
have done me, and shall be glad to
answer any letters inquiring as to
my experience." Name given by
Canadian Postum Co., Windsor,
Ont.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Weliville," in pkgs. `There's a
reason."
Ever road the above letter? A now ono
,appears from time to time. They aro
genuine, true and full of human interest.
CANNOT CHECK DISEASE.
to $15.50. Cheese -Finest Westerns, 151.3 i,
to 151.4c; do., finest Eastern:, 147.8 to 15e. r(Pneumonie ,Plague Killed Thou -
Butter -Choicest creamery, 32 to 321-2e; Sanets in China
do., seconds, 30 to 31e. Eggs -Fresh, 45 to'I,
500; do., selected, 311-2 to 32o; No. 1-stocit, l A despatch from Manila says
271.2 to 280. Potatoes -Per \bag, car lots, The report of the international
51.40. I plague conference, which was held
at Mukden, Manchuria,last year,
UNITED STATES MARKETS. 'was issued here on Saturday: The
;! conference was convened at the
Minneapolis, Jan. 23. -Wheat -May, $1..1 request of the Chinese Gorernmerii;
057.8; July, 51.06 5.8; No. 1 hard, $1.06 3-B; .
No. 1 Northern, 51.05 7•B; No, 2 Northern,^ :and eleven count ees were repre-
$1,037.8; No: 3 wheat, $1.01ye
7.8. No. 3 ,,, rented by delegates. The report
low tarn, 611.2 to 62c. No. 3 white orae, was prepared. by Dr. Richard Pear
47 to 471.20. No. 2 rye 901-2 to 910, mean, son Strong, of the Philippines
Bureau of Science. It consists of
$24 to $24.50. Flour -First patents, $5.10 500 pages and gives data and an
to $5.40; second patents, $4.70 to $5; fira5 nuances conclusions, which, it is.
clears, $3.50 to 53.85; second clears, 52.40 believed, will be of invaluable aid
to $2.20. to the scientific world in regard to
Buffalo, Jan, 23. --Spring wheat --No. 1,the pneumonic plague, about which
Northern, carloads, store, $1.13; Winter, ' little has heretofore been known.
No. 2 red, $1,0i; No. 3 red, 980; No. 2 whitf,,,This disease killed 50000 persons
Siem. Corn -Wo. 3 yellow, 68e;'No. 4 yea iii Manchuria and Northern China
low, 661-4c, all on track, through billed, '10,st year and some of the best phy-
Oats -Na. t Whit, 541.40; ao. 3 whitifsicians in the world seemed to be
63.1-2c; No. hits 523.4e. Barle y -Mal linable to da` anything thing to checl its
ing, $1.25'to .$1.35. spread. "Several„of, "the .prominent
doctors who went to Manchuria at
the time suceumbed to' the disease.
.p
Owen Sound ratepayers. will be,
asked to vote on a ;inilliori and a
1 .k n
half dollar dr'doe ro eet.
The > Government has purchased
ie Waterous p.roperty at Erant•
i fr.h. t:o dfor .a s to o r e IIs os1 r �V n
y; titfl:ce.
LIVE STOOK MARKETS.
Montreal, Jan. • 23. Butchers' cattl
choice, 56.75 to 57; do,, znedium, $406•.t
56,50; do., common, 53 'to :$4; canners, 521
50 to 53.50; ,butchers' cows, ehofee, $5.2'
to $5,50; do.; medium, $4.76 to 85; do
feeding bull ..3
bu1Is, $5.22
0 to $5.501 g s, $ .6
tb 53,75 milkers, °boiee, each 570 to 570
do., common and ..medium, each, $45 t
ITE STUTTERS.
• The distinguished English author,
Arnold Bennett, who is probably
the most charming philosophical
writer of the day, has one striking
personal peculiarity. This story,
told by a New York editor, has to
4p with this peculiarity
A critic at the club the other day
was listening to an execrable,
young novelist. The young man
boasted on interminably, but at last
Mr. Arnold Bennett.
I heard the critic get in the words:
"Do yon know, you remind me of
Arnold Bennett?'
"Really ?" The novelist blushed
and laughed for pleasure. "Really 4
Come, now, do you really think-"
"Yes; you stutter so," said the
critic.
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DUST EXPLODED IN MINE.
Fifteen Were Killed and Forty In-
jured.
A despatch from Kemmerer, Wyo-
ming, says : Fifteen miners were
reported killed and forty injured
in a dust explosion in mine No. 4
of the Kemmerer Coal Company on
Saturday afternoon. Of the forty
injured it is known that nine, who
have been taken to the hospital at
Rock Springs, are in a serious con-
dition. There were 119 men in the
property at the time of the explo-
sion, and those who were not killed
or injured rushed to the aid of their
companions. The men on the top
quickly organized for rescue work,
but despite their most desperate
efforts, all of the dead and injured
were not re -moved until a few min-
utes before midnight.
CRUSHED IL...GRAVEL PIT.
Win. Adair, Caradoc Fanner, Was
Instantly Killed.
•
A despatch from London says:
Wm. Adair, a farmer of the fifth
concession of Caradoc Township,
was instantly killed Saturday af-
ternoon in a gravel pit near Dela-
ware. Adair was working with a
number of other men in the . pit,
when a hugepiece of frozen earth
caved in upon him, crushing his
brains out and inflicting other ter-
rible injuries.
THE NEWS IN A •PARAGRAPH;
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
TRE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the Worn
in General Before Your
Eves.
CANa` DA. •
The Ontario Legislative, will ;o .ens
on February 7,
The Government` steamer Lacy
Laurier its ashore on Perry Point.
The Canadian Copper Company's.
hospital at Copper Cliff was burned.
Right Hon. R. L. Borden has re-
signed from the :directorate of the•
Bank of Nova Scotia. •
Mr. Fred Render of Bowinaliville.
was fatally scalded by falling intoe
a tank of . boiling water.
Two men have been arrested at
Montreal for throwing cocaine over
the jail wall to the prisoners.
W. Hudson, fireman, was killed
in a collision on the 0. N. R. near
Barneciale.
Dean Connell of Queen's has pres-
ented .an eye -testing instrument. tor'
each of Kingston's public schools.
W. J. Waters was acquitted of the.
charge of manslaughter at Hamil-
ton. . His automobile killed W.
Boyce.
St. Ann's nunnery at St. Jacques,.
L'Achigan, Que., was destroyed by
,Fire. The inmates all got out with-
out panic...
The Government has decided to
grant a free site and docking privi-
leges for a big smelter to be built
at Port Colborne.
The C. P. R. has appropriated•
$20,000,000 for improvements to
western limes this year and' $5,000,-
000 for its hotels. •
William Michaud was arrested at
Quebec for the murder of one Oulet-
te in a drunken brawl in a lumber
camp north of La Tuque.
The city of Montreal has•lost its
appeal before the Privy Council to
enforce an order of the Railways
Commission affecting street rail-
way fares.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Henry Labouchere, proprietor
and editor of the Truth, died at
Florence, Italy.
Over fifty thousand women in
Ulster issuers- a mauifesto appeal-
ing for British support against home
rule k' r`•""$rrations . .are ,"being.' anade
XOP
to give the King, tiled Queu a a' j?u1
welcome on their return home from
India.
TEN YEA S. AND LASHES.
Ilea4ry' Sentence for pian Who
Robbed and. Assaulted Woman.
A despatch. from Vancouver, B.
C says : The 'sharpest 'sentence
ever • handed otit in the Police
Court. was .imposed on ,Wednesday
on. F. Renault, : convicted of . rob -
tau; with violence, from'Mrs. May
-Richardson.= Ne. entered ....the
=
house and knocked:. the woman
down and stole $72:.. Tho sentence
was ten years and, twenty lashes.
GENERAL.
German re -ballots took place on
Saturday and the Socialists made
little headway.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made by revolutionary Chinese to
assassinate Premier Yuau Sal Kai
in Pekin.
K E KORA. TOWN HALL BURNED
C. P. R. Fireman Met Death in
the Flames.
A despatch from Lenora, Ont.,
says: Chas. Nelson, a. fireman in
the service of the Canadian Pacific:
Railway, was burned to death on
Friday morning in a conflagration
which completely destroyed{ the
Loyal Fire Hall. The horses of the
fire department, four in number,
were burned, and the occupants of
the building, all of whom were
asleep when the conflagration be-
gan, had a narrow escape. Charles
Nelson, who was burned to death,,
was placed under arrest earlier in
the evening for threatening to.
shoot up the town. He was stated
to be a Welshman, who had come
here from Pennsylvania, and had
no friends here. .
s.
FORTY-ONE NEW TOWNS.
C. P. R.'s Record' In the West Last
Year -More' Planned.
A despatch from Montreal says:
During the year 1911 the 0. P. R.
established 41 new towns in the
three Provinces of Manitoba, 'Sas-
katchewan and Alberta. This year,
with the large " number of new
branch lines and extensions con-
templated,, it is probable that the
railway will establish more new
municipalities.
GIRL SHOT HER FATHER.
Resisted With,Revolver Attempt at,
Chastisement.
� isoen,t.
A. despatch from Moose Jaw,
Bask -. says Seventeen -year-old
1'7:1X; J'err shot 'her father, I. R.
v17411:0;1
erry, 1u Wood River, when he at
tempted to chastise her with a,
whip, He was shot twice in the'
breast with a heavy revolvor. Tho
woundedman is a rancher.