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Some Interesting -Figures From The Public
Accounts of Ontario
Following are some figures from
the, Public :Aecounts4. of Ontario
Receipts from Miners' Licenses,
78, 800.60..
Mining Royalties received by De-
partment of Lands, Forests, and
Mines, $285,913.26.
Revenue from the Provincial
Mine, $348.73.
Examination fees received by
Education 'Department, $20,919.59.
Received for fines and breakages
from the students of Ontario Agri
tultural and Veterinary Colleges,
$591.94.
Resident -deer license brought in
$18,986.41.
Fines for breaches of the• game
law accounted for $4,502.40.
Automobile licenses. realized
$50,831.22.
Fees for letters patent, company
licenses, etc., $235,662.10.
Birth, marriage and death cer-
tificates, and searches, $1,504.61.
Received from life insurance com-
panies, $116,674.53.
Received from fire insurance -com-
panies, $46,676.74.
Received from loan companies,
$23,695.10.,
Received from banks, $73,748.61.
Received from trust companies,
$9,335.00.
Received from street railways,
$14,074.59.
Received from railways, $453,-
245.92.
Received from gas and electric
light companies, $12,339.82.
Received from telephone compan-
ies, $11,371.21.
Race track meeting licenses
brought in $15,790.25.
Stamp tax on transfers -of securi-
ties realized $13,788.30.
Fines and forfeitures received
from clerks of the peace amounted
to $16,528.11.:
Moving picture show licenses ea
lized $12.088.
Private detective licenses rea-
lized $1,600.
Circus licenses amounted to $4,-
337.
Estreated bail amounted,to $829.-
04.
Fees received on account of ra-
bies treatment, $451.10.
Chinese capitation tax amounted
to $5,000.
Conscience money received from
"Honesty," Guelph, $5.
Serum from the New York Health
Department cost $460.
Crown counsel prosecutions cost
$10,680.
Expended on railway fares and
clothes of discharged prisoners
from the Central Prison and Mer-
cer Reformatory, $7,733.59.
Revolvers, cartridges, and hand-
cuffs for Provincial police cost
$783.96.
English -French training schools
cost $9,292.46.
Pamphlets, advertising, and inci-
dental expenses in connection with
immigration and colonization ac-
counted for an expenditure of $17,-
701.90.
$6,855 was paid bonuses and ad-
vances to assist in procuring do-
mestic servants and farm laborers,
of which the Salvation Army re-
ceived the largest amount, it being
$1,385.
Immigration work in Great Bri-
tain cost $48,825.06.
$159,920.87 was spent on the new
Provincial' Prison, Guelph.
Fire ranging accounted for an
expenditure of $110,111.90.
The, enforcement of the Liquor
License .Act cost $24,750.33.
$8,663 was paid in wolf bounties.
HOUSTON SWEPT BY FIRE.
'Fanned by Gale, Over 250 Buildings
Were Destroyed.
A despatch from Houston, Texas,
says : Impelled by a gale that swept
in with •oneof the col s northers
f the Vanter t Clean
ugh' hsro
a
clnesd`a xn-
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ear,
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-lag: At least twenty-five blocks of
the city have been destroyed, cov-
ering an area one and one-half
miles long and at. points one-quar-
ter mile deep. •Streetsof cottages
were destroyed,', several big inane-'
Lecturing plants were. burned
down, and thousands of persons
are homeless. The losses are con-
servatively set at from six to ten
million dollars. About $5,000,000
of this is confined to the manufac-
turing, lumber and cotton indus-
tries. Forty-five thousand bales of
cotton stored in warehouses and
compresses were burned. This
item alone represents a loss of
$2,000,000. Besides the 45,000 bales
of cotton destroyed with the Stand-
ard Compress in the conflagra-
tion, 36 Southern Pacific oars load -
'ed with cotton bales were burned.
The number of homes and stores
burned amounts to more than 250.
ELK LAKE BRANCH:
REPOItl'S -1'ROM TUE L
TRADE CENTRES O
AMERICA,
Prices of .Cattle. Grain,
and Other Produce nt Kei
and A.broad:
13READST'UFFS,
Toronto, Fob: 27.--Flour—Winter
90 per ';cent. patents, $3.75 to $3.89.
board, find at. $3.80 to $3.94for he
sumption, Manitoba flours -First f,at, s
second. patents, $5, and strong
ers', $4.80,on track, Toronto,
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
13, Bay ports; No 2; Northern at 'if'
and No. 3 at $1,06, Bay ports. Feed
all -rail, 74 1-2e.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white,
mixed, 95 to 960, odtside.
Peas -Good •shipping.. -peas, $1.18 1
25, outside.
Oats -Oar lots tie No. 2 Ontario 4 t4
46c: and of No. 3 at, 43 to 440, outside
2, 48 to 49c, on track, Toronto, l,a
extra W.C. feed, 49b, and No. 1, 48c, }
ports.
Barley-1'ortyeight lbs. quoted a
96c, outeiae.
Corn -No. 3 ,American yellow, :701.2
71o, Toronto freight.
I -No. 2 at $1.06 to $1.09, outside,
Buckwheat -70 to 71c, outside.
Bran -Manitoba bran. $25, in bogs,
ronfo freight. Shorts, $26.50 to $27.
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Chairman. Englehart Sae's Line Will
'Starr Font .aarll cite _
:, despatch from • Cobalt says:
Chairman'- Englehart of the' T, &
N.' 0..Commission made the an-
nouncement here at noon on Wed-
nesday that the Elk Lake branch'
of the railway would, start from
Earlton, 25 miles north of here and
ten miles south of Englehart. Ther
new line will be 30 miles in length,
and run through ninety 'per cent.
farming country. It was at first
thought the branch line would go
in from Charlton, but the excellent
farming country that will be open-
ed up by the new route was taken
into consideration.
3
Sir Max Aitkens has been mulcted
for $1,500 damages in a Montreal
court because his chauffeur ran over
a man about two years ago while
joy riding, unknown to the defen-
dant.
EAR\INGS OF TSE T.
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Net Receipts of the Provincial Railway
'dotal $593,152.,
In the annual report of the Tein-
fokaming & Northern .Ontario Rail -
pay, presented to the Ontario Leg-
islature on Thursday, there is an
increase, in operating expenses over
1910 of $16,637.27, • although there
has been a decrease in the percen-
tage from 73.2 to 66.4, while the to-
tal net earnings for the year are
,")4593,152.69, compared with $436,-
5.30.31 for 1910, which represent 33.6
per dent. .of the gross earnings for
1911; as against 26.8 per cent. for.:
1910.
The total revenue from. transpor-
tation for the, year was $1,708,249,-
0; from sources other than trane-
ortation, $72,73.5,81, making atotal,
operating revenue of $1,780,369.83.
The operating expenses were $1,-
181,998.63, • as conipared with $1,-
165,3G1.36, for 197.0,. making :the net
operating' revenue $598,966.20 and
426,490,66' ;respectively, which,.,; in
udin oreroyalties 'of $17 060.56a
b'" , r
o
v total net>~evenue of 616026.
ea
;6 for 1911; as against $458,253.58
for 1910, Ore royalties for the year
eilow a failing off of $20,702,36. De-
ducting from the total net revenue
the cost of hiring equipment, etc.,
for the year,. named, $22,874.07 for
1911 and $22,123.27 for 1910, the to-
tal net earnings for the road are
$593,152.69 for the year ending Oc-
tober 31, 1911, and $436,130.31 for
the swine period in 1910.
In respect of theseearnings a
cheque for $515,000 was paid to the
Provincial Treasurer, while the
1910 payment was $40,000.
The itemized pay -roll of the rail-
way for operation shows payments
amounting to $748,522.65, and $34,-
696.24 for construction, .which repre-
sents a total sum paid for labor of
$783,218.89. .
The total mileage in ,operation is
397.63, which includes branches to
Charlton, Kerr Lake, Haileybury,
Porcupine, together`with yards and
!sidings. The, main line from N'orth
Bay to Cochrane is 252.8. Net earn-
ings for the year increased $189, -
due which is principally to
traffic to Porcupine gold camp, "al-
though the,epening of the .rich clay
belt and increased agricultural op
erations are becoming important."
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TEI ERE BECilEE NOT LAW
eeping Verdict Given Validating Mar-
riage in Famous Hebert Case
A despatch from Montreal says:
in a judgment it is impossible to
conceive could be niore !sweeping,
Mr. Justice Ohe,rbonneau on 'Thurs-
day morning "wiped the ne temere
decree off the map of Canada," to
Use the words of a prominent Mont-
real' lawyer, when he delivered his
pronouncement on the famous He-
bert-Clouatre marriage case. So
sweeping is it that it more than sur-
prised the lawyers interested in the
case, while Rev. Mr. Timberlake,
who performed the ceremony, said
:,t:L `-'fairly took his breath away."
His Lordship's findings, in short,
are as fellows:
1 -That the ne temere decree is
absolutely no force in the Pro -
i wince of Quebec as far as the legal
aspect of marriage goes. He holds
ghat it is a decree which has spiri-
{ -ual obligations only, and that its
,iriscliction in these spiritual inat-
t;rs'does not affect anyone outside
Vie pale of . the . Roman Catholic
Church.
CQUNTRY PRODUCE,,
Apples -Good stock, $3 to $4 per ba r}'
Beans --Small lots of hand-picked,
to $2.40 per bushel.
Honey --Extracted, in tins, 11 to in ire±.
lb. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75.
Baled Hay -Fair; No. 1 at $15.50 to 516,
on track, and No. 2 at $12 to $13.
Baled Straw -$10 on track, Toronto:,
Potatoes -Car lots, in bags, $1.65, a.u=1
Delawares at $1,85. Out -of -store, $1.80 ,to
$1.90.
• Poultry --Wholesale prices of choice
dressed poultry --Chickens, 12 to 15c, per;
Th.; fowl, 9 to 10e; geese, 13 to 15e daoks,
12 to 14e; turkeys, 20 to 21c. Live poul-
try, about 20 lower than the above.
BUTTER. EGGS, OI1EESE.
Butter -Dairy, choice, In wrappers
to 32e; large rolls, 28 to 30o; and inf
tubs, 20 to 21c. Creamery quote
to 370 for rolls, 34 to 35c for s4id
ib.
-Eggs!-Americans, 37 to- 3$e
and strictly Lew -laid C„ana.d69'
tt,
Per (100
t beess-�Tsa.'r(
163.4e per11f.
tion Eaurendeau erred when on
March 23, 1911, he gave civil effect
to the •annulment, of the marriage
done by the R0111an Catholic au-
thorities,.
All ofthis is contained in the lastpart of the judgment, which'is, as.
follows:
"Basing itself on the motives
given above, the count declares the.
marriage of thesaid Emma Cicala:
tre and Eugene Hebert, celebrated
on the 14th of July, 1908, before
Rev. Wni. Timberlake, on produc-
tion of a license of the 9th of July,
1908, good and valid, declares that
the decree promulgated by the con-
gregation of the council of the
Roman Catholic Church on the 2nd
of August, 1907, starting with the
words `ne temore,' has no civil ef-
fect, and that the decree of the or-
dinary of the diocese of Montreal,
dated November 12, 1909, produceyl
in this case by the plaintiff, has no
judicial effect in the said case."
Each party is to pay its own costs.
110G PRODUCTS.
Cured meats -Bacon, long clear, x", 1
113.4o per ib., in case lots: 'Polk,
cut, 522.60; do., mess, $19.60 to $20 Ital.
-Medium to light, 16 to 16 14e; a ., 14
to 14 i -2c; rolls, 1034 to 1101 br r fast
bacon, 16 to 17e; backs, 19 to 20c. ,
Lard -Tierces, 120; tubs, 121.40 liazls,
12 1-2e.
JUDO f.L '. .130N$41Eg 1"
Igyp HEARD TIM FA '.
e tenter& is a; religious de-
y," he said, "and its in-
salience-is
n-fluence is confined to spiritual mat-
rs only, and in. no way has any
ffect.:cn the legality of marriage."
2
His Lordship holds that the
marriage performed by Rev. Wm.
Timberlake, Methodist clergyman,
between n Emma Marie Clouatre and
Ettgone Hebert, on July 14th, 1908,
s now and has always been perfect-
ly, valid.
3—The court holds that no matter
what; the religious persuasions of
the contracting parties are, any
dtiltx ;authorized clergyman can per -
f000 marriages which are perfectly
leoal;in the eyes of the law of the
Province of Quebec.
4 -`The court holds that the an-
nulment of the Hebert-Clouatre
Marriage by the Roman Catholic
authorities of Montreal on Novem-
ber 12, 1009, is of absolutely no ef-
fc i:t :is far as the legality of the
n ,t,rriage is concerned,
'42 -The court holds that Mr. Jus -
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, Feb. 27. -Oats -Canadian West-
ern, No. 2, 531.2 to 54e; do., No. 3, 51 1-2 to
52c; extra No. 1 feed, 621-2 to 63e; No. 2
local white, 51 to 511.20; No. 3 do. 60 to
501.2e; No. 4 do., 49 to 491.20. Barley-,
Malting, $1.04 to $1.05. Buckwheat -Malt-
ing, $1.04 to $1.05. Buckwheat -No.' 2, 72.
to 73e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat ,at-;
ents, firsts, $5.60;. do., seconds, $5.10; strong.
bakers', $4.90; Winter patents, choice, 5.
10 to $5.35; straight. rollers, $4,65 to $6.7''`.
do., bags, $2.15 to $2,25. Rolled oats ba:
role, $5.05; bags, 90 lbs., $2.40. Bran -$..
shorts, . $26 middlings,. .$28; mouillie, 51t
to $34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 9.;}
to $15.50.' Cheese-Tinesi Westerns, 15;
THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAP
•
• It • is doubtful that ,the 'Church
Cil
authorities will .appeal, as the He-
bert judgment has no more effect
than other decisions as strongly up-
holding ecclesiastical law, but He-
bert's lawyer says he will appeal
if -the money is forthcoming.
There was a tremendous crowd in
the court when the judge appeared
on the bench, while the corridors
leading to the court were blocked
with spectators end lawyers. The
judgment took his Lordship over an
hour to read.
NOT FINAL DECISION.
Judge C'harbonneau's decision
dues not finally settle the question
of the status of the marriage law
in Quebec. In another case an-
other judge might give a decision
diametrically opposed to this ver-
dict, and the issue will remain un-
settled until a decision is secured
by appeal to the court of last resort,
which is the Privy Council, or un-
til the law is changed.
to 151-2c; finest Dasterns,•141.2 to 15o, Bo :' to "$4.25; lambs, $6.50 to $7. Hogs, f.o.b.,
ter -Choicest oreamery, 33 to 340; seeoud 0,35 to .$7.50. Calves, $2.50 to $8,00.
32 to 321.20. Eggs-Frei;h, 38 to 40c. P<w Toronto, Feb. 27,-A few bunches of
tatoes-Per bag, car lots, $1.70 10 $5.80- .Tigice butcher cattle sold from $6.30 to
r-- $5,65, but the general run of 'good ,cattle
UNITED STATES MARKETS. ranged from $6.85 to $6. Two primo export
+.`.tittle bought for feeding fetched 56.85.
They weighed 2,510 pounds each. There
was a fairly active enquiry for stockers
o good quality at $4,50 to $5.25, Cows
nerd easy at $4 to $6, and bulls were
Northern, $1.02 to $1,021.2; No. 3 Nl:eaueaily at $3 to $5.25. Common cattle
81.00 to 51.001.2.. No, 3 yellow corn 62 �•,t' *ere dull at $2 50 to $4. Canners fetched
63c. No. 3 white oats, 49 to 491-2c No. )'/$l,10 to $2.60. Lambs were firmer at 07. -
rye, 871.2c. Bran, $25 to $25.50. Fm'oi; i 50 '10 $8 for choice ones. Sheep and hogs
First patents, $4.90 to 55.20; do„ se0014., yrtre unchanged in prices, although hogs
patents, $4.55 to $4.80; first cloak53
, ., were firmer, .' ,It
to 53.65; second clears, $2.20 to $2.60,
1, S'.f1.z1 -TWO TONS OF `TOBACCO.
Bu�a1o, Feb. 27. -Spring wheat -No,—
Northern, Carloads, store, 51.13 3.4; Winter �r,ii,�t SltiR1n1C111 Sent Out From
No. 2 red, $1.01; No, 3 red, 990 No.
white, $1.00. Corn --No. 4 yellow, 653-4e; Pulled Edward County,
on track, through billed. Oats -No. ". w A -despatch from Picton says:
white, 561.40; No. 3 white, 553.4c; No, 4 Tobacco -growing has passed the ex -
white, 54 1-4o. Barley --Malting, $122 ' tr.: rpo7i nental stage in Prince Edward
$1;35. ' tomy by long strides. On Friday
`shipments of the leaf ~vent out to -
LIVE STOOK MARKETStalling fifty-two tons, The seven
Montreal, Fob. 27.-Iluteilers" ca1tlet k er s' grown this year have realiz-
choice, $7,00 to $7,25; do., cattle, gned,.nai ed1 $12,000. Rivera paid eleven
$5.50 to $6.76; do., cattle common, $3,30 ,.rid ,•.three-quarters to twelve and
$5; canners, $2,75 to $3.25; butaliols' cs,t, qi e -half cents per pound for the
tle, choke cove, $5.50 to $5,75; do., catticcGa oaf Land in the County has be-
3 76 to 4.75 •in
medium do.,cattle,u is ,canis
$ . $b X , 41 e so well adapted to
,x'11
g
$3.50 to $6,00; milkers, Choice, each; ,11,7;$�f,YLc.trixjr produce has proven excel -
to. $80; milkers, cora. and nieditun, aaeb, 11nt for !tobacco, Ono man made
$50 to $65 springers, $30 to 546. sliecti 2 i9 from • a three -quarters -acre
owes, 4,50 to 4.75; bucks and Mils, : 37 farmers say, .after
w , $ $ $ �tl#ltng. The farm s ys .
Minneapolis, Feb. 27. -Wheat -May,
041-2; July, $1.05 5.8 to $1.05 3-4; N•o. 1
$1.05; No. 1 Northern, $1.041.2; No,
the experiment, they prefer the
growing of tobacco to tomato -grow-
ing, and that there is more money
in it.
CONSUrIPTION S4XI'l'Aint131.
Hebrews of Montreal Have Raised
8500,000.
A despatch from Montreal says :
The Hebrews of Montreal, who have
just embarked upon 'a 'campaign to
raise $500,000 for a consumption
satitarium at Ste. Agathe, Que.,
reached that sum on 'Wednesday
morning. Collection will continue,
notwithstanding the amount want-
ed has been obtained.
LIQUOR SEIZED AT COBALT.
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
TUE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
)ayes. •
CANADA.
Hon.. William, Miller, ,p.C., Sena-
tor; died at'Ottawa.
Mrs. Angus McLarty dropped
dead at London, Ont.
The Government is preparin'g', o;
float a twenty-three million dollar...
loan in London.
The Duke of Connaught has of -
fared a valuable trophy for fancy
skating competition.
The Hebrews of Montreal have
raised half a million dollars for a
consuruption sanitarium.
Mr. Wallace Nesbitt, K.C., has
been appointed chief counsel to ar-
gue the marriage law case.
The Railway' Commission has is-
sued a drastic regulation regard-
ing fire guards to prevent prairie
fires.
Harriston and Brantford Boards
of Trade have come out against the
proposal to `tax mail-order busi-
nesses.
Toronto has ten divorce applica-
tions entered at Ottawa out of a
total of thirty-two for the whole
Dominion,
The Sudbury police arrested two "
men and a waman, said to hail from
Toronto, and captured an extensive
opium -smoking outfit.
The property of the Brantford
Street Railway was seized far tax-
es, but the company has given se-
curity for the "amount due,
Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minister of
Justice, states that the marriage
law case will still be submitted to
the Privy Council, notwithstanding
Justice Charbonneau's decision.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Prince Arthur of Connaught was
thrown from his horse while hunt-
ing and was badly shaken.
The home rule bill will be intro-
duced by Mr. Asquith on March 20.
The British Government have de-
cided to reintroduce the naval prize
I bill rejected by the Loa:d
The "British Medical' .e.!sear Mt
d 45�l betti.i't'rrnls:of r thun,.
tion 0.1, d Ilio:,, inT.urance
'The Bandon Times C:,sifirrhs' #,he
news of a new four-day selaiice be-
tween Great Britain and Halifax.
Contracts for nineteen new
steamers adapted for burning either
oil or coal were placed with British
builders.
A Carload of Beer - and a Large
.Quantity of Whiskey,
A despatch from ,Cobalt says::
Seizures made by the Provincial
Police on Wednesday afternoon
amounted to one ear of bottled
beer, seven barrels of beer, forty
gallons of whiskey and seven cases
of bottled . whiskey. The beer is
being.held pending analysis sis bythe
PraviniaT License . Department.
The car was seized in the railway
yard, eonsigned to the local agent
of a Toronto brewery.
UNITED STATES.
The situation in parts of Mexico
is causing concern at Washington.
GENERAL.
Thirty thousand bales of cotton,
aggregating $1,250,000, were des-
troyed by fire at Bombay.
The Mexican rebels suffered se-
vere losses in an encounter on the
southern boundary of Mexico State.
Remarkable scenes of enthusiasm
were witnessed in the Italian Cham-
ber and Senate over the, Tripolitan
war.
ASQUITH WILL NOT RESIGN.
Authoritative Denial of Report That
•
lie Is to Retire,
A despatch .from London says:
Right Hon. Herbert Samuel, the
Postmaster-Gencral, in a speech on
Thursday night, denied the rumors
that Premier Asquith intended to
resign This portfolio. He said all the
colleagues of the Prime Minister in
the Cabinet knew this to be a fact,
and were rejoiced over it.
TWENTY ICILLED IN CYCLONE,
Houses and Live Stock 'Destroyed
in Louisiana. .
A despatch from New Orleans
says: Twenty persons were killed
and at least three score injured,
many of them seriously, in a cyclo-
nic storm which swept through a
strip of northern Louisiana and
Mississippi Tuesday evening. Doz-
ens of small houses were • Mown
down and many cattle killed.
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108 111,0ZEN ro DE&I.
Peasants Perish Like Flies in Asia ,
;.ttic Russia.
A Reuter despatch from St:
Petersburg says that 168 peasants,
have boon frozen to death at
Omsk and Potropaviovsk, Asiatie
Russia.