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APRIL FIRE LOSS
1,355,055
In Twenty Cases Conflagrations Caused
Damage Exceeding 510,000
A. despatch from Toronto says :
ifteen lives were lost and damages
o the amount of $1,355,055 was
aused by fires in Canada during
pril, according to the estimates
ade by the Monetary Times. The
osses due to fires in March last and
n April, 1911, were 24 lives and $2,-
61,414, and 20 lives and $1,317,900
espectisely. The property Ioss
aused by conflagration in 1910 was
23,593,315; in 1911 it was $21,459,-
75; and in the first four months
f 1912 it has been $8,259,272. Dur -
ng April there were twenty fires
hich caused losses exceeding $10,-
00 each, and the largest confla-
rations took place at Vancouver,
ictoria, Toronto, Fort , William,
nd Winnipeg. Three big fires took
lace in this city.
The Monetary Times' summary
ows that the structures damaged
✓ destroyed during the month
en: Twenty-two residences, eight
f& e warehouses, three busi-
ness blocks, two stations, two lum-
ber mills, two iron works, two fac-
tories, two churches, two stables;
two picture shows, two boathouses,
and one each of the following:
Flour mill, drill -shed, police post,
pool -room, hotel, art gallery,
greenhouse, facing mill, sampling
plant, rolling mill, skating rink,
kiln, office building, motor works,
elevator. There were also 30 head
of cattle, nine horses, 466 chickens,
16,000 bushels of wheat and oats,
700 barrels of potatoes, harness, a
street car, an automobile, and a
caboose. Three of the fires were
attributed to lamp explosions, two
each to defective flues. defective
wiring, incendiarism, one each from
motor blowing out, asphaltum ignit-
ing, sparks from an engine, match-
es, and many were of unknown ori-
gin.
The number of deaths as a result
of fires was 77 during the first four
months of the year. The number in
191,1. was 317, and in 1910 it was 256.
PEACEFUL DEATH.
hip's Surgeon Contradicts State-
ments as to Terror on Faces.
A despatch from Halifax says :
r. Thomas Armstrong, surgeon on
the Mackay -Bennett, contradicted
n Wednesday night the report pub-
lished that the faces of the dead
vere "distorted with terror" when
ound. He said : "I was on duty
n the deck during the recovery of
06 bodies, rand with the exception
f about ten bodies that had receiv-
d serious injury, their faces were
alm and peaceful ; in fact, so peace -
al that it was difficult to realize
hat they were dead. Some had
heir arms folded and legs crossed,
s if they were taking rest. For
he benefit of the very sympathetic
ublie who may have been misled
y such statements, I may safely
What's the
Use
of Cooking
When you don't have to?
Post
Toasties
are skilfully and fully
cooked at the factory -
ready to serve direct from
package with cream, and
sugar if you like.
These thin bits of toast-
ed corn (sold by grocers)
are crisp, delicious, satis-
fying and convenient.
41 -le l"lemory Lingers"
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Made by
Canadian Poetum. Cereal Co„ Ltd.
Pare Food Factories
Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
say that a majority. died a peaceful
death, and the minority were killed
instantaneously. Consequently re-
latives and friends who suffered
from the disaster have this conso-
lation that the departed ones did
not suffer."
WIRELESS ON LAKE STEAMERS
New Bill of U. S. Merchant Marine
Committee.
A despatch from Washington
says: Regulations regarding life-
saving appliances on American -
owned ships will be extended to
foreign-owned vessels as well by a
bill agreed upon on Wednesday by
the House Merchant Marine Com-
mittee. It also requires passenger
ships on the great lakes to be equip-
ped with wireless, but would ex-
empt Long Island Sound passen-
ger ships from the ocean-going re-
quirements. Auxiliary wireless
equipment and two operators for
each ship are among other features
of the measure.
SUCCESSION DUTIES.
Half-year Total Falls Far Below
That of Last Year.
A despatch from Toronto says :
The six months' record of succes-
sion duty returns shows a margin
of some six thousand dollars above
the Provincial Treasurer's estimate,
but the large total rolled up in the
first half of the previous financial
year has not been approached. The
six months' total is $356,675.25,
compared with $524,207.66 for the
half year of • 191.0-1911 The succes-
sion duty revenue for April was
$88,615.73, compared with $135,387.-
59 in the corresponding month of
last year.
SUCCESSOR TOTHE TITANIC.
Additional Lateral Bulkheads tis be
Feature of New Liner.
ACES OF FARM PRODUCT`
A despatch from London says:
It is stated that the Big White Star
liner now under construction at
Belfast will be altered so as to in-
clude additional lateral bulkheads
in order to minimize the risk of dis-
aster. The work on the new steam-
ship will be accelerated so that she
can replace the Titanic 41 as early.
a date as possible.
REPORTS FROM THE t.EADINOTRADE:
CENTRES OF AMERICA,
Prices of Cattle, Crain, • Cheese and :Other
Produce at Home and Abroad,
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, May 7. -Flour -Winter Wheat,. 90
per cent.. patents, $4, at seaport, and 'at 24
to $4.10 for home consumption. Manitoba
flours --^First patents, $5.70;second patents,
95.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, To-
ronto,.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, 81.19,
on track, Bay ports, all -rail; No. 2 North-
ern, 91.16, and No. 3, at $1.13, on track, Bii
Ports, all -rail. Feed wheat, 73 to 76e, all,
rail
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, red and mix-
ed, 81.02 to $1.03, outside, •
Peas -No. 2 shipping peas, $i.25, outside..
Oats -Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 49 t,o 500,;
and No. 3 at 47 to 48e, outside No. 2 On-
tario, 52 to 52 1-2c, on track, Toronto; No.
1 extra W. 0. feed, 52 1-20, all -rail, and No.
1 feed, 511-2c, all -rail.
Corn -No. 3 A.meriean yellow, 830, track,
BaY ports, all -rail.
Buckwheat -70 to 720, outside.
Bran -Manitoba bran, 825, in bags, To.
ronto freight. Shorts, 927.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -$3.50 to $4,50 per barrel.
Beans -Small lots of hand-picked, 92.65
to '$2.75 per bushel.
Honey -Extracted, in tins, 11 to 120 ,peri
lb. Combs, 92,50 to $2.75.
Baled Hay -No. 2 would probably brim
$17.50 to 918 a ton. Clover, mixed, $13.50 to.
$14. on track.
Baled Straw -$11, on track, Toronto.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, in bags,
91.70 to $1.80, and Delawares at 91.85, to
91.90. Out -of -store, $1.95 to $2.
Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice
dressed poultry: -Chickens. 18 to 20c per
lb.; fowl, 12 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 170; tur-
keys. 20e. Live poultry, about 2c lower
than the above.
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Butter -Dairy, choice, 26 to 27e; bakers',
inferior. 22 to 23c; creamery, 30 to 31c for
rolls, and 29 to 31c for solids.
Eggs -New -laid, 22 to 23c per dozen in
ease lots.
Cheese -New cheese, 15 to 151-2c per lb.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Cured meats -Bacon, long clear, 13 to
131.2e per ib. in case lots. Pork. short cut,
$23 to $24: do., mess, 920 TO 921. Hanle -
Medium to light. 17 to 17 1-2e; heavy. 15 to
15 1-2e; rolls, 121-2 to 13e; breakfast bacon,
17 to 180; backs, 19 to 20e.
Lard -Tierces, 13 1-40; tubs, 131-2c; pails,
13 3-4c.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 541-2e;
do., No. 3. 50 1-2c; extra No. 1 feed, 511-2c;
No. 2 local white, 501-20; No. 3, do.. 491-20;
No. 4, do., 481-2c. Barley -Manitoba feed,
65c; malting, 51.05 to 91.10. Buckwheat -
No. 2, 74 to 75e. Flour -Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts. 95.80; do., seconds,
$5.30; strong bakers', 95.10; winter patents,
choice. 95.10 to 95.35; straight rollers, $4.65
to $4 75; do., in bags, 92.15 to 98.25. Rolled
oats -Barrels, 95.35; bag of 90 lbs, $2.55.
Millfeed-Bran. $25; shorts, 527; middlings,
529; mouillie, 930 to $36. Ha.Y-No. 2, per
ton, car lots, 916.50 to 917. Cheese -Finest
westerns, 121.2 to 12 3-4c. Butter -Choicest
creamery, 251-2 to 25 3.4e; seconds, 241.2 to
24 3.4c. Eggs -Fresh, 23 to 23 1-2e. Pota-
toes, per bag, car lots, $1.80 to $1.85.
UNITED STATES.
�ACTORY WALE
IPSO
o Were. Killed and Twelve Injured in
Accident at Toronto.
A despatch from Toronto says ;
`With the suddenness of a'thunder-
bolt, the south wall of Wm. Neil -
son's new five -story confectionery
building on Gladstone avenue col-
lapsed 'at 10,30 on Saturday morn-
ing, burying a score of employees --
mostly girls -beneath a debris of
bricks, plaster and splintered tim-
bers, resulting in death to two per-
sons and injuries to fifteen others.
The whole side of the building, in-
cluding the first section of each
floor and the machinery on the first
.and second stories, crashed through
into.the basement, or split up when
the pile reached the level of the
foundation, and heaped up in the
vacant lot to the south of the plant.
One hundred and twenty feet long na, 740 Brock avenue, Italian labor-
from front to back, seventy-five feet er.
high, and of a thickness ranging
from twenty-two inches at the base
to fourteen inches at the top, the
whole mass was precipitated into
a gnarled and tangled heap inside
of five minutes. There were 170
people employed in the plant, prin-
cipally girls. Only the basement
and first two floors were being used
as a manufactory, as the three up-
per floors were in process of rapid
construction. On account of the
lighting area on the south side the
bulk of the work was being carried
on close to this wall, and that more
people were not entrapped in the
wreckage is a miracle. The dead
Mrs. Eva Anderson, 1206a Dufferin
street, operator in the box depart-
ment on the first floor; Luega Seen -
MINERS MAX STRIKE.
Anthracite Workers IIavc Rejected
the Proposed Agreement.
A despatch from New York says :
The Conference Committee of the
anthracite mine workers turned
down the tentative agreement ac-
cepted by their own sub -committee
and the sub -committee of the an-
thracite operators at the meeting
of the full conference committees
of the anthracite operators and the
mine workers 'which was held on
Thursday. The indirect recognition
of the union in the appointment of
a Grievance Committee for every
mine, as set forth in the tentative
agreement, was not enough for the
committee. Its members wanted
full recognition of the union, the
check -off system, by which the un-
ion dues would be withheld from
the pay envelopes of the miners,
the eight-hour work day, a larger
increase in wages than 10 per cent.,
and a shorter agreement than four
years, practically, in short, all that
the original demands called for.
ELLIS 1iILLED PORTER.
.Minneapolis, may 7.--Close-+M'kl"ri [t-"74 av'C` t ----
Makes Confession of Murder and.
Pleads Self-defence.
'A despatch from Kinmount, Ont.,
'says: Arthur A. Ellis, aged thirty-
six, shot and killed Louis Porter,
'his brother-in-law, on Thursday
evening, April 26. Ellis confessed
his guilt on Friday morning to
Provincial Inspector H. Reborn at
Ellis' house, near the Cameron
road. He was immediately arrest-
ed by local Constable John Weleh
and taken to Minden. Ellis told
the story of the shooting to Inspec-
tor Reburn with apparent coolness.
He said : "Porter met me on the
road. Both of us carried rifles.
Porter asked me if I was looking
for him. I told him no. With that
Porter opened fire, but missed me.
I pulled my rifle and shot him in
self-defence. I then dragged and
carried him to a spot in the bush
about 200 yards from the road."
LABOR WAGES IN TEE WEST.
Common Variety Can Earn $a a
Day and Mechanics $5.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Hayter Reed, general superintend
ent of Canadian Pacific hotels, ar-
rived from the West on Thursday
morning. "The demand for labor
throughout the West," declared he,
"is perfectly astounding. As a con-
sequence, men are restless. I ear,
not persuade them to stay with a
job any length of time, no matter
what wages are offered. A common
laborer can earn $3 a day and a
mechanic $5."
51.111-8; July, 91.121.4; September, :91.0o7-8
to 51.06; No. 1 hard, 91.14 to $1.141-8; No, 1
Northern, 91,13 5-8; No. 2 Northern;
$1.115.8; No. 3 wheat, 91.09 5-8. Corn-No.3
yellow, 78 to 790. Oats -No. 3 white, 641-2
to 55c. Rye -No. 2, 90c. Bran -$24 to 924.50.
Flour -First patents, 95.10 to 95.40;;do,.
seconds, 94.75 to 95; first clears, '$3.50 to
93.85; do., seconds,- $2.40 to 92.80.
Bualo, May 7. -Spring Wheat -No of-
ferings; Winter, No 2 red, 91.21; No. 3
red. 51.19. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 831.20; No, 4
Yellow, 811-20; No. 3 corn, 813.4 to 823.40;
No. 4 corn, 79 3-4 to 80 1-4c, all on track,
through billed. Oats -No. 2 white, 61e.
Barley -Malting, 91.24 to 81,38.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, May 7. -The top price realized
for choice steers was 97.75, while good.
sold at 87 to $7.25, fair at 9575 to $6.25,
and common at $4.50 to 95.50 per cwt. The
trade in cows and bulls was more active,
than usual, and the former brought from
55.75 to 96.50, and the latter from 95.85 tb
96.75 per ewt. Sales of selected lots of
hogs sold at 99.60 to $9.75 per cwt., weight-
ed off cars. Sheen were scarce and in de-
mand at 96 to 96,50 per cwt. for ewes. The
demand for lambs was good at $4 to 96
each. The trade in calves was active at
prices ranging from 91.50 to 910 each, as
to size and quality.
Toronto, May 7.--Cattle-Extra choice
heavy steers, for butcher and export, 97.20
to $7.60: good medium to 'choice butcher
loads, 96.40 to $7.10; mixed light butcher.
95.50 to $6.15; common, 93 50 to 95.60; can
ners, $2 to 93; choice butcher cows, firm at
95.25 to $6.25; bulls, 85 to 96.25. Stockers -
Steady demand at 95.25 to $6 for goog
quality; extra choice heavy feeders 96.
Calves -Good veal, 96.50 to 98; bobs, 91.60
to 82.50. Sheep -Market steady. Choice
ewes, 95 to $5.60; yearlings, $0 to 99; bucket
and culls, 94 to 95: spring lambs, 94 to 97
each. Hogs -Market firmer, at $8.80 to
98 85, fed and watered, and 68.35 to 98.40,
f.o.b.
TUE SEASIIORE.
The Grand Trunk Railway aims
and intends to make New London
and its environments a popular
seaside resort. The first move in
this direction is the inauguration'
of an up-to-date night express ser-
vice between Montreal and New
London, which will have connec-
tion at Montreal for passengers
eastbound and westbound between
Chicago and Montreal and inter-
mediate points. Such well known
resorts as Fisher's Island, Watch
Hill, Block Island and Long Island,.
which are in the immediate vicinity.
of New London, will be reached.'
with ease and comfort. There are
splendid hotels at these places to
suit the pockets of all, and many.
delightful cottages are open 'to
those who desire more exclusive
accommodation. A handsome book-
let, profusely illustrated, will be.
mailed free on application'to A.. E.
Duff, District Passenger Agent,
Toronto,
Cayuga Indians on the Brant re-
serve are pressing :their hundred -
year -old claim against the United
States Government for their annu-
ity.
IIAILEY:BURY DISTRICT TOWN
Selected by Government to be
Centre -of Telniskalning.
A despatch from Toronto says!
Haileybury is to be the judicial
centre of the new judicial district
of Temiskaming. The long -looked -
for announcement was made by
Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of
Lands, Forests and Mines, after a
meeting of the Cabinet on Thurs-
day. Haileybury is the Govern-
ment's choice on account of its po-
sition and because of certain other
advantages. .The competition
among the towns of the district for
the distinction which Haileybury
has gained, has been a keen one,
and Haileybury, New Liskeard,
Cobalt and Englehart all sent de-
putations to the Government, urg-
ing their claims. The municipality
which has been selected will be the
site of the district buildings and
court -house,
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"PHANTOM" SHIP FOUND.
Was a Cargo Boat Bound From New
York to Genoa.
A despatch from Algiers says:
The mysterious steamer which was
in the vicinity of the Titanic when
she foundered is believed here to
have been the cargo boat Kura,
from New York for Genoa, which
arrived hero on Wednesday. The
Kura left New 'York on April " 13.
She has no wireless apparatus. The
captain reports that he encounter-
ed icebergs and a fog on the night
the Titanic was wrecked, but he
only learned of the disaster Tuesday
night.
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.
Baby's Own Tablets are an
excellent remedy for little
ones. They never fail to re-
lieve baby of stomach and
bowel complaints or the many
other little ills that worry
him. Besides this they are
absolutely safe, being guaran-
teed by a government ana-
lyst to contain no opiates or
other harmful drugs. Con-
.eerning them Mrs, Sam. Le-
gros, Ste. Cecile, , Que.,
writes :- " I have found
Baby's Own Tablets an ex-
cellent remedy tor my little
one and would not be without
them." The Tablets are sold
by medicine dealers or by
mail at 25 cents a box from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
WEALTII OF COBALT'S CAMP
Prof. Mickle Puts Total at 247, 000, 000
Ounces, Including Ore Already Mined
A despatch from Cobalt says :
Prof. G. R. Mickle, Provincial Mine,
Assessor, at a. meeting of the Cobalt
branch of the Canadian Mining In-
stitnte,' estimated the total produe-
tion of Cobalt camp from all known
-producing .veins 247 million ounces,
including 85 millions from undis-
covered veins, and
ndis-covered"veins,'and eight millions on
Vie dumps. The estimates are based
on most careful mathematical cal-
culations,' and as the results' corse-
spoiad• so nearly with previous esti-
' mates of local mine managers weight
is given to the figures. If any error
is made it is in underestimation.
Fifty-six per cent. on values have,
been extracted from .the known.
veins, representing a value of $65;'-'
000,000, but the total output of the
camp is not confined to future pro-
duction from the present ;veins and
those undiscovered, as the possi-
bilities are for a process that will
make exceedingly low values pay-
able.
THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH
11APDENINGS PROM ALL OVER'
rtfE GLOBE IN A
•N UT'.SIIIELL.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
Eves.
CANADA.
Port Colborne is to have a branch
of the Buffalo Union Furnace
Works.
Mr. M. Ferguson of Stratford has
been appointed City Engineer at
Guelph.
The dairies supplying milk to
London, Ont., -have been cut off by
the inspector.
The ferry fares bet ween the two
Soos have been redneed from ten
cents each way to live.
The new arrangement for parcel
post between Canada and France
was inaugurated on Wednesday.
Col. Hughes has lent twenty Ross
rifles to the corps of British cadets
who will visit the Toronto Exhibi-
tion.
Adele Marin, a French girl, . was
sentenced to two hours' imprison-
ment at Montreal for contempt of
court.
Tho Government steamer Mont
magny left Halifax on a search for
more bodies from the steamer Ti-
tanic.
The late Dr. Carroll left land to
the town of Ingersoll for a park,
and his residence as a Protestant
Children's Hospital.
Mrs. Weisz, now in Montreal, was
deprived of her husband and almost
every cent she had in the world by
the Titanic disaster.
Point Edward hotelmen disposed
of their remaining stocks of liquor,
when local option came into force,
by giving free drinks to all -corners.
Capt. Lardner of the search ship
Mackay -Bennett expressed the con-
viction that further search for the
bodies of the Titanic victims was
useless.
Col. Hughes proposes to provide
free transportation for tyro rifle-
men making the highest scores in
their corps to the Dominion Rifle
Association meeting.
The Canadian Northern Railway
interests announce that Toronto
would be connected with Guelph
and Bowmanville by radial lines .by„ ;;
the end of this year.
The T. & N. 0. bridge over Bos=
ton Creek, north of Dane, . was
burned, and passengers desiring to
transfer had to cross a hastily im-
provised bridge of logs.
The authorities will probably
pardon an old convict at Kingston
Penitentiary who tried to give the
alarm during the recent escape and
was beaten into insensibility.
May 24th will be observed as a
holiday as usual this year, but the
Government may take steps in the
future looking to the observance of
King George's birthday on June 3.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Royal Society of Literature
decided to confer the gold medal on
Thomas Hardy.
The British inquiry into the loss
of the Titanic was opened on Thurs-
day, Lord Mersey presiding.
The Olympic seamen were found
guilty of mutiny, but permitted to
go free and return to the ship.
UNITED STATES,
The Board of .Bishops of the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church in the U.
S. proposed a relaxation of the
rules touching amusements.
Suit against the International
Harvester Company, charging it
with being a monopoly in restraint
of trade and asking that it be dis-
solved, was filed by the Govern
ment in the United States Distric
Court.
ti•
BIG BUILDING BOOM.
Permits Issued in Brantford Darin
April Totalled $281,655.
A despatch from Brantford say
During the past month this ci
broke all previous records in regar
to building permits, the total,val
ation reaching $281,655. This is
increase of $220,090 over Apr
1911. For the first four months 91
year, permits have issued valued
•$436,615.
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WAS BURNED TO DEATR.
Famous Nova Scotia limiter Peri
ed in His Barn.
A despatch from Truro, N.
says : Ralph McCabe, a well,-kno
resident .of`Greenfield, near Tru
and one of the famous hunters
this country, with a record of ne
ly 100 moose, was burned to de
in
his barn early Wednesday Ino
ing along with his stock and in
c f t'12 contents of the barn: