HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-06-07, Page 6WESTERN WHEAT ACREAGE
Report Shows That Conditions on the
Whole are Very Satisfactory
A. despatch from Winnipeg says :
The second fortnightly crop report,
published. by The Free Press on
Thursday, coverts 215. points in the,
three western Provinces and shows
that conditions on the whole are de-
cidedly satisfactory, One hundred
and forty-six points report condi-
tions excellent, 59 report good and
only 10 report .conditions poor.
Wheat seeding was generally com-
pleted by May 20 and 1t is esti-
sent abundant moisture continue
throughout the season no doubt
large crops will be reaped, even
from this indifferent seeding. Thir-
ty-three points report acreage on
stubble, running from 40 to as high
as 85 cents, of the whole seeded
area.
About 75 per cent. of the oats has
been seeded, and 50 per cent. of the
barley. Still it is impossible to
form en intelligent estimate of the
mated but 5 per scent. of the wheat oat and barley acreage, for dep•end-
acreage was not seeded owing to
wet weather. This will still be
used for coarse grains. In many
places wheat is now up from three
to six inches.
Only 27 points reported the acre-
age fee wheat actually curtailed by
we weather, and the percentages
WE r.s small. Still there are a suffi-
cient number of these acreages to
reduce the tentative estimate of the
last report by 5 per cent. This
would bring the total area in wheat
to 11,542,500 acres.
The least satisfactory. feature of
the whole report is the large
amount of wheat which has been
disced in on. the stubble, Planting
by this method is very largely con- Only two out of 215 points hear
fined to the newer parts of Saskat- from report the need of rain,
chewan and Alberta, where the though a few state rain would be
land is new, and should the pre- acceptable.
G.T.R. WILL TAMC MEN BAG1 L MEAT IN OIIICAGO.
New President Loses No Time in Sig Cents a Pound. Dearer Retail
Meeting Vitishe$ of Government.
A despatch from. Ottawa says:
Hon. T. W. Orothers, Minister o£
Labor, has definite assurances that,
the new management of the Grand
Trunk Railway will give employ-
ment to all men engaged in the
strike of 1910, not heretofore taken
back, whose case was favorably re-
ported by Judge Barron, and who
may apply to the local superinten-
dent for work. While they may riot
be able at this late date to put all
such men in their old places, the
best possible will be done for them,
as the new management is honestly
disposed to establish the most
friendly relations with their em-
ployees.
ing on the weather, considerable
areas of these 'grains will still be
seeded, though the men wile seed
are taking a:' very long chance.
Flax is very much in the same
predicament, though there is a little
doubt that this acreage, in spite of
the weather which still niay come,
will be largely in excess of last
year.
A very gratifying feature of the
report is the large percentage of re-
ports indicating that farmers stop-
ped seeding wheat at or near the
right time. There are still far too
many points that report seeding
wheat after May 20, but they are
much less than they were last year.
EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT MEN
Six Others Terribly Mangled on
C.N.R. Construction.
A despatch from Kingston, Ont.,
says: Eight men killed and six
others injured was the awful toll of
a premature blast explosion at a
Canadian Northern Rail •,y con-
struction camp at Lake Opi.:icon on
Saturday afternoon. There were
eighteen men in the rock ev t at the
time of the explosion. Only two of
the number escaped without serious
injury. Sunday afternoon six of
the injured arrived at the General
Hospital, and some of them may
die, as the majority have broken
arms or legs and internal injuries.
he eighteen men Were in the cut
nvhile` Mr: :Northup, the foreman,
'Was preparing the blast, assisted by
• a Roumanian. There was a• terrific
explosion, and a great mass of
earth shot up into the air, burying
then. The explosion blew the
TAR AND FEATHER A lIORMON
Leader of Unpopular Sect Roughly
Handled.
A despatch from London says:
Anti -Mormon disturbances at Bris-
tol and Nuneaton were followed on
Thursday by Police Court proceed-
ings, At the latter town, during
the hearing, it transpired that El-
der Smith had been seized and
roughly -handled, and afterwards
tarred and feathered. He is now
suing for damages on grounds of
assault.
SHOT IN IIA" MOW.
Wealthy Rancher Charges Neighbor
With Att:vont f ed Murder.
A. despatch from Mdicine Hat,
Alta., says: J. Lawson, a promi-
nent rancher, is charged with at-
tempted murder. B. Reuel, an-
other wealthy gentleman, is in the
MONTREAL ILA ..1'nBOR PRAISED .
Engineer Cowie Says It is Not
Equalled in the World.
A despatch frca n Montreal says:
Mr. F. W. Cowie. chief engineer of
the Harbor Cor.-iiission, who has
just returned from the twelfth In-
ternational Navigation Congress at
Philadelphia, said on Friday
"There is not a harbor in the world'
that equals ours in the economical
handling of freight. Our most up-
to-date freight handling facilities, -
give us the most economical port
handling in the world " Mr. Cowie
continued: "My own personal im-
pression of the Congress is, after
listening to discussions by learned
representatives from every civiliz-
ed country in the world, that we,
here in Montreal, have an initia-
tive equal to that of any Weer port
on the earth."
tail Than a Week Ago.
A despatch' from Chicago says:
Meat ox Wednesday advanced to
the highest price known since the
Civil .War. Retail butchers, began
charging from four to six cents a
pound more for • prime cuts of beef,
veal .and mutton than a, week ago.li 'unusual feature of'the soaring
retail market is that, although Chi-
cago is the meat producing centre
of . the country,. the prices here on
'Wednesday for:. meats averaged
from one to two cuts higher than
butchers are charging in. New York
City. No explanation of this start-
ling condition was offered by pack-
ers. According to packers, the high
prices will prevail many weeks,
with a prospect of further increase.
The packers blame the almost pro-
hibitive cost of meat to the shortage
of cattle, due to a scarcity of corn.
CANDY AS A FOOD.
But Medical Folk Says Children
Shouldn't Eat `Too Much.
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foreman topieces, and only one of hospital with a bullet in his head,
his hands with a glove on it and and declares that his neighbor shot
remnants of his clothing have since him. He went into his hay mow to
been found. The Roumanian who feed his horses; and his assailant,
who was hiding in the hay, is
said, fired.
stood by him was blown quite a dis-
tance and his body hurled against a
rock. Five other Roumanians were
also instantly killed. One ether
died a quarter of an hour after he
was pulled out, while six additional
were released with terrible injur-
ies.
FOR HUSBAND -BEATING.
l3inghanlpton Woman Goes Down
for Latest Suffrage Titctic.
A despatch from Binghampton,
N.Y., says: Mrs. Mary Dubai is be-
lieved to be the first suffragist in
the United States to be given a
penitentiary sentence for husband
beating. Dubai complained that, in
a fit of rage, she gave him a sound
'beating. City Judge Hotchkiss cle-
• elared that if women desired hen's
prerogatives they should also have
men's punishment when found guil-
ty of violation of the law. He al-
ways dealt severely with wife -beat-
ers, he said, and, accordingly, he
sentenced her to three months in
the penitentiary.
PRINCE ARTHUR IS COMING.
Will Visit His Father. Duke of Con-
naught, in the Autumn.
A despatch from London says:
Prince Arthur of Connaught is to
be granted special leave from the
army in order to pay a visit to his
parents in Canada during the Au-
tumn. He will join the King at
Balmoral in September, and may
go West afterwards, so as to 'get
some sport during the fall. The
expected presence of Princess Pa
tricia in London for the midsummer
season is now postponed uiatil next
year.
SIX PERSONS DROWNED.
Te'r'rible Accident on Lac le Grand,
Quebec.
A despatch from Chenneville,
Quebec, says: Six people were
drowned in a boating accident on
Friday while crossing Lac le Grand
Poisson Blanc. There were thir-
teen in the boat when it was upset
in a squall, and seven managed to
save their lives.
HOMELESS FROM FIRES.
THIEF IN rc ! CHURCH.
Made OCC With Lady's Purse While
She Was at Confession.
A despatch from St. Catharines
says: 'While attending St. Cather-
ine Catholic Church Saturday even-
ing, Mrs. L. M. McCarron was
robbed of a valuable silver purse
containing a sum of money and
other articles. Mrs. McCarron had
left the purse in the pew while go-
ing to confession, and on her re-
turn it was gone. The police were
notified, and are now on the track
of a man who was seen acting sus-
piciously in the church.
Several Lumber
1Ills Destroyed y
e
l 1n
Newfoundland,
A despatch from St. John's,
Nfld., says: Several lumber milks
have been destroyed by fire and 175
persons are homeless as a result of
the forest fires raging in the north
of this island. The fire has been
raging for the past two days.
A despatch from New York says:
The increasing consumption of
candy in this country has been the
subject of considerable comment at
medical meetings here recently. Ac-
cording to the New York Medical
Journal, it is generally agreed that
the food value of candy is beyond
dispute, and that it has a therapeu-
tic use in certain forms of heart dis-
ease. The absence of fat, it seems,
is an indication that children should
not partake of it in unlimited
quantities, although the onle. dan-
ger from eating it lies in eine fact
that it is often adulterated.
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Choose and Other
Produeo.at Home and Abroad,
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, June 4. -Flour -'Winter wheat,
90 per cent. patents, $4,10 to $4.15 at 805•
board, and $415 to $4.25 for home con-
sumption. Manitoba Flours ---,First Pat';
mite, $6.70; second . patents, $5.20, and
strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1,10,
Bay ports; No. 2 at $1,07, and No. 3 at
$1.03, Bay ports. Feed wheat is quoted
at 671.2o, Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, red and
mixed, $1.05 to $1.06, outside.
Peas -Ne. 2 shipping peas, $L25, out-
side.
Oats -Car lots of No. 2 Ontario 48 to
49c, and No. 3 at 47o, outside. No. 2 On-
tario, 510, on traok, Toronto. No. 1 extra
W. C, feed, 49e, Bay ports, and No. 1 at
48c, Bay ports.
Barley -Prices nominal.
Corn -No. 3 American yellow 82 1.2c, Bay
ports, and at 861-2c, on track, Toronto.
Rye -Prices nominal.
Buckwheat -Prices nominal.
Bran -Manitoba bran, $25, in bags, To-
ronto freight. Shorts,' $27.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
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THE PRINCE OF WALES.
THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH
IJAPPI;NINGS FROM ALL OVER
TILE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Beans -$3 per bushel; primes, $2.65 to
$2.75.
Honey -Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c Per
lb. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75 per dozen.
Baled Hay -No. 2, $19 to $20 a ton. Clo-
ver, mixed, $14 to $15.50,,on track.
Baled Straw -$11 to $11.50, ou track, To-
ronto.
Maple Syrup -$1.25 per gallon.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontnrios, in hags,
$L75 to $1.80, and Delawares at $1.855 to.
$190. Out -of -store, $1.95 to 02. Imported
potatoes, $1.60, in car lots,. and $1.80, out -
of -store.
Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice
dressed poultry: -Chickens, 15 to.17c per
lb.; fowl, 11 to 120; ducks, 12 to 14e; tur-
keys, 20 to 21c. Live poultry. about 20
lower than the above.
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Butter -Dairy, choice, 03 to 24e; bakers',
inferior, 19 to 20c; enermery, 76 to 27e for
rolls, and 25c for -AWE.
Eggs -22 to 23c per dozen, in case lots.
Choose -New cheese, 14 to 14 1-2c per
pound.
WI ITELAW REID HONORED.
Receives Freedom of the City_ of
Belfast.
A despatch from Belfast says:
The freedom of this city was con-
ferred on 'Whitelaw Reid, United
States Ambassador to Great Bri-
tain, at a luncheon 'given on Thurs-
day by the Lord Mayor. The fund
tion was attended by about 500 of
the most prominent citizens. The
resolution of the city corporation
conferring the distinction on Mr.
Reid concludes :-"In recognition
of his distinguished..services in ;pro=
muting a peaceful understanding.
between Great Britain and the
United States of America, and
strengthening the bonds of friends
ship between their peoples."
NAVAL SCOUTING BASES.
FRENCH ARE DYING OFF.
An Increase in Mortality of 34,869
for Last Year Recorded.
A despatch from Paris says: The
French Minister of Labor, in the
report of the vital statistics of
France for 1911, says the number of
deaths was 34,869 more than the, to-
tal ef the year previous,
con-
tinuing the unfavorable sithus tuation of
France as compared with that ef
growing nations.
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The new Grand Trunk hotel, the
Chateau Laurier, was opened
Ottawa {in Saturday,
Will Extend From Dover to the
Orkneys.
A despatch from London' 'says :
The British Admiralty has planned
a chain of naval scouting bases ex-
tending from Dover to as far north
as the Orkneys as a sequel to the
successful experiments. with the
waterplane at Weymouth last week.
Harwich, which has been seTatted
as one of the most important bases
on the North Sea is to be im.lnedi
ately equipped with a naval Scout -
Mg machine which underwent -suc-
cessful tests on Wednesdae�:' This.
machine rose from the rval'er after
a "run" of only thirty\ya,.'ds and. truth put to all who testify,
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ran's
Peint'esas destroyed by fire, gent anti -opium bill is now b+wrsre
Mr. John P. Casey; Industrial the .Advisory Conned. It aims at
Commissioner at St. Catharine:), is the total suppression of the traffic
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 141-4o per 1b„
in case lots. Pork -Short aut. $24 to $25;
do., mess, $21. Hams -Medium Mediu ; o light
18 to 181.2e; heavy,
to 131-2c; breakfast bacon, 180; backs, 20
to 21e.
Lard -Tierces, 140; tubs, 14 1-4c; pails,
141-20.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
Eves. ,
CANADA,
Simcoe has passed a $36,000 sew-
age by-law.
Calgary's police census gives a
population. of 61,340.
All grades of sugar have been re-
duced ten cents per hundred lbs.
D. F. McMillan, a Regina city as-
sessor,, dropped dead in the city
hall.
Two Toronto stenographers be-
came heirs to an estate between
$75,000 and $100,000.
RECORD CUSTOMS INCREASE.
Nearly $9,500,000 Revenue Report•
ed at Ottawa for May.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The promise of a record increase in
the May customs receipts is amply
fulfilled in a statement completed
at the Department of Customs on
Friday. The exact increase for the
month reaches the substantial figure
of $2,531,956,37. The receipts for
the month amounted to $9,485,111.-
78, as compared with $6,953,153.41
for the corresponding month of the
previous fiscal • year. This brings
the increase for the two months of
the current fiscal year up to $5,-
098,776.04, the receipts being $17,-
561,074.03 for the two months of
1912-13, and $12,462,297.99 for the
same period .of 1911-12.
Ross, convicted 'of manslaughter
at Montreal, is dying in prison of
tuberculosis.
The Toronto police believe they
have arrested the leader of agang
of cocaine smugglers.
• Complaint has been laid at Que-
bec against the C.N.R. for not post-
ing time tables in French.
Forty million dollars will be spent
by the railways in Montreal with-
in the next two or three years.
Those who subscribed to the
Y.M.C.A fund in Ottawa and have
neglected to pay up, will be sued.
Alex. Blondin was shot and killed
on. the Algoma Central Railway lino
by his partner, Joseph Bond, who
mistook him for a deer.
Conditions at Hamilton General.
Hospital are so discouraging that
Mayor Lees has suggested that a
new building be erected..
There are 23 ocean steamers now
using the St. Lawrence route for
which there is no drydock large
enough in ease of necessity.
The Militia Department reports
its inability to get horses for camp
purposes. Eastern breeders are
sending, their horses to the west.
Parents of Hamilton school c eilr-
di'en have been asked to express an
opinion on the advisability of the
keeping of two schools open during
the summer.
John. Macpherson, postmaster at
Tracadie Road, N.S., died four
years ago, but his death was never
reported to Ottawa, his widow
maintaining the office.
May will establish a customs re-
cord, and will reach about $9,000,-
000, an increase of two and a half
millions. Twenty-four new customs
ports have'been opened by the `Gov-
ernment. -
The D4MTiinion Mining and Ex-
ploration Company, with a paid-up
canita1 of $2,500,000, is being form-
ed by a number of leading Canadian
and American financiers, to inves-
tigate mining and other proposi-
tions in Canada.
GREAT BRITAIN.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, June 4. -Oats -Canadian West-
ern, No. 2, 55c to 551-20; do., No. 3, 501.2 to
51c; do., extra No. 1 feed, 511-2 to 52c. Bar-
ley -Man. feed, 65 to 660; do., malting, $1,-
06 to $1.07. Buckwheat -No. 2, 74 to 750.
Flour -Manitoba, Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $5.80; do, seconds, $5.30; do., strong
bakers', $5.10; do., Winter patents. choice,
$5.25 to $5.35; do., straight rollers, 04.80
to $4.90; do., straight rollers, bags, $2.30
to $2.40. Rolled oats -Barrels, $5.35; do.,
bags, 90 lbs., $2.55. Bran -SOS. Shorts -
$27. Middlings -$29. Moutllio-$30 to $34.
Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $21.
Cheese -Finest westerns, 14 to 14 1-8c; do.,
finest easterns, 13 3-4 ' to 13 7-8c. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 27 to 271.4e; do., see -
ends, 25 3-4 to 261.2c. Eggs, selected, 25
es2-6c;
Perd bag,ocar lots, ,$170tto1$1.75 eta -
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, June 4. --Spring wheat --No. 1
Northern, carloads store, $1,22 3-4 Winter,
No. 2 red, $1,20; No. 3 red, $1.18; No. 2
white, $1.19. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 83c; No.
4 yellow, 82c; No. 3 corn, 791-4 to 801.40;
No. 4 corn, 781-4 to 783.4c, all on track,
through billed. Oats -No. 2 white, 68e;
No. 3 white, 571.2c; No. 4 white, 561-2e.
Barley -Malting, $1.16 to $1.25.
Minneapolis, June 4. -Wheat -Mar, $1.-
126.8; July, $L13; September, $1.05 3-8; No.
1 hard, 51.151.4; No. 1 Northern, 51.14 1.2
to $1.14 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1,121-2 to 51.-
143-4;
1:143-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.121.2 to $1.123.4.
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 74 to 75c. Oats -No. 3
white, 51c. Rye -No. 2, 831-2 to 84n. Bran
-$23.50 to 524. Flour -first patents, $5.50
to $5.75; do., seconds, $6.20 to $645; first
clears, $3.90 to $4.15; do., seconds, $2.80 to
$3.10.
ATHEIST MUST TAKE OATH.
in Peculiar Montreal
Court Affair.
.A. despatch from Montreal says:
The dispute which arose in the
courts here as to the relative legal
values of a witness' word of honor
and his testimony on oath has been
settled by Mr. Justice Laurendeau,
to whom it was submitted. The
judge has decided that a witness in
a Quebec court in a civil suit must
swear upon a Bible and accept the
regular formula about telling the
Decision
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, June 4. -Choice steers sold at
$7.75 to $8.00; good at $7.25 to $7.50, and
the lower grades from that down to $6.-
50
6:50 per cwt. Choice butchers' cows sold
as high as $6 75 to $7.00, and good at $6.25
to $6.50, while the common sold down as
low as $4.25 per owt. Choice bulls sold at
0.76 to $7.00, good at $6.25 to $6.50, and
common from $4.25 to 55.50 per cwt. Sheep
sold at $5.00 to 55.50, and Spring lambs
at $3.00 to $4.50 each. The demand for
calves was good at prices 'ranging from
$300 to $10.00 each as to size and qua-
lity. A weak feeling developed in the
pifor hogs
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supplies and prices declined to increased
owt., with sales of selected lots at $9.25 to,
59 50 per cwt., weighed off cars.
Toronto, June 4. -Cattle -Extra choice
heavy steers for butcher and export, $7:
60 to $8;; good medium to choice butcher
loads, $7.15 to $7.80; common, $5 to $6;
canners, $3; choice butcher cows, firm,
at $6 to $6.50; bulls, $5 to $6,25. Stookers
-Steady demand at $5.25 to $6 for good
quality; heavy
feeders,
a 4t.o$6.5. GacCodva$o $7.
90; bobs, $1.50 to $2.50. Sheep -Market
lower; choice ewes, $5 t0 $625; bucks and
culls, $4 to $5; spring lambs, $3.50 to $6.-
25 each. Bogs -at $8.40 ,f.o.b., $8.76 fol
and watered, and $9. 0 weighed off cars.
$1,000 MEDA.L POR, ROSTRON.
dead, before December 31.
General Booth has been declared
totally blind by the doctors in at-
tendance.
The will of the Duke of Fife dis-
poses of an estate of over $1,000,-.
000.
London shipownershave declined
to confer with the transport work-
ers toward a settlement of the
strike.
Mr. Asquith and Mr. Winston,
Churchill visited the Mediterranea
to consult with Viscount Kitchen
and others es to defences.
Captain of Carpathia to be Reward-
ed by Congress.
A despatch from Washington, D.
C., says: The Senate on Tuesday
passed a joint resolution extending
the thanks of Congress, and appro-
priating $1,000 for a medal to Cap-
tain Arthur H. Rostron, of the Car-
pathia., and also a vote of thanks to
the Carpathia's crew.
UNITED STATES.
The United. States Senate passe
the bill for an eight-hour day o
Government work.
U. S. emigration returns show an
exodus of 175,329 to Canada the
past year, an increase of about 22,-
000.
John Maley, a Boston chauffeur
who ran down and killed two me
while joy -riding, was sentenced t
five years.
The Housewives' League of Nes
York have taken up the figh
against the increased price of a.
thracite coal through Mrs. Julia
Heath, the president.
The New York excursion seas
opened with all vessels fully' an
plied with life-saving equipment,
a result of the lesson given by t
Titanic disaster.
The United States Rouse st
and iron tariff bill passed the 5
ate, repealing ;the Canadian r
procity act and putting a univer
duty of $2 a ton on print -paper.
More than a thousand waiters
the Waldorf, Gotham, Breslin,
Rector's hotels, New York, joi
the strike already in force at
Holland and Knickerbocker. ,
DT. MOir e' 3
A . diem Root ills
exactly meet the need which so often
arises in every family for a medicine
to open up and regulate -the bowels.
Not only are they effective in all
cases of Constipation, but they help
greatly in breaking up a Cold or La
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cleaning
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Grippe y
the same
,in
the blood
and purifying
way they relieve or cure Biliousness,
Indigestion, Sick Headaches,Rheum-
atisnl and other common ailments.
In the fullest sense of the words Dr.
Morse's Indian Root Pills are 47
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GENERAL.
The London Welsh Yale
won the President's prize of $
at the Paris musical festival.
.Postofice clerks in ' Paris
been found who have trained
t:, ince as'wan office pastime.