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THE
EVV IIEALTII DISTRICTS
Seven Depots to be •Created to Safeguard
the Province.
A despatch from Toronto says:
The Province of Ontario; for the
'purpose of safeguarding the public
health, etas"been divided into seven
,districts. The decisive action, based
upon legislation passed last ses-
sion, was taken by the Govern-
ment on Thursday. The older por-
tion of the province is given five of
the districts, and Northern Ontario
the other two. The exact boundar-
ies of the various divisions have not
been announced, nor the names of
the seven district health officers
who will be placed in charge, but
the headquarters for each district
have been made known.
London is the central point for
the western district, which, of
-course, will include Middlesex, and
presumably the rest of the counties
_ running down the peninsula to Es-
-sex. Huron Bruce and Grey and
the surrounding counties will likely
form the district for which Palmer-
•ston has been selected as head-
-quarters• e Hamilton will be head-
quarters for the third district,
which presumably takes in the Nia-
gara peninsula in addition to Went-
worth and oth
-fourth health ccentrer will be The
at
Peterboro', and the eastern one at
Kingston, . these two serving as
-operating points for the eastern
`half of the province.
North Bay and Fort William will
`be the points from which the dis-
trict health officers Will work in the
MA GI,STRATE WO ULD SHOOT.
'It Automobilist Ran Into Hint -Ills
Life Worth Something.
.A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Magistrate McMicken startled his
•court room on Wednesday morning
bcar-
ried le a loaded declaration eolve that and an au-
tomobile ran into him he would
le
is
shoot rth something," said the think Mag-
istrate, "and I would not allow
anyone to threaten it with impun-
ity. You autonobilists should con -
'Sider' that the autorliobile inspector
north, indicating the dividing
.there. Temiskaming, with itis
demic-producing mining camps
be carefully watched from
Bay.
The university has at the re
of the Government arranged a
cial course for the district offs
It will include chemistry, ba
ology, water and sewage, epid and general public h
and sanitary matters.
But this will not be all. B
they are placed in charge of
respective districts the men wil
given a thorough schooling in p
tical • work. They will during
term of study be attached to
Health Department, and wil
sent out from time to time to g
first-hand knowledge of epide
sewage problems, and similar
tees which will come within t
province later on.
The district officers will recei
salary- of $2,500 a year and
penses, and they will not be
witted to engage in private p
tice.•
Their duties will not be li
The success of the somewhat r
cal changes made in the Pu
Health Act last session will larg
depend upon the work of these in
To leave them free to do this
Government has removed them
tirely from local control. Th
will act under the supervision a
control of the Provincial Board a
report daily to the department.
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FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
?firs. Garfield Babcock Killed al
Several People Hurt.
A despatch from Lindsay say
An accident attended with fatal r
sults occurred on the Cobocon
branch of the Midland Railway
about 8 o'clock on Saturday nigh
The 0.35 passenger train left Lin
say twenty minutes late, fellowe
twenty minutes after; by a doubl
header train of careboiind for Mi
land, It is stated Loth trains' we
being run on the block system. The
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speeding were before the Magistrate
-on Wednesday morninand rate
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fines were imposed. asmall
POLLUTION OF WATERS.
joint Commission Proposed to
Study Question of Prevention.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The Canadian Government has re-
ceived from the Government at
Washington notice of a proposal
that the question of the pollution
of boundary waters be taken up by Mrs.
pmt
the International Joint Commis- I
sion. The project is that the com-; ebur
•
mission study the whole question
of pollution of international lakes
anji streams with a view to a joint
preventive arrangement. It is un-
derstood that the Canadian Gov-
ernment will encourage the pro-
posal. j
FOG BANKS ON EITHER SIDE.
ndsay, was standing on the" main
line track when the double-header
came rushing along. On seeing the
danger ahead the engineer whist-
led "on brakes," which were
promptly applied; but too late to
avert a collision. The • freight
crashed into the rear car of the
passenger
Mrs. GarfieldtBabcock, daughter of
George Calvert, of Lindsay, was
thrown violently forward and in-
stantly killed, her neck being
broken. Mrs. C. A. Plank was
ed down beside the body of
.Babcock. She was extricated
t fifteen minutes after the ac -
Strange Experience of the Royal
George.
A despatch from London says:
The Canadian liner Royal George,
which arrived at Avenmouth on
Wednesday . from Canada reported
a curious experience off Cape Race.
;Ships sometimes run into a dense
fog off the Cape, many liners being
seriously* delayed, The Royal
George was involved with others on
her recent trip, but soon passed in-
to clear atmosphere with fog banks
on either side. While going at full
speed she was in wireless communi-
cation with many vessels befogged
. on both sides, including the Megan -
tic and .Montrose.
A MILLIONAIRE'S WILL.
-The Late Sir Charles Wernher
Died Worth $25,000,000.
'A despatch from London says
The estate of Sir Charles Wernher,
late head of the Do Beers diamond
syndicate, was provisionally sworn
at $25,000,000 on Thursday. About
12,500,000 is left to oharities instead
of,
$15,000,000 as has been reported
Of this $1,250,000 is given to South
Africa for the cstablishinent of a
University at Grooteschurr, near
Cape .Down, $500,000 to the Imper-
ial College of Science end Tech-
nology at South Kensington, and
$300,000 to various hospitals,
extent, when it was found that she
was suffering from a broken arm,
both legs injured, and internal in-
juries and shock. James Back of
Bexley was another sufferer, having
a leg broken and being badly shaken
up. Joseph Lytle of Victoria Road
had his back severely injured,
FIRE AT BLIND RIVER.
Hotel, Traders Bank .Office and
Other Places Burned.
A despatch from Blind River
says : Fire broke out in R. Tucker's
barber shop on Sunday morning at
3 o'clock, and was not got under
con trol until property aggregating
$100,000 was destroyed. The Hu-
ronic Hotel, valued at $30,000, was
demolished, as were several other
places of business, including the
Traders Bank offze°, 0. Hewitt's
drug store, N. Lesser & Sons',
Trahan & Menard's, general fur-
nishing, and two barber shops, In-
surance covers the loss to the ex-
tent of about $50,000. Owing to a
break down of the fire engine the
hand pumps were manned by volun-
teers, and the old-time bucket bri-
gade was requisitioned. Had it not
been • for the assistance rendered by
two tugboats, the loss would have
been inuoh heavier.
AWARDED GOLD MEDAL.
Captain Rostron, of the Carnatllia,
in Receipt of More Honors.
A despatch from Liverpool p says:
The Shipwreck Humane Society has
awarded a gold medal to Captain
Rostron, of the Carpathia, for his
work in saving the stirvivors of the
Titanic. .
PRICES OF : FARM PRODUCTS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRA
CENTRES OF AMERICA,
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and C
Prodpeo at Home ant Abroad.
EREADSTUFFS
Toronto, Tune 11.-Flour--Wiitte
s90 per cent. patents, $4.10 to $4
umption. and Mani5 toba4 2fiours-P
ents, $5.70; second patents,
strong bakers', $5, on track, T
14ianioba wheat --No. i Northe
Bay ports;rNo. 2, at $1.07, and
por3s. ports. Feed wheat 67
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white,
mixed, $1.05 to $1.06, outside.
Peas -No. 2 shipping peas, $1
side.
O481 -2c, and No. 3 at 47c,2 outside
Ontario, 51c, on fed, track, Toronto.
BayPoNo 1 at 471-2c, Bay ports.
Barley -No business, with pric
inal.
Corn -No. 3 American yellow.
track, Bay ports, and at 83o, Tor
RBuckwheat-Market al° dull, with prices
nominal.
Bran -Manitoba bran, $24 in bags, To-
ronto freight. Shorts, $26.00.
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15 et ,son
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rest Pat"
5'.2°1" attd
uabo: The decision of the Colonial Secre-
rn ;+1;10 tary a y that the Union Jack is the only
12a, Ba,Y flag, entitled to be floated in Can -
red •attd oda as the official flag will cause the
,25, oat,' expenditure of 'a lot of money in the
to, 48 .to purchase of Union Jacks by those
, No, 2 whose flag equipment consists of
rt Nand chiefly the red ensign with the Do-
minion arms in the corner. While
ea nom- no official order will issue as to the
79e, on use of the Jack, it is taken for
onto, granted that the various Govern-
, Federal, Provincial, and
13I0\ JACK OFFICIA"HrEws TAR''''"11
Lot of Old Bunting in Canada Will
Have to Be Replaced,
A despatch from. Ottawa says
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Small lots of hand-picked, $3 per
bushel; primes. $2.65 to $2.75.
13oney-Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c Per
lb. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75 per dozen.
Baled Bray -No. 2, $18 to $19 a ton. Clo-
ver.
BaledxStr'awi� $i1 to$15.50,
'$11on track.
.50, on tack, To-
ronto.
Maple Syrup -$1.25 per gallon.
Potatoes -Car
$1.75to 91.80, and Delawares 5
ares�1
at $1.8to.
$1.90. Out -of -sore, $1 95 to $2. Imported'
potatoes, $1.60, in car lots, and 91.80, OW,
of -sore.
Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice`'
dressed poultry: -Chickens, 15 to 17c per
Ib.; fowl, 11 to 120; turkeys. 15 to 16c. Live
poultry, about 2c lower than the above,
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Ilatinferior. D to 20c; choice,
reamery,, 26 23 to 0 to 27c for
rolls, and 25c for solids.
Cheese -New ocheese t 141.4 per 1dozen. o per
lb.
HOG PRODUCTS.
in case lots. Pork -Short cut,r, 14 o 14i$24. toper
r$25;
18 for 181 20;; heavy, 61.21 ofum 1 c;trolls l3
to 131-2c; breakfast bacon, 18c; backs, 20
to 210.
Lard -Tierces, 14o; tubs, 141-40; pails,
141.2o.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal. June 11. -Oats - Canadian
Western, No. 2, 55 to 551-2c; da., Canadian
Western, No. 3, 501-2 to 51c: do., extra No,
1 feed, 511-2 to 520 Barley -Man. feed,
65 :o 66c: do., melting, $1..06 to $1.07. Buck-
whea.t-No. 2, 73 to 74o. Flour -Man,
Spring wheat patents, firsts, 55.80; (1o.,
seconds, 85.30; do., strong bakers', $5.10;
do., Winter patents ehni..
85.35.
do.. straight rolls 64.80; $'i2.' to igh
rollers, begs, $2.30 to 2.40. doll straits
Barrels, $5.05 do.. bags, $ 90 1bso52 0. Dr
$24.00; shorts, $27.00: zniddlizQe,, 92
mm,outllie, $30.00 to 934.00 1.. filer -- o,..
tclkr, ear lots, $20:50 to ' M. Chees.
est Westerns, 141.4 to •143-8e do::
Easterns, 14 to 141-80. Butter ---Clic
oreanierq, 261-4 to 261.2c: do., seers cis
to 25 3.4o. Eggs -Selected, 25 to 26e;
No. 2 socio, 17 to 171.2c. Potatoes
bag, ear lots, $1.70 to $1.75.
LOST WEALTH.
Sir Thomas Lipton tells a hu-
rinorotus story of a Scotchman who
went to a race meeting for the first
ulnae in his life. The old man's
Sir Thomas Lipton.
friends persuaded him 'to risk
pence on a horse -a, 40 to 1 cite
With much • trepidation,
Seetcbnian handed out the sixpen
. a, strange -to relate, the ho
When the bookmaker. hand
sovereign and sixpence
the latter could notbeli-
lean to•eiijeff.r eL
Or. my sixpence 2' i he'asked
six-
nce.
the
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ed
to
eve
least:
4°215;:i12' sou do," replied the book -
conscience I" exclaimed San -
;sly. "Tell me, mon, how long has
'this thing been I going on?"
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rn.I 'MILLIONS
OR EQUIPMENT.
UNITED STATES. MARKETS,
Minneapolis, June 11, -Wheat --July,
121-2; September, $1.05; December,
91.14 1.4Nto 91.lard,
4 ! 2 No.15; 2 Northern,rSt,ii2
to 51.12 1-2. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 721.2
73 1-2e. Oats --No. 3 white, 471-2 to 491
Rve-No. 2, 83 to 831-2c. Bran -$23,50 to
$24. Flour -First patents, $5.50 to $5.75;
do..* seconds, $5.20 to $5.45; first clears,
$3.90 to $4.15; do., seconds, $280 to 98.10,
BuffaloJune
8N11.-Spring
wheat-No.
orthern, cods store, , $1.1; Winter,
No. 2 red, $t.19; No, 3 red, $1.17; No.
white, $1.18. Corn Firm. Oats -Steady,
za, C.N"'.II. to Spend a Large Sum in
the West. •
A despatch •from Toronto says:
The -C.N.R. has set aside for the
augmentation of its equipment
eight. or nine millions of dollars.
The official announcement says
this sum will 8,11 be spent on lines
in the west. The first order of.the
year has been placed, and calls for
136 new engines, 4,050 box cars,
1,185 flatcars, 400 convertible con-
struction cars, 70 cabooses, six
snow plows and one rotary snow
plow, also 82 passenger cars, 35
baggage cars, 4 dining cars and 16
sleepers. At present the company
has 420 engines, 14,367 box cars,
0509 flatcars, 649 stock cars, 239
refrigerator cars and 722 miscel-
laneous, a total of 20,906.
ibCfratE IN HUNGA RTA\ DIEM'.
t'pllty Fires at President and Then
Commits Suicide,
LIVE STOOK MARKETS.
Montreal, June it. -Sales of choice steers
were made at $8.00 to $8.25, good at $7.50
to $7.75, and the lower grades from that
down to $6.50 »Pr hundred pounds. Cows
brought front $4.25 to $7,00, and bulls from
quality. 4.25 toOld sheep.75 per tsold0at pounds
from $5.00 as to
85.50,acasd to sizenandaqu ,lite Calves r00 to i] d
steady at from 83.00 to $10.00 each, as o
size and quality. Selected lots of hogs
at ,9.
$ 10 per cwt., weighed off ears, and in
some instances as low as $8.60 was accept•
ed with sows and stags included,
Toronto, June 11• -Cattle -Extra chore
Leavy steers for butcher and export, $7-
60 to $8: good medium to choice huteher
oads, *7.50.to $8; common, 85 o'l15; eat.
oer85. 03 hulls, titeber $5h
to $6.25.
wStockers 55.25
86 for good quality; extra choice heavy
Poders. 66.25 to $6,50. Calves ---Good real,
4 to $8; hobs, $1.50 to $2.50. Sheen-
hoice ewes, $5 to $6; bucks and culls
.50 to 84.50: string lambs, $3.50 to $6.25
eh. Hogs -$8 25 to $8.35 f.o.b.. FIFO to
.60 fed and watered, and $8.85 weighed
ears.
SWEPT BY FIRE. ,
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Pper Fraser Country Overrun and
Hundreds of Moose Burned.
A despatch 'from Vancouver says:
Reports of a serious forest fire that
has devastated the Upper Fraser
country for a distance of 110 miles
between Fort George and Tete
Juane Cache have been received.
here. Four railway construction
camps and four engineers' camps
have been completely destroyed by
the flames, which have also done
damage to two unnamed townsites.
The men from the railway construc-
tion camps were all turned out to
help fight the flames. The terrific
heat from the burning forests as the
flames worked their way back to.
ward the mountain passes was so
great that a vast quantity of muesli'
.
on the mountains and from. the for-.
gists was melted, with the , result
that the Fraser nose three feet xl1
two clays.... The floods helped in
quenching the fires. Hundreds of
moose were burned,
A despatch from Budapest says:
ount Tisza, the Government lead-
in, Parliament, on Friday, was
Shot at but not injured, in the
Cthanber of Deputies by M, Kovacs,
21 Opposition deputy, who then
burned the revolver upon himself
2nd fired two bullets into his head,
Dying instantly. Kovacs was one
f the Oposition deputies excluded
i;roln the • Chamber on May 31, fol-
lowing' a near riot, in which the
{npeior and the Government of-
ials were bitterly assailed by the
position.
FOUND NO MOOItE BODIES•
arell for the Titanic Dead Has
Been Finally Abandoned.
A despatch from St. John's,
ild., says : The steamer Algerine,
hich was sunt out by the White
tar Lino to search for bodies of
Titanic victims, reported at
ape ,Race on Wednesday that she
d found no bodies and seen no
ins of wreckage, She was order -
to abandon the search and re-
n tc thi
municipal, will obey the order and
provide themselves with Jacks forth-
with for use on all °ceremonial oc-
casions. It will be interesting to
note: what will become of all the
red ensigns, hundreds of thousands
of which are scattered all overthe
country. They cannot be used on
ships because there are not enough
ships to go around. They cannot
be used on public buildings with-
out disregarding the express wish-
es of the British Government, but
they can still be used for decora-
tion purposes.
ICEBERGS GONE.
Only One Sighted by Ships Within
the Past Fortnight.
A despatch from New York says :
Few icebergs are now menacing na-
vigation along the ocean lanes, ac-
cording to reports from the scout
cruiser Birmingham, which is pa-
trolling the Atlantic in the neigh-
borhood of the spot where the Ti-
tanic disaster occurred. Word from
the Birmingham was brought by the
steamer Oceanic, which arrived on
Wednesday night from Southamp-
ton. The Oceanic was in wereless
communication with the scout crui-
ser on June 3 in latitude 38 north,
Iongitude 46.12 west, ands. was in-
formed that the Birmingham had
sighted no icebergs whatever. She
was in communication with various
ships during nearly a fortnight's
time before the Oceanic heard from
her, only one of which had seen
bergs in the1 vicinity of latitude
37.50, longitude 37.16.
THIRTEEN .l1ONTHS IN YEAR.
Plan of Royal Society to Revise the
Calendar.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
The Royal Society of Canada wants
the calendar revised. The delega-
tion waited upon Premier Borden
on Friday afternoon acid urged that
h exercise his aut'�lyl• sit', in Canada �• :GB:
Tn,4• xSert • hie f e,ai,''+'tene with a , 1- P,
t' •tycli frail ter:
t*"t s4ii.t.., -tl; .;.,.h.11z4�- gmis0
RAPPENINGS FROM ALL OYEE
TUE ; G OBE IN
Canada, the Empire a:nd the World
in General Before Your
Eves.
CANADA.
Kingston carpenters have genei
back to work at $3 a day,
Hamilton's building permits ford
May reached nearly a million dol -
Preliminary
Preliminary work on ‘he new
Welland Canal will be delayed until
next year.
Sydney, C.B., has voted a bonus
of $1,000,000 to the British Cana-
dian Shipping Co.
Nearly nine million tons of freight
passes through the Sault Ste. Marie
canals in May.
Brother Viancoeur of St. Timo-
thy's College was drowned in the
canal at Valleyfield.
has
Three
een subscribed towards
dollars
new,
grain exchange building at Fort
William.
The London & Lake Erie Trans-
portation Company's line will be •
run in future with Hydro -electric
power.
Joseph 4Jouillard of Montmagny
has been appointed to command the
steamer Arctic, in place of Capt.
Bernier.
James Belanger was found ex-
hausted in the woods near French
River. He had wandered for sev-
en days without food.
James Bears, a London cigar -
maker, was stabbed by an unknown
man on the street, and the wound
was very near the heart.
The Dominion Government is call-
ing for tenders for two fast steam-
ship services, from Canadian ports
to British Guiana and to Jamaica,
and Bermuda.
Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal
will call upon his church members
in Quebec to campaign against the.
caterpillar, which threatens the
fruit crop.
Ira Holt of Buffalo saved. Miss
Madeline Smith from drowning at
Grand Mere, Quebec, by placing
her on their upturne•ci canoe aid.
deliberately sacrificing his own life,..
alttliM0r of rn< lit is nrl ttftf eea•r sii4
creased from twelve to thirteen, and
that each month shaI1 consist of
twenty-eight days. This, it is urged,
would make them all the sane, and
would also result in each day of the
week coming every year on the same
day of the month. Premier Borden
promised the learned delegation
that their request would receive tate
serious attention of his Cxovern-
ment. The deputation consisted of
Sir Sanford Fleming, Sir James
Grant, Mr. Benjamin Suite, Mr. R.
O. Boucher and Mr. W. D. Lesueur.
FIRE LOSSES FOR MONTII.
Large Fires 'Were More NunlcrouS
Than Usual.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Figures compiled by the Monetary
Times show that fire losses during
May in Canada reach $2,251,815, as
compared with $1,355,055 in April.
Large fires were more numerous
than usual, those exceeding $10,000
each aggregated $1,904,700 in dam-
age done. The losses of the month,
however, did not reach those of
March or January. The municipal
bond sales for May amounted to
$1,928,748, as compared with $927,-
160 in April and $3,946,047 in the
same month last year, The issues
of Saskatehowan reached $1,140,-
200. Ontario $505,048, Alberta
$180,500, Quebec $70,000 and Mani-
toba $33,000.
BURNED TO DEATH IN JAIL.
Terrible Tragedy Witnessed by
Crowd at Sault Ste, Marie.
A despatch froth Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont., says : Literally burned
alive before the eyes of a crowd of
spectators who made frenzied but
unsuccessful efforts to save him,
Andrew Wroplewski, an Austrian,
inet death at 1.25 on Wednesday
morning in a fire which. destroyed
the west end lock-up, located on
Superior street, just east of the 0.
P. R. tracks, The mail had been
taken in earlier in the evening by
officer Arthur J. Springer, on a
charge of drunkenness, and it is
supposed that the fire started from
the stove in the building, or from
matches in possession of the pris-
oner,
The Government has decided to
cut the cement duties in half, for
the benefit of western consumers.
grain lir
AT BRITAIN,
,tions
UNITED STATES.
A committee of eminent surgeons
reported to the A.nierican Medical
Association that chloroform, ether
and cocaine are too deadly or dan-
gerous to use in operations, and
that many patients yield to their
effeSto, Nitrous oxidioxygen is re-
commended.
GENERAL.
The anti -clerical tumult in Bel-
gium is quieting clown.
Wild scenes wore enacted in the
Hungarian Assembly, the police
ejecting Opposition deputies.
&Tit Surgeon Browning of the
u�w.
German army was sentenced to two
years for killing a lieutenant in a
duel.
American citizens and foreigners
in Cuba appealed to their respec-
tive Consuls for protection against
the negro insurgents.
A rich emerald mine, believed to
have been operated by the ancient
Incas, has been found near Aco-
mayo, Southern Peru.
MAX BRINGS AN INCREASE.
Succession Duties for Last Mouth
Amounted to $110,617.
A despatch from Toronto says :
During the month of May the On-
tario :Government received in suc-
cession duties the sum of $110,617,
as against the sum of $86,349 for
the same month Iast year, accord-
ing to the figures given by the Pro-
vincial Treasurer on Tuesday. The
increase is a very satisfactory one,
owing to the fact that heretofore
the receipts of this year have not
been equal to those Cf. 1911. Up to
the end of May the aggregate re-
ceived since January 1 is 2467,292,
as against $614,557 received during
the first five months of last year,
1)UCIIES ' RECOVERY,
Now Out of Danger; . Will Leave
Ilos,iital Soon.
A despatch from Montreal says :
The Duchess of Connaught is now
out of danger and the doctor,; state
that unless any unforeseen compli-
cations arise she will shortly be
able to leave the hospital.
A French warship struck a sub-
marine on Saturday, which sank
with all on board, ,