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The Herald, 1912-07-19, Page 2bOMINION IS BUILDING UP ,,Six Months' Record in Twenty -Seven Cities -Gain of Twenty -Eight Per Cent. 'A despatch from Toronto says: .ccording to reports from official Oources compiled by The Contract Record the building- operations in twenty-seven Canadian cities for .the first half of 1912 aggregated 469,583,674, twenty-eight per cent. trtore than for the same period in 3911. As illustrating the steady growth of the country the journal 13oints to the fact that the buildings erected in 1911 exceeded in value those of 1910 by 20 per cent. The buildings for the month of June Clone represented an expenditure • $17,645,709, as compared with 2,346,908 in June, 1911. Toronto is in the lead with a six- bionths' record of $13,195,271. Win- 'liiipeg's figures are $11,205,600. Van- eouver, with an expenditure of $8,- 132,720, is $65,000 ahead of Mont- cal, and Edmonton is not far be - bind with $7,725,622. Ednronton''s 'expenditure shows the remarkable gain of 376 per cent. Stratford showed a gain of 278 per cent., Brantford 133, Fort William 132, Port Arthur 124, Nelson 118, The building returns for six months of 1912 and the same period of 1911 are as follows :- -, 1912 1911 Toronto ...,... $13,195,271 $11,939,953 Winnipeg •. 11,205,600 9,058,150 Vancouver •.. .. 8,132,720 9,191,524 Montreal 8,065,993 7,306,136 Edmonton • . • • . - 4,685,6347,722 2,574,4416 620,431 Saskatoon Hamilton .... .... , 3,145,600 2,246,780 Regina . ,.. .... , . • , . 2,549,770 2,936,930 O.tawa 2,120,000 1,393,370 Fort William .... .... 1,743,425 750,075 Maisonneuve • ,. • 817,428 748,900 New Westminster .. .• 785,578 613.580 Lethbridge .... .... .. 719,343 528,950 Port Arthur .... ...... 700,994 312,985 Brantford .... ... • .. 657,230 282,228 London ..... 609,598 458,423 Windsor .. • . • . • • 433,830 396,795 St. Bonifaoe' .... -. ,• 396,530 467,880 Berlin .... . 332,960 242,585 St. John .. • . . 315,950 211,700 Sydney ...• .. 254,616 282,052 Kingston . •. .... 224,059 133,223 Galt, ..., .... 204,032 163,920 Nelson - 198,015 90,705 Stratford . .... ... 202,791 53,690 Peterborough •,... 188,858 186,786 Welland 124,186 - THREE NEW LEPERS. I. ow 22 Inmates of the Lazaretto in New Brunswick: A despatch from Ottawa says: the Director -General of Public' tfealth, Dr. F. Montizambert, re- ports that three new cases of lep- rosy were admitted to the Leper azaretto at Tracadia, N.B., dur- g'the year, and one death occur- red. According to him there are at this -,date twenty-two patients there, twelve males and ten females. Eighteen are of French Acadian ori- gin, two of English, one of IceIan- die„and one of Russian origin. The 1intster of Agriculture sanctioned the gift of a small organ for the use j of the patients torelieve the mono- i tong of their lives. The Leper Laz- e,retto at Darcy Island, B. C., has bot been occupied by any leper since the last one was deported, previ- ous to this year. PLAGUE AT SANTIAGO. Steps Taken to Rid the Cuban City of Rats, A despatch... froln Washington. t1'J,''"t*n ►n�'.,nv Bepstf3artAX edtv aisle., case `` st cledof etlie plague, was found in the usiness-sectionon Wednesday, and 'the discovery of the suspect caused great excitement. Energetic mea- eures have been taken for cleaning the entire city and exterminating the rats. A house to house cam- paign of elimination has been in- c,ugurated. 50 KILLED IN CII.ILIAN MINE. REAR -'I TR`r SLASH. Thirteen Killed in Chicago Railway Wreck. A despatch from Chicago says: Thirteen persons were killed and fifteen to twenty were injured in a wreck on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Western Springs, a suburb of Chicago, at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday." Coming through a fog with supposedly a clear track ahead, train No. 8, a fast inail, ran at full speed into the roar of train No. 2, known as the Overland Express, from Denver, which was standing still on the track, telescoping two of the Over- land Pullman cars. Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, who was in charge of the tower from which the block signals were controlled, said she was cer- tain the block was thrown against both trains. She collapsed after the accident, and still is in a highly nervous condition. ITALY ANXIOUS TO END WAR. R ady • to Pay Cash Inderaniii;,�to, t 1Ch" : mays t,* areeerdieg' tee enation rem . an authoritative source, recently informed the pow- ers .in an unofficial way that it was ready and anxious to bring the Turco -Italian war to an end. The Italian Government expresses itself as willing to pay a heavy cash in- demnity to the Turkish Govern- ment for the transfer of its sover- eignty rights in Tripoli to Italy and to act in a similar way in regard to the Turkish islands in the Aegean Sea already occupied by Italy. 'THREE SHOT IN RIOT. lExpiosion of Dynamite in Copper Company's Plant. .A despatch from Valparaiso, says: A tremendous dynamite !explosion in El Teniente Mines, be- longing to the Braden Copper COM - pany, killed 50 Chilians and dread - ully wounded many others. Ac - Cording to semi-official reports the atastrope is the third occurring there within a, short period. PATIfER AND CHILD DROWNED Little Girl Feil 'Overboard When Trawling Line Caught. A despatch from Peterbore says: Henry Hayward, aged 35, and his Ave -year-old daughter were drowned in the Otonabee on Sun- day afternoon. The trawling line ,held by the little girl caught, and dhe fell in the water. The father, although unable to swim, jumped in and died in an unsuccessful at- tempt to save her. Imo. Trouble at Toledo Between Non - Unionists and Strikers. A despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says: Three men were shot, two seriously, and one was severely hurt by a thrown brick. on Thursday night, in a riot between non-union teamsters, strikers and sympathiz- ers of the latter in front of one of the stables of a trucking firm, whose men are on a strike. The police have made more than fifteen arrests. The injured men have been taken to hospitals. Lambton county farmers are mak- ing big strides in scientific agricul- ture?'" The latest crop reports from Wes- tern Canada are highly satisfac- tory. Three young men were -drowned while bathing at '-St. Elenthere; THE FEDERAL 110 For First Three Moidth$ Of - Guilt Exceeds $$,009 A despatch from Olt±r The financial statement.' three, months of the closing en June 30, show ceipts of $37;838,110, as:' with $29,239,646 for the Ea last year, For the nrcinil alone, the receipts were as compared with $1 June, 1911: The big i practically all due to incr; toms collections. The tote diture for the three months, as accounted for at the end o was $12,481,931, as compare $8,935,732 for the like per 1911. In addition, there ha expenditures chargeable to al account, amounting to • $1,k as against $2,803,730 for It three months of 1911. Du he first quarter of the fiscal y 1ie debt has been decreased by 31,- 138, as compared with $3,7 for the same period last year. HE'S "DICK" TO A. About a year ago a party ,cr3it- ish journalists traveling 11i.11a oagh British Columbia were en . iliyined by Sir Richard McBride, ae..1'iemier of the Province. To those Fee with. fixed traditions Of a Prime -Mis- ter's dignity, it was, somewll,' t of a shock to find how very faliailiarly Sir Richard 11(1 tilers a.d+d assa:ng.111m 'Cal the quite frequently without more • anality than would be given a village alder- man. However, the climax to the Englishmen's amazement was reach- ed during an automobile drive. The Premier had a tall colored chauf- feur whom he addressed as ,"Sam." Reaching a smooth section of road, the Premier leaned over the front seat and suggested a little more speed. "Lor' bless you, Dick, she.'s on the last notch now," responded the. negro, with perfect equanimity, SAVED EXCURSION TIIAIN. Man Walking Track Noticed Apiead Rail Just in Time. s A despatch from Peterboro says; Albert Reynolds, of Springville, while walking on the C.P.R. tracks, noticed a spread rail. He htir,ried to notify a section gang, and, re- pairs were colnpleted just before an excursion train of eight watches came along on its way to P i er- hero. . LIGHTNING KILLED FARMER. Little Boy, Also Shoeked, Coney ed News to Family. A despatch from Kingston says Lightning struck William Molten 'a, a Wolfe Island farmer, 63 years of age, as he was milking a cow ,at his barn on Sunday. His two children, who were nearby, were also struck, Que. but not fatally. The side of the barn was knocked out and two cows were killed. The little bas; when he recovered from the sh crawled to the house and notif; the rest of the family.. A NEW NOkII-IER\ RAIL AY Edmon ton Will Be Given Connections With Hudson Bay and the North. A despatch from Edmonton says: e+'inanced by British capitalists of international repute, holding a Fed- eral charter; which provides for 1,- 800 miles of new railway cgnstruo- ion , giving Canada a new transcon- nental line, with Fort, Churchill on be east and. Port Essington on the est as terminals, and connecting 'dmonton with Lac la Riche, Fort celurray and Lake Athabasca, o Northern Territorial Railway 11 ooinmence a survey of its route from Edmonton north-easterly in the course of the next few days, and before the close of the "season a start will probably be made on the actual construction of the grade. The corporation is capitalized at $40,000,000, and under the charter, which was granted by the Domin- ion Parliament at its last session, has bonding powers amounting to $4o,000 per mile. The length of this new transcontinental from the coaet to fort Churchill *ill be 1,450 miles. WOMEN 'BURNED ALIVE. Atrocities Marked Capture of Cl nese Town by Tibetans., A despatch from Changhal a Horrible atrocities marked the eent capture of the City of Lill in the Province of Sze -Cheri the Tibetans. Many wore. children were burned alive oe wise slaughtered. Thee g defended the city for an `tin then fled, leaving 70 d.att streets. Mr. P. W. Sothman will.reti4 Chief Engineer of the J.ilyelree tric Commission. EASE ON FVFRY VESSEL "antine Station Reports a Bad Year Among the Immigrants. despatch from Ottawa says n a report to the Minister of Agri ilture, Dr. G. G. Martineau, of the, arantine station, Grosse Isle,'' tebeo. states that the year ended i .'aroh 31, 1912, has •been a bad one as;far as-quarantinable disease" is concerned:. • Six 'passenger vessels arrived in quarantine with small- pox an board, two with cholera, and one with typhus fever. • Two births and seven deathsoccurred in the hospital during- the year. The doc- tor announces that two very uncom mon easeshave made 'an appear- ance, cholera and typhus fever. Three hundred and sixty-seven vessels 'underwent quarantine in- spection during. the year ending March 31, 1912, a decrease`of eleven as compared with last'year, due to labor strikes in Great Britaindur- ing the summer. The total number of passengers exams* ed was 193,313 an increase in the year of 1.5,146. Infections or coacagmus diseases was reported or dlseetered at the quarantine station ;n every passers ger boat sailing to that pert on one or more occasions with the excep- tion 0f two, and the patients trans- ferred from vessels to hospitals were 102. PRICES OF FARM PRECIS REPORTS FROM THE 8EADINO TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Oattie. Crain, Cheese and Other Ramadco at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFs. Toronto, July 16. -Flour -Winter wheat. 90 per cent. patents. $9.16 to $4.20, at sea- board, and at $4.20 to $4.25 for home con- sumption. Manitoba flours -First patents; $5.70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern. $1.- 12 1-2, 1:121-2, Bay ports; No. 2 at 51.091-2, and No. 3 at $1.05, Bay ports. Feed wheat by sample, 62 to 64o, Bay porta. Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, red and mix- ed, 51.04, outside. Peas -Purely nominal. -"Oats-Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 46e, and No. 3 at 45c, one track, Toronto. No, 1 extra W. C. feed, 48c, Bay ports, and No, 1 at 47e, Bay ports. Barley -Prices nominal. Corn -No. 3 American yellow. 75c, on track. Bay ports, and at 79c, Toronto. Rye -Prices nominal. Buckwheat Prices nominal. Bran -Manitoba bran, $22, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $24. COUNTRY PRODUCE: Beans -Hand-picked, $3 per bushel; primes, 52.65 to $2.75. Roney -Extracted, in tine, 11 to 120 Per lb. Combs, $2,50 to 52.75 per dozen. Baled hay -No. 1 at $15 to $16, on track, Toronto; No. 2 at $11 to $12, and mixed olover at $9.. Baled straw -Good straw, $10 to 510.50, on track, Toronto. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, in bags, $1.40, and Delawares at $1.60. Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry. • Chickens, '15. to 170 per Ib.; fowl, 11 to 120; turkeys, 18 to ,9c. Live .;poultry, .about 2o .lower than, the^,above., 9'CS Eit:v.H GS, C1LEE E.• •B e-.7 ax . olfoioe23 to 24e; beers',. inferitior, to 20; creamery, 27 to 28c for 5co11s, and 26c: for solids. Eggs -New -laid, 24e, per dozen, and' of fresh at 22 to 23c. - Cheese -New cheese, 14 to 141-20 per ib. DOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 141.4o per lb., in ease lots. Pork -Short out, $24 to $25; do., mess, $20.50 to $21. Hams -Medium to light, 171-2 to 180; heavy, 161-2 to 170; rolls, 13 to 131-2o; breakfast bacon, 181.2o; backs, 20 to $le. 141-2c.Lard--Tiorces, 133.4e; tubs,k 150; pails, MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, July 16. -Oats -Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 48 to 481-2c; do.. No. 3, 47 to 471-20; do., extra No. 1 feed, 48 to 481-2e. Barley -Man. feed, 641-2 to 650; do., malt- ing" $1.05 to 51 07. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, $5.30; do., strong bakers'. $5.10; do., Win- ter patents, choice, $5.40 to $5.50; do., straight rollers, 54.95 to $5.00; do., straight rollers, bags, $2.40 to $2.45. Rolled oats- Barrels, $4.90; do.. begs, 90 lbs.. $2.321-2. Bran -$21. Shorts -526. Middlings -$27. Mouillie-$30 to $34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, oar lots, $17 to $18. Cheese -Finest west- erns, 13 to 131.8c; do., easterns, 123.8 to 12 6.80. Butter -Choicest creamery, 25 1.2 to 25 3.40; do., seconds, 24 3.4 to 251-4o. Eggs -Selected, 25 to 26o. No. 2 stock, 15 to 16o, Potatoes -Per bag, oar lots, $1.50 to 51.60. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapoli6, July 16. -Wheat -July, 91.- 061-2; September, $1.011.8 to $1.01 1-4; De- cember, $1.021.8; No. 1 hard, $1.09 1.2; No. 1 Northern, 51.09 3.4 to 51.09; No. 2 North- ern, $1,07 to. $1.07 1-2. No. 3 yellow corn, 70 to 72c. No. 3 white oats, 47 to 471-2. No. 2 rye, 68 to 70c. Bran. $20.50 to $21.00. Flour, first patents, $5.20 to $5.45; second patents, 54.90 to $5.15; first clears, 53.60 to $3.65; second clears, $2.50 to $2.80. Buffalo, July 16. -Spring wheat, No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, .3113; Winter, No. '2 red, $i.13; No. 3 red, $112; No. 2 white, $116. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 780; No. 4 yellow. 761.4e No. 3 corn, 75 3.4 to 761.4c; No. 4 corn, 741.4 to 74 3.4c, allon traok through billed. Oats, No. 2 white, 621.2e; No. 3 white, 51 1-2e; No. 4 white, 501.20. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. - Montreal, July 16. -The top prloe`for best steers was $7, and the lower grades from that down to 55 per cwt„ Prices of butchers' Bows ranged from $3.50 to. $6.50 per cwt.; bulla sold at $3.00 to 53.50 per owt. Sheep sold at $4.00 to 54.50 per cwt., and lambs at $6.00 to $6.25 each. Sales of calves were made at from $3 0D to $10.00 each, as to size and quality. Hogs sold at 98.90 to $8,65, and mixed lots as low as $8.25 per cwt., weighed off oars. Toronto, July 16. -Cattle - Exporters, choice, $7.90 to 58; bulls, $4.50 to $5.25; cows, 55 to $5.25. Butcher --Choice. $7, t ie $7.50; medium, $6.50 to 56.90; cows, $5 to 5515. Calves -$7.60 to 57.85. $tockors-$4.- 50 to $5.76. Sheep -Light ewes are steady at $4 to 54.50; heavy, 33 to $4; spring lambs, steady, at 57.75 to $8.50. Hogs - Selects. $7.50 f.o.b., and $7.85 fed and wat- ered. e+ ST. JOHN HARBOR WORK. Ilon. W. T. White Pressed the But- ton in Presence of Thousands. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says: In the presence of thousands of spectators, Hon. W. White, Min- ister of Finance, on Thursday offici- ally opened the harbor development operations at Courtney Bay, touch- ing an .electric button, which ex- ploded a great charge of dynamite some distance away, tearing off a section of hill which has to be re- moved. The great. crowd cheered when the explosion carne, and speeches were made by Hon. Mr. White; Hon. J. D. Reid, Minister of Customs; Hon. Wm. Pugsley, 'M.P., ex -Minister of Public -Works; Lieut. -Gov.. ,Weds, .Pfeneifr F1em- ing, Geo.. W. "fowler, M.P. IMPROVE VICTORIA HARBOR. Government Will Spend a Million on the Pacific Port. A despatch from Ottawa says: It its understood that the Government has decided to call for tenders in the near future for the construction of important harbor improvements at Victoria, B.C. The work will probably co;xt over a million dollars, The contemplated improvements will do much to increase the impor- tance of Victoria as a Pacific port. 4 TWIN SISTER DIED. Since Which Time Survivor Has Been Deaf and Dumb. A despatch from London, Eng- land, says: The relieving officer of the Ch'ertsey Board of Guardians reportsa peculiar ease. A girl named Beatrice Etherington, the daughter of a laborer, is now in a leading nursing home under treat- ment. She talked and heard until she was 2 years and 9 months old, when her twin sister died, after which she became deaf and dumb. Since that time not an intelligible word has passed her lips. g An airship dropped on .a crowd of spectators in Winnipeg. No one was seriously injured. SMOKING AND DRIN[{ING Revenue Returns Show that Consumption of Cig- arttes Is on the Increase. A despatch from Ottawa says: On the basis of head of population, Canadians are drinking snore beer :kid liquor and smoking more cigars, igarettes and tobacco year by year, hording to returns to the Inland ,enue department. The increase, oWever, is not so much as would i'sa,r by comparison with last This is on account of the s •.hell million" in the popula- k to consumption of liquor ,tobiieeo is based on the pope- ut as estimated by the. Census rErnditt. For the ',fiscal year iheesi;irnate was 7,901,530. The 1 population this year, how- ever, turns out to be only 7;423,000. Consumption of spirits last year equalled 1.030 gallons per head as against. .99 gallons in the corre- sponding! year. Of beer the con- sumption Was 6.598 gallons per head, as compared with: 5.434, and• of wine .114 gallons as against .108. Heavy growth; also is indicated in the tobacco habit. Tht total equalled 3.011 pounds per head of popula- tion. Cigarettes entered for :con- sumption aggregated 782,663,841, as against 585,035,370 in the previous year, .Cigars consumed were 252,- 718,242, an inerease of twenty-five. million. THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH IIAPPENIN GS PROM ALL OVER TIIE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. Canada, tato Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. CANADA. Judge Mahaffffy of Bracebridge. died in England. Scores of Americans are flocking to farms in Essex county. The crops in Saskatchewan are in splendid condition. The .Whitby hospital for the in- sane will be a model asylum. Nearly133,000 $33,000 was raised for the new Y.W.C.A. building at. Berlin. Fort William is to have a -cox and, foundry plant to cost a million dol- lars. A factory watchman at Hanover,. Ontario, fell down an elevator shaft and was fatally injured. ,A young man named Farley was drowned out of a canoe in the lake near Hamilton. Sunday night. The Dominion Railway Board ap- proved the Canadian Northern Railway's tunnel scheme in Mont- real. Seven hundred Indians took part in the celebration of Bishop Grpu-. ard's golden anniversary in Alber- ta. -A seven -months' -old girl living near Galt has two grandmothers and four great-grandmother liv- ing, Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie Canals in June reached the record figure of more than ten mil- lion tons. A Cumberland, Que., farmer nam- ed Wintele, crazed with jealousy,. murdered his wife and then drowned himself. The Provincial Governments through Hon. I. B. Lucas well An vestigate public ownership of -Wier phones in Britain. GREAT BRITAIN. The King went down a coal minae and wielded a pick. . The Wimbledon Cup was won an Irish marksman. The Kink and Queen .entertaine Premier Borden to luncheon. A male suffiagist..assaiilte4 YX; Lloyd George,:&nd was .pities unt:Yex .• arrest. ,, Many families of the dock strik; ers are on the verge of etarvat:ie in East London. The reproduction of Elizabethan scenes and pageantry at the exhi- bition in London was a brilliant Bt The British Foreign Office has communicated to the United ,States Government Canada's proposed ob- jections to the Panama Canal regu- lations. Sixty-five, including three Gov- ernment inspectors, were killed by an explosion in the Cadeby colliery, Yorkshire. It is feared that the, number of dead may reach 80. GENERAL. Signor Mascagni, the composer, eloped with a chorus girl. The Federal forces drove the. Mexican insurgents from Sauz. Strike riots broke out --at Zurich, Switzerland, and the troops were called out. The Portuguese Parliament closed its session to cries of "Long live the Republic." The Royalist forces make no headway in Northern Portugal. The rising appears to be fizzling put. George Goulding of Toronto won the 10,000 metres walking champion- ship in the Olympic games at Stock- holm. 44 - BEEF FAMINE IN LONDON.. Price Rises Phenolltenally, Duo to Foot and Mouth Disease. A despatch from London says:. The price of home -killed beef rose $7.50 a carcass in London on Wed- nesday on account of the foot and mouth disease which prevlils among cattle. Two fresh cases w re'' discovered near London. Ireland exported 121 cattle last week, COM - pared with 36,290 in the salve week last year. OLI) WOMAN'S FATAL SHORE. Ashes Frcim Pipe Started 'Fire That Burned Her to Death. A despatch from Montreal says: Ashes from her, pipe on Thursday night set fire to the clothes of Mrs, Elizabeth Boudreau, an aged French-Canadian woman, residing •• at 500 Stours Street, St: Henry, and before neighbors could extinguish the daises she was so badly burned' that her life is despaired of at the We'tiirn Hospital.