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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-09-06, Page 2GENERAL BOOTIE'S FUNERA Workmen, Weeping Women and Children Marched in the Great Procession. Gp A. despatch from London says: The body of the late General Wil- Iiam Booth was laid on Thursday beside that of Catherine Booth, his wife, in Abney Park cemetery, amid signs of deeprespect from men and women of all classes. Representa- tives of reigning houses and of Presidents of Republics, joined round the grave with many thou- sands from the masses whom the founder of the Salvation Army had tried to uplift. Delegates of legis- lative bodies, civic corporations, the army, the navy, business men of all branches, workmen who had sacrificed their day's wages, weep- ing women and children of whom the General was a true frend, marched -shoulder to shoulder in the great procession which followed the body of the General to its last sim- ple resting place. The coffin was borne from the great doorway of headquarters of the hearse, which was decorated only with dry palms placed over the " Blood and Fire" banner draping the casket. The celebrated battle flag which the General had planted on Calvary was placed at the head of the coffin, and as this was done the flags of the foreign deputations and of English provincial corps dipped in salute. At the '.same time the vast crowd reverently uncovered their heads. Then the General's campaign cap and favorite Bible were lifted on to the platform of hte funeral car. The scene was a most impressive one, as the delegates from the pro- vinces and abroad, stepping slowly to the solemn strains of the "Dead March in Saul," played by forty bands, marched past the funeral car, and came to the full salute as they stepped by the coffin. A guard of honor. composed of the chief lo- cal and foreign officers of the Salva- tion Army, stood at attention round the hearse.Eaoh eorps was pre- ceded receded by a group of battle flags. As the strains of music from each band died away after it had passed the coffin another band took up the melody. Leading the hearse when the pro- cession started was a carriage filled with splendid floral tokens. sent by dignitaries and distinguished friends of the late General. Imme- diately after the hearse a, selected bodyguard of staff officers of the Salvation Army swung into line, preceding the mourners of the fam- ily, who were led by General and Mrs. Bramwell Booth. Then came forty-eight brigades of members of the Army and these were followed by a rear -guard composed of offi- cers from the international head- quarters and the emigration staff. The procession was over a mile in length, and those composing it car- ried Salvation Army banners.- A short distance from the starting point in Queen Victoria Street the coffin passed the Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange. As• General Booth had been an honorary freeman of the City of London, the Lord Mayor appeared on the balcony of the Mansion House and saluted the coffin. The procession took three hours to traverse the five miles from the starting point to the cemetery gates. All along the line, on both sides of the streets, enormous crowds looked on. These became more dense as the approach to the cemetery was reached. The service was a very simple one, consisting of singing of Salva- tion Army hymns. General Bram- well Booth and his sister, Miss Eva Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army in America, deliv- ered speeches. while the General's youngest daughter sang a solo. MELON CROP POOR. Weather Has Been Too Cool and Cloudy for Ripening A despatch from Montreal says: "The local melon erop is a failure." This is the way a fruit -dealer de- scribed the crop on Friday. Fruit - growers who make a specialty of growing Montreal melons are up against it. "The crop is at least a month late,". he said. "There has been enough se ' Ktr re .ward ... Imo'•'?9git;e-• •.erste-#ie se tSr rE : rols.s now this of''fr:ui't will he a clear loss," BULLDOG BITES BOY. Chased Another, and Is Locked Up Pending Official Action. A despatch from Stratford says: A large white bulldog belonging to Mr. Casson of the Victoria Hotel, on. Friday morning attacked Keith Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murray, of the postoffioe, and drew blood. Earlier in the day the dog, which had been acting queerly, chased another lad. tearing a piece of his coat off. The canine was later •eaptured and locked up, pending the action of the authori- ties. s: GIFT TO THE KAISER. National Subscriptions ToWirds Fleets of Aeroplanes. A despatch from Berlin says: The national subscription for the purpose of purchasing a fleet of aeroplanes as a gift to Emperor William, on Friday reached the sum of $1,500,000., The subscription was opened April 21 last. FATHER. AND SON ESCAPED. But Mother and Six Children Were Burned. despatch from Rutherford, New Jeey, says : Mrs. Emilio Debaro and six of her seven children, rang- ing from five months to twelve years old, met death early on Fri- day in a fire which razed their home. Debate, the husband and father, and th .seventh child, s. bix p ileir 7 . Nr Grant Appleby Stctbbel,. by `.'Wil(i. Pete" Col A despatch from . Gob. frew County, Boys by, aged 27, a x5tudent' dance at the Ontario College, Toronto, wa his vacation widh his',•Pe and Mrs. Thomas Apt Township, was foully. Friday night imnreci'a 'iff the parental Holl i stabbed twice to the; "Wild .Pete" Colixz�s, a:` the district, The murder direct result of a 'gi14 occurred on Thursday vie village. Collins is Raid to', 'sul.ted Appleby, and t' taliated, a fierce hand -44 ensuing. Collins Went by in a vicious mannere el , ear to shreds. Although t, man, Appleby contented;, with ending the quarrel and the pair were separ`, friends. Collins evidently'':' forget the incident, and car hatred to great extremes. been known to be of a veVy'e disposition and at times leas regarded as insane. AI\ TIPODES y : for Passage brine Cabled by Governtnen t to Vancouver Cadets A despatch from Ottawa says: the Dominion Government has just ame 440 the rescue of a company of n.,??ian cadets who are far from cine weeks ago arrange- ;, adeforavisitofea- neouver to Australia, s being provided by private crupticn. The cadets in due revoir to the shores of '•eetarted, across the i?a gine. ' "'hey were given" a royal ,1 eception in the Commonwealth, aril.a t newhat extended itinerary wee arra. gad for them there. The as?dian:i were scoring peaceful aeries ies n unbroken succession, beet the disquieting discovery was tlat the funds hereinbefore 'ned were dwindling with un - WHEN "B. P." .A.CTEJ3e An old soldier who was in Malta at the time Major-General ;Beeler) Powell was there as a major has been telling some good ste i s about him. : al "When B. -P. was aide-de*c"alAp to the Governor of Malta in 1831b," he said, "he was the life and cul; pen. Sir Robert Baden.erowtcil expected and alarming rapidity. The financial situation became more acute ars the tour continued, until at last the company was con- fronted with the possibility of hav- ing to ,spend the rest of its days in Australia for lack of the means to. return. In this painful extremity an appeal was made to the Govern- went at Ottawa. The consideration given to the supplication of the Canadians ex- patriated in the Antipodes was careful, but sympathetic. It has been decided that a perfectly good company of youthful citizens is worth bringing back to Canada, and, following this . decision, the sum of one thousand dollars is be- ing sent by cable to Capt. Davey, who is in command of the cadets. PRICES OF FARM PEONCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADINO TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Poses of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Other Produce at H.,me and Abroad BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept., 3.—Flour—Winter wheat, 90 per cent: patents, $3 80 to 83.85 for new f.o.b. mills, and art $3.90 to $3.95 for old f.o.b. mills. Manitoba flours (these quo- tations are for jute bags, in cotton bags 100 more) First • patents, $5.70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat—No. 1 Northern, nom- inal at $L13 1-2, Bay ports; No. 2 at $1.10( and No. 3 at $1.07, Bay ports, Feed wheat sells at 65c, Bay ports. • Ontario Wheat—No. 2 white, red and mixed, 97 to 98o, outside; new wheat, 92 to 93o, outside. Peas—Nominal. Oats—New oats, 40e here, and old at 43 to 431-2c, Toronto. No. 2 W. C. oats, 451-2c, Bay ports. Barley—Lower grades, 58 to 63c, out. side. Corn—No. 2 American yellow, 85e, on track, Bay ports, and 89 to 990, Toronto; No, 3, 88c, Toronto, and 87c, Bay ports. Rye—Nominal. Buckwheat—Nominal. Bran—Manitoba bran, $22, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $23. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Dairy choice, 25 to 26c; bakers', inferior, ale; choice dairy, tubs, 23 to 24c; creamery, 27 to 280 for rolls, and 26 to 261.2c for solids. Eggs—Oase lots of now laid, 26 to 270 per dozen; fresh, 24o. Oheese—New cheese, 141-4 to 141.2o for large, and 141.2 to 14 3.4c for twine. Beane—Band-picked, $3 per bushel; primes, $2.85 to $2.90. Honey—Extracted, in tine, quoted at - 111 -2 to 151.20 per Ib, for No. 1, whole- sale; combs, $2.25 .to. $3,: wholesale. Poultry--Wholesaio; • prices of choice t;e teetetate eees, ie. to ase ,'pei en4 1$ to 14e;.duek1i>its, 14 to 15e. ice poultry, about 2a lower than the above.. Potatoes—Canadian,' new, 65 to 750 per bushel. BLOODY RIOT IN BRAZIL. Political Squabble at Para Let to Death of Many. A despatch from Rio de Janeiro says: Many persons were killed and wounded during a political riot at Para. Business is at a standstill. Lemos, one of the political leaders, is a prisoner. A newspaper office was burned. as: MUST SERVE ONE YEAR. Teamster Sentenced for Running Down Young Woman. A despatch from Toronto says: John Merton, a teamster, was sen- tenceStl on Friday by Magistrate Denison to serve one year in the Central Prison for driving over Gladys White at Bay and Welling- ton streets, on July 13th. Mr. P. J. Carey has been appoint- ed Chief Fruit Inspector for West- ern Ontario. Some unusual engineering prob- lems are involved in the plans for the new Welland Canal. WEST CALLS FOR MARE MEN Wages Offered Are Half as Much Again as Two or Three Years Ago. A despatch from Winnipeg says: "We are still short 25,000 harves- ters to meet the requirements of the west," said J. Bruce Walker, Do- minion Commissioner of Immigra- tion, Thursday morning, "And I am extremely anxious -that every effort should be made to -obtain them. I concede that the harvesters' spe- cials have been filled to overflow- ing with a splendid class of work- ers, butt I am afraid that our friends Ontario have failed to appreci- te the urgent needs of the western riners for this year's crop. The stimate of 50,000 is not in the lightest exaggerated; not more han 20,000 from eastern Canada have reached Winnipeg to date. "Deputy Minister Harcourt of Edmonton wired me on Thursday : `There are not enough men for har- vest in this province as yet. Advis- able get railway companies run more specials.' "Deputy Minister Mantle of Sas- katchewan wired me: 'Saskatche- wan has about one-half number of men required. Strongly advise sup- plementary excursions.' N "Western farmers are paying $3 to $3.50 per day with board for good, experienced harvesters. This is fifty per cent, of an increase over the wages of two or three years ago, whilst the harvesters' ex- pee.ses have not increased." frig Tommy Atkins contented his lot.. He did more to keep soldiers of the garrison together. than anybody else. He net only started a soldiers' club, but "one PROVISIONS. Bacon—Long clear, 131-2 to 14c per lb., in case lots. Pork—Short cut, $24,50 10 night each week he had a oonaert, "$26; do., mess. $20 to $21. Items—Medium for the men. "One particular evening I at- tended with some friends, and we noticed that Major Baden-Powell was down on the programme. To our astonishment, when his turn arrived, a Tommy Atkins came up- on the stage, and in a little' speech regretted that Major Baden-Powell couldn't appear, and that the lat- ter had deputed him to take his place, whereupon he proceeded' to deliver a song caricaturing a ftrl7r pish officer inspecting the guard. The house went into roars of laugh- ter, and it was not until the sosg was half -way finished that the au- dience awoke to the realization that the soldier on the platform was really B. -P, himself." PASSED CENTURY RAMC. John Whinney, Formerly of 'lfeee� icoka, Dies at St. Catharine:4, A despatch from St. Cathari . says: The death occurred on'*: nesday at the Industrial Horne this city of John Whinney, who luta reached the ripe old age of D.1,. years. He had made his home there, for many years, formerly residiet in Muskoka. He was still in f;: good health until 'a short tin ': fore death. Had he lived until Hallowe'en he would haver his 102nd birthday. FIVE HUNDRED ON'J Employees of Steel Comp mend Increase in Wtlgt:sw to light, 17 to 171.2o; heavy, 151-2 to 16c; rolls, 131.2 to 13 3-4c; breakfast ba- eon, aeon, 18 to 181.2c; backs, 20 to 201-2o. Lard—Tierces, 13c; tubs, 131.4c; pails, 131-2c. BALED HAT AND STRAW. Baled Hay—No, 1 new hay, $12 to $13, on track, 'Toronto; No. 2, $10 to $11; clover, mixed, $8 to 39. Baled Straw—$10 to $10.50, on track, To- ronto. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 3.—Oats — Canadian Western, No. 2, 481-2 to 49e; do., No. 3, 47 to 471.2a; extra No. 1 feed, 481.2 to 49e. Barley—Manitoba feed, 63 to 64c; malting, • 80c. Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; do., seconds, $5.30; strong bakers', $5.10; Winter pat- ents, choice, $5.25; straight rollers, 54.85 to $4.90; do., in bags, 32.25 to $2.30. Rolled oats—Barrels, $5.05; bag of 90 lbs., 32.40 Millfeed—Bran, $22; shorts, $26; middlings $28; mouillie, $30 to $34. Hay—No, 2, per ton, oar lots, $16 to $16.50. Cheese—Fin- est westerns, 131-2 to 135.8c; do., easterns, 13 to 131.4. Butter—Ohoicest creamery, 261-4 to 261-2c; seconds, 251.2 to 26e. Eggs Selected, 28 to 290; No. 2 stock, i9 to 20e. Potatoes—Per bag, car lots, $1.10 to $1,15. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Sept. 3.—Wheat--Septem- ber, 91 3-4 to 917-8c; December, 92 3.4 to 927-8e; May, 973.8e; No. 1 hard, $1.003.8; No. 1� Northern, 927.8 to 997.80; No. 2 Northern, 827.8 to 967.8e. No. 3 yellow corn, 771-2 to 78c. No. 3 white oats, 31 to 311.20. No. 2 rye, 63 to 641.2e, Bran, $19 to $19.60. Flour—Leading local pat - ants in wood, f.o.b. Minneapolis, $4.66 to $4.95; other patents, $4.50 to $4.85; first clears, $3,50 to $3.80; second clears, $2.60 to $2:90. Duluth, Sept. 3,—Wheat—No. 1 North- ern, 961-4 to 981-40; No. 2 Northern, 961-4 to 96 3.80; September, 941-4o bid; Decem- ber, 931.2c; May, 98o asked. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 3.—Top steers, $5 to $6.- 35; 6:35; good, $5.90 to $6.15; fair, $5.45 to $5: 70; medium, $5.20 to $5.40. Butchers' bulls averaged $2 to $3; canning bulls, $1.50 to $1.75. Butchers' cows, $4.40 to 84.60; good, $4.10 to $425; fair, $3.85 up to $4, and poor to medium, $2.50 to $3.50. Canners and boners, $1.50 to $2.25. Old sheep, 31.2 to 41-2c per lb. Spring lambs, 61-4 to 61-20 per lb. Select hogs, $8.50; sows, $7, and stags, $4 per cwt., off cars. Grass calves. $8 to $12 each. Milk calves, $3 to $7 each, according to size and qua- lity. uality. Toronto, Sept. 3.—One prime steer, weighing 1,250 pounds, sold at $7 and several at $6,90. Canners were a little easier, going at from $1.50 to 32.50. Lambs aro now down to $6.75. Sheep remained about the same. Calves were steady at bring g $9. Hogs were a trifle firmer, IIOG CHOLERA NEAR WINDSOR One Hundred and Fifty Were Or- dered to be Killed. A despatch from Windsor says: An epidemic of hog cholera is re- ported in the vicinity of farms on Dougal road, and unless the dis- ease is checked in the next few days it is feared a large, percent- age of swine will have to - be killed. Dr. F. A. Jones, Government Live Stock Inspeotor, has directed the destruction of 150 hogs during the past two days, • Forty-six animals were owned'. -by Joseph 'Dumou- ,1laeilex a..rereein;dee belonged fo rtres lu 1 and r t ^�mou ,cC a Stox. The farms or• the three are in the same neighborhood: The investigation will be continued, as Dr. Jones believes there are more eases of contagion in the vicinity The value of the swine runs into several hundred dollars. e• ,NARCOTIC IMPORTS. Big Increase in Canada in - First Four Months. A despatch from Ottawa says: According to a Government return the importation of narcotics into Canada has grown heavily in the first four months of the current fis- cal year. The importation of pure cocaine was one hundred and thir- ty-seven ounces as against thirty- five in the whole of last .year. In the four months nine hundred and thirty-three pounds of crude opium was brought in. The total impor- tation of this lot year was five thousand and seventeen pounds; powdered opium imports in four months were one hundred and for- ty-four pounds, as compared with two hundred and fifty-five for the whole of last year. The Niagara fruit crop is ready for marketing. POTATO YTELD VERY ENVY Dealers are Buying Very Lightly, Expecting the Prices to Decline A despatch from Hamilton About 500 employes of Ate Company of Canada '''have,-' work, and made a demand firm for an increase in we eb met the heads of the ceMj.7ii. Wednesday, but no settleej reached. Some of the ,rileiiY that they make only $12 a'WO working seven days a weelq' rate of wages being about' cents per hour, while some g much as 18 cents an hour, rlil; patch from Toronto says; - ie chnsuumeu is at last to, get re - from the high prices of pots • The potato crop reports from otato growing districts show an lineally heavy yield. The west- p4rt of Ontario and the vicinity eee evilie, as well as the Mari I rovinces and the Delaware ir,• all have excellent yields.. kirreege this year has 'greatly ▪ ria laflt week the price of tu- hr e fallen off 35 per hagwhole- ;;. a �e days the retail prices 80' to 90 cent 'ver bag, whereas l-ast winter, Torontonians paid $2 per bag for potatoes im- ported from Ireland. The local dealers,. both retail and wholesale, are buying very lightly, expecting the drop to take place any time now. The cool weather for the past month, followed by " rains, has played great havoc among the field crops, but it has been ideal for po- tatoes, .and unless rain followed by a very hot sun overtakes the grow- ers before harvesting operations are completed, the yield will be a record -breaker OE NEWS IN A PARA RA HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVETt TBE GLOB IN A 1W CUMULI,. Canada, the Empire and in General Before Eyes. CANADA, Jesuits are to found a classical. college at Edmonton:. A chorus girl was ehot by her husband while motoring with an, other man ear Hamilton. `7,1 A wide charter has' been granted. to a colonization company to dei business in Northern Ontario, Iv Timothy Murphy of Ottawa was-'' p fatally injured while drilling a well.. Miss Hazel M. Hallett, Toronto,' won a gold medal for penmanship, against 10,000 competitors. An unknown man, thought .to a Scotsman, was killed by a, tra on the Lake St. John Railway, Recorder Dupuis of Montreal resigned owing to ill -health. Amedee Geoffrion, seeds him. John Leybourne of Guelph waw killed and John Foster severely in jured in an ,elevator' accident at the Prison Farm dormitory. John Sequin, engineer of aCen- tral Vermont passenger 'train, was fatally crushed in collision with" a freight engine at St. Lambert. The C.P.R. will use telephone de- spatching over its 4,000 miles o single track from ocean to ocean this year. Plans have been prepared for an addition to the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, which will make it ` th largest hostelry in America. The dispute between the C.P.R and its stationmasters and tele graphers has been settled by a. eon promise on a, 10 per cent. increas in wages. Two fire insurance- companie were put out of the WesternCanad Fire Underwriters' Association fo violating rules concerning ra cutting. The largest electrically-equippe lumber mill on this continent h just been opened by the Britis Canadian Lumber Company on t Pacific coast. the Woirl� Your GREAT BRITAIN. British suffragettes issued statement declaring that they i tended organizing their forces Canada. . UNITE1, STATES.. the leader of the.Uniani Mr. Bomar LOW; was. in a b11e accident: .. An insane woman who tried reach President Taft was found possession of several knives. GENERAL. United States troops landed Nicaragua to protect American i terests. There are reports of further ma sacres of Christiana on the Alba; ian frontier. Captain. S. F. Cody won the fir prize of £4,000 at the British a aviation meet. C MONTREAL'S DEATH RATE. Jews at Other Extreme of the V tel Records. A despatch from Montreal says That the highest . death -rate i among "other Catholics," which i the form -in the health statistic used to denote all Catholics n French-speaking, is the conolusio arrived at by Dr. Louis Laberge Medical Health Officer, in eompil ing statistics for his report for th past -twelve months. The percen tage of deaths as against births i as follows :—Other Catholics, 66.71; French-speaking Catholics, 59.40; Protestants, 59.10; Jews, 33.14. The statistics show a total of 17,637 births during 1911. and 9,974 deaths, or a difference of 7,663. $16,000,000 FOR MONTREAL. Half From Revenue, the Rest Frond Loa Lons and Levies. A despatch from Montreal says; According to tables prepared by City Auditor Pelletier, Montrea will have $16,000,000 at its disposal next year. Of this $8,100,000 wil come out of revenue, such as rea estate taxes, water taxes, etc.,' an the balance from loans and specia levies. MORE ENGINES FOR I.C.R. Nineteen Locomotives Have Bee Ordered in Last Few Days. A despatch from Ottawa say The Cabinet at its sitting on We nesday resolved to purchase fi large., and powerful engines for:. tit Intercolonial, to cost $110,00 Fourteen were ordered a few day ago; bringing the additions up . nineteen.