HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-05-16, Page 3drain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Breadstutfs.
Toronto, May 13.—Flour—Ontario Wheat
Sour, 90 per Dent. patents quoted at $3.90
to, $3.95, Montreal or Toronto freights.
Manitobas—First patents, in jute bags,
25.30; second patents, in jute. bags, $4.80;
strong bakers', in \jute bags, $4.60.
Manitoba Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 990, on
traek, Bay ports; No. 2 at 961.4o; No. 3
gat 981;2o, Bay ports. For Allay shipment,
one-half—cent less.
Ontario Wheat—No. 2 ' white and red
'wheat, 96 to 97o, outside, and inferior at
about 75o.
Oat's—Ontario oats, 33 to 34c, outside, and
M 37e on track, Toronto. Western Canada
oats, 46c for No. 2, and at 38 1-4c for No. 3,
Bay ports, prompt shipment.
-Peas-96o to $1, outside.
. Barley—Forty-eight-lb. barley of good
quality, 51 to 63c, outside. Feed, 40 to 500.
Corn—No. 3 American corn, 61c, all -rail,
land at 561-2o, c.i.f. Midland. — "
'lye—Prices are nominal.
I. Buckwheat—No. 2 at 62 to 63c, outside.
Bran—Manitoba bran. $18.60 to $19, in
bags, Toronto freight. Shorte, $20 to $21,
Toronto.
Country Prodl;ce.
'• Butter --Dairy prints, choice, 23 to 250;
Inferior, 18 to 19c; creamery, 28 to 300 for
roils and 27 to 28c for" solids.
Eggs—Case lots, 20o here and at 17 to
18c outside.
Cheese -13 to 131-2a for twins, and at
121-2 to 13e for large.
Beans—}laud-picked. $2.40 per bushel;
primes, $2 to $225, in a jdbbing way.
Honey—Extracted, in tins, 12 3.4 to 13o
per ,lb. for No. 1 wholesale; combs, $2.60 to
53 per dozen for No. 1 and 52.40 for No. 2.
Poultry—Well-fatted, oleau, dry -picked
stock:—Chickens, 18 to 20a per lb.; fowl,
16 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 210. Live poultry,
about 20 lower than the above.
Potatoes—Ontario stock, 45o per bag. on
track. and Delawares at 65 to 67 1-2c -per
. bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon—Long clear, 151-4 to 15 1-2o per ib.,
in ease lots. Pork—Short cut, 526 to 527;
do., mess, 521.50 to 522. }lams—Medium to
' light, 181.2 to 190; heavy, 161.2 to 17e; rolls,
16o; breakfast bacon, 191.2 to 20c; backs,
23 to 24c.
Laud—Tiereee, 141-4c; tubs, 1.41.20; pails,
14 3-4c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled }fay—No. 1, 512.50 to 513, on track,
Toronto; No. 2, $11 to $11.56. Mixed hay is
quoted at 510. Baled Straw—$8.50 to $9, on
track, Toronto.
Montreal Markets.
1 Montreal, May 13.—Corn, American No. 2
Yellow, 65 to 66o. Oats, Canadian Western.
o. 2, 421-2c; No, 3,481-2e; extra No.1 feed,
141.1-2c. Barley, Man„ feed, 61 to 52e; do.,
It
to $19. .Shorts, 521 to 522. Middlings, $24
malting, 65 to 70e. Buckwheat, No. 2, 66 to
580. Flour, Man. Spring. wheat patents,
firsts, 55.40; seconds, $4.90; strong bakers',
54.70; Winter patents, choice, 55.26;
straight rollers, 54.85 to $4.90; straight rel.,
lers, bags, 52.20"to $2.35. Ri711ed oats,. bar -
role, $4.36; bags, 90 lbs., 52.05. Bran, 517.50
to. 525. Mouillie, 528 to 534. Bay, No. 2,
p§.r ton car lots, $14 to. 514.50. Cheese, fin-
est westerns, 11 to 11 i -4o. Butter, choicest
creamery, 26 to 261-2o; seconds, 25 to 251-20.
Eggs, fresh, 21 to 22e. Potatoes, per bag,
oar lots, 60 to 60o.
Winnipeg Wheat.
Winnipeg, May 13,--Cash—Wheat—No. 1
Northern, 923-8c; No. 2, do., 891-20; No. 8,
do., 867-8a, No. 4, 831-2c; No. 6, 78c; No. 6.
74o: feed, 620; No. 1 rejected, seeds, 87o;
No. 2, do., 841-2o ; No. 3, do., 811-2o ; No. 1
tough, 861.20; No. 2, do., 833.40; No. 3,
do., 810; No. 4, do., 77 1-2o; No. 5, do., 711.2c;
No. 6, do., 671-2o; feed tough, 55 1-20; No. 1
red Winter, 933.80; No. 2, do., 901-2o; No. 3,
do., 877.00; No. 4, do., 84 1-2o. Oats—No. 2
C.W., 337-8c; No. 3, do., 313.4o; extra No.
1 feed, 331-2e; No. 1 feed, 321.40; No. 2,.do•,
303.4c. Barley—No. 3, 473.40; No. 4, 471.40.
Flax—No. 1 N: W.C., 51.14 1-2; No. 2 C.W.,
51.12; No. 3, do., 51.04. -
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, May 13.—Wheat—May. 861-2
to 86 5-8c; July, 883.4o; September, 89 1-2o.
Cash prices—No. 1 hard, 90o; No. 1 North-
ern, 881.2 to 891-2c; No. 2 Northern. 861-2
to 871-2. No. 3 yellow corn, 65 to 56c. No.
3 white oats, 331-2e. No. 3 rye, 56 to 580.
Flour prices unchanged. Bran, 515 to 517.
Duluth, May 13.1 -Linseed, cash, 51.30 to
51.301.4; May, 51.29 1-2; July, 51.31 1-2; Sep-
tember, 51.333.4 bid; October, 51.32 asked.
Wheat—No. 1 bard, 90 3-80; No. 1 North-
ern, 89 3-8c; No. 2 Northern. 86 7-8 to 87 3.60;
May, 881.4e, nominal; July, 90,1-8o asked;
September, 90 3-8e asked.
Live Stock Markets.
Montreal, May 13.—Prime beeves 71.8 to
75-8; medium, 51.4 to 7; common, 4 to 5.
Milkmen's' strippers. 4 1.2 to 5 3-4. A few
choice milkers went for $30 to $75 each.
Calves 23.4 to 6 1-2; sheep about 51-2 to 7;
spring lambs, $5 to $7 eaoh; hogs, 101-2.
Toronto, May 13.—Cattle—Choice export,
56.50 to $7; choice butchers; $6.60 to $7;
good medium, $6 to $6.26; common, $6 to
56.25; cows, 55.25 to 55.75; hulls, $6 25 to
55.75; canners. 52 to $2.50; autterer $3.25 to
53.75. Calves—Good veal, 55 to $7; choice,
58.50 to $9; common, 53 ta53.25. Stock-
ers and Feeders—Steers, 700 to 1,000
pounds, 54.50 to $5.75; yearlings, 53.10 to
$3.50; extra choice heavy feeders, 900
pounds, 55.85 to 56. Milkers and Spring-
ers—Steady demand for good stook at
from $50 to $72. Sheep and Lambs—Light
ewes, $6 to 57.25; heavy, $6 tb $6; iambs,
58.25 to 510; bucks, 54.50 to $6. Hoge -
59.80 to 9.85, fed and watered; 59.40 to
59.50 f.o.b., and 510.10 off care.
hNAN . IS FILLED BY POLICE.
•°ital Shooting in Street Car
Strike at Fort Williams
A despatch from Fort William,
Ont.; says: Shortly after 6 o'clock
• on Sunday evening a car operated
by strike-breakers ran off the track
at the corner of McTavish and
Simpson streets. Windows were
' broken and the car was also dam-
aged. About twohours later a
mob -of foreigners rushed the police
station and attempted to free the
one• man who had been arrested.
The police fired a volley over their
heads. They came on, and one
man was killed by the volley which
followed, and -another was badly
wounded in the leg. The mob
then retired. The man killed was
Mike Smorak. John Wulk was
U. S. TARIFF BILL.
Passed Molise of Representative
By a Large Majority.
A despawteli from. Wafahington
says : Tho Underwood Bill passed
the Vouse on Thursday night by til
vote of 281 to 131, and it is no -w up,
to the Senate to completi the 'ful-
filment of the Democrat tariff
pledge, For the first time in,.twenty,
years the Democratic party saw a
general tariff measure go through
the House of Representatives with
the certainty that ;in one form Or''
another it will in a few months be
the law of the land. "Representative
Underwood stated bluntly that the
Administration would. cause roves-
tigations to be made in the ease of
every factory that closed onthe'
ground that it was forced to do so
by conditions_ precipitated by the.
new tariff.
FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR.
wounded. ,, It s was ,not properly a
strike riot," as, there were no strik-
ers ooneerned, but the affair arose
out of the street car, strike which
began here on Saturday morning.
The mob consisted of foreigners,
worked up to a frenzy by agita-
tors.
DROPPED DEAD IN GARDEN.
Sudden Call to Elderly Man in Pe-
terborough.
A despatch from Peterborough
says: On Thursday afternoon
about 5 o'olock Wm. J. Overend fell
dead while working in his garden at
175 Locke Street. Deceased, who
was about seventy years of age,
leaves a wife and family. He for-
merly conducted the O.P.R. Hotel
here.
A. correspondent forwards the Dominion of New Zealand's coat -of -
'arms, which is herewiih reproduced. The figure on the left is Britan-
nia, holding the New Zealand flag, on which the Southern Cross ap-
pears in addition to the three crosses which are united to form the
Union Jack. The figure on the right is.a Maori (the aboriginal race).
On the shield is shown the four stars that form the Southern Cross,
also a sheaf, Maori water craft and weapons. The Crest shows the
Milan Jack supported by the lion. The arms were adopted at the
time (1907) the status of the country was raised from a colony to
Dominion.
Montreal Lover Shot Sweetheart,
Then Shot Himself. -
A despatch from Montreal says
Another shooting affair took place
here on Wednesday afternoon, and
as a result Eugene. Laporte, who
did the shooting, is dead, and his
victim, a young woman, is dying.
Laporte came to Miss. P. Barnard's.
house in the afternoon with two
other men. As soon as she opened
the, door he opened fire on her and
then turned the revolver on him-
self. Laporte 4ied an hour later,
while the woman, who has two bul-
let wounds, is likely to die. The af-
fair grew out of a lover's quarrel.
Laporte was a chauffeur employed
in the fire department.
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THE INNOCENT SUFFER..
Unoccupied House Owned by Widow
Gutted by Fire.
.A despatch from London says:.
An instance of the wrong that can
be done to the people who have no
interest in the suffragette move-
ment by the militants' indiscrimin-
ating campaign of violence is fur-
nished by the destruction of an un-
occupied house in Golders Green.
The owner is a young widow, whose
husband invested his savings in, pur-
chasing • the house. He died shortly,
after the marriage. The widow un-
derwent a long illness. When she
recovered she went to live with her
parents, aclhertieing. the ;hpuse.
"sale. This li`' Mee has now been gut-
ted by the suffragettes.
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Items of News by Wire
Notes of Interest as to What Is Going •
on All Over the World
Canada.
Toronto's civic estimates call for
the expenditure of $39,000,000 this
Year.
'A Russian was cut to pieces by
circular saws in a barrel works at
London.
The Ottawa Board of Control re-
fused to give the Duke —61 ---Con-
naught eighteen niches of a, street.
The curios and relics of the late
Pauline Johnson will be presented
to the Brantford Historical So-
ciety's museum.
Western newspapermen are nego-
tiating to supplement the Associ-
ated. Press service by more direct
news'from Great Britain.
The Winnipeg Board of Trade
protests against western freight
rates, asking the Government to
see them equalized as far as possi-
ble.
Startling facts and figures in re -
geed to the white slave traffic in
Canada were given by Mrs. Asa
Gordon of Ottawa at the National
°auneil of Women.
George S. Malloch, .son'of a Ham-
ilton doctor, has been appointed by
the Government to accompany Ste-
fansson, in charge of one of the
geological parties.
Mrs. Shortt of Ottawa at the Na-
tional Council of Women suggested
bringing out London boys to work
on farms in summer and as pages
and domestic servants in winter.
Thomas Flynn of Trenton, Super-
intendent of Dominion Canfiers,
Limited, dropped dead while work-
ing in his garden after supper on
Friday.
Mrs. R. L. Borden was presented
by Government members with an
electric brougham after the ad-
journment of the Commons at 4 a.m.
Saturday.
Arthur P. Hazen, Manager of the
Montreal branch of the Bank of
British North America, died at St.
John on Friday, a few weeks after
taking thither the body of his wife.
Great Britain..
British Cabinet Ministers are
closely guarded against possible as-
saults from the militants.
The women's suffrage bill was
again rejected in the British House
of Commons,.
An attempt was 'made to -.wreck
the historic St. Paul's Cathedral in
London with a bomb.
Militant suffragettes are suspect-
ed of having burned St, Catherine's
Church, near Chatham.
The 'home rule bill was given a
first reading in the British House of
Commons without debate.
"General" Drummond collapsed
in the Bow Street Police Court,
London, during proceedings against
the suffragettes.
Calshott Castle, a narrow strip
of land about midway between the
entrance to the fort and the naval
base at Portsmouth, has been se-
lected as a navy hydroplane base.
'United States.
The suffragettes continue their
campaign of destruction in Britain.
The American surgeons are dubi-
ous about the value of the Fried-
mann tub•rculosis cure. •
Dr. Louis A. Duhring, famed as a
writer and an authority on skin
diseases, is dead at Philadelphia,
aged 67.
John P. Mitchell, president of the
Board of Aldermen of New Neils.
has been appointed customs collec-
tor of that port.
The overturning of a kettle of hot
fat at Roxbury, Mass., caused a
fire which destroyed ten buildings
and suffocated ]20 horses.
General.
King Alfonso of Spain was ac-
corded a great welcome in Paris.
TICTORL . DAY.
till: Be Observed • on Saturday,
May 24th.
GUTELIUS' SALARY $20,000. A despatch from Ottawa says:
The Victoria (Empire) Day,, May
Order -in -Council Tabled Making 24, falls on Saturday this year and
Hina Manager of Iiitereoloniat the sentiment has been expressed
in some pities that the holiday
should be changed to Monday, ow-
ing to the fact that Saturday after-
noon is, generally observed as a
holiday; and the -change would afford
a longer week -end, no such action
will be 'taken officially. This an-
nouncement was made to the Cana-
dian Press on Friday by Mr. Tho-
mas Mulvey, `under secretary of
state.
3,000 'START FOR CANADA.
A despatch froni Ottawa says
The order -in -council abolishing the
Board of Management of Govern-
ment Railways, and appointing
Frederick Passmore Gutelius gen-
eral manager of the whole system,
was tabled in the House on Wed-
nesday. The appointment is for a
definite period of two years, and
thereafter at the pleasure of the
Minister of Railways. Mr. Gutelius'
salary is to be $20,000 per year. He
will make regulations as to the or-
ganization of the staff, the condi-
tions of employment, and the col-
lection of revenues. A yearly re-
port is to be submitted to the Min-
isters.
$5,000,000 DAMAGE BY WOMEN.
Value of Property Wrecked by Suf-
fragettes in Britain Lately.
A despatch frdan London says:
The- damage to property in the Bri-
ti•sh. Isles caused by the militant
Suffragettes during the past three
months amounts to upwards of
$5,000,000, according to an estimate
made by the authorities at police
headquarters at Scotland Yard.
To this sum they say must be added
the inoreased cost of protecting
lives and property. Three detec-
tives have been assigned to watch
over each member of the Cabinet
at all times, while all suspected
persons are shadowed by plain-
clothes men, and all public build-
ings have been placed under spe-
cial guard.
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SECOND TIME WINNERS.
3'.'C. Hill & Sons Again Champions
of North America.
A despatch from Lloydminster,
Sask. i says: On Thursday night,
the tenth anniversary of the arrival
of the British colony here, a :ban -
qua was tendered to the second -
time winners of the $1,500 trophy
for the beat oats -grown in North
America, J. 0. Hi11. & Sons. Hon.
Walter Scott, Hong W. R.4 Mother-
well, and other prominent men,
attended. •Before -Premier Scott
stood the massive trophy, a silver
sheaf of oats. -
Highest Emigration on Record for
Canadian Ports.
A despatch from London says:
Another record for Scottish emi-
gration was established on Satur-
day when no fewer than 3,000 peo-
ple embarked at Glasgow alone for
Canada. The Allan liner Hesper-
ian carried 1,600, and the Donald-
son liner Letitia conveyed 1,400 for
Montreal and Quebec. Seven hun-
dred more left for New York by
tli:e Anchor Line. • Though the -
grand total for one 'day has been
several times exceeded, the total
for Canadianports alone is the
highest. on record. The shipping
companies report full bookings till
the end of. June.
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511 OF CREW BURNED.
Fire Started From Unknown Cause
on Steamer. Ophir.
A • despatch from Vancouver,
B.C., says : Hemmed. in by flames
which started from some unknown
cause, six members of the crew of
the steaaner Qphir, which sailed
from Vancouver on Tliursday night,
and later .tied: pp at the Brunswick
cannery, Canoe' Po $,-T *ere burned
to deafth i>;1 : fi fire. • There wero
eleven' men in the Grew. Five of
the crew, including Captain Ander-
son, thechief engineer., mate, cook,
and one deck -hand, ,slept ixi the
fore pari of the boat. All these
were saved, owing to the fact that
the -mato, awakened by the sanoke,
alarmed his comrades, and ea -Neap -cal
to the , deck, The Ophir was of
Woolen construction.
WIND-UP
Not Marked by Anything
taeular Nature.
A despatch from Toronto :ay' :
The Ontario Legislature prorogued
on Friday afternoon ainid the
booming of artillery. Apert from
these signs of formality and the sa-
lute of a ~small body of reclta•ats,
the proceedings for the final wind-
up .of the year's session were brief
and of an inconsequential nature.
Sir John Gibson, in military regal-
ia, ascended the Speaker's dais and
read the customary address of the
year, which was followed by the
motion of adjournment by Hon. Dr.
Pyne. A few strains of "God Save
the King" were played, and the
ceremony was finished.
GRANT TO SCO'1 [' FUND.
OF LEGISLATURE.
of Spec -
. COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Young Woman's Father Dead --
Mother in Asylum.
A despatch from Owen Sound
says : Mary Mole, aged about
twenty-two, committed suicide
about ten o'clock on Saturday night
by taking carbolic acid. The girl
was see to stagger while walking
on the sidewalk of First avenue
west, opposite the Grand Trunk
station, and then fell down and ex-
pired. Her father is dead, and
her mother is in the asylum. She
had made several threats to do
away with herself, and ..evidently
was suffering from acute melan-
cholia.
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`WEALTH OF TRINITY CHURCH
New York Parish Pays Taxes on
Property Valued at $15,000,000.
A despatch from New York says : •
The parish of Trinity Church, often
described as the wealthiest in the
world, is now paying takes on pro-
perty valued at $15,171,024, an in:. -
crease of nearly half a million dur-
ing the year, according to figures
given in a 500 -page year book cov-
ering the activities of Trinity
Church and the nine chapels of the
parish. It is said to be the most
voluminous year book ever printed
by a church. Reports show that the
church corporation now owns 366
houses, in which between 3,000 and ,
4,000 persons are living.
A CO)IET.IN SIGHT.
Glimpses' First by Nice Astronomer
and Visible with Telescope.
A despatch from Cambridge,
Mass., says : The discovery of a
comet by Schauinasse, of Nice, is
announced in a cablegram received
at Harvard College Observatory
from Kiel. Its position ,on May 6,
6082 Greenwich mean time, was
right ascension 20 h., 54 m., 44 s. ;
declination plus 9 degrees 52 m.
The cornet was visible in a small
telescope, and was moving north-
east.
Canadian Government Will Make
Contribution Towards Memorial.
A despatch from Ottawa says: It
is understood that the Government
has decided to make a eontribution
of the Scott Memorial Fund. The
matter was discussed in the House
at the time, when details of the- Ant-
arctic tragedy were first made
known to ::ee• ",or•1d, send the Prime
Minister at That time i-tdicated that
the de'p :imL.athy of tho people of
Canada would be expressed in a
material way.
BRI'PISIi TRADE DOOMING.
April Imports Increased $13.000,000
and Exports $511,000,01:0.
A despatch from London says:
The boom in trade continues. The
imports, despite the decline in raw
cotton of $17,280,880, increased
$12,755,595, as compared with the
corresponding month last year. The
exports increased $50,827,310. This
increase is 'particularly noticeable
in coal, which increased $18,322,275;
manufactured iron and steel, $12,-
758,255; cotton,- $6,277,945, and -ma-
chinery, $3,834,140.
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SUFI 33II+lf� PASSFIJ.
Women Will Vote on Ail Statutory
O dlces.
A despatch from Springfield, Il-
linois, says: The Senate "on . Wed-
nesday passed the McGill woman
suffrage bill. The bill gives wo-
men the right to vote on all statu-
tory': offices. It now goes to the
klousa
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GAMBLING IN ENGLAND.
Evil of Distribution of Football
Coupons in Factories.
A despatch from London says:
At the annual meeting of the Chief
Constables' Association of Lon-
don, J.' M. Rogge, M -P., speaking .,
on "Betting and gambling and
their relation to crime, with special
.e:erence to football coupon ~gamb-
ling," said that the amount of
money wasted in this particular
rice approaches $375,000,000 or
$500.000,000 a year.
TORONTO LEADS IN PERMITS.
April Showed a Big Increase in
Building Operations.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Toronto' s building permits totalled
$3,740.826 in Anril last, as against
$2,842,995 for the same month of
last year. Toronto led every other
place in Canada, Montreal coming
next with $3.322,403. 'Winnipeg
was third with $2,566,750. London,
Ont., shows a considerable advance
with permits of over half a million.
The total for thirty-three Canadian
cities is 519,244,558, against $16,-
609,876 for the month of April last
year. The figures were compiled by
The Financial Post of Canada.
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CHIEF OFFICER SAVED HIM.
dumped off lilajestie in Mid -Ocean
to Rescue Would-be Suicide.
A despatch from New York says
ChisfClfficerBlair jumped overboard
in mid -ocean from the steamer Ma-
jestic on Tuesday last and rescued
W. Keown, a coal passer who had
attempted suicide. Keown appar-
ently regretted his act as soon as
he hit the water, and began strug-
gling. Blair promptly sprang after
him and hold him up until both
were picked up by a boat.
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Grains of Gold.
He who waits' to do a, great deal
of good at once will never do any.—
Dr. Johnson.
Some men, under the notion of
weeding -out prejudices, eradicate
virtue, honesty and religion.—Dean
Swift.
Nof chance 'is evil to him that is
content, and to a man nothing mis-
erable unless it be unreasonable.-=••
Jeremy Taylor.
The most gladsome thing in the
world .is that few of 'us fall very
low; the saddest that, with such
capabilities, we seldom rise high. --
J, M. Barrie.
It is well to have visions of a bet-
ter life than that of ;every day, but
it is the life of every day from which
elements of a, better life must pine.
—Maeterlinck,