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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-05-30, Page 7111E NEWS 111 PARASRAN IA.PPENING 3 FROM ALS DYED = TUE Giellef.IN A q; •r t rrt)TsRElef , • ,1L'"Oat the Empire and the World }eta" general Define Tem Eters„ Canada. T•aren;toehas one of the, world's ten. best libr cies. . .,SjokY.OF-POLAR DISAST. Comrnatider Lwans Addressed an ImIlmense. Crowd ati Royal Albert 'Hall, Londaci. MONTREAL despatch from London, Eng- land, says.: Before an immense and. distinguished .audience in the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night Commander Evans delivered : his eagerly-ewaited lecture on, the Bri- tish South Polar expedition, which oost'+the lives of Capt.. Scott and his companions.- Commander Reims was second in coznmaiid•of the ex- peelition. Lady Scott and the Wi- dows of others of the party who ;perished were present. Lorxl 'Cur- 'zon of $edlestoii presided.- W%tli • A, second hotel license lies been ile,sued at •Cochrane. Mrs Matilda Brown died at Dut- ton:in her hundredth year. 1.4 The first sod . was • turned at Brighton" ,on the .work of installing ar waterworks system. Berlins barbers have boosted the price of hair -cuts from 20 to 25 cents, to take effect June 2. Ohas. Van Valkenburg, a Sarnia sailor on the •Hamonic, fele .over - booed near 'j.'resue Isle and was drowned:., ts• Major-General Mackenzie, Chief of Staff of the Canadian militia, has resigned, and is returning . ele;rtly 'to England. 1 Ernest Bolton,. aged 4, of Peter- borewas struck by R. O. Head's auto while he was cycling, and was fatally hurt. • The 34th Battery, C. F. A. re- cently formed in Belleville, will go 1 into camp this year at Petewawa full strength. t e La Teuraine.arrived at Montreal on Thursday, inaugurating the new steamship service between France and Canada.- PI' anada.- ;t A new central college for theo- logical work at Montreal is to be erected by the four denaniinations /whaich have been co-operating since last fa11. t Twelve months more will witness the completion of the Grand Trunk IZailhvey through British Columbia, owing to the rapid oonstrucbion ;work now being made. E. Poisson was instantly killed and Louis Davis perhaps fatally in- ured in an explosion while drilling - at No. 2 camp of the Timiskaming d� Hudson. Bay mine, Cobalt. Judge Edward O'Connor of Sault Ste: Marie, t junior Fudge of Al - .a, Dietrrct • o [went-- years was !about • to tell "a tremendous tale of huinaxi, adventure,'' $e added that the Scott expedition had, resulted in a contribution of the: first inzpt rtance •to the World's knowledge bf the Anteretio ,conti- nent an,d seas, and that' this would; be a. better monument to Scott. and his men than any acullltuxed effigy ? or carved inscription. ., •' Cemmander Evans' story -wes told with remarkable modesty and contelnpt for dem:natio effect.; The speaker: was content for the most ,art to describe -the splendid photo - Commander Evans on the platform israphs of the expedition that .were, were several members of the Scott thrown on a huge screen. Their'e. expedition. The oocesion was only were affecting ,`moments, however; semi-public, .those present eonsie+t- when he told again the story of the ing of members of the Royal Geo- disaster to the leader of the expe- 1 graphical Society and their friends, dition. T,he audience was enthusi but there was not •a vacant treat in astia, and when a picture of Oept• the great hall. . Seott and his party at the pole was Lord - Curzon, in iritroduuing displayed there was tremendous Commander -Evans, said the latter applause. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE 'LEADING TRADE -' CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Ontario Wheat Outlook. The Fall wheat crop in Onhteae O Winter. ed well, notwithstanding t Spring pro- tection. of snow, and the early weather was also favorable, there being comparatively little heavies oretherin• jury from r e an unnsually rap f April. and the first few days of but sihibso4 ant a good head to the plant, cold weather has acted as a check. Taken all together, however, the present outlook for the crop is`meet promising, drain- ed fields or on low c>r poorly ed land. Only a comparatively small aoreago has been plowed un or renown with barley or other Spring grain. Much Des njury than usual from ineeots is re - frost. tine,, Florida af- venal months; rnest ,itkanl tai, ,a night watch- man, was found guilty ab Victoria, $, O., of the murder of his -wife. James Plaskett, a. London town- Oip farmer, claims ahereditary right to .en. estate near London, ;ngland, worth over ,'�''i5e5,000, with P40,000 cash besides. There wa id growth in the latter part o 1 $1161-2; No. 2 C.W.` $1.141.21 No. 3. do., United States Markets. Minneapolis, May 27—Wheat—May, 890; July, 901-4c; September, 90 7-8e. Closing cash,' No. 1 hard, 923.40;'No. 1 Northern,. 91.1-4 to 921.4c: No. 2, Northern, 8914 to 901.4e. No. 3 yellow oorn, 61c. No. 3 white oats, 351-2c. No. 2 rye, 65 to 6712c. Duluth, May 27.—Wheat—No. 1 harrT,;' t8to914, X Nor- thern, 8 3.4e 8e;May 901-4o. nom- inal; July, 911-4c; September, 913-80. Live Stock Markets. Montreal, May 27. Prime beeves. $7.26 to $7.60; medium, $5.25 to $7; common. $4 $6; $calve $2 501 io $7;> sheep 4$5 to $5 25 spring lambs, $4 to $6; bogs, $10.25 -to $10.75. Toronto, May 27.—Cattle-Choice-export, $6.75 to $7.25; choice butchers, $,6.60 to $7; good medium, $6 to $6.25; common, $5 to $6.25; °owe, $6.25 to $0.75; bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; `canners, $2 to $2.50; cutter8, $3.26 to $3.75. Calves—Good vol., $5 to 517; ohoiee, $8; common, $3 to $3.50. Stockers and•. feeders—Steers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $4.50 : to $6.25 yearlings. $3.10 to $3.50; extra choice' heavy feeders, 900 lbs., $5.85 to $6. Milkers and springers—From $40 to $76. Sheep and lambs—Light ewes, yearlings, $6.50;$7 5 a s • Broarrstu>;s. • heavy, $4.50 to $ 5 TTl m , oronto, may 2.7. -Ontario wheat to 88 50; bucks, $4.50 to $5; spring lambs, 90per cent. patents, $390 to $3,95, $3.50 to $6.60 each. hogs—$9.95, fed and Sour, anitobas, watered; $9.50 to $9.60, f.o.b., and $10.10 Montreal or Toronto freights. $6 39; second off ears. first patents, to jute ag patents.' in jute bass, $4.80; strong bak- ers'', ak-era, in., elite bags,, $4.60. Manitoba wheat• --No- 1 Northern, 99 �d. oneradlr, Bay ports; NO, 2 at, 26 34e; 3, ,941-1.c, Bay ports., white and red Ontario wheat—No, wheat, 96 to 970, outside, and interior, at about 75e. Oats—Ontario oats 331-2 to 34o, outside, and at 37e, on track, Toronto. Western Canada oats, 391.20 for No. 2, and at 380 for No.'3. Bay ports: prompt shipment. er.s-mbg leayket is purely weenie , Barley rices nominal. Corn --No. 2 American corn, 64e, ail rail, and at 69e, c.i.f., Midland. ltye—Prices nominal. Buckwheat—No. 2 at 62 to 53c, outside. i Bran Toronto ole -eight. $1Shorts517S09 to bags, $19.50, "Toronto. - - Great Britain., Laron Ashbourzie, former Lord Chancellor for Ireland, died tud- clenly. ' Stefansson has engaged Cap - +fain Bob Bartlett to command the Karl k. The Ietpelial Arany Airship Coni- ntittee presented an aeroplane to New Zealand. South Connemara,, off the west coast of Ireland, is swept by afam- ine fever. The British Cabinet Ministers de - 'mend protection at public lneetillgs in the future. United States. In testsf in boat proved a. big Curtiss ig'n'g- 8uccess. Important changes are proposed in the U.S. tariff bill by the Demo- ' isratic Senators. Prof. Masaharu"Anesa,ki of Tokio is to be the first incumbent in the chair of Japanese' language and lit- erature t'ecently estivblishe -at Bar- 7ard, GcnerAl.•- 'A-lrren•ch physician has laid claim Ito the discovery of -a, cure for tub- ereula8i8, An article published by the Ber- lin Post, reporting the conclusion of an Anglo -Gelman understand- ing with resrpect to Central Africa, is causing the J3elgian press great alarm. POOR. WIDOW'S TAT BUCIL SS OF no] . The Duchess of Teck; though so., closely related to the Royal Fain- tly, cares little for the splendors of court life and attends as few big functions .as possible. She loves' the simple life aid living in the Coantry Produce. Batter -.Daisy prints, ah0iee 23 to 240; inferior, 17 to ,19e; creamery, 26 to 28e for rolls, and 25 tee e7c for Solids• Eggs --Case lots 20 to 21.c here, and at 18e outside. Cheese -131.4 to 131 -?a for twins, and at 130 for large; old cheese, 14 to 141.2e. Beans—Sand-picked $5 30 per bushel; pibnes, $2 to 52.25, iu a jobbing way. Honey—Extracted, in tins, 12 3-4 to 13e tor$3 perrdoenl'forhNo. 1, and $240$ for No. a ickens, i9 to 20o per 1b,: Po, 16 to 17e; 16 to 17x; tnrkoys, 20 to 210• Live poultry, about 2c lower than the Do veer T?otatoes-••Omar£° stock, 66 to bag, on track, and Delawares at 70 to 721.2 per bag, on track. Provisions. • In case loots. 0learPork 1Short cat. $28;61.2 to 16 3-4r do., mess, $22. Hams—Medium odium s lto ight, 9 4t 9 to 200; heavy, breakfast bacon 1-2e1 tubs, 1.4.3.4e; 2 pui1H, Laird --'tierces. 150. Baled Flay and St1iaw. e Valls heir to it Large Estate Left By bier UBole. despatch from Grand llaipids, giehigan, says•; Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwell, a poor widow hare, with. ffour`childreu, has . been notified khat she has fallen heir to a large e -State left by her uncle near Part T. Rowan, Ont. -She was located, hone by a .sister, M. George •Wiseer of Port Rowan, asking the polies to tocete tyle relative, from whom she iniad eiet. 'heard in ever thirty years. Baled hay --No. 1 at $12 to $12,50, on trztok, Toronto; No. 2, $11. Mixed hay is quoted at $10. . Baled. Straw --$8 to $83Q. on track, To- ronto. Duchess of -Teck.. country. She is one of the 'five charming daughters of the bate Duke of • Westminst :r, and is also connected" with the Coke family, • her steprnother, Katherine, Duch- • Montreal Markets. era of Westminster, and Georgina, Montreal. May 27,--Corn—Cornn Ne Countess of Leicester, being els- Montreal. yellow, 64 to 65c. Date -oanadien West- ters. The Duchess is further rela,t- N 2 4i do 4/1-2e; Canadian Wort• m Barley—Manitoba, £ted, 9 malting, 61 to 64e, .Buckwheat No. 2, 68 nage of her first cousin, the Duke to boo Flour—Manitoba Spring- wheat of Argyll, with Princess Louise, patents, t $4.90; $5 25, ba ere, 4.75 to 94485• straight 8traig rollers, bags, $ bags, $2,30. ., $2 O oata- 90 lbs., $2 06, Ivlfll- then then Prince Adolphus of Teck. pro, No. 3� 40 to 401.2ct,extra 4 0: to feed,5500etl to the Royal Family by the mar- c, firsts, $5.40; seconds, $4.90; strong King Gllorge's aunt, In 1894 she g $4'70 • Winter patens, , ht rollers $d. married Queen Mary's eldest bro- feed-- s, $4.35; bags, of The Duke of Teck is a keen soldier d 13 $17.50 to $i8• aborts. $21; mid - fee - ra,u, to dlings, $,22 to $23; mbullie, $2713.50�to 20 y N 2 per ton car lots, $ and a well-known sportsman. He t terns 11 to 1118 , was in South Africa with the lot $14. Oheese—•Flues wes , e 1 finest easterns, 103.4 to 109-8e. Better— Life Guards, of which lie"bwas then Choicest, croamery, 261-4 to 261.2o; sec onds, 25 to 231•-2e. 1lggs- lreeh, 21 to QTc; a major; during the South African selectee, 25e. 1'atatoes-Por baa, oar lots. War One day, with several other 50 to 521.20. young officers, after a long day's winnieee wheat, work, lie came upon a war cox -re - Winnipeg. May '27,-_Ceeh:-•'Wheat--•Na., 1 spondent, whorl. he asked how he Northern, 94130• No. 2, de.. 911.40; No.. 3, 1i,1>ed boing under the Boer fire. seeds, 87 tee; No. 2, do., 841-2c,. Ne,. 3, a of the ,pen, anyone may 811.4e • No. 1 'tough, 850No. 2, do.,, 84c; 5 $o N i red share of each adventures who cares "Well, we do., 87 i 4e.; NO. 4, 4, 831.20; No. 6 7eoted, dere No. 6, 'to 1.20; feed, 6sek No. 1 *rejected, Not at all," replied. thehavel my No 3-' do., 1.44 No. a. 7 921`4o`al`To 3 f them" The officer in . much- do.; 88 - x; worn > s �t ket,, 341; ; • . dfeed, e , 331-4e; x; tetra No have to go under fire whether we fwd, 341.4x; y-- 1 fee 4771 . 4 46e` aye- soil know.,' tc•�TeS,>, Wittier, 951'4 ' No. 2, o., - or 14 Ne 4 do 633.4e; data --No. khaki clothes, Said B ley --No 4 c3 0• like 11 or not *tea, 42x; teazle 42. Flax: 15'0, Istele• ee, 31 1.4e. _ ea and Tri.t -Cokpany (Incorporated by the Quebec Legislature in 1895 ,and' geanted Investment and. Trust powers AUTHORIZED. CAPITAL, 85,000,000. Present issue? $1,360,000 hi Sharevim each. in 1905:) (of which, about $300,000 is already env ately subscribed.) a. Payable 10 per cent. on application. 20 per cent. on allotment. 10 per cent: on 9 June, 1913. i ^• 10 pee cent on 9 July, 1913. Balance by calls of 10 per cent. on 30 days' notice.• NOTE :-6% Interest will be credited where calls paid it advanco. CANADIAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS: PRES! DEbIT. Sir AIexander Lacoste • • ' Director, Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co. VICE-PRESIDENTS.. Ron. It Curry, President, Canadian Car & Foundry Co., • • • • • Director, Bank of Nova Scotia. Fayette Brown,-. e .• •. r. . • • Director, Montreal Trust Co. DIRECTORS. G. M. Bosworth, vice-Preeident, Canadian Pacific Railway, • • • Director Provincial Bank of Canada. W. A. Black, Vice -President, Ogilvie Flour D rector Co., it d, . J. Hubert Bierman, General Manager, Belgo-Canadian Paper Co., , Director, Acadia Coal Co. Ron. J. P. )3: Casgrain, President, Birnam Realty Co., Limited. . John Findlay, President, Findlay & Howard. Limited. . . . • • • • • Hit Worship, L. O. Layaliee, S.C., Mayor of the, City, . . . • • • • BANKERS, a a ▪ Montreal. ., , Montreal. e Montreal. . Montreal, • Montreal. * ,* Montreal. Royel Bank of Canada SOLICITORS. Meredith, Macpherson, Hague, Holden and 9haughueser, • NOTARIES. 0. • AUDITORS. Fair and Cameron, r. Robson, 1Tin and Ritchie, C.A., . VALUATOR. A. 0. Hntchioon, of Hutchison, wood and Miller . • MANAGERS. Findlay & Howard, Limited, 211.213 Notre Dame Street West 11 • • Montreal. Montreal. Montreal, Montreal and Branches. • , Montreal. Montreal. • Montreal. • ▪ • . Montreal. 4., . Montreal. THE ST, LAWRENOE INVESTMENT & TRUST COMPANY. was incorporated by; sot of the Quebec Legieature�t Ed.t II., Chan. 75, i 1905, having fored in it 18object carried x - tending and absorption of the St. Lawrence on ds r cent. cent, and the assets gave the shares of the Society a a sucoeseful business on a small scale, paying reguulare annualof diva at itvaryingabsorfrtom 6 pe Chart ea 15 r r which the new Company is organized is a very valuable one, it being difficult to obtain a Charter of like obar- aeter. The powers conferred by it are wide and give au opportunitY for the traneaetion of a profitable bust,nese. 1 FUTURE OF THE COMPANY. The new Company will' do -business eta much larger scale than tho old Company, will operate largely in the owning of;: buying and selling of well selected real estate, in the development of tracts of land in the Caty and its*suburbs by selling same as Factory Sites and building lots, and in the vgneouvapurchase aof aereemeuts of sale, - a business very profitably engaged•in in -.Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, nd Aber -Cedes. The purehasine of agreements of sale has not. to any extent, been' carried on in Montreale. and it le intended that this,Compatny pay particular attention 0 this; Branch ich bees -ranch shows even better Rol- : eeri-a:Idea vi, proIlt with a larger margin of safety, than those 1.1stnte in Montreal are more firmly based., w - - FIELD OF OPERATION. '• The operations of the Company will be confined chiefly to the City anal Disth i larget 'returns. and there is no City which offers the- same advantages to Investnrs seeking safety s commercial supremacy in the Dominion is nnivereeely known. The population in 1901 was 265,826over, tile and in 1912, 611,397. The assessed 'valuation of Real Beat i 1912 5 owed al anr inc790ate a ofs,of $125 000,0 0 inoroasin are vies year. Montreal 15 an 'eland, therefore its area is fixed. still low and leave room for great expansion. The City proper covers an area of 18 square miles, the smal- lest area of any city with the same population in either Canada or the 'United States. MANACEMgNT. The Company have annointed Findlay & Howard, Limited, Managers. Mr. Findlay is recognized as one of the foremost judges of Real Estate in Montreal, and the Firm's success is shown in the results of the ,- following Companies managed by them, which in addition to placing enbetantial,, amounts to reserve have w paid dividends es follows:— Appletnount Land Company, Limited, , Incorporated 19(19 paid 55 per cent... Birnam Realty Company, Limited, . 1910 80 per cent. Drummond Realties. Limited1912 " 33 1-3 ger cent. Kenmore Realty Company, Limited, 1909 " 871-2 per rent. , Tiimied, 1910 " 165 per cent. Lindores Realty Company, 1912 " 96 per cent. Lorne Realties, Limited, • „ 1908 " 140 per cent. e Park Realty Company, Limited, -. 1911 " 50 per cent. Tayside Realty Company, Limited, 1910 150 per cent. Wentworth Realty Company, Limited, APPLICATIONS FOR SHARE. St. Lawrence Investment & Trust Company. 211413 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal. I hereby apply for ................. •shares (or allotted to mel of $100 each at par in the above same as follows: 10 10 per cent. on application. 1.0 20 per cent on allotment. 1ast30ds1 t required llDfrectors tay'bcepioto each cal. such less' number as may be Company, and agree to pay for per cent. on 9th June, 1913. per cent. on 9th July, 1913. iu calls of 10 per cent. with at Signature .........•or•J4Iis........................... (State whether Mr., Address .................................................. ............,....,,.. e0o2tupation .. , ..... •. Subscriptionsinay he paid to any Bank for the Credit of the Company's Account with the Royal • Bank of Canada, Montreal, or mailed direct to the Company who will be gladto furnish further particulars, St. Lawrence Investment and Trust Company 211-213 Notre Dame St. West, MONTREAL, P.Q. .,),ff. 1020 _ ..01,4f0202.1<._ retorted the correspondent, "but that's what you're paid for, isn't it?" . The .:othels in the group all laughed, and the correspondent was much taken aback to find that he had thus been making free with a prince of royal blood, TRUE SOLDIERS KILLED. The Breach of a Three.inch Gun Blew Off. A' despatch from Charleston, South • Carolina, says : Three soldi- ers were killed and nine or More seriously; injured late on Thursday night, at _ Fort Moultrey, when the breech , blew off a three-inch gun which was being used for night tar- get practice. It is difficult to learn EFEd��.``F �' a/ ST In view of the wide al d steadily nereasing interest taken by investors in the better close of Canadian Preferred Stooks, we have compiled a booklet, giving the latest available information regarding representative preferred stocks, which are listed either on the Toronto or Montreal Stook Exxbaugee. The prevent is regarded as an opportune time for investment, as emir - ides generally may be procured on an unusually favorable basis, yielding up to 8 per cent. ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL A. E. A Moil Imp Bstai>ltshed 1889. BUILi1INO, Members Tartlet° Stook Exchange. TOR'SNT 5. INVESTMENT BANKERS. Fill in Coupon, mail, and wo shallbe glad tosend at copy "Preferred Stooks." Name , .. ..,.. d dress A -- n were wounded s 'ittered among the soldiers close just ROW how many when the fragments of the cannon by.