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.,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
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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.
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n were wounded s 'ittered among the soldiers close
just ROW how many
when the fragments of the cannon by.