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COLLAPSES
ve People Killed and Several Injured When. Big
Departentel Building Caves In;
A despatch from Peterboro says
With no more warning than a few
ominous cracks, that were immedi-
ately
una.ediately followed by a rending of tim-
bers and crashing_ of brides and.
rnortar, a big section of the largest
departmental stare in the city, that
of the J. C. Turnbull Co., George
and Si.mooe streets, collapsed an
Thursday morning, killing five and
injuringmore or less seriously a1 -
most a dozen of the occupants. The
obvious cause of the calamity which
occurred shortly before ten o'clock,
was the weakening of the walls by
extensive interior alterations, in-
volving the removal of a brick parti-
tion separating what formerly were
two stores.
During the whole days upwards of
100 people worked in the ruins, first
rescuing the living, and later re-
moving the bodies of the dead.
Even after the last body, that of
Miss Dorothy Sisson, had been un-
covered at about 3.30 in the after-
noon the working panty did not
cease, for it was feared that there
might be others. By eight o'clock
in the evening it was learned that
several whom it was feared lead 1•eea
killed were safe, and only then did
work cease. All those who were
killed were working either on the
first story oa- the third, the roof- of
which was open to the sky. Over
and over again marvel has been e'•
pressed that with upward of 50
people in the store, including cus-
tomers and employees, the list of
dead and injured was not much
longer than it is.
/Perhaps the saddest of the many
-'dad 'fe-stares of the da'T are the
oases of Miss -Do, �•ot'ly Sisson and
Miss Lily Boddisdle wl:o were em-
ployed in the readvettade dress
goods department on the first story.
Ahcerding . to Miss Ola Mulligan,
cashier, who miraculously escaped
almost uninjured, Miss Sisson had
just started to go down stairs. Miss
Bodison Was waiting en lies. Eliza-
beth Brown, a. customer, and .:disc
Agnes Tucker was mailing on Mrs.
J. A.. Finlay. Without Day wars,
ing the first• • coor began to sink, et
, then ;0th ii, treiner
hiss Alin?i
fo>rxid
to timbers, +;last
earl, b reeks; , ._
Police .Conetaable Patterson' was
.standing on the corner of George
and Simcoe streets opposite the
fated building when he saw the
brick wall bulge out at the first
story. Then it fell, covering Sim-
coe street to the further sidewalk
with debris. Immediately the con-
stable turned in the fire alarm.. The
firemen and the remainder of the
police force, including Chief Thomp-
son, were on the scene in a few
minutes. -Their first thought was
to get out anyone who night be
alive. The dad could wait till IM-
er. Some could be, seen with heads
or other p•arbs of their bodies pro-
jeoting. Miss Mulligan was among
the first to be rescued.
Soong . the crowd which quickly
gathered, all eager to do what they
could, threatened to interfere with
the work, and had to be held back.
It was here that many of the saddest
scenes ocoured. 'People who knew
not whether friends or near rela-
tives were dead or alive, struggled
franitioally to get into the ruins.
Cries and moans went up as bodies
were removed and recognized.
Again, there were joyous meetings
between friends and those merci-
fully preserved.
Dead.—Miss Dorothy Verena Sis-
son, age 25, of 287 Park street,
Peterboro, saleslady in the store.
'Miss Lily A. Boddison, age 23, of
274 William street, Peterboro, sales-
lady in the store; Mrs. f lizabeth
Brown, widow, age about 40, of
264 Hunter street, Peterboro, a
customer; Mrs. John Kelly, age
about 50, wife of John Kelly, a
farmer near Norwood; Alfred Cuff,
age 35, a bricklayer, married, of
Braidwod avenue, Pets.', To.
The injured. Mrs. J. A. Finlay,
of Norwood, back and legs seriously
injured, She is still in a oritical
condition; Henry J. Manley, .
carpenter, of 175 Edinburgh street,
Peterboro, both legs broken and
badly bruised and shaken up. Con-
dition erieieal; Mrs. Sidney Middle-
ton, of Smith, badly bruised and
suffering from shock; Mrs. Agnes
Tucker, formerly of Norwood, a
saleslady in the store. Head and
face badly bruised and out, The
foxegoing insured are in the hospi-
The following sustained slight in-
jurieis,_but-are able -to get around: -se.'
Geo. Shearer, carpenter; • George
Curtis, bricklayer.
PRICES OF FARM PRO UCTS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRAOB
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese anti Other
Produce at Home and Abroad.
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Sept. 2.—Flour—Ontario wheat
flours, 90 ' per cont., old, $4 to $4.10. To-
ronto and Montreal freight. Flour made
of new wheat, $3.60. seaboard. Manitobas
First patents, in jute bags, $5.40; do„ sec-
onds, $4.90; strong bakers; in jute bags,
$4.70.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1 on
track, Bay Porte; No. 2 at 99o, No. 3. 94c,
Bay ports.
Ontario wheat—New No. 2 wheat at 85
to 86e, outside.
Oats—No. 2 Ontario bate, 33 to 34e, out.
side, and at 36e, on track, Toronto; new
oats; 33e, outside. Western Canada oate,
40 1-2c for No, 2 and at 390 for No, 3, Say
labrts.
1 eae—Nominal.
Barley -50 to 62c, outside 55e Toronto.
Oorn—No. a Amerfoan corn. 781.20. c.i.f.,
Midland.
,ye—Nominal.
Buckwheat—Nominal.
Bran—Manitoba bran, $20 a ton, in bags,
Toronto. •freights. • Shorts, $21, Toronto.
Country Produce.
Wholesale dealers quotations to retail -
ere are;,-
Butter Ohoioe da1r7, 23 to 250; inferior,
17 to 19c; creamery, 26 to 27o for rolls and
24 to 250 for solids.
Eggs—Case lots of new -laid, 25o; selects,
to 270 per dozen; fresh, 20 to 210, and sw-
eets, 16 to 18c,
Cheese—New cheese, 13 3-4 to 14o for large,
and 141-20 for twins.
Beans—Rand-picked, $2.25 to $2.35 per
bushel; primes, $1.75 to $2.
Honey --Extracted, in tines 101.2 to 120
per lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, $1.20
to $2.75 per dozen for No. 1. and $2,26 tb
$2,60 for No. 2.
roultry—•Hens, 16 to 17e per 1b; Spring
chickens, 20 to 210; ducks. 16 to 170; geese,
13 to 14e; turkeys, 18 to 200,
Potatoes—Native, $1.20 to $1.25 per 90 1b.
hag.
Provisions.
Bacon, long elear. 16 3.4 to 160 per 1b. in
case lots. Pork—Short cut, $29; do., mese,
$24. $ams -•-•Medium to light, 211.2 to 22c;
heavy, 20 to 201-2o; rolls, 170; ,breakfast
bacon, 22o; backs, 24 to 25o,
Lard—Tierces, 141.4cs tube, 13 ir20; party;_
143.40.
'Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay—$12 to $13, on track, Toron-
to. Old hay—No. 1 hay. $14 to $14.50, on
track,` Toronto, and No, 2 at $11 to' $131
No. 3, $8 to $9,
Baled straw—$8 to $8.60, on track. To-
tont0.
Montreal Markets,
Montreal, Sept, 2. -Oats, Canadian West -
Ern. No. 2, 401-2 to 410; Cana.dfan Western,
No. 3. 391-2 to 40c; extra, No. 1 feed, 401.2
to 41e, Barley. Mn,,afeed, 60 to 510; malt.
Ing, 62 to 64o, Buckwheat, No; 2, 58 to 6Co,
Flour, Man., Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$5.60; seconds, $5.10; strong bakers', $4.90;
Winter patents, choice, $5.25 to 05,50;
straight .rollers, $6 to $5.10r straight rol-
lers, bags, $2.30 to $2.40. Roller oats, bar-
rele, $4.75; bags, 90 lbs., $2.26. Pram, $21.
Shorts, $23. Middlings, $26. Mouillie, $26
to $32. Hay, No. 2, per ton, oar lots, $12
to $13. Meese, /Meet westerns. 13 to
131-4c; finest easterns, 12 5 8 to 12 7-80. But-
ter, choicest creamery, 24 to 241.4e; sec-
onds, 2312 to 233.40. Eggs, fresh, 32c; sel-
ected, 290; No. 1 stock, 260; No. 2 stock,
20c.
Winnipeg Grain.
Montreal, Sept. 2.—Cash—Wheat, No, 1
Northern, 941-4o; No. 2 Northern, 931.40;
No. 3 Northern, 883-4o; No. 4, Inc; No, 5,
72120; No. 6, 68c; feed. 60 1-2c; No. 2, tough,
84120; No. 3, tough, 821-2c; No. 4 tough,
7312x; No. 5 tough, 65 1-2o; No. 6, tough,
610; feed, tough, 541--20. Oats—No, 2 O.W„
343.40; No. 3 C.W., 34 1-20; extra No. 1 feed,
343-40; No. 1 feed. 341-2o; No. 2 feed, 32 i -4o.
Barley --No. 3, 453-4o; No. 4, 441.20; reject-
ed, 41o; feed, 41e. Flax—No. 1 N.W.O„
$1.31; No. 2 O.iW., $L28; No. 3 C.W„ $1.16.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2.—Wheat—September,
855.80; December, 891 -Be; May, 941.8 to
941-4c; No. 1 hard, 881-8o; No. 1 Northern,
87 to 89 3 -Bo ; No, 2, do„ 85 to 86 3-80. Corn
—No. 3 yellow. 701.2 to 710. Oats—No. 3
White, 38 3.4 to 391.4o. Rye --No. 2, 621-4 to
640. Flour and Bran—Unchanged.
Duluth, September 2,—Wheat—No. 1 hard,
893.8o; No. 1 Northern, 883.80; N0. 2, do.,
86 3.8 to 86 7.80 September, 87 5-8e; Decem-
ber, 89 6.8o; May, 94 7.80 asked. Linseed -
21.48 1-2;
inseed-21.481-2; September. $(47' 1-2 bid; October,
$1.48 3.4 bid; November, $1.48 3.4 bid; De.
comber; $1.47 1-2 bid.
Live Stock Markets,
Toronto, Sept. 2.--Cattle--•Choice export,
$6.50 to $6.80; choice butchers, $6.25 to
$6.40; good 'medium, $5.65 to $5,90; common,
$4 to $5; canners, $2 to $2:50; cutters, $3
to $3.25; fat cows, 6.25 to $6.75; common
cows, $3.50 to $4. Calvos—Good veal, $5 to
$7; choice, 88,25 to $9; common, $3 to $3,50.
Stockers and feeders --Steers, 700 to 800
pounds, 84.50 to '$5; extra choice heavy
feeders, 900 pounds, $5 to $5.50; rough Bast -
ern, 400 to 650 pounds, $2.50 to $4.25. Sheep
and lambs—Light ewes, $4.26 to $5.25
heavy, $3 tb $3.50; bucks, $3 to $3.50;
spring lambs, $7,76 to $8.25. Hogs—$9.65
f.o.b.; $10 fed and -watered, and $10.25 off
care. -
Montreal, Sept. x, --Primo beeves, 6'1.4 to
61.20; common, 2 to 63-4c. Calves, 23.4 to
61-20, Sheep, 41-4 to 41.2o, Lainbs, 61-2e.
Bogs. 10c.
Toronto's assessment advanced
•$81,000,000 since last year,
Aid, Richter of London was elect-
ed President of Ontario Municipal
Association,
The veteran shot, "Tons" Mit-
thell, won the Grand Aggregate at
the D.L,A. range,
Mrs. Joseph. Pedlar, of Lindsay,
died of apoplexy from excitement
over a fire across .the street, while
her husband was' helping to pub it
out;
3ohxi McAlpr
Millionaire lumberman `'j uluth,
formerly of Prescott County, On-
tario, shot to death in his kspme.;
•
DISASTriouS pIRE AT LONDON
Western Fair Grounds Suffer a
Loss of $100,000,
A despatch frdm London, Ont.,
says : Fire, which it is ,believed was
caused by a tramp, following, the
circus smoking in • a cattle 'shed
early on Friday, swepe the Western
Fair Grounds, causing a loss of
$100,000. 'The ,big ina,chinery hall,
carriage buildings, pig. and Sheep
buildings, and about -one-third .of
'the big horse -sheds are apile of
ashes. The buildings were ail frame,
and, fanned by a high wind, the
flames 'licked them up in a few min-
utes- The fact that the :heavy show-
er, an hour or two before, had soak
ed the roofs of adjeipieg-buildings,
probably prevented the whole of the
fair buildings and the grand stand
from going. The large Grand Trunk
unloading platform and many cars
were burned, and, the half-mill/pa
dollar G.T.R. ear works,:°just across
the street from the horse sheds was
on fire many times, but was saved
by the efforts of •the company's own
fire department. As the fair was to
open this week, the maltagement is
up against a big problem. An ef-
fort will be made bo secure tents to
put the exhibits in in'tht:-meantime,
President Reid states that:tlhe loss
is fully covered by insurt�x . The'
fair, he'says, will, ga `.ifs"usual,
Fee from bt�arig, jsaa' "`;iii e:*loss
e»
:f bon r
o about A - quarter t o.
ar . f , .. �j -
e ar 2
��� ajd-
legs, they unanimousl;' elrp ess the -
hope that bigger and 'better build-
linostgs. than ever will assplace those
MAKING BUTTER, TESTS.
Ontario Ilas a Good AVer'age for
Water Content.
A°despatch from Ottawa says
A number of inspectors employed
by the Dairy and Cold Storage
branch of the Department of Agri-
culture, are now on a tour of the
country taking samples of butter
in order to ascertain ifthe pro-
visions of the Dairy Act 'Are being
complied withas regards moisture
content. Nearly one hundred
samples have been taken hi Eastern
Ontario already, and the average
water content, as determined by
test, was 12.92 per cent,, which was
well under the legal limit of 16 per
cent. Only three samples' exceeded
the moisture limit. The makers
+were warned, and more ;samples
will be taken from time to'tinie, Of-;
fenders are liable to a heavy fine
for infractions of the Act: ` Last'
winter a number of dealers in: Van-
couver were heavily fined, it will
be remembered, for reworking New
Zealand butter and adding moisture
to it.
GRAIN INCREASE 80 PER CENT.
Mixed, Farming Has 111ade Big
Strides in, the West.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Aceording to crop reports cowAmlc
d
by the Calgary Oredit Min"e sso-
cltion,,
covering all the southern
portion of the province and -as far
north as Stettler, the grain yield
will be about 30 per oent. in excess
of last year and will, be praetically
all. marketable, Tremendous in-
creases in mixed farming' autput
aro reported. For instance, ,teth-
bridge district which •lest year .ship -
pod 50,000 hogs will this year mar-
ket 450,000. It is expected that the.
hog output of the province will be
considerably in excess of one mil
lion head as compared with ,200,000
last year,
Homestead entries in. Western
Canada for the first half of the pre-
sent year totalled 15,1.54, Thie is
a decrease of °ver twenty per cent.
es coin.pared with the first six
months of 1912.
MNED TO LEAVE MEXICO
President Wilson Calls Upon the rs 000 Americans
to Return to the United States,.
A despatch from Washington
says; President Wilson proclaimed
his' new policy of non-interference
in the Mexicali situation before a
joint session of the .two Houses of
Congress on Wecl atetsday afternoon,
The' delivery of the address: follow-
ed President .-Missal's decision no
longe) ,to Wait upon Huerta's pol-
icy of proerastination and delay.
The President, after • frankly ac-
knowledging failure of the Lind
•
mission, outlined she /sewpolicy of
the United .States. towards Mexico,
namely—non-interference.
Presideaat Wilson proposes to let
1915. J. C. Grew, charge d affaires •
destiny., He entertains the strong
hope that ',eventually ..the pride of
Huerta willhe brolcea, and that
all .factionssyil1 realize the neces-
sity :of yielding :to,, the Amerioan
mediation demands.
The President •does not consider
this new policy of non-interference
as closing the door for future.
American efforts towards a peace -
Sul solution of the present difficulty:
In fact, he expressed the rima be-
lief that not rattily days . will elapse
"before we shall triumph as. the
friend of Mexico,:: ;•
It isslikely that the United States
will have the co-operation of the
powers; of the world in the em-
bargo on shipments of arms and
ammunition into Mexico. Intim-
ations were thrown out by Senator
Barron, chairman of the Foreige Re-
lations Committee, that such a
course would be the logical one for
other Governments to follow, Pre-
sident Wilson has made it known
that the United States has had' the
moral 'support of several of the
greare spowers in the mediartioss ne-
gotiations, and it is the general be-
lief now that these Governments
will lend ahelping hand to the
United. States in cutting off mili-
tary ' supphes from Mexico.
QUARREL ENDS IN MURDER.
Toronto Hotel Mehl. Killed in Li
An
Altercation.. -
A despatch from Toronto says:
As the result of an altercation in
the kitchen of Smith's :hotel at the
corner of Queen and. Simooe streets
on Wednesday . morning, Lizzie
Ives, a woman about 35 years of
age, who lived on Elizabeth street,
was killed, and James Dickenson,
230 Simeoe street, another kitchen
employe, is under arrest on a
charge of murder. The argument
which :,led to the fight started short-
ly before eight o'clock when .the
woman asked the accused to take
some ice to the refrigerator. When
he refused the Woman is alleged to
have struck im, and when,he hit
back she, fell under the blow, and
striking a table broke her neck. As
soon as the . man i saw that he had
badly injured,, the woman he ran
out of the hotel, but he was found.
in his room about threse:hours later
in ,a . bad state of intoxication; He
. - ft'k e
w ,t n to polios headquarters.
.NEW GRAIN ROUTE.•
O.N.E. to Haul Freight From. Port
Arthur to Sudbury.
• A despatch from Toronto says:
The opening of another grain route
from the West to the East was of-
ficially announced on Friday by the
'Canadian Northern Railway. It
was stated that the company is pre-
pared to haul grain over their new
transcontinental line from Port Ar-
thus to ;Sudbury, and then south to
Toronto by the beginning of win-
ter if the crop is heavy enough to
necessitate another outlet.
CIGARETTE STARTS FIRE.
Fine Barn And Thrashing Outfit
D estroyed.
A dispatch from -Belleville says :
A little cigarette that was careless-
ly being smoked by one of the men
assisting in the season's threshing
is said to have been the cause of
a disastrous fire a quarter of a mile
west of Frankford, • on . Wednesday
afternoon. As a result the fine
large three-storey barn of Mr,
Leonard Sine, his season's crop of
grain and hay, and the threshing
separator and water tank belong-
ing to Mr. Court Smith of Stock-
dale are now a heap of ashes,
A federal commission to investi-
gate prison reform has been ap-
pointed. -
DYNAMITE EXPLODED.
Two Mien Lose Their Lives in Mine
at Cobalt.
A despatch from Timmins, Ont.,
says: Early on Wednesday morn-
ing at the Hollinger Reserve an
explosion occurred whereby two
men, Jack Nolan, a drill runner,
and Mike Tereske, a deck hand,
were killed. Pereske had just tak-
en down a supply of dynamite and
reached the heading where Nolan
was working when the explosion
occurred. As far as can be ascer-
tained, the explosion was a pure
accident, and the cause will prob-
ably remain an unsolved mystery.
THE SALMON PACK.
The Total Was Only 180,000 for the
'Year Just Closing.
A despatch from Vancouver, B.
0., says: The canneries of Northern
British Columbia report a lean year
for • the season just closing, the
sockeye sal•
y mon pack totalling only
180,000 cases, The average• pack o ,.
the last 16 years was 750,000 'cases.
Puget Sound canneries, however,
report a big "season. The Fraser
River pack amounts to 500,000 cases
this year, against a million -in 1911.
INSTANTLY KILLED..
W. Becker, of Waterloo, - Meets
- Death by Electricity.
A despatch from Waterloo, Ont.,
says: Catching hold of the handle
of a derrick which had come into
contact with a Hydro wire, and
which had thrown .two of his com-
panions, W. Thomas and P. Sch-
weitzer, to the ground, seriously
injuring them, W. Becker himself
received the full 13,000 volts which
the line Carried, and was instantly
killed, at the new building of the
Kuntz Brewery Company on Wed-
nesday morning: Physicians who
rushed to the scene, found that the
man had been instantly killed.
ACCIDENT TO DR. COLEMAN.
A despatch from. Vancouver,.
C., says: Dr, A. P. Coleman, pro-
fessor of geology at the University
of Toronto, a member of the party
of visiting geologists, sustained
fracture of his right leg in a fall
while descending a inoun:tain at
Field, Dr. Coleman will aeconipany
the excursion party to the Yukon.
He is a leading member of the
Canadian Alpine Club,
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RESTS AND EXECUTIONS
'Many Chinese Legislators And Others Flee to the
South for Their Lives.
A despatch from Pekin says: A
crisis was reached here on Wednes-
day .owing, to the arrest of nine
more members of the Chinese Par-
liament, Since the .proclamation
of martial law in the capital arrests
and summery executions have been
of frequent oocurrenee, several of
the victims -being members of Par-
liament. -Many of the deputies
have departed for the south in fear
for their lives, and the assembly
of e Parliamentary quorum has
been prevented numerous caeca
-
nous owing to rumors that the po-
A
lice intended to make further ar-
rests.
The Senate, passed a motion .dele-
gating the Speaker wand Deputy
Speaker to visit Provisi,ohal Pre -
aslant Yuan Shi Kai and 'ask him
for an explanation of the arrests,
and also to enquire whether he
still desired to govern China. with
the help of the Parliament or not,
At the same tiitne the Senate re-
solved not to sit again if the reply,
of Yuan Shi Kai proved unsatisfac-
tory. The Lower House passed re-;
solutions in a similar strain.'
THE NEYI5 IH A PARA SPO
BtAPpENING:S F1(i0llx ALL OVER
THE GLOBE IN A
NUT SJTELL..;
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your'
Jeyes..
Canada.
Six woanee. are to ' be deported
from Toronto institutions,
Edmund Hayes,`jr., of Farming-
ton, Me., killed M
in exico, .foratt-
erly lived • in Haileybury, Ont.
Supreme Chief Ranger Stevenson
of the I. O. F. announces that he
would establish ahome for aged
Foresters.
A horse from the stable of Kin'
George is to be given to the Do
minion Government breeding de
partment. •
Mrs. John Oalcutt, who passe.
away recently in Strath.roy in he
92nd year, was a great -great -grew
grandmother. -
Nicholes Bawlf, dean of the gran
trade in, Winnipeg, says -the west
ern grain crop will average 20 bush
els to the acre,
0. A. Woods, L C. R. enginee
indicted for manslaughter as th
result of a wreck, was freed by
grand jttiry at Bathurst,- N.B.
It is understood that a Brigs
firm, Baldray, Yerburgh &. Hutch
inson," is the lowest tenderer fin
the Toronto harbor improvements
John Place, Socialist M.P.P.' 'fo
Nanaimo, B. C., was committed fo
trial on a charge of being in pos
session of stolen property, being
pistol taken from aspecial Pro
vincial constable during a, riot. .
F. L. Fellowes, city engineer, e
Vancouver, has been retired as
result of water pipes approved b
his eastern representatives bein
found :below -the standard, causin
the city aloes of several thousan
dollars.
G14t. Britain.
Premier Asquith was rough
handled by two suffragettes wh
playing golf in Scotland on Thur
day.
Lord Aberdeen .has refused to a
der an inquiry intokeksagoncluCt
Londonderry pollee>; .in the, rel
riots.
The present'prosperity of Eng]
,industry is in lice by" -a s -o f ic.
return showing that benkruptc
last year were the lowest in
years.
G eneral.
The Palace of Peace was inaugu
ated with imposing ceremony at T1
Hague on Thursday.
The Servian Government has d
clined to co-operate with the Ca
negie Commission investigating t
alleged Balkan atrocities on a,
count of the presence among tl•
members of Professor Paul N. Mi
ukoff, leader of the Constitution
Democrats in the Russian Duma.
A CUSTOi1 STATEMENT.
Remarkable Increase in Import
tion of Fresh Lamb.
A despatch from Ottawa sway.
That the Canadian people are co
suming much more fresh and ca
ned meats and lamb and import
a correspondingly less quantity
live cattle and salt beef is indioat
in a statistical memorandum of
Customs Department. In 1904
total of 36,549 horned cattle we
imported. In the fiseal year end
March last this hadfallen, off
8,128 head, On the other ha'
importations of 'sheep have inere
ed greatly. In 1904 the total w
72,568 and in 1913, 229,743, S
beef to the extent of 2,878,6
pounds was imported in 1904. L
year it fell/toff to 1,433,582 poun
The consumption of canned me
1•as year t y a, was 2,162,637 pounds,
double that of 1904, while fr
lamb importations have gra
from 157,587 pounds in 1904 ta.
630,818 pounds in 1913,
1,800 itURA.L MAIL ROUTES
A. Large Number Of Country r
OO1ees Rave Been Closed.
A despatch fi om Ottawa ` sa
The rural mail delivery system .
undergone an immense inere
within the Rest year. At the
sent time eighteen hundred ro
are in operation. While a num
of routes are being established
the West, the eery -lee is much m
largely centred in the East, e
ei,ally in Ontario, which hat
played a much greatertandem
utilize it. The result has been
closing of, a large number of e
try post -offices.
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