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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-10-03, Page 7rM. PJo Dlusi D is C Gal. co C Y sla. 'KE othiante Tex in ve a, lg e, e. a le .11 >t 110. Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded Breadstuffs. Toronto, Sept. 30. -Flour -Ontario wheat lours, 90 per cent., made of new wheat, Quoted at $3.60, seaboard, and at $3.65 to $3.70 locally. Manftobas-First patents, in Jute bags, $5.40; do., seconds, $4.90; strong bakers', in jute bags, $4:70. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 new Northern <noted at 90c, on track, Bay ports, and N o. 2 at 89c. Ontario wheat -New No. 2 wheat at 84 to 85c, outside. Oats -No. 2 Ontario oats clouted at 32 to 33e, outside, and at 35 1-2 to 360, on -track, Toronto, Western Canada old oats qnoted at 39 1-2 for No. 2, and at 38c for 'No. 3. Bay ports. Peas -Nominal at 83 to 85e, outside. Barley -62 to 54c, outside. Corn -The market is dull; No. 3 Ameri- .ban corn quoted nominal at 78e, c.i.f., Midland. Rye -Prices nominal at 60 to 62o per :bushel. Buckwheat -Prices nominal at 52 to 63o. Bran --Manitoba bran is Quoted at $22 to $23 a ton, in bags, Toronto freights. Shorts, $24, Toronto. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23e; inferior, 18 to 20c; creamery, 26 to 27c for rolls, and '24 to 251-2o for solids. Eggs -Case lots of new -laid, 26 to 280 per dozen; fresh, 23 to 250, and seconds, 18 to 20o. Cheese -New cheese quoted at 14 3-4 to 150, for large, and 15c for twine. Beans -Hand-picked quoted at $2.25 to 42.35 per bushel; primes, $1.75 to $2. Honey -Extracted, in tins, quoted at 11 to 111-2o per lb. for No. 1; combs. $3 to 1$53.25 per dozen for No. 1, and $2.75 for No. 2. Poultry -Fowl, 13 to 14c per lb; chick- -lens, 17 to i8o; ducks, 16 to 17c: geese, 13 to 14c; turkeys. 18 to 20o. Potatoes -The market is quiet. Ontario rotates, 75o per bag, and New Brunswick, 85 to 90c per bag, on track. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay -The market is unchanged. (with supplies only moderate. No. 1 hay is quoted at $13 to $14, on track, Toron- to; No. 2 at $12.50, and mixed at $12. Baled straw -$8 to $8.60. on track, To- ronto. Provisions. Cured meats are quoted as follows: - Bacon, long clear, 16 1.2c per lb. in ease lots. Pork -Short cut, $29; do., mess. $24. ams -Medium to light. 211-2 to 27o; eavy, 201.2 to 21c; rolls, 17e: breakfast aeon, 21 to 22o; backs, 24 to 25o. Lard -Pierces, 14o; tubs, 14 1-4c; pails. 14 1-20. Business In Montreal. Montreal. Sept. 30. -Dorn -American No. 2, yellow, 84 to 85e. Oats -Canadian West- ern, No. 2. 41 to 41 1.2c; do., No. 3, 39 1-20; xtra No. 1 feed, 40 to' 40 1-203. Barley - an. feed, 50 to 51c; malting, 64 to 65o. U.ckwheat, No. 2, 68 to 60o. 'Flour - an. Spring wheat patents. firsts, $6.60; i6eoonds, $5.10; strong bakers', $4.90; Winter patents, choice, $5 to $6.25 etrhight rollers, $4.65 to $4,85: straight lin re ng ;i- ,te rollers, bags, $2.10 to $2,25. Rolled oats, barrels, $4,75, do., bags, 90 lbs. $2.10 to $2,20. Bran, $22. Shorts, $24. Middlings, $27. 110111111e, $28 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per ton ear lots, $12 to $13. Cheese- Finest westerns, 13 1.2 to 13 3.40; finest eastern, 13 to 133-80. Butter -Choice creamery, 261-2 to 27o; seconds, 26 to 261.4. Eggs -Fresh, 34 o 36c; selected, 29 to 31e; No. 1 stook, 27 to 280; No. 2 stock, 21 to 22c. Potatoes, per bag, oar lots, 60 to 65o. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 13 3.4 to 140. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces. $29. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs. 101-4 to 101-2c; 'wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10'5-4 to 11e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 14 3.4e; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 15c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Sept. 30.-Olose-Wheat- September, 82 3-8c; December, 84 7-8c; May, 89 3-4 to 89 7.8c. Cash wheat -No. 1 hard, 85 7-8o; No. 1 Northern, $3 3-8 to 85 5.8o; No. 2, do., 81. 3.8 to 83 3-80. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 70 to 70 1-2o. Oats -No. 3 white, 38 1-2 to 39c. Rye -No. 2, 57 to 60c. Flour and bran -Unchanged. Duluth, Sept. 30. -Close -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 86c; No. 1 Northern, 85o; No. 2, do., 83 to 83 1-2c; September. 83 7.8c; Decem- ber 85c; May, 89 7-80. Linseed -Cash, $1.4'3; May. $1,44: September. $1.41 1-2 no- minal; October,.$1.411-2 asked; November, $1.42; December, $1.39 1-2 bid. Liao Stock Markets. Montreal, Sept. 30. -There was a good demand from butchers for cattle, and as the supply of the best, grades was none too large, a brick trade was done at firm prices. There were no really choice steers on the market, but fairly good stock sold readily at $6.25 to $6.50, and the lower grades from that down to $4 per owt. The demand for choice cows was good at $5.25 to $5.60, good at $4.75 to $5, and com- mon stock at $3.50 to $4.50, with canners at $3 per cwt. The tone of the market for small meats was firm under a good demand and an active trade was done. Lambe sold at $6 to $6.75, and sheep at $4.25 per owt.; calves at from $5 to $15 each, as to size and quality. A weaker feeling developed in the market for hogs, and prices scored a further decline of 10 to 20o per owt. The demand from local packers -vas good, and sales of selected lots were made at $8.80 to $10 per cwt., weighed off cars. Toronto, Sept, 30. -Choice butchers' steers sold at 6 50 to $6,80; good, $6.25 to $6.50; medium, $5.90 to $6.20; oommon, $5.60 to $.80; inferior to common, $5 to $5.25; choice cows, $5.25 to $5.65; good cows, $4.75 to $5; medium cows, $4 to $4.50; com- mon cows, $3.50 to $3.75; canners and cut- ters, $2.50 to $3.25; good bulls, $5 to $5.60; common bulls, $3.75 to $4.75, Steers, 900 to 1100 lbs.. $5.25 to $6; stock- ers, 700 to 1100 lbs., $4.50 to $5.25; light, eastern stockers $3.75 to $4.50. Choice veal calves sold at $9 to $10; ood, $8 to $9; medium. 7 to $8; common, 5 to $6.50; rough eastern calves, $3.75 to SSheep, ewes, 100 td 130 lbs., $4.50 to $5; ewes, 140 to 160 lbs., at $4 to $4.25; culls and rams, $2.50 to $3.50; lambs, $6.25 to $6.75. Hogs -Selects fed and watered sold at $9.50 to $9.60, and -$9.15 to $9.25 fed and watered. DIDN'T KNOW that Tea and Coffee Cause Trouble. So common is the use of tea or coffee as a beverage many do not know that they are the cause of many obscure ails which are often attributed to other things. The easiest way to find out for oneself is to quit the tea and coffee for a while, at least, and note re- ults. A lady found out in this way, nd also learned of a new beverage hat is wholesome as well as plea- nt to drink. She writes: "I am 40 years old and all my ifs, up to a year and a half ago, I ad been a coffee drinker. "Dyspepsia, severe headaches nd heart weakness made me feel osnetimes, as though I was about to ie. After drinking a cup or two f hot coffee, my heart would go Ike a clock without a pendulum. t other times it would almost stop ted I was so nervous I did not like be alone." Tea is just as harm- ul, because it contains caffeine, ho same drug found in coffee. "If I took a walk for exercise, as on as 'I was out, of .sight of the Ouse 'I'd feel as if I was sinking nd this, 'would frighten me terribly. y limbs would utterly refuse to upport me, and the pity of it all as I did not know that ooffee was ausing the trouble. "Reading in the papers that any persons were relieved of such ilments by Ieaving off coffee and rinking Postum, I got my husband bring home a, package. We made. according to directions and I ked the first cup. Its rich snappy vor was delicious. 'I have beets using Postum about hteen months, and to my great y, digestion is good, my nerves d heart are all right, in fact, I a well woman once more, thanks Postum." ame given, by Canadian Postum ,, Windsor, Ont. Write for copy the little book, "The Road to ll6ciile," ostum comes in two forms: tegular Postum --= must be well natant Postum is a s,oluble pow- . A teaspoonful dissolves quick- in a cup of hot water and, with aart and sugar, makes.a delicious erage instantly. Grocers sell h' kinds, There's a reason" for Poistulp,. EIGHT CHILDREN CREMATED. Parents and One Boy Alone Saved from Quebec Fire, A despatch from Quebec says : As the result of a midnight blaze which broke out in a three-storey wooden building 'situated at No. 482 St. Francois Street, between Lavio- lette and St. Catherine Streets, ad- joining the Terrain Bedard, all in- dications at a11 early hour Friday morning pointed to the cremation of eight children of the family of Mr. Ulric Trudel, the proprietor, who, together with five other fam- ilies, lived in the house. The mother and father, as well as the eldest boy, although all in- jured, were saved, and all three are at present in the Hotel Dieu Hos- pital. It was also stated during the fire that another of the children, a little girl named Marguerite, had been saved •by a man residing in an- other street, and that she was safe at his home, but no trace could be found of the eight other children, who ostensibly perished before aid could reach them. The eldest boy, named Antoin, who was dropped from the third - storey window, struck his head on, the curb stone, and that,. together with the burns which he received, renders his condition very serious. The mother, who was taken down on a ladder, is horribly burned, and only the expression of agony in her eyes and the moans which she could not suppress told the pitiful story of the agony and horrible grief which she 'suffered. The father was the least injured of the 'three, although he also suffered several painful burns. LIONS CAUSE TERROR. Have Already Killed 200 Cattle and 400 Sheep. A despatch from Berlin says: Terror reigns among the population of Styria, Austria, arising from the depredations of a lioness and her cubs and a number of hyenas which recently escaped from a menagerie, according to despatches reaching here from Gratz. The wild beasts have seized and devoured 200 cat- tle and 400 sheep. The inhabitants will not allow their 'children to go to school, FATAL STING BY WASP"- Titled ASP. Titled Lady Expires In Twenty Minutes. A despatch from London eayta Lady Jane Molesworth, 'formerly Miss Jane Graham Frost, daughter of Brigadier -General Darrel M. Frost, U.S.A., of St. Louis, aid widow of Sir Lewis William. ¥oles worth, was stung on the jugular vein by a wasp early on Friday and she died in twenty minutes. A cor- oner's jury found'that Lady Moles- worth had died from heart.failute,• which was caused by the sting 'of an insect. The verdict was based ,on evidence given by physicians. Miss Frost, a sister of the dead woman, testified that Lady Moles- worth was sitting in the drawing - room, when the wasp stung her in the neck. She went upstairs imme- diately and applied ammonia to the wound. When she returned she complained of palpitation of the heart. . Miss Frost immediately rushed out of the room to get some brandy, but when she returned she found that her sister had fainted.. She called a doctor at once, but Lady Molesworth died before he, arrived. This was about twenty minutes after she had been stung. Dr. Sharp testified that Lady' Molesworth's heart was not very strong, and the exertion of running upstairs caused the blood to circu- late more freely, and assisted in the distribution of the poison. The sting had penetrated one of the large veins of the neck. DEVOURED BY SHARKS. Tragic Scene Witnessed by Passen- gers on Steamer Campania. A despatch from London says: A tragic scene was witnessed by the passengers of the Campania, which arrived at Queenstown last week. On the third day out a `third-class passenger, John Fagan, belonging to county Mayo, jumped or fell overboard from the top deck. All the passengers were on deck at the time when a cry of "Man over- board!" was raised. The Campania's engines were at once stopped, and a boat rowed quickly to aid the drowning man. The passengers, however, were hor- rified to see a number of sharks in the vicinity, and the unfortunate man was devoured, It is believed that he was insane. The Ca9:iiialnia proceeded after an hour' s..d.elas _ COASTING COST MAN'S LIFE. Knocked Down on Sidewalk, Sus- tained Fracture of Skull. A despatch from Woodstock says: As the result of a boy's carelessness Charles Rush, of Michigan, was killed here on Thursday. Rush had, arrived here after an absence of 27 years, to visit his brother. With his brother John he was walk- ing down the hill on Hunter Street, when they heard a noise behind them. Looking back, they saw a boy coasting the sidewalk in an ex- press wagon. They parted to leave room for him, but the boy ran into Charles Rush's legs, knocking his feet from under him. He fell back- ward, striking his head on the side- walk and fracturing his skull. He died three hours later in the hospi- tal. BRITISH FIRM'S CONTRACT. Thirty Million Dollars for Exten- sion of Vancouver's Harbor. A despatch -from London says: Messrs, J, G. White, • the eminent British harbor engineers, announce that they have secured the con- tract, involving about £6,000,000 sterling, for a scheme of, harbor ex- tension in Vancouver,, .where the Provincial Government recently granted foreshore rights to the Vancouver Harbor ' Sa Dock Exten- sion Company. It is intended to provide twenty-five miles of dock- age a:t Lulu Island and Sea Island and many miles for industrial sites and railway terminals. The com- pany agrees to give the Govern- ment control over the dockage rates that are to be charged and also undertakes to allow all rail- ways and steamship lines equal privileges. The' agreement gives the Government the right to purchase at an arbitrated value the works which, the company as a private promoter has placed at the disposal of the industrial world. FLE`V ACROSS BALTIC. Swedish Aviator Made 812 -mile Trip Two Hours. A despatch from Berlin says: Thulin, a Swedish aviator, crossed the Baltic from Landskrona to Stralsund, a distance' of 312 miles, in two hours, in an aeroplane. BUTlER BARRED AT COLLEGE Girls Do Not Take Kindly to Dry Bread, and Make Wry Faces. 'A • despatch from Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,says : After a year's study of the health 'situation at Vassar" Col- lege, 'the authorities at the college have decided that cotton mattresses and butter are not conducive to good 'health, and as a result butter is now barred from the dinner table, and the girls will 'hereafter sleep on the hair mattresses re- quired by the new rule or curl up on a rug. The girls attending the college 'are greatly astonished at the new rule, and a storm of pro- test has arisen from them. Wry faces were expressed at the break- fast and luncheon over the process of taking dry bread, and there is much talk of thestudents making a formal protest against the rule. During the summer vacation the authorities at the college hauled every cotton mattress to the cam- pus and burned them. TO ENLARGE Soo CANAL. Proposal to Give Continuous 30 Foot Channel to the Atlantic. A despatch from Ottawa says: As a preliminary to the enlargement of the Canadian canal at Sault Ste. Marie to a depth of 31 feet, the Government is arranging for the expropriation of Whitefish Island and an additional strip of land along the south side of the present canal. Most of the property is owned by the Algoma Central Rail- way, and the Department of Justice is' now instituting expropriation proceedings. The actual work of enlarging the canal must, of course, wait until sanctioned by Parliament, but it is understood that a vote will be ask- ed at the next session of Parlia- ment for a preliminary survey and for the preparation of plans. The enlargement of the Soo Ca- nal is a logical sequence to the enlargement of the Welland Canal. The next step will be the enlarge- ment of the whole St. Lawrence canal system so as to give a con- tinuous thirty-foot channel right through from the head of the lakes to the Atlantic. The formal announcement of the whole scheme will probably not be made for some considerable time yet, but meanwhile the enlargement of the Welland and the Soo Canals will be proceeded with. ,�yN�I MILLED IN RACEWAR. ,, edY4Originated From Drunken .Spree. ' A. despatch from Vicksburg, Miss., .says : As a result of a drunken spree by two negro bro- thers,' Walter and Willie Jones, aged 16 and 18 respectively, four prominent white citizens of Harris - ton, Miss., are dead, and four others are dangerously wounded, and nine negroes are dead and many wounded. The trouble started at an early hour :Sunday morning, when the Jones brothers went down to "Negrotown" and there fired sev- eral shots at random 'in their drunken debauch, and a negro or two 'were killed. When. Sheriff Ilammett was informed of the trou- ble he atarted out immediately with a posse. The negroes were sur- rounded and barricaded in an old house, from which they fired con- tinuously and killed four white citi- zens who were attempting to cap- ture them. The negroes escaped and were joined by others, and in a second encounter five negroes were killed:• Walter Jones was killed by the posse, and later in the morning Willie Jones was captured also and hanged to a. post, in front of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger station. • BANDITS' HOLD UP AUTO. • Victims Ordered Out and Robbers Took Their Places. A despatch from Montreal says: Early Friday morning four masked men • held up an automobile con- taining four men and two women on Queen Mary Road, Cote des Neiges, near Montreal, and robbed the occupants of $250 in cash and articles of jewellery. The bandits were armed with revolvers and kept those in the car covered while relieving them of their money and jewellery. When ' the bandits had accom- plished their work they ordered the occupants out of the machine, climbing in 'themselves, and drove towaa'd Montreal, Before reaching Outremont they abandoned the oar in the middle of the road and dis- appeared. Chief Baker, of the Outremont Police Department, was notified and set' out with his men to cover the roads leading from Cote des Neiges. The bandits, however, had a good start and no trace of them, was found. ESCAPED FROM GOWGANDA. Circumstances Give Air of Mystery to the Affair. A despatch from Gowganda says : George E. Ericson, .a Swede, whose arrest was asked for by the Swedish authorities on three charges of arson and burglary, has made a mysterious escape from the local lockup. Arrested by Provincial Constable Stalwood, Ericson was placed behind the bars. He was given a preliminary hearing, but made his escape 'shortly afterwards. It was claimed that friends of his had threatened the authorities. Inspector Powell made an investi- gation, and found that the only way Ericson could have got out would be through a hole fourteen inches square. As he weighs one 'hundred and seventy-five pounds, and would have had to reach six feet to get through, it looks very suspicious. CHINA HAS APOLOGIZED. Japan Denies an Ultimatum Was Sent to Chinese Government. A despatch from Nanking says: General Chang Hsun, the com- mander of the Chinese troops at Nanking, accompanied by a. body- guard of 50 cavalry, went to the Japanese Consulate Saturday morning and apologized in accor- dance with the Japanese demands in connection with the killing of several Japanese and an insult offered to the Japanese' flag. The Consul expressed his satisfaction at the action of the Chinese com- mander. The Japanese Legation emphati- cally denied that an ultimatum had been sent by the Japanese Govern- ment to China,. The Legation stat- ed that the Chinese authorities at Hankow and Shantung had fully complied with the Japanese de- mands, TRADE FIGURES GROWING. Figures for the Year Will Show Increase of $200,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: Canada's trade figures announced Thursday show striking increases, the total for August being $97,742,- 581, or $7,719,677 more than Au- gust last year. For the first five months of the year the total is $456,223,167, an increase of $37,- 564,919 over the same period of 1912. It is expected that the total for the year will exceed that of 1912 by about two hundred million. Exports for August were $13,- 176,343, an increase of $4,572,500. Of these exports Canadian manu- factures represented $4,911,478. VINE PRODUCES 500 PUMPKINS Covers Eighth of Acre --One Weighs 100 Pounds. A despatch from Conway, S.C., says: If Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater had run across an enormous pumpkin vine growing on the pro- perty of Dr. R. G. Sloan on Little River, this county, he could have kept 500 wives. The vine, which is of voluntary growth, is believed to be the largest in the world. It cov- ers more than an eighth of an acre, and has produced about 500 pump - bins, the largest of which weighs nearly 100 pounds. If it is feasible to remove it the vine will be exhibi- ted at the State Fair at Columbia. BROKE GRAIN HAUL RECORD. C.P.R. Landed 900 Cars at Fort William in One Day. A despatch from Fort William says: The Canadian Pacic Railway broke this season's grain hauling record at the head of the lakes, 900 cars, or about 1,000,000 bushels, of grain having arrived, The total amount received over all three roads during this period was 1,429 cars. FIVE KILLED AT CROSSING. Struck By Express at Level Cross - lag Near Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Five people weinstantly by the C.P,R, Quebec Express killed ten miles from this city on Friday -night when the carriage in which they were riding was struck by the pilot of the engine. The dead are : Hor- midas Allaire, 49 years old; Mrs. Hormidas Allaire, 46 years old; Wilfrid Lortie, bachelor, 42 years old; Albina Lortie, his sister, un- married, 43 years; Victoria Lortie, another sister, 66 years of age. All the deceased lived at St, Elsear, Quebec. The party were driving to their home at St. Elsear over a sort of private road, known as Monte Du - Moulin, which runs from Park La- val to St. Martin, The road is not much more than a rough track, and at the crossing where the accident took place there is no light or sign of habitation. The train was en route to Montreal. The engine driver. realizing that there had been an accident, pulled up and the train crew picked up the bodies of the party which had been thrown in all directions, one of them being found on top of the engine. The carriage was smashed into splinters. Four of the victims were dead when picked up, the only one show- ing any sign of life being Albina Lortie. All were placed on the train and brought into Montreal. At the Mile End Station an am- bulance from the Royal Victoria Hospital was waiting. Miss Lortie was placed in the vehicle, but died before reaching the hospital. Just how the accident happened no one seems to know as the point where the carriage was struclS is far removed from any farm house. The party carried no light, and the engine driver claims that the first intimation he had was when he felt the impact of the engine and car- riage. PIERPONT MORGAN'S WEALTH Left $150,000,000, Exclusive of Good -Will of Banking House. A despatch from New York says: The late J. Pierpont Morgan left an estate of over $100,000,000. This was disclosed when attorneys for the executors sent a cheque for $2,500,000 to the State Comptroller at Albany in payment of the pre- liminary transfer tax on the estate. The executors had to make the pre- liminary payment before next Wed- nesday, because the six months' period following the death of Mr. Morgan, under which the execution Could get live per ti --7,114,-.. rebate on.. preliminary payment, expired Sep- tember 30. The payment of $2,500,000 repre- sents a tax of from 1 to 4 per cent. on property worth between $65,- 000,000 and $67,000,000. It was learned also that the Morgan art collections are not included in the assets of the estate on which the tax was paid, nor is the value of Mr. Morgan's good -will in J. P. Morgan and Co. included. It re- presents tangible property exclu- sively, and consists chiefly of se- curities. Mr. Morgan',s art collec- tions have been valued at $50,000,- 000. oy URANIUM DEPOSIT FOUND. Promises to Increase the Output of Radium. A despatch from Berlin says: A most important deposit of uranium and piteh•blend, from which radium is extracted, has been found on the German side of the Erzgebirge, a range of mountains between Sax- ony and Bohemia. The deposit is apparently a prolongation of that on the Bohemian side, which has hitherto been one of the principal sources of supply. The find has created great interest on account of the enormous demand in connec- tion with the treatment of cases of cancer. German citiea and states have placed unfilled orders for uranium and radium amounting to $625,000. JAPANESE INTERPRETER SHOT Slain When Entering Home at San Francisco. A despatch from San Francisco says : James B. Nakada, Japanese interpreter in the United States court here, was shot dead by an assassin as he entered his home. The murderer escaped before any- one saw him. The police believe he fell a victim to some of the Japan- ese white slavers whom lie had brought to trial by giving informa- tion about their tr-n,filc,