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tominion Now Has Under Operation Over
Twenty nine Thousand Miles of Steel
despatch - from Ottawa says:
F ate intereeti>.ig facts about Cana-
dian railways and the statistics in
conI:Iection with them are contained
in theannual report of John Lam-
bert, Payne, enmptrcller of railway
sta,tisties, tabled in the House on,
'.i'hursclay evening by Hon. Frank
Cochrane,
During the :year ended June 30
last operative mileage increased by
2,576; bringing the total up to 29,-
304 miles. Ontario leads, with
9,000 mike; Saskatchewan is second
with 4051: Manitoba is third with.
8;993; sand. Quebec fourth, with
3,986,, •At the end of the year 18,-
647 miles Were under construction.
During the year a pareful and
judicial revision was made of the
• capital statement. Duplication and
extinguished liability has been car-
ried along for many years. The re-
vision led to the elimination of
$157,000,000 of stocks and h•onds,
°hand left the total in force on June
30 at $1,548,256,790. This was di -
Tided as. follows :. Stocks, $759,645,-
016; r. i11 'cilidat debentures,
sloe's; $163,237,524; bonds, $625,-
354;356.
Since the process of deletion cut
out mare liability than was added
during the year, there appears. a
shall reduction in the total for
1913 as compared with 1912. The
actual in+er.ease, however, was
$100,488,833, made up of stocks,
$47,882,910, and funded debt, $52,-
. 600,723.
The cost of Government-owned
and operated railways, represent-
ing 2,131 miles of line, reached a
2::,tal of $126.930,887 in 1913. This
is not included in capitalization.
The amount of cash subsidies
paid during the year was 89,758,084,
distribiited as follows:
By the Dominion, $9,176,234 by
the provinces, $554,500; by munici-
palities, $27,350. The additions
brought the total account on June
30 up to the followings—By the
Dominion, $163,251,469; by the pro-
vinces, $36,500,015; by municipali-
ties, $18,078,324.
Gross earnings for 1913 .aggre-
gated $256,702,703, as compared
with $219,403,753 in 1912, an in-
crease of seventeen per Dent, The
increment of $37,29S,951 was con-
siderably the largest of any year.
In addition $24,588,410 was earned
by Canadian railways in 1913 from
outside operations, making a final
total of $281,291,113.
Passenger earnings were $74,-
431,994, and freight $177,039,373,
operating expenses aggregated
$182,011,690 in 1913, as against
$150,726,540 in 1912. Railway
equipment includes 5,119 ]ocomo-
tives, 5,696 passenger cars, and
182,221 freight cars.
Tho movement of trains in 1913
resulted in the killing of 710 per-
sons and the injury of 2,960. In
addition 32 persons were killed and
1,606 injured from other causes
than the Movement of trains. Of the
killed from all causes, 41 were pas-
sengers, 324 were employes, and
418 were classified as "others." Of
the injured, 667 were passengers,
3,407 were employes, and 498 were
,'others-"
One passenger in every 1,216,599
was killed, and one in every 71,124
was injured. This was a. compara-
tively low record in respect of fatal
accidents, but the proportion of in-
jured passengers was high,
The number of employes increas-
ed by 22,751 in 1913, bringing the
total up to 178,652. Salaries and
wages amounted to $115,749,825, as
l compared with $87,299,639 in 1912.
TILE PARCELS POST SYSTEM.
Provineial Boundaries Zones -Lo -
nal Rates Apply for 20 Miles.
A derpateh. from Ottawa eels: A memo
explaining the methods and working of
the uew parcels post system has been is-
ened •'by Hen. L. P. Pellatieea Postmaster
General. 1t says ' •'
4fter considering carefully every,
phase or thepayee'spost question, the
postmaster -general has decided to adopt
the zone system in fixing parcel post
rates on account of the great area over
whiob distribution has to be made in
Canada and thecomparatively sparse
Papulation of the Domtnlon.
If a flat rate were fixed that would
not entail too great .a loss to the depart-
ment in carrying parcels from one end
of .the Dominion to the other, or even
from the (-entrep rovince s to the extreme
ame
east to west, the rate would be too high
for comparatively short distances or even
between points within the same province,
and tha only practicai plan appeared to
be the zone system, order which the rates
are graduated according to the distance
a parcel will 1inve to be carried.
Provincial Boundaries,
•
"On account of the geographical poai.-
tion of the provincee of Canada and their
being approximately the same size when
the three Maritime provinces are consider-
ed as otie it was found that, the provincial
boundaries would be the most convenient
to ,adopt se the limits of the zones, and
eoneequently the ratee were fixed by pro-
iinees, Thin, makes the eyetem a very
simple one.; much easier to follow than
the sone system based upon mileage along.
a cents "The first orlocal r to is flvea a for
the fret pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound or. fraction thereof, up to
four lioanila, andtwo cents for each sub-
sequent pound up to eleven pounds within
a radius of twenty miles from the place
of mailing, i.rrespe•^tive of provincial
boundaries. 'Phis is to give .local mer-
ci,ants an advantage within their own
neighborhood and aloe farmers and rf•ar•
/Severe who can use the maile for Bend-
Ing.preduce to their IOeal market at a
low rate.
e r' nn sent 20
•l,patc l 11 paa alsoa. be
milers for 2 cents a pound, and this should
give the farmers a decided advantage in
niarket ng eggs and other. perishable mat-
ter. 1t Will also give a decided advantage
to the cout,try merchant over the .depart -
Mental stores: 'flhei+la;rmer can send. cat
Foods in parcels up to 11' pounds to hie
customers at 2 cents it: pound while if the
same 'moats were ordered trolls a depart.
mental stores. The former can send out
cern snore than 20"miles distant, it would
cost about 5 cents a pound for postage.
"Toe next rate is fixed for the province
to wlthh .,an article is posted." For the
first patina the rate is 10 cents, and each
additionalpound 4 cents. The cost of
liandlant; a one-popnd parcel is approxi -
matter the same Os that of 2 or 3 primate
and edneequeoi.tly it was necessary to fix
a minimum: tate for, the first pound 00a-
eiderably higher than the average nate
for the additional pomade included in the
weight of a parcel.
Method is Simple.
"For alt adjacent province the rate of
10 emits the first pound Will apply,,
but for each additional pound an extra
charge of 2 cents will be imposed, making
the rate 10 cents for the first pound and.
6 conte for each subsequent pound.. Beyond
the province adjoining the one in which a
parcel, is .nailed, an additional 2 cents a
pound will be Imposed for each province
that has to be 'crossed to the destination
of the parcel, up to a mexinnim charge of,
. 12 eeriest a pound,
'The of finding the tate on air
parcel ie, extremely 5iiiiple: Rate tarda
will he furnished to a11. pegtmastere and;
foe diStributiou to ,the Trublic, there being
w .et:pal tte •card. fbr..each province,. On this
tar& is •,"iven ,. the aixtount , 0'r' ppataggo
cbaraeable 011 1131Y parcel up, t,o'a weight
of j• oniids :withui .the pro-gatein .which
1 a.
af•;Ii.arcei •is pastedand to 'all other pro,
v,iice of kiss I)oiai;nibn.•
"When a parcel ice mailed the postmaa•
teraaeee from the address the provinces to
which it has tobe carried, and a glance
at this Card dame him, 'without melting
".any, •eateula�tion, what the postage will
Abe." $iasis, of Rates,
4 first •ante lit five conte 'Mr the .first
pound and one cant for each additional
pound or fraction thereof up to four
pounds, and two cents for each subse-
quent pound upto 11 pounds, within a
radius of 20 mies from the place of mail-
ing, irrespective of provincial boundaries.
The next rate is fixed for the province
to where the articles is posted. The first
pound is to be ten'cents and each addi-
tional pound feur cents.
For an adjaeont provinoe the rate of
ten conte for .the- brut pound willaisply,
but for each additional pound on extra
charge, of `two cents will be imposed, mak-
ing the rate ten cents for the first pound
and six cents for each eubsequent pound.
Beyond the province adjoining the one i1I
which a parcel is mailed. an additional
two cents ,a pound will be imposed for
each province that has to be crossed to
the destination of the parcel, up to a
maximum of 12 Dente a pound -
.p
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DI SA SrROLs FIRE.
Columbia Mining
Swept by flames.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
Vana,nda, the busy mining centre of
Tuxeda Island, was swept by aells-
estrous fire on Tuesday night, and'
a lack of provisions in the camp
will mean that some temporary suf-
fering must exist until a boat ar-
rives from Vancouver with 'a, fresh
supply. The flames broke out in
Deighton's store, and within a
short time the conflagration had
spread and eonsumed the general
store, post -office, telegraph offices
and Customs, as well as Kirkness'
drug store and pool -room. Dyna-
mite was used effectively on the
Miners' 'Union Hall to keep the
flames from spreading to the hotel.
Very little was saved from the path
of th
e-flames.
British
Centre
• C:III.NESE CITY. SA.CIUiD.
Missionaries in Looted District; Be -
lieved to Be Safe.
A despatch from Shanghai,
China, says: A force of 2,000 ban-
dits on Thursday sacked and burn-
ed virtually the entire city of Livan
Chow, in Ngan-Hwei Province.
W.'Entwhietle, of the China Inland
Mission, with his wife and children,
succeeded in escaping to Luchow-'
IN, but the Catholic missionaries
are still in the looted city, and it is
believed they •have not been in-
jured. The brigands apparently
are connected with the hands com-
manded by "White Wolf," who
have for a considerable time been
ravaging the eastern part of Honan
Province,
• .PAN'S NEW ISLAND..
three Mites'. East By South of
�
lwojiwaa Wand.
A deapatdh 'from Tokio says: A
new volcanic/ ielaaud, ' five miles in
circumference and one thousand
feet in height, has appeared three
miles east by south of Iwojima Is-
1and, one of the Bonin group.
MAN' WHO
ENDS : SRROE S OF U. 'S. PRESi )1 NT'S.
Here Is the White House Shoemaker.
Who would believe that the President'of the United States has his
shoes mended when mending they need? . Very few of the "common
fry'?. who' help, elect the .Chief Executive have ever thought that even
the President of the United States does''not think it too mush below
his dignity and position to wear shoes which have been mended.
Here'is F. Sumner, who is known as the "White House Shoemaker,"
in his Iittle repair studio where .the shoes of Presidents McKinley,
Roosevelt and Taft have often. 'teen mended, and here it was that
President Wilson, the day following his inauguration, sent his shoes,
which were in need of heels, to be repaired. Mr. Sumner, who is an
Englishman by birth, therefore had the distinction of receiving the
first job from President Wilson,
SWALLOWED ACID. 3.71 FEDERAL ESTIMATES.
•Employe of Guelph Stove Woa: s
Elided His Life.
A despatch from Guelph. says
John Rudd, an employe for years
of the Guelph Stove Works., com-
mitted suicide on Saturday by tek-
ing carbolic acid. The deceased
had been despondent for stimae
time past. His health had not been.
the best, although he was not son-
fined to the house with isiokneess..
The deceased had done the- retell
act in amoment esf Mental depres-
sion.
ANOTHER WRECK,
What's the Use When There's an
Easy Way Out.
Along with the teaand coffee
habit has grown the prevalent dis-
ease—nervous prostration.
The following letter shows the
way out of the trouble:
"Five years ago I was a great
coffee drinker, and from its use I
became so nervous.I could scarcely
sleep at all nights. My condition
grew worse and worse until finally
the physician I consulted declared
my' troubles were due' to coffee.
because is just as,injurious it
contains caffeine;. the same drug
found in coffee,)
'But being so wedded to the bev-
erage I did not see how I could. do
without it, especially ab breakfast,
as that meal seemed incomplete
without coffee.
On a visit friends deprived
, my p
lee of co.ff.ee to prove that it was
harmful.,At the end. of about eight
days I was less nervous but, the
craving' for coffee was intense, so I
went miasma to the old habit as soon
and the oldsleepless
I got home d 1
nights came near making a wreck
of me.
"I heard of Postum and decided
to try it. I did not like it at first,
because, as I afterwards discover-
ed, it was not made properly. I
found, however, that when made
after directions on the package, it
was delicious.
"It had a soothing effect on my
nerves -and none of the bad effects
that coffee had, so I bade farewell
to coffee and have used only Pos-
tum since. The most wonderful
account of the benefit to be de-
rived from Postum could not ex-
ceed niy
own experience."
Name given hy Canadian Posture
ure
Co.,. Windsor., Ont. Write for a
copy of '"The Road to Wellville.
Postum now comes;:in two forms:
Regular rostunt-•-m'uet be well
bailed ;r ,
xtist tit, Postum • • is a soluble
powder. A aeaapoonful . dissolves
quickly in a cup of hot waterand,
su ar
ream and makesda-
with cg , a,
licious beverage instantly. rGrg-
cers sell both: kinds,
"There's a Reason" for Postum,
PRICJS OF FARC pROBEICTS
OEPoti'rs FROM TBS. f:EAD/al0 Tslaml,1
CENTRES OF AMERICA,
Prices et: Cattle, Crain, Cheeso ann DMHsr
traduce at Stoats end Abroad,
BreadstnSa.
Toronto, Feb,, 3. -)Flour -Ontario wheat
flour, 90 per cent., $3.55 to 93 60, seaboard,
and at $3,55, Toronto, Manitobae--First
patents, in jute bolas, $0,40; do., seconds,
94,90; strong bakers, in jute bags, 94.70.
Manitoba wheat -Bay ports, No. 1
Northern, 96 1-2c, and No. 2, 94 1.2e; tract,
Eloderieb, All rail. No. 1 Northern, $1,01;
No. 2, 99 1-$e.
Ontario wheat -Prices of 22o. 2 are 87
to 88e, outside, and 91 to 92c on track, To-
ronto.
Oats -No. 2' Ontario oats, 35e, outside,
and at 38 to 38 1-2c on tr,aek, Toronto.
Western Canada oats, 401.2c for No, 2,
and at 39e for No. 2, Bay ports,
Barley -54 to 55e, outside.
Corn -New No, 3 American, 70e, all rail,
Toronto.
Rye -No. 2 at -63 to 64e, outside. '
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 73 to 750, outside.
Bran -Manitoba bran, 922.50 a ton, in
bags, Toronto freight.' Stores, $24 to 924.60,
Toronto.
Granit Total for Year 1914-13, as
Tabled in House, is $190,735,176.
A despatch from Ottawa gays; A
reduction of almost $12,000,000 as
compared with the expenditures
authorized for last year is the con-
spicuous feature of the main esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1914-15
which were tabled in the House on
Thursday evening'. The grand total'
is $190,735,1'76.42, as compared with
$202,656,166.59 last year. Of this.
total $146,786,124.42 is on consoli-
dated account and $43,949,050 is
chargeable to capital. The largest
decrease, that of $3,703,702.48, is
under the head of public works
chargeable to income, There is a
decrease of $150,000 in the Naval
Service appropriations, another 'of
$138,750 under railways and canals
(income), $114,244.10 under miscel-
laneous, and a decrease of $71,905
under militia.
Large Increases.
The largest. increases are $1,-
266,500 under agriculture, $1,911,-
840.75 under post -office, $250,958.22
in provincial subsidies, $383,550
under immigration, $405,533.33 un-
der trade and commerce, $745,570
'
under railways, $584,041.57 in civil
government and $1,738,013.32 on
account of public debt, including
sinking` fund.
During the fiscal year ending
March 31 last the total authorized
expenditure was $184,196,317, but
of this amount nearly $40,000,000
Duringthe
left unexpended.
Inas -xp .
year which closes March 31 next
the expenditures on. largo national
undertakings and, .in connection
with investments has been very
heavy.
In the D$
artment
I p
the detailed votes include: $770,000
for experimental farms, an increase
of $11C,000; for the enforcement of
the Destructive Insect Act, $50,-
000; development of dairy and fruit
industries, $225,000; cold storage
encouragement, $200,000; health of
animals, $500,000 a administration
of Meat and Canned Food Act,
$240,000; development of the live
stock industry, $400,000, an in-
crease of $200,000.
Under the Agricultural Instruc-
tion Act the provincial votes are:
Country Produce,
Butter -Choice dairy, 23 to 24e; inferior,
20 to 21e; farmers' separator prints,, 24 to
26e; creamery prints, 30 to Ile: solids.27
to 290; storage prints, 27 to 280; sonde,
26 to 26 1.2e.
Eggs -Case lots of new -laid, 40e per doz-
en; storage, selects. 36 to 38o, and storage,
32 to 34e per dozen.
Cheese -New eheese, 14 1-2 to 14 3-4e for
largo, and 150 for twine.
Beans -Hand-picked, $2,20 to $2.25 per
bushel; primes, $210.
Honey -Extracted, in tine, 11 to 12e per
ib. for No. 1; combo, 93 to 83.26 per dozen
for No. 1, and $2.40 to $2.60 for No. 2.
Poultry -Fowl, 12 to 13e per Ib.; chick-
ens, 16 to 180; ducks. 13 to 15c; geese, 14
to 15o; turkeys, 19 to 22e.
Potatoes Ontario, 80c per bag, on track,
and Delawares at 80 to 85e, on track, in
car lots.
, . Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 16c per ib.,, in
case lots. Pork -Short cut, 928.50; do.,
mess, $24.50, Hame--Medium to light, 18
to 181-2e; heavy. 17 to 17 1-2c; rolls, 15 to
151.2e; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; baeke,
22 to 24e.
Lard -Tierces; 14 1-4o; tubs, 14 1.2e; pails,
14 3-4e.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay -No. 1 quoted at 814.50 to $15
a ton, on track here; No. 2 quoted at $13
to $13.50, and mixed at $12 to 912.50.
Baled straw -Oar lots, 98.50 to 98,75, on
track, Toronto.
,Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Feb. 3. -Cash -Wheat, No. 1
Northern, 86 5-8e; No. 2 Northern, 84 7.80;
No. 3 Northern, 82 7.8c; No. 4, 77 1-4e; No.
5. 70 1-2c; No. 6, 65 1.2c; No. 1 rejected
seeds, 81 1.20; No. 2 rejected eeecls. 79 1-2o;
No. 3 rejected seeds, 77 1-2c; No. 1 smutty,
811.20; No. 2 smutty, 79 1.2o; No. 3 smutty,
77 1.20; No. 1 red Winter, 86 5-13c; No. 2 red
Winter, 84 7-8e; No. 3 red Winter. 82 7-8e.
Oats, No. 2 C.W., 33 3.8e • No. 3 C.W„ 32c;
extra No. 1 feed, 32 1-4e; No. 1 feed, 31 3-40;
No. 2 feed, 31e. Barley, No. 3, 41 3-40; No.
4, 40 1-4e; rejected, 38 1.2c; feed, 38e. Flax,
No. 1 N.W.C. $1.27 1-4; No. 2 C. W., 91.24 1-4;
No. 3 O.W., $1.11 1-2
•
'United States Markets
Minneapolis, Feb. a -Wheat, 891-8 to
89 tale: July, 90 3.4. to 90 7-8e asked, -Cash :
No. 1 hard, 91 3.8 to 91 5-8o; No. 1 Northern',
88 1.8 to 90 3.80; No. 2' Northern, 85 1-8 to.
87 5.8e. Corn, No. 3ellow, 58 to 68 1.4n.
Corn No, 3 yellow, 58 to 58 1-4c. Oats,
No. �d white, 36 1-2 to 86 3-4c.
Duluth, Feb, 3.—'Wheat, No, 1 hard,
80o; No. 1 Northern, 88c; No, 2 North-
ern, 86c; May, 90 to 90 1-8e; July,
91 3 -Sc. Linseed, cash, $1,50 1-8; May,
91.53 1-8; July, 91,56 1-8.
Ontario ... , , , , .. $230,868,83
Quebec 187 409.16
Nova Scotia 61,144.45
New Brunswick 49,407.20
Prince Edward Island ti ?7,832.81'
British Columbia ti 52,799.38
Manitoba , , . , , . 58,075245
ska liewan . , ,
Sa tc 81 ., ,152.31
Alberta' " • 51,310.41
V•eteiitutry tsol1e ea .. 20,000.00
g
Total $800,000.00
Department TheRailwayDe artment estai-
mates include ---New terminals at.
Halifax, $2,500,000; wharfs and
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Feb. 8.—Cattle—Good but-
chers, SS to 98.25: medium, $7 to 97.50;
common, $6 to 96.25choice cows, $6.50
to 96.75; good, $6 to 96.25; medium,
95.50 to 95.75; common, 94.50; cutters
and canners, 93.25 to 97; choice bulls,
$7 to 97.25; good, 98 to 96.50; common,
$5 to 96.76. Stockers and feeders—
Steers, choice, $7 to $7.36; good, $5.50
to $6; light, 98.50 to $5.25; milkers. and
springers, up to $80. Sheep and Iambs
—Light ewes, 95.50 to 96.75; heavy, 93
to 93.15; Spring lambs, $8.80 to $9.50;
bucks, 98 to 93.50, with 760 off. Hogs—
$0.15 to 99.40, fed and watered; $8.80 to
$9, f.o.b.; 99.25 to 99.50 off cars. Caives—
Good veal, $8.75 to $11; common, 95 to
96.50.
Montreal, Feb. 3.—Prime beeves, 7 3-4
to 8 1-2c; medium, 6 8-4 to 7 1-2e; com-
mon, 4 to 6 1-2e; mileh cows, 940 to
$75 each; calves, 4 1-2 to 7o; sheep,
about 5 1-2c; lambs, about 80; hogs,
about 10e.
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ItAPI°•JNIN'C S FROM 'ALL OVIJII
THE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
Eyes.
Canada,
Middlesex county council may de-
cide on an industrial farm.
The Nyberg Auto Co. will locate
at Berlin' and employ 200 hands.
Fenian Raid bounties paid total
$1,585,600, being 58.,per cent. ab'Ji '
estimates.
Tho Federal Government's adver-
tising and printing bill for the past
year was more than $1,400,000.
Brant county councillors again
reject the proposal to join with
other •westorn Ontario counties to
secu;yan Industrial Prison Farm.
Mayors and other representatives
of a large number of municipalities,
meeting - at Windsor, adopted reso-
lutons favoring .deepening of the
St. 'Lawrence system. waterways.
Complete returns of the votes on
the Canada. Temperance Act on
Thursday show a net majority of
2,568 for the act in Huron county,
and 30 for the act in Welland
county.
Owing to the campaign that- has
been carried on by alady Dominion
customs officer against smuggling,
the stores of Port Huron, Mich.,
have decided to stop advertising in
the Sarnia, papers until the special
officer goes to other points.
It is reported that, the majority
of the municipalities"of Quebec and
of its representatives in Parlia-
ment, 'as well as the Chambers of
Commerce and labor- unions, are
giving their support to the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Montreal in its
demand for the immediate con-
struction of the Georgian Bay Ca-
nal.
Guns in the fortress near St. Pe-
tersburg were fired all night to
wa,rn people 1 of theirg
danger when
n p
acyclonic. storm drove the water
of the Gulf of Finland into the
river Neva and flooded the lower
quarters of the city.
Great Britain.
London's strike of coal porters
has collapsed.
The Bishop of London denied that
militants imprisoned ' in Holloway
Jail were maltreated.
' The London Times announces
that 'Sir Lionel Carden,. British
Minister to Mexico, will shortly re-
turn to -England on leave to report?
to the Government upon the out
look in Mexico.
; installa-
tion
Halifax, $100,000, ins J
tion of block and telephone sys-
tems, $164,000; new car. ferry and
dock at Port 1VIilgrace;' $458,000;
new rolling stock, $1,000,000; east-
ern: extension in Halifax County,
$850,000.
For the Hudson Bay;eRailway
terminals and elevators;; the vote is
$4,500,000; for the Nation. al.Tran s -
continental, $8,000,000; Quebec
Bridge,. $3,000,000; Welland Canal,
$4,000,000; Lachine Canal improve-
ments, $215,0003 Trent Canal, $1,-
000,000.
Public Works estimates include
the following capital expenditures
of works al -
for the continuance
ready in ,progress, ort harbors' and
rivers: 'Berobto harbor, , $1,000,090;:
French River improvements, $500,-
000; : St. John. harbor,! $3,000,.000,
and a million each for. work+s;*tit
.
Victoria' :Vancouver ' Quebeo. wild,
Port Arthur:and Tort William
Public buildings votes are largely
P g g y
for the smaller class structures,
and radically all re -votes for the.
continuance of works already in
progrest,
United :States.
'President Wilson reiterated, his
policy of "watchful waiting" in re -
geld to Mexico.
An antidote for hi -chloride of
mercury poisoning is said to have
been discovered by a Chicago phy-
sician.
The United States Senate 'For-
eign Relations Committee showed
anxiety in preventing the expiry of
the arbitration treaties.
General.
The Council of China passed a
bill virtually establishing Confu-
cianism as the State religion.
Gen. Villa has repeated his
pledges of loyalty to Gen, C'arran-
za, head of the Mexican rebets.
Labor amen. in South Africa pro-
tested against the action of General
Botha in deporting the strike lead-
ers.
3+
41 PERISHED) IN COLLISION.
•
Nineteen Passengers and 22 of the
•• Crew Drowned,
A despatch from Norfolk, Virgini., Inia, says : The most shocking tra4; parte
gedy in•the history of the Atlantic dealt
coastwise trade was enacted o •i
1 north-east o
les
Hog ancl 60 m
xsl
Cape Charles, Va., in the earl;
hours of Friday. Nineteen passen
gere and 22 members of the crew o ;;
the 4,700 -ton passenger ship- Mon
roe, of the Old Dominion Steams,
ship Company, lost their lives whe
the Monroe . was rammed, in th
dense seafog by the steamer Nan;
tucket, of the Merchants and Min;
ell/ Transpoription. Company. • Th"
'Monroe, rent from `'her stem clew
to her engine -room, filled and sanla
within ten minutes of the collision
' HIGHWAY PERILS.
New r. y4i
Killed Antos in i'. vt 'Tor
1 1
OLhllc
13 . Cs.
Ctty Last Year.
A despatch frcim: New York says
Aocording^-to' figures ecinipilled :h
the ,National Highways . Proteetitt
Society,'from the Monthly repeal;
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of text/tiers, 302'ppereeizs were `ki:llec
by autonie biles in New 'York Cit,
during 1913, as against 221 in• 1:91:
During -the same period 108 wer
fatally injured .by trolley cars an
132 by -wagons „til the greater city
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