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To be the New President of the
Retiring President Will be Voted an
report was issued this afternoon in
view of the meeting of shareholders on
ITEMS OF NEWS
pur-
1'ire swept the central part of Win,
a $100,000. oss
f
The Toronto Police Commissioners
have decided to refuse licenses to Chin-
ese restaurants employing females.
Students with tars of two yet
standing against them •will not be
lowed to proceed with their Toronto
iversity course,
The Moors opened fire' on Penon
7,a Gomra, Morocco, yesterday, but the
promptly shelled. and driven off by
Spanish troops.
Two children of a Galician settler ne
Vonda, Sask., named Looteschtn�, we
burned to death in a fire that destroy
the family dwelling.
The Cobalt branch ofethe Dominion
Bance are applying to the Attorney -Ge
eral for permission to sue the T. & N.
Railway for a breach of the Lord's D
Act.
Two little children, aged six mon
and' two years, were burned to dea
in a fire that destroyed the dwelling.
Eugene Fernier, at St. Henri de Levi
Quebec.
Two firemen were seriously inju
and property to the value of $77,000 w
destroyed when the Oxford Hotel, Min-
neapolis,
Minn., was burned to the
ground last night.
Over three thousand post -cards, a
ing for the commutation of the senten
of Mrs. Robinson, were received at t
department of justice, Ottawa, -yesterda
morning, in addition to many letters.
as
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Grand Trunk Railway.Q^�'A A� �'
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Allowance of $7,590 a Year.
London, Oct, 18.—The Grand Trunk
Oct. 21. It says: "The president having
intimated his position of resigning fife
position at the end ob, the year, the
board has taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity to make char/les which bring the
company into line with other Canadian
and Amerieap railways." The report
adds: "Mr. Hays' work entitled hint to
the title of president, Mr. Alfred Smith-
ers, who has been a director for four -
Veen years, and vice-president for five
years, becomes chairman of the board.
Considering Sir Rivers Wilson's great
•services, a resolution will be submitted
to the proprietors fora retiring allow-
ance of £1,500 per year."
THE HALF -YEARLY REPORT.
The report of the half year slows
gross receipts of £2,866,408, against
£2,854,787 last year, the working ex-
penses being at the rate of 72.54 per
oent., against 72.47, the total being
£2,079,190, against £2,069,144.
The net revenue was £845,364,
against £781,905, additional items
bringing the net revenue receipts to.
£962,201. The net revenue charges,
including the Canada Atlantic, show
a deficiency of £41,103.' The Detroit-
GrandeeHaven has a deficiency of
' £25,74d, making a total of £082,208,
and leaving a surplus of £279,932,
against £106,494.
The total' amount available for divi-
dends is • £292,159, front which divi-
dends are recommended on the 4 per
cent. guaranteed and the first prefer-
ence, which leaves a balance of 49,938
carried forward..
`Train mileage decreased 381,354.
There was a net revenue deficiency
on the Grand Trunk Western of £13,-
383, against ..£2,846, but deducting this
front the surplus for the half-year end-
ing December, 1908, there remains a
surplus for the year to June 30 .-of
410,440, which, added to £7,539 carried
forward front June, 1908, admits the
payment of full interest on the second
anortagge bonds, with a balance left of
£5,650.
CROP REPORT.
Conditions in the Dominion at End
of September.
Ottawa, Oct. 18.—The monthly bul-
'rr ;s letin of census and statistics bureau
giving conditions of field crops
throughout the Dominion at the end
of September, shows that in quality
as well as in quantity, this year's har-
vest is of record- breaking variety.
Reports of reliable correspondents in
all sections of the country 'show that,
as compared with the report at the
seine date last year, the average qual-
ity of spring wheat is 8:3 to 75 per
cent. of a standard; of oats„ 84 to 75;
tel barley, 81 to 71; of rye, 81 to 73;
of, peas, 81 to 63; of , beans, 92 to
75: buckwheat, 80 to 74; of mixed
grains. 89 to 75; of flax, 87 to 08; and
of corn for .tusking, 87 to 82. In the
Northwest Provinces, where the bulk of
the field grain is produced the averages
of quality are uniformly bigh. Compar-
ed with last year, spring'Wheat in Mani-
toba is 87 to.81 per cent–of a standard;
oats, 86 to 73;• and barley, "85. to 08. In
Saskatchewan, wheat is 93 to 61; oats,
94 to 67, and barley, 91 to 58. In
Alberta spring wheat is 89 to 77; oats,
90 to 84, and barley, 84 to 80. Tbese
high qualities applied to a total out-
put of 350,000,000 bushels at the high-
est market prices realized in a quer-
ter of a century are an indication of
the country's fortune, reached from the
soil of the prairies this year. In all
the Provinces as well as in the north-
west, the records of grain crops are
satisfactory,
Bust, the joint worm, and hail-
storms did some injury in parts of
Prince Edward Isltind; drout]c re-
tarded plant growth in the Annapolis
Valley of Nova Scotia; heavy rains
caught the grain of New Brunswick
in the stock; and early frosts and
grasshoppers have lowered the aver-
ages of oats and barley in Quebee,
But the loss from these causes will not
be seriously felt anywhere.
The reports for Ontario are better
than those for the end of August, and,
except for a plague of grasshoppers
in the regions adjoining Lake Huron
and. Georgian Bay, and an unusual
visitation of frost in the corn -grow-
ing counties of the south, the farm-
ers of this Province have had a good
year. The hot and drying winds in
the last ripening days of late -sown
wheot inn the Northwest Provinces
have probably lowered the average.
e'yield there, but correspondents hest
tato yet to make an estimate on the
field crops in all the Provinces will be
given in the December Monthly.
HUGE BRITISH WARSHIP.
Wlli be Capable of Making Thirty
Knots an Hour.
London, Oct. 18.—It is stated un-
officially `that the construction of a
battleship cruiser will be begun at
Davenport in November. The vessel
will /taxa engines of 70,000 horse-
power, which is 4,000 horse -power great-
er than the engines of the Mauretania
develop, and will be capable of making
t'hirke emote an hour at top speed.
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Sovereign Bank bondholders have
chased the Alaska Central Railway.
Chester, Ky., yesterday, causing a 1
Great Forward Movement IrMethodist Church,
London Ildissionary Society's
to be •Taken Over,
Ottawa despatch; The Board o
signs of the, Methodist Church
practically agreed upon a prom
for a great forward movement it
t rs'• signs during the next five years, • yearly ineroase of $50,000 in e
un -tures, aggregating,• .et the end
years, a total inerease of $280,00.
de bringing the annual ecpendiiture t
re three-quarters of at million. It 1
the poised to ieorease the numbero iia.
•siona,ries in Japan by fifteen, and the
number of urisetonariess in Ohina. bysev-
er enty, while in the home field the mine-
r! ber of mission stations in Alberta and
ed Saskatchewan is to be more than don•
bled.
Al- • The establishment of . a comncittee
n^ to be known a&: the ditesionatry exeen
O, tive of the Prairie Conference was an -
ay tharieed, the executive to eensist of all
'the members of 'the General Board rest -
he dent in the Prairie Conference; the Sup-
t], rintendents of .Missions for these confer-
ee enees, and one n44tttanal layman from
e. each conference. Tile "e uttee will re-
port annually to the ,
red The report of the China sub -tom -
as mittee, which was a lepted, recent -
mended the teeking o fir el the London
Missionary Society's tint at ChunkXing, as it was . item and in
every way, cony enien :, tnated • with
the present fixtld. It_ also provided
'that 10,000,000 people he maximumnumber for whom th :'rd would ac-
cept responsibility in '•r" .
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Using six charges of nitro-glycerine, a
small band of robbers forced their way
into the vault of the State Bank at
Lewisville, Tex., early yesterday, secured
$6,500 in money, overlooked $9,000 more,
and made their escape.
Another purchase of Yonge street,
Toronto, property, was completed yester-
day when the Toronto General Trusts
Corporation sold to the T. Eaton Co.
for $135,000 the store at 186 Yonge
street, occupied by Gough Brothers.
One of the big 200 horse power boilers
in the west side power ,horse of . th
Amoskeg mills at Manchester, N. H., e
ploded to -day, wrecking the building and
injuring half a dozen worken and fire
men. One man is reported killed.
Mrs. Oscar D. Bailey, of Syracuse, N.
Y., shot herself dead in bed, concluding
a third attempt on her life. She had
been nervously afflicted for three years.
Her husband is a. bookbinder, and the
couple wore married in St. Catharines
six years ago.
Columbus Day, the last legal holiday
to join the Fourth of July, Christmas,Thanksgiving and the rest on the stat-
ute, books of New York, New Jersey
and several other States,'was celebrated
here yesterday by a big parade of the
Italian societies.
SITE AT ;,. VIS.'
Harland & Wolfti
Located
Why They Are Col
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.Dock to be
'to Canada
ontreal, •
e Ottawa,`. Ont., Oct. ;—Harland &
x- Wolff's representative +i ,e states that
the primary puree:se•.om ,,s firm in corn-
- ing to Canada is to :coni net a drydock
on the St. Lawrence, tie . that it ie act-
ing in conjunction will •` ltenadlan ship-
ping interests in this 1 vetnent. There
are now a half dozen tamers trading
to the St. Lawrence.' h oouId not
be accommodated in . Levis dock.
Both the Governmen "tbs shipping
interests have been ii5 to remedy
this defect and pro ' t mmodation:
A despatch from' Q s 'Meng that•
the Canadian Pacific 'l Harland ,v -
Wolff have made ex purchases of
land along the water r ", and the fact
that a, million dollar di dock company
of Quebec is applying t .• Pesliament for
incorporation, gives a very clear indica-
tion of the Canadian associates of Har-
land & Wolff, and the site of their pro-
posed dry dook and repair yards. It is
stated here that the building of ships is
a secondary consideratten in the Har-
land & Wolff plan, th hath they expect
to go in for the cons ction of both
commercial and naval craft. It is under-
stood that Montreal a it at one time
considered as the site the plant by
Harland & Wolff, but t y were led to
select Levis because lto'%
ureal could not
be used in the repairing ofelamaged bat-
tleships, as the British Admiralty. will
not allow its 'larger vessels to pass Que-
bec, owing to the fact that the channel
is so narrow that if teen -exercise boats
of large size should be sunk across the.
channel any warship in. .doele would be
bottled up and might be cut off from
tomes to the St. Lawrence,
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The Woodstock City Council passed
a by-law granting the Board of Educa-
tion $30,000 for new school accommoda-
tion. The money will be devoted to
building a new school on Delatre street
and to adding a wing to the Beale
street school.
Carolina Hall, Columbia, S. C., where
the famous Wallace house, representing
the advocates of Wade Hampton, met
in 1876, and where Wade Hampton was
inaugurated Governor, while the State
house was occupied by the radical offi-
cials, was burned at an early hour this
morning.
G. T. Blackstock, K. C., crown prose-
cuter at the coming Toronto assizes,
said yesterday that Blythe will once
ntor4 stand his trial for the murder of
his wife. This does away with the ru-
mor that the offer of the prisoner's coun-
sel that his client would plead guilty to
a charge of manslaughter would be ac-
eepted in lieu of a second trial.
CARNEGIE TO HELP,
Canadian Schools to Share His
Bemefactions.
London, Ont., Oct, 18. --Dr. Flexner,
of New York, a representative of
Andrew Carnegie, was in the city yes-
terday looking over the equipment of
the Western Medical School and Vic-
toria Hospital. He announced that
Mr. Carnegie is considering giving aid
to all the medical schools of the United
States and Canada to promote medical
education and research.
Dr. Flexner has been sent out to
prepare a report on the work that is
now being done. He will visit all the
Canadian medical colleges.
CZAR MOVES IN SECRET.
Believed to Have Started on Visit to
King of Italy.
Rome, Oct. 18.—The coming visit
of Emperor Nicholas to King Victor
Emmanuel has excited tine liveliest
speculation here owing to the impenetra-
ble mystery concerning the arrange-
mnents. The King has ordered a State
banquet at Raceonigi for Thursday,
which ' set afloat the rumor that the
guest would be Emperor Nicholas. If
this proves true the Emperor must have
already begun his journey, but so se•
cretly that no one outside of the court
knew it. In any event the report that
the Emperor would be in Italy by the
end of the :weal, is confirmed. •
THE WEST WING.
Settling With Companies For Fire
in Parliament Buildings.
Toronto, Oct. 18. ---It is probable that
the final adjustment between the gov-
ernment and the insurance companies
interested in the recent destruction of
the west wing of the Parliament build-
ings will be made before the end of this
,week and the award made early next
week. It is generally conceded that the
loss by water will very considerably ex-
ceed what was expected. On the other
hand, however, the loss to the building,
will not be so heavy as at first feared.
The floors of the damaged wing are be-
ing torn out in preparation for thor-
ough fire proofing.
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GRAIN CARGOES.
Leakages Which Cannot be Found
by the Department.x
Ottawa, Ont., Ort. I8. --The abolition
of the present system of granting certifi-
cates for grain cargoes at Port Arthur
and Port Wiliam is being considered by
the Trade and Commerce Department
The Dominion Metier: Association hoe
urged this owing to complaints of <lis-
ercpancy between the weights weighed
in at western and weighed out at east-
ern ports. Shippers contend that under
a Government system of inspection some
guarantee should be given of the delivery
of the grain. There have heed and ere
leakages which neither the Govrnment
the'1Z D tuners t t
that they are 'not as profitable as other
kinds of live stock. 'The nese stations
are designed to show the average
profit farmers may exiket to make
from grade ewes.
The first of the stations has been
established in York county on the
farm of William Little, of Brown's
Corners, near Agincourt. Another
will be established in M:tskoka for
summer lambs. while others are to be
1poated hi Leeds, Simooe, Huron, Mid-
dlesex. Brant and Victoria. It is an-
ticipated that they will be kept in
operation till the opening of 1912 to
take in the product of two full years,
The farmers will receive a smell
premium for their trouble in supply-
ing records and reports, end the sta-
tions win be open for in,epeetion, and
will supply information when 'melted.
The department .las decided to Ideate
the stations on the farms of the follow-
ing: Messrs, Wm. Little, Brown's Cor-
ners, York county; Marshall Dickie,
Hyde Park, Middlesex county; John
Pritchard, Redgravo, Huron county; 'Wm.Crichton, Paris, Brant eounty; E. Johne,
Fairfield Leet, Leeds county; D. Ross,
Woodville, Victoria; J. eICee, Dun-
trooir, Simeoe, and `1'm. Atkins, Winder-
mere, Muskoka.
COWTESTING.
Difference of Earning Powers of
Cows of Same Herd.
The Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture Branch of the Dairy and Cold Stor-
age Commissioner issues the following
from records being received at Ottawa
from znembers of cow testing associa-
tions there is apparent a very marked
variation in the earning power of the
various cows in the same herd. There
is every indication of many of last sea-
son's variations being repeated, such
teals will show in many cases twenty-
five' dollars difference in income between
. ttvo cows in the same herd. In some
herds this is increased to forty dollars.
For instance, in a herd of 11 eows an
eight year old cow gives actually 4,200
Ile. milk and I80 lb. fat More than a five
year old in the same stable during the
same time. Placing a value of only 20
cents per pound on the butter, the one
cow is thus seen to earn over forty dol-
lars more than the other.
This is the important point to notice;
there are hundreds of farmers in the
Dominion in whose herds just such re-
markable differences between cows can
be found, but the owners are probably
unaware of the extent of such differ-
ences and will continue to be without
the information so essential in these
days of close margins until a record is
kept of the production of eaeh individ-
ual cow in the herd. Just a few min-
utes figuring per month will add vast-
ly to the interest of the daily milking,
besides providing a sure guide for reap-
ing more profit per cow. The keeping
of such records my have a special at-
traction for some younger member of
the fancily.
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APPLE SHIPPING
Canadian fruit exporters may gather
oto helpful hints from a recent report
eat to the. Canadian Department of
rt cle and Commerce by E. 1). Arnaud,:lir:lir,Trade Commissioner at .Bristol, Jing -
td. `T
rto secure the best results it is
ntportant that Canadian fruit -skippers
itders�tand, not only the art of pack -
ng the fruit and caring for it in trail -
it, but also the best means of distri-
uting it to the consumers. This last
nowledge is evidently sometimes lack -
g, and loss is entailed on that account.
r. Arnaud directs attention to the ex -
tient facilities that are provided at the
vetnmouth doeks at Bristol for the
inciting of fruit cargoes to a popula-
ce of about 9,000,000 people within a
dins of ninety miles of that city. We
am that, notwithstanding that the
eight cost is increased thereby, most
the Canadian apples are shipped di-
et to London or Liverpool, there to
distributed to their' final markets.
:is is hardly well advised. The South
istralia commercial agent, who has
en giving the matter considerable
ulv, and who has urged upon his pee -
the icnportanee of attractive puck -
fes, has this to say upon the subject:
"A point of extreme interest to the
ewers, and one which has to an ex-
it been overlooked by them, is the re-
ction of transit charges in Eng -
id. Under the existing system
majority of the apples are ship -
to London, and sent thence to
ter places by rail, which involves
ra expense. It costs 10 3.4d. to
d a case of apples from London
I3irtninghane and from I3ristol to
mingham the charge is 4 1-2d.
'go quantities of South Austrailatt
les are cold in those plates, and.
at Cardiff, and in every instance
fruit is railed front t,ondon, It Is
]cult to understand tvhv the ship -
rubber, and is mounted with sterling
silver shield. Engraved with any
monogram and delivered post-paid,
for $1.00, to any address in Canada
--except the Yukon—Order by the
number -616.
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pets insist upon their goods being
dumped down in London, instead of
giving their agent the option of a
portion of it at least being sent
round to Bristol, which would save
a shilling a ease to the exporter. If
a Cardiff buyer send to London for his
fruit he has to pay, say 12s. Od. a case
for it, and a shilling for carriage, and he
would sooner pay 13s, or 13s. 3d. for
the fruit at Bristol, which would serve
not only Cardiff, but other large cities.
The same argument applies to Birming-
hanm The buyer would much rather pay
12s. 9d. at Bristol and 4 1-25. carriage,
than 12s. 6d. in London and 10 3-4d. car-
riage. The freight is exactly the same
front Adelaide to Bristol as to London,
and it is hard to understand why the
exporters persist in ignoring the advan-
tages to be gained by consigning some
of their fruit to ports other than Lon-
don
The subject is of sufficient import-
ance to engage the attention of our peo-
ple, It should be their endeavor to pro-
fit by the watchfulness of the Caned/.
agents in outside markets, and the e
ple crop marketing is worthy of Meet
fie study,
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WINTER SAILINGS.
w Montrats Will tolstrf.
uted Un ew•Arrang nts.
Montreal, Oct. 18.—It was announc-
ed to -day that the new Thomson Iine
steamer Tortonia ieould ply this winter
between St. John And Mediterranean
ports. Curiosity as to what would be
done with the White Star's new boats,
the Laurentie and Megantie, was also
satisfied with the announcement that
they would replace the Cedric and the
Celtic on the New York and Liverpool
service, the latter boats going on the
Roston -Mediterranean line. The White
Star will run a Portland service, with
the. Canada and Dominion, bi-monthly.
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