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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-09-22, Page 5FRECR FOOD RIOTS SERIOiS Dragoons Charged the Mob Armed With Pitchforks at Charlevilleo A despatch from Paris says : Tho war against the high price of food, which has been languishing for the last few days, owing either to the vigorous precautions of the au- thorities or the palliative measures of the Mayors in establishing mu- nnicipal butcher shops and other food depots, burst forth afresh on Wednesday. In several districts there were violent disorders, which indicated that professional agita- tors were again at work. At Creil, thirty-two miles ' north of Paris, barricades ...were formed with tele- graph poles. One of exceptional strength was built around a huge boiler surmounted by a red flag, and it required a large force of troops to' storm it successfully. •In the engagements large numbers on both sides were injured. The streets of Creil aro patrolled by soldiers. Charleville also was the scene of serious disturbances on Wednesday. Crowds of people from the • country around, armed with pitchforks, attempted a regular in- vestment of the. town. A. regiment of dragoons, hastily summoned, charged down upon the manifest - ants, scattering them in all direc- tions. At L'Orient th.e mobs, not satisfied with. proclaiming a boycott against the market, upset the stalls and threw into the streets the vari- ous aricles of food exposed for sale. . WILL RUSH THE WORD. Central Canada Railway to Build From Montreal to Ottawa. A despatch frcm Ottawa says: According to a director of the Cen= tral Railway Company of Canada, the Railway Company, which is . said to own over a, million acres of land in the Ottawa Valley, and contemplates connecting Montreal and the Georgian Bay by a new line, work will be started on the Montreal -Ottawa section of their road this week, and forty miles of a" track will have been graded be- fore the snow falls. The work will commence at Hawkesbury and will go in two directions. Track -laying will not start until Spring, when the work will be pushed vigorously. .14 THRASHING AT BRANDON. Food Yields Reported -Wheat Grades high. A despatch from. Brandon,. Man., says : Thrashing is well under way. Some excellent crop reports are coming in. Mr. John Clark, one of the big farmers in the Roseland district, .finished thrashing on Tues- day night: From 119 acres in one 'field he has 3,317. bushels of fine No. 1 Northern,,twenty-eight bush- els to the acre. The balance of his crop is quite up to ,this splendid showing, and Mr. Clark says his yield is no better than others in his • locality. Reports from other districts are also very favorable. -44 THREE YEARS FOR THEFT. Adelard Duval Sentenced at Mont- real for Robbery. 'A despatch from Montreal says: `Adelard Duval was sentenced to three years in St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary on Friday by Magis- _..- trate Lanctot. The accused had pleaded guilty to stealing $200 from the Laing Packing & Provis- ion Company, but the evidence showed that he had stolen $1,400 in eighteen months, and after his ar- rest he returned to the officials of the company the sum of $1,200, but refused to make any statement re- garding the balance. The accused has been the manager of a store and by falsifying the books from day to day he managed to steal. the money. d• HOT ASHES ON DYNAMITE. Servant's Indiscretion Costs a Young Doctor His Life. A despatch from Quebec says: Dr. Dube, a young physician from L'Islet County, is dead at the Hotel Dieu Hospital as a result of having been blown up in a dynamite ex- plosion at his home on Tuesday. There were several 'sticks of dyna- mite in a barrel at the rear of his home and a servant girl emptied some 'hot ashes on them, not know- ing what they were. Dr. Dube happened by when the explosion occurred. He was horribly muti- lated. TO STRENGTHEN GARRISON. British War Mee to Send Thou- sand Meu'to Jamaica. A despatch from Kingston, Ja- maica, says : It is reported here that the British War Office is arranging to send very soon 1,000 artillery and infantry to strengthen the lo- cal garrison in view of the increas- ed importance of the station which will come with the opening of,. the Panama Canal. It is expected that the naval yard at Port Royal, which was burned last spring, will be re- opened soon. RUSSIA'S PREMIER SCOT Ctolypin Was Seriously Wounded, at a Theatre Performance, 'A despatch from Kiev, Russia, says ea -Premier Stolypin was at- tacked and seriously wounded dur- ing a theatre performance here on Thursday night. His assailant was arrested. There was a gala per- formance at the opera in the pres- ence of the Emperor of all the Rus- sians. Two revolver shots in rapid 'succession electrified the audience, and Premier Stolypin sank to the floor. Those who were nearby saw that he was gravely hurt. There was tremendous excitement in the theatre, and in the excitement it is impossible to obtain the least de- tails at assassination. It is report- ed that Stolypin's wounds are mor- tal. The Czar left St. Petersburg a few days ago, accompanied by Premier Stolypin, to review the statue of the Emperor Alexander II. at Kiev. It was the first public ap- pearance of the Czar outside of the capital in some years. SCROOLBOYS GO ON STRIKE Pupils at Various Centres in. Britain Adopt Tactics of Their Elders. A despatch from London says: Young England appears to be in ua state •of unrest,- following• the ex- . ample set in• the .reeent strikes by • the laboring classes.. There have been strikes of schoolboys ab Lon- lon, Liverpool,' Manchester, Hull, 1liefTicid, Grimsby, Llanelly, Brad- ford, Ashton -Under -Lyne, and even in Scotlaeal at Leith, The boys drew tip manifestoes, held de- mo.nstrations, end engaged in pick- eting just like their elders. They object to the use of the cane by schoolmasters, . and also want. an extra half -holiday on Wednesday afternoon. . .At; Islington -the- boys smashed the school -windows with stones, and,in Hull there .was pro- miscuouis stone -throwing with much damage to windows in the neigh. borhood. In most places the strikes collapsed and carvings have been in order. PRICES OF FAH1 PRODU Iilsl'oR'!'S FROM THE LEAD TRADE CENTRES OE A 1ERIC,A.; r E'i'eees of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Other Yrodaeo at IIome And Abroad, BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sept. L, -Fleur --Winter wh' at 90 per cent. i,atent4, 53.45 to $3.50, 3 :' t - real freight, MAID tuba Pours- •F. i, st pa- tents, $5.30; second patents $4.80, and strong bakers', ,.$4.60, on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 at 51.091-2, and No. 2 at 81,08, Bay ports, New wheat, 1 1.2c less. Ontario wheat -No, 2 white, red or mixed. new, quoted at 86e, outside, Peas -93 to 95c, outside. Oats -Old No. 2 at 40 to 41o, and new at 391.2 to 40e, in car lots, outside.No, 2 Western Canada, 461.2e,".. and No. 3, 46 1-2e, Bay ports. Barley -No. 2 is probably- worth 75o out- side. Corn -No, 2 American yellow, 70 to 70 1-20, Bay ports, Rye -car lots outside, 750 west, and at 770 east. Bucknheat-No. 2 at 64 to 55c, out- side. Bran -Manitoba bran, 023.50 to $24, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts. $25. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans -Small lots of hand-picked, $2.30 per bathes. Honey -Extracted; in tins, 10 to ile per ib. Combs, 02 to 02.25. Baled IIay-No. 1 at $13 to $14, on track, and No. 2 at $10 to M. Baled Straw -$6 to $6.50, on track, To- ronto. Potatoes -Car lots. in bags, $1.25 to 1111: 40. Poultry --Chickens, 15 to Ise per lb.; fowl, 11. to 12c.; ducks, 14c; turkeys, 15 to 16e. Live poultry about 20 lower than the above, BUTTER, EGOS, CHEESE. Butter -Dairy prints, 21 to 22e; inferior, 16 to 17e. Creamery quoted at 25 to 26c per lb. for rolls, and 23 to 24c for solids. Eggs -Strictly new -laid, 23 to 240, and fresh at 20 to 21c per dozen, in ease iota. Cheese -Large quoted at 141-4e per lb., and twins at 14 1.2c. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long dear, 12e per Ib, in case lots. Pork, short cut, $23; do., mess. 020 to S21. Hams, medium to light, 17 to. 18e; do., heavy, 15 to 161.2e; rolls, 113.4 to 12c; breakfast bacon, 17 to 18e; backs, 191.2 to 20e. - Lard --Tierces, 101-2, tubs, 103.40; pails, 11c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 19. -Oats -- Canadian Western, No. 2, 47c, car Iota, ex -store; extra No. 1 feed, 461.2c; No. 3 C. W., 46e; No, 2 local white, 45 1-2e; No. 3 local white, 45e; No. 4 local white, 441-2c. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; seconds, $4.90; Winter wheat pat- ents, $4.75; strong bakers', $4.70; straight rollers, $4.25; in bags, $1,85 to $2; roiled oats, per barrel, $5.25; bag of 90 lbs. $2.60. Corn -American No. 3 yellowy 72c. Miilfeed-Bran, Ontario, $23 to $24; Ma- nitoba, $23; middlings, Ontario. $27 fo 028; shorts, Manitoba, $25 metallic, $26 to $32. Eggs -Selected, 24 to 26e; No, 1 stock, 20 to 23e. Cheese -Westerns, 133.4 to 14 1.4c; easterns, 131-2 to 13 3-4e. But- ter -Choicest, 26c; seconds, 251.2 to 25 3.4c. UNITED STATES MARXETS. Buffalo --Sept. 19. --Spring wheat -No. 1 Northern, oarloads, store, $1.071.2; Win. ter quiet. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 71e; No,.4 yellow, 70c; No. 3 corn, 693.4o, all on track, through billed. Oats -No. 2 white, 48c; No, 3 white, 4714c; No. 4 white, 46 1.40. Barley -Malting, $1.15 to $1.22, Rye -No. 2, 94e, through billed. Minneapolis, Sept. 19. -Wheat -Septem- ber. $1.017.8; December, $1.033.8 to 01.- 03 1-2; 1.-031.2; May, $1.07 3-8; No. 1 hard, $105 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1,03 3-8 to $1.04 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1;00 3-8 to $1.02 7-8; No. 3 wheat, 95 3.8e to $1.00 3.8. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 631.2 to 64o. Oats -No. 3 white, 431.4 to 433.4c, Rye -No. 2, 811-2 to 82e. Bran $21.50 to $22. Flour -First patents, $4.90 to $5.15; second patents, $4.40 to $4.65; Rist clears, $3,25 to $3,75; second clears, $225 to $2.65. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Sept. 19. -Choice steers Sold at 6 3.4c; good at 51.2c, fairly good at 5 to 51.4e, fair at 41.2 to 43.40, and com- mon at 4 to 4 1-4e per pound, Cows and 'bulls were, 1-4 to 1-2o per pound lower, the former selling at '31.4 to 6c, and the latter at 21.2 to 3c per pound. -Lambs sold at 5 to 51.2e, and sheep at -31-2 to 33.40 per pound. Tho demand for calves was•' good, at prices ranging from $3 to $10 each, as to siso and quality. Eogs- 06 to $7.30 per cwt:, as to quality, weigh. ed off care. • Toronto, Sept. 19. -Choice offerings were snapped up early at prices ranging fro NR OF1OTIIEAE ROBBED Crackers Blow Open Safe at New Westminster, B. C, despatch from New Westmin- er', B.O., says: Two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars was stolen early .on Friday from the branch of the bank of Montreal in this city. Five burglars entered the hank by the front door, broke through the metal coating of the vault, blew open the safe by charg- -es of nitro-glycerine, and got clear away with their booty without be- ing seer!, except by a Chinese care- t ker, They probably escaped down the Frazer River in a launch, or else by an automobile toward Vancouver. Actual figures of the leiftses were obtained in the after- noon from Manager G. D. Brawler, who has been in charge at New Westminster for twenty years. There were $338,000 in the bank, and of this $253,000 was taken. Of the amount taken $150,000 even were in five -and ten dollar bills. These were all new, and the bank still has the numbers and asserts that payment on them can be stop- ped. There was $38,000 in gold, of which $20,000 was taken, and the remainder left. An extra large amount of Money was on hand for paying off fishermen and hands from the hop fields. The first known of the robbery was when the Chinese caretaker appeared at the police station at 5,30 o'clock and gave the alarm. He had managed to work loose from the bonds with which he had been tied after the robbers had depart- ed. Chief of Police Bradshaw hur- ried to the scene, and all available officers were pressed into service, but the only obtainable clue was that given by the Chinaman. From the thoroughness of the job and the tools with which the work was done the local officers believe the same gang which has been at work in Vancouver did the job here. .$0.to $6.25; medium to choice, firm at 05.- 42, to 05.85; good butcher cows and heavy bulls, firm, at $4.50 to $5.25; medium and common, at $3.75 to $4.25; canners at $1.- 50 1:50 to $2.60. Sheep steady; heavy ewes, 03 tC $3.25; light ewes, $3.50 to $4.25; Iambs, dull and easier, at 05 to $5.40. Hogs, steady, at $7.10, f.o.b., and $7.40 to. $7,50, fed and watered. 034 SOME CA:N A.DIANS ESCAPED. 'Several Have Arrived Safely From Chengtu. Adespatch from Chungking, says : ---The revolution is fast gaining ground. It is believed that no food has entered Chengtu for many days, where the missionaries are confined, and probably already the besieged are 'en short rations. Heavy firing is 'reported from that quarter between the loyal garrison and the releiri among whom there are pro- bably'*`many soldiers. Among the missionaries who have arrived here in Pyr # 4tare the Canadians station- erifiv, Mr, and Mrs. C..7 P.Je iffe, Mr. and Mrs. W. D., uand E. " R. Brecken, Luchow Ferguson.,s about, 150 miles to the south-east of Chengtu. The Situation is Grave., • A despatch from, Pekin, says :-• Unpublished edicts order a large force • of Witchang troops to leave immediately by the quickest route for Szechuan and Tuanfang. The relief force; however, will take four weeks at least to reach Chengtu, and the full gravity of the situation in the capital of Szechuan Province is now realized, i11A.RRLiiGE ON FAIIt GROUNDS. Took glare. in Presence of Select Pew at Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa, says :-A novel event .not on the program at the Ottawa Exhibition took place there on Thursday, the wedding of two young people seated on bron- chos in a Wild West show. In a glorious flood Of sunshine and in the presence of a, small company of friends, Miss Caryl Fenton, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Fenton, of Louisville, Ky., was married to Len Francis Driver, a cowboy, whose home is in Midland, Taxes. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George Edwards of Western Methodist Church, Ottawb. The bride was assisted by Miss Beta Palmer of Henrietta, Taxes, who was attired in the real costume of the plains, while the groom was sup- ported by Mr. ..m. Walter Gibson, Globe, Arizona. From childhood bride, and groom have practically lived in the saddle, hence the desire for a horseback wedding. COTTON TO SUCCEED OTTER. The Inspector -General Will Soon Retire. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is said to be almost certain that General Otter, Inspect -or -General of the Canadian forces, will shortly retire on full pension, to be suc- ceeded by General Cotton, com- mander of the Western Ontario Di- vision, with headquarters. at To- ronto. Brigadier -General Lessard is understood to be slated for Gen- eral Cotton's post, while to succeed General Lessard as Adjutant -Gen- eral, Col. Denison of Toronto and. Col. Henry Panet are possibilities. AUTOMOBILE KILLS -SINE. 'Many also Injured' in Fifty -mile Race at Syracuse. A despatch from Syracuse, N. Y., says: Nine persons were killed and 1.4 injured, some of them seriously, as the result of an accident during the closing miles of a 50 -mile au- tomobile race at the State Fair track on Saturday afternoon, when a Knox ear, driven by Lee Oldfield. leaped from the track, crashed through the fences surrounding it and plunged into the throngs that lined the other side of the speed- way. Six of the nine people were killed outright and two others were so badly injured that they died on the way to the hospital. The -list of dead may be increased as it `s believed that several of those who are numbered among the injured are so badly hurt that they cannot live. +Y< KILLED AT THE SOO. James Currie of Toronto fell Fifty Feet. From Bridge. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says : James Currie, aged 25, an employee of the Cana- dian Bridge Company, who hails from Toronto, was instantly killed on Friday by falling fifty feet from the bridge which is in course of construction over the Montreal River. NEN ETNA B �LC}IING LAYA. The _Eruption is Proving Disastrous to Those Living in Neighborhood. A despatch from Catania, Sicily, says ; The eruption of Mount Etna is assuming the proportions of a real disaster. The lava stream whose path crosses the railway line circlingthe volcano and which ex- tends eight . miles from its source, is approaching the railway stations to the north: andespecially threat- ening' the depots of Moio and Al- cantra, which were abandoned on Wednesday. Squads of laborers were at work taking up the rail - rood tracks and removing all trans- portable material to places of saf- ety with the idea of m'litimizing the losses. The entire crest of Mount Etna appears to be in a state of ebullition. An exact count of the number of fissures is impossible, be- cause of the smoke which shrouds the whole mountain, but there seemed to be more than seventy new fissures all belching smoke and lava. The eruption means great Suffering for the peasantry. ' The slopes of Etna, with an area of more than 900 square miles, sup- port a population inure dense than that of any other portion of Sicily or Italy. There are sixty-five cit- ies itiss and villages in the entire area. EXPLORED JAMES BOX. T. A: N. 0.' Party of Scientists tic. turn With fteuorts. A despatch from Toronto says: The Teiniskaming & Northern On- tario Railway Commission's explor- ation party, headed by Prof. S. 0. Ellis, has completed its work of surveying the Ontario shore of James Bay and the Moose River estuary. Prof. Ellis has rcttirned to his home at Ottawa; and" will shortly forward to Cllairrnan En- glehart his maps and reports. The expedition studied the currents, took soundings, and measured 'the silt deposits, with a, view to as; eertaining the real character of James Bay; and the volume and effect of the rivers .bowing into it, so as to discover the possibilities of a deep-sea harbor for the Prov- ince. The party examined the country from Cochrane to James Bay as they went down the Mata- gami and Groundhog Rivers to the Moose River, studying the agri- cultural possibilities and the iron depcsits of that region. MINERAL OUTPUT. Ontario Leads in Production in Canada With 40 Per Cent. A despatch from Ottawa says: The total value of the mineral pro- duction of Canada during the past year exceeded $105,000,000, an in- crease of $13,209,517 over that of the preceding year, an increase of 14 per cent., according to a pre- liminary report by the Department of Mines. There has been an in- creased production in nearly every province, the only decline being shown by New Brunswick. On- tario leads with 40 per cent. of the total for Canada. In silver pro- duction alone there was an increase of l0 per cent. chiefly credited to the Cobalt and adjacent districts. Ontario's silver output amounted to $15,711,513. FIRED ON 1IOB. Many People Killed by Spanish '- Troops on Portuguese Border. A despatch from Badajos, Spain, says: Many persons were killed or, wounded in a battle here between the troops quartered in this section and a, mob. A large force of troops is quartered here on the Porta- guese border to prevent Royalists from entering that country. The mob inade an attack on the troops and the soldiers fired, heavy fight- ing following. The outbreak is at- tributed to the prevailing politi- cal• unrest in the district. PRINCE ARTHUR ENGAGED Reports That Coniiaught's Son Will Wed Niece of the Czar. A despatch from London says; An interesting report current is; that Prince Arthur of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught, the newly commissioned Governor-Gen- eral of Canada, is engaged to marry Princess Irene, daughter of the Grand Duchess Xenia-Alexaadroa vna, who is a sister of Emperor Nicholas of Russia. It is stated that the formal announcement of the betrothal will be made before, the Connaughts sail for Canada. HORRORS OF CIHOLERA. Turkish Soldiers Penned in Locked Cars Without Medical Aid. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: A despatch to the Novoe Vre- mya from Constantinople describ- ing the horrors of the cholera epi- demic in Macedonia says that soldi- ers are crowded in locked cars when ill and left, without water or medical aid. On the Mitrovitza Usknp railroad living and dead, victims of the cholera, have been thrown from car windows by their, comrades..... aa FASTEST IN TUE WORLD. Germany's New Dreadnought De- velops Phenomenal Speed. A despatch from Hamburg says: It is claimed that Germany has the fastest warship in the World. The new dreadnought cruiser Moltke is credited with a speed of 29X, knots on her trials. The Moltke is a ship of 23,000 tons and 80,000 horse- power. CHINA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME. Will Have Eight Battleships With- in Next Seven Years. A Pekin despatch says: The Min- istry of Marine has drawn up its pro,gramnie, which will give China at the end of toven years a, fleet of eight battleships, twenty cruisers, ten smaller vessels, and fifty tor- ped: boats and destroyers. It also provides for four naval arsenals.