HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-11-10, Page 3$845,000 FIRE IN LOflOT
Nine Stores on Dundas Street Wiped Out
on Friday Morning.
'A despatch from London, Ont., losses amount to $845,000, with in -
says : Nearly one million dollars was surance aggregating $480,000. Tho
last in London's big fire en Friday merchants are looking forward now
to rebuilding, and in the meantime
'securing temporary cjuarteie. -
Chapman & Co., who are tho
largest losers; and in whose build-
ing the fire originated, secured the
store at 248 Dundas street, next to
Rowat's. Brewster's announced
that the store formerly occupied by
the Scandretts, near Richmond
street, had been secured, while
Mara's will open in a few days in
morning. Nine stores, occupied by
four of the largest retail houses in
be city, were completely wiped out,
Verhile" five other ' stores wore dam-
aged to a great extent. The fire was
recovered at 4 o'clock, and for two
hours threatened the whole busi-
t ess section of London. When it
was finally overcome a great gap
had been burned in the mercantile
action, and in addition to the heavy Morgan'': old store. Kingsmill, the
asses sustained by the .merchants, fourth firm to be completely wiped
ver 400 employees were temporar-
y put out of work. That the fire
Vas confined within limits is the
krrtunate side If it, besides the fact
that nota life was lost nor a per -
out, have a carpet warehouse. on
Carling street, which they can uti-
lize. Only the walls are left stand-
ing of Rome & Corbett's boot and
shoe store, and they are looking for
Son injured. A well-built wall, an a place. The Purdom Hardware
jtnexcelled water system and a fight- Co., and R. J. Young & Co., dry
hag fire department were what saved goods, may be compelled to seek
the rest of the downtown section. new quarters while the damaged
'As far as can be estimated, the portions of theii stores are rebuilt.
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
OtEPO1tTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES OR
Prices •mf Cattle, Grath, Cheese
and Other Produce at hones
and Abroad.
BREADSTUFF'S.
Toronto, Nov. 7.—Flour—Winter wheat.
d0 per cent. patents. 53.60, Montreal
freight. Manitoba flours—First patents,
416.50; second patents, 55, and strong bak-
zra', *4.e0, on track, Toronto.
'Manitoba Wheatr—New No. 1 Northern,
$3051.2, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, 51.03,
And No. 3, 51, Bay ports.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, red and
seised, now. 87 to 88e, outside.
Peas—Good milling peas, 98o to 81:02.
emtside.
Oats—Ontario oats, No. 2, at 44 to 441-2e,
e,utside, and No. 3 at 43e; oar lots of No.
on track, Toronto. 471-2 to 48c. West-
ern
Canada oats, 44 1-2o for No. 2 and at
ti1-2c for No. 3, Bay ports.
Barley—No, 3 extra, 92 to 95e, outside;
Need barley, 80 to 85o.
Corn—Old, No. 2 American yellow. 761.2e,
.and No. 2 mixed, 75 1-2c, Bay ports; No.
2 American yellow, 81e, on track, Toren.
to, for old.
Bye—oar lots, outside, 87 to 88c, for . No.
2.
Buckwheat—Prices nominal at 60o.
Bran—Manitoba bran, $23 to 523.50. in
bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, 525.
To Be
Pleasant
In the
Morning
Have some
Post
Toasties
with cream
for breakfast.
The rest df the day will
take care of itself. .
Post ` eastios are thin
bits of White Indian coin
----cooked and toasted un-
til deliciously crisp and
appetizing.
,The Memory Lingers"
.Said by' Grocers.
Postum Cereal Co,. Ltd.,
Battle- Creak,ibticli,,
COUNTRY PRODUCE, ".
Apples -Winter stock. 53 to 54 per barrel.
Beans—Small lots of hand-picked, 52.-
25
2.25 to 52.30 per bushel.
Honey—Extracted. in tins, 10 to lie per
ib.: Combs, $2.50 to $2.75.
Baled Hay—No. 1 at 515 to 516, on track,
and inferior at $12 to 513.
Baled Straw—$6.50 to 57. on
route.
Potatoes—Car lots, in bags, quoted at
95c to 51, and out of store. 51.15.
Poultry—Chickens, 12 to 13o per lb.;
hens, 11 to 12c; dunks. I2 to 13o; tur-
keys, 19 to 21c. Live poultry about
2o lower than the above.
track. To
and. heifers, 55,76 to 55.85; medium, 55 tta'
55,25; mixed loads. 53.50 to $4.50; cows, $4„
to 54.75, and a few extra choice cows at;
$5, Bulls, choice, 54 to 55; small 'bulls, $2'
to $3.; canners, $1.50 to $2.75. yeedin
steers, 900 to 1,100 lbs., 54.50 to 55,10; bulls,
$3.25 to $4,25. Sheep, steady at 53 to 53,«;
75. Lambs, 150 easier, at 55 to 55.60, Hoge,
15e higher, and market firm; Selects, $5.-
90 f.o.b., and 56.45 to 56.35, fed and watered.
ARE YOU AS WELL AS
YEAR AGO
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills Point the'
Way to health and Strength.
Ask yourself, the important ques-
tion whether you areas strong as
you were a year ago, as bodily fit
as you should be. Many areader
has to confess "No." Some weak-
ening ailment has during the past
year laid hold of the system, un-
fitting you for the duties of life
and seriously clouding the outlook ;discovered by Mr. George Me -
Ate.Uel sometimes people .do; and suffer,
Unwisely because the stomach balks.
uer;YS EPSIZ,-8LE
relieve the discomfort at once, and help digest the overload. "fh&,lover of good
' thing's may feel quite safe with a box of NA -DRU -CO Dy$pepsi*Tablets at hand.
SOo. a box. If your druggist has not stocked them yet; send 50c, and we
will mail them, 3{
Notional Drew and Chewiest Co. of Caesde., Limited, Nhantaowl:
STOLEN MONEY FOUND.
Discovered Under a Sidewalk
in
Now Westminster.
'.A despatch from Vancouver,
says: About twenty-five thousand
dollars of the money recently
stolon from ---o Bank of Montreal
at New Westminster, has been re-
covered. The money was found an
Thlgreday afternoon under a side-
walk in front of a, house on Fourth
atreet. New Westminster. It was
of the coming days. It may be
rheumatism with its sharp twinges
of pain, indigestion, headache,
nervous debility, depression and
lack of energy, or the pains and
ailments which only common folk
know. It is well to know that all
these weakening disorders arise
from an impoverished condition of
the blood. Renew and enrich, your
blood and all your troubles will"
cease. This is a strong statement,
BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE.
Butter—Dairy, choice, in wrappers,
25 to 26c; do., medium grades. 27 to
23o. Creamery quoted at 28 to 29e per
ib. for rolls, and 25 to 26e for solids.
Eggs --Strictly now -laid, 28c, and fresh
at 24o per dozen, in ease lots.
Choese---Largo quoted at 14 3.4c per ib.,
and twins at 15c,
Cleary, foreman for the Power
Construction Company, which has
the contract for laying new side-
walks along Fourth street. Men
engaged in the work had torn up
an old board sidewalk when they
carne ; upon the money, $4,380 of
which was in gold, and contained
in a' sack• stolen'from' the bank.
The remaining $20,000 was in new
$a and $10 bills. Mr. McCleary at
but it is made on the testimony` of once notified the police, and the
thousands who once suffered. but Money nreal s removeto the B
k de-
velopments are expected.
.1..
LABOR MADE GAINS.
Ilii the British Municipal Elections
Held Wednesday.
,A despatch from London says:
The municipal elections in England
on Wednesday wore noteworthy for
the large gains of.the Laborites and
Socialists, especially in the big pro-
vincial cities, siich as Bradford,
Liverpool, Leeds, Southport, and
Manchester.
•34'
.IA1f, FOR WEALTHY AUTOIST.
Ran Down and Killed Young Colic-
.,
gian of Scranton.
A despatch from Stanton, Penn.,
says : Judge Herald McClure, of
'Snyder County, sitting here, on
ednosday sentenced Herman Beh-
✓ ns,:manage•r of the Scranton Iron
3 eke to six mon hs in jail and
a finteol-$100 andtheoosts'
of prosecution for'run.ning: down in
an 'automobile and killing Hayden
L. Evans, a young collegian, in this
city on September 5 last. Young
Evans Was .struck when he stepped
from a street car at a corner.
The twelve -pounder gun which
was so heroically defended at Lil-
liofontein, has been presented to the
city of Ottawa, and will be placed
on the City Hall Square.
who have gained health and.
strength by the aid of the new,
rich blood supplied by Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. We can quote
thousands of cases similar to the
following: Mr. Jos. Grandmaison is
a young man "'Well known in the
town of St. Jerome, Que. He says:
"For a couple of years I began to
find nay strength failing, but did
not dream that the trouble was.
serious. As I grew weaker I began
to doctor, but it did not help ine.
The least exertion made my heart
palpitate violently, my stomach
seemed out of order and my whole
system became so run down that I
was finally forced to quit work. I
had now been doctoring for almost
six months and was very naturally
growing discouraged. At this junc-
ture I read of a case similar to
mine, cured through the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills, and decided
to try them. I took the Pills faith-
fully, for about two'months, gradu-
ally growing stronger and at ;An,
end of that time ,l was as well ai5
any man could be. I shall always
praise .the medicine that raised nae
from despair to tho blessing of
good. health."
Sold by medicine dealers `every-
where or sent by mail at 50 cents a
box or six boxes for $2.50 by The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,, Brock-
ville, Ont.
Toronto will raise another $1-
250,000 for the General Hospital.
ALEXAND OR'S
FURS
In dealing with us you are doing bet-
as.. with ono of Canada's largest mann•
lecturers. and anything you may our.
obese from us 1s absolutely dependable,
that is to say we guarantee to use nothing
but sound, Solid skins, soft and very pli-
able. cutting ohs garments by expert work-
7nen and using the very onset of trim-
mings throughout.
We hate in stock a limited quantity of
Ladies' Careen! Coats at
44 INCHES LONG $55.00
so " " e5.00
Bend us your bust measurement and
length of coat required and we will ship
t,oyyoany examine` ,Canada,
and zeturnllifKun
sati*,factory.
life do not compel you to keep anything
ws ship you.
Money refunded if you are not entirely
satisfied.
Write for our catalogue.
A. J. ALEXANDOR
tlanutaeturing Furriers,
504-506 5.t. Gaul 5t., Montreal
Coats made- to order. game prags.
DR o Wjaj'S NURSER ES.
WELLAND COUNTY, ONT
THE NEWS IN A PARAOx API1
HAPPENINGS FROM A.l.I, OYER
THE GLOBE IN h
Ili lUTSIIELL
Canada, the Empire and the "i"7a►>r'{
In General Before Your
Eyes.
CANADA. •
The season for fishing on the lakes
has been extended to November 10.
Succession duties reached more
than one million dollars in. Ontario
in the fiscal year. •
George A, Scott of Montreal war
drowned while on a shooting trip
to the Laurentain. Mountains.
North Bay may join the Hydro.
electric Union, as the franchise of
the local electric light company hat
expired.
Hum Quom, an Ottawa merchant,
has been elected representative o
Canadian Chinamen in the Imper-
ial Parliament of China.
Montreal has the largest birth
rate of any of the large cities of
the world, and St. Petersburg is
the only city whose death -rate ex-
ceeds that of Montreal.
add canaria
GREAT BRITAIN.
Great indignation has been
aroused in Britain over alleged
Italian atrocities at Tripoli.
The financial clauses of the Irish
home rule measure are engaging
the attention of the Cabinet.
UNITED STATES.
President Taft reviewed the U.S.
fleet comprising ninety-nine vessels.
GENERAL.
Yuan Shi Kal has been appoint-
ed Premier of China and summon-
ed to Pekin. This, it is hoped, will
end hostilities and lead to success-
ful negotiations with the revolu-
tionary leader.
NEW PEAT PLANT.
Government Will Withdraw Froni
the Field.
A despatch from Ottawa says
The establishment of a 15,000 -ton
peat plant near Ottawa will be fol•
lowed by the closing down of tbt
-Government peat plant at Alfred
"We built and operated the Alfred
plant merely to demonstrate what
could be done in the matter of eco.
nomical production of peat," sai4
Dr. Haanel, Superintendent of the
mines branch. "Now that sufficir
ant interest has been awakened ti'
result in the erection of such 4,
large plant as will be built, there
is no further object in rgnning oui
plant, which will accordingly bt
shut down. The mines branch had
some trouble securing cars to trans,
port its peat, but this has now beet
settled."
LARGEST GROWERS OF
NURSERY STOCK IN
CANADA.
MONTREAL MARKETS,
Montreal, ,,Nov. 7.. Oats — Canadian
Y,reetern, No. 2, 481.2 to 49c, ear lots, ex
store; extra No. 1 feed, 48 to 481.2c; No.
3 C. W., 471.2 to 48e ; No. 2 local white,
47 to 47 1-2c; No. 3 do., 461.2 to 47c; No. 4
do., 46 to 461 -le, 'Flour—Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 55.60; seconds, 55.10;
'Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to 15; strong
bakery , 54.90; straight rollers, 54.25 to 54.•
60; in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Bolted oats—
Per barrel, 55.25; bag of 90 lbs., $2.50
Corn—American No. 3 yellow, 81e. Mill.
feed ---Bran, Ontario, 523 to 524; Manito
ba, 523; middlings, Ontario, 527 to $28;
shorts, Manitoba, 525; tnouillle, $26
532. Eggs—Scleoted, 261.2 to 28e; day
fresh, 32 to 34e; No. 1 stock, 22 14 to
24e. Cheese -- Westerns, 14 to 141-8c;
easter ns, 13 5.8 to 13 7.80. Butter —
Choicest, 27 to 27 1-4c; seconds, 261.4 to
26 3-40.
MITE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Nov. 7,—Choioo steers sold at
63-40, good at 51.2c, fairly good at 5 to
5 1.4e, fair at 41-2 to 4 3.4e, and common at
4 t0 41.2e por lb. The market for good
cows' and bulls was stronger, and prices
ruled higher, with sales of the former at
412 to 5c, and the lower grades at 31-4
to •4a, while bulls brought from 3 to 6o
Tier lb., as to 'quality. Sales of selected
iotti of hogs were made at 56,25 to $6.60 por
cwt„ weighed oft ears." Bheep wore 'arm"
er at 3 to 3 3.4e, Beit.lanri is •wore easier'at
6 t0 5 1-4e per lb. The' demand fOr calves
was geed, at prices ranging from t53 to
510 each, as to also and quatlity.
Toronto, Nov. 7, --Choses butcher steers
•ri,.r.�J' el.,..�eiw,ln•dr -K,: P:;via cA";a,. ...A?b�
re+ 1io11ars
Tho above amount will be divided into 18
prizes as follows :--
First Prize $25,00 in Gold
Second Prize 15.00 " `•
Third Prize 10.00 " `r
Fourth Prize .. , .. 5.00 " ``
and the next twelve will each, receive
$2.50 in gold.
For completing the
known name of a
person prominent in
Canada whose name
consists of 9 letters,
the first of which is
"C" and the last "er-
as—
The
T"as—
The first person sending in the correct
name will receive the first prize, and others
sending in correct answers will receive the
other prizes in the order in which their an-
swers are received, also to the party send-
ing in the correct answer next to last one
received we will give $5.00, and to the last
$10.00.
CONTEST COMMENCES NOV. 13TH,
1911, AND ENDS DEC. 30th, 1911,
BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. LETTERS
RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE
EITHER BEFORE 13TH NOV., 1911,
OR AFTER 30TH DEC.. 1911, WILL
NOT BE COUNTED.
a CONDITIONS GOVERNING CONTEST;
You have one answer with each;ONE POUND PAOICAQE or TWO BALI' POtarD PACklAa1ES OF "MEL,I,.GA*SA"
TEA or COFFEE you buy. All you have to do is to steam label off the Tea Lead or from the Coffees tins. send the
two end pieces of the Tea Labels, or the portion of the Coffee Labols with Mehra of child/NM t on it, along with your
answer, giving name and address in full, and send to "MELAOAMA.' Dept, "lit,' 49 FrontSt. E,, Toronto, Ont. (An•
swore unlimited, try early and often).
NO EMPLOYEES OR IMMEDIATE RELATIVES WILL RE ALLOWED TO ENTER CONTEST.
Answers will be numbered in coneeoutivo order as they ars received, and al the expiration of the oonteat, the pprises
will be awarded by a committee of disinterested person®, and the list of prize winners will be given in this tsaotoa.
ELA0A.MA PACKED' • i14Cld OLD RETAI%LIEREED Ma/ ,OP
AND. • MINTVBROS
BUMMED
,,TEA and COFFEE TORONTO.
+moor se
1
KNOWS MORE TRA.N DOCTORS
Mayor of Aylmer, flue., Does NO1
Think Smallpox Contagious.
A despatch from Ottawa says t
That smallpox is not contagious wat
the rather startling statement mad(
by Mayor Chattier of Aylmer, Que.,
on Wednesday morning, when inter•
viewed as to why the proper precau-
tions are net being taken in that
town against the spread of the dis-
ease. "In my opinion," stated the
Mayor, "there is no necessity for
closing the -schools, for the reneon
that I don't think the disease is in-
fectious, I think if a person is 'ts
catch it he will catch it, no matter
what precautions are taken." When
told that the two doctors of the
town were of• the opinion that some-
thing should be done at once to pre-
vent further spread of the disease,
the Mayor said that he didn't care
what the doctors said—that even
doctors were °peel to mistakes. ''I
will back my opinions against
theirs,"
d.--------•-
FOI,;R Clltid)REN DROWNED.
Went for Ride in Dog Sleigh ou Ica
!t Ne11ey Creek. Man.
A despatch from Winnipeg, says:
Four deaths by drowning inNetley, „
Creek, near St. Louis, about thirty
five miles front this city in. that
direction of Lake Winnipeg, •oc-
cured at 1.30 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon. The victims were
Melvin McNair, aged feitrteen;
two cousins, Eddie Kirkuess and.
Emma Settee, and Veronica Berb-
hold; aged eight. ' The oldest of
the victims owned xt. sleigh and a
teaut -of _dope and at the noon to-
cela invited .the c llldteli, esf tilaa
:spool to go for a ride trot fileslois'•
of the creek, which hi places • it
about an'tilde thick. Allrcfuse,4
but the - three that were- drowned
with hien.
MIN ion M:ew: !PP AU *Mr :an ai:eer
;iii.Ja Ob19'