Exeter Advocate, 1913-3-6, Page 3•Grain Cattle and •Cheese
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Oreadstuffs,
Toronto, March 4.-22onitoba Wheat -
Lulea •pone, No. 1 northern, 97 1-eof go. 2.
950; No, 3, 920; feed wheat, 65 ilea
°Merle Wheat -No. 2, 95c to 96o for ear
lots ontside, rangieg down to 70o for
poor gradee,
Ontario Oats -No, 2 white, 33 to 54o at
country pointe's 37oetto 384) oitraelc, To-
efonto.
• Menitoba Oats -No. 2 C. W, oats, 41 1-20,
tra.ek, bay ports; No. 3 C. W., 40e; No.
1 feed, 40o for prompt shipteent.
Corn -American No. 2 yellow, all rail,
510; No. 3, 56e to 66 1-2e.
Peae-No. 2, $1.20 to $1.25, car lots out-
side.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 52o to 53o.
ItYe-No. 2, 63e to 650, nominal.
Rolled Oats -Per bag of 90 pounds, $2.15;
per barrel, $4,55, Wholesale, Windsor to
Montreal.
Barley -Good -malting barley, outside,
50o to 60o.
Xillfeed--Iffanitoba bran, $19.50 to $20,
ill bags, track, Toronto; shorts. $22 10
$22.50; Ontario bran, $19 to $20 in bags;
ahorts, $21,50,
Manitoba Olour-Firet, pateets, $520 in
jute bags; second patents, $4.00 in jute
bags; strong balsore', $4.60 in jute bags.
111 cotkin 'liege, tep cents more per bar-
rel. '
Ontario )lour -Winter wheat flour, 90
per cone, •patents, $3.95 to $4,05.
Country Produce.
Bggs--Cold-itorage egge, 180 to we, in
case bete; fresh eggs ftTe eelling at 220;
strictly new -laid at 28e.
Cheese -Twins, new, 143-4 to 15e, and
large new, at 141-2c; old e1le0SO, twlus
iss to ; 15 1-20; laxge, 150.
Butter -Creamery prints, 31 to 32e; dm,
s•olids, 29 to 30e; dairy prints, 25 to'27e;
inferior (bakers), 22 to 23e,
' Honey -Buckwheat, 90 pound in tins and
8o in barrels; trained clover honey, 12 1-2o
tt pound in"60-pound tins, 12 3-4e in 10-nound
tins; 13c in 5-pound'tinst,comb honeY,
1, $2.60 per dozen; extra, $3 Per dozen; 010-
2, $2.40 per dozen.
Poultry -Live chickens, wholesale, 12e to
13e per pound; fowl, 106 to 11o: dueke, 130
to 1.4e; live turkeys. 150 tO 110; geese, 90
to '10o. Dressed poultry, 20 to 30 above
live quotations, excepting dressed turkeys,
at 20e to 21,
Beans -Primes, $2,50 and $2.60 for hand-
pioked.
Potatoas-Ontario,petatoez, 80e per bag;
ear lets, 70c; New Brunewieks, 90o to 950
per bag out of stoic); 80o in ear lots.
Spanish Onions -Per ease $2,40 to $2.50.
Provisions.
Lard -Tubs, 14 1-46 and pails 141-20.
8J:oohed and Dry Salted. Meats - Rolle -
Smoked, 14 3-4e th iSo; -liaius modium, 170
eth 17 1-2e; heavy, 15,1 -lo to 16e; breakfast
.bacon, 181-20 to 19e; long clear bacon,
tone and oases, 14 1-2o to 14 3-4c; backs
'Olain), 211-20; backs (peameal), 220.
•• Green.Meats-Out of pickle, lo lees than
smo e . •
Pork -Short cut, $26 to $28 per barrel;
•mess pork, 821.50 to $22,00. •
Lard-Tierees, 13 3.4e; tube, 3.41-40; pails,
141-20.
flalOd Hay and Straw. ,
Baled.' llay-No. 1, $12 to $12.50; No. 2,
89 to $10; No. 3, $8 to $9. Baled draw,
$9 to 'OM,
• Montreal Markets,
Idontreal, Mareh 4.-0orn-Amer5oan No.
2 'Yellow, 61 1-20, • Oats -Canadian western,
No. 2, 41 1-2e to 42e; de, No. 3, 401.50 to
41c; extra No. 1 feed, 41 to 41 1-2o; No. 2
local white, 38e; No. 2 Meal white, 379; NO.
4theal white, 360. Berley-Manitoba, feed,
62o to 54c; malting, 73o.10 76e: Buokwheat
-No. 2,-65e th 57e. Flour-Mooiteba spring
wheat patents,. firsts, $5.40; eeconds, 54.90;
strong bakers', $4.70; winter patents,
ehoiee, $5.2e; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.-
90; straight rollers, bags, $2.25 te $2.30.
Rolled oate-Barrels, $4.35; baga, 90 lbs..
$2.05. Bren-$20; shorts, .$22; middlings,
t525, uou31s, $30 to $35. gay -No. 2. per
ton, ear lots, $11.50 to $13. Cheese-Vinest
weeterns, 13c; finest easterns, 123.-4o to
123-4o. Butter -Choicest creamery, 28 1-50
to 29o; seconds, 24e to 26. Egge-Fresh,
28e to 300; selected, 234 Go 250; No. 1 stock,
18o to 20c; No. 2 stook, 15e to 1.60. Pota-
toes -Per bag, oar lots, 60e to 75e.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Marela 4. -Wheat, May,
893.8o; July, 901-40 to 903-8a; September,
900 tb 90 3-8o; No. 1 hard, 88 7-8e; No. 1
northern, 873.80 to 883-8e; 100. ,2 northern,
85 3-8e to 86 He. Corn -No. 3 yelloW, 44 /.-44
to 44 1-2e. • Oats -No. 3 white, 30 1-2e to
305-40. Ryo-No. 2, 5443 to 561.2o, Bran,
$17.50 to $18.00. Flour unchanged.
Duluth, March 4. -Wheat No, 1 hard.
fil3o to 881-20; No. 1 northern, 87e to 871-2o;
No. 2 northern, Mc to 831.2o; May, 890 to
891.00 asked; July, 90.3-00 bid; September,
903-50 bid.
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Live stook Markets,
Montreal, March 4.-A few choiee steers
sold at $6.75, but the bulk of the trading
was done in cattle ranging from $6 to
$6.50, while the lower grades moved slow-
ly from that- dowp to $4.50 per 100 lbs,
Best cows, $5.75. and the poorer ones $3.-
26 to $5.50, while; bulls sold from $3.25 to
$5.25. Sheep solcl at from $4.50 to $5.25 and
lambs at from $7.60 to $7.75 per /00 lbs.,
while calvee brought from $3 to $12 each,
-as to size and quality. Selected lots of
hogs 59.80 to $10 per 100 lbe weighed off
cars.
Toronto, March 4.-Choiete, butchers
brought from $6.50 to $6,75; medium butch-
ers, $5.25 to $5.60, and ceramic), $4 to $5,
Butcher bulls from $3 10 55.25, and butcher
cowe, $4.76 to $5.50 for the beet, and
down to $3 for inferier stock, Canners, $2
to $2.50, and cutters $220 to $3.50. Feed-
ers from $5.25 to $5.60, and feeding bulls
$2.75 -to $4.25. Stookere, $4 to $5,25, and
yearlings $3 to $3.50. Milkers and,spring-
ers, $40 -to $75, according to quality.
Calves, choice veal, $8.50 to $9.25, and down
to $3.50 for common rough stock. Light
ewes, $6 to $7, and heavy ewes $ to $6.
Lambs $8.50 to $9.50. Fed and watered liege
went at $9.50, and hogs f.o.b. at $9.15.
CHA.RGED
Clerk of the Bank • of Toronto in
Montreal Arrested.
A 'despatch Jrora Montreal says :
B. a. Brown, formerly, assistant ac-
-countant in the Board of 'Trade
branch of the Bank of Toronto,
was arrested here on Wednesday,
charged -with the theft of $3,000.
He was brought before Judge Leet,
pleaded not -guilty, and was re-
manded for trial. Brown, who is
quite a young man, blames betting
on races as the cause of his down-
fall. He came here a short time ago
from Toronto.
Q ARA N TIN E D THE PLAG U E.
Consul at Teneriffe Notifies Cuban
Government.
• A despatch from Havana, says:
Cuba has established a, quarantine
against the Canary Islands as a re-
sult of a report rcceive,d from the
Consul at Teneriffe notifying the
Government that, five deaths from
bubonic plague have Oeenrred.
there. Cuban sanitary officials be-
lieve that Cuba and Porto Rico
were infected last summer through
vessels from the Canaries.
Two children of Daniel Eerier -
dean were burned to death. at Ri-
viere au Pin Volcantier, Quebec.
Neighbors rescued a baby.
NO MORE BEER AT CAMP.
Minister of Militia Mikes Emphatic.
Statement.
A despatch from. Ottawa says:
"So long as I am 1VIinieter of .Mili-
tiasaid Col. Hon. Sam Hughes
at the military conference on Fri-
day afternoon, "there, will never
be allowed in the militia, camps any
'wet snesases, mild or light beer can-
teene. You will kindly not waste
any time discussing this question
further. It is settled.'
ROYAL -WEDDING.
Princess 'Victoria Louise and Prince
: Ernst August.
A despatch from Berlin says: It
is announced unofficially that the
marriage of Princess Victoria
Louise, daughter of the German
Emperor, to Prince Ernst August,
son of the Duke of Comberland,
will take place on May 24, the same
day on which the court will eele-
brateethe silver anniversary of the
wedding of Prince Ifeiary of Prus-
sia,
A hundred million 'dollars is the
amount the minister of finance will
probably ask congress to authorize
the ,government to 'secure by means
of bonds for the, pacification and the
rehabilitation. of Mexico.
AR ERS2 BANK FAILURE
Sir William Meredith In His Report Puts the Blame
on the Management
A despatch. from Ottawa says :
Sir William Meredith's report as
Royal. Commissioner appointed to
investigate the affairs of the Far-
mers'Bank and the, aplations of 'the
former Minister of Finance, arm.
W. S. Fielding, and the Treasury
Board thereto, wsas tabled in the
Commons on Wednesday afternocn
by Hon, W. T White. The ern. -
elusions reached in the 'report may
be briefly summarized as follows
The whole blame for the failure of
the, bank, involving a, 'ret loss to
the depositors of $1,806,07, is
ascribed to the recklessness and
fraud of those entrusted -with the
management of the bank, In so far
• as the Treasury Beard is cottonseed
the CommIgsioner finds quit there
is no ground for imputing any ire-
ProPer motives to , the ex-Flnanee
Minister or his eolleagues, and the
most that can properly be charged
,against, them is "an error of judg-
ment." 'This error of jtidgmeait lay
in accepting the repeated assuranc-
es of Travers as to the coriectnes.s
of the sworn statements of the
bank's'affairs without making a 6111-
ficiently searching inquiry as to the,
truth of the -allegations made by
Sir Edmund Osler, Mr. David Hen-
derson, M.P., and others.
Sir 'William says that if the hank
had been prudently and hofiestly
managed there is no reason why it
sheds' not have succeeded, despite
the irregula,ritiee on the part of
Travers and his misconduct in con-
nection with the .application for the
certificate. This would seem to.in-
clicate that the shareholders and
depositors will not have, inuelt to go
on in their demand ;for reimburse-
ment from the Government.
-13oth Mr. Peter Ryan and the late
Hort, Col. Matheson, Provincial
Treistiaer, are exonerated of any
cuipabiliti,y in the matter. In re-
gard to the latter the report
that, the Provincial Treasurer, in
making deposits in the bank, acted
with nothing in view but the pub -
lie interest.
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OUR LETTER [ROM TOROTIO
INTERESTING BITS • OF ,,COSSIP
ICHE QUEEN CITY.
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A 'Great Fleckey Seasort-T10 Northern
Clay Eielt-Montreal Opera ComPanY-
.
MillionaireS' Hobby.
In spite Of the turesual pi1d winter,
Toronto hue bad the greatest booltey sea*
west chvoits., ntohwanaltsp ator toil; jot: 4.0 a 117,9,11,1.
phernalia, It has had amateur nockeY
and professional Ileac)/ to its heart's
content.' And it is a (furious fact that front
the speotator's point of view the amateur
hockey has boon much, more satisfactory.
The fact of the matter is that Oanada's
two national games, hookey antl lacrosse,
do not aPpear to lend themselves to pro'
fossionalism, For omo thing they aro too
strenuous. The otportunitice for the hired
man to loaf on the job are too great. It
takes the enthusiasm born of detemiaina-
tion to uphold the honor of ,otio's trown
or club to carry' any man through a game
of hookey or of laeronee. Then team play
is the eesenee of both successful hoolseY
and sneeessiul ,lacresse. Baseball le dif-
ferent, There every man is Judged on his
individual plays, a reeord of which is
kept, stud his galaxy for tluf next season
depends on lass errors and his S11000013,
Authorities say thet the best amateur
hockey teants playing in Toronto this
year would "beat the beads off" the pro-
fessional teams.
The linal games in the O. II. A. were io-
deed worth going Miles to see. It waif
a uew sensation to see 6,000 pe0P10, all
comfortably seated in a tremendous.; am-
phitheatre, watohing a hockey =Itch. The
artificial ice, since; the opening days last
fall, when preliminary -ditfieultiee were.
discovered, has been entirely satisfactory
and presents, rain or shine, mild or <told,
as beautiful a sheet of leo as, ono could
Wish to see.
M'. Hearst and New Ontario, •
So far as announced, the department e
Land); and Mines hile .not yet taken any
Steps to refute the eleargeo made by Pro-
feesor Fernow that there is danger of un-
wise ;Settlement being permitted in the
great 'Clay Bolt of Northern Ontaelo, Pro-
fessor Fernow, of course, did not condemn
the entiee area wilith is understood lb
eXteila to ,sone 20,000,000 acres, atul on
which bright hopes for the future .of
Northern Ontario have been bused, but to
those who heard him he WaR convineing
as' to the point that considerable sectione
of it were unlit for settlement mad that,
it is up to the Department tcit disorimln-
ate.
There are not wanting signs that 1.1u)''
new Minister of Lands and Alines is some-
what more interested in the western part
of Northern Ontario than he is in the
dietriot along th.e Temiskaming and
• Northern Ontario Railway, which has
eerie to be associated, in the minds or
the nubile, with the name of New On-
tario. Mr. Hearst comes from Smilit
Mane himself, and may be pardoned for
perhaps having a little jealousy of the
North Bay to Coehrano aroa on his own
account. Be has apparently also been im.
pressed With the protests of the residents
of Port Arthur, Fen William and the sur-
rounding territory against so much pub-
licity being given Temiskamiog unless
they also aro included.
Grand Opera LoseS. Money.,
Toronto has been enjoying.- three weeks
of grand opera by the Canadian oireaniza-
tion known as the Montreal Opera Co. It
is understood that financially theovieit ef
the company has not been as successful
as it might have been. At nearly every
performance then were a large number
of vacant seats, and it is said on ono
evening alone a ion of $1,000 was one-
efoned. One explanation of the failure of
the comeoceee_tona-t- 211.0 house at every
performa,nee le said- to sssiss, scale of
prices that prevail. Orchestra
were placed on sale at 10.00 each, running..
down to $1.50 for a few rows at the very
back of the house. Box seats were charged
for at the. 'rate of .$5.00 a chair. It wan
figured that in the Lenten eeason society
would turn out in full force and fill ne
the .$3.00 and $5.00 seats. But society did
not •reepond as .expeeted, It was recog-
nized that many teal in.usic lovers could
not as a rule afford.to pay this price, but
it was figured that they would be con-
tent with gallery seats.
Whether thie year's experiment will re-
sult in a change of policy in the future
or whether -the opera organization will
tontinue as a permanent Canadian Linde
tution remains to be seen.
Don't Like Looking Foolish.
As a inattet ofe fact, the opera -loving
public in Toronto is not large yet. Pro-
bably one of the ehief reasons is that
there is .31 very small population whieh
understamds anYthing but the Englieh
language, -and as in the good productions
Bnglish is never used,most people are in -
'dined to feel foolii
sh n listening to hours
of entertainment, the words of which they
do not understand.
Besides, there risty.be just a little, if
not jealousy, a.t least, of apathy, because
of the fact that the opera company hales
from Montreal, where it bee the support
of Col. Meighen and other millionaires.
So far they havehad only fat deficits to
take ease of, and it may be they will tire
of .the task. However, they ha.ve the sat-
isfaction of knowing that, they have
staged the greatest operas in the world
on a truly magnificent ecale. The stag-
ing: orehestration and choruses could
hardly be improved upon, and the artists
are from among the best to be had in the
World, with the possible exception oE three
or four, each as Caruso and Tottrazinni.
There is no doubt that the organization
of the company has 'appealed to the Ca-
nadian national spirit, and it ie to be
hoped that some inettne will be found of
waking permanent the organization on a
purely Otenedian basis, particularly if it
restate in special attention being paid to
the development of 'Canadian artists.
"I -.MUST BE BRAVE."
rROIS
The Explorer's WifeeIs Bearing Up
Bravely.
Acle.spatch horn Wellington,
New Zealan'd, says: Lady Robert
F. Scott, widow of the Antarctic ex-
plorer, arrived here on -Thuraclay
on board the Aorangi, on which she
ernbal`ked for the purpose of com-
ing to New Zealand to. meet her
bushand on his return from the
South Pole. Lady Scott heard of
:the terrible fate he had auffered
while she was in mid -ocean off Fiji.
As soon as she had recovered from
the first ehock she id:sa"I must be
brave, as my husband would have
sivi,ahed me to be." Her brother,
Lieut. Brite,e, and Commander Ed-
ward Evans, of the British Nay,
who brought bwk the sitd, news
front the Antarctic, met Lady Seott
Cdn the pier. She appears to be
bearing op bravely under the as-,
ful blow.
NOTED MAN GONE.
Sir 'Win. 'White, Nasal Construn.
tor, lias Passed', Away.
A despateh from London Says :
Sir William IL White, formerly
chief. 'constructor, of the British
Navy, dicd on Thu rsd ay a f rn on
in a hotel hero as the result of a
stroke, of apoplexy,
WORST 8ToRm OF WINTER,
Wind Reached. a Velocity of 78 Mites
all Hoar.
A despateli from Bitaffalo says
Fonr lives were lost here on Sun.
day as the result of conditions ac-
co)Apanying the worst storm of the
winter,_ during which the wind
rtsttehed a velocity of 78 miles an
hour, and the temperature went
down to ten degrees above zero. In
a rear -end eollision between two
Niekle Plate freight trains, Edward
0, Hansen of Pullman, Ill., was
°aught in the wreekage and burned
to death. He was in oharge of five
new cars to be delivered to the
Lackawanna, Railroad here. His
train was stalled by snow 'drifts.
Carl K. Bartos, 38 years old, and
Thos. Hundi)
aa 22, laborers, DOth
eilipioyeel in clearing maw -clogged
railroad ewitches, were hit by
trains and killed,
THREE ENGLISII, GIRLS.
Induced Young nen to Come
to Canada to Marry Them, ,
A 'despatch frOM Toronto says:
On liontlay three forme' London
(England) girls, all very elose
friends,' and who for the past eigh-
teen. Months hate been residents of
Toronto, were married. at 264 Ear -
vie Avenue to three young men
with whom they kept company In
the Old Country prior to ceming to
Toronto, and who were induced to
eome to Canada by the young
ladies. The triple wedding served
as -an illustration of the manner in
'which 'the population of this coua-
try is being .augmente,d, lovers fol-
lowing their sweethearts and wives
their husbands from the crowded
centres of the Old World. „
THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.
Shipmenis'Intre—ase-t1 500 'Per Cent.
111 Ten. Years.
'A despatch from St ,Catharines
says: The 'convention of Niagara,
district fruit -growers closed here on
Friday afternoon. The extent of
the industry is shown when it, was
stated that the ,shipments of fruit
from St. Catharines had increased
500 per cent. in ten years. Where
ten yeare ago the Grand .Trunk
carried only ten ears of fruit, last
year they carried over go cars.
This does not include shipments by
express and other railway lines
and, steamers. W. H. Bunting ad-
vised the growers to go more. into
apple -growing, and said the grow-
ers seemed to have g -one "peach
_
•
FORGERY. OF TITLES.
Investigation Reveal Startling
Frauds in Alberta.
A despatch from Edmonton says:
A local paper intimates that a dar-
ing swindle involving many thou-
sand dollars, in which banks la
Stettler, Lacombe and other Alber-
ta towns will be the principal los-
ers, is expected to be revealed here
in the course of the next few days,
following an investigation into an
alleged forgery of titles to large
tracts of land all over the north
country. The titles, it is claimed,
were forged on regular paper of
the Land Titles Office, and appar-
ently bore the. signature of the Reg-
istrar and also the Government
seal.
QUEBEC GAYE SMALLPDX.
New 'York States infected From
That Province.
A deepateh from Albany, N. Y.,
says; Infected mail matter from the
Provinhe Of Quebec is believed by
the health authorities of St. Law-
rence County to have transmitted
"smallpox to twO rural free delivery
carriers of that county. Investiga-
tions that have been made by the
State Department of Health show
that there is a conslderahle amount
of latent smallpox in Quebec, to
which little .attention is paid. The
State Department has requested the
Federal Government to take steps
'that Will prevent the further trans-
mission of the disease from Canada.
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SURRENDER OF TURKEY.
-
Placed. Ottoman Cause in Rands of
Euronean Powers.
A despatch from London say.s':
The Turkish Government has defi-
nitely abandoned, its prohibitive
stipulations in connection with the
bringing about of a cessation of hos-
tilities, and has placed the Ottoman
cause unreservedly in the hands of
the European powers, with .a re-
quest' to conclude peace as advan-
tageously as possible for Turkish
interests,
WARRIORS ARE RESTING.,
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Dail Roads and Wintry Weather
Stops Fighting.
A despatels from London says".
The operations of the five armies
engaged in the Balkan War have
been brought practically to a
standstill by the wintry weather,
which is accompanied by frequent
snowstorms and by the deplorable
*tate of the roads.
Items of 1\eWs by Wire
Notes of Interest as to What s Col
on All Over the Worki
Canada,
The•Canadian Flax Mills Co. will
have ts,plant at Guelph.
Dr. Adam Shorra bef,ore the
Committee on Pensions, pointed out
beneficial aspeets of combinee.
There are sixteen prisoners in
the new Wornen's ward at Kingston
Penitentiary,
The smaller lakes of Manitoba
will be stocked with fish by the Do-
minion Government,
The Ontario branch of the Do-
minion Alliance mayfinance hotels
in local option districts.
Pilots testifying before the Royal
Commission at Quebec advoeated a
Valuing ship for .apprentices.
The Legislature will be asked to
appoint a. commission to investigate
the cause' of the high dist of living.
Fire destroyed the Spanish Lea-
ther Company's tannery and up-
holstering fa,ctory _ at Waterloo.
Loa, $4,500,
City Engineer A. 0. Graydon of
London died' unexpectedly, being
thought, recovering from a few
weeks' illness.
James Turner of Fingal, aged 80,
died suddenly of heart trouble in-
duced by excitement through his
chimney catching fire. ,
• Sir Ian Hamilton, inspector of
overseas forces, will inspect the
Canadian militia this summar.
Lord Dundonald will be another
visitor.'
The Pre,sident of the Quebec
Dairymen's Association at Cowan.s-
ville iecommended agricultural
coursesin colleges for msniSters of
the Gospel.
• After having lain. in a cell for four
days without any medical assie-
tanee, suspected of insanity - hitt
suffering from typhoid fever, Askil
Marchtrium died in Montreal jail.
Great Britain.
Sylvia Pankhurst is- seriously ill
in Holloway Jail as the result of a
hunger strike.
British railwaymen threaten a
general strike unless a dismisSed
guard is reinstated.
• A mob of several thousand broke
up a suffragette meeting in Hyde
Park, London, on Sunday.
The British note ts) the United
States Government a,sks for arbi-
tration on. the Panama tolls dis-
pute.
A male suffragist and two wornen
were detected trying to burn the
Croquet Club house at Boahamp-
ton.
Mobs attacked suffragette meet-
ings in Britain. The militants
made a raid on the telephone and
telegraph wires.
The A.sseciated Beards of Trade'
at London adobted resolutions urg-
ing a uniform Dominion insolvency
law, parcel post, extension of Gov-
ernment railways, and several other
matters,
United States,
Paper mills in Washington and
California. have appealed tiCt the
Treasury Department to rescind its'
order of some time ago admitting
paper from British Columbia free
of duty.
General.
There was desperate fighting in
the State of Coahuila., Mexico.
Turkey renewed its offer to cede
Adrianople and to conclude peace,
Ex -President Diaz .congratulated
Euerta and expressed a hope for
peace in Mexico.
United States ,troops and Mexi-
cana were in conflict at the frontier,
four Mexicans being killed.
The French -cabinet will consider
extending the active service, of sol-
diers of all arms from two to three,
efOarS.
Roumania has accepted the. offer
of mediation made by the powers in
the boundary dispute with Bul-
garia..
INCREASE IN CUSTOMS.
Big Gain la February Over Same
Month Last Year.
A despatch from Montreal says:
The returns of the Montreal Cus-
toms 'House *for -February, .-I913s
show an increase over the corres-
ponding period of last year of $234,-
446.60. The detailed figures are:
$2,036,468 for February, 1913, and
$1,802,022.40 for February, 1912.
The returns of the Montreal branch
of the Inland Revenue Department
for thepast month show an 10 -
crease of 862,176.57 over the 'cor-
responding period last year, the
figures being $857,067.62 for Febru-
ary, 1913, as compared with $794,-
891.05 for February, 1912.
EMPEROR LOST SUIT.
Court Desided 'Kaiser Coal Not
Terminate Lease.
A despatch from Elbing, Ger-
many, says: Emperor William on
Friday lost a law suit brought
against him by a tenant farmer
name,d Sohst, whom he boasted dur-
ing a. recent speech before the Ger-
man Agricultural Council that he
had "Thrown out because he was
no good" from. a plot of land he
rented from the Imperial estate at
Cadinen The District Court, de-
cided that the Emperor was not en-
titled to terminate the lease of his
tenant, which runs until 1918.
TO SATE CRYSTAL PALACE.
Stratheona Will Provide Last Fifty,
Thousand Dollars.
A despatch from London, Eng-
land n-ys: Lord _Mi_ty_or_has
hdinetineed",-lit" e-e-iineCtion: with .11173- -
special efforts n,osa being made to
save the Crystal Palace and
grounds for the nation that Lord,
Strathco'na, has undertalen to pro-'
vide the last fifty thousand dollars
of the sum needed (over a, million
dollars), not half of which ,is yet
forthetianing.
ars.
WHEN THEY GO DOME.
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Will Stay at Clarence House.
A 'despatch from London says:
The Duke of Connaught will stay ab
Clarence House, which for long has
been his London residence, whe-nhe..
arrives directly after Easter. When
he returns to Canada a few weeks
later the Duchess will probably go
to Gertreany and Sweden for a few
months.
Provincial supplementary esti-
mates call for $1,639,522.00.
Hon. Martin Burrell says Ontario
lagged behind in good roads.
Hamilton teachers in eonvention
resolved to ask for a pension sys-
tem.
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FINANCES OF ONTARIO
Expenditure on Current Account Amounted to Sio,=
287,991, with Current Revenue of Sio,o42,000
A despatch from Toronto say's: In thc
Public accounts for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 1912, which wore preeeuted to
the Legislature on Wedeesday, the total
revenue for the year from all *entrees is
shown to be $15,326,675.33. Of this amonut
$10,042,000.68 represents current receipts,
$3,780,755.66 receipts on capital actayunt,
that iN flcOm the sale of stock, debentuns,
etc., and $1,503,916 99 is the balance; car-
ried over from 1911. The current expen.
cliture wee 510,287,991.59. ,
The total revenue for 1911 was $15,407,124.-
82, of which 59,370,833.90 was 0.; current
amount, 52,853,701.26 ou eonsolithited innd
and $3.177,689.66 „balance carried forward
from the previous year. For that year
there was a delicit on (fervent aceenet of
$249,100.13, For 1910 the figures are; Total
reeeipts, $15,769,11.30; mirrent revenue,
58,891,004.68; capital account, 51,791,830.43.
T''0r thie year tile surplus on current 00-
eount was 53,484,59.
The (thief Rome 14 revesue ro;gsssiss.s.
dies fronk Vac llounniou AO r'',,,d, 82:„
08i, ititorao't ;Nosed fr;/11 tin; Do-
imilltini on trust fonds, S149,01t08; lands,
forests And ',mines, $2,900,204; liquor licen-
8901 4'4)181; maw stlimPe, $116,720; cdrien.
tion, $6 ,944; Proviticial Seerotary--from
toreoration fees, oottmeniee' retorne, au
immobile (lenses, marriage livero.es, etc.,
ti43,055; alma and lishei.ies, *255354; 01111-
Diell0r.ta..3' reveljug (corporation taxa
$898,0311 succession tinty, $773,712; casual
reventke, $166,539; insurance department,
2028, 070, $46,121; public institutions, $281.-
244Rydro ectrio Powe0 Commission (in-
terest), $18 'Mt
In the oapenditure oolumti the larger
amonnts are 48 f051,0WEII Civil gevern-
Mont, $600,451; legislation, $281,426; admin-
istration of .instiee, 5674,3901 education.
14,963,251: publio Institutions maintenance,
$1,315,969; oalonization and immigration,
$106,227; agrieulture, $687,603; hospitals
and elearities, $411,108; repairs and main-
tonanee, $133,479; colonization roads, $453,.
623; cbarges on Crown lands, $579,862;
/1ydro-electric Power Oommission, $170,-
684; hospitals for insane, $206,269; public
work, $203,823.
• During the Year the Provitioe ad -ranted
to the T. & N. 0. Railway on •capital ac-
count $1,210,789. Out of the 85,000,000 vot-
ed for the eclevelopment of New Ontario
there wee expended $235,833. The Govern -
m01110 contribution to the good roads
Belleme under which countin receive back
one-third of their expenditure under the
act wee $244,e88. On new Government
Motile $194,542 \YOB spent. The new Pro.
vinelal prison 0001 $274,965, and the linal
restoration of the west wing clf,,J,„10 Pe19.,11`
'newt Buildings. $161,179. flik11Mite."`
wing that has }men. sg,Stst.s •
sas
Cl2t4tr' n'gli.1,.4,1,4e17r; 011 \Y5a2c428,8°°82moPuTte:eof
Lcil1
,ffe 1912 revenue, and $50,000 Waa advanced
on account of the 110.1V museum.. The new
for the lesaue Whithe requir-
ed funde to the extent of 5156,489,
lete•ing the year the Previucial Teen.
elver acivaneed to the ITydro-eleetrie
Power Commiesiou 111 tespeet of the 101.
;wan traneenieeloe line and the Port Arc
they frausmiesion line a total of $479,315,
Whieh ie apart from the proportion which
tbe Proyince beers for administration)
!etc., whiclt appears in another mattill11. RN
Pha 1(11101,111 received fromhe & t10.
11,51101.16e81,411(11101,111w ay • for the year is .55,000 lose than
that from 1911, and 560,003 more than the
revenne for 1910.
The suoepesion duties allow neomider-
able falling off. Over 51400,000 was re.
eeiveri for 1911, but oven with the deerear-
cd aviount the Provincial Treasurer's ca.
timate has bon somewhat exceeded,
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