Exeter Advocate, 1913-5-1, Page 3Grain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of. These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Ureadstutfs.
Torent4 . O
, April 29ntario sours, with
,9 a
0 .rout, patents, $3.90 to163.95, Mont-
;, :Vet 1 or Toronto freights. Manitoba --First
• patents, iu •Jute Uags, $6,30; second Dat-
.onts, in luta bage, $4.80; strong bakers',
in jute bags, $4 60,
3 anitooba Wheat_ No.'1 Northern, 99o, on
t
of , ay porta; o, at 96 4o, No. " 3
at 93.1-2e, Bay porta.
Ontario Wheat—No. 2 white and red
'what, 95 fel 97o, outaido, and sprouted, 75
to 88 .
Oats—Ontario oats, 33 to 34o, outside,
end at 37o, on track, Toronto,. Western
"Canada oats, 42o for No. 2; and 404 for
No. 3, Bay porta. No, '3 0. W. 37 to 371.2o
at opening .of navigation.
Peas -95o to ,$1, outside,
Barley—Forty-eight-lb. barley' of good.
.quality 51 to •53e, outside. Feed, 40 to 60e.
Vorn—No. 3 American corn, 621-2 to 630.
z11•rail. and at 580 o.i,£. Midland,
Rye -Priebe are nominal..
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 52 to 63o, outside.
Bran --Manitoba bran, '$19, Inbags,To-
rrento freight. Shorts,' $21, Toronto.
Country Produce,
Butter Dairy prints, •choice, 26 to .2801
'do,, tubs, 25 to 26e; inferior, 21 to 22o;
•creamery, 32 to 33o for rolls, and 30o for
.solids, ,
Eggs—Case lots eel' at 20c here, and,: at
16 to 17e outside.
Cheese -141.20 for large, and 14 3.4o for
'twine,
Beans—Hand-picked, . 62.40 to $2 60 per
:bushel; princes, 62 to $2.25, in a jobbing
.way.,
• Honey—Extracted, in tins, 12 3.4 • to 13c
per ib. for No. 1, wholesale; combo, $2.50
to 65 Der dozen. for No. 1 and $2.40 for
No. 2.
Poultry—chickens, 18 to 20e per Ib; fowl,
-15 to 16o; turkeys. 20 to 21o. Live pont-
-try, about 20 lower than the above.
Potatoes—Good Ontario stook, 60o per
'bag, on track, and Delawares at 70o per
;bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon—Long clear, 151.4 to 151.2e per lb..
fn oaep lots. Pork—Short eat, 626 to $27;
•do. .mees, $21.50 to $22. Hams—Medium to
light, 181-2 to 19c; heavy, 1612 to 17e;
rolls, 16o, breakfast bacon, 19 1.2 to 20o;
batiks, 23 to 24o.
LardTierces. 141-4c; tubs, 141-2c; pails,
14 3-4o.
Baled Hay and Straw. '
Baled Hay—No. 1 at $12 to 612.50, on
track, Toronto; No. 2, $10.50 to $11. Mixed
'hay is quoted at $9,50 to $10:
Baled Straw—$8.50 to $9, on track, To -
'onto.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal: April 29.—Corn, American No.
12 yellow, 651-2 to 661.2c, Oats, Canadian
Western, No. 2, 43o; Canadian Western,
1Vo. 3, 401-20; extra No, 1 feed, 411-2a..Bar.
ley. Man. feed, 51 to 520: maltiug, 70 to
'740. Buckwheat,' No. 2, 56 to 580. Flour,
Van. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40;
<do., seconds, $4,50; do.,strong bakers', $4.-
70; Winter patents, :choice, $5.25,. straight
rollers, $4.85 to $4,90; straight rollers,
bags, $220 to $235, Rolled oats. barrels,
$$4.35;: bags, 90 lbs., $2,05. Brea, $19 to
$20. Shorts, ;$21 to '822. Middlings, $24 to
$25. MouiUie, $28 to $34. Say, No, 2, per
ton ear lots $13 to $13,50. Cheese, flneet
weeterne, 121-2 to 130; finest easterns, 12 to.
121.4e. Bettor, choicest creamery, 29 to
30c; seconds,. 28 to 281-2o, Eggs, fresh, 21
to 22o. Potatoes; per bag, oar lots, 60 to
65o,,'
Winnipeg Wheat.
Montreal, April 29,-Dash—Wheat,,, No, 1
Northern, .921.4c; No. 2 'Northern, 89.3.4o;
No. 3 Northern, 870; No. 4, 83 3.40; No. 5.
78c;` No, .6, 73o; feed,, 63e; No. 1 rejected
tseede, 871 -?,ea; No. 2 do., 841-2o; No. 3 do.,
811-2o; No. 1 tough, 88e; No. 2 do„ 85o;
No. 4, 771.2o; No. 6, 67o; feed, tougb, 570;
No, 1 red Winter, 943.4o; No. 2 red Win.
ter. 92o; No, 3 red Winter, ',891-4o; No. 4
rod Winter, 860. .Oats, No, 2 0. W„ 35o;
No. 3 O. W.. 331-4o; extra No. 1 feed, 341.4o;'
No. 1 feed. 331.4o; No, 2 feed, 31o. Barley,
No. 3, 493-4o; No. 4, 490; rejected, 45o;
feed, 44o. Flax -No. 1 N. W. C., $1,16 5.4;
No. 2 0, W., $1.14 1-4; No. 3 0. W., $1.06.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, April 29,—Wheat-May,
887.80; July, 911.4 to' •91 3-8o; September,
913-4 to 917.8o, Dash --No. 1 hard, 917-80;
No. 1 Northern, 903.8 to 9134o;, No, 2
Northern, '88 3.8 to 89 3.80. Corn—No. 3 yel-
low, 551-2 to 560. Oats—No. 3 white, 32 to
32'1.2c. Rye—No. 2, 56 to 68e. • Flour un-
oha,nged. Bran, '$16. to '$17.
Duluth, April 29,—Wheat—No. 1 hard,
91'3-4 to 92 1-4o; No. 1 ;Northern, 90 3-4 to.
91'1.4c; No.' -2 Northern, 88 to 89 1-4o; No,
1 Northern to arrive, 91 1-4o; May, 90 1-4o
asked; July, 925-8e; September. 921-4o bid.
Linseed, $1.321.4 to $1.321.2; May, 61.32 1-4
bid;"_ July, $1.34 3.4 bid; September, $1.3612
bid; October, $1,353.4 asked.
Live -Stook Markets.
Montreal, April 29. -Prime beevee, 6 3.4' to
71-4; large fat cows, 6 to 61-2; medium,
5 to 61-2; common, 3 3.4 to -4 3-4; cows, $65
to $75 eaoh, others, $35 to $60 each; calves,
21-2 to 6 1-2; sheep, 5 to 6 1-2; spring lambs,
$6 to 66.50 eaoh; hogs, 103-4 to 11.
Torouto, April 29.—Ohoico butcher cat-
tle, .$6:40 -to $6.75; mediums, from $5.75 to
$6:25, and common butcher cattle from
$4.00 to $6.00 per cwt. Choice butcher
cows, $5 25 to $5.75, and commoner stook,
53.50; butcher bulls from $3.60 for poorer
rougher stock up to $5.75 for the best
,qualities. Canners brought $2.00 to $2.-
50; nutters, from $2.50 -to $3.50; milkers and
springers, from $40.00 to $70,00; feeders,
$6.00 to $5.75;, heavy feeding bulls, from
$2.75 to. $4.25; stockers,' from $4.00 to $5.25;
and yearlings, from $3.00 to $3.50. The.
best calves, $8.00 to $9,00; good veal calves
at $5.00. to $7,00 and common ,down to
$3.00.. Light ewes, 66.00 to 57.26; heavy
ewes, $6.00 to 66.00;„ Spring lambs, $7.00 to
$8,60; and lambs from $8.50 to $9.75 for
the better grades. An the Hoe Market-
$9,60 fed and: watered, $9 25 f,o fir. and 69.-
80
9.80" to $9.85, weighed off cars.
SEASICKNESS WAS FATAL.
J,'assenger on Teutonic, Coming Out
to Wed, Died in 311d -Atlantic.
A despatch from Montreal says
When the White Star liner Teu
tonic, from Liverpool, came to her
t . Montreal berth on Sunday . morn
,ing, Captain James stated that one•
, of his cabin -passengers, Miss Sarah
'Baker, who embarked at Liverpool,
with the intention, on arrival here,
of going on to Winnipeg, where she
a. was to have married a -Mr. Stone
'of that city, succumbed to heart
failure owing to sea sickness on
April 21, and was buried at wea the
same day. The Teutonic is thefirst
liner carrying passengers to make
the port this season.
WOMAN DRINKS CARBOLIC.
Ends Life at Kingston While in Fit
of Despondency.
A despatch . from Kingston says•.
The wife of Captain James Crosby.
died here from drinking carbolic
acid while despondent. Her hes
band. was present when she took
the fatal dose. He was her second
.husband= She a wasp formerly . Mrs
Blackman, a, cook on schooners.
She spent corLsiderable time in To-
.ionto prior to coming here. Her
husband is now in police custody on
a charge of drunkenness. -
. 4,200 FROM SC0'TLAND-
Record Nuinber of Emigrants .Sail
From Glasgow.
' de. atoh from Glasgow, Scot-
land, says; More than 2,400 'emi-
grants, a record of . departures 7n
one day from.the Clyde,' sailed on
Saturday for the United States and
Canada. The Grampian carried.
1,700, the Saturnia 1,250, and the
California 1,280; -
K
IR®N ORE IN LOBO TOWNSHIP
Deposits Said t a More Than
o Assay y
50 Per Cent. Pure Metal.
A.despatch from Ildertaii says
Thomas Martin, �T.P'., possesses a,
farm on the 12th concession; Lobo
Township,' where apparently there
is a largedepositof iron ore, The
ore has, Eben; assayed and: is said
to yield over 50 per cent, of pure
metal:
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FEDERAL CONTRACTS.
Dredges for Iludson Bay to, bo
Built by Montreal Firm.
despatch fromOttawa says:
Nevi
. contracts just awarded by the
Govera neat include- one for ma-
chinery for dredges at the Hudson
Bay terminal to F.. II. Hopkins and;
Co., Montreal, $13,500; drill hall,
Oril.lia, E. Webb and Son, $24,00.0;
l
r`iall Nhoose. Ja,w, Seek.,
dd1i
V'aviu Brothers, $103,000.
BOY KILLED BY AUTO.
Jumped' Oft Wagon and Ran , in
Front 0f Motor Car.
A despatch from Berlin, Ont,,
says Tommy, the seven-year-old
son of Dr,, and Mrs. A. E. Rudell,
of this city, was accidentally killed
on Friday by A. J. Kimmell's auto
Mobile, driven by his son, the car
passing over :he lad's neck. The
Little lad was hanging on the rear
of a garbage wagoI and jumped off
and ran toward his home just as
the auto was passing. The" driver
was unable to see the boy until he
was knocked down by the front
whore]... -•Crown Attorney Bowlby de-
cided an inquest was unnecessary.
This is the first fatal automobile
a-ccident in the city.
CAGE FALLS 2,200 FEET.
FiveKillled and Nino Hurt in Mon-
tana Copper Mine Accident.
A despatch from Butte, Montana,
says Five miners were killed and
nine :injured`- in an accident at the
old . shaft of the Leonard Mine of
the Anaconda Copper Company on
Wedne,sday, William: Peters' lost
control of the hoisting engine as
he was lowering two cages of men
into the mine. Both cages dropped,
one falling 2,200 feet, and the other
800. The engine went to pieces,
wrecking the engine house and
throwing .pieces of iron and steel
hundreds of feet.
HON. J. IIAGGART'S ESTATE:
Will of 'Privy Councillor Entered
for Probate at Perth.
A : despatch, from Perth, Ont.,
says: In the, Lanark County Sur-
rogate 'Court probate has just been
granted of the last will and testa-
ment of the late Hort. John G. Hag-
gard, Privy Councilor, who died at
Ottawa on March 13,, The will is
dated September 4, 1894.. The es-
tate is sworn at $65,476.60. The
sole beneficiary is Mrs. Isabella
Maxwell Millar, ^of Perth, sister of
deceased. -, Mrs. Millar has also
been made, sole executrix of the es-
tate.
'BOY FIRED BUILDING.
Confessed to Starting Blaze That
Caused heavy Loss.
A despatch from Ottawa ' says:
Edward Nichol, an Ottawa boy, ar-
rested at noon on Thursday by De-
tective O'Meara of the local police
department, pleaded guilty to hav-
ing set fire' on the night of April 2
to the belittling oil Queen Street
ooeupied by the Canadian Feather
8t Ma tress Company, Limited,
when so'voratl-valuable horses were
burned to death arid considerable
loss to building and contents was
ocoasloned.
OUR LETTER FROM*TORONTO
WHAT 19 ENCAGINC THE' ATTENTION
01' THE. CITIZEN* JU$T NOW.
WW Mayor Hu ken's Propecal Bear Fruit?
—Wants SHY to BUY the RallwAY
and Electric Light.
Mayor Boclgen theft the people's breath
away kr hie bold proposal to buy out the
Toronto Street •Railway and the Toronto
Nleetrip eight Company. 4,e he put it in
his first announoemont, it Wald have,been
supposed that this :Oompaniee had come
forward with au offer, hut there is little
reason to doubt that his Worship htmeelf
took the initiative, .The plan is still a
long way from completion. At best, the
negotiations will be long drawn out; there
will be misunderetandinge, eriticisme and
suspicions. and altogether the proposal
line a rocky „.road to travel before it can
reach the .goal ;aimed at, But the inci-
dent, as far as it has gone, serves to
show the Mayor at his'. "best. Ho • has
large ideas and courage. If .in ouch an
important juncture as the present one;
he exhibits also patience, 'shrewdness and
sustained driving force, he will take rank
as one of Toronto's best mayors.
Nearly everyone admits, as far as the
Toronto Railway Company is concerned,
that it would be a splendid thing for the
'city to purchase it if, and the if is a
pretty largo one, it -can be eco .-red on
proper.terms. As for the Torouto Electric'
Light Co., there is less unanimity, for the
reason that tho Toronto '"Electric' Light
Co. is in competition with the Hydro Elec-
tric scheme and has a contract with the
Electrical Development (7o-4,. which cora`
plicates the situation. The purchase of
the Eleotrio.Light Co., however, would free
the local Hydro Electrio..Commission of a
serious competitor and bring to the city
a, great quantity of new electrical busl-
nese, In fact, well-informed persons Say
that the business retained by the Toronto
Electric Light Co„ is the most profitable
part ot the electric business in Toronto,
Dangers at Monopoly.
To offset this, however, easterners are
not 'altogether delighted at the prospect'
of, the electric business of the city passing
again into a monopoly, even if that
monopoly is the city itself. Competition
between the Hydro and the Toronto Elec.
trio Light Co., from the customers' stand-
point, has been entirely satisfactory so
far. It has cut his rates in tWo and re-
sulted in an immense increase in`effici'
envy. Whether these tendencies . would
continue under a .municipal monopoly
would require to be demonstrated. Cer-
tainly the monopoly ought to be able to
catio
reducen, costs by the prevention of dupla-
Up to date the question of terme has
scarcely been discussed. The priceswhich
have been mentioned aro purely tentative
and will doubtless be the subject of long
consideration if negotiations proceed. It
may be said thet'if the pity pays $160 a
share for the stock of the Toronto Railway
Company, which hasrecently been sell-
ing at less than 6140 a share on the mar-
ket, it will not be getting any bargain,
particularly if at that price it does not
secure the entire 'assets of the company.
Toronto's-TraUio Troubles.
However, the traffic situation has, year
by year, become more intolerable. Great
new suburbs are being flung out on all.
sides of the city,caused by the rapid in-
crease of population, amounting to 30,000
or 35,000 'souls a year. These suburbs the
Toronto Railway Co: refuses to servo with
oars. Apparently, they, figure that the peo-
ple have
eo-plerhave to use .the cars anyway, and
that even if they have to walk half a
utile or a ;mile to reach them, the rail-
way will get its fare anyway, and, itmay;
as well get the fare for a short run as a.
long one. As..a result the.oityhas'been
obliged to build short spur 'lines in Tari-
ous outlying sections for, - local traffic.
These stub lines cannot immediately be
made profitable, but the worst feature
about them is that persons who use them
have to pay two 'fares to get to the cen-
tre of the city. The Street Railway Co.
is also scientifically- and systematically,
starving' its service on existing lines- It
uses no more cars than it can possibly
get along. .with, with the result that there
is overcrowding at almost any hour of
the day, and every day of the week, in-
cluding Sundays. Of course the Railway,
Co. is entitled to run its service ae, eco-
nomically - as "it can for the purpose of
making as much riioney as it can while
its franchise lasts. That franchise - will
expire in eight years, eight years which
the Mayor describes as years of perspec-
tive misery, which he wants to .avoid,
Mayor Hocken was the originntorf6f the
scheme of "tubes." This was voted on
some three years ago, but the ratepayers,
thought the. time was not yet ripe for
such au ambitious enterprise. Even yet
the Chicago traffic experts who were re-
cently engaged to snake a report on the
transportation system, declare' that un-
derground railwaye are unnecessary if
only the ,surface system could be made
efficient.
These facts explain Mayor'Hooken's in-
spiration to buy out ,the Railway Com-
pany.
The Telegram's Opposition.
The nicst °violent opponent of the pro=
poeal to secure even .permissive legisla-
tion so that negotiations may be carried
on has developed in the Telegram news-
paper- The announcement_ of the schema
not only took the Telegram's breath away,
but it has been gasping ever since. The
ostensible reaeon for the Telegram's vin-
lent opposition isthat the scheme does
not contemplate playing fair with the
Hydro Electric, but Mayor Hocken and
the others who are trying to getsome-
where ought to be the last to display
any enmity toward that scheme. Tho
Telegram, for many years, has had the
reputation of running ;things at the City
Hall, and no doubt,.bas a. wide influence
with the electors. As • an illustration of
its manner of }warfare, it attacks" the
schemes . as a plot to enrieb the Grey
Nuns of Montreal, who are supposed to
hold some shares of Toronto Railway. Or,
again, it shows William Mackenzie hold-
ing the gagged and bound Adam Beck
against a circular saw in what it calls
"The Great Sawmill .Sonne."
The Hydro "Mutiny."
Dividing interest with the Mayor's big
scheme of municipal ownerebip has been
the :mutiny in the local ofiloes of the
Hydro Elootrie Commission, The acting
General ,Manager, Mr. Sweeny, with ten
of ,hie department 'heads, addressed
Council' in a remarkable letter, asking.
that the head of the Commission, Mr. P.
W. Ellis, should not be .re -appointed. The.
result of this communication Nag that
Mr. Sweaty Was immediately discharged.
The" ten department heads then wrote
another letter, declaring that they had
acted on their own volition and not be-
cause of any intimidation on Mr. Sweany's
part, Tho result was that thoy•aleo were
discharged. Afterwards, "however„ a num-
ber 'of
um-ber.'of them apologized and were re -em
played,
It has not been made very plain on the
surface what the trouble has been all
about. Mr. Ellis is a respected citizen of
undoubted ability., arid the worst that is
said about him is ,that he is inclined to
be fussy and exacting. This may have.
made it uncomfortable for the employes
of the department at certain times, but
the eoneensus of opinion is tbat Mr, Bilis
has given the city good service, -
On the other hand, those who have had
bueinass relations With Mr. 14weany speak
vory highly of him and regard him, as a
very capable man, They Were surprised
when they heard that the do nmiedon bad
tivo months ago declined to .appoint Mr.
Bweany, who is an American, to the pot'
manent General Managership, but had apo
pointed an engineer from England to take
tho plate, Neither in this ease nor in.
the controversy over the purchase of the
railway and eleatrie light 'corporations
haspprtisan the discformue',sion taken 'arty politically
Nine-Year•Old Fire Millis.
The ninth annivcrsory : of Toronto's
great fire has patsell pied still the ruing
sire' not all olttarod up,yet,. The viaduct
,n.
and 'Tinton Station delay are responsible,
Toronto Ilves In hope that before spat y
mors years have pesseat these enterprise@
will take, form, With the new 'Union Stse
tion and the Iiew Clpetomq House and porgy
haps a now 13,000,000 betel, tit rivet
street 'ruins will be entirely obliterated.
J. 1.. Hutthee Restlui ARstl.�l.
After many 'r-esta ot attempted resigns.-
Lona it seems that (lief Inspector of
behoolo, James I, Hughes, is at last W
retire from ipi nioipal service, He is one
of Toronto's .most picturesque figures and
his departure from the eohool system will'
leave a gap. His eucoesspr, Mr, et, H,,
Cowley, is very little known bore, thouglre
be has had a wide experience in educa-
tional ` inattere throughout the l:'rovinoa.
Mr. 1Yugh,es says he le the .best man in
the .country for the position. Ile knows
booause he trained him bimeelf, and what:
rte' Hughes says in Toronto generally
DETECflyJIj KiLLRD•.
Murderous FireShaby er; Swedes' FrOm a
A despatch from Edmonton, Al-
berta, says: A murder occurred on
Wednesday afternoon at Grassy
Lake, about fifteen miles north of
Tofield. Detective Bailey of the
local force of the Royal Northwest
Mounted Police is dead as a result,
and Constable Whitley, also of Ed=
monton, is severely injured,; while
two Swedes named Fonberg, hold
possession of 'a shack filled with
firearms, which is surrounded . by
police,,
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HIGH WATER AT PORCUPINE..
`Entire Northern Part 'of f Mining,:
Town Submerged by Flood.
A despatch from. South Porcupine
says : The entire northern end of
the town feeing on Porcupine Lake
,,..is under water as a result of the.
high . water in the ,lake, and if it
does not .recede shortly much dam-
age may result. All train service
at Timmins has been, ata standstill
since() Monday owing to a wash-out
on the sheres of the -creek; which
cannot be repaired at high water
.mark. The new Government wharf
is badly damaged by the high water.
BOILER EXPLODED.
Eight Firemen Scalded on the New
Imperator.
A • despatch from Hamburg, Ger-
many, say's: It is reported that
there was a serious explosion in the
boiler -room of the new fifty -thou-
sand -ton steamer Imperator of the
,Hamburg - American. , Steamship
Company on her voyage from this
Place to Cuxhaven. Eight firemen
are said to have been severely
scalded. Three of these, it is fear-
ed, are fatally injured. The dam-
age to the ship is stated to be
slight, No details are available.
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BOY STRUCK FOG TORPEDO.
His Young Companion is Deprived
of Two ringers.
A despatch from Guelph says:
A small boy named Bennett picked
up a railroad fog signal torpedo
and was examining it -when another
}young lad came along with a stone
' and struck the torpedo with it. The`
torpedo exploded, and young Ben-
nett's hand was so shattered that
he will lose two fingers. A hole
was nearly blown through his
wrist.
TO. BORROW $150,000,000.
Monopolies to be Granted in 011,
Paper and Matches.
A despatch from London says:
After the delimitation of the fron-
tiers and the apportionment of her
debts, Turkey will ask for a loan of
$150,000,000. The.. Government is,
considering the proposal of three
new monopolies. in oil, paper and
matches, which it has asked the
powers to authorize.
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FOX FARMING AT LEVIS.
Syndicate Formed to Establish In-
dustry Near Qucbcc City.
A despatch' from Levis, Que.,
says f A syndicate of Montreal,
Quebec and Levis men, with head-
quarters here, has acquired proper-
ty in the vicinity with the intention
of establishing a fox farm. The
promoters are at present in com-
munication with parties in Prince
Edward Island, with the object of
purchasing stock.
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CAL GA.RY BY-LAWS CARRIED.
Citizens Vote Large Expenditures
on Public Works.
A despatch from .Cal ary says:
Ratepayers ratified by-laws on
Wednesday providing funds for
various public • improvements, as
follows Rehabilitation of " water
plants, $643,200; Fpublicity, $12,-
000; -smallpox hospital, $1.2,000;
embankment on Bow River, $25,-
000; children's' shelter, $50,000,
"LITTLE DORRIT" DEAD.
Mrs. Cooper' 'finis a Playmate of
Charles Dickens.
A. despatch` from London says:.
Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper of South,
gate,. the original df Charlcs'Dick-
ens' "Little •I)orrit," died on .Wed-
nesday in her ono hundredth year.
She and Dickens were boy acid girl
together when they lived on the
same 'street in Sumatermtowll,•
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Notes of interest as to What Cs Going
on All Over the World
Canada. '
Stem freight x ght trucks are forbid-
den on the streets of Montreal.
A deficit of $2,300 has been found
in the tax department^of Cochrane.
Alexander Sangster, a well -
blown Government contractor, of
St. Catharines, died after a year's
illness of paralysis.
Alfred Laycock of Woodstock was
instantly killed by earlthe morn-
ing newspaper train at a. level
croesing iu that city, on Friday.
The Government is said to be
considering ,the establishment of
drydooks at Halifax, Esquim•ault
and - Levis, ultimately naval
to be
bases,
John Mitchell, who was -conductor
on the train w.ieh experienced the
Komoke .disaster on the Groat West-.
ern Railway, died at Sarnia on Fri-
day, aged 8L
Great Britain.
Liverpool, Eng., is building a now
dock,. 1,020 feet long.
' A Gainsborough picture realized
over $100,000 at the Phillips sale in
London.
The Duke of Connaught advo-
cates, the developing; of great high-
ways by the Canadian Government,
Mr. Redmond Barry has resigned
the ,office of Lord" Chancellor for
Ireland, owing to ill health, and
Mr. Ignatius O'Brien, Attorney-•
General, has been offered the posi-
ion:._
United States.
Newport, R -I., carpenters receive
$4.40: a day.
Sacrament() has a. school for
teaching life-saving.
Boston's 1013 city government is?
to cost $21,962,89$,
the
G es, p
TheUrexliteadreStat72t 3s ,r coal: miners 'n
Thirty-five are known to have
lasts
their lives in the Pennsylvania mine•
disaster.
It is reported .at Washington that
the downfall of Mexico's President
is imminent.
Lockport, N.Y,, is ri idly enfare-
g it
ing Sunday closing laws. The May-!
or is a former clergyman.
Philadelphia has discovered, a .fe-'
hale Fagin who teaches young girls
the art of shoplifting,
American jurists in 'convention
urged the submission of the Pana-
ma tolls; question to arbitration.
J. K. Stuber,, of Reading, . Pa.,1
has: retired after 46 yearsas a bag-
gage :nosier, in which time he han-
dled over 100,000,000 pieces of bag-
gage without losing one.
General.
Austria is determined to coerce
Montenegro to evacuate the town of
Scutari.
The Krupp works at Kiel have.
captured the contract for four Ar-
gentine destroyers,
The new Italian dreadnought
Duilio was launched on Thursday
in' the presence of the ,King and
Queen, who christened the vessel)
A return just issued by the Mine
istry of Commerce in Rome states
that during the last fifty-two years
$46,000,000,000 has been' lost in
gambling by Italians.
Uruguay's imports from the
United States for the first 11
months of.
1912 reached the record
sum of $8,776,000, while the previ-
ous year they reached but $5,953,-
313, also .arecord year.
ITIS MAJESTY KING CONSTANTINE OF GREECE..
The assassination of George I., King of the 'Hellenes, raised tha
Crown Prince 'suddenly to the Greek throne, and the news of the
tragedy was still unknown by many when Prince Nicholas, third .son,
of the dead sovereign, officially announced the fact of his father's end
to the authorities and military officers at Salonika, and administered
the oath of fealty to the new ruler, King Constantine, His Majesty
was born at Athens on August 2, 1868, His recent military successes;
particularly the taking of Yanina, have done much to strengthen both
the Greek throne and his own hold upon the people whose head he
now is. In October, 1889, he married Sophie, Princess of Prussia, who
is a sister of the German Emperor, and was born at Potsdam in
1870. They have five children th'tee sons and two daughters.
FATAL AUTOMOBILE MISEAP.
Dan. Connors, IlOtcl Proprietor,
D nnkcld, Instantly Ifilled.
A despatch from Walkerton says :
A fatal auto accident'oocurred near
the village: of Dunkeld, six miles
from here, at 4 o'clock on Friday
afternoon, when • a large touring
car containing Messrs. Robt. Hun
ter 'of Kincardine and Dana Con-
noes of Eden Grove, broke through
a culvert, which had been under-
mined during the recent rains. The
car at the time was travelling at ,a
faits rate, and Connors was thrown
headloi.a out of the car and was
instantly killed, while Mr. Hunter
was so: seriously injuredthat little•
hope is entertained for his reeev-
cry. Mr. Hunter was brought to.
the Walkerton Hospital in the even-
ing?, The two men, accompanied by
Messrs, W. J. Mo Koenarn and The-
peas Desmond, of Eden Grove, left
Walkerton for Cargill about 8,80,.
biit fortunately w the latter ore, not
in the car at the title., of the acci-
dont, having left it at Dankeld it
few minutes previously, Mn. Con-
nors was proprietor -of the. Eden
Grove Hotel, and; Mr. Hunter is a
member of the Hunter Bridge Se
Boiler Company at Kincardine:
"CAT AND MOUSE .BILL" LAW.
Measure Passes British Commons
by a Decisive. Majority.
A despatch front. London says:
"The Hunger Strike" Bill, design-
ed by the, Government to do away
with forcible feeding of Suffra
getter serving terms in prison,
and which has been called the "eat
and mouse" bill by the militant
Suffragettes, passed its third read-
ing in the Uouse of Commons on
Wednesday evening by, .a vote of
294 to 56.
CITY`O B 1.1IN A F N1)
'I OIT Y. 13
Calgary's Solution- of . Excosgive,
8 ,
Cost of Iron Construction.
A despateh from Calgary bays<.
Calgary is planning to establish a
i tinieipal foundry on account of
the excessive price the city 'is.
obliged to, pay kr iron work,