Exeter Advocate, 1914-5-7, Page 2Grain,. 'Cattle and ,rchetso
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Sreacistuffs.
Toronto, MAY 6,—F1oar—Ontar10
wheat flours, 50 per cent., ta-tsse""
board, and at 53.05 to. $4, Toronto.
Manitobas—First patents, in Jute Dags,
45,60; do., Seconds. 55.10; strong bak-
ers'. in jute bags., 14.
Uanitoba. Wheat—Bo? ports—No. 1
Northern, 95c, and No. 2 at 949o.
Ontario wheat—No, 2 at 51 to 51.02,
outside, according to freight, and 51,03
to 51.04, on traek, Toronto.
Oats—No. 2 Ontario oats, 391 to 40c,
outside, and at 42e,. on track, Toronto.
Western Canada, oats, 41e for No. 2, and
at 40c for No. 34 Bay ports.
Peas -90o, outside.
Barley --Good malting barley, 56 to
58e, according to quality.
Rye—No. 2 at 63 to 64e, outside,
Buckwheat -50e, outside.
Corn—No. a American, 721o, all rail,
Toronto.
Bran --Manitoba bran, 425 to 526 a
ton, in has, Toronto freight. Shorts,
526 to 528.
COUntrY Produce.,
Butter—Choice dairy, 19 to 20a; in-
ferior, 16 to 170; farmersseparator
prints, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, fresh,
25 to 23c; do., storage prints, 23 to 24.0;
solids, storage, 22 to 23c.
Eggs -21 to 22c per dozen, in case
lots.
Honey—Extracted, in tins, 10i to 110
per lb. for No. 1; combs, sa to $3.25 per
dozen for No. 1, and $2.25 for No. 2.
Cheese—New. cheese, 141 to 130 for
large, and 15 to 15e for twins.
Beans—Hand-picked, $2.15 to 52,20
Per bushel; primes, 52.10 to 42.15.
Poultry—Fowl, 16 to 18e per lb.;
chickens, 19 to 20c; ducks, 17 to 18c;
geese, 15 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 23c.
Petatoes—Delawares are quoted at 41
on track, here.
Seeds.
Wholesale seed merchants are selling
recleaned sees to the trade, on the 100 -
lb. basis:—Red clover, No. 1, 510 to 521;
do., No. 2*$17.50 to 518.50; &slice, No,
1, 520.50 to $21; do., No. 2, 517 to 518;
Timothy, No. 1. 58.50 to 59.50; do., No.
2, 47.25 to 57.60; alfalfa, No. 1, $14 to
;15; do., No. 2, $13 to 513.50.
Provisions.
-.Bacon—Long clear, 15 to 16c per lb.,
In ease lots. Hams—Medium, 18 to 181e;
do., heavy, 17 to 18c; rolls, 15 to 15.e;
breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 22 to
24e.
Lard—Tierces, 121c; tubs, 13c; palls,
139c.
liTontreal Markets.
Montreal, May 5.—Corn, American
No. 2 yellow. 77 to 771e. Oats, Cana-
dian Western, No. 2, 43e; Canadian
Western, No. 3, 423e. 33arle-, Man. feed,
50 to 51c. Flour, Man., Spring wheat pa-
tents, firsts, 56.60: seconds, 55.10;
strong bakers, $4.90; Winter patents,
choice, 55.26 to $5,50: straight rollers,
54.70 to 54,90; straight rollers, bags,
52.20 to 42.35„ Rolled oats. barrels.
44.55; bags, 90 lbs., 5245. Bran, 523.
Shorts, 525. Middlings, 528. Mouille,
428 to 522. Hay, N. 2,Per ton car lots,
514 to 515. Cheese, finest westerns. 12
to 1210; finest ea.sterns. 118 to 1190.
Butter, choicest creamery, 23 to 23/c;
seconds, 22 to 22e. Eggs, fresh, 22 to
23c; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock,. 21. Po-
tatoes, per bag, ear lots, 85 to 95e.
Winnipeg* Grain,
'Winnipeg, May 5.—Cash—Wheat—
No. 1 Northern, 909e; No, 2 Northern,
888e No. 3 Northern, 87e; No. 4, 839o;
No. 6, 780; No, 6, 730; feed, 680; No. 1
releeted seeds, 86e; No, 1 reieetecl
seeds, 849c; No. 2 rejected seeds, 811c;
No. 1 smutty, 368c; No. 2 smutty. 849c;
No, 3 smutty, 818e; No. 1 red Winter,
Ole; No. 2 red Winter, 890; No, 3 red
Winter 571e. Oats—No. 2 C. W., 85bc,
Barley --No, 3, 452c; No. 4, 449c; re-
1e.e_wa,5
tel, 42310.;3f3e8e;N0.2c
d,4180. F.44.::— ‘1.0103.1
,7 ;
No. 3 C.W., 51,229,
United. States Markets.
Minneapolis. May 5.—Wheat—Ma3',
899c; July, 003e; No, 1 hard, 94/0 to
949c; No. 1 Northern, 919 to 933e; No. 2
Northern. 891 to 919e. Corn—No. 3 yel-
low, 63 to 631e. Oats—No. 3 white,
351 to 351c. Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth. May 5.—Linseed, cash. 51.54;
July, $1.56; May, 11.54. Wheat—No. 1
hard, 9333c; No. 1 Northern, 921e; No.
2 Northern, 901c; July, 9210,
Zive Stock Markets.
Toronto, May b.—Cattle—Choice but-
chers', $7.75 to 43.25; good medium,
57.40 to 47.601 common cows, $5 to
$5.25; canners and cutters, 53.60 to $4;
choice fat cows, 56.50 to 57.30.
Stockers and feeders—Steers, 800 to
900 lbs., $7.25 to $7.50; good, 700 to 800
lbs., 57 to 57.50; light, $6.25 to $7.
Calves—Good veal, 58.75 to 510.25;
common, $4.75 to 47,
Sbeep and lambs—Light ewes, 56.50
to 47; Spring lambs, $6 to 510; lambs,
yearlings, 59 to $9.75; but with 75e per
head deducted for all the buck lambs.
Hogs -53.90 to 59, fed and watered;
59,20 to 59.25, off cars; $3.60 to 58•65
Montreal, May 6.—Choice steers at
45.26 to $8.50; good at 57.76 to 58; fair
at 56.75 to 57.25. The lower grades
sold from $5 to 56, and butchers' cows
from 55.50 to 57..60, and bulls from 55
to 47.25 per cwt. Selected lots of hogs,
59.75 per cwt., weighed ot cars. Spring
Iambs, 43 to 43 each, as to size and
cluality. Yearling lambs, 58 to 52, and
old sheep at 56 to 47 per cwt. Calves
sold from 53 to 510 each, as to size and
quality.
COAL MINE DISASTER.
Thirteen' Bodies Have Been Found
In One Shaft.
A despatch from Eccles, W. Va.,
says: Rescue crews assembled 13
bodies at the foot of the shaft in
Mine No. 5 of the New River Coal
Company and -continued their work
of exploration in the hope of locat-
ing all of the 172 men who, it now
seems certain, lost their lives in
the explosion last Tuesday after-
nixrn.
Pumps were kept going, and the
mine was comparatively freed of
water. But the force of the ex.plo-
sien was so great that masses -of
earth and rock were dislodged and
the galleries choked. It may be
days before the dead have been re-
k-er e
Hundreds of persons continue to
.sufrouncl the village. and there .is
little work in the district, miners
and their families congregating here
to -comfort those of their friends
who ,have suffered through the tra.-
gPdy.
tt'tt,
REMARKABLE CASE.
Man Blind for Two Years Can -Non
See Distinctly.
A despatch from Quebec says : A
remarkable case of the sudden re-
covery of sight through being struck
011 tbe nose by a pieoe of wood ia
that of Mr„ Henri R. Germain, an
employe of the local agency ef the
Marine and Fisheries Department:
who resides at Beauport. Mr. Ger:
main has been practically blind for
over two years past, following a, se•
vere attack of inflantreatory rheu-
matism. He was chopping wood at
his lionue. when a piece flew up and
.e.truek him on the bridge of the
nose. This severed a vein. and as
a result Mr. Germain lost much
lito•rd. which Wns, black in color.
Immediately after Mr. 'Germain dis-
covered that he could see distinctly.
Strange to say.. he felt no pain when
struck by the piece of wood.
COUNTERFEIT $10 BILLS.
. Canadian Hank of Commeree Issues
Warning to the Pablie-
• Cesinterfeit $10 notes of the Cana-
slian Bank of Commeree of the issue
at present in nse, are in eiroulation
in Hemillon, Ont.
The coanterfeits which' have so far
bren seen are numbered 452,471, in
red over b')Iek, whereas the genuine
isotes noW isSued. Isy the bank are
n and) eyed in blue. - The (adore need
are also 111L1(41 (Teener in tint than
those of the genoite notee, especial-
ly (he yellow an 1d on the face.
Op tko, bak there ate two or thrils
ws Ow design, apparently
wade by biota whisth appear on the
woid 1.anis'' Where it oomirs at the
eat The eatiderfaite'.
ern anonsnaugned
THE WORST MOSQUITOES.
No Excuse for the Prevalence of
Them Anywhere.
A despatch from Washington says :
Members -of the House Myers and
Harbors Committee were on Wed-
nesday discussing the testiinony of
Sir William) Willcocks„ the English
engineer who built the Assuao Dam
on the Nile, in which be told how
the problem of the malarial mosqui-
to along the Suez Canal bad been
solved. He testified before the com-
mittee that at Khartoum, where the
boats brought down the worst mos-
quitoes in the world, "the drainage
is so perfect there that now we fine
a• man twelve shillings ($3) for ever'
mosquito seen on his place." Sir
William contended that there was
no excuse for the prevalence of mos-
quitoes anywhere. The people along
the Suez Canal, he said, wrestled
with the malarial mosquito until
British engineers provided modern
drainage and disciplined these who
tolerated inoequitoes on their prem-
ises.
TURNED TIDE AT GETTYSBURG
Last of Great Commanders of Civil
War Dead.
New York, May 3.--Major-Genera3
Daniel E. sickles .died to -night- at
his home, 23 Fifth Avenue. He had
ben quite ill sinee March, when he
suffered a h-emorithage. ISaniel Ed-
ward Sickles, Major -Gene -nal, re-
tired, was the 'lase e.f the groat cam- t
menders of the Civil War. He re-
sponded to Lincoln's firet -call for I
volunteers. He reited regiment af-1
ter regiment. He led them into bat -1
ti e , always with consummate bra-
; very and distinction. At the, last
he 'turned tho tide at Getty...burg!
and earned a polslier's immortality.
$320,000 FOR ROADS.
A System of Roads for the County
Of Oxford.
A deepateh from Woodetock says:
At to -day's speeial session of the
Oxford County Council an erder-in•
Council was read authorizing an ex-
penditure of $320,000 on a system or
county roads for Oxford, with the
proviso that only .$60,000 shall be
spent in one year. A by-law was
istroduced providing for the raising
of the latter amount altiong the var-
time monicipalities;
A. 8 I A 11 0 RACES BARRED.
Iteeotnes Effect'.
on May
Vaneonver, 13.0, Aprilfl0-Asia-
iks 'if all races will be barred from
Critry into Canasta noder 8 slew in.
terpretatien ill'de'r-illt.rtOttnoil No.
807. The nein i»terprei,ation has
made the order -in -Council appliera
hie to Chioeee„T :inane Se and Inn-
dus, and ail]: irc,c,q.ne effective on
May 21.
EAD.
la From
to 1888
es, Isle of Wight, May 2. ---
Dake of Argyll, son-indaw of
the late QUeeta Viotoria, and fattier
Governor-General of Canada, died
last night at Es Qowes, aged 69.
He was taken ill a, week ago with
double pneumonia and his condition
rapidly grew alarming,
John Douglas Sutherland Casols-
hell, ninth Duke of Argyll, was born
in 1845 in Londo(n, and in 1871 he
married Princess Louise, the fourth
daughter of Queen Victoria, He
took a leading part in politics after
three years' experience as private
secretary to his father in the Indian.
Office, from 1868 to 1871. He con-
tested Bradford in 1892,. and in 1895
he was elected by the -Criiienists of
South Manchester, and rhe. repre-
sented that oonstituency in the
House of Commons until 1900. La-
ter he was offered the Governor-
Geeciine
nerarip of Australia, which be
d
He came to Canada in 1878 as
Governer -General, and after a suc-
cessful period at Ottawa he return-
ed in 1883. to England and wrote a
number of volumes, including
"Memories of Canada. and Soot -
land" (1884), "Canadian. Pictures"
(1885), "The United States After
the War," "Imperial Federation,"
talea and 'poems, and he even wrote
a play.
During the Duke's stay in Canada
his name was given to a number Of
towns and settlements in the differ-
ent provinces, and he received hon-
orary degrees from. the leading uni-
versities.
CANADA WINS FOUR CASES.
Damages Awardel for the Seizure
Of Two Fishing Vessels.
Ottawa, May 3—Word was ise-
ceived by the Department of Justice
on Saturday that Canada' has won
four out of the five cases reeently
argued. before the Pecuniary Claims
Commission at Washington, and in
wthieh judgment has just been de--
liveoed. Edmund L. Newcombe. K.
C., Deputy Minister of Justice,
argued theease for the Canadian
Government.
One was the Cadenhead ease,
where damages were claimed by the
estate pf Miss Cadenhead, an inno-
cent spectator, shot atFort Brady,
Mieh., by a United States sentry
many years ago. The sentry fired
at a deserter and the shot. aeeideiae
tally struck the woman. The award
is $2,000. -
Another ease is that Of La Cane-
d/erne, a Government boat, dam-
aged by -collision in the St. Law-
rence With ana,..American gunboat. _
The Great North -We -stens Tele-
graph 'Company, in a third case, re-
ceived damages for the, earrying
away of its table at Quebec by an
American gunboataand other cases
in which damages are awarded are
for the improper seizure of the fish-
ing vessels Lord Nelson and Fred-
erick Gearing.
NOTED DIVINE DROPPED DEAD
Rev. C. Silvester Horne Stricken On
Niagara Boat.
Tomato-, May 3. -e -Rev. 0. Silves-
ter Horne, Member of the Imperial
Parliament for Ipswieh, and a noted
;social worker in Len -don, drefiped
dead aboard the steamer Cotoraa
while coming to -.Torooto front Nia-
gara Falls on Saturday night. The
deceased was on his way from Bos-
ton to Toronto, aud spent Saturday
at the Falls with his wife, :leaving
there to take the evening boat due
to arrive in Toronto al) outs8 O'clock.
He was walking on the upper deck
With his wife. aed as the hoot was
.enteritig the Eastern Gap appeared
to stumble over a chair and fall to
the deck. Al:hough medical
tame was se.cured it was found im-
possible to do anything for -him, as
his attack preyed to be heart fail-
ure. Assembled to listeo to an ad-
dress barn Bea C. Silvester Horne,
the noted Csopereaceiz.nel paetor
and parliament-aria:a the c_ agre a
tion whieh filled the Meteepol tan
Church an Sunday afternoon was
shocked to learn foam the oesenisig
words of the .elmarman, Sir John
Gibson, that, inn...teed af ai addreas
from the great social worker, they
werzi: to Vt.,:iStt at his memorial ear-
s -lee..
TOOK HIS LIFE ON HURON IC.
Inspeetoa Henry Chapell Severs Ar-
tery In 11i8„trin.
Fort William, Ont, May
When .the Northern Navigation
Company's steamer Huronic eleared
froni this port, to -day her inspector,
Henry C. Chappell, of Sarnia, from
all appearances was in the, best of
spirits. A shoat time aSterWardis,
however. a message was 'eent baa
wireleSS that Chappel wea.clying.
The Ail) was ordered to ref:1'1m with
all spohd to her wharf, but Chap-
pell died suet as t 1., firrt ab1e was
tInanan upon the wharf. 'Me, cause
ef death Was a gash ia hi. left -ohm,
which aevered ti. ia artery. it
was dote with a, razor. and la ha-
l:if:Veal to hate been eelf-inflieted.
LEGISLATURE PROROGUED.
Lientenant.Governor's SPOSeh at
eeacloSioa,
At the closing of the Ontario Le-
gislature at Toronto on Friday, the
Lieutenant -Governor de18veres1 the
following speeds from the Throne
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of
the Legislative Assembly :
In relieving. you of yOUr 411.1tieS I
desire to express my thanks for the
careful eonelder-ation you have
given to the business of the Session,
and also for the beneficial legiila-
tio(n you have enacted.
I am glad to observe that you
have provided by statute for the
permanence and extension of the
system of Distriot Representatives
of the Depturtmerit of A.gricalture.
The labons, of these...Ad-els in de-
monstrating .scientific methhds ” of
agriculture throughout the pro-
vince are being more and more ap-
preciated by the people, and the
extension of the systein may he ex-
pected to contribute to the prosper-
ity of the whole community. The
financial assistance, given by the
Dominion of Canada for the im-
provement of agriculture is mater-
ially helping the prOviuCe in extend-
ing this very desirable undertaking.
.An important and far-reaching
measure has been adopted to pro-
vide compensation to workmen for
injuries sustained issal for indus-
trial dizeasei contracted in the
course of their- employment. The
general agreement reached as to
the leading- features of this legisla-
tion is a striking tribute to the fairs
ness a,nd fullness of the. inquiry
made before framing the Bill, and
is at, the •sarne time a hopeful indi-
cation for the success of the mea-
sure in the future.
Provision for Radials.
Provision has been made for ne-:-
cessary extensions -of the Hydro -
Electric System, a.aid legislative
authority has been given • to the
Hydro -Electric Power Commission
•to supervise the financing, construc-
tion and operation of radial electric
railways undertaken by municipali-
ties, either singly or in groups.
-The amendments made to the
Liquor License Act aresin aecore
dance with the temperance senti-
ment of the province, and include
provisions facilitating the enforce-
ment of the Canada Temperanee
Aot and the addition of Good Fri-
day to the list of days ou which the
sale of intoxicating liquor is pro-
hibited. ;
I observe with interest that
measures- have been adopted pro-
viding for the appointment of a
provincial Fire Marshal, offering a
reward for the discovery of radium
in this province, improving the fac-
tory legislation and authorizing
school boards to establish auxiliary
classes for the edocatio(n of children
who- are handicapped in may way in
the pursuit of their studies. •
Prohibit contributions.
Legislation has been ena.cted re-
adjusting the repree_dotation of the
people in the Legislative Asseralny,
having regard to the recent Domin-
ion census, prohibiting politioal
subscriptions by ooapoaa.tions, Gov-
ernment oontractorseand holders of
liquor licensei, and making cer-
tain -changes with reference to the
nomination of .'candidates to the
Legislature. ..
Among the other measures adopt-
ed areActs to amend the 'SuccesSion
Duty Act, to amend the Corpora-
tion Tax Act. and respeeting adver-
tising of agricultural reiources by
counties.
.commend to your consideration
the valuable report on public high-
ways which has recently been made
by the commission appointed to in-
vestigate the subject. It is hoped
that the outcome of this inveatigri-
, tion will be a greatly improved sys-
tem. of roads throughout the pro-
'111.nce
Idesire to thank you for the
liberal provision you have made for -
the public expenditure, and to as-
sure you that the supplies you have
voted will be administered with a
proper regard to efficieney and
economy.
In oonclusion, I wish to repeat my
!thanks for the services you have
rendered to the public, and to ex-
' press the hope, in which we all
join, that the blessing of Almighty
God will eontinue :to rest upon our
country and our people.
CAUSE OF 'TYPHOID - FEV,E11.
— -
Ton of Bail lee Taken From Vessel
• • at Kingston.
A despateli from Kingston says:
The Medical Officer - of Health on
'Wednesday ordered the steamer
Keyport; which was ready to, deo-
up the lakes, to be held until a ton
of ice, .delivered to it by aa loetti
dealer, hadbeen unloaded. The ice
was cut in an area of the harbor
that is allowed only for theecottere'
own 'business use for eeolsog pur-
poses and is not allowed to be diss
posed of or taken off' his. premises.
The local Board of Health is of the'
opinien that rtrach .of the typhokh
fever that. originated on the vessels
is &weed by this had ,iee anehia go-
ing to pat it step .to its &slivery ist
Ibis port. The customs r held
up the yeesal ae ,directed.
11011$.• Witt;
Notes of Interest as to What Is Going
on Ail Over. the World.
Canada.
Galt Board of Trade in a. one -day
whirlwind campaign added tWO hun-
dred and -fifty names to itamember-
ship roll. .
Nearly a hundred' brides-to-be
came to Canada by the Glasgow
Steamer Saturday, which docked at
MOnbreal on 'Wednesday,
' Captain It. G, Kendall, common -
der. t the Canadian 'P,acifie
Ruthenia,' has been amiointesi cap-
tain of the Empress of Ireland.
Judge Charbonneau has rehersed
the finding of the Mint -real License
Board, which cut off the licenses of
five cabarets, -following many pro-
tests on behalf of citizens and
churches.
The trustees of Queen's Univer-
sity expressed their approbation of
the offer of Major R. W. Leonard
for a, military residence, and ap-
pointed a committee i'o confer with
him regarding details.
The Mayor of Maisonneuve, Que.,
will compel the street railway com-
pany to give a, continuous service
and refrain from turning cars into
the barn before reaching the end ef
the route by ordering the arraat of
all .car •erews who offend.
Mrs. Harriet Shunn, of London,
Ont., received woad through st firm
of old country lawyers that she is a
joint heir tii• an estate in Ireland
that is valued at $11,000,000, Mrs.
Shunn,..who is about fifty years old,
with. her husband, has been a resi-
dent of London most of her life.
They are in comfortable circura-
stances.
Great Britain.
The House of Lords Committee
called Lord Murray's dealings in
'Marconi shares "errors.," of judg-
ment." • )
Tho building trade employes of.
London Eng., have rejected t
teams of settlement offered by the
masters by a vote of 23,000 ±o,2,000,[
though 20,000 people, mainlY non-
combatants, have been long on the
verge of starvation.
Two suffragettes disguised as Sis-(1,
stets of Charity raided the Prinoe' of,
:wales' rooms at Oxford on Monday,'
the first day of the new term, but
his Royal Highness was nob in resi-I
clence, having gone on a cruise on!
the battleship Collingwood with his1
.
b rother,
United States. 1
1
The Court of Customs Appeals in
New York .deriied the free anent of
wood pulp from Canada.
General.
aountess Trepolo is on trial sin)
Rome, diarged with the murder of.
CaeStain Oggiore, her husband's'
orderly, . •
The fortress of Sam Rum de
Ulua, at Vera- Cruz, notorious forene
centuries as perhilps the foulest pri-'
son on. the American continent, has!
been ordered by Rear -Admin
Fletcher to be 'completely va.cated
immediately.
The "A B 0" mediators asked
the Goverriments of France, Ger./
many and Great Britain to urgently.
request President Wilson to with-
draw his insistence that Gen. Eller-
ta be eliminated from the provision-
al Presidency of, Mexico aa aocondi-'
tion precedent to the eonclusion of
peace: The three European powers
have refused.
lEfA.D., A GREAT SCHEME.
Induced U.S. Officer to Send Squad
to Rob Gastifiling .Tfouse.
A despatch from Vera Cruz says:
The first serious case to come be-
fore the Provost Marshal, Comman-
der D.'F, Sellers of the Arkansaa,
indicated the efftCacy of the naval
'service: A thief was apprehended
and lodged' in jail within a, few
hours of the commission of his crime
of blackmail.
A man, giving the name of J. Re
Mulcahy, who asserted that he was
an American reporter, told the Pro-
vost Marshal that he had informa-
tion of the whereabouts of quanti-
ties of arms and amm.unition in the
bands of Mexicans.
Mulcahy was given a squad Of
three armed men -and instructed to
arms, and represented himself as a
»The marines, not understanding
Led by Mulcahy, the men went to a
s.hcond captain of pollee.
seize the arms aad aanmunition.
garriblng house, where Mulcahy in
the transaction, watched Mulcahy
NaTiili•e cashier
Spanish demanded nioney instead of
compel the opening of safes, which'
plaining that the funds had been
turned over to his employer, Pedro
proved to be empty, the cashier ex-
, ,
was thereaperi forced
to conduct the party to the resi-
dence of Nao, from whom money
was demanded. Naii handed over
5,000 pesos, which Mulcahy carried
to his hotel and disnaissed the mar-
ines. . •
On the following day Nau com-
plained to the Provost Marshal, af-
ter which detectives traced Mul-
cahy, who was later arrested and
plaeed in jail. The money was re-
covered and returned to Nate
Mulhally was sentenced io five
-years' imprisonment.
44'
GRAFT SCANDAL IN •IAPAN.
sdiniral 'Will Be Court-Martialed
and Others impeached.
A despatch from Tokio says : 'The
preliminary enquiry into the ,naval
graft scandals revealed that Ad-
miral Matsumoto reeetivet1 a
000 bribe in connection with the
cruiser Kongo. This sum was given
to him by Mitsuis, the Japanese
'agent of the Vickers' shipbodiding
'concern, out of a $575,006 commis-
sion the latter received, It is be,
lieved .the admiral could not have
been bribed without the eonnivanee
of his superiors. The admiral will
be couttemartialed,
*s. —
WOULD SELL ,r RI OP A LA 8 KA
111 Return for Repeal of the lEay-
1'aiiiieefote Treaty.
A despatch from Washington says(
Negotiation with Great tritaid and
Canada for transfer of South-east
Alaska to -Canada, .by eale or ex,
change, or both, with "repeal of the
Ha,s-Pauneefote treaty as one of the
'conditions "of the transfer," was
proposed in a, resolution introdueed
by Representative Smith, of Mary.
land.
HAMILTON GROCER KILLED.
Attempted to Switch on Light and
Was Eleettocuted.
Hamilton, May Ss—Leonard T.
Stewart, grooer,' at (the corner of
Gage Avenue and King Street, Met
with a fatal actident Saturday even-
,
ing whiThheewas handling the bulb -
attached to. la portable insulated
electric 'light wire in the cellar of
his place of -basis-sesta r
The store ;contained a large num-
ber of eastomers at the time, and
Mr. Stewart had gone to the cellar
for a quantity of ‘coal oil. He
switohed'the eleotrie light .op, ,azd A
with the empty, coal oil can in oile
hand proceeded' to the place where
he kept the oil. His little daushter, '
who was standing at the top of the, k
stairs, noticed her father rearth up'
and take the electric light bulb in
his right hand. Almost immediately
there was a flash of fire. and the
unfortunate man, still holding to!
the can and the bulb, fell backward
against the steirwaY. The little girl!
called to her. uncle, Robert Stew-.
art, of 101 Erie :Avenue who was in
the store. •The latter ram to the
scene, and found the einfortunate
clothing on fire. He knocked
the louring wine from' SiAvaat's
hand, 'and .the body fellforwand ati!
his feet. Just- aethe live wire ,seaLa
knocked from theihand of the 1664
tim the etraet lights went out, and!
remained out for the balance of the!
evening, while tha lights in the!
store and in many residences in the.
neighborhood gave evidence that
something had affectedithe lighting
system.
A number of &afore were called,}
but all efforts to resuscitate:the un-'
fortunate man were frontless. Ex-
amination of the body showed that
thepalm. of the right hand had been
burned almost to a, canes), while
there were also various burns( on,
the body.
WOMEN MEET VII 0 LENT DEA=
O110 Leaped From a Window, the
Other :Tamped F10111 a Buggy.
Windsor, Ont., May ,3.--Wlscri." jo-
s.epli Dumas 1,i:turned .to florruu
on the third floor of ithe Lees apn,r1t-,
merit house,e Sand aich. Street: west,
liaot nig the sought (it& ram ii for hisc
mother, Mrs. Eltitabetli Dumas, whoi
had •bean seriously ill for 3.,08112t
time. A second unusual, eireorne
stance was the( fa„ot, that aN'Vjn.clicor,
was epen,' As he went to des's il
happened to look iout and 4jown,
On ,the 9cidewalk, 60 feet beneath
him, lay the tsodY of his another.
is,;not lcnov:a rivihether.
aceidentally or commit beti 3111
,cde.
Mas. residing near Pam-,
lea, rast with accidental •dea,tils, tJbti
morning as the roan 14, of thelserse
ara,,oliedibo a. w
. abuggyoe-siding lir
hich rh
adiie, hu s.,
euming frightened. at a issetioacydre,
gis):111;,(i,a1:11.),;:x13.'
CdTriVetc14.,S11-tul1. t
d).clIan hour afbor belfl4
hrooght to the haspital herr, 1 -tet
basband Was not seriously injured'