Exeter Advocate, 1914-6-25, Page 7Items of News by Wire
Notes of Interest as to What Is Going
on All; Over the World
Canada.
Drillers struck black oil at a
depth of 806 feet in the Monaroh
well, Calgary,
Thos. Henderson was sentenced
at Cornwall to seven years for
housebreaking. ,
Mr. Alex, Nairn, a well-known
Scottish -Canadian eitieen, died sud-
denly in Toronto.
Edward James Canner was in-
stantly killed by lightning in a field
M 'Jordan Station.
°kills, ratepayers carried an
$854000 debenture by-law for water-
works purposes by 315 to 249.
Miss Jessie 13a -relay was fatally
burned .in an explosion of paraffin
et the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm,
Stallibrea, near Corwhin, Ont.
Forty-five thousand tons of steel
rails have just been ordered by the
O.N.R. fpr the completion of- its
lines in British Columbia,
Following a quarrel ever school
matters, Frank Miller of River Val-
ley, north of Sturgeon -Falls, shot
at Job, Robitaille, the bullet grai-
ing hisehead. •
• A serious aocident has oecurred
to the Dominion Government .dam.
which has been built at the foe -beef
Lake Tithiskaming. About 120 feet
of this dam, -which has a total
length of about 400 feet, has gone
out and the take level may drop ten
feet.
Plans for extensive alterations in
the House of Cornmons chamber are
, to be worked out by the Depart-
ment of Public 'Works during, the
present recess. Benehes may be
substituted' for chairs, to provide
for the thirteen extra meanbers un-
der redistribution, or a new cham-
ber may be built, with chairs, fol-
lowing the Washington amphithea-
tre 'style.
Great Britain;
The Belfast Corporation declined
an invitation to attend a eivie exhi-
bition in Dublin.
'Premiere Asquith cemented te re-
ceivoea. deputation of militant Suf-
fragerteen v'eeiewevirig Street,
A teem went through a culvert at
Care Bridge Scotland, and a mine-
ber peepfe were drowned.
The Grampian, returaing to Glas-
gow, had six Passenger. wild were
refused admission to Canada,
Acting on advice of a London
throat specialist Roosevelt, will
make nomore open air speeches
and will &so limit his indoor speak-
ing.
The engagement is announced of
Honorable Gerald Rufus Isaacs,
only son of Lord Reding, the Lord
Chief Justice, and Eve. Violet, eld-
est daughter of Sir Alfred Mond.
The International Conference on
the Blind, which opened at West-
minster on Friday, will consider
many phases of the amelioration of
theeconclition of the sightless.
General.
Two hundred miners Nvere en-
tombed in a big colliery in Belgium.
An international patrol to -watch
for derelicts on the Atlantic ocean
will be established shortly.
Wihite Wolf, the Chinese brigand,
has escaped from the troops sent
against him.
Feeling in Mexieo City and Vera
Cruz is rapidly becoming very bit-
ter against the Americans.
The Albanian capital, Durazzo,
is in grave danger of being invested
by the Messulenan insurgenbs,
Major Julien Felix, commanding
the aeroplane depot at Chartres,
France, -was killed by a fall of sixty
feet while testing •a new self-right-
ing machine.
Daniel Gonzales, who was chief
of police at Tampico, while the Fed-
erals were in control of Tampico,
and his assistants, were executed
at Bonega for having ,subjected
Constitutionalist sympathizers to
atrocities.
MOTORIST KILLS YOUNG GIRL.
Acts as FOlalliail of Jury at the
Inqueat:
Toronto,, June 20.—Under the
eyes ,of the youngman of whom she
was engaged -to be married, -Mary
Marsh, a Richmond OEiil girl, was
killed an Saturday evening by an
automobile driven by john B. Wha-
an Eglinton grocer, .who, pulled
up for a moment or two after the
'accident, then disappeared into the
night, and half an hour later was
subpoenaed to act on the Coroner's
jury on the same case, and appoint-
ed foreman.
Whaley took his place at the in-
queet into the girl's death without
saying a word to the Coroner or the
other jurymen concerning his al-
leged .part in the tragedy. Police
officials spent many hours investi-
gating yesterday before they sus-
pected that Whaley,was the man in
charge of the death car. A piece of
glass, -which they picked up at the
.scene of the accident fitted perfect-
lyewith a, broken headlight on Wha-
ley's autemobile.
.ELEVATOR TO COST $1,000,000.
To Re Situated on -the Government
Dock at Vancouver.
'A despatch from Ottawa says:
With a view to preparing for the
trade expected to flow to Canada's
shores through the opening of the.
Panama Canal, the Government
has selected a site for a new mil-
- lion -dollar transfer elevator to be
built in Vancouver. The elevator
Ls to be built on a site eituated
the Government clock in Vancouver
harbor. It will furnish a, facility
much. needed 'by the Pacific coast,
but espeoially valuable in View of
the opening of the Panama, Canal.
The construction of this waterway
has' long been ex.peaed to prove
pne of the great,cet factors in build-
ing up the Pacific Coasttrade of
Canada, and it was this which in-
fiaereed the Government in the
construction of the new elevator,
which will complete a, chain extend-
ing from ` East to West,. interior
Sto,rage elevators now being btsiit
or tinder contract in Calgary, , Sas-
tatoon Moose jaw and Fort Wit -
am.
Tenders will be called for the
Structure within couple of months
while plans will 1,b,e prepared at
once, It is expected the cost otthe.
ofevater will be between $750 000
and $1,000,000„
44—
StoPPpd iliS Sermon.
Phe olergyinan preached a rather
elaustive serpon from the text,
hou arb' weighed in the balance
40 found wanting." After the
ehgregation had listened for about
an hour -Seine began to.get weary,
went out; ,othere followed,
greatly to the annoyance'of the
minister, Soon another , pqrson.
stAarted, whereupon the preadher
stopped his sdrinon and said :—
"That's right,gentlemen; so fast
as you are, weighed, pass out:n
NINIC WAR, COST NINE WES.
A.OrOpralte 1w it a,littwlirMya , 044
PC4PiCSLOO, yotowea.
Vienna, juir
and naval .aVinthrs werekifled �v
burned to death S4i,"turday in a 'most
remarkable way e ThearMy
ble, balloon Kopetling, aieeenctod,
Fischroond,a .few miles t'roneeileee",e
yesterday morning: for'tlie PurPose
of taking 131K;:tir*:of '1111-
4101'L:64.11?,14lO, were partioll'Ati.ng
the WitnY. 'rnanne.tivOse,1.0.,10e,
merits eeweiee e,hetngeevia#41101f%tiy
.great gathering' Of.peeple; The bai-.
leen was iroontied byObairi gas -
worth, tient, • Ilafstetter,
Their, Caipeeal
C+O;r1i9ral Weber ,nd'Bngi-
neer Kainiencrert Th diyigibto 4:les--
cribed o icireje 'in 'the air. and •was
theri steered .fOr the 'historic, Koeig-,
ber, Baif!gal-hour later 4 ',1)1,0aale
ascended with, Limit, Flat ' orka
Lent,' BitehtS.,: :The :'binlarie &anted
at .once to tplisv �i heilloone The
comnien der Of title entailer; it Seel -hoe.
wished :to show itiii;,superieeity in
Manoeuvring:as ,compared, with the.
clieigibleeeand, he encircled bal-!
loon several :tinaiSeand then appar-
ently begin a ••shara _attaek on the
bigger machine.. The ,piliet 'Pa the
biplane sliddenly inaaOenyred..hiS.
machine with the :idea Ofeteking
position direct,13r over the ,airihip u.
such .,a,,manner that he could,drop
Na one knorves, exactiy what'
happened, , .05'01y404.13? -"J aboard
both 'craft Were killed, but bb pilot
of the smaller. Madjia\e' 4st 13,8;ve
made a, mistake in distance or.
in the speed Of his machine, far he
suddenly. rambled the -airship in
sudh a mapnei fie to tear u -big' hole
in her. An explosion vaaprobablY
caused from; a spark. BOth • ma-
• chines ,were immediately enveloped
in flames, ,and they came down from
a height of 1,300' feet and crashed
together in a mase of wreckage.
Every man in both, machines was
killed or burned to death and the
bodies were charred beyond recog-
nition.
The crowd was duro.founded for a
moment, but soon rushed up the
• bill to where the machines lay. The
nine bodies were all together and
there were Isom& heartrending
scenes.
ALBERTA: NINE DISASTER.
197 Entombed by Explosion, Which
• Was Folhoml by Fire.
A despatch from Hillcrest Alta
says.: In what is one of the worst
mining disasters that ever oecurred
in the history of Canada, practical-
ly -the whole male population clf thik
town was wipecl. out on Friday.
Nearly two hundred homes Mouth
the lass of father, son or brother,
and the women folks sat around in
their homes' and on the neighborinv
hills watching the krues4ame truck
loads of dust -begrimed bodies as
they are brought to the surface with
monotonous regularity.
The explosive fire damp done its
treacherous work. Twelve hundred
feet down in the bowels of the
earth'where the men labored, in
one belef moment one hundred and,
ninety-five of the two hundred and
thirty-six men who went to work
Friday morning wereburled into
eternity. Some of them are be-
neath tons of coal, some were found
-with their picks in their hands and
other's propped .against the- walls of
the mines, tools in hands, as though
ready for work. Only, forty-one of
the shift came out alive.
All day long after the explosion
occurred there was a funeral pro-
cession passing from mine to wash -
house, where the bodies were dress-
ed: and from there in rapid proces-
sion to the town. AU da,y long
women and children traversed the
same path in the hope of hearing
some cheering news of their loved
ones, and in their path they would
meet mothers and sisters returning
broken-hearted to their homes. .
• A large' number of corpses, have
been 'brought to the surface. The
eighty tired and willing workers at
the rescue work have apparently
made up their minds that not a
ing soul remains in the mine.
:
MAN TORN TO PIECES.
Entered Lion's Cage to Inspect the
• Animals. •
Chicago, June 21. ---Emerson
Dietrich, a Cornell graduate, was
torn to pieces, by tve lions in an
arena oar here to -day when be en-
tered the cage to inspect the ani-
mals upon their arrival, from a. long
trip over ,the Santa Fe Railroad.
The lions, had not been fed for some
tinee,, and a playful cub knocked
Dietrieh down, Bess, the mother
of thecub, attempted to ward eit
the attack the other lions made
when they •saw their trainer prose
trate, and web terribly raan,gledr by
the other eatIt took a ;wagon-
load of policemen and firemen to
rescue Dietrich's body, which final-
ly was hauled to the roof of the ear
out of their reach.
' NO.n.SUPPort. •
Lawson--Blifiltios tells ins that
he is ,Wedded to art.
Daavson--Well, afraid he luta-
n't" Married a °vvife that Will stip
--
pert him.
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, gEA EItE,1 AUUTJiD;
RA by
1,11sfilA°,ttt;Aillip.AeitlE!),.;:!toltkuorieC.4
, "frOro., 'Soahampton,
Erffaand, saYS Noyth German
folo.yd steamer Italeer W4helen
wittO4 left' Sq,uthampton shortly af-
rVZil4)r'csk''c'ifh!-t go'd'tatei4t1.;:t1)(1°P11.8Aecl in°1:
*a7bsi'g I'6:).'lewt?...;;I:n.11:111'.°. :.°0404711:1:Y.,$:
th,r0e• miles to the southeast; with
eaased hy ceDision With'ithe
Liver -
poi o "grain: -steamer. •Ineeniore,
.413zinutuWded.T.7T.114:e.,: tretir:alibTlueth9,
smaller; craft ' than .?thO' .Gerinan
tteganier, or 3,000 Odd is hi
with her. bwii badly
The 'oollision aneurred in the
English Channel,: ;thirteen miles
sottO, ot 'the Nab .lightship, in a
dense fog; . jaistoliO*aii fitenrred,
and on which vessel liea the respon-
sibility, cannot -be aseertained at
the present time,; The Offieers of
,thItaiSer „Wilhelm II, lvaife per-
Initieetto conimunieatton.to be, held
with anyone. On board; and they
'themselves have reinsed bo^ give out
ahyo...inforination Whatever: Such
seant details as havebeen obtained
41iie frOm the lacemore. That ves-
ielo it is stated .by these aboard,
-inid virtually eome.,to a stop be-
.c411*.e. of the danger .6f ..Contirming
under Way in such ,athick fog, when
,64,ctelenly there : looMed ;up- just
hbaad.• Kaiser olueimI.
f•ileelr ethllelege ` b. ulk of the
v
captains -.ilia their best to
'avoid a collision,' but the short 'ells-
tanee seParating the two vessels
rOdered their efforts ineffectual,
and *the, IncemOre struck the liner
on . starboard side amidships.
The force ofr. the impact erumpled
uteher own boles and tore a big gap
in the Kaiser Wilhelm's side. It
was the irapression of those aboard
the Incemore that the hole was en-
tirely above the water -line. The
two stearners stood by each other
until it was ascertained that neither
needed immediate assistance; then
both started slowly for Southarap-
ton.
.The forepeek of the Incemare ra-
pidly filled with water, but the
stout bulkhead confined it there,
and, although so much down by the
hOws that the propellor• was half
out of the water, she managed to
crawl into port. There it was found
•that the damage to the' bows ex-
teaded for a length of twelve feet
and a width of tan feet.
NURDERED IN PORCUPINE.
Was Struck on the Tread With a
, Milk Bottle.
WON PLACE EY DEVOTION.
Doctor Neglected Emperor to At.
tend, Soldier..
• Dr. Kerzl, Emperor Francis Jo-
seph's physician, to whom Austria
is looking to restore the aged sov-
ereign to good health, has fairly
earned the confidence which the
monarch has placed in him during
thirteein yeari of faithful service.
But the doctor came nearly failing
of appointment when he was first
suggested for the post.
When Baron Wilderholier, the
Emperor's former 'Physician, died,
in 1901, Gen. Pear, aide-de-camp
to Francis Joseph, recommended
Dr. Kerzl, then an army surgeon,
as his successoe. The eraperor
agreed to see the doctor; and order-
ed him to call at the palace at
Schoenbrunn at ten o'clock one
morning.
The appointed hour came and
paesed, but no doctor appeared
The sovereign grew impatient, and
when, nearly an hour later, Dr.
Kerza was announced, he was g,iven
a chilly reception.
"1 commanded you, to porae at
ten o'elock," the Emperor remind-
ed him. • "Now it is _nearly eleven
and my time is oecupied with other
aff;irt,
sit' your Majesty," responded
the doctor, "I ha,ye had an impor-
tant case at the military hospital
this morning. I performed an oper-
ation which it was impossible to
postpone. • A man's life depended
on immediate action."
"And who was the patient who
made you late?" asked the Emper-
or. -
"I -do nest know his name, your
Majesty," said Dr. Kerzl. 'Ile is
simply an infantry soldier."
Without a woad the Emperor
rose, approached the doctor, looked
him isquarely in the eyes, and then,
grasping his hands, shclok them
warmly. On the next day Dr,
Kerzl was given a permanent pla,ce
on the Emperor's household staff.
.31
FIFTEEN PERISIIED• IN WRECK
Coaches Fell Into River Near In.
• verness; Scotland.
A despatch from London says:
Three women were drowned, and it
is feared that a dozen other per-
sons perished when a passenger
train went through e oulvert and
into a torrent at Carr bridge, 28
miles south of Inverness, Scotland.
A thunderstorm, that ra,vaged the
North of England and Scotland,
was responeible for the 'accident,
The train from Pertth Was crossing
the culvert and became der&led,
end tho culvert, which had become
undermined, \collapsed, and the
passenger coaches fell into the wa-
ter. It is feared that besides the
known drowned a dozen other per-
sons were caught it a submerged
tooth. `
Many persons on tile train es-
caped from the cars, but drifted the 'tWo trews ,estaPed without In-
jury, The licoident, it is Said, was
due to IlliStintkr8ilallalg on the
part Of one or both of tho etgi-
dn:sept.sa'toi°itetth'st oolfirdeeerisina805uttwfar°:mr the
eeite.despatch from South Poreapiae
says: James Knowles, a well-known
barrister and township solicitor,
was ratirdered on 'Bruce Avenue,
South Porcupine, Friday. morning.
He was struck over the head,from
the rez-kr with a milk bottle and died
an hour later without recovering
consciousness. Joe Dabrie, a
Frenchman, well known around
town, was •arrested. and charged
with the murder.
Mr. Knowles was on • his way
doVva street to catch a boat for
Porcupine, where he had a case
coming before Judge Hartman. He
got into an argaMent with Da'brie,
a.nd then walked away, stating that
he did not wish to i'speak with him.
A few moments later Knowles was
standing in the doorway of a, drug
store,' when Labrie, it is alleged,
rushed up from the rear, raised a
milk bottle, ,and brought it down
full • -force en Knowles' head.
Knowles nnoer saw the man, and
dropped to the ,sidewalk uncon-
scious and" died shortly before
noon.
FOR NAVIGATING IN FOG.
Royal George Sails From Avon.
month With New Equipment.
London, Juno 17.—An interesting
experiment in navigation in the fog
will be carried out by the Canadian
North -ern steamer Royal George,
which left Avonmouth for Quebec.
She is fitted with an apparatus en-
abling a vessel in the thickest wea-
ther, without the aid of compass or
sextant, to ascertain her position
when she is within a radius of fifty
miles of a fixed wireless station or a
wireless -fitted ship whose position
is known. - It is also claimed for
this apparatus that should the
Royal George pick up a wireless
distress signal she would be able to
set her course towards its source,
even though the distressed vessel
were ,not able to indieate her posi-
tion. ••
TWO NEN KILLED.
Misunderstanding of Orders Led to
Wroidt of Freight Trains.
Onto Juno 21,e -As a re-
sult of a' head-on collision between
two freight' trains on the Parry
Sound line of the Grand Trunk .one
,
mile west of here,' about 0.30 to-
night, IL Jessop, of Ottawa, fire-
man On the eastbound train .was
killed, and John O'Connor, of
tawa, ,firethan oii .the weetbound
train, lies dead: under the Wreck-
age piledonp in a ditch near' the
traoks. All the other inernbers of
abut in the stream, and 'Wert. badly
injured before being rescued.
The soone of the Wre,Ok ja a bleak
and • deSolate spot, *hers it was
difficult to obtain assistance.
"..arronloprOmmr . . . . mOterron.....1
Prices of These Products in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Preaus1401.
Toronto Ione' 23.----11our--Outario
Wheat fiburs, 90 per cent. 33.26 to 33.90,
eAtIoard, a,nd at$3.90, Toronto. Mani-
ronttuOtae Elbrgosn.dsi. $6.10; strong bakers', in
toas—rirst patents, in Jute bags, 25,60f
Northern, 9780,-An5 No. 2, 9610.
$1,0,o,3, outside. and 2.1.05. PD, track, To -
Manitoba wheat—Bay ,ports—Ne, /-
Ontario wheat—No. at 31.00 to
Oats—No. 2 Ontario oats, 408. to 41,8o.
euteme, ana at 43 to 44c, on track, To -
route, Western Oanacla oats quOted at
/210 for No., 2, anti at 1280 for No. 3,
Bay ports. -
08cBaarleecya—raGthOgo d't Inciaulatil intgy, barley, so to
Rye—No. 3 at 63 to 64a, outside,
Buckwheat -90 to 93c, outside.
traCcokr.n—,xoNroo.nto2 a.Anmaeraitca7n54ca,t c739.11,e,, Cool!
linBgrWer—aMartitobS' bran, 224 to 225. a
2toA, tion$b2aes, Torbnto freigttt. Shorts,
Country Produce.
Butter—Choice dairy. 17 to 19c; in-
ferior, 15 to 16o; farmers" separator
prints, 19 to 20c; creamery prints, fresh,
23i to 240; do., solids, 21 to 230.
Eggs -23 to 24o for strictly new.laid.
Per dosem in case lots. and at 20 to
22c for firsts.
Honey—Extracted, in tins, 108 to 110
per lb. Combs, 42.25 to 22.50 per dos -
en for No. 1, and 22 for No. 2.
Cheese—New cheese, 14 to- 148c for
large, and 148 te 141c for twins.
Beans—Hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25
Per bushel; primes, 22,10 to. $2.16.
Poultry—Fowl, 17 to 19c per lb; chick-
ens. 19 to 20c; "clucks, 20e; geese, 15 to
16c; turkeys, 20 to 23c.
.Potatoes—Delawares, 31.15 to 21.20.
on track, here, and Ontarios a.t 31.10
per bag, on track. "
Proviiions.
Bacon --Long clear, 14 to 148c per
lb., in case lots. Hams--Mediurn, 18 to
188c; do., heaVy, 17 to 178c; rolls, 148
to 15c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19e; backs,
22 to 23c.
Lard—Tierces, 1280; tubs, 1210; pails,
130.
Baled Bay and Straw. •
Baled hay—No. 1 at $15 to 315.25 a
ton, on track, here; No. 2 quoted at
$13.60 to 314.50, and 'clover at 211.
Baled straw—Car lots, 38.25 to 28.60,
on track, Toronto.
Montreal Markets. -
Montreal, June 23.—Corn--American
No. 2 yellow, 79 to 30c, Oats--Canadia.n
„
Nirsatero, No, 3, 41 to 1430; 410.„ P. 8.
48 a. t0,431e; extra No, 3. feed, 421 to 4344+
1ar1ey--81anitoba reed, 55 to 560. Flail, rt
—Manitoba spring wheat patents, lirstO,
5.60; do. secerulS, 26,10; st000g bakerS'.I
14.90; Winter patentS, choice, 26.25 to
5.50; straight rollers, $4.70 to 34.90;1
do. in bags. 39.20 to 32.35, Rollo. oats
---narreis, 34.58; bag Of 90 iba. 22.15,1
IVIillfeed--Bran, 293; gljorts, $25; mil:I..;
alines, 326; MOttillie, 22'3 to 332. Hay--
No. 3, per ton, car lots, 313 to 316.,
Citeese—Finest westerns, 13 to 1380;
do.. easterns, 123 to 1210But.ter—
Choicest creamery, 248 to 250; seconde,
238 to 24o. Eggs—Fresh, 23 to 24e: ao.
looted. 96 to 27c; No. 3 stook, 20 to 210.
Potatoes—Per bag, oar lots, 21 to 31,20.'
'Winnipeg Grain
Wirmlneg, June 23.-4-Cash:—Wheat-•
No. 1 Northern, 826e; No, 2 Northern.'
91c; No. 3 Northern, 89c; No. 4, 8580;
No. 5, 80c; No. 6, 750: teed, 70c, Oats—
No. 2,,c.W.. ssie: No. s cAv„, sage: ex-
tra N. 1 feed, 323o; No, 1 feed, 37301
No. 2 feed, 373c. Barley—Ng. 3, 54c;
No. 4, 528c; reeeted, 490; fessd'4880-
Flax—No. 1 N.W.C., 41,49; No, 2 C,W.,
$1.37; No. 3 C.W., 31,25 -
'United States Markete.
Minneapolis, June 23.—Whea.t—July,
873e; September, 828c; No, 1 hard, 928
to 9230; No, 1 Northern. 891 to . 9l3c;+
No. 2 Northern, , 8to 893c. Corn --
NO. 3 Yellow, 668 to 670. Oats—No. 3
white, 378 to 380. Flour urtehaaged.
Bran $20.
Duluth, June 23. ----Linseed, 31.611;
July, 31.611. Wheat—No. 1 hard, 9230;1
No, 1 Northern, 913c, No, 2 Northern.
191c to 891c. July, 905c,
Live Stock Markets. \
Toronto. June 23.—Cattle—Choice but=
there, 38.25 to 38.50; good, 38 to 33.15;
common cows, '35 to $5.50; canners +and
cutters,. 32,60 to "3•11 choice fat cows,
36.50 to $7.25; choice bulls, $7 to $7.50.
Calves—Good veal, 33.25 to 310.59;
common, 31.75 to $7.
Stockers andfeeders—Steers. 800 to
+900 lbs., $7.25 to 37.75; good quality.
700 to 300 lbs„ $7 to $7.50; light, 36.25
to $7.25.-
Sheep and lambs --Light ewes, 36 to
27; heavy, $4.50 to 26; bucks, 34.75 to
$5.30; Spring lambs --each, SO to 37.50;
yearlings, lambs, 26.50 to 38.15.
Hogs—$7,50 to 37.55, f.o.b.; 37.35 to
37,20, fed and watered; 32.10 to 38,15
off cars,
Montreal, June 23.—Prime beeves, 73a
to a. little over Sic; medium, 53 to 730;
common, 48 to 58o; milkmen's strippers,
5 to 70; ranch cows, 330 to 385 eabb;
calves, 3 to 78c; sheep, 5 to 70; spring
lo.mbs, 35 to 37 each; hogs, 88c.
OPENING WAYS FOR SETTLERS
Fifteen Hundred Nen are Building
Roads in New Ontario.
A despatch from Cochrane says:
Mr. J. F. Whitson, Provincial Road
Commissioner, has under his super-
vision 1,500 men from North Cobalt
north to Cochrane, west to Hearst
and Porcupine, .and east to the
Quebec boundary. Around Coch-
rane and ,along the Transcantinen-
tal alone there are 15 camps, and
the cluster of white tents, denoting
that a road' gang is in the neighbor-
hood, is to be noted at all the prin-
cipal points along the Timiskaraing
and Northern Ontario Railway and
many places along the Transconti-
nental. Mr. Whitson's beat takes
him from the Quebec to the Mani-
toba boundary, and he cannot make
a round trip of his camps in less
than six weeks.
"It's a bad country to make roads
in though," said Nr. Wilson. "We
are opening up 'some new roads and
completing many others. We are
opening up the trunk road along the
Timiskaming and Northern Ontario
Railway in sections, and it is avail-
able for ahnost all the distance be-
tween the big swa,mp outside Coch-
rane on the north to the rockyridge
that runs aeross the country near
Sesiginika to the south. At Engle-
hart we are grading the trunk road
between Charlton and Long Lake,
where there are older settlements
long handicapped by bad reacts.
"Round Matheson we are also
very busy. We find that in addition
to opening up one or two ;toads in
A township we often have to go back
and make connecting roads since
the communities are quite unorgan-
sized.e:n
nm
d cannot yet help the-
ehCROPS IN SA_SKATCREWAN.
not Weather of Past Week ilas
lirought Along Growing Grain.
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says: Atcording to the report of
the statistics' branch of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture seedinn. in
Saskatchewa.n is fully comple7teci,
and all crops are making a good
showing. Wheat is from ten to
twelve inches above the ground,
oats six to eight inches, barley four
to six inehes and flax two inehes.
The hot weather ef the past week
has, brought along tho growing
-giain to Li ihiarlcid extent. All
crops appear to be heaithy and of
good steady growth.
TO FLY ACROSS NORM SEA.
Lick. Gran WM Try the Flight it
a IlicriOt.
A despatch from London says:
Lieutenant Gran, late, of the Nor-
wegian navy, ahd member of
Scott's Antaretie expedition, is
planning to fly from Scotland to
Norway, over more taan 30 miles
of the North Sea, in an ordinary
Illoriot nnenoplane fitted with me
cushions, whieh shOuld keep the
inaohite afloat for twonty-rfont
hours if it drops into the eea. As
the 'winds often die down in the
Evening G Pain may fly at, night, •
GRAINS IN FINE CONDITIO:N.
Outlook the Best in Years, Reports
A despatilDinifilloolimssi°Wilienr.
nipeg saya:
"I have just returned from an ex-
tensive tour °rale Western Prairie
Provinces, reaching into districts
far removed from travel," said 3)
Bruce Walker, Commissioner of
Immigration, Friday morning. "I
went through Southern Saskatohe-
wan and Alberta, and find that with
the more than copious rains during
the latter part of last week there is
every reason to believe the crop
prospects to -day are better than
they were at this season last Year,
or even for many years. Wheat is
looking unusually well, roots are'
strong and healthy, and the plant
growing up -with anaazing rapidity.
"Me general impression of the
crop situation in the West is very
gratifying" concludes Mr. Walker.
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FAR.IllER SHOT IIINSELF.
Several Bullets Were Fired in the
Direction of the Woman.
A despatch from Kingston says:
When Wellington Babcock, farmer,
aged 40, of Wilton'was refused in
his attempt to get his wife to oome
to live. with him after being sepa-
rated for over a year, he pulled a
revolver .and shot himself in the
temple. Death was almost instan-
taneous. Before shooting 'himself
he fired several shots, and two of
tbein ea -me within an ace of hitting
his wife. The tragedy occurred at
the home of Overton Babcock, his
brother, at Odessa, where his wife
had been living with her two chil-
dren. His wife and other members
of the family ran out of the house
when Babcock started firing. When
they returned they found Babcock
dead.
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WILL LIFT TILE EMPRESS.
It Is Expected that the Work Will
• Take Three.Nowths.
A, despatch from Rimouski, Que-
bec, says: The work of lifting 'the
Empress of Ireland from the sand
bottom off Father Point was started
on :Wednesday, when the wrecking
schooner Lord Strathcona arrived
with apparatus to inspect the hull.
It is expected it will take three
months' work to ito.c,omplish the
plans iii view, and a refrigerator
car will be kept on the wharf at Ri-
ti the pterage of the bodies
that are Zxpeeted to be recovered.
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RODY FOUND ON BAY SIIORE.
lie Had Come Back Atter
settee of 45 Tears.„
Thebdoedspyathofh rorn '‘'ITIrioadrgb°inns says
;
t01.1.114 +On the shore of the bay near.
,the town on Friday. Rs had come
back to visit oltl atquaintaimes af-
ter an absence of 45 years, and dis.
appeared, no one knowing where.he
had gone until his body was acct.
dentally found. There, are ,
marks of violence of allV kind. His
death Wits Probably actidentaa.
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