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Exeter Advocate, 1909-04-22, Page 7A LESSON TO THE CONDENSED NEWS 1TE S TILE WORLDS MIMS t1Al'PLNINGS FItOM AL1. OVER TDB GLOM:. The True Meaning of New Zealand's Aid to Britain. A despatch from Wellington, New Zealand, says: A conference) of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday unanimously serried ;. resolution approving of the Uuvernmeet's offer to share in the defence of the Empire by pre - 'touting a Dreadnought to the Im- perial Government. The resolution stated that they acknowledged and placed on record their opinion that the prosperity and integrity of the hmpiue could only be upheld by the provision of au united defence by each and every portion of his Majesty's dominions. Now and in the future they were prepared to assist in establishing such a posi- tion. At a dinner held in the evening the Prime Minister proposed the toast to "Commerce." Referring to the offer of a Dreadnought, he congratulated the delegates en unanimously supporting the Guv- erument's action. The delegates had recognized that that course was adopted and was in the general interest of the Empire. It was not one, nor indeed twelve, Dread- noughts that counted, but the value of the niorul to be drawn from the offer. New Zealand was nut stupid enough to believe that Great Bri- tain was unable to maintain a strong navy, or to offer a Dread- nought on the mere score of the cost, in the belief that Englane re- quired her assistance, but she re- cognized that it was a proper thing to do to show foreign nations that the outlying portions of the Em- pire were willing to help. More- over, the offer proved that they really formed a part, of the Em- pire, to which they were proud to • belong. THE KINRADE CASE. CURS Will he Brought Against Newspapers for Scandal. A despatch from Hamilton says: Mr. and Mrs. Kinrado came up from Toronto on Wednesday to con- sult their lawyer, George Lynch- btaunton. What the nature of the business was could not be learned. Ii: an interview Ernest Kinrado raid that he was going to persuade hia father and his sister, Florence, to bring suite against a number of Mr. Patten ascribed the present newspapers for what they had market price of wheat to supply and printed about the case, and against sertain persons who bad circulated scandalous stories. He said that this was all the result of the theory 40 one man. He also expressed the opinion that some of the officials had been bribed, and that they were trying to shield someone else. At the last session of the inquest there was considerable confusion ever the distribution of tickets, this being done by both the Coro- ner and Chief Smith. The Coro- ner will have the handling of the tickets for the adjourned inquest. WHEAT WILL GO HIGHER. A Question of Supply and Demand, Says Jas. A. Patten. A despatch from Chicago says: James A. Patten, the "Wheat King of the World," on Thursday announced his intention of getting yellow cards containing a notice out of the wheat market, and cou- against snitting on the cars, which pled the announcement with the they hand to offending passengers. prediction that after ho was out of the market wheat would go even GREAT BRITAIN. higher than it was selling to -day. The body of Swinburne, the poet, was laid to rest in the Isle of Wight on Thursday. As the result of a eplit in the British Independent Labor party Kier Hardy, Philip Snowden. Ram- sey MacDonald and Bruce Glasier have resigned from the National Administrative Council. Telegral►hic Briefs Front Oar Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. Tenders for enlarging Ontario's Parliament buildings will be called fur at once. Street car No. 55 took fire from its motor at Hamilton and was burned. Construction work has commenc- ed on the Canadian Northern's "French River-Ott..we" line. The Winnipeg street railway men have asked for a board of Concilia- tion under the Lemieux Act. Mrs. Mary Montgomery, who made a fortune in real estate spec- ulation, died at Prince Albert, Sank. The Canadian Northern Railway has two million dollar's worth of cars of various kinds under con- struction. Dr. Michell, who accompanied the British Antartic expedition commanded by Lieut. Shackelton, is a native of Perth. Ont. Gilbert Lee, a settler from Min- neapolis. wag found suffocated in a ear with his stock at Pinto siding. It is supposed his lantern exploded while lie slept. Street railway conductors at Lon- deri, Ont., have been provided with NEW REGULATIONS. • Roving Picture Shows Must Com- ply With Them. A despatch from Toronto says: 11 the proprietors of all the moving picture shows in Ontario do not take out a license and comply with the new provincial regulations be- fore the first of May they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Hon. Mr. Matheson, the provincial Treasurer, has issued the edict, and the managers must cern- ply or be liable to a fine of $200, and $25 a day for every <lay the shows are operated without a license after the end of this month. The license fee is only a nominal one, but the new regulations are stringent. The films and machines Must be kept in a lire -proof cabin- et and sufficient exits must be pro- vided. ('OW RUNS INTO SCAFFOLD. Johnson Pattison, of St. Cath- arines, Seriously Injured. A despatch from fit. Catharines says: Johnson Pattison was hold- ing a "building bee" and a num- ber of neighbors were assisting hint in rebuilding n harp un \Vcd- nesday. He was standing un a scaffolding when a cow happened to run against it., with the result that the framework collapsed and Mr. I'attison fell, striking his heed against the scaffolding and sustain- ing a rupture between the brain ant' the skull. Medical assistance was summoned. Ile is its a serious condition, and his ultimate re covert' is doubtful. demand. He said that while the supply of wheat had not material- ly increase(!, the world's popula- tion and demand had grown and the present price of wheat was merely the natural result of these conditions. ---moi.--- -- DIED FROM FROM LOCKJAW. Young Windsor Roy Fell From Bicycle and Cut His Wrist. A despatch from Windsor, Ont., UNITED STATES. A strike of sailors on the great lakes involving 15,000 men, went into effect on Thursday night. Six foreigners, all suitors for the hand of a girl at Manifold, Pa., says :'.Morris Quatzman, an elowen fought with daggers and revolvers. year-old boy living on Mercer Two of them were fatally wound - street, two weeks ago fell from his wheel and in some manner bruised or cut his wrist, but paid no atten- tion to it until symptoms of lock- jaw set in. On Monday he was re- moved to the Hotel Dieu, where every attention was given, but without avail. The attending phy- sicians say that a bit of mud got into the cut, prcducing the fatal malady. NEW ELEVATOR COMPANY. Planning to Build One Hundred Elevators in the West. REPORTS FROII Tills. LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at BltEA DSTUFFS. Toronto, April 20. -Flour - On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.55 to $4.65 in t,uyers' sacks out- side for export. Mauitoba flour, first putouts, $6.10 to $6.40 on track, 'Toronto; second patents, $5.50 to b5.t0, and strong bakers', $5.40 to $5.b0 on track, 'lurunto. Wheat -Ne I Northern, ffL31 t►ud No. 2 Northeru at $1.28, Geor- gian Bay ports. Ontario wheat -No. 2 wheat $1.- 15 to $1.17 outside, according to freights. In a general defence of the Gov - GENERAL. A severe earthquake shock has been felt in Peru. Revolts threaten in various parts of Turkey. The private soldiers arc masters at Constantinople. Dr. W. E. Geil has discovered a wild race of Chinese pigmies liv- ing in the mountains north of the Great Wall. Japan is considering the construc- tion of a smaller type of submarine with double the speed of those she now has. A despatch from Brandon, Mani- Striking button -makers have P brought about a reign of terror in tohn, says: The newly -formed Na- the towns of Crepin, Lormaison Conal ElevatorCompany organized and Meru, France. it Buffalo, is expected to commence Thirty-two persons were killed in operations in the Northwest at i a riot following an attempt to stop once. A hundred elevators are to a religious procession in a Mexi- be cotutructed right away. and the can mining town. work will be given to heal con -1 The sealing steamer Decapo is tractors. J. B. Brodie of this city thought to have been lost with her who has been in Buffalo for the pur- crew of thirty men, between Nova pose of promoting the company, Scotia and Newfoundland. left for Brandon on Wednesday, It. is expected that Admiral Ne - and will make final arrangements I,ogatoff and General Stoessel will BRITAIN AND GERMANY .A. Fatal Obsession to Regard the Two Countries as Antagonistic. A despatch from London says : In a long letter tc his admirers, dealing with naval matters, \1'i;t- ston bpencer Churchill, 1'res:dcnt of the Board of Trade, declares that no more fatal obsession could Lenuanb the brain of auy statesman than to rupposo there was a pro- found antagonism between Great Britain and Germany which could only be solved by war, because through their commercial interests alone these two countries are neces- sary to each other. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white 47% to 48c on track, Toronto, and 45 to 45%c outside. No. 2 Western Canada oats, 47%c, Collingwocd, and No. 3, 46%c Bay ports; No. 2 Western Canada, all rail, 51%e. Peas -No. 2, 96 to 96'/..c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, i4 to 74%c on track, Toronto, and No. 2 at 73 to 73i/._c on track, To- ronto. Canadian corn, 71% to 72c on track, Toronto. Bran ---Cars, $23.50 in bulk out- side. Shorts, $23.50 to $24 in bulk outside. for the buildings immediately on his arrival. ORILLIA :TION(: FAVORED. Will Get $12.500 From Carnegie to Build Free Library. A despatch from Orillia says: Mayor Goffatt has received from Mr. A. ('arnegie an offer of $12,. 500 to build a free public library in the Town of Orillia. The Coun- cil has decided to accept the amount and will proceed with the building as quickly as the plans are pro- Ulyd. rape a shortly be released from the fort- ress in which they have been im- prisoned. J'Ot'R MEN DROWNED. Went Out In a Frail Boat Near Port Morten, N. S. A despatch from Halifax says: As a result of a boating accident at Dominion No. 8, near Port Morien, on Thursday afternoon, four men lost their Ines by drown- ing while another had a narrow ca- nd was cum letely exhausted when rescued and brought ashore. The names of the tictims are: - Michael Driver, 32, Englishman, married, eight children; George Hancock, Englishivan, unmarried; Harry Gardner, 29, Scotchman, un- married; William McLeod, 32, of Port Morien, married, two child- ren. The rescued man is Thomas Wrench. who is in it serious condi- tion as it result of his experience, but will recover. The accident oc- eurred shortly after 1 o'clock, and 1llJRBEBEll BY A COYIC Deputy Warden Stedman Killed at Ed inonton, Alberta, Penitentiary. A despair!) from Edmonton. Al- berta, says : The deputy warden of the Alberta Penitentiary was nn, r- , tiered on Thursday morning '' a ;mane, who struck him at the base of the skull with an axe. The, deputy warden with six convicts were in the carpenter slop at the time. The reason f•'r the assault is unknwn. It rd Stedman. the elced man. came from l'enetangui- sl,rne in 100t3. uhere lie was war- den in the reformatory for 25 years. He leaves a widow and two seas. The murderer is Gary R. Barrett,' sentenced a year ago for life for ktiling his stepson at North Bat- tirferd. After the blow the murderer t quietly surrendered and war locked tap 'n his cell. The d. nuts v nrde had left the eflire of Waal •n Ill tittles &hoot .25 u1,n'ter• aft, for r. :t.;n ' He went caeca to the carl•enter shop. in which were instructor A. Pepe and six convicts. In an in- stant Parrett had picked 111, a short carpenter's axe that was ly- ing u••nrl'y. and advancing a strp toe arel• the unsuspecting man. steel k him a fearful blow with the •harp edge of the instrument and half severed the head from the trunk. The murderer, who is about 55 years of age. has never been it troublesorn^ prisoner. but was morose and constantly complaining about his health. and claimed that he did not get a fair trial. The only po'•ible explanation for his a:t was w fancied grievance which lie had against the deputy warden legalise be would not let him see tt e penitentiary physician without f'i'at on the sick list. according IL t' e r.lcs of the in•titutie,u. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$4.50 to 85.50 for choice qualities, and $3.b0 to $9 for sec- onds. Beans -Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honey -Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to ale per pound. Hay -No- 1 timothy, $10.50 to ernment's naval policy Mr. Chur- chill flatly declares that it would bo absurd to build ships against the United States, and that it is not the Government's policy to take the American navy into consideration in framing the British naval esti. mates. "Because," he added, "we dc not believe that there is any reasonably probable -nay, lioruanly conceiv- able - combination against the peace and freedom cif the British people which would include the American navy." UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, April 20. -Spring wheat.; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.31%; Winter nominal. Uorn- Higher; No. 3 yellow, 72%c; No. 4 yellow, 71'/,c; No. 3 corn, 71% to 72c; No. 4 corn, 71c; No. 3 white, 73%o. Oats -Firm; No. 2 white, 57% • to b8c; No. 3 white, 56% to 57c; No. 4 white, 55% to 56%e. Chicago, April 20. -Cash wheat -- No. 2 rcd, 51.39 to $1.40; No. 3 red, $1.30 to $1.38; No. 2 hard, $1.27 to 81.33; No. 3 hard, $1.23 to 81.28; No. 1 Northern, $1.28 to $1.29; No. 2 Northern, 81.26 to $1.28%; No. 3 Spring, $1.22 to 81.28. Corn -No. 3, 67%c; No. 3 yellow, 67% to 67%c; No. 4, 66 to 66%c. Oats -No. 3 white, 53% to 550; No. 4 white, 51% to 53%c; standard, 64% to 54%c. Minneapolis, April 20 -Wheat - May, 81.26%; July $1.26%; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.29%; No. 1 North - $10.75 per ton on track here, and ern, $1.28%; No. 2 Northern, $1. - lower grades $8 to $0 a ton. Straw -$6.50 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes -Car lots, 85 to 90c per bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 15 to 16c per pound; fowl, 11 to 12c; tur- keys, 20 to 22c per pound. TRE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 23c; tubs and large rolls, 17 to 18c; in- ferior, 14 to 15c; creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and solids, 20 to 21c. Eggs -18 to l9c per dozen in care lots. Uheese-Largs cheese, old, 14 to 14%c per pound, and twins, 14% to 14%e; new cheese, 13%c. 1100 PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 12 to 12%c per pound in case hits; mese pork, $20.50 to $21; short cut, $23 to $24. Hams -Light to medium, 14 to 14%c; do., heavy, 13 to 131,14,c •i rolls, 11 to 11%c; shoulders, 10%c ; backs, 16% to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16e. Lard -Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13%e; pails, 13%c. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, April 20. -Peas - No. 26%; No. 3 Northern, $1.23% to $1.24%. Flour -First patents, $6 to $6.20; second patents, 85.90 to 86.10; first clears, $4.95 to $5.15; second clears, $3.45 to 83.65. Bran -In bulk, $22.50 to $23. FRUIT PACKING. Commissioner Finds Improvement In Canadian Methods. A despatch from Ottawa says: Before the Commons Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday morning Mr. A. McNeil, fruit commissioner, stated that there had been a notice- able improvement during the past grateful Henry. two or three years in the methods •Newer had a enibjeet such a of fruit packing throughout Can- king i" returned the corteous and ada. Cases of fraud were now generous \\'hittington. very few, and violations of the act The royal feast of the other day were being closely watched by a may, possibly have been lacking in staff of eight permanent and thin some of the gorgeous display and fantastic ceremonies which adorned the banquets of the old times, but it certainly was not wanting in some of the essentials which the modern dinner demands. The diner -out of the present would prefer to be deprived of some of the ninny course' rather than be obliged to go without the articles mentioned by Samcel Pepva, who nttendcd one of the Lord Mayor's hanquests an 1662. Says that worthy chronicler: "\\'e hid ten good dishes to a messe. but it. was sere unpleaeing as we had no nankius and tie change of trenchers." ('ANADA'S\1 HEAT THE ('ITY AS HOST. London's Guildhall the Scene ot Magaitcient Dinners. Tho King of Sweden, on his re- cent visit to England, was enter- tained by the Lord Mayor of Lon - dun at the Guidhall. '1•hat ancient establishment has feasted many a royal personage, but this is the first occasion on which a sovereign of Sweden has been 4 guest ot the City of London. No host is more lavish than the Lord Mayor, and the splendid banquets given to kings and queens are events of history. John Edward Price, in "A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London," makes mention of a picturesque scents which took place at one of these magnificient dinners. One of the very last acts of tho famous Sir Richard Whittington, he of the bells and the cat, as Lord Mayor of London was the splendid entertainment of Henry V and his queen. The king was in debt to Whitting- ton to the amount of some sixty thousand pounds sterling. A big firo was burning in the old hall, made of various kinds of .woods,, and perfumed with cinnamon and spices. As Henry was sitting be- fore it, admiring its warmth, sight and scent, the Lord Mayor pro- duced the bonds of the royal debt, cast them into the flames and thus freed the king. "Never had a prince such a sub- ject!!" cried the astonished and teen temporary inspectors. Last year there were 79 prosecutions for fraudulent packing. _4._ HANGED HERSELF. Suicide of Wife of a Well-known Medical Man of Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Mrs. 1). J. Evans, wife of a well- known ruedical man, hanged her - 2, 1+1.03 to $1.04. Oats -Canadian self on Wednesday morning. She Western No. 2, 51 to 5l%c; extra, had been in poor health for some No. 1 feed, 50% to 51e; No. 1 feed, time, and had previously attempted 50 to b0;!2c ; Ontario No. 2, 50 to to take her life several times. 50'/se• Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49%e; Wednesday morning she eluded at - Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48'.c. Barley -No. 2, 66 to 67c; feed, 59% to 60c- Buckwheatr-69',•j to 70c. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.10 to 86.50; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, tention and procuring rocuring a rope suc- ceeded in strangling herself. NEW BRUNSWICK SHAKEN. Earthquake Shocks Felt on Main 55.60 to $6; Manitoba strong bak- Line of C. P. 11. ers', 85.40 to 55.80; Winter wheat A despatch from St. John, N. 13•, pl ors, $0.GO to 55.75;;et straight says: An earthquake sufficiently rollers, $5.40 8 60. to straight extra, heavy to cause houses to shake was inns a 82, 5: to$2.70;5reported on Tuesda • night in de - in bags, 8 r n to $2.25. Iced- spatehes from Westfield and Wels- ..hR. de - Manitoba bran, $Y '2 to 5; Mani- ford, about twenty miles distant, 'tuba shorts, 824 to $25; Ontario on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. bran, $23 to $24; Ontario shorts, $2450 to $25; Ontario middlings, $25 to 525.60; pure grain muffle, $33 to $35; mixed muffle, $28 to $30. Cheese -12% to 13c. Butter --- Fall creamery, 21 to 22c and first receipts at 19 to 191/3c Eggs -- 19 to 191/Jc per dozen. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 40 -- PLAGUE IN GERMAN AFRICA. :Sitxy Deaths have Occurred to One District. A despatch from Berlin, Ger- many, says: Advices received by the German Foreign Office state that sixty deaths from plague have occurred in the Muanza district. M. , April 20.---A few of the which lies south of the Victoria sante hest cattle sold at about 5ase per Nyanza. pound, but they were not extra; two loads of cattle from the North- West ranches, which had been out THE iNllittis ABE STARVING feeding on the prairie all winter. were sold at from 4% to ire per when it became known great crowds pound; common stack, including lined the shore while the rescuers some milkmen's strippers. sold at were et work bringing the remain$3 to yc p e 4' per pound • mile•}, teas to land. sold at frutn $25 to *55 each. Could Counteract the Idanipula• tions of the American Ring. A despatch from London says 1 An experienced member of Mark Lane discusses the wheat shortage it, an article in The Morning fest. Ho says Canada has 4,000,000 quar- ters of old wheat, which if put into Mark Lane would supply half the deficit here. Canada holds a strong position. and any movement she makes would have an important effect on the operations which the American ring may be contemplat- ing (Jeer- -"I dropped my watch id the river, and d'vin't recover it for three daysit kept right ori run- ning. though." Mse•r- "A watch won't run for three days." Dyer -- "Of course not; I was speaking of the river." Calves sold at from $2 to $6 each Failure of the Fur Industry Means and 5',•"c }ser pound; Spring lamb. Terrible Hardship. fat hogs sold at 7'„ to 8>'c per f L.11' DEAD IN HER ROOM. Woman Stricken With Apoplexy While Rehiring. :\ despatch from London, Ont., says: Mrs. James Fairburn was found dead on Thursday morning in her room over the 1.011d0n ('afe, where she hoarded. Aho had evi- ' dently been dead some time. She !was Ding on the floor where she • had fallen when taken with apo- 'grain fed year inrt Iambs at $7 to i pies! while retiring. She was the; $7.50, and spring lambs at *3 to I widow of the late James Fairburn, 1 $6.5n each. 1 who died a number of years ago,1 A few loads of Manitoba stock- s and who before his death was a' er• found ready sale at $4 to *14.25. partner in the firm of Fairburn and The demand for this (less of cat - iMatlock, who kept a foundry on' tle is increasing as the paetnritix 1 ullerton Street. ! season appre•aehes. at $3.50 to S6 each. Good lots of pound. Tonto. April 20. in spite o{ :1 despatch From }:drnonte,r . Al - the fact that thele was an untiseaa berta, says: Reports received here ly large influx of begs, the market from Fort Chippewyan state that remained quite firm. and every- the past winter has been the most thing was disp••s•'d of without slit- severe experienced in the far north faculty at 87 15 f.o.b. outside, and for many years, and in some sec - 57.40 fed and wati•red Toronto. tions of the country start etion was Sheep field at from $4.28 to $4.75, only averted by the fact that the deer were unusually numerous. Fish. on which the inhabitants de- pend largely for subsirtenee, hese 'ren very .cats,. The fu. crop failed a,:host eutire'y. anti 1i.e In dean. have been in dare stra'te. Re- p •rts ray that t:'.e traders lave t dw Is huon on t:: , tie tire.;. .•i ev{it. ,and as they cannot get fur they ease ne sunnrllnition to hunt with arid are slowly starving to death. Their rendition is described ns be- ' ins truly }pitiable. Many are rnere ekelctons and too weak even to get 1,'rid, and are lying huddled to - I 'ether in their tepees. 1 At t'h.ppewyan and the sirinity► !even, w here feed has been obtain - 'able. the mortality amcng the In- ' d ale has been very high. sixty l•avirI died within twelve months, 1 :tribe r north the doe h rate is ►1. • 1►igaer. The principal rause it 'a1. it filth 111.41e of lis ing.