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Comment 03 uvents
Another False Alarm.
Somebodyhoe said that thio 00 an age
of false aarms We aro always shoutirg
danger.' a.rd ttvo-thrde of the time the
danger which we thought we saw reeo180a
itself into thin air. Larkin will be remem-
bered in England as one of the,mo,.t not,. able of the false n amen of t11its decade.
When he launched upon hie meteoric
gamer' preaching eyndca:ism to the 11 b•
oring men of Great Minta and lighting
what he called the fiery cress" to n
dozen cities the very soul of the people
seemed to lie Atirred nrd the moat eon
eervat170, newspa.rcre of the l7nited Riog•
dem freely predicted a labor revolt so
seriou6 thatall other prsblotrs of the d y
would pale into feeign.flcance beside It.
And now, scarcely a month afterw, rd
labor has repudiated Lerk:n and sent him
about hie bu0intes, and rcaeon i"etend of
sabotage 18 still the British lvorkingran'a
weapon in hie effort to im^rove-hie lot.
In this outcome, it is fair to aernate,
we see the result of c^nercoca, The of
feats of the great Dublin strike were not
of a Bort to encourage the tvorkingmren
to persist in the use of violence and to
apply ger980115 the metbods tried in Ire.
land. Lartcin's cellulose may well mein.
ao many seem to believe, thatthe strike
ie going ant of fashion for a while fu
Great Britain,
Irrigating Eden.
Wherever the original Garden of Edn•'
wee situated -Por th0 site to unknown, on
account of the ambiguity' in. tho 88e0°,1
chapter of Genesis -the trnditiona. fir, t
residence ofman0n earth is 8110808/11 to
hove been samewhcre,in whn.t. s now the
eottheaetern part of Turpoy in Agin in t''a
region: around the Eu-ahrntes 8081 Tferin
rivers -•a land.on05 etuddod with many
creat calm, later covered' with u, co^atf u.
Dae 808e01 of verdure, but for 0entur:e1
an uninhabitable desert of unit manillas,
Bare pinin6 and enrd dr:fte.
Such t800550rmnt'081 has the Carden
seen where, according to the author of
every n tre0t that ale We08 0111 made
the sleet
despatelle88for
71051 still nrd n^th rthcho
(alio
ggl.
whereby Eden's original fer8i11`1- is to ' 0
restored through a. vast irr:etMolt a ,a`esn
that will snit 81150 0.000 Rod 41`850181
000,000 acres of the flne85 agricultural -land
in .:he world. Part of the ryotom 158;.0
been completed nod wee opened the "other
dIeaiah'a prediction that "the d81085 shall
toltcome Ltr trurti e, for t1ue e*i el d rove"
f t�lvheae about
cotton nlnots the_Euphrrtea end the Tigem
le expected to return rich dividends on the
cost of irrigation.
Quinine Supply of -India.
It Is 0uggeeted that if the consumption
85 quinine expands to a.y great exte't
In India, which already t kee o"e•sixtdt 0f -
431t7 worh10 euppl7, the Trice will tumuli y
rise. Tho bulk ofthe werld'e supply note
comae from Java. but 'lt ono tlmo Ceolon
produced a considerable (3"0unt of dm
ehonabark, Iu 1086 15,C00,000 ponnde of
bark were exported from Ceylon, but. in
1910 the exports had fa_len to 60,0
pot1tu18"
For a number of yearn 01ilriee has stood
et such n low price that br'rk producers
have had only a small margin 01 profit le
the information given in an article in the
Indian Medical Record by Dr, O. A Rot to
ley, 8peciel deputy sanitary comnrirs ones
of Bengal. Under then eir0nm0ta100e it
is hardly likely that they halve continued
to plant lnr1'0l5, and there is a great r5,^5
therefore that a rapid 8d niece in erica
tiny take phaco at anytime.
Although at present there aro florae
thousands of 80508 1n India plantedwith
eineli1 88 trees, yet In order to minimize
the risk of a great enhancement in the
prioe of quinine in the ear y future it
would bo weltit the arms to under ofn.
(Oona were largely extended,
Once in the past- the policy of the In.
dine Government led to tho whole wm•7d
benofltiue by a 8unnlq of ob^an gnin7n0,
and it is ouite possible that if Indio trice
steps to oxtot,d the culture of c.yohonn, at,
the preeent time it may not only protect.
its own Intereete, but agalu perform'
world-wide service.
Cold Storage Plante.
The government has ° under ' considern.•
tion at the present time n. measure to pro.
'vide for Federal supervision and inepec•
Mon of all oold 6torn.0(1 plants throuMu.
out the Dominion. .15 thepresent Ono
the Do anion Government 050rcisee core,
fain jurisdiction over cold storage planets
that have received or aro receiving a fed.
'. oral 0uhsidy:
Hut durSnre 5110 past f0w yeatlsthere
have been organized throughout the e0nn.
try, independently ofgovernment aeelet.
anee, some very largo cold etorrgo cam•
panies, and 811107 aro subject only to what, -
over insnootion may be nrdvided by boards
of health. Provision will be made be
which the government will know at any
time the 'exact qudntityof fnodotulYe
ad away in .cold storage plants.
• If combines are holding food for higher
prides the government eon 171st 0009 And
cut and act accordingly.
The Sun's 81g Spot.
There is a spot on the sun 32000 milen by
13.000 mt:e8 itt else. The a1tronomere, some
of them; say 1t 1e' due to the heliocentric.
60njnnotioe of the earth with Saturin.
That is, the sun{ the earth and Viva big
rant 010 in a lino, and conseonteetly the
two letter exert a. combined action on the
sun, -Melting 1111e big not.
There is more or leas epecnlatlon'in this,
but if It Its true the 111 donee of the plan-
ersoil the sun is important Hae thie.bfg
spot anything to do with the delay of an
old-time winter? The Planet Sakura is
overhead at ten o'eleokthese nights, and
epee it is only 70 000 littlest he diameter
and 000,050,000 inflect away from the sun, we
7nay concede the earth, may hay., had
7011(,03 to do with the spot• and likewise the
*pot with the earth. Mars ie no there,
too, but he 1e .oat' of line at present,
though decidedly more warlike than
Saturn,
Some Hevi Words,
'6he diotioparq rankers toll us that
among.a Words which have 00910 into
daily: use; in the last .two. decades "are b1•
plane, cattalo, oitrange, Tatum: t, tangelo,
Obrase eebrale, 'radiogram, A(15058081,
tpnnn,roonigram, lettergraiu, ' etf9'rng etre,
k 10118 otto oadet(1ria, el: Arron, escalator,
'told brick. graft (new 'ino001n56), greet
grocery, gridiron On football) magefeg,
oatoopabh, roof5ardon, 05115011y, herdenu,
briquet, expan9 onset, thonion;. tramline,
Naveriok. manywlere, okapi, open door,
estdonatlliet, nin5lneug, I)opover, radium,
eerie )1om0, hut:there are 509111 42 there
Verde that we do not nso oftener, than
epee a week.
Forty years- In use, 20 .yeare.the
eren male„ prescribed and meow.
intended by tlhyslelnne. For Wo.
in:111's Ajtl5i itis, ' i)r, Mar (01'1
Female Pills. et soit1' sitnenelet,.
SEVE
Rich Red
Awful Catastrophe at Calumet, Michigan;'
Christ mas `Tree Celebration
A deepatcb from Calumet, Michi
'gap, sal'si On. the .'day which
fit"•nugllout all Christendom is 'Get
aside as a dayef lejoiei;ng over the
birth " of the Saviour, Calumet,
stri'aken to the heart by an aimos
unb'iievable catastrophe, stands
lnour'nine by the side of its deed,
the 72 victims (most of whom were
children) of the, frightful panic on
C'hrietina.s eve in the Italian hall.
This po•:'ic followed ,a .false alarm
cry of lit'o during the progress of a
Chrieemes tree entertainment tui
ra^geci' for families of the 'copper
strikers To -day the :people of
C^•hirer ace their neighbors, their`
heaters, their sisters and their
little children et'tagerin5 under an
aimose unbearable burden of dis-
tress and grief.
The authorities have so fax been
unable to trace a man who is said
to have came up the stairs of the
Italian hall and raised the cry of
fire. whie)t is supposed to have
started 'the panic which led to the
fearful cruel) in the stairway and
caused the death of the nearly four
score men, women and children.
There seems to be little hope he
will be apprehended. The other
theory that the cry of fire origi-
nated within the hall was substan-
tiated on Thursday by Matt Sart, a
striker, who Iost hie son in the dig-
ester. Re declared the cry came
from a group of men and women
toward the front of the hall.
A fourteen-year=old girl who died
on Thursday morning brought the
"fleia) list cf dead up to 72, All
have now been identifi-d. Five in-
jured aro in the hospitals, all of
whom, it is said, will live. Three
little girls in the Calumet send Hee-
la hospitals were able on Thursday
to be up and about, and they
romped around the Christmas tree
set up for the patients unaware of
the fate which had overtaken some
Of their brothers and eiatera and
the father of one of them.
A boy of seven or eight years of.
Ice who Was taken to one of the
morgues showed sjgns of Iife soon
after, but no restoratives and no
physician were immediately avail-
rble and death ensued. One cou-
ple entered the town hall where all
the bediee had goon gathered to
Iook for Lheir missing child, Their
a
hopers ran high when they had look-
, -cd a.t'eeventy of the bodies and f-'il-
•ed to find their loved one, but the
Ilast body they vieeved, the sevellty-
t�liret,, was that of the 1118sing ,one.
Members ei the Calurriet fire de-
partment relate many instances of
heroic httempts'to rescue the panic-
, stricken people in the, hall. Poste
rick Ryan arrived on the scene a
few minutes after the cenell :occur-
red at the feetofthe stairway. Hie
es' invited there were albont 100
piled on top of each other when he
rea::lfed the entrance of the build-
ing,
Many tale» of the fierceness of
the entail dl ria the height of the
crush during the height of the
Perim were told. One man 58(50
, een to stoop 'to pick up .his little
'daughter, only to be pushed on and
forced to trample her beneath him.
A woman who ran to the aid of
three small boys was crushed to
depth with them.
When the .rush began a w,• -1a1
went to the piano and began t''lv-
ing. Another woman stood in the
centre of the stage, on which the
Christmas tree had hoeri erected,:
and started to sing. Their efforts
to quell.: the panic were futile, as
thee were not )heard above the tu-
mult.
Matti Kotzjal'vi, wife and two
dan'r''ters, were all k111er,1. Chri•-
tian Klaa'ich and his two daughters
were crushed to death, but Mrs..
Klaa'ich. managed to escape, A
large number of families lost two
or more children, More than fifty°
of the dead were under ten year's
of nee.
Mrs. A, Niemela, one of the via
times, was suffocated while stand
leg up john Burrill, a fireman.
who witnessed her death, took a
eiw-months-old infant from her aril
and carried it to es.teey. Leonard
Wilman, another firemen, pushes'
his way into:the stairway and tool -
mit a crying boy of six uninjured
Near him his mother and sister lay
dead. Jen eleven -year-old boyres
cued his brother of nine by relay-
ing him down a ladder. Another
chid, thrown out of a 1 111 law by n
frantic fattier, was eaeglit in the
arms of an on100150r. Another
father killed his boy ,by felling on
hint, and he, too, perished.
Our London Lettet
Now Army Ration Successful.
A blue boort report on British army diet.
sties has been waled. 11. eeale with ex•
perneental marclio0 in the years 1909 and
.9.0 and reports unfavorably on tho field
service ration for 1009, when the oftLere
end 111011 all Met weight. In the last apo
days of the mnreit tho average daily lose
of weight among the men Vas ,lust 107,1
half it pound and anion; the officers about
td;rce-quartersof a pound.
The report not: s that rho ration woe
dellcient in energy value. It eonsieted of
corned beef, bisotIlt, join, and a grocery
ration of potatoes or cauliflower.. In the
Beet week fresh meat was served, but
corned beef was handed out in the second,
Tho committee fotndit impossible to in.
creae0 the energy supply inside the --limit
of n ration weighing only three pounds
without overoot/centrat:on• it cut ant the
nal. tyro, reducing the ration to two and
a half pounds, and eu'`.etituting .bacon,
(heeee, oatmeal. 0841110re' jam and
sugar. .The result was that the numb of
1910 showed excellent results, owing to
the fat su.nnl'ed by the human and c;,rore
and the bulk furnished by the perridee
Not a man showed Dig -e of westing and
there were none, of the hollow ehoelta nrd
5uukon eves which were so noticeable the
previous year.
Women In Plumbing Trade.
Ras any one over soon a woman plum-
ber? There are not many persona who
could reply .in the affirmative, but ac-
cordingto the report of the oenene or 1015.
lend and Wales relating to 0ceupatlo:is
and industries. there are eightyeix 180•
men who ply the calling of ;lumber. Of
thcee seventy-seven are 'widowe.
The sameblue book, • which has just
been issued, shows :that women have suc-
ceeded in 1st bl-ening themeelvee ina
slumber „of iudnestries where their- pre•
Bene is unexpected. There are 0eve ,ty
womenpaper hangers and white 15981090,
four brfekiavers, all of them women, hat
I
only one 190111911 co0(0180n.
Throe women anneal. under the heading
of 'clergymen, priests, raid ministers,"
and four are coal hoovers. There aro 307
r men end waggons e and 751. women
,blacksmiths and strikers:' Only one
woman occupies herself ovith making pa-
tent fuel, only three womenaro sblp•
wri4hte •..flee women ' aro tr0mwny oar -
makers," and and firefly England noel Wn'to
can horst of tlftvelx women enrpopter8
and joiner. and fourteen women 58600110.
Says King Has Tubersuloels, "
A writer in a eocioty weekly claims to
have unquestionable unquestionable,authority for say-
ing in regard to. 1i1.n9 91101105'8 recent
visit to Vienna toconsulttheoat and ear
epecialists that the oitnntiou 18 thio King
Alfonso's father died of toberoulo ie at
the 456 of 26, The pre; ant Berg 11as Horn
a tow menthe- afterward .and lately the
same dis000e has been diagnosed h1 1158.
The root. of tint effeetlen, 15, is cold, lire
at the top of the nose and a grave on05'
ation ie considered abao'u'oly nec000ary,
although Icing .Alfonso never locked bet
ter than lie does et` present. The Viennese.
experts decided that tri'+ only wn,yis to re.
move the 111&t71nenb tissue, and the. con.
eoneue of medical 05iniolt is that :the
Young Bing will pull through.
Four nukes In Grosvenor' Square.
The late Doke of Sutherland set aside
$200,000 for a 'ewe avoidance in place of
Staarord Rouse, and the young duke by
taking a 711111201088 on Grosvenor Senate
/nee merle it rho most ducal 1,gnar, or
street In London Oho datum of P055110nd
SomO 7'
4100and MnnOhceter aro 111505d,,
there, 04 well es four diplomats, tin.nel,e,
the Ambassadors from the United Stites,
Italy', ,Iapa.n, and 'Chile.
Others living on the square are a tm r-
etie. two mule and sev"n brrone. Two
centuries after it was laid out this square
is otiil the wealthiest and moat excluer.0
in Loudon.
- Capt. 'Soolt's Ship Bought.
G. Potter Stackhouse, lender of the Brit.
Ish Antarctic 0xped:anon of 19.4, hue ac-
quired (apt. Scott's old ship, tho Dia -
colony, from rho )Lu1L.on Bay Coinpa:i,v,
for tae purpo080 of next year's polar 905.
as'e,
1`he Diecoiery was epeelally built by
the, Govei'ument for the Seat expedition
of 1903. Her timbor8 are oak and trait
and she bee a epcolnlly strong i117).
sheathedforefoot, whileher engines of 500
horse -power can drive her at nine and a
ball knots, It will bo remembered that
the Discovery • was frozen in the ice for
three years, mild that Scott's expedition
was eventuala relieved by the hl0rni^0
and the Terra Norse Capt. Scott want el
her for hie last polar expedition, but t o
5udeo11 Bay Company, by whom oho had
been purcheerA, was unable to retecee her
In time, mucin to the great exploror's die.
appointment.
For the pestthree yearn the stout old
ship hesbeen laid up in the South West
India Dook.
shoe Blacking Made of Sugar.
Sugar, according to the Lancet, hoe in
the lmut, ries many valuable titmice.
Mona which havo nothing to do with its
role as an ailment It ie. for example, the
foundation of common shoe binck_1g
Sugar mittens largely into the eonlnori ion
of copying inks, and printers' ro:lore are
made up of it mixture of 61110 and gilt.'
serine or eager. It Is used in the manu-
facture of transparent 509116.
501' a tong time edger hoe been 'em-
ployed 06 a berchvore end strengthener of
cements and is mixed with mortar to give
It permanently hard 4ualitie0• Some 'of
the most ancient masonry of the world
has been found to contain vory overeat -
able ,quantities of eugae.
Where Mayfair Cots Its Name,
Moat Londoners arorobably ignorant
of the derivation of the Immo Mayfair.
Special interest attaches to the deeign77:t`on
at the moment in view of the forthoomtog
demolition of. Shepherd's 'Market, where
a Meek 0f nate is to be erected,.
The -market was e8isb11ahed on the.
58071711 belonging to .ono Shepherd, who
owned the land, on Web. the May fair"
used t4 be hold, The foie: was done away
with in 1700,.. but wee subsequentlyreviv-
ed, beinghold on the site of Shopll'rd'e
Market until ire tlnel abolition in 1764,
London, Dec. 22. 1913,
The Longest Straight Ralhelay;
Nowhet'e else 1n the world is there
so long a stretch of railway without
a curve as In New Zealand, There a
road runs in a perfectly straight line
for 136 miles -a fact all the more
remarkable because the country is 80
mountainous that the railways In
general have ellal'11 curves and heavy
grades;
DRUGS
ARE DANGEROUS
Inland Revenue Deilartlnent Issues Warning
Against Headache Powders
A despatch from, Ottawa says: A
isitdletin i0sitecl by the inland Reve-
nue e' Aepaitntcne on '`headache
powdei'i" calls -public attention to
the fact 'briar t'thexo can be no
cloubt that Marin is lotto by the `;n
discriminate use of headache, pow-
ders," Afteril'otieg that headache
is merely a, symptom. of ,00mething
wrong, and' not in i1clf a diseaso
that can lee treated by a, "euro,"
thebnlletin adds
i"The drugs to which the ei'fioion'
cyof these lieacla<the powders is duo
are powerful heart depressants, and
are capable under 410111ain onndl-
tions of producing fatal results,
781411e andel' 1n,r55'rullrilti'ons they
mast (10 laarle,''
Nearly all of the.171 sample& ana-
lyzed oonteined'aicetanilide, or phe-
naoetin, and are so marked under
the re,gulati0ns in regard to the
patent xnedioine not, 'Dhe amount
of acetanilido present in most, of
the pdWclers exceeds three grains,
which to the limit of dosage pros-
ieribecl by the British pharonaao-.
poeia, .
"No -doubt," says the bu1leein,.
"serious results 'would more fre-
quently follow their use were it not
that they contain other drugs,'
usually caffeine, m'hieh act its 84158
5118.111115 of the heart. A 1155.19 reflex-
tion should convinec the consumer
of these powders that he is taking
great; lib,ertles with his health and
life."
le yours if you take ,HOOD'$
t3ARSAPARILLA. 'which makes
the blood normal inred and white
col -Pussies; re:loves pimpies,boils,
scrofula, salt -rheum or eczema,
catarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia*
t. -"on -5r, that tired feeling.
PRICyJ if [ A 1
¢@POR74 fRiiNI 78)5. LEgn1N; 4RA0e
8785475183OF AMEIt1.A,
'peas of. Cattle,`Crn)n, Clteere an0 Moet,
i,sons• an HOW* 'and Abroad,
BroadetuIIs,
Toronto.' Deo. 30. Flour, Ontario wheat
dour, 90 per cent, 83 Se to nu.,w, soabo;.r,t,
anti at 6o.u0, 'oru'utl, 1dunuupas-41.85t
11.1881218, 111. 30110 090e, 515401 810., 00,3011310,
188.581 strong oaken,. fu 31U0 bugs, 0.60.
.+a+c11i1009, wale,',, -Yo. 1 14o4W,Orit, 92 1_0,
Bey parte, Nara a centm11,0 for 'et0l•a.16
1K_ Qoue.rlch, arid -1.8870, 2 at 90 1-2o, 11-5
wutari0 wheat -N0. 2 wheat at 84 to 650,
0.Le16e,
Vow -No, 2 Ontario oats, 341.2 to 35e,
outside, and at to to 36 1120, on trunk, '1'o -
mete, it Catera t,anada o.tl oats, 40 1.20
for 1880. 2 and 890 for No. 3, Bay porta,
410188-1/1 10 01 w oute.de.
Larrey --Good malting barley, 55 to' 56o,
outside.
..Deo -New No, 3, Amorioan, 731.270, all
rail, Toronto..
stye 1.0 2 at 65 to 66e, outside.
huckwheat-708. eulsldo.
bran Manitoba brawl, 021 to 821.50 axon.
in base, Toronto freight, Shorts, oe..,uu,
'111508100.
Country, Produce.
Butter-Ehoioo dairy, 2.3 to 240: inferior,
20 t0 210; farmers' euparator prints. 2, w
56c; cretunery Drinle, •0 to 310; ,sonde, 18
to 10o; 0torago prime, 27 to 280; d0„ eol.tie,
26 to 26 1-2e
Liras -Lase lots of new -laid, 45. to 48e per
dotal,; selects, s7• to 30e, and storage, 80
to 357: per. dozen..
Vtloe$o-•New cheese, 14 1-2 to 14 3-4o for
large, and 15o for twins.
bci8;10-1111811.5810544, $8,20 to $2,25 per-
Ousllel prlmea, *2 to 61.10.
rent,-axtra0ted, 1n tins, 11 to 12e per
b, for No. 1; con:ba, 53 to 83,25 per dozen
for No. 1 and 52.40 to 82.51 for No. 2,
Poultry -howl, 11 to 12e per 1b.: chick.
One, 16 to 17e; ducks, 13 to 15o; gozeo, 12
to 15e; turkeys, I9 to 22o.
Potatoes -Votaries, BO to Ole per bag, on
track, 1811(1 Delawarreo at 90e,
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 16c per lb., in case
Iota. Pork -Short cut, 828•"0; do., mos,,
1.50, Mame-Iletlium to light, 191.2 to
20e; heavy, 1901 rolls, 1512 to 16: break•
faet bacon', 19 to Ole backs, 22 to 24c.
Lard -Tierces, 13 3.4 to 14e; tube, 14 to
14 1.4e; pails, 14 1.4 to 14 1.2o.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay -No. 1 at 514.50 to $15 a ton,
on track here; No, 2 at $13 to $13,50, and
mixed at 812 to $42.50.
Baled straw -Car lots, 8850.to $8.76, on
trach, Toronto.
Winnipeg Crain.
Wlnot51eg, Deo, 3Q.--Cash:--Wheat--No. 1
Northern, 8212o; No. 2 Northern, 79 1.4e;
No. 0 Northern, 77c; No. 4, 71 1,4e• No. 5,
661.2e; No. 6, 62 1-7,0; No, 1 rejected seeds,
161.1o; No, 2 rejetned sw:118, 74 7.-5o; ave, 1
smutty, 761-2o; No. 2 smutty, 74 1-2e; No
1 red IVinter, 82 1-4o; No 2 rod Wipter,
80c; No 3 red Winter, 78o, Oato--No, 2
G.1Y , 33 3.8o' No. 2 food. 30o. Barley -No,
3, 411.20; No. 4, 191.2c; r0,10ated 371.2e;
toed, 37e. Flax -No. 1 N.1V,0., $1.221.4; No.
2 0.79„ $1,201.8.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Deo. 70 -Oats -Canadian West-
ern, No 2, 411.2 10 42c; do„ No. 3, 401.2 .o
41,e, Barley -Man, toad, 48 to 5,o; malt-
ing, 64 to 66e, Buckwheat, No. 2 66 to 570.
l,iour-Man. Spring wheat. peter:a. ihv;to
$5.40; seconds, 84,95; strong 111ncer8', $470;
Winter patents, oboist), 40,75 fo $o;
straight rollers, $4 50 to $4.60; do., bags,
$ge to $2.10. Rolled ante -Barrels, $4.40 to
884.60; do„ bags, 90 lbs., 57.10 to $2121.2,
Bran, $20 to 621. Shorts, $22 to $23. Mid-
dlings, 525 to $26. Mou11tie, $27 to 5135.
liav, No. 2, per tan, o:'r lots, $13.55 , fo
415'. Choose -Finest wostorne, 13 3.4 to
14e; finest eastern, 131.4 to 13 1-2o. But•
tor-Ohofceet aeroamery. 28 1.2 to 29e; aed-
onds. 28 to 261.4c. Eggs--Freeb, 55 to 600;
eeleeted, 38e; Ho. 1 stock, 34o; No. 2 stook,
26o. Potatoes, per bag, 00.8 lots, 76 Co 850.
United States Markets,
Minneapolis. Dec, 30,--Wheat-December,
83 -
bBa• ppv
May' 87 to 87. 1. .
811, N51 hard,
061.8 to 07 5.20; ort I. ,Northern.2 -8t 84 4.0 to
0;
06 S-Oo; No. 2 Northern; 82 7-8 to e4 5.870;
No, 3 wheat, 60 7.8 to 81 6.8e. Corn, No. 3
yellow, 591.2 to 60o; No 3 white oats.
76 1-2 to6 3.4o, Four -5250 for second
clear to $455 for fancy patents,
Duluth, Dee. 30 -Linseed, 81.401.8; De.
comber; $1.45 5.8; May. 91.51 1.8, Oros:-
Whea.t'-No. 1 bard, 86 5•-8e; No. 1 Northe••n,
85 5.81t; No. 2 Northern, 8368 to 041 -Sc;
Montana. No. 2 herd. 85 3-8o; December,
83 1.401 May, 87 5.8 to 87 3-4e.
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto. Deo, 30-Onttln-Gholoe, but•
otters, $7,75 to $8; good medium, $6.50 to
6725; common, $5 to $55,601 cows. $450 to
57,15; common 40165, 8360 to 54; butchers'
bulls, .$3.75 to 57.26; canners and eu7ter
53.62 to $4. Calves -Good veal, $
11: common, $4.75 to 55.10. St,lrkers nod
feeders -Steers, 910 to 1,760 the., *6 to 5675;
good quality. 500 lbs., 84.50 to $525; light,
03.50 to $5.50. Sheep a --d lambs -Light
ewes, $5.50 to 86; heavy. $3 to 53.50; bucks,
03 to $3,50; arming tenths, 98.00 to 59.. but
with 7 o per. head (50dnoted for all the
buck lambs. Hogs -$9.10 fed and watered,
$9.10 oft cars, and 500.40 to *8.00 Lob,
GRAND 'TRUNK PACIFIC.
Through Trains Will Be Running in
1915, Says Viee•Presiticnt.
A despatch from Vancouver' says;
"We 'expect to have steel laid into
Prince George by January 10, and
the track linked up right across the
continent before the end of next
May," announced Mr. Morley Don-
aldson, vice-president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway system, who
arrived On Tuesday morning en -
route to the north to conduct -a•11 in-
spection of the line from the Prince
Rupert end. "We believe that the
new Transcontinental will bo ready
for operation of through trains
early in 191.5," fluid Mr. Donaldson.
CAli'TA.GE INCIIEA:ST.
One Per 'Cent. Inereatee Will Be
Charged By Railways.
A despatch from Montreal says:
e .existing cartage arrangements:
connection with the despatch of
ight by the various railroad'com-
panies will continue in force,' but
with an increase over the present
rates of one 'perecent.'' The deei
sion to make this change . was defi-
nitely decided upon at a meeting of
representatives of the railroads and
cartage compailfes held here o11
Th
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16UTSIIELL.
Canada. flu Enel,T"r and lhr+ World
In General Before Your
Eyes.
Caused:I.
A PederaI bankruptcy' 15011 is fav-
ored by -lion. 0. J, Doherty, Minis-
ter of, Jastieo, who will bring the
ulateer before his colleagues.
The Dominion Government or-
dered the Brantford Gas Company
to (.isco..-tiente suppl,, ing •gas Loin
the Tilbury fields for domeeeicpur-
pale s.
George ICett, a lake sailor, when
parents had given him up for lost in
the 'great .e'toa'rn of November 9,
walked into their home, at Harris -
ton on Christmote, Eve,
Chas,- Byrnes of Ne.paneo was
ae-zed with heart failure when
about to descend stairs to the base-
ment of a store, and, falling head-
long, was picked un dead.
T1'afrie through the 8t, Mary's
Falls Canals for 1913 increased 10
per eeut. over the freight record of
1912, a, -d the inore2:se in grail was
63 per Dent„ or more than 43 mil-
lion buehels,
Justice Charboneau in Montreal
annulled the marriage of John
Thomas Baker with Dame Eveline
Emily MMCloyy Mama, as she repro-
sen'ted herself to be a widow while
having a husband living,
Great Britain.
The British Royal family spent
Christmas . quietly. at Sandringham.
Important alterations in the Ris-
ley reguIatiens have been recent
'vended by General Sir 0. W.
DOuelas,
The Economist of London severo-
ly'oensures the Foreign Office for
its action regarding tho Panama
Fair.
United States.
Another movement has begun at
ashington to suspend coae:tit'ise
exemption in the, Panama, Canal.
A Swiss aviator, Bider, flew
amass the Alps from Rue to Berne
in five hours,
G enteral.
German engineers have engaged
to ooustruct two big Chinese rail-
roads.
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Six Others Injured When Leoomo.
tiro Exploded.
A deepatah from 8t. ,Thomas
-says ; Fireman J. Thorp, of Fort
Erie, and an unidentified man -were
killed on Thursday morning when
the boiler of a G.T.R. Wabash en-
gine exploded, The aocident hap-
pened about else o'clock while the
locomotive was returning light to
the Buffalo yards. Engineer Nich-
olas 1. Curran, of 8t. Themes, lead
a miraculous escape. He was
thrown from the cab, but while se-
verely scalded is expected to be all
right again in se few days. F.
Clark, brakeman of St. Thorium,
and W. 11. Cameron, of Windsor,
were injured by escaping steam,
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NATIONAL SECURITIES
r 01,FEUERA51054 LIFE 511.lnlft
FORTY-TOURTII ANNUAL STATE
of
The Royal Bank of
TO THE PUBLIC:
Notes of the Bank in circulation
Doped:to bearing interest, Including Interest accrued
to date 51101,900,7
Deposits not hearing Interest 36,276,
Deposits earls
byother
pflanks in
Canada d
Deposits by Banks And Banking Correspondents � 0
whore than in Canada
Bids Payable
Acceptances under Letters of Credit
LIABILITIES
else.
1,649,4
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS,
Capital Stock Paid•up........ .... ....... ......,..,....,...,....
Reserve Fund ;12,560,0
Balance of Profits carried forward • 1,015,1
Dividend No, 105 (at 12% per annum), payable Dec, , i
1st, 1913 151 240,8
Dividends Unclaimed 3,4
ASSETS
Current Gold and Silver Coln .......................a• $ 7,502,8
Dominion Government Notes ,,.,,,, ., 11,664,1
Deposit in the Central Geld Reserves 512,000,0
2,000,n
Deposit with Dominion Government for the purposes
of the Circulation Fund 578,0
Notes of other Banks ,,,, 2,578,8
Cheques on other Banka , 0,566,2
Due by other Banks in Canada 1,1
Due by Banks and Banking Correspondents eisewhere
than in Canada 3,603,4
Dominion and Provincial Government Securities, not
exceeding market value ' 1,127,3
Canadian Municipal Securities and British, Foreign
and Colonial Public Securities other than Canadian,
' not exceeding market value 2,081,5
Railway and other Donde, Debentures and Stocks, not
exceeding market value - 14,565,31
Cali and Short Loans In Canada, on Bonds, Debentures
and Stocks 9,002,11
Call and Short Loans elsewhere than in Canada 10,817,4.
Loans to Provincial Governments $ 247,4;
Loans to Cities, Towns, Municipalities and School Dis-
tricts 3,686,61
Other Current Loans and Discounts (less rebate of
Interest)
OverdueDebts (estimated loss provided for) 175,6',
Bank Premises, at not more than cost, leas amounts written off t'
Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit, as per contra .I
.PROFIT ANI) LOSS ACCO`Ji
Balance of profit and Loss Account, 30th November, $ 610,2
Profits for the year, after deducting charges of manage.
ment and sli other expenses, accrued Interest on
deposits, full' provision for aft bad and doubtful
debts and rebate of interest on unmatured bills 2,142,11
APPROPR3ATED AS FOLLOWS'
Dividends Nos. 102, 109, 104 and 105, at 12 per cent,
per annum $1,387,20
Transferred to Officers' Pension Fund , 100,00
Written' Off Bank Premises Account 260,00
Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward . , 1,015,111
Eb51ON L.
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