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The Herald, 1913-08-22, Page 7:ire• ❑ie 1&' Ire no• in-. ny le, sae he ad ny n1 ne he is it at, •ar li- I rain, Cattle an else Prices of These Products in the* (eadira Marketsare Here Recorded. Breadstutfs, g Toronto, Aug. 19. -Flour- Ontario,"whee 'fiourm,.90 per cent., old, $4,00 to $4,10; To; routo or 'Mgntroal freight Flour sande o new wheat, $3.60 to $3,55, eeaboaid;t- fo September ..delivery. Mlanitobas Patents, in, jute' bags, $5.50; strong iia .ors', in Jute , bags,$4.80. Manitoba wheat -No, 1 Northern, $1.01, on track, Bay ports;_ No. 2 at 99o; No.- 3 940, Bay ports. Ontario wheat, -No. 2, white ` and red Wheat, 98 to 99e, outside; and new wheat •at 86 to 87e. outside. Oats -To,' 2 Ontario oats, 35 to 36e. out- side, and at 37 to 38o, on track. Toronto; new oats, 33 to 350, nominal; Western Can- ada oats quoted at 391.20 for No. 3, Bay ports; No. 1 feed, `381.2c. Peas -90 to 950, Barley 52 to 53e , Corn -No. 3 American corn, 76 1-2c. e.i.f., Midland. Rye -60 to 62e. Buckwheat -50 to 63e. Bran -Manitoba bran, $181 to $18.50 a -fon, in bags, Toronto freights, -,Shorts, $21, Toronto. .• N4. 3 Northern, 88c; No..4, 80o; No. 5,.• 721.2c; No. 6, ,680; feed, 60o; No, 3, tough, t 821.2e; N. 4, tough, ,7343; No 5, 'tonsil, ,650; No. .6, tough; 60o; feed, tough,, 64e oats, No, 2 O.W„ ,35c; No.. 3 O,W., 341 4c; extra r No, 1 feed, 341.2e;. No. 1 feed, `341.4c; No.. 2 feed,311-40; Barley, No, 3, 4512c; No. 4, k- 44 .1.2o, Flax; No. 1 NW C., $1.36; No. 2, I C,W, $1.31; ,,No. 3 C.W.. $1.19. Montreal Markets: Montreal, August 19. -,Oats, Canadian 'Western,. No; 2, 41 to 411.2e; Canadian 'Western; No. 3, 391-2 to 4Qp; extra No. 1 feed, ,401-2 to 41c Barley, Man. feed, 51 to 62c; malting, 62 to 64e, Buckwheat, No.. 8, 58.to 60o. Flour, Man. Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts,' $5.60; seconds, $6,10; strong bak- ers', $4.90; Whiter 'patents, choice, $5:50; straight, .rollers gy$5,10; straight rollers.• bags, $2.40, Boned: oats, barrels, $4.60; bags, 90 lbs.. $2,171-2.' Bran, $19. Shorts, $21. Middlings, $24. Mouillie, $26 to '$32. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $12 to $13., Cheese, finest, westerns, 13'1.8 to. 133-8c; finest easterns. 12 3.4 to 13o. Xiutter, choicestr creamery, se to 241.4c; seconds, 231-2 to,' 23 3.4c- Eggs,'.freeh, ,29c; selected, 27e; No. 1 stock. 23o; No. 2 stock, 18 to. 19e, Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23c; inferior, 17 to 19o; creamery, 25 to 26o for rolls, and 24 to 25o for. solids. Eggs -Case lots of -new laid, 24 to 25c per dozen; fresh, 20 to 21c. and seconds, 16. to Cheese -New cheese unchanged at 13 3-4 -to 140 for large, and 141-2 for twins. Beans -Hand-picked, $2.25 to $2.35 per bushel; primes, $1.75 to $2.05. Honey -Extracted, in tins, 11 to" 121 -Sc per lb, for No. 1 wholesale; combs, $2.50 to $2.75 per dozen for No. 1, and $2.25 to $2.50 for No: 2. Poultry -Hens, 16 to 17c per ib; turkeys, 18 to 20a. Live poultry,. about 2o lower than the above. .Potatoes -Jobbing lots of new potatoes, ' Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 15 3.4c per ib, in ease ts. 'Pork -Short' cut, $28.50 to $29; do. gas, $24,. -Hams-Medium to light, 21 21-i-243; heavy, 191-2 to 201-2c; rolls, 17c eakftst bacon, 21 to 220; backs, 24 to 0. Lard -Tierces, 14o; tubs, 141.2c; pails, 3 4c' Baled Hay and Straw. sled hay -New hay' $12 50' to $13. No. it $13.50 to $14.50. on track. Toronto. and . 2 at $11 to $13. aled straw -Good 'stook, $8 to $8.60, on k, Toronto. Winnipeg Grain. innipeg, August 19. -dash; -Wheat 1 Northern; 95e; No.:2 Nortthern, 930i United' States Markets, - Minneapolis, 'Aug. 19. -Wheat, September, 86 3.40; December, 89 3.4c; ,May, 950- Cosh: -No..1 hard, '89.3.4c ;. No. 1 Northern, 873.4 to. 891.4e; No. "2: Northern,' 85 3-4 to 871-443 Corn No. 3. yellow,. 761.2 to 77o. Oats- No. -3 white, 391.2 to .401-4c. Rye -No. 2, 571-2 to .591-20, Flour, unchanged. . Bran, f.o.b, Minneapolis, $19:60 to $20. • Duluth," Aug. 197--Wheat-No.1 hard, 893.8c;' 'No. 2 Northern, 86 3.8 to 86 7.8e; September, 88 3-8c asked; December, 90 5.8d' bid; May, 96c' bid. Linseed, $1501-4c; Sep- tember, $1.501-4c asked; October,,$1.51; No- vember, $1.51 asked; " December. $1.491 -Bo asked. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug.. 19. -Cattle -Export. $6.60 to 56,55; choice butchers, $6 to $6 65; good medium, $5..25 to .$6.20; common, .$4.75 to $5; canners. $2 to $3.50; (tows. $4.25 to $4.75; good common cows, $4.75 to $5.60; mulch cows, $50 to $75 each,; Calves -Good veal, $6 to $7.50; choice, $8.25 to $9.50; common, $3.75 to $5., Stockers and feeders -Steers, 700 to 800 pounds, $3.25 to $4.25; extra choice heavy feeders, 900 pounds, $4.75 to $5.25; rough, light, $2.50 to $3.25. Sheep and lambs -Light' ewes, $6 to $5.50; heavy, $4 to $4.50; bucks, $3.50 to $3.76; 'spring lambs, $7 to $8. Hogs -$9.90, f.o.b.; $10.25, fed and watered, and $10 50. off cars. Montreal, August 19. -Large supplies of common cattle had a depressing effect on prices. None of ,the sales were over 61-2 cents, and not many over 6 3-4 cents per lb., and from that down to 21.2 Cents fox come of , the leaner stock. Cows -$30 to $65 each. Calves -2,3.4 to 6. Sheep -41.4 to. a little over 41-2. Lambs -7. Hogs -About 101-2. TILE TO 'COMPLAIN ABOUT i.'A': " §iftou Says Business in the West Is Good. despatch from Ottawa. Says: Arthur L. Sifton, Premier of erta,; is not one of the men from west who takes much stock in "blue ruin" cry which tight ey conditions have produced. arrived in Ottawa on Thursday, to the Canadian Press said t general business in: the west ood, with a hopeful outlook for n • better things. "Among real to men' business may be quiet now," he said, "but I assure that; financially and industrial-. there -is very little to complain ut. Alberta will, I think, be e to look after her financial af- s. without much trouble, if: any, ause of the rapid growth 'going everywhere." Hon. Mr. -Sifton -that the harvest. promises to CUS AND ,HIPPODROME. ndid.13111 Prepared for the Can. adian •National Exhibition. e circus and hippodrome at 'the f;; adieu: National Exhibition, To- t' o, .this year will be More varied s interesting than ever before, A 3 'ial y has been made of trained als; and elephants, lions,. es, dogs, sheep and swine will as if they had human intelli- i e. Then there are a swarm of batic acts, each of which has a d -wide reputation, swarms of ns to furnish the laughs, ogees- ne acts, chariot races, auto and a• few thrillers. Add all to the musical ride, the musi-. surprise, a big cadet number, and the Burning of Rome, reek of the Airship, and a le bill of fireworks, and you to admit that the Canadian Anel Exhibition is keeping well of the procession in the mat - 1 acusereents, SIlt' J'OIIN TO STAY. ententeGover'nor's Term Ex - e tended a eapatoh from Ottawa,. , saps: officially' announeed, that .Sir' Gibson, Lieut. -Governor of will retain his position about September,. :1914,' by time the stew Government will , be ready 'for ecce - .p, DROWNED WHILE BATHING. Nicholas McCullough Loses His Life in French River. A despatch from North Bay says: Nicholas McCullough, aged twen- ty-one years, of Pittsburg, . Pa., was drowned 'in the French River on Thursday afternoon while bath- ing with his brother, Thos.. McCul- lough, Byron. Connell and Reamer Sewell, The unfortunate young man came for a month's outing, ar- riving at North Bay August 4. His mother is a widow and resides in Pittsburg. The body was recov- ered: GERMANY DECLINES. Will Not Participate in San Fran- cisco Exposition. A despatch from Berlin says: Germany on Saturday officially de- clined the invitation extended by the . United States to ;participate in the International Exposition, at San Francisco in 1915, to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal. This announcement was made Sat- urday evening through.. the North German Gazette., the official organ of the Government, FIND OF PLACER GOLD. Oflloially Confirmed by Dominion G overnlnent. A. despatch from Ottawa says : Official confirmation of the report- ed discovery ' of gold 'in Alaska, close to the Canadian boundary, has been received by the Dominion Government from Commissioner George°Black; who states that it is one of considerable proportions. It was made at a point thirty miles from the Canadian Yukon . boun- dary and three hundred. miles north of White Horse, The best route is from White Horse through the Kluane district. LORD ALVEitSTONE RESIGNS. Sir Rufus Isaacs' Will Likely Be - • e Chief ,rustiee. .A despatch from. . Lonclor1 says The resignation of Baron Alver- stone, •Lord Chief Justice of . Eng- land since 1900, which ha long been expected because of his ill -health, has, according to the DailyChron- icle on • Thursday mornin o submitted to Premier Asquith, who .. will offer the post to Sir Rufus Isaacs, the Attorney-G}neral 1-kri. l ,,t=iLlK Vh THINKING IT OVER. The interesting suggestion has, been made, in a cable to • Montreal that Prince Arthur assume at his marriage the title "Duke of Canada," Last night the item which appeared in The Star was the subject of many conver- sations and some controversy. The people as a whole are thinking it over., HARRY THAW ESCAPED. 'ROA Through Open Gate and Into an Automobile. A despatch from Matteawan N. Y.,N: says: . Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of. Stanford 'White; escaped; from the hospital for the criminal insane here at 7.45 o'clock on SIM - clay morning. A dart for liberty through an open gate, a dash in the' open door of apowerful' automo- bile that stood quivering outside, and a flight like a rocket, for 'the Connecticut State line, 30 miles away, accomplished his escape, At night • he was still at large, and the. hospital authorities felt certain he was outside the State. Once be- yond its boundaries Thaw is free. Only months, perhaps years, of liti- gation can bring him back. to Mat- teawan, and then only in one event-that„he be adjudged insane in the State to which he has fled. THE CROP IN MANITOBA. Wheat Yield- Wi1l Scarcely Exceed. Fifty Millions. A despatch from Brandon, Mani- toba, says: Taking Manitoba as a whole, judged from . observations made in the northerly districts last week, it is the opinion that the average yield in all grains will be lighter and the aggregatecrop smaller in volume than has been seen in- this Province since 1910. Wheat, for instance, hardly yields more than a fifty million bushel crop for Manitoba this year, which would be eight million bushels less than last year, when the area was practically'the same size as it is this season. Oats and •barley are correspondingly light. The condi- tions south of the main line of the C.P.R. are responsible for the gen- eral lowering of the average pro- duction throughout the Province. ETERNAL ICE FIELDS. Captain Koch Has Succeeded in Crossing . Greenland. A .despatch 'from.. Copenhagen, Denmark, says : Captain Koch, the well-known Danish Polar explor- er, has succeeded in crossing Green- land from east to west over the eternal ice fields. Captain Koch, who started in June, 1912, with a number of prominent scientists, surmounted the dangers and dif- ficulties of Queen Louis rand, and eventually reached Proeven; near Upernavik in Baffin's Bay. Cap- tain Koch was a member of the My lies Erichsen expedition .in- 1906.' DR. NELSON HARDY'S VIEW.. Suftrage Condition is Pathological, According to Noted Surgeon. A despatch from London, says : The mental condition of Suffrbget= ten was the subject of a paper by the famous surgeon, Nelson Hardy, ,before the Medical Congress on Wednesday. Part of his address was ruled out as "politics," but ho -was permitted to say.: "These wo- men, many well educated and care- fully raised, who commit crimes worthy of savages and disregard all the laws; human and divine, are victims of an. epidemic of mental disorder." George Hewitt, • an employee of the McCormick Biscuit Manufac- turing Company. at, London, was fatally: crushed, between the eleva for . and the floor, on Fiday, terns of News by Wire Notes of Interest as -'to What Is Going on All Over the World CANADA. Win,. J. Johnson, a.ioneer Essex farmer, died of'ptoma nes poisoning after eating canned corn, Chief 'John, Holmes, head of the Chatham police force for more than eleven years,, has resigned. D'Arcy H. Young of Melville was seriously injured by a Holstein bull w' hieg• almost a ton;. i:rs•, ':Cornelius - Darby ,of,'. Gir- ouck' was trampled and, kicked to death bya cow she was milking. Mr. H. Newcombe : of Harwich township was drowned at Bandeau Government Park 'while bathing.. Fred. ' 0. Nash of Yenessa was instantly killed by No. 10 train on the near Jarvis on Friday. The body. of James Burns, : who disappeared at Thorold on Thurs- day, was found in the 'old Welland Canal. Ingersoll citizens have formed a joint stock company to acquire the Daly House and, run it as a temper- ance hotel. Medical Health Officer Hastings states that "appallingp•cond tion' s i ' g'' in housing in Toronto will prevail. during the coming winter. • , , Ottawa's population is estimated now by both the: directory publish- ers and ,the city` assessors at mare than a, hundred • and one thousand. James J. Burns; of St. Cathar- ines;" a trusted employee' of the N., St. C., & T. Railway for thirteen years, has mysteriously disap- peared. Grace Cooper, five years old, lost for five days on Burnt Island, in Lake Timiskaming, was found alive by members of a large search party. Wesley and Manitoba Theolo'gi- cal Colleges, in Winnipeg, Method- ist and Presbyterian, have both de- cided in favor of combining their forces.'' As a. result of an independent en- quiry which has been quietly con- ducted, Montreal will - probably have, an investigation into alleged polka 'graft. Wm, Hendershott, one of the best-known residents of Lincoln: county, died at Thorold as the re- sult of a 'runaway horse knocking down a ladder he was on. The new barracks to be built at Long Branch to replace Stanley Barracks, Toronto, are to be coni- siderably smaller and less expen- sive than originally intended. Fruit growers throughout the St. Catharines district are clamor- ing 'for more baskets. The supply is not equal to the demand, albeit the factories have been working overtime. The Bank of Montreal has refus- ed to allow the town of Sarnia any more money for local improve- ments. The municipal account is overdrawn -to a considerable ex- tent, John Robinson, aged -17, has been placed for three years in the Kings- ton Provincial` Penitentiary for housebreaking- The Kingston Chiidrens Aid. Society are trying to have youths removed from there, asit gives them no chance,;.;• The entire street car system of Calgary was hired by' the Hudson Bay Company for four hours on Monday, and the whole population of the city invited to ride free dur- the hours from 2 to G p.m., in cele- bration of the opening of the com- pany's mammoth new store. GREAT BRITAIN. ' Jewellery worth $50,000 was stolen Friday from a hotel in Llan- dudno, a watering place in North Wales': The thieves escaped in an autam.obile.. At the Hotel Cecil, Londan, Eng- land, Prince Rolenburg was robbed of a cheque 'for $1,000, which he placed on the cashier's desk, turn- ing his back for a few "moments. The cheque was stopped by tele- gram. UNITED STATES. Governor Sulzer, of' New York, was impeached and is.superseded in office; A bandit held up and robbed 'four passengers in a train out of Kan- sas City. The United States Government has apologized to Britain for the rash statements made by Henry Lane Wilson., William Colbert, a carpenter of Yonkers, New- York, died of exces- sive laughter, when he woke up to find that someone had blacked. his face for a, joke. A venomous insect, probably. a spider, bit Abraham Snider, . of New York, on the lip, causing his death,_ after intense suffering. Sni- der was 27 years old, and a noted bowler. GENERAL. August Rebel, famous German Socialist leader, is dead. Capt. Koch, a, Danish explorer, suffered terrible,hardships in cross- ing Greenland. The Mexican Government will consider the message borne by ex - Governor Lind. A convention has been signed be- tween France and Germany to pro- vide for landings of aircraft in each other's territory. It is hoped thus to avoid unpleasant "incidents." STORM SWEPT MANITOBA. Extent of Damage to Graiu Has Not Been Reported. •A despatch from Winnipeg says : The worst electrical storm thathas visited this portion of the country for years, accompanied by a sixty - mile gale,; swept, across from Bran- don to the ; eastern boundary early. on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of dollars damage was done to buildings in 'Winnipeg, and all the towns in the Province. The 'har- vest had just started, and the dam- age to the ripening grain cannot be ,estimated. Electric light plants, railroads,.;telegraph, and telephone lines were put out of commission, and several 'towns will be without electric light for ' several days. Meagre reports coming over dam- aged wires indicate that central and southeastern Saskatchewan suffered groat damage. POPULATION OF ITALY. Increases in Ten Years Amounts to 1,7501000 People. A despatch. from Rome. says: The results of the. census made in Italy in 1011 littve,just been published by the Government, Here are some of the data: Total.' population, 34,- 671,377; males, 17,01,790; females, 17,894,587; unmarried, men, 10,172,- 883; unmarried women, '9,617,301;. married men;' 6,133,,745; married. women, 0,101,557; widowers,, 660,- 250; widows, 1, 500, 929. The, it: crease in total population since, the last decennial census is about '1,- 750,000 Illit,rates constitute. 38 per cent, of'':tile total 'population, The region that gives the smallest percentage of illiteracy is Pied- mont, with 11 per cent, while the maximum is reached by Calabria with 70 per cent. TWELVE HUNDRED BILLED. Half of Chinese Soldiers Have Joined Rebels in Looting Stores A despatch from Canton, China, says : Twelve hundred were killed in the fighting between the rebels in Oanton City on Wednesday, and pillage is in progress everywhere. Half of the soldiers have joined the rebels, and together they have loot- ed the principal goldsmiths' and silversmiths' stores, The .local Generals are • powerless owing to dissention among themselves. An attack on the foreign conces- sions at Shameen `is believed by foreign residents to be in contem- plation by -the disorderly elements, and the detachment of Indian na- tive troops stationed there as a guard was reinforced on Thursday from Hong Kong in preparation for eventualities. The foreign quarter serves as a buffer between the two forces. A huge fire broke out on Thursday, destroying" thirty barracks, and as a, result of the accompanying rioting, the exodus of the civilian population ',00ntinu-. ed without abatement. Traffic on the Hankow Railway has been sus- pended. From Fayuen to the 'north el Fortune -Telling and ,Racing Litera- ture Deified Use of iYMafls. A despatch from Ottawa says : A' number of, new regulations have just been promulgated by the Post- oftico Department. To begin with itis vigorously suppressing lot- teries and prohibiting their use of the mails. Money orders payable to them, also' are not to be issued,. Instructions have been issued o postal clerks to forward to the Dead Letter Office all` matter orig- inating in such sources. The eon-. ceras condemned are the Great Hamburg Lottery; Great' Danish Colonial Lottery; Great Danish Ing ternational'Lottery; Great Ham- burg Money Lottery; Credit Uni- versal; Royal Hungarian and Royal Danish Lottery, Circulars regarding' the ,fortune telling business and racing sweep- stakes circulars are. also ordered•to be treated as unmailable, and are placed in the same class as illegal' lottery literature. Other new regulations prohibit the circulation in the mails gave to the trade only of samples of. patent or proprietary medicines; preclude from the mails raw hides, pelts or any articles with a noxious odor and prescribe that inflammable or explosive articles when discovered shall be packed and sent to a post - office inspector, if possible. • The prohibition 'of Christmas or charity stamps to 'be affixed on the address side of letters, has been _made into a regulation. Such stamps may be affixed to the back of the envelopes. TAKES A GLOOMY 'VIEW: Montreal ReliefOfficer Looks for a Trying Winter. A. despatch from Montreal says: Mr. A. Chevalier, Chief City Re- lief Officer', Says that from. all in- dications that will be a hard win- ter for lately arrived immigrants. Already, he said, a greater amount of relief has been asked for than for the same time last year. Plenty of outside work is to be had just at present, but as soon as this has been stopped by frost all the peo- ple will be out of employment. An- other feature will be the importa- tion of• many •harvesters for the est. As soon as this work is over, , many of the laborers will• r rn to town with the intention of sailing for home, but acertain number will be too late for naviga- tion and will be stranded here. Mr. Chevalier said • that the charitable institutions in the city would be. taxed to their utmost. r 'GIRL A.---ND BABY BURNED. Coal Oil Usedin Lighting Fire in Kitchen Stove. A despatch from Montreal says: Miss Flora Mercier, 17 years of age, and Lee Colson, 15 months old, weie burned to death, and Mrs. Madere and Mrs. Colson, grand- mother of the dead child are in a serious condition in Notre_ Dame Hospital, following the explosion of a coal oil can used in lighting a kitchen fire on Tuesday. Mrs.. Ma - dere poured oil on a smouldering fire. The can exploded, scattering oil and flames throughout the room, setting fire to the women's cloth- ing. The child was also a victim of the flames, and burned to a crisp in the excitement. Miss Mercier lost her life in an attempt to save the others. _4, PLOT TO KILL KITCHENER. Egyptian Undergraduate at Oxford • • '' Implicated. A despatch from London says: The Daily Express on Monday morning abated that another plot 'to kill Lord Kitchener in Egypt has been revealed by inuiries made in Oxford by Scotland Yard respect- ing an Egyptian recently an under- graduate in that University. 3,000,000 BUSHELS CAPACITY. Huge New Grain Elevator for Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says : A new grain elevator, especially for export trade, with a capacity of nearly three million bushels, will be built by the harbor Commis- sioners. This 'will bring the total capacity of the elevators of the port to 10,32,000• bushels. LOSS ON WINNIPEG'S S FAIR. Q despatch from Winninesi says,Y . cording' to a etateirlenl' made by +d Canton a report was received 1 Ae Thursday of a rising of brigands, and from other parts of the. pro- vince of Kwang-Tung news has reached hoto that •'a state of chaos exists. General . Lung Chi Kuang,, with his northern troops, has e`e- tired from the vicinity of the • city. the Boaz of Control Tuesday night, the estimated loss on the 1018.' ex- hibition is ' $33;157.75, This lets brings the total deficit- up to date on the operating account • of the •Canadian Industrial Exhibition to. $87,422,60. "