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. -W~®1u§waxi a a. ., ‘ fl -r..-:.....~ .1 . .IR-".'. , ‘V'i,"'..’ .' . V V g i if)": ‘- killing three more. ’ . L‘ _.-__......_....-. - ~-- ~.-...«--. FREIGHT nun Practically A1m0st Every Commodity Except Soft Coal Shows a Great Increase A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie. Ont... says: More than ten million tons greater than the record of 1910. the best. previous season. was the volume of freight carried through the canals at the 800 this season. as shown in the statistical report just issued. While shipments of practically every commodity except soft coal show an increase over the three pre- vious seasons. the movement of iron ore, «1.303.428 tons. was greater by more than 4.699.789 tons than in 1910. the season showing the great.- est previous shipments. The movement of wheat. 174.086.- 456 bushels. was 60,832.89?) bushels greater than in 1909. while the total grain shipments show a gain of 12.- 505.095 bushels over the record of that. year. Although the movement of hard coal was delaved in starting by mine difficulties early in the season, the shipments. 2.142.485 tons, were 82.276 tons greater than the previ- ous high record of 1911. The moveâ€" ment of soft coal. amounting to 12.- 789.109 tons. was 483.558 tons below 1911. due chiefly to delay in getting the product. from the mines to the loading docks owing to car short- age. Lumber shipments were 667,542,- 000 feet, a gain of 64.441.000 feet over the high record of 1910. . Passenger traffic shows a consulâ€" erable falling off. the number car- ried through the canals, 66.877, having been 56 fewer than in 1910. and showing a, loss of 18.074. or 16 per cent.. comparcd with 1911. For this. the unseasonuble cold weather early in the year is held chiefly re- sponsible. FIG HT FOR LIFE. Desperate Baltic Wolves. with Hungry Peterborough Examiner says:. A despatch from Ottawa. says:l ' CANADIAN TRADE. Total for l’rcscnt Your Will Amount to a Billion Dollars. *â€" UGFCALSHHE uws‘ lllPlRlBllPH. lusrrsxncs rnou m. ovsn Tl”: 111.0113 IN A NlITSul-ILL. ~â€" Canmla. the Emplrr and the Wot-1c in General llolore lion: Eves. Canada. Berlin is to have a new Federal building to cost $200,000. W Quebec ,Board of Trade favors commission government for the czty. Premier McBride of British Co- lumbia. has accepted a life vice-pre- sidency in the British Navy League. The Donaldson expedition which had been lost track of in the James Bay country, has been reported safe. Serious complaint against the treatment of miners at Porcupine was laid before the Attorney-Gen- eral. Major W. Dunsmore of Bury, One, will go to Scotland as special immigration agent for the Eastern Townships. . I A plan to teach farming by mail Iis about. to be tried by the Manitoba. GOVernment, and the C. P. R. is to establish demonstration farm Work. Harry Woesc, brakeman on the A young man named ltodier, eui-IThat the year 1912 has been one of lCentral Ontario Railway, was killed ployed in one of the camps of the G. B. Lumber Co. at Luring, On- tario, left the camp about seven o'clock a few evenings ago to visit some traps he had set'in the woods. He was gone only a few minutes when he was set. upon by a pack of eight or ten wolves. luncxpcctcd prosperity is shown by figures of Canadian trade for that period. The aggregate will be a billion dollars worth. which cre- ates a record. In January the to- ital was 863,080,443. February saw ian increase of one million, while by ‘at Trenton while engaged in mak- ing up a train. :1 fourteen-year-old boy, John Galbraith, was accidentally drowned in a well at his home at Camden East while drawing water. The new Montreal harbor com- Rodicr wasiMarch it. had jumped by $23.000.000.’ missioners are W. G. Ross, chair- armm With ‘1 WWIVO“. and the 1'0' The increase throughout the Sum- man, Farquhar Robertson and Lt..- port of the weapon together with his cries for help attracted the at- tention of anclher lumberman, mer was steady, and October reached the total of $101,277,469. November figures now being com- ICol. A. Labolle. business men. Wm. Todd. formerly of Hamilton, All are prominent H0110“? Ange?» W110 selled his rillelpilcd will go three million ahead ihas been arrested in Seattle, Wash- afld hastened 1“ ">113 direction 0f the [of this. The grand total to Novem- ‘ington, charged with theft of :52.- ~-crics. as Rodicr droppcd exhausted. Au- ger fired and killed one of the wolves. Thereupou the pack aban- doned the fallen man and attacked the newcomer. Auger emptied the magazine of his rifle into the pack, V Then armed only with a pocket knife, he suc- ceeded, after a'dcsperate struggle, in dcspatching the three that re- mained. Both men had to be car. tied into the camp by companions who arrived on the scene a few moments later. Bother escaped, with but a few scratches, while Auger, who had risked his life to save that of his companion, was severely wounded in the shoulder and thigh. â€"â€"-â€"â€"-Jl' TO BUILD BIG ELEVATOR. Contrdict Awarded for Addition to ‘ ' Moulroal Structure. Adcspatch from Montreal says: The contract for an addition to the Harbor Conimi’ssioncrs' elevator No. 1, whereby 2.600.000 bushels of grain may be handled instead of a million bushels as at present, was let on Friday to the John S. Met~ calf Company for $600,000. Work on the additions will to cope with the grain rush of 1913. .. 0.... M as TROLLEY FALLS 39 FEET. Ten Residents of Cincinnati Will Die us Rcsull of Smash-up. A despatch from Cincinnati says: Plunging 39 feet, after a wild dash down a grade on the central bridge connecting Cincinnati with the proceed asl fast as possible in order to be readyl He reimle the Scene lust her first was $821,723.347. and. ~:131300 from his employers. stated. the total of the calendar year will be a billion. q‘â€"â€"â€"-F FOUR INJURED IN FIRE. iOne May Die as Result of Unex- , pluined Blaze in Vancouver. A despatch from Vancouver says: Four men. one of whom may die from injuries received. had narrow escapes from cremation in a. tire which broke out in an unaccount- able manner in a house at. 668 Powell Street at 3 o'clock on Friday morning. The men are: M. Moln- nis, Neil McLeod. John McLeod and Malcolm Macdonald. In addition to being most severely burned Mc- Innis had a compound fracture of the thigh and several ribs broken as a. result of jumping from a win- dow. He may die. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"’I- 'l‘AllPER WITII SIGNAL WIRES. ~â€" Sull‘ragcttcs Now Accused of En- dangcring Public Safety. A despatch from London says: The Daily Chronicle accuses the suffragertes of endangering the pub- lic safety by tampering with the sig~ nal wires of the Great Northern Railway near London. The wires, the paper says. were found tied to- gether and a letter was attached which demanded votes for women. _,,.._._..._ FOR HUDSON BAY RAILWAY. Half-mile Strlpjiâ€"l" Land on Each Side of Line to be Set Apart. ' western end of Newport, Ky.. Mon- , A despatch from Ottawa says: mouth Street car number five, on An Friday evening, crashed into thel brick pavement of the street below, injuring tcu persons so seriously that little hope is held out for their‘ recovery. l FTSlilIXSTiG order-in-Council has been passed setting aside for the pur- poses of the Hudson Bay Railway a half-mile strip of land on each side of the line from. Le Pas to Port Nelson. ~__._.. m..._.__-.- 111373111 ~ SIDES He is al- leged to have deserted his family for'another woman. Three young children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Curran of Edwards Station, Carleton county, were burned in a fire that consumed their lhome, while the parents were har; nessing up to drive to the grandâ€" .parcnts’ for Christmas dinner. ’ Jos. Schneider of Montreal, has gbeen awarded by Judge Charhon- 'ncau, $799.68 from the Royal‘Guar- dians, an insurance company. iwhich, after he joined, passed an Famoudment excluding liquor deal- lers from membership. The sum ‘represents the sum he paid in. Great Britain. Official returns show a. tremendâ€" ‘ous increase in Britain’s trade. London tradesmen say the holi- day trade has eclipsed all records. The Turks and Balkan allies ex- hibit no signs of yielding in regard to peace conditions. Elliott Smith, professor of ana- tomy in Manchester University, says'that the Pharaoh of the Exo- dus was corpulent and almost bald. Unitedâ€"States. A three million dollar drydock will be built. at South Boston. Congress will probably meet March 15 to begin work on taruf revision. Wm. Loeb, jr., collector of cuss toms of New York, will join the Guggenheims. ' The U. S. Steel Corporation will increase the wages of unskilled lab- orers. Col. Goethals, now in charge of the Panama canal zone. has been :ofl'cred‘ilie Governorship. It means a reduction in salary of $5,000. An unknown woman of L05 Ange- number of drunken Austrians to cease trampling an American flag. Guy de Villepion, a former tea- cher at a San Francisco academy, lhas returned from the west coast of .South America, and told a tale of ’having been fattencd for a feast by cannibals while attempting to cross He from Ciudad to 'Bueuos Ayres. An Unusual lnhabitant of the Deep is the First'cscaped after many adventures- Discovered in Canada A despatch from Ottawa says: electric lamp. The commissionch have just received interesting speci- mens of a remarkable little fish ne- ver before found in Canada, al- though rare specimens have been caught in the United States and Europe. It. is a small silvery fish The fish is called of Fisheries the “pearl sides.” and belongs to a. group of very rare fish that are luminous. Very little is known about the histOry of those small fish, but scientific authorities are of the opinion that they inhabit the deep- est waters of the ocean and that the not unlike a small herring, but has .light they give out enables them to two rows of pearl organs along the tide of the body. The fish were caught by fishermen on Grand Ma- lian. and they are scientifically val- uable and interesting. The most wonderful feature is the fact that procure their food. and may also protect them by frightening away their enemies. Prof. Prince is handing these specimens over to the biological body of which he is chair- man. but is preparing a technical each of the pearl organs gives out a. report for the Royal Society ofCan- brlllians light, mmlar to a. small ads. General. Greece has contracted for a. su- per-Dreadnought. The Paris police will arrest ve- hicle drivers who splash mud. The French Premier, M. Poincare, decided to contest the Presidency. A vigorous campaign is in pro- gress for the French Presidency. Servia and Montenegro are grow- ing restive, fearing the designs of Austria. in the Balkans. China has declined to negotiate a new treaty with Britain concerning Tibet. ‘ Six Italian anarchists are under arrest, charged with plotting an at- tack .on the King. The Chinese Government has is- les, Gal, with a revolver forced a; m...â€" uus or an annual? nroma men ms nuan rash: csmuu or AMERICA. h. "1m 0' Callus. Crsin; cone“ and Sill“ Duane. .l'uomu um] unison. Breadstufts. Toronto. Doc. 51.â€"~l“lour- Ontario shoal llour Domestic lots. $410 $4.10. at nulls. Munitobus. bust patents, ll) jute ban. $0M; second patents. in Ju:.e bugs. 84.3.13. strong bukers‘. in jute bugs. $4.60. Manitoba wheat-«ho. 1 .mrthcrn quoted. at 9.31-2c. Buy ports: No. 2. 921-215; and no. 3. 90c. Bay ports. Feed wheat. 65 Ml 67c. Bay ports. lsued a manifesto towards suppress- ing the opium industry. Chas. Borseul. who discovered the principle of telephoning. which Graham Bell perfected, died poor and unknown in Paris. aged 83. The German penal code is to be revised. Every sixth man and every 25th woman in Germany has been punished for Violating it in some way. The present demands of the Bal- kan league are scouted by the Young Turks as being arrogant and impossible. The newspapers take the same view. “ ’¢ ' ” v _ Ontario whackâ€"No. 2 new white and red_ The Mn] Of Flfty “as the all) Wheat. 90 to 91c, outside; and sprouted. 73 ject of a Christmas symposium in to the. .d th .r in n". - ' Oatsâ€"Ontario cats. 35 to sol-Zr; outs: c. a ,6 [Povhb TPDOblatt‘ and meal.an and 351-2 to 560. on track. 'l'orolito. Worn expel ts}, usmess men and artists tern Canada oats. 411-24.- lor N0. 2. and at :1 rec in ‘ ‘ ' r 40c for No. 3. Buy ports 1 at a man m fifty 1? no Older Peas-«No. 2 at $1.20 to $1.25. It an a man of forty. and in numerâ€" nurleyâ€"l‘ortyeignrlb. bailey! for s;qu ODS ' quality. 60 to 65c. outmda. 'ool , 10 a o. l u} “Stances decxdedly more useâ€" Coruâ€"Ncw No. 3 American corn. boo. we ' run. Premi 1 - ' _ l Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 75 to 75... outside. '0 d er Malpalmda‘ of Peru“ re Buckwheatâ€"48 to 490. outside. Slnne after a vote of censure by Branâ€"Manitoba 1mm. $20. in bags: To: the Senate, and Gen, Van-cl“ 31W £21113 freight. shorts are quoted at 023 to. coeds himu i "°'° ‘ ___ Gauntry Produce. Butterâ€"Rolls. choice. 26 to 270: bikers'u inferior. 22 to 2.7m: choice dairy. tubs. 20635 crcunlery. 31 to 32c for rolls and 29c for: solids. Eggs-Case lots of fresh. 52 lo 350 per; dozen. and of cold storage, 27 to 2803' Strictly new-laid. 450 per dozcn. , Chemoâ€"14 1-2:: for large. and at. 163-40 ll’or twins . Beuns~â€"11andupickcd, 33 per primes. $2.90. in a johbing wuy. Honey-Extrncted, in tins. 121-2 to 12 Mo per pound l’or No. l, wholesale: combs.’ $2.50 to $3 per dozen for No. 1. and 52.40 for No. 2. Poultryâ€"Woll-mttcd. olcun. dry-picked stock. Chickens. 15 to 160 pcr 1b; fowl. 11 to 12c: ducks. 15 to 16¢; gccsc, 15 .151: 170; turkeys. 20 to 22c. hive poultry, about 24 lower than the above. Potatoesâ€"Good Ontario stack. 75 to 1130. per bag on track, and New Brunswick. 901 to 921«2.c per bag. Provisions. Bacon. long clear, 151-4 to 151-20 per lb.‘ Porkâ€"Short cut... 26 In 21's: Hamâ€"Medium to 151-2 10' 16c“ breakfast bacon; in case 1018. do.. mess. $21.50 to $22. to 171-2c; heavy. 14.1%: llEl’lI. 17 rolls. 141-2 to :80: bucks. 211-2c. I Lardâ€"Ticrz-:s. 141-212; tubs. 14 3-40; pails” Baled Hay and Straw. Balcd hayâ€"No. 1. $13.50 to 5.14, on track. Z'UTUJD: KO. 2. $12. {1]. Ruled ctraw-~$9.60 to $10. on track. To», romo. - Montreal llllarllets. Montreal. Dec. 51.â€"Oamâ€"â€"(7anadian Wes- tern. No. 2, 4.1 to 431-2c; extra No. 1_l«-ed, 421-2 to 43c: No. 2 lmral white. 41c; .‘m. 3,, do.. 60c: No. 4. (10.. 3.90. Parlcywlllanimba; feed. 60 to 61c; maltiv‘g. 76 to 780. Ducks wheatâ€"No. 2. 57 to 60c. Flour-:Manuoba Spring wheat patents. firsts. $o.d0; 510.. seconds. $4.90; strong bakers'. $4.70: \Vln- ter patents. choice, $5.55; straight rollers. $4.95 to 115: do. in bass. $2.35 to $240. Rolled oatsâ€"~Bnrrels. 84.60: bags of 90 lbs, $2.20. Millfeell~l3ram $21: shorts, 15?": middlings. $28 to $50: monillie. $30 to $75. llay~No. 2. per ton. car lots. $14 50 to $15. Cheese‘r‘inest westerns. 13 to 13 l-dc: (10.. casicrno. 121-4 to 123-4c. Butterâ€"("1101mm creamery. 301-4 to 501-29.. POLQIOGBâ€"‘Pcl‘l hag. car lots, 75 to 90. ‘ _ United States. Minneapolis. Dec. 31.---Whentâ€"â€"Dccemher. COUN’I‘ESS OF ABERDEEN. Lady Aberdeen, consort of the m m m a, 1.4,” May. 355... to 957.30, July, former Governor-General, who with Ian-2c: No. 1 hard, 837-805 No. 1 Northern? 182 to ll! 5-5c: No. 2 Northern, 80 to 81542.. Miss _Violet Asquith is visiting on N“. this stde of the Atlantic. ‘1‘â€" 1111-2 to 42c: No. 3 White oats. 301-4 to 1101-20 No. 2 rye, 54 to 580. Bran. $19 to $79.30. Flourâ€"First; patents. $4.05 to $4.55:- second patents, 83.- 90 to $4.15: first clears. $2.90 to $3.20; see-l oml clears. $2.10 to $2.40 ‘ 3 yellow corn. RIVAL TO STEEL COMPANY. ‘T 841212Luthfi Deci. Nair-X'hcatnaglrlnd 1 Izaardi) - 5' .- ; .0 or: eru. -c: 0. Plant to cost 350'000‘000 to Be Northern. 8.11.40: July. 87.1-4c: nominal. December. 825-811 asked: May. 861-613. Lin- . seed on track. 81243-8: to nrrlvc, $1.24 5-8; from Washington lbw-ember, 511.241-8 bid: January. 81.2414, asked: May. 111.271-8. leo Staâ€"ck Markets. Toronto. Dec. 31.â€"Gnod [0 choice butch-2 crmg stccrs from $6 to 86.25. medium at from $5 to $575, and common at from $4.25 to $5. Cows from $3.50 to $4 25, with common grades and cannch at $2.50 to 8.1.50. Bulls ranged from $3.50 to $3.25.. Lambs brought from £7 65 to 57.75. light; ewes from $4.50 to $4 75. and heavy from S? 25 to $350 Veal calvcs went at fromf $7 to 89. while rouuhs changed hands at. from $3 to $6. Hogs from $8.25 in $8.40 per hundredwcight. fed and watered. . .‘d 3 MILK RAISED .\T_G.\L'I‘. Erectcd at Newcastle, N.S.W. A despatch says: A formidable rival to the so. called steel trust is to be created in New South Wales. where a steel- making plant is to be built. at a cost of $5.000,000. ‘The information is conveyed in a report just received by this Government from American Consul-General John P. Bray at Sydney, who says that $50000 al- ready has been spent in preliminary work. The mills areto be erected near Newcastle, and they will be extended as the needs of Australia grow. “The amount of money to be expended will be. unlimited.” - Mr. Bray declares in his report. "nm'lmn and Tornnm" “because the company will bcl A despaich f1 0m Gall says: AS spending money all the time,” The the result of scarcity of milk in this Broken Hill Proprietary Company se’jtlon producers have raised is said to be behind the project. Price:- ,Chief nmons Pawns given which eventually is expectcd to con. fol: the limited 5‘”,pr l3 “1’”: the his “~01 absolutely the American may- dairy companies of Hamilton and ket‘ Toronto are coming into the dis-., trict to get milk, VVatrons from Hamilton are collecting milk within, a few miles of Gait. and large quan-, titics are shipped by express to Toâ€"‘ ronto. District Supply Goes Largely mi J4 oâ€"â€"-â€"oâ€". INVITATION FROM CHILDREN. Rulch of Many Nations Asked to Hygiene Congress at Bull'ulo. A despatch from Buffalo says: One hundred and twenty- five thou~ sand school children of Buffalo and vicinity are to sign a mammoth in- vitation to be sent. to the heads of nearly half a hundred countries all over the globe, requesting them for the sake of their little cousins in those lands to send as many dele- gates as possible to the fourth In- ternational Congress of School Hy- giene, which meets here next Aug- ust. Among those to which the in- vitation will be sent are England. France, Germany, Russia. Italy. Spain. Finland. Roumania. Servia. Greece. Portugal. Holland, Swe- den, Denmark. China. Japan, Cor- ea, India. Canada. Brazil, Argen- tina, Chile and Ecuador. , -â€"â€"--JI‘ A general massacre of crows has been declared at Kensington. near Ashford, Kent; where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease has oc- curred. ___.._>1. - SHEEP BONE OPERATION. Patient in Hamilton Hospital Is. Doing Nicely. IA despatch from Hamilton says: Gibson Race. the young man who underwent an unusual operation all lhe City Iiospital on December 19, when a piece of a bone taken from a sheep was grafted in his arm in place of the human bone. is doing nicely at the institution. Dr. J. P. McGregor. of this city. performed the operation, and it attracted great attention among the locat medical men. 3' ture are announced to be given all the Ontario Agricultural College, beginning in January. Angelo Buzulin. an emplovee all' the Fort William freight sheds. me. death on the-steamer Str'i fhoOna by being caught in a. line shaft. bushel; ' Several short courses in agriculk,’ «at Mixed hay. $10.50 my u i l . l l