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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
6
Prices in country produce showing liberal butter receipts yet weak demand for low grade dairies. Creamery and dairy products quoted with varied percentages. eggs, poultry, game, and potatoes market steady with good demand. Grains and dried goods move steadily. oats, corn, rye, buckwheat, and peas show firm or steady quotes amid strong futures.
Trade at the Toronto Cattle Market was not brisk with moderate demand for cattle overall and especially weak for sheep. Export cattle sold poorly but showed slight improvement from last Friday. butchers’ cattle remained in steady demand while sheep faced near zero demand until December 10 when more shipping space should open. Hogs rose, lambs steady with potential improvement if cold weather persists. receipts totaled 54 loads including cattle, sheep, hogs, and calves.
Wheat offerings light yet firm with strong home milling demand. Red and White wheat sold around 70c east and middle freights, 7lc asked for more. Goose wheat steady 65c-66c No 2 local, 65c east for Portland, spring 70c No 1 east. Manitoba wheat firm, No 1 hard verkopen near 85c, No 1 Northern 82c, No 2 Northern 69c local, etc. Toronto flour steady with 90% patents $2.70 car lots, Manitoba flour firm around $3.70-$4.00. Millfeed in good demand. shorts $17-$18, dray $14.50-$15. Manitoba millfeed steady at $21 shorts, $19 raw. Toronto barley in good demand.
With the navigation season ending and cheaper poultry, demand for hog products remains good. Prices hold steady with dressed hogs priced at 7.40 to 7.50 per car on track. Meats like bacon and ham are quoted in various cuts, lard and green meats show lower or similar pricing, and Park-Canada short cut markets are noted.
In Buffalo on December 3, flour remains steady while spring wheat dulls. No 1 Northern 78 1 2 cents, No 2 red 81?c, corn climbs with No 2 yellow at 70 cents and other grades around 68 to 69 cents. Oats hold. No 2 white 50 cents, No 3 49 cents. barley quiet at 66 to 68 cents. rye steady at 65 cents.
London markets show quiet steady close with wheat around 29s 3d sellers for prompt cargoes and 29s net for November December. Liverpool spot wheat steady with No 1 California 5s 10d to 5s 11d, No 2 red winter 5s 10d to 5s 10d, futures quiet. corn steady and flour 18s to 19s 3d. Paris wheat steady with November at 21f 60c and March 22f 70c.
Ottawa reports an order for 15 000 tons of Canadian hay destined for South Africa in February, boosting shipments to 169 500 tons since the war began. The war is described as profitable to Canada when counting hay oats jams meats flour and related transport costs at about 7 000 000 dollars plus 2 000 000 for war supplies, totaling roughly 9 000 000 dollars.
Henry Soper, a Brockville leader and real estate speculator, died suddenly Monday in Dr Brace's dental office. He gasped twice as the dentist turned, likely due to heart disease and stair fatigue. A native of Leeds County, he spent 30 years in Brockville and leaves a widow.
Windsor despatch reports a large fire at the Scotten estate in Ojibwa near Sandwich Essex County destroying eight buildings 139 sheep 7000 bushels of corn 3000 bushels of oats 100 tons hay 100 tons fodder 300 bushels rye and farming implements valued about 30000 dollars also burning hay-lifting devices and grain cleaners.
A Cherbourg despatch reports surgeons at the Maritime Hospital have rejoined an artilleryman’s fingers severed at the second joint. They are hopeful for full recovery of use. The operation is described as unprecedented.
Edmonton district fills with arrivals while a mysterious ailment strikes Richmond horses in Quebec. Peat may replace coal at $2 a ton in Ottawa next year. Elm River farmer David Dran trampled by a horse. Ontario Power plans 50 000 hp at Chippawa. CP to expand hotel lines. Captain McDougall praised for Athabasca rescue. Allan Line wary of Sydney calls. Montreal urges eggs export inspector. Irish Nationalist branch to form in Ottawa. Militia to keep third special service battalion at Halifax another year. Ottawa hospital cost about $125 daily. overdraft projected at $15,000. Indefatigable pilot to answer for St Lawrence grounding.
A wide range of noted events from Berlin to Rhode Island are summarized. Prince Bismarck’s correspondence published in Berlin, Irish MP Patrick O’Brien’s ire at Germany, a giant skeleton unearthed in Russia, and the Pope’s oldest friend Pacelli’s death set a global tone. In the U.S., a deadly vaccination case, dueling reforms, prison conditions, and a Chicago hotel-robbery conspiracy mix with local politics, religious fires, and a mass vaccination lawsuit in St. Louis. Other items include railway zone fare plans, a mountain of prisoner pain in Morocco, and an American auction of San Juan battlefield land.
The statement asserts strong opposition to the 10 cent per ton ice tax imposed by Wisconsin during the last legislative session, aimed at ice cut for shipment outside the state. It notes determined resistance to the measure and its enforcement.
A disastrous Wabash collision near Seneca Michigan between two emigrant trains caused mass fatalities and injuries. Five to six coaches on the emigrant train were crushed and torched, with four cars on the eastbound train telescoped. Estimates place dead and injured between 60 and 150 as farmers and nearby residents attempted rescues amid flames. Causes cited include a misread order and siding confusion, with both trains severely damaged and burning.
The twenty third annual meeting will be at the Agricultural College Guelph Ont December 9 and 10. Over 3000 cooperative experiments across Ontario will be reviewed. Dr H W Wiley will discuss beet sugar growth. J A Ruddick on dairy improvements. Hodson Day Creelman on exhibitions. Hutt and Lick on quality fruit and packing. Miss Watson and Mrs Joy lead the ladies session. Rail excursion rates are offered. contact C A Zavitz for details.
A grand jury returned no bill in the Joseph Parton murder case and the court was dismissed. Parton had been accused of setting fire to his house last April, resulting in the deaths of five of his children. Justice Robertson charged the grand jury strongly in Parton’s favor.
A London despatch warns of a rapid spread of sleeping sickness in West Africa extending along new European trade routes. Dr. Manson questions links to a blood worm and cautions that many claims rest on unsatisfactory investigations. Angolan outbreak cited with a bacillus claim by Portuguese doctors.
A dynamite blast at the McMillan location west of Rock Lake injured four miners Murdock Mc Leod George McLeod John Ferguson and John Nicholson. McLeod alone retained some sight while the others suffered total loss of vision after medical aid from Dr Parker and Dr Smeltzer.
A London despatch states Gen Kitchener informed the War Office that since November 25 Boer losses reached 32 killed and 18 wounded. Two hundred fifty six burghers captured and 14 surrendered. One hundred forty three rifles with ammunition and stock were seized. General French's column in the northeast Cape Colony dealt heavy losses on Myburgh's forces.
The Odessa Times correspondent reports desperate conditions among Caucasus farm laborers hit by famine. Destitute Mohammedans are barred from entering Asia Minor, forcing many to sell belongings for a few roubles to fund journeys to the coast in luggers.
John Dillon M.P. urged evicted tenants to reclaim their farms by storm at a Loughrea gathering. He said tenants should fight and endure if needed, and that league funds would aid those exhibiting a soldier's spirit.
A Vienna dispatch reports twenty thousand horses bought in Hungary as re mounts for the British army in South Africa are now being shipped at Fiume bound for Cape Town. The move strengthens colonial forces as war continues in the region.
War Office reports from Lord Kitchener via General Knox say Commandant Joubert has been captured wounded along with 34 other prisoners. The seizure nearly ends Joubert's commando, with two field cornets among the detainees.
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