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Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of The.se Products In the Leading Markets are Here Recorded KD1T4T10N BT TItE 8TATB. of the Toronto. Ju. 14. Mauituba Wbl"].*b uurM, So 1 nurtkiTu. 941-ic; Ko. I Ho; No. 1. Wl-Zc; t."i whrat, too. Onuriu HrMtl N<>. 2. 90c to 9lc (or our lou out*id. ru-ii)- down to 70o for poor rkitoi Ontario Oau N- 2 white, lie U Me at went/era poluts. Sit to Me OB track. To- ronto. Manitoba OU -No. S C. W. oati, 41 l-4o, track. by port*; No. C. W., JVMo; No 1 twa. Ml-V (or prompt kii>njoiit. Cora American No. i.. all rail, Toronto, Dutwuibrr hipmeDt, M l-4o. Pout >'o. 2, 11.10 to ll.JO, oar lota out- id*. Buckwheat No, S, 47o to 4lo. r : No 2. Tx to 76o. Bolld OaiK- Pr bar of 90 pounds. *'' Mi par baxrrl. 14.16, wholesale, V> mdxir lr.a: maillot, onUlcU, 60c to 43o. KlUfaU- -Manitoba bran, 119.00 to $20.. *>. in bugs, track, Toronto; *hprte, 122.00 Ve tUM; Ontario brnn. 11900 t $2000, in par Uoi. b. , (Wit, 122 to I2J.OO. Manitoba FlourFirst patents. . V* bail; aecond paUnti, 14.80 In Ju ' , . .. *- strong bakert', M> In jute ba*. ootton bar*. ten oenta more per bur- r*l. Ontario Flour Wlnt*r wheat Hour, 90 per cent. paUuti, IB quoted at 1405 to 14.10. (Ulirerril Toronto, and 13.90 MaH Country Prsrfuts. Toronto wbalss,l celling prices: B((i Cold-lorace gee. J6o to 38c in uttn* lou. fresh ei are selling at JOc to "<, atrb-tlT new-laid at 40,, aud American Mw-Uids at ix Ob*nf-Twins, new, 14 We to 15o. ai*d CM, new. at 141-Zo; old eheew, t*wlns, 1S1-V to :. i< . larg*. lie. Bntter -tateit butter qaotatlon* are: (Vaamerr urlnu. 31 to Uo; do. tolidi, 19 to JOo; (fairy print*, U to 27c; inferior (bnkwi'l. IS to 24c. QoneT--Buekwbeat. 9e ponnd in tin and in barre'.i, (trained olover honey, 1 lc a ponnd In (0-pound tin*. 12i-4o in ixiuDd tint i '. '- in 6-pound tlu.-, coinb ony. No. 1. 1160 ptr doien . extra. 83 twr doHi; Ko. 2, $2.40 per doien. Fonltry LUe chickenn, wboleaale. lOc tile per LH>nn<i fowl, 80 to lOo; du,'lis. to IJo: IlTe turkeys. 16c to 17c; (erne, to 19c. Hrend poultry, 2 to Jc ahoTe e Quotation*, eioeptlng dr-Med turkeri at ZOc to 21c. Bant $97( for prime* xnd 1285 for hand-iilrked Potatoei Ontario potatoes, 90c to 5c per but: car lote. BOc ; Vew Brunnwtrlu, 11.05 to $1.10 per ba*. out of itore; 9 r In oar lou. Onim Per crt. It SO. Provltlont. Wholeoale dealers are itHinc V) the tradu a follows Umoked aud Dry Suited Moats Rollt Smoked, 143-4c to 16c; hame, m<sllum, 17.- to I7l-2o; TI^TV. ISl-tr to 16n; breakfast bacon, 18c; lone rlear baoon, tool and CIKC*, 161-tc; backs plain-. 81 l-2o; baoks (pnameal), Ke. Qreei Mrata Out of piokle, la lesi than smoked. Pork Short out, ftt to ?M per barrel; mete pork. Ml. to to 132. Lard-Tierces. 131-2 to IJMoi tube, 13 Me to I4c. Baled Hay and Straw. Qnotattenn, tracV Toronto-, Baled bar, No. 1. 113.50 to 14.00i JTo. 2, 1950 to $10.58; K. 3. f,00 to *9.W. Baled straw, I9.U to $1000. Mantreal Country Fraduoe. Montreal, Jan. 14. Ch*e Finest wst- riiH. Ui- to J.!l-4r: do., flnrst paiU-rne, (21-2c to 125-4x;. Butter Cheioest cream- fry. 30c to 501-4c; do.. w>oond. 261-2c to 871-2c. Ef|S Freah, Me to We: do., select- ed. Me to jlc: do., N. Z Block. 21f to Bo. Tola loss Pr baf. car lots, 7Jc to Mo. Unltod Statsi Marksts. Minn*poliB, .Tan 14.-Wleat-May, : July. 883-Bc; No. 1 bard, 811-4c: No. 1 northern. 84c to 963-4c; No. 2 do.. 82r to M3-4p. Corn- No. 3 yellow. 41 l-2c to 42c. Oat* -No. i whit*. 30o to 301-4o. Ry-No. J. 641-o to 681-Zr. Bran-$19.00 t $19.50. Flour- -('Bohancad. Dul nth. Jan 14 -Wheat No. 2 hnrd, 95c; No. I northern. B4c; No. 2 do., 82r; July, ttl-4o Mkad: UaT. B7.- bid. Live Steck Markets. Montreal, Jan. 14. Choice steers, $7 to I7.t5. "oocl at $6.50 to M.T5. fair at 15.60 to (i. common t $4.50 to $5, and oanners at $t.75 to $3.25 per 100 pouodn. Lambs. $7 to 17.25 aud heet> $5 to $8.25 for VKtai IXT 100 pounds. CalvoH ranged from 13 to 112 each, as to sice and quality. Ralea of selected lot of hn| were made freely at steady prices. Toronto, Jan. 14.-<'ttle-Choio<> butch- er. 16.25 to 56.8V rood medium. *S2i to $6.76; common. K.75 to $3.71; cows. $> to $0.25; bulls. $3 to $5.25; oinnorn. 52 to $2.75. Calves Oood real, $7 to ?9; com- mon. $3 to $3.15. Stockera and Fivrtors- merrg. 550 to 750 lb.. at 3.2) to 43.50: fredinc biiiN. 600 to 1,000 Ibti.. at $275 to $4.25; vearllnft. $1.15 to $3.50. Milkers and BprlnffiT*- From $50 to *80 Shffj) and Lamb* Light ewes. 475 to $5.25; hary ewes, $3 (o $i.50; lambs, $8 to 18.65. Ron-- $8.60, fed and watered, tad $8.25 to $8.30. f.o.b. 8heme to b Brltlfh A d$pfttoh from London The Government hat <ieoidil that the next grt wui'k in itf pro- )framin of ixx>il reform, to be un- dfrt-aken M soon an the Home ftule, the Welsh DieBtobliflhmnt and the Franchise Reform Bills ar diepoi- ed of, will be a colossol scheme for improvinnt in elementary, secon- dary and higher education. Tkis important announcement was mode on Friday on the author- ity of Premier Asquith and Chan- cellor f the Exchequer David Lloyd George by Viscount Haldane, the Lord High Chancellor, at a po- litical meeting in Manchester. Vis- count Haldane said the existing sys- tem of education was chaotic and must be altered. It would be an expensive problem to handle, and the expense must not be borne by the taxpayers. It would he a pro- duotivc expenditure, and was abso- lutely necessary "if our productive power is to be maintained in ooni- parison with that of our rivals," he added. The explanation given by the Ministerialists is that the land Question cannot be dealt with until the land valuation scheme under- taken in David Lloyd George's fam- ous budget is completed and that this will require couple of years. at least another DMBTIXG DTDBSTftT. CANADA'S TRADE FOR TEAR. Gain of Nearly 23 Per Cent. Ovcf Record for Previous Year. A despatch from Ottawa says : Canada'* total trade for the twelve nw>!!.th o| the pa,s.t year passed the billion <iulinr mark by a little over five and a half million dollars. Final or detailed figure* will not be available for some week 1 yet, but the return* received so far by the Trad* and Commerce and Cus- toms Department* show that the billion-dollar mark has been well paused. A compared with the Dominion's trade for 1911 this re- presents a gain of nearly $180,000,- 000, or 23 per cent. Imports for the pa*t twelve months totalled ap- proximately |054, 000,000, while ex- porta amounted to nearly $352,000,- 000. The gain in import* was near- ly $140,000,000, while exports in- eroafied by nearly 84iOOO,000. Only one country in the world rivals Canada in the percentage of trade growth during the past few year*, namely, Argentina. By tli* end of the fiscal year it is xpex-ted that Canada will have reached tenth place among the countries of the world in respect of total trade. The Dominion's trade ha* doubled within i In- past six yearn and treb- led within the past thirteen year*. The principal gain* in exports during the past year ha\ been in exports of agriculture, mines and manufactures. The increase in ex- ports of agriculture has been over twenty five million*, in mines over twelve millions, and in manufao lures over seven millions. Exports of the forest and of animals and their products have allow n n falling off of several millions, due, doubt- less, to the increased demands of the home market. ON FIRi: IN MID-OCEAN. Passengers on Allan l.iiier Hare a Thrilling (Experience. A despatch from .St. John says : A narrow escape from destruction from fire and severe experiences by passengers and crew were reported by the Allan Line steamer Cartha- ginian, which arrived here on Fri- day night from Liverpool. The steamer left Liverpool December j 28 for St. John's, Halifax and j Philadelphia. Capt. McKillop eaid , that when she was three days out her cargo caught fire in some un- explained manner. The flames spread so rapidly that it was neces- sary to pump an enormous amount of water into the vessel to drown them out. The fire was finally ex- tinguished, hut, for twelve hours tho water was knee deep on the lower deck. It is estimated thnt repairs to the vessel will cost $10,000. A Urge part of the general cargo waa damaged. GASOLINE LAMP EXPLODED. .Toiujiiiere Woman Killed. Another and Two Children Hurt. A despatch from Quebec says : A fatal accident occurred on Thurs- day night at Jonquiere, 10 miles from C'hicoutimi, by which ono wo- man lost her life and another wo- man and two children were badly burned. In the residence of one Hick, an employe in Price's paper mill, a gasoline lamp exploded, in- Mantly killing Mrs. Lilaburn, n servant in the family. Mrs. Hick f and two of her children were badh burned. How the explosion oc- curred is unknown. The house wa'-. only slightly damaged. MONTREAL'S HEALTH BETTER Deaths Have Been Reduced to I'.i.'.nr Per i.OOO of Population. A despatch from Montreal says : Montreal citizens' health is improv- ing, according to latest report. During 1911 the percentage of deaths was 21.19 per thousand of population, but in 1912 this had been reduced to 19.99. Deaths of children under five years of age in 1912 numbered 49.92 per thousand. Results AjuMUMct at Dnirynum't Meeting. A d*p*tch from In an akbM tar VOM romantic than the story o| Cobalt, the great possibilities of the dairying indus- try of Ontario were revealed to the Dairymen's Association of Eastern Ontario by Charles F. Whittey of the Dairy Division of the Federal Department of Agriculture. Even the uiii.it inveterate optimist must have been startled. "Ontario has 1,235,000 mUk oows," said Mr. Whitley. '"With an increase of only $10 each the, extra revenue derived from them might easily be over $12,000,000 a year, and that is very conservative. The possible extra profit is $24,- 000,000." Mr. Whitley said that systematic cow-testing, the bedrock principle of dairy herd improvement, was be- coming more general throughout the Province, and the cows that were not money-makers were being weeded out. Disorder and chaos were giving way to system, satis- faction and profit. Comparing the performance of the three hundred best cows in On- tario with the three, hundred poor- est, Mr. Whitley said the recorders working under his directi6n had obtained some amazing information last year. 'The three hundred poor animals had yielded $33,33 each, the cost being $33, leaving a profit of 33 cents. The best three hun- dred cows yielded $104 each; feed cost $40, leaving $64 profit per ani- mal. The best three hundred gave over two million pounds of milk more than the poorest throe hun- dred. Thus the startling discovery was made that each one of the threo hundred good cows made as much profit as 195 of the poor kind. Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World ha* fifteen Alder- recent annexation NKW RAIMVAV PHO.IFCTKI). < . nii.il & l.nhrador to linn from < in lir.-inr l,,i-i \MM il. f\ <lrv|inich from Ottawa says : A railway from Cochranc, Ontario, I lie groat new hinterland of c, to Cape St. l^wis, in Lab- rador, with branchen to ii. mouth of the Hamilton Uivor and to the city of Quebec, is projected. The ('anndiBn Central ft Labrador Knilway Co. has given notice of ap plication to Parliament this session for a charter for the undertaking. MISSIONARY'S SON KII.I.KI). Fiv-jcnr-(ll Son f ir-v. It. O. JolliffV Shot by ( IMIK-.I Itohhcr*. |^A despatch from Pekin says: Chun'-- nihbers shot and killed John, tli' 1 five year-old son <>f the Rev. R. O. Joliiffo of the Canadian Methodist raiBnion. A party of mifixioiiaries wer returniiiK by boat to the town of TzpliutunK, when they wre attacked by the lubber*, between ('hengtu and Ghiingking, i thn province fizc<-huen. One of the robbers was captured, but the rest took to 8IXTV VESSELS READY. I' nil) lie Result of Sending le era to Fort William. A despatch from Fort William says : Ready with the first breaking of ice in Thunder Hay and Lake Su- perior to steam out of tho harbor to their destinations, sixty vessels are tied up at the elevators in Fort William with 13,000,000 bushels of grain in their holds. This work, which has never been equaled at thr head of the lakes, is due to keeping the harbor open after n;,vi- gatiun had closed. The vessels were able to move to different ele- vators with little or no assistance and without any undue rush. Ice- breakers are breaking ice two feet thick in the harbor and will con- tinue to kep the river open until January 20. Practically all the vessels here have been loaded, and there will be no necessity of work being dono after the ice breakers quit. . U, MAKING GOLD BY AH IIEMY. Two Mon Se.iito.nml for Stealing .*_'. J.Mi of Alchemic (iold. A despatch from London, Eng- land, nays: That there exists a company for the making of gold l>y alchemy was disclosed in a case heard in the London Sessions, when two men were, charged with hteal ing thirty -one hundredweight o! alchemic gold of the value of $2,250 from the prosecutors, the Alchcim (iold Company Limited. The men were convicted, and sentcneed to terms of imprisonment. li I M L'. N. It. Hull I . Company Shortly to Freot One of 700 Rooma In Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says Mackenzie li Mann, or the Cana- dian Northern Railway, will short- ly commence the erection of a large seven-hundred-room hotel in Mont real. The new hotel will face on McGill College avenue, and be two blocks of the new C. N. Deaths from consumption in numbered 805. 1912 CANADA'S WHEAT IN BRITAIN From Dominion Exceeded; Only l>y Tbose From India. A despatch from London says : A Government return shows that Canada sent here last year twenty- one and a half million hundred- weight of wheat, the next largest figure to twenty-five millions from the East Indies. Canadian cattle imported totalled 6,800, as against 42,239 in 1911. The value of Cana- dian bacon sent here was 1,175,- 000, over six hundred thousand lesa than in 1911. The United Kingdom sent Canada 1,600,000 gallons of spirits. The most noticeable thing about British exports to Canada is the steady drop in raw material, and tho steady increase in finished products. Canada. Canada'*! field crops i>i 1912 to- talled in value 0500,000; uOO. John Brooks of Lindsay commit- ted suloide without apparent resv- son. Th Duchess of Connaught is out of the dangerous stage of her ill- new. R. T. W<xxkist, of Cornwall, dropped ded while going homo from work. Hamilton temperance folk call for a. recount of the license re- duction ballots. London now men owing to constituting a fifth ward. James Mackay, aged 20. of Ham- ilton, ended his life with carbolic acid. The six-year-old son of Lorn* Jack&on of Mount Forest was thrown off a sleigh, breaking his neck. A Montreal convent employee waa arrested on a charge of trying to thrust a little girl into a fur- nace. Mr. Lewis Toole. Mount Albert, was elected Prosident of the On- tario Agricultural and Experimen- tal Union. Caiiada'e revenue for the past nine months totalled 8124, 577, 55, and is likely for the year to exceed $170,000,000. Mrs. J. H. V. Simpson, formerly Miss Minnie Bloor, teacher at In- gersoll, was drowned in a British Columbia wreck. Looking for a gas leak in the London Institute of Public Health, ken. John Butler, aged 75. of Hast- ings, after attending church on Sunday morning, visited some friends, very soon became ill, and expired in a few moments. Mr*. Thos. Taylor is dead from coal -gas, near Wolseley, Sask., her husband, two boys and a domestic were all seriously affected, and the youngest boy may not recover. Rtportiflg to the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Association, J. A, Ruddick, dairy commissioner, Ot- tawa, said that in 1908-11 the valu> of the total exports of dairy pro- duce increased by several million dollars, but the figures for 191 J showed a decrease in the quantity of all product* in i/otal vaJue of $5,000,000 compared with 1811. Canadian statistics did not chow *> single pound of buttor as having ben shipped to England since April 1 last. Great Britain. A fierce gale and snowstorm swept over the British Isles on Sunday. The Irish home rule bill mad* further progress in committee. The sick benefits of the British in surance act came into force Mon* day. British actresses decided to pick* et House of Commons during Iran* ohise bill debate. The engagement is announced of Ada, the youngest daughter o! Field- Marshal Earl Roberts, and Major Lewin. of the Royal Field! Artillery. She is 37 years of age. United Stntes. There is an epidemic of spinal meningitis at Cairo, Dl. The Empress and Dowager-Em- pre^s of Russia are both ill. Irretrievable damage was done t the lemon and orange crops in Cali- fornia owing to heavy frost. Interesting evidence was given a* to huge profits before the United! States moneytrust inquiry^ General. A woman was executed at Shang* hai for persisting in the use of opium. It is reported that the power will urge Turkey to cede Adriano- pie to the Balkan allies. The President of the Hungarian Chamber fought another dul and wounded his a-ntagomst. STR. LRAMUM STRANDED. Struck on Ledge While Manoeuv- ring for a Pilot. A despatch from Halifax says : From the stranded steamship Uranium 80 passengers were taken off at Chebxicto Head, at the en- trance to Halifax Harbor, and reached here in safety. No lives re f kt The Uranium struck at - ^^ the ^ 11 o'clock on bunday morning in ; Mah< ; ebonv , fc ak and row . ier. She crashed on the , . :.,. TROPICAL TIMBER SUPPLY. Forests Grow Much Faster Than ia This Country. One thing which the prophets of a world-wide timber famine forget is the supply of tropical timber in a hundred jungles, waiting the dx mand of the white man. Until recently the coarser, com- moner uses of tropical timber thick wonther. ledge quarter of a mile north of Chebucto Head light and fog sta- tion. How the captain got out of his course in this way is a mystery. He was manoeuvring for a pilot at the time. Word was at once sent to Halifax for assistance, but there was some delay, and it was 2 o'clock wood were brought to norther]} cities for ue in cabinet work ; bui the ame ships which brought thf*Q tropical woods carried back rvorth ern pine for use in rough structural work in the tropics. Of late the subtropical wood*, cypress and eucalyptus, have com* to the front for all sorts of use*, before the Government steamer jjow"""gweiihert," an equatorial Lady Laurier, the Bridgewater and w<vv) VHrv ,<, i other craft went down to the wreck. MAP SIKMYIM; PKOHAHLK DIVISION OF TI UKEY. PACKING PLANT BURNED Calgary Has One of the Most Destructive Conflag- rations that Ever Visited Western Canada A despatch from Calgary, Alber- 12.30 o'clock Sunday morning. The FROM TRIKSTE TO CANADA. Austro-Canuilian Line by the C. P. R. is Rumored. A despatch from Montreal says : Mr. Q. M. Bosworth, Vice-Presi- dent of the C.P.R., would neither confirm nor deny the rumor that the Canadian Pacific Railway will shortly inaugurate an Austro- Cana- dian steamship service. "The company," Mr. Bosworth said, "has not made any definite decis- ion regarding such a service, and us the matter stands now it is only a rumor.'' The rumor current in London is that the proposed line will run directly from Trieste to Canada, and that Montreal will probably he. the landing port in summer and St. John in winter. ta, snys : One of the most disastrous | whole fires in the history of western C:ui- ad'i occurred on Sunday, when die large packing plant of P. Burns k CuMi|uiy was totally dost roved by of the oasement DIED IN DENTIST'S CHAIR. Woman iit Sussex, N.I!., Fails to Rally From Anaesthetic. A despatch from Sussex, N.B., says : Mrs. Harry Seele^^if Mark- hamville, near here, die<Iin a den- tist 'a chair on Friday. The young in W(Mlian Wtl8 h av ; n g some teeth ex- packing pknt de- . trncted- An ana * 8thMJC was ad . R. lire. The loss, including carcasses in cold Ntorane, will probably be in excess of $2,000,000. On account of 'driven the low w-ner pressure the fire de partment was unable to do effec- tive work. The loss is serious, in that the local plant was the largest institution of its kind in the west, from which all of the western cities, including Vancouver and Victoria and the coast cities, draw largely for their meat supply, and butcher- ing in the open may Irive to he. re- sorted to in order to prevent a meat tlauu'H, and the liartnient, augmented by all 01 *ne. mini(|t<irwl by a phvaiciftl , and the dtv fire department, was unable to ( , peration carrie <l through, but Mrs. rallv afterwards. ike any head \vjiv f thr the i Seeley failed to llaines. Repeatedly the firemen en- 1 nly U, be! SK( , 0>ilM)KATHFROM ,, 01 SON. ooring; lerril Hi,- bHMMnt, famine tained The storage from I5,non t i plant con- 20,000 ear- The tire was discovered about I. ;,'!> l)\ ia fumes. i 'n- In ..i the fire hnd gotten into the. grease- soaked floors of the upper stories, ami when this occurred the water ha<l no effect whatever. Several of the firemen hnd narrow escapes Putrid Rneon Eaton by London Family Kills Two Children. A despatch from London, Ont., gays: John Murphy, the eighteen- month!! son of John Murphy of from exploding ammonia tanks, but Rlackfriar's street, West London, no one was seriously injured. The i died at Victoria Hospital on Wod- fire raged furiously all day and by j nesday of ptomaine, poisoning. His night little remained of the mag- ; four-year-old sister, Christina, mic- niflcent plant but charred The property destroyed wn insured, the insurance of tV in storage beiner in ho.d ( .f i, ooo,oi)-,i. the runs, cumbed to convulsions induced by i fullv the same cause on Tuesday. The Ht,><-k niahidy is attributed to the eating of bacvit, which is said to have been in a tat of putridity. wood very common in Brazil an British Guiana, ha been choeen for the locks of the Panama Canal. Investigators keep reporting that this or that tropical wood is really well fitted for ordinary use, and can be had At a moderate price by us*! of modern lumbering mc/tood*.. Twenty year* in the tropic* will grow a forest larger than can t> produced in a century in the north. With the full utilization of the hot land's of the earth, the "timber famine" will be indefinitely post- poned. INTERESTING EVENT. Coiintrsa of Aberdeen Opens \ Nejro Baby Show. A despatch from Philadelphia frays- The Countess of Aberdeen,! wife of the Lord-Lieutenant oi Irej land, who, with Miss Violet AH) quith, youngest daughter of thj British Premier, is visiting thij| city, spent Wednesday inspectin* the Phipps Institute and other in| stitutions for the treatment of tu-i berculosis. Miss Asquith devoted her time to social engagements dur-; ing the afternoon, but at night aoi companied Lady Aberdeen to th( opening of a baby-saving show in the negro section of the city. OLDEST LEGISLATOR DEAD. Sir Edward 8he, Member f fouiulliind Council. Aged 93. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld. t says: Sir Edward Sha, said to have, been the oldest active legislator ioj the British Empire, died here oaj Friday, aged 03 years. He waa & former president of the Legislative, Council of this colony, and cone' tinned a member to his dath. The Eastern Ontario Dairymen'^ Association voted in favor of estab*, lishing an annual national dairy exhibition, appointing a comnaittM to confer with representatives o| other bodies. 4 i x t \ f S * -