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SEVENTY-TWO MET DEATH Awful Catastrophe at Calumet, Michigan, at a Christmas 'Tree Celebration A dcsptr.h from Calumet, Michi- fn, say: On the day which throughout all Christendom ia net *ule a* a day of rejoicing over the birth of llf Saviour, Calumet, itrk-kon to tho In-art by an almost \inli.-:. i- \.il>l. catastrophe, stand* mourning by tin- side of its dead, the 72 victims (most of whorn were children) of the friqluful panio on Christinas eve in the Italian hall. This panic followed a falsa alarm cryof fir during thn progress of a Christmas tree entertainment ar- ranged for families of the copper striker* To-day the people of Calumcit s*e their neighbors, thfir brothers, tbcir si-Morn and their littl" children staggering under an almost- unbearable burden of dis- tress and grief. Tho authorities have BO far been niiul'V to truer a man who is aid to have gwn up thn stairs of the Italian hall and raised th cry of firo, whioh i Mippoged to have tarted the panic which led to tho fearful oruh iri tho stairway and caused the death of the nearly four core mrt), women and ohildron. There* i-f.'inh to bo little hope he will~"he apprehended. Tho other theory that tho cry of fire origi- nated within the hall was substan- tiated ou Thursday by Matt Sart, a striker, who lost his son in tho dis- aster. H declared the cry came from a ijroup of men and womon toward the front of the hall. A fourfcoen-yoar-old girl who died ou Thursday morning brought the oftin.-vl list of <lond up to 78. All have now been klentifkd. Five in- jun 1 ar iu th hospitals, all of whom, it ia said, will liv*. Three little ffirls in tho Calumet and H--r la hospital* wor able on Thursday to bn tip and about, and they roinpfd around ihe Christmas trno not up for tht patients una-ware of the fate which had overtaken some of their brother* and aisberg and tho f/vthor ''I ono of them. A boy of frevou or eight years of ago who waa token to one of the car. 1 1" gup* how<d signs of life soon a/U'fvbut io rentorativea and no physician wro iirrmexliately avail- abl': and death f-nsued. Ono cou- ple entered the town hall where all the tallies had iioen gathered to to"k for thoir ruibiing child. Their hopes ran high when they had look- ed at seventy of the bodies and fail- ed to find their loved ono, but the last body they viewed, the Beventy- firat, was that of the missing one. Members of the Calumet fire de- partment relate many instances of heroic attempt* to rescue tho panic- stricken people in the hall. Pat- rick Ryan arrived on the Hcone a few minutes after the crush occur- red at the foot of the stairway. He estimated there were about 100 piled on top of each other when he reached the entrance of tho build- ing. Many tales of tho fiorceness of the crufiiti during the height of the crush during tho height of the panic wore told. One man was seen to stoop to pick up his litl!<- daughter, only to be pushed on and forced to trample her Bvneath him. A woman who ran to the a;d of threo small boys was crushed to death with them. When the rush begun a woman went to tho piano and began play- ing. Another woman stood in tho centre of the stage, on which the Christmas troo had l>oen erected, and started to sing. Their efforts to quell the panic were futile, as Uiey were not heard above the tu- mult. Matti Kotzjarvi, wife and two daughters, wore all killed. Chris- tian Klarich and his two daughters were crushed to death, but Mr*. Klarich managed to escape, A largo number of families lost two or moro children. More than fifty of the d-ead were under ten years of ago. Mrs. A. Niemela, 0110 of the vic- timoe, was suffocated while stand- ing up. John. Uurrill, a fireman, who witnessed her d<-atli, took u six-monthfl-old infuni from her arms and carried it U> safety. Leonard Wilinan, another firegian, pushed his way Into the etairway a)id took out a crying boy of six uninjured. Near him his mother .and sister lay doad. An eleven-yoar-old hoy res- cued his brother of nine by carry- ing him down a, laddor. Another child, thrown out of a window by a frantic father, was caught in the arma of an onlooker. Another father killed his boy by falling on him, and he, too, perished. PSIC.S GF FARM PRODUCTS EPOR7* FROM THI LEAOINO TRAOI CENTRES Of AMIHICA. ric. of Cam*, cram, Ch otnw trtduit ml Horn* n abra*> Brcaclituffv Toronto. Doc. 30.- Floor, Ontario whfat flour. 90 per cent . 13 id to !>, eabo~rd. mid at M.50, Toronto. iIiuiiu>l>iut-*'-rrt viitonta. In jute bugv. 15.30; <lo.. Be<>nu. M.Stl; etronif bakcrw. In jule bu*. **<*. Manitoba wnout No. 1 INOftuern, 92 1-Zo. Bay porn, and a <!iit more lor storage at Oodericli. and No. 2 lit 9U l-2c. > >' font, un>.arlo -wheat -No. 2 wheat at 84 to 85o. m H A . Oata No. 2 Ontario oat. 34 1-2 to 35o. >ii!,, ill-, unl at 38 to 38 1-Ibi "n tro/-k. BOj roiito. VVMtern Canada oid oau. 40 i -o tor No. 2 and 3c for No 3. Bay porti. Pea* II to tl.Oi . nn .:>. Burloy Uod iual;iiig barley, 6a to &6f, outbio. l/orn -New No. 3. American, 7J l-2o. all rail, Toronto. i Kye- No. 2 nt 65 to 66.\ ouVide, Buckwheut 70n, outsida. I BraiiAlanitolin bran. ,-.'' to 421.50 a ton. In Ijnifti, Toruiito trciirht. ribofia, <2k..jll, Toroato. Country Produce. , Butt*r-Cholf dairy, 23 to 24c; inferior, 20 to .'.. farmer*' >uparaU>r printe. ~' to 26o; creamery printti, to 51v; olidfl. 'Jt to 29o; Htoraiftt prin-^. 27 lo 28ci do.. <->!. (U. 26 to 26 l-Zt- Kg- -C'ao lots of now-laid. 45 to 46o OUT doseo] >,i-i. . yt to 53c, and itoraite, ^2 U) J5o per dozen. C'hewje -Now vhrwiA. 14 1-2 to 14 *-4o for largo, and 1V< for twinn. Beaim Hand-pii-kixi. 2.20 to 2.25 pr bin, III i. |,r!'iir. . |2 tO 12.10. Hoaar EztraeUd, in tin, 11 to I2o per lb. fur No. 1; combs. *3 to $3.25 per dozen (or No. 1 und 92.40 to $2.5j for No. 2. Poultry- -fowl. 11 to 12<- per lb.; chltk- 0!w, 16 to 17o; diK.-lw. 13 to lie; ge>o. U to tfiei :.i....... 19 to :_--. Ptalo-i.-0utari<>. 80 to 84o por baar. ou tri'. k, and Uelavraroi Ht, 90o. Provltlont. B/w:on -TxmK clear. 16o per lb.. In rae lota. Pork-Snort cut. $28.aO; do.. tne<<. Z.SO. Hams -Medium to light, 19 1-2 to 20c; heavy. 19c; rolls. 15 1-2 to 16; broak- f at bu. . Hi . 19 to 20o barks, 22 to Me, Lu.rd Tit- rct. 13 3-4 to 14n; tubd, 14 to 14 l-4oi i>all, 14 1-4 to 14 l-2o. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay- No. 1 at 114.50 to 15 a ton. on triU'U hen-; No. 2 at. $13 to $13.50. and mixed at (12 to (112.50. Bald itraw-<Jar lots. $350 to $875. on travk. Toronto. DISTRICT OFFICER'S WORK Sanitary Surveys Have Been Completed for Twenty-eight Hunlcipalities I1APF..MNGS FROM ALL OVED T11K (M.Olii: IX A M! Ml I II.. Connda, thr Empire and the World lo General Before Your Kyca. Canada. A Federal bankruptcy act is fav- ored by Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minis- ter of Justice, who will bring the matter before his colleagues. The Dominion Government or- dered the Brantford Gait Company to discontinue supplying gas from tho Tilbury fields for domebtio pur- POES. George Kett, a lake sailor, whom parents had given him up for lost in the great storm of November 9, walked into their homo at Harris- ton on Christmas Eve. Chas. Byrnes of Napanee was seized with heart failure when about to descend stairs to the base- ment of a store, and, falling head- long, was picked up dead. Traffic through the St. Mary's Falis Canah for 1913 increased 10 per cent, over the freight record of 1912, ard the increase in grain was 03 per cent., or more than 43 mil- lion bushels. Justice Charboneau in Montreal annulled the marriage of John ThomM Baker witii Dame Eveline Emily McOloy Adams, as she repre- eonted herself to bo a widow while having a husband living. TT5LYE The Standard Lye of Canada. Has many Imitations but no equal CLEANS AND DISINFECTS 100%PURE Great Britain. 'I lie British Royal family spent Christmas quietly at Sandringham. Important alterations in the Bis- ley regulations have been recom- mend"d by General Sir C. W. Douglas. The Economist of London severe- ly ceniurea the Foreign Office fur its action regarding tho Panamai Fair. United States. Another movement ha* begun afe ,ashington to suspend coast-wise exemption in the Panama, Canal. A Swiss aviator, Bider. flew across the Alps from Buc U> Berae in five hours. . l-4o s Wlnnlpig Grain. Winnipeg, n<v. 30. -Cah: NurUiBi-n. 8212o; No. 2 Northern, No. 3 Nortliern. 77o; No. 4. 771-4i-; No. 5. 66 1-Sc; N-). 6. 62 l-2c; No. 1 rejixited aeeJis. 76 l-2o; So. 2 ri-jsctod w^-d*. 741-Zc; .>io. 1 auiiitty, 76 l-2c; N.i. 2 Binutty, 74 l-2c; No. 1 rcrt Wiutrr. K 1-Vij No 2 teA Wintor, 80c; No. 3 rod Winter. 78c. data -No i C.W.. 33 3-gp; No. 2 feed. 30". Barley -No. i, 41 l-2n; No. 4. 391-Z.-; rrJw'Wd. 37 l-2cj h-ed. 37c. Hai- Nu. 1 N.W.L 1 .. 1.22 1-4; No. 2 C.W., 1.20 1-8. A <icf patch from Toronto nn.\: Thirt.v i:vn thousand inilw* >f tra- fl in Irf llk^ntli-s is til" iinxJrtHt ro- cord of Dr. U K. W"<li>lK'Unf, di- trict. officer of liealtli fur tho Kroat ra thwt inaki-n up .Vortln'in On- tario. l>r. \V..d-h<niw'i rt'j)nrt to thti Provincial H<';ird <>f Ifonlth for tliM yar oontHim hhikiiiK tcoti- numy t'* thn efllci<-iit work tho new t oflicf.rK art 1 <l<:ing in nxnr gonural niMrTurioB o\ r pr th- Ci'h'ii- lidiJ;] TJi territory ni fat'< d in dintrirt (wvo/i, over whid DJ- W<xleliour IIHH rliarxe. 'in )!'> il unit i; 11 1 1 n \U'in..i Tlnlil dr Bay, KtOOTft, lUiny Itiver and Patricia, or half tho an-a, of thr whol provino*?. Tli district ofli o-r travlle<l ,'15,. r >5:! mile 1 .-, nt HII ox pnA of $l.i!37. In carrying out h!s shur of the .vurk of prf|'rin a sanitary ur- y of th priiviiii.-e, Hi. Wodohousn iadt detaile<J yuiiitnrv siirvt>y iv port-M of tlio -M MrgHiii/xui nniniri pahtion in hi: <l.iiii't nnH ni'tdo I -MI [official vUiita to various centres of population. He visited till dlaugh- I ter-housog in tho ditttrkt. made tlvom comply with the ntriot Mimi- tary pr<ivinion of the law, and so- curod tho removal of inuauita.ry buildini{s u/t bevoral pointi>. "One <st of open sewors were cliangcd, whilo throe- Iiotela and tljroo riulwa.vM at flv diviiional jKiinis huvo boon ordoro<! to iu--il Hr\vag8 twatiiioiit plants," nay n the wport. '. Chlorinaliorj uf water hau horn j.-titutod. upon rdr, a* the H<>>," Port Arthur, Konora, Fort I i .-Hi. r ( .-in .( Itainy Kiver. Tho report s+.at<wi that <>n camp of i !..i Pu'blio Works Rood Depart- ment was cUaod, but compliance waa so tardy that two catu*w of ty- phoid dev-lopd. In a<l<iitioi) t4 tlitlr otlier work, tliH district <ifAw.ru <io a gr<uU doil of loHuring upon hualth tnatUtrs, Dr. Wodnhouai! having li<ll art puh- Jio meetinga in IU days, nearly 0,000 pxipU. Montreal Markets. Voiitronl, l)\ M - OfclK--CanivdUn Wt- orn. Tin 2, 41 1-3 to 2c; do., No. 3. 40 1-2 >o 41e. Barley- -Man. food. 48 to 5fo: niaJt- ing. M t 660. lluokwlieat. No. 2. 56 In 57o. Flour Man. HjirliiB -whoat patents. flrsU. >i.10; MXjonds, 84.50; Btrone baker*'. I* JO I Winter putfiitit. choi<:*, 84. 7o to eo| straight I..U.TK. |4M) to $4.40; do.. h;>R. $2 to $2.10. Boiled onu Ilnrn-lg, J4.40 to $4.50i do.. l<ac, 90 Iwt.. $0.10 to 82121-2. Brim. *20 U. hi. Short*. *22 to $23. Mid- dllnm. $25 M $15. Moullli*. $27 t-> $51. Hay, No. 2. pr ton. car low, *13.50 to 15. riiPi-i!(v--Fliieiit wentt-riKi. U J-4 to 14o; finest aIrii. 1} 1-4 to U l-2u. But- tor Choicest oroumery. 28 1-2 to 29o ; soc- ond. 28 to 28 1-4o. EK(K Frah, 5S to 60ci H."lt K-.l. !.>; No. 1 ttock. JV; Mo. 2 mock, 26o. 1'otnUiiM. jirr big. oar low, 75 to 85o. United Statei Marktli. BJ 4-8o n ;' < 'jlYiiT*'87 to W'l-Bri No. 1 liard'. 871-8 lo 876*;: No. 1 Nor!lirn, 847-8 '.n 665.8c; No. 2 Northern. 827-8 to 84 5-8o: No. 3 wlioat, 80 7-8 to 81 5 &'. Corn, No. J vollow. 69 1-2 to 60: No 3 while OH|<. VI 1-2 to J6 J-4c. V onr- *2 50 for MOM oleur to $4.85 for fanoy pntunt*. Dilluth. [' 30 - I.lnd, $1.40 1-8 : De- ronibnr, 1.45 5-8 > May. $1.51 1-8. (AoM-> Whom -No. 1 hnixl. 86 V8c; No. 1 Northn-n, " 6-801 No. 2 Northern, 5 58 to 84 1-8<)| ..n.iiiii. No. 2 hard. 85 &-&; Dutivmbcr. 3 l-4oi May, 17 6-8 to 87 4-4a. Llv* Stock Marksti. , Toronto, n<v. JO. Catti* -Cholou but. -li.-iis. $7.73 to $8| food nirdlnin, $6 SO lo $72S| oomnion, $* tfi $VM; <ioiii, $4 SO to >7.25| common cow. $360 to $4j btrtoheW uulli. $1.78 to $7.2S| caimoni nnd eattai*, $3.60 to $4. C'aUft* I..-.. ..I %,... : . $3 75 to 111 common. $479 to $6.10. BtOMNQ a' d , .-.!,.. ,.:.,.,, 910 to 1.060 Ibi.. $6 M *67J| xxl iiunllly. BOO lh., $450 lo $32S| ; g ^.50 to ta.M. Hheep u"d lnmb Ui _ . .. $960 to ''; !iinv $J to i3.Mi boen, s.i to $3.60; prill! Inrnhx. $8.60 to 69. hut with V.H> IHT b**u dadiiut<*d Im- all thi buck Itninx. llo)M--$9.10 f*d nnd wat<ii-d. IV U) off i-ai-., nd $1.40 t.i 18.50 t.o.b. DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS Inland Revenue Department Issues Warning Against Headache Powders A denpuUh from OUitwa SUVA: A bulk-tin issued by tlie Inlniui U<>vo- qu Department" on "lioadacho povdcra" calls public ntt*ntlon to the fat tlial "tli<3iH> can be no doubt that harm i* (ln* by the iu- dlnoriminafto URD of linufache ]K>w- lr." After tilling tliftt headache |s uitrtly a .-... inj ii'in of oroetliing finng, au<i m>\, iu il.-'f a divine that, can l><? trcatod by ''ciirv," the bulletin *<.< i - : I "Th <lru#s to whiob lh nfTuuoQ V of the** baaxiaohe powdorn is du ffe pomrful Kiurt deproiinanU, aud --ag*Lli' under rnrtaiu uondi- a l Droduoing fat*) fooulbti, aooer moi fondiuoiM thy do Nearly *ll of tho 171 <wmplo anar lyied oontainod iu>Unili<le, or pho- n*cetin, nnd n-re 10 uiarks<l under the regulations in regard to tho jwUnb niodic'ine act. T^o amount of aootanilido protont In raot of tha powders exeod thrco grams, whloh is tibn Unit i>f domtge proa- cribfd by Hi Britjuh i>hnuaco- poeia. "No doubt," wiyn tha bulletin, 'bfrions rojiii would mono fro- qitontly follow i ln-ji HIM were it not i,,ii they contain other drugs, ii-nilllv i :iflVjim, hill tu-fc IW itlll)- iiiiHii. uf tht lu-ujt A lililo reflec- tion filiould .'.in-.-! IK-,- flii consumer of I.IUVMI |i.,vrdem that 'h* ia taking great. lib*rtk> with bin Honltli anu fife." TWO TRAINMEN KILLED. Mix OthrfH injured When Looomo IMC' |'.\llllll|.-||, A despatch from Sb, Thoniiut says: Fironubn. J. Tlim-p, <if Fort Erie, ivnd nn unWeutifled man were killod on Thunsdny morning when tho holler of H. O.T.H, \VftliiWih n- ffine <'t>lodod, Th nrn-idHiit; linp- jiened about six o'vlm-k wliik* t'he Kioonuitivo was returning light to the Buffalo yanln, Kii(?lii<ier Nif olas J. (,'urran, <>f St. Thonri.s, had a miraculous niuvipa, H < was thiv>wn fixim the f.uh, hut whilt* se- vrly sraUled is exptwled to bo all right nRiiin i)i A fow days. F. Clark, bnikcman i>( Bt. Thoinaa, ami \V. U. Cameron, of Windsor, wero injured by escaping stoam, and W. Ixihr, A. HchulU, and W. B. Hartoll, nwitclnnen on tho Krio Railway, W!K> wero closo by, wcr hit by flying debria. liR.VNI* TKIJNK PACIFIC, Throngh Trnins Will lie Itniinini; In 1015, Soys A OMpfttofi from V-iiwouvor i "VV* exutx;t to hv toel la-id into Prince Goorga by Januui-y 10, nd the t IM.-L linked up right aros the continent bforo the end of next May," annonncod Mr, Morley Don aldson, vico-preHidejit of the Grand Trtink F!fto Railwa-y nyBteiu, who Arrived on Tuosdo.y ntorning en- routs to tlio north to conduct an in- spovtiou of tho line from tho Prinec Bupt-rt end. "W bulinvc that the now Transcontinental will be {or operation ol ihcwiijh parly in Iftlfl," axl Mr. 1 7% INVESTMENT H gh Class 5-Year Bonds that : Profit Sharing. Series $100. S500. SIOOO l.NVRSTM .NT mar h " withdrawn any tin* aftr on* ?ear, on eoriv*' nniloa. Pint 1*14 at bck of tue* H nl.rttiV liahftd A yean. .*nd (or pacial folder and ful! pcrtka an. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, LIMITED O.-tFEDEHAf ION LIFE BU.lDlNG TORONTO. CiHAOa FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL STATEMENT of The Royal Bank of Canada TO THE PUBLICl LIABILITIES Notes of the Bank In circulation , t i Depotlti bearing Interest, Including Interest accrued to date ; 1101,900,79087 Deposits not bearing Interest .,.., , 36,276,871 60 Deposits by other Banks In Canada $ 406,669 90 Deposit* by Banks and Banking Correspondent* elie- vvher* than In Canada , , 1,649,46673 Bills Payable Acceptances under Letters of Credit TO THE SHAREHOLDERS) Capital 8to.k Paid-up , , , Reierva Fund $12,560,00000 Balance of Profits carried forward ....,....,..,.,,,. 1,015,118 68 Dividend No. 106 (at 12% per annum), payable Deo. 1st, 1913 ....................................... , Dividends Unclaimed ...... .... .......... ........ m ., 346,800 00 3.42611 $13,176,634 69 138,177.662 47 2,056,136 63 990,899 69 361,106 66 $154,761,440 04 11,560,000 00 13,575,119 58 360,226 11 $180,246,785 73 ASSETS Current Gold and Silver Coin Dominion Qovernmsnt Notes $ 7,80!,07 72 11,664,142 00 Deposit In the Central Qeld Reaervo* Deposit with Dominion Qovnrnment for the purposes of the Circulation Fund .,.,,.,..,,....,.,,..,,,, Notes of other Bank* ,,.,,,.,.,,,.,,,,,,,,.,.,.,,., Cheques on other Bank* ...,,,,,,,,,..,,,.....,,,, Due by other Banks In Canada ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, Due by Banks and Banking Correapondents elsewhere than In Canada .,,,,,,.,., , Dominion and Provincial Government Securities, not xcsedlng market valu* , Canadian Municipal Seourltlea and British, Foreign and Colonial Public Securities other than Canadian, not exceeding market value ,,,, Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks, not exceeding market value ,,.., , , Call and Short Loans in Canada, on Bonds, Debentures and Stocks ,,..,...., .,,....,,, Call and Short Loans slsswhere than in Canada ,,.,,, $19.466.209 72 8,000,000 00 678.000 00 2,676,878 07 0,066,249 32 1,160 12 3,603,452 05 1,127,318 91 8,081,533 53 H56B.306 32 9,002,193 01 10,817,496 66 Loana to Provincial Govcrnmsnt* , ,,,,.,....,,,, $ 247,43589 Loans to Cities, Towns, Municipalities and School Dis- tricts , , . , , 8.686,624 08 Other Current Loans and Discount* (less rebate of Interest) "Mitt :: MIKHMM, 88,606,92514 Overdue Debts (estimated loss providsd for) ,,,,.,,, 175,673 67 Bank Premises, at not more than cost, Its* amounts written off ,,..., Liabilities of Customers under Letter* of Credit, a* per contra ..'.... 72.335.791 71 $102.716,658 68 4,783.228 68 361,106 66 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Balance of Profit and Los* Account, 30th November, 1912 $ 610.219 36 Profits for the year, after deducting charges of manage- ment and all other expenses, accrued Interest on deposits, full provision for all bad and doubtful dsbts and rebate of Interest on unmatured bills $180,246,785 73 APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: Olvldende No.. 102, 10*, 104 and 109, at 13 per cent. per annum ,,,.,...,... . f Transferred to Officer*' Pension Fund .., Written Off Bank Premlsee Account M , Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward 2,142,100 2a $1,37,200 00 100.000 00 250,000 00 H $2,752,319 58 $2,752,319 88 EDSON L. 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