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In the annual report of the Tem- iskaming <8; Northern Ontario Rail- way, presented to the Ontario Leg- islature on Thursday, there is an increase, in operating expenses over 11910 of $16,637.27, although there has been a. decrease in the percenâ€" tage from 73.2 to 66.4, while the to- tal net earnings for the year are $593,152.69, compared with $436,â€" 130.31 for 1910, which represent 33.6 .per cent. of the gross earnings for 1911, as against 26.8 per cent; for 1910. ' 696.24 for construction, which repreâ€" sents a, total sum paid for labor of $783,218.89. The total revenue from transporâ€" tation for the, year was $1,708,249.â€" 02; from sources other than traxnsâ€" portativon, $72,715.81, making atotal The total mileage in operation is operating revenue of $1,780,369.83. 397.63, which includes branches to The operating expenses were $1,- Charlton, Kerr Lake, Ha-ileybury, 181,998.63, as compared with $1,- Porcupine, together with yards and 165,361.36 for 1910, making the net’sidings. The main line from North operating revenue $598,966.20 and’ Bay to Cochran-e is 252.8. Net earnâ€" $426,490.66 respectively, which, in- ings for the year increased $189,- cluding ore. royalties of $17,060.56,}122.81, which is principally due to give a total net revenue of 616,026.-l traffic to Porcupine gold camp, “al- 76 for 1911, as against $458,253.58 though the opening of the rich clay for 1910. Ore royalties for the year; belt and increased agricultural ovp- -v‘- r ‘ "' ‘e “A T\.\. num'h'nnn am hmnminrr imnnrfnhf. ” Net Receipts of the Provincial Railway Total $593,152. “ a- N; “we, uver 250 Buildings Were Destroyed. A despatch from Houston, Tex-as, says: Impelled by a gale that swept in with one of the coldest northers of the Winter; flames swept clean through the eastern section of Houston early on Wednesday morn- ing. ' At least twenty-five blocks of the city have been destroyed, cov- ering an area one and one-half miles long and at points one-quar~ ter mile deep. Streets of cottages were destroyed, several big manuâ€" £acturing plants were burned down, and thousands of persons are homeless. The losses are con- servatively set at from six to ten‘ million dollars. About $5,000,000 of this is confined to the manufac-3 turing, lumber and cotton indus- tries. Forty-five thousand bales of cotton stored in 'warehouses’ and compressed were burned. This item alone represents a loss of $2,000,000. Besides the 45,000 bales of cotton destroyed with the Stand- ard Compress in the conflagra- tion, 36 Southern Pacific cars load- EARNINGS OF THE T.&N."0. Racer track meeting licenses brgught in $15,790.25. Stimp tax oil transfers of securi- titg realized $13,788.30. 'Reoeivea from, télefihone compan- ies, $11,371.21. Received from railways, $453,- 345.93. I Received from gas and electric lig‘ht cpmpapies, $712,339.82. Birth; mmme'and death cer- tificatep, 13.1151 seqyphgs, $1,504.61. ReceiVed from life iniui‘a'nce coin- ‘paLniest $116,674.53. _ Received {mm fire insurance com- pafnies,‘ $46,676.74. Received from street railways $14,074.59. Received for fines and breakages from the students of Ontario Agri- cultural and Veterinary Colleges, $591.94. V Received'from loan companies, $23,695.10. Received from banks, $73,748.61. Received from trust companies, $9,335.00. ' Mining Royalties received by De- partment of Lands, Forests, and Mines, $285,913.26. Automobile licenses realized $50,831.22. Fees for letterspatent, company licggxsqs, ebc., _$235,662.10. Following are some figures from the Public Accounts 9! Ontario :' Fines for breaches of the game law amounted for $4,502.40. Some Interesting Figures From The Public Accounts of Ontario Receipts from ~“Mimymilâ€"alinemansegt $78,800.60. ' Revenue from the Provincial Mine, $348.73. Examination fees received by Edhcation Department, $20,919.59. Resident'deer license brought in $18,986.41. HUW’MUNEYHUMEâ€"SANDgfiflES HOUSTON SWEPT BY FIRE. Fines and forfeitures received ducting from the total net revenue the cost of hiring equipment, etc., for the year named, $22,874.07 for 1911 and $22,123.27 for 1910, the to- tal net earnings for the road are $593,152.69 for the year ending Ocâ€" tober 31, 1911, and $436,130.31 for the saine period in 1910. In respect of these earnings a, cheque for $515,000 was'paid b0 the Provincial Treasurer, while the 1910 payment was $420,000. The itemized pay-r011 of the ’raiL way for operation shows payments amounting to $748,522.65, and $34,- 696.24 for construction, which repreâ€" sents a, total sum paid for labor of $783,218.89. Adm. Sir Max Aitkens has been mulcted for $1,500 damages in a, Montreal court because his chauffeur ran over a. man about two years ago while joy riding, unknown to the defen- Chairman Englchart Says Linc Will Start From Earlton. A despatch from Cobalt says: Chairman Englehart of the T. (Sr yN. 0. Commission made the anâ€" nouncement here at noon on Wed- nesday that the Elk Lake branch of the railway would start from Earlton, 25 miles north of here and ten miles south of Englehart. The new line will be 30 miles in length, and run through nfnety per cent. farming country. It was at first thought the branch line would go in from Charlton, but the excellent farming country that will be open- ed up by the new route was taken into consideration. | Crown counsel prosecutions cost $10,680. I Expanded on railway fares and clothes of discharged prisoners from the Central Prison and Mer- ceg Reformabory, 737,733.59. ' ed with cotton bales were burned Burned amounts Fire ranging 'accounâ€"ted for an expenditure of $110,111.90. $6,855 was paid bonuses and ad- vances to assist in procuring do- mestic servants and farm laborers, of which the Salvation Army re- ceived the largest amount, it being $1,385. $159,920.87 'was spent on the new Proyincial Prison, Guelph. The enforcement 'of the Liquor License Act cost $24,750.33. Pamphlets, advertising, and'inci- dentgl expenses in connection with immigration and colonization ac- counted for an expenditure of $17,- 701.90. ‘ Immigration work in Great Bri- tain cost $48,825.06. English-French training- schools cost $9,292.46. Revolvers, cai‘firidgé's, and hand- cuffs for Provincial police cost $783.96. Moving picture show licenses rea- 1ized'$12.088. -_ . Private detective licenses .rea- lized $1,600. Serumvam the Néw Y'ork Health Department cost; $460. Estreated bail amounted to $829.â€" 04. Chinese capitation tax amounted to $5,000. Fees received on account of ra- bies jtreatment, $451.10. from clerks of the peace amounted to $16,528.11. 337 . Conscience money received from “lionesty,” Guelph, $5. $8,663 was paid iri wolf bounties. ergus' licenses amounth to My ELK LAKE BRANCH. to more than 250 . UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis. re». ... 041-2; July, $1.05 5-8 to $1.05 3-4; No. 1 hard, $1.05; No. 1 Northern, $1.041-2; No. 2 Northern..$1.02 to 31021-2; No. 3 wheat. $1.00 to $1.001-2. No. 5 yellow corn, 62 to 63c, No. 3 white cats, 49 to 491-2c. No. 2 rye. 871-20. Bran, $25 to $25.50. Flourâ€" First patents, $4.90 to $5.20; (10., second patents. $4.55 to $4.80; first clears, $3.30 to $3.65; second clears, $2.20 to $2.60. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. Feb. 27.â€"Butchera’ cattle, choice, $7.00 to $7.25; (10., cattle, medium, $5.50 to $6.75; (10., cattle common. $3.50 to $5; canners, $2.75 to $3.25; butchers’ cat- tle. choice cows, $5.50 to $5.75; do.. cattle. medium, $5.75 to $4.75; do.. cattléI bulls, $3.50 to $6.00; milkers. choice, each, $75 to $80; milkers. com. and medium, each. $50 to $65; springer-s, $30 to $45. Sheep, ewafi. $450 to M '15- qu-lm .ml mm. m In: MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Feb. 27.â€"0atsâ€"Canadian‘ West- ern. No. 2, 551-2 to 540; do., No. 5, 51 1-2 to 520: extra No. 1 feed, 521-2 1:6 530; No. 2 ‘Iocal white, 51 to 511-2c; No. 3 do.. 60 to 501-2c; No. 4 (10., 49 to 491-20. Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.04 to $1.05. Buckwheat~Malt- ing, $1.04 to $1.05. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 72 to 730. Flourâ€"Manitoba. Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.60; (10., seconds, $5.10; strong bakera’. $4.90; Winter patents, choice, $5.- 10 to $5.35; straight rollers, $4.65 to $4.75; (10., bags. $2.15 to $2.25. Rolled oats, bar- rels. $5.05; bags, 90 1153., $2.40. Branâ€"$24; shorts. $26; middlings, $28; mouillie, $28 to $34. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15 to $15.50. Cheeseâ€"~Finest Westerns, 151-4 to 151-20; finest Easterns, 141-2 to 15v. But- ter~0hoicest creamery, 33 to 340; seconds, 32 to 321-20. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 38 to 400. P0- tatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.70 to $1.80. Buffalo, Feb. 27.â€"-Spring wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.13 3-4; Winter, No. 2 red, $1.01; No, 3 red, 99c; No. 2 white, $1.00. Cornâ€"No. 4 yellow, 65 3-40; on track, ‘ through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 561-40; No. 3 white, 55 5-40; No. 4 White, 541-40. Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.22 t_o $1.35. HOG PRODUCTS. Cured meatsâ€"fiacon, long clear, 111-2 to 113-40 per 11).. in case lots. Porkâ€"Short cut, $22.50; (10.. mess, $19.50 to $20. Hams â€"Medium to light, 16 to 161:20; heavy, 14 to 141-2c; mus, 103-4 to fie; breakfast bacon, 16 to 170; backs, 19 to 200. Lardâ€"Tieroes. 120; tuba, 121.4c;’pails, 121-20. ‘ 16 5-40 Eggsâ€"Americans. 37 to 380 per dozen, and strictly new-laid Canadians, 38 to 400 per dozen, in case lots. râ€"Dair. . 051 ice. in wrap eta._ WB-E-Ebslarge 133115; ‘ to we; and Pnfenor, tubs, 20 to 210. Creamery quoted at 36 to 570 for rolls, 34 to 350 for solids, per Baled Hayâ€"Fair; No. 1 at $15.50 to $16. on track, and No. 2 at $12 to $13. Baled Strawâ€"$19 on track, Toronto. Potatoes~0ar ‘lotsf i’n’ngmaufiLm Delawares at $1.85. Out-qf-store‘. $1.80 to $1.90. Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultryâ€"Chickens. 12 to 150 per 1b.; fowl, 9 to 100; geese, 13 to 150: rim-ks. 12 to 140; turkeys. 90 w 210. Live poul- try, about 20 lower than the above. Honey-Extracted. in tins. 11 to 120 per lb. Combs. $2.50 to $2.75. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"~Good stock. $3 to $4 per barrel. Beansâ€"Small lots of hand-picked, $2.35 to $2.40 per bushel. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 701-2 to 71¢, Toronto freight. Byeâ€"No. 2 at $1.08 to $1.09. outside. Buckwheat-70 to 710. outside. Branâ€"Manitoba. bran. $25, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $26.50 to $27. Burleyâ€"Forty-eight lbs. quoted at 95 to 96c. outside. ' Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 45 to 460. and of No. 3 at 43 to 44c. outside. No. B, 48 to 49c, on' tuck, Toronto. No. 1 extra. W.G. feed, 49c. and No. 1. 48c. Bay ports. Peaéâ€"Good shipping peas, $1.18 to $1.- 25, outside. Prices 0! Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFB. Toronto. Feb. 27.â€"Flourâ€"Winter wheat. 90 per cent. patents, $5.75 to $5.80 at sea, board. and at $3.85 to $5.90 for home con- sumpulv-a- non-uni.“ «nutsâ€"First patents $5.50; second patents, $5, and strong bak- ers’. $4.80. on track. Toronto. Manitoba. , wheat-«No. 1 Northern. $1.- 15. Bay ports; No. 2 Northern at $1.10, and No. 3 at $1.06. Buy ports. Feed wheat, all-rail. 741-20. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white, red and mixed. 95 to 960. outside. PRICES 0F FARM PRUDUUS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES 0]? K AMERICA. Cheeseâ€"Large, 161-20, and twins at BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE. to $4.25; lambs, $6.50 to $7. Hogs, fo.b., $7.55 to $7.50. Calves, $2.50 to $8.00. Toronto, Feb. 27.â€"‘A few bunches of choice butcher cattle sold from $6.30 to $6.65, but the general run of good cattle ranged from $5.85 to $6. Two prime export, cattle bought for feeding fetched $6.85. gngvawflfihgdugjmlpou‘nds each. There of good quality at. $4.50 to $5.25. Cows were easy at $4 to $5, and bulls were steady at $3 to $5.25. Common cattle were dull at $2 50 to $4. Canners fetched $1.50 to $2.50. Lambs were firmer at $7.- 50 to $8 for choice ones. Sheep and hogs were unchanged in prices, although hogs were firmer. First Shipment Sent Out From Prince Edward County. A despatch from Picton says: Tobacco-growing has passed the ex- perimental stage in Prince Edward county by long strides. On Friday shipments of the leaf went out ’00- talling fifty-two tons. The seyen acres grown this year have realiz- ed $12,000. Buyers paid eleven and threeâ€"quarters to twelve and one-half cents per pound for the leaf. Land in the county has be- come so well adapted to canning factory produce has {proven excel- lent for tobacco. One man made 8209 from a. three-quarters-acre FIFTY-TWO TONS OF TOBACCO. 4â€"â€"Th'e court holds that the an- nulment of the eriblertClvouatre marriage by the Roman Catholic authorities of Montreal on Novem- ber 12, 1909, is of absolutely no ef- fect as far as the legality of the marriage is concerned. 3â€"The count holds that no matter what the religious persuavsions of the contracting parties are, any duly authorized clergyman can per-v form marriages which are perfectly legal in the eyes of the law of the Province of Quebec. “The ne temere is a. religious de- gree only,” he said, "‘and its in- fluence is confined to spiritual mat- ters only, and in no way has any effect on the legality of marriage.” 2â€"His Lordship holds that the marriage performed by Rev. Wm. Timberlake, Methodist; clergyman, between Emma. Marie Clouatre and Eugene Hebert, on July 14th, 1908, is 11on and has always been perfect- ly valid. ' lâ€"That the ne temere decree is of absolutely no force in the Pro- Vince of Quebec as far as the legal aspect of marriage goes, He holds that it. is a. decree which has spiriâ€" tual obligations only, and that its jurisdiction in these spiritual mat- ters does notaffect anyone outside the pale of the Roman - Catholic Church. A despatch from Montreal says: In a. judgment it is impossible to conceive could be more sweeping, Mr. Justice Oharbonneau on Thursâ€" day morning “wipedmhemejemere decree off the map of Canada,f’ to use the words of a prominent Mon?- real lawyer, when he dehvered his pronouncement on the famous Heâ€" bert-Clouatre marriage case. 'So sweeping is it that it more than surâ€" prised the lawyers interested in the case, while Rev. Mr. Tlmberlake, who performed the ceremony, eafwl1 it; “fairly took his breath away.” 1 His Lérd-ship’s findings, in short, are as follows: ‘ Sweeping Verdict Given Validating Mar- riage in Famous Hebert Case -THe court holds that Mr. Jus- n.»...... .0”. nth“ HUME» 'wno mm m FMWS MARRLAGE. CASE A Cal-load of Beer andn Large Quantity of Whiskey. .‘ A despat-ch from Cobalt says.‘ Seizures made by the Provincial Police on Wednesday afternoon amounted to one car of bottled beer, seven barrels of beer, forty gallons of whiskey and seven cases of bottled whiskey. The beer is being held pending analysis by the Provincial License Department. The car was seized in the railway yard, consigned to the local agent -k _ manhn‘n krnurorv the experiment, they prefer the growing of tobacco to tomatoâ€"grow- ing, and that there is more money in it. __ A despatch from Montreal says: The Hebrews of Montreal, who have just embarked upon a campaign to raise $500,000 for a. consumption satitarium at Ste. Agathe, Que., reached that sum on Wednesday morning. Collection will continue. notwithstanding the amount want- ed has been obtained. Judge Charbonneau’s decision does not finally settle the question of the status of the marriage law in Quebec. In another case an- other judge might give a decision diametrically opposed to this ver- dict, and the issue will remain un- settled until a decision is secured by appeal to the court of last resort, which is the Privy Council, or un- til the law is changed. There was a, tremendous crowd in the court when the judge appeared on the bench, While the corridors leading to the court were blocked with spectators and lawyers. The judgment; took his Lordship over an hour to read. It is doubtful that the Church authorities will appeal, as the He- bert judgment has no more effect than other decisions as strongly up‘ holding ecclesiastical 'law, but He- bert’s lawyer says he will appeal if the money is forthcoming. LIQUOR SEIZED AT COBALT. C ONSUMPTION SANITARIUM. Intâ€"mum no 1|. . nnvnv Doiant‘ “Basing itself on the motives given above, the count declares the marriage of the said Emma. Clona- tre and Eugene Hebert, celebrated on the 14th of July, 1908, before? Rev. Wm. Timberlake, on produc- tion of a license of the 9th of July, 1908, good and valid; declares that the decree promulgated by the com gregaJtion of the council of the Roman Catholic Church on the 2nd of August, 1907, starting with the words ‘ne temere,’ has no civil ef- fgct, and that the decree of the orâ€" dinary of the dioceseiof' Montreal, dated November 12, 1909, produced in this case by the plaintiff, has no judicial effect in‘the said case.” Each party is to play its own costs. tice Laurendeau erred when on March 23, 1911, he gave civil effect to the annulment of the marriage ‘done by the Roman Catholic an,- [my-{W All of this is contained in the last part of the judgment, which is 3:5 follows: NOT FINAL DECISION.