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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-01-06, Page 3na January 6th, 1910 MYSTERY CLEARED D" Niagara Falls Express rli-srk AJ miss Comp.sclty In Ht.l)bery A Few Minutes Alter New Year E::•1, Cease Dobson Finishes His C.inics- siun and Is Taken to Jai, Along With Two Others -- Costly Stt of Fuss to His Sweetheart Gives the Detectives Their Clue. \l.rg,u,r I. e.• tint . .l.ut :1 '111'• tteitr 1Il away ..i: Ili.• uIv t'r) ,': the bell express, tool, it 1't No‘ 4 1, pr -•1\ Ink; :a great it „•haemal as the hulel- up It.,.'11 l'astuer 1)ob-1/u, who was tir,t ,us- pe•ot.t1 of having ,:.nit• knuwle•tl.'. 1/i the halal -up. hue1 wltlistAX..l the uu- iluught of a setae of the best ile•t+•etiv.•5 tit two 'le teet\r site hilt•., ,tlad :!s friar!) more e•xl,re,,s , tel police ettleet,. For I.lie !flet attack the eleven -t Thiel Agency dett•l•Iives were entitle). - ed. 'Their men were placed in the e•x- prebs attic.' to wail: with Iktb-0,1 and dug : 1- .•ve•ry move•. Another wets 4,11111,,, ' 1h , c ,•borunduni 1ks.rk- at Nlag, i,' ...a-, N.Y., where Paul S. Whistler. : u ' notety.• tit the 1init••tt Express Co . : rid Eamon to be a cwu- panou tf Dobson, was working. The latt*-r t\tt.- :e frt•qu(ul \1stlur at tier Jaime 1.1 the termer p,rv)r to th.• rob- bery. but had um hero there ,,loot The defective ,0t un 11'hi-tiers trite•!: 'l a- tttly IK )t•ar. tl agt•. lit• math. • eott.i,:.nton of \1'hl-tiler and t'ec•,lu- paiii 'el hon to /ill hi, 11;tUlltb of part - 1.1111c. site 1,.•itlg ('harp', J. havens sa- loon at 1,913 \1:,tn t iii et, tin the IT. S. rate, where 1>001 table, ale run, also it rtKtnl it 111•• t,•ar w hate g.tne , .It Choat,• are -:ti,) 10 b.• C:'trirtl on. Tlt.' d eteetive made hue -alt n g••eltl '.lil- rt,un,t••r•" :'1111 snort gathered buttiri rut tt plat',• bird d• Ire: t\' Playing Ilii' role of ,duan "hanger '1,- looking ler a.•rr..,,tntlul tree drink- The deteetiv,• in the aspic:-- oflie' 1•••aructl that a ,.."2 t l furs Ii;t,t b':'it recei v,t3 1111 :1 t•,•ItilItt a:d ii 'i , :I, 11I re- turned to '1'oetnit.. Hurl it e valued at $ I:';) testi:. Theo- titre were 1:110en care of by 7)01 -oil lti 1 before (111'1.4111/1x. Tht' tallow:ng Sunday n tle',eliv.• shadowed !lob -o1/ flu,! 11, ,tvt,•theart. to church :•n,1 ,..at immediately L •lune] there and Jewel the ' 8lu'' of the 111rs. 11.11):-',:l leu• taken up ter questiouuig /Sees a !rre he got the iiuuey to pur- ✓ h. 0. ;1 flu-. 1hi- w1/, 110 !list t..g.l Ins guilt. List 'flat -day 1.10 chief of the Thiel •det.'•tives brought 1)obeon to the Hu- te'1 ::+aver and behind closed (tools, cross-queetroned (tint for three hours, and, having then sante evidence of Whistler s connection itt the case, •caust't1 Dub -ti tut break down and "take a full cantossion, iulplteatiug Whistler and 1'lyun toil tato other "nktiowtl thee!. The whole plot was conceived in the minds tit Whistler and 1'14noi, aItd Dobson being itpproache'd, consented. was es far heck us lest August. &)rosy or twice pr,•\'ious to Nov. 4, at- tempt- were lural. to pull off the job, but hu11it 11 iirg would intervene to pre- vent it.. On the •eitcrnoon of the robbery, I)ob-tin called up the Imper- ial Bank amt asked them to b+' ,,uro .and have thoir money package over early. It is elated he wrote a letter a week ago, informing Flynn that he had lost his job with the express com- pany, and for Flynn to hand over 41,500, a. he had to get out of town, and go to Florida. This letter got into the hands of the detectives. It has leen leerued that Flynn en - waged two unlet: tw•n thugs to pull ofd' the job, \V'hieller driving the pair over to the ('aiadian side, skirting the strci'to up to the ('timer of W1-'11an11 as venue and Bridge street, about two blocks wet of the depot.. The two thugs got out of this rig at this point, leaving \Vhi,tler in charge of it. 'l'Iley -walked down to opposite the little express office and tvtcitevl the signal from 1)rtteoie. which was 141 an up lifted right hand alongside of tit' check. 'this riven, the two ilea walk- ed into the lithe', ent,'ring the door next the station. l)obein handed the pac•ka;er over 1.1 one tI the then, w•ho covered it ail!! 1.1: ok c•ieth and quietly w'alkiel ion and 1111 Bridge xtree't to -the waiting roam. the other stun said. "Turn veinal, Debsen, and let 1111' 11tt you Ili t1/' ha''k itt till" h(.;ul. 1)01),•,7: turned aren't(' and ri'crlv0.I the I, et 'it,ai 1•'11'01 lite tit the "Ilam. •tlncmtlsc•itlu- 'I ht, rural itn.iked out and tel . -vireo; creased the lower area bridge. The nein e all the money packag.' ant+-r•ti 1h rag it 1111 \V Mill, r and < irrtv,• up to II••11.1er here h, gut mut. The testi ni'ti (aired by Flynn re - '<t tve•el ,ti,t<OU r ;i('11 ter the job. :11t the ntot;ey that \\ Kistler has rec'1veet has kr'I•n $2,01), and I),tb-un $125. given itt them. tt i- ,al,{, itt dribs til $25 or 34:311 in 1• teal,. As aloof e., the detectives knew 01 Whistler's and Deb en'.- guilt, the Antc'ricanr p,liac•' cast Hui their drag- nets and soot, 1,01 Whistler and Flynn under erreet. last • 1- relay night, Whistler voluntaltly r,•tunled to the ('anailan sloe, while Flynn w11, ar- raigito t lotto, tie• Poet " Juane., Pip ,r tit Niagara Fall,. N.1 , charged with t'on- sptraey to commit tltelt of $14,169 Rohl 114• S'UMW: ttut ISxpre-s l'1/ He _pl.'arlorll.awa1 gulrty. 1Cr,wang a louring he was remanded to le,ckpert ter hear- ing to d:ty Dobson and Whistler were arraigned b•itir,• Magi -trate Free- ▪ r Saturday everting and remanded to Welland .lain atoll next f•rida:y, Jail. :, when that skal! haw' ai h arutg. Dob -on, w hn 1- :t y' ars n1.1, e.up.. to Niagara !Odle, lhtt., from Hauail- tun, :1 Ilitu• ,,v, r a year egt' lir had teen conn. l 'tall wall toe e.tttre., eoni- pato in II .it droit, en'! bre.tu:- • ie h1 good were had 1•.•i promoted le the poslton of 4,a x10 r ern - the river. to. war ` "t, Il lx,rtl and has b ••ti 711 'ail /Oh silly four wear, 111, t:.tlo`r lives to Ii:'intlt-'n Ile had laude the acqua int:ow . el Whotan l t hen 11;:11 0111 fl w.t. n 11nt' 1 titch s 1,xpr••,- ,'ti. 111,- - t i.' 1. running 111 itt Letilili 1'x111•} Daily th. y 1,01 inial • ti:4,;a,+- fer, tit e,lr r. 1 e 1,o -al' a 1• -tta 1 to have 011, 11 Ire- ,lue'n'„1 I I un s 1'lae • play 1• g pti,1 there` t•.'lal tlnn•, Ill• 11.1.1 b,nll)CI11 1)0h -•'n 11, n• a !\'on i- ptue., o.d'•r thou tie• null rs. a wan of 41 )ears; 'a Whisti,r in 25 years old- Flynn carne herr ,e ve,al inset, itgu from New Yuck. al. r, he a t.• tt b.trteueer H. hat. had fu- pre ant saloon fur t lir Jelin \letiarry, v.liv a•,- celled :o , tt••:.,! 1t.,b n.' ..t the tun.• of tie -, tib• 4,y. u 1 Ono tutu hast b,' n hit I. 11. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS, \•Vtth Ili • e' - • 1 111” c! I )'•: 1 tont one et it'i It -. ,'til ti.,• leoe lt. •ser• ll•b 11" t ,'1. :tl I•I Teti t h„dist, 1\ . y. - "n' . a '1 v. -u 1/:t l Inin- au R• + '•„1•1 . ! ht- tore • 0!t:l,ir,•u ('hr,• tun-. pt • ft' • woitlt $:3,(kaLuoct. AL,- :1 1' \\',.1.on of Guelph tt :,•1 .e,! :, vIk of the n, tern',• 1 ;,hurt, t i Hume 1':run..nues .\.�- ,oe1; 11•,0 : t lie:•un 4n t•i:r•hytu•ke• shock''! ent-itlerable V1,11.11C0 t, u, t••gt.•t t:'d on the -ei,ino- gr•apil ;11 \\'.t,ltutg..,u Saturday. 'Swo earth loathe• eta-dI' t tee rde.t at htug-'on. Jamaica 11t'I1 ttatnt,rg to hie pampa. bro- ther never to -:eke cig,tr.'tte:, for the) were th'' ruin of ht.. life, Victor Forest, . sl•tl 11), living in Montreal, shut huu,.1, in the head yesterday. ('unatfi;'ii Pecitie trxtrl Ni. 3 jurn])••tt tilt, tried. a Intl ' :roti a h:'li west of 1)run,bo at In o'clta'k last night, while tr ivel,tig et 45 pules tut h,'ur. 1'ai-- .,••ngt't, woe b It!y shakier tip wet dote er cut and bruised. The l� tl-ei 11; con, •atoll to the b .1 1-14111.1 of tit.- c,cttr 111, Ptinc.• hriert- i 'li ti 11'11 .'111i el }'nlbsia. bort of the late Priot,, .11br. c hl, 1ei;eat 01 Brun:{- eitlt !'inter• -s :bath, Von Rad- lesr esti Convey, I't•int.•• , Zu Holten- tuue-5.'h,1! iilg-1/u st is Czarina Dying? I.tt t iii!. Jalu. :t.' !Upon high author- ity it c:-tt ho -1a ted that the Tsarina has .,uttl•roil :'nuttier eoilplete mental Lre.11;..ot•.ii. 11 •r 4'i/111111 1011 i; s'vivus and e1 one one. 4it'ttn-day she sat Illi 1tt 1•• I,' .horse. Each of these ! t her %V1111.11 -1' th:`n p.'i•- ; 1 ❑ frequent reourr,'nce tit tits t;t till,' silly have a total t''ttnilla- tieti el' tto:, alto tied '.-Punt the s ,ul'rti titian have been hsst- ily •'us:n;ou.••1 trial St. I't•tersburg :suet 11 : !o;)e-ta is new.'r lest ntgnt or t;• "!1 1: !, 4,•f 0 la.riteimeo elle tit lh' 'i'•: r:n,t 1tot been aband.,ned. She ill ! , - lar t'1 r.•utni'nt, or it clear bt. el ;it: I to tit •s' mom mt.. -•it” 1s -o carted d over the Tees '1n11 her chil- es' n l ii. t t, n 'rvitue .bell e,tliplet.'ly t i.:•,i; : .; 1011 anti 1.) 'CI turfs Ler mind. New Year's Festivities. '-C: w 1••11•k, ]lin. a The celehrative pros seelti of Now Y ,rk,rs, exhaust- ed j' the i to' we'd r1'tronstr:ttiou of ".u'', Ct a•, were ,low in show- irg ,t idtnccs 111 recuperi tion Satur- dey. New Yea r'. Day, ideal itt point of 8t•tt'her con'liti"its, op•'n el quietly and, a,itl,' from the ceremonial at- tentiilig the iutulgurt:t:on of a new mayor. not ;81 annual, but a quad- rennial, New fear event, there were few s •t efft'ire to drier']( the day. Friday night's noisy celebration is believed to have been productive of alt least one fatality. 41'i]]ittm Wil - nettle, tc 21!-y,'i'r-ilk resident of East 52te! street, Elie;] Saturday itt the hos- t itoi its lh" result of a bullet. wound in the neck. The missile is believed to hews cons' from the revolver of a e:'.reh'ss 1;11,1 ,t, far unidentified cele- brant. Princeton Has Professor of Athletics. Princeton, N.J., Jan, 3. -•The adhter• encs of 1'rineetou are rejoicing in a reorganization of the uttiverttty'tt ttth- 1.'' c c,r'cliti0ps. 1'ollowing the disas- trous result of last season's football c:•.Itlpr,ign tt,t.` rthletit sharps alt Plimpton itev'' come to the eenc'Ittsion that the graduate sy, 1 'tit of committee a:tertiung which was tried during the bast. serson wrs at failure end that the eniploynteet of a head c:,ac'a fur the season only was ni'r'ly a little b'at'e. It i, stow prolate .,1 to c'r.'ato the p.:'itimn of director of 1.1.111'ti( . whi '.1 toil c:•riy with it a full profes- s -o•: !tip in the t, c'' Ity end e eatery o1 $5,i:l.(i per tutnutu. 'lupe duties of this ,the,' \•.ill h` t1/` v.:1. e.l :away. ',til and direction of all bra nc•:aee o1 ,port tit i'rit.r-'ri:t, Death of Aged Woman. • Owen tit;til, .l alt. :t• --The death care orifi! l ritltty ewe nits of Mr.=..\fines I<'•:'te•t{y, ti 1 of t tie 1•i moor rest lents of (Oen S,:snul, totd mid ma of \1'l1linm Kertner{y, the t,,etrder• of the iron walk., w:hir•t) Leer !ail prune here, ; „•,1 to., in hoe ninetit•th )•,'•u, end i, etu•vived by six son:,: J01111 Kertn, fly, ('.I: , and \Cidianl heat:e ly, C'.1:., it' 'luun.':'l; ex -Mayer Matthew Ke t;nest)• of Oa '11 :40111141; .111111 'a l'. K1•t t'."tw, (SE., ,.f Vautcuuw't; nod I.nte'rt P. and George Kennedy of this lawn. - - - • Suffragette Throws Acid. London, Jen. :l -.\ woman be'.ieved to he a ,nf!'r.'irett's, rtt•'nlpt'vl to de- stroy with arced terday a quantity of et'n;pnigtl literrture at the i.tliti't;i headquarters of John I:urns tit Bat- taislee The el 'rlc in chorea, wt's seriously burned eked the fou',' and hands by the Ilnill befor.` he could prevent her dm' igll. - ILe \\a tau' i'nieril an et tr:tn ' to the !n'• el,tut rir•rs on the 1•r^tame!! of Asti -tine in avid ressing enwe'.op,`s. Russian Professor Sentenced. St • Pat •rsbnrg, Jan. -- Prof. Maxim ('nv;ii,'.:ky. a i tent>'r of the Council of t't ' Empire for the universities. atilt a t<or!ii-famous sociologist, was sett- le/10 el to t11 /mints.,' ilipris.,tutt itt i>'caa,e '.'i t an•tiel' Iot army erste!? ,sot;, lutlttisht., rix months ego in the now t 1 iunct e•w5pap) n', Strall t of t.. 11 he tta, ,1 t'e,itor. An Appeal to Labor. - wa-:tango it. Jan. 3.-- Officers of the Am ,t item Fed' rr.tion of Le-b•o issues a call S tur'aw night to tta'• 1.54.t,1)p'1 wombs, of tit•• e;e;'ntzet;nn, r'tlli C nn tle•:t1 t ' sub.e rib.' to ai inn 1 won whtet at h;,l .r lieht i- t•, 1' button ag:up-t the t'ntt",1 tit•;t •, Sl. `o1 ('or• poi:wort. A Millionaire, But a Poor Man. New. l'ark ,tan :i. "1 ani a poor man.” earl W. (;unlet, broker, mit 111te tvitit"R, Stun(' at !Mineola. .\ moment pteviui'ly 1e hail t.estitied that he wtes' worth ai,63•+,is37, °.'P•Y'aR at t '•Y CU11404. Nawil'*Recor, d PICKS FIGHT; IS DEAD St, Catharines Man Killed es Result of Row cn Car. George I3ulman Is Jostled on Trolley and Starts to Abuse William Brad- ley, a Merritton Carpenter—Bradley Tries to Prevent Fight, But Later When Attacked Knocks Busman Down, and Latter Dies. St. Catharines, Jan. 3.—William Bradley of Merritton was Saturday Light remanded to jail ti11 Friday next to appear before Magistrate Campbell on a charge of murdering cieurge Bulntan of Thorold. inian lust his life Saturday even- iBttng us the result of a fracas with Bradley. Shortly after leaving the local line of the trolley on the Nia- gara, St. ('atttttrinec and Toronto Rail- way, following the Martin ten utile +oad rite: the railroad cotnpany.sent three special wars to Thlerold to carry the people ,tt Merritton and Thorold to their honi•s. Bradley and 13uhuan were passengers on the centre car, which was se, crowded that they had to stand on the rear platform. They were total strangers to each other. In the cuuree• of the journey to Mer- ritton liuimun was crowded over againbt Bradley, who pushed him ewa •. \ This caused u i a slight alterca- t in, in which Bulrush. called Bradley some ugly names. As a consequence a serif/Image took plaoe on the car, but Conductor Frsncis and some passen- ger; waterart;al the men. Words fol- lowed, but those who were on the car declare that Bradley was much quiet- er than liulntan, anti took consider- able verbal abuse. ti -title say Bulntan suits drunk, tititr'rs declare tktut he was not, though 110 had boort drinking to .-01414' t•xtt`nt, 1:radley hail also had a number of drinks during the after- noun. hinttlly Bulmer asked Bradley if he were going to '1 horold, to which he reptirti that he lived itt Merritton and wits going to got off the oar near !ns }silt!•`. "That's all right," 13ulniatt said, "I'll get off at Merritton just to lick Bradley cautioned hint against it, but when the ear stopped near bock J on the Welland ('anal, a few doors from Bradley's dwelling, bout men lett the i t4,. Bradley was first. As he turned around, ]iulnien made a lunge at hint with his fist. Warding it elf, Bradley struck hire in the jaw, knocking hitt down- Itulntan was, in the act of getting to his feet when Brtcdley; struck hent a second time. This time Buttner, fell back striking his head 011 the stone kerbing of the crossing. He did not attempt to arise. Bradley continued to his home. Pas- sengers on the car who had witnessed the affair, 'went to Bulman's assist- ance. High Constable R. E. Boyle of Lincoln County and Constable Mor- ita of Merritton had been spectators at the road race and were on the other special car,, and were among the first to render assistance. Bullpen, who was carried to the power douse at the Willson Carbide Co., a few yards away, and there Dr. Vanderburg of Merritton attended him. !oilman was bleeding profusely from the ears. In ten minutes he was dead. The constables went to Bradley's• house and placed hint under arrest, and the body of I3ulman wa-''t brought here. There are only two wounds, one a bruise on the back of the head, the: other a lump in the neck, evidently where he was struclr• Bulmau came to this city from Not- tinghill, Kest England, 011 April 28th, 190,3. Several weet:s later he went to Thorold" where he obtained employ- ment in the Montrose Paper Milt. Friends saf'y that he was peaceable and int/1.1Stri011S. He is survived by a widow ttntl a yet -r -old boy. In his px•aet wits tounu a package of en - (leering letters written to hint by his \site previous to their marriage two year, itgu, and a due book for the C't:nrulir,11 Foresters, which he had tak- en out a $1-000 policy in September last. Bradley comes from a line family itt ',Merlittona and is a son of A{ 13. Brad- l.'y. H,' has alerys borne ,t good re- put.ttun. He i, at carpenter by trade, Only Friday night he concluded a job at N\il:gartt Faits on which he had been engaged for x01111' n)onthtt. He 1/a,; it young wit' and sue, little (laugh - tor, who last May lost one leg and two toes on the other leg as the result u. b •ieg struck 1y •t trolley. When arrested Bradley was about to utter himself to the officers. No (.61,1111(14' w•rs taken, but in the pres- ence of Crown attorney Brennan and A ('. King:done, who has been engag- ed to (Mend him, he was remanded. Coroner Jory w)tl hold au inquest. Food Not Fit For Animals. Atlanta, Ga., Jan, 3, --John W. Todd, former overseer at the city prison or stockade, was the principal witness heard by the counsel investigating conirnittn'e Saturday. In addition to o.,rrol,orating the stones of cruelty to prisoners and of unsanitary conditions as told by other witnesses, he testified that the food served the prisoners was untit even for the lowest kind of animals. All Records Broken. Washington, Jan 3.—All the re ,itis of production in this country of cop- per, refined lend, spelter and tung- sten were broken during the year twhieh rinsed friday, Recording W a report of the Geological Survey. The Output of blister and lake copper was 1,117.800,000 pounds, an increase eon- sideratbty better than the total yearly lucreaee ,ince 11iO4. Third Murder in Same Vicinity. C iecinnitti, Jan. 3. --Miss Anna Lloyd, 36 years old, secretary of the 11iir lig-liamot Lumber Coe was found dead in a lonely part of the city Sat- urday. 'the woman had ham attacked end gttgged and her throat had been cut. 'the crime is the fourth of a ser - i's of tintialr outrages which have st- eom el in the surae vicinity itt the lust thre•c years, TORIES ONLY HOPING While Liberals Are Expecting the Best In Elections. Lloyd -George Makes Merry Over the German War Scare—Keen Discus- sion Is Going on Regarding the Authorship of the Chamberlain Let- ters --Liberals Think His Name is Being Used Unscrupulously. London, Jan. 3 ---The situation in a nutshell is thus described: The Con- servatives are hoping for the best and the Liberals are expecting it. Sir Charles Dilke says the?1L.lberafs may lose a few seats in London, which will have a slight effect in the country, but that victory is assured. Lloyd -George, in addressing an en- thusiastic meeting of 6,000 at Reading says he found everywhere the same determination on the part of the peo- ple to win. Their opponents were con- stantly quoting colonial opinion and they said "Hear our kinsman; why don't you take them by the hand. They are asking you to pay 2s, for wheat. Why don't you do that?" Their colonial brethren had been watching the budget fight with great interest and were expressing opinions very freely • about it. They were thoroughy ashamed of their .lordship friends over the way they had de- clined to pity up like men. He thought tariff reformers were rather glad their colonists were kinsmen across the seas and not in England to take a part in the election. . The Chancellor proceeded to chaff the scarentakers "who mistook the rat- tling of the milkman'sin the mornings for the jingle andtrs of German hussars, In men and mater- ial we were three to one on the sea compared to (i 'rntany. Did their op- ponenttt—thin • ):,.'at imperial souls— imagine tie 1 t ' (i •rnlan would eat three Briti-.: r i, they were Frank- fort sausages. He then dealt e.;I:1 the provision made in the budget i,r social reform. He of all was for the security of capi- tol, but he wanted security for the daily bread of sten who never knew the sting of poverty so closely, and flung out the humane provision for the sick, tJte wounded and the unern- ployatd—soldiers of industry. He em- phasized that the budget raised Li, - 800,000 for social reform, "We mean tv drive hunger forever from the hearts. Our opponents' contribution to the problem is a 2s. tax on bread." (Cheers.) Meetings were interrupted by suf- fragette, who, begrimed and bedrag- gled emerged beneath the platfornt and were summarily ejected, The Marquis of Salisbury had a try- ing tinte at St. Albans where cheers were given for the Liberal candidate. Several other peers spoke at various places and stated the Conservative leaders had revised .the list of cam- paigning lords. There is one feature of the election campaign which was resumed with re- newed vigor after the Christmas holi- days true to politics, which presents several curious anomalies, even if it docs not conceal, as some people claim, one of the most astounding deceptions ever practiced in. Englisn history. - Joseph Chamberlain is a candidate for the West Birmingham •seat with which lie was connected over twenty years and will be returned unopposed. Much of the support which the "fair trade" doctrine is receiving in Eng- land is due to the personality of Chamberlain. All the world remem- bers the blow which was struck athim a few years ago and which, it was gene erally supposed would forever preclude his return to active political life. He .}las never since appeared in public, and it is admitted even by his supporters that, on his being returned to Parliament at the corning election, he will be unable to take his seat at Westminster. This week he issued an address' •to the electors of West Birmingham which was featured by the Unionist• press as the most important, pronoun. ntent, in the campaign, nor is this the limit of his activities. From his re- treat at Highbury there have been apr•'at.l broadcast letters and messages which • denote a surprising recrudes-- eenca of energy on the part of a man who physical powers had been believ- ed to be irretrievably impaired. lay his friends it is declared his mental powers are los vigorous as in the days before his paralytic seizure. It i, even, declared he, although ad- mittedly a cripple, suffers only from gout and shows no trace of the other and more serious ailment. On the other hand, strange a';tories are current suggesting that Chamber- lain's nt.me has been used without his assent, but in a way for which the entire responsibility cannot legitimate- ly be assigned to him. Attention has been directed to the curious similarity in the language of- one letter which appeared in one Unionist organ above the signature Joseph Chamberlain and another published in a different paper loer the signature of Austen Chamber - It is stated to ix: a curious circum- stance that all those who have had an spoon. etity of personally visiting Jos. Chamberlain speak of his keen inter- est in the progress of the campaign, but are vague and evasive in the de- tails they give. Ate Frozen Bananas, Died, Bladon, Neb., Jim. 3,—After eating sixteen bananas, John Claussen, 19 years old, beearne ill and died at his home here Seturday. With a num- ber of companions, Claussen entered a restaurant. For a Bash payment of five cents the proprietor offered the boys all the bananas they could eat. it i, said the fruit had been frozen. Capt. Warr Promoted. London, Jan. 3.—Capt. Warr of the Cunard steamer Campania, who is temporarily in command of the Umw bria, has ben made commodore) of the line, in succession to .Capt. Pritchard, retired. He will again take command of the Campania as soon as the over• hauling of that cteanter is completed. TUBES: ARE POPULAR. Toronto .Likes Kocken's ' Plan Rut Elects Geary. Toronto, Jan. 3. --»-The citizen of To- ronto on Saturday Hrtpressed in un- mistakable fashion their dissatisfac. tion with the present street railway conditions, and at the sante time dis- counted their verdict by electing a Mayor and board of control from whom little is to b4, expected in the way of relief. 13y an overwhelming majority they gave the City Council power to approach the Legislature for authority to construct a tube system, and by over 4,000 votes they defeated the than who had offered a soluu,tion of the problem and who was prepared to car- ry it into effect. .Politically, the new council. stands 14 Conservatives and 11 Liberals. Last year there, were 13 Liberals and 11 Conservatives, sothat the tables have. beenturned. The iine•up is: Conservatives --Mayor . Geary, Con- trollers Church and Foster,, Ald. Hil- ton, Rowland, Hambly, McBride, Weston, Dunn, R. H. Graham, May,. McCausland, Spence and I3aird. Liberals—Controllers . Spenoe and Ward, Aid. Chisholm, Phelan, O'Neill, Maguire, Heyd, Welch, McMurrich, McCarthy, end Anderson. - Beattie Mayor of London. London, Jan. 3.-pn one of the- most. interesting and peculiar elections in the history of the city, Ald. J. H. A. Beattie, nephew of Major Beattie, M.P., was Saturday elected mayor by a targe majority. His apponent, Ald, Ferguson, was considered a sure winner, Itwasthe first election in which politics were dropped entirely, none of the news, didttpapeters taking the issue for any can- , Some months ago 'an agitation was started amongst the citizens for clean- er and more economical government.. Ald. Ferguson went on a jaunt that. cost the city in the neighborhood of $300, and this helped his defeat. Beattie came out in favor of hydro- electric' power after his lack of en-. thusittsme in the matter he threatened to cause a split in the party ranks. The mayoralty figures were: Beattie, 9,824; Ferguson, 8,321. - Alderman: - .Eckert, - Tancock, Ash- •plant, Richter, Pocock, Jeffries, Un- derwood, Morgan, Stevenson, Saun- ders, .Fitzgerald, Rose. School trustees: Weeks, Hunt; Bal- four, Toadall.' . . . Utility commissioners: McMahon, Pocock, Wyatt, The defeated bylaws were: For an underground conduit system, majority against 2,369; for storm sewers, major- ity against 1;571; for a scavenger sys- tem, majority against 1,307; - for a board of control, majority against 915. Weather :conditions were .good, and at heavy vote' was polled. • • . Drinking Decreases, London, Jan. 3, -The British treag ury returns for the nine, months end- ing yesterday shoal- a net. increase of $7,136,000 in revenue, and the huge - increase of $49,836,5Q5 in expenditure. Most notable among items which show decreases. is the excise receipts, which are . $9,080,000 down, owing to the diminished consumption of spirits, • The most notable increase is in the death` ant. 'other estate duties, 'which went lup '$14,640,000, owing ;to the co- incident deaths of many of the wealth- iest persons in the kingdom. • Would Investigate the. B. & 0. Wheeling, W. Va,, Jan. 3.—Claiming• they are.. unjustly diseriminated• against by the Pennsylvania railroad. influences, and alleging that the equip. mentof. the Baltimore & Ohio' Rail- road has been allowed to depreciate Until it. no longer serves to 'move one- fifth.of the -tonnage that Is offered it, a delegation of West Virginia coal shippers has asked Congressman W. P. B ubbard s ail in getting a con- gressional inquiry•intothe stack own- ership and control of the Baltimore & Ohio` Merger in 'Cbtton''Otl. New York, Jen, ..3. --Prominent :cot- tonseed oil men of New York on k'ri- day completed an organization to . •be - known as the Oil Trade Association of the New York. Produce' .Exchange, with a charter tnembersh'ip. of 100. its object is ..to further the cottonseed oil industry in all • parts of ' the world, J. G. .Cash of the, American Cotton- seed Oil Co., was elected president. Sales of cottonseed oil on the New York Produce Exchange last year ag gregated .2,303;500 barrels. •°`( Dead In Cells. Belleville, Ont., . Juan. 3.—Charles Levis, •Jr., of this city, was arrested' about 10 o'cloelt'yesterday morning for • drunkenness. He was placed. in' a ceil and apparently wentto sleep. Shortly after .one o'clock a peculiar noise was heard in the Celt; and Levi§ was found in a dying condition. He expired be- fore. medical aid could reach. him. He was about .50 years of age and very well connected in this. city. • Twelve .Were Lost at Serie New York, Jan, 3.—Twelve sten who were lost Thanksgiving ,Day when the British schooner Johanna went down not 150 miles from the Delaware - breakwater, were not even .kneivn to be missing until the survivors were brought to pot't here Saturday from St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, ,by the stearner Kerma() of the .Que- bea Ste€tmship Co. - - - New • York Death Rate. New York, Jan. 3. --The death rate in 1909 was'. the lowest in the 'history of the city:' It fell front the lowest previous figure 16.52 itt 1608 to 16,23.' The report shows, a marked decrease for the ,year in -deaths, suicides and ltomieidetl. Births for the year were; 123;433, a decrease -of 3,429 from 1908, Acclamations In Petroiea. Petroleos, Jan. 3,e -Ed. Pollard gets the •matyoralty of .Petrolea for 1910 by acclamation, Dr, C. 0, Fairbanks and G. S. Pitkin having deelined the nom. ination. 1)r, C. O. Fairbanks was elected a deputy reeve by acclama- tion, and G. S. Pitkin water stet/orris. siorrer, reaeleeted by aeolaniation, An Unusual Snowfall', Fresno, Cal„ Jan, 3, ---For the first •tinte in sixteen years. snow fell here on Saturday. 1 subscription to The Neurs•Reeord would be au appreciam led New lear's GIR to ike boy in the west. 1 his is a 01107- Baving SALE. �. t I� will continue for �. the month of January. RAN'GES REDUCTION FOR CASH FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER Happy tlhonght ange square $3.00 with reservoir 3,00 • with reservoir and high lg shelf 3;00 916 -Pandora and reservoir - 3.00' reservoir and high shelf' and reservoir reservoir and high shelf tt and Reservoir 918 if 'c Model Huron .. Kitchen Range COAL HEATERS 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00,'- 2.00 No. 5 Radiant Home 2.00 c4,.. . - with oven . . 2.00 No. 113 1V,[cClary's Famous :o1/ No. 114 ' �� 3.00 Fairy with oven 2.00. and 5 per cent. discount off all smalltCoal Heaterse s HARDWARE. Bell faced Steel Hammers reg. 75c for 40c Wrenches 50c for '38e Fire Shovelsc • -5c and l0c 3 -ft English Rues 30c Handled Axes .- 75c A fine 1. quality Shaving Brush • . 25c Razor Strops, good 25c Special prices on Razors Glass Cutters 1Oc See the new Self -wringing MoAs.•only . 75 „ Lanterns, large 'burners. . 6Oe A good Storm Door t om tete with fittings $1.50 'GRANiTEWARE Justreceived. a large :assortment- one ti r d- off' the regular price. .• $1.25 Double Cookers for '1.00 • "' . 30c Waeh'Bowls for - 80c Water- Pails for 30c Tea: Sl eepers -for 35c Chambers for • 40c " 50c " • $1.50 Preserving Kettles for 1, 25 " 1.00 - .75 ..60 .30 Dip; ers' for 840.1 66e 20c 530 - 27c 23c . 23c . 30c $1,00. 84e 66e 500 40c DUSTS I.NE WhyYou Should Use• .Dustbane It saves labor in sweeping. It saves one half your dusting, , It saves your carpets and rugs. - It saves your health. It is sanitary as it contains an anteseptic . fluid which- kills germ... The evaporation of this fluid while sweeping' thoroughly disinfects the.'roor. 'Try i't.once and' you will continually use it. List of .Second -Hand Heaters in Good Repair 1' Aerne Coal Heater $10 - - 1 Expeit Coal Theater $8 1 Radiant Home with oven $18 - 1 Princess Adorn $14 1 Imperial Jewell $15 1 Vesta Pearl $7. 1 McClar- Belle $4 1 Parlor Cook for wood $4 - 2 Box Stoves for wood $2 1 Honor Bright wood cook $15 Try Wyandotte Cleaner and Cleanser-. a full 5 Ib, Dag for 25c. The Cheapest and best Cleansing' Compound in Use. Harland Bros. STOVES AND HARDWARE CLINTON