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Sept. 21,, 1'
SEVEN PERISH IN FIRE
eGllmour Hotel, Ottawa, Proves'
to Be a .Holocaust.
;Seven Persona; Inmates of the Hotel.
Destroyed by Fire Friday Night, Are
Unaccounted For, and It Is Feared
'That All of Them Fell.. Victims --No
Human .Remains Yet Found -Injur-
ed Are Doing Well, e
Ottawa, Reit, 15.-e lre last night,
'which started in the Gilmour House,'
bas gutted the building, at a loss of
• 8150,000, and caused injuries to a dozen
!r more guests who were called upon
oto fly Tor •bheir lives at a moment's no-
tice. Aimogg the injured are:
M. Robert Pentecost, 407 Huron
•street, Toronto, both legs broken.
George Montgomery, Tamen', Tett
thigh fractured and scalp wound.
Mrs. E. Butterworth, recently mair-
ried, severely burned,
Mr; D. Garry, Galt, severely :buried;
T. Srfiith,'Montreal, both hands ant]
left leg severely burned,
Miss Amelia 'Deforest, address not
known, burned,
Mrs. Arch, Blue, wife of the Dom-
iniotn Census Commissioner, broken
ethoulder blade. •
Harry Walker of New Jersey, who
jumped from the thirdstory win-
dow, and had both legs broken: He Is
also very badly burned,: and his recce-
try is doubtful.
The fire started at the foot of .the
elevator shaft, It " was discovered
shortly after 11 o'clock,
There were about 90 guests in the
ISL Vii [111 WA I,
teaMiers
at. pejucat ROW
P#Imo's Pesco. Proposals.
Pine Guerra Elected by the 'Leaders of
the Rebel Forces to de. Major-Gen-
eral of the First Division and Cu.
tiNe of Seoend-Rodriguez Wound.
115 Rebels and. Sends Them to Hos. '
pital-Palma Arraigned.
Havana, .Sept 18. At a meeting of
a'ebel leaders, held in the town hall cl
Bejucal yesterday, it was decided, after
a itumbei or vielentospeeches had been
dowered, not to accept the peace pre-
Doalt/one of the Government,
• The leaders of the rebel forceea 14
the westerkt part of Cuba 'held a gene
mat 'meeting Sunday near Eleano and
ideated Pin,* Guerra to be !majoragen-.
crani of the first division; and Toyama
Dial Castillo to be.major-genanal of the
emend division of the insurgent army.
_atia.krira, .Aeofleiba at*, game . were
chosen brigadier generale,
Wounds 115 •Rebels.
Gen. Rodriguez, . the commander of
the Goverment tortesrepeats that•a.1.
a result of his tight With the eebeli at
W:anjan•A Sept. 14. 116 .rebels were Windy'
Ati and sent to hoapibale. The Govan -
anent in this engageewt had seven
Men geld and 14 wounded.
A l fbree of insurgents attacks
ed la GSoreearne t soldiers in Sassfeilmet
near Ba tabano, Sundays, but were re-
Wgrd has reached here- of the !lest
fightiug in Santo Province). Four hun-
dred rebels. under G'e'l, Dubois metthe
house, the 'majority of them women. 1 rural guardauten at Lasa. Theze,
They all took the fire escapes, arta suit of .the engagement is not known.
the firemen, aided by:hotel employes: i
and citizens. managed to get them
to the ground without serious injuries.
Seven Perish In Fire.
Ottawa, Sept. V. -Seven persons who
were supposed to be in .the •Gilmout
Hotel, destroyed by fire on Friday night,
are unaccounted for, and It is feared
that all of them fedi vjotims. They are:.
William Wilson, Montreal.
Miss Loveday, Toronto.
- Shlllington, address unknown... t Wsahington.' Sept;1$.a-Gotnmaader
-Quinn, address unknown. Colwell of the cruiser. Denver'
Mrs, A. Beckett, Ottawa. , at Eta-
Miss E. O'Neill, Ottawa, rest telegraphed the , Navy Deoart,
Miss Renaud, address unknown m yOiteZday that all g'a„s•quiet there.
Miss Loveday, factory inspector of tfoat,ltt$em
s forally ceased St+sd* a and
Toronto, arrived at the hotel on. Fri- a definite settlement ofe the trouble
day night about 8 .o'clock and':.regis 'eeemed possible yesterday,
British Moved Roosevelt: •
Exptosten In Havana. •
.•A 'violent' explosion'occurre hers
7'eeterday morning and wrecked two
brick buildings. Sixpersons were hilt-
ed and many wounded. No details of
the cause ar-o.. yet at hand. The ex -
;Obit= . is, thought . to be the work oil
iiiseendla les. The buildings at . once
esugbt. fire. Dead gid woanded are
atilt being taken front the wreckage.
The buildings were insured;,
All Is Quiet. •
tered. It appeared that she had court'
direct from Toronto. She wasgiven
a room and proceeded to It. • Shortly
afterwards she canie down stairs and
asked one of - the • clerks the way to.
McLaren street. From MoLarein street
she went to Hintortbuig, a suburb .of
Ottawa. It is supposed that she re,'
turned to the hotel shortly before 11.
o'elock and retired. The : fire ,.broi.e
out at 11.15 o'clock. •
It -is known de lnitelye, that-
Oeill, the head waitress of theiwte;,.�
is lost. Prayers for the repose of her.
soul were .offered la St. Patficl s
Church yesterday morning.
'Official List of Dead and Injured.
MantSeaiw.SsP` ; :.1 tet.--Folloevin • ti• ghee
official list of the dead and injured in
the wreck near Sudbtic•y on the Q. P. R.
The Dead.
Frank Blackwell. policeman. 55 Belle-
vue avenue, Toronto_ '
Charles Palmer, Toronto. .
Viola Schade, aged -12, Monktoa; Ont: -
Alma Schade, aged 10; Monkton; Ont.
Dr. S. F. Mylne, South' Woolsey, .N:
W. T.
J. J. Noble, Methodist clergyman, Lu-
ton, Ont. -
Percy Baker, farmer, Stayner, Ont. ••
Louis Pfaff, busman, New Hamburg.
Nelson Schatz, droner, 'New Ham -
'W. B. Puddl.canube, react estate agent,
New Hamburg. . ' • .
Thomas Ptiddicotnbe; farmer., New •
Hamburg.
Henry Herman, farmer, New ham-
burg.
Samuel Kingston, Frankfort, Ont.
,. Yetir York, Sept. 18. --The Times
prints a story to the .effect" that the
real cause of the action of President
Roosevelt in .regard to Cuba was not•
the appeals of American sugar. plant-
era sear 'Cienfuegos, but a complaint
made through the Briti, h'..etrbbassy at
Washington . regarding the .damage
done to 'the property of ;the Western
'. Rail 'road, wit lett its ' owned by laritielt
ecapitaI s.ts;..,andeetile...-heads.:-efr.whfclt«
are in London.' • •
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CHARGES AGAINST PALM AA-
Revgl><oiiona!4i41a1V.4uit..:Xoek:,.J.er.,.,
sues Proclamation Telling Why Lib-
erals No Longer Recognize. Him.
• New. York; Sept..18.-Tae revol'ntton-
are Junta of New York has' issued a
'proclamation which says:
"We havebeen careful not to over-:
draw 'the seriousness of the political
situation in Cuba, and have made no
charges -.that cannot be fully substance
tatted.
• "We cttarge that President Palma
'Obtained his election to office through
fraud'and intimidation, and by the de
nial to .tiro. Liberaie , to their , right. of
' • "We. charge that the Government of'
• !President . Pafnia"was directly respon-
Bible for the trilling of Col', Enilque i
`Vilhzcudas, a members of Me House
of. ;Representatives at Cienfuegos on
Sept. 22:'1905. '• '
"Wecharge that. President Palma
E. May, Winfield, hot positively Mee- a has usurped' the• powers and functions
t4fled. of the governing bodies of the .mutua- 1
Seriously Injured. •
William Wallis, Humiser, Ont.,
sprained. and brused back..
' George Arose, Frankitart,. Ont.; body
heavily bruised.. .
Sheldon Morrts, Frankford, Ont., leg
fractured and body *badly bruised.
Mrs. Leonard Shade, bad outs and
bruises.
E. Walt, Stockdale, O.nt., seriously
injured.
a Three Victims Buried. ,. •
New Hamburg, Sept. 17.= -'Phe. ';fun-
eral of '"three of , the victims of the
Canadian Pacific Railway disaster,
near Sudbury, took place here on Sat-
urday. The • bodies• left the homes of
the victims at the same hour. They were
Henry Herman, Wm. B, Puddicoetbe
and Thomas' B. Puddioombe,
Three Blown to ,Pieces.
Kenora, Sept. 17. -Three Scandina-
vian laborers named L. Peterson, Nels
Loughill and Charles Hansman, were
blown to atoms in a construction camp
near Winnipeg: River by the premature
explosion of a blasting shot Saturday.
IndaiteGuide Drowned,.
Fredericton, N's B.. Sept; ' 17. -Toe
ctpaiitles, and has annulled, arbitrar-
ily
i
ily and without warrant' ' of law, the 1
elections of Liberal officials, displac,-
ing themwith members of Ms owe 1:
political party, tie Moderates'. • .
"We charge • that he has in like man-
ner removed from the bench, judges
who refused to 'act in their .judicial
capacity ,.according toe_his diath.tion.
President Palisja, aline has imprisoned,
,1e'itlettut judicial proceedings, members
at the Liberal party because they
protested: against his idictatoriaf con-'
duct.
"The Liberate have made ••continued
-peaceful appeals' that this Lrtjustice be
righted, but to all these, the Clovers-
,ment turned. ' a deaf ear, denied the
constitutional rights for wtsbih the.
Cubans fought;' bled and.dled ,for near.
ly half a century; we decided that
our one recourse was again' to take .up
arms.
"Wenow eek only one thing, and
that ; Is that the Illegal and fraudulent
election oflast Decemberbe annuli*
and. a . new election i1P:id, at ' which
every 'Cuban citizen will be given a fair
chance to vote." ' •
In concluding the proclamation: says;
Gabriel, an Indian, known to almost] '9!hat Palma as to -day tine -dictatoe.
every sportsmanwho has ever visited of Cuba Instead of 'Weyier,"' and de-.
New Brunswick; and his wife, . were mares that the anent who sitteaut i hitt
drowtfed' in the river a dew miles be- ere the same who' supported the Span.
low here Saturday evening. Their ca- lob regime while patriotic Cubans.
nbe struck a sunken "object and upset: ''were Ln tihe'Seld pghtiag,
Both were somewhat under the influ-
ence of liquor acid neither came up.
An Indian injured. •
Hamilton, Sept. 17,. --Joseph Salts, an
Indian from Hagersviile, either jumped
-or waa thrown off the 'train from the
.south on Ferguson avenue,' between
Maine and Jackson street, Saturday
-night. He fell under the train and • his
left arra Wag badly mangled, It was
i• ' Struck by a Trolley Car.
I. Toronto, Sept, 17,=.&bout 4 p. m. yes-
terday, Hector Strathy Miller, aged' 16.
living at 415 Dovercourt road, stepped
off a west=bound Dovercourt ear de
-College street, near Dela,aiare avenue'
He started to Cross to the south side
of the street and was knocked down
by nn east -bound car. Both wrists
were broken and his head badly hurt
His injuries are serious.
'1 Ex•Deputy Chief Stuart Hurt,
!rioronte, Sept. 17. -Deputy Chief of
'Pollee Stuart is laid up at his residence
180 Wilton avenue, teem the result 01
an aoeident which In ay prove fatal. Ott
.3aturday night wiiim he attempted to
'step off a. street ca t• he fell, his .hea'1
striking the pavement, Itis head wa:i'
badly cut. Be waa taken bona in an
sate and. Walked..upstairs, but then fell
unconscious, end.' at an early hour alias
meriting he was in thr same eondltlon.
He is Buffering from tenteuselon of the
brain. He retired a yi•ar or so ago. Ile
TalCLINTON NEW ERA
SUPPL EMEN1
• ie 71 yearn of age; V �... .�.
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Strike, on the Wabash.
St. Louis, Sept 18: -General Manger"
Henry Milter of the Wabash read stat-
ed yeetertlsy:
"Boilermakers, blacksmtth and titaa-•
chinists, to the total number of about
300, went on strike at hfobeily, , Md..
Hort 'Wayne, Ind., and Sprinmaeld. I11..
yesterday, without notice, after having
refused an offer of arbitration.
"These men leaving :will not affect.
the handling of busineee
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Throe After the Seat.
St. Johne, Que., Sept. 1L-4:. coir+
isentlen of Liberals was heldlast night
to choose a candidate for the Hoarse bf
Commons. J. S. Master, Ir. C, G. Mar.
ai and Joseph Demers are the as-
Seventeen. delegates were masted, he .
meat to -day and snake a elsoloe, '
• Wilton Lost by Storm. .
Stout City, Iowa, Sept. 18" ---Late re-'
ports show that the storm, of Satfttilay
night and Sunday washed out abottt'25 i
mites at railroad trach within a radius
t of 50 miles of this city. Thousands of i
1 acres of grain ;in.l rorty were dattiaged,'.
besides"rnany letii tit 'm '!'.mo <i,..ux„e is
estimated at ii 011') i)'i+l
A short, sharp, quick sale of the entire stock
Of the OaIbraItll: Clothing Co.,
'Damaged by Fire and Water,
GatRntePcllg Saturday, .Sept. 220, at 9 A.
The stock of the Galbraith Clothing Go., Clinton, has been sold to us at a very low rate on the dollar This stock
was slightly damaged bysmoke and water in the recent 'fire. We want ,to sell it in a hurry, for' the handling of it
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must not interfere with our regular Fall business. Two weeks is the limit set for the sale, that is if the goods hold
out that long,for there. is''a big chauce that they won't whenysee theprices will go 'at. Anyway the sale
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2nd and"end Saturd Oct. 6th..' ' 'It : ort' -a t,one minute longer -than err -than closin time that
,mall, start Saturday, Sept. 2 ��
. Anything,
night Athin . left then'will be. sent to the auction 'room' for not a dollars worth will be taken to' our big new
lr, Y
the'All the Galbraith clothing'will be sold in the Galbraith store, or it won't be sold* in Clinton,-+
store on. .
We make the price of every,,article low enough to sell it in the two weeks: The Galbraith Co, had only been in
business a short tirpe; the stock was .a good one; it was practically all new; the damage done by the fire in all but a
few cases is very slight; most of it was •done by water, the fire touching very little of the .stock. Some of the Fall
stock of Suits and Overcoats were in. All will go. commencing Saturday, at fire sale .prices, for we positively will
not take a dollar's worth to our new store, and we want to get this sale off our hands just, as quickly as possible.
You won't have another chance like it this fall. Here are some, just some of the bargains:--
^1
argains:-=
mEn's SUITS
FIRE
SALE
PRICES:
Here is a list of the Gal-
braith stock of Men's' Suits..
There, is a saving of. $3,00 to
$6.00 for' you, if you:. .can get
f the lot.,;.,..
ourF
. all SU`it out •;o•
They arenegoods, w andm
da-
. . . .-r. .
aged by water only.
$10.00 Suits for $9.00
7 only Men's blackand blue
Serge Suits,' Galbraith $QI
0
' price $15;00, for fire5ale, your d17{cicefor.. ,
$.13.00 -.Softs $7'.50
15 only Tweed and colored Worsted Suits, damaged
by water only, when pressed up will'. be : as good a,
new, Galbraith prices $10.00 and $15.00, choireof t7,g0
this lot
x$10.00 Suite for $0.50
, •
• 14 only faney Tweed Suits,: water -damaged only, will
press up as good as ever. Galbraith price was $10,00,
�5ufor, Vire Sale, choice . � � ' •:.;• ��
Summer' Sults.$5.00
4 only Summer Suits, .Galbraith 'prices was $12.00,:tg
for Fire Sale you. can .take our•choice for ...........• QU o0
.•y
our
Suits $4.50
•
24 only Men's Tweed Suits, good, substantial gar-
ments for
arments:for ordinary wear.. Galbraith price was $7.00,
450
Fire Sale. your choice for .... ........... , .....
$10.00 and $12.00 Suits $5.00
These Suitsare damaged'a little' mere than others,
but at .$5.00' are the biggest kind of bargain. There
are just 10 of them. The Galbraith'. prices were $10.00 to nn
. and $12,00, Saturday morning rot take your choice at wo,uu
' B.•
75 Meas Suits at $1.75 `'"
These are the only Suits in the lot that are titin iievv.
They are made from good, strong that will
standamount of rough wear, Wo need to say what
the original price was, four or five times the figure
we have marked for this Fire Sale would be under : .
it. '' Slightly damaged, choice of the entire '75, COM
Saturdaymornin morning... I IOU
• monolog at 9 o'clock g •.
15 ea ate at 50e
15 only mens odd coats,made from •good strong tweed
choice on Saturday.:'.. , ..+... 50c.
Men and;Boys' Overcoats, 83.75
20 only mens and -boys tweed and frize overcoats,Gal-
braith price double what we have marked them for:
Fire sale Saturday you can buy anyone•of them. for:, CO a ��
Men's. Pants at 5oc,
" 35' pairs Men's strong Tweed Pants, Galbraith
prices were as high as $3,50, some of these a little
more damaged than the others, but there is a long
way more than half -a dollars' worth of wear in them, �DC
choice of the 35, commencing Saturday morning, for .
Boy's. Suits
Quite a nice' assortment `' of Boy's
suits to sell here Saturday. You can
rig your boy out for Fall at little cost,..,;
if you take advantage of this almost
.marvellous offering of .Boy's. Clothing.:
Purchases at this sale • cannot. 'be
counted on -our Watch Club cards..
Norfolk:•Suits.•
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These Suits.are practizally undamaged. and there is a
�:,clearsaving of $l.,0 to. $3.00.buying any, one of „them:. .,.
Here is the way they will sell
Not folk Snits,' reg. '$3.00 and $3:25, Fire Sale $2.25
Norfolk Suits, reg. 84.09 and 84.25, Fire Sale $3.00
:.- 11ltlrfOtak SAltit, '>L' g,.$3. a .lf?tR Sale.®. -
Fancy' Vestee Suits:; " •
Here are big bargains in these nobby. Suits for Boys,
82:50, and $3.00.Vestee Suits, Kale. Price 81.00
• $4.00 and 85.00 Vestee Snits, Fire Sale price $1.50..
Boys' Three-piece Knacker. Suits
One half the original price is the. way these suits are
marked. They are . all made from good, ..honest
Tweeds and Serges,.will stand any amount of hard
`wear, and are dressy, servicabie garments for every-
day use.
Regular $4.50 and $5.00 Suits, sale ,price .82.50
sizes 27, 28, 29'
Regular 85.00 and 86.00 suits, sale price '$3.00
sizes 31, 32, 33 ..
The Galbraith. urnishin s:
Collars, Shirts, Ties, Underwear, etc:, all going
at fire'osale rices:. Very few' of dell :ds.maged
, at all. •
Umbrellas 750,
25 only Umbrellas,strpng,substantial ;ones.Galbraith
prices $1.25 and $1.50, choice for fire sale.......:...;. Ian
Colored Shirts, 65e
The Galbraith stock of Shirts, hard and soft bosoms.
They are marked8l.(Q and$1.25.and are standard lines
at tnese prices. On Saturday our fire sale price Will 65
p
be each f . 9
Whit* shirts, 50e,.
Good quality ':White Shirts, solid linen • fronts, Gal-
u
wraith pricea..75c and $1.00. Sat rd ayy, , your choice ���
Shirts were soiled with water only, •the fire did
not get near them:
Underwear 50c
Mens light weight underwear,shirts or drawers, fine
quttlity>.Galbraith,prices�fl, 75c, for fire sale,choice..., tr
Regt 1ar.250 suspenders,fire sale price .1.11c.
Regular 50c Sump eaders,fire sale price 25e
:Regular 05e Ties. fire sale prices, 15c
Regular 5oc Ties, fire sale price, 25c,'
A collar Bargain
Best 20c quality linen collars. These were in boxes
and not, damaged at all.. All the popular shapes, for.
• fire sale, 3 for .;,;•..•.. [ 25C Y
Claps
Regular 25e Oaps, Are sale price.1S0
Regular 50c Caps, fire sale price 25c
TERMS -"Spot, cash, No goods out on approval.
No gocds exchanged.
THE SALE --°A short,sharp, two week's sale of
Clothing and F•urnisnngs
THE STOCK ......The Galbraith Clothing Cos,
THE REASON -Because it was damaged, by
smoke and water in the recent fire.
THE PLACE, The Galbraith Store N;
. THE $TART 9 o'clock in the morning on Saturday
Sept. 22nd.
THE END Closing time, Saturday,Oct. 6th.
REMEMBER THE 'TME. The sale will start 9
o'clock, Saturday morning, no earlier. , '
Huron
County's
Greatest
Clothiers
Huron
- County's
Greatest
Clothiers
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BAAM BEFORE SIGNAL
Enirinoor Put Thom •n Motor•
Conductor Called'. Him. •
inquest on Azilde Train Disaster RS4
uumnd at Sudbury -Train Moving
. Millie an Hour Could Have Been
Stopped Twice In the Distance. Qey •
tWeen Station and Place of Accirtent,
Swears Engineer Thurtow.
Sudbury, Sept. i8. --The inquest' on
the Azilda train disaster was resumed
yesterday ,morning with Rr,gtneef
',L'hurlow inthe box.
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He said he, applied, the brakes before
the signal had been given by the eon-
ductor. He knew the service affected
only a few cars, At the same time he
Calt Oa conductors signal the conduce*
tor applying the emergency brake in
his own ear.
Thnrtow supposed the conductor
feared the train might not be brought
up In time. •
The air was tested at Chelmsford and
found all eight. '"
.A. juror asked: "What do.yousay as
to stopping the train in the distance:
between the station and the Place of
aaxddenthad the brakes been in shape'!"
"A train moving forty miles an hour
could be stopped twice in the"distanee,"
he said. •
6"onduceor Thomas Kettoe said after
he applied the emergency brake' he no-
ticed no slacketring of speed. The ale
'whintle was given • on approaching the. `
west switch.
Always oh the Alert.
Selsoe said his duties were to collect
titkets,ulook after his train, and be
*LIMN on the alert. He would give
sernndary oor sideration to the Coltec -
kion of tickets if k was necessary to
look after his train. "If' We don't get
a call for Land brakes a long distance . •
:from the station or stop ter af tuns
a).
the 'air brakes, we depend. o the•
air brakes; but we are on the rt,"
,ICe oe described the taking, .u) the
test of the air brake in the Sudbury
yard before • the road officials.' He was
called upon to make the test at the
slce President's request. "Do :it with
all your might," said Mr, McNtooll to
me,- "The .angle -cock was open arut
by continual knocking "with the 'vitals'.
• the' handle was -closed. It took two or
three minutes to succeed In the effort.
I would not . say Ghat I gave ',greater
er
force than ' a swinging chain would
ordinarily give. I .believe that When
traffic is heavy'''an .assistant condui for
would .make travel safer." '
Government. to Investigate. •
Montreal, 'Sept, 18.-E. C. Lalonde.
railroad wreck inspector of . the Gov
-
eminent Commission, has gone to Sud:
bury to investigate the recent wrecleon
the C. P. R. Several O. P. 11, otyietals'.
will he . called at witnesses.. ' •
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WOMEN ARE NOT ADMITTED.
To Courts of Methodism After Conferl
once Debate the Question.
Montreal, Sept. 18. --"Was 'It an epos- .;
'ale who said ''Let them be keepers at
.home'?" 'Dr. Antliffe asked the general
c`oafel=enoe 'anil;`receivine no an:`5'w`er,-
repeated it. The'debate onadmitting
women to equality in the church cotirth
was'Beatify- closed by avote of 173 to 76,
and the proposal to chafrge.laymen to
lay members was rejected. by 147 to:105.
The question •being a constittutional• one.
189 votes would have ,been needed. •
Church union caxue up again Yester.
'day, but there was an evident dieposie
tient to postpone the delbate.
One Dead and One May Die
•
Toronto, Sept, 18.=David Jackson ot'' •
318• Bathurst street died about mid-
night at the Western ,Hospital, from '
concussion of. the' brain; received in ' a
street car 'collision on McCaul, street
yesterday morning..
Isaac"Caswell, an old_ man aged 75...'
who 'lives ' on •Strachan :avenue, was:
hit by a. street car last night. He was .
taken to the Western Hospital, what% �...
it was found concussion of •the brain
had resulted from the accident. Mr.
Caswell is a brother of the late: City
: Solicitor Caswell,' His ,00ndition 13
critical'. •..
y"i"
Locates Runaway. W ife. •
Teterboro, Sept. 18: While Ernest
Leflay of. this' city was in the hospital.
a few weeks' ago,' his .wife left suddenly" a .
in oampany' with a boarder, Joseph"
Dare, • taking' two entail children Witte
her... Len.ty located them in Welland. .
The • woman 'refused to "return and
Geflay' has written to friends here
'stating that he ptirposey remaining ta'
Welland, 1.1 i,
Big Guns Open Campaign,
Port Bur'wcll Sept. 1$, -The •byes,
election campaign in hast .Elgin, he
• the interests:': of. W. F. Hepburn, t'het,
Liberal • candidate, was opened with tri
meeting here last night.' The "feature"'
orators ,were Hon. Charles Hyman an&
Hon.' A. B. Ayleswerth.: W. H. 4p111taaadl
'Presided and the hall was well filled.
To American Courts.
Windsor, Sept.- 18. -George Burl
confessed' bigamist, who Was • .rel
Friday by Judge Horne because
`Canadian statute made it impossible *
prosecute flint tri Canada, is.now in Dew
troit. It is thought Mrs.. Burling NI;
2, a resident of 'Windsor will carry thf�
' matter to the American courts,
Geed -Bye to Zion:
Chicago, Sept. 18. --John Alex=
'Dowse Sunday announced a t
Shiloh service at for
h nest Sunday,
/
mediately after this, service he will
leave for Mexico. It Is not expect
that he will ever see Zion City main.
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Cheese Factory Burned.
Petet'b°oro, Sept. 18. -.The cheese fa?,c
Cory. at Melrose Abbot', owned by Ana.
drew Matheson, was burned to the'
ground Sunday. The fire is belioeetl
•to havo originated from a spade at .S
passing traction engine.
Persia's New Council. '
Teheran, Persia, Sept,' 1a.-Acoordingl
to an ordinance just published, the fie*
Persian National Council will nonWll
of 168 members. Teheran Will be rt.!
Presented by 60 members, while the ,
provinces Will send
lilt 1lfts>?iete to the Acre.
Wtnnlpeg, Sept. I5. -'The biggeati
yield of `wheat per acre far the pro,
'Ince for Ufa' year, was threshed on
William Wilson's form, north of Bois"
sevain, off 16 acres of baeit sorting.
Wilson got 691 bushels of Wheat." at
reaction over 46 bushels per acre. The
whetmt was grown from red tfto seed,,.
costing fj. Der buwb&
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