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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-12-15, Page 10NEWS TOPICS OF A WEER IMPORTANT EVENTS IN FEW WORDS FOR BUSY READERS. A Complete Record et the. Duey World's Happening . Carefailly Complied and flit ante Handy and Attractive Shape for the Eeueiera of Our Paper. TOUCHING SOME MARRIAGES, The marriage of Prince Ferdinand, ea Bulgaria, to the daughter of the ex Duke of Parma will not be sanctioned by the Holy See. Chauncey Moslan, weighing 442 pounds, and Annie Bell, weighing 070 pounds, were married in a New York dime museum Friday. THE WEEK AND WOMEN, A bill has been introduced in the Ala- bama Legislature providing for an an- nuity of $500 to the widow of Jefferson Davis during her life. The W. C. T. U. of Manitoba has taken up the women's suffrage question, and will canvass the province to ascer- tain the feeling generally on that sub- ject. DEFALCATIONS, DISA.Pi*EARANCES. J. H. Simmons, of Brantford, a well. known grain merchant, has disappeared, The agent of the Bank of British Col- umbia at Nelson, B.C., is said to be a defaulter to the amount of $40,000. Attorney J. E. Adams, of Chicago, says his vault has been robbed of $5,- 000. His clerk asserts that if auyone robbed it llfr. Adams knows the man, THE. RELIGIOUS WORLD. Rev. Mr. Cockburn, of Pavia, haebeen elected president of the Christiau En- deavor nion of Brant county. Rev. George Richardson, of Berlin, has been elected president of the Water- loo Sunday School Association. The new Methodist church at Tweed, Ont., was dedicated Friday, Rey. Dr. Potts preaching' the sermon. The edi- fice will sett a09 people and cost $11,000, of which 4,000 has beau rained. exoxoxoLiEs. The Bell Telephone Company asks for a monopoly of the business in London, offering ints0 per year for ten years. A New York syndicate has purchased the street railway systema of New Or- leans for $10,000,000 and will substitute electric for mule power. London City Council has agreed to lease the Loaded & Port Stanley rail- road to Cleveland, capitalist on condi- tion that he deposits $30,000 security. Montreal City Council, after four hours' stormy discussion, renewed the contract with the Royal Electric Com - pony for city lighting without calling for teudors. STATISTICAL. In the United States during the last fiscal year bounty was paid on 378,115,- 217 pounds of sugar, The total inland revenue collected fn the United States during the last fiscal year was $1133,857,544. The cost of col- lection. was $4,315,046. Dominion immigration returns show that 1,143 settlers arrived in the North- west in November. This makes a total for eleven months of :10,111. During last, month the C.P,R, land do- per: molt eli posed of 40,000 acres of land to actual settlers in the Manitoba and the Northwest, realizing $125,000. Nn. vember sales, compared with n year ago, show an increase of 300 per cent, THE DEAD. Jay Gould died on Friday.. Mr. George McRae, Q.C,, died in Montreal Friday. Pierre Galland, the renowned decora- tive artist, is dead in Paris. James O'Grady, a Crimean veteran, is dead at Ottawa, aged 70 years. Miss Mary Allan, temperance mission- ary in Japan, died at Tokio recently. Hon. Richard Bellamy, ex-M.L.C., of York county, N.B., is dead, aged 05. Robert C. Riggs, aged 103 pears and 5 N.B.months, died on Saturday at St. John, N Dr. P. R. Shaver, Stratford's oldest medical practitioner, died Friday after along illness. WORLD 01" AGRICULTURE. Rain -making experiments in Texas lave failed. The grain blockade in South Dakota is growing serious. In Windsor Friday hay took a jump from $9 to $11 per ton. Considerable damage is reported on the Pacific coast on account of heavy rain storms. Owing to a series of bad crops in Sa- mara, large numbers of German colon- ists have been ruined. The demand for Canadian apples at Liverpool last week was active. Prices advanced one to two shillinge per barrel. Tho Bolivian. Government has issued a proclamation which obliges all adult males to work two days annually on the public roads. .An insect has been found in the wheat and corn kernels in Cumberland and Salem counties, New Jersey, which threatens destruction of the grain. A wood -sawing match at Petrolea Friday between J. Wallace, of Sarnia, and H. Smith, of Petrolea, was won by the latter. He sawed a cord. in 52 min- utes 5 seconds. Preeident Gardner, of the British Board of Agriculture, has signified that live Canadian cattle will again be ad- mitted to the TTnited Kingdom as soon as satisfactory proof is presented that no pleuro -pneumonia" exists in Canada. THE FIRE RECORD. Seven lunatics were burned to death in. Finland Tuesday. .Dr. C. W. Siemens, the noted German engineer and electrician, is dead. Four thousand bushels of peas were burned at Picton Saturday morning. Eetweeia. 60 and 70 buildings in Bone - venture, Panama, have been burned. A fire at Buckingham, Que., Thurs- day, destroyed between$3, 000 and $4,000 worth of property. Ogilvies' elevator at Virden was com- pletely destroyed by fire Tuesday with 23,000 bushels of wheat.The loss is $80,000, A subterranean fire is raging in the tine raining region at Webb City, Mis- souri. 4J.aaft has been sunk to a eon- siderabla. evth; but dile "teat baeante e3 intense that the miners had to quit, work, flame bursting through. The Carthago cheese factory, near Stratford, together with the whole of the September and October make of cheese, 508 boxes, or over 5,000 pounds, was totally destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. , The loss is estimated to be $7,500. Two barns, one shed, seven head of cattle, twenty tonsof hay and a large quantity of grain, a binder and other articles all burned; loss over $2,000. This is Robert Murray': experience at Forest through the upsetting of a lan- tern, PERSONAL.. Mr, Gladstone was given the freedom of Liverpool on Saturday. Mr. Portal has been appointed. British Commissioner to Uganda. Mr. D. Pottiuger has been appointed general manager of the Intercolonial. Hon. George E. Foster, Minister of Finance, arrived at Halifax from Eng- land Saturday. Joseph Green was fined $11 and costs at Belleville on. Saturday for selling po tatoes unfit for food. Wm, Watson, who wrote the best obituary poem on Lord Tennyson, has been offered' £200 for the royal bounty. Hon. Edward. Blake will be at the dinner of the National Liberal Club next Saturday. He is uow in Ireland. OF INTELNATIONA,L INTEREST. The Behring Sea arbitrators meet in Paris Feb. 23. England Germany, and the States will anite in quieting Samoa. The native insurgents in Samoa have utinekeci English: residents. Gen. Dodd is preparing for the com- plete oceupaetion of Dahomey by the French. A German paper nrges the Govern- ment to uegrotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States, Excitement has been caused at Tan- gier by a Moorish police guard faring upon four Europeans, killing one and wounding another.. The interests of the United States railways are too intimately associated with those of Canada for the latter to fear nothing from threatened, retalia- tion, The usurping ruler of Chitral Sher, Afzul Khan has recognized the Ameer of Afghanistan as suzerain. It is im- portant to remember that Britain does not recognize his suzerainty. THE LABOR wonx.an. The Oliver Steel Company of Pitts. burg closed down suddenly on Saturday owing to want of orders. One thousand Hien are idle. The striking English cotton operatives are gainingboth confidence and support. £10,000 has been placed to the credit of central relief fund. The wombat; of the English Royal Labor Commission were much impres- rod Saturday by the testimony of :Prof. Gould of the Johns Hopkins Tfniversity. At the Trades and Labor Council Fri. clay evening it was announced that Mr, H. A. Massey had offore3 to coutributo $5,000 toward trio founding of a manual training school in Toronto, provided the city would give a like amount, A deputation of London's unemployed men waited upon Postmaster -General Arnold Morley to urge. an increase( in the post -office staff by abolishing; over- time and other similar measures, Mr, Morley promised to do his utmte t to see that trade union wages be paid and to curtail overtime. MATTERS MONETARY. Tho Saturday Review ridicules Roths- child's silver scheme. The Austrian press regards the Roths- child silver scheme as impracticable. Archbishop Walsh favors bi-metalism ns a remedy for Irish tenant troubles. The London Times says the Interna- tional Monetary conference has already resulted in a failure. The World's Fair souvenir coins have been tested by the Treasury Department at Washington and found correct. The monetary associations in the prin- cipal cities of Scotland favor and will co-operate with the English Bi -metallic League. The monetary scheme of Mr. do Rothschild, the British delegate, has been withdrawn. The first official payment of the salar- ies of the members of the Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath was made Saturday in gold. This payment caused quite a commotion, as the nation as a whole is unacquainted with gold coins except such as are contained in the museums. THE ACCIDENT RECORD. Charles Boisson was blown from the platform of a Union Pacific train, near Denver and killed. John Caldwell, a bricklayer, fell from a scaffold in Hamilton Friday. He was seriously injured. Joseph Humphreys, a six-year-old Hamiltonian, was accidentally ,shot in the thigh Saturday. A locomotive exploded at Brownsville Pa., killing Engineer Barry and fatally and scalding Fireman Neiffert. The explosion of a gasoline stove at Jackson, Michigan caused the death of a child and probably of the mother. Wm. Patterson, of Kingston, was erbshed to death in a quarry at Holly, 30 miles east of Niagara Falls, N.Y. Henry Melzar fell under the wheels and was killed in attempting to board a moving train at ltton on Saturday, A Chicago & Rock'xsland train struck a waggon near Denver Friday night. Mrs. McQuedry, ono of the occupants, was instantly killed and several others were seriously- injured. MARITIME MATTERS. Hereafter pleasure yachts passing through the Welland canal will be ex- empt from toll. The naval officers court-martialled Firday for the loss of H. M. S. Howe were honorably acquitted. A Japanese warship collided with a British steamer the other day and was so badly damaged that she went down. Eighty-five lives were lost. Twelve ' barges containing 192,000 bushels of Manitoba wheat reached Montreal Saturday. This will be the last shipment by water this season. The whaleback Columbus, launched at West Superior, Saturday, for tho World's Fair transportation baldness, will have capacity for 5,000 passengers. A lifeboat belonging to the British steamer Greystone, ,, ..: Elbe on Wednesday last,. containing three dead bodies, drifted ashore. The crew of the Greystoke numbered 21, all told. It is believed that all on board the steamer were lost. The ':german steamship Spree broke her main shaft 1,000 miles from Queens- town. A hole was punched in her bot- tom, but watertight bulkheads saved. her. The passeugers were in a panic, and one man in his terror jumped over- board, The Huron towed her to Queens- town. A telegram from Athens annouuces the loss of two British steamers, one the .Arabian Prince, Capt. Milburn, which was wrecked off the island of Eubcea, and the other the Sir Francis Drake, which was wrecked off Cape Matila, on the southern coast of the Mona. No loss of life is reported in either case, UNDERGROUND WEALTH. Missouri is having a gold sensation. Gold has been found in Newfound- land. An earthquake shook the vicinity of Tunis, Italy, Tuesday. A splendid deposit of coal has been diicovered at Treherne, Manitoba. Anthracite coalhas been discovered in Hamilton County, Indiana, a few feet below the surface. Veins of copper and silver are said to have been diiecovered near Hawley, Wayne County, Pa. President Harrison in his annual mss sago to Congress strongly advises every possible retaliation against Canada, A bill prohibiting non-resident aliens from securing employment in the United States bas been ttshhtroduced into Con- gress, Hon. John Carling may become Ron - every Commissioner for the World's Fair, Prof. Saunders' health forcing him to resign. Negotiations are in progress for the purchase of the Saudwich, Windsor & Amherstburg railway. The price asked is $160,000. POLITICAL, The German budget has passed the :first reading. It seems assured that the German Army Bill will pass. M. Ribot has succeeded in forming a new French Ministry. Everything is quiet in Hayti and Ilip- polyte has no fear of an outbreak. The Panama Canal scandal continues to absorb public attention in Franco, Mr, Patrick Fallout, anti-Parnellite member for South Meath, has been un- seated, The Austrian Reicherath refused to vote the money asked for secret service purposes. Dr. Bourbonnais, for the Liberals of Soulaugaes, will contest the riding against Mr. Pain, who was unseated. A private dispatch received in Ottawa Saturday from Quebec announced that Premier DeBouahorville had resigned. Senator Chandler has prepared for introducing a bill suspending Immigra- tion, except from North and South America, Mier ono year after March 1. M. Brisson has abandoned the at- temn�11pt and President Carnot charged M. Pirier to form a new French Cabi- net, but he also gave it up. TXSE CRIMINAL RECORD. A German named Luskina has been arrested in Paris as a spy. Corpses in the city morgue, Chicago, have recently been robbed. Six safes were blown open within a block of police headquarters in Chicago on Thursday night. Wholesale forgeries of autograph literary and historic documents have been discovered in Edinburgh. Lizzie Borden, the alleged murderess, has been indicted on three counts by the grand jury at Taunton, Mass. Four members of the Peterboro' fire brigade have been arrested, charged with causing several incendiary fires. FrankL. Hayes, charged -with murder- ing Fred H. Kelly, formerly of Canada, in the collar of a Detroit drug store, was Friday committed for trial At New Haven, Conn., Fanny Ber- kofski, aged two years, put a shovelful of burning coals into a baby carriage in which was her six months' old sister. Both were burned to death. Baker and Lingford, the prisoners in the Pickering shooting case, were com- mitted for trial at Whitby on Monday. One of the magistrates announced hav- ing received a threatening letter from an unknown source. MISCELLANEOUS. Cholera has again appeared at Cher- bourg, France. Chattanooga, Tenn., had an earth- quake shock Friday. Mrs. Deacon has brought a libel suit against the Galignani Messenger. A vote on the question of shop licenses will be taken in Woodstock. Railway traffic in Great Britain is much interrupted by a heavy snow- storm. Four persons while crossing the Erie tracks at Elmira, N.Y., Thursday night were killed. Sept. 14, 15 and 10 are the dates of the international athletic contests at the World's Fair. The health board of London are pre- paring stringent regulations to protect the country against cholera next spring. The funeral of the late Jay Gould took place in New York Monday. The services were characterized by simpli- city. On December 29 the Geological So- ciety of America will meet in annual session in the House of Commons, Ot- tawa. Heavy snowstorms are : reported throughout the United Kingdom. The mails are delayed, and many sheep have died. The World's Fair authorities have been notified that Spain will increase her appropriation for her exhibit there to $200,000, The London city council has decided to submit to popular vote the question of closing bars at 7 o'clock every night of the week. Bradstreetsreports 35 business failures in Canada this week, as compared with 27 last week and 35 the corresponding. week one year ago, Soulanres Nomination. MoNrasAx,, Deo. 1. -At Coteau yester- day Mr. Bain was nominated for the Con., servative interest and Dr. Bourbonnais for Ike Reformers in the Soulanggs election, OLD RELIABLE STAR aRO°ERY 111111(1111111111111111111111111111111t14111111111111111111111H For the Christmas holidays we have on hand a full assortment of PURE V RE 4WINES & LIQUORS OUR GROCERY DEPART]VIENT,—Making Groceries one of our strong specialties, and giving careful attention to the wants of the Public, we are in a position to supply goods fresher, cheaper, and of better quality, than 111160Se 304$101,0 ErerriMing AND WHO PURCHASE ALL SORTS OF ].'RUCK BECAUSE IT APPEARS CHEAP. - ''1'''''1 A.V �wLJ..�w4wr�Yw Wishcng our many Customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. we remain .Yours as Ever, ViiikaZytta (*) E . 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That's true and the public know it, and now we are loaded for the X–mas and New Year's Holidays, with all kinds of T E $EST WATCH SEE ITIN BEFORE EYBuv D GOLD and SILVER' GOODS and PLA TEDWARE, GOLD and SILVER WATCH -ES, GOLD and SILVER CHAINS, LOCKETS, CHARMS, BROOCHES,Etc., GOLD RINGS of EVERY Description. This is what we have to say to you. In this age of sham it behooves careful where you buy your Watches Rings, Etc., which are usually stamped. be gold or silver, but it is difficult to prove it by the mark. Your watch may be stamped 18k or 17k, ;or any other K, or any other design indicating its standard of purity ; but in this land of liberty you are at liberty to believe this legend, or not, and the oftener you don't believe it the oftener you will be right. There are exceptions, however, to this broad assertion, and these are found among firms and names of UNDOUBTED INTEGRITY, For instance, such a firm as One door north` of Central Hotel. P. S.—If you want to make a really nice X-mas present to our father or mother, other, we have a large assortmentof Gold SpectaDies, 'which we offer cheap duri>i;>tlle holiday �■ IT TON' Watch Maker and .jeweller, EXETER. you to be It may