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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-10-28, Page 4• :est see- el.tee.,,.....e.---eeeeeteeteeereseett,""'", , •t, • , •', ' , . , sharacoravEummuessoa THE 2,700 new members have been add ed to the membership of the Canadian OXJ0t..er AberrECe_Cilt p Order of Foresters since the ()pealing of •""'" 1897. Chas. H. Sanders, Editor and Prop TTLEIRSDAY, October 28, 1897 NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Ontorio Government voted $5- 000 for the relief of the sufferer e from bush fires in the eastern counties, France makes nearly 26,000,000 pairs of gloves and exports 18,000,000 an- nually. In ten years Great Britain imported 16,000,000 pairs per annum, valued at $7,500,000. The name. of J. T. Garrow, Q. C,, of Goderieh, is now mentioued in connect- ion with the Perth county judgeship. The appointment of this e.entleman would be as acceptable as that of any outsider, his caner as a lawyer and legislator being a most honorable aud creditable one. Mr. Mulock's axe has swung again in the Montreal post office, taking off six heads of employes who are not en- titled to superannuation. Among these are Gustave Labatt, who was out of the Nile Voyageurs, and David Dau- aher, a former well-known member of the Shamrock lacrosse teatn, who is at present away on his wedding tour. A whiskey informer has disappeared at the eleventh hour, and some of the people he helped in breaking the law are glad. The whiskey informer is not an admirable nor eveu a desirable sort of person. He is employed to do work whie.h his employers would scarcely undertake. Ile euforces the law by breakiug it, and does more than any other man to bring it iuto contempt,— Toronto Globe. Sumer POTATO Onop. Not since 18 bas the potato crop of the United States proved so nearly a failure, says the American Agricultur- ist, in its first report of the yield of 1897. Compared with the liberal crop of last year there is an apparent falling off of nearly 60 per cent in tonnage, and the quality of the whole is greatly de- ficient. County and township returns from all the leading potato growing States to this weekly newspaper show the yield of potatoes to be 174,000,000 bushels against 245,000,000 in 1896, 286,000,000 in 1895; 185,000,000 ii 1894, and only 155,000,000 in the short crop of 1892. The average rate of yield per sere is placed at 64 bushels, tak- ing the country at large, against 86 bushels in 1896, 89 iu 1895, and 62 iu 1892. SHALL WE SELL OUR WHEAT ?— The Farmers' Advocate thus answers to the question: The question whether it is wiser to sell wheat at the present price or to hold it for chances of a rise is one which interests a great many farmers just now. We do not pre- sume tu give advice, but we will say that, so far as we can judge, the outlook is favorable for steady if not advancing prices for good sound wheat, so that we think there is little use in holding first- class wheat, but there is no use in con- cealing the fact that owing, to the wet harvest quite a percentage of the wheat in many sections of Ontario was more or less sprouted, and hence its market value, for milling pureisses, is consider- ably depreciated. While no doubt buyers will exaggerate the extent of this depreciation in order to buy such wheat at low figures, we are assured that wheat slightly damaged by sprout- ing, and in which a large proportion is -perfectly sound, will produce fair bread making fiour, and should not be rated as low as badly sprouted samples, and for this reason fair prices should be paid, but it is nearly certain that badly sprouted wheat, or such as is only slightly damaged, will not keep well during the hot weather of the spring months, but will be liable to turn musty, and will then be unsaleable for the purpose of human food. We there- fore, counsel farmers to dispose of this sort as soon as they can secure a fair price for it. It should all be sold and shipped early in the winter, if not im mediately, while a fair price can be obtained, and this will help the price of sound wheat during the winter and spring in on ths. alIMINIM1111•11 An empty boast of the Ontario Gov- ernment is, " what we pay back " to the municipalities each year but they never tell of the amounts they take from the:municipalities, nor do they compare the sums returned by them with the sums returned by other pro vineial governmentof the Dominion. While the Ontario Government giyes six and a half cents per head of the population to assist the municipalities in building roads and bridges, Quebec gives eleven cents, Nova Scotia fifty- five cents, New Brunswick fifty three cents and P. E. Island thirty seven cents for like purposes. While the Ontario government gives eighteen cents per head for educationa purposes in the province, New Bruns- wick gives forty ane cents, Nova Scotia forty five cents, and P. E. Island ninety five emits. Ontario .gives only seven per cent bf its entire revenue to schoole while Nova Scotia gives twenty. three, New Brunswick twenty four, rirenitoba seventeen and P. E. Island fifty four per cent. The peeple of Ont- ario pay -ninety three per eent ef the cnst if education by direct taxation and yet the HOD. Mr, Ross goes abou boaesing of what his government does in the way of 8,2,11°01 grants and other fe. or -i to edn'eat lanai institutions of the proymce, The Globe tries hard to cast ridicule over the scandalous piggery trausac• tions lately opposed by Mr, St. John. Tile whole affair is a specimen of the way public moneys are wasted by the Hardy Government. An establishment that cost in the neighbordood of $8,000 and where one man is kept at good salary- to take care of one pig is a fine object lesson for the farmers of the province. No amouut of ridicule will divert the attention of the honest elee- tors from the scandalous waste in coe- nection with the job. It is only one among the many examples of how pub- lic: mouei3 Squandered on useless ill- $titutioils and paid out to keep a horde of useless officials at the country's ex peusc. A proper examination before an impartial public accounts committee would doubtless reveal many other traosactious of a similar character, but the government stifles investigation and covers up all such by :its own pe- culiar methods of preveuttug the people knowing how their money is expended. But the day of reckoning. is not far ofi. The Milverton San thinks; that to abolish the law which imprisous for contempt of court in cases of debtors who don t pay up as required to do by division court, " would simply be put. ing a premium on deadbeating. There are many small businesses conducted in every village of this province where small accounts are run. The proprie. tors of those little establishments can. not afford to lose the amounts of those little accounts just when a creditor feels that he does not care to pay. The judgement summons system compels this class to pay or go to jail where they ought to be." Our contemporary overlooks that there is no law to oblige storekeepers to sell to people who don't pay. The cash system would both save the storekeeper against the worry and losses inflicted by such cases, and the country from the disgrace of malutain- ing such a law. The simultaneous abolition of that law and of the credit system would work a blessing to indi viduals as well as to the community in general by imposing the necessity of living within one's meaus and shun- ning the extravagance which credit encourages. It is cheaper and more satisfactory to cure the deadbeater by not selling to him;to ask the community to be at the expense of supporting a deadbeater in jail is something a crest. itor should be ashamed to do when the whole trouble might have been avoided by the simple process of requiring cash for goods. Is not this correct, Mr. Sun? --Stratford Herald. Louis Harp, who lives on Albion street, Brantford, is suffering from the effects of poison. Mr. Harp ate a hearty supper on Wednesday, includ- ing a raw tomato which had been in a crate. He was soon afterward taken ill, and his condition became so serious that in alarm Dr. Keene was sent for. The medical man found Mr. Harp to be suffering from irritant poison, and at once ordered him to bed, and ap- plied the usual antidote. There' he has since been. The trouble is attributed to the tomato, which is supposed to have been molded, This mold, like the mold on a mushroom, is very danger- ous. Some time Wednesday night the store of B. F. Brook, in connection with his woolen mill, at Listowel, was brok- en into by cutting out a pane of glass in the window. A quantity of ready- made clothing consisting of suits, over- coats and underwear was stolen, but the value will not be known until the stock is checked over. Owing to trouble between the Listowel town council and the gas company, the town, except for one coal oil lamp, has been in total darkness for several months, and Wednesday night being very dark and rain falling, the burgulars had a splendid chance for their work. As yet there is no clue to the parties. Cards of Thanks. Exeter, Oct. 22nd, 1897, To the C. R, officers and members of Court Exeter, No. 123, I. 0. F. GENTLEMEN.—I beg to tender You my sincere thanks for your great kind. ness to me in the time of'my distress,— during the time of my husband's illness —in presentino•''sme with the sum of $25, together with the payment of his dues during the whole time of his illness. Which favors I again gratefully ac- knowledge. Yours very truly, EDITH ROBINSON JUBILEE STEAM LAUNDRY Harken to this All ye people of Exeter: We do FAMILY WASTIING in 'allits branches for the small sum of ONE CENT an artiele, and on shorteet notice. • Goods called for and delivered. A Call Solicited W. W. Harrison „„ • „ „•,'• 're INTO fitDSO T lilt. 1 tc,ctl:n 'io (L., eyPeekskill, wax's puittoount a t:irialufeds. , eF.,,r4r-::e,'''..•..1r...0...AN4 'T,-,Atovw.P,4;tezzi,...,:.' Pcti v j.'iomm.A.W-N mg '.4:',4? -&$41:),- /., . Ii down the road. They were admitted to I' the Helping Hand Hospital, where their wounds were dressed Of the five three TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. Four Cars Sulimerged-.The State Express Plunges Into the River -Twenty -Eight Dives Lost -Scene of the .aeoldeat Near Nen, York City. Garrison, N.Y„ Oot, 21.—The New York Central train left Buffalo last night and had progressed for nearly nine -tenths of the distance toward its destination. The engineer and his fire- man had just noted the grey dawn break- ing in the east and the light streak of red betokening tho sun's appearance when the great engine—a servant on the rnils, a devil off—plunged into the depths of the riyer. Neither engineer nor fire- man will ever tell the story of that ter- rible moment, for with his hand upon tho throttle the engineer plunged with his engine to the river bottom, and the fireman, too, was at his post. Cause of the Accident. Behind them came the express car, the combination car and the sleepers, and these piled on top of the engine. It is known that it was a trifle foggy and that the track was not visible, but if there was any break in the lines of steel it must have been of very recent hap- pening, for only an hour before there bad passed ever it a heavy passenger train laden with human freight Neither is there an explanation ready. All is con- jecture. The section of road was supposed to be the very best on the entire division. There was a great, heavy retaining wall all along the bank, and while the tide was high yesterday it was not unpre- cedented, What seems to have happened was that underneath the traoks and the ties the heavy wall had given way and. when the great weight of the engine struck the unsupported tracks it went crashing through the rest of the wall and toppled over in the river. Then there happened what on the railroad at any other time would have caused disaster but now proved. a very blessing. As the train plunged aver the embankment the coupling that held the last three of the six sleepers broke and they miraculously remained on the broken track. In that way some 60 lives were saved. • A. Passing Tug. Of eye witnesses there were none ex- cept the crew of a tug boat passing ,with a tow. They saw the train with its lights as it came flashing about the curves and then saw the greater part of it go into the river, Some of the oars with closed windows floated, and the tug, whistling for help, cast off its hawser and started to the rescue. Efforts at Rescue. A porter jumped from one of the cars that remained on the track and ran into the yard of .Augustus Carr's house near which the accident occurred, and stood screaming for help and moaning, "The train is in the river; all our passengers are drowned." In a few minutes Carr had dressed himself and getting a boat rowed with the porter to the scene. As they turned a point in the bank they came upon the express car and the com- bination car floating about twenty feet from shore, but sinking every minute. One man was taken from the top of the car and efforts were Made to rescue those inside who might be alive. A few wore got out. The day coach and smoker had gone down in the deeper water and rescue was imposible. In the latter coach the conditions must have been terrible. The oar turned completely over and the passenger end of it was in the deep water while the baggage end stood up towards the surface. The men in that lower end must have fought like fiends for a brief period, for the bodies when taken out were a mass of wounds. The closing scene of the first day of this tragedy Is drawn around a common car that stands near the scene of the accident, where a score of badly mutil- ated bodies. none of them yet claimed by Iriends, are lying in a long row, grue- some evidence of a disaster the greatest that has ever occurred on this road. A. Passenger's statement. One of the few occupants of the coach who escaped with his life was Frank J. Degan, a wood-tinisher of New York. His left eye was cut by broken glass and his body was slightly bruised. Mr. Degan made this statement: "With my friend, W. H. G. Meyers, of Passaic, N. J., who was killed in the car from which I escapld, I had been to Poughkeepsie. We boarded the train at that place and took a seat in the coach. Three other people got on at Poughkeepsie. One was a woman and the two others were men, one of whom looked like a railroad em- ploye. As near as I can judge there were eighteen people in the coach, most of them being women and children'and nearly all were asleep. Meyers and I sat in the middle of the car. When the crash came the car gave a great lurch and rolled over on its side. The water rushed in, aud almost instantly the lights went out. I knew we were in the river, and the car seemed to plough through the water for some time after it was sub- merged. ' "The car was titled over on one side, and. I inanaged to reach the fanlight overhead and cling to it until help came. I heard people in the back part of the oar groaning as if they were pinned fast. It was so dark that I could see no one, and I think the passengers must have. been drowned like rats. After a while (it seemed an age)r.I heard people on top of the car, and an axe crash through the roof. Soon they had a hole cut in the roof, and pulled me out through it. A man and a boy (father and son). were also rescued in the same way, but I know of no other occupants of the coach escaping. The car at this tame was float- ing but fast filling with water. We were put ashore in a rowboat. I am sure that my friend Myers was drowned." The First Victim. The first victim of the disaster found was lying on the shore dying. He was badly bruised about the head and body, and his rig -lit arm was cut off near the shoulder. Tho man was placed on a train and taken to Peekskill, but died on the way. The body was that of a middle- aged man, about six feet tall, weight about 180 pounds. Ile was finely .devel- opeil, physically. His hair WAS dark and his moustache was red and stubby. The man wore it sixteen collar .and a ten and a half ciaff. The one cuff button was in the shape of a horse hoe sat with a small white stone. There was nothing on the body by ,which to identify the man, and he was placed in a box and shipped to Cold Springs. Five men were rescued 'eons the top of a floating car a few minutes after the ..eteeeee. were Chinamen, and they were fright- fully injured. The Americans were: John E. Ilyan, of Jersey City, and Clarence Morgan, of Aurora, N.Y. The Chinamen were suffering from bad scalp wounds. At 8 o'clock an express train left the scene with the man who had died on the track and about 25 injured persms. The dead Dian and five injured were left at Peekskill, while the traiu proceeded to New York with the rest of the injured. Evidences of the Disaster. The terrible evidences of the frightful wreck were visible at the point two miles below hero to -night under intense- ly spectacular circumstances. The great wrecking oar torch threw a red glare over the men busily engaged in tearing apart the wreckage to getat any bodies that might be ander it. The men worked with as much energy as if there were living creatures to be saved, and ever and anon would bring to the surface a body cramped into abnormal position and then renew their efforts. On the top of the partly submerged cars a gang of mea chopped away with axes, and the huge derrick from tbo wrecking train tore out the mahogany trimmings, ceilings and berths in the endeavor to recover some body from the wreck. On shore a great gang of men worked to get the inside or up track so repaired that there would be no trouble in getting the trains through. Before noon General Manager Toucey had formed an estimate of the number of dead, which he plaued at 2S, and no change in this ostbnate was made dur- iug tho day. List of the Dead. Following is the list of dead as far as aseertained up to midnight:— No. 1—Thomas Beilly, St. Louis, Mo. No. 2—Chinaman, unidentified. No. 3—Wong Gine a Chinaman. Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9—Chinamen, unidentified. No. 10—E. A. Green, of Chicago. No. 11—W, II. G. Meyers, of Tremont, N.Y. No. 12—Woman, unidentified. No. 13—Woman, uaidentified. No. 14—Guisseppe Paduano, of New York. No. 15—W. S. Becker, of Newark, N. J. No. 16—Unknown man, died while being rescued. No. 17—A. G. McKay, body supposed to be in tbo wreck. No. 18—John Foyle, engineer, of East Albany. No. 19—John Q. Tompkins, fireman, of East Albany. No. 20—Samuel Williams, of Williams Bros., awning makers, Buffalo. Total number of known dead, 20; esti- mated number of dead, 28, Lord Douglas Rescued. Lord Douglas, of Hawick, was in the wreck. He was coming to New York from Toronto with S. D. Wilkinson, of London. When the crash came and the coaches were thrown into the water Lord Douglas, assisted by Mr. Wilkinson, managed, after a great deal of diffloulty, to get out of the coach. It was much more difficult than it would, otherwise have been, because of a Janie leg which Lord Douglas suffered from, the result of a reoent accident. Lord Douglas was taken to New York, and is now with friends at a private residence. More Bodies Found. At 1 o'clock this morning the derrick succeeded in raising one of the heavy cars, and the workmen soon afterward got out three bodies. One of these was identified as Truman Parsons, a member of the League of American Wheelmen, supposed to bo of New York. The other two bodies were not identified. SMASH ON THE C. P. R. Heavy Freight Run Into Near Galt -Dam - ago to Rolling, Stock. Galt, Ont., Oct. 24: -Quite a serious freight accident occurred on the Cana- dian Pacific railway here at five o'clock this morning, just a few yards west of tbe big iron bridge which spans the Grand river. A long train backed out from the station in crder to get a start to climb the steep grade to the east of the town. The morning was dark and foggy, and it was impossible to see ten yards ahead, and just when the rear of this train had nicely cleared the bridge another freight train coming in from the west ran into it with great force. The colliding engine was almost demolishea, and its tender hurled down the steep bank together with a car full of clover seed. Nearly evoke, one of the cars of the train run into were smashed at the couplin gs. Strange to say no ono was seriously hurt, but had the incoming train been one minute sooner the two would have met on the high bridge with appalling consequences. All day Sunday thousands of people visited the scene of the acci- dent. A wrecking gang from Toronto soon had everything cleared away, and trains passed through as usual without much delay. Orford Moountain on Fire. Georgeville, Que. Oct. 24.—The whole southwest side of Orford mountain, the highest in Eastern Canada, is in flames. It is 'well wooded, and there are a num- ber of farms on its broad slopes, and even near the top. Forest fires have been raging in the vicinity for two days, but the fire is making great headway, ex- tending over half a mile in length, ap- parently working up the mountain side, and can be seen over the country for miles around, and is plainly visible in Stanstead, Brame, and Sherbrooke coun- ties. Fortunately there is no wind. What the damage will be is not yet known. Brantford, Oct. 25.—A charge has been laid against Dr. Stanley for failing to report a contagious disease to the proper authorities. It is understood that the Grand Trunk car shops have been placed at the disposal of the local committee to be used for the winter fat stock show to be held here in • Shooting Aceident. Eesex Oct. 22.—A shooting accident 000urred near here yesterday afternoon, by which Willie Klingbite, a boy of fourteen years, may,,loso his life. As he and his companion were out quail shoot- ing, about 60 grains of shot entered his right side, reaehing from his hip to the neck., He is 0023$Ci0115 at times but the doctors in attendance pronounce his odic) critical. telleseseseseiteinsissiessonsonitootasote ^r.k.:4 Pr%4411,1. 4,1104WA • WA', ..A.)7eg e L.,blePr ep aration fc r As - It simila ling therood ting the StonuAchs andBowels of •••••,•• I fkI70. .0....S.117FRATE) • ,,ki35,; leti]t1..1.;0:57;a1k11&14/1... Promotes DigestionCheerfu- iiess and Rest.Conteins neither OpiontMorphine nor Mineral. Nur N. c 0 TIC . Regreo• f Old .1r-FAMZE4PIRZIER rtunphrin Seed ..etWenna RAW* Sets - 4rsise &a • Apennint C• adamert.faltu. 71147?; J'acd - C4Ferkd . Nuatowak Thnm AperfectReMedy for Constipa- tion, Sour Stomacti,Diarrhoea, Worms ,Convulsions,reverish- ness and Lo SS OF SLEEP. TacSimile Signature or aseese(e.eitee. NEW YORK. THAT THE FAC—SIMILE SIGNATURE —OF— IS ON THE A 11" OF EVERY BOTTLE OF EXACT COPYOF WRAPPER. 1 Natolia is put up in one -size bottles only. It is not sou in bulk. Don't allow anyone to sell you anything olso on the plea or promise that it is "just as good" and "will answer every ptir- poseal IQ- See that yon get 0 -A4 -T -0 -It -I -A. Tho to- olengimetilurtlo of 144e wrapper. LiFITE May be a swell affair, but a dinner that's late is more often a vexation, . . BUY AN . . pm' !I1• " 0n0 1r OXFORD RIVAL 11 and you will find peace and order will reign in the kitchen. THE FINEST STOVE on the Market for a farmer. Call and see them at DEAVETT & JONES, Exeter. One Door South of Parsons' Black- smith Shop. alanuractured by THE GURNEY FOUNDRY GO., Mink TORONTO, V Tuckersmith : Mr. James McDowell, who has had one of Mr. Wm. Fowler's farms, Huron 'road, rented for some years, has leased the farm on the second concession, at present occupied by Mr. William Coleman, for a term of five years, at the annual rental of $260. Mr, Coleman has purchased a farm in Hay and intends removing on to it in the spring, A WOMAN'S TRIUMPH. She Managed Her Work so Well That It Equalled the Efforts ot Professionals. While it is well known that any wo- man of intelligence can do as good work with Diamond Dyes, at lees than half the cost charged by professional dyers in city steam dye houses, yet there may be some people who doubt this statement. The following extracts from a letter written by Mrs. J. Gardin- er, of Owen Sound, Ont., prove that Diamond Dyes are unequalled : There was a man in our town going from house to house taking orders for a Toronto dye house for the dyeing of all kinds of garments and clothes. I had just taken off the line some goods that I had dyed with Diamond Dyes, and showed him that I could do as good work as any dye house. He honestly admitted that I was right about my work with Diamond Dyes. "Having a large family I use Dia- mond Dyes to ecouomize. I have al- ways the best of success with your dyes, and must say that I am more than delighted with your colors for dying cotton." Had litany 'Ailments. "For years I have been taking medi eines for liver complaint, rheumatism, heart trouble and nervous prostration, but three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla have dove me more good than any other medicine I have ever taken. I heartily recommend it to others." Mits. S. A. Juno, Vernan, Michigan. Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Easy, yet effective, 0 When you take Hood's Pills. The big, old-fash- Iona], sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to pieces, are not in it with Hood's. Easy to take and easy to operate, is trite of Hood's Pills, which aro up to date in every respect. Safe, certain and sure. All druggiSts. 25e. C. I. Hood & Co.„Lowell, Masa. The Molsons Bank. (Chartered by Parliament, 1855.) Paid up Capital $2,000,000 Rest Fund.... .... 1,400,000 Read office Montreal. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Esq., GENERAL MANAGER Money advanced to uod Farmer's on their own notes with 0118 or more endorsers at 7 percent per annum. Exeter Branch. Open every lawful day from 10 a. m.to 3 p m., Saturdays 10 a. M. to p.m Ageneralbanking business transacted 0 CURRENT RATES allowedfor mon- ey on Deposit Receipts. Savings Bank at 3 per cent. N. D. HURDON Exeter, Dec. 27, '95. Manager WANTED—An experienced canvasser to travel and appoint agents. No can- vassing. Salary and expenses paid. THE BRADLEY-GARRETSON Co., Limited Toronto, WANTED—Industrious men of character. THE LINSCOTT COMPANY, . Toronto w7ANTED—Three Ladies to introduce a household work Splendid returns to competent persons. J. bl-ALLowav, Toronto. WANTED Men and women wbo oan virk hard talk- ing and writing six hours daily, for six days a week, and willbe content with ten dollars weekly. A.daress, NEW IDEAS CO., S. E. Corner Bay and Richmond Sts., Toronto. Christie's,ear COMMERCIAL LIVERT-.-11' First-class Rigs and Horses Orders left at Hawkshaw's Hotel, or ;Lt the Livery Stable, Christie's old Stand tweniltlionreceive prompt at-, rrel.ephono., Terms Reasonable Connection NEW REPAIR SHOP. 111:IrMIC•01•111.1 Having opened out a well equipped Shop, I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing such as BICYCLES, SEWING MACIIINESI1 LAWN ii/OWERS, In fact everything and anythiug. We make.a specialty of remodelling Bicy- cles and sharpening Lawn Mowers at this time of the year, LF.411,AEL SMITH One door north Mr. Stewart's store. The 011 ills to tak ' 1 1