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Canada.
Patrick. H•ainmil " es' instantly
killed by:a yard hard en gine at
Sarnia while under the influence of
liquor,
The Mayor of Lethbridge, Alba,,
' after visiting Hilj;crest Colliery,
ordered a big !supply of. groceries.
and a car load of flour to be sent
Four Nova Scotia; counties voted
to -repeal the Canada Temperance
Act and put into effect, the Nova,
Scotia Act, much more drastic
tempeean.ce measure.
The explosion of •a. gasolene Move
being used by eleetraoians in the
'Senate wing of the Parliament
Buildings .at Ottawa, caused a 'small
fire and big excitement,
Manager Dobson, of the Cana-
dian Alkali Company, which is
building an immense plant at Wind-
sor, stated that enough salt, to last
the company 220 years has been
struck , in four -wells.
Terms for the com»oasiu of, all
.international differences between
the United States •find £Mexico have
been concluded. Thaiconditions
'l..under which diplomatic '.relations
will be resumed were embodied in'a
protocol ;.and signedbay those at-.
tending Niagara Falls Mamma. '
Great Britain
Militants inndon attacked let-
ter boxes and raided west' end thea -
fres. -
The Gothland, wrecked oft the
Scilly Islands is' likely toprove a
total wreck: •
A critical division in the British
House of Commons gave the Gov-
ernmeit a majority of only 38.
13]iitetl States.
The next International Sunday
School convention Will be held in
New York.
The automatic revolver carried
by . Mayor Mitchel of New York
dropped from its laoleber while he
was alighting from his auto., and
dislodging, a, bullet ,struck former
Ses]ator Reynoldsin the knee.
General.
Spanish troops had ,aa, long en-
gagement with Moors near Tetuan,
orocco.
A Scottish woman in the Delagoa
Bay district of Africa shot four bons
out of :a, herd el six,
The London Telegraph's corres-
pondent in Pekin reports that the
ba,ndid "White Wolf" was executed
three months ago.
King Peter of Serval. denies that
be has abdicated; but has delegated
his duties during his- illness, Par
liamentary electrons have been ,call-
ed for August 14th,
Enrico Malatesta, the Italian an-
arohist, whom the Italiaan Govern-
ment has been seeking to arrest in
connection with the recent revolu-
tionary risings in Italy, has ea -
caped.
Greece has communicated a new
note to the powers, accepting :the
Porte's proposals .that the property
of Turkish refugees shall be ex-
changed for the property of Greek
refugees, and that• a Graeco-Turk-
ish commission be appointed to
make a valuation. ° Greece invited
the powers to designate a .neutral
chairman. .
BI( COMMERCIAL COLLAPSE.
Learlin.g New York Wholesale- Finn
In the hands' of Itetieiv'ers.
A despatch from New York says:
The II, ' B. Claflan Co., the odeat
and the leadingwholesale dry ' rods
company "of the country, went into
the hands of receivers Friday le-
i.
cause of its inability to meet notes
amounting to several million dol-,
Lara now due or comin • due within
failure as the ba
: `:!.few days. The fa g
gest; single' commercial collapse in
- tnal.,liy years.;
;Tire companyis said to have out-
standing notes amounting to more
than $34,000,000, and the liabilitaea
may amount to $44,000,000.. In
some quarteras, however, it is said
that the assets, according to the
books of the company, exceed the
liabilities.
The company, or its president,
7ehn Clain, owns or controls at
least twenty-five retail day goods
stores throughout the United States
and Canada.' Three of these con-
cerns also 'went into the hands of.
receivers .to -day, They are the
Henry Baubtermaan. Co., of Brook
Cyn the Bedford Company, of Wil=
lianisburg, and Jones Store CGbm-
pang, of Kansaas City, Missouri.
'Similar action, it was announced,
would be taken in the case of the
xest. Their ' business will be con-
tinned under receivers' manage-
ment until their financial affairs
have been adjusted:..
The cause of the failure was first -
1y an over enttension of notes issued
by the company as maker or en-
dorsedby iitr, secondly, the stagna-
tion of business 'throughout the
country, which caused the banks to
refuse further credit and refuse
extension of the notes they already
hold,.
The other causes which ale named
were the fact that New York is no
longer the jobbing centre in dry
goods for the whole country, and,
secondly, that the bank's holding
the notes feel theyinust have more
liquid assets in preparation for the
.,new banking system,
. The failure was a shock to the
entire country, The H. B. Olafliii
Co,, which for more than seventy
years has passed through various
vicissitudes, emerging with a higher
reputation as to soundness and
bigger business, until within the
Asst few years, had commercial con-
tractions
ion-nectio:ns throughout the United
States and Canada, Its paper un-
til •recently had always been in
'auger demand by the banks About
g5 banks in New York are said to
i]oki approximately $7,000,000 of
the notes; Boston, $10,000,000,
ctlieago and St. Louis large
prmounts, 'The paper pfthe eom-
f pang. is said to he stored away
iitoi/ the' *wets ' of between 2,00q
nd', 000 bans in the United
,,
titter,
t KILLED....
TEXASTEXASSTORMSTORM GOATS.
A,
ra Texas,
front Maaothall,
'aaays i 0, T. Ward, a rantihanan, re-
piorted, that a terrific banlstosta. to
tire Glass affauntains, near here,
Oiled 250 head of goats belonging
,to hint,
BRITISH NAVAL Alit SERVVICE.
A.diniralty ^Anisolinecs Organization
of Modern Branch.
A despatch - from London says
The Admiralty announces a new
scheme for: the organization of a
naval air service, manned manned by .offi-
cers ,of the navy. Naval officers wha.
have retired in:to'eavil life will be
allowed to volunteer for limited
periods. Civilians who have proved
themselves to be suitably qualified
maay'-become officers or "air inech
anics," The uniform resembles' that
of the naval ..service, save that the
emblem of the eagle replaces that
of the anchor. Candidates for a
commission must undergo prelimi-
nary instructions:. They arse ° then
attached to an ".:air station" or a
seapl.aan. The age limit for "air
mechanics" is eighteen' and thirty
years. They must engage in three
months' training and then engage
in four years' ' service, The mem-
bers 'ef
embers'of the new service are paid
higher than those in the submarine
service.
THREE' OVERCOME BY HEAT.
Windsor Workman -Grew Faint and
Fell 20 Feet.
A despatch from Windsor ways
Three person@@have been prostrated
from heat within pact ast 48 hours.
.
Norman Norcattt was overcome en
the street, and !vas taken. to the
Hotel Dieu, While !picking cherries,
Donald I3inn, 14 years old, was
taken with a fainting spell, super-
induced by the heat, and fell to the
ground, .He sustainedea fracture
of the right arm and ,minor cuts
and bruises. Enoch Harris, em-
ployed'a:t the Windsor plant of the
Lufkin Rule Company, fell 26 feet
from a ladder when he was over-
come jay the heat. His head and
shoulder were 'painfully injured.
300 COAL MINERS
STRIKE.
Have Organized, Under United Mine
Workers.
A despatch- faecal Calgary says
Three hundred miners in the Bra,-
zeal" Collieries,' Limited, at Nor-
degg, Alta, are on •strike for higher
wages. In;, April of this year the
miners organized under the United
Mine Workers of America, .but were
unable to get the company to. sign'
an agreement. A verbal ,agreement
was made, according to union o
cials,that the.presentscolia of
wages would be an effect till ° June'
15; and that .a •new schedule mut-
able to both parties would be draft-
ed
rafted by that time, Both eides appear
determined to fight until they get
thein: own terms,
GANG ROUNDED -UP.
Montreal Police Believe They nave
International ° B]irglars.•
A-desPatch from Montreal
gays;
With the arrest of four men here on
Wednesday, the police believe they
have members of an international
gang of burglars who for the past
few months have been : terrorizing
the reit,, and who are known Ito have
committed 31 extensive burglaries
in the last two weeks.: The men
give their names as Alex, .Dworkin,
George Wallace, Thomas Hatl:ey
and M. Tette. They are believed to
be thieves from Europe.
Lord Mersey, who Conducted "Empress of Ireland's Inquiry.
Lord Mersey, cool, grim, impar-
tial judge --such is the way theess
is headlining all references to the
British Titanic Commission's "chair-
man, what' directed the inquiry into
the loss of the Empress of Ireland;'.
After the Titanic inquiry due prom
inence was given to the fact that •.
during the entire questioniugs the
only time he was seen to asmle was
when a sailor, who was asleep :a,t
the time of the ,collision, explained
he was "whacked to the side.", His
stiff face was . then said to s:.:bave
cracked into laughter that was like
a. grimace, There is altogether too
general an impression that Lord
Mersey, if a just judge, is ogre -like
and a anan of dry rigidity.
Otherwise, it would be,daffioult
to account for hie universal `pope-
larity in the British Isles', along
with 'the respeo't"for him as the :Iugh
est authority on matters, imaaritiine
that is. felt. His career has been
notable. A native' of Liverpool,
nautical terms such as "alluvlon"
or
"jettison" were a part of his.
schoolboy alphabet. He absorbed
shipping lore with his arithmetic.
In 1867 he entered the chambers of
Mr. Charles Russell — afterwards
the late celebrated Lord Russell o•f
Killowen ,as pupil, was called to
the bar, three years after, and later,
enjoyed a private practice of almost
fabulo•us worth. All this time he
was just .plain Sir John Bingham.
His subsequent career as president
of the Probate, Divorce, and Ad-
miralty Division on the bench is
well remembered; :also his .:service's
on the ` Parliamentary Commission
which • inquired into the Jameson
raid.
Upon his elevation to the peerage
in March, 1910, the had to respond
at a Divorce Court banquet, given
in ;his honor, and :a few of his re-
marks revealed the real man. "I
think I could count on nay fingers,"
he said with emotion, "the number
of days ,I" have been away from nay
duties on the bench from ill -health
or other causes, but now at 70 years
of age, I am tarred :not. so tired that
feel for any y more work, bat
toed enough to make me feel that
ri j ust1ce . t:o- myself I ought to relact
the ,str.aie of daily work on ., the
bench." Four years later, at this
date, Lord Mersey as sitil:l in hag
tress. That 'bears reasonable testi-
to one of lis epigrams—much
g
monY
esteemed of lawyers—"I hope I
shall still be able to do useful weark,.
notwithstanding the ominous assur-
ances
ances oft my friends that I look
younger every day:"
STRUCK.. BY A TRAIN.
.C.N.R. Train .Running Through
Widow's Yard.
A despatcih from North Bay ,says:
Mrs, Yenson, ' an old resident : of
Nipissing" District, died at North
Bay Hospital as a result of injuries
received by being struck bye& Cana-
dawn Northern train. Mrs. Yensen
is a widow, .living`on a farm near
North Bray, and the transeontinen-
tial line of the Canadian• .Northern
Railway passes"through her proper-
ty near her house. - Owing to litiga-
tion over the right-of-way Mrs.
Yenson had remained in her -house,.
and was hanging out clothes in the
yard when the :accident took .place.
A construction train came along,
caboose first, and she startedto
cross the track, but was caught and
hurled to one side. She was taken
at once to the hospital, but died
ehortly' afterwards.
LABOR CONDITIONS BAD.
Never Dial Things Look Worse for
Workers, Says J. C. Watters.
A despatch from Montreal. says :
"The i itstrial conditions all over
nd o ver
Canada ,are in a deplorable 'condi-
tion,
ondition, . many are starving because
they cannot get, ea chance to earn
even the, bare necessities of life,
and -never in the history of Canada
did things look so bad for the ,work-.
err:" Such was the statement made
on Wednesday by J. 0 Waetters,
president of the Trades Congress of
Canada;
'FLIGHT LASTED ILO URS.
German Made a World's Record at
d'ohatinlsihal Aerodrome,
despatch i
Afrom Johannisthal,
Germany;: says : A world's record
i
flight for the duration gl t of an aero-
plane- carrying only the pilot was
created on Wednesday at the aero-
drome here by Gustav 13asser,, a
German ' airman. He remained in
the air for 18 hours and 10 narrates
without making landing. The best
previous duratit n' record^ of a simi-
lar kind was'ttha;t made by Bruno
Langer, also as German aviator, on
Feb. 3 this yearn, when he amade an
uninterrupted flight lasting 14 hours
7 minutes. r;,
COLORS IN 'MEN'S CLOTHES.
London ,Tailors Introduce Over
One Hundred Shades.
Don't ,be •afraid of your tailor
happens to sa'y'you would look well
in a "mauve'and: Maack suit," or
even if he suggests you would look
well in a "dull '=blue and. willow
green,"
These are two of the 115 shades
of the new color -blended, materials
for men that the principal London
tailors are trying to introduce to a'
wider public. The titles, orf some of
the, other shades are
Gold brown and 'heather, amethyst
and black',' claret .and blue, wine
lied and grass green, Damson pur-
ple, mulberry and a sepia, mauve and
chestnut,purple and brown,
These ' names read like mixed
drinks, but quote 50 per cent of the
shades would not be particularly
noticeable an a crowd if yon did not
tie a label to the suit, though all of
them look muchbrighter than the
ordinary, suiting and have a distinc-
tive note. .
To be quite candid, there are
really only a dozen eoioors which.
could only be worn by a• blind mian',
or super -nut. These include bright
blues, "peacock," "purple," "pan-
sy," and othe • vivid colors The
i
rest are carefully blended oha.des,
which brighten up the room without
offending the eye,
A.EROT'LANES AT FUNERAL.`
Twenty Machines Act as Escort for
Dead Air !lien.
Vienna, June 24. ---An escort of
twenty aeroplanes, flying mourning
flags and maimed by aviators from
sey'eral nations, formed aN hying
guard of Loner at the, burial of the
nine Austrian officers .:and men
killed in the .tragic air catastrophe,
a few -miles from Vienna en,Satur-
day, An etioi'anous concourse of•
people, inehiding several arch-
dukes, members of the Austrian.
Cabinet and' foreign military at-
taches was present at the graveside.:
While the funeral saervice was in
progress the small air craft circled
round and round the cemrtera and
then fleiv off ili company.
�s morn at the 'to" ---y
There's always p
and always a crowd at the bottom.
Grain, Cattle and Chccsc
Prices of These Produ4ts in the Leading
Markets are Here Recorded
Breadsiuifs,
Toronto, June 39.—Flour—Ontario
wheat flours, 90 per eent, $3.75 to
53.80, seaboard, and at $3.S0,:.'lorotito,
Manitobas lrisst patents, in lute bags,
55,60; do., seconds, $5; strong bakers',
in jute bags, 54.80.
Manitoba wheat—Bay parts—No. 1
Northern, 94e.e, and No. 2, 93c,
Ontario wheat—No. 2 at $1 to $1,01,
outside, and new at 82 to SSc, outside,
August anti Septemberdelivery.
Oats—No, 2 Ontario cats,; 41 to 42c,
outside, and at 43 to 44e, on 'track, To-
ronto.
o ronto. 'Western Canada oats, 422c for
No, 2r, and taat 42 5 c fr iNo, 3, 13aY' portli.
59cB,aaaiceco�rd-rt
leye—Ne..3 at 63. to 64e, outside,
Beckwheat-90q, outside.
Corn—No. 2 American, 79e, ort track,
Toronto, and at 75c, Bay ports..
Bran—Manitoba bran, 523 to 524 a
ton, in bags, : Toronto freight. Shorts,
$25 to 526.
Country Produce.
Butter—Choice dairy, 17 to 19c; in-
ferior, 16 to ••16c; farriers' separator
prints,'' 19 to1Q0; ereaiuery prints, fresh,
233 to 240da.", solids, 21 to 22e.
Eggs—Strictly new laid, 24 to 25c
per dozen, and good stock, 20 to 23c per
dozen.
Honey—Extracted, in tins; 103 to 11c
per lb. Combs; $2,26 to $2.60' per doz-
en for No. 1,. and 52 for No. 2.
Cheese—Now cheese, 141 to 143o for
large, and 143 to 145c for twins.
Beans—Fland.picked. 32.20. - to $2.25
per bushel; primes, 32.10 to $2.15.
Poultry Fowl, ' 16 to 17c per lb;
chickens, yearlings, 20 to 22e; turkeys,
19 to 21c.
Potatoes—Delawares, $1:16 to 51.20,
on track here, and Ontarios at 31.10 per
bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon—Long. clear, 14 to 143c per
ib., in case lots. Hams—Medium, . 18
to 183c; do., heavy: 17 'to 173or rolls,
143 to 150; breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c;
backs, 22 to 23e,
Lard—Tierces, 123c; tubs, 123c; pails,
13c. Compound, 10 to 1010. •
haled :Bay and Straw...
Baled hay—No. 1 at 514.75 to 51.5 a
ton, on track here; No. 2 quoted at $13
to 114; and .clover at $11.
.Ealed...straw—;Can lots, SS.25 to 58.50,
on track, Toronto:
Winnipeg .Grain'.
Winnipeg -.June • 30.—Cash:—No. 1
•
Northern, 8900 No. 2 Northern, S83c;+
No. 3 •Northern 87e; No. 4, 82/c, Oats
—No. 2 C,V'., 303ce No 3 C.W 39c; ex-
tra•No. 1 feed, See: N0 1 feed, 3844c; No.
2 feed, 3244.e. Barley—No. 5, 623e; No.,
4, Ole",
roiected 410, feed, 483e. Flaax--
No.: 1 N,'4v.(;. $1.39i; No. 2 C.YV., $1,363;
No. 3 C,W., $1,343,
Montreal Markets,.
14''ontreal. June 30 Corn, American
No, 2 yellow: 79 to 800 Oats Canadian
Western, No. 2, e4 to 4430.; No. 3, 433e
to 43ee; extra No, 1 feed, 425 to 430.
Barley, malting, 65 . to .Seer 1+'lour, Man:
Spring *beat patents, firsts. 56.60; -eec-
onds, $5.10; strong bakers', 54.90; Win-
ter patents, choice, 36,25 tq $5.60;
straight rollers 54.70 to 54.20; do,,:
age, 52.20 to $2.26. Rolied oats, bar-`
refs. 34.15; do., bags, 90 lbs., 52.15,!
Bran $23, ;Shorts $25. Middlings, $28.1
Alouiilie, 328' to $32. 11ay^, No. 2, per,
torn ear lets, $14.50 to $16. Cheese, do-'
est westerns; 13 to ` 1330; 'finest east -1
erns, 125 to 120e. Butter, choicest
creamery, 243 to 26c; seconds, 23 to;
233c. Eggs, fresh. 23 to 24e; selected,'
26 to 27c; No. 2 stock, 20 to 21c. Tota-'
toes,: per bag, ear lots, 51 to $1.20,
united States Markets.
Minneapolis, June S0.—Wheat—Ju1y,
84e; September; S03e. Cash: -=No. 1 hard;
883c; No. 1 Northern. 851c .t`o 873c; NoJ
2 do., 833 to 853c.. Flour --Fancy par:
tents, $4.45; first clears, 54.42; second'
clears $2.55. :Bran -819,25.
Duluth, June 30—Wheat—No. 1 hard'
8910;. No. 1 Northern, 881e; No, 2 do,.
861 to Stile; July, 8750. . Linseed
Cash and July, $1.595.
•
Live Stock Market.
Toronto, June. 30 —Cattle---Choico
butchers', $8.15 to 58.50; . good, $7.90
to $8; common cows, 34.75 to 55.25;1
canners and cutters, 82.50 to 34; choice
fat cows, 56.25 to 37,10; ehoice bulls.,
$7 to $7.50.
Calves—Good veals, $8.25 to 311;'
Common, 54.75. to 57.
Stockers and feeders -Steers, 800 to
900 lbs., 37 to $7.50; good quality, 700
to 800 lbs., 36.75 to $7.25; light, 59.10'
to 36.50.
Sheep" and Iambs—Light ewes, 35.75
to 56.25; heavy, 54,26 to $4.75; busks,'
54.76 to 35.30; Spring•lambs, 510 to $12
Yearling lambs, $7.60 to 58.50.
Hogs -37.60 to 37.65 f,o.b., 58.15 to
58.20, fed and watered, 58.35 to 58.40;
oil cars.
Montreal, Tune 30.—Prime beeves, 801
to Sac; medium, 53c. to 7$c; common, 430
to 530. Cows. 530' to 575 each, Calves,
33 to 730. Sheep, -6c• to 63c.:. Spring
lambs, 55 to $7 each.. Hogs, 83c.
WEr:S' EMPRESS , SANK so S00\.
Twe Hundred and Sixty Tons of
Water a Second Rushed Ia.
A says:
• despatch from Quebee s:
P
The explanation of all the sugges-
tions that have been made during.
the enquiry into the wreck of the
Empress of Ireland about the ves-
set's steering gear came out on
Wednesday afternoon, when Percy
Hillhouse, belonging to the Fair-
field which
field: Shipbuilding Company,
constructed her, continued his evi-
d•ence before the -Dominion Commis-
sion. Mr. Hillhouse gave the first
adequate 'explanation of the actual
injuries to the Empress, and his
telling of the water rushing through
a, wound 328 square feet in .dinaen-
sions'at the rate of 260 tons a sec-
ond gave a; clear-cut -impression of
how it came about that the liner
listed over quickly and shortly: af-
terwards capsized.
Another' noteworthy _ feature of
the commission's hearing on Wed-
nesday was the evidence of Gunner
Wilfrid Whitehead, the diver from
H.M.S. Essex,' who, in addition to
inspecting the hull of the Empress,
risked his life in an effort to save
that of Edward Cossboon, the
American • diver, who died from in-
juries received at the wreck. White-
head and otherdivers from the Es-
sex were ordered from the court to
the scene of the wreck Wednesday
afternoon after a conference "be
tween Capt. Walsh, marine super-
intendent of the C.P.R., and Capt.
Watson, of the cruiser;at-which it
was decided to once more try to get
the 800 bodies entombed in the Em-
press, despite the fact that this
work bad been abandoned following
a report indicating its difficulties
and dangers,
SEVERE ELEC'T'RICAL STORM..
Many Killed and Injured, and' Much
Damage to Crops.
A despatch from Chicago, says :
Seven deaths, scores of injured
crop damage .amounting to thou-
sands of dollars, and heavy damage
to buildings, were caused in an
electrical and wind storm that
swept Minnesota and Wisconsin
from. the Nprthavest on Wednesday.
Communicatiom between many
cities was eut off owing, to the pros-
tration of telegraph and telephone
wires. It was feared that a still
larger loss of life would be revealed
when the full extent of the •satonn is.
known.
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TREED TO BURN' A CHURCH.
Timely Arrival of the Sexton Saved
Irish Edifice.
$19,000,000 LOSS- TN FIRE.
Over One Thousand Eulilings In
Massachusetts Destroyed.
A. despatch. from Salem, Mass,,'
says : Nearly half of the old
"witch city" of Salem, rich in his-
toric buildings and tradition, was
devastated by a fire that caused an'
estimated loss of $19,000,000, des
troyed one thousand buildings, in-,
eluding_ a !score :e n1'anufaeturing
Ab ,
estaybhshili:ents, and Yzla.de ten thou -I
ih-me.-
sane of :the 45,000 resicicnts ho
mea 1
The fire originated :in the Korn'
Leather factory on the west side of
the city& about two, o'cl,-ock Thur5-1
day afternoon, swept through the
shoe anal leather manufacturing dis=,
trict, ruining every building in aa,.
curving' path two males long and
more than a half a mile" wide, 1
Burning embers, carriedby a
strong north-west wind, stealer];
. fires in 'two 'other • sections, the( ,
-I
fashionable -residential district ad
jacent to Lafayette Street, and at
manufacturing and tenement house,
district on the Peninsula, bounded`
liy Palmers .Cover, South River and'
the waterfront:
"The house of seven gables" was
also in the danger zone. The ,fire;
burned a semi -circular path. (aria,
finally driven in a •south-easterly,
direction from the foot of Gallows`
Hill, the place where witcheswere,
hanged two and :a half centuries,
ago, it spread` to South Salem and,
then changed its course 'and crept:
steadily in, a northerly direction to-;
wards the Town Hall square, the
centre of the city's retail business
life.
For atime the whole city seemed
doomed. Then the firemen colleen -
1
trated their energies in a singLe�-
point of defence near the Boston',
and Maine Railway Station, Sev-i
eral buildings in this vicinity were;
dynamited, every available line of
hose was directed against the ap-
proaching Hames. Some fifty,in-
jured persons were received at the
hospitals. •,
A despatch from Belfast, Ireland,
says• An "arson squad" of mili-
tant Suffragettes caused extensive
damage to the Episcopal Church at
Balylessen, near here, at an early
hour on Thursday. The destruction.
of the entire ohurch was averted
only by the timely arrival of the
sexton, who succeeded in extin-
guishing the blaze. TIe found •quan-
tities of burning petroleritn, fare
lighters, grease arid cotton wool lit-
tered around, while the woodwork
of the building bad been thotatighly
drenched with petroleum .
SIUC'CUMBED TO INJURIES.
Aged Berlin Main Was Struck by a
Berlin and, Waterloo Car.
A despatch from Berlin Ontario,
says : Jacob-.Drui uri, an aged resi-
dent of Park Street, .died on Wed-
nesday as the result of an injury'
received izl a •street oar accident en'
Sunday, ' 'While grossing the tracks
on Xing Street he wa,s knocked
down by a Berlin' and Waterloo, car,'
and .sustained a, fatal injury to hid
brain.
KILLED 13Y TIRAIN.
.,
B:esdena: of PaiiitIatlrraltl, Ontario
Was Itun Over.
A despatch from Sarnia aays:
Patrick Hamill, sailor, three days
out of fail, was ran over and killed
by a G,T:11. freight oto Wednesday
afternoon at 5.30. The men was
mangled in lllc Best tinct llea•d..'
Deceased was i resident of Point
Edward. •
Six •thousai:d soldiers of a Chinese
garreon mutinied, burned a city,
and killed, the inhabitantry