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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-05-16, Page 3f 1 A 35 DIE I1V TRAIN WREOKLEADINGJIA Mystic Shriners Killed in Wreck on Southern Pacific. A despatch from I';auln Barbara, Cult - ferrite, says: Twenty-eight dead and o score Injured on Sunday night comprise Ute causellies due to the wreck til Ron- da on Saturday el the Isnrnlin special train of Nen' York and Pe:nnsylvauia linSobles of the Mystic Shrine, who were returning home (ran the nnnual meet- ing of the Imperial Council of the Noldes of the Mystic Shriners at Los Angeles. 'lite train, carrying 145 Shriners and friends teem isuutlia Temple, Buffalo; llujah Temple, Reading. Pa., and neigh- boring cities, was running north at 01- ly miles an hour on the Southern Pa- cific coast line. when the locomotive struck a defective switch at the sand - swept, siding at Honda, near the Pacific Ocean, along which the railroad runs, for n hundred miles north it Santa Barbara. The locomotive turned a som- ersault Into the sands. The cars land- ed on the wrecked locomotive, and the coaches were crushed and took fire, but the flames were soon extinguished by uninjured persons from the Iwo rear coaches. As Honda is isolated, it was not 011 late on Sunday that. definite in- formation of the wreck could be ob- tained. The bodies of twenty-five of the victims are now al Santa Barbara, and the others at Sit Luis Obispo. The injured, ninny of whom are Terribly hurt, and some of whom may die, are ammt ut two suuitarimns at San Luis Obispo. • RUNNING; .VI' '!'EIIIIIFIC SPEED. The wreck occurred at 2.35 u'rli,ek, an rwur atd forty minutes after the con- cinve visitors, forming a merry party, left Santa Barbara. They had spent all the ntornthg there sightseeing. That the (rain \vas making terrific speed when it struck the defective track is borne out by the fact that it covered Inc 61 miles of crooked track from San- ta Bambara to Ronda in 100 minutes. The 1ocettiolive In leaving the rails lore up the track, badly twisting the steel rails, The baggage car half buried it- self in the sand beside the locomotive. it was smashed almost to kindling wood. SCALDED TO DEATH. The dining car. in which were 32 per- sons eating luncheon, bounded into the air and fell directly on the demolished locomotive. Nearly every person In the dining car was Instantly killed. Scores were scalded by steam escaping from disconnected pipes. The rear conches were hurled into the wreckage, killing or injuring those who night otherwise have escaped. Several persons pinioned in the debris were roasted alive. Engineer Frank Champlain was pitch- es' with the cab 25 feet beyond the en - Ole. He got up and ran a toile, seek- inF help, before he discovered that his nrm was broken and that he was se- terely scalded. BLOOD SUCKED FRO%1 BODY. Extraordinary Death of a Man in Re- frigerator Pipe. A despatch from Chicago says: Wal- ter Hunter, engineer for Armour and Company, met his death on Friday in an unheard of manner, when his blood was ntnutist instantly drawn from his body by suction pressure of 400 pounds to the square inch in a refrigerator pipe on the roof of the Armour power plant at the Stock Yards. Physicians who exam- ined the body declare that no similar ease of violent death had ever conte to their attention, Hunter's life having been literally dragged from hitt by the resist- less suction power, just ns air would bo drawn from a vessel by a vacuums pump. Hunter hal been sent to repair u leak in a pipe through which the water runs from the refrigerating machinery to the reservoir. The enormous suction pres- sure in the pipe is believed to havo drawn itis leg into one of the pipes, where lie was found dead Ove minutes titter he had ascended to the roof. Ex- amination disclosed lhnt his blood had I •rn drained through the shntlerevl iii let les of his leg, which was destroyed by the terrific suction force, a power greeter than is utilized to drive 1ho sw ltle.'t locomotive. FOUND II.1\GI\G 1N IIEN-I101'SF. Old Employe of Government Oudot. A detspateh (i•.,m Oltnt-a says : \1St- hnni ltullnnd, for the past 30 year: tin employe of the Electrical Department of the Dominion Government, ons 1.•un.l (,'h \We.Inesday morning hanging fnflhl It teem in the fowl -Weise in the rear of I..s residence, Buss^II head. The body ons discovered by his wife. 1le had been dead seine time. The deceased had been suffering from fits of despondency, and had endured periods of mental derange- ment for some years. ile frits a native el the \Vest of England, nod cane to this country some 35 years ago. Suicides al -44.-- ANOTHER 4'•- 1NO1'IIER S\IALLVO\ Anderdon lot\nship Wants i'ro\eats! Health Board's Belo. A despatch from \\ mass. says: The open of n sinallix,x outbreak in And, e- l.n totvm'hip is Conflated. 11 is sn..1 there nre upwards of si\ty enses. A- sistnnce tram the I'r.e\i n .1 IS nrl ! 1benllh has been requested. 1' • Sterne Its. e nlagion spread fr. sandwich %fest. where there was rut • „thorn!; 1e- C4'n!ly. TWO ACCIDENT'S TO TRAINS. Misplaced Switch Causes the Death of an Engineer. A despatch from Winnipeg says : A had smashup took place in the C.P.R. yards at Portage la Prairie on Wednes- day morning between the yard engine and a wrecking train from Winnipeg. i:► which Engineer Daniel McDonald, in charge of the wrecking engine, was totally injured and died in the hos- pital three hours later. The switch was left open, and Engineer McDonald did not see that it was open to the side track until he was almost on top of it. ile fell just west of the switch, and his head struck an oat grain door lying beside the track. His skull was fractured. At 8.50 on Wednesday morning mixed train No. 151 hnd two coaches derailed Iwo miles east of Pettlpiece, on the Bran- dot•Mineola branch of the caused by a broken rail. Tho following passengers received cuts and bruises: \V. F. Ellis, llamiota ; Mrs. \V. F. Ellis, Ifaniiola ; George L. Stone, Rapid City. Alen M. Stewart, of Winnipeg, and Mrs. Rosby, of Hantioln, also received some scratches and we►r badly shaken up. Damage to rolling stock was not heavy. KING J's\ TEIt'T.SIN' PREMIERS. Wishes Them Prosperity at Royal Ifnnguiet at Buckingham Palace. .t despatch frorn London says: The King gave a dinner on Wednesday right to the colonial Premiers, 1. rs, High Commissioners and Agents - t;, neral of the colonies, al Buckingham Palace. Several members of The Royal Solely an.l a number of Cabinet Minis- ters and distinguished persons %(re present. The King gave a hearty wel- come. Ile wished prosperity and hap- piness to the distinguished statesmen from his dominions overseas, and trusted they would curry away with them nn ngreeahle Impression of the Mettler Country. He wished them God- speed on their voyage home. ;. (:1\NED FOOT) I\':PE(:TION, Nett art Will (ante biro Force on First of Aulptsl. A despatch from Ottawa stye: The Canadian Gazelle contains n pmclnnee tion bringing into force on Aug. 1 next te,e Art for tete inspection of canned ..1-. meat and fish. 'rhe regulnlions e.elors are being drafted. Some r.a wW be required, and it will . .i 875.000 to enforce the Act. t • ' •': ;nary Direclor-Gcnernl, Dr, 1: rd, will have charge of the in - Iii each : export ewes firm a! 86 to $6.50; l RA yi siTuATioN iN 1ND/A� RKETS 1't BREAD-, II FFS. I,t.rks, 84.51) to $5.50. 1 iteral deliveres of hogs were re - col ie prices of selects were (Inn at $6.50, and lights and fats brought $6.25 per cwt. Toronto, May 14, -(:all board quota l:,c,rrs. are: Wheat -Ontario -\'o. 2 e inter, 77 1•:d, C. 1'. It. east; 80e asked in store Murtreal; Nu. 2 goose, 75e asked, out side. Wheal -Manitoba --No. 2 northern, ¶)2e asked, spot North Ray. 1•.,rit---No. 3 yellow, 55c asked, spot 're t•uiito, other prices 0re: \\'brat---\1anitoba -- Lake ports -No. : hard. 90e; No. 1 northern, lui%,,c; No. 2 nortlicrrt, 86)6c. wheat -Ontario, No. 2 white winter 76c to 77c; No. 2 red, 76c to 770; No. 2 mixed, 75c. Outs -No. 2 white, 40c to 4034c, ocl- s ide; No. 2 mixed, 39c to 39%c. Peas -71c to 75c. Corn -No, 3 yellow American, 55c tto 553Sc, lake and rail, 57%c all rail; On- tario, 48c, Chatham freights. Bye -bull at Ole to 62c. Bewley -No. 2, 53%c to 51e; outside; No. 3 extra, 52%c to 53c; No. 3, 51%e It; 52c. Flour -Ontario -90 per cent. patents, 52.75 bid; Manitoba, first patents, 84.50, seconds, $4; bakers', $3.90, Toronto. ltrti-$21 to $22; shorts quoted at $22 le 823, outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Ruiter -Receipts nre Increasing, and Ibe market is easy at quotations. Creamery. prints ... , .. .... 26e to 28e do solids .... .... .... .... 24c to 25c Dairy, prints .. ... 23e to 25c do tubs ,... ..-. .. ...... 21eto22e Cheese --Unchanged at 12%c for large and 13c for twins, in job lots here. Eggs-Sleady at 17e to 17%c. Honey -Pails, Ile to 12c lb.; combs, :1.50 to $2.50 per dozen, according to quality. Rears -$1.50 to 31.55 for hand-picked rind $1.35 lo $1,40 for primes. (Vetoes -Ontario, 85c to 90c; enstern, 81.05 to $1.10 1n car lots on track here, Ontario, nominal. Baled Ilny-$12.50 to $13 per fon for No. 1 timothy and $10 to $11 for sec- ondary grades, in car lots here. Baled Straw -(:aster, at $6.75 to $7 per ten, in car lots here. PROVISIONS. Dressed flogs -$9 for lightweights and 88.50 for heavies, farmers' lots. (:ar lots nominal. Pork -Short cut, $23.50 to 821 per bar- rel, mess, 821 to 821.50. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -Long clear bacon, Ilc to 11%c for Ions and crises; hams. mediu►n and light, 13y,,c le 16e; heavy. 14%e to 15e; backs, 16%c to 17c; shoulders, 11c to 11%c; rolls, 11%e; out of pickle, lc less than smoked. i.ard-tarsier. Tierces, 12ye; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. MONTREAL. MABKE 'S, Montreal, May 14. -The local market fee oats Is (Inn, and 45e Is now quoted k r No. 2 while Manitoba and 44c for the sante grade Ontario. Buckwheat -55c to 56%c per bushel. Corn ---American No. 2 yellow, 55c; No. 3 mixed. 65c, ex -store. Peas -Boiling peas, $1 in unload lots, 81.10 in jobbing lots. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat, 84.25 to $1.60; strong bakers', 81 to 81.10; winter wheat. 'intents, $1.10 to 8125; straight rollers, 83.60 to 83.70; do., in hngc, $1.65 to $1.75; extras. 81.50 to $1.55. SfillfcN'd--.\lanilobn brnn, In bags. $20 10822; shorts. 822 to 822.50; Onitorio bran, in bags, 820 to 821; steins. $2.2 to 89,50; milled 7noui))c, 821 to 80; slrnight grain, $28 to 829 per ton. Bolted Oats -Per bag. $1.90 to 82. tiny-- No. 1. 813.50; No. 2. 812.50; No. P. $11.50: clover. mixed, 811; pun' clov- er. 810.50 to $11 per ton In cnr• lets. Previs?om- ila'rels, short cut mess, S2i.50 lo 823.50: half hnrrels, 811.75 to 812.50; clear fat backs. 321 to $2.1.50; Inng cut henvy mess. 820.54) to 822: half hnr- rels dn.. 810.75 to 811.50; dry salt long clear bacon. 1I3gc In 12e: hnrrels plate beef. 813 to 814; half barrels do., $7 to 8'..',41: barrels holey tress beef, 810; half Isis's, .1e., $5,05; compound lard. 9%c 1•, Inc; mire lard. 123;e In 12%c; kettle r• nder•c.1. Mc to 133¢c: hnnw, 133Sc to 1: e. nccen•.lini' to size; breakfast bmmn. 15' le 16.': Windsor* hnma, 15e to 16. fresh killwt nballnir dr.'seed hogs, $9.50 1.1 $9.75; nlive. $7 to 87.25. Buller -Sante sales were made at 22-!4r. and fir extra choice lots were quoted nt 23e and 233Se, Cheese ---The English mnrket is simme- rand show; nn ndtnnee of is, white being note quoted n1 63,5 and colored 65e. Fr:• ---Prices are steady of 173%e lo X250 . 0 0 0 FIRE Ri DER11111,1c Corby's Distillery and Grist Mill Destroyed. A despatch from i3elleville says:. At VIA aur early hour cn Sunday morning the l mrge sleiie distillery and grist mill i f Ike 11. I:.erhy ih.mpa►y wits reduced by fire to n mass 4,1 smouldering ruins. The premises are situated at the 11111fge of (kirt•ywlle, w1ich is upwards of live bales north of the city. The distillery WAS built upc,n the honks of the ;liver AMira many yca4s ago I,y Ib.' Bute \Ir. Henry Cmrhy, and was a four -storey Slone structure with n basement. 'rho slow -built grist mill adjoins, and wn, rnly separated by it stone fire wall. Al atoll, 4.30 the night fireman, named O. lhuM,s, upeen the premises. smelled t•nioke, turd upon opening a door lead• inE from the engine•rentn to the die- lillery proper was quickly driven hack by flames. witinh almost enveloped him. 11111,1,4 re4'np,'d and raised the alarm. He was severely burned about the face and bend. and wAR sul.scquent- h• removed k) the city for medical treat - meat. In a fetw minutes the .turn premises were ri mass. 4f Ilan,es. The city fire brigade were is ltli.vl furl n strati en- gine. wilt n number 41 men and a quantity of 15 »'. wa• d'-t.4lehtd 1•I the scene. and winked alt day on the ruin.. (wing bo There being no wool at Ihs lime other large l ti !'Ili ts- such n; tank and w•a•.hmuse', \\, .a\. 1. .\ lank a-•nlaining 3,71111 k,;l, n...,i whis- key in pewees o,i manufacture ton- de- strnyed, and alms, -.lie of 21lr),nik) 1" Bels cf Barley. rye and corn. An empty box ear bekinging t.; the Grand 'Trunk Rail- way Corrtpany, left standing in front of 1h, distillery, tvns ehoslrnyed, it is estimated the loss will be In the v -tinily of $230.00n. and the insurance wilt be in the yb -inily of RIIM1,(IM) I('ee than the tete. The work of rebuilding will 1„' tvm inence it as Soon as the mnl- 1, of irtsurarwc Is set!led. H will i•e nn tip, -to -date building, (quipped with nil modern appliances. The lire is thought to have originnt.d I y spontaneous combustion. RL'FF:11.O MAiIKFT'. Buffalo. \lay 8. -Flour- Firm. \\'hent - Spring 41111: No. 1 N..rlhern, 93%e: Winter stronger; No. 2 while, 90.'. (s-.rn --Dell; \'n, 2 yellow. 5Sc; Nn. 3 while. 5134,'. Oats -Min; No. 2 white. 47c: No. 2 mixed. 41';e. Rye -Firm; No. f in slot'. 71c c.i.f. Barley -Nothing doing. NF\W YORK \Wtn:.vr MARKET. New \•ork. \ley 14. --Sial. steady: Ns, 2 red. 90%e cicvntor: Nn. 2 red. 9024e Nen anent: Nn. 1 northern. Duluth. fiI.003; f.o.h nfk,nt: No. 2 hard winter. 93,, f.o.b. nfinnt. 1.1\'F: STOi:I( NIA IIKETs. Tomnto• \Iny 11. --Though the uffer- Ings of cattle were moderately large. Irnete was nclive nt the \l'etslern \Inrket In -day. Espertcre' rattle were more Relive. 013.) prier'; were firm to etrnng. Chniee enitle sold from *5.10 10 85.40, and me• diem frorn 84.90 to $5.n5 per ewl, (settee butchers' rntllc sold al *5 to 85 2n : fair 1., g.esd butcher=', nt 84,50 10 *1.111: good cow). 81 In $1.:,0. and me- dium runs, t3.50 to 81 per rw 1. Ilett % tr.b.'r/, 1.0541 In 1.ItM) Its. sold n' 81.5n to $1.75; short -keeps brrnntM $..70 to *1.85. and Meeker. were selling at $1.25 Io 83.7S fpr fair. and 781.90 Io 8i.17'. 1..r gt..,tt 1i. ..I grain•t.•1 limas nre quoted at 67.541 1., *s p-ar . \\ 1 : .V.nlrtltelt tenths nt 05,50 to $6 p•. r cwt: sprung lambs, $3 l0 CONDENSEDNEWS ITEMS Armed Natives Crowding Into Lahore -- British Troops Concentrating. UAI'CG\IN(;s IIR011 see O\'J:It 1111: GLoliE. Telegraphl•• ilrirf, From Our Own and 011ier Countries ul Recent Events. CANADA. Brockville has abolished the curfew bell. llanmillon (avic holiday will be the firstMondriy in August. Alunitoba (lour bus been increased 20 ceJtts per barrel. lhtsh fires are raging at many points near Vancouver. The G.T.P. deities the rumor that Prince Rupert is to be abandoned. Manitoba flour is driving American brands out of Newfoundland. Provincial revenues tor the first four months of the year reached 83.173,280. Contracts havo been let for the new Carnegie Library at Woodstock. Nearly fourteen 'thousand immigrants have arrived at Quebec during last week. The Government is sending out extra fire -rangers to protect the pine forests of the Province. Construction of the National Trans- continental Railway .in New Brunswick has commenced. 'telegraphers on the western lines of the C.P.R. have received an increase in pay. The C.P.R. is rushing its double -track- ing between Fort William and \Vinni- peg. Great irregularities have been ,discov- ered in the customs house at Niagara Falls, (:onadian customs oMcets will receive an increase in pay from ten to fifteen per cent. Calgary has 1,600 children on the pub - 112 school rolls, an increase of 33% per cent. A new Masonic Temple, costing be- tween $40,000 and $50,000, is being erected in Regina. Brantford's Bell memorial fund bus received a contribution of $250 from Thomas A. Edison. Work on the Edmonton -Dawson trail by the Mounted Police will be resumed this summer. Eight inspectors of mining claims have been appointed by the Government to work in northern Ontario. Cottle shipments front St. John this season total 30,628, against 34,561 tite previous season. Winnipeg's assessment assessment commissioner estimates the realty assessment for 1907 to be 890,000,000. One hundred and tventey-Ove new lecomolives are to bo delivered to the Canadian Northern Railway. Six Thousand dollars will bo "hung up" for the raring depnrtnient alone Int the 1907 Edmonton Exhibition. The Governor -General's Foot Guards of Ottawa will leave on Juno 28 for a visit to Niagara Falls and Buffalo. 'Winnipeg insurance will bg reduced three per cent., as a salvage corps is to b.' added to the fire department. The bill for the inspection of canned foods goes into effect on August 1 and 45 inspectors are to be appointed. Canada's commercial agent at Leeds says an enormous increase in the impor- tation of our apples has been noted. The proposed enlargement of the (L nisi, cnr works at London will cost $75,000 and an increase in employes by 200. A wagon load of whiskey was sewed by the police at Owen Sound on Satur- day Thal had been brought in by a far- mer, The financial statement for the year shows a surplus of 818.000.000, the most prosperous year the Dominion has ever experienced. William Williamson, a Hamilton Street Railway conductor, was fined thirty dollars for being drunk while on duty. • A. Carlson. while sinking in his yard at North Battleford, had htLs pipe smashed by a rifle bullet fired by some careless person. Ti►e report of the Georgian ilay Canal Cemmiselon shows That n twenty-one fool cnndl from the hay to Montreal will cost about 8105.000,000. The C.P.U. shops nt Fort \Williarp, Ont., will shortly do away with steam power. Men are engaged now in putting In the wiring to runt the motors. Joseph H, 'Thompson, the conductor held responsible for the fatal wreck at (iourock. was sentenced to three yenrs in the penitentiary by Mr. Justice Riddell of p Joh(irleln Fh.. Grant. western pioneer, is (lend. Fest the wutdow nt his sick roost he could r'ee the butldtngs 01 told Fort Edmon'zin. inside which he was torn 76 years ago. GREAT 1111I'I':VN, Sir \\'illtont Rnntsay denies that he has n formula for making copper. Britain has de'idel'lo place a second- class cruise on service in the West In- dies. Pedlar Palmer, the English pugilist, has been committed to stand Trial on a charge of murder. 'rho Loudon Times objects to the sr• ercy of Cnball promoters. who offer the British investor ne pnrliculnrc. The Imperial lamferente rejecter) it resolution its. Premier Deakin asking for a I per Cent. tax on foreign imports for the purpose of furthering trade. Sir henry Norman, the author and tra- veller. ens married nt St. Margaret's Church. Westminster, England. on Tues- day. to Miss Priscilla, daughter of Sir Charles Mcl.nren. a wentlhy iron roaster. UNITED STATES. \Its. 1:. W. tiny..('. the wife of n New Work automobile dealer. ons kilter! et .\shury I'nr•k, N.J.. while racing a Irvin ut het• motor carW, G trent A, \, Gnrly of the United steles .Arm) has ncrustrl 1114 1;11trr►t• meal of puling the lndiins rind E.slui• mw of Alaska on the road to ruin. A despatch (rem London says: Friday was the 50t1i anniversary of the .,tit. break of the Indian Mutiny, \\ t . i; i • esti 01 Meerut on May 10, 1857. 'she r, dcnce is somewhat alarming. Theis \ from India, which dominates IS siey morning's newspapers with This sinstcr jubilee, increases the anxieties which the present happening% in the Indian Empire awaken here. That Sir Denzil Ihlmulswt, l.iculettant-Governor of the Pulpit), whom Chief Secretary Marley the other day described in the House of Commons as one of the ablest and most experienced administrators in India, should have summoned big ntililnry re- inforcements to Lahore and postponed his own departure from that city, is re- gurdcd us adding to the gravity of the situation. The India Office has issued nothing on lite situation, although it is ureters/cod 11 is in constant communi- cation. with the Viceroy. Pending some official declaration the newspapers corn- nient sparingly, but print their own and the news agencies' news conspicuously. Such comments as printed call for firm action by the Government. Some -recent statements in the House of C.oramons by Mr. Morley and his ap- proval of the deporlalton of Lula Lajpnt Ilai betrny no sign that he is disposed to underestimate the possibilities of the situation. ALSO IN EASTERN BENGAL. Although for the moment the Punjab seems to be the chief centre of the trou- ble, it is noteworthy that there is in- creasing unrest among the natives in Eastern Bengal. This seems to centre in the \fynren Singh district of the lat- ter province, which is a thousand miles 41 -I:,nl front Lahore. here, accorlies a newspaper .l,'•est h. ire 1, 1 (. \e•rnmenl 1' . , 1 r.! of the 51111441,.,,m, ;tit,' r. pni,,c I !• : military operations on u large se:, \eterlttless, its failure to check lite se - dithers movement pnompily has. it is added, resulted in a state of revolt. Thousands of Daeoits, consisting of ionone Hindus and Mohammedans, are roani- iug in the Slyinen Singh district, glut-+ dering and burning villages, and UI-• beating loyal natives, many of whom. have been murdered. MANY Alil'I'ATOBS AIlfESI'ED. Thirty -s. ten agitators have been nr-• rested by the military police, who are trying. to stamp out tite mowetnett. The despatch further says that seditious tit- eri Lure has been spread broadcast Through Eastern Bengal, and that Ilia misting al newel ninth has been distorted 11110 a triumph of lite natives Ligon's! the British. loyal natives of the better class ars writing to the newspapers and aulhori-, ties, urging the necessity for prompt measures. They declare That Ute anti - European movement has gained int-; mense strength in Bengal since the re- signation of the tale Lieutenanl-Gower-, nor, Sir Bmnpfylde Fuller. who was, tared to relinquish his post because he tried to suppress the present agitation in the native schcois. The participation of Alohammeclans int the Mymen Singh outrages shows clear.,iy That the movement Is directed against' British rule instead of being a fight be- tween Hindus and Moslems, as was at first supposed. George G. Newcomb was shot five limes and almost instantly killed, at ('alts Bench, Florida, on Tuesday, by Thomas \V. Troy, who is a lumber dealer in South America. They got into a dis- pute over some trivial 'natter, and Troy emptied his revolver into Newcomb's body. As the result of two attempts at assas- sination from ambush at Orange, Texas, Wednesday night, one man was killed and two seriously wounded. The dead man is Major Boykin, a negro officer, who was fired en by unknown persons as he was leaving. a negro saloon. Ile was shot Ove times, all the bullets enter- ing his body and producing instant death. Only four buildings are standing in the little town of Birthright, Texas, as a result of the tornado sluctt swept through the northern porli(nt of the State on Tuesday. The court house, postolllce and every business house In the town were destroyed, ns well as nu- merous residences and barn.. As far ns can be ascertained, only three persons lost their lives, but several are seriously injured, GENERAL. Several battalions of Turkish troops were cut to pieces during a battle with rebels in Armenia. Thirteen political prisoners were liber- ated by revolutionists at Alexandrovik, itussia, on Sunday. New craters have forted on Etna and Stromboli, rind the eruptions are be- coming mom threatening. Negntintions are In progress between Japan and France which will still fur- ther complete the isolation of Germany. Eleven thousand Herrero tribesmen, tired of resisting the t7i'rmnn troops, per- ished of starwnlion on s trek. The Newfoundland Supreme Court up- holds p.holds the validity of the law preventing United Stales vessels employing New- 1(wn(Il0nd fishermen. Tho eruption of Mount Etna continues. The flow of lava Is increasing, and the smoke is abundant end heavy. Earth shocks also have been experienced. The \'anent garden wall requires $20; ((M► worth of repairs, whielu the linty See carrot afford, so the old spe.'imen of reenissimee architecture will have to bo demolished. Several irawler_s near the const of France report a strange occurrence, sheets of fire and .►nokc apparently cone Ing up nut nt the sen. It is thought to b•t a volcanic dLslur1,once. Rumors of serious trouble nt Morneeo City are reported from native rources. It is declared the powerful Minna tribe have seized the town, and given all for- eign residents orders to leave within a fortnight. J1:11.01'`. TOOK IIIS OWN LITE. Ottawa Bartender, %ferried Three Weeks, Shoots Himself. 1 despatch from (11tnwa says : Oli\ier Desiauriers, a bartender, resident ore Coolest* Street, committed suicide on Saturday evening by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Desiauriers had only been married Three weeks, and it is said was led to commit the act. through jealousy. NATI'IIE STUDY AT GUELPH. Proposal to hold Teacher Training Classes There. A despatch fmb Toronto says: It has been suggested to the Ontario Slinister et Education by P►•esid.'nl G. C. Creel - man, of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, that the Summer schools for na- ture study al the Agricultural College be utilized by lire teachers from all parts of the province for this year only. The proposition is being considered by Hon. ('yne. 'rite depnrlinent has In Tho sits( held Summer schools at which leachers could obtain special instruc- tion in such subjects ns nature study. These were conducted 1n connection with the provincial Normal schonis. ‘Vere the plan of holding the regular nature study cheeses at Guelph adopted it wrnnid le possible In tlevole the Normal school classes to the Separate sehnnl teachers, who are desirots of qualifying under Hie Act of Inst session. d: NINETY 11111)1 (t1' \11\1: FIRE. Supposed to Rave Perished in Nrvican Copper \1'nrkitllis. A despatch brant Mexico City says: Ninety men are supposed 1., lame last their laves in Ore %Oriel' started in the Tenures Copper Mine. nt \'elnidenn, in the Stale of Durnnge, Inst Friday night. The fire is still raging and is said k) bit beyond control. Thirty-five bodies havo been recovered. Seventeen miners urn known In have escaped. 1 This infot•tnn- tion has been conveyed In n despntclt to Mexico City. The burning mine he. longs to the Guggenheims. AUR \Iii O1' S1111.1.14 1‘. Precauli.. t. Will Ire Taken to Guard '1 raining (atmos, A despatch from 011aw n says : ,1 militia order Issued on Mehl flint ov sig to the presents. of mallows in renal.. poria of the Dominion none 1 al individuals who are (y,nehlered In he pi .leetcd will be nik•wetl In go into cnrnp. Tide applies especially in the following enunties in Onlnrin : Essex, Huron. Middlesex, Oxford, Bruce, and Leeds. - -t!• Duluth. May I4.--\Whenf-No. 1 hoof, !toeRe ; No. 1 northern, 89%c ; No. 2 nerther•n. A7! : May, 88%c; July, n!i ;r ; Sept., 8- ' . BIG DEAL IN TIMBER LIMITS The Victoria Harbor Lumber Company Buys Out Cook Bros. A despatch from 1 deal in lumber proles !.• - !.els ju': teen ek,st'd which is the largest single pt11'- 01.1450 in the history of the lumber trade of Canada. Immense properties ere 7pwol•el, tend the purchase price, 1 Is said. is 1n the neighlec.rborsl of two rnilhon dvlints. The sale. which was t• corded on Wednesday. marks Hie pas,• away of one of the pioneer lumber Ccmq.anies of the cettnlry, anti greatly henna»~ the prestige and power of the purchasing company. The yen,bu• is the Caok tiros. Lumber t:•,mpuuty; th•' urehnacr. SU. John 11 aldie, of the Victoria Harbor Lura• 141 1.,,tupany. The properties trans- ferred are•ali these belonging to the k.nner company on Get rginn Bay. in- cluding timber limits and lumber initis. The timber berths are numbers 147, L'7. 149, 15). Searfe 'Township and ati li:dian reserve on Georgian Bay. The Crown Lands Department was unabbt Ir, slate the price paid. but 11 is under - septet That if was very little short el Iwo million (k,ilnre. fay Ibis transaction Conk and Brno. practically retia' from the lumber basin...5. and the Viet(er,i Harbor I.um- 1(1 I•nnipntty tsenntes Ih,' se,x,nd Inrgest r•,ntpnny in 1;nnn(lo. and the third larg- tst on the Continent of North America.