Exeter Advocate, 1908-01-16, Page 71
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SIXTEEN CHILDREN A
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Springs,
A ckspatc•h feint St. 'Phomas says:
A terrible crossttg fatality occurred at
Cedar Swings, )leer Llulhwefl, on Sat-
torduy night, when Ile l'ei's Marquette
ucuunnlwdulivn, due here tit 9 o elect
t'uvolling at forty utiles un hour, ;truck
u democrat waggon m which were
euated Sutuuet Crouch uml David Tole,
elderly formers residing n. ar Blenheim,
and Mr. i:roucti's 1wenI$tliwe-year-old
daughter. All three were thiowli about
tin' hundred feel, pal Mr. Crouch and
has daughter killed instantly. \1r.
Crouelt was almost scalped and other-
,
wise' mangled, while the. but hail her
mte:k broken. Mr. Tole was severely
injured,. and no hopes are entertained
!tit this recovery. Mr. Tote was taken
settle of the struggling children to the to llb'cheint for medical treatment,
et -editors Feow. It was eit!1 the gicfl- while the bodies of Mr. Crouch and his
est difficulty that n panic among the (kinglike were taken to the station,
and are held pending inquiry. The
rig was demolished, one horse instantly
killed, and the other so badly injure,
it had to be destroyed. The party had
been to Chatham, and were rchirning
home wizen the accident o'_•cw•revl. it
Ls believed they thought the train would
step at Cedar Spri lg... it flog station.
Trampled to Death in Rush for Better
Seats in Hall in England,
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A eke -patch from Barnsley, England,
e;.loc•n children Went i' lrntupktl
.1,.. ,. .aed forty others, several of
coeinot live, were injured, in a
n...l rush for better seals at an enter-
al aa 'IA given in the) public hall here
el, ea! :rduv afterieem.
! a:!-; a great rash to secure ad-
!! : the enterlairlteal 1, and wwtien
11: a! • ev .,pencil every seat was teem,
oil.( 1'i" ternary nary was lil.`r'ully packed with
children, tuft.+ 1111111 the aisles and were
ilauge•Ivusly :uassei ugehust the I„wcr
railing. With a view to relieving this
crowding in Via gallery the attendants
elecidcd 1., transfer e-urne of the children
to the ts,dv of the house, and one of the
lit,here called out, "Sumo of you children
(some downstaine"
irnruediately the rush started, and
within a few sfictiuds hundreds of chil-
dren were being trainpled under ked.
Even those who had seals in the gal -
k ry, doubtless being panic-stricken by
the serenity; ural struggles of the crowds
(Ighthng to leech the staircases, Joined in
the stampede.
The scene was a terrible one, the cries
of the injured and the moans of they dy-
ing causing the greatest excitement
uniting those galhertai in 1110 body of the
hale Pollee unit ushers rasher! to the
bele of the Animist.,which was literally
strewn with dead and dying, and by the
n:<i t desperate efforts managed to drag
children in the lower part of the hone°
was averted, all of these eventually be-
ing taken to the streets in safely.
\\'nen the reserve police arrived they
f• mal the narrow stairway practically
b;(ickeel with bodies, which were crushed
some cases almost beyond recognition.
~&:ores of children were found later to be
suffering from frach.red bones and se-
vere lacerations, causes by the indescrib-
able manner it► which they had been
tramplot upon.
Soon after the accident the approaches
to the hall were crowded with sobbing
women searching for their missing chit -
di en.
LEADING MAIIKETS
1111EAllS'11)FFS.
Toronto, Jun 14.- Manitoba Wheat -
N.,. t not•lhcr•n, $1.21; No. 2 northern,
E-Llli; No. 3 norhern, $1.11 lake ports;
feed wheat, 71c; No. 2 feed, 65., deliv-
er. d.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, 90%c to
97%c; No. 2 red, 9Gc to 97c; No. 2 tuts -
ed,
1.6%c.
c1
Barley -,No. 2, 74e to 7Gc, outside.
Flour-\Vinter wheat pwtenta, for ex -
fort, offering al 5175; Manitoba pat-
ents, special brand, $5.80 to $6; sec-
onds. $5.20 to $5.40; strong bakers',
$:,.10 to $5.30.
I'eas--.93%c outside.
Rye -No. 2, 80c.
Corn -Old No., 2 yellow American,
nominal al 72e t73c, Toronto freight,:
new. No. 3 yellow, 661; mixed, kiln -
dried, 65%c.
Oats -No. 2 white, 47%c outside, 49)- c
(tack 'Toronto; No. 2 mixed, 45%c to
46c outside, 46%e to 47c Toronto.
luckwhcal-63c outs'de,
(:all board quotations wvere:--
On'ario Wheat -No. 2 white, $1 ask -
0(i, outside: No. 2 red, 99c asked.
Barley -No. 2. 75c bid, G. T. 11.
Peas -No. 2, 83%e asked, outside, 82c
rants --No. 2 white, 45%c bid., outside;
No. 2 mixed, 43%e bid, outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Poultry -A few turkeys of fairly good
quality are being offered, but practi-
cally nothing of oilier classes of poul-
try.
You!'
turkeys, extra choice tic to 16;
da. ince .... .... .... .. I lc to 13e
Youn geese , ... .... tk to Ile
Young ducks .... .... 9c to Ile Bufa
flo, Jan. 11. t ! e,,r - .Spring
Chickens, choice Sc to 10c easier; N. 1 N. r ti•• :,. e 1.1 : '� carl•,:ids:
O:d fowl .... .... .... 5cth 7c No, 2 red, $1.16: \\ , r eirei. Corn -
Inferior chicks and fowls 4e In 5e
Buller -Market is quiet. with prices
unchanged under a steady demand.
Creamery prints .... .... 28c to 300
do solids .... .. 26e to 27e
miry prints 23c to 25e
do solids .... .... .... 22c le 23'
inferior .... .... .... 20eto 2Ic
Eggs ---Storage, 20c to 21c per dozen
in case lots; selects. 250; strictly flew'
laid nominal.
Potatoes-- 70c to 75c per rag in car lets
on track here.
(leans ?1.711 to $1.75 for primes rind
11.1)0 to $1.85 for hand -picket. 1. Me. Jan, 11.-- Picked butcher:
Honey -Strained steady al Ile to 12c '} eta at 114.70 to $4.s1'; rholce kinds
rcr p,und for 0(' -pound pails. and 120. 1 ' .o' t $1.25 Io 31.50; medium. $2.75
to 13c for 5 t•1 10 -pound pails. Comte t
nt $1.75 to *2.50 per dozen. 1. •''
Baled Straw -Quiet at $9.50 to $10.50 -
pre ktn on track here. Pmt
ilatal Ilnv---Tint.,lhy is quoted at
316.53 to *17.50 in car lots on Irnei:,
with few• sales being made below $17.
i'ItOVISlONS.
i= unchanged. Choice shipped wheat
patenls,"$6.10 to $6.25; seconds, $5.50 to
$3.05; winter wheal patents, $5.50;
straight rollers, $5 to $5.25; do., in
bugs, $2.25 to $2.50; extra, $1.30 to
$1.90.
On the local oat market to -day prices
for Ontario No. 2 while advanced laec
le 2c per bushel, and rejected Ie to
1%e per bushel. \Manitoba rejected al-
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EXI'I•:Ritit:\T:U. 1-' tnvti.
Agriculturists Taking Athenlage of
Th( it \York.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
twentieth annual report of the wvoi•k
clone and in progress at the several Do-
minion experimental farads was tabled in
tl•e Commons on Friday. IL anitains the
results of many important and carefully
conducted experiments in agriculture,
horticulture and artymcultt,re carried on
during the last year. The director, Dr.
Wm. Saunders, notes that the large and
cx nstantly increasing demand by the
fie liters of the Dominion for lite publica-
tions IF -sued from the expet•iutenttl
s•' showed an advance, selling lc per Loma, the rapidly extending correspon-
Lushel higher. Quotations are: -Car (fence, and the readiness shown every -
hits :.f Ontario No. 2 white, 520; No. 3, where to cooperate with the work of the
hams in testing new and p rolnisin
b
varieties of cereals furnish gratifying
evidence of the desire ter the latest
icicnlillc information among the agri-
culturists of Canada. During 1906 nearly
48,000 fanners Have joined in co -opera -
tests of seeds for the improvement
of crops. Sixteen thousand samples of
grain of various kinds were sent out to
fermens in Quebec and seven thousand
to Ontario farmers.
4& '0 8%c; No. 4, 47c to 47%c; re -
1, .c per bushel, ex -store. A fair
It ode is !wing done; market Ls steadily
st.-e;.g"!' ling and prices are much firru-
to I1.. 1 oats, $2.75; corn, $1.66 to
:rl T,. Mag.
leeie races in the egg market are
l :11: aatinee. Prices are very firm,
a l:. r i eange. Newly -laid, 30c; so-
le,24: • 26c; No. 1 limed. 20c to 21e.
- oe'.• • cheese on the local market
e r: i ' rapidly disappear. Novent-
L'e. to ,tit 12c to 12%e; Octobers, 13e
3to 13 e.
4 3..e , `- pkmbeti 13%e 3l
A •, ai tile is being transacted in
the . ,arket. Grass goods, i:8c;
carol, r.• .• ,Is, 26c to 27e.
I'r'an,. ,n= -Barrels short cul mese,
$222.51) to s23; half barrels, 511.7:. to
312.25; clear fat hack. $23.50 to 4:21.5');
long cut heavy mess, $:'1 to 824; half
barrels do., 810.50 to $11.25; dry salt
lung clear seeks. 10%e to 11%e; bar-
rels plate beef. 313.50 to $15; hall bar-
rels, do., $7.25 'to $7.75; barrels heavy
mess beef, $10 to 311; half barrels do.,
$5.50; lard, 1231,c to 13c; kettle rendered,
133% to 13c; hams. 120 to 13%c. nceord-
ing to size; breakfast baeon, lie: to 15e;
Windsor baron. 14%e lo 15%e; fresh
killed abattoir dressed, $8.75 to $9.25;
'live, $6.50. -
BL'i'FAO.a) 'I \ IIitrT.
Steady; No. 2 t, t , r .. \.. 2 yellow,
G3%e. (lads -- Sur• N. . 2 mixe.t,
49%c; No. 2 whiles 55e. I: rley--$t to
$1.15. liye-No. 1. un 1:.• E,, $7c.
N1:\V YORK \\MEAT :111:1�1:1.
New lock, Jan. 11. \w t:, tl ',pot
eny; N. 2 red. $1.44e, , • . No.
2 red, $1.)16 Le.),. ea ,t: N.. 1
ern Duluth, $1.,:33! f.. .. 1111• \--. 2
Ilar•d winter, $1.17' f . 1 . afloat.
C.VITl E \I:\ IIKf T.
Smekel and Dry Sailed Meats --Long
clear ba001,. Imo lu I03e.' for tons and
cases; limns. bilge, m(slitin, and light,
14c to Ise: 11 mis. I234e to 13c; backs.
Iftiee to 17t shoulders, 10; rolls, 10c to
IP%(-; breahlast baonn 1.'s; to 153ec;
green meats out of pickle, le toss than
emok(d.
Pork -Short cut. $22.75 10 $23 per bar -
t' l; mess. 318 to $19.
l.nrd--Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; pails,
1e ;c.
MONTREAf. MARKi•TS.
Montreal, Jan. 14. -'rhe flour mnrkrt
1:• r -e coe -. $3.50 to $i.115;
$ '• s'1.40f common
to $1.
. $2.M) per cwt.
One ,, tape (;Mlle were s,1J.
and tree e !!• bought for local buleh•
ors. Foe at buil. sold at $3.50 to $1.25
per , e I.
QIt.)lllliena were nominal for bed. t,
al X to s3.7:, per cwt. Light ekvhi i
MURDERED BV STIt•1NGBR.
Alexander 5wwarti Shot 1►ovwit al White -
mouth, \laiitoba.
A despal li from \Vhilenloulti, Man.,
says : Alex. Swartz was nturclercd in
cold blood by an unknown elan near
hero on 'Thursday night for the sake of
a small stun of money. Ile had been in
Winnipeg, where he sold three cars of
wco(1, realizing $150. Ile returned on the
ewcnu►g Iraain, and was seen to leave 11►c
station to walk to his honk, nCcontpan-
iei by a stranger. Next day his body
was found beside the Itiver road, aboat
three-quarters of a mile from lawn, with
a bullet through the head. 'the pockets
had been rifled. The presumption is Ihnt
the blunderer shot Swartz and then
haslet til back 14) the station and caught
the express fee the wet. The dead man
leaves a widow and three little children.
tt:►la.
11:1.1.2.1N FIIII:IIEN.
one Kiiird and Two 5eriuus1y Injured
nl ?lonirenl.
:\ despatch tram Montreal says: es
the result of n small fire on Notre Dante
stree( en Sunday night 0410 fireman is
('end and two others seriously injured.
Fire broke out in a small fancy goods
store through nn overheated stove. The
store nos on the ground floor of a
ranshlIekle three: -Mercy brick bugling.
ani while lighting the flames part of
the walk fell out, crushing Napoleon
Gagnon, N. Narbonne and V. 1.n -
monistic. firemen. Gagnon died on his
way 14) the ht spitnl, end the others are
entity injured. The loss by Ore ons
rifling, otld apart front the falling
wall the hltlhling wn6 uninjured.
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Pasaenfyr
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Fars lo Ire Equipped \\ int
I. linguishers.
\ d,:spakl►
r w:e:w k, prcwculnig Orr:, in teem -emu
meld rel $2 to $2.75 per cut. with rnilw•ay wrecks and the cogsequenl
c lG.• per.. sold nt 3 to per p eumt burning to (tenth of (hose who' might
Milt h cows were not ,n extra b..444 be caught In the wreckage, the Rnil-
demmn f. Prices fanged front $35 le '•','' way Commission Inas passed an order
h r g•.,d ones. a ni ietl.ng all rnitvay companies M
I:xl'ort ewwes were worth $:1.75 le 1)1.•
ea, bucks and cults. $3 to $3.51; Mud,.
34 Io $f, per cwt.
Ile g+ c- nlhnud unchanged.
1•rought $5.90, and lights and
65 per owl.
The bnnple Germanic. of Weymouth.
N.5., foundered in tnid-:\1lnntie. and
s( %en of her crew are believed to be lost.
54 1eC1.t
fats. $5. -
GOT TIIEIIIGIIEST PENALT
t Three Years in Penitentiary for Attempt -
ted► 'tabbing.
A (k'.y'akil f.-' ni .l.,ntres1 a:,, = t,;Jgr
Choquel.r placed hirrmelf on n.v r.I in
L S'sci,ns on '11, 11'<-
N 1 1 1 (
Special
day as (ring determined (o put
h, the Fiat it s , cerement t among tediutls
to ilia city (,l carrying and u,tng ww • fi•
f. air.
"lou nee a foreigner. seven month.- in
11,1' cor.nlry." mid hi+ 1lotit.r, in soon•
1c ncing a young Ilulinn named \hi't,;orla
Marmti Io three year: tit p.enilentint),
'and it i< peewit Mal \wahnnl the
et g:hkst levy. •n you kook cut :1
r :ate all,! :etruak Anton* 'Talli on tea
nark, ra,1-n_: lent te,dtly harm. anf-
11:1,8lely }. did sol 0Ymrtntt nrur*Ts.
tt.J1.tr1•e ill
:, conte)n
ntsl understate?
Ihnt they lime to stop these Practices -
Met they nmet not curry knives or
1an•rs. 'Phis is a quiet want'', yet in
this city tie Feer Cvery day of quarrels
and 'machete Such quarrels and mur-
der.. fillet 1"' lea a stop lo. Anyone who
to feared guilty c,t 51.0 offence as at
present beton' 11,ie (Neill will be most
Peaerc'ly punished. The higheal peneiiy
ir1 the p•reaenl in"tan: a is Three ycnt-s in
a ileutary, and 1 ,nfllcl throe years."
it13ta1! two lire extinguishers in each
pessenger conch. A One of $25 is Me
Heed for each failure, to comply wllh
the order. The companies are given
until January next to have extinguish-
ers placed on all cars now in use.
tt'l\\11'1:1: To NI -:1% V0Ith.
Nee itailwlny Connection Expected to
Give Forty-catgut-hourService.
A (14spnlch from Winnipeg says
lancing Winnipeg within 48 hours of
\('v York is one of the pmiesibilitke, it
lily 1* said probabilities, of the new
Ce•nnecllon Ilial the Cnnadinn Northern
s(rures by the completion of the \Vinni-
peg & Duluth Beltway. It is figured out
Mitt a service can be arranged by which
a Traveller leaving Winnipeg. say, on
Thursday morning nt 8 o'clock, can be
landed in New fork al about the same
hour on Saturday. morning.
DOG 51V1:1► ITS t1 trTl U.
Attacked Bear, 11 hich Il:nil Sef,rd Dim
1ninlal
1'101114A to (Math,
de
latch from Cupar. S
ask says:s:
,Andrew iolite. of Touehwood was at-
teckeJ on Tuesdny by a huge brown
bear. iollie picked up a chub and
struck the animal, wwhi,:h caught hint
by the nem and endeavored to get his
thrr paw round a tree to hug hila.
ih 1L•e's dog, attacking from behind,
glade the bear lose his held. and Pui
11,8n cluhbe,l bruin 10 death. The bear
weights 158 pounds.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEDIS.A NOTED BRIGAND OAIJGIIT
HAPPENINGS i'It0\t ALL 01..-t THE
GLUM.
telegraph Briefs Prom Our Ovvn and
0111cr Countries o1 Recent
Events.
CANADA.
It is rumored that the Legislature will
open on February 6.
Hamilton Board of Health asks that
alt children bk. va.xinutC,t.
., w, in 'Portillo pro1:osC to establish
co-operative butcher shops.
\\ iunipeg's high pressure water sys-
tem has given great satisfaction.
A Quebec despatch says that Arch-
bishop Begin is to be made a Catalinal.
'rhe i'rince of \Vales nus given fifty
guineas towards the Quebec battlefields
memorial fund.
Westmoreland Avenue !Methodist
Church, Tommie, was destl'oye l by fire,
on Sunday morning.
Negotiations with Japan
the immigration question
tel; carried on by cable.
111x. John Talbot of London has been
appointed food inspector for several
western Ontario counties.
Serious damage was done by great
t;tornts on the Nova Scotia and New
L'rumswick coasts last week.
The revenue from succession duties in
the Province of Ontario for last year has
(Olen behind 1906 by $179,438.
If the winter on the prairie continues
mild, the G. T. 1'. a ill continue plate -
laying all season.
It is reported in Winnipeg that the
Canadian Northern has just discharged
seventeen conductors for irregularities.
Philip Benoit of Alexandria was sen-
tenced to 23 months in the Central Pri-
son for stealing the Bishop's fur -lined
coat.
Ottawa's hist Board of Control Is:
Jaynes Davidson, Robert Hasty, Napoleon
Champagne and C. Hopewell.
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Montreal Inn, advanced flour fifteen
ants a barrel, making it now $6.25 for
first patents, and $5.65 for seconds.
Since Nov. 7 the Allan Lino has car-
ried 4,153 from I.lverpool to Canada and
C.616 frons Montreal to the Mersey.
A Chinese laundryman at MacLeod.
Alberta, found the body of n baby 111 his
stove on returning alter a short etbenee.
Owing to the outbreak of smallpox in
Winnipeg the T. Eulon Company have
ordered the vaccination of their 1,700
anployes.
Miss Davis, principal of Sydenham
school, ,f les ,
against
the
lavish
use of
(1
e Stars and Tripes in Kingston.
Ovila Labrcche, of Montreal, is in jail
on a charge of arson, ns the police are
suspicious of the numerous tires at his
place.
James B. hunter, seven years private
secretary to the Minister of Public
Works, has been made assistant Deputy
Minister.
The Opera (louse at Brantford was
gutted by lire on Friday, and n number
of stores underneath suffered damage by
water.
Harvey Blain felt under n Bloor and
McCaul car on Yonge Street, 'Toronto,
nn Friday, and his lett foot had to bo
amputated.
Joseph Ashworth was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary at
Cornwall Assizes for attempting to mur-
der his wife.
It is said that United Stales interests
are looking to the purchase of the in1-
perial Paper Mills and Northern Sulphite
Mills at Sturgeon Falls.
J. A. Macdonald, lender of the British
Columbia Opposition will support Pre-
mier McBride in re -introducing the Natal
Act to exclude Orientnts.
Vancouver, 11.1:., firemen refused a
gift of $100 from Japanese residents who
sympathized wwill, the three firemen
wcunded 111 the light on New Year's Day.
in regard to
tiro still be -
Bell l'eleph<me Company Is plaln-
ning to spend a large portion of the
money receive,( from tho Manitoba Gov-
ernment in improving the system in
Ontario.
The Ik'pnrinient of the interior al Ot-
tawa Le considering a new regulation 14)
a.tmit immigrants lo Canada only when
coming dirket, from the country of their
birth or of their adoptin.
The Alien and C.P.It. ste'ntnship lines
Faith report that the number of returning
ie,n,igra Mils from Canada Miring the last
le* months is fur larger than the nuni-
bo: brought out during the same period.
GREAT i11lIT:1N.
°file Irish p1elice believe that the mime-
ine regalia of Ute Order of St. Patrick is
still hidden somewhere in the island.
Mr. John dodge, M.P., will bring the
question of indiscriminate emigration
to Canada lclore the British Parliament.
The While Slar I.ine hat announced
a cut in its second and third class pae
senger rates from English ports to
New fork and Boston.
UNITED STATES.
Four firemen were kille.I In a disas-
Weis lire in New York nn Friday.
The Viutderbills have loaned the city
of \kosoow $5,000,000 for street rntlways.
Five persons were killed in collision
en (10 Alnhema h Miss tsippi Railroad
near Mobile, on Friday.
Three persons were burned to death
in a lire in the out -building of the
French hospital at San Francisco.
F. Augustus Pleinze, the copper mag-
nate, haa leen indicted on n charge of
over -certifying bank checks 10 the
amount of 3100,000.
The new finance hill before Congress
pr,-owi(ks for an additional issue of bank
circulation not to exceed 3250.000,0110.
Rev. Jnm(•s A. Kaye, formerly of
Woodetock. has Men sentenced M Iwo
year't lA r't►eater Penitentiary, HI.. for
having( nx,ukl for counterteilutg 111 his
posct'svinn.
\Wtlltnnt l3. \'•'vin, n f'rrner nlernber
e! the New l'ork Stock Exchange and
1.,
-f cl
y e nb nF e d i n the real estate busi
ncfis in the Canadian west, I, comrniltc•1
selcide in .Nett Ygr1e on Thursday.
The United States Interstate Com-
merce Commission reports (hot the
rnitmada of the country are sleeting a
disposition to }•olunterdy live up to the
amended railway law.
•••.r
GENEI3 U..
The arca SOWII in w't4t1t til lndta is
Employed as Engineer in a Tunnel at
New York.
A despatch from New York says: Af-
ter a ceaieek s search of nearly two
years, Jan Jailor( ['omen, alleged to be
a notorious Russian brigand who is
wanted Ll the Pi -mince of Livonia, Rus-
sia, for murjer, ar'on and robberies
without number, was caught here on
Wednesday. Ile was arrested on the
compla.nt of the Ilussian Consul -Gen-
eral, \i. De Ledygensky, and held for
further examination and the arrival of
,extradition papers.
Pourcn Is a mild -looking man, and
►submitted without protest. Ifo was
employed as an engineer in ong of the
East River tunnels. 11e admitted his
identify by indicating that the photo-
graph of Mitten, in possession of the
dcteclives, was a picture of himsell.
The Russian is charged with nulner-
nu, Crimes in Itiga, Livonia, wwt►erc,
with several fellow -countrymen, he ter•
rurizei the province and defied arrest.
11 was the custom of lite brigands to
make demands upon citizens for large
sums of money, and atter the caplet.
lion of several days, if the money ea•1
not forthcoming, they wv'uld rob the
houses and set them afire. \Vhen To
inmates resisted, they were murdered,
it is said.
Pouren and his associates are charged
with being particularly active in (906,
having, it is charged, conunitted a
number of murders and robberies.
3.4 per cent. less than last year L-ecause
of .drought.
The Prussian budget shows a deficit t f
$110,500.0'0.
Count Zeppelin is preparing to build
nit airship capable of carrying 100 pas-
sengers.
Count Okunaa has denied that, in his
speech at Kobe, he urged the natives
of India to rise against Great Britain.
It is rumertal at I'aris that Japan has
purchased a number of French -built air-
ships for military purposes.
Atxt et ,\ziz, Sultan of Morocco, has
lx -en formally deposed, and his brother,
latulni Hafld, proclaimed al Fez.
An Abyssinian force has captured the
tcwn of Engl, held by Italy, on the
east coast of Africa. The entire gar-
rison has been slain.
yl'
Ger►nan )s willing
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urxlCrslood
tl is Y g
to give France and Spain a free hand In
Morocco provided the open-door there is
not disturbed.
A large number of steamers, sailing
vessels and fishing craft have been
wrecked on the west coast of Asia and
inany lives have been lost.
Lucite: Millcwoie, n member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, calls on
France and Britain to prevent war be-
tween Japan and the UMW States.
Mr. i3. Allen, magistrate of Dacca,
India, was shot in the beck by a Hin-
du, believed to be n political fanatic,
and the affair is the sensation of east-
ern Bengal.
Mrs. Dement. wife of the resident
surgeon of the Colonial Hospital at Port
(:f Spain, and who came from England
on Christmas Day as a bride, is dead
et yellowy, fever.
China is •regeblering the matter of
applying for mcnli,e.ola,, An (lie postal
anion that she may receive► ma!ie. leon1
Russia in Manchuria mut prevent those
ge.ing to Japanese transportation com-
panies. -
TO PROM. REI. %i.1 e TI11:1•-I'.
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Commission \1 ill Clear 1'p story 01
Dublin Castle.
A despatch from Dublin says: The
1,Lsh Government has at last appoint(rl
rt commission which is to sift the mys-
tery of the disappearance last July of
a portion of the State regalia, valued
at $250,000 irom Dublin Castle. The
authorities have been impelled to this
step by reports that the jewels am
known to have been deposited as se-
curity for a loan. It is understood that
Kang Edward has insisted (hut the mat-
ter L•e cleared up.
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Ittll.110%I) \1I \ i.%I1► 011-'.
Illinois Central Drop, 1,1)00 Men From
1'a) -roll.
A despatch fro:!! New Orleans says:
Between 3.000 and 1.1100 Illinois (:o. em-
ployes have been dropped fluent the pay-
roll on account of the iinancial situa-
tion. 11,15 was 111e announcement here
on 'Tuesday night of J. T. Ilarnha», pre-
sl:ient of ttte Illinois (ventral (railroad.
who snid it he could possibly prevent
i1 no more men would be laid off.
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T11 %N' % t U. (;oi.B.
A Record output for the Month of
December.
A despatch from London gays : 'rhe
Iransveal yield of gold for the m.enth of
Ikrenaber makes a new recall. The out-
put was 583,526 minces of the yellow
metal, which is 28.499 ounces over the
prevloas highest yield for n month. The
value of the December output Ls placed
e: X2,478,659.
A 1111.11 1.O11► Ill' Il(Il) I .
'Ube M innipet► Pollee Itrimp 011 a Rig
(haul.
A despatch from \Winnipeg
gang of do_speratr burglars, who have
Is en operating here for the past we 'k,
were cleverly rounded ue by (t:o 1:olico
on Friday afternoon, 1111(1 all are now
under arrest. Ily a lucky circumstance
They were discovered at work in to -
hens store by a patrolman on Friday
morning. Alt escaped arrest but one,
who gave the 1181110 of A. Fortescue,
but his personality ielferded a clue wvtt:cn
led to Mho capture of the entire gang
early in the afternoon. At the head-
quarters of the gang the police secured
a big dray load of stolen merchandise .
of miscellaneous character. The
pitched r► camp in a bush two
miles front the city. They confused
to the police that they had intended
stealing a team of horses on Friday
night and driving over the border with
the loot. Among the spoils were eighty -
live watches, which had been Motet] in
L'randcn. 'I'Ite men gave the names of
B. Martin, 11 Boyd, it. Calder, 141. Buy -
mond, and all of them are English-
men.
ACCIDENTS Al' MONTREAL.
o ow o I a
Old 11/:un Knocked [hien y imite
t r, y
Horse and Kited.
A despatch from Montreal says: An
old gentleman, about seventy years of
age, was knocked down and run over
by a runaway horse al the corner of
SI. Mark and SI. Cather'inc streets on
Friday and suata:fled inuries from which
Inc died. The victim when taken to the
i•:; gout Hospital said his name was
Sinhµ,o -'ort that was all he could say
before he bee-iti: unconscious. '('hero
was nothing found iii -t: cel,
wh`eh he could be identified.
Mees Marguerite Savage, about forty
years of age, dreppcd ileal at the i ne.
Aire Cafe, corner of I:raig and 5l. Alex-
ander streets on Friday. Decease! had
leen boarding in the house about. a
week.
itober' Cartwright. employed on tho
Grand Trunk Hallway. was admitted
to the General Hospital early on Fri-
day morning with loan his hands rind
his feel cul off. Ile Ls unable to ex-
plain the eau -et of the accident.
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it1:VI:.\1 t: 1\CRE.t>:Ei►.
'lat(•m,ul 1'•,r .1'irsl Nine \L,nlh.. of
1 e ctrl fear.
A despatch lean (►Mena , 'I',,'
statement of rev 'line and •
ti! the Ik.nrinbn for the teat ,. , ••
month, of the pres(nl Eisen! year s'.
n (,1111 IV%0II(I •,1 873,955,958, an a,-
o•vast' of S70.47::05 as .olnpttted with
the corresponding ►er..a 1 of I'.li1te and
a total expenditure ern consolidated
fund eremite ( 1 $15.667.0146. an in reasa
$8.616.970. On capital reemint the
taint expenditure for the nine months
wvns 310.271,!66, inn increase of al oul
len Mil • •1C, ns rotnpnred with the ter -
resp (aid 11_ 1' r d 11160. 'fisc increase
is of (attire.. due 14! n Larger expendi-
ture Inst year ...1 Mho construction of
the Ni.lionitl 'I'rnns(v,niinentn1 lin way,
t'e exienditure II -11 whiell new averages
over one milli•:,,, dollars lx'r month,
t)1 11x: total increase in revenue dur-
ing the nine montha end ng with Decent -
her 5' 1x•7 "''k raw,. iranr mitt ems, halt
0 million from excise and half ami!-
lion Ir :u tit I` , • .111'0.
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SAYS THAT WAR IS OERTAIN '.
M. Jacques Flach Issues a Warning to
the United States.
A despatch front Paris says: The
eensa1i0na1 section of the French pros
continues to dwell upeul Ute probabil-
ity of n clash between Joplin and the
United States. i.n Press on \Wcdnes•
ley published a long interview with
Jueques flitch, the historian and pro-
fessor in the College of Frunce. who
declares his Delict
that a conflict is cer-
tain for the reason that Jnpnn seeks
war. Ile advised fire American fret to
to: on the w'atth felt a sudden Japan.
esu: decent, ate( :este: "Who knows if
the attack made l y the Jnpanese on
the I1u•es+an staies et Chenntlpo wilt net
to repealed team the American ships
to•rnormw?' Continuing, \I. Flitch ad-
%i.os Great Britain and France to imtcr-
wene, an:I put an end to the trouble
Iefore it is loo Isle.
The Eats de farts prints an inter-
view, emanating. it says, from an
"suttic,rized Japanese .source' with Iho
()Wert of allowing that. Japan is v) eh -
&relied with the mainland of Asia that
war with Arnerlcn is impossible.
"The entire nticnticn of Japan," says
the interview. "is occupied with Chinn
t' ,r a v
and / e . wherC do c nc t
1 , n s arer,
p C
curring; which are giving ''r()).lo the
greatest con •ern. (Trina has ju• i his -
missed a number of Jnpnn('se in.clrlte-
lers, who hnve been rep'o(e,l with Ger.
thane.
"The message of !Re Emperor of Ja.
pan rlrarly 1►►dicntee ibat the country
1, -•kine to the far Enrt, find not 11)
the d'rectk,n of Aniu_ce."
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