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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-03-05, Page 7QUEBEC BRIBGE DISASTER Report of �1... Royal Commission the Corn m ission Investigating It. A despatch from Oteaw•a says: The -report of the Royal Cemmissien, ap- t�( the•rnted to inves'rgate She collapse . t e Quebec bridge, has been presentN 10 Iho Minister of Ilei!ways. The Iind- Jnies of the commIssIon clearly show that the cone's,* was due not to any .de/act in ma'erial or c,r►slruction, but ttbasic defect in the design. The gen- et deetails of conslrucdion were work- ed out with the greatest cane and thor- -.oughness, but in proc•od:ng on the ge:n- •cral 10rvuulae now ndopkd as stand- ards for lsridge construction, the de• pigners in the mase of detail seem to 'have lest sight of one great Lace point, atantelr, the making of proper prrvis- elon tor the maximum strain on the .1great cetera' span across the river. in ten undertaking greater than ever be - or; cttenepted In bridge construction 41 irears that the engineers failed to s'ij gnize 41wt the usual working for- mulae as to weight and strain wero not .ppplicable without considerable modifi- cation in the present instance. The de- sign was a beautiful ono, and the de - ``tails of construction wero worked out Meth the finest care, according to tete ,brat p,r n'Ip'es of modern bridge-build- Jng, tut the weight of the great middle .span was too great for the supporting rneanber.,. hence the collapse. No (law was found in any of the material sup- plied by tto Phoenix Compaey. That, in brief, is the conclusion nt vliIch the coninession has arrived. lee Iho design the chief engineer of the J'hoen:x flridge Company was prarrarily responsible, his design being of erwards approved by Mr. Cooper, oonsu:ding en- ,gtnec.r of the Qeelec Bridge Company, tong r: c-a;nized as auth erittee on this continent in the matter of bridge con- struction. After both had passel on the design A was approval by the Gov- ernrnent. in currying out the design, ,when once apprety d, the commisS.:on, it Ls said, Hund no carelessness or any reason f ,r criticism. That 'ho deices of the present desigm can to remedied and the bridge finally construokd Is tow the opinion of the engineers. The commission, of course, makes no judicial finding as to the responsibility sibility ef the ( vernment or of the I'h<enix Bridge Company for the collapse be- yond ' he statements outlined above. Responsibility fur dho financial loss in- volve.i. etc., will have to be settled later. JAP WAR TACTICS IN INDI Lord Kitchener's Army at Work Against the Afridi. tA despatch from London says: Lori itehener's little frontier wear in the azar Valley against the 'Lakkakl.el -tribesn►en Ls making rapid and suc- cessful progress. The purpose of the •.xpediton is to punish the tribesmen for numerou' raids int.) Indian Terri- tory, and in a remarkably short cam- paign they have been scattered and broken, their furls have been destroy- ed. and many of the tribesmen have keen killed. The expedition is thought here to re- flect credit upon the reorganization of the Indian army as carried out by Lord Kitchener. Tommy Atkins 1s Profiting by the lessons learned from "e Russe-Japnrlese war. Tho British Worms ndvance.er it the enemy in open crier with wide intervals between them, The men took advantage of all avail- able cover. This method of procedure surprised and disheartened the natives, wh) were acsustnnod for their sniping tactics to the targets made by the more t r lass compact column formation em- ployed by previous exped,tien•►. The Zakka Khek have fun time im- RrMrnorial been the most troublesome c t neighbors to the people of north- ern inedia. They have for centuries been In the habit of swooping down from their fastnesses, situated in a Land at has been described as "a county; n end,' and "an upside down coun- try." and robbing and murdering when- ever the fancy took them. it was they who hatched the plot whereby the Brie leh posts in the Kha(bar were captured in 1917. It was They who formed the kernel of the resstistanee to Hellish arms during the campaign in Tirati, and re - Mined to the end unconquered and 'untamed. Since that campaign there has been almost no crime which the Zakka lihel have not committed. Nei- ther the persons nor the properties of dwellers In the lowlands have been safe from these highland calerans. Tho force sent agninst the Zakka Ehel consisted of 7.000 men under Major -Genera! Sir James Wilcocks. So gat as British troops were concerned, nrly throe battalions were engag;e,l, but these worthily represented Eng- land Seelland and Ireland. They were the Warwickshire:. the Seaforth high- landers and the Munster Fusiliers. In addition there were detachments from various Sikh, Gurkha and Punjab re- giments, squadron, of the 37th Lancers, mountain butteries and sappers. -•1 AI TOS OFF COUNTY ROADS. Drastic Legislation is Proposed by Dr. Clapp, M. P. 1'. Ant -automobile legislation is to bo one of the features of the legislature this session. 1)r. Clapp, M.P.P., will bring dawn a bill giving counties power t prohibit the u.e by automobiles of county roads during certain days of Iho week. In order that the measure .Lull lx most effective, Ur. Clapp suggests that Iho "class eemson' shall include Saturdays. Sundays and Mondays. The measure is the immediate result of an eight-fool•long petition on the subject from Brant township. anr elle 1 . 11. Bowyer )•er stet has sateo- fleabite bill before the Legieleture. It provides that machines on meeting a funeral must turn clown a s'eto Iano sir street or the Driver be penalized by a fine of 810 or $15. •K--- D}S111ABI.i:S ONLY .ADMITTED. Government Ilas selieme In Impeove (:Inss of British Ininiljraite. A despatch fr.ent Ottawa says: An immigration 1egulat;on will be issued shortly provldiuet that after April 15 next any peel:son coming to Canada on assisted passages drawn from any chari- table or siniilar Institution will not le subject 4o exclusion if he Ls provided .with a certificate from the (:anatYnn Jmmiiratiean Department in i.•:ndon That jtc wl'l make :t sellable settler. This is done le•cause It is found that In To- ronto en 1 other large cities many In- dividuals s) sent out have teoonio a public charge. SUSTAIN LIFE ON WEAK T Hardships of Seamstresses in London Workshops. Th' New y444. Il. raid has received the following &..• • .e..,.akh from Lon- den:- In on Intervene on Wednesday dr. J. J. elation, Secrelnry .,t the Na- tional Anti -sweating League. cited a P,.urnber of instances of sweating which had recently conte to his notices. Ap- palling cases. he says, aro continually Occurring in foeteriee and in Maines. occurring in factories and in homes trade. A tbrribl' story hos just been told to • Coroner in the least End. A trousers 8n-shi'r created a sensation to court by Saying that she got two pence (four Cental a pair. Sho hod often worked guntii 1 o'clock in the morning to get • cruet of bread. She 13d let fetch her work and take it back again. An sneer of the Anti-sweat:ng i eague had found that a trouser worker lab- pred very often from da) tweak nee' OM no tenger was ab'e to see the gar- /I/lent upon which she was nrgageest and She earnest five shillings ($1.50, a week. When food was lacking she sustained herself entirely upon weak tea, whi-h she sometimes drank to the extent of fourteen cups a day. At night her row• ering wire the ir.,useers which were be. ing finished. With much phhhg ef the needle the worker's hands had become misshapen. Shirt making is equally as bad in some of its branches, and in Wool - etch cheap shills are mado for as Ile' as sixpence •(twelve cents) a dozen. Again and again one hears of poor scamstr'sses who have pawned the ma- teria! glen them for shirt -making to get tooei. "In homes in East Lendon there aro a number of ee,mparativcly small trades in respeell to which there Is much sweat- ing. The Lrushworker ter filling a thuu- san.l holes with Lr.stles, which she has first 1., pack into appropriate bundles and then secure with wire, gels six- pence halfpenny (twelve and a half Mite Tho btll against awesting which the league has been promoting has passed :Is .vend reading to the Commons and well iwbably beroome Iew thgs year. 1 THE WORLD'S MARKETS GONDENSED NEWS ITEMS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, (.:nese snit Other Dairy Produce at Howe and Abroad. Toronto. Mar. 3. -Flour - Ontario wheat 90 per cent. patents are unchang- ed at $3.50 in buyers sucks outside for export. Manitoba (lour unchung11exd; first putents, :5.80 to $6; second putents, e5.?5 to $5.35, and strong bakers', $5.15 I) $5.20. Wheat -Manitoba grades were quiet, wfth prices firmer. No. 1 N. there is quoted at $1.20X, lake ports; No. 2 at $1.17, lake ports, and No. 3 at $1.113f, lake ports. Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white and red quoted at 96 to 97c outside, and No. 2 mixed at 95 to 95Xe outside. Oats --No. 2 white on tract:, Toronto, 51c, and outside at 51% to 52e. Cern-Nn. 3 American new yellow as quoted at etX t) G5c. T.•ront,, and No. 3 Mixed at Gte, Toronto. Rye -No. 2 quoted at 82 to 850 out- side. Buckwheat -Unchanged at 65 to Glc outside. Poas-No. 2 voted at 86 to 86X,c out- side. Barley -No. 2 quokd at 73 to Tic out- side; No. 3 extra at 72e outside, and No 3 td 71e outside. Bien -M.50 to $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $24 to $25 outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Winter $1.75 to $3 per bar- rel. (leans -Prime, $1.74 lo $1.75, au 1 band-pee:ed. 81.80 to honey -12 lo 13c per pound for stralmet, and at 81.75 to :2.50 for c. nths. Ilay-No. 1 Ian •thy quoted at $16 to $17 here in car lets. Straw -$10 to $10.50 a Ion on tri', here. Potatoes -Car lois are quoted at lige k 01 per Erg en trach:. Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 13 I) ale per pound for choice; chickens, alive, 7 to 9c per pound; dressed, 10 to 12e. ducks, dressed, 10 to 11c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Rutter -Pound prints, 25 to 26c. and largo rolls. 23 to 21c: do., inferior. 21 to 23c. • Creamery rules al 30 to 31c, and solieis al 28 tet 29e. Epps -New laid are quoted at 28 to 29e ler dozen in case iE,ts. Cheese -13X to 1 tc per pomid in a jobbing way. 11013 PROnt•1CTS. Bacon -Long clear, 9%c per pound in case lots; mess pork, 818 to 818.50; shine cut. $22 le 822.50. Yams -Light to medium, 14 lo 14Xec; do., hsavy, 1.2 to 13c; roll, 10 to 10Xc; shoulders, 9X to 93e; books, 161; break- fast bacon, 14 to 15e. L.ard-Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; palls, 12yc. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, March. 3.-Grain-Eoster•n Canada No. 2 white oats et 53c, No. 3 at 48 to •493 c, No. 4 at 48 to 48X,', re- jected at 46 to 47c, Manitoba rejected al 49X, to 50c rer bushel. ex store. Flour -Choice Spring wheat patents, 0610; soronds, 85.50; Winter wheat pat- ents. $5.50; straight rollers, $.5 to $5.25; do., in tags, 82.35 to 82.58; extras, 81.80 tie 81.1,1. Feed -Safes of car lots et bran were made of $23.50. and shorts a'. 821.50 per fon. Ineluding begs. Manitoba bran, $22 to $23; shorts. *13 to 821; Ontario bran. $23.50 to $21; mid- dlings. 825 to 826; shorts. 821 lo 824.50 per ten, Including hags, and pure grain mouiile at 832 to 831. Provisions - Barrels short cut mess. 821: Itn'f Larrers. 810.75; clear fat becks, $23; lone cut heavy 'lees. $20; half -barrels do.. 810.- 50; 10-50; dry slit long clear hacks. 10Xe; barrels; plate beef, 813.50 to 815; half - barrels do., 87.25 ht 87.75; terries heavy mess beef. SIO 10 $11; heli -barrels do., 43.50 to 86: compound pard. 83y to 9c; pure lard, 11X, to 1I';e; keitlo render- ed, 1131 l0 12r; hares, 12 to 13)6c; brPnx hist bacon. 14 to 15c; \\'inaror ttaotn 14% 10 15%e; fresh kilted abattoir drows- ed hogs. 88.25 to 88.50: alive. $5.75 to 85.90. Rutter --Fall mules, 32c; treat', receipt.'. 28 to 20': dory, 21 to 26e. (a'e sse-I3 to 13Xc. Eggs -Merkel fairly active. with a Ilrm undertone. American selec'ed new laid are selling al 30e: nrd[nary sock nt 27 to 28'. rind \Iontrenl limed nt 21 to 22c per dozen. UNITED STATES M,\RNETS. Duluth, March 3. --When(- No. 1 hard, MAX; No. 1 Northern. $1.06X; No. $ Northern, $1.04%; May, $1.04%; July, 11.01';. M nneapolis. March. 3 -Wheat -May. 151.64'/ 4h 81.05X; July. 81.6424: No. 1 t:ard. $I.00% to 81.10X; Ni. 1 Northern, $1.06% 10 $l.07X; No. 2 Northern. 81.- 04% 1-04% tet 81.05 X; No. 3 Northern. 81 to S'.03%, Fleur -First patents. $5.25 10 $,',.40; second patent.:, 85.15 to $5.30; first clears. 81.25 to $4.35; secend clears, 83.3(1 to $3.40. Bran -in bulk, $20.25 to 820.50. CATTLE. MARKET. Toronto, March 3. -Exporters are not offering very readily. A load of bulls sold at 81 to $1.25. The highest price Fab! for pickel steers was $5. Choice leads hmught Prem $1.50 to $1.85. merle um 81.20 to $1.50 and common 83.50 to 81. Butchers' cows are emeriti after anti good ones sell up to 81.25. A kit of common cows were en the market end ns low as 82 was paid for some of helm. Calves were dull, a oomparatfvely largo offering Selling Slowly at $3 to $6 Sheer and lambs were steady, the latter bringing better pries.. Grain - fed sold at 88.50 to $7 and common at $5 to $ b. The market ler bop le rather drill, as large number, are oferta em . Priem are 1'5o tower to'daj► at $6 lot chola sag 4.75 br bear8s. UAI'PGNINGS FROM ALL OA...t TILE GLOM!. Telegraph Bolds From Our Oho Othez Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. S1. Catharines bus been promised free postal delivery. A new separate school to cost 010.- 0300 is to be erected in Belleville. Tho proposed Byganic Institute build- ing at London will curl $30.000. The C. 1'. 1t. raised $20.000,000 in less than six weeks in the Landon market. Guelph expects the Prince of Wales le attnd the old hone' week of the city. It is proposed to have ilamilton fire- men on duty twelve hours at a time. Sudbury residents are seeking the Giv- ernmcnt to appoint a French-speaking Judge for that distri^-t. Tho Winnipeg Grain Exchange has been practically closed as a result of the new act of the Manitoba Legisla- ture. eh. J. J. (fill Is reported to bo pre- paring to build a railway parallel to tip C. P. R. between Brandon and Calgary. A street car narrowly escaped bee g mashed by a locomotive at London. the train stopping within a few feet of the car. Tile E'ectricat i)eveVpment Company has passed int) the control of Mr. Wil- liam Mackenzie and the Toronto Rail- way interests. Sherbroko Council has decided to purchase the electric light and gas plant of the Sherbroke P. J.. & 11. Co. for 8.50.0i0. Rederick Nicholson. a cripple, was burned to do.ith at high Bunk, P. E. I., by his clothing taking fire while he was cooking his dinner. A hill ef gold, samples of which yield over 8100 to the ton. has been discov- ered on Vancouver Island, R. C., by Waller Myles, an old Yukon niftier. An order compelling electric head- lights on locomotives is being contem- plated by the Railway Con*nisslon, who have given the railways notice of the prol:osal. GREAT BRITAIN. Tho British army estimates for the year call for $154.185,1.20. The naval estimates amount to $161,597,300. Representatives of the employers and strikers reached a provisional agree- ment looking te the settlement of the shipbuilding shake on the Tyne. and UNTIED) STATES. Lure, :,--. "snl'►ies it colord oleomar- garine are being sold as uuiier in Chi- CHIP. hi•caIP. Twelve jurymen who decided a Baso by a flip of a coin wero fined $50 eacti in New York and their verdict was set es ido. GENEIRAi.. General Stoessel has appealed le the Czar for a full pardon. Tho Austrian Foreign mice believes Turkey would risk u war rather than yield the sovereignty of Macedonia to the concert of European powers. \unzip Nazi!, firmer Italian Minislel cf Public Instruction. has been found guilty of embezzlement and sentenocd to eleven 'months and twenty days in prison. A carriage in which Queen Wilhel- mina and her husband, Prince Henri. wero driving, was wrecked by a street car at Tho Vague, but the royal couple escaped unhurt. The Czars speech to the memfers of the I)urna whore he received in audi- ence Ls regarded as a new guarantee of n permanent system of responsible gov- ernment ut Russia. LABOR RIOT AT I'1'NEU tI.. Cnidnism Is Running Mad at Juneau, Alaskal. A despatch from Juneau, Alaska says: Two Serviatn miners, ono union and the ether non-union, died on Tues- clay, Tuesclay, and the burial of ono precipitated a mint in which the police wero called en to restore order. The union roan was buried peaceably, but when the preset in charge of the funeral services attempted to say Mass for the non- union miner he found the church door kicked. A mob 'ef 200 union mon re- quested the priest ie refuse to bury the non-rrnionfst. The priest declined. The disturbers attempted to stip the bent -se by tinkling the horse bridles, and suc- ceeded in dragging a number of men away from the funeral procession. The marshal attempted to restore order, but for the time being was powerless. The crowd followed the body to the cemetery and made another disturban-o there. Order was finally restored. No one was injured. Rl'$S1A WANTS TO 111;IIT BIt1T.AIN. %%U1 Repudiate Recent Anglo-itusslan Convention. A despatch from London says: Prof. Arminius Vambery, of Budapest. w-t:o-e informatnn and views upon interne - Ronal politics commend respect thrtug(h- elit Europe, rnakes a gk,0my prophecy. ire declares that the recently made An - g; o -leis:': n ce.nventlon will be repudi• ale,l by Ihuseia whenever site may sen• seder such a course convenient. Ile everts that Russia is preparing for a war against Great Britain ns n means of diverting attention from internal re- volution. e.volution. ile adds: "Nothing could be more popular In Buseia than a war with England. The Russian peasants have been educated to believe that this- tle was not defeated by Japan. but °n• directly by England. The new convene tion may serve for a lime, but it is net tel, sheet amber England Supp oscts it to be." 30,000 LICENSES COT OFF Mr. Asquith Introduces His Measure in the British House of Commons. A despatch from London says: The ocunlry has long been speculating on the Coverm ent s promised Licensing B11, cleating with the liquor trade, which Chancellir of the Exchequer As- quith introduced in the (louse of Cem- sam)ris on 'Thursday afternoon. It was known that it would be a drastic tern - ',teams measure, but few if any expect- ed such sweeping proposals us the Ctt.anceear announced. If enacted, the bill will reduce the existing licensed houses in Euglnnd and Wales by one-third; in other worts, it will abet sh about thirty t!ousand leers at w•hi-h intoxicants aro row sold. There will thus be one licensed house to every 600 or 800 people In towns, and one for every 400 or 500 in the c•.trntry dtatricts, compared with the present general average of ane for ever/ 376 Inhabitants. Coml•ensation will be given to those who are d`s ossessoj, this Lctng leveed PS now In certain cases up•u, the re- ninining license holders, but after 11 )ears no componsation will be pail when u license Ls taken away. The granting of all fu'ure new licen- ses will be the subject of local option a poll being taken when demanded and a simple majority to decide. Ara fusel to grant a new license will be re• scindaLle only at er three years by are ether poli. Public houses outside • London will he allowed to keep open (illy three hours on Sunday. \Pith the view to preventing clubs from b coining virtually public houses, and evaatng the law, they are brought within the Act, and must renew their twelve annually. They roust also sub- mit to police Inspection. There will Te no exception, and tie. law will be ap,pl'cable to the fashionable clubs In Pall Atatl and St. James Street equally with the workmen's beer clubs. Justice: of the pease will wholly act locally as the liven s ng authority. They ora eniroverfed to order children en- tirely excluded from bane, to close bars eh polling days, and to d, aide whether w.etnen shall Le employed as bsrntuids. One of the essential alms of the Act is the recovery by the State of pro - petty in licenses, which theoretically has always existed, but has been allow- ed to escape its control. BURGLAR KILLED itY FARMER. Was Robbing a (louse in the Absence of Its Owner. A despatch nom Granby, Que., says: A burglar was shot and killed here on Wednesday after burglarizing a house own d by 11r. Wiliam Jenkinson, who is away visiting friends in Iowa. A stranger was dlsoeverei in the house ly a neighbor, Themes Robinson, ole ordered hint to leave. The burglar threatened to shoot if he was not left alone. The Robinson man then sum- moned his brother and another young fcltow and came back tet the house. They ordered the burglar to drop some bundles he had, but iho refused and started to run away, with the three young men in hot pursuit. ''hey final- ly overtook hint and insisted that he should give up the articles, but he re- fused, at the same time threatening them. Robinson, who had provided him- self with a rifle, shot the burglar down, after which he gave himself up to the authorities. aF B.AD ITALIANS FINED. Recorder Weir, of Montre::l, Threatened With Death. A despatch from Montreal says: I e- ce,rdor \\'etr sentenced six Italians who wcrc found with concealed weapons on Thursday. The sentences ran from $25 or one month at hard labor to $50 cr ono month. Each one will have to ieniist' two reliable securities of 8250 each that Ito will keep the peace for one year. Atter the sentence was Im- posd on he Italians a number of Them feet and threatened to kill Recorder Weir. Their party was broken up, and the police aro seeking the men who reals anin t der he Itecor. 1 s t made the b 1Z - THE ALLOWED OPIUM. Percy Brown Sentenced at Montreal to Five fears. A despatch from !Montreal says: Percy Brown, a dangerous thief and pick- pocket, was sentenced 10 five years in penitentiary on 'Thursday by Judge Choquet. Itrown asked I)r. Pioott, police physician, for opium, saying that lie had been used to taking between fifteen and twenty gt ains every day, and that he might die if the supply were alto- gether cut off. Dr. Plcott allowed hint ore -quarter of a grain every three or four hours. A VICTORY FOR WOMEN. Universal Municipal Suffrage 11111 Pass- es Danish Chamber. A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Universal Municipal Suffrage (till passel its third reading in the Lands - thing on Thursday be 32 votes to 21, BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS. !Salivas; 01 India Being Stirred 1';' by Agitators. A despatch from Boston, Mass., says: The ollicers of the Germun steattrsh.p Neueiifels, which arrived hero on Wed- nesday front Indra end c:eylon, report a serious condition of affairs through- out India. The natives they ash i't aro openly defying Che British. They have tx.ycottod the Relish goofs, and have refused to handle cargoes shipped by British merch:tuts. in the interior they aro on the verge of open retold, and in many places they are awning and p.reparing to cmmbal British rule. Age Weis aro largely responsible for the present conditions. 'flit)• are inciting the natives to acts of violence. They believe the Japanese. will aid theut if they stieuld engage in war with Bri- tain, and they declare they will be vic- torious. In the larger cities the feel- ing against iho Brifieh and foreigners ie keneral has taken the form of a boy - cell!, and o)nnnerce is greaty hamper - eel The N. uenfels was delayed et days st Calcutta wailing for her carp. ''1►e natives refused to work on thee freighter Lod it was weeks t,efe e a gang of lenashoreruen sold be got together who w+out:i• toad-tt_,o ship. Calcutta harbor at that time wee Oita with t3rit- iett steamers unable to get'ear't oes. MONTREAL'S BAD STREETS. Tho Cartage Companies Threaten to Sue the City. A despatch front Montreal ..nys: it 'a very prebuble .thdt actions will ix taken against the city owing to the wretched condition of the streets. Mr. E. E. ilei• court, Manager of the Shedden Forward- ing Company, stated on \Vednesdny morning that his company heel put no will' Montreal's bad streets for many )stars and that the directors were in livor of sung Iho city for 820.000 dam - ate.:. Representatives of the Canadian Transfer and Dent n) in Transport Com- panies said Khat if the Shedden people look action against the city they were practically certain to follow stilt. hM ROVAL PAIR 11 AD CLOSE CALL. Queens Wilhelmina rand Consort in a Serious Carriage Accident. A despatch from The Vague says: Queen Wilhelmina and Prin_o Henry, her husband, had a miraculoes escape from serious injury in a carriage twee dent near the palace on Wednesday. The Prince was driving the carriage, in which her Majesty wens ut.0) seated. in a narrow port of the road an elec- tric street car, coating tit full speed, suddenly collided with the vehicle be- fore the Prince could turn out. The carriage was badly wrecked. Three wharfs tieing torn off. but rte itier 11u► t1ue,'n nee the• Prino' w•as hurl. WINNIPEG'S h1P011 TREND Mr. Ashdown's House Guarded by Detec. tives During a Reception. A dtep••itch from Winnipeg says: A sensation has been caused her! by the meagre details whl^,h have leaked through eeflcial circles of an a'4etnpt Is; the Black (land to extort money from \Byer Ashdeew•n, under threat to dy- namite his veeldence if he refused. week ng, the Mayor teteived an mons'. moils letter. which Informed him that unless 81.000 was left under a black cloth on the sidewalk on Br,n sway in front of his re.sidene, that tight his Wise would he Woven up. The ent- ing of the letter indicated that it em- anated •from Italian plotless?. The Mnyor swag laving at teccieh0n that ev.'n ng;, ant hie healthful home was thronged wtIh pnereinenl citizens. t'nknetwn tit any • t these. private dete'ct.ves were at once put en guard, and th' gu11sts Genie and wont without knowing and r what anti. ty leeir hest was lab 'ring. Iia!, it: the evening the detectives captued nn Italian who was sauntering bock• ward and ferwnrd neer wl ere Ilio rren•'v was 511111 (AM 14) le deeesiteil, but ahoy Ailed to helve n►:y ince :min• et ng avid. ile i, a:1'r:uge the ',vet er- vice nun are con ineed he was imul:- cellist. Ile rlain►ed he had a parte. t right to w'ilk the streets if he chose, when and where he hkeel. Ever sane'' the 1101c,,g7vCs hnwo been at tvnrk on the (arae', tot up 10 the present have re clue to the actual 14)11.04' • 1 the threatening {.'Iter. This has re et fend- ed Ie allay the anti•'ty et his Wee elle, nithenigh he prif •':.,e; to !yeller,. gm dt..pei ale circ m:. r, it ,ud riot data 10 carry out Ih rer thr. nt.