Exeter Advocate, 1908-04-23, Page 6l
IIIIF A 11IbLION WANTED
Statement of the Quebec Battlefields
Commission.
•
A d,'spatclt from Quebec says: In oon-
nectton with the work which has been
undertaken by the National Battlefields
l:cmmisskon, and which includes the
making of the necessary arrangements
1. r the Champlain lereeeteataey celebra-
tion, the following statement is officially
a etherized
1; A!1 suhscriptiens, given either by
private Individuals or by public bodies,
Other than the Dominion Government,
wilt be applied strictly and s•)lely to the
work of reducing and boautttymg the
(•atl!sflelds, and not in connection with
the Champlain tercentenary totes.
't1 That at present the atm of the
cv,nunission is to purchase the land
Dec• wary to redeem the battlefields of
the Plains of Abraham and of Sl. Foy,
and not to expropriate such buildings
ni the jail and the Ross rifle factory.
i tie a)uunisston desire, through the
various strbecription:c, tO obtain before
tho ardent of the Prince of Wales
about $5(10,+100, in order that the an-
nouncement may bo made at that time
that the fields have leen redeemed so
fa- as title t) the land, not at present
vested in the Crown le concerned.
(3) Arrangements are about to be
made for the systematic a)Ikecton , f
sh:bscriptions throughout Canada under
the sup ery cyton of a centro{ committee
at Ottawa.
!Signed) J. Geo. Gatineau, Chairman
National Battlefields Commission.
TIW FISHERIES TREATY.
Was Favorably Deported by U. S. Senate
Conndllce.
A despatch from Washington says:
The fl-heries treaty between the United
State, and Great Britain regulating
'letting in the lakes along the boundary
Imo between tho United States and
Canada today received the fav-
orable endorsement of the Senate Com -
t fitted: on Foreign Relations. Secre-
tary of State Root went over the treaty
in detail with the committee, and also
explained the treaty providing for the
demarcation of the boundary between
lir United States and Canada. Upon
the conclusion of his remarks the com-
mittee decided to report the flstte.ries
treaty, but final action on the other
convention was postponed unlit another
meeting.
$7.000,060 HALL FOR LONDON.
Pl,tn, ni Obscure Young Architect to be
Realized.
A despatch from .London says: The
Landon County Council has deckled to
proceed with the building of the pro-
posed County Hall on the site saleeted
ern the banks of the Thames at \Vest-
minsler. It Is estimated that it will
cost $7.000,000 and that seven years
will he consumed in building t1.. Tho
architect fa Rnlph Knott, who till he
won that position by competition was
stn obscure os.sistant In the city archi-
tects once. ile is 29 years old. itis
fres as architect will amount to about
$2100,000.
ONLY TWO NEW WARSHIPS. .
President Roosevelt's Request for Four
Ignored by Congress.
A despatch from Washington says: in
spite of the Presidents urgent r••_one-
tnendalion contained in nus special mes-
sage :eel to Congress on Tuesday that
four bnttleshlps bo provide for In the
r.aval appropriation bill, that body re-
fused to authorize more than two ships.
fle•preseeulalivo Ifobson'e amendment to
the naval nppropt'tation bill providing
for four battleships instead of two was
de►eahtl by the House. 79 t) 190. 'lee
lsault was received with loud eppinuse,
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MONEY FOR JUNKETING.
Claim Thal Former Winnipeg Council
Was Disqualified.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: The
street railway has entered a iemarkab:e
. defen••e in a suit brought by the city
to compel the company to pry damage.:
for failure to fulfill the running schedule
demandeed by the trellis. The cAtn-
pr,ny will maintain that when the come
til of 1907 plisses' the by-law under
witch the action Ls taken, a majority
of the Aldermen and Controllers pre-
sent were disqualified, through having
pcoepted expense mnney;s per junketing
trips through the Cnited Steles, a•n-
teary to the charter. 1t created a sen-
sation In civic circ:es,
4.
KI.eilN(; (;1\I1:. VROIIIBfTI:D.
Only on \trelicnl Grounds- Net. Rule
for London Schools.
despatch from i.on,ton sats: The
( • enty Council hes !mooed an ordinance
1erbiddtng children attending Count/
-.melt schools to play gimes in which
&,suing forms a part. The head teoe:h•
ere are instructed to see that such
garr.eas are diso•)nlinued. The reasem
tar the prohibition is contained in a
Rename(' of the ordinance. reading:
'eon meelical grounds the practice is
4' .►ektored undesirable.'
ELECTRIC I I I•:A I)L11 i 11Th.
Railway Commission May Insist on its
Adoption.
A despatch teem Ottawa says: -The
Board of Railway (:anuuisei nervi has
sent out a circular stating that owing
to the numerous reports the board has
received from its inspectors relating to
the poor condition of the lights on a
largo number of locomotive engined in
use on the different railway systems tt
Crnada, the boar( has had under con-
sideration the advisability of requiring
the railway companies subject to its jur-
isdiction to use an electric system o11
headlights, or some other good system.
that will give, satisfactory light for the
protection of lite and properly. The
bcartl asks oompaniees to tile with it in
writing, at a; early a dale ne possible,
sveh observation as they nay wish to
make regarding rho pmposul of the board
to issue an oiler as suggested herein.
MORE HOMESTEAD EN9'III S.
Increase of 729 Recorded During Janu-
ary and February.
A despatch from Ottawa says; A net
Increase of 729 in the number of home-
stead
oinaleud entries during January and Feb-
ruary, 190i3, is recorded, as compared
with the sante months of 1907. Of a
total of 347 entries etude in February
be- persons corning from the Unite)
States, 120 were from North Dakota, 52
from Minnesota and 22 from Wisconsin.
h February, 1907, the number of land
patentee issued was 1.0022. covering an
area of t63,489 acres. For the month of
February, 1903, there was an .ineroese
of 59 in the number of patents,. cover-
ing an inertias., of 741,598 acres In the
arca patented.
N'.AR'IRIPS 1.O 17.11' QCEBE(:.
Canada's Intention to Washington
\\'il1 be Accepted.
:\ 4e:Teich (tont \Vashtngton rsoys;
A favorable response will be made by
the Untied States Navy Department to
the courteous invitation of the Denlin-
km Government to be represented at
Quebec by a wor vessel at the corning
visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada
in July. The present Intention is to de-
spatch ilia fine new batlleshlp New
Hampshire. recently put into commis-
ston, end in command of Capt. Camer-
on Melt. Window. The finialdng touch-
es are now being phut on the vessel.
118111 Eft HELPLESS 14 A IhO.AT.
Too Mem Traveled 2a0 3111es In the Gull
of Mesita).
A chap atelt from Vera Cru>', Mexico,
says: -The first engineer and the cook of
the disabled steamer Senora, which has
been drifting helplessly in the gulf for a
week, arrived in this city on '1'u(t;day 111
an open boat. They traveled 250 miles
at the mercy of the winels and currents
of the gulf. They left the dlsnble t ee.sel
Swtdav !ferning al ilaybroak iu the open
brat 1111 the Triangle Island.., neer the
Yucatan const. Versets have been sant
out to locate the missing steamer. rhe
1 Ls a cargo of cattle.
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tR!l)O O' 51I IIUF:11E11'e 111: AD.
Reward for 4:)ptnre of \1:w, 55hot Shot
Constable at Frank.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
comptroller of the Hoyal North -crest
\faunletd Police has authorized the et -
tering of the regular reward of COD
fe h information which will lead to the
arrest Drip conviction of the When or
sten who shot Constable Wilmot at
Frank. Alberta, the other day,
MONTANA TOWNS DESTROYED
Craig and Cascade Wiped Off the Map by
Advancing Waters.
delete •h from Helene, Mont.. says:
A • unoonlrula.Ite Il 'oil 1s rapidly ad -
i• erg upon Great Eel's, a city id 15. -
tie population. noel it is believed that
the healon and Montana smatter, one
of it,.. ter�•t in the word, is d.x)nlyd
14 deetruclion. The meter. w Pilch is
boat on the niter bank. em!r'oyel twee'
than I,xr) men.
'I he employes were rr►gege.l me Ti,'s
day nigh) in the em,trtrctken id a "w int
dem' nround the smelter. I'reperali.ot.
Aare also been mile se that the dire
et Gr't' 1
.scare' . s , . . tV 1 , uwi,••1
as a :.. ...h i,
(:os e. \l • ,;rt. probably %toe wiped
(.f( the re, , 'it.,ugh as far as •s
'I •'., rt 'I '' .• 1,11 !nhabilanl'i (•6-
- i ' ' t' • e • n of 1411 pwpura.
1 • n. e:, • e f:•,'• 11 'mil rift 25 mire:
north th .: . it .,. is t under water amt
in Jn1,;er of Laing eeept away. The
Irot e'r is th , ' .-treell with d•'b.r!s ,.f
r ince Itii.e•- t I •ny animals are led.
1. n:' to. (Le • ..,nr in the flairl.
.1 h. • .tr;1, 1. i•
HIE WORLD'S MARKETS'JOHN BULL'S COLONIES
REPORTS [ROU THE LEADING
TItANE CENTRES.
Prices o1 Calf e, Grain, Grease •1
011ier Dairy Produce at 11 luta
and Abroad.
l)tt1:.Al)STIJF1 S.
Toronto. April 21. -Manitoba Wheat -
For immediate delivery, No. 1 northern,
1.16 at Owen Sound; feed wheat, 69e; No.
2 fecal, 03c at Nerlli Bay. For May de-
livery, No. 1 nolihern, $I.10%; No. 2
❑e rthern, 81.06%; No. 3 northern, $LUt.
Ontario wheal -No. 2 white, 88c to 89t
at point of shipment; No. 2 red, 88c to
88%c; No, 2 mired, 87%e; goose, 87c to
88e.
r;or n -firm; No. 3 yellow Am. rican,
;.4;e. Toronto freight; No. 3 mixed, lc
lutes.
Harley --Very dull; No. 2 offering at 55c
to OOe.
Ports -N... 2, Ric otJ;idc.
Itye-Strung; No. 2. 866, to 87c.
Buckwheat --No. 2, 61%e to 65c.
Oats -No. 2 white, 4Gc out.ide, 48c on
tract 'Toronto; N.I. 2 inked, 433;c.
Flour - Manitoba patents, special
!sands, 86; seconds, 85.50; strong bakery',
$5.30; winter wheat patents, $3.40.
Bran -Full cars, 824.50 to $25, 'Toronto
freights.
Shorts--Searce, 821 f.o.b. mills,.
COUNTRY PhiODUCE.
Butter -SUIT scarce, with good demand.
\\'holeSale prices are:-
Creamery,
re:Creamery, print., 31c to 32c
do solids 29c to 30c
Dairy prints 25c to 26c
do largo rolts 21c to 25e
do solids 23c to 24e
Inferior 20c to 21c
lh ney--Strained steady at 11c to 12c
per ib for GO -lb pails and 12c to 13e for
5 to 10 lb pails. Combs at $1.73 to $2.50
pet dozen.
Potatoes--Outari.t, 85c to 90^; Dela-
ware, 95c to $1, in car lots on track here.
Beans --Firm; $1.70 to $1.75 for primes
and $1.80 to 81.83 for hand-picked. •
Cheese -Firm: 1St for large and 113;e
f• r twins in job lots here; new -make, 13c
for urge and 13%c for twins.
Maple Syrup -81 to 81.10 per gallon.
Baled Straw --$8 to 9 per ton.
Rnleed Hay -Timothy Is quoted at 815
tt $15.50 in car lots on tracks here.
PROVISIONS.
Pork --Short cut, 821 to $21.50 per bar-
rel; mess, $17.50 to 818.
Lard -Tierces, 11%c; tubs, 11%c; pails,
13c.
smoked and Dry Salted Meats -Long
clear bacon, 10c to 10%c; tons end cases,
hams. medium and light. 12c to 13c;
hems, largo, 113;c to 12c; hacks, 16c to
1r.%c; shoulders, 9%c to 10c; voile, 10c:
bteaktast bacon, 13c to 14e; green meats
out of pickle, lc less than smoked.
AfONTREAr. MARKETS.
Mrnttleal, April 21.-Flo►.r-Choice
.p. ring wheat patents, $6.10; seconds,
4.5.50; winter wheat patents, 85.50;
straight rollers, $5 le 85.23; do in brigs,
$2.3.8 to 82.50; extras, $1.80 to $1.90.
Millteed--Manttohn bran, ee2 to $23;
shorts, 823 l0 8,4; Ontario grain, shorts,
$2' t'. 822.50; middlings, $24 to $23;
sl.orts, S25 to 827 per ton, including
bags, and pure grain noodle, $32 to
$34. Moderate trade is passing at firm
prices,
Bulled Oals-$3.122% per bag.
Cornmeal --$1.G7% to $1.75 per bog.
(lets-I:aatern Canada No. 2 while,
have declined 3 c; eastern Canada No. 2
white oats, 49c; No. 3. 40%c; No. 4,
43X,c; rejected, 43%e per bushel ex store;
anal Manitoba rejected. 4534c to 46c per
bushel, ex track North Bay.
Cheese- September eessteriis are selling
at 13c for white and 13%e for colored;
September ea,terns, 133jc for white and
1:tX,c for colored.
Itulter-Fresh creamery, 3.1e to 351 per
Ib: Lest fall make, 32c per Ib.
Eggs -18c per Buren for single lots and
15c to 17%c for w holeanle ote.
Previsions -Btu -mks short cut mess.
$21; ball barrels, $10.75; clear fat hark,
$2: to 823; long cut heavy nmss. 8:0: halt
barrel; do, $10.50; dry salt long clear
hocks, 10%c; barrels plate beef. $13.50 10
815; half barrels do. $7.25 to $7,75; bulk
Leavy meas beef, $IO to $11; hall barrels
.1.., $5.30 to $6; compound lard. R',;c to
phdr ler1, 114c to 11%c; kettle t•en-
.lereel, 1 l %e to 12e; hams. 12c to 13',;0',
neronling to size; brenkfest boron, 1 tee le
lee; \Wiett.or laieon, 14S,ee to 13'/,r: (rer.lt
Icill(d nintteir detested hogs. $9.55 to $10:
live, $7 to 87.43.
tPNI i 11) S•f,tTFS
Buffalo, :April 21 -Wheat -Spring dull:
No, 1 Nertlern, $1.02';. carloads; \Wm•
ler strong; NO. 2 red, 98c. (torn-- Tient;
X11 2 yellow. 71 V. (lots- Bison(;; N. 2
mixed. 51e; No. 2 elate, 55j/e to 56c. Hor-
de v-35 le 95e. Hyee--No. 1, on tra•'k,
S'te.
%linnedpr)lis, ;April 21. --\\' wed_ ‘in
y.
'0.a1,..; July, 99'; September, SS',e; No. 1
' r i. $1.0tti;: No, 1 Northern,' ell.nlx:
e.. 2 Northern. 99';0 to $I.00eie No. 3
rthern. 991 to 97t;'•. 1'1eur-First
1:,tents. 85.13 to $5.30; s.vrn.l patents,
83.05 l ' $e.20; first clears. $t.03 ti) 84.15:
se•e,hntl clears. 81.19 to 8:1.20, ih•an-In
1,•n . 821 to $21.25.
\lilwaukr e. .April 21. -Wheal-- No. 1
rthern. 81.61 to 1.06; No. 2 Noothe•rn.
fil.u2 fe *1.(C0';: May. 91!,e bid, fly.' --
No, 1. 81.0; to etc. Borley-- No. 2. M7e;
c,intp,to. 63 to Rae. Corn- NO. 3 cash, 65
t(• Mr; \ins, 67';e coked.
Melon,. April 21.--\\'hent--No. 1 need.
e1.01X; N.,. 1 Not Ihern, 99X; No. 2
Ne rthern. 9J0;0; July, 98:.; Soptembcr.
9!11;•'.
Nee. }ewe. :April 21.-- Sprit free; No. 1
rel. tyre- elevator; No. 2 rel. t11ls)%;
f.o.h. af.t,t; No. 1 northern. Duluth.
1'.h. alloel; No. 2 hard winter, $1.05';
14 .b. afloat.
fine Kir+ of jeerAaye fhe• iltire Ilona,
es known in lnhet IPn• is Almon' an or.
ganostion of detached mnlrfnrinrs, pot a
'emelt itt am (talion aea•k'Iv
MAN5 Oa' THEM \\'Elil: EOR(•1:1) ON
11141 14,; SINti 1 Hee \\ ILL.
Nutt Great a•td I'ro.prrou' Ctelunies
\\ Melt 1'ly the British
flay.
11 is A u•prl.siug how Much of John
t:ullii vast Empire has been literally
felted on hint against his will -low
much of it has has rroeived with grumb-
ling protests instead of hearty thanks.
Singapore is far and away John's most
vr,lued possession in the Farthest Erect.
L' has twat cullet[ a Gibraltar mid a
Liverpool combined, and its possessiwt
La, given the British the unqueslloneed
de-lninance of lite Malay Straits.
In 1819, Singapore., which is now a
magnificent port, with innumerable ware.
houses Tilled with priceless merchandise,
and a big harbor crowded with shipping,
was a swampy island, which nobody
llr.:ught of any value. Nobody, that Is,
e:sept Sir Stamford (tattles, u bt'llltant
Colonial Governor, who had foretell ias
way to the front by sheer merit.
A SMART MAN 111::C:ALLF:D IN DIS-
GRACE.
ITafile's, with unerring instinct, saw
what the swampy island might become.
ile was at the tine Governor of Ben-
coelen, in Sumatra, and, through his
instigation, Singapore wits bought from
the Malayan Sultan of Johor for £13,500.
This was altogether too entervising a
"deal" to please stolid John Bull --or his
(k vernnent of the day.
Sir Stamford Dailies was practically re-
called in disgrace, and the Government
would have handed Singapore back to
L':.: Sultan had they dared. But public
opinion compelled them to keep it. Ilow
nxuny millions the island is worth now
nobody could say.
The whole of the Straits Settlements
were practically for:ed on John Bull. Ile
didn't went to bo bothered with the
Malays or their islands. But his enter-
prising sons went out there and took
Possession on their own account. One
Englishman, Sir James Brooke, had Win -
self made Rajah of Sarawak, a Malay
State, without wailing to ask for permis-
sion from the Horne authorities; and
when ho requested to be taken, along
with his newly -acquired kingdom, under
tett• protection of tho British flag, his re-
quest was acceded to only in the most
grudging spirit.
JOHN BULL GROWLED AT GIBRALTAR
Jelin didn't have any notion of taking
Gibraltar for himself. A wonderful son
of Ins, nailed Admiral Sir George Rooko,
returning home from a more or less un-
sucoessful cruLso, made a sudden, unex-
pected swoop on Ute rock on his own
account, and took it from a weak Spanish
garrison before they knew that he was
really there, so to say. At first Jelin
Hull growled -end didn't see whet good
thT key of the Mediterranean was going
to be to him.
John Bull personally -always, of
ocurse, as typified by hist (kovernment-
had very little to do with Inc founding
of his Indian Empire. in the early days
he decline.) to send official trpreeetita-
lives to India, but allowed a body of pre
tale merchants, who banded theulselvcs
together es the East India Company, to
Iry their luck in the groat Asiatic Em-
pire. At list the company were sallsfled
with strips of land on which to build
their factories and warehouses, end leave
to trade with tho natives.
It was the French (kovenlnlent who
fret aimed ata European Indian empire,
and sent two brilliant adventurers. Du-
pleix and l.nlly, to see If they could win
it Then it was that the company began
I(' tight, not at first with any Idea of
waking cnnque►sls, but simply to save
Itterneelt•es from being swept Into the sea
by their French rivals.
TiiE CO\IP.\NY 'fh1.1'1' RULED INf11.t.
Afterwards, however, They began to
wi ndk'r if they couldn't turn tlw tablas
try turning the Fren^ht out. and wars
with filo 1hindoo rajahs followed. John
wasn't best pleased when news reached
binl that one of his wandering sons had
laid the foundations of the British Eon-,
ire In India by winning the great battle
e.1 I'in.sety. The old gentleman sow a
vision of ntor.' responsibility fur hitt,
end grumbled, as usual.
Tho first great conquests lit India were
made by soldiers who were, strictly
speaking, not John Bull's at all. They
were matte by troop: enlisted and paid
by the company, end it was "John Com-
pony."
sj .pony.' os the scpoys calked it, which
enye Clive his line comnissskon. Tee
coinpony ruled in India for a bemired
years before the British (,ntermrnenl took
over 11io lock.
Tbk) Chnr•b'red Company tercel n big
(rack of Africa on John Ilul!. He had no
wish to grab it hiutself, and would hare
k.e.ked on wilt calm indifference while
'List track% et South Africa were being
annexed by the Germane and the Boers.
no lee Chartered Company, with reed
I:I.odes as its awl,
MADE \V.111 ON 1.OI)EN(,UL 1,
and conquered Matalrlelnnd and chore.
eel the liner amt German advance.
Ilod John not held his sons in cheek
end frowned on them %then they wanted
Ie be enterprising. the German Empire
in South-West Africa would prnbnbly
niter have been founded. beeriest, That
(Fitt of the world would have Leen prime
ell British ted hefore the suhje,ls of the
Kaiser got near it.
John Bull certainly grableerl (:nnadn
and .Australia on his oven Inilialite. Hal
as fo New 7.eolatid. it is not owing lo
John himself that "God's teen reentry-"
Ireton*:: 1, hint to -,inti. (.nelnin Conk
paid ha first visit 10 the island in 1769-
t)., s:ir •- • i t the any, write, Few
\\ 4,11' le, (.1,'. hill ter generations
sem (lull •.\. `,.1d have v e111ing to do with
hl, 11 ens left mime for any t ote)n who
fit vied i1 111 lake il.
\s late ni Irll1 m.hrlillate "J, B.' as g,.ertep
ea told 111e nIi%.iorinries '1 Pko went to New
Zealand to try to (on,u%'rt Iho• Maoris That
Do risk they ran by se, doing was en.
firelr their e e n cetnceno, an.l II. weitidn'I
MOUNT TE11PLE FLOATED
C. P. R. Steamer Has Been Stuck Since
Last November.
A despatch from Ifalifee s.,ys: After
having leen ushore on the ledges at
In.nbound !eland, at the mouth of the
Lahavo River, since November 30 la. t,
the big C. P. It. liner Mount Temple
was successfully floated on \\'sdnesday
night's tide. The stearuer was filled
wall air, and w'ilh the rising tide and the
a•sistunce of three tugs she slid off the
rock into deep water.
This was the third attempt made to
float her. lender her own steam the
Moult Temple atart.'d for Halifax, bol
owing to a heavy southeast storm set-
ting in she was obliged to make Lunen -
berg harbor for shelter at 11.30 %%Wiles -
day night. The \luwtt T.'ntpl.> registers
(:.tie( torte, and the uuderwrilet's agreed
to give the salvor, $,00,000 if they
floated her.
\\'hen the steamer stranded she had
over 600 passengers on board, and all
were saved. She will conte to Halifax
to drydoek as Bron as the weather per-
mits. The steamer had been driven
hard on tho rocks to save the lives of
the passengers, ard the rocks 'mitred -
el through her bottom in several places.
The work of [mating her was one of
the most difficult ever undertaken ou the
Atlantic coast, and the sucoass of the
salvors is regarded by merino experts
as a notable achievement.
be responsible for what happened to
tttenl. Later on the Now Zealand Land
Ce mistily was formed to take the flet
steps toward changing the beautiful
island into a British colony. John Bull
w•os quito annoyed. Ho didn't want
Note Zealand. Ito did e1•erything ho
could -that is, the Nome Government of
the day did -to discourage inc new com-
pcny and throw• obstacles In lis way.
FRENCH NEARLY 601' NEV ZEALAND
It was not until nearly eighty years
after Its discovery by Captain Cook that
John gave n sulky oonscnt to his flag
being formally run up over New Zealand,
Even then he only consented because he
was Informed that if he didn't the while
.settlers would snake things unpleasant.
A little more delay on his part, and the
r!eich flag would very possibly now be
floating over Wellington and a French
Governor be silting in the seat of the late
"King Dick" Seddon.
It is entirely John Bull's own fault that
the whole of the island of New Guinea,
which 4s nearly throe times as large as
Great Britain, does not belong to him.
New Guinea was actually In full poss. -
son of John in 1793; but ho was indlffor-
en' to it, and left it lying unguarded and
unclaimed In the sea.
Tho Dutch took part of it, and the Ger-
mans looked longingly on the rest. And,
as Now Guinea Is very close to Queens-
land, the people of the latter colony
were uneasy at the prospect of having
German and Dutch neighbors so near to
their shores.
\VE WOULDN'T IIAVE NEW GUINEA.
Time after time the,Quecnslnnders Im-
plcred John Bull to step in and take pos-
session of New Guinea. lie wouldn't do
O. He let the foreigners take bit after
bit of it. Finally, in 1883, Sir Thomas
Mciiwraith, the Plinio "Minister of
Queensland, was driven to desperation,
and, resolutely taking action into his
own hands, gave Instructions for the an-
nexation of New Guinea.
Jottn Hull was actually very bad tem-
pered over this. lie at fleet termed ab-
solutely to a..ow the annexation. If the
Queenstanders Lind not stood resolutely
ty their Prime Minister, he would prob-
nlly have Insisted on the portion of the
i•iand which had been secured being
h rthw"ilh abandoned.
In the end, however, he growlingly
oonsgnt(d to keep what its sons in
(leeoislennd had forced on him as a pros-
ent. All through his own Paull, instead
of being proprietor of the role of New
Guinea, John Bull owns something lass
than a quarter of it.
This article does not by any means ex-
haust the list of colonies which hate been
forced on John Bull's acceptance. But it
should be sufficient to prove that. what-
ever iia Sone may have done eon their
own account in 1110 grabbing line, the
o1(1 gentleman in the while breeches and
lite top -hoots 1, not himself quite such a
greedy grabber as certain of his enernies
alk ge.--i'earson's Weekly.
•1
THREE MEN KILLED.
l'xplodun in the Old Mine at (darllnoM.
Alberta.
:\ deepnt.•1t from Winnipeg .m Three
1147► were Lille.) and four other'.i seeems-
ly burned 1n an exploelot at wvhnl le
known as the Old \liar, (:nnmore, Al-
berni, shortly after 10 o'clock on tVednes-
day morning. The dead are: -(:us Caples
son and Mall Saari, Finlanders, and Mr.
\t'llntott, an EnglLshman. aeling as fire
Ixss. The Inner 'envie n mile and fam-
ily of tour little ole, whit only carne oil
here a few mOIIIIas ago. It is not yet
krown what caused the exposk,n, and
the Ilro has not been extinguished as yet.
The four injured men are in the general
hospital. The Coroner will be brought
from \tankhead ee soon as possible fur
the inquest.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL 01.-.1 TITS
GLOVE.
Teleprspb Brtels From Oisr Own
Olbee Countries of Recent
Events.
CANADA.
The Dominion Government has indite,-
the
ndtwthe British authorities to continue the
subsidy to the overseas mall service.
With the possible exception of tbpss
In IllinoLs, the coal maters now on
slriko in the United States wilt return
to work.
Dr. ,McNamara hes been promoted
from the local Government, Board to
be Parliamentary Secrelory to the Ad-
miralty.
Toronto caterers have been asked lo
assist in feeling those who attend the
tercentenary celebrul:on at Quebec.
A letter received in Toronto slates
that (:anadlan capital is wanted to ea-
lablisl► an electric car service III Are-
quipa, Peru.
Montreal longshoremen object to the
bonus system Introduced by the shipping
men, but the latter refuse to sixths,' it.
lion. William Pugsley aomounced in
the 'Souse that he was considering the
question of deepening the harbors on
the lakes to twenty -live feel.
inspector Leake is working on a plan
to give normal school pupils three
months at Guelph to lakes a course In
industrial training beton) graduating as
teachers.
sora
GREAT BRITAIN.
Bllts of the Province of Ontario) for
nearly half a million sterling have been
(!lscounted itt i,ondon at lhre tk'r cent.
UNITED `'PATES.
The Mine Owner. and Opernlnra' As -
sedation at Fairbanks Alaska, has sent
to Sestike for len thousand men.
A bill providing; for the npp.,iutntent at
:. cominissi n to Investigate Well street
specujatkm was inhv)du^_ed into the Sea-
ttle at New York.
GENERA!.,
A Government bill has passed the Dan-
ish Folkelhing allowing women to vote
i ' all communal elections.
A Canadian Myer miller named Rennie
rnmmttted suicide at hong Kong by
jumping overboard Lynn a iaunch.
CHANCE FOR C 1N� 1DI %N M111IR.
'Cisneros' Ilas Arranged for C.omprtilion
in Mining Machinery.
A despatch front Ottawa says: Premier
Louie Botta, of the Transvaal, has sent
a letter 10 Sir Wilfrid 1.nurter, pointing
out that the 'Transvaal (.eowernnlcnl, he
ec operution with the Tratoowvaal Cham-
be'r of Mines, has arranged for s prae-
heal trial of meati nock dries, suitable
for narrow sloping work, under 111e
we.rking pmdIlk)ns obtaining on the Wit -
water's Rand. All types of rock drill are
eligible to compete. Drills tieing m111-
plessed air will be suppll,•el with a {era-
sure varying from fi) 1•. 75 l tele per
eellare moll al Ile' w•,rktng fo.'e. '1 wet
pfizes of AMMO and £I,eX)) respectively
are offered. The 'competition will retie
n er►ro curly in 1909 and will last obeli'
. In(entte..
Girls who 'mese i( their basins'.+ 1n
look for husbands are apt L. Mel mein,
but they seldom least of liu''ir tont., in
later years.
ME' BREA1IERS' ARRESTED
Leaders of the Peculiar Sect in Alberta
Jailed for Arson.
.5 despalch from Mel, ai • 11 ,t ea) ':
The arrest of nine lend.•: et the sect
known as "Dreamers" Ls caus'ng a sen-
sation.
Jo•eph Lehr, a fanner, i= alleged in
Some way to hate Mem rel the enmity
:,f the sere, palely 1 ,, e t• b ..1 'ellers
. • .111 ng Itee.ne eat -erne!. The lose
.` mated at ,.(100.
8: . ,„tnb'e :Sets, of the %Counteel Polies
:r I tInr. heard the efogy anti toile out
1•: nnveengale Roe oectrrrence. 11e im•
turd alee,y ward for reinforcement(,
rp. Ibnnhy, Iwo c•mslahles and 5.h.,
idler all night driving. arre.sle••I tin
1..11.14 4e1 i1 Ile "Urertme " " mimeos .1
t i (;semen. s•geevl It' , ,,i• tte e e, men,' sten of pore way ned•-,ary
ening 11 Mint In, h.e;-•. 41' .,,t,;, , „t..'nt.' ih' 1t11er .•('vases, who
night Ire young sort - 1 -1 1re1 • _-t its•' arre+sl was !ordair.rint 10
l)
hearing a '•'- . :n•.1 0 - '''1
t," a n.
h like 1,1 pian••'.. 1 h.• 1 , •, 1 4 t 4• i \\ t ' t ',Id., .4 .settlers are orating
ea; e l with Ut r libel and n,gl1' g. u•. 1 , vi 1 11,.: fruit.
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