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Exeter Advocate, 1908-12-10, Page 3FATAL WRECK AT PEMBROKE Engineer Rowe, of Ottawa, Killed in Head- on Collision on C. P. R. A despatch from Pembroke, says: Another fatal wreck took place one and a half miles oast of here on Thursday morning. A light engine from Smith's Falls collided with the C.l'.11. local leaving here at 7.50, and as a result Fred Rowe, of Ot- tawa, engineer in charge of the local, was instantly killed, and It. Crawford, Ottawa, fireman ; Maul Clerk Purcell, Engineer Nagle, Smith's Fulls, and W. C. Both, baggage.man, suffered slight injur- ies. The baggage car of the pas- senger train was badly damaged, but none of the passengers wero hurt. Both train and engine wore travolling at high speed and met on a curve. Both engines were badly wrecked. The engines wore almost on each other before the danger was noticed. Engineer Rowe reversed immediately, an 1 in doing so warned Fireman Crawford, who jumped, and escaped with a sprained aside and minor hruis.:s. Rowe w us pinned between the en- gine and tender. Death was in- stantaneous. His head and shoul- ders wore above the wreckage, but wore scorched. lits lower litnbs were also burned and scald- ed. Fireman Patton, of the light engine, was going to jump when he was hurled out of the window and down the bank, sustaining a num- her of bruises. Engineer Nagle got caught at the tender by tho coal, which was piled on him. Ho wan quickly released by the teen pas- sengers and was ablo to walk to the station, as he had only a num- ber of bruises and his leg scalded. The light engine should have stopped at (;ranges Station, about ten miles east of here. instead an effort was made to reach Yembroke and the fatal collision was the re- sult. Tho engineer's watch had stopped, which misled him as to the time ho had to make Pembroke. • CLOSED FOR A MONTH. Sault Ste. Marie Steel Plant Fin- ishes Ito Contracts. A despatch from Sault Sto Marie, says: The steel plant of the Lake Superior Corporation closed down on 1Vednesday morning at 0, ac- cording to the statement of General Manager Franz, from lack of ord- ers. Rolling for the, last order of tho Transcontinental Railway was finished uu Wednesday morning. The management announces that the plant will re -open on January 1. The blast furnaces and other industries will continuo operating in full force. Last month is an- nounced to have been the best month in the history of the blast furnaces. In spite of this the steel plant has had to purchase Bes- semer pig iron from outside points during the past two months. (JLI1tRED BONES FOUND. Thought to Re Remains of Woman 11'ho Disappeared Years Ago. A despatch from Brockville, says: Crown Attorney Brown was com- municated with on 1Vednesday by the reeve of the Township of Augusta as to the advisability of holding4.);:inquest on a charred skeleton„ in tho woods by James %out, near Algonquin. Many years ago Mrs. C. Bolton, an eld- erly resident of North Augusta, mysteriously disappeared from her home, and, though diligent search was made, no trace of her could bo found. The story goes that she was Inst seen in tho 'icinity of Vout's woods, which she is suppos- ed to have entered and died from exhaustion, having then 1rateilcd many miles. The portions of the skeleton found have been aecepted by relatives as those of Mrs. Bolton, and they wero buried on Wednes- day in the family plot at North .Augusta. GOLD ('O1 \ 11:1:. \'e,e 'lint al 011atta Il ill Start on Larder lake gold. A despatch form Ottawa, says: The first Canadian gold to bo coin• ed at the dint here will bo from a hall' dozen small gold bricks, ag- gregating 70 ounces, brought to the Mint on Wednesday front the 1)r. Roddick Larder i,nke gold mines. There being no ('anadian gold coins authorized at pre eat, the gold will be made into English sovereigns. Permission to mint those was grant- ed to lite ()tta to brntu h of the Rosa! Mint last sear. MON'I'RI•::11L SHIPPING. 01110a1 Figures of the Season Just Closed. A despatch from Montreal says: Official figures issued on Wednes- day show that from the opening of navigation till December 1 tho nunr- bor of ocean vessels that reached port was 739, or one less than the previous year. 'lite tonnage, how- ever, shows a fair increase, there being 1,958,604 sous, compared with 1,92.1,475 last, scuson, giving an in- crease of 34,129 tons. The nutnber of vessels arriving this year is the smallest for many years, 14:08, with 787, being the previous best. The total bus not been so small since 1903. It is also remarked that no sailing vessels of the sea -going typo havo come to Montreal, while in 1903 the tonnage of that class was 11,364. The total revenue of the season from all sources amounted to $333,123, as against $380,256 a year ago, an increase of $2,860. The totals on imports show a bill- ing off. The amount was $198,500, as compared with $218,000 a year ago. A gain is reported in exports, the figures being $90,500, against $74,500. TLE SELKIRK SETTLERS. Miss `!atheson, Who Was (torn on Voyage Out, Still Survives. A despatch from Winnipeg says: While John M.urKny, who died on Wednesday in Toronto, was the last of the Selkirk settlers actually born on Scottish soil, there still re- mains one who was among the lest party landed on the shores of Hud- son's Bey. This pioneer Of the west is Miss Matheson, aunt of tho Archbishop of Rupert's Land, who was born on the voyage across the Atlantic in 1815, then a four months' trip. She is still halo and hearty, in the enjoyment of all her facul- ties, and resides near Ht. Andrew's, Man. 1:1111,1 l\ .11 \1 1111'. ()peelers of I':,rliru,u'nl 11iIl Take Place Nest 1lonl11. A despatch from Ottawa. says: It is probable that Parliament will he called to meet o►► .January 13th. The extol date for th.. opening of the session has not yet been fixed, count of the Government's strin- hut. it is the Government's desire gent measures for the protection of to make it as early as possible in the Jnl'nnere. January, and if the Auditor -timer- A Dutch exploring party has dis- nl's report and other matters of c'';r,•rcid a strange tribe of negrocs l! dotacan he got ready in time the in (:runny who speak a language opening 01 the Ilouse will not he "Rich is a mixture of Dutch, Eng - later than the 1$(h, and may pos- lisp and Portuguese. sillily be in the first week in Jnn- it 11:1:111' AT NI %I.1I: 1.0N - CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS 11.11'1'!:\IN(,'i I'it011 .11.L OVER T111; I:1.011E. Telegraphic Briefs From Oar Owu end Other Countries of Recent Events. C. NAVA. Marino insurance on the laces has been extended to December 12. The police ccusua of West To- ronto shows a population of 12,503. Wholesale grocers report im- provement in business and an en- couraging outlook. A conductor and an engineer wero dismissed by the C.Y.R., following an inquiry into the Bethany wreck. Local option by-laws aro to bo submitted in %Voodstoek and Brant- ford, and St. Catharines ratepay- ers will vote on license reduction. The Quebec Licensed Victuallers aro strengthening their association lake ports. for the struggle to retain the trade, Barley -No. 2, 55%,c. to 56c.; No. which is in danger from tho pro- 3 extra, 54e to 55c. ; No. 3, 53e. to hibit.ion movement in the Province. 54c. Corn -Old, 74%e. to 75c. To- ronto freights, for No. 2 or 3 yellow; new No. 3 yellow, 70c. to 70'5c., Toronto freights. Millfeed-Bran, $20 to $21 per ton in bags, outside; shorts, $22 to $23, in hags outside. Ityo-No. 2, 74c. to 74'4c. Buckwheat --No. 2, 55c. ta 5Cc. outside. Flour --Manitoba, first patents, $5.80, seconds, $5.30; strong bak- tr'rs, $5.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, for export, $3.70 to $3.75, outside. TILE WORLD'S MARI{ETST OLD AGE ANNUITIES OWNOW REPORTS FROM 7'111: 1.1:.1DIN(: TRADE CENTRES. !'rices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other !)airy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS, Toronto, Dec. 8. -Ontario wheat -No. 2 white or rod, outside, 93c. to 9-1c.; No. 2 mixed, 93c. to 93%e. No. 2 goose wheat, 90e. outside. Manitoba wheat -Spot, No. 1 northern, $1.08% to $1.09; No. 2 northern, $1.t,a s to $1.06; No. 3 northern, $1.03% to $1.04 on track, lake ports. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 39c. to 40e, outside; No. 2 mixed, 37c. to 38c. outside. Manitoba No. 2. The Government Is Prepared to Leal With Applications. • A despatch from Ottawa says : Tho Government of Canada is now prepared to actively begin business as issuers of old -ago annuities. The final order in Council approving the actuarial rates adopted has been passed. Literature explaining the advantages of the system as a guar- antee against penury in old ago and detailing its investment. fea- tures has been sent out for distri- bution by postmasters throughout the country, and applications for annuities received front intending purchasers will be promptly doalb with Ly the office in charge of Mr, S. T. Bastedo in Ottawa. A staff of lectures to explain and popular- ize the scheme will hold public meet- ings in all districts of Canada dur- ing the winter. 1)r. Sampson of Windsor, Ont., will be at the head of the lecturing staff, and will bo - gin a series of meetings in Ontario in a few days. western Canada, 43e. to 43,'.-c. on cwt. track, lake ports; extra No. 1 feed, to $4 41! -,cc.; No. 1 feed, 41c., on track, $3 to GIti:.1T BRITAIN. Marry Itarneto, the wealthiest untitled man in England is dead. E. G. I'retyman, Conservative, was successful in the bye -election in Mid -Essex on 'Tuesday. The Pall Mall Gazette announces it forthcoming alliance and treaty between Greet Britain and Holland. UNITED STATES. South Dakota's gold output for the last year was $7,400,000. The international Tuberculosis Exhibition is being hold in the Mus..un► of Natural history, New York City. Mrs. Carmine Layer, sixty-four years old, was killed by an automo- bile in New York City, the driver of which sped away before the num- ber or ownership of the car could be obtained. John C. Sparks, of New York, told the Society of Refrigeration Engineers that ignorant, unsani- tary conduct of artificial ice snaking plants were turning pure water in- to dangerously infected ice. Several burglaries have been car- ried out in Now York City of late by the use of chloroform. There is talk in tho neighborhood of the crimes of forming a vigilance com- tnitleo to hunt down the robbers. 0EXERA h. A 13ri:,ist. squadron, under com- mand of Sir Percy Scott, is now at Rio Janorio. Thirty-five Japanese fishing boats wee° wrecked in a typhoon, and 350 aro reported drowned. Ismail Pasha, tho former aide do camp of the Sultan of Turkey, was assitiated at Stamboul. President Castro of Venezuela, who is now on his wny to Europe, will not bo allowed to visit I'aris. Martial law bus been proclaimed in Prague, owing to the rioting be- tween Czechs and Germans. Over twelve trillion cubic yards of materiel Was excavated on the Panama (.'anal during the last year. i'u 1'i, the baby Emperor of China, ascended the throne on Tuesday. lie will be known as Em- peror Ifsuan Tung. The revised French tariff, to be submitted to Parliament in Jan- uary, increases the lneximurn rates twenty per cent. Experiments in Germany have 1►rovon that it is almost impossible for airships to escape the tire of Hiles and cannon on tho ground. The I luoe,e at Hong Kong may boycott British merchants on ac - nary. THS PRESJDENT DEPOSED Poet au Prince f Is In the Hands of an Insurgent Mob. A despatch from Pei t ntt Prince, to the Alm f. seated in a carriage Hayti, says : President Nord with the Fre uch Minister and with Alexis his been deposed and Pert the French tri -color over his ghoul• au Prince is in the hands of rho dors, the crow's of armed men and women about heaped curses nn the revolutionists. Thc deposed i'resi- head of the aged man. When at dent is now safe on board the last the landing stage was reached trench training ship 1)uguny the mob lost all restraint end the Train, General Antoine Simon, the scene became tragic and shameful. leader of the insurgents, is march- Infuriated women broke through fug upon the peninsula with an the cordon of troops and shrieked arms ,,f 5.000, and (tonere! I.egitime the coarsest insults into the very has hcen proclaimed the new l'resi- face of the President, who strove bravely to appear undismayed. t the last moment President They tried to hurl themselves upon Alexis fielded to the urging of those him and fought with hands and feet about him and decided to take re against the soldiers, who found dif- fuge nteonr41 the Frcneh warship ficulty in forcing them back. Ono At 5 o'clock on Wednesday a _salute woman did succeed in reaching of 21 :ferns announced his departure Nord Alexis just as fro was embark - from , t o pnlae•e under guard of n ing, and n►ado a sweep at him with battalion of infantry and squadron a murderous knife, but the blow fell of eaea!r%, and as he dr.ete down short. 1,.1 It L. fire From Pipe Ignited Iced arra COUNTRY PRODUCE. Poultry -Wholesale prices aro:- Chickens, dressed, choice, lle. to 12e. ; chickens, dressed, 9c. to 10e.; fowl, 8e. to 9c. ; turkeys, 12e. to 14c.; ducks, IOc. to 1 le. ; geese, 9e. to 13e. Butter --Local wholesale quota- tions: -Creamery, choice, pound, 27c. to 29c. ; dairy prints, choice, 25e. to 26e.; dairy store prints and large rolls, 22e. to 24c. ; dairy, (crier, 20c. 20c. to 21e. Cheese -Large% 13%c. to 13%e.; twins, 13'4c. to 13%c. Eggs -Strictly now -laid, 31c. to 32c.;. farmers', 2.1c. to 25c. ; stor- age, 22c. to 24c. per dozen in case lots. Apples-- $1.75 to $3.25 per barrel, according to variety and quality. Potatoes -Car -lot prices are 60e. to 85e. per bag on track, Toronto. --- PROVISIONS. Pork --Short cut, $22.50 to $23 per barrel; mess, $19 to $19.50. Lard tierces, 12%c.; tubs, 12%e.; pails, 13e. Stneked and l)ry Salted Meats - Long clear bacon, 1 I - e. to 11'/.,c., tons and cases; hunts, largo, 12%e. to 13c., small, 14c. to 14%e.; backs, 17c. to 17%c. ; ahoulclers, 10e. to 10%e.; rolls, Ile. to 11!x. ; break- fast bacon, 14%e. to 15c. ; green meats out of pickle, lc. less than smoked. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal Dec. 8. -Grain -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, white oats aro selling nt 40'- c., No. 3 at 45!yc., ex- tra No. 1 fe•cd oats at 45e., and No. 1 feed at 45c. ; Ontario No. 2 white at 45c., No. 3 at 44e. and No. 4 at 43',4e. per bushel, ex. store. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts at $6; seconds at. $5.50; win- ter wheat at $4.60 to $1.70; do.. in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to $1.s5. Feed -There is no chango in millfeed, for which the demand continues fairly good. :,i:,niloba bran at $21; shorts, 824 ; ( nit ario bran, $21 to $21.50; middlings, $21.50 to $25.50; shorts, $21.50 to $25 per ton, including hugs; pure grain mouillie, 30 to $32; milled grndes, $25 to $28 per ton. Cheese 'I'Ire local market continues steady. with westerns quoted at 12%e. to 12%c. Butter -'Che market is firm, finest creamery being quoted at '3�e. in round huts, and 27%c. to 2Sc. in a jobbing way. Eggs-- There Aged Smoker Was Burned. were no knew developments in the local egg sit tint priees being A despatch from Niagara on -the- steady, under a fair demand for Lake, Ont., says: The habit of local consumption. New -laid, 29c. to 30e.; selected stock at 25e. to 25i4c. ; No. 1 stock, 2'2e. to 23c., and No. 2 stock at 17'/,c. per dozen smoking in bed cost William Elliott his life at an enrly hour on Thurs- day morning, when his home on Sin►coe Street was burned to the ground. Elliott wrs 70 years old and was unable to escape when fire from his pipe ignited the bedd- ing. 1► hen the firemen arrived the flames were beyond control. About 10 o'clock the charred remains of the unfortunate man were found buried beneath a pilo of debris. A few feet away was the incinerated skeleton of his dog. Elliott was a veteran of the Fenian Raid, serving with No. 1 Company, 19th Regi- ment. His wife is at present ill in a Detroit hospital. SEVENTY WERE DROWNED. Japanese Steamer (.instil 1lar11 1'ount:errd 011 Shnunlung. :1 despatch from Keehe, Japan, sa)s: Word has been received here that tho Japanese steamer tinsel Mara foundered off 11'eihaiwei on November 30th. Seventy persons were lust. i SITH.D STATES MARK l:TG. Milwaukee, Dec. 8.- 1Vhent No. 1 northern, $1.10 to $1.11; No. 2 northern, $1.09 to $1.09: May, $l.10" asked. Rye -No. 1, 75c. Corn- May, 02';,e. bid. Barley - Standard, Cie.; samples, 56c. to 63%e. Minneapolis, Dee. 8.--Wheat- i)ecember, $1.07,' to $1.88: May, $1.12; cash No. 1 hard, 81.12%; No. 1 northern, northern, $1.09% 14::.1811%.09;. >>11.1 $1.09.1%; Nlirano.2 ---$18.75. Flour --First patents, $5.55 to $5.90; second patents, $5.40 to $5.65; first clears. $3.30 to $4.50; secen(1 clears, $:1.20 to $3.50. CATTLE MARK ET Toronto, Dee. 8.-- The range of values for the best lots of butch- ers' cattle w as from $4.40 to $1.71 per cwt. Good loads of steeers and heifers were worth $l to $1.50 per Medium cattle sold at $3.50 per cwt., and common ones at $3.50. As high as $4 per cwt. was obtained for choice cows. Compton to urodium cows were Fuld at $2 to 83.25 per cwt. Light and rough stockers are still sold at a discount. Milch cows wore easier. Prices fur lambs ranged up to $5 per cwt. Ewes wero steady at $3.25 to 83.60 per cwt. Select hogs con- tinued to Fell at $6 per cwt. fed and watered, off curs, Toronto. THE ENGINE SMASHED. 11'ouderful Escape of the Halifax Express Train. A despatch from St. John's, N.B., says : 1Vhile the Halifax express was nearing the city on Thursday night at a thirty -mile speed tho engine struck a half -open switch and immediately broke from the train and left the rails, running more than a hundred yards be- side tho track. It was practically reduced to scrap iron, and the driver and fireman had a mirac- ulous escape. Thc baggage and mail car were badly broken up, but the passengers escaped with a severe shaking up, Two tramps riding on the blind baggage worn badly injured and taken to tho hos- pital. t INDIANS AND TUBERCULOSIS. Falling OR in Population Attribute cd to This Disease. A despatch fora Ottawa says: Ravages of tubercolosis among the Indians of Canada is indicated in the annual report of the Depart- ment of Indian Affairs, which has been just issued. !luring the fiscal year ending last March tnc Indian population numbered 110,000, n de- crease of 40. Tho preceding year showed an increase of 169. To tub- orcolosis alone is the falling off nt- tributed. The report notes that the Indians aro becoming more self-re- liant. The expenditure for destitu- tion, which ten years ago Was $.72,000, is now $143,000. eJ. MRS. NATION 1N 11..1S(:0W. Thc Saloon -Wrecker Beeinning a Campaign in lir:lain. A despatch from Glasgow says: invited by English mid Scotch pro- hibition societies, Mrs. Carrie Na- tion has taken up quarters in a modest hotel here, preparatory to a campaign of "smashing the drink evil'' in the principal cities of the United Kingdom. She says she has left her hatchet at home, ha► ing made up her mind to strike nt the root of the drink evil, and not at its mere out►tnrd semblance. She expects to make a systematic cam- paign, hoginning ,with the cities of Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen, rind emhrneing Edinburgh and Lon- don. The police have warned Mrs. Notion's friends that site will not be allowed to 'offer any violence to saloon property or customers. .p -_ 11.1RRIN1: 1\1'Lltl011 1111,. Special instruction. In l'uslnmy Collectors in the 11 est. A despatch from Ottawa says: The DepArtment of Customs has is- sued a • circular to collectors nt Winnipeg. i1randon, Emmerson and ether points in the West, calling at- tention to the number of fatal ac- cidents recently from explosions of coal oil, and enjoining them to exercise the utmost vigilance that no imported oil is permitted to en- ter Canada unless it complies with the terns of the Petroleum in- apection Act. -- - - •F - I'1,O1' 'I'1) id EL hI\t; 1I (U\%G. Many Arrests to Foible Di-r of ('orMypondenee. A despatch from 1rax, Prance, G.11.E AND SNOW ('OST 17 LIVES Teu Fishing Vessels Wrecked on Newfoundland (bast. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld. says: Seventeen persons perished in a storm which has lashed the Newfoundland coast for forty -Dight hours. In all, ten fishing vessels havo gone ashore, most of them breaking into fragments on the rocks. The victims of tho gales wero members of the crows of three of these craft. The fishermen were all residents of Neufoupoland fish- ing villages. Tho storm began Tuesday evening, and developed into a blizza►d. A northerly gale caught tnany small schooners and sloops off the coast, and in scudding for harbor before tiro blast many of the crow lost their bearings hi tho thick snowstorm. ARE THESE DIAMONDS! Mr. Fred. Dane Brings Precious Stones From North. A despatch from Toronto, says: Will Ontario's big clay belt devel- op into a diamond field? That is the question sumo people aro ask- ing, since Mr. Fred. Dane, T. & N. O. Commissioner, returned from the north with a few stones that look like diamonds. These stones have been submitted to an export, who declines to express any defin- ite opinion as yet. They were found east of the nee.. town of Cochrane. Peculiar as it may seem, some few years ago a goolo is t reported that the blue clay of that particular re- gion closely resembled that in tiro vicinity of Bloemfontein, in the diamond fields of South Africa. It is said there is already some ex- citement in the north country over the find. 101 It '1EN SIiOT 1N CAROUSE. One Will Die as the Result of the Brawl at lienorn. A despatch from Kenora, sn;e: Four men wero wounded on W ,d nesday night in a shooting affrry which took place nt Dryden, On$ A party of ,nc•n were drin':ing .n a house on the outskirts of the town. when one of the party, Joseph Mili- roy, suddenly jumped up and fired five shots from an automatic revoty• cr. Four shots took effect. 1113 wounded are : Hichard Donna, of London, Eng., shut in the ab 1)• teen ; will die. Daniel Foy, shot in neck 111141 right side. A. Stanton, %h, t in knee. Win. Sharpe, shot in thigh. Millroy was arrested purl brought to Kenora. lie will be tried next Saturday. 1100 S.1 V 1:11 'f 1 1 l: EA MILI. Almost Asphyxiated When Barking .Aroused Father. A despatch from Ottawa, rays: Mr. Dominque I'oirer and wife, his father-in-law, and two young ladies resident at 71 Friel Street, own their lives to'the harking of a pct dog belonging to the family, which aroused them in time in save them from being asphyxiated by gas on Thursday night. Mrs. !'orter was unconscious when found. A defec- tive coal stove was responsible for filling the house with gas. A 1t.11L1tO.11) INCIDENT. 11udyart Kipling has, of coarse, done snore 10 familiarize the world with India than any one else. !fere is an incident which Mr. Kipling teals as an Actual event. which has somehow es( 'd finding its way into any of his, books. :1 few sears ago the native station master of nn Indian railway station many mile -s front any city was attacked tiger made hold by hunger. ll is assistant instantly took refuge in the office. barricade(' the doors and wired feet instructions to the near - announces that an ene;niry is being est town. Imagine the amazement made by the Spanish Authorities following the discovery of a letter signed by a Spanish .Anarchist. nerd addressed to a comrade, proposing an attempt on the life r f King AI- fenso. The letter suggests either the derailing of the royal train or the throwing of bombs at the royal carriage. Many arrests are likely to follow. of the operator at the other end of the line to teceite the following de- spatch:---"'1iger on platform eat- ing station master. 1'lersc instruction'." wire .11the ugh n married man may never lu►ve he•n a witness in it ltw• snit., he usually km- w s what it is to be cross exa:niucd