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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-10-21, Page 71 PIOF. FERIIER EXECUTED Spanish Educator and Revolutionist Faces Death Without Tremor. A despatch from Bare•.•'.nha, Spain, ployment in a biscuit factory.:fha says: Prof. Francisco Ferrer, daughter male a personal appeal the Spanish educator and convicted to King Alfonso to spare •her fa- Inspector John Rogers has been re - revolutionist, eats shot at the Fort- t.hor's life. When these facts stens at pointed Superintendent of the re - related by Mulceran, Ferrer broke organized Ontario police. ress of Mont Juieh, where he has down. limas bet a p:►ssiug ernotion, 1 Civil serriee examinations will be been cenfiucd sines) his cundemna- and presently the undaunted revo-1 held at several points in the Dwain - tion by court-martial. Ho faced Intionist was himself again. ' ion, commencing on Nov. 9th. -fiho firing squad without flinching, Ferrer declined to receive the Vii;buurn L. Burgess was arrest- nd fell dead at the first volley. last sacraments, and turned away ed at Pancou,er en a char;;e of rub - Ferrer, except for a mon:entaey from the two priests of the Order bing a Canadian Express agent at expression of emotion immediately of Peace and Charity, who had Truro, N. 8. preceding his death, retained Itis been sent by the prison authori- i The Railway Commission ordered cotnpcsure to the last. His atlas- ties to offer him the final consols- the Canadian Northern to build the ney, K. M. Ma!ee••au, who had ds- tion of the Church. When the subway et Pembina street, Winni- fended the prisoner, had secured hour of his execution arrived, he peg, at once. permission fur a 'brief talk with the walked bravely through the prison An Italian named Spanelli was {evolutionist before the latter was yard to the ditch, in tho shadow convicted at North Bay Assizes of led to the ditch where he was to of the encircling wall. Without a the murder of a Chinaman lir a net - die. To his attorney, Ferrer spoke quiver he faced the twelve iafa 1- leybury restaurant. feelingly of the work for which he trvtnen who, at the word of cum -i, Harry Bremner of Toronto jump - CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS UA1't•ENINcs FROM ALL OVEN' TUE GLOB&. Telegrt,pate Briefs From Oar Own sad Other Countries el Ramat Events. CANADA. 1 had sacrificed his life, and of the future of his daughter, whose brave de attempt to save his life touched the father more deeply than any other Incident of his trial and convict' •n. On Ferrer's arrest, his family wore left dependent upon his daughter, who at once secured ent- mend, fired u single volley. IA hen the repot had died away, Ferrer lay dead upon the ground. Previous to the execution pre- cautions had been taken to fore- stall a possible attempt at rescue by doubling the sentinels upon the walls of the fortress. OWNERS OF LONDON. 157 Persons and Organizations Own 60 Square Mlles. A despatch from London, says: The London County Council has spent a decade in preparing a ground plan of London, showing the owa:ers of the land. This is nearly completed. It shows that 31,600 landlords own land covering 113 square miles, these being most• ly single house owners. Sixty quare miles are owned 'by 187 per- sons, organizations and corpora- tions. One-third of this area be- longs to the Crown, the ecclesiasti- cal commissioners, the County Couueil and the city corporation. It. is estimated that the present valve of the land on which London I: built is $3,030,000,000, which will Lo iacrease'd to $3,175,000,000 by 1930. ORIENTAL NAVVIES. Would be Fent Home When Work Was Completed. Le. A despatch from London says: In an interview on Wednesday with regard to conditions at the ,l'rince Rupert end of the Grand Trunk Pacific, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson said that there everything practically hinged upon the supply • f labor. Personally, said Sir t. harks, he never had been able to appreciate the position of the peo- ple of British Columbia in this re- spect. An early completion of the road meant much to the Province. The temporary employment of three or four thousand Asiatics would save two or three years.' Their introduction would not displace a single native Canadian. 'When their contracts eters ended they would be taken back to the Oriental port from which they had embarked. FIVE (BUILDINGS BURNED. Fire Spreads I'atvt In Rapid City, Manitoba. A despatch from Rapid ('ity, Man., says: A fire broke out here at 3 o'clock un Thursday morning which, before it was gotten under control, did damage estimated at *20,000. it originated in Gle 'den- n;ng's carpenter and paint shop and rapidly ,'pread, until the four "This," remarked Mr. (:ane, "is adjoining buildings were also soon my photograph with toy two in flames. The buildings destroy- French poodles. You re.cognizet cd in, loci" the Town Hall, Rodger's me -eh ?" ''I think so," said Miss bakery and Darling and Young's Softe. "Yon are the one with the veterinary office. hat o" -"e you not ?„ C. P. R. LINER STRIKES WRECK Empress of Ireland Damaged In the Gulf. A despatch from Montreal Rays: According to a message received on Thursday at the Canadian Pacific Railway office, the Empress of Ire- land struck a submerged wreck on Thursday morning between Cape ('hatto and Matane and had a holo punched in her bows. The steam- er reached Rintouski at 4.45 in the afternoon and proceeded for Que- bec titter taking on her pilot, as it is apparent that she is not badly damaged. as ('apt. Forster 'would have landed his 1,100 passengers at that point had his ship been in grave danger. Government vessels have been searching for the last few days in the river for n derelict, but 'without the success of the Empress. A SHOWER OF POSTCARDS. Hundreds of Petitions Asking Cle- mency- for Mrs. Robinson. A despatch from Ottawa says: Tho Department of Justice is being inundated with letters and post- cards praying for executive cle- mency for Mrs. Robinson, he un - o t fortunate woman under sentence to he hanged at Sudbury next month. On Thursday over 1,500 postcards and letters were receiv- ed. While it is practically certain that the death penalty 'will not be exacted under the circumstances, the Minister of Justice will not deal with the case in any Itaidy or irre- gular rro-gular manner. SIIO'1' i1IMSELF iN '1'11E IIEA». Commercial Traveler Attempts Sui- cide in Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: A. McGregor, of this city, a com- mercial traveler for a Montreal firm, attempted suicide this morn- ing at the Hotel Cecil, by eheotiag himself in the head. The bullet en- tered at n point between the eyes. and is now embedded in the back of the head, but apparently did not penetrate the ekull, as he is conscious. and able to converse ra- tionally. Despondency over con- tinued ill -health is the cause as- signed by his friends for his attempt a: suicide. tk 'THE CONGO ATROCITIES To Bo Expnced in a Court of Law By a Lelgian Officer. A elevate!' room ilrussels, says: The atri'cities petpetrateel by King Leopold of Belgium through his re- Sresentatives in the Congo Free tate are to be exposed at last in 1 court of law. The torturing and maiming of 1rfenee!esa entive men, women and Ihildren, whit h have excited the in- ignatiun, but never the active in- lcrference, of the civilized world, (rill be bared. and, it is hoped, proved by Lieutenant F:niil Dor- (1e!hans. a naval officer. wht,, itt tit- ter disgust, has given up his con- tract ns an official in the Congo to come home and reveal to his come- • to men the horrors that, he has wit- ,,,it nested 'with hie own eyes. Lieutenant. Dorpelhaus has been r two years in the employ of the oiete .lnunyme Beige in the Congo. IIe managed to endure the sight edf a native ma:, flayed alive because he had failed to bring in the assigned tribute of relater to the Belgian officials. Ilut when the ed from a window in the Kingston Penitentiary in an attempt to com- mit suicide. Ile will recover. Two children of a Galician settler near Vonda, Sask., named Loote- schtn, were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the family dwel- ling. The Government is considering the question of abolishing the grain certificates at Port Arthur and Fort William, owing to the dissatisfac- tion of the mariners. The last spike was driven in the National Transcontinental Railway between` Fort William and Winni- p•eg on Tuesday, and the line now stret::hes from Fort William to Ed- monton A work train released by some small 'boys rushed down hill at 50 miles an hour at Vancouver and collided with a Grand View passen- ger car, smashing it badly. The pas- eengers escaped with a shaking up. GREAT BRIT:\IN. It is reported that Sir John F ish- ce will retire from the British Ad- miralty this month. Two suffragettes were sentenced to a month in prison for their at- tack on Mr. Lloyd -George at New- castle. James M. Barrie, the Scottish writer, was granted a divorce from his wife in Lundun, on Wednesday. UNITED ST.1T1?S. Ed. Barrill, who went up Mount McKinley with 1)r. Cook, says un - dor oath that the explorer never reached the summit. Business men of the eastern States will send a petition to ]'re- sident Taft asking clemency for Charles W. Morse, who has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for violating the national banking laws. GENERAL. Eight Spanish soldiers were killed in n fight with a party of Moors near Melilla. Germany's super -Dreadnought Westfalen has developed a speed of twenty knots on a trill trip. Business is practically at n stand- still in Rome, while the people pro- test against the execution of Fer- rer. The revolution in Nicaragua is as- suming serious proportions. Nine men were killed in a fight near Greylawn. --4- L.\DY 1.1170N RELEASED. Refused to Ent and the Officers Turned Her Free. A despatch from London says: Lady Constance Lytton, who wr:s lately sentenced to a month's im- prisonment at Newcastle for tak- ing part in a Suffragette clisturb- anre, has been released in conse- quence of refusing to cat. The prison officials did not attempt to feed her forcibly, pending a decis- ion of the case granted by Lord Alverstone ngainst the governor and doctor of the Birmingham pri- eon to test the legality of forcible feeding. PLATE WINDOWS DEF.\('F:D. 01(111% ft Man ('uttiug Name on Them With a Diamond. :\ despatch front Ottawa says: The police are looking for an ec- centric individual with a diamond ring, who has been defacing plate glass windows along the principal business streets. The word "Jack" is cut bold and sleep into one of the Lieutenant beheld a woman bound windows, and others aro defaced hand and foot upon a hill of red t'h various ways. About 25 shop ants and devoured by the insects, 'tvine ow•s have been operated on in he gave up his commission and re• thC way or nnothrevidently by turned to this country. te same person. There is no clue The company. alleging breach of contract, refused to pay his back salary or to reimburse him his ex- penses. The Lieutenant admits ',reeking his contract. but Pets up the defence that the company breaks the law an.I by that acting validates the contract. Ile i., now suing the compnn'. and there is to to the perpetrator. -+ 7'11F: END OF DESPOTISM. China .ldded to the List of Consti- tutional '4 onnre hiev. .1 despatch from Mukden says: Despotic government in China end- ed on 1Pedne'da'•, when all the lie a court hearing at which, tho l.egielatures of the self-governing atrocities of the Congo .will he I'ret1-ices throughout the empire brought borne to King Leopold and held their fast meetings prepare - laid bare as they have ratter been tory to the drafting of a constitu- before. (ton fur the c.rp:re. ••••=•••••••=1 THE WORLD'S MARKS rS THE i CA AGROUND REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce al Bowe and Abroad. ItfEADSTUFES. Torontoto, Oct. 19. -Flour --On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.15 to 84.25 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and at $t to $4.10 outside in buyers' sacks. Manitoba flour, first patents, $560 on track, Toronto; second patents, 85.10, and strong bakers', $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern quoted at *1.04% Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at $1.03% Bay ports. Ontario wheat -No. 2 mixed quo- ted at 98 to t,9c outside, and No. 2 white and red \Pinter, 99 to $1.00 outside. Ilurley-No. 2, 50 to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra at 54 to 55c out- side. Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new, 36% to 37c outside. New Canada West oats, 38 to 35' c spot, Bay ports. Peas --84 to 86c outside. ltye-No. 2 69 to 70e outside. Buckwheat -55 to 56c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow 69c on track, Toroto. Bran -$21 in bags, and shorts, $23 in bags. COUNTRY PRODUCE. APPles--$1.25 to $2.75 per 'bar- rel, according to quality. Beans -Prince, 82 25 and hand- picked, *2.40 to $2.45 per bushel. Honey -Combs, dozen, 82.25 to $3; extracted, 10e per lb. • Hay -No. 1 timothy, $15.50 to *16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 $14 to $14.50. Straw -88.75 to *9.50. Potatoes -55 to 60c per bag 011 track lfur Ontario, and at 75c for New Brunswick. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13(, per lb.; fowl, 9 to IOc; turkeys, 17 to 19e per Ib.; ducks, lb. 12 to 13c; geese, 10 to 12c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 21 to 22c; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20e; in- ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 25 to 26c, and solids, 23 to 24e per lb. Eggs -Case lots, 25c per dozen. Cheese -12%e p; r ib for large and at 12%c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 15 to 15%c per 1. in ease lots; n►ess pork, $20.50; short cut, $27.50 W 8.28. Harps -Light to medium, 15% to 16e; do., heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, 14'y to 15c; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs, 18a/., to 20c; breakfast ba- con, 17 to 180. Lard -Tierces, 15 to 15%e; tubs, 15; { to 15%c; pails, 15" to 15%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 19. --New crop oa's No. 2 Canadian Western, 41% to 12c; old crop cats No. 2 Canadian Western, 42 to 42�.',c. Barley -No. 2, 66 to 67c • Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 53c; ?b..ckw1•eat., 57 to 58c. Flour --Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, *5.70; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.20; Win - tet wheat patents, $550; Manitoba strong bakers, $3; straight rollers, $5 to 85.25; straight rollers, in bags *2.35 to 82.50. Feed -Ontario bran *21 to 822; Ontario middlings, $23.- 59 to $21; Manitoba bran, $21; Manitoba shorts, $23 to *21; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; nixed mouille, $24 to *27. Cheese - Western, 1I% to 11%c and eastern 11!/„ to 11%e. Butter -Creamery, 24'; to 25e. Eggs -Selected stock, 20to 28c; No. 1 candled 23 to 20c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Oct. 19.• -Wheat --Spring stronger; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.01; Winter, stesdy, No. 2, *141; No. 2 white, 81.21. Corn - Firm. Oats -higher ; No. 2 white, 43% to 4.1c; No. 3 white. 43'/zc ; ; No. 4 white, 42%c. Ilye-No. 2 on t reek, 79e. Chicago, Oct. 19.- Cash wheat -- No. 2 red, $1.19 to *1.20; No. 3 reel. $1.10 to $1.17; No. 2 hard, $1.10 to 81.13; Nu. 3 hard, $1.05 to i21.10; No. 1 Northern, *1.07 to $1.08; No. 2 Northern. $1.05 to $:1.00; No. 3 Spring, $1.02% to *1.. 05%. Corn -No. 2, 60 to 60%c; No. 2 white, 60% to 61c; No. 2 yellow. 60% to 60%c; No. 3. 60 to 60'ac; No. 3 white, 60%c; No. 3 yellow, 60%c ; No. 4, 59% to 60e. Oats - No. 2 white, 40%e: No. 3 white, 39 to .toe; No. 4 'whitt, 38% to 39c; standard, 40% to 40„e. LiPE STOCK NhARK EIS. Montreal, Oct. 19 -Northwest cattle sold at from 4% to 5%e per lb.; pretty good animals from 3% !o 4%c; common stock, 2 to 3c per lb.; small bulls sold at about 2c per lb.; lean old cows 1''4 to 1%c per lit.; milch cows. $30 to $60 each• C. ass•fed calves, 2% to 4' ,c per lb. ; good veals, 5 to 6c per Sheep, 3%c; lambs 5''% to 5.34c per lie Good lots of fat hogs 8% to 9c per lb. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Really choice Her Bow Driven Up on a Flat Rook in Georgian Bay. :\ despatch front Owen Sound only half a cargo, convened of gen- says: Superintendent Buchanan of eral merchandise, and had lees the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines took the powerful tug Har- rison and cleared on Thursday uf- than a dozen passengers on her list. Owing to the heavy sea it was thought unwise to attempt any as- teruoon at 3 o'clock for Flower Put sistance. It was also feared that Island, where t' e company's steam- the Athabasca if alto was pulled ott ship Athabasca, is hard aground. might sink. A conversation with Word of the mishap reached Owen a megaphone was carried on be - Sound by the C. 1'. It. steamship t'vecn the two vessels with touch Assiniboia, 'which passed the point difficulty owing to the high winds. at 6.30 on Thursday morning. Cap- The Athabasca is one of the talo Brown of the Athabasca said smaller of the company's vesaela that his vessel had gone ashore at and was built on the Clyde in 1883. 1.30 in thick weather, and that she Since the arrival of the two big was lying with her bow on a flat new liners, Assiniboia and Koowa- rock, with about four feet of '.rater tin, she has not 'been in regular in the forward hold. An effort was service. She went into conintis:dots made to get a message across to early in October for the fall trade. Toberinoray, by passing tug fur as- The point where the steamer wont sistance, but the arrival of the As- on is about two hundred yards from siniboia was the first word reeeiv- the Flower I'ot Island Lighthouse, ed. The Assiniboia stayed about the islands being located in the twenty minutes, but having no tow channel between the end of the line could not 'seeder assistance. Bruce peninsula and Manitoulin The steamer is said not to bo in a Island, and about eighty-five utiles dangerous position. She carried from this port. well -finished butcher and export cattle were very scarce, $5.50 be- ing the top price paid for a ,few extra prime, picked steers and hei- fers. The demand for good but- chers' was strong and sold freely at from 84.85 to *5. Butcher cows were rather higher. There was a good market for stockers and feed - ere of the heavy class, but the rough and light variety were draggy. As high as *70 was paid for choice milch cows. Distillery feeders, steers and bulls aro in great de- mand and the supply was on the short side. Sheep and lambs were steady, with lambs slightly easier. Calves -Steady. Hogs-Unchanccd at 87.50 f.o.b. and $7.73, fod and watered. F:ZRA THE DREAMER. Mr. Rilitops T'Itits Named by iiia 'e When Site Asks for a Itat. "Ezra," said Mrs. Billtops, "when can I have the money for a new hat?" "Well, Elizabeth," Mr. Hilitopi replied, cheerfully, "I could .'t givo it to you just now, btu 1 can let you have it next, week." "Next week!" said Mrs. Bil'.- tops, echoing the words, but giv- ing them a somewhat diffe • o t twist, saying them not hitter) nor s trcast►call , butina:ortof • , _ ing, weary tone. She continued: "Ezra, do you know that you have been saying next week to me ever since we were married, sje nod - so .many years ago" -Mrs. hill- tops mentioned the number, bat it isn't necessary to go into alt those minor details here --"and that next week has never comet You were going to get me hoses and a carriage; yes, sir, 1 wa, gt• ing to have a carriage sure, Int a fine house and beautiful clothes. You %vete going to make me heaps. you slid, and give Inc eservehiog s "I haven't given you all those things that I was going to gi•'e you, that I wanted to give you anti that, I surely expected 1 would be able to .give you, that is true; but you see things didn't turn out a{- actly as 1 expected they would. "1 didn't earn as much as I cx• peeted to, for one thing ; and the a, with all your economy, my dear, it always cost us more to live than we bad expected ; and then the chil- dren came; and so all the time it cost us mote; and perhaps I didn't save as I should have done, and so 1 couldn't give you many things that I would have Liked to givo. "I haven't put off getting these things because 1 wanted to, but. be- cause I had to. You know I would have giver. yea everything I prom- ised you if I could, don't you 1 And we have been very happy, haven't etc? And I am going to get you all those things yet!" "Ezra, you're a dreamer!" said Mrs. hilltops, smiling still, and looking down upon him kindly, as a natter of fact very kindly, "just a dreamer." Then Mr. Billtops got up and started for the office, thinking to 'himself that perhaps he was a dreamer, perhaps he had been too mucah of a dreamer, perhaps be had had few nightmares in life, his had been mostly pleasant dre:un' ; and then he reflectedeetinh5, , thlth u certainly must find the money for Mrs. Hilltop's new hat next week. 'WARE TH.11' OAK ! • Everyone k,iows that, when caught in a thunderstorm, it is dangerous to stand tinder a lonely tree; but that, no matter what their height, some trees are mach more dangerous than others is just what evervbody does not know. The oak. for instance. though ex- cellent in many ways. is no friend of venue when lightni•ag is around. that heart could wish. IThe beech is better. Oak -trees "Where, Ezra," Mrs. Bit:t"pe contain more oil than beech.,treess we:at on, smiling herself now as see !and are, in consequent", much recalled the catalogue of lux'hries' more inflammable. Avnt.1 ehh- which when they were mar, •d : trees. Elms are s9eciallt• stticep- tilde to the efiec`.s of lightning, readily collecting the electricity end altrac•li ig the spark. But the important thi ig to remember is that. though etcry solitary tree af- fords a dangerous shelter front lightning. a wood is perfectly eafe, ti you only avoid a part where any tree towers above the rest. [rave Ezra was going to give her. but which he had never g'vet,. "where are those things that 1 uat.: so surely going to have? Hat e 1 horses and a carriage? A fine house? Beautiful clothes? Hate I any of thn splendid things pit. promised isle, that you were sestet' going to get. me "Has it nut alwaYs been nes:l week, next week, that these tio.egs w ere going to come, but linte :hes et er Nene? And again Mrs. Bel tops smiled down 111x,11 him as s! thought to herself; ''horses? (ar riagcs 1 A fine house? Beaatilul .1 d,• patch from Philadelphia (14101051 Why, I'm having a 4s,1 says : Nineteen deaths from base - time getting money enough t' ball have been reported from vari- a new hat!" ous parts of the country during the "Well, Elizabeth." said Mr season which just closed. The list Hilltops, at:d he was smiling t . t,f injuries runs into the hundreds. .\1.1. 1'1ss. RI. 11) TIIie. Nineteen ((cauls Froin Baseball in the 1 uit,'d states. 4 4 c THC YJELD IN THE WEST 1 Expert Says It Will Not Fall Short of 122,000,000 Busliela. . despatch front Winnipeg says: the acre." he said 'S:us.katcl,c'w^r4 Groin Agent .\cheson of the C. P. at seventeen. nh:el Alberta at ttr"n- 11. returned on Thursday, after a t' 1na�he14 to the acre•. Art tut! re- p, eta chow that in Ma nitoba u e•,mplete tour of the west. He as it running f•,m >C1enteen to toe (- studying the grain situation, and ty-five bushel+ to the acre 011 an reports himself delighted with the average : in the tit inity ..f li••� o yield, which. h•' says, is running Jaw, 5 to 80 bushel'. 1•, the acre; far beyond all early estimate . Ne around Swift ('urreet t!u' aarur; is convinced that the total wheat nut through Alberta, from 37 to :!!t crop will run close to 121,0)0,00( bushels to the acre. in one pisco, bushels, which, at current prier`, Pincher ('reek, !cheat is running 19 would mean a cash return to farm- bushels to the acre.'' erg of nearly as many million dol- 1fe had not re: ei'ed a �ittgte lava. complaint of it car shortage this '•1\'e estimated the yield of wheat fall. There had not !wen a ha•:t •,f in Ma,tit.'l'a at fifteen bushels to a b1„t kn'l" ani wti;:re 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1