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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-08-20, Page 7BOBS PLEASED WITH MILITIA Complimentary Opinion to King Edward Regarding Review. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Militia Department here has ►cceived the following, which was sent by Earl Grey to the Colonial -Office and given out for publication in England : "Following for his Majesty the King. 'Have the honor to forward to your 'Majesty the fol- lowing opinion fr,,m Lord Roberts ith regard to the review at Quc- I,c:c :---The review this ,morning was to great success. The troops looked well and 1 was much impressed with the precision, order and or- ganization generally; there were about 12,000 men under arms and there was no hitch anywhere. ('an- ac!a appears to me to be dealing adequately with the problems af- fecting her militia, and with care and improved organization to be building up a very useful force.' „ BIG CUSTOMS SUIT. -Department is Demanding $2:10,000 From C. P. It. A despatch from Montreal says: The Customs Department of Can- ada has entered an action in the Exchequer Court against the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Co. to recov- er $200,000, out of which it is claimed the railway defrauded the cr.untry by means of fraudulent en- tries, under -valuation, ctc. It is stated that the alleged frauds were committed during the period in which a C. P. R. Customs clerk committed extensive frauds and for • which he is now serving a long sen- tence. In one instance it is alleg- ed that bridge material to the value of $37,000 was entered as scrap • iron. IHEIR TO MILLIONS -Son of George J. Gould to Work in Mines. A despatch from Mexico City saes : Kingdon Gould, son of George J. Gould. an heir to mil- lions, will work in the mines of Guanajuato for the next month as Another International Complication a common miner, fathering the is Threatened. practical rudiments of mining and A despatch from London says: learning to set his blast so as to Another cloud has arisen between get the most out of a charge Of ex- China and Japan, according to a plosive. All his work will be done under the instruction and super- vision of Prof. Kemp, Instructor of Geology, of C'olemb11s University, where young Gould has been study- ing alining engineering for the past two years. He worked his first rt,ift on Wednesday. COAL FIND IN NO1•.% SCOTIA. The North Atlantic Company MEETINGS FOR FARMERS. To he Held From November 30 to 31 arch 31. A despatch from Toronto says: The Farmers' Institute branch of the Ontario Agricultural Depart- tnent announces that meetings will be held at suitable dates between Nov. 30 and March 31st next. Meetings will be arranged for De- cember in sections where the roads will likely be bad during January and February. It is further an- nounced that each district will be covered twice in the season. Pro- visional lists will be sent out to the officers of the agricultural socie- ties in the several localities, and lits will bo kept in the depart- ment's teat at the Fall Fairs. It is the intention to hold again this year special fruit institutes and to extend this part of the work. A conference of institute workers and officers will he held in Toronto dur- ing the Exhibition. CHINESE SEIZF: JAI' SHIP. Strikes Well -Known Seam. A despatch from Halifax says : A fine strike of coal has been Ileac:e at the north shore of Cow Bay, C. B., near the old Blockhouse ship- ping pier. The North Atlantic Col- lieries, Limited, on Tuesday struek t he well-known Blockhouse seam at about the depth of 123 feet. The sear, was found to be nine feet nine inches thick. This serarn is owned exclusively by the Dominion Coal Company and North Atlantic Col- lieries, Limited. The latter sort- ' }•any is about entering into an ar- rangement with the former to sink shafts on the i)ominion Coal C'oni- many areas, exercising its right to • mine the seam underlying the areas cit both companies. 1•:xI'I:RTS TO DESIGN BRI11(:E, Government Takes No Chances With quebee Structure. A despatch from Ottawa says : It has been decided that the rebuild- ing of the Quebec bridge will be un- dertaken under the direct supervis- ion of the Government. In order to guard against any errors in cal- culation in the stress weight, such as led to the downfall of the ori- ginal structure, the plans cif the new bridge will be carefully pre- pared by a Soars! of three of the test bridge engineers that can be found in l?urc►pc' or America. BI(: GUN EXPLODED. special despatch received here from Hong Kong, owing to the seizure at ('hire -Hou by the Chinese au- thorities of a steamer having on hoard 10,000 rifles and 2,000,000 cartridges. Japanese merchants. have protested, claiming that this cargo belongs to them, and threat- en to make another international question of the incident. The sei- zure is sirnilar to that of the Tatsu Maru BOLD BOY BURGLARS. Young Ottawa Lads :Accused of Serious Crime. A despatch from Ottawa says: The youngest burglars ever arrest- ed in Canada were caught here on Wednesday by Detective O'Meara. Three lads, whose ages run between eight and ten, have been arrested fo r a series of burglaries, having lir ken into offices and stores along publie streets by means of rear windows and gratings. The boys broken into offices and stores along took away money and postage stamps. RI('II t;OLI) DISTRICT. Prospector in Port Arthur Reports Finds at Sturgeon Lake. A despatch from Port ?lrthnr says : N. M. Bell, who is in the city from the Sturgeon Lake district, reports the finding of a quartz vein 35 feet wide. He traced over three claims, showing free gold on two. He says if the mineral values of the Sturgeon Lake district were appar- ent anywhere in the United States it would he one of the most active tuiu'ng camps on the continent. S11(1T ON1, 1V'Ot'NDF:D ONE. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER 'I'IiE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. A six hundred -pound tuna was captured oft the Cape Breton coast. Canada's water -borne traffic dur- ing navigation in 1907 totalled 20,- 543,693 tons. Fines aggregating $910 were iIu- pcosed at Hamilton fur breaches of PERSONt, P.1It.1l;R.tl'II`I. 111E WORLD'S MARKETS Interesting Gossip About int g 1 It .orae of the N'urld's Prcwineet People. Lord \1'olseley makes no secret of the fact that he is extremely super- stitious—indeed, he ones, owned, ira a letter to the members of the Thirteen Club, that while in Ire- land he had worn out several slat brims through saluting single ulag- j-ies, and that he would not ''on any account" walk under a lad- der. Ho also believes in ghosts, and can tell some exceedingly strange stories of regimental spec- tres. Prince Ernst, son of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, is not only an enthusiastic artist, but he has started a school for students in the liquor license la(►'. Mellinger, where he has his studio, Mr. It. U. Macpherson, M.P. for and devotes the whole of the money Vancouver, has been appointees Which he receives for his own paint - Postmaster of that city. ings to the upkeep of that school. This is the best year in the his- One of the Prince's latest pictures tory of the Niagara Peninsula for is a magnificent fresco for the L'ni- gardens and orchards. versity of Jena, representing the The capital expenditure on the Elector John Frederick on horse - canals of Canada to March, 1907, back. The Prince is one of the ,aggregated 891,731,718. simplest of men, a thorough Rohe - Mrs. Wm. Dunn of Killarney at- 'pian, with a liking fur visiting the tempted to give her baby dry sol- artist colonies of Rome and Paris, phur for throat trouble and snioth- here he is welt known, ci ed it. Like most autocrats, Sultan Heat and drouth of July have re- the stilted in reducing the estimate of of Turkey goes about in hourly fear western crops, but the prospect iof assassinationand it is on this s , still considered to be good. account that he win never sleep in The British Columbia Irrigation the dark. His constant' dread of Commission is asking the Govern- i death has made hint a preto in - Commission to take drastic measures to sc,titinia, and he does not often sleep protect the forests from tiro. for more than three or four hours A Dominion Government survey at a time. It is said to cost ltinl party of one hundred Hien has start - bedroom $1,000 a night to have his ed to locate a route for the new bedroom guarded, for the attend - railway to Hudson's Bay, assts entrusted with this important The G. T. P. will have access to mission are all tried retainers who the water front at Prince Ito err receive princely salaries for their ublic work. Many are the rules adopted but space is reserved for p wharves and other utilities. by the Sultan to escape from would be assassins. In one of the ante- chambers leading to his private apartments is placed a life-sized figure of His Majesty, for the pur- pose of misleading any prowling re- volutionary who might happen to penetrate thus far. GREAT BRITAIN. King Edward and Queen Alexan- dra will pay a state visit to the Kai- ser at Berlin early next year. The British Government has re- fused to interfere to have conces- sions cancelled by Venezuela re - restored to British cenipaniea. It is stated that, beginning in March next, the Cunard steamers will cut out caling at Queenstown, and will run to Plymouth and Cher- bourg. UNITED STATES. Eight persons were killed in a boiler explosion at York, I'a., on Monday. A hail storm (lid heavy damage to wheat in forty mile strip in South Dakota. Shipments of ore from Superior are 10,000,000 tons short of the samo period in 1907. Waiters at St. Lawrence River re- sorts complain that tourists this year are not tipping as generously as formerly. Two persons are. dead and two seriously ill at B.►r;hester from eat- ing toadstools, which they mistook foi mushrooms. The engineer of the 0. T. R. east- bound flyer fell from his cal, near 1rattle Creek, Mich., and the train ran fors milds untended, A Los Angeles man, driven instltne hs religious mania. murdered his Fon and daughter with an axe, and then cut his even throat. In Springfield, Ill., the lives of several persons have been gndan• eerecl as the result of bites by a horse afflicted with rabies. GENERAL. The Turkish Anlhassado rs at Paris and St. Petersburg have been dismissed. During the month of July four- teen mountain climbers were kill- ed in the Alps. Portuguese revolutionists are im- pelling secretly large quantities of arms and ammunition. Two Pittshurgers, arrested in Mexico on a charge of theft. were tortured by the Mexican police. Nine persons were killed in a Nix Killed and Many injured on railway collision between Flens- French Ship. Icelander at Vernon. A. ('., ('om. burg and Kiel, Germany, on Mon - A despatch from Toulon says: milted Murder. day. Rix persons were killed and is in - through sailors lest thrir rives uteri in athrough an error in the transmis- jgun explosion on the tion of an order on the German school ship (ourunne on ll'edne` warship Undine. day elf Les Satins d'Hyres. The I The great People's Opera House accident occurred while a number Andersen. fin erlin, where high-grade ro of recruits were engaged in hand- :killed J. R. Leighton arid wounded vn ling .•a lite millimetre gun. the ; .I. 1l. I3r•own, at Verner, 11. 0., in (du Arlin, are to he given at low hreaeh of which blew out. Three the morning following a dispute of I prices, will cost *1.000.OM). p i to at remarkable flight at Lemons. of those w„(,11,1.•,1 are 111 a critical fectiaig an irrigating ditch. Ander -i nditiun. ,son was arrested. 11 ilhnr Wright attained an altitude er ninety feet with his aeroplane, and remained almost seven min- utes in the air. A despatch from Vancouver, B. ('.. says: Superintendent Hussey, Of the provincial police, received were on Friday afternoon that Jog. : nt ersen. an Icelander, Shot and •w. THE PROVISIONS OF A WILL Leaves $4,000,000and Forbids Heir to Countenance Liqii or `I'raffic de,l,:atc}l from London ways tic•.►r operate to Colonel Iiicharol 1'ilkir,a;ten' the r •e11.- and nlateri t11' pr ;lily of largest t'rllpleser a hiker in Lan- l of the remmurllty and cashire, in his will disposing of ties ought to be curt four nlillioon dollars makes some re- The will forbids 1, I maarkai Ir pr. � salons to► prevent the 0► rcrlt a!1t• l►dlrt :a the udicc large rm hose -- -- 4 --- - Many princesses and other iadies ci the Royal houses of Europe v.ould be capable of earning good incomes as skilled avorkt'rs were they suddenly deprived of their rank and wealth. Princess Her- mitic, of Reuss, for instance, is a skilled watchmaker, and has f re- 13 quently shown her work at various and $1.10 to 1 2.10 for hand-picked. Gorman exhibitions. Then again, Potatoes—\S liolesate prices are REPORTS FROM THE LEADING 'TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Horne and Abroad. • ONTARIO IS OVERBURDENED Insane and Criminals Cost the Province an Enormous Sum. A despatch from Toronto says : longed to families in which there BitEAl)b'1`Ul'1'S• C)wing to the fact that Ontario is( were one or more insane members, Aug.contrileitin ► inthrs, T,lr�►llte 1'3—Orltaal'1�1 Wheat R annually an f,Ilerlll(,ua � and of course they Stell found their —Old or new, No. 2 white and red, suns of money, entirely out of pro- way Situ the hospitals or asylums 81; jc to 85c ; Nu. 2 mixed, sic to portion to the percentage of fer- here. 8-t 1, •. c-agn-born residents, for the main- The exact figures for the year Manitoba l�'heltt—Quotations at tenanco of criminal, insane and de- 14,07, which ha , e just been issued Georgian Bay ports, No. 1 north_ T'emdent persons of foreign birth, show that there were 1,517 ► ern, $1.151,/.,, No. 2 northern, x+1.13; it is likely that the , 1 .patients I roti•inc•iai (..uv- in hospitals for the insane, who cost No. 3 northern, $1.12. ei ntment will protest to the Do- the Province for their ket Oats -Ontario, new, 39c to .tic minion Government against the tat- 550; 4,313 prise t• ,p cost ter's system of inspection o i n rs in the jailsschat outside; old, nominal, at 4-tc to •1uc l cctiun at the gt,l,a:3s.•l3 ; and �►�}) prisoners in the outside; Manitoba, No. 2 scarce, pc.rts of landing. Mr. Samuel A. Central Prison cost *25,425.80. Th© 48c to 48j,c lake ports; No. 3, ase Arntstrong, Inspector of Asylums, total cost of Maintenance of tl►e to 46%e; rejects, 45e to 45'0c. Prisons and Public Charities, fol- mentally afflicted min - Barley Old, No. 2, 58c to Goy 1 ' g g and the .31cr5.3, •--- twirl his investigation into the al classes was thus outside; No. 3 X, 56e to 57c, out- matter, states that many cases of more than two-thirds of$which Jwas side; new, 53c to 56e. foreign -born of the most defective incurred en account of the first stye --New, 65e to 70e bid outside; t3 pe have been allowed to enter the class, constituting about one-fourth old, no st.ocke. Dominion, who had been in asv- of the number of persons alto- Corn—Nominal at 86c to 803 c litrns in their own country or be- gether. Toronto freights for No. 2 yellow, and 84c to 8-1%c fur kiln -dried. Bran—$1t3 to $18 per ton in bulk outside; in hags, $2 lnere. ,Shorts ---$20 to $21 per ton in bulk outside ; in bags, $2 in•'re. Flour—Manitoba, first. patents, $6 ; seconds, $5.•10 ; strong bakers', ,5.30; Ontario winter wheat pat- ents, $3.30 to $3.35. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter -- The local market is steady. Local wholesale prices are:— Creamery, prints .. ..... 23c to 26c do solids 23c to 24c Dairy prints, choice 23c to 24c do ordinary .... .. .. 2Ic to 22c Dairy, tubs 21c to 22e Inferior 17e to 18e Eggs -Quotations are 20c to 22c per dozen in case lots. Cheese—Firm at 12;;e to 13c for large and 13c to 13!�,e for twins. Jiniltry--Spring chickens, live v�eight, 13c to 15c; fowl, 10c to l lc ; ducks, 10c to 11c ; dressed, 2c high- er. Honey- Strained is selling at rbout 10c per pound. Beans ---$2 to $`2.11) for primes, a well-known Stuttgart company have taken up and patented more than one of the inventions of the 85c to $1 in fanners' waggons. PROVISIONS. Duchess Philip of Wurtemhcrg, who Pork --Short cut, *23.50 per bar - has the curious hobby of making rel ; ,mess, $19 to *19.50. special surgical bandages, elastic Lard Tierces, 12c ; tubs, 12%c ; stockings, and supports. Perhaps pails, 12';_e. tho most curious Royal hubby of all Smoked and Dry Salted Meats— however, is that of the Archduchess Freidrich of Austria, who makes beautifully -scented wax candles, which elle moulds and prepares with her own fingers. Long char bacon, 111 c to 111'c • Cons and cases, hams, medium and light, 14.'c to tsc ; !lams, large, 12;'.;c to 13c ; backs, 1754c to lMc ; shoulders, 10e to 11c; rolls, 10',:e THE POWER LINE CONTRACT Agreement Signed for Entire Work at Bulk Sum of X1,270,000, A despatch from Toronto says: The tender of the F. 11. McGuigan Construction Company for the erec- tion of the great electrical power transmission line for the people of Ontario was accepted on Friday ('t ening by the Ifs dro-eleotric Pow- er Commission. The total price is $1,270,000. When completed the line will he 293 miles in length. The agreement was <;igned by Mr. F. H. McGuigan, representing the com- pany, and also by the commission- er. Total mileage, 293. Territory covered, from Niagara Falls to St. Thomas on the west and Toronto on the east. ('entract price, $1,- 276,000. Successful tenderers, the McGuigan Construction Co. Work to be completed Dec. 1, 1909. Alu- minum cables to be manufactured i'i Quebec. Steel towers to be man- ufactured in Ontario. The cost is 8.250,000 less than the commission's est'nlates furnished the municipali- ties. The contractor is also bound to build additional lines if directed 1•y the commission on or before Feb. 4, 1909, up to double the mile- age already contracted for, at the same price, so as to permit extcu- sinns to other municipalities. $2.50 to $3 per cwt. Calves were firmer. Prices were 3 to 6c per round. Geed milch cows, $-10 to *60 each. Ewes, $4 to $4.25; bucks, *3 to $3.25; lambs, $5.50 to 811.25 per cwt. Hogs were unchanged. Selects were quoted at *6.65 per cwt., fed and watered, and lights and fats were worth $6.-10 per cwt. CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS. Where Every Cuss 1V'ord Costs a Penny. The most curious collection of to 11c; breakfast bacon, I5c /to :1 curious eastern prevails at an boots, shoes, and slippers is stated 15;(,c; gre,'n meat:, out of pickle, I;din1►urgh hotel. Whenever a Gus to bo in the possession of an Eng- lc less than sin„ked. tomer is heard to swear he is re- BUSINESS c lishntan, Air. Roach Smith. lie- —_- quired to place a penny in a box BUSIN !•:SS AT MONTRE.1L. en the bar counter. It is not a Aug. 18.--Grain—The matter for surprise that• the land- Montreal,nlnrkc:t for oats is firm under a 1'►rd hears much less bad lanRu- stcady denlantl. Manitoba No. '2 age than some of his fellow wadi- steady in the capital of Scotland, white, 4�3e ; No. 3, 47c; rejected, eaS•s London Tit -Bits. 46c per bushel, in car lots ex store. The following is a quaint idea Fleur—Choice Spring wheat pat- for providing funds for picnics and tints, $6.10; seconds, $5.5o; Winter social evenings. It is carried on wheat stents $' straight }1 ' with much success at an Ashto►n- (.r-Mersey inn. A ''knocking club” is connected with the inn, and when a customer calls for refreshment lie is expected to knock on the table or counter before drinking. If he fails to do this he is fitted sure pen- ny. Any one who wrongfully ac - crises another of breaking this unique rule is also fined. The money thus obtained provides funds for many enjoyable outings and plea- sant evenings during the course of the year. At another hotel, known as the Old Hundred, customers are allow- ed only one drink. If one is not sufl'tcient to quench their thirst they are obliged to go nut of the hotel and take a walk before they are al- lowed to have another. Till recently the proprietor of an :1d time hotel in Warwickshire used to invite all his customers to ac- company him and his wife to the service at the parish church en Sun- day mornings, whirl' was situated on the opposite side of the road, t he house being closed while they were away. On returning each eris- toiner was invited to partake of re- freshments offered by they hospi- sides specimens of every successty e age, beginning with the boots of a bishop in 721 A.1►., he has .several t ► which an historic or romantic interest is attaclied—e. g., the shoes of most of the beauties of Charles I1.'5 Court, including the Duchess of Cleveland, the Countess of 1liuskerry, and la -belle Hamilton (afterwards ('unites$;e de (;rani- (4.30 to 8,1.50; do., in bags, 8rollers, .90 to $2.1i); extras, .1.51) to $1.75. Feed --:Manitoba bran. $22 to *23 ; shorts $25; Ontario bran, *20 to $.20.50 ; middlings, *24 to $25; shorts, $21.- 51 to $25 per ton, inelud;ng hags; pure grain [nonlife, $30 to $32; milled grades, 825 to $•28 per ton. Provisions—Barrels short cut mess, *22.50; half -Barrels do., 81.50: Tho news that a son of Prince clear fat backs, $2.`3 ; dry salt long clear hacks, 1 le ; barrels plate beef, Hohenlohe, ex -Chancellor of the «+17.50; half -barrels de., $9 ; com- pound lard, tl% to 0%c; pure lard, 12'1 to 13c; kettle rendered, 13 to 13',yc ; hams, 12', to 11c; breakfast Lacon, 11 to 15e; 1Vindsor bacon, 15 to I6e; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10; live, $7 to $7.- 121%. 7 . - 121%. Eggs ---No. 1, 19 to 20e; se- lects, 24c per dozen. Butter — 2 t''-90 in jobbing lots. ('II ','se — W�'estern, 12 to 121,• c ; eastern, 12 to --- UNITED STATES MARKETS. ltuffale, Aug. 18 - Wheat - Spring unsettled; No. 1 Northern, carp►ads store, $1.20'`; ; Winter easier ; No. ily frequently visit, her. Prince j 2 red, O�3c ; No. 3 extra red. 93c ;• Maxi►nilian, a brother of the pre- No. 2 white, 97'.,c. Cern --Steady. sent King of Saxony, as is w(11IOats--Lower; No. 2 white, 52e; No. known, after having exercised hisi;; white, 51e.; No. 4 white, 50'. apost.olate in the East end of Lon I M lili'apolis, ;lug. is «'li,•,at clan, is now teaching canon law and 111) 1 hard, :?1.24 to 41.1;,; No. 1 liturgy to young clerics in the Uni- � Northern, 81.22 to $1.•2;3; `'o. 2 versity of Freiburg. Prince Ferdi- Northern, $0111.11:2; to• $11.20; No. 3. nand of Croy, who was a domestic Northern, to x1.1.', ; Sept., W prelate to Leo XIII., is now a par- i 151.00‘,,;; Dec., 98%e. Flour - Frist ish priest of Mores, while Princess patents, $0.15 to $0.25; second pat- Henriette of Liechtenstein lives in ents, 86 to $6.15; .1rst clears, 4.:35 a Benedictine convent near Prague, to $4.•15; second clears, *3 50 t•► taunt), with those of Miss Jennings and fits Stewart (the original of the Britannia on the guinea), sto- len, according to the labels, by Ro- choster and Killigrew. There is an entire compartment devoted to memo of the shoes crowned by the Societe des Petits Pieds, over which the member with the smallest foot Presided till she was displaced. German Empire, haying taken or- ders as a priest, has been nominat- ed rector of a parish in Transyl- vania, draws attention to the fact that a number of members of prin- ce ly or reigning families have re- nounced the world in order to fol- low a religious voeatiun. The wi- dow of the Duke of Braganza, who was compelled to abdicate the throne of Portugal, entered the $etomes Community after his death and now, with a younger sister, spends her days in peaceful retire- ment in a convent in the Isle of 1% ight, where King Edward and ether members of the Royal Fanl- .1 S F' 1 EN 1S Ii TTE M PT. Unknown Party Try to Wreek F:x. c'lirslen Party, :1 desr►at Tt. was 1 that a fiend i.t some a es eh rn fro err lti 'i Wipe rldaay tempt ► cr (suite a number of aristocratic Eng - CATTLE ladies of title who have taken t'.1TT1.1'. M.111hLT. a the veil. 'Fw•o sisvers of the late Toronto, Aug. 13.—The highest r lea, Lord Russell of Killowen are in the rice paid for e P `' Convent Ofp 1 sport cattle wrl� the Hely Child at May- $5 25. The range was $5 to *5.25 field, and one of Lord .lshbourne's' . 'a o e daughters 1 r aught r i also a member c r ►f the chord citizens on beard. Rifled five sante community. Lady I:tllelredaa 111 to t1 Say morning a ode 5 h et t w link In mer- , le wreck n lI rain l.o`e, running frnnl Winnipeg Bench on feeisi- Tuesdaa• evening with several hun- ilcd.” heirs to sell the estates to (' as yet nuwn, x017 rS ion miles nit. i rail was lifters And re- Howard is head of the Mill !Till "f moved frodn fire track, but the riaan- sale of ►ntexlcattng lt,luera on his Its hod\ for the purpose of dig en- ("tivrnt., while Lady Maria Chris- . The testator sates: P Ro r vas (1150�1ererl before the hen tina i siulini, Lord \euhuruh'lt sing int �xi,ating liquors. The will t i1v io losers frai�s rain into it. Su- i -AI:: expericti a a1co,1lir •,1 n•a 11 ; i'r ciao, i:lg 11;•lespread comment, as spici•on, of traeouin r► is di ' c daughter, and Lady }.eopolcl l�ep- ierge employer of latter and n meg ' :t s!'., s thr spr.'ad of the tens ►,^r-' directed to- t poi. a sister of Lord Aibermarte, 1 tract have convinced me that Coe' ' ;,,, 4 r T wards . i rike svnipnthi;-et.s, but are 1iivinlo,•rs of the Saer, Coeur. spirit anion the land -owners Fresent fa'-ilities for the sale et l:- ' o i Fie!: ora. then, is rel,vol,:tely no evil►' nee to frv.o•• than f,o it aunts of the connect atn1hody with it. table landlord free of charge. Visitors to a eortain hotel in Ab- erdeenshire who wear brown hoots must remember to keep them in thgir room overnight. Otherwise the bouts will be Slacked, regard- less of the original color of tho satire. In one of the rooms of a 1)ulnfries public house is an old armchair which is said to have been frequently used by the poet Burns. All who sit in this chair are expect - e c; to treat every one who is in the room at the time. and often the ini- nlurtal memory of the famous Scot- tish national poet is drunk. A small hotel in \%'alt's until quite recently was used by the Catholics as a place of worship on Sundays, And police court proceedings were held on the premises during the week. TO GO ON THE X1.1iti{F:'['. Prince Rupert Toatnsile Will be Sold in September. A despatch from Montreal says: The management of the (:rand Trunk Pacific Railway announce that the tewnsite of Prince Rupert sc ill be placed on the market in September. The arrangements re- garding details are in the hands of General Manager Morse, who is in the west. This announcement fol- lows one that the company have been successful in arranging the differences with the British Colum- bia Gevernnent over the wator- frent sites. its MORE BOMBS IN CALCUTTA. ,Another .Attempt to Wreck Railway Train l'rer-entc'd. A despatch from Calcutta say": Another attempt to wreck a train with a botub has failed. Coolies cleaning brush from an ernbank- nl( rlt outside the C'handernagere station, accidentally exploded two bombs. It is believed that it was intended to use them to destroy the train carrying Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant-(;overner of bengal. ARVESTEM LOOT HOTEL Hooligans on Excursion Train Stalled at Chalk River, :l despatch from North 11ay says: Two excur'i ,n trains of harvesters from th•' Maritime Province., were stalled in Chalk River fur an hour for good ari(1 *•1.50 to *5 per cut. on 1-riofav, in consequence of a for light and medium. T'ic'ked slight freight wreck ahead. During butchers' cattle, $4.75 to *5 ; good loads, $1.54) to $4.85; medium 1.41115, 8:1 75 to t1.75; comnon, $2.54) to 83.50: choice cows, $3.70 to 81 .10; their stay in ('Balk River the hetet ens looted, the preprieter carried eut.aide, and over one thousand cl►►I- Tarsworth of liquors and cigars ecentnen cew•s, $2.50 to *3.50; hulls, r a►rried oft on the ex'-iirsien train. 82 to *1.20; canners, 81 to 82 per Even e laaed, d cwt. Prices of geed stockers raroat- '1 fair itho,a(1cer,flar herrw,s triranslegsck, stt►1an('n. ed from $3 to $3.75 per cwt For On the trains riotous scenes ensued ' s of Norfolk 3.•o' in convents. light stockers the prices were from uat.'r tanks were emptied and fill - ell with beer. Fighting became gen- renal, and one than 111111 his nose Split and sustained other injuries. One is,l11eman 1s with each train, but: no attention i4 parte hies. At Mackie's ,Station the traveling hoodlums (unused themselves by t�reckin) the furniture in the sta- tion agent's house, enol otherwise misbehaving. At North Tray tho police force and a number of rill - ?.(.118 were prepared, and the first sign of disorder resulted in arrests, 7' 1►ic11 put a damper on the hooli- ganism.