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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-12-10, Page 71� t t 1 1 FATAL WRECK AT PEMBROKE Engineer Rowe, of Ottawa, Killed in Head- on Collision on C. P. R. A despatch from Pembroke, says: sprained ankle and minor bruises. Another fatal wreck took place aneRowe was pinned between the c+i- gine and tender. Death was in - and shalt mile:: east of bore on stantaneous. His head and shoul- mThurPday morning. A light engine dere were above the wreckage, but from Smith's Falls collided with the were scorched. His lower limbs C.P.R. local leaving here at 7.50, were also burned and scald - CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL o`l:lt THE GLo1:E. Telegraphic Briefs Cron Our Own and Other ('ouatries of ll,ecnt Events. CANADA. Marine insurance on the lakes has been extended to December 12. The police census of West To- ronto s:liows a population of 13,503. Wholesale grocers report im- and as a result Fred Rowe, of Ot ed. Fireman Patton, of the Lght provernent in business and an en - taw -a, engineer in charge of the engine, was going to jump when he couragiug outlook. local, was instantly killed, and R. was hurled out of the window and A conductor and an engineer were. down tho bank, sustaining a num- dismissed by the C.P.R., following an inquiry into the Bethany v. reek. Local option by-laws are to bo submitted in Woodstock and Brant- ford, and St. Catharines ratepay- ers will vote on license reduction. Crawford, Ottawa, fireman; Mail Clerk Purcell, Engineer Nagle, Smith's Falls, and W. C. Both, baggageman, suffered slight injur- ies. The bs).,gage car of the pas- songAr train was badly damaged, but none of the passengers were hurt. Both train end engine were travolling at high speed and met on a curve. Both engines were badly wrecked. The engines were almost on each other before the danger was noticed. Engineer Rowe reversed immediately, ant in doing so warned Fireman Crawford, who jumped, and escaped with a ber of bruises. Engineer Nagle got caught at the tender by the coal, which was piled on him. He was quickly released by the men pas- sengers and was able to walk to the station, as he had only a num- ber of bruises and his log scalded. The light engine should have stopped at Granges Station, about ten miles east of hero. Instead an effort was made to reach Pembroke and the fatal collision was the re- sult. The engineer's watch had stopped, which misled him as to the time he had to make Pembroke ('LASED FOR A MONTH. Sa:al Ste. Marie Steel Plant Fin- ishes Its Contracts. A despatch from Sault Ste Marie, says: Tho steel plant of the Lake Superior Corporation closed down on Wednesday morning at 6, ac- cording to the statement of General Manager Franz, from lack of ord- ers. dto:',ing for the, last order of the Transcontinental Railway was finished on Wednesday morning. Tho management announces that the plant will re -open on January 1. The blast. furnaces and other industries will continue 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. CHARRED BONES FOUND. Thought to Be Remains of Woman Who Disappeared Years Ago. A despatch from Brockville, says: Crown Attorney Brown was com- municated with on Wednesday by the reeve of the Township of Augusta as to the advisability of holding an inquest on a charred skeleton found in the woods by James Vout, near Algonquin. Many years ago Mrs. C. Bolton, an eld- erly resident of North Augusta, mysteriously disappeared from her hone, and, though diligent search was made, no trace of her could be found. The story goes that she was last seen in the vicinity of Vout's woods, which she is suppos- ed to have entered and died from exhaustion, having then travelled many milds. The portions of the (skeleton found have been accepted by relatives as those of Mrs. Bolton, and they were buried on Wednes- day ednes-day in the family plot at North Augusta. MONTREAL SIIIPPING. Official 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 the num- ber of ocean vessels that reached port was 739, or ono less than the previous year. 'Ino tonnage, how- ever, shows a fair increase, there being 1,958,604 tous, compared with 1,924,475 last season, giving an in- crease of 34,129 tons. The number of vessels arriving this year is the smallest for many years, 1906, with 737, being the previous best. The total has not been so small since 1903. It is also remarked that no sailing vessels of the sea -going type have come to Montreal, while in 1908 the tonnage of that class was 11,304. The total revenue of the season from all sources amounted to $333,123, as against $330,256 a year ago, an increase of $2,668. The totals on imports show a fall- ing off. The amount was $198,500, as compared with $218,000 a year rgo. A gain is reported in exports, the figures being $90,500, against $74,500. TILE SELKIRK SETTLERS. - FIRST (:01.1) COINAGE. New Mint at Ottawa Will Stert on Larder Lake Gold. A despatch form Ottawa, says: The first Canadian gold to bo coin- ed at the Mint here will be from a hail dozen small gold bricks, ag- t;,•,.•{,ging 70 ounces, brought to the Mini. en Wednesday from the Dr. Reddiele Larder lake gold mines. There being no Canadian gold coins authorised at present, the gold will be made into English sovereigns. Permission to mint these was grant- ed to the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint lest year. STATE SECRETS STOLEN ilE:TIRE I) RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT BECOMES AN EASY \IMAM. Had kept a Diary for Quarter et Century, Containing Many important Details. Secret documents dealing with Russia's policy in the Balkan pen- insula have been stolen from a retired Russian diplomat by a clev- er ruse. Tho victim, whose name is care- fully concealed, was for ninny years in the Russian diplomatic service, and was stationed in different Bal- kau capitals, whore ho took a prom- inent part in many of the (nest ex- citing events in Balkan politics of the last quarter of a century. During the period of his official ac- tivity ho kept a detailed diary, re - The Quebec L'censed Victuallers cording all his oxpettence g •s and re is - are strengthening their association tering many diplomatic secrets. for the struggle to retain the trade, which is in danger from the pro- hibition movement in the Province. GREAT BRITAIN. Harry Barneto, the wealthie it untitled man in England is dead. E. G. Prctyman, Conservative, was successful in the bye -election in Mid -Essex on Tuesday. The Pall Mall Gazette announces a forthcoming alliance and treaty between Great Britain and Holland. Miss Matheson, Who Was Born on Voyage Out, Still Survives. A despatch from Winnipeg says: While John MacKay, 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 Iasi party landed on the shores of Ilud- son's Bay. This pioneer of the west is Miss Matheson, aunt of the Archbishop of Rupert's Land, who was born on the voyage across the Atlantic in 1815, then n four months' trip. She is still hale and hearty, in the enjoyment of all her facul- ties, and resides near St. Andrew's, Men. EARLY IN JANUARY. Opening of Parliament Will Ta::e Place Next Month. A despatch from Ottawa, says: It is probable that Parliament will be called to meet on January 13th. The exact date for the opening of the session has not yet been fixed, but it is the Government's desire to make it as early as possible in January, and if the Auditor -Gener- al's report and other matters of detail can be got ready in time the opening of the House will not he later than the 13th, and may pos- sibly bo in the first week in Jan- uary. TIIE PIIESTBET DEPOSED Port au Prince Is In the Hands of Insurgent, Mob. A 'espatch from fort nu Prince, Hayti, says : President Nord Alexis has been deposed and Port eu Prince is in the hands of the revolutionists. The deposed Presi- dent is now „Ifo un board the I'ren.11 training ship Duguay Tr,.in, Ger• ral Antoine Simon, the leader of the insurgents, is march- ing upon the peninsula wit l an army of 5,000, and (ien'rn1 l.cgitime has been proclaimed the new Presi- dent.. At the last moment President Alexis yielded to the urging of those about him and decided to take re- fuge aboard the French warship. At 5 o'clock on Wednesday a salute of 21 guns announced his departure rture from the palace under guard of a battalion of infantry and squadron of cavalry, and as he drove down UNITED STATES. South Dakota's gold output for the last year was $7,400,000. The International Tuberculosis Exhibition is being held in the Museum of Natural History, New York City. Mrs. Caroline 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 making plants wore turning pure water in- to dangerously infected ice. Several burglaries have been car- ried out in New York City of late by the use of chloroform. There is talk in tho neighborhood of the crimes of forming a vigilance com- mittee to hunt down the robbers. Apart from this the diary placed on record many documents of surpass- ing interest. The fact that the diplomat pos- sessed all this valuable material ap- pears to have become known either to some Government which desires to learn the innermost secrets of the Russian Balkan policy, or to reap a large profit from the sale of a book dealing with these questions. GENERAL. A British squadron, under com- mand of Sir Percy Scott, is now at Rio Janerio. Thirty-five Japanese fishing boats were wrecked in a typhoon, and 350 aro reported drowned. Ismail Pasha, the former aide do camp of the Sultan of Turkey, was assinated at Stamboul. President Castro of Venezuela, who is now on his way to Europe, will not be allowed to visit Paris. Martial law has been proclaimed in Prague, owing to the rioting be- tween Czechs and Germans. Over twelve ,pillion cubic yards of material was excavated on the Panama Canal during the last year. Pu Yi, the baby Emperor of China, ascended tho throne on Tuesday. He will be known as Em- peror Hsuan Tung. The revised French tariff, to be submitted to Parliament in Jan- uary, increases the maximum rates twenty per cent. Experiments in Germany have proven that it is almost impossible for airships to escape the fire of rifles and cannon on the ground. The Chinese at Hong Kong may boycott British merchants on ac- count of the Government's strin- gent measures for the protection of the Japanese. A Dutch exploring party has dis- coverdd a strange tribe of negroes in Guiana who speak a language which is a mixture of Dutch, Eng- lish and Portuguese. TRAGEDY AT NIAGARA -ON - Fire From Pipe ignited Red and Aged Smoker Was Burned. A despatch from Niagara on -the Lake, Ont., says : The habit of smoking in bed cost William Elliott THE WORLD'S MARKETS II1:ronT3 FROM THE I.EADINt. TRADE CENTILES. ('rices of Cattle, Grr lu, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce ut Route and Abroad. I;1tEADS'1'1FFS. Toronto, Dec. 8.- Ohtario wheat -No. 2 white or red, outside, 93e. to 94c.; No. 2 mixed, 93c. to 93'/yc. No. 2 goose w heat, 900. outside. Manitoba wheat -Spot, No. 1 northern, $1.08% to $1.09; No. 2 northern, $1.1.ia% to $1.06; No. 3 northern, $1.03% to $1.04 on track, lake ports. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 39c. to 40c. outside; No. 2 mixed, 37c. to 38e. outside. Manitoba No. 2. western Canada, 43c. to 43;;,c. on track, lake ports; extra No. 1 feed, 41%c.; No. 1 feed, 41c., on track, lake ports. Barley -No. 2, 55!,c. to 5Gc. ; No. 3 extra, 54c to 55c.; No. 3, 53c. to 54c. Corn -Old, 74!/.,c. to 75e. To; ronto freights, for No. 2 or 3 yellow ; new No. 3 yellow, 70e. to 70%c., Toronto freights. Millfeed-Bran, $20 to $21 per ton in bags, outside; shorts, 822 to $23, in bags outside. Rye ---No. 2, 740. to Buckwheat -No. 2, 55e. to 56c. outside. Flour -Manitoba, first patents, $5.60, seconds, $5.30; strong bak- drs, $5.10; Ontario winter wheat patents, for export, $3.70 to $3.75, outside. DIARY AND PAPERS GONE. The ex -diplomat, who now resides on extensive estates in Poland, was, at the beginning of October, at Koenigsberg, where he made the acquaintance of a fascinating young lady, who pretended to be tho daughter of a wealthy Russian mag- nate. She stated that she was a student in Geneva. She gave the impression of being highly educated and refined. For a time she lived in the ex - diplomat's country house in Rus- sia, and afterward travelled with him to Berlin, where she disap- peared. Soon after her disappear- ance the ex -diplomat found, to his horror, that his diary and all other political documents which he pos- sessed had disappeared. He has entrusted the German firm of detectives, Gruetzmacher and Mueller, with the task of tracking the mysterious lady, who was known to him as Jutta Maximoff. The detectives offer a reward of $1,000 for any information leading to her discovery. She is described as of medium height and slender, with large black eyes, dark brown hair, and delicate complexion. She dressed with extreme elegance, and is apparently about 28 years of age. his life at nn early hour on Thurs- day morning, when his home on \ Simcoe Sgt reet was burned to the ground. Elliott was 70 years Id and was unable to escape when ire from his pipe ignited the bedd• to the wharf, seated in a carriage with the French Minister and wit -_4 the French tri -color over his shoul- ders, the crowis of armed men and women about heaped curses on the head of the aged man. When at last the landing stage was reached the mob lost all restraint and the scene became tragi:; and shameful. Infuriated women broke through the cordon of troops and shrieked the coarsest insults into the very face of the President, who strove brat ely to nppear undismayed. They tried to hurl themselves upon him and fought with heeds and feet agninst the soldisrs, who found dif ficulty in forcing them back. On, woman slid succeed in reaching h just s h was cm ark Alexis s a o 1 .1 4 t t Nord e 7 ing, and made n sweep at him aitl• a nuirderatis knife, but the blow fell short. ,. \, hen the firemen arrived the es were beyond control. About l i tarred remains of the unf,irteeet„ man were found buried beneath a pile of debris. A few feet away was the incinerated skeleton of his dog. Elliott was n veteran of the Fenian Raid, serving with No. 1 Company, 19th Regi- ment. }lis wife is at present ill in t Detroit hospital. SEVENTY WERE DROWNED. Iapan' a Steamer 0 insel Marie Foundered Off Shanntung. .1 despatch from Kobe, Japan, +ass : Word has been received here 'lint the Japanese steamer tinsel Marti foundered off \Weihaiwei on ':utember 30th. ,Seventy persons Were lest. OLD AGE AMII1TIES NOW, The Government Is Prepared to Deal With Applications. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Goverumeat of Canada is now prepared to actively begin business as issuers of old -age annuities. The final order in Council approving the i:c•tuarial rates adopted has been passed. Literature explaining the advantages of tho system as a guar- antee against penury i!1 old age and detailing its investment fea- tures has boon sent out for distri- bution by postmabtcrs throughout COUNTRY PRODUCE. Poultry -Wholesale prices are Chickens, dressed, choice, lle. to 12c. ; chickens, dressed, 9c. to 10c.; fowl, tie. to 9c.; turkeys, 12c. to 14c.; ducks, 10c. to llc.; geese, 9e. to 10e. Butter -Local wholesale quota- tions :-Creamery, choice, pound, 27c. to 29c.; dairy prints, choice, 25e. to 20e.; dairy store prints and large rolls, 22e. to 24c.; dairy, in- ferior, 20c. to 2;c. Cheese -Larges 13%c. to 13%c.; ; twins, 13%c. to 13%e. Eggs -Strictly now -laid, 31c. to 32c. ; farmers', 24c. to 25c.; stor- age, 22e. to 24c. per dozen in case lots. Apples -$1.75 to $3.23 per barrel, according to variety and quality. Potatoes -Car -lot prices are 60c. to 65c. per bag on track, Toronto. PROVISIONS. MEDICINE iOR HUNTERS. Simple Remedies That May Be Found Useful in Camp. Did you ever notice how awk- ward ono always is with his hands the first two or three days on a trip in the woods 1 Fingers seem to get in the way of every axe, knife, fire, snlintcr or thorns en- countered, and .ho result is a pair of hands moro or less damaged, says a writer in Forest and Stream. Adhesivs plaster is found useful, but I have found a compound made as follows, most useful and comfort- ing: Equal parts by weight of Japan wax, mutton tallow and vaseline, melted together. While warm add half as much glycerine. Fill a met- al primer box with this, and nt night rub it well into the halide. It is neither sticky nor unpleasant, and will euro damaged hands or chapped lips very quickly. [ have never tried to do so, but if raw lin- seed oil will wix readily with the compound, it will be found advan- tageous. Rubbing it alone on the hands is a gond r'a'n ; but while it heals quickly 1111 sur,,lus must be rubbed off or it wan von nny fnb- rin with which it conic*into cou- tact, and Call never be ra'toved in any ordinary w•ay. Tincture. grindelia should never be omitted, as it. is a raaid and certain cure for ivy poison. and will alleviate the suffering indu!ced by the bites of chiggers, sand f1,,,•s and mosquitoes. 1 consider it the most valuable item in one's ditty bo. for summer trips. A three ounce i,ottlo of equ.,l parts linseed oil and lune water i.. worth its weight in gold for sun- burn and for ordinary burns as well. An ounce bottle of chloro- form will surely drive chiggers and ticks away. Lacking this use grain or wood alcohol. Either one must be applied locally, for these pests are not removed by ordinary means. A tiny box of mercurial ointment will prevent rt'st in firearm Isere' in whicyn nitro powders are shot# the barrel is cleaned thorou( Ily i',•fore applying the ointment: y 1 a cloth patch. in places eherc sand) Acer., and • i,•l;a are had it w ill pros , the r;gllt ,Ling for the occasion, lhnugh mit pleasant to apply to one's t,er- -on. • Shellac or spar vnrrish will t rep cat closed if covered with a .bit f muslin. A reserve supply ,of matches. the heads of which h. -it•e 'leen dipped in shellac and drI.,d, should he kept handy in tasel,t111, bottle. These are 'good' medici joeq when cterything is wet. if the country, and apaticrtions for annuities received from inte..ding purchasers will be promptly dealt with by the office in charge of Sir. S. 'r. Bastedo in Ottawa. A staff of lectures to explain and popular- ize the scheme will hold publie meet- ings in all districts of Canada dur- ing the winter. Dr. Sampson et Windsor, Out., will bo at the head of the lecturing staff, and will be- gin a series of meetings in Ontario in a few days. cwt. Medium cattle sold at $3.50! GALE AND SNOW COST 17 LIVES to $4 per cwt., and common ones at $3 to $3.50. As high as $4 per cwt. I Ten Fishing Vessels Wrecked e■ was obtained for choice cows. y Newfoundland Coast. Common to medium cows were sold at $2 to $3.25 per cwt. Light and rough stockers are still sold at a discount. Milch cows were easier. Prices for lambs ranged up to 85 per cwt. Ewes were steady at $3.25 to $3.00 per cwt. Select hogs con- tinued to sell at $0 per cwt. fed and watered, off cars, Toronto. Pork -Short cut, $22.50 to $23 per barrel; mess, $19 to $10.50. Lard tierces, 12%c.; tubs, 12%c.; pails, 13c. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats - Long clear bacon, 11%c. to 11%c., tons and cases; hams, large, 12,‘c. to 13c., small, 14e. to 14%c. ; backs, 17c. to 17%c. ; shoulders, 10c. to 10%c.; rolls, 11c. to 11%. ; break- fast bacon, 141Ae. to 15c.; greein moats out of pickle, le. less than smoked. THE ENGINE SMASHED. Wonderful Escape of the Halifax Express Train. A despatch from St. John's, N.B., says: While the Halifax express was nearing the city on Thursday night at a thirty -mild speed the engine struck a half -open switch and immediately broke from tho train and le,ft the rails, running more than a hundred yards be- side o-side the track. It was practically reduced to scrap iron, and the driver and fireman had a mirac- ulous escape. Tho baggage and mail car were badly broketa up, but the passengers escaped with a severe shaking up. Two tramps riding on the blind baggage were badly injured and taken to the hos- pital. BUSINESS AT aiON (REAL. Montreal Dec. 8. -Grain -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, white oats aro selling at 46%c., Nc 3 at 451/2c., ex- tra No. 1 feed oats at 45c.. and No. 1 feed at 45c.; Ontario No. 2 white at 45c., No. 3 at 44c. and No. 4 at 43%c. per bushel, ex. store. Flour -Manitoba spring whert patents, firsts at $0; seconds at $5.50; win- ter wheat at $4.00 to $4.70; do., in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to 81.85. Feed -There is no change, in tnillfoed, for which the demand continues fairly good. Manitoba bran at $s1 ; shorts, $24; Ontario bran, $21 to $21.50; middlings, $24.50 to $25.50; shorts, $21.50 to $25 per ton, including bags; pure grain mouillie, 30 to $32; milled grades, $25 to $-28 per ton. Cheese ---'Che local market continuer steady. with westerns quoted nt 12%e. to 12%e. Butter -The market is firm, finest creamery being quoted at 27c. in round lots, and 271Ac. to 28c. in a jobbing way. Eggs- There were no knew developments in the local egg situation, prices being steady, under a fair demand for local consumption. New -laid, 29c. to 300.; selected stock at 25c. to 2Ci/:c. ; No. 1 stock, 22c. to 23c., and vo. 2 stock at 17'/.,e. per dozen. UNITEi) STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Dec. 8.--\Whent No. 1 northern, $1.10 to $1.11; No. 2 northern, $1.03 to 81.0.9; May, $1. i01 P asked. Ryes -No. 1, 75c. orn--May, 62%e. hid. Barley-- andard, Ole. ; samples, 56c. to t t INDIANS AND TUBERCULOSIS. A despatch from St. John's, Nftd., says: Seventeen persons perished in a storm which has lashed the Newfoundland coast for forty-eight hours. In all, ten fishing vessels have gone ashore, most of them breaking into fragments on the rocks. The victims of the gales were members of the crews of three of these craft. The fishermen were all rosidenta of Newfoundland fish- ing villages. The storm began Tuesday evening, and developed into a blizzard. A northerly gale caught many small schooners and sloops off the coast, and in scudding for harbor before the blast many of the crew lost their bearings in the thick snowstorm. Falling Ofi in Population Attribut- ed to This Disease. A despatch form 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. During the fiscal year ending last March the Indian population numbered 110,000, a de- crease of 40. The preceding year showed an increase of 169. To tub- ercolosis along is the falling off at- tributed. The report notes that the Indians are becoming more self-re- liant. The oxpenditure for destitu- tion, which ten years ago was $372,000, is now $143,000. Minneapolis, Dee. 8.--Wheat--- December, *1.077,', to $1.09; May, *1.12: ca•h No. 1 hard. $1.12%; No. 1 northern, $1.11% : No. 2 northern, $ I.09%, to 81.09. Bran --$18.75. Flour --First pntents, R.5.55 to 85.90; second patents. 15.40 to $5.05; first clears, 131.30 to *1.50; second clears, $3.20 to $3.50. CATTLE MAitKET. Toronto, Dec. 8. ---The range of values for the best lots of ,buteh- erv' cattlewax from $1.40 to ..,,,7' per ewt. (iood loads of steners and heifers 'acre worth $4 to $4.50 pet' ,fes MRS. NAflON I! GLASGOW. ARE THESE DIAMONDSI Mr. Fred. Dano Brings Precious Stones From North. A despatch from Toronto, says: Will Ontario's big clay belt devel- op into a diamond field'l That is the question some people are 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 expert, who declines to express any defin- ite opinion as yet. They were found oast of the now town of Cochrane. Peculiar as it may seem, some few years ago a geologist reported that the blue clay of that particular re- gion closely resembled that itt the 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. The Saloon -Wrecker Beginning a Campaign in Britain. A despatch from Glasgow says: Invited by English and 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, having made up her mind to strike at the root of the drink evil. and not at its there outward semblanc,. She expects to make a systematic cam- paign, beginning With the cities of Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen, and embracing Edinburgh and Lon- don. The police have warned Mrs. Nation's frienc:s that she will not bo allowed to offer any violence to saloon property or customers. B.1ititiNG INTERIOR 011. Special instructions to ('u.aoms Collectors in the West. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Department of Customs has is- sued a circular to collectors at Winnipeg, Brandon, Emmerson ane! other points in the \Vest, calling at- tention to the number of fatal ac- cidents recently from explosions of coal oil, and enjoining them to exercise the utmost igilance that no imported oil is permitted to en- ter Canada unless it complies with the terms of the I'etroleunt in- spection Act. 1'I.O1 TO hill, KING ALFON50. Many :1 rrests to Follow IIfsc•otery of Correspondence. A despatch from Das, France, announces that an enquiry is being made by the Spanish authorities following the discovery of a letter signed by a Spanish Anarchist. and addressed to a comrade, prep.: ing an ntteml t en the life of King .\l- fonso. The letter suggests either the deraiiing of the royal train ur , 1 b .the royal n t � ,win of bombs s n the t..r, K carr:note. Many arrests are likely to follow. FOUR MEN SIIOT IN CA:IOL'SE. One Will Die as the Result of the Brawl at Kenora. A despatch from Kcnors, skis: Four men were wounded on W rd - nesday night in a shooting effrr), which took place at Dryden, Out A party of men were drinking in a house on the outskirts of the town. when one of the party, Joseph Mill- roy, suddenly jumped up and final five shots from an automatic revolv- er. Four shots took effect. Ilia woustdod are: Richard Denna, of London, Eng., shot in the ab b• men; will die. Daniel Foy, shot itt neck and right side. A. Stanton,. shot in knee. Wm. Sharpe, shot in thigh. Millroy was arrested and brought to Kenora. He will be tried next Saturday. DOG SAVED THE FAMILY. Almost Asphyxiated When Barhiag Amused Father. A despatch from Ottawa, says1 Mr. Dominque I'oirer and wife, his father-in-law, and two young ladies resident at 74 Friel Street, owe their lives to the barking of a pet dog belonging to the family, which aroused them i:► time to save them from being asphyxiated by gas on Thursday night. Mrs. Porter was unconscious when found. A defec- tive coal stove was responsible for filling the house with gas. 4' • 1 1 A i1.t1LRO.11) I':CIDENT. Rudvard Kipling has, of course, I clone more to familiarize the world with India than any one else. hero is an incident which Mr. Kipling tells as an actual event, which has somehow escap al finding its way into any of his (rooks. A few years ago the native station master of an Indian railway station many miles from any city was attacked by a tiger made bold by hunger. His assistnnt instantly took refuge in the office, barricaded the doers and wired for instructions to the near- est town. Imagine the amazement of the operator at the other end of the line to receive the following de• spatch :---"Tiger on platform eat- ing station master. Please wire instruct ions." --I' Although a married than nay never r hat e been 1 ee n witness in a law- suit, ho usually knees what it to be cross-examined.