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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-09-16, Page 3E. H. 11AIIBIMAN IS DEAD The Great Railroad Man Has Succumbed to Lengthy Illness. A despatch from Arden, N. Y., says: Edward H. Harriman, pro- bably tbs,,,$rc-ttest organizer of rail- roads the world has known, )net the only lasting defeat of his ac- tive life en 'Thursday at the hands of death. Secluded in his magni- ficent home on Tower Hill, sur- rounded by members of his fau,ilc, physicians and nurses, he succumb- ed to an intestinal disorder on Thursday afternoon after a fight- against ightagainst disease which will rank fur sheer grit with his remarkable .truggles in the financial world. The exact time of his death is known only in that limited circle of relatives and associates who had so effectively shielded Mr. Harriman from all outside annoyances during hu last illness. The time was given to the world as 3.35 p.in., but Mrs• Mary Simons, a sister of Mr. Har- riman, said on Thursday night the( the end had come at 1.30 o'clock, morn than two hours previous. Whether this apparent discrepancy has any bearing on the current be- lief that every effort was made to lessen the influence of the financi- er's death on the New York stock market is problematic; but it is significant that the time of his death as officially announced was just 35 minutes after trading had ceased on the Exchange in New York. Mr. Harriman died peacefully, and almost to the end his brilliant mind retained its integrity. After a relapse on Sunday he sank stead- ily, and soon after the noon hour cn Thursday there came a condi- tion which marked the approach of the end. CHARGE WILL BE MURDER. _ A. H. Harris, of Qu'Appelle, Sask., Succumbs. A despatch fruni Qu'Appelle, ask., says: A. H. Harris, who was found last week on his farm dan- gerously wounded, died on Tues- day. It is thought by the police that !toper, after dragging his vic- tim's body into the bluff, wont in- to tho house, put on his best clothe!, peeked a valise belonging to Harris, and took his employer's bank book, showing a substantial deposit- at the Union Bank, ilie- Appelle. He then drove to town in the buggy, and it is alleged forged and cashed a check for $60. He left tho Boric and buggy at a livery stable, said good-bye to a number of friends, and took the ti ain cast. (toper informed his friends that, he was going to Mont- real, and it is believed he bought a ticket for that ity, but he loft the train at Winnipeg, where he was arrested. MRS. COLDWIN SMITH DEAD. Wife of I.iterateur Passes Away After Brief Illness. .\ despatch from Toronto says: Tile death occurred on Thursday night of Mrs. Harriet Smith, wife of Prof. Goldwin Smith, 26 Grange- ., ed. While Mrs. Smith's death ,.;t unexpected, on account of e'l'aliet age, yet tho news csnie as ti severe shock to the rgc circle of friends who knew r. On August 31, Mrs. Smith ook a slight chill, but nothing moro than extreme age was the immedi- ate cause of her demise. No im- ortance was attached by the doc- ors to Mrs. Smith's illness un- 3last, i' Sunda ' when she suddenly became worse. From that time she gradually lapsed into a state of un- tconsciousness, which lasted until death. \I' ITER 1' N E 1'I' '1't) DRI \ h . Statement :it lonlreal Enquiry by 'I'liree Ex tie r1e. A despateh from Montreal says: The feature of Wednesday's evi- ('.esiee before Commissioner Can- non in the !loyal Commission in- vestigation was the unqualified con- deninatien of the water supply of Montreal by three expert bacterio- logists, one of theta a no less ieieown and established an authority than Dr. Milton Hersey himself. The evidence of these doctors fol- lowed that of Mr. George Janin, superintendent of the civic \Vater Department, who affirmed that in teis opinion the water of the St. Lawrence was superior to that of the Ottawa for drinking purposes, rd that the new intake would im- rove the city's drinking supply, tit that the present irnprovenionts uuld not obviate the absolute ne- for filtration at some future WITH SHOOTING. nrlian Arraigned at Landon for Firing at Constable. A despatch from London says: Nicholas, a Muncey Indian, before Squire Chittick on 1 afternoon on a charge .ith intent to kill at flelius u, an Indian con - table, who went to arrest him. leo as remanded a week for his pre- Intinary hearing. 4 ANOTHER ('ASE OF RABIES. Mother and Dnngh(er Belles by Mad Dog Near Stratford. \ despatch from Startford says: Another case of hydrophobia has just come to light at Shakespeare, a row miles east of here. Mrs. John Bissell, Huron Read, and her daughter, Mrs. ('hurl•-' `!tock. hate ••Il,,w de on sell s. .:r moody? been Rent to the Pasteur lie titrate, (eked the pies -relive c ustoneer New York. having been bit+en or It dele sds'.n ties ki:.d )et: want." scratched by their own dog. The rep!icd the smart clerk. ••.Ve sell deg was mad but they did net know piano eutsie he the pound and or• 1t ale see. • 1.s t he choir." HI(:II-PRi('ED PO FUMY. Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dol- lars for five Fowls. No longer may we refer, scoffing- ly or appreciatively, to the "hum- ble hen"; the designation does not fit. According to a contributor to Country Life in America, chickens bring hundreds and even thousands of dollars, and the poultry (rater- t `ty was not greatly startled by t, reported sale of a breeding -pen oI .se white Orpington fowls by Mr. Ernest lXellerstrass to Madame Paderewski, wife of the eminent pianist, for seven thousand five hundred dollars. That is the world's record high price for fowls. It was reported later that the same purchaser had offered five thousand dollars for an- other hen, the mother of the seven thousand five hundred dollar birds, and that it had ben refused. The latter report was incorrect; hut Mr. Kelterstrass admits that Madame Paderewski offered him two thousand five hundred dollars for his hen -named Peggy, -but he declined to part with her, partly for sentimental reasons and partly be- cause he did not need the money. The five white Orpingtons were shipped to Madame Paderewski at her home in Switzerland, and were insured before shipping for the sel- ling price. Two thousand five hundred dollar Peggy has been scored at ninety- seven and throe -fourths points out of a possible one hundred, and has been called "the ten4,housand dol- lar hen," a suni equalling the price offered for her plus the selling price of five of her progeny. She has Leon exhibited at a number of shows as a special feature, from two hun- dred and fifty dollars to three hun- dred dollars a week being usually received for such an exhibition. She is of the strain originated by Mr. Kellorstrass, which he named Cry- stal White, because of the purity of color. Some five years ago an American sold to a German fancier nineteen rose -comb black Minoreas for three thousand four hundred dollars, one of the largest sales of pure-bred poultry in the country up to that time. Ono cock bird sold for one thousand dollars, and a breeding - pen of five birds for one thousand dollars --the highest price for a bird and the highest price for a breed- ing -pen. Just a year or two farther back, at the Boston show, a buff Rock cockerel was sold for three hun- dred dollars, a price at that time said to be unprecedented. In the late eighties it was said that good specimens of the white Rock never exceeded twenty-five dollars; yet Mr. U. It. Fishcl tells of selling a cock bird for five hun- dred dollars and refusing one thou- sand dollars for a first -prize cock bird in 1906. At the same time he sold the second -prize cock for eight hundred dollars, the fourth and fifth -prize cocks fur five hundred dollars, and the four hens in the second -prize breeding -pen fur four hundred and fifty dollars --a total of one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for seven birds. Eggs for hatching purposes have advanced proportionately. The price of two doling or three dollars a setting is now Very ordinary. Many breeders charge ten dollars a setting for eggs from their best hens, some !went.} dollars, and even higher prices. Mr. Kel1crstrass Fays that he could not fill more than sixty per cent. of his orders last spring at ten dollars. twenty dellnrm, thirty dollars and forty-five dollars a setting. Of Course, if bird, nee worth and will' sell at such high prices. the eggs that will in the ordinary couran of feathered events produce similar birds should also Krieg gond priers. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS UAPtt'ENINGS FROM ALL OVER TUE GLOM& Telegrap$le Briefs From Oar Owe and Other Countries of Befoul Events. CANADA. The Boardman block at Saskatoon was burned. Loss, *10,000. Tenders for 130 miles of the C. Toronto -Ottawa lino have been called for. Earl Grey inaugurated the Wo- men's Canadiau Club at Vancouver on Tuesday. There i., a chance of saving the steamer Laurentian, ashore off the coast of Newfoundland. Several private individuals have effored books to replace those de- stroyed in the Parliament build - lugs fire. Rev. Robert Law, M.A., B.D., of Edinburgh, has accepted the chair of New Testament exegesis in Knox College, Toronto. Herbert Jarvis of Winnipeg was drowned in Lake Winnipeg, and his father, who is missing, has pro- bably met the same fate. Eight men were fined at Inger- soll from ten to twenty dollars each for assaulting License Inspector A .earst and his liquor detectives. Sydney Keech, railway agent in Hungerford, has been sentenced to two years in Kingston Penitentiary for robbing an express company. Mr. Godfrey I. H. Lloyd of the University of Sheffield has been ap- pointed associate professor of po- litical science iu the University of Toronto. The Ontario authorities have been appealed to in regard to the ty- phoid fever epidemic at Cobalt, and three inspectors have been sent up to have the town cleaned up. Emery Shelley, held at Simcoe in connection with the shooting of Michael Hall, has been discharged, the Crown having no evidence, ex- cept that the boy was shooting in tho woods on the day of the tra- gedy. GREAT BRITAIN. -Capt. Cody made a forty -mile cross:country flight with his aero- plane at Aldershot, on Wednesday. UNITED STATES. Toni L. Johnson will bo Democra- tic candidate for Mayor of Cleve- land. Tho Wright brothers will estab- lish an aeroplane park near Spring- field, Ohio. New York detectives found a fif- teen -year-old girl captive in Chi- natown. A Mississippi mob, unable to get possession of a negro murderer, hanged the man's brother in his stead. Astronomers who recently made observations of Mars from Mount Whitney say they have proof that there is water vapor on the planet. GENERAL. The idea of an Imperial navy under one central control seems to find favor in New Zealand. Adolfo Miller, supposed to be from Toronto. was found murdered is the street in Calcahuauo, Chili. The captain and crew of tho French schooner Qualite were mur- dered by natives in the New Heb- rides. Tho modus vivendi between Bri- tain and the United States regard- ing Newfoundland fisheries has Leen renewed. iN NILE VALLEY. About 900,000 .teres of Land May be Reclaimed. Incorrect statements having been made regarding the reclama- tion of land in the valley of the Nile, U. S. Consul General hi- dings, of ('Hiro, states that when the addition of the Assonan dam is finished in IS12 over twice as niitch Nilo water will be held tip as at present, and it is expected that 900,000 acres of land in tho very north of the Delta, over 700 miles distant from the data. will then be reclaimed. since there will then be summer water enough '.•e irrigate this great tract. But until the dam is fini'hecl, no steps will bo taken YOUTH BECAME CRIMINAL II1� FRIEND COMMITTED SI'I- CIDE AS RESULT. Santa Claus Angel to the Poor Takes Iter life When Protege Fails to Return. Heartbroken because the youth whom she had tried to reform was convicted of forgery, Miss Eliza- beth A. Phillips, whose distriheetion es gifts among the poor children of Philadelphia every Christmas earned her the title of the "Santa Claus Lady," committed suicide the other clay by inhaling gas. Miss Phillips had a passion for charity. Her innumerable acts of selfisacrifice shattered her health and mind. In a year her friends notice! her gradual decline. Five months ago she sustained the shock which is believed to have hastened her end. At the time Andrew M. Elude, a college graduate and member of a family well known in New York State, was convicted of forgery at Philadelphia after Miss Phillips had taken particular pains to re- form hits. Having served terms in New York prisons, Rhule, young and handsome, drifted to Philadel- phia penniless and when his plight was discovered, Miss Phillips gave him employment at the headquar- ters of the Santa Claus association, organized, formed and directed solely by herself. GAVE HIM FRESH START. There he assisted her to distri- bute Christmas toys and other ar- ticles among children whose par- ents could not afford to make them holiday gifts. She supplied him with clothing and told him to make a fresh start in life. Ho professed repentance for past offences and, being an expert penman and ac- countant, he experienced little dif- ficulty in securing remunerative employment. Keen was Miss Phil- lips' disappointment when not long afterward the police discovered that !•er protege had palmed off togas cheques upon business men with whoni she dealt. His arrest and conviction speed- ily followed, although Miss Phillips appeared in court and pleaded that he be treated with leniency. He was sentenced, however, to three years' itnrpisonnient, and not long after his incarceration there he wrote a letter in which he pleaded for hor forgiveness. Miss Phillips visited him and talked with him as long as the rules of the prison would permit. What the result of her errand was only she and Rliule knew, but, she never returned to see him. To those who know her well she often remarked that the man was ono of the most bitter disap- pointments of her life. WAS WEARY OF LIFE. By an odd coincidence, ono of the first persons to enter the room in which she ended her life was Ser- geant Theodore Fenn, whose warm respect she had won while presid- ing over the rooves of the Santa Claus Association during Christ- mas week for the last five years. Only a few days ago she visited the station house and talked with Ser- geant Fenn about charitable work, taking a pessimistic view of what she had accomplished and conclud- ing by saying she was weary of life. "1 may not have much longer to live, sergeant," she remarked. "but when I am gone I hope my friends who have so generously aided mo will understand the love and appre- ciation 1 feel toward then." When Sergeant Fenn entered the rooen he found a note which read: -No one knows my sufferings; l cannot explain. I f.:el my mind giving way each day f am afraid ( cannot stand it all any longer." s CHANGES IN Ill 11.1\ FORM. Aierage of Lady's Shoe llaa in- creased From No. 4 to No. 3. The tailors and shoe -dealers of London have accumulated some interesting statistics on the change it: the figures of men and women. r s th tailor. there According to % are two now types of men; that is, ar, regards their figures. One is the man who plays a great deal of golf or indulges largely in other forms of outdoor sports; this man to reclaim or drain these 900.000 is growing taller and slimmer. On UNITED STATES MARKETS.acres, which lie in the low reginns the ether Band, the man who has of the lakes. When the work of get -en ur walking and horseback Minneapolis. Sept H.-Wheat- reclamation 4.-Wheat-reclnniation is begun, the only ridinei ter the motor car is heroin- December, 94; c; May, 98 to 931,c; machinery to be employed will be dredges in the canals, the rest of the labor will be )manual, which is very cheap in Egypt. THE WORLD'S DIARKF.fS pEARY TELLS 1118 STORY IIEI'OItTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at home and Abroad. BR EA DSTU EFS. Toronto, Sept. 14. -Flour - On- tario flour new Winter wheat pat- ents at $4 to $4.05 in buyers' sacks on truck. Toronto; new wheat flair for export, 83.90 to $3.95 in buy- ers' sacks. Manitoba their, first patents, $580 on track, Toronto; second patonts, $5.30, and strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20 on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat -New No. 1 Northern, $1.071,:, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern, $1.05. No. 1 Northern quoted $1_001:, Bay ports October shipment, and No. 2 at 9:;;,e, October shipment, Ontario Wheat -New No. 2, 97 to 97i/c at outside points. Barley -For future delivery No. 1, 52c, and No. 3 extra 50e out- ii Oats--No. 2 Ontario white, new, 26 to 37c outside for September shipment, and 38 to 39c for inunedi- nte shiprnent. New Canada Westoats, 40 to 42c, September ship- ment. Peas -No. 2 new, 70 to 72c out- side. IByo-No. 2, 67 to 65e outside. Buckwheat -Prices purely nom- inal. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 77 to 77'se on track, Toronto. Ca- nadian, 73 to 76c on track, Toron- ,fo. Bran -$19 outside in bulk for On- tario bran, and $23 for shorts in hulk. Manitoba, *21.50 in sacks, Toronto freights; shorts, $21, To- ronto freights. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Cooking apples, prices €1.75 to *2 per barrel. Beans -Prime, $2.e'a, and hand- picked, $2.40 to $_'.15 per bushel. Hay -No. 1 timothy, *11.50 to $15 a ton on track here, and No. IS at *13 to 813.50. Straw -$9 to *9.50. Potatoes -53 to 60c per bag on track for Ontarios. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 15 to 16c per 1b. ; fowl, 10 to 12c; tur- keys, 16 to 17c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Buttor-No. 1 creamery firm. Pound prints, 19 to 21e; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19c; inferior, 16 to 17c; creamery. 23',4 to 21c, and sr parator. 22 to 23c per lb. Eggs -Case lots, 23 to 24c per dozen. Cheese --12,'.;c per lb. for large, and at 1:2;+c for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 1-I% to 14%c per Ib. in case Tuts; mess pork, $25 to $23.50; short cut, $27. Hanes -Light to medium, 15j4 to 16%c; do., heavy, 14,'s to 15c; rolls, la'-; to 14e; shoulders, 12% to 13c; backs. 18c; breakfast bacon, 16% to 17c. Lard --Tierces. 117c; tubs, 15c; pails, 15;;c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Sept. 14.- Demand for round lots of oats gond at 43%c, I.ut sellers firm at 4-i!Se; new crop No. 2 Canadian Western at 41c for shipment this month. Corn - Am- eiican N. 2 yellow, 79 to 79%c; oats, No. 2 Canadian Western, 44 to 44'. ; No. 3 Canadian Western, 13 to 1:;' Barley ---No. 2, 66 to 67e; ll:euitoba feed barley, 64 to GSe. Flour --- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 85.90; do., seconds. ?5•40; Winter wheat pat- ents, $3.73 ; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $5.20; straight rollers, *3.30; do., in bags, $3.60 Ontario Bran -- e22 to $_'3: Ontario middlings, $23.- 50 to $21.50; Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, 821; pure grain mouille, *33 to $34; )nixed nu,uille, *25 to (27. Cheese-\Ve'terns, 11% to 117e'e ; easterns. 11', to 11%c. But- ter-Fisnest, creamery. 23 to 23%c; 22/ to .3 t c. , Manitoba a second dairy, 13 to lS%e: Western dairy, 19 to 19%c. Eggs -Selected stock, 25% to 26c; No. 1 candled at 22% to 23c; No. 2, 16 to 19c per dozen, ing pr.,saically fat ; during the last cash \o. 1 hard, 9Fes to 93:sc; No. twe .ears he has been forces! to 1 Northern, 97!; to 97%e; No. 2 add an extra half inch to the waists Not therm 03%, to 95%c ; No. 3 et trousers. For the athletic t vpo \.erthern, 13:3'; to 91";e. Fleur - of man the average chest. measure. First patents. 43.10 to $5.35: sec - :cent i, thirty-eight inches. with and patents, e3 to $5.25: first SHIMMING 019 U N. waist of thirty four, nhilc the mo- dears, $1.35 to $1.55; second clears — Loring man, though shorter, de- f3.10 to *.,,.:30. !Iran -in 110.111. Three Chinamen iteemes! Off viands a thirty six inch waist. sacks. $19. Steamer Em reap of Japan. As for the Indict,, it is a delicate Miln-aiil:c . S1pt. 14.-- Wheat - p subject. but the dealers feel the No 1 Northern, .. 1 03 1;n ftl.n1 : Nn. -.'t despatch from Vancouver says: truth must prevail, and they reluct- i' Northern, $1.01 to $1.02: 1'0:eln- On Thursday night the C. P. Il. po- antly admit that their enstorners' hes- 95.'. I:Ye - Ne 1. 72c• i eru- lice arrested three Chinamen in the feet are much larger than they I)s' t'inher, 59' it ;-'t' ;t•inrl- acl of smuggling a thousand dol- used to he. Two years age the ar_ :.id. 001.; to 1;7' . . .:.; L. 59c; 'ars' wt rth of opium fron, the 'rage was No. 4, and N. 2 ens kept Ne. 4. 17 to 31r. steamer Empress of Japan '' The of stock ; this latter size has now ' - - • Orientals were taken ooniingdeewn been given up and No. 3 has ap- 1.1V!: S ,r !' MARKETS the ,rang plank. Part of the booty 14arrd, while the average has in-fontiea'. ale). 1t -.1 ({w of flee was thrown int.) the inlet. but Tressed to No. 3. if this ha. Bern best crust!, s, 1d :at :,bout 5',c• per enough a -as fated to establish a accomplished in two tear+. who i1, pretty c e •.i animals. 3', to 5' sIro'i ca.e can guess the changes to cone i common steel., :'' \ to 3!,e per Ib. Sends a Message Giving tato of Passing Various Points in the Far North. The London Times of Wednesday morning published the following message froin Commander Peary, dated Battle Harbor, via wireless, to Capo Ray, Sept. 8: "Tho Roosevelt left New York July 6, 1908. She left Sydney July 17, at Capo York, Greenland, Au- gust 1, left Etah, Greenland, Au- gust 8, arrived at Capo Sherid:ui, Grant Land, September 1, and Wintered at Capo Sheridan. The ,sledge expedition left tiro Roose- velt February 15, 1909, and started north of Capo Columbia, March ., 1S passed the British record on March 2, was delayed by open water March 2 and 3, was held up by open water from March 4 to March 11, crossed the 81th parallel March 11, and encountered an open lead March 15; crossed the 85th parallel on March 18, crossed tho Beth parallel March 22, and en- countered an open lead March 23; passed the Norwegian record March 23: passed the Italian record March 21, and encountered an open lead March 26; crossed the 87th parallel March 27; passed the Am- eiican record March 28, and en- countered a load March 28; held up l.y open water March 29; crossed the 88th parallel April 2, crossed the 89th parallel April 4, and reach- ed the North Pole April 6. "On returning we left the Pole April 7; reached Cape Columbia April 23, arriving on board the 'Roosevelt April 27. The Roose- velt left Cape Sheridan July 18, passed Cape Sabine August 8, left Cape York August 2e:, and arrived a. Indian Harbor. "All the )).embers • f the expexli- tion aro returning i good health, except Prof. !toss G Marvin, who unfortunately drowns.: at Prillo, 15 miles north of Capo Columbia, while returning from 86 degrees 'north latitude, in command of a supporting party." COOK SAYS NOTHING. A despatch from C'openhagen says : It is useless to submit the most scathing despatches reflecting on him to 1)r• Cook, fur he simply smiles, says they are untrue and refuses to discuss them further. H1 has an air of perfect confidonct without a touch of braggadocio. His only reply to Commander Peary's despatch stating that be had not gone out of sight of land was this statement: "I have been to the North Pole. Ae I said on Tuesday night when I heard of Commander Peary'a suc- cess, if he says he has been to the Polo I believe him. "I am willing to place facts, fig- ures, and worked -out observations before a joint tribunal of the scien- tific bodies of the world. In dun course I shall be prepared to make public an announcement that will effectually dispel any doubt, if there can be such, of the fact that I have reached the Pole. But, knowing that I am right and that right must) prevail, I will submit at the pro- per time my full story to the courb of last resort -the people of the world." Milch cows. $30 to $35 each. Calves $3 to $14 each each or 31:; to 5a„c per lb. Sheep, 3% to 4c; jambs at. 5;:; to 6%c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs 9c per Ib., up to le c per lb., the highest price ever paid here. Toronto, Sept. 14. --Prime butch- ers' were firm at from $5.20 up- wards. The general average loads of fair quality sold at from $4.85 to $3.10. Milkers and springers were steady. Stockers, feeders and calves firm and uuchanced. Sheep and lambs firm. Hogs are now quoted at the record price of $3.25 f.o.b. and $8.50 fed and watered, and it was rumored that even high- er prices had been paid in the country. -- 4. WAREiIOUSE LOOTED. Thieves Got Nearly $15,000 Worth of Valuable Skins. A despatch from Edmonton says: A daring theft occurred last week, the first of any seriousness record- ed in the North, when from $10,000 to 815,000 worth of furs, thc pro- perty of Hislop and Nagle, wore taken from a warehouse at Atha- baska Landing. The furs stolen ce•nsist of three packs of miscel- laneous furs, and thirty-five silver fox skins in a trunk. Silver fox skiins alone are worth from $300 to $100 each. The furs were brought down to thio landing some days ago, and were being kept there pre- paratory to being shipped to Ed- monton. They were in a storehouse in which an entrance was forced. It 1, not definitely known what night the robbery occurred, as the goods had not been examined for some days. The thieves may thus have obtained several days' start. NEGLECT CAUSED DEATH. 11'elland Faith Cttrls(s May he Pro - scented. A despatch from Welland says: The verdict of a coroner's jure, to- gether with the evidence of an in- quest held in Cruwland, on 'Thurs- day, has been forwarded to County Crown Attorney Cowper, and it is likely that Edward Beckon and his wife, two faith curists, will bo pro- secuted. Their daughter Iluth, aged five years, was taken ill of e'.iphtto anda her' doctorwas called. They permitted the house being placarded, but would not allow him to administer treatment. The child died and the verdict of the jury is that "she came to her death from diphtheria. and death was hastened by thc neglect of her par- ents, who did not get a doctor for medical purposes.” .1. LIQUOR POURED OUT. Omeris i)estroy a 1,aree (lnanlit) of Beer at i:Ik Lake. A de'pate!i froin Elk Lake says: Inspe,tor Blackwell. Ilaileybury. and ('nnstablc ('albeck, ('oba:t, caurr :,.1 1Veduesdai• night's boat to &lest), s co. de:11mA liquor. At t) ur T!„ ir'dny morning one hundred and .ixiy kegs and barrels et beer, snlee.1 at fifteen hundred dollars, were re!!ed down to the ria s -r a.nd dcetresed. tvliilc all 'lie town lock- ( rI en. The stuff was seize 1 fr.•m MrT 1 1 t 1 Mi II 1 GEO. E. BEACII ARRESTED. C. P. R. Ticket Seller at Frederic- ton, New Brunswick. A despatch from Fredericton, N. B., says: George E. Beach, C. P. R. ticket seller here, was arrested on Wednesday night, charged with the theft of 8835 of the company's money. A week ago Beach report- ed that the money, done up in pack- ages ready for expressing to the head office at Montreal, had dis- appeared from his desk during ten minutes' absence. Detectives from Montreal have been working on the case ever since. It is said that an audit of Beach's books showed a large shortage in the sale of tick- ets, and the detectives' theory is that the prisoner used the stolen money to cover this up. Beaeh has always borne a good reputation, is married, and has one child. His salary was forty dollars a month. NO LAND AT POLIS. Asquith's Answer to Sir Gilbert Parker's Question. A despatch from London says: Prime Minister Asquith replied in the House of Commons nn Wednes- day to Sir Gilbert Parker's ques- tion with regard to the ownership of land at the North Pole. • Tho question was in two parts, the first asking if North Pole land was con- sidered as belonging to the Domin- ion of Canade., and the second whe- ther the plant'ng of the America,' flag thero would give the United States any right of possession over the region. Tho Prince Minister said:- "I do not understand that there is any land at the North Pole. The second part of the question in- volves too much hypothetical mat- ter for me to be able to give any definite answer." The reply was received with laughter. ONE CiTY HAS DISAPPEARED. Only Church Towers Project .%hove the Water. :\ despatch from Mexico ('ity says : Word was received here on Tuesday night that the destruction 1•y a tidal wave of Soto La Marina, a town in the State of Tameulipas, was so complete that the wholo place has entirely disappeared, with the exception of a few church tow- ers that project from the surface '.f n veritable sen. No one has been able to get closer than a league from where the town once stood. ]'rota this point rescue parties have noticed tents on the side of a tall hill, the only evidence of life re- maining. FELL. 40 FEET FROM POLE. Ottawa L.inenian Slitters Seiere In. Juries. A despatch frena Ottawa says: John Courvettc. n lineman employ. ed by the Ottawa Electric Com- pany, met with what may prove to be fatal accident ichile • at work ce:► \Ved 15'day teeming. He was on a tcl+•graph hale, near the cen- tral station, at the east end of the iSappe s bridge. when it broke (' near the top and 'urvette fell to the pavement, 40 feet. His fall ens somewhat broken by the wires, . roc i' o the Mint ••t but he sustained severe injuries, Some el,• began singing the 1t- and his back is probabiv broken. nlogc. ne;d soire of the crowd col The polo was quite an old one tied the herr from 6: partially (bore was a large hole near the emptied keg- and pasted it around. (up.