HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-09-23, Page 7OTTAWA AIRSHIP TRAGEDY
One Man Killed, Two Injured by Contact of
Propeller WithElectric Wires.
FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS BY MAIL FROK IRE•
LAND'E SHORES.
Happenings In the Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish-
wcu.
A del/Pfeil from Ottawa says: his removal from the grounds. The
A startling series of accidents, in- other men sustained a severe shock, A huge whale 80 feet lung has
eluding a tragedy. on Thursday at- but •were soon resuscitated. Beat- been stranded on the Donegal COSA,
fended the course of the dirgible ing, with his brother, was running '(ear BallyliiTin.
airs'•ip whose ascents were to be a wheel of fortune on the Midway. A. pension of sixty-nine dollars
tho features of the Central He was 11 years of age, was mar- per year has been granted to ex-
< anada•no of Exhi•bition. Th first as- rind and leaves a widow and six! Believing Otliccr Greene, of New -
cent was attempted un Thursday small children. Campbell is from port.
ixarr,ing by Aviator Nassr, upon Glengarry County. He was inI Patrick Iloarke, B:rltrasna,the
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Its exhibition ground; near the charge of the exhibit of the Ontario S c.ur►g man who was knocked down
Aberdeen Pavilion. There were a Wind Engine and Pump Co., Lint- an'I killed on the railway line near
number of electric wires near the ited. It is believed that Mr. Keat- Mullingar recently, was a native of
pas ilion, and in some manner the jug might have le ,•.t resuscitated lel ullingaa.
It tl 1 n unt of mea -
propeller, near the front of the
ai►ship, became entangled in them,
scraping off the insulation. The
rear end of the airship slowly drop-
ped to the ground, and the aviator
called to the assistaut, \Wingard-
ner, to "look out for the rudder."
A large crowd were assembled, in-
cluding Edward Keating, of Belle-
ville, and Malcolm Campbell, who
sprang forward to assist Wingard-
ner. The three men took hold of
the framework at the same time,
and hardly had they touched it,
when the spectators saw them drop
limp to the ground in a heap. They
had completed an electric circuit
charged with 2,000 volts.
Keating died an hour later after
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED.
Sault Ste. Marie Liquor Dealers
Prosecuted.
A despatch from Sault Ste.
'yltarie says: As the result of a visit
of Detectives Austin and Fartang-
lo to the Soo daring August, fines
in the Police Court on Wednesday
amounted to $842. Benlny Scigli-
ano. a westend Italian, was found
guilty on three charges and was as-
sessed $460. Men had visited his
place and obtained liquor. Marcel-
lo Mancosa, another Italian, was
fined £257, and the Algoma Hotel
$125. The amount of the fines has
created some consternation among
the local liquor dealers, especial-
ly through the fact that a vote on
local option takes place here in
January. Fartanglo states that he
is employed by the Government,
end says he has a number of other
cases in hand here.
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'ITE MUSKRAT SHOOTER.
scoh Smith Jiust Stand Trial for
Killing Dominick Sprott.
A despatch from Lindsay says:
he trial of Jacob Smith, who was
emandcd in connection with the
hunting of Dominick Spratt, was
umed on Wednesday morning be -
Magistrate Moore. After hear -
c r
..rt al witnesses who repeat -
ad
the evidence brought out at the
inquest, the accused was commit-
ted for trial at the Quarter Ses-
sions of the Peace. to he held in
Decembers Jacob Smith is in a very
Four state'of health and is said to
6o in the initial stages of typhoid
fever.
TIIE SIR l:.1 !I1 OF WIiE.1T.
''lotting Easttard Through Fort
William in Large Quantiliew.
A despatch from Fort William
says: Wheat is beginning to arrive
in the city in large quantities, and
for the first time this season the
elevators were working overtime on
R'ue-chay night. Shipping is still,
however, slow, and the \Wahcundah,
Fairmount, and barge Vngava are
in the river empty and waiting or-
ders.
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LONDON'S POPULATION.
Assessment Returns Ghee 11 as 19,-
507---.1 Small increase.
A despatch from London, Ont.,
says : The population of Loudon is
46,507, according to the returns
completed on Wednesday by As-
sessment Commissioner Grant. The
gain during the year was 70, the
timeliness of which is attributed to
the movement of population W sub-
urbs just. outside the city.
i•
had a physician bee at hand nn edea y a urges a io
mediately. On Tluu dot afternoon, ciow was sold by auction in the El -
some hours after the tragedy, Nassr Thin district. The price went as
made a successful ascent, landing high as $3r per acre.
the
An Irish -American visitor named
upon the opposite side of t
Ri-
deau Canal. He was billed to wake Patrick McGrath, of Braintree,
another ascent in the evening and Mass., dropped load in 1)'Olier
was dragging the airshipback to street, Dublin, recently.
dg g The police but erected in 1332 at
the grounds when it struck a live Milltown-Malbay, and believed to
wire near the entrance 'to the ex be one of the oldest in the conn
htbition. It took fire at once, but ntly•
try, was abardabandonedrece
shot up in the air three hundred Michael Canning,ently•arry,
feet before the balloon portion of ho had rate ate collector for the
the machine exploded. The airship Mantilla been for dose on twe
itself was destroyed, but no one ty-three years, has tendered his
was injured. A house near by
resignation.
caught fire, but the flames were ex- g
tinguished before any considerable The memorial which has been
damage was inflicted. erected in Glasnovin cemetery to
:James 'Stephens was unveiled by
-- -- -- rho Lord Mayor of Dublin last
.1OPI,INt.S ARRESTED. tnontit.
John Walsh. boot and shoe mak-
Charged With Killing .Arthur Bol- c r, Ballinrobo, aid his sister have
benefited to the extent of 195,000 by
lard, of 'Toronto' a cousin's will.
A despatch from Peterboro' says: laborers' cottages in Enniskillen
On Thursday afternoon High (:'nun- Union will cost, on the average, for
ty Constable Cochrane arrested cottages alone, not including fenc-
Fred. Jopling at his hone in ing, in the neighborhood of $800.
Bridgenorth, on the charge that. he Damage to the extent of $15,000
did slay and kill Arthur Bollard i w as caused by a fire on the prem-
cf Toronto. The warrant, was is- 1 ices of Mes,;ra. Jacob Brothers,
sited by County Magistrate Edmi-
son, and included the brother, Har-
ty Jopling, who was not at home
‘.hen Fred was arrested, but on his
return he voluntarily submitted to
arrest. Both men were arraigned
before Magistrate Edmison nt 9
p.rn., and admitted to bail of ti, -
000 each. On the application of
Mr. O'Conne!, their counsel, the
preliminary hearing was postponed
till Sept. 21th.
WAR OFFICE IS THRiFTY.
Reaped Ilattllsoiiie Prollt Front
Tinned Meat.
A despatch from London says:
Taking advantage of the prevailing
shortage and the enhanced price
for canned meats, the thrifty Brit -
hit War Office is reported to have
reaped a handsome profit by sell-
ing back to certain Chicago houses
large stocks of canned treats or-
dered 'before the prices advanced.
It appears these supplies are not
wanted immediately, and under its
contract the War Office may re-
plenish its reserves, when it de-
sires, at the old and lower prices.
Officials of the War Office on Wed-
nesday declined to either confirm
or deny this story.
STEPPED IN FRONT OF TIt.11N.
Farmer Living Near Delhi hilted
on the Track.
A despatch from Delhi, Ont.,
says: Early on Thursday morning
Jacob Bilk, a farmer living about
icur miles north of here, was struck
by a Michigan Central ltaiiway Ex-
piess train going west and instant-
ly killed. Mr. Bilin was on his way
to attend a funeral and was walk-
ing on the south track. He step-
ped off to the other track to pass
n freight train, when the express
t,ain struck hits. He Ieates a fam-
ily of ten children.
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1)1PHT111•:RiA .1'r CIt1PP.1N'.1.
Public Sehool Closed ()eine to an
Ontlity ak.
A despatch from ('hipptwa, Ont.,
ats: Owing to an outbreak of diph
theria in this village the Public
school has been closed indefinitely.
It may be several weeks before it
will be reopened.
BRETONS WANT SOUTH POL
Seven Thousand Ask Captain Scott to
Take Them Along.
A despatch from London says:
Capt. Scott, the Antarctic explor-
er 11 tom inced that if the British
expedition which he will command
does not start nest year, other
countries will lake up th:s enter -
make more acute the general wil-
liugeess to subscribe. No fewer
than 7.1)00 men and boys, fired with
the de.<ire to obtain Polar glory,
have written to ('apt. Scott, beg-
ging to be allowed to join the ex-
pedition. One writes 1hnt alth"ugh
prise en the line of ads a nee de- he is a foreigner he will willingly
veloped by British pioneers. become et nal ure?iant Briton if
The prospect o raising theCapt.. colt w i engage him Many
Waterford, recently.
Tramps have decreased greatly
in number in Clogheen workhouse,
owing to the reputation of the casu-
al ward fur being haunted.
While returning from Cootehill
Fair, Thomas Walker, an emer-
gency man, was fired at froth be-
hind a hedge and shot in the face
and cheat. He is expect -ed to re-
cover.
A pike vtittighing 28 pounds was
'recently caught in the river at Bel-
turbet. Inside the fish were found
two spoon baits, a piece of rubber
tire, and four small fish. This is
true.
Richard Burke. who had been
master of the Tipperary Hunt for
4,w duty -three years, was (recently
presented with a purse of $3,000 in
recognition of his services to the
Hunt.
Justice Dodd, addressing the
county court jury nt the DublinCommission, said that as fas as the
position of the county outside the
metropolitan area was concerned,
tl,•'ro was nothing but good to be
said.
Mr. Kelly has been appointed
Agricultural Instructor for Car-
low, by the County Committee of
:\gricntt ire and Technical Instruc-
tion. at a salary of $1,000 per year.
While excavating for the founda-
tion of the new vestry for St.
Mary's Protestant church, Drog-
heda. recently. a stone was un-
earthed, bearing date of 1n10, to
the memory of Stephen Duff. Mayor
Drogheda in 11405, and his wife,
Catherine Duff. The lettering,
which is in the old English style,
i: perfect.
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51.1 \1 PS WORTH $3,990
"Post Office, Mauritius" - Given
as Bridal Portion to Girl.
What seems at first sight the
most modest dower on record is tho
bridal portion of the wife of a ser-
geant in the French army. He has
been on colonial service and mar-
ried a creole girl from Mauritius,
and her dower was an old enve-
lope bearing two stamps. They
were what is known as '•Postofiice,
Mauritius," the stamps being of
little artistic beauty and bearing
the words quoted. They were cur-
rent only for a very short time.
Most of thein were used, it is be-
lieved, in sending invitations for a
ball, consequently but few of the
letters were preserved, and there
Las followed the usual law of sup-
ply and demand as regards value.
The sergeant obtained expert ad-
% ice on them and was told that they
were worth to -day $3,000, with the
prospect of increasing in value as
the titnc goes on. The happy pos-
sessor put them in a little box and
took them with him where he is sta-
tioned. Hn formed one of the
French contingent lately in ('rete.
As soon as he arrived there he
placed his treasure for safety in
the strong room of a hank nt ('an -
ea, where it lay during the time of
the foreign protectorate. When
the time came for the troops to
withdraw the sergeant reclaimed
f I ti�(i0 S 11 \i
his stamps. it was an event in
('rete. for he was a very popular
000 necessary f! r the espedUY:"n 1- o,! (`apt. Scott's former company rnan. and a crowd accompanied )iiia
vied. Thousands •,f letters of en avant t" rej.,i:n him in his present to the hunk at,d cheered when he
quits.. miles. enclosing che•nies, an(lartakir;c. Dr. \111`111. "!►o was reappeared carrying the little box
have reached the office of the ex• pltyician to tite Discovert espcdi- enclosing his treasure. The Paris
pedition, while interest and risnl- tion which Cart kco(1 conmanded, paper which tells the story says that
ry awakened by American enter- has hem app,•i ,trd doctor of the philatelists may expect a sensation
prise in discovering the Nvrth Pole cspedt;ioe ess !.,:paring. ere long.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
ilAf't'ENING9 FhOM ALL OVER
TUE GLOBE.
Trlegreenle Briefs From Our Otto
tad Other Countries of
!tercet Et etas.
CANADA.
An attempt was made to blew ep
a railway bridge at \Vesthreek, Is.
S.
Allan McDonald, a •stenographer
at Montreal, shut himself dead in
his office.
The Government is arranging
for a direct, steamship service to
the West, Indies.
The Alberta & Great Waterways
Railway wilt be built from Edmon-
ton to Fort McMurray.
The C. N. 11. and C. 1'. R. aro
anxious to secure leases of timber
berths from which to cut ties.
Winnipeg is apple ing to the Mi-
litia Department for permission to
organize a regiment of Highlanders
in that city.
Archibald McColl, ex -chief of
Police of Haileybury, was acquit-
ted on the charge of taking a bribe
to allow a prisoner to escape.
Toronto's share of percentage
and mileage rentals from the To-
ronto Railway for the year ending
August 31 was $576,625.
Canadian shipping men aro agi-
tating for retaliatory legislation
against the United States tax on
foreign vessels calling at its ports.
Mr. Collingwood Schreiber says
the Grand Trunk Pacific will never
hen i)uil; i,i'cl► white labor. There
are two thousand men working in
British Columbia now, and in a
short time 25,000 will be required,
with little prospect of getting them.
Gil EAT BRITAIN.
Lord Tueedmouth, who a short
time ago was Firt Lord of the Ad-
miralty, is dead.
UNITED STATES.
Pellagra is causing terrible rav-
ages in North Carolina.
Seven persons lost their lives in
a flood in lower California.
E. H. Harriman bequeathed all
his property, without restriction,
to his wife.
The Detroit Federation of Labor
has practically withdrawn from the
American organization.
A Chinaman at Chicago was fined
$5f for offering a lady the shelter
of his umbrella during a rainstorm.
John Washburn, a thirteen -year-
old burglar, committed suicide nt
Hastings, Mich., when officers pur-
sued him.
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GENERAL.
The Persian pretender has pro-
claimed himself ,Shah at Luristan.
Japan ill devote a large stun
during the ensuing year to the re-
denmption of bonds.
Santos Dumont in his tninieture
aeroplane attained a speed of fifty-
five miles an hour.
Work is to be begun in January
on n railroad connecting Mexico
and the Panama Carnal.
Commander Peary, in an inter-
siew at. Battle Harbor. declared
that he himself was the only while
man who ever stocxl at the Pole.
The resolution in favor of Imperi-
al preference was carried by a I trge
majority at the meeting of the
Chambers of Commerce of the Em-
pire at Sydney, N. S. W.
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EIGHT WERE KILLED.
In a llead-on Collision Near Nash-
ville, 'Tennessee.
A despatch iron) Nashville. Tenn.,
says: 11s the result of a Bead -on
collision between passenger train
No. 4 and a fast freight No. 51 on
the Nashville, Chattanooga k St.
Louis Railway, one toile west of
Pegram. Tenn., on Wednesday
eight men were killed, one serious-
ly injured and a number of the
others reported more or less hurt.
No passengers were killed. The
ears caught. fire and the bodies of
several of the sietims were cremat-
ed. Both engines were completely
:wrecked. The wreck was caused
ty the overlooking of orders.
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VESUVIUS iS .1C'I'11'1:.
Small internal ('raters Have Been
Gelling Busy.
A despatch from Route tars:
Vesuvius is again active. Guides
report rumblings, followed by slight
seismic shacks. Tho small inter-
nal craters have been unusually ac-
tive in the last few days.
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CLOTHES O1•' 1'IS1i SKINS.
The skin of a fish does not sug-
gest itself as a suitable material
for the making of clothes, yet it is
used for this purpose by a trine
of Tartars in Manchuria. They in-
habit the hanks of the Peony Riser,
and live by fishing and hunting.
During the last hunch rd years they
have become neatly extinct owing
to the invasion of their domain by
agricultural Chinese. They are
known as Fish -skin Tartars. The No. 2 Northern, $1.05 to $1.00;
fedi they use is the temara, a speciesI Dec.. 99'.4 to 98%c bid. Tire --No.
of salmon. Both flesh and skin of 11, 71'.;e. Corn—Dec., 60},e. Ber-
this fish are supposed to possessl1ey--Standatrd, 07'„c: No. 3, 59%
wonderful heat -giving properties. to 61e; No. 4, 51 to 59'„e•
THE WORLD'S MARKETS A RESTAURANT BLOWN 111)
REPORTS FROM 'I'i1E LEADING
TRA UE CENTRES.
Prices of (tittle, (:rain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce al
Home and .Abroad.
BR EADS"TUFPS.
Toronto, Sept. 21.—Flour — On-
tario Ih.ur 90 per cent. patents,
8-1 to 84.05 in buyers' sacks on track
Toronto, and at $3.90 to (13.95 out-
side in buyers' sacks. Manitoba,
flour, first patents, $5.80 on track,
Toronto ; seoond patents, $5.30, and
strong bakers', $5.10 to $5.20 on
track, 'Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat—New No. 1
?northern, 81.00, Pay ports, and
No. 2 Northern, $1.04 spot, Pay
ports; No. 1 Northern, $1,01;.,
Iiay ports, October shipment, and
No. 2 at 99'c, October shipment.
Ontario Wheat—No. 2, 98 to 990
at outside points.
Barley—For future delivery No. 2
54 to 55e, and No. 3 extra, 52 to
33e -outside.
Oats—No. 2 Ontario white, new,
57 to 37%c out-.ide for September
shipment, and 89e for immediate
shipment. New Canada West outs,
4)% to 42c, Bay ports, September
shipment.
I'e-as—No. 2 new, 70 to 72c out-
side.
Rye—No. 2, 66 to 67c outside.
Buckwheat—Prices purely nomin-
al.
Corn --No. 2 American yellow,
76',• to 77c on track, Toronto. Ca-
nadian 75c on track, Toronto.
Bran'--$.19.out'itle in hulk for On-
tario bran, and $23 for shorts in
bulk. Manitoba, $21.50 in sacks;
Toronto freights; shorts, $24, To-
re.nto freights.”'
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples—Cooking apples, $2 per
barrel, and St. Lawrence and
Duchess, $2.23 to $2.50.
Beans—Prime, $2.25, and hand-
picked, 82.40 to $2.45 per bushel.
Hay ---No. 1 timothy, $15 to $16
a tun on track here, and Nu. 2,
$14 to $14.50.
Straw --$9 to $9.50.
Potatoes -70 to. 75c per bag on
track for Ontarios, and 80e for New
Brunswick.
Poultry—Chickens, dressed, 14 to
16c per lb.; fowl, 9 to Ile; turkeys,
17 to 18c per lb.; ducks, lb., 12 to
14c.
THE DAIRY ,ll\RKETS.
Butter—Pound prints, 19 to 21c;
tubs and large rolls, 18 to 19e; in-
terior, 10 to 17c; creamery, 23',
to 24c, and separator, 22 to 23c per
lb.
Eggs ---('ase lots, 21 to 23c per
dozen.
Cheese ---12c per Ib. for large, and
at 12;';e for twins.+
HOG PRODS CTS.
Bacon—Long clear, 14% to 15c
per lb. in case lots ; mess pork, $25
to $25.50: short cut, *27 to $27.50.
Hants ---light to medium, 154 to
16%e; do., heavy, 14%c to 15e; rolls
.14 to 14%c; shoulders, 13c; back,
la to 18%e; breakfast bacon, 17 to
17%e.
Lard --Tierces, 15c; tubs, 1514e;
pails, 15'
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
"Montreal, Sept. 2L—The market
for oats is more active, buyers were
asked 13'.,e per bushel afloat here
for No. 2 Canadian Western, to
arrive, which is an advance over
what they were purchased at some
two weeks ago of 2%e per bushel.
No. 2 Canadian Western, 4.4 to
-t I" se : No. 3 Canadian Western, 43
to 431..,r. Barley --No. 2, 66 to 67c;
Manitoba feed barley, 64 to 115e.
Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, firstx, $5.90: do., seconds, $5.-
40; Winter wheat patents, $5.50;
Manitoba strong bakers'. $5.20;
straight rollers, 85 to *5.25 ; do.,
in bags, :2.35 to $2.50 Fecd--
(tntario bran. 822 to $23; Ontario
middling,. $23.50 to $21.50; Mani-
toba bran. 822: Manitoba shorts,
$21; pure grain utouille, $33 to $3-4;
mixed 1n„tiillr, $25 to $27• Cheese
--Westerns. ll'4 to il'„c, and east -
erne, 11'; to 11%e. Ilutter--I•'inest
creamery. 2:3' : to 24e; seconds at
23 to 2:3' c : Manitoba dairy, 13 to
19e, and western dairy at. 19 to 20c.
1:{{gs--Selected stock, 25', to 26c;
No. 1 candled at 22% to 23c, and
No. 2 at 16 to 19c per dozen.
UNITED ST.\TES MARKETS.
St. Louis, Sept. 21—Wheat
Sc pt , !K1.03% ; Dec., $1.00%; May,
$1.03'-;.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21.—
Wheats- Sept., 07% to 97%c; Dec.,
t+;'re : May, $1.0034 to $1.01: cash,
No. I hard, $1.00% to $1.01I., ; No.
I \r,rthern, 99%c to *1.001, : No.
2 Nerthern, 97% to 99,1,s.c : No. 3
Northern. 95'/ to 90%e. Flour --
First patents, $5.20 to $5.45; sec-
ond patents, $5.10 to $5.35: first
clears, $4.35 to $4.50; second clears,
*3.10 to $3.30. Bran—In hundred
p'oend sacks. $19.50.
Milwaukee, Sept. 21. --Wheat —
No. 1 Northern, $1.08 to *I04;
Toronto Soldier and Civilian Are Charged
With the Crime.
A despatch from Toronto says:
\\'it•h a roar that was heard with-
in a radius of several blocks, what
is supposed to have been a small
bomb, placed by two won under a
table in the New York Chinese res.
laurant on York street, exploded
ou \\'ednesday night, blowing out
the front of the shop and wrecking
it inside in a remarkable manner.
Queenic Oliver, the cashier of the
restaurant and its only occupant
as the time of tho explosion, was
knocked down, although by some
strange chance escaping with no
r.:oro serious injury than a few
bruises.
Several policemen, bonded by In-
spector Davis, who hoard the ex-
plosion while at the corner of Bay
and Richrnond streets, were on the
spot a minute later. Tho young
woman told the story of two men
who had be -en in the place, and P.
C Sockett went out into the crowd
and arrested Woodward, who was
easily looate't t,y his uniform. A
description of the other man was
secured, anti Inspector Davis after
a time caught %filkiuson. Both
men denied knowledge of the ex -
The theory is that the explosive
was one of the small bombs used
in the fireworks display in front of
the grand stand at the Exhibition.
,Quite a number of these were
licked up by soldiers and civilians,
it is said. Sonic of these fireworks
mere explosives of high power, and
could have caused such an explo-
sion as last night's. It, is supposed
that Woodward became possessed
of one of them and took it into the
restaurant• with the object of "hav-
ing some fun” with the Chinamen,
being unaware of the damage it
would cause.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Sept. 21.—There were
no really prime beeves on the mar-
ket, and -time cents per pound was
about the top price for pretty good
,animals and from that, down to
four cents per pound, while the
ccuunon stock sold at 2% to near
rte per Ib. Calves, $3 to $10 each,
at 3% to b c. per lb.; sheep, 3''...
to 4c, and lambs, 5 to Cxa per Ib.
Good lots of fat hogs, 9 to 9%e per
lb., niilch cows, .30.lo $55 each.
Toronto, Sept. til.—Butchers'
w ere in strong demand. Picked lots
of prime steers and heifers sold as
high as $5.80 per cwt., but this was
exceptional. The general average
of good loads was from $3 to $3.-
40; medium, $4 to $4.90. Milkers
and springers were in steady de-
nStockers and feeders —
Firmer. Sheep and calves—Steady
and unchanged. Lambs—Easier,
owing to heavy run. Hogs—Selects
are quoted at $8.25 f.o.b., and $8.-
50 to $8.65, fed and watcre&
BRAVE iF NERVE IS CUT.
Nerve fn Brain Has Wonderful Ef-
fect Upon Cowards.
If only a hair's breadth lies be-
tween genius and madness, only a
r:erve lies between the hero and
the coward, according to the lat-
est discovery in brain research. /
Dr. Jules Bonnier, a famous sur-
geon of Paris, and a member of
the staff of the Charcot Hospital,
has, after a series of exhaustive
researches, found that the emotions
of fear and melancholy are due en-
tirely to a small nerve that stretch-
es upward from the medulla oblon-
gata, that second brain or ganglia
at the back of the neck, into the
cerebellum.
The larger and more developed
this nerve, he announces, the more
cowardly, timid or morbid its pos-
sessor is; the less developed the
braver and more optimistic.
But it is only necessary to cut the
servo 'to turn the craven into a
man or woman without, fear : the
melancholy one into a being whose
every trental recess is penetrated
by good cheer.
This, the most amazing finding
of brain surgery for a decade, has
been modestly announced by I)r.
(Bonnier, with the proofs of his dis-
covery. It is most wonderful be-
cause fear is one of the two primal
impulses of life, and has been sup-
posed to be as ingrained in every
cell as hunger itself, which is the
jr,rival impulse, say 'the psscho-
10 fists. -
In fact, it is hard to answer
whether fear or hunger came first
e: it is to answer that other fain -
ens question of whether it was the
egg of the hen that was first on the
scene. For fear is merely the im-
pulse of self-preservation. it is
through fear that life has been en-
abled to climb from the little sto-
mach cell swimming around in a
primeval mud puddle into bird
and beast and ratan. Fear has kept
the organism away from myriad
,•itfalls and allowed it to march
along on the thin ledge of evolu-
tion.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST I'11011
HER BANKS AND BRAES.
What is Going On in the Ilighland,
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
A seal was caught alive on the
shore- of Loch Linnhe.
Eight young women were charged
with gambling in a Giaigowc ceme-
tery. -
A new twin screw steamer, 9,000~
tons, is to be built for tho Donald-
son Brothers, Glasgow, at \Whito-
inch.
The 2nd Battalian Royal Scots
arrived recently in Edinburgh from
Bombay after 18 years' foreign
service.
A Musselburgh girl named Hill-
house, 4% years old, was killed by
the kick of a horse in a farm near
Addiewell.
Tho cabinet-making works of Mr.
If. Morris, Cowcaddens, was rec-
ently destroyed by fire at a. dam-
age of $10,000.
A salmon weighing 43 pounds, 3
feet 10 inches long, and 2 feet 2
ii,ches in girth, was caught at Mea-
dow Haven, Berwick.
Mr. Alexander Keith, a butcher
of Insch, Aberdeenshire, accident,
ally drank a quantity of carbolic)
acid, dying in a short time.
Three more animals—two cows
and a horse—have died of anthrax
at Musselburgh. All belong to the
dairyman in whose premises theout.-
t.rezk occurred.
Mr. James H. Shepherd. who has
been manager of the Dundeed-
Broughty Ferry, and District Tram-
ways since they were opened about.
four years ago, has been appoint-
ed manager of the Dunfermline and
District Tramways.
The Dundee whaling steamer ttn-
lnena reached T)nnden last week
from the Greenland fishing, and
had on board four whales. These
will yield one and n half tons of
hone and 30 tons of oil.
Ilev. Duncan Macgregor. Prin-
cipal of Dunoon College, has re-
signed the pastorate, and will in
future devote himself to the work
of tho college, except fur Sunday
preaching.
There is at present in Course of
erection nt Rothwell a large chapel
school for the Roman Catholic com-
munity of Bothwell and Hamilton
Palace Colliery districts. The school
is estimated to cost 840.050.
Messrs. Murdoch and Murray,
Port Glasgow, have secured a cnn-
trnct to build a passenger and car-
go steamer for Liverpool owners.
The Trades ('onncil has decided
to hold an anti -sewing demonstra-
tion on Glasgow Green on Sept.
26.
The Glasgow School Board are
taking steps to carry out a scheme
for the medical examination and
supervision of children. It is pro
pored to appoint a chief medienl
officer and 20 medical practitioners.
PROTECTION FROM INSULT
Railway Commission Issues Orders Re-
garding Officers on Trains.
A despatch front Ottnw•a •.,. -: Canada. not only to passengers
The Canadian Railwny Comnti,s:en bound to the United States, but to
en Wednesday made an order di- passengers going from one Caned'.
reeling all railroads in Canada an point to another. The order di -
which do an international business relied e••,neluctor4 to report all cas-
te, direct their conductors to pre- es of mels ility by American °Mei-
vcnt undue interference with pas- nls on Canadian trains On behalf
sengers in Canada by United States o; the railways it was explained
immigration officials. In making that the presence of American of.
the order, Chairman Mabee t fid he ("cells en trains in Canada was clue
bad received over fifty c ,mplaints te an arrangen,esnt and was design -
against American imm;gra+i•,n of- ed to prevent loss of time in mak-
ficials, a ho are alleged to hate ing esa:ninat.ions at boundary
made themselves obne'xi.,.ts in points.
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