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THE PEARY-000K QUARREL
Peary's Evidence Now in the Hands of
Arctic Club President.
A despatch front Portland,
Maine, : Commander Hobert
E. Peary has placed all of his evi-
dence to prove that Dr. Cook did
not reaeh the North Pole, as he
says he acid, in the hands of Gen.
Thomas Hubbard, of New York,
ie president. of the Peary Arctic
ab. He will not make any fur -
'r move in the coieruversy until
n. Hubbard has gone over all
the documents ho received on
Thursday, and the two have con-
sulted together.
Peary announced from the Lab -
racier haven that he was bringing
with him indisputable evidence to
cut the ground from under Dr.
Cook's claim to Polar aehieve-
nteuts. Ile would not accept any
invitations or ovatio;:s, he said lat-
er, at Sydney,
until the matter of
'
J .oer
,
Cook's pretensions had been final-
ly settled. On Thursday he turned
over to the head of the associati r
which had financed his recent Po-
lar expeditions, and which shares
a'it.h hint the burden of present dis-
onifort, the proof on which his
claim to being the sole discoverer
of the North Ptle rests. Gen. Hub-
bard, besides being the president
el the association us Peary's back-
ers, is also a lawyer of high stand-
ing, and Peary's personal counsel.
ONLY \1'.1Y TO REACH POLE.
A despatch from New York
says: 'Twelve hundred persons at-
tended 4he banquet given on
Thursday night in the grand ball-
room of the Waldorf and adjacent
rooms in honor of 1,:•. Frederick
A. Cook, by the A ret i•• Club, of
America. The. doctor made a
speech, but added nothing to what
he has already said about his dis-
covery. He did not think he should
have appealed to anybody fur a li-
cense to look for the Pole, and ad-
ded :-"A big ship is no advantage.
An army of white men who at best
are novices are a distinct hin-
drance, while a cumbersome luxury
of equipment is fatal to progress.
liveal
life a
s simple as
11 a chose toP
that of Adapt, and we forced the
strands of human endurance to
scientific limits. if you will reach
the Pole there is no other way. We
were not overburdened with the
aids to pleasure and comfort, but
I did not start for that purpose.
The expenditure of a million dol-
lars would not have given us a
greater advantage."
TO BUM? MEN-OF-IW.►R.
A '<1o11treal Company Will Estab-
lish a Plant.
A despatch from Montreal says:
It is stated here that a number of
prominent shipping men are form-
ing a big ship -building company.
They are planning to build a. plant
capable of turning out men-of-war,
and in fact every kind of steam-
ship. Sir Montagu Allan. inter-
s iewed on Wednesday, admitted
that many prominent. Canadians
had been discussing the project
quietly for some time, and had
promised to unite in financing the
achene. "There has been nothing
definite done yet," he said, "but 1
hope very shortly to see the com-
pany well tinder way." Sir Mon-
tagu said that. as yet no decision
as to the site of a shipbuilding
plant had been determined on, but
admitted that a. largo ono would
undoubtedly be established.
•S'I'RAI.I►'S MILITIA.
_
he Recruited From Fully
Trained 31 en.
ording to a London Tithes de -
regarding the Australian
ce scheme, cadet training be -
in 1911 and citizen training in
When the scheme is in full
orking order it is estimated that
it will provide 90,000 junior ca-
dets, 75,000 senior cadets, and 55,-
000 citizen soldiers under 21. The
militia. 25,000 strong, will thence-
frth be recruited only from the
sp�fully-trained men. It is hoped that
after 1916 Australia will have a first
lino of 50,000 men ready to go any-
where, a second line of 53,000 ready
to act as garrisons, a -.d athird
line of 140,000 composed partly of
men who have had citizen traini:6
and partly of older -trained re.erv-
ist3.
A TRIPLE EXECUTION.
)
Three Frenchmen Guillotined While
('reed Applauded.
A despatch from V.il epee, Drome,
Frit nue, says: A tripe execution by
guillotine took place in this city at
clay light on Wednesday. Three
men- Iterruyer, David and Liottard
-were decapitated for a series of
atrocious crimes in the Department
of 1)rorne, which created a reign of
terror. No less than twelve nuur
ders and 200 robberies a►c Ia'd to
the doors of these oleo. They
Arm terture41 their victims w;th
red-hot irons. .1 great crowd ea.,.
nessed the retentions reel applaud-
ed wildly (eery time the knife
fell.
DIED ON WiFE'S GRAVE. •
Suleide of E. B. Hamilton in Beach-
wood Cemetery, Ottawa.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Lying across the grave of his young
wife in Beechwood Cemetery, with
c bullet hole through his brain, E.
11. Hamilton, a former resident of
Ottawa and latterly employed in
New York by a boot and shoe com-
pany, was found dead on Thurs-
day afternoon by the caretaker of
the cemetery. A revolver lying be-
side .him on the grave told the
story of the su'cide. Hamilton's
wife died a few months ago, after
they had been married less than a
year. On Wednesday he came from
New York to look at her grave in
the cemetery here. At noon on
Thursday he called on the clerk at
the cemetery and asked for tho bill
for the care of the plot. A few
moments later apistol shot was
heard near the grave of Mrs. Ham-
ilton, and the lifeless body of the
despondent husband was found a
few minutes later prone <ever Rho
grave. The deceased was 35 years
of age, and was formerly a mem-
ber of the Ottawa police. force.
Chief County Constable Hamilton
it an uncle.
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DIED ON HONEYMOON.
Newly -Wedded Pair Asphyxiated in
Boarding House.
A despatch from Albany, N. Y.,
says: En route from Farmington,
Conn., to Ballstone, N. Y., Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Petchard were
found dead on Wednesday in a
room of a boarding house, hating
been asphyxiated, after a four
(lays honeymoon. The police ex-
pressed the belief that thoug.hticss•
ly or through ignorance the hus-
band had blown out the gas. A
marriage certificate, which was
found in the room, showed that
Petchard, aged 45, and his bride,
May Hennessy, aged 22, were roar
reed Sept. 18 last at Farmington,
Conn.
WALKED tNDER CAGE.
S. Itindell. a Young Swede. !las
His Neck Broken at Cobalt.
A despatch from Cobalt says:
S. Itindell. a young Swede, aged
23. who had only been a short time
in the country and had just start-
ed work in the Cobalt Central
mine, met instant death on Wed-
tiesday afternoon about 2 o'clock.
Itindell had been watching the cage
going up and down and finally
walked under it as it was descend-
ing. His neck was broken and his
head badly crushed.
THE WAVE OF PROSPERITY
Mr. P.-".• W. Thompson's View of the
Conditions in Canada„
A despatch from Fort William
Says: "Canada. from east to west,
Is undergoing a wave of prosperity
t1 gives every indication of soli-
y from the ground up." said Mr.
W. 1'honlpCen, Vice•Prenidcnt
Mr. Holt indicated t.hnt the inter-
1
est.s represented by then will stake
extensive investments in the west.
The two gentlenten were closeted
all forenoon with city officials here,
with a view to reaching an agree-
ment for establishing a wire and
•,.l i cral Man1ger of the Ogil%:e rolling mill, to cost approxi►nate-
-. Mills ('ompany,who has cote° iy one-third of a mullion dollars.
, . use for the purpose of (deciding 1 Shedd the city grant them exemp-
upon n site ter a new flour unit of ; tion for n short period, construc-
a. least 3.000 barrels a day cepa- tion will begin this fall. Mr.
city Mr. Thompson arrived in Thompson states that easy money
Fart \\ :1,i::m en Thursd•ty rnornirg i and bumper grain crops cannot
with Mr. .11 S. Holt, President of , help but work wonders for the
the Montreal Heat, Light & Power whole country, and especially the
t..•:.eesit;. Lselt Mi. 1'uu.n, hen aed 1 west.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS GOLD IN RIVER BOTTOMS
Ilsl't'ENiNCs FROM &LL OYES
TUE GLOBE.
Telegrepbte Briefs From One Oats
lad Other Countries of
Recent Eveats.
CANADA.
The Teiniskamiug & Northern
Ontario Railway is now paying its
u ay.
Lieutenant. -Governor Gibson for-
mally opened the new waterworks
at Guelph, on Thursday.
A number of sheep belonging to
Mr. Cecil Langford of London
township were poisoned.
There is no truth in the story
that the C.P.R. will at once build
a lakefront line east of Toronto.
The C. P. H. unaounces a reduc-
tion of three cents a. word on cable
messages from Manitoba points.
Mr. J. K. Robertson, M.A., has
been appointed lecturer in physics
at Queen's School of Mining, King-
ston.
The Ontario Hydro -electric Com-
mission
mission is prepared to supply Port
Arthur with any amount of power
required.
Mr. A. A. Tisdale has been ap-
po:nted Superintend; nt of the Lake
Superior division of the Grand
Trunk Pacific, with headquarters
at Fort William.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Mr. A. J. Balfour criticized the
Lloyd -George budget in a speech
at Birmingham, on Wednesday.
UNITED STATES.
Crude rubber has reached the
highest price ever known.
Robert Hoc, the manufacturer of
printing presses, is dead.
A Chinaman living near Oakland,
Cal., has invented an aeroplane.
Otto T. Barnard was nominated
for Mayor of New York by the al-
lied Republican and Independent
forces.
Lord Northcliffe, speaking at
Portland, Ore., on the European
situation, stated that foolish op-
timism was greatly to be deprecat-
ed.
W. J. Bower, an arctic explorer,
who has just returned to San Fran-
ci :eo, reports finding anew tribe
of Eskimos in Prince Albert Land.
Complaints have been made by
State's Attorney \Vayinan of Chi-
cago that whole juries are tainted
through conspiracy to defeat the
ends of justice.
A Grand Jury at Council Bluffs,
Ia., has indicted eighty-three men
oto charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud in connection with the pro-
motion of alleged fake races.
Three women were killed and
three men and a woman seriously
injured when the automobile in
which they were riding jumrcd over
a trestle at Seattle, on Wednes-
day.
GENERAL.
Two men, one of them a priest,
were killed in a religious riotat
Castro, Spain.
The Moors were defeated with a
loss of 400 men in battle with the
Spaniards on Monday and Tuesday.
The Australian defence bill pro-
poses to expend! £2.500,000 annu-
ally on the military and naval fore -
ea of the Commonwealth.
i
AN AUTOMOBILE CORPS.
Experiment to he Tried in Thanks-
giving Day Manoeuvres.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
.lrrangenu'nts aro under way for
the formation of an automobile
corps in conuection with the Ot-
tawa militia. It is said that• up-
wards of a hundred automobiles
would be available to assist in the
fir ld manoeuvres here on Thanks-
giving Day, and it is expected a
hint will be trade of their practi-
cability in transporting troops, car-
rying supplies, keeping up lines of
communication. etc. if the experi-
ment proves successful here the
Militia Department may encour-
age the formation of similar corps
in other cities.
Kii.LED BY AEROPLANE.
Death of Captain Ferber While
Making a Test Flight.
A despatch from Boulogne says:
Captain Ferber, an officer of the
French army. was killed near here
en Wednesday morning while test-
ing an aeroplane. While in the air
the machine turned completely
over, and then dashed) to the
ground. Captain Ferber was
crushed to death by the motor.
POISON REAPPEARED.
Death of Mr. T. 1'. Suayte al St.
Catharines.
.1 despatch from St. Catharines
says : Mrs. Theodore F. Swayze,
ti ifo of N. 5. & T. R. Conductor
Swayze, died very suddenly on
\Wednesday under peculiar circum
stances. Sonie years ago she was
poisoned by eating toadstools in
mistake for tnushrooms. When
taken ill this time the effects of the
poisoning cane back and_terminat-
ed fatally. $he t:as in her fifty -sec. and i met a man I hadn't seen for
end year. atuut twclte years."
WASP TREASURES OF 1"ELLO\1'
METAL '1'0 BE FOUND.
Dredges Have Been Used With
Some Success on the Pacific
Slope.
The many varying conditions un-
der which gold is found is not the Toronto, Sept. 2•t• -Flour - On -
least interesting feature of the tario flour 90 per cent. patents, $4
history of the yellow metol. la to $4.05 in buyers' sacks on track,
rock, sand, and sea it has been dis- Toronto, and at $3.90 to $3.95 out -
covered, and even iu the deposit of side in buyer's sacks. Manitoba
hot springs now in activity. Large Pr.ur, first patents, $5.80 on track,
nuggets have been discovered in , Toronto; second patents, *5.30,
dry gravels, while prospectors and strong bakers, $5.10 to $5.20 on
have acquired much wealth by ex- 1 track, Toronto.
tractirg gold from river -beds by I Manitoba 1\'heat-Now No. 1
the process known as panning -' Northern, $1.04%. Bay ports, and
i.e., separating the dirt and mud No. 2 Northern at $1.02% spot, Bay
Roto the metal by shaking the gold ports. No. 1 Northern, $1.0., Bay
bearing earth or gravel in a pan. ports, October shipment, and No.
While, however, many rivers 2 $1.00, October shipment.
have been thus exploited, explor- I Ontario Wheat -No. 2, 98 to 99e
ers and scientists are agreed that at outside points.
there are still trillions of dollars 1 Barley -For future delivery No.
worth of gold waiting to be un- 12 55 to 50c, and No. 3 extra 53 to
earthedbottom ivers
from the ton of r
:,Ir outside.
nl different parts of the world. In Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new,
New Zealand and South America,! 37% to 38%c outside. New Can -
for instance, convincing proof has ada West oats, 390, bay ports.
been obtained that rich deposits of,Peas-No. 2 new, 77 to 80e out -
the precious metal still lie at the! side.
TIIE WORLD'S MARKETS
HEI'ORTs FROM THE LEADING
'IR IDE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at
!Nome and Abroad.
1111 EADSTUF 1'S.
bottom of many of the rivers of I1.ye-No. 2, 73 to 75c outside.
those countries. Tho gold is usu.- I Buckwheat -55 to 56c outside.
Ally found in the form of grains at
some depth below the surface, em-
bedded in mud and clay.
THE LAND OF THE INCAS.
There are only two ways of re-
covering it -namely, either the
river -bed must be dredged by
floating dredges or the river must
hi diverted into another channel
whilst its bed is being stripped.
The former method is the one gen-
erally adopted, dredgers having
been used with considerable suc-
cess "down under" and on the
Pacific Slope of America.
Attention has been attracted of Honey -Combs, dozen, $2.25 W
late years to the possibilities of re- $3; extracted, 100 per lb.
covering gold from the rivers of Hay -No. 1 timothy, $13.50 to
Peru. For ages the gold -laden $16 a ton on track here, and No.
quartz of the land of the Incas- 2 at $14 to 814.50.
the people who covered the walls of Straw -$9 to $9.50.
their temples with plates of gold Potatoes -60 to 65c per bag on
and used the precious metal to track for Ontarios, and 75e for New
fashion cooking utensils -has been ,Brunswick.
broken down by the denuding agen- Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 11 to
cies of frost, rain and snow, and 15e per lb.; fowl, 9 to 10c: turkeys,
carried into rivers, where it has 17 to 18c per ib. ; ducks, Ib., 12 to
remained undiscovered, until rec- 13c.
ent explorations revealed an aston-
ishing source of wealth. THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 77
to 77%e on track, Toronto. Cana-
dian, 75c on track, Toronto.
Bran -$19 outside in bulk for On-
tario bran, and $21 to $21.50 for
shorts in bulk. Manitoba bran,
*21.50 in sacks, Toronto freights;
shorts, $24, Toronto freights.
COUNTRY PRODUCT:.
Apples -Cooking apples, $1.75 to
$2 per barrel, and eating apples at
$2.25 to $2.75.
Beans -Prime, $2.25, and hand-
picked, $2.40 to 82.45 per bushel.
$10,000,000 PROFIT.
Take the River Inantbari and its
tributaries, for instance. An ex-
amination of thirty miles of this
river revealed the fact that it con-
tained gold to the average vahie
of $1.25 per cubic yard, which
could be extracted at a cost of
twelve cents only. The result of
this examination led to the forma-
tion of the Inambari Gold Dredg-
ing Concessions, Limited.
Sir Martin Conway some time ago
explored Upper Peru and the fam-
ous gold -producing valleys from
which the Incas gained most of
their great store of wealth. He
came to the conclusion that in a
certain area no less than $10.000,-
000 profit was to be made by ex-
tracting gold from the rivers. and
in order to begin obtaining this
gold it was only necessary to have
a dredge on the spot. The same
hour in which the dredge first be-
gins to turn gold will bo won.
HOW THE DREDGES WORK.
The dredges used up to the pre-
sent have been almost exclusively
of the endless -chain bucket or
steam -shovel patterns. At otic end
of the boat is a powerful endless -
chain bucket -dredge, which scrapes
the gravel from the bottom and ele-
vates it to a revolting screen in the
boat. This in turn sifts out the
boulders, which are at once thrown
to the bank of the river, while the
fine material flows over tables cov-
ered with cocoa -nit matting, which
acts like fine riffles, catching the
gold in the interstices. The mat-
ting is periodically lifted up and
thoroughly rinsed off, the rinsings
are panned for gold, and the mat-
ting returned for another charge.
in the case of the Inainbari Gold
Dredging Company, a inodern steel
dredger has been made. which it
is confidently estimated will work
far quicker and in a much more
effceti%c and inexpensive manner
than any other dredger which has
yet been used.
A BLUSHING MATTER.
He had finished his dinner in a
grouch and then buried himself in
the evening paper.
"Hum, I wish they'd invent n
new expression occasionally," he
commented as he rend the account
of a wedding. "It's nleeys the
'hliehing bride' now -a -days."
"Well," casae the quick retort
f►om the other side of the table.
"when you consider what, sort of
husbands most girls have to mar-
ry, why, you can't touch wonder at
their blushing.''
WONDERFL-[..
"This is a rerarkal►le world
exclaimed O'flrien. "1 etas wal,(-
ing down the street this morning
Butter -Pound prints, 20 to 22c;
tubs and largo rolls, 1S to 19c; in-
ferior, 17 to 18c; creamery, 2.4 to
25c, and separator, 22 to 23c per
ib.
Eggs -Case lots, 25c dozen.
Cheese -12%c per Ib. for large,
and at 13%c for twins.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 15'c
per ib. in case lots; mess pork,
$25 to $25.50; short cut, $27 to
$27.50.
hams -Light. to medium,. 16 to
161/2c; do., heavy, ld ji to 15e ; rolls,
14 to 14%c; shoulders, 13 to 1311c;
backs, 13 to 19c; breakfast bacon,
17 to 17;2c.
_t
c
lard -Tierces, 15e; tubs,1:0 / ,
pails.
BUSINESS .1T MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. 28. -Oats --No. 2
Canadian Western, 43' to 44'/,c;
No. 3 Canadian Western, 42% to
43%e; burley. No. 2, 66 to 67e; Ma-
nitoba feed barley, 64 to 65e ; buck-
wheat, 55 to, 55%c. Flour--Mani-
teba Spring wheat patents. firsts,
85.90; Manitoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, seconds. $5.10; Winter wheat
patents, $5.50; Manitoba, strong
bakers', $5.20; straight rollers, $5
to $5.25; straight rollers. in bags,
82.35 to $2.50. Feed -Ontario
bran, $22 to $23; Ontario mid-
dlings, $23.50 to $21.50; Manitohn
bran, $22; pure grain mouille, $33
t r $31; mixed niouille, $25 to $27.
Cheese -Westerns, 11% to 11',c,
and easterns at 11Y, to 11'/,c. But-
ter -Finest creamery, 21% to 25c.
'Eggs -Selected stock, 25!:, to 26c;
No. 1 candled, 22! to 23e. and No.
2 at 16 to 19c per dozen.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2A.-- \Wheat --
Sept., 98c; Dec., 97';x• May, $1.-
0134; Cash. No. 1 hard• $101% to
$1.01,; No. 1 Northern, $1.00% to
$1.00%; No. 2 Northern, 98% to
945;,e; No. 3 Northern 961:q to 97'/c.
Flour -First patents, $5.10 to $5. -
'se; se^ond patents, $1.90 to $5;
first clears. $1.35 to $1.55: second
dears, $3.10 to $3.30. Bran --- In
100-1b. sucks. $19.50.
Buffalo, Sept. 2S --Wheat -Spring
uheat stronger; No. 1 Northern,
carloads, store, $1.05V,; \1 Inter.
higher; No. 2 red, $1.11 ; No. 2
white, $1.12. Corn -Envier ; Nu.
3 yellow, 72,'.'c ; No. 4 yellow. 71'4c .
No. 3 corn. 71e; No. 4 corn. 7')'.,c;
No. 3 white, 71•`/.e. Oats Firm.
('anal freights -Wheat. 4! is to
New York.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Montreal. Sept. 25.- T'ritre
beeves sold at 5 to 5%c prr lb.;
pretty good Anima!;. :i`i to 4',e,
are! the common stock. 21/, to 31 le
per lb.; inilch cows from $30 to
lte5 each. Sheep 3's to 3',„c. reel
lambs 5!, to 51,;c per lb. Good
BUTCHERED BY PEASANTS
Thirty Are Dead and One Hundred and Fifty
Seriously Injured at Kiev, Russia.
A despatch from Berlin says:
Another meassaere of the Jews by
the Russians has taken place at
Kiev, according to information ro
ccirtd on Wednesday by protui•e
eat Jews of this city.
The latest• outrage began on last
Thursday, the Jewish New Yea -'s
Day, and lasted for three days,
during which time 18 Jews were
killed outright, 12 so severely in-
jured that they subsequently died,
and 150 seriously injured. There
were a thousand lesser casusltise
besides the destruction of several
hundred thousand dollars' worth of
Jewish property. Tho Jews hart
but scant means of defending
themselves, and succeeded in kilt
ing but three of their Russian as
sailants and injuring a scorn.
The reactionary party is respon-
sible
forh
t 0 latest -
t t anti Jew•i.:h
outbreak. It became enraged at
the Jews for their support of tote
reform movement, and decided t.,
inaugurate the Jewish New Year
with another attack on the Jew=•
several of which have darkened
Kiev's history in the last few yours.
Hundreds of peasants were hired
t.J• the reactionary party and they
10ci in the attack on the Jews. Ab
the height of the mob's frenzy 100
Jewish woolen a: d girls were seized
I. the drunken rioters, stripped of
their clothes, chained together in
a long line and paraded naked
through the streets, while the
crowds of Russians jeered, reviled
and spat upon them. Two Jewish
toys who sought to defend the wo-
men against this outrage were
seized by the leaders and thrown
into a nearby bonfire that had been
built of the plunder of sacked Jew-
ish !louses. and roasted alive. while
the nob danced about the flames.
One of the first acts of the ooh,
which had been mode drunk before
being turned loose for the murder-
ous work. was to rush to the syna-
gogue, where the rabbi was butch-
ered and the congregation driven
(tom the building. The edifice was
then demolished.
lots of fat hogs sold at 9 to 9%c
per Ib.
Toronto, Sept. 23. - Straight
loads of prime to medium butch-
ers' sold at from $14.85 to $5.50, but
ali other grades were from 15 to
25c lower. Very few exporters'
were on the market, and these were
slightly easier tin price. Stockers
and feeders of the better class were
much wanted, but the rougher sort
were hard to sell. Choice cows
were equally strong, as was the de-
mand for good milkers and spring-
ers. Sheep were steady, but lambs
were fully 20c lower. Calves steady.
Hogs receded 25e, and are now
quoted at $•5.15 f.o.b. and $9.40 fed
and watered.
THEY Mt'S� It K.
Suffragettes Sentenced to Prison
With Hard Labor.
A despatch from London says •
Ordinary imprisonment naving
failed to check rioting on the part
of the suffragettes, a Magi -trate
at Birmingham on Wednesday ar-
ternoon sentenced Mary Leigh fled
Charlotte Marsh, two of the ring-
leaders in the outbreak at tee
meeting in Birmingham the night
of September 17, when Premie► As-
quith delivered an address upon
the budget, to two and three
months, respectively, at hard labor.
Another woman was given one
month at hard labor and others
various terms of simple imprison-
ment. When the sentences were
nunounced a number of suffragettes
in court. picked up whatever they
could lay their bands on in the
form of missiles and broke the win-
dows of the court room.
WITNESS BURNED OUT.
Montreal Nee spa per Suffered
Meaty 1
A despatch from Montreal says
The Montreal Witness offiCe. we's
guttered by fire. awh'iclt broke ofIt
about 6.30 on Thursday night. The
damage is estimated at from $50,-
000 to $75,000. .$everal neighbor-
ing stores and offices also suffered.
The fire was discovered at 0.30 by
men working in the job room, but
Row it originated is n mystery. The
(lanes began their work on the top
floor, and in an incredibly short
time the whole upper flat was
wrecked. The roof then fell in
and added to the damage. Flames
ate their way down through the
other flours to the press room in
the basement. In addition to the
damage by fire. the loss by water
will he considerable. Arrange-
ments hart been made `with The
Gazette to publish the paper fur
the pre7ent.. There was an insur-
ance of $150.000 en the building and
contents.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SIIOT.
Little Sister held iti(1e and it Went
OR as She Pitt i1 Down.
A despatch frotn Begot, Man..
says: Murray. the seven-year-old
con of Neil Johnsen of llose,i tale,
was accidentally shot through the
head last night, dying three hours
after. The hired man had return-
ed from the elevator, and a fee -
sear -old sister climbed into the
wagon, where a 22 -calibre rifle lay
loaded. Deceased ((Toeing closely
with a baht' in his arms. started to
climb over the wheel as the little
girl picked up the rifle. The father
ordered her to lay the rifle clown,
but the rifle discharged. and the
bullet. entered one aide of the little
lad's face, penetrating aliness to
the other side. Medical aid v. -as
st,mmoncdl but the Ind diad with-
out regaining con,civus,less.
'•Yea.'. rejein^d Murphy. "it 14 a
remarkable world. 1 just had an
experience Mitch like Ott inys^!f•
i ens welkin.; diesel the street net
iIIGIIEST TOWN IN THE WORLD
Mining Station 11nn Far l"p in tho
Andes.
Cerro de Pasco is the highesb
town in the world. Tlie remark-
able broad gauge railway by which
it is reached passes over a higher
altitude -about that of Mont Blanc)
-and there are mining camps and
Indian tillages at greater eleva-
tions. It is also true that. there are
higher railway stations, for on the
Arequipa-Puno line the station of
C'rucero Alto attains the stupend-
ous elevation of 14,660 feet ; but ab
11,200 feet above the sea level there
is no other real town of 8,000 in-
habitants, with a railway station,
telegraph, telephones, churches,
shops, clubs, hospitals and vice-
consuls. It is a wonderful example
)f American enterprise, says the
London Spectator.
Tho section of the railway which
runs from Oroya to this town bo -
longs to the Cerro de Pasco Min-
ing Company, and is extremely
comfortable, smooth running and
fast, considering the gradients. It
passes through fine grassy valleys
grazed by countless herds of lla-
mas, and the blue sky, the spark-
ling streams, the snow peaks, com-
bine with the green pastures to giro
a delightful variety of colors which
afford a striking contrast to the
uniform brown Ane of the barren
Chilean Andes.
To get a f..ir view of Cerro de
Pasco it is necessary to go to the
top of a high rock near the railway
station. The town, with its little
thatched houses and narrow streets
lies in a Targe undulating basin in
which the chief features are the
tall chimneys and other buildings
belonging to the trines. In the dis-
tance a large lake can be seen, and
all around the horizon is studded
with snowcapped heights.
-`At our feet is a busy scene. The
useful Indian is everywhere - now
driving herds of llamas, the uni%er-
ial.mouutain carrier, now riding
mules or -driving carriages over the
undulating roads --and all his busi-
ness is a part of tbs great work of
extracting copper and silver front
the deep shafts. The rosy cheeks
f the Indian children, whose heal-
thy color shines through their
brown skin, is an unusual sight in
sallow South America, for the cli-
mate is healthy and invigorating. In
the winter there is a great deal of
rain and sleet. but the summer is
bright and crisp and all the year
round the temperature is equable,
one of moderate cold in which the
thermometer seldom falls much be-
low freeting puint.
Everything at Cerro de Paseo is
"rain" by the American. 'there is
a spacious club where howls are
played nightly, and in the hollow
below there is a baseball ground.
Both these games are characteris-
tically American, they are played
at high pressure the whole time,
the biggest match can be played
in about one and a half hours, and
the players are near enough to the
spectators to hear the continents,
encouraging or otherwise, that aro
liberally bestowed. The hospital-
'!} of the Americans is unbounded
and the life is one of the utmost
geed feeling and good fellowship.
The only drawback to the visitor's
enjoyment is the soroche or moun-
tain sickness, which is almost cer-
tain to attack a newcomer unless
1•e ascends by %cry gentle stages.
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Bomb Explosions in the "te.•. t+ of
liar Ina:u,
de.patch fi •n Saraq•• ,,
Spain. 'ass : Barcelona is evide
enslmg t'0roug!i another r!:gn • f
terror. The sit nation through“ .t
Statin is disquieting. Not a .I ty
parsec in Barc.'loaa without b•,olb
explosions in the etre t, but t' t
Government anppresscs news • f
these e'(urrenees. Warniegt
ten minute. ago. Atli 1 fret t•xo Mr •' rr"eitcr) of the hour and p',, .0
--•("n, mire! you --that ,Id 1,c.cr deer,• e\1.4o••id,n:4 will c,ccnr need
met before." they t:rn n:r:::,lot a'•..ays fulfillcJ.
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