Exeter Times, 1909-12-09, Page 2STRIKE OF TSE SwITCBMEN
Not a Wheel Turning on any Freight Train
Between St. Paul and Seattle
A despatch from St. 1'au1, Minae- advised the general managers of all
nota, says: The strike of switchmen the Western railroads that if any
on the Northern transcontinental ette►npt is made to replace the
lines between St. Paul and the 1'a- striking switchmen by non-union
cific coast has already involved 65,- men he will call a strike. The
005 people directly and indirectly, situation at present is tuts: That
and before the strike is adjusted it nine of the jobbers of Chicago, the
is believed that 150,000 persons will Twin Cities or Duluth can ship a
have been affected. Net a wheel is single article except by express.
turning on any freight train be- Not a farmer in the North-West can
tween St. Paul and Seattle. In Min- deliver to the commission houses of
neapolis three of the big flour mills the Twin Cities except by express.
have closed down for the reason That the prospective Christmas bu-
that they could not receive grain siness throughout the North-West
nor ship neer. At St. Cloud, Minn., on all lines is paralyzed. Milling
the Great Northern has closed its and manufacturing industries are
shops, putting 500 men in idleness. hourly being suspended and the loss
At Superior. Wis., the (great North- in money runs into the hundreds of
tarn has close -1 down its shops and thousands of dollars every 21 hours.
docks, crowding out 350 sten. At This is the most far-reaching and
St. Cloud, in the granite works, 500 disastrous strike that has occurred
men were thrown out of employ- in the West fur 25 years, and the
meet because of the uneertainty of determination on both sides to fight
the future. From St. Cloud. Wil- to a finish promises to prolong the
mar, Verge. (;rand Forks, Jnnies- struggle for weeks.
town. Devil's Lake, Minnt.. Billings, Telegrams from the northern '.1fin-
Livi:zgston, Butte and Helena 165 peseta iron range towns on Wed-
eneine : reiws were called off. The nesdav night, which incledes a po-
switchmen have allowed perishable nutation of more than 175.000. say
freight to be attached to passenger that if the strike continues for a
trains to be taker to terminal sta- week there will he a food fanzine in
lions, i• -t. this c.nly applies to the all of the towns. One of the ef-
next t3 losers. This situation is Teets of the strike is the suspension
practically the same clear to the of the hig necking -horses at South
roast. St. Paul. They ern neither receive
The chief of the Brotherhood of live stock nor ship their present
Locomotive Firemen on Wednesday supply of produce.
Ill MICR .tl'ION DOUBLED.
Enormous influx Froin l•. 5. Dur-
ing Past Seven Months.
A despatch from Winnineg says:
Complete fie:t res regarding the
American immigration to Canada
have just been compiled, and show
an enormous increase in the num-
ber of immigrants arriving from
the United States this year. The
biggest. months were April, May,
June and October, the first two ex-
ceeding any of the other months
by about two thousand. The figures
for November have not vet been
compiled. The totals for this year
from April to October, inclusive,
Ni:W BOATS FOR THE PACIFIC.
The C. P. R. is Preparing to Build
Thein at Once.
:1 dcsnateh from Montreal says:
Arrangements are new under way
by the Canadian Pacific Railway fur
the construction of two new boats
for the Pacific Coact service at a
cost of about $1.250.0'10, Capt. .1.
W. Troup, manager of the Pacific
service. is now in Jfontreal discnss-
ine arrangements as to the building
of these new boats with the offici-
als at headquarters. It has been
definitely decided that their con-
struction will be immediately un-
dertaken. but details have not vet
nre : --1909, 65,755: 1908, 38,844. been worked out. Capt. 'Troup will
There has been on increase of near- sail for England next Friday from
ly I00 per cent. in every month, St. John by the Empress of Britain,
and in the month of October there and the final arrangements for the
was an increase of over 100 per
construction of the two new boats
cent. will he made there.
WATER iN TIIF: BETTER.
.in Extenive Fraud Perpetrated by
Fnreiguere In Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says:
A gigantic butter fraud is engag• A despat,•h from Edmonton,
ing the attention of the city and Alta., says: A settlement of the
Provincial authorities. Thousands eopl strike in all the local mines
of pounds of butter, it is found, has been effected. The Standard
have already been disposed nf, and r.:ine. the largest near Edmonton
selen grocers aro known to be int affected, will pay the men 211/.,
,:Heaied. The butter was purcbas- cents more per ear ruined and will
est freta the w•lu.le-alers at 24 cents recognize the anion in check off
a pound. It way, retailed at 22 cents and ether matters. which it before
a pound. which aroused the au- refused to do. The Frank mine
thorities. in%estigation showed and Ritchie mine nlso agreed to the
that the 1• .cter had been worked same terms and the men in both
over will) • .to,. and made heavier. cases are again at work. Parkdn'^
se that a i ,.nlsorne pre,fit was bc- mine will be clueed tip. ns it is in n
ing made. 111 one ease there was had condition financially. :1t Car -
3a per cent. water. M...1 of those (lift mine. near ifoiinville, where
implicated are foreigners. fifty amen walked out en Monday
with the advice of a union official.
Fllf''f SF:1 1,0111. the trouble was remedied Millthe
men have returned to work at the
Sir 1 Blur krel Wilson to _me old terms.
Il
eeed Sir John Fisher. ---.--
A despatch from London s:ays: DROWNED 1N RIDEAU l'.1N t1..
Sir Robert Kti tet \\'ikon has been
appointed First Sea Lord of the \d-
inirally, in succession to Sir .1.4in
Fisher, who is soon to retire.
STRIKE SETTLE).
Opern(iwes and Men 111 .Alberta
Mines Keach an Agreement.
4.
W11.1. 19.101-1IN ON 1;1.11.
fonui,nns i1 ill Kec•...•ntt►I1 1111 \inth
of Nest Month.
A despatch front Ottawa says:
Parliament will adjourn for the
Christmas holidays on the 17th of
this month, and will resume sittings
nu .inn. 10t11.
Yonne Woman Broke 'Through Tee
While Skating.
A despat.lr from Ottawa says:
Miss Annie Peet, aged nineteen, of
Drummond s'reet, Ottawa East,
was drowned while skating en the
Rideau Canal en Thursday night.
She was with two male companions,
when the ire gave wily and all three
fell into the water. The young men
managed to get to lied, but efforts
to rescue Miss flet were unsuc-
cessful.
TWO KILLEB, THREE 1NJIIED
Fat1ti Explosions in McKinley -Darragh and
N ipissing. Mines
A despatch from Cobalt says: John McLeod ..ad his face seiazll►-
I'icking into a missed hole at the 75. r•ci, a rock crushing hitt cheek -bone
•
foot level of the McKinley -Darragh and damaging one eye. and hie legs
were pierced with flying splinters.
he was brought to the lied Cress
thepital. tied will rec.rver. This is
the third inun to he killed at the
suint, on Wednesday afternoon. an
Austrian mucker was blown to pier.
C., and John McLeod, machine tnnn,
*CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
t1A1't'1:N1\Gs FiiO)I ALL OVER
THEGI.OI:t:.
Trieereenle 9rlets front Our Ono
and Other countries et
Roteut Events.
CANADA.
The revenue of the Dominion will
he nearly *100,000,000 this year.
The :dontt•eal Street Railway
Company has been fined for using
its cars to carry building material.
Building permits aggregating in
value $16,535,6S2 have been issued
in Toronto so far this year, a new
record.
Mr. Miller's bill to abolish race-
track betting was discussed in the
Commons and referred to a s1ecial
committee.
GREAT BRIT.IIN.
The House of Lords rejected the
budget by a vote of 350 to 75.
British Columbia was awarded a
gold Medal at the Colonial fruit
show in London.
It is stated in England that the
Duke of Connaught would be pleas -
ea to accept the position of Gover-
nor-General of Canada.
The British House of Commons
passed a resolution declaring that
in rejecting the budget the House
of Lords had ceminitted a breach
of the constitution.
tiNITED STATES.
Eight miners are entombed in a
copper aline at Ducktown, Tenn. COUNTRY PRODUCE.
The United States Government
has severed diplomatic relations Apples -$2 to 8:1.50 per barrel,
with Nicaragua.according to quality.
Miss Juanita C. Hovr.rd of Chi- Beans -Car lots outside, $1.50 to
sago was married by the side of her
*1.60, and sunlit lits here $1.70 to
father's coffin. $1.90.
It is estimated that 200 lives were Honey -Combs, dozen, 82.25 to
lust in the recent tornadoes in the $3; extracted, 10;.,c per 111.
southern States. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $14.50 to $15
William C. Utley, Treasurer of and No. 2 $13 to $1.1 on track, To-
tbc Pittsburg, Pa., Cresbytery, is ronto.
1;41.034 short in his accounts. Straw -$7.50 to $8 on track, To -
Mr. J. P. Morgan has purchased a ronto.
majority of the stock in the Equit- Potatoes -15 to 50c per bag on
able Life Insurance Company. truck for Ontarius.
Abraham Ruef, the San Francis- Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 11 to
co boss under sentence for bribery, 12c per Ib. ; fowl, 8 to 9c: turkeys,
has been released because of ill- 15 to Ice per lb; ducks, ib., 11 to
health. 12c; geese, 9 to IOc per lb.
Chicago's Telephone Commission --
has ordered the telephone compan- THE D:IIIZY MARKETS.
ies operating in the city to place Butter -Pound prints, 23 to 24c;
meters on their instrwuents' tubs and large rolls, 21 to 22c; in-
G1;N'ERAL. --
ferior, 18 to 19c: creamery, 27 to
2Se. and solids, 26 to 26'/.,c per .b.
The Australian naval loan bill has Eggs -Case lots, 30 to 32c per
passed the House of Representa- dozen for fresh, and '25 to 26c for
flees. storage.
The Austrian Government has Cheese -12'4e per ib. for large,
decided to establish a Consulate at and at I2'/,e for twins.
Winnipeg.
The Italian Cabinet. has resigned, HOC PRODUCTS.
following its defeat on a fiscal re -
.form measure. Bacon --Long clear, 1314 to 14c
per lb. in case lets; tress Fork,
DIlION IS INSANE.$26; short cut, 1x29 to $29.50.
Hams -Light to medium, 14% to
Montreal Murderer of Constable 15!.4c; do.. heavy. 13% to 14c; rolls,
Shea Will Ce to Asylum.14 to 14Ne; ; shoulders, 12'; to 13e;
becks, 19 to 20e; breakfast bacon,
A despatch from Montreal says: 17 to 18e.
Word was received in the city on Lard -Tierces, 15?.;e: tubs, IGc;
Thursday afternoon from Ottawa to pails. IG;ac.
the effect that John Dillon is to es -
(ape the gallows. The report of
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
the specialists, Dr. Phelan of King-
ston and Dr. Burgess of the Ver- Montreal. Dee. 7.- Oats, No. 2
dun Protestant hospital for the in- Canada Western. 40,'-:; to 41e; bar -
sane, on the mental condition of ley, No. 2, 66 to 67c ; Manitoba feed
Dillon was trade known on Thurs- barley, 52 tc► 5:1e: buckwheat. 54 to
(inv. In effect the reeort is that ;,s' ,r. Flour -Manitoba Spring
Dillon is not of sufficiently sound .heat patents, firsts, $5.70; Mani -
mi -id to appreciate the sentence. tote Spring wheat patents, sec -
and that, in view of this, the Crown ends, 55.20; Winter wheat patents,
would not he justified in carrying ; $5.6;n: Manitoba strong bakers. 85;
out the sentence of death ptomaine- st rai¢ht rollers, $5.10 to 85.25;
cd upon him in September last. straight .rollers in hags, 82.41) to
----.14- $2.50. Feed- On( nrio bran. $20.-
1 MI'NTER'S MiST.% E. 51 to *21.50; Ontnrio middlings,
$23 to 823.50; Manitoba bran. gl9
John Smith Kills W. Me('tenry, to $20; Manitoba shorts. *22 to 823;
Taking Mini for n Deer. pure grain mnuille, $32 to *33;
A despatch from linthwrll, Mani_ mixed nuntille. 525 to $27. Cheese
icon, say.: The first fatalitw of the -7.•
Mani -
Westerns, 111", to 11'/.c for late
Sep -
hie game shooting season we• tererl nll make, rind 117; to 12e for Sep -
r sr herr on Wednesday afternoon, teethe,. make. with eastecns 11!/ to
when John Smith shot and killed W. 11%c. Butter --September cream -
McCreary in mistake for n deer. ery,, 25 to 25' e, and current re -
The bullet bit Alct'rrnrw full in the mitts at 24 to 24',:;e. Eggs- Select -
chest and caused instant death. His cd stock. 27 ,lo 28e, and No. 1 cand-
two brothers were in the hush with Icd at 25 to 26e per d••'en.
him and at once conveyed the body UNITED STATES V.1Rl�1:'15.
to this teen. Smith also came in
and gave himself up to the police. Buffalo, Dec. 7. --Wheat - Spring
_4. - wheat, No. 1 Neithern. carloads,
111(;1I CST I'RI('I: EVER 1'.t11). store, ft1.11: Winter, No. 2 red,
- - *1.21; No. 2 white, 81.22. ('nrn-
t'z Tule Steer Sold at Chicago for No. 3 yellow, 02! le; No. 4 yellow,
Ten Cent% a found.
cc;' .e : Ne. 3 corn, 60e; No. 4 corn,
5sr : No. 3 white, 61c. Oats -No. '2
1 (leseateh from (hiceee snee: white. 111:e.
Prime steers en Wednesday reach- ( •Iii• :i . , Dee. 7. --Wheat -- ('ash
rd the highest price ever pnid on No. .' reit, 51.19 to 141.21: No. 3 red
the epee market. in Chicago. Nin.' 81.1e to el.17: No. '2 hard, 81.07",
hew steers. averaging 1.574 I,onrrls, to Rt (19: No. 3 hard. 51.02 to Al.- �IT�� Clerk n; $9.50 per hundred wriuht, 00: No. 1 Northern, 131.0;'.. In RI.- Railway 11'luil Clerk Charged
..1 telt yearlings. weighing 1.051 091,S : No. 2 Northern. f41.05!! to
p•.unds. also soled it the same prier. 81.os�: No. :: Spring. 41.0'3 to A1. ing Money Package.
1 =in�le head sold at 1••n cent per .O(;. Corn No. 2 white. old. 62'.'
I •and. to 03',r; No. 3 new. 66'._.c; Nn. 3 _ ----
- - !' white. new. t5(1'ic : No. 3��yello.w. ;1 'spatch from Winnipeg sans : employed a lawyer and was rrmnnil-
1. O (;11.1,1:11 ON '1•R 1C e. new. 57 to 58e. Onts---No. 2 white, The climax of a $5,000 robbery oc- ed for one week. His salary is $I.S0
12' c : No. 3, 4A" e: Ne. 3 white, Burred on Thursday, when John A. per clay and he has been in the ser -
t.. 41%e: No. 4 white. 39 l., harness. a railway mail clerk, was vice for one year. The detectives
51c : :standard. 41', to '2';c. as rested charged with the crime. It of the city, the railway and the
- 'is the sequel of the disappearance post -office department are main-
-LIVI•: STOCK MARKETS. of a package containing $5,855 from taining the utmost secrecy about
Montreal. Dec. -Prime beeves the mails on the ('arman-Hartney the case. They admit, however,
41:, to 5!.;e per pound; pretty good branch of the Canadian Northern that several persons are involved
aninut1 . 3' to •1! c; comNov.N
ino i stock. 1(ailvay on I. The police in the robbery and that a number
19 to ac per Ile; lean canners. 1'; found 81.000 of the etnlen money of thefts of equnl interest I►nvo ec-
to 2e per pound: !pitch cows, from ',i \1'e:inesday, but admit the web- carred recently in the service t. bielt
l$30 to 560 each ; calves from 3 te lent of Yul-ing the mysterious affair hate not been explained. The titg•
5';e ler lb.; sheep fret) 33, to I'•,e i< pestling them. hr st'on is that ali have been corn
i per Ib. ; latnlrb at 5`, to ii c per r Barnett took his arrest coolly, misted by the same gang.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM TUE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Price,' of Cattle, Grain. Cheese ant:
Other Dairy Produce at
Home and Abroad.
IiIu-:A DSTUFFS.
Toronto, Dec. 7.---Flour-Ontario
wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.30
to $4.35 in buyers' sacks on track,
Toronto, and $4.20 to $4.25 out-
side in buyers' sacks. 'Manitoba
flour, first patents, $5.60 on track,
Toronto; second patents, 85.10 to
55.20 and strong bakers', $4.90 to
$5 on track, Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern
$1.04, Bay ports, and N. 2 North-
ern, 51.02%. Hay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 mixed,
51.03 to 51.04 outside. and No. 2
white and red, $1.01 outside.
Barley ---No. 2, 60 to Glc outside,
and No. 3 extra, 55 to 59c outside.
Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, :36 to
37c outside. Canada West oats,
37,14 to Mc for No. 2, and 36% to
37c for No. 3, Bay ports.
Peas -87 to 88e outside.
Rye -No. 2, 72 to 73c outside.
Buckwheat -sac high freights, and
54c low freights .
Corn -Old No. 3 American yel-
low, 71Y, to 72e Toronto, and new
No. 3 yellow, 65'4 on track, To-
ronto.
Bran -820.50 in bags, Toronto,
and shorts, $23 to $23.50, in bags,
Toronto.
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ADRIFT FOR THREE DAYSTIN
MERRY QLD ENGLAND
Terrible Experience of Two Nova Scotia
Fishermen.
A despatch from 1 tight' , N. S., : the schooner Venus. and brought
into
says: One of the most appall.zhg Westport in an exhausted con -
stories of hardship and suffering
ever experienced by lova Scotia' They had been for three and a
half days in their open boat, with
fishermen conies from Westport, on the
machinery broken down, with
-
the Bay of Fundy. Last Monday , out feed. helpless, and es-- esel to
morning at three o'clock, Gee. Re- erne of the worst series of st ,ems
'mot, aged 55 years, and his son, in years. Thcv are as yet unable
hay, need 20, left Westport in a to give an account of their terrible
small 20 -foot gasoline boat for the experiences. When their engine
fishing grounds. They were seed broke down they were comnellerd to
hauling their trawls at 10 o'clock lie at nnehnr throughout the recent
the sante morning by Cant. Nelson gales until Thursday morning. when
Thurber, of the schooner Swan, and they broke adrift from their moor -
nothing was seen of them until ings and were carried to sea. The
about one o'cloek on Thursdav af- heavy rains stem -died them with
ternnon, when they were nicked up 1• ster or they would have eerisl►ed.
off Trinity Ledge, 20 miles from The doctor thinks that, with care,
Land, by Capt. A. J. Thurber, of • the men will recover.
lb.; good lots of fat hogs, 8i to
8%c per lb.
Toronto. Dec. 7.-A few extra
choice pickers steers and heifers
sold un to 85.50. and several lots
realized *5 to 55.25. Butchers'
Ci/WS of the choice close were very
much wanted. a few selects selling
at 84.80. whilst $4 to $4.50 were
common prices for well -finished ani-
mals. Stockers and feeders are
still being bought by farriers. Milk-
ers and springers were the only
stock that showed any signs of be-
ing easier. Calves of the elioice va-
riety reached the 87 hark. Sheep
and lambs, despite the abundant
simply, were very firm. Hogs -Se-
lects quoted at 57.50 f.o.b., and
$7.75, fed and watered.
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FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NiEH'S BY M_1I1. 1.1103: IAF.•
LAND'E SHORES.
Happenings in the Emerald isle of
Interest to Irish-
men.
There took place at Newry rec-
ently the death of Mr. Joseph Fow-
ler, J. P., after an illness of short
duration.
The number of schools in Ireland
i' which Irish was taught in 1908
was 3,047, as against 2,861 schools
in 1907.
PL.IYING ON THE ICE. . Fire completely destroyed Me- bute $1,250.
Dowell's motor and cycle works, Hat-ry Morton, cutlery manufac-
Mr. `VIII. Boyee's Ten -year-old Son Armagh, with the entire stock, exturer, was fined $50 at Sheffield for
Drowned in Maple Lake. cept two cars. marking knives with a trade mark
clA despatch from Haliburton says: Rev. Alexander McMullen, one of Rodgers
resembling that of Joseph
Roily. the ten -year-old son of Mr. the best known Rosman Catholic Rodgths and Sons.
Wm. Boyce, a farmer at Maple clergymen in Ulster, has died at At the inquest of the tweeollier-
Lake, twelve miles north of here, the age of 84 years. en victims of the Darren Colliery
explosion the jury found that the
was drowned on Thursday morning A child was treated in Steeven's explosion was caused by shot -firing
while playing on the ice on the Hospital, Dublin, who had swallow- igniting coal dust.
lake. With some younger compan- rd a number of beetles contained
in a porter bottle. Alderman William Fairbrother,
ions he was testing a weak spot in Alderman
has resigned his seat on the
the ice, when he broke through and The King has appointed the Earl Warwickshire County Council, has
was drowned before his compan of Arran to be a Knight of the Or- hunted with the \Warwickshire rox-
ions could get help. The body was der of St. Patrick in ,lace of the hounds for sixty-one seasons.
recovered an hour Inter in 24 feet Earl of Carysfort, deceased. Mr. William Creese, of Tedding-
of water. The underground system of tele- ton, near Tewkesbury, who eclebr -
- -- -�-. graph is to bo introduced between ted his eighty-ninth bi:thday, is t o
WORKED ON SUNDAYDublin and Belfast by way of a he- only survivor of the twelve origin -
ginning of the system in Ireland. a: members of the Y. M. C. A.
Contractors on Regina Parliament A boy cycling out to deliver z For the purpose of providing
Buildings Disregard Law.telegraph message at Tongulec work for the unemployed. the Hrls-
farm, near Roscommon, was met to. city council resolved to con-
A despatch from Regina says: by several persons and cautioned struct a lake and pleasure ground
('unsblo feeling hbee•
n not to deliver his message. He at Portishead, at a cost of $22,000
aroused iernn the city throughas the ac- persisted, however, in doing se. The South Wales miners with-,
tion of contractors in continuing The matter was reported to the p0- drew their request. for a 2y2 per
work on the Parliament buildings lice. cent. advance in wages and accept-
.w
ccept-
Sunday. An army of men wA tree which a farmer named e 1 the owners' suggestion to cenr-
machinery were busy all day, muchith Geo. Hart, an aged roan, was cut- mence negotiations fur a new ngree-
mrnt.
NI:WS 111. MAIL ABOUT J011t
BULL. AND UIS I'EOI'I.E.
O. srrences in the Land T6a1
Reigns Supreme in the C'oru•
werc•ial 11'or•Id.
Several gold coins are repocteli
to have fallen from an old mattress
cinch boys at Hyde threw on a
bonfire.
Lord Exeter accepted the invite
turn of the Stamford town counci
to become the mayor for the ensu
big year.
Tho Duke of Northumberland tail
the foundation stone of the new
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Schools
at Hexham.
Eccleshall guardians at Sheffield
decided to lease a largo tract oI
moorland and set the unemployed
to reclaim it.
Incendiary fires at four fames
have occurred at hlubberley, mat
Winslow. Corn and hay stacks and
buildings were destroyed.
Anne Taylor was stated at a
Hackney inquest to have died (tune
the effccts•of a broken ankle at the
age of ninety-one.
Blackfriars Bridge subway, by
means of which one of London's
dangerous crossings may be avo:d-.1
ed, was opened November 25.
As an aged lady named Sheffield
was alighting from a trap at Wit-
tering, near Stamford, she was
killed by a passing motor car.
Bred at Martatn, Norfolk, a mag-
pie -pigeon has been sold for $300,
a record price for the breed, and,
in gold, heavier than the bird itself.
In the Isle of Wight Workhouse
it was proved that one night nurse
had charge of 13 wards containing
9.) patients, male and female.
The Royal Geographical Society
will contribute $2,500 towards Cap-
tain Scotts Antarctic expedition,
and the Royal Society will contri-
te) the annoyance of Sabbatarians,
who remembered the fining of farm
ers for a similar offence last sum-
mer.
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SELF-CONTROL.
The self-control of the Japanese,
oven in times of the utmost stress,
and their courtesy, which begets
quietness and discretion, are both
brought out by a writer in St.
Paul's Magazine.
"Cry. It will do you good,,, 1
said one„ to a poor Japanese wo-
man, who, crouching beside iter
dying husband, was controlling
herself with nn effort that would,
I feared, make her ill.
Si►e laid her little slim brown
finger upon her trembling red lip
and shook her head. then whisper-
ed, "It might disturb hint."
"Cry. It will du you good," i
said the next day, when the man
was dead, and ih l seemed almost
prostrate with grief and' over -on -
forced self-control.
"It would be most rude to make
a hideous noise before the sacred
dead," came the soft. reply.
Two Irish centenarians have just
died --a woman of the small farm-
ing elnss at Tinnekilla, near Cain.
Limerick. at the age of 105, and
Mrs. Catherine Neary, of C'lonfre',
Stokestown, county Roscommon. at
the age of 104.
Ling down at Fannaghmore, fell
more quickly than expected, and A lady, whilst worshipping in 11 -
Hart was fatally injured. ford Parish Church on Sunday
'fhe death is announced of Mrs. night was injured by a pipe which
Hannah Allen, of St. Olaf's Road, fell from the organ. The force of
Fulham, who was for thirty-nine the blow was minimized by the
years in the service of Queen Vic- thick bonnet she was wearing.
toria as housekeeper. Nearly 150 boiler makers at the
Ireland's tobacco crop this tear, shops of the railway works at Itrigh-
on account of the sunny weather •n ton Station have come out on strike.
August, is much above the average. The dispute is understood 'to bo
Last year seine 60,000 pounds were caused by laborers bring pla •ed on
grown in Ireland. boiler makers' jobs.
Believed to have been struck by The Lord Mayor of Bristc t re -
lightning, the Protestant church of ports that a fund, opened son c timo
Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, ago for the benefit of cab preonrie-
w•as recently destroyed by fire, tors and drivers thrown out of et
which originated in the spire. ploytnent by the introduction
Three cattle drives took place in taxicabs has reached the sum o
Galway district on a recent morn- $'4,015.
ing. 'Twelve men were arrested, ---- -
and were subsequently bound over I'IGE0\ NESSE\Ci?RS.
t ► be of good behavior for twelve --
months, or in default three months. leased a lighthouse Attendant's
The report of the Inspectors of Life.
Lunatics on the management of Pretty pigeons of Australia ear -
lunatics and lunatic asylums in Ire- re packages and messages between
Innd during 1908 shows that there Hobart and Mantsuyker 'stand
were 23.931 insane persons in such lighthouse, a distance of abre '
establishments, compared with 23,- enty-five miles. Last November
71a in 1907. they called a physician .or a light -
/1 woman patient at the work- 'muse attendant and probablvesavcd
house hospital, Lisuaskea, County hi-• life. Three birds are liberated
Roscommon, was said to have con- v ith messages every three weeks,
sunned in one day 10 glasses of and when accident or illness occurs
champagne, three glasses of win- three additional birds are set tree.
cnrnis, two ghtsses of brandy. three Twelve birds in all are used for
lents of tnitk, and two eggs. the service. While message.; have
not, always reached their dirstina-
tion. the service has nevertheless
been highly satisfactory. 'fhe
messaeeel are written on a piece or
paper tied under the 1 •
hint the marine board to i4w
petite cclluloid.casrs w 1c Way be
adjusted under the bird's wing,
and. in which a geed deal of infor-
mation might be carried.
The birds are fed on grey liens
of good quality, get plenty of grit
and fresh water, and are kept tk.. •
oughly clean. They are else allow-
ed at their station plenty of oppor-
tunity for needle! exercise. tont
.laat.suykcr Island lighthouse,
which has a most isolated position,
could secure a physician from Ho-
bart sixteen hours after he had
been sent for by pigeon post has
suggested important possibilities
for more g( neral use of honking
pigeons for such service. Trophies
are to be provided f r homing eons-
peeitiolls, SO AA to encourage /Ni-
ers t!► breed the toed desrrietvein
of carriers. There ere (sheet .'1,-
Oth' of these birds in Australia.
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ARREST IN BIG RODE
With Steal -
was badly injured. Ging down (nine in one year. Remains of Han and 11 c:nrnn Found
after a series of holes bad been Another fart! nccidc,za throng's Near lloelrrnl.
abet, the machine gang went to the rlvnamite (we'll -red (01 1Wednesday .1 des,.at -h fru rn Montreal saws:
face where the explosion had taken night. Alfred Sil,ia AS instantly 'I•;,,. badly mangled remains of a
place, and the (lead Ivan sttl(•k a killed and Allan (arewel1 and \\d- 11911 end woman were found along
}rick in the rock. The .lustrien was Siam K'kkn seriensly injercd iii nn the 11.T.R. track'. corner StEli-
killed in the drift. his head, nnr explosion in the Fourth of July rabet1, 9uect and Coir St. Paul
arm and one
kg berg scsere'l (turn shaft at the Nip::sling mine. Thr Road. on Thsursdov night. it is
his body. Ile .81110 to the M'Kie- men were alonea mise preparing`, supposed the temple were walking
ley -Darragh front Austria tl►See to fire, and it is t.1nieight that their [along the track to Tul•cot "illapte.
month+ ago, and has a wire nod candles came in contact with the ;rhea thee were run down by an
throe c)tildtca on the other lode. cxpLisivo• I ta`Ino.
re;