HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-02-15, Page 2REBELS HAVE FREE REIN
Troops Withdrawn and the Insur-
rection Recommences.
TROOPS ON THE MOVE.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
The London Times cables:—The insur-
rection in the Baltic provinces seeming
to be under control, if, indeed, not
crushed, an order was given for the
withdrawal of some of the troops. It
now appears that the withdrawal of the
troops has been followed by a recru-
descence of the insurrection. General
Orloff's column is hurriedly leaving
Riga (0 resume punitive operations.
FIFTEEN REBELS SIIOT.
A despatch from Riga, Livonia, says .
A punitive expedition bus captured a
large band of revolutionists on the Dab -
lien estate in the vicinity of ltiga. Fif-
teen of thou have been tried by court-
martial and shot. The others were
flogged with knouts. The expedition
also captured several hundred rifles.
ORDER IN TRANSBAIKALIA.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
Repot La from the Baltic provinces say
that Governor-General Zellogub's plan
o' sweeping the revolutionists and their
leaders from the provinces is rapidly
approaching completion. The columns
of loops crenu►andd by Gen. Orloff,
which have gradually closed in in Riga,
are driving the L(vonlan revolutionists
before than. The trap will soon ie
sprung, and the revolutionary chiefs.
who aro being gathered by the hundreds
into Riga, will be captured. The dis-
orders are now chiefly confined to the
northern pari of Courland and liiga.
Gen. Linovitch, commander of the
Manchurian armies, telegraphed to the
Emperor on Tuesday as follows:
"Gen. Rennenkampft entered Chita.
Transbaikalfa. Feb. 5, without blood-
shed. The Inhabitants of the town have
been disarmed and work has been re-
sumed.
Twow
h ndr
thetxlolr
v
o olu-
ticnisls have been arrested. but a num-
ber of the leaders fled. Gen. Holsheeni-
koff, the military Governor of Chita, has
been relieved of his post for Inaction.
(ren. Rennenkampft reports that the
measures taken assure a speedy pacifica-
tion of Transbaikalia. All is quiet among
the troops at Vladivostock and Harbin."
RAIDED MAGAZINES.
The first act of Gen. Itfist ehenko on
his arrival at Vladivostock was to send
the mutinous infantry regiment to the
railway barracks outside of Vladivo-
stock.
Advices received by the Minister of
the Interior supplement Gen. Linevitch's
despatch referring to the hestoration n1
order at Chita. These show that the
city was In the hands of the revolution-
ists for threo days. The province of
Transbaikalia, where the peasants, un-
der the leadership of the revolutionists,
rose and raided the Government ammu-
nition magazines and seized 2,000 rifles
and much ammunition, is fur from paci-
fied. Many of the rifles have been le -
covered at Chita In a damaged condi-
tion. . The captured revolutionary lead-
ers were court-martialed and shot. The
telegram to the Minister of the Interior
added that a famine is Ihre
1'ransbaikalia. The supplies
are exhausted. and rebel neasun
be immediately taken.
ELECTION DATE.
A despatch from St. Potersburp
The elections have been fixed for
?Ih and the opening of the N
Assembly on April 28th. it will n
the Taundo Palace. The Cabine
Tuesday decided that it would t
mature to abolish martial law a
sent. The estate of the Minister
lice. M. Akynoff, was ptundere
Monday. The Novae Vrernya stat
the radical organizations of tante
preparing for open war with Ruu
support of the next outbreak of t1
sian revolutionists.
WAR MEDALS.
A despc tch from Sl. Petershur
Medals for all those who peril
in the war with Japan have
ered according to an Imperial
I
ub fished in the R s
p e u sk[ hnval
Wednesday. Those who defend•
Arthur are singled out for spec
Tinction. They will be given
medal. end Tight bronze medals
testnwed nn those whn were
In battles on land and sea. The
whn were not under Ore will
dark bronze medals.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Transparent Envelopes, With Address-
es Inside Barred from Mails.
An Ottawa despatch says: The Post-
Ofiice Detainment publishes notices to
the effect that all mail matter enclosed
In transparent envelopes, having the ad-
dress on the enclosure, is to bo treated
as non -transmissible by mall in Canada,
and the same regulation applies to mat-
ter in enevlopes having a transparent
front portion covering the address. At-
tention is drawn to the fact that the
stamps used for prepaying postage on
t'osl-cards or unenclosed cards [nailed
to other countries as printed matter
must be placed on the front addross side.
The postal administration of the Com-
monwealth of Australia has given notice
that the rates of postage on past -cards
sent from Aiistra;:a to Cantata have been
reduced from one and one-half pence
to one penny each for single post -curds
and from three pence to two pence for
reply post -cards, from Jan. 1st. A re-
duetion has been made in the rates of
postage on parcels sent from Canada to
Deneb Guiana. The rate varies from
36 cents for one pound to $1.60 for 11
pounds. A convention has boon arrang-
ed between the postal administrations
of Canada and Trinidad for the direct
eschnnge of pnrcels by parcel post. The
limit of weight for it single parcel is
seven pounds. Pnreel mails for Trinidad
are made up at St. John, N. B.
G. T. R. ROLLING STOCK.
Three and a Hall Million Dollar's to he
Spent.
A Montreal despatch says: in order to
he ready for the grain traffic next Ben-
son. particularly in view of the impos-
sibility experienced last year of finding
sufficient equipment to meet. the demands
01 Georgian [fay ports, the Grand Trunk
Rniltny Company have authorized the
expenditure of nearly thr'e and n half
million dollars in new rolling stock this
year. This Is an Indication of what the
company are doing in the great task
just now of keeping abreast of the times.
The expenditure in this way between
rine and midsummer will he the largest
In the history of the company for any
sindtnr period.
TEN DOLLAR PIG IRON
fir •---- �
exrtes el Dr. Ilemutt's Electric
Smelting.
An Ottawa desetitch says : An a re -
,cult of the experiments In the electric
'smeltingi of iron ore that Dr. 1letoult, the
Fumes, expert, bus been oondueting at
the Soo, he hos ascertained that pig iron
cnu 1' procured by the electric proee. s
from hematite, at less than tem dollars
e lin at Mal point. The significunee of
this statement can be apprcrtated from
the tart that beton, the Tariff Commis.
slot' on Wednesday, a leading iron unit
steel manefacturer declared that it cost
to day from 114 to $15 a ton to produce
pig iron by the old pnx'ess.
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HURLED DOWN A BANK.
John Lel I1I1kd Near O.teraund on
the C. P. R.
A Krs.watin de patch says : Another
fatal accident oecorred in Peterson's
construction camp on the C. P. R. near
Oaleissund on Friday morning, In which
a Swede sabred John Lep was Instaull;
killeeel Ly the premature explosion of 'a
blasting shot. He was hurled down at
15 -foot embankment, sustaining in, es
M falling that caused his death. Aen
agar wIiO a'as standtn
milli down the baa a
A GREAT NAVAL SCRU
Coming Mcnoeuvres of Co
British Fleets.
A London despatch says : in ►
tion with the great naval nutnoeu
the combined British fleets next
the Admiralty has decided to requ
complete co-operalion of all Rritis
owners. According to the Adrn
present tentative plans, the nrano
will be directed with a view to
mining thoroughly a practical sch•
defense of British commerce in ti
war, and will include attack a
tense of vessels flying the flag
British mercantile marine.
The manoeuvres will be the mo
tensive ever attempted and will e
from the English Channel akin
coasts of France and Spain to the
terranenn. Owners of vessels bou
and front Mediterranean and Sou
!antic ports will be asked to permit
captains to place themselves under
command for a short period. P.
ger steamers and live stock carrier
be exempt. Any vessel unduly do
wilt he reimbursed.
A BARBER'S LUCKY F
Discovered Five Forgotten Stock S
Now Worth a Fortune.
A Syracuse, N. Y. despatch says
searching a drawer in his barber
on Thursday Frank Wood discove
ceriiticnte for Ove shnros of stock
Bell Telephone Company, for whi
paid 85 twenty-two years ago
which Is now worth between $16.00
820,000. The great value of the cert
is due in a measure to the accumu
of dividends. Communicating
Albany, Mr. Wood found that the
was registered, and was issued
Boston company.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
iREPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTIU .
Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at Hone
and Abroad.
Toronto, Feb. 13.—Wheat—No. 2 On-
tario white, 79 to TJ3,c; No. 2 red Win-
ker, 78% to 79c; No. 2 mixed, 78 to 7syc;
No. 2 goose, 74 to 75c; No. 2 Spring, 74
to 75c. Manitoba grades on track, at
lake ports:—No. 1 hard, 89c; No. :
Northern, 86%c; No. 2 Northern, tide ;
No. 3 Northern, 823/c. All reit, North
Bay freights, 4c more.
Oats—No. 2 quoted at 3bee to 36,ec
outside, for local use.
Peas -79c outside for No. 2.
Barley—No. 2 quoted at 49 to 49%c;
No. 3 extra at 46 to 46y,c, and No. 3 at
43 to 43y,c.
Rye—No. 2 quoted outside at 700.
Buckwheat—No. 2 quoted at 52. to
53c outside.
Corn—No. 2 Canadian, 42 to 43c,
Chatham freights; No. 3 American yel-
low, 49y to ' Toronto freight; and
No. 3 mixed, to 49%c, Toronto
ANGLO—FRENCH ENTE1
Lord►el's Views Expressed to 1.
County Council.
A Paris despatch says: President
bet on Wednesday received at lbs
see Palace the visiting members e
tendon County Council. Ile said 1
forts of King Edward mei himsel
envoys been to cement the enlent
dhale between France and her pot
Ally, Great Britain. Ile would co
his efforts In the Interests of peace
cord and humanity. Hee propose
health of King Edward nn'1 Queen
endrn, and wished unbounded pros
10 the great, glorious and noble
nation.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate of a Settler Near
Maskntoon.
A Saskatoon, Sask., despots:h says •
John H. Humphrey, a settler, living forty
miles north of here, was frozen to death
on Saturday morning. lie was going
home with a mad of wood when the
sleigh upset, and he was pinned between
the Inad and n tree, where he slowly
met his horrible fate. A searching party
found the body, frozen stiff. Ile leaves
a wife and three small children.
KING CHRISTIANS FUNERAL
Kaiser Win Spend Twenty-Fexnr homes
in Copenhagen.
A Copenhagen despatch says: The
Kaiser will arrive on the evening of Feb.
17 for 11►s funeral o . «.. and
wheat
5 Net,
high
cent..
$4,3:
d pa-
id.
Aside.
O out -
5 per
75 to
$1.80;
7 to
pa
y are
conte.
ec per
mag on
13 'o
o 10c:
5 .e
at 21
od to
tenor
at 24
24 :o
cold
, and
df tt
, 10%
pork.
tarns,
heavy,
, 10%
rolls.
pails,
e en-
nitoba
e out
hs no -
a rket
Iaues
Df the
t less
Nos.
Man! -
114.G0,
t pa -
night
bags,
Aper
tarso
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tel in
52•)
n ut
50 to
1111S—
atiel;
bite
'trite
to
hoist
820;
art
un'i
lent.
13c:
rests
0 to
.50;
Ixed
to
.en.
der -
apt —
0. ►
, 91
limn
I, 3:1
to
relit. Corn --May. 443- c bid.
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 7.—Wheal closed:
—No. 1 Nr.rtnein. B2c; No. 2 Northern.
80c: May, 83 e; July. $47 c.
Minneapolis, Feb. 13. --\\'hent closed:
---May, 83;; to 8,1-c; July, 853.c; No. 1
hard. S33 c; No. 1 Northern, 82%e; No.
2 Nurth. rrr, 81%c. Flour --Unchanged.
Bram —In bulk, el4.50 to 811.75.
ilea.: STOCK MARKETS.
Teermle. Feb. 13.- \n active business
dominated the Western (title. Marl:et
to,lay on limited offerings of butcher.;
cattle. Prices ruled :ening and Irarh-
sacltnns were mostly reeorderl to ntked
lots.
The following is a list of quntetinns: -
Export cattle, chcico ....8 4 10 $ 4 fee
Do., medium 4 itS 4 45
Do.. bulk 1 50 3 60
Do., light 2'i:. 3 ter
Do., can :s 3 ter 360
Reicher:3 pl•:ke.l 4 40 170
Do., chose, 4 25 4 tit
Do., rneefiurn .... 3 — t fol
cows 3 50 3 Gel
lwtls 3 U) 3 50
50 1100
Stockers, choice 3 25 $ 50
Do., common .. 2 00 2 25
Do., bulls 2 25 2 41)
feeders 3 50 3 :5
Short -keep 3 75 4 15
Milch cows, choice 40 00 55 00
Do., common 28 00 30 '4)
Sheep, export ewes 4 50 5 W
Do., bucks 3 75 4 fin
Do., culls 350 375
Lambs, grain -ted ewes 6 50 7 10
Do., bucks 550 6 �0
Bogs, selects 650 ....
Do., lights and fats 6 35 .. , ,
EAT AL SOOTIIING SVItUPS.
Startling Statement by Culled States
Professor of Chemistry.
A despatch from Washington says :
That more than a million infants have
been sacrificcxd to the various concoc-
tions known as soothing syrups and
pain -killers and over twice that number
killed by impure milk, was the declara-
tion made on \Vednessdny night by Pro-
fessor 11. W. Wiley, chief of the
Chemistry Bureau of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
"\Vo do not know anything about the
milk we have left at our horses, or the
condition under whice it was produced,"
he added. "There are a thousand and
one possibilities which might have com-
bined to make what nature intended for
a food the most virile poison that chem-
istry can produce.
"I have found that the foods we daily
consurne ure so fraught with germ lite
of a harmful nature That 1 am almoet
afraid to go to the table. The butter 's
painted; there Is little other to be fours
anywhere. Cannc-d goods are kept Our
year's and sold for the genuine article.
1 speak particularly of condensed milk.
If we know nothing of the fresh milk we
get, surely our knowledge is more limi-
ted as to the product that is put in cans.
The Lord intended us to resort to cans
only to tide us over one season, until
green fruits could be had again, but the
canneries don't know this. There Is no
law requiring them to stamp the date
upon their goods; it they did It would
kill the sale."
BURGLAR'S BUSINESS DAD.
So Ile Broke Into Jail and Bobbed a
Prisoner.
A New York despatch says : A bur-
glar broke into tate North Bergen, N. 1.,
jail on Sunday night, held up George
Merg, a prisoner, and robbed hien ..f
11.05. Tire burglar had forced open s
window and climbed into the cell. In
the morning, when Jailer Earle visited
rt
the coli, Merg made a formal complaint.
Ile said he would not slay in jail any
longer if something wasn't done by the
town authorities to prevent burglars
from breaking in and robbing the pri-
soners. Chief of Police Nolan was sum-
moned to the Town Hall to hear Mcrg's
story. Ile got a description of tate bur-
glar and ordered his men to search high
and low until they found hint. Later in
the day Frank Meade was ushered into
the Town Hall. Ile was taken Into the
brsement where the jail is and con-
fronted Merg. Merg said, "That's him,'
and Meade admitted it. The prisoner
Tried ..ant to keep his face straight as he
was formally charged wish breaking in-
to the jail and robbing a roan in his
cell. He explained (lint business was dull
in his line and he had to do something.
Then he laughed some more and the
Recorder held him for the grand jury.
GETTING ALONG NICELY.
F. ltd. Clergue Says Soo Industries are
in Prosperous Shape.
A despatch from Toronto says: F.
H. Clergue, of Sault Ste. Marie, in the
city on his way to New York, culled on
Wednesday afternoon at the Parliament
buildings. Ile says the industries are
exceedingly prosperous and that the net
earnings yearly were now more than
twice the amount required to meet the
interest on the 810,000,000 bond issue.
The flourishing condition of the
works." said Mr. Clergue, "is a matter
or grallitcatlon to all concerned. The
Government will be relieved of its guar-
anteee of the 82,000.000 loan, part of the
amount raised for the reorganization
er the company, on May 1, when the
term of the gunranteo ceases under the
act. Arrangements to that end have al-
ready been made by the Canadian Im-
provement Company, which conducted
the re-organiznlion."
The Algomn Central, Mr. Clergue says,
will be extended north iwenty-five miles
This year to connect with the C. P. 11.
The experiments for the Dominion Gov-
ernment
overnntent in the electrical smelting; c 1
ares will he carried nn for some tine
get since the result has been so highly
satisfactory thus far.
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RICHEST
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IUCiHEST IIEIRiiSS IN BRITAIN.
Lady Merry ilamilton to Marry the Mar-
quis of Graham.
A despatch from London says : The
announcement of the engagement rel
9terpuis of Graham, eldest son of the
Duke of Montrose. to Lady Mary ilantll-
ton. the only daughter of the late Twelfth
Duke of Hamilton and Itrandon, the
richest heiress in the United Kingdon.
who only attnined her majority rtently.
is given as ranch space by the news -
pipers as they would do royalty itself.
Tho engagement is pnrti•'ulnrly popular
in Scotland, bis auset It will result in the
radon of two great historic houses.
Lady Mary, who is known as the Lefty
of Arran, is the owner of the Island of
that name. The Marquis of Graham is
himself wealthy. Ile is a kern yne•hts.
rnnn. to the recent eIe-.tions he stood
ns the Unionist candidate for the Hotuse
of commons for Stirling;Irire, but was
defeated.
I.00TED TIIE MisSIDNt 4.
All the tlecupnnls but One Englishman
Escaped.
\ de<pateh front Shanghai says: The
South China Post's eorre.sp>ondent et
Amoy wince that n well -arced hand of
rovoliUm►isls (noted and destroyed lite
tnLeslon premises nt Chsrngpou, near
Amoy. lime fhicsionartes ate:newt!. ex -
lig R•'v. Mr. Olrlham, an 1: glieh
Presbyterian. who is I►idirjg In tp �e Ya-
rnell.
'a
A e
v
m n. The etnl rNon(sf, e.
r etre n:hin
mrd
toward Cttangchnofoo. the part of Amoy,
n large City 36 milts 10 ntth-west
of A ,y.
CHINA AWAKE TO HER POWER.
She Will no longer Tolerate Foreign
Aggression.
A despatch from Berlin says: In an
interview on Friday tvttt► a correspon-
dent regarding the reports that the.
Ended States is preparing for armed
interference in China Lieut. -Gen. ling
1chang, the Chinese Minister here, said:
"The anti -foreign outbreaks in China
are evidence of the awakening of a new
national spirit. China will no longer
tolerate foreign aggressions, and will
not allow the Chinese abroad to to
treated as an inferior race. At the
sante time I do not believe that the Aur-
erican preparations are really directed
against China, but are meant to serve
some other purpose.
"i think the repetition of united ac-
tion on the part of the powers against
China Is impossible in consequence of
the political situation. No power is
likely to risk the danger of single-hand-
ed action. Moreover. China i3 not in a
position to place In the field a modern
veiny of 200,0(0) men, and this number
is steadily increasing. Chinn will now,
at least, try to stand up for her rights."
OUR PIIODUCEI N BRITAIN.
Amounts end Values of Coods Received
In British Markets.
A despatch from London says : Fol-
lowing are the amounts and value of
Canadian-roducts on British markets
during January :
Amounts. Value.
Cattle 8.008 £138 X152
Sheep 1,051 1.669
Wheat, cwts 757.100 283.943
Wheat, flour, cwts. 191.300 97.411
Peas. cwts, 12.470 4.787
Bacon, cwts. 86.431 213.671
Ham, cwls 8.222 18.e.51
Butter, cwls - 3.434 18.0117
Cheese, cwts. 1(19,102 324.420
Eggs, gt. hundreds 3,0110 1.344
Ilorses 37 1,700
28 KILLED IN MINE.
Only Eleven Escaped Results of Explos-
ion in Coal Pit.
A despatch from Charleston, W. Va.,
says: At least 28 men men aro supposed
le have met death in a terrible explos-
ion in the Parallel mine of the.Stewart
Colleries Company, near Oakhill, on
Thursday. Thirty-nine men were cm -
cloyed in the mine, and only eleven have
escaped alive. At midnight six bodies
had been recovered near the mouth of
the mine, and it is certain that all the
ethers in the mine are dead.
RINGS WITH SECRET LOCKET.
Pebbles Mounted for Sleeve Links and
Other Jewelry Novelties.
Some men's gold signet- rings have
secret locket tops, and the same idea is
applied to gold sleeve links, with oval
lops opening in like manner, to hold a
hay photograph.
All sorts of odd links and knots are
seen on fancy bracelets.
A hairpin jar of crystal, of octagon!
form, has a cherub design on the silver
lop.
For unique effects that of wearing
uncut jewels. mounted as pendants Jr
charms, is gaining favor.
Toothbrush stands have the frame fit-
ted at the top fitted with glass cups,
made to slide over the brushes they ac-
commodate, as a means of protecting
theme from dust.
There is a fancy just now of having
pebbles mounted, not as heirlooms. but
for their beauty! Mounted in silver nr
gold. being duly polished, they niaye be
crude useful as sleese links.
The narcissus is one of the prettiest
designs seen on silver toilet sets, tieing a
conventional arrangement in filling the
space assigned with the natural forrn
of flower end lent.
For the debutante Is an cngnge►nent
book of pompadour design, or hand
painted with rosebuds or for -get -me -pots
and finished with gold clasps and n
pretty gold pencil attached by a slender
chnin.
Among the taking fr•(volllics of the mo-
ment are the useful little trinkets in min-
tature toren which, if nol indispensable,
are. es a whin of fashion, still worth
while possessing for their beauty and
grace.
A charming cross displays Iwo em-
eralds alternating with a beautiful gold
leaf in dull yellow. while another cross
connposeel of pearls is finished with n
group of light colored sapphires nt each
end of the cross.
The ponulerity of the olddassl►ioneel
locket. which is suspended fmrn a neck -
chain. Is the occasion for the introduc-
tion of something new In this line. which
has been seen in the shrine of a golden
hall locket worn as a charm on a jewel
set bangle.
Dog collars are fashionable for even-
ing wear in Jet, pearls, precious or semi-
precious stones. Hose quartz. pink ja-
cinth. cut crystals and mother of pearl
fire appmnriate for young girls in cal-
lers. necklaces or heads. Also pale
tine and pink head crisscross collarettes.
Women whn wear other than :ars
cuffs, ns n combination of linen and Imre.
have nn interest in the revival of cuff
Mike. which are of course of a variety
ef styles of the plain nr decorative tr•-
der, ns Conventional finwers with a pearl
or diamond nt the heart, or fancy knots
ef dull gnid.
P1;111.1111.Y DF.(:RADED.
Italian Officer Sols ne Military Insignia
Are Demoted.
d.
A tory sad and impressive cs rernony
took place the other day In the military
bar•ncks of Messina. Rely.
(:opt. Ercolesal. of the Italian Army.
who was nccus.sl and found guilty of
having; 4,1d military secrets to n foreign
power. applied to the Court of Appeal
for a revision of lied Judgment; lust 6e
teas not suce.ersful.
The representatives of nil the regi-
ments quartered nt Mresafna were sum-
moner! to the main barncks and Capt.
t-rcollessi was in their presence farm -
ally degrade.l by removing his sword,
the stars nn his collar, and his stripes.
Emcol•'esi looked deadly pale, and he was
heard sobbing.
Ptrhlia opinion attributed the respon-
sibility of Erc.►lessi'a trouble to his wife,
who, being font of finery, en"nrlragod
him► to betray his country. The court,
however, ft.—quint. her. Ereolessl Is now
simply a number IR elle of the prisons
of Melly.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER T111:
GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and
Other Countries of Recent
Occurrence.
CANADA.
Csigriry Is !eking steps to absorb sew
cent suturbs.
ltobert Ilales sold 180 acres near RapidLily, Mart., for 810,000.
Mr. S. G. elixir, busine: s manager c.1
1 he Hamitic!' Spectator, is dead.
A Michigan Soo man named 1't•ipp
will erect a $10,60u hotel at Cobalt.
York County Council decided to grant
815,000 to the Toronto new General Hos-
pital.
Customs duties at the port of Toronto
the month of January show a large
uicr•ease,
Edmonton will own its car system. and
the Council will build three miles et
track this summer.
William O'llara and John Miller were
asphyxiated by gas at the Imperial Ile -
lel, Toronto, on Saturday.
The Provincial Treasurer announces
that the revenue for Ontario during 1905
exceeded the expenditure by $60,000.
A bill to provide for the better ob,er-
vnnce of the Lord's Day is on the Gov-
ernment programme for the coming ses-
Sten.
The new Grand Trunk passenger sta-
tion and freight shed at New Hamburg
were burned with their entire contents,
on Saturday.
Mayor Cnalsworlh is advocating that
the exemption from laxation enjoyed by
al' churches and educational institutions
1>•, abolished.
Tho adjusters of the dmmaga caused
ht the recent fire at the Windsor Hotel,
Montronl, have placed the loss at a hun-
dred thousand dollars.
The C. P. R. have placed an order with
the Dominion Fair Company for two
I undyed steel coal cars. costing upwards
of a million and n halt.
The Prince Albert Lumber Co. have
2511 men in the woods and expect to cut
from fifteen to
!wY
ent million feet of
(umber this season.
A new company will apply for a char-
ter nt the corning session of Parliament
to build bench lines in connection with
the Grand 'Trunk Pacific System.
There is an epidemic of typhoid at
Fort William. and the hospital is over -
c• nwded. Twenty or thirty cases were
beken to Port Arthur for treatment.
On Friday, James harper, of Brock-
ville. was sentenced to seven years in
peniten'ary at Kingston for assaulting
and biting a man named McKinnon.
Christopher Holland, former book-
keeper for the ideal Bedding Company,
Tornnto. was nrrested in Bristol, n
Snturday, on n charge of staling $13,-
80;
l3;802 of the firm's money.
London, England, capitalists, repre-
sentc•I by Ceeil Went. managing direc-
tot of the Kamloops Irrigation Company,
have secured control of half a million
acres in Northern Alberta. They will
colonize it.
Coleman township. the new manic!.
r nlity being formed in the Cobalt coun-
try. which includes the 611110.3 limit, is
reckoned al n valuation of 830.000,000
higher than any other similar arca !n
Atnerica.
Phut enndilions in the lumber trade
were better Ihnn et nny time in HA his -
fere was slated by Mr. J. 14. Miller. the
F:resident. nt n meeting of ttte Lumber -
men's Assnciation of Ontario. at Toron-
to nn Friday.
The Volunteer firemen's Association
of Ontario will have a bill submitted lit
the coming se.scion of the Legislature to
require all the Ore insurance companies
t , pay two per cent. of premiums col-
lected to the municipal Treasurer. he
amount to be expended In eetendh►g the
efficiency of volunteer fire companies
and in providing a home for disabled
and Infirm volunteer firemen.
GREAT BRITAIN.
A party of British Leber M. P.'s, In.
eluding Mr. Kole Hurdle, will visit Can-
ada in Angus!.
Lord Roberts lin; urged the increase
et the British army to million amen,
supplementing the regulars with the
auxiliary forces.
(Num STATES.
It la probable that 550.000 mi'n
throughout the United States, conlroll.rl
by the United Mine Workers, will go cn
strike nn April 1.
The Sexual ikemocrats of Milwaukee
make bathtubs a plink In their platform.
They demand n l•athltb in every hnnte,
els() free text books, medical advice and
free hospitals.
Mira Clara Smith, who lives in The-
tr,aslon, Conn., has invented an auger
that will bare a square hole. She Is of
or ingenuous mind, but the nuger is
her best production, and carpenters say
there 13 n fortune in for her.
(.ENF.I4,\1..
A (fermi' scientist claims to have
discovered a specific cure for causer by
vaccination.
A British policeman nt Pekin has been
disgraced for making an outrider ..f thn
Chinese Viceroy keep to the left.
Fears of an anti foreign rising exist
In China. Blots in Clicking have been
Indifferently opposed by the authorities.
The Marquis Ito has outlined the po-
licy of Japan in Corea, which Includes
the entire national def.enee ef the coun-
try by Japan.
All China Is at n while hail of pnlitl•
cal di:.:ens(on. Discontent with the
Government is outspoken as an nut -
growth of opposition In foreign
encroachment.
BRITAIN'S TR%DE:.
Sanitary Returns Beal 1111 Records le
Esparto and Imports.
A 4e-pr.teh from Loral .n
Board of Trade: r.t erns for Jr,nunry
easily treat all re'nnls, with imports
roundly 2r.7,'i'10.0t11), end exports $153,•
4I1),($$i. 'i'Me r speutivc' r'i't.-a aro
018.800,01) and 41t6,904,000.
OLD WORK ON MEDICINE
A COMPREHENSIVE 1'It1:.vTiSE ON
TIIE ansa 1'
Diagnosis of Ancient Egyptian -Doctors
Almost liquid to Thal a(
To -day.
Geo. Eters, who was widely known In
the seventies as the author of sere
Egyptian romances, enjoyed al the
time a more limited, but more
fame as as a leading Egyptologist. a
work proved of abiding satin)
e
regulation of the vast historic a •er-
ary heritage which ancient E , as
committed to modern eras.
1'11E "PAPYRUS EBERS."
Dr. Klein, of Chicago, has recently
read an extensive paper before the
American Academy of Medicine on the
"Papyrus fibers." This is u roll of papy-
rus acquired by Dr. Fibers in the vicin-
ity of Thebes in the winter of 1872, from
an Arab who made ancient grave rob-
bing u business, mud who had struck a
line of rock tombs undiscover'ecP ns yet
by the others of the guild. Ile found
this roll of papyrus between the legs ul
a mummy. It was single, lightly rode',
yellow brown, about a foot wide, and
written over for the length of over sixty-
five feet in regular columns that are
numbered. •1l is exactly preserved, and
after investigation and translation was
deposited in the library of the University
of I.cipsig. it was cut in sections there
and placed between glass for purposes
of preservation and examination. The
script of this papyrus is hieratic --other
scripts are hieroglyphic and demotic, a
running script in red and black inks.
Every heading is in red ink.
DATE OF DOCUMENT.
By certain signs, especially an alma-
nac on the outside and an inscription
which refers to Arnenophis I„ the date
of this papyrus is plead at about 1552
before Christ. But it has teen established
to the satisfaction of Egyptologists that
the paper is but a transcription or copy
of another work, which Ls put 3,000
years before that, and this places the
original at a period of over 7,000. )'cars
ago. '
But the most marvellous matter about
this paevrus is that it is n cotnprehen-
e
sive treatise on medicine. as well classi-
fied and ns logically arrang.-d as any
modern text -book. The diagnosis of
diseases 1s cnrefully given. their nature
treated of. and the remedies arranged
Diseases t Ix
In logical order. end iw.•aln-
men, the chest, the heart, the. circa. the
ears, and so on, are carefully errunged
and described in a manner that would
hold water rel the present day. For in-
stance. of the heart, the papyrus classi-
fies the troubles as:: Fatty degenera-
tion, dilatation, carditis. angina or
spasm, hypertrophy (enlargement►,
thrombosis (plugging). and dro sy.
'I71at cones pretty near to us. Of 11 -
cines over seven hundred different s 1r
stances are enumerated, ane they aro
prescribed in pills, in tablets, in Cap-
sules, in decoclinns, powders. inhala-
tions, lotions, ointments. plasters.
ALMOST MODERN.
The completeness of the work, the
close observation, the logical division,
and the common sense in treatment
manifested in This ancient document are
startlingly surprising Io the modern
man. 'These ancients hail their special-
ists, Just as we. iiut. above all. is the
rovelation how much we thought was
our own discovery. which. it seems. was
known to these Egyptian doctors seven
thousand years ago. The nnntonrirnl
and medical hints in the law of !(loses
are found closely naakrl to the text 'if
this ancient papyrus. which many 4
the teachings of Flyppocrales are de-
rived
o-rived from it.
Seven more rolls of papyrus on rnccll.
cal science have been found, but none
are complete and ancient as this. The
others are In Berlin, Loudon, Leyden,
Turin, Brobeck and Leipsig.
DIS.tSTItOI.'K EIRE.
Smith's Falls Factory's Main Building
Burned.
A despatch from Smith's Falls says:
About 2.30 o'clock on Friday morning...
Pre was discovered in the Frost an
Wood Agricultural Implement Warks
by the night watchmen on his visit to
the carpenter shop. The alarm wits ret
once sent in. but owing to the infinite
able material of the shop the fire spread
tepidly, and before It oras got under con -
hell the main building, in which wen!
situated the mnchine, carpenter rind
paint shops, wag completely destroyed.
The lire company diel heroic work. and
the new waterworks esyslcnn was able to
furnish five streams, rind it was owing
to this (lint the !ergo w•arfinuses. the
moulding shop, the [eiilerm strop and
other building. -I were sieved. Senntnr F.
T. Frost. niumger, and \ir. it. J. White,
a'sut m, ue that while it
is ifstampossiblennagerto pr.•slperlly esllnr.de. Ili
toss. the insrtrance carrier) by lire conn-
. pony %vitt fully cover it. The company
bail most of the output for the coming
' season's Bede store.) or shipped to their
ngeneles, and will not he .seriously ef-
fected by the floe. In the nieantime. they
will flt up temporary shops. an -rush
out the balance of this gents gore
r BIR
cnmpnny will r 1 nil 1 just as sacra
the, weather permits 011 n more rn..rlern
mel mare cxtenalvc scale. About throe
hunulral hands are Irlispor:rmrily out •f
employment es a ree.eeit el the fire.
Till: t:IIAR\1 (11' MUSiC.
During the reeont rig.!; nt Georgetown,
Ilrlti li 1ulann, the love of the nein--;
for meats was 111''nieusly turned lo
^count. it was dew Ided to as.+cnrbl?
IIIo natives and In pick out and tlrrest
the ringl.enrlere. A force of marines nn•1
police. hca.l.)d by the militia band, ac-
cordingly rnerelted through the streets.
The natives flocked from their ihous.es
and danced clown the atmta behind the
band. The police pointed nut rhe
"wanted" men, and the marines pr..r.ipt-
ly cr.plur.•tl deem. About sixty to one
hundred nne•sts were effected by the
manoeuvre, tt'luch hurl tnuclt to du with
the final suppression of the riots.
et -o;: "I :ay, olet chap. 1.rr, in ali.•.t:-
Ing bad luck. 1 war►I money teeny, rue
1 Haven't the least idea where I inn j: :
It." Reek: "Welt, l'nn glad to Nee. PM.
I thought pot tinµ; y'..t h.d an Iia gill
could borrow from tae: - / 1