HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-07-26, Page 2AUTHORITIES IN TERROR'
Uninterrupted Series of Murders
and Conflicts in Russia.
EPIDEMIC OF ASSASSINATION.
A desputch train St. Petersburg says:
TI►e pq)Itical barometer is again fulling.
The confusion which seems to have
taken possession of the upper spheres
elute the efforts to form a coalition Min-
istry failed, coupled with the alarming
r•cpui•ts front the iutettior and tie atti-
tude of Parliament, make almost any-
thing possible. There Inas been a mark-
ed renewal of apprehension that the
crisis may end in a coup d'etut against
Parliament. The aesussunlions of Vice
Admiral Clime:ten and General Kuzloft,
the discovery that behind the murder of
the General wus a big plot to kill not
only Gauerul Trepuff, but Prince Puliatin
and other courtiers, and the general ept-
delete of assassination, which has ter-
rorized nut only the local autuorities,
but ex en the police, together with the
wild destruction of property by (ho peas-
antry in half a dozen provinces during
the last few days, have ngain strength-
ened the small part of the court which
believes in restoring to "extrema mea-
sures." The adoption by the lower
!louse of Parliament of i'n address to
the country will, it la feared, place in
the hands of the reactlonists the needed
lever to move his Majesty. M. l'elrajit-
ski vainly warned the lower House en
'Tuesday of the seriousness of (ho pro-
posed step, but the majority of the Con-
stitutional Democrats, of which party he
b a prominent member, seem to be con-
vinced that they must hold the peasants
at all hazards. The members of the ex-
treme left seemed to court a fight,
preaching open revolution from the ros-
trum. The Novoo \'remya, which often
reflects the views of the court, says that
the adoption by the lower House of an
address to the country would go beyond
the jurisdiction of Parliament, and vir-
tually constitute an appeal from the Gov
eminent to the people. The paper adds:
"With its adoption Parliament would
cross the Rubicon, abandon its professed
policy of trying to restrain the country,
and instead of pacifying it, deliberately
pour oil on the flames."
BAD NEWS FROM INTERIOR.
Despatches from the interior continue
to tell without interruption stories of
the burning of manor houses, robberies,
murders, collisions between peasants
and rural guards. and the hurried de-
spatch of troops here and there. Tho
centre of the peasants' uprising is Vor-
onezh Province, where the peasants in
their mania for the destruction of pro-
perty do not discriminate between friends
and enemies, as evidenced by the com-
plete devastation of the estate of M.
Kokoehkine, one of the moat prominent
Constitutional Democrats in the lower
Clouse. Wednesday's reports describe
the situation in that province as "hope-
less," from the standpoint of the land-
lords. The situation is almost as bad
In Poltava and Smolensk Provinces. In
Tambov Province elgthy. peasants are
reported to have been killed or wound-
ed by dragoons.
THREATENED COL. MINN.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
it is reported that some of the soldiers
of the Sominovsky guard regiment have
served notice on their commander, Col-
onel Minn, that they intend to kill hint
at the first opportunity for forcing them
to murder their fellow -citizens during
the Moscow revolt, and that Minn, In
fear of his life, fled from the camp at
Krarisnoyeslo.
KOZLOFI S ASSASSIN.
Many hundreds of the peasants were
killed and wounded, but the horde
stubbornly refused to retreat. The ap-
proach of masses of peasants by
roads made the poeition of the ti
untenable, and they retreated, lei
the estates defenceless. The Go
meal has sent urtillcry to the scene
The railway stations ars' packed
fugitives, and landlords and their
ilio ate oamping by the roadside
A large landed proprietor named
bovlsky and his family wandered
days across the fields before they r
ed Voroneth.
BOR.tCIE ACID iN MEAT.
Contractor for Supplies to iii
Army Fined.
A desputch from London
Messrs, Dickerson and Co., contra
for supplies to the British army, ti
dealer named Mileson were in
Brentford Police Court on Thur
charged with selling potted meats
talning 74 per cent. of boracic acid
another case the meet contained y
cent., and in a third 38.8 per cent. o
acid. Tho samples of their goods
colored with oxide of iron and
coal tar dye. The tins were sold
penny each. They contained 1
tongue and chicken. The Dicker
prepared their own goods. Tho Di
sons were fined $25 and costs of c
the niagistrate expressed the ops
that the boracic acid in (he meat n
possibly be Injurious to persons
were not in good health.
EARTIiQUAKES DO DAMAGE.
The Population Desert Socorro,'
Mexico.
A despatch from Albuquerque, 1'
says : Refugees In large numbers
arriving here from Socorro, N
where great damage has been wro
by a succession of earthquakes
July 2. In that time not an hour
passed without one or more qui
The centre of the disturbance is a
30 miles long by about 10 miles
running from the Ladrone Moun
southeast through Socorro, San
tonia and San Marcia. "Tho noise
the quakes ire frightful," said Mrs.
Leeson, a refugee from Socorro.
have experienced earthquakes at
Angeles and San Francisco, but
anything so sickening as these
longed rockings and jerkings o
earth at Socorro. Water placed
bowl will show continuous vibr
between the greater shocks, sho
that the earth Is never still.
house in town is safe to enter
chimneys and walla topple with
recurrent tremor."
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BRITISH BOY SMOKER.
The Committee Thinks ile Should
Suppressed.
A London despatch says: The 1
of Lords Committee, which has
considering the case of the Britis
smoker, is of the opinion that he s
be suppressed. The manhood of
Britain Is gravely menaced by hi
committee say. It is recommended
nobody under sixteen shall be all
to smoke. The committee wants
selling tobacco to boys punished
wants all the boys punished who
A despatch from St. Petersburg says: caught smoking or having cigarett
The assassin of General Kozloff of the
headquarters staff, who was murdered
let the English Park at Peterhof on Sat-
urday last, has been identified as one
'sett. belonging to an organization the
members of which havo sworn to kill
General Trepoff. General Prince l'utiatin
and 13 other persons intimately connect-
ed with the court. The assassin was
chosen by lot.
GRAND DUKE \'LADIMiR.
their possession. It would havo p
men. park keepers, schoolmasters
certnin other public functionaries c
ed with the duty of enforcing this yo
posed law. The enactment of tits law
may be a long way off.
FROM THE LIQUOR MisN.
!lie License Fees Will Greatly Exceed
the Estimates.
A despatch from Hamburg, Germany, A Toronto despatch says: About 1500,-
says:
500;says: Toward tno end of last week Grand 000 will bo received by the Government
Duke Vladimir received an urgent, un• in liquor license fees for this year. This
signed letter tellitig him to beware of will be almost 8200,000 more than un -
travelling along the Treves route on der the old act last year, and something
Sunday. Thi communication was over $111,000 more than the estimate
placed in the hands of detectives and rade when the amended act of last ses•
the Grand Duke decided to postpone his sion was introduced. The increased
journey. 11 was also handed to the tees have had no effect in regard to
railroad officials. w•ho secured the line applications for new licenses or renew.
with the result that a dynamite cartridge els. In fact there were many more
with a fuse attached to the line was such applications to the various local
found on the Coblenz-l'reves section of Boards of Commissioners than were
granted.
the ted. The Indignation felt here is
unbounded. as Grand Duke Vladimir ei
immensely popular, owing to his geni-
pI manner and cheerful ways with all
he meets.
PEASANT DEEPREDATiONS.
A despatch from Moscow says: A
landlord, fleeing from Bnbrov, in the
Province of Voi-oneseli, where a peasant,
uprising has taken place, has arrived,
here, and gives a frightful picture of the,
devastation. He describes the losses in,
the province as colossal. Tho troops,
are powerless to cope with the peasants
who ere marching In large bands, de•
strocing practically everything. Not
new., than one-tenth of the eetnle are
epare.l. The movement was started by
the refusal of the landlords in the north-
ern part 01 the Robrov district to agrees
to an advance of wages to the farin
women.
EST'.\TEs' 5 \C'KI:I)
A despatch from St. Petersburg says.
The peasant war. which began in the
province of Voronezh, is spreading over
the central provinces. Fifteen castes
n ear the city of Voroneth have been
burned by the peasant mobs since Sun-
day.
strike of hired laborers a week ago
was brutally suppressed by the Govern-
nnent force.:. Enormous amasses of peas -
entry Then congr'egntiel and rnarche.d n
e great column severe] miles In length
to sack all the estates in Ihe neighbnr-
h.rel. Troops arrived end Tried In (II,.
perste the ;rob with t..Iheys of ms:.l:etry.
CHILI) KICKED TO DEATH.
Revolting Case of Cruelty Revealed al
a Coroner's Inquest.
A Montreal despatch says: The Cor-
oner's jury whicn investigated the death
of the two -and -a -half -year-old child of
John Dobuck, a Polish family residing
at Point SI. Charles, has rendered a
verdict of murder, and Ihe step-molher
1� accused of the crime. The medical
testimony was to the effect that lhochild
had ben kicked to depth, seven of its
ribs having been fractured. The step-
mother. who disappearwl before the
crime was discovered. is still at litterly,
although the police have been leaking
for her for a couple of days.
GAT TWELVE TIIOl'stND.
Immigrants to Relieve the farm labor
Problem.
A Toronto despatch says: That the
present has been a fruitful year for On-
tario for useful immigration was shown
In an interview on Wednesday by Mr.
1't►ornas Southworth, Director of Colon-
ization. Mr. Southworth estimated that
1:,000 men had been placed on the farms
o' Ontario this season, of which over
5,000 were handled by his department;
nearly es ninny by the Sel alien Army,
anti the bele:te' by lesteinion Govern-
ment official,. This es an illrrea.:e in the
o„ (!(.•gate over any prelious year.
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NATAL OI'l:ltSTI O \S.
Three Thousand Killed; Two Thou,aud
Prisoners.
A London deyratch says: Under
Celestial Secretary Churchill imparted to
the Clouse of Commune on Wednesday
afternoon the otlicial reply to the Govern-
ment's inquiries in the alleged atrocities
perpetrated on the wounded ulus in Na-
tal during the operations against the
rebel cldef Banlbaala. According to s
telegram from the Governor of Natal,
3,010 natives were killed throughout tna
operations and 2,000 were made prison-
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Nova Scotia Case.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Cabinet has declined to interfere in the
case of George Stanley, who Is under
sentence to be hanged in ffants County,
Nova Scotia, for the murder of -a farm-
er named Fre►nan ifarvey. The evi-
dence, though circumstantial, was quite
convincing. The execution will take
place on August 1. Harvey is supposed
to have been killed for his money. Stan-
ley is a young Englishman, who has
not been long In this country.
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ItWI'T:: LINED '1'IT1l TROOPS.
King Alphonso and His Bride Go to
San Sabaslien.
A despatch from Madrid says: ICing
Alphonso and Queen Victoria drove in
an automobile on Wednesday from La
Gretna to San Sebastien. where they
will pass the summer. The entire route
was lined by gendarmes owing to Ine
receipt of menacing anonvmou.s letters,
declaring that another attempt on the
Iles of their Majesties was imminent.
The expulsion of Anarchist suspects from
Spain continues.
A CIT FOR H.tRVKSTERS.
C. P. R. Inducement to Secure ilelp for
Canada.
A despatch from London says: fo
meet the great shortage of harvest
hands in the Canadian Northwest, the
C P. 11. antedate a rate of .£6 from
1.i\ erpool to destination between Aug.
f and Aug. 23. After working for a
month, the harvesters are entitled to
return for home not later Iran Nov. 3.
Kidnapped from I►cr home in England
15 years ago and made. to believe Etat
she was the daughter of a coigne minuet
Mimes, of Oil City, Pa.. Miss Itchy f lnl-
mcs, 19 years old, was on Tuesday in-
formed That her real name as Lee amt
that her mother would cnme over from
England as soon as possible to claim her
Pay your church membership dues
and remain in good church slaneling
or ynu can't he buried in the church
cemetery. This canon woe mored at a
congregational meeting of Ike First Luth•
area church nl Srlingrove by Rte pnslnr..
Rev. G. W. Gensler. and was can .'.l
the ninjnrity of the nie nitx rs refraining
from voting.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
IMPORTS FROM THE LEADING
MAI E CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese
• Other Dairy Produce at Dome
and Abroad.
Toronto, July Y4,-FIavr-Tho first
sale of new Ontario wheat flour is re-
ported at $3 in buyers' sacks outside.
Old quoted at $3.115 to $3.10, in buyers'
sacks, outside. Manitoba first patents,
$1.10 to 84.60; second patents, 51 to
$1.10, and strong bakers', $3.00 to $4,
Toronto.
Bran -The market Is steady at $15
to 815.50 In bulk. outside. Shorts are
invited at $17.5e to $18 outside.
Wheat --No. 2 white quoted outside
at 7+43 10 79e, and No. 2 red winter some damage by hall out there; around
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BARLEY (:1"171\(: BEGINS.
The Weather Continues !bola fur the
"heal.
A \Vinnipeg despatch says: The week-
ly crop report of the C. 1'. It. was is-
sued on Wednesday, and is more com-
prehensive even than usual, as the
company require accurate information
on which to base preparations for hand-
ling the crop promptly. According 'u
this report, the growth is good, the
weather tine ,1101 warm, the wheat is all
headed out and the prospect for a much
better than average yield continues un-
impaired.
Burley cutting begun on Portage
Plains on Thursday. The crop in east-
ern Manitoba is slightly further ad-
vanced than in the far west. No indi-
cations of rust aro reported, but at Duck
Lake blight has been noticed in a few
cases.
in southwestern Manitoba the harvest
Is expected to begin during the first
tveck in August, but (here has been
at 78% to 79c ; No. 2 mixed quoted
outside at 78e, and No. 2 goose at 74c.
No. 1 Northern, Manitoba, steady et
85%c, lake ports, and No. 2 Northern,
at 83%c lake ports.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow is
quoted at 59%e to arrive, Toronto.
Oats -No. 2 while nominal at 39 to
39%c, to arrive, Toronto; at 37 to 37%c
out side, west, and at 38o east.
Peas -No. 2 quoted outside at 82c.
Rye -No. 2 quoted at 62o outside.
Barley -No. 3 extra is quoted out-
side at 47% to 48c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -!land -picked selling nt $1.75
to 81.80, and printer at 81.50 to $1.60.
Honey -Strained honey quoted at 8'%
to 9c per tb, and combs at $1.50 to $2
per dozen,
(fops -The market is dull, at 13 to
16e per Ib.
play -Car lots of No. 1 timothy are
quoted at $10 on !rack, Toronto; No. 2
at $7 to 87.50.
Straw -55.50 to $6 per ton.
Potatoes -Ontario stock in small lots
from store, 81 per bag, and Quebec at
81.10 to $1.15.
Poultry --Turkeys, fresh killed, 12 to
11c; spring chickens, 14 to 15c per tb,
alive; hens, 9c per Ib, alive; ducks,
alive, 14 to 16c per lb.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butler -Pound rolls are quoted at 16
to 18c ; large rolls, 15 to 17c, and infer-
ior at 1.4 to 15c; tubs, 14 to 16c.
creamery prints sell at 20 to 21c, and
solids at 19 to 20c.
Eggs -Good candled stock, 18 to 19c
per dozen.
Cheese -Quoted at 12'% to 12%c, the
latter for twins.
110G PIIODUCIS.
Bacon, long clear. 12 to 12%c per Ib
In case lots; mess pork, 821 to 821.50;
short cut, 821.
ilatns-Light to medium, 15 to 1534c;
do, heavy, 14%e; rolls, 12 to 12%c;
shoulders, 11%c; backs, 17 10 18e,
breakfast bacon, 155 to 16o
Lard -Tierces, ll c ; tubs, 11%c;
pails, 12c.
BUSINESS AT MONTIIEAL.
:Montreal, July 21. -Grain -The local
Grain Market continues unchanged.
The market for oats was very dull;
prices for local account are 41%c for
No. 4 in store. 42/,c for No. 3, and 43c
for No. 2. Flour -Manitoba spring
wheat, $1.60 to $4.70; strong bakers'.
81.10 to 8.1.20; winter wheat patents,
81.30 to $1.40; straight roller, $3.90 to
81.10; do, in bags, 81.85 to $1.90 ; ex-
tras, $1.40 to 81.50. Feed -Manitoba
bran, in bags. $16 to 817; shorts, $20
to 821 per ton ; Ontario bran, in bags,
315.50 to 3tti; shorts, 820.50 to $21;
milled mouillie. 821 to $25 per ton ; and
straight grain. 1328 to 829. Provisions -
Barrels short cut mess, 824; halt bar-
rels do, 812.50; clear fat backs, $23.50;
long cut heavy mess, 821.50; hall bar-
rels do, 811.25 ; dry salt long clear
bacon, $12.25 to $12.75; barrel plate
beef, $13.50; halt barrels do, $7.23,
barrels heavy tress beef, 811.50; half
barrels do, 80.25; compound lord, 7%
to 9yc ; pure lard, 12 to 12%,c ; kettle
rendered. 12% to 14c; hams, 14% to
16c ; breakfast bacon, 1634 to 170 ;
Windsor bacon, 16%c; fresh killed
abattoir dressed hogs, 811; alive, $8
per 100 lbs. Eggs -Straight receipts,
17% to 19c; No. 1 candled, 17 to 18c.
Butter -Choicest creamery, salted and
unsalted, 21% to 2teec. Cheese -On-
tario, 12 to 12%c; Townships, 11% to
12c; Quebec, 11'/, to 11%c.
UNITED STATES MARKE'T'S.
St. Louts, July 24. -Wheal -Cosh.
75'/.c; September, 75%c; December,'
79%c.
Milwaukee, July 24. - \Vheat - No. 1
Northern, 83 to 81c; No. 2 Northern,
81 to 83c; September, 78% to 78%c.
Rye -No. 1, 6234 to 63c. Barley -No. 2,
55 to 55%c ; sample, 40 to 53e. Corn -
No. 3, cash, 5lyi to 52c; September,
51 %c.
Minneapolis, July f4.---Wheat-July,
77c; September, 77%c; December. 789,
to 78%e; May, 82%c; No. 1 hard, 79%c;
No. 1 Northern, 78%c; No. 2 Northern,
77%c; No. 3 Northern, 75% to 76%e.
Flour -First patents, 81.25 to $4.35;
second patents, 84.10 to $1.20; first
clears, $3.35 to 83.15; second clears,
$2.50 to 82.60. Bran, 813.50 to 813.75.
C:\ITLE ML\ILICET.
Toronto, July 21. - There was Is111cCallfo
new feature to trade at
ho Cily
Market this meriting.
Export Cattle. -Choice picked cattle,
$5 to $5.10. Choiee at 81.e0 to $5; incite
um to gond, 11.01) to 81.75; hulls, $3.73
to 81; brills. light, 83.25 to 83.75; cows,
$.3. 4) to 81.
Butcher Cnllle. - Choice are gaoled
nt 84.(11 to 84.8+( medium to gond, 81.25
to 81.50; hulls. tea In $3.25; cows, $3 to
31; canners. 81.50,10 81.75.
Stos'kese and feeders - Choice are
quoted at $3.50 1n 83.85: common 82.75
tc 187.25; sheet -keep feelers, 81.11) to
81.et1; heavy feelers. 84.60 to $4.70;:slock
bulls 82 to 45.23.
Milch C'.mvs---Choice. els) le 5511; earn•
mon. $341 fn 11:15: springer,. 5;'5 to 510.
Calves -Castor tel 314r 1.1 5%c per TA.
Sheol) an 1 Iamb. -- report ewes are
quoted al $1 L, Itis::( nor cart., bucks
anti culls at $:t (0 51131). siring lambs
one quote.) first at 57 I h 57.Gn per ruts
Iings--$elecic nr.- ,111•.10.1 at 117.70, nn.l
lights and fats at 17.45 fel enJ entered.
['ierson 700 acres were destroyed.
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TICKET TIIit(TYY YE RS OLD.
Ilonored by Steamship Conlpany-
I'ossessor to Cross Atlantic.
A desputch from Montreal says : it
is seldom that a steamship company
honors a ticket issued more than 30
years ago, and yet a case of this kind
has Just occurred. In May, 1875, when
the Montreal Ocean Steamship Com-
pany, from which tho Allan Llno was
evolved, held sway, a Miss Robertson,
of Glasgow, purchased a ticket from
Glasgow to Quebec, with the intention
of crossing the Atlantic. Circumstances
arose, however, which prevented her
coming, but she retained the ticket.
Some weeks ago she conceived the Idea
of takJng the trip, and, having the
ticket in her possession, she had it
forwattded to the Messrs. Allan, by
whom it has been honored, and wtto
havo Issued another ticket in its stead.
The old ticket is regarded as a great
curiosity.
KING MAY Yk:T VISIT DOMINION.
Times Does Not Think the Obstacles
are Insurmountable.
A despatch from London says: Com-
menting on the genuine regret occasion-
ed by the Kings decision not to visit
Canada, the Times says that the answer
being in the negative is in no sense due
to a 1pck of Interest on the part of the
Sovereign In the welfare of the great
Dominion, which has Made such mar-
vellous strides since the days when Ste
visited is as Prince of Wales, nor from
any want of appreciation of the spirit
of affectionate loyalty in which the in-
vention was conceived. The obstacles
to the Canadian visit, indeed, are of so
purely practical a nature that one may
venture to express the hope that the ob-
stacles which have proved too serious
on this occasion may yet at some future
date be surmounted.
COIR STORAGE FOR FRUIT.
Department of Agriculture to Extend the
Present System.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Department of Agriculture proposes to
extend its cold storage car service from
dairy products to fruit. Several years
ago the Government undertook to pay
five dollars toward the cost of Icing each
car and to carry butler or cheese. 'This
produced a demand for cold storage
cars. Cast summer an average of a
hundred a day were used from July 1st
to Sept. 13. 1t Is expected the fruit men
will find the cool cars an advantage in
marketing their goods.
LADY
CUCRZON DEAD.
Heart Failure the Cause - Effect of
Former Serious Illness.
A London desputch says: Lady c:ur-
zon, wife of the former Viceroy of In-
dia, who had been 111 for some days,
died nt 5.40 on Wednesday evening. It
was announced at the Curzon residence
that the final Ca11Se of Lady C:urzon's
death was heart failure, hut she had
been suffering from complications which
were the sequel of her terrible illness
of two years ago. She was formerly
Miss Mary Leiter. daughter of the late
Levi 7.. Leiter, of Chicago.
CANADA lo \\ l.S•r INI)115.
Conirae( for Steamship Service
Iteneeed for Four ''ears.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
contract has been renewed with
Messrs. Plckford and Block. of Halifax,
for a continuation of the Canada -West
Indies and Demerara steamship service
(or a further period of four years from
the first of July instant. Under the re-
newal contract there Is to be a sailing
every twelve days, Instead of every
fourlect. dais, as heretofore.
A LEGEND OF TUE ZULU'S.
Row They Became a New Nation in a
New Country.
The Zu:lns account for (heir origin by
a story of a talking elephant who ted
upon children. Ile met a woman laden
with on axe and bunch of fagots, ac-
conipanled by her child.
Seeing the elephant, she guessed his
intention, and pleaded : "Spare my
child, 0 elephant !" 1'I►o elephant re-
fined. "Then," said the mother, "if
!his evil must happen, swallow tae. too,
O elephant 1" So the elephant swallow-
ed mother anti child, and they found
themselves with all the other children,
who were eaten previously.
By and by the child grew hungry, and
the mother lit a flea with her faggots.
She then, with her axe. cut away tho
elephant's flesh, cooked it. and they all
ate. As the tire burned Els great heat
filled tie elephant with pain, and he
ran, and ran, and ran, till they felt' Ole
thunder of his hoof, racing over hill
and valley.
Al length. exhausted. tie dropped
down dead. Using tier axe, the mother
Chopped nnlil she shade an opening In
Ihe ehephnnls side. After this they
crept mt1. 0111 became a new talion in
a new country.
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CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER TUli
GLOBE.
Telegrephl••. Briefs From Our Own and
Other Countries 111 Recent
Occurrence.
CANADA.
The business section of A►'t•ew•head,
B. C., than been wiped out by tire.
Speculators are reported buying lands
at Foil Churchill.
The Allans have ordered a new liner
to be built at Glasgow.
A Government Experimental Farm
will be located at Lethbridge.
FORTUNES IN HOLIDAYS
V.t(: \ I It►\'t THAT Tt :tNED OU?
UTILE t.i: GOLD \:1Nl:..S.
1,1 hard Cdi,on found a Furlune 13
t►ark-culured ~111(1- Coffee
Grower's lxi.covery,
Some persons have excellent reason
for blessing holidays, inasmuch as they,
have brought them fortune, it not fume,
says Pearson's Weekly.
A vecation that Edison took some
years ago yielded something like 850, -
ten per cent. Feeling very unlit, the
\Vizard of the West shut up his la
tory and went olf to Long Island to 1
freshened up. Strolling along the $191.-
Several smelters are likely to be erect- khore one morning he came across a
ed In the '1'emi.kan►ing district.
patch of dark -colored sand. Taking sono
Chi -
quantities
his hand ho discovered, by fleet L.
1'hc Cudahy Packing Company of a pocket magnet, that it contained largo
cage will establish a branch at Toronto quanhties of finely -powdered iron oro.
Juncliou•
From this episode sprang the great an
The steamer Arctic, under command volition which at the present time !s
of Capt. Bernier, sailed front Sorel, Que., producing iron by the thousand tons
on Saturday,
from low-grudo ore.
Fire In the Harrison block at Boss- Edison discovered vast fields of "iron
land, R. C., did 830,000 damage on sand" in Norway sonic time ago, and
Saturday. he floated a syndicate to work them.
Brantford barbers have raised the The sand is passed before huge magnets,
price of a •Mini( cut from 20 Cents to .5 which attract the iron in its ua.ural
slate.
cents. A coffee -grower of Uganda took a few
Me. A. A. Cole Is appointed expert days off, and wandered about the coun-
miuing engineer to the Temishaming try. Ile carne across a plant which in-
Commissiuu. lerested him, for he had never seen any -
Tho Hamilton Steel & Iron Company thing like it before. Its bulb was shag -
has agreed to build another blast tar• ed liko an egg, and was of a dark -red
mice in llarnilton, hue with black stripes. This plant is
The Senate of Victoria University de- now known as (110
cided upon a plan to raise $50,000 to' "GLYCINE SUBTERRANEA,"
wards a new library. and Is one of the most curious creations
The Government has purchased lend of Nature in the world. When its bulbs
near\'oodstock to add to the grounds aro ground down an excellent food is
of the epileptic hospital• obtained, which will supply the place ed
Electric power from Niagara Falls will trend, rural, butter,• and vegetables. the
be delivered to the 1'orunlo Railway
discoverer of the `'Glycine sublerranea"
Company on October 1. made a very good thing of it, for it nas
President Loudon refused to withdraw (teen introduced into India, where it will
his resignation as ('resident of the Uni-
versity
prove of enormous value in times el
verslly of Toronto. threatened famine.
The G. T. R. has abandoned the pro- Shewell, tilt engineer and inventor,
jest for a new station and elevated while spending a fortnight nt a south -
tracks at London. coast resort, happened to see the globe
Ilan. Mr. Emmerson intends at an of an arc -lamp break. A piece or glass
early date to Introduce motor cars on fell upon the glowing carbon, and was
gradually melted.
suburban lines of Government railways.
This gave Showell an
lion. Rodolphe Lemieux proposes to Idea and within a few days he had drawn
relieve the postage stamp difitcully by a design for an electrical glass-meltingIssuing permits for the sale of stamps, furnace. From the design 115 built .
model, and finally a large furnace cap
Dr. Maurice Holton has been appoint -
in
of fusing raw ma(erInls oI glass
ed acting president of the University et in a few mauler.
Toronto. One of tate rchest oil -springs in Pen -
Coates, Son & Co., financial agents, nsylvania was discovered by a holiday -
London, threaten to sue the Provincial maker. A miner laid some sandwiches
Government for 815,000 brokerage. on the grass where the now famous oil -
The name of Prof. A. B. Macallun of deposits are, and when he picked them
the University of Toronto is mentioned up to eat them he found that they
in connection with the chair of physio- TASTED OF PETROLEUM.
logy in Glasgow University.
At a meeting of the Provincial Cabinet lie knew at once that there was oil un -
on Friday, it was decided to establish un-
derground, and the next day ho purr
normal schools at Pelerboro' Stratford chased several acres of land in this die•
Hamilton and North Bay. ' lrict. Ile put down a drill, and, after
Brandon Fair Board has invited Mr.reaching a depth of about seventy feet.
J. J. Hill President of the Great Norih• ba gushed out at the rate of several
ern, to o en the Western Manitoba Ex- barrels a clay, every barrel of w i ch be
Psold for twenty-four dollars.
hibition on July 31. The first nugget of gold found in the
in London the M. H. 0. alleges that Carolinas was picked up by a' nen
milkmen take bottles from houses el named Heid, who was spending i va•
sickness and deliver thein to other cis- cation In the district. it weighed 15
tomers without washing. [sounds, and was worth over 84,50:
At the village of Hammond, about Two brothers named Rotating, who
twenty miles from Ottawa, E. D'Armour, eisiled Chill after an earthquake there,
aged 13, shot and seriously wounded discovered, in a newly -opened crevice, a
BarIelimi Therien, a playmate, on Fri- huge block of almost pure silver. They
day began to mine the district immediately,
Chairman Callaghan of the Board • f and within two votive they secured $750,-
Education has received word that the of the valuable metal.
Provincial Government will locate a Two summers ago n gentleman nem •
normal school at Hamilton.ed Killowen cnme to London from Glns-
Four members of the army ser+•icel gow for a holiday. One day he walked
corps who were arrested at Halifax last along the Thames Embankment, near
week for refusing to go to work when' (•helsca Bridge, when the tide was low.
Suddenly he caught sight of something
ordered are to be courl•martialed shortly. sticking out of the sand and mud. This
proved to be a small wooden box con-
taining ingots of copper, worth 3250.
ONE OF TIIE BEST DOCTORS.
owes his fortune and his vast connec-
N. S., with Leo Fraser, a seven-year-old lion to an adventure he met with at
boy, on his back. Both were drowned. Bournemouth when he was a budding
The Crossen Car Co., of Cobourg, have young medico. Ile was spending a
received the contract for 100 box cars holiday at his (morale seaside resort,
for the Canadian Northern Hallway, tot and one Morning while walking along
be delivered in time to move this sea-
son's crop in western Canada.
Ti. Owen Sound Board of Education
Tile charges, it is understood will be
mutiny.
Roderick Mackenzie, a young coal min-
er, on Saturday, started to swim GI
across the river near New asgow,
the seafront he was the witness of en
alarming car -tinge accident. in which
an old lady was seriously injured. tie
has increased the salaries of the coUegi• imrnedinlely ran to her assistance, and
ate institute staff. The head master rendered a service that saved her life.
will now receive $1,800, and the Juniors The unfortunately, died suddenly a year
in proportion, down to 8850.
GREAT BRITAIN'.
Revelling inns in London Jam
factories have been r•evenled.
\\'ar Secretarycondiltlnldon►' has
an.
a proposed redurlion of 20,000 it and went home: where he endeavored
British
the strength of the British army• i„ bail the lump dawn le rrhnke sntt-
British tin-plate manufacturers have ^oaf failing in llris. he Ihrcw the sup•
expressed concern at the prospect of was
Canada manufacturing her own supply. of edwlheo heafound it. way. ero nfler ll►la ft lex•
periment he only retained o piece alien(
5 ibs. wht acurio.
Irl••: hein learnteigthatsat the slsituyt( Ake
hadlittle
wasted was milbereris. and worth about
$35 per ounce. The 100 pound lump
would have fetched over 850,000.
later, and when her will was rt0arj it
vas found that she had left hep ire
fortune of 830,000 to the medico in re-
ward for his services.
Isaiah Kinghorn, while holiday -mak-
ing at Digby. Nova Scolia. saw n lump
of tallowy substnnee floating nbont on
trite hay there. Ile gained possession nt
GENERA(..
Begnlder, former President of Salva-
dor, was killed in battle.
llostilitiee have again broken out be.
tween Salvador and Guatemala.
Chinese pirates boarded the itriti.h
steamer Sainam, killing Ileo. l)r. Mac-
Donald, a Methodist missionary.
The French income tax was npprnved
nn Friday by a large majority, ensuring
the passage of the measure nee( ses-
sion.
In a duel following the vole on the
Dreyfus vindication, the French teeter
Secretary of State was seriously wound•
ed, on Friday.
UNITED STATES.
Monroe, fid., has built a street roil•
way from the pruflls of its other Mill•
ties.
Dynomltc, expinded with murderous
Intent under a shnnly at Bellwood, 111.,
killed three foreigners, on Friday.
Robert Shaffer, former associate a
Andrew Carnegie, was killed in a col-
lision between his automobile and a
train on Long Island, on Thursday.
A dog mystery le puzzling Virginia
and lllinnis. This: In a can of beef open-
ed in Roxbury. Va.. the other day was
found a deg license tag bearing the
number 13.506. Chicagoans ere trying
find out (a) how the tag got into Inc
beet can, ;b) whose dog it was.
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A COMPi.ETE IIEi'0ll\1A1'ION.
Ile -"If i give up n11 ny bn 1 ways,
will you love me thenr'
She -"How could you expect
love a perfect stranger?'
n►s'ito
STRONG CHEESE.
Farmer -Do you mean to say that is
a photo of my (brine cheese?
Photographer \'e only fl
while 1 wa> taking Ihe pichlre.
meted
he majority of wortion d x nal
to realize that pretty w,.nr.•n are in Itie
minority.
Vomer 'angrily) -"The brier' tie has
dare.! to scold you?" Newlymerrie•t
Daughter !sobbing) --"Nat sn had rex all
that, mamma. 1 sentries] tern trent 1115
house five minufes ago. aril the unfe.'I-
ing brute hn-n't cnme bark yel."
"You remember Janes, win invented
a flying machine flint weiteln't go ups"
"Yet. The last 1 beard rt him he was
working en a new motor -car." "Thal'.
right. Well, the motor -car went tip SG
Nglt.