HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-11-29, Page 3PARLIAMENT IN SESSION
Large Gathering Attended the No-
vember Opening
A despatch from Ottawa says: Th
Opening of Parliament without th
usual adjuncts of winter is somewhat o
s novelty. Thursday was Minuet a
balmy as a morning in \fay. There wa
the usual crowd in front of the Parti
ment Buildings. Tile Governor -Genera
arrived steep at 3 o'cluck, the cavulcutl
being preceded by a felucinnent of th
PrlI, ire) Dragoon Guards.
soon as l xcellency's carriage die
up under the towerthe bard of tit
tti National Anthem
and t giro arms
of lorar presented ars
The'keno within the Senate Chnmbc
Was as beautiful as of yore. Alt ler
seats usually occupied by the Senators
and. In fact, every inch of the fluor spec
e1 the chamberof the Upper House, wa
utilized to acconneodute ilia wives an
daughters of Senators and members an
of prominent personages from all part
of the country. The general gallerie
were crowded, notwithstanding tho fac
that the Sergeant -at -Arms had restricted
the issue of tickets of admission.
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
had After tho Commons been sent for
and Speaker Sutherland and the mem-
bers of the Lower House had taken their
places below the bar, his Excellency
opened Parliament with the following
speech from the throne :
Hon. Gentlemen of the Senate:
Gentlemen of the House of Commons :
In opening the third session of the
tenth Pediment of Canada I avail my-
self of the opportunity to offer yuu my
coag, alulations on the unparalleled
prosperity prevailing in all parts of the
Dominion. The harvest has been abun-
dant, and the trade with loth British
and foreign nations continues to expand
in annually increasing volume, with
every prospect of continued growth for
many years to come.
The number of immigrants seeking
homes in Canada continues yearly to
increase, and it is very satisfactory to
observe that a Larger proportion than in
any former year has in the past season
come from tete British Isles.
During the recess following the last
session I visited they Western provinces
and was much gratified to note the great
advance that is being made in the de-
velopment of the vast resources of those
highly -favored sections of the llominion.
1 found the people of the West rejoicing
in their prosperity and full of hope and
confidence in the future growth of its
agricultural and industrial wealth.
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The quinquennial census recently taken
in the provinces of Alberta and Sasl:nt-
ctieweri shoe's thut those provinces are
-able entitled to an increase in their re-
presentation in the (louse of Commons.
A bill giving effect to that provision will
be submitted for your approval. In ac-
cordance with the announcement made
in a previous session, you will be asked
to considA ( bill for the revision of the
Contents tariff.
The sanction of Parliament will bo
required to give legal effect to the treaty
made with the Empire of Japan. A bill
for. that purpose will be submitted for
your approval.
The products and manufactures of
('atriada shown at the recent interne -
tiered held in the City of
!Shinn provol a great attraction, and as
u result it is cunfidcntly believed our
India wilt) Central and Southern Europe
can be materially increased.
The naval authorities having relin-
quished the use of the dockyard at Hall -
fax, a proposal was made to transfer it
to the Government of Canada. This
offer has been accepted and the dockyard
will now be treed by the Department of
Marine and Fisheries as a base fur its
operations in connection with aids to
navigation.
Many imrnigrants having in recent
years been induced to come to Canada
by false representations made in the
United Kingdom, at the request of the
Minister of Labor a clause has been
added to the Merchants' Shipping I3i11
now before the Imperial Parliament for
the punishment of any persons who
may be found guilty of that offence.
EXPANSION IN REVENUE.
Gentlemen of the house of Commons:
The accounts of the post year will be
laid before you. I ani glad to say that
the revenue has shown a large expan-
sion, and has not only provided for
ordinary expenditure, but has also to a
great extent provided for the outlay on
capital account.
The estimates for the corning year will
be laid before you at an early date.
Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate:
Gentlemen of the (louse of Commons :
A united application having been re-
ceived by my Ministers from the Govern.
nien's of the several provinces asking
fur an increase in the provincial subsi-
dies, a conference was recently held,
when the reasons for granting addition -
aid were fully set forth and discussed.
Resolutions bused on the conclusions
reached by my Government will be sub-
mitted for your consideration.
I3ilis will be laid before you amending
the Election Acts, the Post -office Act, the
Dominion Lands Act, a bill fur the more
effective supervision and inspe'.;tion of
Canadian canned food products, meats
and fish. a bill relating to the sale and
manufacture of patent medicines, and
also a bill to ruake better provision for
dealing with juvenile delir..luents.
11 is Doped .that the report of the corn -
mission appointed to inquire into the
working of insurance companies will
shertly be completed, when it will be
laid upon the table.
The subjects I have mentioned will, I
hope, receive your best considerniinn.
and the measures to be submitted for
your approval will. I trust, tend to the
well-being and gond goy eminent of our
fair Dominion.
RAILWAY TIE CONTRACT.
A Big Order for the Provincial Govern-
ment's Road.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
Teniiskarning A Northern Ontario Rail-
way Commission has awarded to Mr.
Jrhn Cahill of Bonfield, near North
Bay. the contract, for which tenders
were publicly advertised, for 275,000 rail-
way ties. These are to be used in the
construction of the branch lines for
which the contracts were nwnrded some
time ago and in the completion of the
second section of the rnntn line.
The work on the latter portion of the
road has been subject to some delays, S
which could not be avoided so far as the
commissioners. were concerned. in one
instance timbers for trestle work had
Vs be obtained from British Columbia.
Of course there Is plenty of timber in Its
natural state In the part of the country
through which the road passes, but
there are no Mollifies for prepnring it
r..�acenMtng to the manner necessary tar
the trestle wjlk mentioned. Quite rec-
ently 200 Ila laborers employed In
gradirgg the trade struck work as soon
as they hrtd obtained the pay due them.
walked nbout twenty mile- to get n trnin
and departed for Monirenl and New York
thence to sail to their native land. where
they will spend the winder. ft is ex-
pected that moot of them will he back
next spring In resume work. This IF
not an unusual experience with Italian
laborers, but it AVIA not any the more
welcome to the T. & N. O. contractors
because of that.
BRITAIN BARS OUT CHHINAMEN.
First Attempt Made to Exclude Them
Under Aliens Act.
A despatch frorn London says: The
first attempt to exclude Chinese frorn
landing in Great Britain is now occu-
pying the attention of the 1q►migr•ation
Hoard. Thirty-two Chinamen from 11- `ig
Kong, who arrived at Gravesend on
Monday, en route to Liverpool, were re-
fused permission to land, the imrnigra•
tion officers basing their refusal on the
Chinamen lacking means to support
themselves. The case was appealed to
Ito! Inunigration Board, and, after eon.
ideration, decision was postponed, the
chairman of the board pointing out that
this was the first case under the Aliens
Act, passed last year, and was one o1
great Importance. •
NE MRLY DROWNED iN LIQUOR.
Workmen (:aught in Bursting of Dos-
e tilkry Tank.
A despatch from Glasgow, Scotland,
says: A tank in a distillery here, con-
taining about 70,010 gallons of spirits,
gave way on Wednesday and a dozen
i orkrnen narrowly escaped being
drowned In the liquid, They were
caught in the hood and dashed against
a wall, which, fortunately for them,
grave %vay, thus allowing the liquid to
reach the street. Here several horses
wc.re caught In the ru. h and curried tff
their feet. Eleven of trte workmen were
slightly `Injured.
TOSSED BABE INTO THE SEA
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overeess aand nurse 1 Berrie
eturning to (lits city frorn
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he cabins of the Ng new Iloiinnti-
Amcri-ea steamship 1i,'ii v Amsterdam.
In on Tuesday from Rotterdam and
Boulogne. She embarked at the latter
port and straightway tit•;tlked right into
the affec'llons of the youngsters anal their
mothers.
On the aft,•rneen of the fifth day tut
frau Boulogne, Nov 15. in raid wenn.
While the liner heats pluming through
white -reeled three -storied seas. the
young governess saw on the deck below
het a g;rt-tits of children of tete roc and
Went Insane and Threw
Child Overboard
the baby and was pressing it to her
ter.som ns it it w+ e,+ her rnyn trifid.
Then she ran 1,► the ship's roll and
laid the little one en 11. The mother
toward Miss Naegle jt:st es the
%cerness, with n laugh loser,' over
11 the ship, raised the child hig;t) in
r roses rind to -ed it into the toes-
seae. Teen she 1:rncdl 0n the nio-
rs and let taut a sct ies of stir inks thnt
t th,•rn and their little ones scam-
•ing for protection.
AI first it was ihough (hot she in-
deed to make a sea sacrifice cf
er4, ns site rein Obi' the rhil+Ir e n.
1 befeyro she hal gone halt n'•re s
et+'t k she was seized t,v nftir'erf, wl;o
kcd her up in a engin. She had gene
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THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM !111; LEADING
TRA f S CEN 18ES.
Pikes el Cattle. Crain. Cheese sod
Other Daley Praline al Moe
and Abroad.
Flour -Ontario wheat 90 per cent. pa-
tents are quoted at 12.70 In buyers'
sacks outside for export. Manitoba first
patents, $1.50; second patents, Si, and
strong bakers', $3.90, Toronto.
Corn --No. 3 old American yellow,
nominal at 54 to 55c outside, and No. 3
new yellow at 51 to 51%c, Toronto.
Bran -The market is steady at $16 to
816.50 in bulk outside. Shorts are
quoted at $18...a to $19 outside.
Wheat --No. 2 white, 71c bid C.1'.11.
north; No. 2 red winter, 70%c bid, and
,No. 2 mixed, 7ik bid on C.P.11., without
offerings. No. 2 goose offered at 68c out-
side, and Na. 1 Northern at 82c, Point
Edward, without bids.
Barley -No. 2 wanted at 51c east, and
No. 3 extra at 48c, without sellers.
Orris -No. 2 white offered at 36y,c
outside, and at 36%c on a 6c rate to
Toronto, with 36c bid; they offered at
30%c on a ale rate to New York, and at
343%c outside, December shipment, for
25,000 bushels, without bids. , ,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -hand-picked selling at $1.60 to
$1.65, and princes ut 81.40 to 81.65.
Verney -Strained quoted at 10 to 12c
per tb, and combs at $2 to 82.50 per
dozen.
Hops -New quoted at 18 to 22c.
Huy -No. 1 .timothy scarce, and
quoted at 811 to $11.25 on truck here.
No. 2 quoted at IPS to 88.50.
Straw -$0 to $6.50 per ton.
i'ulatoes-Ontarios, 55 to fill per bag,
nn track, and New Brunswicks, 65 to
Ilk per bag.
Poultry -Turkeys, fresh killed, 12 to
15c: chickens, dressed, 8 to 9c; alive, 6
to 7c per tb. Fowl, alive, 4 to 5e; ducks,
dressed, 8 to 9c; do, alive, 6 to 7c per
tb; geese, 8 to 9c per lb.
TIIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butler -Pound rolls are quoted nt 22
to 23c; tubs, 20 to 22c; large rolls, 19 to
23c. Creamery prints sell at 26 to 27c,
and solids at 24% to 25e.
Eggs -New laid, 28 to 30c per dozen,
and cold storage, 23c.
Cdgjeese-Large cheese, 12% to 14c, and
twins at 14% to 14%c.
HOG itODUCIS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are un-
changed. Bacon, long clear, 1l% to 12c
per Ib in case lots; mess pork, $21 to
$21.50; short cut, $2:3.
Hams -Light to medium, 15 to 153.,'
do, heavy, 14 to 14%e; rolls, 12c; shou
dors, 11 to 11c; bucks, 16'3 to 17c
breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c.
Lard -Tierces, 12ye; tubs, 12%c;
pails, 12%c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
c;
I- singe and double, a favorite design of
the latter style being two lovers holding
lands and sitting under a tree.
They have no color, and the curious
pitted surfero is the chief characteristic
of this ware. The figures aro small,
varying in rizo from three and a half
inches to six or eight, and some are
CHARMING IN POSE AND DESIGN.
About 1743 what were known as the
Astbury marbled figures were put on the
market. They wero produced in two-
colored clays, browns and greens, have
a wonderfully soft and satiny feeling
and have the mottled appearunje popu-
lar about this period.
These figures were made chiefly by the
Astbury's, father and son, though
no doubt they were copied . by other
English potters. Busts of Milton four-
teen inches high, market girls, Alderman
Beckford and groups consisting; of
figures on horseback and single figures
arc eagerly sought.
Wheildon. who flourished about 1750,
and was at one time in partnership with
Josiah Wedgwood, also made agate and
mottled ware, and though the bulk of his
productions were tablewnre and utensils
he also found time to make some of these
small ornaments, which are full of
spirit, whether they are soldiers, figures
on honselutck, a man and a woman on
a pillion or dogs of many varieties.
If you find any of (hese figures snap
them up. set them in the midst of your
collection and allow no profane hand to
dust them. Horace Walpole even after
ho was a martyr to gout used to wash
his porcelain treasures himself; do you
the same.
Figures eight or nine inches high of
Franklin, Washington, Milton, Napol-
eon, AM., Africa, the five muses, Car-
rick, Neptune, Minerva, Britannia, etc.,
alt comp very high, but they are to be
found in unexpected regions. If they
are hollow, it they are creamy, it they
are covered with a fine network of
cracks and the base has no rough edges,
don't hesitate a moment;
OLD COTTAGEORNAMENTS
QUAINT CHINA F1G1'RF.S AS A FIELD
FOR COLLECTORS.
Wares Were Turned Out by Stafford-
shire Potters to Serve as
Mantelpieces.
There are many persons who would be
glad to interest themselves in collectirig
if they lues ••, something which could be
easily housed, would riot lake too much
1 money to buy and could be acquired
with reasonable case. "Cottage orna-
ments," as they were called, 1111 these
requirements, and as orally of tdtent
commemorate events of importance in
Englund, or have other historical usso-
ciatiornt they make an interesting study.
These small ornurnents were made by
the early potters to serve as mantel
decorations. figures of great value and
beauty were put out by such famous
potteries us Bow, Derby, Chelsea and
Plymouth, and from the German,
French and Copenhagen factories as
well, but it Is with the Staffordshire ob-
jects, which sold for a few shillings, that
this article will deal.
/tinny of the figures represent homely,
everyday subjects, and when in pairs it
is common to have a man and a wonted,
like 1110 shepherdess and shepherd, the
cobbler arid his dance, a hunter and a
huntress. These were made in the old
bone paste, which was of a creamy
color, light in weight and genrralty
SPARINGLY COLORED.
Dark blue, the shade common on the
old Staffordshire wares, was repeated
on the figures, and the hair and eyes
were touched up with brown or black.
They are crude, both as to workmanship
and color, but attractive, And us you
hold ono in your hand, feel the satiny
paste and note that the bottom is worn
smooth with frequent movings you do
not mind thut the color is glaring and
small in amount, but only thank your
star's that you happened along in time
to secure the piece.
Tho earliest of these figures, and a
kind altnost impossible to securein this
country, were mude of a coarse pottery,
covered with slip, that is, a facing of a
higher quality of pottery, and then de-
ccrated. indeed, it is hard to Lind speci-
mens of th:se early figures even in
England; they have not attracted collec-
tors till recently, and it is only in such
repositories as museums that you come
across them. To tell the truth. they are
almost too grotesque, particularly the
cats and owls, which are favorite pat-
terns.
The salt glaze figures are alrnost as
rnre as tete slip figures. They come both
Montreal, Nov. 27. -Grain -There was
some improvement in the demand for
Manitoba wheat over the cable to -day.
The market for oats was about steady.
Prices hold at around 40c for No. 4
store, 41c for No. 3, and 42c for No. 2.
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat, $4.60;
strong bakers', $4.10; winter wheat pa-
tents, 84.10 to $4.25; straight rolers, $'2.75
to 83.80; do. in bags, 81.65 to $1.75; ex-
tras, 81.50 to $1.60. Feed --A flr•rn feel-
ing prevails in the mnrket for milifoed
owing to a continued good demand and
small supplies; Manitoba bran, in bags,
$20; shorts, $22 per ton; Ontario bran in
bags, $20 to $20.50; shorts, $22.50 to 1223;
milled rnouillie, $21 to $25 per ton, and
straight grain, $28 to $30. Provisions ---
Barrels short cut mess, $22 to $24; 34-
bbls, 811.75 to $12.50; clear fat backs,
823.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50; %-
bbls. do, $10.75; dry halt long clear ba-
con, 12X to 12%,c; bbts plate beet, $12 to
113; ;-bbls do, $6.50 to $7; barrels
heavy mess beef, $11; %•bbls do. $6;
compound lard, 8 to 9%c; pure lard,
12% to 13c; kettle rendered, 13% to 14c;
hams. 14 to 15%c; breakfast bacon, 15 to
1Gc; Windsor bacon, 15 to 16%c; fresh
killed nbatteir dressed hogs, $8,50 to
$S.75; alive, 16.15 to $6.35. Eggs --Se-
lects, 25c ; No. 2 candled, 2034 to 21c.
Cheese ---Ontario, 1i% to 13c; Quebec,
12% to 12Xe. Butter -Choicest cream-
ery, 14% to 25c; medium grades, 23% to
24c.' ••
UNITED STATES MAiIKETS.
Toledo, Nov. 27. -\Went -Cath, 76%c;
December, 71t , c ; May, 81yc. Corn -
(:ash. 44e; December, 42%c; May, 44Xc.
flats -!',ash, 36%c; December, 35%c;
May, 37%c.
!1linrications, Nov. 27.- Wheat -Dee.,
78%c; May, 80% to 80%c; July. 81% to
it1%c; No. 1 hard. 63%c; No. 1 Northern,
82%c; No. 2 Northern, 80%c; No. 3
Northern, 77 to :tic. Flour -First pa-
tents. *4.30 to $4.t0; second patents.
$4.15 to $4.25; first clears, $3.25 to
$3.35 ; second cleats, $2.40 to $2.60.
Bran -in bulk, 116 to $16.25.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Nov. 27.---A fairly brisk crude
was reprrt.•:1 at the \\'esters Market 1s.
day on moderate deliveries.
An absence of exporters' cattle was
recorded on the market to -day. The
range was from 81.25 to $4.35 per cwt.
for fair to gond lots.
1 -Iloilo, butchers'. seleetc,l, 14.40 to
tt.61; tnetl)um to fair Futcher;' cattle,
53.55 1+► $4.2o; mixed lots, $2 to 53.25;
ccws, $3.15 to $3.35; commis) clays, $1.-
50 ' $3 per cwt.
Fei dere, 1.)150 to 1.130 Res., 83.35 to
tt.t.83; sh0t•t-krep4, 43.tKi in $l.lrr: mnck-
ers, geed, $;.50 10 $3.25; Flockcrs, cem-
n0nn, 81.75 to $2.25 per cwt.
Expert ewes were worth $1.25 to $4..
8.;• exg.nrl h)reli....t to $.1.54), and biros,
f' !n 85.75 per cwt.
Mitch cow's were to fair demand at
$s5 1 - 84) end).
1!e:, were 10 eeent. hither. Seleets
were worth 6, Hill lights and fats $5.75
per cwt.
GLAD or 'mu; C)JANC:.
Toting Min -- "1--er- - have railed to
ask ter your daughter's hnnct."
(ler fattier -"You ran have it noel
weieomt', young man -that is. if you
can induce hrr to take it out of ny
MAKE THE FIGtII1E YOURS.
All figures marked with their names
ere valuable. Of the Victorian class you
will find Queen Victoria and the Prince/
of Wales. the Duke of York, Napier,
Byron, Turkish soldiers, Romeo and
Juliet and hundreds of others, making a
history of the costumes and manners of
the limes.
One into:vesting set was brought nut
nhout 1850. Al !tint lime England was
excited over the itush murders and Staf-
fordshire commemorated the crime with
n set of five pieces showing Hush, the
murderer; Emily Sandford, -Nis sweet-
heart, who told on hire; Stanwick Hall,
where his victims lived; Potash (:ottnge,
where he lived, and Norwich Castle,
where he %ea hnnged.
The set of five pieces is well known.
but extremely rnre, since only a few
copies were made. Prince Frederick
Dhulecp Singh has four of the five
pieces. Min lacking Norwi,h Castle. Ifo
saw this piece but concluded the price
ryas boo Miff, waited n clay or too and
then hent back to the little shop to get
it but some one Gael got at)cnd of hint,
and he lits still looking for one. These
pierces aro all marked on the brise with
the name o1 the subject in gill.
There is also a class of objects in this
acne Staffordshire ware, watch stands,
•msec lr,)cl inl:s14+1141,, Which have figures
el them rend animtnl, raid fl -ewers. Theso
are c\trenicly rltaa,m!.
A Melton sunfrit stand itt y have the
figure of the pact dualling;, his hair
missed in long curls, his person nrrnyed
1111 white suit of small clethee sprigged
avilh gilt findhis legs crossed and with
lack pumps on 1
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CONDENSED NEWS ireMsISTEAl11 BARGE FOUNDERED
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL Oven T11
GLOWS.
Telegrep l Briefs Front Our Owe and
Other Countries of Recent
Occurrence.
421CANADA.
The l+toosomin jail has sixteen pris-
,
coal
Winnipeg's taxes amount to $1,,-
00ers.
48.
Thefawest is threatened with a serious
mine,
Of i(h,/o new Provincial bond issue of
$3.000,0 t), there has been subscribed
�,P30,00(),
Miss Annie Hayhurst of Hamilton has
been appointed Superintendent of Ni-
no two new Allan liners will 1 e
nntned tete Corsican and Grampian.
They will be about 10,000 Ions gross,
and have 14 to 16 -knot speed.
Hon. tiodolphe Lemieux is credited
with the statement to Montreal that the
Georgian Bay Ship Cana), from Georgian
Bay to Murilreel-, is a thing of the near
future.
The increase in Canada's foreign trade
fordsabout the fou$13r ,250,mo000nths ending October 21
.
A five -thousand -len lake freighter will
be built at Bridgeburg by tate Canadian
Shipbuilding Company,
Clarence Kidd, a Hamilton newsboy,
t►f
hashis beenfather. left a fortune by a relative
The enrolment of pupils in the Nel-
son, D. C., public schools is 402, an in-
crease over last year.
Ranchers at Little Bow. Alberta, are
marketing their cattle at $28 a head, In-
stead of $40, as expected early in the
season.
Sydney, N. S., is having a well or-
ganized Technical school, started un-
der the joint control of Dalhousie and
K ng's Colleges.
1'hc Executive Council of the Canadi-
an Mnnufarturers' Association will ask
the Dominion Government to make
compulsory the deportation of United
States silver.
Fanners on Ltrlu Island, near Van-
couver, have agreed to prosecute hunt-
ers for trespass under the British Co-
lumbia Game Act when found shoot-
ing on Sunday.
Over 15,000,000 feet of timber have
been used this season for bridges and
culverts on the G. T. P. from Portage
la Prairie to the Bird Tail. It took
about a million and a half feet for each
cf the bridges west of Miniota across
the Minnewasa, the Bird Tail and the
Cut Arm Creek. These bridges are from
110 to 125 feet high.
GREAT f311ITAiN.
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Britain has been advised to consider
the formation of a navy or airships.
The Boer raid in Cape Colony is caus-
ing no anxiety to the Ministry at Lon-
don.
Ilon. Augustine Birrell has declared
that the education bill as reconstructed
by the Lords is a sheer impossibility.
The British House of Commons has
provided a penalty of £50 for persons
making false representations to prospec-
tive emigrants.
UNITED STATES.
Thousands have been rendered home
less by floods nt Seattle,
The American Federation of Lebo
approves the idea of entering the poll
tical arena.
The United States Government ha
undertaken the dissolution of the Stand
and Oil trust.
Overcome by grief at the sight of th
c:.rpse, a brother of Frank F. Quinn
whose body arrived in Jersey City lir
burial on Wednesday, fell dead as soon
as the coffin was opened.
J. G. Holloway, frrernnn on a Louis-
ville and Nashville freight train, on
Tuesday saved a child's life by climb-
ing to the cowcatcher of the engine and
lifting the child from 111e track in front
of the rushing train.
The prune growers of• Calltornta will
receive $2,550,000 more for their crop
of 1906 than was obtained by them for
the crnp of 1(105. The total estimated
amount due to the prune growers far
this year's crop Is $4,050,000, represent-
ing 180.000,1100 pounds of fruit.
Armed bandits held up the Southern
Pacific Overland Limited, westbound, el
Carlin, Nevada, on Sunday night, and
escaped with the suit cases of passen-
gers and the money sack of Conductor
Conn. Railroad men say that the rob-
bers got about 11,000 in all.
Maggie Malone, eleven years old, was
taken to the Girl' Industrial School et
Delaware, Ohio, yesterday. For months
she had been robbing houses and
stores, dressed like a boy. She changed
c:othes after each theft, and so for a
!Ina tooled the police.
Because they were first cousins, Miss
Mary Kuta, of Drytown. Penn., refused
to marry Clarence Ilgenflets. Tuesday
night llgenfeitz lay in wait for the girl
and her grandmother as they were re-
turning home from church. As they
passed he shot the girl twice. !Igen-
fists then Rent a bullet into bis brain.
Soldiers of the Fifth infantry, colored,
recently dismissed by the President ns
the result of a riotous disturbance,
were formaily disarmed on Wednesday.Many teen, some of them who have been
in the service for over twenty years,
eshs d tears when they gave up their
guns.
Mrs. Charles Mowry and her three
children were burned to death on \Ved-
neodnv in their home 011 n fnrm at
Bala% is Station, Mich. The husbnnd
and father rose enrly and built two
tires in the Boerne. He then event to the
I urn to do chores, and whils there els
cr;vered that his house was on fire. He
r u (Tamen hcd back, but the (Taen had made
such headway that he could not enter
the house.
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GENERAL.
Cornet Von Buelow has declared that
(erhany's policy is to be one of peace.
Snn'os Dumont has prophesied that
the aeroplane is to take the place cf
the bicycle.
Iromortalify among the workmen has
eealed the fate of Chinese labor in South
Africa.
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Six Sailors Met Death In Wreck
Off Toronto
A despatch from Toronto says: Driring
the terrine: gale which raged over Lake
Ontario oa 'Thursday morning, the stature
Large Reu,lute, belonging to Raney anti
antler, contractors, went to pieces just
outside the 'Western Gap and six lives
out of trio crew of twelve were list in
c1)e of the lifctteats, which capsized lit
ihee heavy : ens a� it \leas leaving 11
her eek. A secumt lifeboat, in cuinninnd10
u! Caf)t. John 1'Altcy, et -ached Ute Initd
in safety after irn hours hard battle
against the waves. (:apt. John Sullivan,
who stuck to )lie vessel until she broke
up, was washed ashore through the gap,
olinging for life to the top of the wreck-
ed vessel's cabin. 'Thomas Topping, the
second engineer, one of those capsized
from the 11n.t lifeboat, clung to the cabin -
lisp with Capt. Sullivan until lam lost
his gold rind sank frorn exhriustinn. The
sctuooner I'. B. Locket, which was in tow
of the Resolute, witiestood the force cf
the stoma. and lies anchured a short
distance from the spot where one mast
and the top of a wheel -douse )nark all
that Is left of the wreck, The Lock's
crew was taken off by a surf boat towed
out by the tug Maggio Mitchell arid in
cern:nand of (:apt. Ward. The crew of
the ,schooner St. Louis, which had also
sought shelter from the storm near the
gap; was also taken oft by the surf boat.
THE DEAD,
John Harrison, chief engineer, Desercnto; 'i'h►,r1,ns 'Topping, second engineer,
"Prescott;; llavid \Whit deck hand
Harry Gregory, fireman, Batty
England; John Barnes, fireman, Pori
Colborne; Nels Nielson, Sweden.
THE SAVED,
Capt John Sullivan, 575 Euciid Avenue,
city; Captain John hahi'y, St. Cathur-
irres; AZ)d yew Hicks, wheelsniaii, Mil-
ford: Michael Haney, mute, buffalo; Ed-
ward Me•lketh, deck hand, Toronto; Mrs.
Lizzie Callaghan, cook, St. Catharines.
131G STEAMER ASHORE.
A despatch from Detroit says: Eigh-
teen known drowned, and possibly a
dozen others, is the record on '1'hursduy
of the worst storm that has swept the
kikes in many years. 'flo barge Athens
sunk in Lake Erie, and Capt. Markle,
of 5filwaukee, and his crew of six men
are lost.
Off the new' breakwater, at the en-
trance of Holland Harbor, four rnen
were swept into the lake and drowned.
The gale created much havoc in the
Detroit River, and reports from alt
over the lakes show teat Did scorns
left a wake of wreck, disabled, and
drownings, and has done much damage
to shorn property.
The steel steamer Chauncey Ilurlburt,
bound for Buffalo, was blown out of its
course on lake Erie on Thursday night
by the terriflic gale, and is aground Of
Leamington. The Anchor Line steamer
Ccnernagh, up -bound, with a valuable
cargo of package freight, also is ashore
on Point Pelee, in Lake Erie, pounding
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I hard, and filled with water. The crew
of 20 men was rescued.
Russia wilt shortly undertake the de-
velopment of Siberia.
Italian Freemasons are endeavoring
'o start en anti -clerical movement.
Terrorists attempted to nssnssinate
General Iiheinhr,t at ,Moscow 1 ,Melaena his
humanity was winning over lite people.
Fifteen million dollars are reported to
have be ear offered for the mining rights
on the Gillies limit,
It is rumored that President Castro '.t
Venezuela is dead, and that the Govern-
ment is concealing hie decease.
Marie Corellt has warned the British
people that the United States have no
love for them.
'There is a rumor that both the C.P.R.
and G.N.W. Telegraph Companies desire
to buy the Tenciskrmling Hallway's line.
The steamer Thermo was sunk at the
entrance to Thunder Bay, and the Win -
One of Ilamilton ran on a shoal at Msni-
tuulin Island and had to be beached.
WILL DISCOUNT DRE:ADNOi'GHT.
Guns Weighing 85 Tone Likely to be
instafted in New Battleships.
Though many of the recent measures
of the British Admiralty are open to the
sharpest critictsrn,`nnd hate been riot
unjustly criticized, there is one depart-
ment, that concerned with the designing
of warships, where the present Admir-
alty is far in advance of all foreign
naval administrations, and of past Ad-
miralties ill Grent Britain. The brillinnt
success of the Dreadnought is still fresh
in the ruiniks of all; the great armored
cruisers of the Invincible type represent
in their class what the Dreadnought re-
presents in the class of battleship ; but
there are indications that the naval
authorities have in view yet larger and
more powerful battleships than even the
dreadnought, armed with gums which
will throw hers in the shade.
These new ships art! not the vessels
to be begun in the present financial year,
but the battleships of the 1907-8 pro-
gramme, which are not, unhappily, to
be laid dawn until March or April, 1908.
In them there is some reason to believe
that the 12 -in. gun will be finally aban-
doned and replaced by a new and far
more powerful weapon.
It is impossible by way of reply to the
new Germun ships to put more It -in.
guns into a battleship. The Dread-
nought's battery represents the utmost
number nt gum; that can be used in ac-
tion with real advantage. The condi-
tions necessitate the introduction of a
new type of monster gun.
Tire pattern selected is believed to be
a 133; -ire. gun forty-five calibres long.
That is to say. the gun will be forty-five
times 133; -in. in length, or roughly 50%
feet long. Its weight will be about
eighty-five or eighty-six tons. A gun of
the same calibre. but of old design. and
much feebler power, is carried to -day In
the Royal Sovereign class. The old gun
fires a 1,250 -ib. shell, which is 400 -Ib.
heavier than the projectiles fired by the
Dreadnought's weapons. The penetra-
tion through wrought iron at the muzzle
is 51 -in. in the case of the Dread-
nought's guns. It should be 62 -in. or
63 -in. at the very least in the case of the
new weapons.
Probably the new Rrlttsh battleships
will have eight big guns so mounted
that all can fire on either broadside and
six ahead or astern. •
MAXIM GUN SAVED THE CHIEF.
Revolutionists Attempt to Assassinate
Police Official.
A despatch from Odessa says: The
attempt to murder the chief commissary
of the Odessa police on Wednesday ss es
frustrated by tate use of a Maxim gun.
The aggressive band, said to have been
composed of social revolutionists, suf-
fered the death of three, and the wound-
ing of three others. The remainder es-
caped.
Terrorists seized 82,000 in the Rus -
I sign Navigation Company's office en
\\ ednesday, after killing a police official.
Two thousand copies of the peaceful
regerierationist party's appeal were
seized.
SAY TIIEY POCKETED FARES.
Government Immigration Agents have
Been Laid Oft.
.% despatch from Ottawa says: Half a
d sen Government imntil;ratiren agents
hu weer, employed to !ravel with i01-
ni:grarits to the wrest have been laid ►ff
e account of the chargee that they have
leen collecting from the Government
i'u;ln►an fares which they did not pay
to Itt' railway company. An investiga-
hon is in progress. and if the charge
is proven the offenders will be required
to stake restitution.
COMPULSORY FLAG -FLYING.
The Proposal Voted Down by the
house of Lords.
A despatch from London says: A
rnotion to insert n clause in the educa-
tion bill making it compulsory to fly the
Union Jack on elerrreentnry schools was
vcted down by the Lords without dis-
cussion.
SMELTER iN ALGOMA.
Will Randle Ore Whkh Now is Sent
to Illinois.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont., says: A big snteiter is to I* erected
at Dead Lake by the Northern Ontario
Consolidated Copper Company, accord-
ing to an announcement made on Wed-
nesday. It wilt he the first In Canute,
and will handle ore which now goes to
Illinois. Work will start at once. Sev-
eral new mines will ship ore there.
WHY PEDLAR iIANGED HIMSELF.
Afraid of Being Run Over by an Auto-
mobile White Tramping.
A despatch from London says: Over-
whelming dread nt being run dawn and
killed by an autornnhlic while tramping
along cnunlry mads impelled a trrrvel-
1ng., peddler to hong himself on a tree
at l3uckfnnd. Surrey. on Wednesday, to
prevent such a catastrophe.
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KNEW HOW 11' SHOULD RE DONE.
Mictre cs-"But, bliss ace. why nre you
leaving us. Mary? I'm sure 1 do all the
work."
The General Servant -"Yes, inter ,.
but I don't like tho way you do it."
ISLANDS ADDED TO CANADA
Captain Bernier Has Not Been
Wasting His Time
A despatch from Ottawa pays: Advices
have been received frorn Capt. Bernier,
in command of the Government steamer
Arctic, that he has decided to Winter
in Albert Ilarbor, Pond's Inlet, Baflin'a
Land.
Writing to a friend under dale of
Sept. 19th, Capt. Bernier says: --"\\'e
have had great luck +Ince wo kft the
old city, and have to deito taken pos-
session of eight Wands for the Donitn- 1 are \\ iritcring here and will continue
ion, and have discovered 65 miles 'four work neat Spring until the Fall."
new chnnnel, and named several pieces
and islands which were hot Horned lee
fore. We have been as tar as McIviI n
inland, and have restsred Sir John
Franklin's monument and the germy -s
of those we love for ttso w, rk they till
for science.
"We have been looking for Whalen,
and l ani sorry that four of thea:) lease
been caught In the lee in Mels t i le► flay
and will do nothing Ibis Summer. \\'o