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STORY OF THE EARTHQUAKE
Henniker Heaton Tells of the Destru3tion
of Kingston.
The London Times has received the
telluwing graphic account of the King -
stun earthquake frons Henniker Mouton,
Ida'„ dated at Kingston on Thursday:-
"After
hursday:"After• the 01,0011g ceremony of the
cultural (inference SriAlfred Swct-
Ita r Invited leu of us to lunch with
OM at the Jamaica Club, including Sir
Jaynes Ferguson, who had arrived the
day befurc. Sir James gave us an in-
teresting account (,f the work on the
Fenanru Canal. An hour afterwards he
%vas burled amid tons of brick and store..
The first fear as to his tale was due
to the tact that he had not returned
during the night to Government Hoose,
% here he was staying, and at 5 In the
Morning the Governer came on board
Iho fort Kingston, the vessel that
brought Sir Alfred Jong' party out, and
In which Sir Jauaes Ferguson had taken
his passage home, to inquire for )'i
guest.
A MOMENT OF AWE. Ve
"After lunch 1 left the club and went
with Ilon. Mr. Cork, a member of the
Council and a leading planter, to visit
the postoflice. 1 was returning from
there when tho earthquake took place.
Tho street was a moderate-sized ono
and the moment the ground began to
quake thousands of people rushed and
jumped into the street from the houses.
"A huge building fell across the street
a ynrd below us; another building
blocked the street brhlnd us. On our
left a third building fell info the street.
"Then followed abeoluto darkness.
Great clouds of dust, mortar and debris
filled the eir for five minutes, and when
light was restored my companion and 1
found ourselves us black with dust and
dirt ns negroes. It was a miraculous
escape.
PRAYED FOR DELIVERANCE.
"The scene that followed baffles de-
scription. Women were embracing their
little children; others were on their
knees, praying loud,; ytnd with most
intense feeling to God e)ilh such words
as 'Lord have mercy on us, 'God have
mercy on us; 'Christ have mercy on us
and save us.' Others were fainting,
alit' others running wildly, looking for
loved ones.
TRAGEDY AT THE CLUB.
"We climbed over the fallen loads of
bricks and mortar and got back to the
club. it was In ruins. The roof bad
collapsed, and the roots where we
had been deling was filled with tons of
brick from the fallen walls.
"A young fellow, hatless and coalless,
with a handkerchief around his head,
addressed nie in the street outside the
Alp for several minutes. At length
tething peculiar struck me, and 1 ask -
sed if he was Gerald Loder, my friend
for many years in tate Ifoa;o of Con: -
mons and ex-Id.l'. for It, ighton. Ile
said yes, ho was wailing in the read-
ing room od the second floor of the
club wh• n the roof fell ie. Ile lied
been pinnsd to the Moor by the roof. fly
freeing himself from his coat he escaped
to the parapet and descended by a lad-
der into the street.
"The ntosl awful sight was poor Mr.
Rra.l`.ey, a member of the club, lying
tk-ua under the great fallen pillar of the
building,
AMONG TIIE TOURISTS.
"At Constant Spring hotel I found my
bedroom shattered and the roof cleared
alt. 1 found numbers of ladies, who had
been taking an afternoon rest in their
molts, on Rte lawn with blankets and
bed things around thorn. That night we
slept on the lawn of the hotel, and dur-
ing the long hours between sunset and
sunrise felt at least three earthquake
shocks.
"Tho blaze of the raging fire over the
city was plainly visible, and at dawn 1
got coffee aitd drove to Kingston, six
utiles. Along the road encampments ct
families were seen outside their houses.
TRULY A CITY OF iRUINS.
"In Kingston I drove many miles
through the streets. At least ninety-
eight of every one hundred houses are
in ruins or damaged beyond repair. This
i sue from personal observation. Nine -
tenth, of the houses were old and :rainy
of them ought to have been destroyed
long ago. On our arrival on board our
geed steamship great joy was expressed
le find Sir Alfred Jones, notwithstand-
ing his miraculous escape, giving orders
clearly, coolly, forcibly to his secretar-
ies. as to how to meet the trouble.
THE MASTER MIND.
"'Let a hundred light wooden struc-
ture, be erected and another hundred
al Myrtle flank hotel.' was the first or-
der. Then followed instructions for
cooking for the poor people, then a tele-
gram congratulating his manager aryl
sluff at Cou;tant Spring on their extra-
odinat y efforts to provide for two hun-
dred house.ess guests.
"1 asked Sir Alfred what the future
held for Jamaica.
"'You can take my word for it this
calamity will not interfere in the least
with the progress and prosperity of the
island,' ho replied. 'Only the depot has
Leen injured; the productivity and the
products of the country have not been
Interfered with in the slightest degree.
The houses that have been destroyed
are mostly old and deserved to be de-
streyed. The prosperity of the islond, 1
repent, has ,not been affected.' Ile said
this In the cheeriest manner, and we be-
Ireto him."
SURPLUS OF 8318,399.
Financial Affairs of Manitoba During
the Past fear.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: Hon.
\lr. Agnew, Provincial Treasurer, de-
livered his budget speech in the Legisla=
lure on Wednesday afternoon, reviewing
the financial affairs of the province dur-
ing the past year. The budget shows
estimated revenue fur 1907 of $2,470,479.-
46. Tho direct asscls of the province are
plueo,l at $50,2519.550.86 and direct lia-
bilities 54,480,973.55. The railway tax
amounted to 88t,150.46, ns compared
wilt $56.11.57.27 In 1905. The corporation
tax was $71.636.20, compared with $56,-
7t6.3t in 1905. The tetra revenue was
$2,b90,6.52.07, and tho total consolidated
revenue $1,572,691.04, lass railway bo-
nuses of 81.438.40. The surplus for the
year was $518,3%1.43, and the total sur-
plus train] 1900 lo 1906, Inclusive, was
$1,731,816.20. Of this amount $835,078.-
10 was expended for public buildings.
Thera Is cash on hand in the consoli-
dated revenue fund nnnounting to 812,-
700.26, and the bnlnnco is made up by
-extraordinary expenditures, amounting
to $84,007.84.
11F.LD AS MURDER SUSPECT.
Colored Man Placed Under Arrest at a
Lumber Camp in Algoma.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie,
O►►t., says: Because he answers the de•
acription given In a circular sent out,
asking for the nrrest for murder of n
mon nr11n((1 Al. Carter, ono, giving his
name ns Charles Carter, and colored, is
now In custody here. Ito WAS picked up
in a lumber camp at Goulais River by
Con;lables Johnston and Connelly. vtuo
wero at the camp, and sow in him an
answer to the description given in the
circular. The prisoner ons taken before
Mngistrnte Elliott, and niter nn examin-
ation was rentnnded to jail to await the
arrival of an ofifcer (ran] Maryland. The
murder wvts 1110 of Thomas \1. 11.1nher!,
a railroad contractor, committed April
7. last year. A reward Is offered of
$1,050.
F.S'1A1. Run.lat ExPLUSIo`.
t'he Trainmen Killed--. Fireman Turn
to I'icces.
A despatch from Norristown, Pc.,
revs : Thu ixdler of n Philadelphia &
ng Iluitroad freight engine ex -
at Bridgeport, near tore, on
day, and live trainmen were
kna of those killed resided at
Allentown. The engineer of the teeth.
3. D. thank, escaped. Ile was stunned
by the explosion, but walked to Bridge-
port station and boarded n tiain for
Reading. The Irvin had conic front
iienlown and was bound for Philndel-
Ike The expk.sion is thought In have
n due to low water in the boiler. All
en killed were on the engine. The
lion of the boiler was hurled
yams, While the wheels of the
ined on the track.
iLO11.E11-PL.tTE IItIIST.
The Fireman Was Thrown Out of Cob
on High Bridge.
A despatch from SI. Catharines says:
A serious accident occurred to the G.
T. R. fast stock train with engine No.
660 just ng the train approached the
high bridge a quarter of a mile in length
al Jordan, eight miles from this city,
early on Wednesday. A boiler plate of
the huge locomotive burst with terrific
force, throwing Fireman it. Currey, a
resident of Point Edward, from the cab
to tho trestle bridge. Currey, who is
young and unmarried, was a new man
on the run and was badly scalded by the
explosion, and wos seriously injured t;y
the force of the fall on the bridge, but
WiLI lucky to escape, being thrown to
the solid ice on the creek, seventy feet
below. Aid from Jordan station was
at once given to the unfortunate victim,
who was in a serious condition. Every-
thing wens done for hits until the ar-
rival of the passenger train, when he
was taken to Hamilton. No harm what-
ever befell the engineer.
4I•
UNEASY OVER SJI.t1.1.PDX.
Pro l.:cinl Health Department Says Dis-
ease is Spreading.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
prevn!ence of smallpox In the Province
is incoming distinctly alarming, ns there
are more cases reported to the Provin-
cial Board of health Than for a number
of years pest. The type of the disease
Le a m131 one• which lends to the belief
that there are many other cnPzes in exist-
enee which have been dingn(;ed .►s
chick npov, and It behoves local health
officers in all parts of the Province to
le nit the look -ort.
Thursday meriting three mere ccntree
of the disease were reported, bring from
Iwo townships in Wellington County,
rind one in Kent. Over twenty Centers
are under sum eillance nt the present
lime, rind many other eases of n 5nspi•
clone character are being reported. Dr.
llodgetls, secretnry of the Provincial
Board of Health, states that steps should
14' token et once in all nnmicipnlities
la enforce the Act regarding compulsory
vuccinntiun.
L tit 111111'SACS IN SCOTIA:SD. ..
bnhahit:utts of Seaport Town Were
Greatly Alarmed.
A despatch teem Landon says : Two
earthquakes, which, although hnrnnless,
f,1enttly alarmed the in habitnnte, oc-
curred on Thursday afternox,n at Ohnn,
n seaport town in Scotland. and the
neighboring districts. 1'ho first shock
was nceompnniel by a loud report, nn.l
awns followed 15 minutes later by a n1ni-
1.ling noise. Houses were shaken and
their contents rallied. The occupnnls
rushed Into the streets In (error. The
water More: the s..ore was violently dis-
turbed. An in.- ming steamer felt the
shocks. It scorned as if she had grated
on a ridge of sand.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM LEADLNI
T1tAt B CLN 111E .
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Chceaa and
Other Pair! Prnhnee at Vaasa
and Abroad.
Toronto, Jan. 22. - Flour - Ontario
when 90 per cent. patents are quoted ut
$2.65 to 82.67 111 buye:ti sacks outside
for ex purl. Manitoba IIIst patents, 84.50;
second patents, 84, and strong bakers',
$J.O0, 'I amnio.
wheal -No. 1 \lanitnba hard Is noiul-
nal at 83e, lake ports; No. 1 northern at
b23;e, and No. 2 northern at 79e.
Corn -No. 3 American yellow, new,
nominal, al 59c on truck, Toronto.
Bran -Car lots of bran outside in bulk
are nominal at 818 to 819, and shorts at
819.50 to 820.
Teas -No. 2 offered at 80c outside, with
79c bid.
Oats -No. 2 white offered at 363Sc out-
side. watt 36e bid, and at 3034c on a 6c
rate to Toronto, while 363ec was bid on
a 4c rate to Toronto. One care of No.
2 mixed sold at 37;e, 'Toronto, and sell-
ers afterward asked 38c, 'Toronto.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Good to choice winter stock,
8:.25 to 83.25 per M.
Beans --Hand-picked selling at 81.55 to
81.60, and primes at 81.40.
Honey -Strained quoted at 11 to 120
per ib, and coombs at $2 to $2.50 per
dozen.
Ilops-Tho market is steady, with new
quoted at 18 to 21c.
Ilay-No. 1 timothy is quoted at 811.50
ti 312 on track hero; No. 2 is quoted
at 89
Straw -Steady at $6.50 a ton on track
here.
Potatoes-Ontarios, 65c per bag on
track, and New Brunswick, 75 to 80c per
bag.
i'oullry-Turkeys, fresh killed, 11 to
I2c; chickens, dressed, 8 to 9c; alive, 6
to 7c per lb; fowl, alive, 4 to (ic; ducks,
(tressed, 9 to iOc; do, alhe, 7 to tic: per
Ib; geese, 9 to l0c per Ib.
TIIE DAII1Y MARKETS.
Butter -Pound rolls are quoted at 22
to 24c; tubs, 20 10 22c; largo rolls, 20 to
23c. Creamery prints sell at 26 to 28c,
and solids at 24 to 25c.
Eggs -Steerage, 23 to 24c per dozen;
selections, 25 to 27c; limed, 23c; new laid,
nominal, 30e.
Cheese -Largo cheese, 133;c ; and
twins, I4c.
110G PRODUCES.
Dressed hogs in car lots aro firmer,
with prices quoted at $$.50 to 88.75 hero.
Bacon, long clear, 11% to 11;c per Ib
ie case lots; mess pork, 821.50; short cut,
$223.50.
l luras -Light to medium, 15 to 15;e;
;
do, heavy, 14 to 14%e; rolls, 1I%c;
shoulders, 11c; backs, 16 to 16;c; break-
fast bacon, 15 to 15;c.
Lard -Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%c; pails,
12%c.
BUSINESS AT \ION'1'REAL.
Montreal, Jan. 22.--Grain-The demand
for oats from local and country buyers
oras biller to -day, and a fair amount of
business was done. Salts of car lots of
No. 2 white on spot wero made at 42c;
No. 3 at 41c, and No. 4 at 40c per bush,
ex store. Flour --Choice spring wheat
Woes, $4.50 to $4.60; • seconds, 84;
winter wheat patents, 84 to $1.15;
straight rollers, 83.55 to 83.65; do, in
bags, 81.60 to 81.70; extras, $1.45 to
81.55. Feed --Manitoba bran In bags,
821; shorts, $22 per ton; Ontario brain in
bogs, $21 10 821.50; shots, 822 to 822.50;
netted nnouillie, 821 to $225 per ton, and
straight grain, 828 to 830. 1'rovisions-
Bnrrels short cut mess, 322 to 823.50;
half -barrels, $11.75 to $12.50; clear fat
backs, $21 to $24.50; long cut heavy
mess, $20.50 to $22; half -barrels do,
810.75 to 811.50; dry salted long clear
['neon, 12 to 12'/e; barrels plate beet,
$11 to $12.50; half -barrels do, 86 to
86.50; barrels heavy cores beef, $8.50;
half -barrels do, $4.75; compound lard,
8% to 10c; pure land, 11% to I3r; kettle -
rendered, 13 to 133ec; haps, 13 to 14;c;
breakfast bacon, 15 to 16c ; Windsor
bacon, 15 to 16c; fresh killed abattoir
hogs, $10; alive, $7.25. Eggs -Selects,
26c; No. 1 candled, 21 to 22c. Cheese--
Ontario,
heese-Ontario, 12'/, to 13c; November made,
12c nominal. Bolter-C:heice;gt creamery,
25; to 25;c; rnodiurn grades, 24 to 25c.
UNTIED STA'! ES MA111<L I:S.
Milwaukee, Jan. 22. -Wheat -No. 1
northern, 761 to 80e; No. 2 northern, 75
to 7834c; May, 76;c. Rye -No. I, 68 to
68;c. Burley -No. 2, 56 to 503;; sample,
45 to 500. Corn -No. 3, cash, 40;c ;
Nifty, 4034e bid.
Duluth, Jin. 22---Wheals-No. 1 hard,
79c; No. I northern, 78';c; No. 2 north-
ern, 76;c; May, 71+',,c; July, 79;c.
St. Louis, Jen. 22. - Wheat - C(tsh,
7434c; May, 7534c; July, 74;e.
CA'l+l'LE MAiRKET.
Toronto, Jnn. 22.-ileavy deliveries of
rattle, sheep and hogs wero recorded at
Into Western Market today.
For choice exporters' the demand was
nunintained. lite better grades gold it
Si, to $'x.60 per cwt, while slaight loads
of fair to good nniutals brought 34.85 to
81.90 per cwt.
Choice buletiers'. 84.40 to $4.75; heavy
butchers', $4. to $4.35; mixed butchers',
iiielu(bng tanners, 81.50 to 82.90; fat
cows. 33.50 to $3.75; counnton cows,
mixed. $1.50 to $3.25 per cwt.
Short -keels were worth 84 to 81.25;
(eiders, 0.40 to 83.90; stockers, $1.75 to
$3.25 per col.
Grain -fel lanais sold nt 86.50 to $0.75;
cr.nunon Ninths at 85 In $6; expert
ewes al 81.25 to $1.85; and export bucks
al 83 to $3.50 per cwt.
Select io.gs were Ih rn nt $6.90, and
fats end lights sold at 86.65 per cwt.
FA(:11 SE:\II A 1'IN(;E:n.
(;easily Petition From Korean Stinlrrtls
to Seoul Government.
The Londnn Tina's' eorrecpondrn1
sends the following cable despatch from
Tokio:•-Teenly-ono Careen students el
Tokio, lett destitute owing to the cessa-
tion of aid from their honelnnd, hnve
fret a petition to the Government at
Seoul, en, losing it Anger cut from the
hand of each atadent.
CONDENSED NEW
HAPPENINGS FItON ALL 0
CL.ORE.
Telegraph!. briefs From Our 0s
Other Countries of Itecenl
CANADA.
8215,61
Ilam5.2'9.ilton's fire loses for 1906 total
The snowfall about \tlnnipeg is rho
greatest for ten years.
A movement is on foot l0 reorganize
the Ilumillon police force.
The New Brunswick Legislature has
been called for February 14.
The price of gas at St. Calharires has
been reduced to one dollar a thousand
feet.
Twenty-five people were killed on the
1.C.It during 1906. Some were suicides.
Hon. Geo. W. Ross, 11011. John (:osti-
gan, Messrs. Robert Beith and Daniel
Gilmer have boon called to the Senate.
There was a decrease of 15,373 !read
last year in the receipts at the Toronto
live stock market.
The Canadian railways killed 361 per-
sons last year, and the electric roads
killed 47 persons.
The natural increase in Peterboro's
population for 1906 was 122, against 125
In 1905.
Vancouver's bank clearings for 1906
totalled '8132,000,000, aL•►inst 880,000,000
for 1905.
Six million dollars' worth of agricul-
tural implements were sold from Regina
to 1906,.
The total ahlpments of ore from the
Cobalt district for December amounted
to 1,951,758 pounds.
Toronto's loss by fire last year was
8667,247, an Increase over the previous
year of 8219,033.
The Northern Navigation Co. have
purchased tho steamer Tadousac for ser-
vice on tine upper lakes.
Sales of real estate in London for 1906
totalled $2,033,485 as against 81 527,405
the previous year.
Charles McGill, former General Mana-
ger, lies been committed for trial on two
charges of theft from the Ontario Bank.
The 'TemiskDammg & Northern Railway
Commission is calling for tenders for the
construction of general ollices at North
Bay.
The intercolonial Railway is building
three big motor cars in the Moncton
shops for use on the line next summer.
it is said that the Canadian Pacific
Railway proposes to•construct a line into
•
Cobalt.
1'I►o minister of the Interior will send
a number of farmers from Ontario over
to the old country in the interest of the
immigration of faun laborers.
Warden Platt of the Kingston Pen1-
entiory reports that it is exceedingly
difficult to sell the twine manufactured
at the institution to tho farmers.
It was stated by Mr. Robert Verily
hat the Central Immigration hoard of
London, England, is prepared to bring
ut 50,000 navvies to work on Canadian
ailron(Is.
Collections In fines- from Scott Act
violators in the County of York, N. 13.,
luring the past year will amount to
early $1,000.
The Dominion Cabinet hes commuted
he sentence of Michael Erovino, an
lalian, sentenced to be hanged at fort
rlhur on the 18th.
Winnipeg lumber dealers have an-
ounced another advance of from $1 to
3 per thousnnd (tet. This is the second
u►np since December Isl.
The sale of the Y.M.C.A. property and
nox church, on Dominion Square,
(ontreal, 10 the G.T.R., for a site for an
otel, is reported.
An Imperial service medal has been
warded Martin O'Meara, of London,
ho hos recently retired from the post -
Mee after 40 years' service.
Winnipeg City Council will seek power
roe► the Legislature to establish nn in-
ustrial workhouse for the correction of
rlsoners guilty of minor offences.
Messrs. C. E. Potter, Toronto, and A.
F. Ross, Montreal, have secured Kerr
ake from the Government for a bonus
$178,500 and a royalty of 10 per cent.
n all ore mined.
it has been found that the payment of
bonus of $5 a head for the killing of
olves In the Northwest is not sufll-
enl.. The amount has therefore been
creased to 810.
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A mounted police pntrol has been sent
to Fort Murray, 700 stiles duo north
from Edmonton, to defect and punish
those responsible for the practice of
leaving poisoned stent out for fur•bear-
Ing nninrnls. it Is claimed that not only
the animals yielding furs, but the Indian
dogs are being killed indiscriminalely,
and the natives are raising a great out-
cry in consequence. The fur of an nnl-
mnl killed by poison Ls worthless, as it
goes to pieces in the dressers' hands.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Earl of Dundonald has been made
a Lieutenant -General.
Extensive British navel manoeuvres
will take place off the coast of Spain in
February.
It Is rumored that Sir II. Mortimer
Durnrad army be 'unite Governor of New
South \Vales.
Lord Alexander G. Russell, formerly
C.ornmander of the troops in Canada, is
deed.
'flee Canndion Manufacturers' Associa-
tion will shortly open a shitted labor
bureau In Lond(u].
One hundred rind sixty men of the
Manchester itegiment have sailed for
Canada to join the Royal Canadian Regi-
ment.
It is slated In London that Lewis Iler-
court will probably succeed air. itirrcll
la the Education Department If the Int -
ter is mode Irish Secrelnry.
The late !trimness Burdett -Coutts, by
her will, which was signed in 188..1, telt
nI1 the properly at her disposal to her
husband, who is her solo executor.
UNITED STATES.
Dr. Storey, principal of Glasgow Uni-
versity, is dead.
A cable despatch to \Wnshinglon from
(:0111on confirms the rumors of the Chi-
nese boycott of United Slates goods.
Fire did damage to the ext( nt of
$1,000,011) In tobacco inclorics at Lan-
caster, I'a., nn Friday.
Two Iegnciee moulding to 81,000.0(1)
were left 10 I:ug.•nr Andereen, 50 year;
of age. of Amity e t11r. Long Islintl. on
a.ndtlix.n that he Melee' (nun inloxien.
ling liquor fur 1: months. Anderson has
ju.l 1.•i1 the sunitur►unr and will receive
the reward.
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:un oulbrea
Tugees at Sin
demolition of
ler thousands
search of food. Ca
sent out by the reit
vesligalo the situation,
(YU destitute persons
buck towards their ho
terrible scenes are bein
the lino of retreut. 110
quarter of a million
to bo doomed al Sing Kia
British navy and military
trying to create public opinto
lhichannel tunnel scheme.
The Arncrioan Tobacco Trust h
found guilty of forming an illegal
bination and of creating a monop
The miners' strike at Goldfield,
is considered settled, the majority of
omen" accepting the mine operators' p
position of $5 per day for miners and
skilled help, with 31.50 for laborers.
Walter J. Hopkins, well known, well
educated and popular, was divorced at
Port Huron, Michigan, on Monday.
Drink was the cause. Hopkins was
offered $10,000 to abstain from drink for
a certain time. He did so and got the b
cash. Within two months the 810,000
had "crossed the bar," but Hopkins was
a wreck.
George Fallon, florist, tried to kiss
Mrs. Lena Weidman, manicurist, 1n her
apartment al New York. Mrs. Weld- teem.
man objected, drew a revolver and shot with a
Fallon through the body. Fallon then Coins an
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slashed her with a razor and wounded
her fatally with her own revolver. Fred.
Braman and Miss Rate!, who interfered,
were also shot and slashed by Fallon.
For five years Joseph Tedder, a youth
twenty -live years old, hos appeared In
various parts of St. Louis and vicinity
alternately as a girl and a boy. He hos
been a cook, a chore boy, a housemaid,
a grocery boy, a cash girl. a stable boy
and even masqueraded as a dancing
girl on the Pike at the World's Fair.
John Opity, butler to ex -Justice Ernes
Hall, Boston Road, New York, wen
suddenly insane on Tuesday night. Ile
wrecked the lower floor of the house and
chased Mr. Hall, his wife, daughter and
mother upstairs with murderous
threats. The police found the terrified
family barricaded in a room, the mad-
man trying to batter in the door with a
chair. Opity was overpowered with
difficulty, put In a straight jacket and
taken to the hospital.
quently
end even
a► from
Y -rays the trea
been made simpfl _
Some of tho cases are
their humorous side. A workman who
had put down his weeks wages on the
table was horrified to find, a moment
utter, that his child -an Infant of about
three -had snatched one of the gold
coins and swallowed It for safe custody.
t s
GENERAL.
King \fenclik of Abyssinia has pro-
claimed his grandson his heir.
The rumors of trouble in Servla have
been declared an Austrian ruse to frigh-
Hundreds of Ample have been
drowned by a tidal wave In the Dutch
East Indies.
Captain Kirton, Foreign Relief Officer
at Tsingkisngfu, China, says the worst
pinch of the famine is yet to come.
Seven labor leaders have been publicly
executed in Mexico for rioting during a
strike.
Russian reactionaries have begun a
campaign against Count Witte on ac-
count of his electoral law.
Tho new Shah of Persia has been ac-
knowledged by the high officials at
Teheran.
Earthquake shocks have been felt re-
cently In several countries of northern
Europe.
King Alfonso has nulhorizel the open-
) a Protestant chapel at Madrid for
the use of Princess henry of Batten -
berg.
Twenty persons were scalded to death
at Strassburg, Germany, on Friday. by
the explosion of a vat containing boil-
ing celluloid.
len British capital from the Balkans.
Morocco is almost in financial straits
owing to the wholesale robbery prevail -
lug and rho difficulty of collecting the
revenue.
PRISON FOR SELLING LiQi.'OR.
Olw
Punishment of Queenslon Hotelman for
Second Breach of Act.
A despatch from St. Catharines says:
James Wadsworth, proprietor of the
\Ionone• nt house, Queenston, was con-
victed by Police Magistrate nn Wednes-
day morning of having on Dec. 27 last
sold liquor without a license, and In a
district where bent option is in force.
As this is the second lime Wadsworth
has been convicted of a sirnilnr offence,
the magistrate sentenced him to fo
nienlhs in the Central Prison witho
the alternative of a line.
SELF -CONE
Official of
MAPLE CREEK OUT OF COAL.
The Thermometer Is at Times Forty
Below Zero.
A despatch from Maple Creek, Sask.,
says: Tho coal situation is desperate
here. No coal is to be had. Several
families aro now sleeping, eating and
cooking in one room, due to scarcity of
fuel. Some people are obliged to leave
their homes and live with other people.
Unless something Ls done soon there will
Lc suffering. The thermometer has been
ranging all the way from 20 to 40 below
zero for rho past week. The stock Is
suffering now and dying on the range,
and if the present weather continues
much longer there will bo heavy losses,
probably 25 per cent..
4.
SWEPT BY A TYPHOON.
A Hundred Lives Lost in One of the
Philippines.
A despatch from Manila says: The is-
lands of Leyte and Samar were swept
1•y a typhoon January 10. One hundred
lives were last in Leyte. The barracks
and eflicers' quarters on the east coast
of Samar were destroyed. No estimate
'.1 the damage to properly has yet been
made. No darnnge to shipping i; report.
ed. The storm is the worst for ten
years., Communication with Leyte and
Samar bus been cut off for six days,
end only meagre particulars of the
storm wero received to -day.
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