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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-02-14, Page 6a Use County st the alleging Cream In .jn i'ilts- tidulter- sex Chi- 1u11- rock - stoner cel their ' Ening. eon near e Gosney, Hillery. was hich occurred S. Wireb,r- over a wee his escape. y,' e ' 'marshal. of Fort la., one of his deputies and as been elect- two brothers by the name of Rolland (real Board of ei,gaged in a desperate battle at adance Bell Telephone any iu oronto hist year reached 791.6,42. Toronto capitalists are reeorted to leave purchased mineral claims in tho Coleman district. Prouder Whitney indicated that oho Government would not amend' the three- fifths section of the local option clause in the liquor license act. Dr. J. A. Savignac, found guilty at Ottawa of attempting to murder his wife 116 and mother-in-law, was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary on Saturday. W. E. Smith, Treasurer on the New Brunswick Telephone Company, cf which the lata lion. A. G. Blair was Chairman, is about $25,000 short in ui3 accounts. The Provincial Go•,ernrnent has de- cided to eslnblish a new judicial district oe in northern Ontario. with the town of Sudbury as a centre. Albert Bennett, a thirteen -year-old boy, has been arrested, charged with setting numerous Incendiary fires In Toronto. The coal dealers of Vancouver have t,teecn delivering fuel at a loss during the recent famine. It costs these firms $7 a bin and ihey aro selling at 86.50. Louis Desjar I iiee was hurled several yards when the crawn plate of the loco- motive on which he was tiring blew out at Indian Head, Sask., and fatally burned. Bugler Gofay. of the R. M. C., was sentence_' at Kingston to one year in the Central prison for stealing 'et- tens left at the College tor the cadets. Ile formerly served in the Royal Cana- d,an Regiment. An arrangement Le befog mete be- tween Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann and the town of Peart Arthur by which the railway rnen will erect a big hotel there, but there k some objection to the scheme ty the ratepayers. The J :bbers and Shippers Associa- tion at Winnipeg have decided to take a stand In the matter of the demoraliza- tion of terrific on railways. They will demand that car shortage and lack tf Hee power he, at once remedied. The C. 1'. 11. will build a $200,000 sta. at ('nlgery. ew Knox College is to be erected varsity lawn. Toronto. Ma Railway Company earnings emery amounted to $2511412. revenue from the Bureau if es for 1906 aggregated $250,000. entreat Ls to have new cement works t will cost a million dollars. GIuE 11' BIli iANN. Sir Michael Faster, Unl•enisl member Parliament ter Lunlon University, is 1. Edward [teasel! has stated that it many's tntention to tight Britain %ears 01• kss. • Greenwood, who has reached ar coal Jamaica, defends the ac- al%ernor Swellenham. f-'uvar I and Queen Alexandra Paris for a week led• -e the Parlament. )r. Peterson of \feril' innecllon with the '.m' ('river: ity. 1 has been ap- ecretury to the In the British 1 -gni • cr. Mondny night, in which all four men were seriously injured. l'he Hollands caused the d'sturbance and Bailey and the deputy were called out to quell it. GENERAL. Premier Clemenceau has consented to leasing the French churches to the par - Leh priests. Mining operations in the neighbor- hood of Carlsbad, Austria, are threat- ening the destruction of the famous springs them. A Cabinet crisis is imminent in France owing to ft disagreement between M. Clemenceau and M. Briand the edu- cation question. Premier Stolypin, of Russin, has is. stied a circular stating that It is the Government's wish to come to an ami - cubits agreement with Parliament. STATIONERY ENGI\EFALS. The Measure of Iasi Session is to be Amended. A despatch from Toronto says: It :s understood that n measure will be in - badmen by the Government during the present session of the Legplature amending In several important parti- culars the stationery engineers' act of last session. This provides In effect that those In charge of engines of over fifty horsepower must have a certificate of competency issued by the board of examiners consisting of twelve persons appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor1n Council. Engineers having certificates from the Onlario Association of Engin- eers or in charge of a steam plant com- ing under the provisions of this tact, or w Ito have had two years' experience in the operation of such plant, are quali- fied to receive from the Board of Ex- aminers a certifcato of competency if they apply for such betoro July 1, when the act conies into effect, and supply sullicient evidence of good character and pay the prescribed fee. The most important of the changes to t.o made, 1t is said, provide for a re- duclion in the membership of the Board of Examiners to five, for the greater control by the Government In the fix- ing nt the animal fee to be paid by en- gineers and In framing regulations which engineers trust obey, and the consequent curtailing of tite powers of the Rnard of Exaimmners in both these matter_:. IN DEPOT WITH TIIIIOAT CUT. iieros Nan Lying in Smoking Room nt Montreal. A eleepalch from Montreal says : A sensation was crated nt nn early hour on Thursday morning in Ile Windsor Street Station by the eluding in the smoking -room of a man with his throat badly cut. 1l was Thought at first That an alleinpt had been uiade to 1111rder him, but his poesesslons were found to he un- touched, and it nos decided that he had tried to commit suicide. At the hospital it Was found Ihet, while his Throat was badly cul, his jugular vein had not been pierced, and torero Were hopes for his tile. The man's name was discovered to 1" Oscar Sundslrain, of Kenitra, Ont., as was shown by n cheque found in his pocket for 5,125 Finnish tnnrks, as well ta a pronlisory note for 850 rind 83 in silver. Ile had also n return ticket from Montreal to Kcnora. The Finnish marls %%ould represent over 81.010 in Cnnadinn Currency. Sundstrnin stems to he about rs of ago. '('hetes is no clue as to lee of the th eed. nor could the knife vhieh it was dune be discovered. e ate working on the case '00K AVERTS REIN. berla Now Rale Easy Accede to the Gras.. tram Medicine 11,11, Atte., Chinook nn \Wevinesdey perature 90 degree in e , as a result, the hills are and the cattle have r e v flanchers regard the tang led at ks outside tents, $4.50; rung bakers , oba bard Is nonti- porls; No. 1 northern d No. 2 northern at Ste. Amer.can y. 1!, • v nominal 52c on truck, Toronto. Colle- ts quoted al 43c f.o.b. west. 0 -Very scarce, and nominal at 819 ide in bulk. Shorts quoted at 820 fitside. Wheat -No. 2 white, 71%c bid on main line, and 71%c bid for 10,000 bushels at "e p.c. pints on G.T.R. No. 2 red win- ter, it j.,'c bid on either road, main limo. Noe 2 mixed, 71e bid Orangeville; No. 2 spring, Gte bid for a load outside, and No. 2 goose, 65c bid for a Mad, but there were no offerings of any' kind. Harley -No. 2 wanted at 50c train line, and No. 3 extra, 49c bid plain line, with- out sellers. fens -A car of No. 2 sold at 80y„c outside, and this price was bid for five cars, while one car offered at 813zc. Oats -Five thousand bushels of No. 2 white sold at 39%c, Orangeville, and this price was bid for more. Rye -No. 2 offered at 70c outside, with- out bids. Buckwheat -No. 2 was 56c Lid for a load, without sellers. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -Good to choice winter stock, $2.50 to 83.50 per bbl. Beans -I land -picked selling at 81.55 to $1.60, and primes at 81.40. lloney-Strained quoted at 11 to 12c per lb, and comb honey at 82 to 82.50 per dozen. Hops -Quoted at 18 to 21c. luny -No. 1 timothy Is quoted nt $11.50 le 813, on track here, 'and No. 2 quoted at 88.50 to 89. Straw -$7 to 87.50 a (on, on track here. Potatoes -Ontario, 70c per bag, on (rack, and New Brunswick, 80c pee bag. l'oultry-Turkeys, fresh killed, 12 to 13c; chickens, dressed, 9 to 1Oc; alive, 7 to 8c per M; fowl, alive, 5 to 6c; ducks, dressed, 10 to Ile; geese, 10 to Ile per Ib. I10G PBODUCFS. Dressed hogs in car lots arq un- changed, with prices quoted at $8.50 to 8e.75 here. Bacon, long clear, 11% to 11%c per Ib, in case lou; mess pork, $21.50; short cut, 823 to 823.50. Ilan Light to medium, 15%e; do, heavy, 14 to eijec; rolls, 11'%,c; shoul- ders, 11c; backs, 16%/sc; breakfast bacoi , 15%yc. Lard -Tierces, 12%c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 12. -Grain -A fair trade continues to be done in oats for local consumption and for ellipment to out- side points. Onluri) No. 1 white at 43 to 43%c; No. 2 at 42 to 42%c, and no 4 at 41 to 41%c per bushel ex stern. Flour -Choice spring wheat patents, 81.50 to 8160; seconds, 84; winter wheal. patents, 84 to $4.15; straight rollers, $3.35 to 83.65, do, in bags, 81.60 to $1.70; extras, 81.45 to $1.55. Feed -Manitoba bran, in bags, $21; shorts. 822 per torr; Ontario bran, in bags. 821 to $21.50; shorts, $22 to 822.50; millet mouillie, $21 to 825 per ton, and straight grain, 828 h' 830. Eggs-Seleels, 21e; No. 1, 25c. Cheese --13% to 13%e. Rutter -Finest, 25% to 25%c; under finest, 24 to 25c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minnoapolls, Feb. 12. - Wheat -May, 81'c ; July, 81% to 8l eee ; Sep- tember, 79c; No. 1 northern, R%%c ; No. 2 northern, 822,1c; No. 3 north- ern, 79% to 80%c. Flour--- First patents, 81.30 to 84.40; second potents, 84.15 to 81.25; first clears, $3.25 to $3.35; second clears, $2.40 to 82.60. Bran -$17 to 817.25. Milwaukee. Feb. 12.-\Vhent-No. 1 northern, 83 to 81c: No. 2 northern, 7'J t• 82c; May. 79% to 783,c bid. Rye- No. 1 69 to G9%c. Barley -No. 2, 59c; sam- ple, 50c. Corn -No. 3 cash, 423. lo 42%c; Slay, 47% to 47%c. St. Louis. Feb. 12. -Wheat -Cash, 77c; Stay, 78c; July. 77%e. STOCK MARKET. Feb, 12.--A demand smaller supply of cattle was Le portal 'Western Market to -day. The was that (rade was slow In an ssee of cattle except the lest butch- ers' 1111 exporlcre , A fair demand was recorded in export - era' cattle, and values ruled high, one laird of pretty fair :tunnels going et 85.35 per cwt.. Other good loads brought 85 to $5.25 pie wets Media aui►uuls were sold at $1.50 to 8195 per cwt. Picked butchers'. 81.35 to 81.75: heavy butchers', 83.90 to $1.:15; fat cows, 83.- 25 to $3.50; common cow, and canners. 8i to $3.25 per cwt. Mixed lots subs at 82 t . 83.10 per cwt. Stock re. 81.75 to 83.25; feeders, $3.- 25 to 8175; short -keeps, $3.80 to $1.30 per cwt. Lambs were a,teady at 86 to 87 per cwt. for grain -fed, and ti1.50 to 85.60 for c.mninn ones. Extort ewes weresleady. as $150 to $5.5. end export bucks Naugle 83.50 to 81.25 per cwl. Milch.eaws cont!ne t to be quoted al 825 to $5) each. Extra ;;+cod cows would bring a premium on the above prices.. ling, were unchanged, a. le. is w•.:r•' quote:l at 86.85, and lights and fats al 86.60 per cwt (:OST OF PI'Iil.!(: III:.tITII. -_- Urban Companies Spend Thirt,-rvo Cents Per (lead. A despatch from Toronto says: Asi.le from the extraordinary expenditure of *!6,000 at Fort William as n result of the typhoid fever epidemic, the cost of maintaining health in the 497 urban municipalities of this Province was only thirty-two cents for each inhabi- tant. This fact was brought out on Wednesday afternoon at the quarterly meeting of t.tto Provincial Booed of health. Dr. C. A. Hodgetts, chief health officer of the Province, reported that the expenditure of 497 urban munici- palities had been 860,040, of which 826,- WO 26;W0 was spent at Fort William. A mo- tion was passed drawing the attention et the Minister of the department to the matter of pollution of the Muskoka Lakes and pointing out the necessity rot immediate steps to maintain the purity of the waters of the summer re- sorts of the Province, especially Mus- l.oka and the Kawartha Lakes. RIOTERS BURNED TO DEATH. Disturbances in Japanese (Mines Insti• gated by Socialists. A (le-pal:ll from Tokio says: Troops have been ,despatched to suppress the rioting on the part of miners employed in one of the copper minas in the Ashio detricl, where on Wednesday, being are-alisfiid with the manner In which they were treated by the mine owners and officials, tho miners made an at- tack upon the property, using dynnmile freely. Ellice,' rioters were burned to death inn storehouse, which they had plundered for provisions and liquor, and which they .eat fire to white intoxicated. The d'sturbnnces were Instigated by Socialists, whose leader has been ar- rested. A TR.11'ELLFF.R'S VIEW. Situation in the West Serious -People Flocking to Hotels. Winnipeg, Feb. 7.---A Toronto travel- Ior is in the city, returning frorn a trip weft. Ile takes n serious view of the situation. Every hotel between Winne reg and Regina, he says, is filled to c.verfiowing and bed. are being lmpro- vsed in every hole and corner. Many of Ihcse people tell harrowing and heart- rending talcs. 'There aro whispers That lite full teapedy of the pr•eeent winter will only be known when the thaw conies and tete snow gives up its dead. _ ,I. WII.1. MIN AT SPEED. Dreadnounht 10 Steam .17 Knots From Gibraltar In Trinidad. A despatch from London says : It is nfidci+tlly reported that the battleship Dreadnougl trwhich Is on her way from Glbniline to the Island of Trinidad, will rrsaintnln n speed of 17 knots for the en - lire distance. Her machinery is In prime oondition and she enrries sufficient fuel to curry her a thoueand miles at the surae speed. ATMOSPIIERIC N ITIkOG Can Be Extracted By Means of Electricity Says Prof, Saunders. A daepalch from Ottawa says: The progress of agriculture in Canada and Ito practical results obtained by the ex- tension of the experimental (arm sys• tern formed the subject of an address by Professor Win. Saunders, Director of Government Experimental Farms, before the Agricultural Committee on Wednes- day Horning. As an illustration of the growth and Importance of experimental work Professor Saunders stated that In P00 his correspondence n►nounted to about eight thousand letters in the course of the year, while for tete past seven years the average had been 6:4,7'97 letters. In 1887 the number of seed sam- ples distributed amen: len to 1,119, while Incl year the total was 43,iisa. Conlraet- Ing tho wheat production of the various countries, he pointed out that Great Bra tnin cnmo first with 30.95 bushels to the acre, and Germany second with 28.25 bushels. Canada was well up, the aver- nge for Ontario being 18.92 bushels per 5e re, Slanitobo 18.15 per acre, and the Nerthwact 9.1:3 per acre. Experitnents with Canadian Bed Fife wheal In Ent - land had been lately cnrricd out, and proved remarkably snccesafrl. With re- gerd to spring wheats Professor Saun- ders said that while goose wheal hnd proved eminently successful in certain localities, he could not advise Canadine farmers to plant It generally. Referring to recent experiments made by Sir Wil- liam Crookes with a view of ext•acting le means of electricity nil(ogen from air, to be used as it fertilizer, Professor Saunders said that when the scheme was perfected it would revolutionize ng:ricullure. At Niagara Fails an Ameri- can company had sun's n million ..guars in endeavoring to establish nn industry o't these lines, but the cost of electricity wits tel high to alloy tete project to be successful. It seemed Mot if electricity could be produced for Itis purpose at It east of $1 per horsepower the extraction of nitrogen from 11►e ntinee here and the production of nitrate of lune for fertiliz- ing could be carried out profitably. 1n Nornny, where there were ninny large water-pcewers, n rornpany had been cc• Inbllshed and was competing, he believed succee.•fully, in the supply of fertilizers. The flintier wens an Irnlx,rtnnt one, as it hrtd been eslimntavl That the worlds sup- ply of nitric sodn would run out in nine- teen Qr twenty yenta, and it was neces- •nry that something should take lis place., • POLICEMAN'S BRAVE RESCIIE Woman and Child Taken From Burning Building in Montreal, A despatch front Montreal says: Con- stable French rescued a woman and child from a bunting building early on Wednesday morning on St. Catherine Street east. Ile noticed the the and sent bn au ularnm, and then started to rouse the occupants of the house. They turned cul in their night clothes, but after a short time the woman and child were missal. By Ibis lime the hour was n mass of flames, but Constable French dashed into the burning building and up the deck, smoke -stifling stairway. 'fhe house was jtrango to hire, and the dark- ness was intensified by smoke from the burning building below. Ile Itulrictity groped his way atx)ut, and presently in one of the rooms stumbled over shoe. whom be sought. The woman and chill had fallen to the floor, overcome by the fumee of the lire, while et►deavot'ing to make their escape. The conetablo gath- ered them up, and a moment teal. they went safe on the sidewalk. t•i: e• the keen tnornirlg air quickly r.•.}. i . ,i theta In consciousn.s. Damage toUd- ii wens not very great. as the firemen succeeded in ex1inguLehing the llama sharpy utter ate re:wile. PT. ROYAL'S EARTHQUAKE DESTRUCTION Our TIIR TOWN AS CAPT. CROU ET SAW IT. Hector of the Parish of Port Royal De- scribed the Horrors of That Earthquake. The earthquake that destroyed Port Nye', Jamaica, on June 7, 1694 appears to have etude a far more complete j.,b :I a than the shock that damaged King - sten recently. Out of 2,000 houses in the town only about 200 were lett stand- ing, and the loss of life was tram 2,000 l e 3,000. After that came a fire, and a few years later a hurricane that put the 'Matting touch on the town's discouragement. tiro storm was so severe that out of fifty vessels in the harbor only four leen-of- war and two rnerclrant vessels were able le ride it out. 'Ilse result of this triple disaster was that the people of fort Itoyal threw up tiro sponge and abandoned the long sand spit that had been the site of their lawn, and moved seven miles to tho spot where they founded Kingston. he clergyman who was rector of the par.sh of Port Itoyal at that time wrote d Ile _eve of what occurred, in which he says: "Whole streets with their tnhabilants were swallowed up by the opening of Iho earth, which when shut upon tlietn squeezed the people to death. and in that manner several were lett with their heads above ground. "It was a sad sight to see the harbor covered with the dead bodies of people of all conditions floating up and down without burial, for the burying place was destroyed by the earthquake which dashed to pieces tombs and the sea washed the carcasses of those who had been buried out of their graves." REMARKABLE ESCAPE. At Green Bay, not far away, Is still the grave of one Lewis Goldy, who, ac- cording to the inscription on his tomb- stone, "was swallowed up by the earth- quake and by the providence of God was by another shock thrown into the sen where he was saved by swimming until a boat look hire up. Ito lived many years after in great reputation, beloved by all who knew him and much la- mented at his death." 1'1►0 only p'ctorinl account of the Port P.oyal earthquake in existence Ls a rude sketch drawn by a certain Capt. ('rock- et This sketch is now in the British Museum and was reproduced about twenty years ago In a historical pam- phlet publi'ttrd in Kingston. ('apt. Crocket was ne great artist and perhaps the most that one can say of his performance Ls that it indicates the pos- session on the part of Its perpetrator of marl' earnestness of purpose and a con- scientious regard for detail. Capt. Crock - el accompanied his sketch with a tet- te' to a friend in England and this Is how he labelled his achievement: "A True and Perfect ile:alien of 11101 most Sad and Terrible Earthquake, et Port Hayti] in Jamaica. Which happen- ed on 'Tuesday 7111 June, 1692. Where. le Two Minutes Time, the Town was sunk under Ground, and TWO TIIOUSAND SOULS PERISiIF.D. With the manner of it at Large: in a Letter from Thence Written by Capt. Crocket: Being a dreadful Warning to the Sleepy \Vorhl: Or God's Heavy Judg- ments spewed on a Sinful i'eople, as n Fore -runner of the Terrible Day of the Lord.' 11 will be se .n from the dirtntion thus employe'.' Whit Capt. Crocket was at least sufficiently aware of the pictur- eapienese of his alibied. Dr. 'Math was the only clergyman ;n Port Itoyal at the time of the enr(h- quake, but he roust have been an amaz- ingly relive minister, for Capt. Crock - e! :s sketch represents him In one place with the "ground rolling under his feet,' In another pince kneeling in prayer with the people around him, in another i'inro as preaching in it tent and in still another as going from ship to ship to "visit the brusined people." "About. halt an hour after Eleven o clock in the morning." Cnpl. (:rocket wrote in his lo'ter. "the earth suffered o Trepidation or Trembling. w•;ti.'h In a minute's time was increased in That de- gree that ret erns helms began to t..mhl' down and In n little time after the Church and 'rawer, the ground open- ing to several places of Once S vc!tew. ei up multitudes of people loge:her, whole Streets sinking under water. with men. Women mud Children 1n them; and these houses which but just now rppenred the tnir•eel rind ioftiest in these parts and might vie with the finest building'. were in a moment sank down Into the Earth, and nothing to be seen et them; such crying. such SIIRiEKING AND MOURNING i never heard, nor cattle! anything fn my opinion opp.'ar more Terrible in the Eye of Man; 'fere n ('ompnny of 'iambs Swallowed up at once; there a whole Street tumbling down; and in another place the trembling Earth opening her Breen •us Jaws, !et in 111e merciless sea, £0 that this lott•11 is become a heap of Raines; Capt. Ituden's house was one of the First that Sunk, with hits, his wife and Family and several Others in It " But Capt. Crrrket, despite all these horrors, :imported misfortune bravely, MI he adds: "Bi!t 1 am very well satis- fied because it. is the Lord's d Port Royal up,lo the time of the earth- quake was the haunt and mart of all the pirates and 4uceane.r:s who became famous in the turbulent days of the Spanish Stain, from Bartholomew, the Portuguese, down to Ilenry Morgan, the Englishman, tvho for his exploits re- ceived a knighthood and was made Lieutenant -Governor of Jainnica. RAILW.tle INQUIRY :%SKED. Winnipeg Board of Truh' Holds an 1n- ditination Meeting. A despatch from Winnipeg says : .1n indignation meeting of the Winnipeg Board of Trade was held on \\'eine: day afternoon, when Mayor Ashdown asked that the Federal Guvenununt bo requr.'.le) Ie lake over all western railway lines. The Mayor said the time had passel for dealing with the railroads. They han- dled ten million bushels of grain less this season than they did the previous year. and shouki have allowed for this 10 - crease in business. lie charged the transportation companies with tilling their own coffers male neglecting the country. The Boars eventually moved a strong re:4,lulion to the effect that the Dontitikin Government be urged to lake Immediate steps to investigate the car and motive power shortage. The Canadian (Northern Railway is now refusing freight west, in the last re- port, and of Thirty curs ordered by the city from the C.P.B. Jan. 15, not 0110 has yet been delivered. D. W. Bole, M.1'. for Winnipeg, Is ask- ing If the stories in the press regarding the fuel shortages are correct., and the Mayor has replied that Winnipeg is liv- ing from hand to mouth as regard: fuel. i• TO STOP BOMB THROWING. No More Juries for Anarchistic Crimi- nals in Barcelona. A despatch from Madrid says : Tho Aulnrchist unrest in Barcelona contin- ues. Tho inhabitants have been alarmed 1'y recent bomb outrages and threats of more. Many of the wealthiest residents have left the city, fearing attack. In view of the persistent refusal of juries to convict persons accused of causing bonib explosions and committing other Anar- chist offences a royal degree has been nesucd proclaiming (hut all pertains so accused ito the provinces of Barcelona and Curona shall be tried without juries. THE OII. KING'S GLI. Rockefeller _Gives tt22.000,080 lo Gcueral Education. A despatch from New Yuri: says: 'l'hir- te-two million dullnrs' worth of Income - bearing securities is given by • John 1). Rockefeller to the General Educational Board. When It assembled for n special meeting In Ihis city late on Thn',+1ley tite benefaction was announced by Mr. Itockefellor's sen, John D. Rockefeller. jun. The donnlion is fur general edu- cation throughout the country. It is the largest entitle benefaction for such purpose ever known. Mr. Rockefeller bad previously given the board 811,- 000,000 for tho same work. 4 TO RFT.ITIU 1TE EN11.i.4. Australia ll.iil lletp \1'orkinnen Stmn- drd in S mlh Africa,m A deepatch front London says: The Chronicle's atelLourne correspondent says the Commonwealth and Stale Governments are negotiating n scheme to repatriate Auetraitan workmen stranded in South Africa. --ale (:7..'if CONI'IRIt5 SENTENCE. Court -Marled Finding on ' el,)gal ,fl and Other Officers .\ppr•osed. A despnlch from St. Petersburg says: The Emperor has confirmed the sentt 11C - CA fa•se(1 by the court-martial on Ad. mind Nebogntoff and other revel oM- c• rs who perticipalej in the Battle of the Sea of Japan. 18,4N,000 MUMMIES. All in the Dn ty Train on Or.' English Woman's Skirt .Slier a Natk. A despatch fr.i n London says: Pref. W. B. Bot'o►nley, In a lecture on bio. !� gy, sold that a woman who had al• keit.' her shirt le trail for halt an hour to \\'n,t•emd streets sent 1t to a Iabnrn- k ry, w here It was found Io contain IG.irrO ars narre)te's, including many phtilists bacilli. FRESH Alit SIMPLE CJKE \I:\1' PORK Dina tilts 11L C1'sa T1119 I1I.ML!)Y. Cures Iii atti:y, 1 .eeae•tia, 1'u b: re Woe efs and Stan) Other Dautler- ous Diseases. Fresh air as a panacea was discussed the other night in the Academy of Medicine, by four of New York's lead.. ing phys.cians. Among the diseases which fresh air was .aid to cure are insomnia, unue- luia, delirium, (pneumonia, typhoid and all other fevers, tuberculosis of the bone as well as of the lunge, and almost every other classified ailment. Only in cases where subnormal leamernlm-es aro a feature is the open ;lir treatment. ques- tioned. l'RES!i AI(t ANI) SiMpLE TONICS. Dr. \\'Ulitlm S. Stone, describing the open air Ireu►nent of soplie;:emia in lying-in hospitals, said that with the aid of the simplest tonic, cur's had teen effected by the exposure of the pa- te nt to the open air. Dr. W. Grimm Thompson npson devoted his attention to contrtsiulg "cooked" with "uncooked" air. "A mania seems to exist for the so- called 'closed' ventilation system in the hespitais of New York," he began. "The nil. is hcnted to eat degrees and then transmitted titre:net metal pipes 'o wards. But 11 a window is opened in a single ward the whole system is put out of commission. it follows natural- iy that the window is never opened. I1EA'igED AIR 'WON'T DO. "fleeted air Is not fresh air, but un- it is known that fresh air is more Oaf to our well-being than fres'., food we roust expect Io see cnntinuel this theory That any kind of air, so long as it is heated to 70 degrees is what ward patients need." i)r. \Villia►n Mahon, superint. ndent 31 Manhattan State Hospital on Word's Island, who has been in charge of the lent colonies in which insane patients have been quartered in increasing num- bers since 1901, said: - "The escape tenni bars and bolts nn:1 the absolute freedom of the open air have done much for the patients. Al- though the precautions are no greater than are taken In the wards, and while the proximity of the river would seem to provide n temptation, in five years only ono casually has occurred. 'Sleeplessness seldom lasts for more than a week in the most obstinate cas- es. "The demand for larger accommoda- tions in the outdoor camps is Increas- ing all the time." ODD DOWRIES FOR BRIDES. One Received iter \Weight in Soap. An- other Her Weight in (chocolate. A renter valuable wife in the present stag of the soap trade must be the lady whom M. Le Blanc, a Parisian, has just married. The fair bride, who was the daughter of a hair -dresser In a large way of businc.s, not only received from her father a handsome dot In money, but her own weight in the best toilet soap. As she weighed claw on 110 pe;uuds the couple will possess suttiei- ent soap to last then( for some years to come, says London Tit -Bits. When asked by his prospective father- ir,-law, a flourishing West End tobacco- nist, to name the present he would Ilk* to receive on his wedding day the young man Suggested n few boxes of cignrs as !ring of more use than the usual gifts presented on such occasions. "Very well; you shall have my daughter's weight in cigars,' raid the other. Ile was as good as his word. On the day before That iLMed for the ceremony Ls had tete bride weighed, and that same evening forwarded in hi.1 future son-in- law Bottle dozens of Loxes of cigars, weighing In the ogeregate 128 pounds. Mlle. Marie Brie, the niece. of a Mar- seilles confectioner, received from her uncle on her marriage, three years ego. an equally eccentric gift in the form of her own weight in rhocolale. Perhaps the worthy patLssier had In mind when making the present the custom which prevails In Peru. 'There on the nlarri- age morn the hride I, accurotety weigh. ed, and alter the ceremony the bride- grom is presented ley his wife's relatives with her weight in sugar. A Yorkshire coal merchant's present to his dnughter on tier mnrrinfie was to be regulated by her weight, for every pound of which she was 10 to the re- cipient of a ton of best \VnlLsend. Ills Intention. which Was communicated to her on the day she beearno engaged, stirred her. os si:e tvaa a young woman of most frugal mind, to emulate tete fat women of Ilse (airy, se that during the six menthe her ei:gagement Meted her value went up hen ''ne. Doubtless she would have rade further Inroads Into her father's stare had not Ilse worthy merchant butriedly married het off at a loss of on'y 172 1 m.•. The father of n girl living in the town of Kontggratl offered le pr•':ent any one who should became tar h►►shantl with her weight in si:ver currency. As 1110 lady woe w; lI fatore t nail nt n busel which, allhol:gh not exceptionally stout, premised en nu)nunt n►nple to make s good Mart in l:: sins, more Ilion ono claimant aphenred. The most ellgihlr WriQ el Ina s•'leel. Mt. and the wedding dilly see a•.reeei. Tlaen came the mei tmpnr' ,::t t r e ' en - the weieh!ni et the bride. who to liar hs,;bentla doii'hl tens found to weitzh 155 pounds. or I I,') kronen, an egiava• lent to £562 10s. So much did be ndnmir•e stout men that Mr. Batt, a tradesmen who prospered exceedingly at Prighion under the Ile• gency. promised his only caught'r that, her dowry should cinsiet of the repave. lent to grid to the .' cees of her Int.. binds bedmly weight over hers. She et arra threw over her finnee. n mere atom of n man, and after else con.4ider. alder made so wise a e'•aiee Ihnl, tho!:ph she her -elf tvelg`.ed upw•ord of 12 stone. she found herself on her roar. 'age men richer by no less than 1,011 guir. ars. 1