HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-05-23, Page 6LOT AGAINST LIFE OF CZAR
Soldier Confesses That He Accepted Bribe
to Assist in Murder.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
A 'FIirrurL,t ounspiracy directed against
the life of (enterer Nicholas, the exist-
ence of which h'..i been sus' eetel fur
some time ,past, has Igen revealed by
the arrest at Tsurbkoe-Salo of a soldier
of the Gourd Regiment. The man con-
fessed to tlio acceptance of a large
money bribe to assist in the murder e f
lila Majesty.
According to the details of the plot,
the existence of w'ltich Inas ben cert. -
firmed by one of the highest officials
of the court, sUspi,•ion was directed to
the reedier by the fact that he was seen
to have In his possession considerable
sums of money. Ile was at once placed
under obole-Mein. When lie noticed
that he was leing shadowed he berarne
panicstrieken and sought the authori-
ties. Ile then Broke down and volun-
tarily made hes confession, after which
he begged for protection.
All the threats of this conspir1icv,
which 1, radically different from form-
er tittempte of this nature, are not yet
in the hands of the secret service men.
A (ow underlings have been appre-
hended, but the real insti.utore of the
crime, and the men who furnished the
blood money, have not yet been iden-
tified. It is thought thut the in' ney
used Is part of the proe CetL-, of several
political robberies committed during
last Fall and Winter. Many of the
participants in these so-called expropri-
ation-, have been arrested and executed,
lot the loot was never located.
The police officials maintain a mys-
terious silence When questioned regard-
ing This concpiraey. They refuse to
either allium or deny the story, and
limit themselves to stating that there
is indication that the men arrested last
week in this city were connected with
this conspiracy.
This statement coincides with infor-
mation obtatnel in revolutionary clr-
cies, where 1t Is declared that the men
apprehended last week were occupied
with the reorganization of the fighting
bends of the revolutionists, which the
pollee succeeded last year in breaking
up, and that the authors of the present
con_yliracy must be sought outside et
St. Petersburg.
WHITE fE PINE.
The Nos! Generally Desirable Tree tor
Planting in Ontario.
While Pine Ls undoubtedly the tree to
he preferred ubove all others for plant-
ing in Ontarho. It is a wood so gen-
erally te;elul and so generally accep-
table to woodworkers of almost all kinds
that a ready market will always be as-
sured for it.
Unfortunately, White Pine trees suit-
able for fairest planting are not yet
grown in large quantities by nursery-
men lit this country. This !s largely
nue to the high price of seed, which at
present sells at two to two and a half
dollars per pound, and is often more
expensive. in many cases, Indeed, it
has been found cheaper to import the
seedlings directly from Germany than
to grow them here.
Two-year-old White Pine seedlings are
found very satisfactory for planting.
Five feet apart each way is the dis-
lance at which they are most ellen
phtreed; i.e., five feet apart in the rotes
and the rows five feet apart. Four feet
apart each way might do even better,
hut would require over 50 per cent.
more trees. Often the White Pine seed-
lings are put only every other tree; the
ether places are filled with herd maple,
on good soil, or with red oak on poor
snits. Beth these are cheaper trees,
which may eventually be removed.
The White Pine is very aocemmodat-
ing in regard to sells; tt will grow on
stirky clnya or on sand barrens or on
sells intermediate between (hese. Na-
turally it is best developed on good ag-
re•niturnl soil. Under very favorable
cnn.iillens, in plantations, It maye from
its eighth year till about its fifteenth
or sixteenth year, grow three feet per
year. In the forest a yearly growth of
teelve to fifteen inches In height may
he reckoned on.
From forty to fifty years Is the teat
time that can be nlkiwed White Pine
trees In order to enable them to attain
rt gond ,cite; and, In order to give them
e ctulnre to do their best, twenty years
more should be allowed them.
On average frerest soil the White Pine
will mike. en the nverage, one cord of
wield per year; on pond agricultural
Feil ane and n halt eor.1a or more will
be produced annually.
I.F: tSING OF (:O.11. I.1NDS.
New Regulations for the Western
Prosinces are Approved.
\ desp:drh from Ottawa says: The
Ove'rnor•Gcneral-in-Council has approv-
ed of new regulations '-oneerning the
tensing of anal lamas in \tantha.n, Sns-
hat.•h.'wan, Allertn, the Yukon, the
Nerth-\'fast Territories. and the railway`
Zell of Rritk.h Columbia. They provide
that mel arras tinny l.. teasel for n
peri. -al of 21 years• at an annual rental
of $I in advance; Chet nn epplicalion
shall be for snore than 2.5e0 acre;; that
priority iif legal pesarsslon ehel) ensure
title; that opernli• ns twist he begun
onion 12 months: thnt a royalty of llv.•
cents per ton shall be paid. and that [a-
lum settler.' shall be olio of to bey
real for their own ii.se al the price not
In etr.si $1.73 per ton el the pita
mouth.
Tit 4.J DI' IN T111: I'rtIt NORTH.
.1 Trader 1.0.es Ills Wife and Three
Children.
despatch from i)nrk Lake. Sask.,
say:: Word cents there by a header imam
the far teeth of n terrible drowning nee•
celetit in which Ile %vire and tar. r retie
(hen of (;. Cardinal, another Independ-
ent trader. polished. Cardmnl rind his
family were crossing (coal Lake on the
lee, he being nhend on (•newshn,'e.
Ilearing a scream, he turned, only to
rare the entire family perishing in the
water. hes desperate effort,. to save
them being without avail.
1111111SIJ TR etre: GROW'.
Exports and Imports for 1906 Exceed
These of Pres ems fear.
A despatch from Lnn.lien says: The
etalistics of the (Award of 'Trade for the
United Kingdon) In 19IC show that the
tete! Imparts from foreign rountrlrs and
ilritieh possession.; during the year
atttnnnted !n $.'i1C1!1,142..',ii0. ni against
1Cf,$25.i191t Nes In 1p's, white the exports
v:ere $1.e177,'7e G90 in 01)0;. as r.nnpar.'.1
filth el.e71.17u,300 In t`ui . The total
value of the ilnport.S teen British puce
seaaiens and prrhetorates in 19021 was
$i10.47G.:'lrl. The (stat expv.rt.S to Ilrt-
t.ch resysessona reel protectorates web.•
veined at $416.700.3!1).
NO WIIEAT IN RUSSIA.
Prices Are Higher Than for Severna
Decades.
A despatch hem Ode_csa snys : Tho
European wheat situation Le regarded by
competent groin merchants here as be-
ing most unfavorable. The present
prices are the highest the experts on the
Bourtse can remember to have been
quoted In Russia for decades past. The
provinces of Bessarabia, Poltava, Kher-
son and Podolia are gravely affected.
Seventy-five per cent. of the winter crops
have been damaged by the cold weather
and dry spring. Owing to the sudden
rise in temperature a fortnight ago the
entire spring crops will bo lost unless
rain falls within a week, in which case
p.tssibly 85 per cont. of the spring orop
will be reaped. About Kishinev the
fanners are reploughing their fields, the
first sowings having ,green ruined by
drough. At Yelza)wtligrad The winter
wheat crops are threatened with de-
struction owing to lack of -rain,
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CVI'S OFF THIRTEE W LUZNSES.
Decision of the Government Affecting
Rainy River District.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
l7overnmcnt has decided, according to
Hon. Mr. Hanna, to suspend the liquor
licensee in the Rainy River district be-
tween Fort William and Kenora during
the double tracking of 200 miles of the
C.P.R. between those points, on which
thousands of laborens will be employed.
The licenses at Kenora are exempted,
that being an incorporated town, but
the following Menses will go: Keewa-
tin, three taverns, one shop; Webb
goon, two Iuverns and one shop; Dry-
den, two taverns ; Vermilion Bay, Din -
envie, Gold hock and lgnace, one tavern
license each, a total of thirteen licenses.
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DROVE STICK THROUGH BRAIN.
Dynamite Killed Workman on Construc-
tion East of Kcnora.
A despatch from Kcnora says : Ano-
ther serious dynamite accident occurred
on Wednesday at Parry Camp, about 40
miles east of here, on tho C.P.R. con-
struction work, tinder Foley Brothers,
whereby Alex. Melamintd, who Mei been
In eittpbyrnent of the company for only
three weeks, was killed. Ho was loading
a hole with dynamite when the oxplo•
sloe occurred. The loading stick struck
him under the ohtn, penetraUng through
to the brain. lie was brought in to (ho
Royal Jubilee Hospital in an unconscious
stale.
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FAMINE AND FEVER.
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Is Spreading Daily In China's Stricken
Districts.
A despatch front Shanghai says : 'i'he
Ih . i toils of women, children and eget
persons who were dying of starvation in
the streets of Sing Kiang 1'n were placed
on Wednesday In a ramp outeide the city
and ate being fel by the relief nrgentzn-
tions. Ermine and fever are spreading,
and addilimeil fnmili, needing n'lief
are tieimge enrolled deity. The funds sent
within the post seven 'lays will prevent
the culling off of unripe grain.
1.011D'M DAV ACT IN MANITOBA.
i►teputation eeks Gosernrnent That Crr•
fain (clausal be Nol Enforced.
A des;ratee from \Vinnip.eg says : \
rlrpetatiin eavesting ..1 over one hun-
dred resoau cent keepers, Owessale Hien.
retailers. (halt Moll rut.i others• walls)
about Ile ' Nivel amen, on \\cdnes.lay
wornnig and asked that certain clauses
of the Lard's Day Act be not enforced,
as it was in the I.e.I intep'ses of the gen-
eral 'melee. 'lie 1Nn•er•ntnent promivd
tho depnlaltnn every rntislderaUon p.n.s•
:elite and inlimattel that after the (free
steles hander, out at Toronto and !heel!.
Ion recently it would not be lit,oly that
restrictive mensuree would be enforced
to Manitoba.
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2b,30 IN %PRII..
Return. of Immigrant. at Canadian
Ocean forts.
.\ despatch front Ottawa says: Some
:5',sIn hnneit•erunls nrrlved at ocean ports
ter the ur.niti of April, compered %vith
1(0176 in \prll, 1906. an Inrrea.9e of 51
p er cent. The nullonk nt preeenl is
Ihel the i nmigrntion fur Ithe current
year will repro the :100,000 mark. Last
year it w..a 215.iint1.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
RIPORTS FROM TM LEADING
THAI t CRIMES
Prlesi el Cattle. Grab. CAasr SRO
Otlbee Dalry Protases al Nsttas
sad Abroad.
Toronto, May 21. - Flour - Ontario
wheat 90 per cent. patents are quoted at
83 to 13.10 in buyers' sacks outside for
export. Manitoba first patents, $4.65 to
81-80; second patents, $3.20 to 84.30,
and strong bakers', $4.05 to $4.15.
Wheat --No. 1 Manitoba hard is quoted
at 98c, lake ports ; No. 1 northern et
91ic, and No. 2 northern at 91c.
Corn -No. 3 American e' iu is quoted
at 58 to 5Seac, Torahte, lake and rail,
and at 59 to 59%e all rail. Canadian
corn nominal ul 49c, Chalhvtn freights.
Brun -Prices minimal at 821 outside in
bulk ; shorts aro quoted nt $22 to 823
outside.
CALL BOAiRD.
Wheat -No. 2 Ontario white, 78c bid
nub.Ide, and No. 2 mixed, 77c bid out-
side, without sellers. No. 1 northern
offered at 96c Godericl►, without bids.
Barley - No. 3 offered at '1,5c outside,
with 50c bid.
Peas --No. 2 offered at 79c outside,
without bids.
Oats --No. 2 white offered at 43c out-
side,, with 42c lid for 10,000 bushel..
Five thousand bushels offered at 42%c
outside, with 4!%c bid on a 4c rate to
Toronto.
Rye --No. 2 offered at. 72c outside, with-
out bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Gaged to choice winter stock,
82.50 to $3.51) per bbl.
Beans -Hand-picked quoted at 51.50,
and primes at 81.35 to $1.40.
lloney-Strained quoted ut 11 to 12c
per Ib, and comb honey at $2 to 82.50
per dozen.
Hay -No. 1 timothy is quoted at 812.50
to $13.50 here. and No. 2 at 810 to $11.
Straw -$7 to $7.50 a ton on track hero.'
Potatoes---Onturio, 90c per bag on
track, and New Brunswick, $1.05 to
81.10 per bag.
Poultry -Turkeys, fresh killed, 14 to
15c ; chickens, dressed, 14 to 15c ; do,
alive, 10 to 120 per le; fowl, 8 to 9c.
TIIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Rutter -Pound rolls are quoted at 2L
to 23o; tubs, 19 to 20e; large rolls, 19
to 200. Creamery prints sell at 25 to 26c,
and solids at 23 to 24c.
Eggs -Case lots sell at 17 to 17%c c per
dozen.
Cheese -Largo are quoted at 13c per
if►, and twins at 13%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressettb•hogs in. car lots are nominal.
Bacon, long clear, 11 to 11%e per ib in
case lots ; mess pork. 821 to 081.50;
short cut, 823 to $23.50.
Hams -Light to medium, 15Xc ; do,
heavy, 11%c; rolls, 11X,c ; shoulders,
l is ; backs, 16%c; breakfast bacon,
15%c.
Lard -Tierces, 12 ec ; Tubs, 12X,0;
palls, 12%c.
BUSINESS iN MONTREAL. ., ..
Montreal, May 21. -Grain --The market
for oats is steady at the reoent advance
in prices. The demend continuos fairly
good. and sales of car lots of Manitoba
No. 2 white were made at 46% to 47c.
Ontario No. 2 at 46 to 46%c, No. 3 at 45
to 45%c, and No. 4 at 43% to 44c per
bushel, ex store. Flour --Choice spring
wheat patents, 51.85 to $5; seconds,
$3.85 to $4.40; winter wheat patents,
81.25 to $4.40; straight rollers, $3.75 to
53.85; do, in bags, 81.75 to 51.85: ex-
tras, $1.55 to 11.65. Feed -Manitoba
bran, In hags, $21; shorts, 822 per ton;
Ontario bran, in bags, 823 to 823.50
shorts, 823.50 to 824 ; milled mouillie,
822 to 825 per ton, and straight grain,
828 to $30. Provisions --Barrels slhort
cut mess, 822.50 to $23.50; half -barrels,
811.75 to $12.50; clear fat backs, 824 to
824.50; long cut heavy mess, 820.50 to
822; half -barrels do, 810.75 to $11.50:
dry salted long clear Lacon, 11X, to 12o;
barrels plate beef, $13 to 514; hall -bar-
rels do, 87 to 87.50; barrels heavy mess
beef, 8,0; half-barreler do, $5.50; omit-
pxntnd land, 9%, to 10c ; pure lard, 12)
to 12%c; kettle .rendes: d, 13 to 1334o ;
harts, 13% to 15c ; breakfast bacon, 15
to 16c ; Windsor bacon, 15 to 18c; fresh
killed abattoir dressed • hogs, $9.50 to
$9.75; do, alive, $7 to $7.25. F.ggs- No.
1 18 to 18r.; No. 2, 15'/a to 16c.
Cheese -12X to 12',e. Rutter --Choicest
creamery, 21% to 21?'/sc.
UNITED ST.Vl'I'.S MARKETS.
St. fouls, May 21. - Wheel --
R9};c, ; May, 88';c ; July, 901%c ; Sept.,
'J2!;c.
\filw•aukee, May 21.--- Wheel --No. 1
northern, $1; No. 2 northern, 96 to 98c
!lily, 92%e bid. Itye-No. 1, 80 to 814'.
Barley --No. 2, 85% to MC ; eeeunpl.', GI
to 8''.e. Corn-- No. 3, cash, 51% to 52c ;
July. 52X,c bid.
Ituluth. May 21.--Wheat--No. 1 hent,
97yc ; No. 1 northern, 97%e; No. 2
nerlher•n, 95%e; May, 96eac ; July,
97X,c ; Sept., 97',,�,c.
elinneopolls. May 21.-- \\'hent-- Jii y,
95%e: Sept., 9eXc ; No. 1 hard. 9lt" ;
No. 1 uorihene e7c ; No. 2 northern, 95e;
No. 3 northern, 92 to Sc.
LIVE NOCK MARKETS.
Toronto. May 21. Extant trate was
steady, eel) prices firm,. A bunch of
et:nice quality of 1.38) pounds were re-
pr,rted to have sold at 55.50, and an -
either lot of about the sena' weigh,. but.
not of as good quality, set! lee tinder
This theme.
1'irkoI butcher; sold from 55.115 to
ee.15, will ordinary choir•' (rem el.75
in 54.90. 'IIIe bulk et the offerings
v. ere of ills quality. Ilufrher cows sold
from 15c In 2:es lesser. pilots lately bnv-
me; I'en a little higher than omelet/me
\vatranlyd. fleece are e'lute'd from
$3.75 to 51.25.
Stocker; and feeders firs' steady with
a good demand for light Mockers of
good quality. il'avy feelers emnd shnrt-
I:ecps are in fair demntnl nt firm prices.
M:Irh row; are steady and unchange.,
at tai to R55 for cheese and $25 to $30
f•.1 (v,nunnn.
Veal (Were are quoted, easter fit 3c to
5?'r per 'rain.,.
Sheep and grain -fed lambs are steeds.
nn.l ,tnehnni;ed. tail common Inmte rice
lower nnI practically uneatable.
1tole tree steady amn1 unchanged at
QG 4", for selects, fed and watered.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FROM AIV' OVER TM
Telegraph,- Briefs From Oer Oww sad
011ier Countries el Recast
haste.
CANADA.
Manitoba flour has been increased 20
cents per barrel.
l)u. h lire's are raging at many 'mints
,near Vancouver,
About 90 Manitoba schools are with-
out teachers.
Tho G.T.P. denies the rumor that
Prince Rupert is to be abandoned.
Manitoba Maur is driving American
brands out of Newfoundland.
Provincial revenues for the first four
months of the year reached 83,173,280.
Contructs have been let for (ho new
Carnegie Library at Woodstock.
Nearly fourteen thousand immigrants
have arrived at Quebec during last week.
,Brockville has abolished the curfew
bell.
Hamilton Civic Holiday will be the first
Monday ht August.
Telegraphers on the western lines of
the C.P.R. have received an increase In
pay.
The Government is sending out extra
fire -rangers to protect the pine forests of
the Province.
Construction of the National Trans-
continental Railway in New Brunswick
has commenced.
The C.P.R. is rushing its double -track-
ing between Fort William and Winni-
peg-
Great irregularities have been discov-
ered in the customs house at Niagara
Falls.
Canadian customs officers will receive
an increase in pay from ten to fifteen
per cent.
Calgary has 1,600 children on the pub -
school rolls, an increase of 333- per
cent.
A new Masonic Temple, costing be-
tween 840,000 and 850,000, 121 being
erected in Regina.
Brantford's Bell memorial fund has
received a contribution of 8250 from
Thomas A. Edison.
Work on the Edmonton -Dawson trail
by the Mounted Police will be resumed
this summer.
Eight inspectors of mining claims have
been appointed by the Government to
work in northern Ontario.
Cattle shipments from St. John this
season total 30,828, against 34,561 the
previous season.
Winnipeg's assessment commies' er
estimates
the realty assessment t 1907
to be $90,000,000.
The proposed enlargement of the
G.T.R. car works at London will cost
875,000 and an increase in employes by
200.
A wagon load of whiskey was seized
by the police at Owen Sound on Satur-
day that had been brought in by a far-
mer.
One hundred and twentey-flve new
locomotives are to bo delivered to the
Canadian Northern Railway.
Six thousand dollars will be "hung
up" for tho racing department alone in
the 1907 Edmonton Exhibition.
The Governor -General's Foot Guards
of Ottawa will ieave on June 28 for a
visit to Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
Joseph H. Thompson, the conductor
held responeiblo for the fatal wreck at
Gourock, was sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary by Mr, Justice Riddell
at Guelph.
Winnipeg insurance will be reduced
three per cent., as a salvage corps is to
be added to the fire department.
The 13111 for the inspection of canned
foods gods into effect on August 1 and
45 utspectors are to be appointed.
Canada's commercial agent at Leeds
says all enormous increase in the impor-
tation of our apples has been noted.
The financial statement for the year
shows a surplus of $18,000.000, the most
prosperous year the Dominion has ever
experienced.
William Williamson, a Hamilton
Street Railway conductor, oras fined
thirty dollars for being drunk while on
duly.
A. Carlson. while :trnoklng In his yard
at North Rathleford, had his pipe
smashed by a rifle bullet fired by some
careless person.
The report of the Georgian Ray canal
(:ommisslon shows that a twenty-one
hoot canal froni the hay to Montreal will
cost about $105,000!100.
Tho (:.P.R. shops at Fort William,
1
Ont., will shortly do away with &eH m
power. Men are engaged now In putting
in ,the wiring to run the 111010N.
John F. Grant, western ploneer, Ls
dead. From the window of his sick
mem he could see the buildings of old
Fort Edmonton, tii.idc which he was
torn 7t; years ago.
GItI;AT BRITAIN.
Sir William Rnmaay denies that he
has a rennin) for tanking copper.
Britain bps decided to place a scoond-
elit s cruiser on service in the \\'est In-
dies.
Pedlar Palmer, the English pugilist,
bas been con'n,itts d to stand trial on a
charge of murder,
The London Tunes objects to the se-
crecy of Cobalt premeter., \vim offer the
Brash inve.tor no pnrllrulars.
The 11nperi:hl 4, ,il'renre rejee'l',1 n
ressolulnn by Premier Deakin asking for
a 1 per rent. lar on foreign imports for
the purpose of furthering hetes,
Sir Henry Norman. The' author and tra-
veller. was harried nt St. Margaret's
church, Westminster, England, on Tues-
day, to .lics'Priscitla, d,.ugltt.r of Sir
(:hnrtes Mel nren, a wealthy iron master.
Sir Joseph Wierd, Dr. Jameson, Gen-
teel Itotha end Mr. Moor have been
s\\'Itt in as member, of the British
Privy Council.
UNITED ST.VII:s. -
Mrs. C. \V. Boyce, the wife of n New
York outonr,bile dealer, wens killed et
%shiny Park. N.J., while raring a Irani
ni her motor car.
general A. W. Greyly of the ('niteel
elates Army has acral -t.1 his limen,•
went of puling the Indinns ami Es/lin-
net: of Alaska nn the road to nein.
( ttergo G. Newcomb ea., shot Ilse
CANADA'S BRIGUT PROSPECTS
Population of Eighty Millions Before End
of Century.
A despatch from London says: Pro- same empire, the same people perme-
fe..;or Stephen Leacock spoke on 'Thur:.- alai with a deeper sense of unity.
day at the Victoria League on tate quos- The Archbishop of Canterbury .spoke
lion of Confide. Mr. Huldutie, ntovuhg ( f the Immense and grave problem of
vote of thanks, said it had Leen cal- Canada. Men undertaking spiritual
ciliated that Canada before the end cf ‘work aro going Thera in. quite Made -
the century \•oiled possess a p opulatien :mate numbers. The difficulty is as
^f i+0,000.0lN). What a power that would great. as any the Church has had to
tae! It might be that Macaulay's famous contend with. The Bishop of Montreal
vLsiorn would be realized and the centre said all tho wit and wisdom of Eiig-
of the empire be transferred elsewhere, land would be needed to solve the pleb -
but if develnpnient went on on right lent how to perpetuate the magnificent
lints it would be a development of the loyalty now an!utaling the Canadians.
times and almost instantly killed, at
Palen Beach, Florida, on 'Tuesday, by
Thomas W. Troy, who is a lumber dealer
in South America. They got into a dis-
pute over some trivial matter, and 'Troy
emptied his revolver into Newcontb's
Ludy.
As the result of two attempts at asses-
slnateon from ambush at Orange, 'I'exns,
Wednesday night, ono man ons killed
and two seriously wounded. The dead
Henn is Major Boykin, a negro officer,
who was fired en by unknown persons
as he was leaving a negro saloon. lie
was shot five tines, all the bullets enter-
ing his body and producing instant
death.
Only four buildings are standing in
the little town of Birthright, 'Texas, as a
result of the tornado which swept
through the northern portion of the
State on 'Tuesday. The court house,
postofilco and every business house in
the town were destroyed, as well as nu-
merous residences and barns. As far as
can be ascertained, only three persons
lost their hives, but several are seriously
injured.
GENERAL.
Severe earthquake shocks have been
felt in Siberia and Austria-Hungary.
Several battalions of Turkish troops
were cut to pieces during a battle with
rebels in Armenia.
Thirteen political prisoners were liber-
ated by revolutionists at Atexandrovik,
Russia, on Sunday.
New craters have formed on Etna and
Stromboli, and the eruptions are be-
coming nines threatening.
Negotiations are in progress between
Japan and France which will still fur-
ther complete the isolation of Germany.
Eleven thousand Herrero tribesmen,
tired of resisting the German troops, pert
ishod of starvation on a trek.
The Newfoundland Supreme Court up-
holds the validity of the law preventing
United States vessels employing New-
foundland fishermen.
Tho Vatican garden wall requires 820,-
000 worth of repairs, which the holy See
cannot afford, so the old specimen of
rennissanco architecture will huve to be
demolished.
Several trawlers near the coast of
France report a strange occurrence,
sheets of fire and smoke apparently coin-
ing up out of the sea. It is thought to
be a volcanic u
Rumorsof seriodistusrbance. troupe at Morocco
City are reported from native sources.
It is declared the powerful Rehma tribe
have seized the town, and given all for-
eign residents orders to leave within a
fortnight.
The United States amp bulletin, is-
sued on Friday, shows that the average
condition of the wheat crop on May 1st
was 82.9.
The eruption of Mount Etna continues.
The flow of lava Is increasing, and the
smoke is abundant and heavy. Earth
shocks also have been experienced.
Henry (ale, a man arrested on suspi-
cion of being concerned In the recent
Northern Pacific train robbery, was fillet
by a policeman al Butte, Mont., on Fri-
day, while attempting to escape.
TORONTO'S MILK AWARD.
The Retail Price Will Remain al 7c and
plc Per Quart.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
award of Judge \Vinrheter and Mr. C.
C. J.tnies, Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture, in the milk arbitration wee; taken
1•p on Thursday afb'iIIwn. The award
vets $1.23 per eight -gallon can of mill:
delivered nt the dairies. Milk delivers,
at the trains will be live cents per can
his. The producers ask 81.30 per eight -
gallon can, and Ile, retail dealers de-
clared that $1.20 was, nil they could nf-
fc.rd to pry. During the tubitr:Ilion the
retailers offered to compromise at
51.22X, rind the produe,•r., off••rcd to nc-
FOREST PLANTATIONS.
ifow to Plant In Sandy Soil, on Hillsides
and Rocky Spots.
'1'o a certain extent every ,reposed
fs rest plantation is a propos- on to beconsidered by itself, tspeciffiy if it is
waste land that is to be planted; and
it is well to have the advice of a for-
ester in making such plantations. In
the majority of cases, tco, it Ls just such
waste land that is to be planted.
Even where the soil is almost pure
sand, in which no grass will grow, a
good crop of trees may be raised. This
Le being ubundantly,shown on a planta•
lion in Durham county, made some
three years ago under the direction of
the Forester of the Ontario Department
of Agriculture. In such land a good
supply of moisture Is retained by the
subsoil, which for the tree exits is more
in'portnnt than the surface soil itself.
With soil of this sandy character culti-
vation Ls never necessary, nor, indeed,
advisable.
A steep hillside Ls often the place
where it is desired to plant. it the hill
is not too steep, It will probably be
found most advantageous to plough
furrows -as far apart, of course, as the
rows of trees are intended to be. These
furrows should always run along the
side of the hill, not up and down the
hill. (:are should be taken that the fiir-
rcw is ploughed so that the earth is
thrown down the hill, so that the furrow
will retain as much rain as possible.
On very steep hillsides and on very
stony ground a mattock or grub -hoe
must be used. The distances of trees
from each other need not be adhered
to very closely. Sometimes a hole is
made with the mattock, as might be
done with a 'spade or hoe, the plant put
down and the earth replaced and firmly
packed down around the tree. An-
other method is as follows: TIte mat-
tsck is driven into the earth with a
powerful stroke; then the handle is
forced away from the planter, the herd
of the tool thus forcing up a quantity
of earth. in the largest crack thus
farmed the InceIs placed. The mntte,ck
Is withdrawn; then the earth is allow-
ed to settle back in place and finally
is tramped down firmly. This latter
method is much quicker -and so cheaper
--than the former, and is often favor -
e,1 on that account.
The whole jluhject of tree planting :s
treated at much greater iength in a
bulletin entitled, "Forest Planting," by
Mr. E. J. Znvitz, Forester to the On -
train Dept. of Agriculture. This is one
cf tho 0. A. Cnllepo hullelin.s.
A CRI;E R REVIVALIST.
Beat Son Murderously for Sunday Ball
Playing.
A dcspnbeh from Athens, Georgia,
says : Because lie whipped his i2•year-
old son for playing baseball nn Sunday,
J. H. Arnold, a travelling revivalist., was
on 'Tuesday sentenced to six months nn
the rock pilo by Mayor Don.ey. Physi-
cians leslilhxl that the Troy was lashed
until his flesh was pulp. and dant he
might not recover. Arnold said he be-
lieved it ons ,t deadly sin le piny base -
hall on Sunday, and he hnd ordered his
son not to play, but the latter disobeyed
and w•as oven cnptuin of the team.
4. -
RiIITitiII COLI'M1I11.1 NI\ERS.
Will l:ompell the Japanese to Lento
AIIIn i)istricl,
A despatch from \'ane"over, 11. (:.,
say:.: Angered al the inlrodeet'.,i of
Japanese into the Altira distrie:t by J. M.
Ruffner, the [Miele have d,l•ruuned to
forcer the Oriental, out of the ramp. In Ila' actual psowerr of marry children and
their light ng uinst Ili, 1:Il..Iu...s. Tho Ilio resultscxarled from thein by a rile
mints have the merchants behind thorn. 1,1 erbium system often form the basis
crpt $11,25. The c•e.t .,f the arbitration Several mass meetings were held, when of t,oille. But the thing that renders
was 5110. and earl side paid half. "There questions were discussed, and on Sun-
it menta i= the assumption of Irn'flective
will iie mei rhnege in the retail price of (lay erevhing it WAS ds Inreel 11'nl rho parents that the chill /must IA aide to
milk, which will continue to sell at sev- Japauu.e ►mmol go. Ruffner was re.
(1., what Ili•' schioOi exerts of 11 whet
en renis per quart loose and eight cents quesliel 1n nilcnd Thr Mar ling, and. nal nlhdo.
bottled. coming soon en'u,gh, miners went out fitrr canchildren if he will," was decrritwed ly
+'i'
and brought hint in. Ile utsiSte'I tut! he ane of the si eakers ns n snivel., pee
T11'(► MOIIE_DIt:ADNOI'GIITS. coal,' not get while labor. -11w miners seeing dictum. as enrnninn ns it Ls for.,.
deelarexl that Thr Japanese, will be fore- isle since it ignorss the fact that !'mean
ilrtlaine, Significant Reply to (:rrmnny's lily ejected this week if they do not t'''ines are so often defletent in the pow -
Altitude on i►isannahent. move immediately. e• to win.
Ten per cent. of the child,en'.; sue
1 despatch from Landon saes: Orders -•- ---•" '- aides were caused by in -ane), or nary.
rove been received al the l'ur•ism.mitlh JlIH;E illl)1►F:LI;ti 1{F:i'1►RT. nus e'tr0lnlinn in n pnlhnlo.gicnl .i,+peer.,
and f).'v Iih'nrl ado kyuutt to lay flee' �_ Some of these east's were tradeable to
heel of a battle -ego ,.f the Ihr:ulminel t ,111nrraey-Gtnrrnl's Department Re eines hrrrdilary rrindilinns, including, alcohol.
tape in isnot' yard n. spun as the toe ism in the parents.
tlrshi s Ten►eraire and IS.•I1.'ro .he.n wee ,.eller Ileuanling Case.
( The remnining• rasrc were almost with•
p ' i t- '� ai '.bay., ' exception due 1n rlonleslir remises
In coarse of buil�l�ng.. /lave herr. Inunch• \ ,h',pn'h ft m •for ng "fhnlr,nl c� 1 r d ,
rd. They will 1"' launched in August \tierneyeleneral:. Dopart►nene has re -Hanging froom pevcrty In shame at the
next. 'I'ht' underel:nding was that in ceiv,ri a rmmitunh'nlinn from Nee Jus•, miscondnrt of r-•latione. especially par-
rn.ee the flrnps.snI of di•arnrnment,hnuld ilea hidden in reference to his Judienenlieels. The iuflue•nee of inertial Iwsike
lake definite shag..• in 'Itis' Hague fame., in a ,Bell he .• nlenced (o isluetor• '1 hotnp-ons distinetty lrneenlle.
(:e.nfere',ire null' elle new Dea.il►nlielit •-.eft \\h'. tins ill charge 411 tae (;tenni! No grnlltisl cont.! 14' reined fret 1111
would be Ink! .1. )W11. '11,.' or.ler f•.r ttvn 'Inuit. Irnill „t reeked nt (;ue11'II, In three ! Illenry that the rnndili(Irts of ni..dr•rrt
Drendlloup(hls 1. Ge at Bream', nekt:oty- years' imprw,nment. 'Ilio judge in Ins: city life led 10 suicide among children,
1slg,•ntenl of Germany', refu,nl to en- letter ash, Iliac .-.ane action Is.' taken by I The p,re,portinn or rnes was fully is
terinin the question of dt.,'truirenent. the deparlmen! to leant what officiate of brae in places of the smallest size i's
--,,F,------ flit raiIts:uv were responsible fpr anew- in erowd.'d centres of pvepulnlion.
KINfl F:1►\1 RD'S (:It'd. ing this arm In work it I .ager nunilw r of
_ Inures in one day Than the law allows. --4,.-------
Nill Present spank!) Royal Rate WithS.mt•'""11',11 will. It t, underzlo.'sl. he
Wien I.v tine .I parttn.•nt in neterseines "I'm Oral.' that boy of tnlne will 1:111
Artistic !'(iltrr I iii). %%elle the sag gesisoi of the judge, p►tri�rlf by nvrr%\ork. "()vrr%ynrk ' 1
\ d.',pateli from London says : 1'rinr.• dl•ln'1 I:.a h•• eyrr worked.' "(►h. I rel.
n( 1onnnugtl,l .Inr1.,) fir M:'drd 'I i r s' l ."„ni; ',ter n sleep pr•.c!- per to trental and not physical work.
on \\'edliesdny eve t. lolote, ., rh 'e:., • ' ' 1 .It I • r psv'nle hall down le re 11.• overworks his brain trying( to lied
Klee Ede -fink ehristening e.le a si.t r • - . ' ' II'. t (;'' 11•- "\io; ortre etc'tscs fpr nal doing anything he i loft.
Kell cup of ntttsliC (Reign.(.. tea, ..s. i'i of vaso" a't care about."
GREAT IMPOSTOR DEAD
LIFE STORY OF A GREAT FRAU).
LEO TAXIi..
Author of the Fatuous "Anil -Christ"
Hoax, 1s Called to Answer
For Ills
The end of ono of the most a,nsum-
rnale impostors of modern times is all.
!Jounced in the following brief telegram
received recently from u Paris (France)
correspondent :-
"Tho Petrie publishes the news of the
death of tho anti -clerical pamphleteer
Leo Taxil."
Taxil's real name was Gabriel legend -
Pages, and he was torn at efar:se illees
Iifty-two years ego. Educated by the
Jesuits, he found himself in prison when
a mere youth on a charge about which
there has always been some ob,curity.
lie cattle out fillet with a virulent hatred
against his old instructora, and flung
himself whole-heartedly into an anti-
clerical propaganda. From his head-
quarters in the Latin quarter of Paris ho
poured forth a constant stream of pram'
phlets with sensational titles, filled with
hiller and scandalous abuse of every-
thing Christian.
CREATED SENSATION.
In 1885 Taxil created a sensation
throughout Franco by suddenly making
his peace with the church and publicly
expressing repentance for his lurid past.
The convert was welcomed willh open
arms. Mgr. Richard, now Cardinal
Archbishop of Paris, gave him his bene-
diction, and Leo XIII. sent him the ab-
solution of the Holy See.
Now commenced n fresh series of vehe-
ment pamphlets, this time directed
against atheists and Freemasons.
French orthodoxy rejoiced in this
truculent champion and his resounding
blows for the faith. But Taxil had some-
thing in reserve. Early in the ninc•ticret
h) produced an impression among the
faithful by a series of revelations
necting Freemasonry with Satan -wor-
ship, which was known to bo carried on
secretly in Paris.
FRANCE WAS SHOCKED.
Pious France was shocked. Then Taxll
played another card. He announced his
most startling discovery of all. The des-
tined mother of anti -Christ lied cotne
upon earth and was deep in the counsels
of Freemasons. She was known as
Diana Vaughan; she was the, high
priestess of the I.uciferian.s ; he had seen
her himself !
Taxil now sprang his last and most
disconcerting surprise upon these gond
people. lie flung off the mask, renounced
the church with a torrent of Insulting
abuse, declared that his conversion was
a hoax, and announced that all Ilia
revelations about the connection of Free-
inasonry with devil -worship were inven.
lions. As for Diana Vaughan, she had
no more solid existence than Mrs.
thirds.
d'
CIIiLD SI;ICIDF.S IN GERMANY.
Number so (creat That Causes are Being
Studied -- (cities Not to Blame.
Suicide nntot% school children has be.
come se frequent In Germany that the
authorities are devoting serious atten-
tion to the causes of it. In Prussia
alone there were 1,152 rases between
1882 and 1905, or something like three a
month. The yearly number has been
teen greater in the Inst two years, it
is said. A general discussion of the
subject took place lately in Berlin at a
sheeting of the Society of School Sani-
tation.
Of the nun I 'r given above, 812 cases
were of children attending the tower
:rade of schools and 312 the higher,
but In spite of flits the tendency lo see
tide appears te increase with ege, as
the number of children over 15 years
who kill themselves was about four
limes as great Inc the n'mibsr helms,
thnt age. The boys also were four times
as numerous as the girl..
in a great majority of rams the sni-
cidal net was committed at home et
near home and not at school or after
hewing school. 'fhe causes, ton, even
when school matters were conne+'.le4
with them, usually had their strnr.gest
elements In tit' hone.
In more than n Third of the ease's feat
of punishment, dread of examination(
er shame at failure to linos examine
lions was the prime cane,. Rtt in
many of these rt=e:. perhaps a major
ily of them. it was the alil'ide of Ill
parents. restive or expected, that led d1•
featly to the deed.
The lark of correspondence between