HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-06-06, Page 2TYPIIOON SWEPT CAROLIES
Three Hundred Persons Are Known
to Be Killed.
A despatch front Victoria, 13. C., says.
Two hundred and seventy pa'r'sons are
kn(,wn t•} have been killed, and the loss
of life, it is said, will include many nm'•o
rri the disastrous typhoon in the Caro-
line !elands recently reported by cable
from Sydney, Australia. Further ad -
Vices have been received here in the
mails frorn the Orient showing that in
Bunte instances persons clung to the
b•ps of trees for days before being res-
cued. The properly loss is high.
The typhoon passed over the group
on March 28, and hundreds of persons
were killed by the waves. The typhoon
extended as far west as Guam.
At the Manila observatory on March
30 the typhoon was registered as being
neigh -cast of Yap, in the \Western
Carolines. On March 31 It was found
to be north of Yup, indicating a dan-
gerous situalieal in the southern hurt
of the Carolines and the Philippines.
The Island of Ulie was entirely de-
stroyed,
o-stroyed, and the waves, which passed
over it, killed 2011 people. Heavy loss
of life was reported from other islands.
Soule were entirely cuVered, end na-
tives were rescued days afterward,
clinging to the tops of the cocoanut
trees.
On Wilson island 20 persons were
killed. and on Siiyo1 or Phillips Island,
which lies between Yap and Ulie, 50
persons perished.
The majority of the islands were de-
solated.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
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HAPPENINGS FROM All 'V. Ell IOU
GLOBS.
fefDraphl+ Ilrkfs From Our Ows aN
Otbsr Countries of Receo&
Events.
CANADA.
Manitou, Man., has a case of small-
pox.
Good hematite iron has been dis-
covered near Roblin, Man.
Halton and Peel beekeepers expect a
good crop of honey.
A national Sunday Lague has been
Permed in Ottawa.
Hamilton people aro talking again of
buying the street. railway.
Dr. Young, of Vancouver, was drowned
ned
in Stave Lake.
Spurious coins, alleged to be franc
pieces, are being circulated in 'Toronto.
A new Public school is to be built at
Port :Arthur, to cost $30,000.
I)r. J. 11►wnrd Fell 01 Gore Bay has
been appointed Sheriff of Mania -edits
The head oflie.es of the Sovereign Brink
are to be moved from Montreal to
Toronto.
Licenses in Manitoba along the line of
railway construction have been can -
Winnipeg pollee are busily engaged
to forcing the new anti -spitting tey-law.
4;11,lrtctt. Kern, an alleged fugitive
from Knoxville, Tennes.see, had $5,100
te;inked in Toronto,
It has been decided to hold a national
daffy show in 'Toronto during the last
geek of January next.
5t. Catharines doctors have organized,
rind no more lodge) practice will be done
hereafter.
A ('nnn(linn plant for the Hames-\'ou-
gel Hitt CO. of New York, is to bo built
al Brantford.
Il is said that United States pnrlies are
endeavoring to secure pulpwood con-
cessions in northern Ontario.
Montreal polio have presented the
City Council with a bill ler $8,000 for
keeping order during the strike.
It is practically settled that Principal
Falconer will accept the Presidency of
the University of Toronto.
i.eendon's essessn►ent for 1907 shows a
I(, t a l of 822,285, 67, ten increase et
S;'.13t.000 over last year.
Thousands of pounds of meat, fish
rind fruit were confiscated in Montreal
last week as unfit for focal.
Negotiations aro proceeding for a de-
crease in the price of school books. net -
linty geographies, histories and arithurie-
lus.
The Ontario Medical Association (k-
eeled to tahe steps to secure the estab-
tesbnte•nt et an institution for the treat-
ment of inebriates.
Ontario's onntput of cheese. will be be -
1(w the average bemuse of the lido
spring, says Dr. Ituddich, Dominion
11r..ry Commissioner.
1. C. it. rnne•hinists earning 1( cents' an
t14 nr aro offered an increase of 1 yenta,
4+11(1 those ear•tiing 211 cents are offered
un increase of 2 cents, by the Deputy
Minister of railways.
The n►inerw of Lethbridge have applied
Feer the appointment of a ioard of hives-
tigati('n and conciliation to deal with
their grid:faces against the Alberhl
Ilnilway n1141 (:ons l:onipany.
I;It1:.Wf BIIIT:AIN.
George Byron 1:urte-. father of the
first half -penny paper in London, is
dead.
Joseph Chamberlain has abandoned
one cane and stoops 110 longer when
walking.
Dr. Chalmers, of Glnscow, declares
emphatically Ihnt disease is,trnnantit-
ted by kissing.
'lite discovery of n new herding. the
i mptoms of which are swelled Throat,
hrilowed by n loss /if voice. is nnneunc-
sr1 by Professor 1)elepino, of Manchester.
UNITED STATES.
The strawberry crop in \le; souri is
!really injured from frost.
The vicinity of Musket. Texns. has
been swept by n series of cloudbursts
end storms.
In the city of New York. the aver-
age lifetime lied been lncrcosed front
I's years to 40 ciuee 1 ah,f►.
About thirty-two thoucand tons of
trans-.ltlnnlic freight 'leave the port
of New York each (fay.
New York city, with twice the pope•
Wien of Chicago. has current expenses
nearly four times as great.
Eighteen in+Iictmcnta have been re-
tl.rneel against 'fhomas D. Jordan, '•f
New York. formerly controller of the
Equitable.
\liss Achla Clark. ninety '.o rs of
age, and reputed to Inc' Brut th ss''‘eral
r,tIIion dollars, died In a shack near
Korth Belliheal, Wash.Bemuseell the presence e4 a cir,'ue
1l/
Wham. City, 1'a.. 10,0$0 ruiners
took a holiday, compelling most of the
oolle•ries to shut down.
For netting fire to the Baptist Church
at Saratoga, N. Y., Fred Elilck was sen-
tenced to serve five years and seven
months in Clinton Prison.
The three-year-old child of John Wel-
hs, of Newberg, Ind., drank half a pint
of whiskey which it found on a dresser
and died in a few hours.
A New Jersey railway company will
have to pay $15,1+00 for causing the
loss of a little girl's eye in an accident
which occurred five years ago.
The wife of Admiral Chadwick of the
United Slides navy has invented a car-
rier by which disabled soldiers may he
borne from the battlefield in an upright
position.
School children of Springfield, Mass.,
are battling successfully with the elm
tree beetle, gathering the larvae by
tens of thousands, and saving the city's
finest trees.
A gift of 8200.000 to the New 'York
Flower Hospital has recently been made
by the brother and daughter of the in-
stitution's founder, in -
. In late Bes�Vell P.
Fowler.
A prominent society family in Ro-
land Park, Maryland. are living in lux-
ury in a tonne of tett canvas tents,
their residence having been destroyed
by fire last winter.
Twelve Indian girls of the Chickasaw
Nati•ou 1. T.. have written the president
of the State Agricultural College.
Charlotte, N. C., asking his aid to get
them white husbands. The girls own
Vast tracts of land.
The People'.. institute Marine Lengue
has been formed for the purpose ' f
having every excursion boat in New
York waters inspected at least once a
week during the sutnn►er, and to bring
prosecutions when the law is Violated.
TO VISIT ONTARIO COLLEGE.
Dates on Wbkb Itarnwre' Institutes Will
Go to Guelph.
A deepateh from Toronto says : The
dates on which excursions from the var-
ious Farmers' Institute* of the province
will visit tate Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege at Guelph are as follows. The
societies are known by the tunes of the
counties :--
Friday, June 7, \Vest Middlesex ; Sat-
urday, June 8, South Grey and East
Wellington (Mount Forest only), and
Lincoln; Monday, June 10, Centre \\'el-
hglte�n ; \Ve•dncs(ley, June 12, East Elgin,
Eust and West Peterbonougtt, and East
Durham ; Thursday, Juno 13, Centre
Sinlcoe, and North Yeerk ; Friday, June
14, heist and West 1.nntblon, North and
South Waterloo ; Saturday, Juste 15,
Halton ; Monday, June 17, Seeutti (lr►-
terlo, \Vest Durham, West Northumber-
land, and East Sinie•oe ; Tuesday, June
18, North and South Brant, Welland,
North Wentworth; \Velnesdny, June
19, Ilaldinnum1, South Oxford, West
York ; 'Thursday, Ji.ne 20, West Wel-
lington, East \liddlc.ex, 1)ufferin, and
East Wellington ; Friday, June 21, East
York, South Huron ; Monday, June 24,
Nest!) Oxford, North Ontario, North and
\Vest 13r•uce, and North Grey ; Tuesday,
June 25, South and Centre Bruce, North
Middlc'sc'x, and North Perth ; Wednes-
day, June 215, Peel, and Centre Grey ;
Thursday, June 27, E.ust Party Sound,
and South Perth, Friday, June 28, South
Sint oe, told West Sitttcoe.
SAVED BY HALF -DOLLAR
Bullet Fired at John Dunn Struck the
Coin.
A despatch from Meriden, Connecti-
cut, says : John Dunn is alive to -day
only because he wits fortunate enough to
have a half -dollar in his waistcoat pocket
on 'Tuesday when Clark Howes tried to
shoot hint. One of flve bullets tired by
Hewes struck the coin and prevented
what undoubtedly would have been a
fatal wound. Another este; 1 I)unn's
left leg at the knee and lamed him so
that he had to be taken to the Hartford
Ik spitel. Howes is in jail on a charge
of attempted murder. Dunn had ac-
cuses Howes of insulting his wife by
too pronounced attentions in the street,
and on Tuesday the men met in ttie
p,ctoflle-e, Without a word Howes drew
a revolver anti fired repeatedly. Sev-
eral women who were in the place
fainted and tttc then fled, but \liss 1i.
Everleene West. a teacher, wl+o was the
first to regain her conex►sure, urged the
men to save Dunn while his enemy was
still shunting. They rushed upon Howes
in a body and held hits until policemen
arrived.
t;E\G11AL.
Russia will dismantle the forts at
Vladivostock.
Open revolution exists in at least
twelve of the provinces of itussia.
Trypsin is a German surgeon's dis-
covery for the cure of cancer.
Russia has refused to receive back the
Social Democrats wito attended the re-
cent congress in London.
The strike situation in
Cuba, is growing, business
s:lutely paralyzed.
Spain is evolving a plan for the dis-
tribution of all the State's uncultivated
land among the conrm►nles.
The Nor•w egiarl barque Nagpero was
wreekcd off the coast of South Anter•i.:a,
and eleven of her crew lost.
Japan has protested to \Vnshingten
against the attacks on Japanese and
their stores in San Francisco.
The Hamburg -American line proposes
n weekly service between Germany and
Canada, when a tnriff adjustment is
made.
Santiago,
being ab-
- 'pg
11E:ini1)ITii% Sl'I(:It1E;.
ilas Berl in Sayre Family for Three
Generations.
A despatch from tiinghanuton, N. Y.,
5:lys: Jelin Sayre, need 63 years. on
\\'celn'•.•iay committed >;ui(•ielee in his
home ley shooting himself thr' ugh the
mouth, going into the aline• pantry to
con►n,it the deed in which his father
and grandfather tooth killed themselves
by cutting their throats many :t4 -ars
ago. Mr. Sayre lived in \Weshingtorainn
Hall. six miles west of this city. the
eldest house in Broome county, in
which his ancestors for eevernl genera-
tions had lived. Mr. Sayre buffeted
from sunstroke several years ago, to
which is ascribed his act.
E'1111 AIII:"I11: l.% SCOTI..AN1).
Dundee N•haler Asked to Dell‘e•r Mail
le► fapt:tiii iternier.
A dcstolid' from Ottawa says: A hag
r' mail totter had been sent to Capt.
Bernier. of the Canadian patrol steam-
er Arctic. V1iicll is now in north tali-
tr:(lea. The bog wos forwarded from 01-
ir,vii to the pxisttnaater ('f i)uuldee,
Scotland, with the request that he (le -
liver it to the captain of the whaler
Eclipse. due to leave that port shortly.
He will take the bng to Iceland. From
there it will be taken by the Dundee
'.haler \Wattle-. wine!' is going into the
waters which ilia :Arctic will navigate
this Sumner. It is believe) that there
is n gold chance of the two vessels
teeelintr and for that reason a mass lits
Leen made up:
K11.1.I:1) IN c‘110044-:.
si:.
Russi:,n in Fatal colli'Io l-
Al:ttiauer ilurt.
A 'tested h frnrn Me'lfort, Sask., says •
A Russian named Sumter. employed At
111nckenite. Mann & (.onlpnny. s sawmill.
was Instsuitiy kilit'.f on '1'I.es4ley even -
leg while in a catoo:e Mild) was busing
shunted about the yards. and Mr. Wil-
liam Burns, manager of the mill, was
fi
A WAGER WORTH
A St. Louis Girl Bets Herself on a
Horse Rare.
A despatch from St. Louis, Mo., says .
Miss Ilelen Burs of No. 2,024 Fair Ave-
nue has bet herself on a here° race.
Laws against bookmaking did not bother
\liss Btu's and Frank Grimes when they
put their wager, as remarkable a one as
the turf ever .ow, into writing. and had
is witnessed before a notary public. The
great (:upid Handicap will be ruin at
Priester's Park, near Belleville, on the
afternoon of July 4. If Ilse fourth horse,
(;rimes' Bobbin 0., cranes first under ttie
wire Miss Burs will cmote clown frorn the
grand stand and will take (;rimes by the
hand. the judges big hell will be fling
in wedding-dny fashion. n real judge or
it minister will step forth, and the dash-
ingly pretty St. Louis girl will become
WHILE.
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
IIILPOIIT9 FfIOV 'TW LEADING
TUM E CENTRES.
Mier,. Grimes. \liss Bsu s rnnde the wager No. 4 at 46% to 4747 per bushel, ex store.
utter a discussion as to the merit.; of twooFlour--Choice splint; Wheat patents,
horses in the race, 111 which Grimes $;)-14) to 85.20 ; s(i ands, Si.') to 34.61► ;
(lured 111.1.to put herself up as the prise. v►hetat pntc•nts, $4.2:► to 44.40;
i 1, had premised to her before, brit had t�n.iniht re�llet 133.75 to $r.25 ; dn, in
been r'e'fined. \liss Burs says the novel-
sralerg
tikes of Cattle. Grain, Cheese sled
Otbee Calc/ PswIusce al More
and Abroad.
Toronto, June 4. - Flour -- Ontario
wheat 90 per cent. patents aro quoted at
$3.20 to $3.25 in buyers' sacks outside
for export. Mandela fleet patents, $4.75
t , $5 ; second patents, $1.21) to $4.40,
and strong bakers', $4.05 to 81.25.
Barley -No. 2 nominal at 55 to 56c out-
side rind No. 3 at 54e outside.
Wheat -No. 1 \tarutoba hard is quoted
rut 99c, lake ports; No. 1 northern at
97c, and No. 2 northerai at 95c. Ontario
wheat is firm, with Nu. 2 quoted at 87
to 88c outside.
Corn-- No. 3 American corn is quoted
at 61% to 62%c, Toronto.
Bran -Prices seminal at $21 outside in
bulk ; shorts are quoted at $22 to $23
outside.
10,000 ON *THE
,ill G. ARH '1'IINOT'3 ARREST
CALL BOARD.
�\\'hertt- No. 2 Ontario red winter
offered at 90c outside, and No. 2 mixed
at 90c outside, without bids. No. 2 On-
tario spring offered at 85c outside, with
82c bid on C.P.H. east. No. 2 goose
offered at 83c outside, with 81c bid on
C.P.R. east.
Barley -No. 3 extra offered at 58c out -
aide September shipment, and No. 3 at
60ee outside, without bids.
Peas -No. 2 offered at 82c outMde,
without bids.
Oats -No. 2 white offered at 46c out-
side with 44c bid, and at 45c Pere Mur-
quette road, without bids. No. 2 mixed,
40c bid outside. No. 2 Manitoba offered
at 47c track Owen Sound, without bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Good to choice winter stock,
$S.50 to 83.50 per bbl.
Beans -Hand-picked quoted at $1.50,
and princes at $1.35 to 81.40.
Honey --Strained quoted at 11 to 12c
per M. and comb honey at 82 to 82.50
pet dozen.
Hay --No. 1 timothy is quoted at. $12.50
to $14 here, and No. 2 at $10 to 811.
Straw ---57 to 87.50 a ton on track
here.
Potatoes --Ontario, 81.10 to $1.15 per
Lett; on track. and New Brunswick, $1.25
to81.30per hag .
Pultry--Turkeys, fresh killed, 14 to
15c; chickens, (tressed, 14 to 15c ; do,
alive, 10 to 12c per T ; fowl, 8 to 9e:.
THE DAIRY MAIIKETS.
Butter --Pound rolls aro quoted nt 20
to 21c ; tubs, nominal at 18 to 19c ; large
rolls are quoted at 18c. Creamery prints
sell at 22 to 23c, and solids at 20 to 21c.
Eggs --Case lots sell at 17% to 18e per
dozen.
Ghees(-Lnr•ge are quoted at 13c per
lb, and twins at 13%c.
. 1100 I'ItOnUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal
at 88.50 to 89. Bacon, long clear, 11 to
11%c per tb, in case lets : mess pork,
821 to 821.50; short cut, $23.50.
Hanes ---Light to medium, 153,'; do,
heavy. 14%c ; rolls, 11%c ; shoulders,
11c; backs, 16%c; breakfast bacon,
15%c.
Lard -Tierces, 12%c;
pails, 123c.
BUSINESS AT \IONTItEAI..
Montreal, June 4.-Grriin--Sales of
ca'' lots of \lanitobn No. 2 white oats
were made at 49'; to 50e, Ontario No. 2
at 48% to 49r, No. 3 at 47% to 48c, and
Fall FAMOUS BANKER JAILED
The Anti -Dynastic Riots in China
tubs, 12%c ;
t► of the situation won tier to consent.
MEASIk.S PROVED 1'.AT.A1e.
1went'-1 so [Maths From the Disease in
.Ontario.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Measles caused as !nutty deaths as scar-
let. fever and diphtheria combined In
()Warta coring April last. The returns
front 753 division registrars to the Pro-
vincial Board of Henllh shwa. that 22
cases of the tlr.st-nte•nlione d disease, fart
of a loin! of 195, pr1eyed fatal. Smallpox,
scarlet fever. diphtheria and consun►p-
lien were also more prey relent than
daunt. The deaths trent eoutagiotes dis-
eases ttun►bem(1 in all 275. an increase
el 30 c er the sante nior►Ili in 191)6. Of
tiles.,, 203 were Caused by tul'e 1culnsic.
Front _minllp ox there was one dentti
atti(.ng sufferer.: 107 ufferer -
from it . frorn Sear -
hags 81.75 to 81.$5; extras, $1.55 to
Still Continue.
A de patch fin Hong Kong says:
The antidynastie riots continue. An
organized and armed division of Triads,
io,000 strong, is on the march. So Inc
foreigners have not been n►ol(sted.
Commercial steamships and gunboats
are being used 10 transport troops to
the neighborhood of the disturbances.
1t is reported that Sun, former Tao-
Iui of Nanking, nephew of Grand Sec-
retary Chia ConSun, is leading the
rebellion. He is well known as a re-
volutionary, and was arrested at Nan-
kin last January on a charge of con-
spiring against the Government. 'I'tru'-
tten hundred troops have been de-
spatched for Swatow from Canton, and
anotherdetachment from Shiubing will
follow.
$1.65. Feed-\lanitobn bran in bags.
821 ; she+etc, 824 to 824.50; milled
111011111ie. 822 to 825 per tore, arid straight
grain. $2R to $30. Provisions -Barrels
short cut nests, 822 to $22.50; half -bar-
rels. $11.25 to 811.75; clear fat backs,
$23.50 to 824 ; long cut heavy ute.'.s,
$2(1.50 to 622; halt-)arrelS (to. 810.7. to
811.50 ; dry salt long clear )acon, 11',?
to 12e; learrels plate Lief, 813 to 814;
half -barrels do, 87 to $7.50; barrels
heavy mess beef, 810; half -barrel do.
85.514; compound lard, 9% to l0c ; pure
lord, 12' to 12!4c : kettle rendered, 13
to 13%e ; hams, 1 t to 15\Se ; lereekfatst
bacon, 14'- to 15c ; \Wind:ed. bacon, 15
to 16c ; fresh killed abattoir dressed
hogs, 810 to $10.25 : alive. $7.25 to
87.50. Eggs -18 to 19c. Cheese ---Wes-
tern, 12'; to 13c. Butter-Butter-Choicestcreamery, 20'x, to 21c.
1•NI'I FI) STATES \1,11nKI 1'S.
1 0. fever. 6 r+ninng 225 enses ; diphtheria I)(•tre,tt. June 4.--Wheat-No. 1 white.
11. deettts nnie,ng 143 crises; whooping
(•c.ugh. :t deaths out of 27 cases ; ty-
phoid,
y -
peliuid, 21 'tenths. 153 cases. The total
numi,er of de14th5 from n11 causes dur-
ing the menti+ dere 2.4:1,3. in a popula-
tion (,f 2.1111,151. n mortality rale of 13.8
in i 1.(16(1.
in ca.h. 97%c; No. 2 red, cash, 99%c:
\t;,v. 119 Xc; July, $1.00%; September,
$1.02 14,
Toledo, June 4. -Wheat -Cash. 98c;
May. 98c ; July, 98%c ; September,
81.00%. Corn -Cash, 56e; May, 545-;
July. 55%c; September. 55'%e. Oats---
1:Alll.l' IlIi.1:A& E OF CONSCRIPTS.
Great Iri•Ii*'" feared %rnan!, �iney:trd
I.:ihnrers in France,
:\ de '•pate•li from Paris. France, says:
11 is realized that when the grape harvest
of this )ear conies to an end in the late
autumn the inrge numbers of risen en-
grege•ei in 1Q1x►ring in the vineynrd: will
(4.0 center greeter (liflteulty than usual
i:l finding other employment. As a re-
sult c►f this there is certain to 1►e it per-
iod of great distress, and with the view
eel mitigating u. much es possible the
oils resulting from n gh,t' of the Weir
!market Ili'' (aintnber of 11e'pu1ie'c 00
'1 ue'day passed 0 bill r'"('n-tot; the 19N1!
c• 11. -ripl• in July insl' : 1 , f November
, ► „ - ;i r.
attltl:stt:tr AT 1.11:1.1'11.
milli i-ki eel 4 .enipli4.0
loiuntn I:�hihilirni 1 ire.
e:
A de.p.;,t• a from (;ue 1ph any. A man
tintued Silbri-ki was et -rested here on
in
•i Intraday. Ile is thought to have been
eencerned in the lir` whlrh destroyed
the 'Toronto Extiittiti(,n building.: last
!stilly Injured. The accident WAS cauat'(1I fall and in a couple of caeca 4i1 11'•i1'e-
1, a cceliisivtit with 401110 flatcar. la oiling byre.
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NOT AGAINST FOREIGNERS.
A despatch from Swatow, China says:
A proclamation issued by the Svatvan
revolutionary society declares that the
uprising is not directed against for-
eigners or ordinary Chinese citizens,
but against the Government, the inten-
tion, of the revolutionists being to tit -
rick and burn every yamen and exter-
minate the officials, with the object of
cver•ihrowing the Government.
The missions, with the exe'cption of
the German mission at Lienchow, have
thus far been unmolested, but the mis-
sionaries are abandoning their sta-
tions and seeking refuge here.
Crich.
47%e; Mn.y47%e; July, 4194e:
September, 39c.
Minneapolis, June 4.- Wheat ---No. 1
hard. 81.02%; No. 1 northern., 8L01%;
\e, 2 northern. 99 In 99%e; No. 3
northern, % Io 911c. Flour -First patents,
85.15 to 85.25; sernncl patents, $5 to
$5.15; first cleats. $3.65 to $3.75; sec -
and clenrs, '3:.:5 to $2.A5. Bran --in
bulk, 817.25 to $17.50.
(,VILE. MARKET.
Tnronbo, June 4. -The bulk of the
choice heavy butchers' eoki between
*5.10 and $5.35, with extra choice stocks
bringing up to $5.50. There was no
choice cattle to be tad et less than 85,
and even common sluff Was selling
erimccl $1.50. Ch(eice butcher roue
sold ir.an $1.5i0 for the bulk up to $1.75
for the hest.
St4) ker rind feeder trade wits Very
quiet. Cattle of 700 to !WM Roe sold fair-
y well, hurt lighter sluff was nut want -
cd
Milch COWS were firm, chobee being
quoted from $35 to $60, common $25 14)
8.10.
Veal caiv(s were steady al 3Xe to 1'c
ter Ib.
Steep and lander were slightly firmer
Irl Ione. but quotations were gcnernliy
11n hnnge-il.
11. g- tinchnng''(1 'at 87.10, hal with
1't' sp , 1', leveling a decline of eltr)ut
The local oflicinls take a serious view
of the situation, and 84'0 urging the au-
thorities at Canton to despatch gun-
boats here.
Incoming and outg• mg Chinese puts-
scngers (.n the Cita Cltoufrl itailroud
are searcl►et.
DROWNED ENTIRE IIIE FA .11i.1'.
A despatch from (Suiten, China says.
The revolutionists in the 11(•1g111 rhood
of Swatow recently captured the entire
flintily of a Chinese llrigad►er-General
and compelled them all to drown ttiern-
scives in a well.
REBELS DEFEATED.
A despatch from Canton says: A se-
vers engagement has occurred between
the provincial troops and a i.udy of re -
lois, resulting in a victory for the form-
er The rebels lost over a hundred men
killed, and the Government forces cap-
tured the rebel leader. together with
a number of flags rind a considerable
quantity of ammunition.
Two thousand additional troops have
teen despatched to Chaochow, wher4
the malcontents are active.
The Chinese gunboat Sum Hong,
having on board the Fifteenth Regiment
o' Chinese troops has sailed from
here for Swatow, to defend that city
against a possible attack on the port + f
the rebels.
BiG CONCENTRATING PLANT.
Two Million Dollar Ccintpany Will
Erect One at the "Soo."
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont., says: Backed with a capital of
a2,000,000, ex -Mayor Frank Parry, of
the ,ichigan "Soo" ; George Keinp, F.
C. Smith and other capitalists, under
the name of the Superior Clipper Goin -
petty, will erect a big concentrating
Leant on the Ontario side of the river,
just west of the plants of the lake Su-
perior Corporatie;ti. This new concern
will build a railway five miles long
frorn the Algoma Central to Superior
Mine, and push the work on the pro-
perly, said to be worth $10,000,000.
Contracts for the work will be let June
1.3 The plant, which will have a ca-
pacity of 4110 tons a day, will be the
biggest of its kind in Ontario, and is
to be followed in the near future by
other big industries. Already several
hundred thousand dollars have been
expended in developing the mine, and
it great stock is on stand ready fur ship-
ment.
POTATOES GO SOARING.
Supplant Wheat in Interest on Winni-
peg Market.
A despatch from Winnipeg says :
Wheat is no longer king dere. \\'tido all
eyes have been hailed 111,011 it, they
pe:tato market tins been very active, and
almost as erratic and excited. For
more than a week past deliveries have
been small, owing, no doubt, to the rusts
of spring work, which is usually over
by this date. \While receipts have been
receding the demand has gone up like
sky-ru:kets. Lieal deliveries have
brought 85 cents to 95 cents on the track.
foe even quite small quantities. Several
cars have been brought in from \titurie-
seeta, rind these cost 81.05 on the track,
and are sold in a jobbing wny at 81.15
t,► $1.25. healers stale that they think
the seep (if 1he market has probably been
reached.
BOY'S REMARKABLI: GRIT.
Si1ht of Seeing Arm Amputated Well
Worth the Pain.
A despatch from Vienna says : A 14 -
year -old boy of the name of Tu^-ek, as-
tonished the prominent surgeon, Baron
Von Eiselberg, by the remarkable grit
Ito displayed in undergoing an opera-
tion on Thursday. 'Tucek's arra had to
toe amputated. Ile refused annesthetics
because he wanted to watch the opera-
tion. He resisted all the percunsions of
the surgeon, who finally yielded. The
boy did not wince and made no sound
throughout, but tvalch'xt the surgeon's
work attentively. Ile said afterwards
the sight was so interesting it was well
worth the pain. Baron Won Eiselberg
vorognized his pluck by giving hint a
watch.
--eel►
POOR CROPS IN BALKANS.
Autumn -Solon Grain Killed by Winter
end Drouth.
A despatch from Sohn says : The pros -
Naas for this year's harvest in the
ltnikr+n peninsula are most unfav(er'abl('.
.\ winter of extraordinary length and
se verily was fonitered by e prolonged
drought, with almost rnid'utttucer )teat.
The ust.1n1 spring rains have not frillen.
The unseasonable w e011e1• has proved
di:413111011S in the nietunin sown craps.
iri smile parts of Bulgaria they pave leen
practically lost, while the :spring eow-
ing hes been delayed. Only half the
usual amount of mare. am' 11411101 bus
HS yet been sown. In Itouniania the out.
look is even more gle•eenty, especially in
1h3 Wallachian 1'111111. 11 is culculntnd
that forty per rent. of the autumn sown
wheat has failed.
TWO I:Iltl S MI RDERED.
Potties found in (:reek by Distracted
rather.
A despatch (rem Springfield, 111.,
says: Carrie Lde•rbrand, 7 yenrs old,
and here sister Gera. 17 years old,
daughters of Joseph I.ederl•nnd, rl farm-
er, were murdered and thrown into
Sugar Creek on Wednesday, and the
bodies were 10311141 on 'Thursday night
by the girl's father. The girls left
biome early in the afternoon. Their
f,rlher became nlnrnned nl their ate
settee, find went to search for them with
r.eighlors. I)r. Duncan 4ound that
Inch girl hn(1 It bullet Mole in the right
temple. No cause has been assigned
for the murder, neither is there any
clue to the slayer.
I1I1:11E:11 PRIG IN TI11: MINT.
I:ener:(1 Ads etre in Flom' and %lent -
(:(used b) SIi.►rtaee.
A (k's;enICh from negiva. Snsic.. say+ :
Flour and treat hes n•h attee'et all n1er
the ‘Wert. The 08,1" of the in,rea•P
the high f►rice heat 111 the crave of the
Ik or, and the sti(•rtage of plane cattle
in the en --0 of )•w f,
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FIFE; DEPORTED.
Ncre Unable to Find any Employment
in the Wost.
A despatch from Montreal says: A
very unusual spectacle was witnessed
when the Canadian Pacific express ar-
r.ved on 'Thursday from \Vintaipeg and
the \West. 1l brought from the i'rair'e
capital flve persons, three women and
two then who were unable to earn rt
Ile Belonged to Younger Branch an
Was Grandson of Great Field
Marshal.
sirGeorge Arbuttutot's arrest at Ma
.h as on u criminal charge in ovate
':err Wath lite fu►luro of Ins great bane
'Jig louse in India six months ago
a !allure H ltie li caused P. \tae adyel
head of the backing firm of tta lrtnie,
representing the Arbuttlnets in 1 en.
(1•:n, to commit suicide by thitiwir+g tom -
self before an express Irani- created a
great sensation, anti not only ill Eng -
lend, but more especially In seotlalid,
where the Arlentmwts belong to one ct
the, oldest families of the urlstct uaev of
the northern kingdom. Even still great -
e" must the sensation Have been In In-
dia, where 'or more than a century the
Arbuthnots have occupied all sorts of
t:igh offices and have been associated
:ri Itte Government of the Empire, in
addition to which the banking Neuse of
the Arbuthnots was the principal pra-
t ate British institution of the kind in
Hindustan. While it would be obvious-
ly unfair to prejudge the cane. Itte evi-
dence against Sir George mast be ex-
tremely strong, not only because
BAIL 11AS BEEN RF.I' l'SEI,
but also by reason of the feet that, in
v.ew of the vital necessity of ivaln:ahl-
tng at its highest pitch the prestige of
the white man In the eyes o! the na-
tives, the authorities in India are al-
ways most reluctant to imprison an
Englishman, least of all a man Learing
.-o distinguished a name and who en-
joyed such high rank to the Artglo-lat-
dian community as Sir Ge,rge, in
most cases the white offender against -
the law is quietly shipped out of India.
But in Sir George's case, he' has not
only been held, but debit! red !rein atd-
rnittance to hail.
'1 he Arhuthnots, whose name is sonte-
limes spelled with one "t" rind some -
lanes with 11yo, are deseemele(1 front
Osbert Ohtani. the crusader, who en
his return from the Holy Lend. received
from King William the Lion the grant
of the ancient Scotch Manage of A't er-
huthnet. In the twelfth century- the -
family adapted the surname (ef Aber-
ln.thnot, from the lands of the Manage,
rind in the year 12S8 Hugh. the ehlet
(,f IliP rattily. whose surname by that
time had been corrupted into Arbulh-
tlet, aecerdirig to contemporary reccerds
*lilt in existence, granted a charter 14
the monastery of Arbroath. 1 he Ar-
huttutots ranked as barons threughout
the thirteenth. fourteenth and fifteenth
cent:tries. Tett 11 was net until the reign
(f King (:herles 1. that
A PATENT OE' PEEItA(,E
s'as granted by that i!1 -fated , .onerch
to Sir ItohertArbuthnot, Al recognition
of his devotion In Ilk sev(•reign. The
present chief of the family is Viscount
Arbiithnc,t, In Kincardineshire. c. fer-
red upon his crusader ancestor by \Wll-
liatn the Lion.
Sir George Arbuthnot, who is indebt-
ed for the title to his natne to a knight -
living in the \Vest, and who, inenccer•d- 1'(',Od conferred upon hunt about six
nnce with the ernigeratn eg'ulniiuns, ( ago. 1►clongs to a younger branch
were t,('ing; depr,rtrd, ri(eturnerd to the oyfars the family, nl 1he head urn,
which Si
United Kingdom, because the western P(ehert Arbuthnot, n captain in Rte
n►unieipahty objected to their beroni- Royal navy. who holds n har•nnctey, (1.14:n.
on-
ing n charge upon !1. '1'110 weeuld-tie (erred upuer► his ureal-grandtnlhcr, 11 ►
settlers had come over at different times was Leri Provost of Edinburgh on til
within the past year, 11041 had endeavor- occasion of King George 1\'.'s merr'r
e l with(iut sue:cess to finis employ stile visit in the Scottish rep:t.tl in Iii`
�_`-,f, Another distinguished mender of tit;
family is Sir Alexander Arbuthnot. who
tc chancellor of the University of Cal-
cutta, and a inem)Pr of the Council n
Continues Seterr+l i►nv� and Does Enor-
mous
Tndin; while nrnnng Ili(' families to
which the ArbuthnntS are related e
A despatch from Sankt lake,
Man..
th(►s(' (tf T,nr(1 Dudley.Lord Cork, i 8
says : A perfuse lure, starting (.n the pin- G tithnsk. !.nrel Airlic and lord Gough.
lean, caused cnrtsiderahla havoc for - 1►i fart. Sir (;enrge Arbuthnot now
in
few drys, c the 2 n:'inb \lay 24, and sen- iei!. l: a grandson of Field \inrt;hol
fuming on the 25th aryl 26th. 1t swept \''s-' ant (',u :gh, (ne eft those great mi-
litary
over the p►rairie !vest of 'I'. f'hillip►s', and emn'iia'edere to lateen Erig-
rnade its wav into the weal's and along lend is s(► gre.e111• indebted for the p68-
sessiren of her huge Oriental empire.
PRAIRIE FII1I IN I:ANiTOBA.
mous Damage.
the cast side of Iho river. burning up
rnuctt limber. Ity Sunday the tire had
n(et spent its force, and J. Whig and
eiders had to fight Ilio flames all day.
The loss crossed by the lire is enormous.
NF.?T0I1 IIF PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Ita)ard at Ninety-five 51111 Visits
Patients.
A despatch from St. John, N.il., says :
\\ illinnt Bayard of this city will in Aug -
next complete his 70th year in 0(e11-
hnual practice of the molten' prYefe.'ton.
1by is ea years old. but sen visits n tees
p►nitents. 1)r. Bayard graduated M. D.
1'1 England in August of the year Vic-
toria was crc,wncd. Tile greater port of
his life tins been spent here. where lie
is the Nestor of the preefe•ssion. The St.
John Medical Society (en \\'ednesday
night appointed a committee tr. arrange
to -.01ntemnl•ate his 701h :►nniVersery U1
August.
\Il:1111 E:N 1S IN (111111AND.
;igen Charge 01 British forces in South
%frica.
A despatch trent London say.•::\n►on
it number of new ►nililruy appointments
nnnotrnceI en Tuesday night is ane of
unusual interest, that of (;en. Methuen
to commend the British forces in Sot.11►
Africa. (funeral Methuen's part in the
South African campaign did not reflect
great credit upon hire. ile was severely
deft -filial at Mager efontein in 1)eremher,
(t:;n, end will recalled froth Kimberley
lifter his utsucceslut operations before
Warrenton in March, 1900.
NONIA GONE 1'1' IN S‘11 11‘1'.
Kingston ‘Vontan Loses Ilutdred� nl
Dollars in Flames.
.A d(•spafel► frv.10 Kingston say3:
Thursday morning the hou/e occupied
by Mrs. :Anna McKay, nt Kingston
Junction. w:ie (kstrnysl I•y fire. 1n her
excitement \It's. McKay forgot that she
lied several hundred dottnrs in bills hid -
/km in her bedroom. She attempted fel
%tin to secure entrance to the l'urr►'ng
i eusc.
NEW ROYAie 1'A('IIT.
King Edwnrl's A1esandtn 1,numhr•d
on Thursday at (;lae•1 .".t.
A despatch (rem Glasgow an)s : King
Edward's ne'w turbine yacht Alexandra,
of 23060 ton'. \e•ns lnnnched stere "rt
�
Ther edgy nftcrnmotl, rind was christened ,
h : Prince :se Louise, the Dtrcliees of
Argytl.
-
011. Fltfl\t SHIAI.E.
11 may eurpt Ise malty renders l0 leant
tl.nt naphtha. illurninnting 011. gas oil
and htSricn'ing oil are nbtnined In cnn•
*alembic quantities frorn certain varies
iios of shale rock. "O11 steaks" nbeund
to the Scotch Lothians. A recent me.
Moir cif the British Geological Survey re
c(.rds the discovery of an imperinrl
new ilel(1 of shale nenr Drrddingstorr.
In the year 1904 2.332.t'i00tons c(ttlnnd.f anlld
shale were mined 111
yielded 62.932,000 gallons of crude oil.
The Scotch oil shales were first mild.'
generally known to geologists in 18$5.i
OTHEII'tVISE.
A word to the wise is wasted.
A rolling stone gathers much es:peeii.
(•ace. r
A party and his money ate u41
f ,o1rd,
Modesty is the pest policy.
A company is known by the :nen 11.
Discretion is the unpopular part 0
valor.
Time and tele could wait fur At
woman.
id
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0:\\'i:
'•Phis bell.' said a wen -meaning s('X•i
1( n, when showing the belfry of an in•
leresteng v;llege church to a party 01
e loons, "is ratty rung in case of a fire
n 11,,o41, n visit from the Lord Btshop of
the diocese. or (ray such cnlnnlitirs,
Bride : "tier(' I; n telegram from
pupa." Bridegroom ((-agerly) : "What
docs he say 7" Bride reading): "'no note
come home, and all tt ill be t(►rgiven r 1
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