Exeter Times, 1907-07-18, Page 2TREY DIED OF STARVITION
Seventy -One Illdians Perish in Woods Sur-
rounding Lake Mistassini.
A despatch from Quebec says: Fur-
ther details reached town on Tuesday
in regard to the death from starvation
of a party of twenty-one Indians in lire
walels, while en route from Lake Mis-
tnssini to Itebarvnl. On the 22nd of
Mare•h lust an Indian named Jeetr► Res-
ton found the remains of three of 'he
victims, '11ic,rnas Bazil. Miller and Big
J(•hn, about a hundred guiles from Lake
Ntlsla.tini. Ile interred the I',di.'s
when' they were found. Another party
ed Indians front \1i tassini is expected
at Pointe Bleu, the Indian reserve neer
it: bervai, this week, when further de-
tieils of tate terrible tragedy are expected.
Thomas Bazil was a :lfontagnais. from
Pe. into Blue, where he leaves a wife and
child. Miller was the son of a former
chief of the Hudson's Bay post at Mis-
tre:sini, while Big John belonged to
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
$IPOIITB FROM !MI LEADEN
VIVA' E N TLt 11.
Piles el Caine. Gels. Chasm ma
Other Dairy Pronate at Boats
and Abroad.
Toronto, July 16. - Flour - Ontario
wheat 110 per cent. patents are $3.15 t►k1,
with $3.50 to $:3.55 asked in buyers'
11fsstassini, but was nieeing hie second sticks outside for export. Manitoba Ilrrt
trip to Roberval. The wife of Miller, patents, $1.75 ; second Patents, $t.?O to
who accompanied hint, was brought to $4-25, and strong baker,', $1.05 to
I'•:iinte Bleu by John Boston after a trip t';.10.
of great diftic'ulty owii►g to her extreme Oats --No. 2 w-.tte are quoted at 419,
weeakneee. Boston reports that the J. to 4;x' outside.
daubs, driven ti delperaliein by their Peas -No. 2 quoted at 78 to 79c out -
hunger, devoured even their caribco bide.
moccasins and the leather straps with Barley - Market quiet, with prices
widish the puckagetes of furs they were purely nominal.
bringing to Itoberval were bound up. Wheat - No. 1 northern, 97%c, lake
The bodies of the other indians w'ho iort.. and No. 2 northern, 95e, lake
succumbed to privation, cold and hurt- lee res. Ontario No. 2 white, 88 to Kik:,
ger during the long three -hundred -mile and No. 2 reit winter, 88 to 89c outside.
trip through the forest, where no trace Itye-No. 2 nominal at 70 to 71c util-
e! habitation of mien was to 1* found. side.
have not been recovered, ner have Corn --No. 2 American corn is quoted
their nautes been mentioned, but there at Gly, to 62c, Toronto, lake and rail.
were in all twenty-one. comprising five Bran -The market is unchanged, with
or six families, the bends of which had bran quoted at $17 to $17.50 in bulk
lien hunting during the winter at the oulsidie Shorts are quoted at $19 out -
head of the l'ili_tassini, side.
FUN IN NAMING THE
TREES
B0YS and girls can have Iota of fun
playing the following game and dill find some of the questions
are not very easy to answer. either.
The questions are given out on slips of
paper without the answers, and the one
who gets the largest number of correct
answers is the winner of the game:
Which is the moat level tree? Plane.
Which is the brightest oolored tree?
Redwood.
Which tree suggests thoughts of the
ocean? Beech.
Which tree would we prefer on • very
cold day? Fir.
Which tree contains a domeat:le ani-
mal? Mahogany.
Which tre3 might very properly wear
a glove? Palest.
Which tree is a pronoun? T.W.
Which is the moat melancholy tree?
Blue gum.
Which trey is a tale teller? Peach.
Which tree Is : a insect? Locust.
Which is the dandy among trees/
Spruce.
Which tree is an invalid? Pine.
Which tree Is never barefooted? San-
dalwood.
Which tree can best remember num-
bers? Date.
Which tree has passed through are?
Ash.
Which 1s the most ancient tree? Midget
Our Young People.
The Last' Worm.
A yoathiul worm lay sleeping fans
Within his cosy bed.
And. as the hour grew late. at Ilam
His r her came and said:
'Piet up my dear; it's very lata`
And such a Iovely day;
I hear a clock just striking lj
Get up at once. T seryl"
I fear the lasy little worts
Unto bis mother said.
As he began to writhe and squirt*
And v rlggli out of bed:
"I dare not rise till it Is late.
Or sloe, upc.t my word.
1 know that it would be my fate
To asset that early bird!"
-Constance M. Lowe.
d•
PRISON BINDER TWINE.
Seventeen Carloads Shipped From King-
ston to Alberta.
A rltSl titch from Kingston says :
Seventeen earinnds cif binder twine, oorn-
prising they output of the penitentiary
factory. has teem feerwarded by steam-
ers to Furl William and thence by train
to the farmers' association of Alberta
Province. The prices paid range from 10
cents to 11'•1 cents per pound.
TOO MUCH RE.\SON I'0f1 1.O\'E.
"Oh. mamma. I'm so unhappy !" sob-
bed the Heide of two months. "George
doesn't 1m ee nice any more 1''
"\\tial makes you thine that dear'"
aek,d til, mother anxiously.
"Because he expert. 111e t0 give in
whenever ho is in the'1t;hl."
-ale
At school David heel great difIlsulty
with his arithmetic problems, , and his
teacher tried in vain to make 1►ire uneler-
slnnd. Finally, to bring the matter
he)nie. he said, "If i . heuld go into your
friltier's shop and say 1 wanted two
pounds of meat, end he only lead a
vette! and a halt, what woukt he de?"
The hay thought profoundly for a mo-
ment, Heel then said, "Hee would make
up the weight w•Ith his thumb f"
ROSY PROSPECTS FOR CROPS.
In Most Sections on the C. P. R. Warm
Rains Have Fallen.
A
despatch f
ro
t►\Innioe
6
says: s.
ThA
C. P. 11. crop reports from 'nearly all
sections are most encouraging, with
glowing prospects of fair average crops.
T r about twenty districts tttey need rain,
but as yet no damage has been done.
In the majority of sections warm rains
have fallen abundantly, and the grain,
although somewhat late, is shooting up
at a rapid rate. Many sections report
the shot blade through, and the height
of the stalks running over 20 inches.
All fear of a poor crop 13 passed It oc-
casional showers come to Help the sun.
This week's report is the most favor-
able of the season, and next week the
crop report gatherers are expected to
send in the climax of a big wheat crop
for 1907 despite the late Spring draw-
backs.
STRYCHNINE IN BUTTER.
Dose Intended for Rats Nearly Killed
Addington Fancily.
A despatch from Kingston says: The
funnily of George Lee, !tying near Yark-
ee. had a narrow escape from death by
strychnine poisoning on Thursday. Mr.
Leo had placed in the cellar a pound
of butter well dosed with strychnine to
kill rats. By mistake it was used on
the table, and all the family were pois-
oned. Medical aid was secured in time
to relieve them.
A SMALL SAi.MON PACK.
Prediction by Head of British Columbia
Packers' Association.
A despatch from Vancouver, .13. C.,
szy e: Indiealie,ns are that the salmon
pack will be small this year. W. 11.
BBarke'r, heals of the British Columbia
Packers' As�orintlnn, who hes just re-
turned from the north canneries, says
the season is away behind theero and a
shortage of labor exLsts, as welt as on
the Fraser River.
CiIINA WAKING UP.
Establishing Pollee industrial Taotals
and Modern i.aw Cowls.
A despatch from Pekin says: Import-
ant edicts have been issue 1 ordering re-
form in tite provincial judicial system
and establishing police. industrial tno-
tais and modern courts of law in the
provinces. The changes will first be in-
troduced on Chili and Kiangsu. The
officials and people are also called upon
to prepare for the adoption of- a consti-
tutieJnal toren of government.
DEPORIIN(: THE BAD ONES.
Two Undeeirable i'risoners Will be Sent
Ilome.
A despatch from Kingston says : A
prisoner named 1tarri.won, who is sodv-
lrie a tee'rin in Iles penitentiary, is to be
deported ted next week. He Will be sent to
Detroit, where tho United States mittiori-
tee, tnke charge of hien and deal
with hire as they see fit. Another pri-
soner in the penitentiary hero is also to
be deported shortly.
SPENT $21,000,000 ON ROADS
Value of Work Done in Ontario in
Ten Years.
A despatch from T•eronto sig s: AA
tth'ri to the Anneal rel,+ert of eft:. A.
\\ . (:an,ple•II, Deputy \liuister ie Puliic
Works:. on highway improvement, the
am eunl spent leo Ontario on r..3.1 im-
provements during the last ten year.:
was $2104).tDi, 1)f Ibis $10,4:32.'0'2 w:is
In ca,h. the re 1u:tinelter l'eing mode up
b, 1,1,Siiieoo days of statute labor. Th.e
doe's net include the expenditure in
!ewe and city sIre'eltt. Lennox not %.l-
dingzteen. Middlesex. feel. Lincoln, (ix -
Celli. Wellington. Hastings. Lanark.
a'nlwerth and Sinln,.' were .the ce)un-
tk's in which the most work was done
from 19e3 1, 194-4. The aggregate wen
tapeent in these cortntiee In this time ryas
$f+87.2x2, of which the Government a)n-
tri' ute±d $295.7.51. The miles of malls
Improved totaled 2.076. The e'xperede•
lure, in 11)ittl Wn4 8t:►1►•t1I.
:\11►L,rigdh admitting !het nerlorn,Hilexs
h:eve creme to stat*, in regent .lo Iho pre-
sent site:ation. sir. Campbell sties:
"I io' 117111)me,h1le on the country read
i
unseenteeilly pr .1ii'ing, at the pre-
•ent time much hardehip. Occasionnl• 1
Iv accidents no, ilported, and Ih:it the
member is not greater is partially duo
is) the fae•1 that fanners, and their is ivies
rand daughters especially. are ecurnpellr(1
to iii the roads with horses less than
l',eey would e'therwl., e do, owing; to tier
fest of meeting an automobile. This;
mist unforttinefee, rind It Ls not a met-
ier (•f surprise that much feeelingl h:,s
arisen antagontstiC to the autroniobite.•'
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
B3eane--iland-picked quoted at $1.65 to
$1.70, and prunes itt $1.50 10 $1.55.
Iloney--Strained quoted at 11 to 12c
per db, end comb honey at $2 to $2.50
per dozen.
tiny --No. 1 tirnothy is quoted at $14
to $15.50 here, and No. 2 at $12 to $13.
Straw --$7 to $7.50 a ton on track here.
Potatoes -Delawares, $1.15 to $1.20 per
bag on ta•riek.
Poultry -Turkeys, alive, 1 l to 1%c
chickens. spring, dressed, 18 to 20c per
lb; fowl, 9 to 10c.
THE DAIRY MAIIKE; I'S.
Butter -Pound rolls aro quoted at 17
tee 1Sc ; tubs, normal at 17 to 17%c ;
large rolls are quoted at 17 to 17ye.
Creamery prints sell at 20 to 22c, and
solids at 19 to 19%c.
Eggs--Caso lots selling at 17% to 18c
a dozen.
Cheese - Largo quoted at 1.2%c, and
twins at 12%c.
110G PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal.
Bacon, long clear, 10% to 11V per lb
in case lots ; mess pork, $21 to $21.50;
short cut, $22.50 to $23.
Bruns -Light to medium, 15%e; do,
heavy, 14'ylc ; rolls, 11%c ; shoulders,
1:c ; backs, 16,Y,c ; breakfast bacon,
153;c.
Lard - Tierces, 12c ; tubs, 12%c ;
pails, 12%c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, July 16. -Grain -A fair bust-
ne.s continues to be done in oats and
prices aro maintained. Manitoba No. 2
white sold at 49 to 49%c; Ontario No. 2
at 48X, to 49c; No. 3 at 473- to 48c, and
No. 4 at 46y, to 47c per bushel ex store.
Flour -Choice spring wheat patents,
$5.10 to $5.20; choice s+econ(Ls, $4.50 to
84.60; winter wheat patents, $4.85;
btraight rollers, $4.10 to $4.25; do, in
bag,. $1.90 to $2; extras, $1.00. Feed --
Manitoba bran in bags, 821 ; shorts, $23
to $25 per ton ; Ontario bran in lags,
818.50 to 320; shorts, 822 to $22.50;
trilled mouillie, 824 to $28 per ton, and
straight grain, 830 to $32. Provisions--
i3nrrels short cut mess, $22 to $22.50;
half -barrels. $11.25 to 311.75; clear fat
Huck, 823.50 to $24.50 ; long cut heavy
mess, $20.50 to 021.50; half-Hart•e'ls do,
$10.75 to $11 ; dry salt long clear hack,
10% to 1 Ic ; barrels plate, beef. $14 to
$16; half -barrels do, 87.50 to $8.25; bar-
rels heavy mess beef, $10; half -barrels
de, $5.50 ; oonnpouaxl lard, 10 to 10%e;
pure lard, 129 M 12, ,c ; kettle rendered,
1! to 13X;c ; hams, 14 to 16e; ; breakfast
bacon, 149, to 15c ; Windsor bacon, 15%
to 10c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs.
$9.75; alive. $6.85 1, $7.10. Eggs --16 to
16y,c. Butter --Townships, 20% to 21c;
Quebec, 20X to 20y,,c : Ontario, 20c ;
Western dairy, 17% to 18c. Cheeses -
Western, 1139 to 11%c ; townships, 11X;
to 11%c ; Quebec, 11%e.
UNi'I'EI) ST'A'TES 51A1IKE'l S.
St. i.outs, July 16.-- -\\'heat--(:ash, 92e ;
Sept., 93c ; Dec., 06%c.
Minneapolis, July 16. -Wheat closed: -
Sept., $L00'; to $1.00% • Ikea., 99%e;
No. 1 hard. $1.02% to $1.02%; No. 1
northern, $1.01% to $1.01%; No. 3
eorthel'n, 95 to 97c. Flour ---First pa-
tents, tent.,, $5.20 to $5.30 ; ceecond 'intents,
$5.10 to $5.20; 11rst clears, 8:1.55 to
K.65; second clears, $2.75 to $2.85.
Bran -in bulk, 315 to $15.35.
Milwaukee. July 16. -Wheat -No. 1
northern, $1.03 to $1.04; No. 2 northern,
tc1 t0 81.(x2; September, 93%c hid. nye--
No. 1, 86% to 87c. Barley --No. 2. 71e ;
annlpke. 62 to 711c, Corn -No. 3 cash, 54
to 54%c; September, 54Xic biei.
LiVE STOCK MARKETS.
'rernribo, July 16. --Excepting In the
commoner qualities, all kind of cattle
Met with it ready sale at the \Veste'rn
Market to -day. 'Trade opened briskly,
and after the sales of the better grades
hail been effected dealers endeavored to
eel down the price's of the rougher
stock. Prices nn the whole remained
about the snrne as on 'Tuesday, though
exporters' were also said to be some-
what lower. flogs were unchanged.
The deliveries were 97 ears, containing
1,220 cattle. 1.&) sheep and lambs, 1,200
hogs, and 411 eelve;.
Buying was geed in nxi,orte'r5' cattle.
The hulk of the offerings stdd nrvnnd
$5.75 per rw t. and the range wets frt.na
S:e.'.4) to X9.75. at which level, the mar-
ket for 11,14 cines of came is ars active.
f'ick.sl bule•lsee' eatlllee. $5.10 141 t7►.50;
gte.11e1 leas. R'► tet $5.30: rlaeelurn cattle,
$ I.:,O to $4.t.111; choice cows, 83.75 le
811.5 ; commie' mem cows, 112.e0 to 83 per
cwt.
Good stockers were in fair demand tit
s:,..'dl to 83.75 per cwt. Feevle r• sold itt
$4.60 Ito *1.85 pe'r• cwt.
Mitch cows brought $21) tee Son each.
'Ft ')d, WAS dull.
Veal cele e. were quoted at 3 In fe. per
ft.
Eves Were ,l'glletly Imver, seliingt tit
Ries-) to X34.75 tier eel 1. Bucks and e r►l;�
I►reieeght &3 5'4 t., At per ew•t. area Intuits
were worth 714 to $3ac per Ib.
11 .gt- w 1-" uttrhatip•il al 4fe.7'► 14.r se-
lects, and $G.50 far lig4hls and fats.
RETURNING GOOD
FOR EVIL.
d 4 r'ELLOWIi. we've lust got to win
the game tomorrow. Those
Jonesville chaps have bees
strutting around Is a way that's un-
bearable ever since they beet us last
year. We've got to take the pride out
of them, and that In a hurry."
Captain Jack Dunsmors's delivery of
this speech made a profound impres-
a.vs ow ma r. arcrs. among whom were
the satire Boycev111s nine and three or
four of their loyal supporters.
"Weil, Jim Warner's arra is entirely
well agala, and. if he takes ears of him-
self until tomorrow, LQon't see how we
can help winning," said Catcher Bob.
and the rest of the group rnurrpured
assent.
"Bet I'll reach the swimmin' hole
first!" yelled 13111 Wolf, sprinting down
the dusty road at a mad pace as the
clump of trees that marked their fa-
vorite bathing place cams Into view.
Every boy there accepted the ehallenie
and away they dashed, raising such a
cloud of dust as would have done credit
to a herd of cattle.
13111 Wolf dived down the long slope
that led to the edge of the creek, but
before he had gone half way he re-
appeared from among the trees, hoarse-
ly catling: "Hold up, fellows; that
nervy Micky O'Toole Is down there
swimmin'. Let's teach him and his
gang to stay where they belong, at the
other end of the town."
Arming themselves with pine -cones
and sticks and clods of earth, the party.
at a signal from Bill, swept down tho
bank Ills an avalanche and discharged
their missiles as one man at the un -
offending Micky. The suddenness of the
onslaught staggered Micky, but he
quickly recovered himself and hurriedly
made for the opposite shore, where,
from the shelter of a tree, he answered
their screams of laughter with words
of defiance. Boon he disappeared, with
a final taunt for any fellow to come
over it he wanted a licking.
AN ILL FATED FROLIC
The next minute all were disporting
themselves in the water, having a jolly
good time, if one might judge from the
roars of merriment that arose on every
side.
All at once a sharp cry of pain rang
out, followed by a sliding and rattling
and scuffling as something crashed
down the steep bank just by the bend.
"Whistling fishes!" exclaimed Pete
Hamilton, as he arrived on the scene.
"if it ain't Jim Warner -and some-
thing's wrong with his arm, too!"
He was right. Jim bad slipped at
the top of tate ■lope, had fallen heav-
ily on his arm, and then rolled down
the bank.
When Captain Dunsmore mustered
his men on the ballground the fol.
lowing day any one could see with
half an eye that the Boycsvtlle team
had lost all hope, although st114 ppre-
pared to fight their hardest. But Will
Brant couldn't pitch wortb a sent and
bo was the best they had.
The game was just about ready to
begin when Captain Jack felt some-
body tap him on the shoulder. Look -
Ing around he saw Micky O'Toole. his
freckted face adorned wltb a broad.
friendly grin.
"Bay," he said, "I hear you fellows
are hard up for a pitcher. 1 can pitch
a little thyself, and 1f 1 can help you
out -why, I'm wlllln'."
"Teter* a trump. Micky!!" cried
Jack. shaking him heartily by the
band. "It's downright splendid of
you atter the way the fellows treated
you yesterday."
As Micky had modestly suggested.
he could pitch a little -Indeed. It was
said that he was a shade better than
Jim Warner, tho star.
Boycevtlle, of course. won the game,
and you may rest assured that Micky,
went swimming in the Ohl Swimming -
Mole whenever he plesse4 thereafter.
AN INTERESTING
EXPERIMENT
HWR Is an Interesting little ex•
perlment, showing how the earth.
once a great moltsa mass, ate
talned its present shape.
Pour water into a glass until it L
one-third full.
Upon this pour slowly some thick oil.
to the depth of not quite one-half Inch.
Lastly, pour in, very gently, a small
quantity of water.
You now have a layer of oil between
toe blankets of water.
Insert a rod to the glass, and stir
rapidly In small dreles.
Soon you w111 And that the oil ban
gathered arc and the rod in the form of
• ball, and If you stir fast enough the
ball will flattenthe top and bottom
and but at the 'Idea, taking the *MIA
of our gg lobe.
A Candle Trick.
YOUR friends may not have rmueh
confidence 'n your statement that
you can light • candle without
touching the wick, but you may easily
convince them that it can be done.
Atter a candle has burned until It has
a long mule blow it out with • sudden
puff. A white cloud of smoke will im-
mediately arise from the hot wick. Ap-
ply a match to this smoke. at a dis-
tance of even from two to three inches
above the wiok, and you wilt sees 0
flame run down the stooks and Ignite
the candle.
TheOstrich That Didn't Grow.
ON A big oa+trieh farm In Los An-
geles, Cat., there Is a little chick
that has stopped growing. Ustrlcit
chicks grow at the rate of one toot every
month, but this one never grows.
Ilse life until recently was not the hap-
piest 1n the world, for, being so small
the ht`grri' ostriches pecked at him and
treated him badly, indeed.
nut now he Is allowed to wander along
the walks all by himself. and he le such
ape mplts ua pits nwoiktihn
visitors allow that
"Doctor." said lie. "I'm it victim of in-
somnia. I east sleep if there's the lent
11411..,- stlrh ON 31 cid how ling, for in -
statues." "This powder will be' eeffe'_•ticee,"
11'101etl Ileo pll%sician. after compound-
ing; :a pree:e•riptt.en. "When Glee 1 lake 1t,
dere ler e. "'4111 441111 1514t' It. It'S :ir:eri•
V. Y4)11 koe it to 11," cat itt a little
milk.'
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS mom Alf e1VEu TUE
GLUUL
Tekgraphl. Ilrlieb From Our Oita I&
Otte► Coaualrles of Recital
Events.
CANADA.
A union depot may bo built at Fort
\VilliarIl.
The estimated increase in London's
pceallation over 1906 is 2,500.
Norman Alguire was killed by tho
C.1'.13- express near Finch.
The driveway to Rideau Hall, Ottawa,
wilt bo unproved, ut a cost of over I91,-
000.
It Is intended to hold the National
Dairy Show, if possible, next January in
Toronto.
In the recent rush fur Doukhobor re-
serve hoinesteads, 1,350 quarters were
taken up.
Twelve families wt ro rendered home-
less by fire in a tenement block in St.
Henri Ward. Mlontre•al.
A wireless telegraphy station is to be
erected at (onnix on (:apo Lave, Van-
couver, to report vessels.
'1'tto Attorney • G'eneral's 1)e1-artment
will take charge of the cause against the
alleged counterfeiters at Lindsay.
A whale has been washed ashore at
(;odiva Bay, Victoria, B.C. The health
department has to remove it.
Because a neighbor jocularly told hitn
to eat some Paris green h) hart found,
Geo. Piutnbrtok, at Cornwall, did so u;rd
died.
The will of John Mather, of Ottawa.
disposes of an estate of $690.000, and
liege bequests aro made to Protestant
institutions.
Some four millions of spruce logs
were floated down the St. \tui,rice this
season. of Nvhictl two and a half millions
were for Canada.
John Meehan, 10 years old, was caught
by the weight of an elevator in Wood -
ward's departmental store, Vancouver.
Both jaws were broken and his face
smashed. Ile may die.
GREAT Bf3TI'AIN.
King Edward has granted a free par-
don to Col. Lynch, who was convict'cd
et high treason for halving fought en
the sido of the Beers in the South Afri-
can war.
UNITED STATES.
United Stags farmers have 7.5 of last
year's crop still in their hands..
Eight Italian miners were killed by
white damp in a mine near Hazleton,
Pa., on Thursday.
11. C. Frick says business conditions
aro sound and more settled than a few
months ago.
A fire in a New York candy store
was quenched by the owner emptying
the soda -water fountain upon it.
The United States Government has en-
tered acliejn against over sixty compan-
ies said to form the 'Tobacco Trust.
Two women were injured. one fatal-
ly, in a New York riot, in which fifty
women took pert, because one said she
end been insulted.
Forced by hunger to descend from a
trete, where he had been hiding after
shooting his wile and child, Anthony
Andrak was captured, at \Vilkesbarre,
Pa
In a storm at Mt. IIe►lly, N. J., two
men were knocked down in a trolley
car by lightning. and one of them had
h's left trouser leg and one sock ripped
(.ft.
The interstate Gornmcrce ('eonmission
leis decided that railroads selling first-
class tickets to negmes roust provide
rrconmmodaerion equal to that given
first-ch.R white paseenge'rs.
Mrs. Elizabeth ilunt, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.. who will be 107 years old on Au-
gust 31, enjoyed a steam launch ride
on ) morning recently at Derby, Conn..
rind took a long autorne,bile trip in rho
afternoon.
A big piece of rock hurled by a blast
crushed through the side of Mr. and
Mrs. henry Judd's summer home, near
He,weIls. N. Y., making a hole six feet
squire, and landing near where the
cotnl►lo were standing;.
James Gallagher. of hock island,
while painting the tapper tresses of Ido
g; .verr,r.tent bridge, at Davenport, fa.,
touched iris knee, In a live wire. a 5.000-
solt current passing through his body,
which burst into flames ns he toppled
over and dropped dead to the railroad
bridge below. Ile leaves a wife and
five children.
GENERAL.
The Wellman expedition to the north
polo will be delayed until the first of
August by the wrecking of the balloon
house at Spitzleergen by a storm.
A big strike of agricultural laborers Le
(king prepared at Kiev, Kussin. The
Governor threatens to have recourse to
military force if necessary to meet the
situation.
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DOIAROBORS ON TREK.
Thirty -Sirs Fanatics Have Started Mt
Pilgrima11e to Ow East.
A despatch from Ottawa say:+ : Ad.
vieea received by the government are to
the effect that 36 fanatical Doukhotx,rs
tinct► started en a pilgrimage to the
t:n,t. They have crossed frim Saskat-
chewan into Menitob+i and Swan River,
and i1 will now devolve upon the Mani -
tribe government to dispose of them.
1'. S. (:ROP REPORT.
Present I:onditlon of Wheat is Given as
81.$.
A despaatrli from \Waoslt,ng,le,r, sage.
The Department of Ag;riculture reports
conditions on crops on July 1st as fol.
;e►rn, acreage 98,090,000, oondl-
Iion 80.2: winter wheat, condition 78.3:
Spring wheal, 87.2; all wheat, S1.6.
Anreeunt In farmers' hands, 54,853,000,
e film -Meld to 7.5 per rent. of tlw crop
of Ilot year.
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GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES
Six and a Half Millions Is the Popu-
lation of Canada.
A despatch from Ottawa say.; : A4bul-
kiln was issued on Wednesday morning
by the Bureau of Census and Statistics,
showing the growth of tein►dars menu -
establishments during the past
six Years, and giving the comparative
ttverag a prc.ductteun per establishment in
1901 and 1905. The various industries
caro divided into three grot.ps : First.
those with products (if between 820),000
and 85(tl,000 per e-tahlishinertt; srtiond,
Hesse with poultices of between $200.04)
and $1,000.00)0 per C_5I0t►lishrlitttnt, and,
third, those running over ono million
tis liars per esta11i-lunent.
(Simpered w•iltt the census of 1901.
which was for the calendar year 1900,
there were in the first class 178 works
producing; each 8501,000 and over in 11$)5,
as against 72 in 1900; in the second
class there were 62 works .producing
$750,(1(10 and over in 1905, RS against 24
in 1900, and in the t rd cines there were
17 works producing $2,501,0)1 and over.
as aguinst 0 in 1904). 'There were four
works in 1905 l:rodtr'ing each $5,0000.04)0
and over, whereas not one factory had
reached the amount in 1900.
SOME GItEA'1' I'ItODUCI)tS.
The greatest volume e)f production by
r. single factory in 11)05 Wil' over $.S,I001),-
0)00, and the greatest in 19(11) was under
S..S00,0(X), The pratlr,elie)n of an works
in the year 1900 oats *481,053,371, and in
1905 it was $717,118,092.
In the third class tl►ero Were four Can.
achan sugar refineries producing on U •
average $4,2i.'i,065 per annum, nine
smelting e•1uL1istunenLs peotilijog on
the average $2,810.1,71)7, twelve slaughter-
ing and creat -hacking e',tabltlrmtc•t►t,
atieraging $1,687,481, six flouring and
grist mills averaging 83,318.242, four cot -
tot. mills averaging $1,715,333, unit Wits)
ag-ricultural implement works uvt'ragimg
$1,725,737.
All told, there were in 1905 eighty one
e.stahllslinients with an annual prudue-
lion of over 0110 tn►lliun dollars each, QS
compared with thirty-niuo in 1901.
G13O\\" 1'H OF POPULATION.
Canada now has a population of over
six and a half ntilli'ens. The department
of Census and Statistics has re'ently
tirade a careful and elaborate estintelo
..f tho population. it found that. on the
lirst day of April, this your, the ieesula-
tion of Canada was, as nearly as could
be estimated, 6,501,900. This 15 a growth
01 population in six year., since the last
decennial census, of 1,1:3:3,585. The total
lxepulution in 1901 was 5,371,:115. I1 the
present rate of growth is maintained
tl
(Auntie will meow a population of over
seven and a half millions when the next
census is taken.
Since April 1 last the immigration has
totalled over 1(0),000, se) that tiro total
population at leo present elate is in feet
neighborhood of 16,600,000.
(:IIILD BURNIF:D TO MATH.
A Flash of lightning Ignited 11er
Clothing.
A despatch from Moncton, N. B.,
says: During a severe electrical storm
which swept this section out 'Tuesday
afternoon thirteen -year-old Mary 'Tribes
was killed by a bolt of lightning in her
tisane, two stifles from Paine•': June:ion.
The child had gene upstairs in company
tvillt her little sister to lower a winelow,
and had just placed her right hand on
the sash when there came a terrific peal
of thunder, followed by a ' iv id light-
ning flash. Almost instantly the cloth-
ing of the little girl sprang into a blaze,
and she was hurled back against the
fe•ot of the bed which stood in the
ream. The other child, frightened Ly
the thunder, threw herself on the floor
and cried out to tier mother. When the
latter rushed upstairs she found the
eldest child on the floor terribly burned
and lifted her onto the bed. where she
expired a kw minutes later. Her arm
and breast had been fearfully burned,
and it Ls Il►ought that )ter back was
broken by the shock. The child vas a
daughter of Gkor•g;e 'Frites, 1. C. l3. sec-
tion foreman. The house was quite
badly damaged by the bolt.
TWO MUST DIE ON (ALUMS.
('rbitret Considers Three Appeals for
Executive Clemency.
A despatch from Ottawa says: 'Three
appeals for executive clemency in the
case of preen sentenced to death tutor
been considered by the Cabinet. In
two of the cases it was decided that the
tiro nlu.,t take iLs c•iurse. In the third,
decision was deferred, pending the re-
ceipt of a further report from the judge
who tried the case. The two murderers
who must pay the penalty of their
cringes tire it roan named Dale, who two
years age, shot two Frenchmen in Brit-
ish Golunibia. and Ching Lung, a Chinn -
man, who stabbed a man In the Koot-
enay District a year ago. Tho man who
Las a respite is Frank Capella, convict•
ect of the slaying of one, Dow, at White-
stone,
Whitestone, in the I'arry Sound District.
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DISOItDI'.ItS IN BELFAST.
Strikers Spill Sugar But Drink Content,
of Whiskey -laden Van.
A despatch from Belfast says:
anticipated diseiele•r's growing ou
strike hero havo occurred. A vii
Itry ing; freight to the docks for a lir�
inn line steamer Was seized by a trioti
DIED IN HOUSE OF CO\IMO`"S. and burned w the street on \Wednesday.
Anoltaer was thrown from a dock, white
Sir Allred Billson Expired During a still another, loaded with sugdr, was
Division. held up, the tags ripped open and their
contents strewn in tho street. Ono
A despatch from London says: Dur- w•),Le;ke'y-laden van was seized, but the
ing a division in the House of Commons whkkey was not por1rod into the street,
nn Tuesday evening; Sir Alfred Billson, the rioters preferring to take posse_saion
member for the northwestern elivision cf it. Two cal.4et5 had been looted when
el Staffordshire, suddenly fainted and t11 folico arrived.then expired. The House immediately .}.,_
adjnurn�d. Sir Alfred was born in KING AND Q1 EEN IN DUBLIN.
1x39. A pathetic feature of the inci
dent was that Sir Alfred's daughter was Cheered by Dense (:re,ada Which Lined
in the ladies' gallery at the time of her
father's death. She wens not aware e4 the Streets.
his seizure, and the neer s was gently A despatch from Dt.blin says : Ring
broken to her by John Burns. Sir Al- Edward and Que'e'n Alexandra, who 'w-
ired was Knighted at It:o time of the rived here from Kingstown this after -
last birthday !tenors. noon, visited the exhibition. including
♦' the. Canadine pavilion, in which their
4 1101:NLi•: MI•I1111;1t. Mnjestles expressed the liveliest interest.
Subso'pionlly their Mu;esttes passed in
Man and Woman Killed in a BuffaloPrOee. siun throtigh the streets of Dub-
Peter
to the yiee-regal lodge. The dense
crowds of people everywhere ae•"ordod
►\ despatch fre�rn Buffalo, N.Y., says : the King and (ween the hortrtie;t rts'ep•
Peter F4:,restel, a well-known sule.on- titin.
keeper and sporting man, and Marie ---4---
Smith, 32 years old, a waitress in the KING'S 11111'SI(:I:♦N DF:\i1.
saloon restal.rant, were murdered early
on Thursday. George Hodson, a painter, Sir
William Henry Broadbent .Ule•nelprrf
is accused of time crime. The smith wi-
lier
Rental Nrinilly.
man formerly lived with Hodson, and
beer rr_fusal to lcatve. Forre.tet's place and A de patch from London says : Sir
resume her relations with 11011 is the r11- henry Broadbent, physirtun-in-ordinary
legel rause of the double murder. Hod- to King Edward and the Pill:Cn of \\ale:44
Son was arrested a few tuinut•s nflor tenet whir fur a long time attended the
the crime was committed. Ile was Int,', Queen Vietoria noel (Biers elf (lo)
covered with mood, but (iee•lared that lie Ile yal fancily. died en Wednesday. Hs
had no recollection of whet occurred. was burn in 1835,
THE PEASANTS IN
ARMS
Pitched Battle With Troops Near
St. Petersburg.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says: wny. Rural gianrds d:sneersed the rief.
Extensive pe'nsant disordrers have beak n ers ,,ome less of life. and I' slp'r
ell'. n a of• .ti
t the ear,t rn part . 1. f et r were detailed to palm. the caws:, c% ill
burg province, ant in the northwestern the resell !haat Irnflii \t8, ofard root,
section of Novgorod 'moire.... espee'a- The failure of the attemple attempt.of the pen-
ally e •., e r • e
ally in the dis rail,, tr►t t. .l by the n• Brent- to deter away the tuts fol•
nal cenne)1ing the Baltic awl e:a,.l►ion Ieewee1 by a shake of the entire fem..) of
Seas. A pitched battle efts fought on 1r,Lnrrry employee' on over 300 milts of
Tuesday at Binlozero between troops the Mary (canal. All neo veleta of
and peasants led by ,t village* school- freight along the canal is 1 a Mend -
master. The authorities fear the agi-
tation will sprertd to It►e entire north- $16,5(10.000 1'011• \VAI3S ilI'r.
err. part of Ruuia, and seriously inter-
feree with the transport of grain, oil,
The (nitncfl of \finiylrrs has ee►a,p rev
c'.al and wood to St. Petersburg. (reed the sliniary of Marine l0 1nel:de
7 he3 went Introduction of tugtxeats yeeerly In the estimates s15.:100 .1100. from
en the Mary Canal to replace 11:• 'ow. 1108 to 1911 hecto+he. for ttre .•on'rlte-
lirrees hauled by peasants. i,-.e'n..:.ened ten of warships and their arnrntnent
great exeiterncnt. itanles of pea -ants and for torpedoes ar,el guns. lire ere -
strung reties Heroes the canal and threw drt4 r,1 the budget of 1914. 114)1 yet ace•
slonees Ab the tugJtennL in efforts tee in• cute.), Are 10 he used for laying e1 we
teefeere with bre rwv.g0'.u1 of the water- new vessel. during the current Jea:'.