Exeter Times, 1907-09-12, Page 6THE ENGINEER'S STORY'TUE WORLD'S MARKETS
Swears That Train Was Travelling at Rate
of Less Than 20 Miles.
A despatch from Toronto says: There
1' every indication that the investiga-
tion Into the cause of the Caledon dis-
oeer is to be a very thorough ne. Tho
Principal evidence was that adduced by
jl:ngineer Hodge, who was driving the
flea ire.
Mr. T. C. Robinette, K. C., appeared
on behalf of Engineer; Mr. Angus Mc-
tdurchy representi•d the C. 1'. 11., and
County Crown Attorney McFadden, of
feel, appeared on behalf of the Crown.
'1'l1E ENGINEER'S STORY.
George !lodge, the engineer of the ill -
feted train, was called, and immediate-
ly he got on the stand his counsel, \Ir.
1; binelte, K. C., had entered a formal
objection to Hodge. giving evidence, too
as to obtain the protection of the court
Ito►icerniag anything which he might
say ht Incriminate himself.
"1 think," said the coroner, "it would
be well to nllow the witness to give nis
evidence in this way, that if he objects
to answer a question because it night
lnctiminato hint, then he has the pro-
tection which he cr•elves. That answer
• u1d not be used against htrn."
"At the salve time," remarked the
(tuner to Hodge, "you are not excus-
ed front answering any question which
clay be asked you here."
"1 am quite satisfied with That," Mr.
Ilobinelle replied.
Tho examination of Hodge was then
'uceeded with. Ile deposed: -"i left
&hal:dale at 7.31, and had a good rim
t) Orangeville, which we reached at
C.55. There were three cars added (here
and we lett between 9.05 min. and 9.08
a.m. We reached Caledon at 9.20, and
received an order to run one hour late
of the original schedule. We left Cale -
con at 9.21, and before reaching the
curve, and about. 150 yards from Ilse
slow board, I slowed down and shut off
steams. I applied the brakes about, a
quarter of a tulle from where the nc-
c!e:ent occurred, and 1 felt the brake
Held. This made a reduction of 7 !ts.
on the air pressure of lite brake, which
was sufficient, in my opinion, to steady
the train. Just before the oecident l
was about to release the brakes."
"Did you r:•leaso the brakes?"
"No, :its Not inte•ntie ally."
Describing the acrid,•nt, Hodge said
he telt the engine give a sudden lurch,
Witt found 11u,►v'lf out on the ground.
Hodge exphdned that at the limo tree
ergine gave a lurch he was thrown to
11•e north, and as he had his hand on
the brake it would have the effect of
re-leasing the brake.
HODGE'S EPEIUEN T.
Replying to Mr. itobinelte, !lodge
said he had been acting as engineer eb
a freight train since January of this
year, but had had experience as a lire -
lean since December, 1902. 1be had
curly prevknr.sly to last Tuesday run
one pasesenger train over this line. Ile
was belwcen 23 and 24 years of age.
In nnswcr to Mr. McFadden he said: -
"1 took ono train up the night before.
'Dere wero passengers on 11. 'That was
the only passenger train i bad run over
Ilse line."
BRAKES WORKED WELL.
The brakes were working well. Ile
es:omitted the brake after the accident
and Ito could not Ilnd anything to ac-
count for the accident.
"What do you think yourself vas
tate cause ef the accident?"
"1 couldn't say."
"tile engine was all right?"
"Yes."
"And the roadbed was all right "
Between Caledon and the slow board
20 miles an hour was the highest speed
reached.
iteplying to a juror, witness said he
had been on continuous duty since 10.15
the previous night. Ile had had a good
rest tho previous day. His hours if
work average 9 or 10.
The coroner pointed out that the wit-
ness had already been working about
eleven hours at the time of the accident.
WHOLE HOUSE STRiI'PI:D.
Ottawa Man Loses 81,000 of Plate and
JewelIery by Burglars.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
resid.al••e of Mr. 1). M. Finnic, assistant
P,'enetel manager of the Bank of Ottawa,
was burglarized on \Vednesday, and
dianu;hda, jewellery and Phi10 to the
amount of penile $1,04e1 abstracted. The
burglars, evidently experts, had first
made sure of the feet that the family
were absent and went about their work
systeinatically and deliberately. The
thieves gained an entrance to the pre-
mises by the rear basement windows
and proceeded from floor to floor, col-
lecting movable valuables and jewellery.
Tho house was praclicnlly stripped of
everything of value of a. movable nature.
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TWO MURDER MYSTERIES.
•
Search of a Quarry Near Montreal May
Solve Thein,
•
A d(Epatch from Montreal Frays: Act-
ing under ilio instructions of Provincial
Detective Mc lashill, a quarry in the
r:eighhorho d of Montreal is being
drained to ascertain whether n St. Vin-
cent de Tata convict's story o' two mur-
ders is true. This man fold the delcetive
flail he knew the man who murdered
Ellen Quinn n few year; ago, as well as
/ (Alumina') two months later. 1141111
crines hnvo remained unsolved. '1'11e
weapons will' which the crimes are al-
leged to have been committed were
thrown 41)11) the quarry afterwards. ac-
cceding 14) tho convict's story.
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FIFTEEN BURNED TO MATH.
Ilotel at Slit•llon, Washington, Destroyed
by Fire.
A ctespntete from Taverne, \\'rah.,
Says: Fire destr,ye:l the Webb ilotel at
Sti !ton, 21) miles from 'raceme. on
\\40tiesdny Ogle. 11 is re;orled fifteen
persons peri,heri. Miss Bailey and Mrs.
Mudge. loth of Shelton, are known lo
re among the lost. All the other victims
n•,e believed to Is men. Seven bodice
have been recovered.
'WEAK SPOT IN THE LAW.
I:ighteen Chinese Cruse Geiverru hent
Officials Worry.
A despatch from Ottawa sny.s : There
are eighteen Chinese in custody in Syd-
ney who are providing a puzzle for the
chief oontroller of Chinese immigration
in Ottawa, and who seen to have hit.
upon a Ilaw in the fabric of Canadian
low, Tho Chinese carne ashore from the
schooner (otort,s, which brought lheru
(tom Newfoundland. The captain al -
legal that they escaped. They were
seized by the customs officials as smug -
gird goods, and aro now in jail. The
law peuvidas that the Chinese who enter
Canada irregularly may be placed in
jail for a year, but it. makes no further
provision regarding theta. No authority
Gt given to deport. It is not considered
g'od policy to keep eighteen Chinese in
jail tot• a year and them give them their
liberty, without even the pnynent of 1110
5500 entrance fee. A year in jail is
hardly considered a qualification for
permanent Cnnndinn residence. The
only thing apparently that can be done
is to keep the Chinese until a htw may
he passed next session for their deporta-
tion, and then send them back.
WORK TIN FIELDS FOR STATE.
Transvaal Government's Solution of Un-
employed Problem.
A despatch from Johannesburg says :
The Transvaal Government, with lite
view of helping 10 solve the problem of
the -unemployed, has deckled to work
the lin fields of Petersburg district In
the interest of the Slate. General Botha,
Premier of the Transvaal, has g.,uo to
that district with engineers and repre-
scntnUv(:; of the (rand unemployed. The
miners' scheme is to advance wages to
Ihe men to enable !hent to obtain tools. 1
The workmen are also to shore In the
profits, according to the miner; scheme.
1'rospceetors who tire already on the
Rotund and have been %oiling for it to
lo thrown open. are angry, as are also
hundreds of agents of the Lig raining
HINDUS BEATEN BY WHITES
Driven From U. S. Territory They Make
for Canada.
A despatch from \'nnrot,ver, B, C.,
Rays : Six ilihei)is, badly beaten en('
n,nitrcnhal by a mob, are in the hospital
al Bellingham, %Vash111gtoe ; 4W err
finding sanctuary In the jell end public
buildings, and 150 healer), hungry nm)
hull nakel, are on their %'ray to British
(olunttde. 'These are the results of a
[savage outbreak of local sentiment In the
United Stales town obi \Vednesday even-
ing.
The trouble storied In the Pelly Street
district, which is 111Iev1 with Hindustani
lodging houses. These houses were
cleaned 0111, and the (Kirupnnl. (Iriven
OA 01 tIle town. From there the limb
[(wept dew n to the waterfront rind Ihe
lumber mill. After the lumber milt was
s isile(1 Ihe while employees swelled the
111'41), and ever). 1)Inek :ran was hustled
outside. 1lere the entice s i eeted that
11,. mita 11110M"ssaletUld bo taken le jail.
1 he pn •p•sal ♦ el !teflon ev ith delight,
and Iho !limit's were hustled nl-ng. The
mob kept up its work till early morning,
when Darson.s m111 al \\'halonni Lake'
was visited and liliminvls of Hindus
brought in (nen Mere. Thep(.lire were
helpless. nnlhurily ons parnlyztrl, 11101
foi five hours a snob of white men raided
Iho mills where lire blacks were work -
Ing and battered down the doors of the
!edging houses where They sought shel-
(••r and drugged ll►ern front their beds.
Mayor Ilinck has organized fifty
armed deputies for the proter114,11 of Ilse
Hindus. and 111e,.ee of them eh) return
1) work will do so moat. The eiplana-
tion given oI the affair is that every dry
the whiles In mills ore being reelects'
by blacks. 11 is said that the Ibn.lus
have become Insolent, pushing women
Into the gutter and instilling them on 1110
street cors.
"Drive out the Hindus r was the ery
to whieh (tie mob marched on Wednes-
day night..
REPOiRTS FROM THE LEADING
TIIADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, f.beese and
Other Dairy Produce at Hours
and Abroad.
Toronto, Sept. 10. - Flour -Ontario
wheal 90 per cent patents are firmer at
83.45 bid in buyers' sacks outside for
expert. ert. Manitoba first patents, 85 to
S i,211; second patents, 81.51) to 81.60,
°rad strong bakeis', $t.30 to 81.40.
\\heal --No. 1 Nlunitnbn hard rluokd
at 81.01; No. 1 northern, $1.03, lake
Ports; No. 2 northern, $l, lake ports.
Oats -New No. 2 Ontario outs are
quoted at 41 to 420 outside.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow is
quoted at 73%c, 'Toronto freights, and
mixed at 72c.
Bran -Tho market is nominal at $19
tit bulk, outside. Shorts are quoted at
823 to 824 outside,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -hand-picked, quiet at $1.70 to
81.75, and primes at 81.50 to $1.60.
Honey -13c per lb in 10 -Ib tins.
Ilay-No. 1 timothy is quoted at $11
to $15 here, in car lots.
Slaw -57.50 a ton on track here.
Potatoes --50 to 65c per bushel.
Poultry -Turkeys, dressed, 14 to 15c
pct tb; chickens, spring, alive, 10 to 1le;
dressed, 12 to 13c; ducks, alive, 9 to 10c;
do, dressed, 11 to 12e.
TIIE DAIRY MA1owc1S,
Butler -found prints, 21 to 22c, and
large rolls, 20 to 21c. Creamery rules at
1 to 25c, and solids at 22 to 23c.
Eggs -Choice stock selling at 19c per
dozen in case lots.
Cheese --Largo sells at 12%c, and
twins at 12%c per Ib.
1lOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are nominal.
Bacon, long clear, II to 11%c pee Ib in
case lots; mac, pork, $220 to $21; short
cul, $22.50 to 823.
Hams -Light to medium, 15% to 16c;
du, heavy, 14 to 15c; rolls, 11%c; shoul-
ders, 10% to I1c; bucks, 16% to 17c;
breakfast bacon, 15% to IGe.
Lard -Tierces, 12c; tubs, 12%c; pails,
1.2,',0.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. 10. -Grain -The local
market for oats is strong and prices
have scored 11 further advance of %c per
bushel. Manitoba No. 2 while were.
made at 50c, and a few odd curs of
Ontario No. 2 white sold ut 49%c poi'
bushel ex store. Flour -Choice spring
wheat patents, $5.50; seconds, $4.90;
winter wheat patents, 84.60 to $1.75 ;
straight rollers, 81.25 to 84.35: (lo, in
bags, $1.95 to $2.10; exiras, 81.65 to
$1.75. Feed -The market for millfeed is
slronger; Manitoba bran, in bags. $21 to
822; shorts, $24 to $26 per ton; Ontario
loran, in bags, $20 to $21; shorts, 823.54)
lo 824; milled motdliie, $25 per Ion, and
:straight grain, $28 to $30. Cheese -Tile
public cattle from Liverpool quotes white
cheese at 56s and colored at 57s 6d to-
day; This is un advance of fel on the teel-
o1ed. The local market is unchanged,
and prices range frons 12% to 12%e for
\Vesterns. Butler -Buyers' prices for
Rust townships creamery are from 21%
Ie 22e, but holders are not at all anxious
to sell at those figures.
UNITED STATES MAIIKETS.
Duluth, Sept. 10. -\\'heat. -No. 1 herd.
$1.08%; No. 1 northern. 81.08 ; No. 2
northern, SIN; Septenth'r, 81.07; De-
cember; $1.06%; May, $1.10%.
Milwaukee, Sept. 10. -Wheat -No. 1
northern, $1.00 to $1.07; No. 2 northern,
$1.02 to 81.01; December, $1.00%. . 1(ye-
No. 1. t17% to 8$c. Barley -No. 2, 80%c;
sample, 74 to 89c. Corn -No. 3, cash,
63% to 04'; December, 61%c.
Minneapolis, Sept. 10. -Wheat -Sep -
',snifter, $1.03%; Docernber, $1.05; No. 1
hard, old. $1.01%; ; No. 1 hard, new,
b1.08,;: No. 1 northern, 4)111, $1.07%;
No. 1 northern, new, 8!.l* to $11x6';;;
No. 2 northern. old, 81.91%; No. 2 north-
ern, now, $1.03% to $1.04%; No. 3 north-
ern, $t to $1.03.
CA'iTL.E MARKET.
Toronto, Sept. 10. -Prices In butchers'
cattle were °bent 10c lower at Ilex West -
cm Market to -day.
Little Intsiness was transacitil in ex-
porters' cattle. Prices ranged nominal-
ly from 84.75 to $5.11) for choice, and
$1.25 to 81.50 for medium.
In butchers' cattle the f•'w good lots
Fc1t1 readily. while 1110 c•)nunon and
lutetium grades were plentiful and
fewer. The following were the quota-
tains:-le•st butehers', 51.54) to $4.((5;
nleditinl nnol fair butchers'. 81.25 le
$4.-
4I e,nurn C3.2�to cows. geed,
88,75 In 51; r ,w.+, ranee) and common,
bI.25 to $3.50 per ewt.
Hogs sold at 406.25 for selects, and
$u per cw•I. for I„i:ts and fel.;,
FROM TIIE ARCTIC WILDS.
Steamer Has Arrived From Northern
Canadian Patina.
A despatch from Athabaska Landing
says : 'Iho steamer Midnight Sun ar-
rived from Grund Rapid on Tuesday,
bringing ltudson's Bay Company's furs
from the far north. Among the pas-
sengers were hlsp:cktr B. \V. !toweled,
of lite R. N. \V. M. 1'., who has leen in
charge of the polieo post at feel River
in the Mackenzie district for the last Iwo
years, and four constables; Bishop
lkeunnatt of Fort Reeolutiun, and
lilshop Giruuard, lesser Slave Lake;
Itev. Ni. Lucas and family of Fort Simp-
son: Alfred 1Iarr•ison and others.
!Or. Harrison, who has been in the
Arctic Circle kir the past two year's, and
who has mutate a successful trip to Ilan):s
Land, reports that Mr. Stefunson ar-
rived at Herschel Island from Fort Anx-
ious Island, reporting that the Duchess
of Bedford, the ship belonging to the
Anglo-American expedition, had filled
with water, and they- had removed
everything to the train shore, and that
the ship would probably sink. Captain
f'liklesun, (1r. l.ellingwell, and another
mall, w•hos0 1181110 he did not. know, had
left tho ship In Febrt.ary, with sixty
days provisions, fur the supposed land
to the north, tend had been gone seventy
days, and no news had been teceit•ed
front them. Ono of their train of dogs
hail returned, and it is likely the party
wilt never be heard from agate. Mr.
Harrison will proceed to Edmonton at
once.
Constable \Vanier of R. N..W. M. P..
at Herschel Island, and Mato Stein of
the wrecked whaler Ronusae, and two
whale boats, arrived at Fort McPherson
from the island on July 10. to await the
arrival of \Vfighley to lake police sup-
plies to Herschel Island, also the de-
tachment wile Major Jarvis and Con-
stable Carter, who relieves Constable
\\'alker.
The weather In the far north last win -
tee was exceptionally fine when com-
pered with the winter of 1905.
WOLW'I:S TORE 1101"S ARI1.
Accident to a Little Lad in Winnipeg
• Mcnntcric.
A despatch from Winnipeg says :
Walter Itrewer, a lad of 1) years of age,
met %vitt' a painful injury on Tuesday
'afternoon al !liver Park by having one
of his arms nearly torn to shreds by
wolves that are in the menagerie there.
The little fellow was feeding one of Ihe
animals 8011)0 grass through the wires,
and in taking the grass a wolf look the
'boy's thumb into his mouth and bit it
so lint it made 11e blood Il,%•. This
gave the beast tl lasts of blood and made
11 savage for more. 'Three or four other
wolves %•lief' were, in 1110 enclosure at-
tacked the boy's arm, and before aid
c old bo summoned they had terribly
lacerated it. A man camp to the relief
and peat the wolves off. The boy was
sant to Se Boniface 1lospital. The doc-
tors fear that the arm will have 10 be
amputated.
DEATH IN NLtG.VlA GORGE.
l'nknown Man Plunges from Upper
Steel Arch Bridge.
A despatch from Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
says : At nine o'clock on Wednesday
night n foam, %hose identity has not
been ascertained, letemel to death from
Bei• centro of the upper steel arch bridge.
There was n cr,w'd un the structure at
the lisle, viewing the illumination of the
Falls, and it is thought the 110011se Tight
of the prujt't;Iors SO daze41 11►0 unb0I (U-
11nlo man that he did not know what be
was doing. Many witnessed the plunge
from the railing of Iho bridge to death
in the river; 200 feet below.
THE TRENT (:AN.tI..
Anor.her Ilnif-million-dollar Contract
ilas Been Awarded.
A despatch iron Ottawa says: An -
ether conlart 1111s been awarded for
Poe: construction of ('ho 'Trent Canal.
'1'1:e section on the Rice Lake division,
s. ctrl 5. fr Int the highway bride at
(::unptxeilford, to deep -water in (:row
Lake, n dL'.t IICO ul three miles, has
been given 141 Rlown & Ayhuer, %•ho
were the lowest tenderers. The °entreat
pile° is about $550,000. 'I'endels are
t,ow being Coked for section 1. The
intention is 14) prosecute the work with
ail possible despatch.
SHOT DEAD BY BROTHER.
Minnodosa Lad Victim of a Ilunting
Accident.
A despatch from Minnedosn, Man.,
says : A shonting fatality (x•curr•eel here
Horthy evening u1 which an 11-yearold
Ind, named John Stewart, lost hi, life.
11is twin-lindhcr, Bert, was sheurting
bincklrirds with a 22 rillo and 001 not
lichee his brother running 111 trent mf
him. Ile received a shot. front which 0e
expired almost innnediakly.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
IIAPPENI.NGS FROM ALL OVER TUE
GLOBE.
Telegraph liriels From Our Own and
Other Countries of Recent
Cleats.
The G. T. it. have llxed upon a site
kr a new elation for London.
Petitions are being circulated in Lon -
0011 fur Sunday sleet curs.
The etanil.,ba Guvernu>ent awarded a
ceetracl fur a t eleplame exchange
1,i:tiding in Wuulipx•g.
Milk producers in 100 Province of
Ontario al'," considering the advisubil-
ite of advancing the price of milk.
Ilte Von. J. S. llendric, has been
eJ>lointed eonuuuudcr of the lkoyal
\'wtorian Order.
'1'lle freshnatee class at Queen's Uni-
versity will likely to the largest in the
history of the institution.
'1'110 number of typhoid fever case:. in
Winnipeg is much fewer for August
than for the same month last year.
Plans have been made for u s'x
slorcy building to be erected on (he
wrecked Crys:ul hall, London.
C. P. 11. Li'vo Stock Agent McMullen
:rays thero will be n rehUCttom fu Ihe
number of cattle shipped from the west
ere year.
llanullon building permits.; for Au-
gust total 8120,555 as compared with
1411,1560) for the corresponding month
beet year,
The barns of the Macdonald Agricul-
tural College al Sl. Anne de Bellevue,
Que., were shuck by lightning and
burned lo the ground on Wednesday.
D. ,.ic(.00l, lornierly General Road -
master of the eastern division 'of the
Cee rad Trunk, has left the Great North -
ton and resumed his old duties in
a:entteat.
The Spring hill miners now on strike,
win make no overtures veil!' the C0111 -
platy, and insist that the next advance
must come from that sale.
The shipping federation of Montreal
ha: trade a oontribuliun of 8250 to the
Montreal police bcuelit fund as aro ap-
preciation of the policemen's work dun.
Ing the strike.
The customs revenue of the Dominion
tear the month of . August shows the
p,ticnotnenal increase of over a 111111 r:1
(.:hors over the returns for August,
11.06, the total receipts for lite- past
month being $5,613,402.
Government contractors hereafter
must keep a reoord of payments made
lo workmen in their employ, and the
books or documents containing such
record shell be open for inspection by
tit,, fair wages officers of tiro Govern-
ment.
UNITED STATES.
Seven births occurred on the steam-
er Kroonlaud on her last trip to New
York.
One death from bubonic plague and
two new cases aro reported from San
Francisco.
The body of L. A. ilenderson of
T' iichwood Millis, Sask., was found in
a lagoon in a Chi('ago park.
An advance of 25 cents per ton for
anthracite coal is reported Isom New
York for the coming season.
A new Jewish synagogue, one of the
finest in America, has been erected :i
Roston at a cost of 8500,000.
The United States Navy Department
c•.ntenpintes increasing Ihe strength ..1
its Atlantic fleet from eighteen to twen-
ty-eight battleships.
'The Henry Phipps institute oat Phila.
(1e 1phia has issued n report slating Iltat
alcohol neither'Jewenls, cures nor pre-
disposes to tuberculosis.
Geo. Duval, of Tallolvilh', and W. i..
Walker, of Lawrence SInlion, were
lined at St. Thomas $30 and $100 re-
spectively for supplying watered milk.
airs. Samuel Ilalretivit, the young
wife of a Bristol, Conn., merchant, had
him before the court in that town on
the charge of contributing only ten
cools a dry to her support.
Plaintive cries front n parrot were
lie means of lending 14) the discmcry
of 1110 lifeless body of Mrs. Katharine
\\ars, an octogenarian recluse, who
woes asphyxiated In her honk. in Phila-
delphia.
United Stakes District Judge De
nevelt tuts sentenced 3nh1 A. Ik'nsen
and E. 11. Penin, recently convicted of
lr.rid frauds, to ten years' imprison-
ment in the Atnmr'da, ('.nl., county jail
°tel to pay a tine of $1.0110 each.
Mrs. E. T. Hughes lost her purse,
centnining jewellery worth $1,000, in a
car in New York city. and nn hour
ufterwnrd it was retuned 14) her resi-
t!, neve by a young woman, who refused
to give her name or lake a reward.
The tariff is becoming a vital issue
in Australian politics.
The preliminary elections for the third
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A CRACK IN TBE BRIDE
Painter Gives Startling Evidence at the
Quebeo Bridge Inquest.
A despatch front Quebec says : The
sensation of the sitting of the Coroner's
inquests in connection with the bridge
disaster was the testimony of Alesnndcr
(menet, one of the bridgo workmen.
Ouimct, who Wits u painter, had gone to
lite land for a drink of woe r, tool was
returning when Ito saw the bridge be-
gin to settle. Ile at once slated back to
land, but had one of his heels caught
and crushewl. ile staled on \\rednesdny
that ho had known of a crack three-
quarters of an inch wide and twenty
inches long in one of the arches starting
from the main pier. Ile had known of
Ibis crack since May last, but had never
said anything about it, as lie had not
thought that there was any danger. The
witness 151111 ed out on 1110 plans the
exact spot at which he had observed the
crack.
Tho meeting of the citizens to take
steps to prevido furans to relieve Ihe
passing wants of the families of the
bridge victims was held on Wednesday
s(1, re,on. Mayor l;arns•uu presiding.
Tho Mayor tumounccd having received
:.:nn„•r of s111. crip,lkuls (ui• the dis.
tressed, and nearly a thousand dollars
was immediately subscribe!.
Russian Duma are now In full progress.
Four persons were killed liy lightning
which struck a Catholic church \\ este
Prussia.
Four hundred partially finished build-
ings have been abandoned in Havana by
striking masons.
'floe negotiations for renewal of the
Newfoundland fisheries nodus vivendi
Imre been completed.
Ten Austrian soldiers have already
died of exhaustion during 1110 army
tuunocuvres at \Viener Neu:dein.
Shriking dock laborers al Antwerp
flung a number of freight cars into the
canal and set llre to a largo lumber
yard.
There is danger of n serious clash be-
tween the hoops of Japan meet (mina in
the fertile territory lying between the
Yalu and 'Innen lavers.
Wreckers near Berlin derailed the ex-
press from St. Petersburg, probably in
an attempt to hill the Russian (grand
Duke Nicholas, who is shortly to pay a
visit to the German Emperor.
CHINA'S STRONG MEN.
Are Being Called Io Co)incil by Dowag.r
Empress.
A despaldh trop Pekin says: The
Dowager Empress has appnireed Yuan
Shikai .to be a member of the Board .-1
Ibreign Affairs and a Grand eserncil-
ler of Ilia Fourth Ches. In the for-
eign Office he will rank as third Mw-
ister.
Chang Chitung, Viceroy of Shnngsha,
hos also been appointed a Grand (i>un-
citlor of the Fourth (:lass. The \'ice-
tr,� ons summoned to Pekin r+eenlly
to consult with the l:ow•ogee Empress
regarding the alarming growth of anti -
Manchu sentunent in Clsina, on which
subject Yuan Shikai has been consult-
ing with her Majesty.
The Dowager Empress, in thus sur-
rounding herself with the strongest and
roost eminent men of the empire, has
Berl>risevl even those who were aware
of the throne's apprehension and its de-
termination to fortify the Government
1• the ulrnoot.
CR tSIIED THROUGH iiitIDK:r.
Thomas Clark, Driver of Traction En-
gine. Killed.
A despatch from llranlford says:
Thomas Clark, fanner, of Menthol!
township, was killed on Wednesday
morning by being crushed to death ay
a traction engine which I:e was driving
and which ernst«1 through the bridt,'e
ever Fnirollikl's Creek en the llnnii:;un
read, live 0111(rs enst of here. He was
p:une(1 under tote engine in the water.
C.ark was unmarried and 32 years old.
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FIVE YEARS FOR BRIBERY.
San Fennel/iv Man Sent 10 Prison for
Bribing Civic Official.
A despatch from San Francisco says:
I/AIN ( Jas$, Vire-l're:sid••nt of the !Sici-
lia States 'Telephone & 'Telegraph COM -
11011y. o)n•icted of having 1011551 Super-
v?•or I.onegan to vole against granting
a franchis' t) (0' Home Te:ephone ('0111-
I any, was on \V4 dn(Kduy tcii i iced by
Superior Judge Lawlor to five years'
iu eesentnent in the State prison at
Son Quentin.
ENGLAND'S 1'AUPEilS,
Some startling figures of comparison
have been made lo show the great cost
(11 English paupers. The English teen'
Inw fools up 1111 expense of more theft
rile which :4,1,000,000 n) w let► t ns greet !, t ns
Ihe entire mutual expenditure of the
kingdom of Holland. n011 ,81 114 much ns
tett of Australia and New Zealand conl-
1.111041 and (gpm11 to 111e whole public ex-
prnditure of Denmark, Greece and Nur-
w ray.
COSTLI' i'L.117IIINGM.
PIp;s Set With Diamonds, and CAM -
age -Handles Made of (:old.
The pipe smoked by the Shull of
Persia on Slate occasions is set with
diamonds, rubies. and emeralds of the
ce•slilc.t kind. and is stated to be worth
as much as 8500,100. II:s pipe is, those
k.rc, ten times noire valuable than his
sword -worn by the late Shah's father
cn his tlrst visit 14) Europe -which is
only valued at the h►siguificunt sum of
Talking of swords, perhaps the most
p!ccious "blade' in existence is 111at of
10.' Gaekwnr of Beretta. Its hill and
felt nee encrusted with diamonds, ru-
ties, and emeralds, and ft is valued at
1,000,000. 'There are some oostly
swords 'in India, and ix)th the Czar of
llu.sia and the Sultan of Turkey possess
jewelled sabres of great price. Too
!rest vnlunble.sword in England is the
one presented by the Egyptians to Lord
Wolseley. The hilt is set with brilliants,
and is valued at 810,000.
The finest brougham in the world is
owned by the Maharajah of Ghened,
cone of the wealthiest of Indian polen-
Inles. The handles of the doors oro
of solid gold, while the rest of the car-
riage is silver.
One of the most curious pianos ever
manufactured was made to lite order
ef the late Emperor of Morocco. It
had to be n!nde in parts, each sn1(111
eleough to be curried by a slave, as his
Highness absolutely refused to trust
t1:0111to Ihe core of his camels, which
formed the only other available means
of transport. This instrument was as
exceedingly costly affair, being manu-
factured pricipatly of orris and tulip
woods, inlaid will, unpolished jacaranda
rnr(luelry, and decorated with scroll-
work of pure gold. The actual stun
raid for it was $15,000.
Itis impossible to valve certain
things until they cone tinder the ham-
mer in the open market. There is no
elc.ubt that the Queen of Italy's pearls..
are, indeed, worth "a Kings ransom,'
lee the pearl necklace which fetched a
record price belonged to the Duchess . f
Montrose. The bidding commenced at
$25,000, and rose by bids of 85.000, 82:
fiikt and $500 to 857.500 at which price
it was knocked down.
Violins have n romance all neer own,
apart from their price, but 82.950. Poo)
emu paid the other dry for a violin 1
Antonio Stradivari, seems an ('normo•
price to pry for an instrument the (
gioat cost of which! 10 Ihe ,Meer c'
not have 0xc(edr11 5s. But this pr
is a bagatelle in comparison with so:
of the prices paid for Ihe creations •
the great (:rcnlnna master. A 0' -
years ago $10.250 ons pall for n "Strati
at Stuttgart, and there are others in ex-
istence which even "n King's ranson•"
c. iild not buy. Senor Saresote, the
peat violinist, mens one such. 11 was
(resented to hint by Queen toilette of
5r•ain, when, as n boy of Ion -IIIc in-
fant prodigy of those drys -he played
rehire her at the. Court of Madrid. It
13 said to be d0.sh8ed io revert to the
State on 11!e great violinist's decease.
WHEN \VE SHALL. IIAVE '10 Ger OFF
'1'111:
\Vhen will the world be full up? A
lcnruel professor has estimated Ihut the
fertile lands of the globe amount to
214,000.000 square utiles, the steppes to
14.000,001!, and Ihe deserts l() 1,010,000.
fixing 207 )Cl eels to the square 111l1a
(o. fe rtite lands, 10 for steppes, and 1
ler descrte. as the greatest P(,pulnlion
thal the 01110 Could properly nourish,
the professor arrives oI the conclusion
that %•hen the nuuit•. r of inhabitants
tenches n1411ul six thousand millions,
the earth will be peopled to its hill ca.
cuty.
.. i. Al present o s soe-
p ,t contains tai n
n!
1e hot more than one-quarter of that Ione -
1 or If the rate of incense sheen by
Ila latest census .tnlisl:cs should 1 •s
uniformly mninla'n"d. the globe will :1
Tully- peopled about the year 2,092.
82,222,000 BUSHELS WHEAT
North-West Grain Dealers' Association
Issues Estimate of Crops.
A despatch from Wimnip eg snys : The
Ne•rlh-West Grain Dealers' As:ee■•inti(,rt
handed out nn 'I'li,,r 181.'. Ibmugh Frank
0. Fowler, secrelnrv, their crop eslinrnto
par This year for \lanilohn, Saskatche-
e nn 8114 Alberta. I1 Is a utast favorable
one. 1t is as 10110W/1:-
Wheal,
ol1,w•s:-
\Vheal, 5.013.514 :teres el 16.4 bushels
err neve. 82.$13.1)11 bushels.
fiats. 2:173.(rla Ivrea al 30.9 bt.shcls
p, r etre. 157.:d+:►!"11 bushels.
1' n; y. 4Aa.STI ;1('not al Si bushels
1.1. !, :s.
Wheat of old crop In tarmeia' hands
to market, fumi.e00 bushels.
Oats of old crop In farmers' hands to
market, 492,00) bushels.
The statement says: --"Tho move
statement any bre Increased or de.' -
creased nccereiing to the weal!, to-•on-
dilions prevailing from now nn 1 r her -
vesting, ns n large propnrlk•n of the
heaviest ykolding crop 11 net 3r1 rendy
le cut, and will net be for eight or ten
days.
"!'he damage !:•ren. vnPnus causes is
fn: lc?s than et first rte ,rated, and it
IAA a small percentage."
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