Exeter Times, 1907-12-19, Page 2AFFAIII ••----....---- COBALTISITUAT1ON IN IRELAND'TNE WORLD'S MARKETSCONDENSED NEWS ITEMS!
A SAD 9,237,091 IN ESTIMATES
SAVINGS GROW APACE 91'1' LAW REPORTS I (t011 TUE LEADING IIAIPENINGS FROM ALL O►.--; THU
Two Children of Mr. and Mrs. 4.; Hewitt
Burned in Bed.
A deepatsh from Cobalt goys: On
Wednesday ni- ht ab;,ut 10.30, while
dr. and Mrs. F. Hewitt were absent
froom their hotno the house took (ire
and their two little children, May mei
Evelyn, aged respectively throes and
five years, were asleep in each other's
Arnie !n bed. The) Clouse was a board
one, /sheeted with tar paper, and burn-
ed very rapidly. \Vi1Lng har.dsw•ork-
e,! heroically in great danger, but one
of the children was dead before being
carried to \\'m. Juhnt;ton's t►ouso near
by, and tho other died very . h')rtly at -
ter reaching the house. L)r. Hare tins
c.1) hand early and a.ln►iui,tered restora-
tives, but to no avail. Neither of the
children was badly tooled and 'death
appeared to have been caused by suf-
tccation. The beetle was most pathe-
tic when both parents arrived soon after
the fire storied. The children were two
pretty Little tots and ,great fevoritas
with everybody in town. A oollocaion
;s being taken up on behalf of the sue
fercrs, and Ole citizens aro responding
literally.
1'llE INGENIOI:S JONES.
Ile. Figure , tint a Rego It'sine's in
Hannay Cars.
A despatch from Winnipeg says: 1)r
5. E. Jonas, Unitoe States Consul, \Vin•
nt.j 'g, rep.orte to the Departu.ent of
State at Washington that "Canada has
in operation 21,500 miles of railway
and but 88.000 curs are available for
handling tilafilc. or only four cars a
mile. 1t is estimated thnl double the
number is needed to handle all the
freight. Thutt means that ( int to will
be in the enarkot for 130.000 additional
freight crus. 1f the new roads under
oonetructdun are figured in, 100,000 now
cars will bo needed. At the cost of
$S.50 each the business will bo worth
885,000,000 der new equipment, besides
the replacing of old cars. That Ls a
great ninny morn cars than all the car
shops of Canada con supply In time
for use. The need ought to mean large
Canadian orders dor the Ainerican car
factures."
\1IL1. SCPPIIFGS PIRACY.
t3rltnin Has Undertaken Iho Policing of
West River, China.
A despatch tarn Pekin says : Great
Britain on the third of this month as-
signed four more warships to police the
West River, and on Wednesday ten ves-
sels, under tine command of Vice -Admiral
Sir Arthur Moore, are patrolling 150
miles of the river to the limit of the
Wuchou ocneession. Great Britain is
prepared to take whatever steps may be
necessary, if China does not suppress
tot, piracy, to protect shinning on the
river, and she has notified the Chinese
Fcreign Board that she will patrol tho
river until the Chinese police boats aro
!!)laced under rho administration. of the
lieperiel Customs Department. This Is
the first time since 1900 that (treat Bri-
tain has undertaken such military mea-
sures in China.
TWO CHILDREN PERISH.
House Took Fire During the Mother's
Absence.
A despatch from Montreal says: Two
children, ono aged two years and the
other a baby, belonging to Mrs. Belle-
ville of Bushervillo, near East Clifton,
were burned to death on 'Tuesday night.
The mother left the children in the house
while she went to a neighbors on a
message. When she returned the house
was in flames, and the (ire had gained
such headway that all efforts to save the
oohilJren were futile. Tho mother made
frnntle effertt to rescue her children,
and was seriously burned In the attempt.
R70sEvuurs LAST TERM.
President Announces 'That He Wilt Not
Run Again.
A de.spat/.•h from \Vnslrington says:
President R.ononvett will not bo a emen-
date for a Thud dorm. All doubt on
the; point was on Wednesday night (Its -
pelted by the authoritative statement of
the White House that Mr. Roosevelt
still a %herrn to the declaration of ree-
nincialinn 'made on the night of the
ei,cti-n three yenme afro. In the state-
ment isseed on Wednesday night Pre-
te lent It o-cvcll says he has not chang-
tr' and will not change the decision
cemmmtnicatC.t to the American pceeeple
in W04.
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Cler.INA .\'hT.\CIWI) In FEVER.
Trouble (:mused by Dieting i'reseribed
by Specialist.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:
Fin►pre s Alexandra, who for a const 1-
ernh!e time ,past has been suffering
ifrorn a light attack of tnruenza, was
stricken woih a high fever on Wednes-
day and was order. d to remain in bed.
The ErnprA t9 ra'enlly called in a speel-
oleel aqui sulenittod lo a severe mgt.
men bt r••tee•• her welet,t. mel her pre-
sent [11' •
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WI:ST':RN GRAIN CROP.
Worth Twenty Millions More Than
Last, According to Estimate.
A despatch from Montreal says: Mr.
F. T. Griffin, C. P. R. irrutugralion
agent at Winnipeg, le:egraphed to the
nianagtlnent on Wednasday, slating
that as a mutt of latest inquiries tnade
by the railway and quilling interests,
of was now c»nvputed that Iiia year's
grain crup would be worth twenty nill-
lions more to tho Three provinces of
Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan
than that of last year had been. This
Ls largely dere to the increased price
Medi coarse grains commands; No. 3
wheat yielding thie year as rnucilt as
No. 1 Manitoba Bard formerly did.
MANUFACTURE OF ROBING.
Montreal Man Find Two Hundred Doi-
kirs for Imitating Butter.
A despatch from Montreal says: Joan
Keisktder, remanufacturer of "borino,'.
was on ee'ednesday prosecuted before
Pudge Pichv in the Poiice Court on a
charge of infringing the law regard-
ing butter, in so far that lie manufac-
tured the preparat' on "borino." which
oouki be mistaken for butter and was
not butter. Government Inspector Mac-
Pherson testified that he sent two sam-
ples of "borino," procured from a gro-
cery fine in the city, to Ottawa, where
the Government analyst, Mr. \'glen,
found them to consist' t cotton seed oil,
beef fat and a small quantity of ,milk,
with coloring added. Ke!skidor was
finest $200.
. THREE BABIi.4 AT ONCE. .
But Father of the Triplets is at Present
Out of Work.
A despatch -from Toronto sayts: What
between suddenly being made the fa-
ther of 'triplets --three bouncing baby
girls -and being out of work and with
his finances at a low ebb, Mr. Jake
Finkelstein of 50 Nelson street Ls not
sure whether ho is happy or not. The
bird that delivers the bablea brought
three little ones to Mr. and Mrs. Fink-
elstein just in the early hours of Thurs-
day morning, and when the neighl•Or.s
heard of it they pressed about the proud
parent. tendering him congratulations.
Mr. Finkelstein accepted the good wish-
es and shook hands, but he shook his
head and (spent the day looking with
renewed eagerness for work. ile is
tailor by trade, but has had no work
for two months.
PAY FOR DEAD CHILDREN.
Uochctaga School Commissioners Settle
Suits for Damages.
A despatch from Montreal says: At
a meeting of the Protestant Board of
School Commissioners on Thursday
morning, It was decided to pay the
parents of the children who lost their
lives in the llochelaga School fir.; Iasi
winder the sum of 8300 for each child.
Thea means the outlay of $4,M00, e' elu-
sive of the expenses of the Anderson
suit. The Chairman, Rev. Dr. Shaw.
announeod that the three new schools'
that were being erected by the bonnl
were not only fireproof, but were being
equipped with fire ascapes.
TOOK POISON F011 MIEDiCINI;.
\lies Durham, of l'e•Irolee. 1'Irtlni of n
Fatal l:rror.
SA (lespnlch from Petrotea says : Vias
Mand Durham, daughter of the tale E. J.
Durham, died nn Tlumrs•lny mooting iis
n result of laking carbolic need the pre-
vious night In meetako for the dose of
medicine which she was in the habil of
laking before retiring. She was [lone In
the house At the time, and was becov-
•red to an unronsctoul condition. from
•, filch rite never milled.
TIIIRTY KILLEP I RACE
AR
TI ollble l et yv eeil Whites and Negroes
in Alabama.
A despots': hem Columbus, Miss.,
Says : 'Thirty uegroes have bon lei bet,
five whites and many negroes wounded,
and live negro lodge Poems burned in
Prkens County. Alnlorna, just nero:s
the Mnssissippt border.
The race rk>ting broke e••ut in tot. ale
!trent part of
.he county, and the first
rouble began euddenly Sunday night.
kering hos been Incessant elite then.
nd negrocs are fleeing for their lives.
Ing to the discovery of a plot by
.es fo rise against the whiles of the
every black is In danger. This
, n'pirncy was cnrrted en by means of
n sorrel eerie;v. which hurl lodge rooms
111 remote districts of Pickens County.
Flfteen ne,•mt's were burned to death
in a k lgs room near Reform on Tues-
day night when whiles attaekett the
plaee. and finding repeating rifles and
shr.tguns, fired the building. The blacks
were penned ;n by the continual shoot-
ing of the whiten and ilexes who were not
killed in attempting to cscnpe were
toasted alive. So far as has been learned
Inc burning of the tether lodge newts
were without tatalltle.3.
LESSME. $ BI.II.H7•rl Tlilr LAND. TRADE CENTRES.
The Landlords Cell their Properly, anJ
Go Abroad with their
Money.
One reservoir of stored up gold seems
1" have been overlooked in the recent
crisis. This is Ireland. According to a
return issued by the Irish Department of
Agriculture not only are the savings of
the people represented by the bunking
and Government btatslics higher than
ever before, bet more matey was put
away in 1906 Ilium in any previous year.
The bank deposits on Juno 30 of this
year amounted to $240,3:15,000, an in-
crease compared with 1906 of 811,1015,-
Iw)0. The post -office savings bank depos-
its amounted to $53.M,00)0, an increase
of $30,000. Government funds amounted
to $195,955,000, an Increase of 811,195,-
000.
Under the ahore four heads invest-
ments Increased in twenty years from
$121,7:,0.00 to 8501,955,000. Irish rail-
way receipts in 1907 aro also the highest
on record.
A LAWLESS WINTER
seems to be in store for Ireland, says a
report from Dublin. The machinery of
the law appears to bo at a practierii
slandstel and the police chiefs think
that things will be worse before they aro
better. Cattle drit ing has spread
throughout the country, and the mischief
done is so great that priests are preach-
ing against lawlessness and urging the
people to not take Hart in ranch clearing.
Arrests of the offenders are futile, tis it
is impossible to secure a verdict. The
nt.lhorities brought several batches of
cattle drivers to Dublin, hoping to secure
ncnvictions by a metropolitan jury, but
though the eases were proved and no de-
fence was offered the juries always dis-
agreed and the defendants were released
011 their own recognizences.
Hitherto tlto ranch -clearing campaign
has induced about a score of graziers to
surrender their farnis, and on the other
hand it has inflicted heavy expenses on
tht counties concerned in the shape of
extra pollee taxes, while tho oompensa-
tion to be paid to the owners of cattle
will run into thousands of pounds.
The country gentry are fast leaving.
Landlords who sell their estates are al-
most invariably wing to England and
the Continent, and this throws many
laborers and others out of employment.
Fine mansions and houses in the country
parts have been given over to small
farmers who can only cccupy a room or
two. This has already been made plain
to many who have purchased farms out-
right, and they have abandoned tjlinge
its unprofitable, yet have not stocked
their farms for want of capital. Indus-
trial progress hns been set back, ns capi-
talists are afraid to invest in Ireland.
THE FOLLOWING 1NCiDENI'
well illustrates the condlticn of the
country. Pierce, a caretaker, was evicted
from a farm near Crusheen and shot
about 6 o'clock 1n the evening on a pub-
lic road. H.i was hit twtce and lay for a
considerable time on the ground, as the
passersby refused to help him. After
about two hours he struggled bleeding
to a nearby house. Tho owners refused
to admit him.
Ultimately a small farmer named
Tobin sheltered him for a couple of hours
until the police came and took him to
the hospital. i'revieuely to this Tobin
had been very popular, but sono days
utter an imitation of a grave was traced
on the ground at the e.etl from which
the Tobin fancily got their wafer. The
signelcance of this in Ireland does not
need pointing out. Tebin'A only offence
was that ho sheltered a wounded man
ter a couple of hours.
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"TASTING" TIIE C7 WS DINNERS.
Every Dish That Goes to the Emperor's
Table be "faded."
The kitchens in which the food of
the "Groat \Vhtte Cznr" is prepared
aro extraordinary for the elaborate pre-
cautions taken to prevent any of his
household tampering with his food.
'Inc kitchens themselves present the
appearance of a strong -mom of a mod-
ern bank, guarded by a regiment of
soldiers, rattier than the culinary de-
partment of a !loyal palace.
Even the chef -M. Eugene Krell. -
who presides over the inmperial kitch-
ens, enjoying a salary of 820000 a year,
and social privileges equal to (hose of
1 general of the Russian army, is not
t be envied in his peculiar position.
As soon as dinner or luncheon is
ready to be placed on the Enmperor:s
table n very elaborate system of "last-
ing' has to be gone through; and when
the Czar is In residence nt Peterhof,
not only M. Krntz hinnself, het also his
under -chefs and certain high ofiicials
of the Imperial army are called In to
taste every dish that goes to the Em-
peror's
m-
peris table, after which experiment n
reasonable time is permitted to elapse
to see whether or not the "festers" are
poisoned. 'This curious survival of
other days Domes Irani the time of Ivan
the Terrible.
When the meals prepared for ills
v 11
Majesty era s rvice M Krn z hhnsclf
begins. to taste; end niter the strange
"t oi•oning'' interval has elapsed Inc
o. s nre placed In nn electric Me-
, .tor with n closed shaft, info which
the military ollicials are locker!. and
uh goes the lift to the ante•chnml'er
o' the imperial dining-ronm, Dere
again the major on duly samples the
dishes under the eyes of the C.mnr. af-
ter
6ter whie'i the imperial Fnrnily sit d-•wn
1( dinner.
\o dish ever served on the (*oar's
eal•le is permitted nre^esa to the dining
room rove through the elevator ehnff.
Thus the food can in no way be tam•
perrd with save by the rocket there.
selves and the military oniellis en
duly. It hoea been sold he an n'tilt.'rlty
that the tniji'rtnl Family of Russia in
bygone times sat down to their meets
in n dining•. oom constructed of cast-
iron and steel. for all the world like a
bank vault. This. !rovever, is not the
case now; but elol-orate !ereegtlbk,ns
still have in to orale to prevent the
enemies of the (:i i• enr•tying out their
Plots again/11 his life. '
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Prices o1 Cattle, Grain, (-terse an -i
Other Dairy Prodt:,•e at Bowe
a,1d Abroad.
Toronto, Dec. 17. - Flour - Ontario
wheal 90 per cent. patents aro quoted at
8.3.70 ie. buyers' sacks oubide fur expx.rt.
Manitoba patents, $6; second patents,
:•.341; and strong baker', 85.20.
Wheal---Munibobit grades quiet., w.th
prices steady. No. 1 Northern n quoted at
1.13, lake ports; No. 2 Northern at
1.08, lake ports; and No. 3 Northern at
81.65, take ports.
Untnrio Wheat -No. 2 mixed is dull tet
le3c outs►de, and red and white quoted J5(. outside.
Oats- No. 2 white on track, Toronto,
titrated at 473.c, and oubido at 443, to
45c.
Corn -No. 3 American yellow Is quoted
nt 703V, Tortnlo freights; and No. 3
mixed at 70c. New American Dorn, for
delivery at end of month, tit to 64eec,
Toronto freights.
Buckwheat --- Market 411111 and un-
changed at GO to 62c Gut.ide.
sidoPeas-No. 2 quoted at 83 to 84c out-
,
Barley -No. 2 quoted at 66 to 67c out-
side; No. 3 extra at 63 to 04e outside, and
No. 3 at 62c outside.
Brno -Tho market is dull at 819 to
819.50 In bulk outside. Shorts' are
quc:ted at 322 outside.
COUNTRY 1'RODUC::.
Apples -Winter apples, 82.50 to 33.25
pet barrel.
Beans -$1.75 to 11.80 for primes, and
at 51.90 for hand-picked.
Honey -12 to 13e per lb for strained,
and at 81.75 to 32.50 for combs.
Hay -No. 1 timothy gaoted at $17.50
to $18 here in car Tots.
Straw --$9.50 to 810.50 a ton c.n track
hero.
Potatoes -Car lois are quoted at 85 to
90c: per bag an track.
Poultry Turkeys, dressed, 10 to 12c
per lb for choice; chickens, alive, 4 to 6c
per lb; draeased, 7 to 9c; ducks, dressed.
8 to 9c per Ib; geese, dressed, 8 to 9c.
'I'IIE DAIRY MARKETS.
Rutter -•Pound prints, 21 to 26c, and
large tolls, 23 to 21c; do, inferior, 20 to
22e. Creamery rules at 28 to 29e, and
solids at 25 to 26c.
Eggs -Cold storage aro quoted at 22o
and upwards.
Cheese --They rule et 13y. to 13 ec in a
jobbing way.
Hog Products_Baccn, long clear, 103.,
l0 10/.c per Ib In case lots; tress pork,
$19 to 820; short cut, 822.
linens --Light to medium, 14% to 15e;
do, heavy, 13y to 14c; rolls, 103.4 to Ile;
shoulders, 10 to 10!4c; backs, 16 to 16%c;
breakfast bacon, 143, to 15e.
Lard--'1'iem•ces, 11%c; tubs, 12c; pails,
l2yc.
BUSINESS IN MONTREAL.
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Montreal, Dec. 17. - Ontario No. 2
white oats were quoted at 54c; Mani-
toba No. 3 at 53 to 53%c; Ontario and
Quebec No. 3 at 520; No. 4, nt 50e:
Manitoba resected at 50c, and Qumel>ers at
49c per bushel, ex store. Flout -Choice
spring wheat patents, 86.10; seconds,
85.50; winter wheat patents, $5.75;
straight rollers, $5.50; do, In bags, $2.66
to $2.65; extra, 82.05 to 82.10. Feeed-
Mnnitoba bran, 823; shorts. 825; Onlarto
bran, at 823.50 to 324; middlings, at $25
to 826; shorts, 823 to $24 per tort, in-
cluding bugs; milled nmonelie, at 828 to
$30; and pure grain mouillie, nt 334 tc
85e per ton. Provisions-Ilarrcis short
coil tints, $22.50 to $23; halt barrels,
511.75 to $12.25; clear tat back, $23.50 to
$:4.50; long cut heavy moss, 821 to 323;
Calf barrels do, 510.50 to 311.25; dry salt
long clear hncon. 10% to 11};e; barrels
pile beef, 81:1.50 to $15: half barrels do,
87.25 to 87.75: barrels heavy mess beet,
310 to $11; half barrels do, $5.50 10 36;
compound lard, 10 to Ile; pure land. 1215
to 13c; kettle rendered, 13,'!, to 11-c; hams,
12% to 13%e; breakfast Nicoll, 14 to 15c;
Windsor bacon. 14h In 15yc: fresh
killed abattoir dressed hug,. 58.50 to
Set.75; neve, 35.75 tr. $6. Butter -Sep-
tember, 28 to 29c; fresh receipts, 27 to
2r"e. Cheese--\Velsfern September, 13 c;
lata Fall snakes, 123, to 12%c.
UNITED SPATES
St. Louis, Dec. 17.- Wheat -Cash,
e5'„e; Doc., KV; Ntay, $1.003..
Toledo, Dec. 17. -Wheat -Cash, 07c;
Dee., 97c; May, $1.02%; July, 07%e.
Corn -Cash, 57c; Dec., 57e; May, 580 ;
July, 57; c. Onl 4 --Cash, 53c; Dec. 53c;
N.11114:54%c: July, 45 c.
Duluth. Minn.. Dose. 17.--Wheat-No. 1
hard, $1.03"/.; No. 1 Northern, $t.O35
No 2 Northern, $1.00%; Dee., 31.01%;
Mtny, $1.083;.
i.1VC STOCK MARKETS.
'1 )ronin, Dee,. 17. --Thr run was light
considering the season, hal the inmproved
gt.ality of the cattle r,.-ulled in a more
satisfactory trade all round. Extra
choice steers were net mono lou?, but
wool ordinary butchers' were much nose
plentifmil than at previous market., A
few load: wore bought for export, $1.90
being pall for one kind of about 1,3110
pounds. (fond exlx,rt bulls eonitnue in
steady demand at 83.25 to *4.
The top ;.rice paid for Chrlslnins beef
was 85.50. Only about half n dozen
1. 35 murk but a
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. td a
5. rR�
c•'nr:e etahle nt,mber brought 51.50 to
ordinary butcher.; .veld armed
yt i.'.n: medium to good, !33.7e to
to medium um-ilianged ni.
Itt,'a0 t 8a.70. Cotes, choice, 83 to $3.e00;
aunnu.n c ' so 75. Canners, 75c to 31.
Choles • .• were in demand nt
52.75 1. - ••• ea ordinary light tellies
enceinte` t. int from 81.75 to 8.2.61►,
Milker te firm at 510 to 355 for
et.e!Ce -:ui•i eel to $35 Inc myelin».
Seringers, 330 bt $40.
The supply of chives 'ontinned tight,
and prices heli Silently ns' 3e to 6c per
px.tuul,
t prom ewes dsnid nt 53.75 In 34. a:'h
bucks and culls firmer al 83 to 4:1.141).
i.nrnhti were unchanged al 51.25 In 85.25.
'the hog market continued lire. Buy -
41'9 peel 85.40 for selects, with good
lights reel ink at $5.15; rough. 34.51) to
81.75.
The 'Pollee ;.riven In New 'i, rk is
Se: ' mtvde.t tent In some cells prl on•
ors hotve to take turns In sleeting In
the singe bed provided.
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GI.OUE.
Telegraph Briefs From Our (11%% 11 and
Other t.ouulries of
k t,•nts.
CA NADA.
female. 4,adwa's demand
hall
Recent
Sl. Thomas Canadian Club
members
Su tt(zrd buildrmit
ing periods for the year
k•tal $(i52,938.
Toronto's percentage hest month tram
1h, street railway was S22.55'.
Bails for the Canadian Northern exten-
sion have been laid into II.•giva.
The Northern Navigation Company
will build a sister ship to 111'3 Moonie.
The City. Engineer estimates that en-
derground railways in 'Totemic: would
cast 31,500,000 a toile.
Thus. McFarlane was acquitted at
Sault Ste. Marie of the d►urgo ut mur-
dering William Dixon.
A number of Toronto bakers were fined
tot selling lightweight bread, and cases
are pending against otherme
l'eterboro' will again ask the Legisla-
ture for permission to elect its council
for two years.
Work on over three miles of sewers
ie to be commenced at once to relieve the
IuLor situation in Toronto.
Arrangements have been made by the
Beard ct (Control to give a certain
amount of work to the unemployed of
'tc-ronto.
Traffic through the Sault Ste. Marie
canals the year amounted to 58,000,000
tarts, an increase of 7,0x10,000 tons over
lust year.
Brantford Council will limit the num-
ter of pool rooms in the city to six, and
will exclude all youths under eighteen.
Toronto City Council decided to tisk
the Legislature to amend the municipal
act so as to give married women votes at
municipal elections.
Dr. ilodgetts, Secretary of the Provin-
cial Board of Health, estimt►tea that
within a decade smallpox has G st the
Province of Ontario $2.000,000.
From figures presented by the ilqutda-
tot, shareholders of the Ontario Bank
may be called upon to pay from 30 to
51 per cent. of their double liability.
Canadian immigration agents In Eng-
lund will be instructed to warn the Bri-
tish public that This is an inopportune
titno to go to Canada.
The Dominion Steel Company has pur-
chased the Cow Bay oral areas in Novn
Scotia, close to the steel plant, and will
probably develop therm immediately.
Arthur Jackson, who was sentenced to
seven years' imprisonment at \\'o dstock
on a robbery charge, told Judge Finkle
that he would have something to say to
the whole community when he carne out.
For this he was called back and given
an cddittomal two years.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lcrd Kelvin is seriously Ill.
The Crimes Act may bo revived 1n
Ireland to stop cattle -driving.
Sir Thomas Sutherland says the
steamers of the alt -red line could not
carry enough coal for an express service
from N.:w Zealand to Vancouver.
UNITED STATES.
Tho Missouri Board of Railway Com-
missioners have cut express rates twen-
ty-one per cent.
I'mnhibition workers In Dos Moines,
La., hate begun a campaign for State
wide prohibition.
Mrs. Rte sell Sage bus given away
nearly $15.000,000 of the 375,000,000 lett
her by her husband.
Lynn, Mass., hos voted to close the
laro, and ,hns elected Thos. F. Porter,
Republican mayor.
Three brothers, 14, 12 and 10 years
cid, sons of N. E. Carnal, were drown-
ed while skating at Tama, la.
The mnnuger of the Banco Agricola
rel Lima, Peru, took his life because he
was 81.0.000 out in his accounts.
Tho negroes of Philadelphia own 1102
pieces of property, valued at 82.433.675,
which is an average of $3,040 each.
The United States army will shortly
call for plans for n practical neroptane
heavier than air, to be used for4nililary
purposes. -
Seven men were killed in time col-
lapse of a new bridge that was belilr
lied over the Susquehanna River near
It!oe'nmsburg, Pa., on Tuesday.
All through New England, miles and
factories which shut down when the
financial stringency became acute, aro
re -o, enhtg.
llenry Youtsey, serving a life sen-
tence for the murder of r'.•eelet to Ken-
tucky, gave Cvtienee on 'l i:enlay which
Implicated ex-Got•cr•mier Taylor.
in n cntss divorce hill tied at Chica-
go. Mrs. Annie 1. Prior declares that
h.'r hmr,bar,d. Themes W. Prior, drinks
from twenty to thirty glasses of win's -
key n day.
I'rnshyterien prea.'hers in New York
and New Englund nw•ive nr► nvi'rage
eatery of teas than $5100 a year. and
the New York Prn.bytory will invest!.
gale the cendilione.
Among the provisions of the wp11 of
henry Graves. of Chicae.% is one That
n f mmtaln mid monument shall be erect-
a' in memory of "ike (.-(ke" a famotis
treeing horse. in the early ','efts that be-
longed to Mr. (;roves.
GENERAL.
Thr family of Garibaldi are quarreling
moot the poste -bion of the patriot's
tomb.
The Parliament 111itding, at \Vcl!tng-
Inn. N.7.... were completely destroyed by
fire.
'three ii-loinpr v" 1:, will: crews ep
1?0 omen. whieh left M quelon on Oclober
1st. are given up :e;
11101e
has 111
/IIT OF 1\011 il'iClhrD.
:ntllle.h Stonecutter .al 1►tlrrt(a Sae -
towed Poison. .
A despatch loam Ottawa says: John
;tooth. en 1•atgit.e11 stonecutter, abut
hi, nct if to the nitie of Lis boiu4 ( e
Tlinrsdny and swall'owe'd eynnf:e of
f,nlasth)ne, 11,' died Inter. in the 1.:i.
era a of itis wife and chill. lie had le -
come •elesponeent ix•at:ie? ! ht.t hi•t
nc work Mr it month.
Hon. Mr. Fielding's Provision For Next
Fiscal Year.
A despatch front Ottawa says : The
nulin
estimates fur next Ilse.' year, end-
ing merclt 31st, 111(1, laid on the table
.e( the Commons on Wednesday after-
noon by lion. Mr. Fielding, provide for
a total expenditure on both consolidated
buil and capital account of 811.1.237,091.
un increase of $2,)52,36t over the amount
tetra last season for tho current fiscal
year. The total estimates on consoli-
dated fund aecounts amount to 876,871,-
471, an increase of 82.355,795 as com-
pered with the amount voted last ses-
sion. Of this increase, 82,309,100 is
c?targeaelo to the larger 'mounts the
('totincos will rcr'cive in sul>.stdies. The
total of the capital expenditure asked for
is 812,365,620, of which thirty millions
arc for the National 'rranseentineiitat
Railway, and $4,327,250 for the Inlet
canal Hallway. 'the total amount ti.
en capital account last session was $_.
909,051, or 8396569 less than the amount
asked for this year. Time supplementary
estimates, to be brought down late in
Ila session, will, of course, increase the
above totals. least session the total of
the main estimates was 8105,089,000,
GUELPII'S
WiNTER FAIR
HON. MR. MON'1'LITU MAKES IM-
PORTANT ANNOt \(EMEND.
The Sessions of the Oal.u•iu \Vomten's
Institute Were Largely
Attended,
Walnesday is always ounsidered the
banner duy at the Provincial Winter
Feu., at Guelph, and the reason there-
at was tua:le quite obvious what the
u.ty was besieged by thousands of
farinct.t and agriculturists, who had
driven in from alt portions of too ooun-
t•y to.attend the Fair and the conven-
tion of the Women's Institute.
Proa:dwtt Faic-nter was the guest of
honor at the civic luncheon.
That in this secllon, on account of
the high ,price of feed, cows had been
sold at a figure which would scarcely
pay for their hides, was the statement
made by Mr. W. H. McNish, of Lynn,
Ona. Prof. Dean, of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, again spoke on the
supply of dairy products, and claimed
that it would be better to carefully
study the milk and meat supply than to
ge. in for oonsirtnptivo sanitarims. The
millings of the Women's Institute were
crowded, and some interesting facts
were brought out.
President Falconer elated that Guelph
would be known all over the world for
that wonderful institution, Ibe Ontario
Agricultural College. As n university
moan, he could state that no great uni-
versify could survive unless it had a
strong. whol(s;iee rural country popu-
lation from which to draw its students.
GOVERNMENT WILL HELP.
Hon. Col. Matheson, Provincial Trea-
surer, spoke of the great advance in
the elate of farming throughout On-
tario. 'The Provincial Winter .air was
doing great work, and he r•aw lime ne-
ocssity for more room and enlarged
burikttngs. It was up to the fanners
to propose S11110 schcome where they
would be taking their part, and the
Provin^hal Government would be only
too willing to help.
lion. Frank Cochrane, Minister of
Mines, slated that agriculture and edu-
Catk)n were the two et -sings most need -
co in the province.
Mr. A. W. Campbell, Good Roads
Commissioner, slated that Guelph had
made wonderful p'hogress in utmost
every line, but (hero was great room
for improvements in Jts roads.
Mr. Duff spoke of the far-reaching
results of dhe education at the Ontario
Agricultural College and of the Winter
Fair.
WOMEN'S iNS"1'ril TE.
Five hundred women attended the
first rneetutg in the morning in con-
nection with the annual convention of
time Ontario \\'onteree Institute, and
the Maysey Hall, at the Agricultural
College, was tilled to overflowing when
the lion. Nelson Monteith, chai,ammr,
called the meeting to order. In his
cpening address Mr. Monteith referred
to dime great influence worsen hail is
the borne. and by their efforts iii,,
could improve the slnnding of citizen-
ship in Ontario. The Deportment of
Agriculture, saict Sir. Monteith was
ready with financial assistance to mid
in the work oI the \\'omen:s Institute.
Prof. G. C. Creelmon, jneuldcnt of
the college, extended n welcome e) the
delegates to the oonventinm, and spoke
of the ;gent progress which had leeen
made in the upbuilding of Ilio homy
life.
Mrs. James Gardner, of Ke• itee, re -
peed to the relieves, slating That too
notch in the education ut children seas
left fo school leacltcr.t. The Irene in-
fluence was what should lee cons:der.
ed.
Mfr. 0. A. I'.•te+rrn, of Toron'o. se.:
ictend.'nt et Woolen's instiitile.c. Kee
e
a contpr.ltett to rev'•e'v of the to
clone hv tee t aro:t: I .•a:!. ire's of lb ,
l,m<!itiit.. .!ur:n. 1t:.• it:: -1 ) e:' r.
1'\filum:!'. 1 NI IT -() r;' WO,
tory of individual hills, taking the best
frau each for the seed purposes. see
Icotion was also very useful In snak-
ing potatoes disease resisting.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
"Good rowels right now," WAS tiro
subjcul of an address at the Minter
Fair buibding by Mr. D. Ward King.
of Missouri, the originator of the spilt
log drag, who said that seven donara
would keep a tulle of gravel road like
a rasa drub It for a year with simply
method.
Mr. A. W. Campbell, good roads
c<onmtissloner said ttte whole pnobwn
of good road snaking was a question
t,f drainage. The people might have
to resort to dila draining for lulls. lie
was also a firm believer In the grading
ntachine.
Satisfaction with Oho results attain.
ed by the practicable work in testing
cows, and re_x>nrmendations that more
take advantage of the Government
grant, was the keynote of the address
of Mr. E. Hawthorne, of \Var.saw; Mr.
A Dunn,otl'ngersoill,and 514. W. S.
McNsh, of Lynn, Ont., members of the
Dow -testing associations.
Mr. Frank Items, of London, (frit.,
dealing wiih ore -operation l.•otween milk
producers and owners of cheese factor-
ies and crenrner.00 said small factories
did not pay. Cheap equipment led to
a leek of stability.
The annual meeting of the Canadian
White Plytnotrth Rock Club was held
In the afternoon, when the following
oflicer:s w+oreo olet)tct: President, Geo. A.
Roberlson, SI. Catharines; 151; \'ioe-
['restdent, Joseph Fortier. Quebee;171•1
Vice-Prasident, Geo. W. Robertson, Ot-
tawa; Socrotary-Treasurer, Rev. es''. C.
?Billson, leingsvilto. Ii. 1'. Schwab
was appointed judge for the next Win-
ter Fair. A discussion was hell on
rho While Reeks at the \\'inter Fair,
and the results of cultivating the I,roci.
-_,I.-
TIuu:F: MAIMED \171)011:9.
And One Tho usaud Orp:tans -Left .g
1louogah.
A despatch from Monogah, \Vest \';r-
ginia, says: The excitement of the lied
few (lays toilet\+:ng the terrth'.o die:ester
at the Fairmont Coal Company miners
here has about subsided, and the sad -
anon has settled down into a steady,
systematic searc:i dor tie bodies of the
victims. Two lundral and twelve)
tadtos have been brought to the sur-
face, and with large additions to the
resetting force it is hoped to have the
;Tint's clonrcd very .soon. Half n &ne:a
retk.( stations oro now Its operntior,
and su,pplies of all kinds nre coming t -t
rapklly and being as quickly dLsbarse4 .
The cash contributions to dale total
840.000. The relief committee estimates
that there are 300 widows and 1.000 or -
destitution among therm will be very
great.
- er-
INI)I AN WILL NOT RI: 11.\Nlila).
Member of Fidili r 'Tribe to E rni : Gat -
bons for Strnnglint Squaw.
A d.• pal:h Iran \Vinnipepi soy !
seph Fiddler will not hang. Such i• :t.•+
decree of the Dominion Gov,•rnnuent,
r'••'oee of which reached the city on
Tete . -day. The lndinn hod been tried
for the murder of an insane a irl. n mow.
lei of the some tribe, near the .1 • t, , . f
Uudsen tiny. Ire was sentenced to ,i, ,t,
by Commissioner ferry, of tee Nee
West Mounted Pollee, who, with spe' s'1
powers. presided ns judge at the time.
The depth sentence was to have been
carried out on the morning of January
7 at Norway House.
A W.tNl)I:IltNli .11i►N.:I;i 1!.
i.ord !'neon E\pres..e, Itt. \•i tt, Ct
the Coming lotprriuli•m.
A despal:•h filen London 1. I
C1/17^•,. .t'< ng on trio h., i' o
to
Orals and 1::114). -sial Trot. 1'. .\.
%nvd'z. of th' 1).:1.1:., sp,,,os; :g At 1110
meeting in '+enr,•t,i t) with th^ Win-
ter Fair. ti lien the question et s'•eda
\enc d ruse a. have iii ..•:s'.•.,1 in pro.
dusl.'un. I.ut pasture land.. he lw,inted
brit, had not been as good in the past
ten years. Thi+ 1me attrildulc.t t., a nem.
!tor of CaitV'S,
\Ir. J. \t. ♦I ('a?!rim. e,t Sh'mk,'Ifr''re.
sreaking on the a Itanfages of !h•-
soe•eint seed plot, eTeldins.ze 1 the ttrce5-
sity of not sowipo too ihi••kc. and in
Iho• selection of the treads et harvest
t m'+ those sho•i'd only to ptoma trcrni
1!:o healthy. vii+.r.';, plants.
Mr. T. G. enyie r. of O(pawn, nd-
vt-o.1 the (:,liners !o look more. care.
fr.!'t• atter "e'e• ser•1 and see that it tet
nt')lerpt' ire,,Infl. Mr. Raynor ted the
,4;w -11.-.'','t on hl1 set. lion of seed po-
tie n 1v14ed farmers to select
t:11• : end keep the lost t rn.ii,ii$ of
r, •lt h.'1, c,:rel illy following tho hts-
1
un ran \Vedn. -e, r'
1 tot ward to 1 ,.•
_,: would visit alt i +
i , r • :,,'t•. and hnl,l ' ,, t
1 1.>•i'(0. 'r)10 +.,1
,,.
,�.
1 onc!on. bit? r4
:tTlo)i[ry nl,I'r n
(.0(19 NEWS relit Iti:l' t -1 ::'!t
11 Ili. 0111111 hummer ',' .'1,! :'r ,tn
11 HI founded.
,\ .;patch Leen Ottawa •
Fc rgc (Cltartev(ut) tins given
gier•y as h) whether Iho \t
Finance has given nn intintntt.,ir !•.
Dome -Ion drinkers' Asroc, mien that
will rntse the rale of interest on C.
prime -tit And Pe•stoftlee Savini:s Itaim
deposits flan 3 to 334 per r• ml.
ile.ls Sar -a r 1?. It:e tree l
of Bulgarian bawls, \.:os shot ate
at Sofia by n Mir.e•ik,uk,n.
The Japanese ollir:isle have lel
make good their pts i iw'♦ to H•e
delplmo Lemieux, rind I:oe cn ig
questk:n is no nearer NMI...moot t.
was on the day of InsN.
m.rriepl.
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