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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-4-25, Page 4The Moision Bank cON 111E CANADA SIDE k ,I,B„.,..yi).A1 reeeupCapital _ ',entitle *2,604,000 I - ea050,000 Read Offiee, 31 streal. eerMala rEll.go'r,,Ese- ,GENERA.r., leferreeret e advanced to glemilarraers on their o with olio or me)ls endoxser at 7 per eimain, WILL GIVE 101000 MEN WORK. Exeter Branea Open friterY 'lawful day/front Oa. in. to 3 p. in . SATORDAY8, le a /.nii„ to I P.re. Proposed New iron and Steel Plant at Sault Ste. Marie. torrentratee of interest tee018QN Se CIAPIAIN sown eter idee. 27t1s, owed on deposits. N. D. liURDON, Et. mAn.idinn ancia.r br AprU 19Q1, 7 14 21 28 3. s 4 4 29 Tuusu.ky 2 9 16 23 30 WlernelgSDA-5.e... 8 10 17 24 Trfuleenxr. „" 4 11 18 23 . 5 12 19 20 HAZatlenA-e.e 0 18 20 27 42=006 tettO, APRIL 25rn, 1001 NOTES .A.NI) COMMENTS, Y� r Canada imp9rtecl some 0,000 of fresh goods. in addition eoree $113,000,000 that paid duty. e free goods came chiefly frou: the wing cometriee, United ging- , $11,3,t100,600; otber parts of the tee, :$2.400,000; tnited States M152,000; otbercountries, 85,0n0,1101e It may pay.• us to let much of these IL S. goods come in free, but ft would Mem that a. Goverument with some spunk about it woulkl find a lever eomewhere about there to oblige Waehingtou to show a degree of fair. ness toward its best customers. Can- ada. shonld be as intelligent M. Ril5Sia or Austria on these subjects. 4. Ure$ of the revenue and expendi- ture up to the end of March show the forroer to have been 827,018,017, or 81,- 007,M more than fet the same nine months of 16004000. The expenditure bas been $28,G..e7,612, or 82,5713,0rel more than trt the sante Unwed the preceding Tear. There has also been expended "QZ ta! account" a. sum a 48 or $811,220 mete than to the end ofeblereh, IWO. Altogether there ha - been Silent $3,12.0,0tel mote than the first, nine months a and that year was the one of greatest expendi- ture in the country s itistory. That long -threatened "next year" is evi- dently upon us. 41. • * The report a the Registratetieueval of Ontario for last month shows au &ermine' increase in the number of deaths from consumption, which is set down as a contagions disease, and •eredded with nearly twice as many deaths as all other contagious diseases combined. The report for larch last shows a total a 2.411, compared witb 2,480 in February, and 2,330 in March, 1000, The inereaee of 81 over Ina yeateis even larger than it appears, fo t represents reports from 87 per of the population. compared with per cent. last year. The death from the principal:contagious diseases 3ast month were aS follows: -Scarla- tina, 20; diphtheria., 40; measies,12; whooping -cough, 0; tybhold, 21; con- sumption, 188. Diphtheria shows a large Increase oniy 31 deaths occurr- ing in March :1000. •1J A newspaper man was; asked to publish an article roasting a citizen. "Certainly," he said to the caller. "What shall I say" He was fur- nished with an outline of what was Wanted, and wrote an article that wite a scorcher. "That's splendid," ex. claimed the friend, deliehted when the article was read to him. "That's right4 that'll make his old hair crinkle! "All right," said the editoe"let me see what ate your initials?" "Good heav. ens," said the citizen, "yeti are not go. tog to.ign my name to that!" v not?' asked the editor. "I wouldn't have,anyone know I had anythine to do with that. for the world. 1 camiut afford to get into a scrap with my neighbors.',The editor smiled bene- volently and said, "Why should I mix up in a scrap that does not concern me? Why should you expect. lite to assume the blame for the publication of an article to which you are afraid to sign your .own name?" The man stapped bis paper and went away aad. e 4. When .Mr. Kruger was reported to say that if the British wanted to take his country he would make them pay • £100,009,000 for it, people laughed pleasantly. But it was the laughter of fools, aud is already crackling like thorus under the pot of the ex -presi- dent at The Hague. The facts are that •'England has already spent on the South African wife £140,000.000, and as it is admitted that the war expenditure is at the rate of £6,000,000 a mon t' , and she will have to pay large sums for compensation and assistance to ruined farmers, that the total probable cost will not be far short of $200,000,000. This would he five times what the Cri- mean war (gist England, and nearly a third of t he debt incurred in the great struggle with Napoleon. It is too late now Lo ask whether South Africa is, commercially or morally, worth this • gigantic outlay. Time alone can show whether or not we have again put our money on the wroeg horse. Some people think 'that, the "i'aretelse Valley would have been a better investment, but three powerful individuals. elr Rhodes, Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Alf- red Milner Beet° to have decided that, the future of Great Britain lies in Africa, -net in Asia, So let England gRil herpeace and pay the hill. Marvers Statement of the Arrasige- ments Made at Detroit for a $60,000,- 040 Enterprise -Mr. ettergue Ras Bromised That All the Row Ore :Necessary Will Be Supplied. Detroit, April ate-Tlee Eyeuteg Newel Says:Final arrangeneents were made at' noon to -day at the itussell House to ttie building 41' a steel and Iron plaut at the "Sco" which wile employ ten usouseeal men and be capitalizeii at fifty million (loiters. It wilt be one er tile inest exten- Sire In America and second only to tee Camegle plant in l'ennsyrvanta. lt n project Of more mageltude titan anyttileg welch has been meutionea in eoneectiou with the power canal. 5751. It tile neeee of the Ineestors are realized It vvill haee marked efIeet-on the steel and Iron market the United States and Canada. Alfred IL Harvey of Liverpool, Eng., accompan- ied by Ids secretary, J. Freels ':Fray Ot New Xorle, arrived Isere onsursaay. :later have been very busy since thea sendinr; tele. grains. The gentlemen imraealakete went Into conference. and this after/loon Mr. liarve.y .sald Everything is practleally settled, and there is ne inmettee about he building, Of the pleat.' The antmeing 01 the project has res0-A witii Mr. learvey, who has eulisted amerisniu, eanneian eaelleh capital of the ,lestrel amount. te 11 rested with tee ability at tnereue eeeure the are, anti that sometime re- pertea that they could get an the raw ina- terial they wanted-. "We heve the advent:ire of the latest patents, and mutt or our hest machinery has been ordered, and is either bulletin or ready for shipment in sald Mr. Uarvey. "We will have the most Corn - ;Sete plant in the worlfl, and from tee ore whleh comes l0 IltS front the !..alte Superior fatties we will turn ort Netting:1. rail% structural and bridge iron and everything Anislied and ready for use. The power witlelt we rill get from the canatWilt make a great saying In the cost or tee prodnet, and we wilt also save tuaterianY in shipping tite ore. as the eaut by water. reresesliert. Vet ILIS WO \VW belle an et our own doeks and unloading derricks • 41e1 npparatue for tee speedY ;Ina eeeneuaIeel handling of the ere. To show •you the eest of Iron nee:, ne.41 only sae" teat pipes brit:ghee .$22 a ton we van turn out for ',Mere Is a pmpartlonal sav- ing in all the wort we shall ile, andel liave Shen% le reen who ellee advanced the =men- thet Gee prothe will he very great. A5 (1.10T15415S Projtfirt Vas takes Innen Vane. Eerie -ever, we are so far advaneeti that part of the mill will be running Inside el six remake and the entire plant within the year end a hall'. Then we shall em- ploy ten thousand men at least. it Is our Intention to have mills both In the Slates and Camila. Ily thls means We receive a bonus of $7 a ton from the canaelan Geese ernment for all steel manuraeturect In the Dominion. end this alone will pay a dend on the capitalization. .Tleere are few milts eanada. nearly all the Iron and steel coming from the ntate.' rluxonavrs or GOOD SORT, Parisian and eambroman an the WAY With Settlers For Collodi. Montreal, April 20.-A Stat. -special cable from London says: Sir Robert Oillies* death, ewhich oc- curred at Brighttui on Monday, at the age of 82, is received with wide- spreati regret among Anglo -Cana- dians. He was the father of the Canada Club, and the figurehead of natuly Canadian social and financial gatherings. The Canadian emigration season opened properly on Thursday, with the sailing of the Parisian and Cainbroman trial). Liverpool for Scot- land. Among the Cambreman's emi- grants are 65 people belonging to the Self-Iielp Emigration Society, under the conduct. of Rev. G. Thorne. Theae emigrants paid an average of ze5 out. of Ve passage moneY. The youngest is three inonths old and the eldest 43. TAPS Piton THE WIRE. Students at St. Petersburg shot at the Bishop of ICaluga recently, but missed him. News COMeN from A.ustralla of the total destruction of the Canadian Presbyterian mission buildings in the New Hebrides Am the island of Erromitnga, in a storm, Harry Lake, aged 26, was found dead on Friday alongside the Kings- ton and Pembroke Railway track, near Calbogie. While under the in- fluence of liquor, it is supposed, he fell down an embank/neut. He was a river -driver. Col. Steele, the commander•t4 the Strathcona Horse, wh.o goes back to Africa. with the next batch as second in command of the South African Constabulary, is coming back to To- ronto on Monday for the Military Tournament and Horse Show. Professor Mounce Hutton, has been offered the position of principal of University College by the Ontario. Government. Ire has not, yet ac- cepted, although his ultimate decis- ion will likely be in the affirmative. His appointment is considered by students and graduates as a step in the line of progress. Professor Hut- ton is a. graduate of Oxford Univer- sity, is 47 years of age and has been head of the Greek department at Toronto UlliversiLY since 1887.. Herskovitz a Free -Man. Windsor, Ont., April 20.--"I End the prisoner not guilty, and he is herewith •discharged." Such was Judge Horne's decision rendered at Sandwich yesterday in the .case of pcorge W. Herskovitz of Toledo, 'charged with perjury in giving the' age of his wife, When •the marriage license was secured. TR EXE,T MUST FIGHT FOR MANCHURIA, whe,e rie,eee Under Chief Boxer Gen- STRICKE_I -BY STORM, .2`4000 Chniese 'Troops Are Massed at erals--Itusijan Movements. T E Around Pittsburg, Pa., Bain Fell London, April 23, -According to a despatch from St. Petersburg to The Encessantly For eo Hours; • Daily Mail, •official information has • bee; received that renewed military activity is beginning in Manchurie. SOME, RESULTS OF THE STORM. Chinese troops are strongly ene trenched at three paintsi around lefultelen. They are armed with good Thousands of People Are in Distress, ens- Mauser rifles, and have 80 Krupp • guns. comfort Deigns Everywhere, and the To the eastward of MuIrderz, neer Eallways and the isle areaufecter- Turchausen, there are 12,000 men, under the chief Boxer general, Li - tense. To the northwest, near ICules, 'there ere 6,000 Chinese, under the log Plants Have Sneered Appal- " Bine Losses-Itivers on a former C4overnor of Multden. To the , , . Rampage. PittSbtirg*, Ph, April 22. --One of eastward,. in Mongolia, and near the In Shan Mountain, there are 9,000 the most widespread and disastrous Seta. more, under the Chinese general, llian"ddss inbalyseeeiraRrip4erlyaileteitthiZ Eliesowe: ern Ohio and Northem Virginia, A.dmiral Alexieff has accordingly organized an expedition, ureter Gen. Streams both great and small have Zerpinsky, consisting of two regi- priassinTl. the Rood line end are still meats and eve sotnias of Cossacks, a Pittsletu-g is in the centre of 16 guile and a body of -volunteers, to the eterniestricken destriet. and the operate against the three points effects of the flood are eerobably mentioued. Tile first movement was worst in its ininiediete vicinity. Rain successfully carried out in the be_ has been falling incessently in and X or many miles around Pittsburg for ginning of April. Kuhn which is 250 kilometers from Milk:den, w 00 houre. and all precipitation re - stormed. and the ex -Governor-- "of "rds are broken. West and north. Ilitileden was taken Prisoner. In this et Pittsburg heavy falls of wet snow action the Russians are reported. Up the Allegheny had 13 luea . Valley reports come of two feet of killed,. and four officers wounded. The advance toward the And 18 =eh ' snow on. the level at many places. Turchausen position was then begun. This had the effect of breaking down Owing to the departure of Inoat of teeelAerePeelleieewi,resmsenude ealePPellitngee rail - Owing to Russian troops the latter city bee become very un- fv°112 Alulcdeu, layed for hews or not arriving at all. llailroed officiate cannot esti. sale. Almost nightly Russian sera ; Mate the cost of repairs, but say it tinels are found shot in the back. will be ne.exiee The situation in Southern Manchuria than ever before in the history of ra.ilroeds runniug in - b disquieting, and another advance to Pittsburg. Tracks are torn up. of Russian troops will be necosary bridges weakened and telegraph in. the eerie, spring. . wires and poles down in all three - tions. Six laudslides have occurred THE NEW CON'SOLS, 1 on the Pan Handle between this city Is 121atiranteell lonet the 434/#000.000 '1 anSdaStutredlymivnillighei thollsande of pee, °Coven to zebue Has Been enbeerile- 1 pie were lying in the upper rooms of ed *Ivo Times Over, their wateresoaked house, without London. April 23. -It was estime ' heat, light or food. Where gas fuel is °led in financial circles last even_ 'used, the pipe* are flooded and cut lug that X30,000,000 of the new ' off, nod what coal there may be is loan offered to the public 1158 fa_ under five or ten feet of water. ready been cowrie] live timesf and Schc'envIlle is the helne ' "f the the subseription list will probably = Pressed Steel Car Compauy. The be closed to -day. * town is comparatively surrounded by i , The premium on the new issue ''''`er* The w°rIcers and thvir f4"111"" went up 10 15-10 awl afterwards fell lies constitute a community of severe to i per cent. at thousand people. If the flood • I doe not quirkily stibside the emu - 880.000,400 TAKEN GT AelkIXICA, . patty store will be unable to Meet. the Ten ellition Pounds of Om British Zeal* rdeoonaland for food of a nufltittide after Goes to "New Tork Firm. The efig manufacturing pleats in New York, April 23. -The Evening this industrial eentre have suffered Post says; "Fifty million dollars of severely. The cost of the repairs is Great Britain's new loan has been a, small matter in comparison to the placed in the 'United States. The Nee tlelay in fillieg the orders. Whitt ap- tional City Bank, J. P. Morgan & peered to be reasonable guesses at Co., Baring, Magoun Ce. Co., and the the losses are appalling in their hue New York Life Insurance Go. am..• mensity. The workers will lose their prise the syndicate that has taken wages for a, week or more. the loan. Anieriegn subscriptions , will probably aggregate much in ex- ' 0 - . el"'4"nd nef°"". le maid Ohio April 22. -The cess of the 850,000,000 arranged for, '''' v 1 ' . • as the interest yield of the new Coe- fierce storm of wind and snow that sols places the loan in the front raek swept over this city and Northern Ohio throughout on Saturday grad - of high-class Government invest- , „e., ments. IL eras announced yesterday ``1- er subsided yesterday. it was afterilOon that most of the loan had , followed last night by a fog so bon placed by the syedicate.” , dense that it was almost impossible i to see from one side of the street to ; the other. Not a siugle wire was Bo. ent. notinirx;saetartee TIME, • - 1 wotking on any direct. route be - •i tween this city and Buffalo or Pitts - lies Red fe Mr. Hymantintosidence, Lon- don, Took Fire. ; burg last night. Trains on prac- i tically all roads entering the city London, Out., April 28. -AL 2 continue to arrive from one to three o'clock Sunday morning the Piro Dee , hours behind schedule time. Traffic pertinent ware called to the residence I on the city street car Tines continues of C. S. Hyman, M. P., Grand eve- i to be badly crippled, nue. They found a. bed -room in the j stoney Hain For 15 Hours. upper part of the house in names. I Hamilton, April 22. -Rain has Chemicals were used, and, after von -1- been falling steadily for the past, 15 siderable difficulty, the firemen nix- i hours, and most of the snow which ceecled in extinguishing the lire. ' fell Saturday has disappeared. The The bed -room had been occupied by I rain, while of great benefit to the lion. lir. Borden, Minister of Militia, l t farmers in the vicinity', has done eon - who was the guest 01 Mr. 1131nan* I siderable damage in the City. Owing The hon. gentleman was awakened to the overtaxing of sewers, cellar to find his bed on fire. In the ex- citement Dr. Borden lost his valuable • .• have been flooded. and ltu•ge wash- : outs occurred. in many streets. gold watch, and it was subsequently t found by the firemen, destroyed by I Lost Lif.bont and Bulwarks. the fire. One -of the firemen picked , Port Dalhousie, April 22. -Capt. up a roll of bills on the floor of the ! William Griffin of the steamer Mone - bed -room, and another the hon. gen-' eagle, arrived yesterday from Os- tleman's spectacles. The loss will be evegO and reports Saturday night's considerable, as all the conteas of storm. as being the woi-st he ever en - the elegantly furnished room. were countered on Lake Ontario. He lost practically ruined. Dr. Borden escap- kis lifeboat and bulwarks and every - ed injury. The supposed origin of the -thing on his decks was washed over - fire was a Iamp -antra lace curtain. board. To Form a. New Province. Ottawa, April 23. -The Govern- ment will 'shortly enter into confer- ence with representatives •of the Territorial Council at Regina,. look- ing to the admission of the North- west Territories 49 the status of a province. 'Under date of March 21, 1901, Mr. Sifton, According to a re- turn tabled in the House yesterday, wrote Premier Haultain of the Ter- ritories concerning the matter. If a confreence be held it will take place after the sessions of Parliament and the Legislature. Copyright Act Amendment. Toronto, April '213. -The committee appointed by the Wholesale Station- ers' and Bookseller' Section of the Board of Trade to wait on the Gov- ernment an.d urge the adoption of certain proposed amendments to the Copyright Act, left fors Ottawa Ia.st night: They will see lion. Sydney Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, this morning at 11 o'clock. he Ash nti eneere. Montreal, April 23. --The Elder - Dempster Line agetts here yesterday 'received word that the S.S. Ashanti, coal laden, from Newcastle-one'Tyne, ,April 7, bound for QUCbCC, was ashore at Cape Blanc, a point abotxt 200 miles bebsw Quebec. The vessel ,will Probably be a total loss. The Ashanti is e vessel of 2,200 tons net, 3,400 tons gross. Chinnung River at Flood Point, Ehnira, N. Y., April 22. -The Che- mung River was bankefall last night; and the basements of the' stores in Water street are filled with water, which•,is being lowered by means of sti am pumps aud the fire engines. The railroad. trains are many hours schedule time, Rain contem- n. (I to fall all day until 6 o'clock lae:t evening. • oat 0 1he 1 ntercolcoiliii. Moncton, N. B., April 22.7 -Tides in tee Petitcodiac River during the past few days have been very high, and have . done a lot of damage to the marshes. DerIces 'were broken along the river, and the bank over - flooded. There is a 280 -foot wash- out on the T. C. R.; :itiat below Sack - vine. The trains are delayed slight- ly. 2r1 -IE -LATEST REPORTS, Water Reectileg ' at Pittshum, But Mil- lions Have Been Lost-lteports prom Elsewheic. Pittsburg, Pa., .April 22. -- Pitts- burg and Allegheny , 0.10 slowly emerging from the nittptY flood. At 8 p. the • river's were recedieg nearly a foot an hour. The'highest point reached at Davis Island dam( was 25.8 feet at 3 a.- which" means 28 feet at the junction of the interference with trafile is roughly es.. timated $1,00C1,000. Iiig landslides occurred on tae Pittsburg and Lake rie, the 13alta more and Ohio, at Soho, on the Pan Handle, on the South Side, the 136s - seater sat several points, and the Allegheny Valley near Franklin, Pa. The slide at Sob,o was 100 eeee long and it required 14 hours' work to clear one track. . The. submerged districts in Pitts- burg and Alleghany are to -day a scene of abject misery. • Cellars and in some instancea the first floors of stores ^' and, dwellings are covered with water,- Where the- flood has subsided it has 11t bebieti, a greasy yellow sewn of two or three inches deep. The reeinents spent all day trying to restore their homes to some degree of decency and eomfort. The. damage to furniture. and build- ings in Allegheny is estimated at about $3,00,00Q. Xt. will take two months of hot summer weather •tg thoroughly dry out these honses. In PittSburg the loss to residences and stores and 'goods, and the cost of cleaning up, will amount to about $250„000. Material For Toronto Damaged. The Westinghouse Electric Cora-, pally had two carloads of finished material for 'Toronto, Canada, on the tracks near Turtle Creek. Thoy were caught in the flood and water got into the cars. The less maY reach 350,000. People Driven to the eons. Springfield, Afass, April 22. -The dam at $Q miles west 91 here, gave way yesterday afterneon. Several small houses were waelied away and the people driven to the hills. No lives were lost. RAN'el.NEEICAZI BARD, Ssorm Kirin lens Stopped Into the Way of the eranagement, Buffalo, N., Y., April 22. - The _gates of the PaneAllierican Exposi- tion grounds were elosea yesterday, and every exailable man was put to work to offset the effect. of the great April snowstorm. of last week. The damage to the buildings is slight and can he quickly repaired, but the de- lay in the landscupe work and the building of railways is a severe block to those who have been bending' ev- ery energy to here the grounds in a. thoroughly finished condition by May 1. It was intended to have this part of the work so complete that it would be possible to have a ceremon- ial marking theeopening of the Ex- position gattra. 'Up to last Thursday everything pointed to the working out of this program. The storm, however, has put, a, different aspect on matters, Great Distress et Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. April 22. - The Ohio River reached 115 feet last night, and passed the danger line of 50 feet before inidniglit. Reports from up the river are of greet 'dis- tress, owing to the snow, flood and cob Weather. Rain and suow alter- nated here all day yesterday. The worst condition in the Ohio valley is eow impending. Mullah) Creek Overfloo ed. Btiffala, N. April 22.-Buffelo Creek overfloWN its banks last nig/at and several streets in the low- er part of South Buffalo are under water, • Aerairs met at weeenne. Wheeling, W. Va., April 22. - At 9 o'clock last night the river was 41 feet 4 inches and rising 2 inches an hour. The top uciech was expected in an hour or two, with less than 43 feet. This stage shuts Wheeling ene larely out of outside communication by rail, and only the big Cincinnati liners are able to run now, and irate residents along the river banks are firing frequently at the boats be- aause the swell from them la wash- ing foundations away from their houses. In Wheeling, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Benwood, and Martin's Nearly every manufacturing .estab- entered_ by the water, most of the families moving to upper floors. Ferrysjien: oiunt t h 50 0 Wheeling-0ter icbteeins shut down, eand cannot resume. until Tuesday. A report from Marietta, Ohio, that a number of people have been drown- ed near that , pjace is without ;pen- firination. U. P- Ito SHUFFLE.. Changes- Made In Iletpeet of Some Execu- tive ()facers. • Montreal, April 22. -The changes in the Canadian Pacific have been accomplished. Tlic offices heretofore held by Messrs. William Whyte and Thomas Tait, as 'Managers, respect- ively, of western and eastern lines, with headquarters at Winnipeg and Montreal, have been abolished. Mr. Whyte will hereafter be known as as- sistant to the president of the Cana- dian Pacific, and Mr. Tait will • be first Manager of transportation. There have also been changes am- ongst the general •superintendents. Mr. James 0136rne will leave Winni- peg and become general superintend- ent at St. John, N.B., replacing Mr. H. P. Timmerman, who goes to To- ronto as general suPerintendent of the Ontario and Quebec division. yr. • Leonard. will* replace Mr. O'Borne at Winnipeg, and Mr. C. W. Spencer, general superintendent of the eastern division, will have his jurisdiction enlarged, practically tak- ing in all lines south of the river. C . A.R. mak,e co:erect'. Ottawa, April 22.-esTlie Canada A tlantic Railway has closed a con- tra,ct with the LeSrlancb Line of steattships to take. 500,000, bushels es grain from Quebec. This grain Allegbany and Monongahela' Ilivore. will be brought down from depot The water i.emaii.,,ee etediee„ey until harbor and transferred at Hawks - Wiry to the newly opened' Great Northern road, on which it will be forwarded, to Quebec. The old C. P. R. •elevates.' will be used for loading the yes,selS. The U. S. War Department estimate 'Foreign not' Excluded Nov.abOU t . 3'a. am. , when i t began to to eeatte -'ilved film. is thae 20,000 Fill ines have been ken_ fail. • - , -re . London, April - .-- nswering a weanipeg, April 23 -A Irian named Coneervative estimates of the total ecl in the cempaigning that has gone que.stion iri the House f Com 0 s • deConnor, charged with carnally carnage in this district are between. • to Rio the people are cennplaining of el W Office. . y c on - that starvation bee been the chief me on during the last tw° year6' In P.)1.- Yestei'daY, the Financial' Secretary 1'kt:towing 10 or 12 little girls' from $%,-000,000 anel $3,000.00(). Pifty 1 companiment of U. S. rule f f their is land. "lei pr. -realism" et ould se e in t, be the proper name. i.u- the le w orde of things from elle sahrect people's view i ciente the macs of I/ to 12, was sentenced - t• iiousand Workers tire 'sulteri• n4'--frolli• LVl5a-t,luril„Open to Gnsp,.. firnied the .repcii•V'tkat. tho.. e.On- yester-day to 17..0' ye ars in the iNnrili'en- . enforced idleeess• • -e ete tracts. now inaele eXclitded. the sup. Tee eetlefs would beef: ie -te .... • ". • r.,""" Montrea.1, 'April eoetmer plying of foreign trieLtsIn tilO ese 1 -Jilin the, lash, onlY 1i 1er. •• • ese. 'Adele -al will On Wednesday trt 31noft.., The lose' to tele' ranro.a.ds 04itering all troops in' ;the _Un.ited King- _kill ilee„ as Lc, Ls a ateneeLee ,i,%tt: 1.3 . f a /. , begin her regular tripS !)etwees 'Dal- ' dein. - . s ung !eel wee eeen ti 1(.0h, • • • " 1 • pre:14:, brides, heave. snow Etna housie and Gaspe. ,Two Doors:South Town Ezeter;Aprif1901. ' ' ONTARIO SCHOOLS. The annual report of the Minister of gducation for 1900 has been issued. These statistics refer to 1899, and may be summarized as follows. ; Number of public .5ehools. 5,654, an increase of 07 ; Roman Catholic sep- arate schools. 352, increase of 7 ; Pro- testant seprate Schools, 8; kindergar- tens, 110 ; night schools, B. Total expenditure on Public schools, $4,020,018 ; registered pupils, 429.227, decrea,se ef '4500; average attend- ance, 213,325, a decrease of 4,155. Pepile In R. C. separate schools. 41,706, increase of 129, Pupils in Protestant separate sehools 441, decrease of 478. Percentage of average to total Atte?), donee in Public schools, 57. Teachers, men 2,612, woman 5,957, toM1 8,509. .Average salary, , malet teachers $394, female teachers $204. High sehools and collegiate inst.'. tutee, 180 ; teachers therein, 568 pupils, 22,610, a decrease of 811 : tett expenditure on high schools, 8722.239. Total school registration, 471,023, and average attendance 209,062, com- pared with 478,104 and 203,451 respect- ively in 1808. While the total receipts have grown the expenditure has also increased, and the cost per pupil in the Pnblic seitools was- $9.8 in 1899, co mpared with $9,19 in 4898, and $3,07 in 1807. Mr. Harcourt urges the establishment of technical schools. ¶HE NEW EOARI5ER. U� Glvea Veliew Distev refuter* PH the Xeinilladee • When the now boarder went into the dining room and sat down, there *ma only one other person at the table. The new boarder had a kind heart and thought be would be affable. "1 Ogee you've boarded here for some time,'" he said to the other man. "Yes. Quito awhile." "Raw la it? Any good?" plaletstfQPnareatitteei,,fair. I have no eom "Landlady treat you decent?" eillle,hpeseltiliatitepae. 1 ought to"- And tlie "MA uever wind, old Mau," said the new boarder. 4Titat'e all right I'm eo. But say, webby you never tried attain her under the chin once in awhile. That's the way to get on with 'ern. 1 never had a huullady that didn't treat me AI yet. It's all In the way you handle 'cm. Gall 'em 'sister' and give 'cm soft, sweet, oozy talk about their looks, That's the way to fetch 'ere. het 'IVO be for a month right now 'without being asked for a cant. Watch me nudge her when she comes in. Before this time tomor- row she'll be telling me her family his- tory. Poor old girl: She looks as it she'd had her troubles. Probably got tied up to some JOhn Ilenry who was about man enough to shoo alckens out of the yard, and that's all. My name's Hudson, Let's see, haven't heard yours, have 11" "N -no, believe not. But It (Unmet binaantateit. I'm just the landItolfs A Gentle ntepoTh7trek. "It is a little annoyleg to have to get up In the middle of the night and look for heretics," std Mr. Meekton, "but Henrietta same to enjoy having me do so," "What would you do 11 you really found a burglar?" "Well, I'm so kind hearted that I'm afraid 1 would be too lenient. 1 think I'd open the door and tell him that if be didn't get out quietly litextrietta would come down and attend to hill case."- ese Weak, nervous or delicate men nnii women, whei her overworked mentally *or physically, will find nothing. to equel Milhurn'N Rein and Nerve Pills for reStoringthoir bellih And build - in up their syetem. This signature is on every box of tho genuine Laxative Bramo4iinine Tablets the remedy that clues a cola In ono dal < t' "A bad workman quarrels wiih- his tools." A maker of tricky. shoes, blames the. Re- tailer,for over pricing them,- at what they look like. ObservetheMakere responsilole price on. "The Slater Shoe" E. J. $ Agent. Biggips Buggies J. F. Russell %.• ritiotitive to theepublie tette he lets for Nide a large assortment of First-Cla,s Xinggtes, theluding ' SQUAREZIOX Ri.J0q1 ES, • MIKADOS and PHAETONS up-to-date. . The rigs.are of the lateSe style: heat workinanshiPnind.perfece,Okiee. .; GET MY PRICES . BE F ORE.:YOU SOY, The.gnd.: .0f.thO'Wor. may not be in sight, but one of the biggest demonstrations ever held in Western Ontario will take place at Parkhill, May 24th5 Twelve large committees are n2eet. Ing every night making arrangement ' to entertain everybody -young and eld-awhole day and eight of please ure. Fraternity will be one of the . leading features of the day, All • Societies will be largely represented* Leading men from all parts of Oanada will be present on behalf of the differ, ,--- ent Societies.. Uniformed Drill Corps, Cantons, Eecanipments, Commandryee pries for best turnouts, •bet drill, ete.i etc. Athletic Games, Trials or • Horsemanship, Lacrosse, Basel/ all,. Football, Bicycle Ram, Trick Riding,. etc., etc. Parkhill Old Boys are corning homer What a tiate we'll have! - School ehildrea will have a big day, In fact, all roads. are sloping toward Parkhill, and 1 an instructed, on be. half of the Mayor and citizens of Parke hill to invite all the people of Exeter and .surrounding country to spend May 2Ith in Tlic town is yours for ope- clay. H 14a1,*gittotg, „Sec'y „Citizens Coin. "Viforking" The Newspaper; • It Is not serprIsiug that the manage, nient of the Pan-American Fah, should endeavor to get something for noth- ing, but the way the newspapers of Ontario are being played for suckers, without apparently understanding the game, is truly estonishiug. PratSice ally all the money that the fair direct -- ors of Feniau 13uffalo are expending for publieiey is being spent in the Uri- ited States, because the Yaukee pub- lisher is too astute to pull anyone's cherries without getting paid (alt time. The methods pursued with the Canadian publisher are widely differ. ent. For six menthe past the Ymakee pressagency that supplies "plate" mate Ler to scores of Canadian country weeklies though its Toronto branch has been loading up the coltunns of nearly every local exchange that comes into this oifice with free puffs of the great Tin Pan. Tlic Canadian editors who allow themselves to be worked this way do not deserve to get any, thing for the space which is their stuck in trade. -Toronto Saturday Night. On 'Wednesday• evening, the reef - dunce of II. E. Hawkins, of Port Al- bert, was the scene of a quiet wedding', when Miss Nellie, youngest (laughter of Jas. Hawkins, became the better half of Thos. A. Leigh, Sault Ste - Marie, Canada. Bev, M.M. Ooldbergp Dungannon, tied the evezeasting knot. The happy couple leave ore -Tuesday next for the groom'e. It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Urs, Jos. Catapeau, sister of Andrew Mittelholtz, 3. Mittelholtz ad Airs, John B. l'oster, all of "Zurich. The deeth occorred at Detroit, Mich., on Saturday, April 13th, and the re- mains were brought from there on Monday, the funeral taking place to, Mount Carmel cemetery on Wednes- day. The deceased was only 20 years and 7 inonths old. Sl -e leaves a h us - band and two SG1.S. the eldest being only 7 years of tare, to mourn her loss. HOW A. SPRA.H. i*OES HURT: But it isn't the pee :done that is, dreaded, just think of a loss of time. and wages. Sprains 1, about number* have been cured by rubbing Poison's. Nerviline well into the pores of the. skin surrounding the joint. No mat- ter whether it is a sprained wrist, an- kle, knee or back, just try Nerviline on it, and see how quickly it will cure. There is only one liniment that can be depended upon to cure sprains, strains and swellings, and that is Poison's; Neril ine. Large bottle 25 cts. 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