HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-10-2, Page 2TOR) ADO SWEEPS SICILY.
Everything in the Path a
the Storm Was Utter=
ly Destroyed.
despatch from Rome on Friday
announces that a, severe tornado has
swept giver Catania, (0, city on the
eest coast of Sicily), Catania is
flooded and Many houses, Melt:din
the Villa SWUM, have hew. damag-
ed, The railroads have suffered ser- A Paris, Ont., 'despatch Rays!: A.
louel21, The tornado has wrought terrible accident occurred hero at
havoc at Modica (a town of Sicily 12.30 on Sunday, and as a -result
80 nillee from Syracuse), where eleve the remains of lies. Edgar, wife of
eral persons were killed. J. Allen Edgar, a prosperoue young
Mount Etna ta short distance from farmer, residing two auiles north-
. Catania) shows further signs of ac- west of Paris, and Miss Agnes Gour-
tivity and the volcano of Strom- lay, a distapt relative, are lying
boll (off the north coat of Sicily) dead at a local undertaker's °Stab-
le still active, lishment. Mrs. Edgar, accoMpanied
A despatch from Syracuse, Sicily, by Miss Gourley, a young lady of
states •that for twenty-four hours 25 years of age, who acted as
before the cyclone burst over the is- maid at the Edgar homestead, and
land. a violent storm raged on the Wallece Edgar, a 13 -year-old son,
eastern coast of Sicily. The path attended the Presbyterian Church on
of the cyclone was 121 miles long, Sunday morning, as was their cuss
and everything in the line of the tom. They drove in a. buggy, to.
storm was destroyed. The sea. which was attached a horse which
swept inland for several kilometres, was afraid of trains. On returning
doing enormous damage, while there to their home after the service, they
were violent submarine agitations
between Sicily and the mainland.
Along the railway from Catania to
Palermo the force of the cyclone was
such that rails were torn up and
hurled a great dietance. It is re-
ported from Modica that a hundred
bodies already have been found,
but that the number of dead swept
away by the torrent is unknown,
The newspaper Precassa expresses
the belief that some four hundred
people have been killed.
The torrent destroyed everything
on the ground floors in the houses
In the lower portions, of Modica.
Bridges and roads have disappeared
and damage amounting to many
millions of lire has been done. The
survivors of the catastrophe have Miss Gourley was hurled a distance
taken refuge in the hills. A relief of 100 feet along the track and ex-
cononittee and search parties have pired instantly, presumably from
shock, as there were no serious in-
juries. Young Wallace Edgar, in
falling from the buggy, alighted on
man steamer Caprera, was wrecked the cowcatcher of the train, and
at Catania after a terrible struggle clung there until reached by the fire -
with the waxes. man, who bravely ma.de his way to
the imperiled youth and snatched
him just as he was about to slip
from his Position.
CURE FOR SCARLET FEVER
store of people have been injured as
the result of an aceident to an ex-
press. train running from Lille to
Paris. The train left the mile
while -crossing the Switch at Ar-
leux, where it did not stop and
while &hag at great ePe.ed.
TWO WOMEN KILLED.
Horse Balkeo. on Crossing When
Train. Was Coming.
were forced to cross the Bulkier and
Goderieh railway tracks. As they
approached, a freight train passed.•
They paused, and attempted to
cross the track, when the teein had
cleared, but 'failed to notice 'auothee
freight which was closely following
the first at full speed. The horse
baulked, and could not be Moved
from the position it had taken, di-
rectly on the rails. As a result, the
buggy was stseurk. The horse was
instantly killed, and the buggy and
occupants were thrown high into the
kirs. Edgar was strucik and
thrown to the side of the track. She
sustained internal • injuries and large
scalp and face wounds, from which
she died fifteen reinutee afterwards.
been organized at Modica.. The dis-
aster is supposed to have been due
to a marine waterspout. The Ger-
LATER. -
A later despatch from Syracuse,
Island of Sicily, gives harrowing de-
tails of the tornado which passed
over the Province of Catania Fri-
day. The effects of the storm in
the suburban parts of Sicily were
fearful. Two mountain torrents ran
throngh Mediae which was sudden-
ly flooded. Eighty bodies have
ference of German doctors, which is
been recovered and placed in the
w in mssion at Carlsbad, has an-
ehurch at Medico. The 0 overnment ;no
troops assisted in the work of !flounced the discovery of a new cure
reseue. ;for sarlct fever, which has repeated -
'Phe Volcano of Stromboli was in 2a
11lytos,eprr,oved to be sticcessful. Dr.
toll eruption Friday night. Huge the assistant physician at
hoelders fell into the sea. for a. diss.1st. Ann's Hospital for Children, .at,
die: i Vienna, is the discoverer of the new
tame of four kilometres. The -
'rectors of the Aetna Oliservatory !serum. During the last testi years
believe that there was it submarine the has tried it on 400 patients. The
eruption between the Lsiand of ; 8 awl
t mortality has decreased to between
tromboli and Sicily. 9 per cent. The rate at the
The German steamship Caperralother hospitals is double this. The
foun-dered at the entrance of the t
I congress has been informed that the
Ffarbor of Catania; Sicily. 1 Government will vote a considerable
The latest advices from Sicily es- i sum of money in order that the,
The
that 500 corpses have been,
serum may be made in large quan-
recovered. Three hundred and seee ;titles, and distributed to all the
enty of these were thrown up on the i from ems,
ithildren's hospitals in Vienna. Apert
eastern. coast of the island. The r the congress has not been
Sea, continues to throw up bodies 'noteworthy so far as the announce -
which have been brought down by t
!meet of any great discovery is con -
the torreets from the interior. Many : cerned. The papers which attracted
f ersons are still unaccounted for. :
, the greatest interest as containing
something 3.1.0W; were on the
it is known that 300 perished at !fungus,
; new
Meglica. The corpses are lying lieves is the prime cause of bald -
in t which Dr. Winternitz be-
t° churches and cemeteries, covered t
-- •
elwith mud, as interment is in; os- • nese, and the healing qualities of
sible. The tempes•t continues, and !
i baker's yeast for various cutaneons
further disesters are feared. • - diseases. Prof. Hasslinger, of
'rile weather at Syracuse is threat- .
t Prague, exhibited artificial diamonds
ening, and a tremendous sea. is ren- which were obtained by a far easier
ring. The streams in the affected 'method than has been hitherto
districts are still swollen, and fur- 'used. Prof. Hassling•er employed
districts
t
1G oldsckunidt's thermite, which al -
her tracts of country are sub-
merged. lows of the highest possible temper-
a fresh storm burst over tbe dis- 'imbomanges.
atures being applied in ordinary
eriet of Santa Maria on Sunday and
teeny houses deetroved.
DASHED TO DEATH.
Axmounced at the Congress of
German Doctors. •
A London despatch says: The con -
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Negro Murderer Lynched by a
Southern Mob.
A Corinth, Miss., 'despatch says:
Tont Clark, alias Will Gibson, a,
young negro, was burned at, the
Stake here at a late hour on Sun-
day. - He had confessed to having
assaulted and murdered Mrs. Carrie
Whitfield, the wife of a. well-known
eitizen. It was decided that the
negro glauld be hanged, but Clark
asked that the execution be delayed
until Sunday, when he could have
a farewell interview with his moth-
er and brother. The request was
granted and the two relatives were
telegraphed for, but did not arrive
in time. The negro was securely
fasteeed to an iron ead
around which faggots had been
piled, and the husband and
brother of Clark's, victiiu applied the
torches. The flames were fed by
the crowd until the body was burned
to a erfsp. Then the gathering die -
parsed in an orderly manner, and
the town Fume assumed its nornielly
quiet condi lion.
T3REAKING THE SABBATH.
Attorney -General Busies Himself
With Lave -Breakers,
A Toronto despatch says: Hon. 3.
M, Gibson, Attorney -General, has
instructed the Crown Attorney of
ICent County •to Prosecute the beet
sugar companies, Who are employing
men to work on Sunday to complete
their factories at Wallaeleburg and
Dresden. Ile is also looking into
charges that Sunday work is going
on in the " mines and smelters of.
New :Ontarite.
TWENTY-SIX WERE KILLED
--
Train Prance Leaves Rails at
High Rate of Speed.
A Dario deepattill sayS: TeVenty-
six persona' have been killed and a
Many Lives Lost in India Train
Disaster.
A Madras, ladle; despatch says:
Later particulars received with res!
gard to the disaster at the Madras -
Bombay mail train, which fell over
a bridge near Manapatnen show
that the report that all the Euro-
pean paesengers had escaped was in-
correet. Of all those traveling by
the train only 25 persons were sav-
ed, these included all the first-class
passengers. Fifty bodies have been
recovered, including those of eight
Europeans, four of whom were sold-
iers. The river wee in flood owing
to heavy rains, and this caused the
bridge to collapse, with the result
that the whole train, with the exs
ception of the break van. fell into
the water. Many of those saved
were badlsr injured and are now in
hospital, while others had miracu-
lous oecapes. A portion of the mail
has yet to be recovered.
FATHER WILL SUE.
Novel Claim Made in •Action for
Damages.
A. Niagara Palls, N. Y., despatch
says: Roy Swartout, father of tb.e
boy who -Med recently from hydro -
Phobia, will sue the Acker Process
CoMpany for $25,000 damages for
•the death of his Son. Swartout's
contention is that the dog that bit
Ms son event mad because it, ran
through a. pool of waste chemicals
'thrown ' out by the Acker Process
flompanY. That plant makes caus-
tie soda and some of the waste ma-
terial is east • on anoceupied
Alter a rainstorm it is spread about
and several dogs have been noticed
that seemed to have been horned
severely by running through' the
Waste. Swartont, says that gave
the dog that bit his sea rabic,
33ttihalolatti iirra has been retained
whleh residted in his son's' death. A
lb SWartout • '
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Ceutres.
Toronto, Sept. 30. --Wheat - The
offerings of Ontario grades aro gen-
eral and prices eueier. No, '2 white
and red quoted at 050 west, and. at
.63e for expert. Manitoba, wheat is
steedy. No. 1 hard, 84e grinding in
transit,. and at 78e Godericia No. 1
Northern, 821c s.f.t., and 76e GO-
deriele and No. 2 Northern, 80in
is.i.t., and 7.40 Goderich. •
.0:As-The euerket is steady end
trater; sales oi No, 2 at 28ite mid-
dle freights, and at 29 to 29.1 ,bow
freights to New 'S!'ork.
Corn -Tho market' is quiet, with
Canadian yellow quoted at '62c
west. No. 3 yellow American, quoted
at 69e on track* here.
Rye -The market is quiet; No. 2
quoted at 47e west.
Barleye-,Market is quiet, and
'prices steamy. Feed quoted at 85.
to 38c middle freights, and No 3
metre at 39 to 40e, with stiles at
38c.
Peas --The market is dull at 71c
for No. 2 cast, and 70c middle
freights.
Flour -Ninety per centpatents,
made of new wheat, quoted at $2.65
to $2,70 middle freights, in buyers'
sacks foe export, Straight rollers,
for domestic tra.cle, .q,uoted at $3.15
to $3.25 in bbls. Manitoba flour
steady. Hungarian Patents, $3.85 to
$4.25. delivered on track, Toronto,
bags included, and strong bakers',
$3.60 to $3.95. •
Oatmeal -Car lots in bbls, $4.85
on track, arid in sacks, $4.75. Brok-
en lots 20 to 25e extra.
Millfecd-Bran is quoted at $12.50
west, and shorts at $17 west. Bran
quiet bele at $14, and shorts at
$19. Manitoba bran, $17 in sacks,
and shorts at $23 M saelce, To-
ronto.
Buckwheat -The naarket is quiet at
48e east and west.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Hops -Trade quiet, with srices un-
changed at 13e; yearlings, 7c.
Honey -The Market is steady,
with strained jobbing here at 8 to
Ste per lb, and oomb at $3-50 to.
$1.05.
Beans -The market is steady, with
prime qualities quoted here at $1.30
to 81.35; and hand-picked nt $1.40.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet,
with offerings moderate. New hay
quoted at, $9 to $9.20 a ton. •
Straw -The market is quiet,' with
car lots on trackquoted at $5,50.
Onions -Market steady at $1.90 to
$2 per barrel.
Poultry -The market is steady. We
quote :-Chickens-, 50 to 80e per
pair for dressed, and 6 to 6ic per
lb for live. Turkeys, yew*, 11 to
12c per Tb., and old, 100.
Potatoes -The market is easier, re-
cent deliveries bovine relieved the
taut orary scarcity. ear lots quot-
ed at 75 to 80c, per bag, on track
here. Small lots, out of store, sell
at 90c to $1 per bag.
HOG pitommTs.
Dressed hogs, $8.50 to $9, with
receipts moderate. Cured meats in
good demend at steady prices. • We
quote :-Bacon, hang clear, 11c, in
ton and case lots. Pork, mess
$21.50; do, short cut, $23.50. '
Lard -The market is &Peer. We
quote ierces, 104e; tubs, 11c,
pails, 311 to 111c; compound 81
to 10c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Sept. W. -The grain
market is marked by seeeral sin.all
declines in prices, aim the amount
of business done is very trieing.
Other lines are eteady, cheese, but-
ter, and eggs being especially firm
at recent advances, Grain. -No. 'I
hard, Manitoba, 711c Port William;
No. 1 Northern, 691e October ship-
ment; Ontario No. 2 white wheat,
-
Mc, and No, 2 mixed, at 66e west;
new crop 1 eas, 76e to 77c afloat,
and do oats, 33e afloat, September
delivery; rye, 550 afloat. No. 3
baeley, 46c afloat. Plour-Manitoba.
patents, $3.90 to .$4.25 ; strong
bakers', $8.60 to 83,95 ; Ontario
straight rollers, 83.40 to 83.50..; in
bags, $1.60 to $1.70; patents, $3.80
to 54.10, Rolled oats -Millers'
prices to jobbers, 42.15 to $2.25 in I i
, 1
bags, and 34.50 to 81,60 per bbl.i
Feed-Manitolea bran $15, and. shores
322, hags included; Ontario bran,t
in belle 814.50 to 515; shorts, In '
bulk, $22, in lots. Provisions -
Heavy Canadian short cut pork, I
'$25; compound reflned lard, 9 to
i 91c; pure Canadian lard, 11c; finest
ilard, 12 to 121c; hams, 12e to 14c;
bacon, 11 to 15c; dressed hogs,
$7.50; fresh kilted abattoir, $0,25
to $9.50 per 100 lbs. Cheese- On-
tario, 104 to 101c, Townships, 101
to 101c; Quebec, 10 to 101. Butter
-Fancy Township creamery, 210 to
211c; finest Township creamery, 201
to 231,c; Quebec: creamery, 20* to
20ec; Ontario creamery, 181 to 19c,
and dairy butter, • 151 to 16c. Eggs
-Selected, 18.1 to 10c; 'candled stook
164 to 17c; straight receipts, 16c;
No, 2, 181 to 14c. Honey- Beet
clover, in sections, 11 .to 12e Per
section; in 10 -ib tine, 94 to 3.0c; in
bulk, Sc. -
-,-,-
UNITED STATES STA.TIKETS.
Milwaukee, Sept.. 30. -Wheat --
Lower; close, No, 1 Northern 81c ;
No. 2 Northern, 711 to 731e '• De-
cember, 69c. llye-Quiet; No, 1, 53.c.
Barley -Steady; standard, 50c; sant-
pie, 40 to 50e. Corn -December,
Minneapolis, Sept. 30. -Wheat --
September, 65e c; -December, 6511 to
651c; on traek, No. 1 hard, 68ic ;
No. 2 Northern, 61.4ce No. 2 North-
ern, 650,
Duluth, Sept. 80,--Wheat-Cash,
No. 1 hard, 70/e; No., 1 Northern,
69e; No. 2 Northern, 670; Septera-
'ber, 60c; December, 65'4e; Macaroni,
No. --3, 6:3Rea. No. 2, 62e. Ottts-.-
Sepember, 80e; December, 284e. •
8t. Lottie, Sept, 80.-4Vheat-C1ash
65f,e; Septeml3er, 6516; December,
60e; May, 681e,. -
THE DAIRY MAIWETS.
Dutter-The mama is steady.
Choice grades have the best call,
We quote ea -Choice 1-15 rolls, 16 to
selected dairy tubs, 15c ;
store packed uniform color, 184c;
low grades, 11 to' 120; creamery
rolls, 19 to 20e; do solids, 181; to
1.9e.
Eggs -Market Steady for strictly
fresh stoek. We quote :-Fresh, 16
to 17c; ordieary store candled, 14
to 15'c; seconds and checks, 3.0 to
Oheese-lItlarket is eteady. We
quote :-Finest, 10* tp 1.01e; sec-
onds, Cqe.
LIVE STOCK MARICETS. .
Teronto, Sept. 30. --The feature of
the live stock market to -day was
the Weakening of pi ieeS for lambs,
and .alecr an easier feeliog in' the
light stocker trade. The hog mar-
lgl
peiteews.as steacly, ela,mge in
Pollowiier are. the quotations:
e
Shippers, per cwt ...$5.25 $5.85
Do., light ... ... 4.25 5.00
Butcher, choice .4.00 4.50
Buteher, ordinary to
good ..„.. 8.00 4.00
Stockers, per cwt 3.20 3.75
Sheep and Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt... 8,30 3.50,
Lambs, per cwt ... 8.25 8.60
Bucks, per C\1711 ... 2,25 2,75
Culls each 2.00' 3.00
Milkers and Carves.
Cowe, each ...• .. -25.00 .42.00
Cale -es each ... ... 2.00 10.00
Hogs,
Choice hogs, per .cwt ... 7.00 7124
Light hogs, per cwt 6.75 6.874
Heavy hogs, per cwt... 6.75 6,871
Sows,. per cwt -......3.50 .4.00
Stage, per cwt 0.00 2-.00
BEATEN TO DEATH
Brutal Murder of an, Aged Chip-
pewa Widow.
A Niagara Palls, Ont., despatch
says: Great excitement prevails in
the village of Chippewa over EL hora
reale tragedy which occurred there
alt Wednescley evening end of Which
Mrs. Jessie Pranks, it widow 01- 65
years of age, was the VictimMtxt.:
iisrank§: was disc:revered on Thursday
morning about 9.30 &Cie* lying on
the floor of her residence with her
Pranks mkmk nik rnk nak ankmknikk
brains battered out. Mrs. Franks
lived in. a. large house on the Mar-
ket Square, her only companion be-
ing it 11-1i,se Thomas, of Milwaukee,
who sleeps at her house, but spends
the -greeter portion of the day at
the -home of Mrs. Thomas Macklem.
Miss Thomas has been spending the
slimmer at Chippewa. Wben Reath
Mrs. Pranks was lying in O pool of
cblood in her bedroom, while another
pool Of blood was found in the ad-
joining 'room, the parker, Where the
struggle had evidently taken place.
The room was in a state of cheer -
der.
Constable Lymbureer was notified,
and in turn siumnoned boronei. Mc-
Garry, of Niagara Palls, South,. and.
Detective Mains, Niagara of
the Ontario Polk% tu•rieed at the
Scene of the murder About mein. En-
trance was gained through the rear
door, which had been :kicked open,
as muddy foot marks plainly show-
ed --
STRTTOK DOWN AT HER MEAL.
The sum:els:Won is that Mrs.
'Pranks was eating her evening meal,
as the remains of the Supper were on
the kitchen table. After striking
the woman down the murderer must
have allowed her to remain in the
parlor for seem time, evidently for
the purpose of ranseckingethe build-
ing, as it large amount of bloo'd was
on the floor, Much More. than at the
spot where the body was found. The
apartments ransacked, the body was
dragged by the erns and leg through1
the parlor to the sitting room. It is
quite evident that the murder was
committed early Wednesday evening.
A peculiar circumstance is that
while the' effects of Miss Thomas
Were handled in a nowise gentle
manner, there Was nothing disturbed
in the rooms of the dead woman. In
Miss Thomas' bedroom was found an
axe which had evidently been used
to force the trunk, as there was no
blood steins either Upon the handle
or .blade. The trunk was thorough-
ly ransacked. Everythingwas found
intact, with the exception of an
American 85 gold piece., The morel
dared wonian had rekded in • Chip- '
pawa, a number of years. Her has -
band with . whom. she .had notbeen
livipg for Sonic years. died in Troy,
N. "Y., three years ago. A son,
Hone survives, but his whereabouts
is unknown;
TEE GREAT WRITE PLAGUE
ANTI -TUBERCULOSIS CRUSADE
IN CANADA.
What Has Been and Is Being Done
to Prevent the Spread of
Consumption.
There is nothing truer to -clay than
that . consumption can be. cured, ex-
cept, perhaps, that it may be ac-
quired, fax' it is seldom if ever her-
editary. Overcrowding, defective
ventilation, and general insanitation
are its .printo promoters. while the
wrecking bst its creeping growth is
aggravated by careless cookery, the
use of unwholesome and non-nutri-
tigvees tient] desx,e.essa.n d of alcoholic bever-
aIn Canada coneumption aud other
forms of tuberculosis .annually cause
between 7,000 and 8,000 deaths.
Voluntary erfort has come forward
in the organIzation of the Can.aclian
Association for the Prevention of
Coesumption ancl other forms of
Tuberculosis, to cope with this
great public, calamity by means of
that kr:owl-edge of treatment and
precautions which wo owe to Scien-
tifie research and discovery.
TUE OFI'ICIAt DET011.1.'
of the second annual convention of
this association has been distributed,
and the laborsof the organization
have evidently' been directed, in a
practical fashion to paving the way
for greater. efforts in the ftituresby,
..tereste,
the circulation of literature dealing
with tubereuleeis, its causes,. its
prevention, awl its euro in sueb a
form as to be easily 'understood by
the ordinery roatlet". ,
Consumption is no new er modern
diseaSe for itsdeath-dealing entire
aeteristics were well known five hun-
dred years before the dawn of the
Christian, era; but it has renielned
for the last decade of the Victorian
Era to discover the origin of and
provide a remedy for this deetteled
and dreadful scourge. We Wet know
that tatierculosis, especially in its
pulnioartry form, is an infectious,
communieable, preventable, and,
Many oases, curable diseasei that it
can be cured in nearly all , climates
where the. extremes of temperature
are not too pr000unced, and where
the air is relatively' pure and freak];
that it is not always necessary for
it consumptive patient to travel
long distances and seek- special cli-
matic conditions; but that in Can-
ada, in most instances, he has a
good chance of getting well in his
ownhome climate.
Consumption being a preventable
and curable disease, inc Semler the
sespeet or eonsum.ptive puts himself
under the care of a competent phy-
sician the greater are his chanceet of
recovery. The well trained physi-
cian is the most competent person to
guidethe patient in the means • to
prevent' reinfection of himself or the
infection of Itia fellow' men. Con-
suniption or pulmonary tuberculosis
is net cured, and never lib . been
cured, by quacks, patent medicines,
or any other
• SECRET REMEDIES.
111mostnaeinaucsncessi
u1
me-
thods of tra.hgcongnption'.co-
sist solely and exclusively in the
scientific geld judicious use of fresh
air, sunshine, water, abundant and
goocl food properly cooked, pleaty
of rest by sleep., and the help of Cer-
tain medicinal substances when
these hygienic and dietetic .2:aeons
do not suffice in themselves to com-
bat the' disease. The thorough and
constant supervision of the pulmon-
ary invalid, the immediate interven-
tion when new symptoms manifest
themselves or old ones 'become ag-
gravated or do not disappear rapid-
ly enough, the prescription of pro-
per food and drink, can only behad
at the hands of the thoroughly
trained physician.
When the work of the association
brings us into the presence cif a con-
sumptive wage-earner, living in a
tenement 'house in a few badly ven-.•
tilated and . badly lighted rooms,
with the earnings, of better days
gone, 'with 'scanty food and. scantier
raiment, one wiShes he could take
this poor - sufferer to a sanitarium
where he could have the best chance
of cure, arid where, the possibility of
re -infecting' himself and infecting his
wife and children would be removed..
Then one would wish to examine all'
the ntembers of, the family to find
out if there be any who have al-
ready contracted the disease, and if,
so to take them too in the earliest'
possible stage to a sanitarium for
complete recovery. The next thing
would be to advise a thorough dis-
infection of the rooms-, bedding, and
garments of all the' members of the
family. Then also, one wishes to
be able to provide for the family in
want, deprived of their wage-earner,
good food, and, if possible, -a more
healthy apartment, so that ll the
predisposing factors of tuberculosis,
which (we repeat) are had ventila-
tion, poverty, and malnutrition, as
well as the existing foci of infection,
shall be eliminated
ONCE FOR ALL..
This is the . mission the Canadian
Association for the Prevention of ;
Consumption has to fulfil. Thous-
ands of consumptives are allowed to
die annually, net because their dis-
ease cannot be cared, but because
there is no place in which to cure
them. Ono of the 'greatest missions
of this association is. therefore, the
propaganda for the tesectioit of san-
itaria for the consumptive poor; and
not not only for the absolutely poor
hut also for those of moderate
means, not only for consumptive
adults but also for tuberculosis • and
scrofulous children., Thdre is no bet-
ter school of hygiene than the well-
conducted .sanitarieure for consump-
tives, and such an establishment is
no menace to others' health in any
neighborhood.
Such is the woitk before the Can-
adian Association for the Preven-
tion of Consuniption and other
forms of Tuberculosis, which has for
its honorary president the Governer -
General of 'the Dominion,for its. ac-
tive president Mr. W. 0. Edwards,
M. P., for itshonorary treasurer
Mr, J. W. Courtney, C. M. G.. the
Deputy Minister of Pmance of the
Federal Government, and as its hon-
orary secretary • Dia H. Beaumont
Small, of Ottawa,
The first year's contributions to
the aesociation amounted to 31,277,
and. disbarsements•to $900.82, leav-
ing a qalance to be carried to the
current year's account of 5367.18.
Any person who pays one dollar or
more a year • becemes an mutual
member, while the contribution of
$100 entitles the donor to
LIFE MEMBERSHIP,
It is highly desirable ;that a large
membership 'shall. be .seeured if the
objects aimed at by the association
are to be attained in any apprecia-
ble degree,. and we strongly 'urge all
our readers to at once enrol them-
eelves by sending at least one dol-
lar to either Dr- Small, or Mr.
Courtney, at .Ottawa; or to Mr, W.
CI. Edwards, at ltdekland, Oat,, re-
merribering that every member of rt,
society for the prevention of tuber-
culosis is a worker arid it missionary
in it field as important as, ever lay
before anyone W110 OVC.P went to
preach the gosPel 1,o the heathen.
The field of work which lies open
indlyidually as well as collectively
to members of societies such as this
one is large; it is important; it is
inspiring; for there, is no work more
gratifying than to help the preVen-
tion of a discs= which, i8 preventa-
ble, to help to cure a disease Which
is curable, and to add indirectly
through such woilt to the prosper-
ity, health,. and happlaosS 'our
fel ow, atmaati alai 'increase the
being. of luunanatat, at large,
•
NEWS ITE
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe,
0ANADA.
The lest smallpox latiLbreak in
Montreal cost the city $33,000,
Lord lVfinto expects to have sonfe
moose hunting while in the North-
west.
The now parlc piesented by the
Coekshutt family to the city of
01111100rd was formally handed over
to the Park Conunissioeers yester-
It is understood Sir Henry Strong
will retire and become piesident of
the commission to revise. the Do-
minion statutes after the meeting of
the Supreme Court on October 7.
The dog cateheas in Hamilton, af-
ter gathering in 59 "waifs," have
been instructed to abandon further
operations out of deference to the
Puabughtei
ii•esteonftionlaennitne:.g4inst wil°1°sale
sl
iGriEeAxtiplei3Rect
iTAorN;10.
Tsliteh.ICingilsctl0 Present
at the Newmarket meeting on Oet.
Mr. Carnegie is collecting many
rare books for his library a,t Ski'bo
Castle.
Gen. De Wet has been invited to
deliver a, lecture at Lowestoft, Eng-
land. •
One hundred' - thousand tons of
Welsh steam coal have been Ordered
for the ,ttrench State railwaYs. •
Penny -.faree are to be introduced
at the' end of *aeon on the Yar-
mouth menieipal. eleCteid tramway
The man who 'recently mutiluted
three valuable pictures in the Lon-
don Guildhall collection has been
discovered.
The Terrible, after rendering eon-
sPicuous service in both .the South
African and China campaigns, has
reached Plymouth. • •
The Clan Fraser are to present
Lord Lovatervith O testimonial in
.connection with his raising and com-
manding Lovat's Scouts during the
war. . .
In memory of the late Lord Dui-
ferin and the late Earl ef Ave, his
eldest son, a beautiful 'Celtic cross
24 feet high has been erected at
Clancleboye.
The P.& 0. steamers' Assaye,
Plassy, Sieilia, Soudan and Syria
have been appropriated by the Gov-
einment for the Indian trooping ser-
vice this winter.
Extensive additions to the . Dover
Gordon Boys' Orphanage, the cost
of which has been defrayed by ap
admirer of- the institution, have just
been opened. •
.A manifesto the working people of
the 'United Kingdom has just been
issued by the National Committee of
Orgaaized Labor on the subject of
old age pensions.
A revolt had evidently been agreed
upon by prisoners at Birmingham
jail, but when one of them„felled
warden with a hammer the others
did net even leave their places.
Seventeen :out of twenty-eight Met-
repoli.tan boroughs in London -have
either installed electric light plants
or made arrangements for introduc-
ing it as a municipal or borough
work.
A. floating dock which has just left
Newcastle in tow of the steamer
Barralimg for Durban is one of the
largest ever beilt;• and will accom-
modate steamers of 4,500 tons reg-
ister.
UNITED STATES.
The pension list of the United
States Government has passed the
1..000,000 -mark.
Peer stockmen killed and two in-
jured is ella iestult of a collision on
the Burlington. road, near Malden,
•
Preight . trains 'colliding on the
Pittsburg, Bessemer, and Lake Erie
Railway, near Pardee, Fenn., re-
sulted in the death of four men and
the fateleinjury„of two others.
Mrs. Frances Holy seeks to col-
lect 410,000 damages from a sae,
loon keeper • at, Chicago, who., rhe
declares, sold liquor to her hus-
band': causing him to be a habitual
drunkard..
As the regult of a spider bite re-
ceived by Xis. Rode of St. Joseph,
Mo., three weeks. ago, Mrs. Rode is
dead, and Dr. Walter H. Morris, her
physician, is • stuttering from blood
poison. as also is E. C.. Williams,
the ' undertaker. •
At Niagara Falls; N. Y.. J. Vance,
a gardener living in 'Grey. street, at
the south village, last '.C1nesclay, sold
his household goo•ds, wife, and child,
to Lock Barnes, a driver working at
the inlet of -the Niagara Palls. Park
and River Railroad Power Company.
With the idea ofdeveloping tech -
Meal. education in the United States
as' a means of preserving the coun-
try's commercial. prestige, a eoin-
inittee of the 'ablest professors .of
Chicago TJnivereity ivill make.an ex-
tensive study, covering two years'
time, of all university eoursies ' the
World over.
, GE• •NERAL .
The extraordinary wet weather of
the past summer in japait has in-
jured the rice crop. ,
A steady increase in the number
of wbite men employed in the mines
at Joh Linn -relieves 15 reported.
Forty-two •thousand rupees have
been subscribed in 3mlia for the
;Tam. Nicholeon monument at Delhi.
eleaeral Botha says there are 16,-
000 wounded Doors who are iacait-
bi working tt.nd require aesist-
ance.
The total number of Doers who
heeto so far vett:reed to their faries
is 23,946, ataa 20,000 remain in
ernes); • • „
The Mel tan has presented Priecese
Victoria Louisa, the ICaiser's llttlit
de,ughtcr, with a tiny pony and der-
riere. '
W of0 froni Rome s -eye that, gouts;
Actioni has given the Pore his
and si h Lill dr ed worke of, art, in all
vatted at $1;b00,000
,
RESENT BOER APPEAL
Britain Says It Is' B'repostereus,
Traitereus and Dishenest.
A London despatch. says :,--English
opinion widely resents the form mei
tone of the lion' appeal. The state-
mente in the ai peal are described in
thp ,facErAint.; papers here as PrePOs- "
torous, traitorous, and dishonest,
SOttle 91 1,11.0 writers believe thet,.
the voice is Jacob's voice, bat thaia
hand is the hand of Esau. They age'
eribe the bitteraess of the document
to the signatory generals having
accepted it entirely as it was draft-
ed by Dr. Lesais and Mr. Reitz.
They say that the generals have
gone from bad to worse since they.
have been in Europe, and are pow •
entirely dominated by the Hollander
irreconcilables.
The Morning Post says it hopes an
Aberiean will be put on the
mittee of Supervision, and that
aecoMpanies the committee to Sot
Africa to see the conditions in the
new colonies, the hardships of the
Boer women and children, and the
British efforts to diminish them.
The etatement contained in the
manifesto that 30,000 hones have
been burned is declared to he a
groas exaggeration and complaint
is made that while the document
presents :the case 'agairist Groat
Britain in the -worst possible light
it dishonestly ignores t13ee/fa-1C Lha,
the British Government has prone
ed to advenc.e loans free of interest
for two years to enable the Boers
to resettle on 'their farms. It is
pointed out that even if the Boors
estimate of 30,000 reams destroyed
is correct, the $15,000,000 granted
under the peace terms will give each
family $500. The idea that the ap-
peal ie likely to result in giving
anything like $150,000,000 is ridi-
culed ae perposteroue. ,
OFFICER SENT FOR TRIAL
Wholesale Swindling in Remount
Purchases. •
A Dublin despatch says :-Major
C. W. Studdert, a man of high
standing, his two sons, and ;two
others, after a prolonged hearing en
Wednesday, on the charge of fraud •
and conspiracy in connection with •
Yeomanry horse purchases in Ireland
were committed for trial at the next
assizes of Clare County. It is al-
leged that horses were purchased
Major Stuelciert (who vats a pur-
chasing officer for ,the army) and
others for $30, $35' -end $40 each,
and were sold to the British Gov-
ernment for $150 to 3175. The
horses oleo turned out to be a very
bad lot,- and the matter was taken
up hi the House of Commons, with -
the result that Proseciitioes were
ordered. ' •
CHOLERA SrUJR E WANJNG
Report Shows De rease of Plague
Throughout Egypt,
A Cairo despatch says: Tire -epi-
demic of cholera is decreasing
throughout Egypt. Wednescla,y 4636
new cases were reported for the en-
tire country,. 543. deaths, and 179
-
recoveries, against 1,026 new cases,
953 deaths,' and 258 •recoveries re-
ported on Wednesday of last week.
The condition of the Nile 'has im-
proved within the la.et few days. The
amount of cultivated land. not yet
irrigated is officially estimated at
2,000,000 fecldans (2,160,090 acres).
DR. BARCLAY DECLINES
Will Not Be Principal of Queen's
University.
A Kingston 'deapatch says: Oen- '
sirlerable surprise was occasioned
on Wednesday when the announce-
ment was made public that Rev. Dr.
Jas. Barclay, of Montreal, had de-
clined to aceept the position of
Principal of Queen's University, of-
fered him by the trustees last peek.
It ha'd been expected that the Mont-
real pastor would accept, though the
salary offered was much below that
paid him in St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church, over which he has presiderl
for some years past. It ie believed,
that the trustees will choose a pro-
fessor front across the Atlantic to
fill the iota Principal Grant's pos-
ition. '
SHOT HIS BROTHER.
Fired Gun in Direction of Move-
ment in the Bush..
A Burit's Palls despatch stasis:
While hunting in the Township of
Laurier, some six miles north el
this village, Wellington Middleton
accidentally shot and killorl his. bro-
ther Gorge. The two had separat-
ed hi. their quest for game, and,
Wellington, noticing a movement in
the bush, fired his gun in that di-
rection, with fatal resultq. l'he cor-
oner decided that an inquest was
riot necessary.
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'CARNEGIE MEETS KING
Conducted by His Majesty About
the Balmoral. Estate, •
A London despatch says; 'Aeld'aoxv
Carnegie has gone to Balmoral to
viSit King Edward. Lord Rosebery
and. Winston. Churchill are also at
Delmore].
A Royal carriage mM
et r. Carnegie,
al; Balloter railroad station and
convoyed him to Balmoral, where
the .King, received him personally and
conducted him about the Deer Park
and -other portions of the estate.
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COST CANADA $1,000,000
TO Maintaie ,the Garrison at Hall -
1 ax.
An Ottawadespatch says: The
8rd Special Service Battalion, which
hes been doing garrison duty at
Halif ax anti is now being d tabs] n d et] ,
hes 'been etritioned there two years
and SiX nio 11. The regiment ie
1,000 st rouge an d cost Canticle
abeut 31,000,000. leifett,-Col.
White; Whitt, is in command; will go'
lace, to the: Prederi cton district as
1).0.0,
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