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MONTREAL
A WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT
Toronto Man, Mother, Wife and Two Children Per-
ish in Pigeon River, Near Omemee.
A despatch from Omemee says
Five persons, a family party, were
drowned on Saturday afternoon in.
the Pigeon. River, near Omemee,
when their canoe was overturned
by the pull of a 14 pound muskal-
longe on a trolling line held by Wil-
liam McCaffery, assistant supply
manager of the Canadian General
Electric Company, Toronto. The
dead: William McCaffery, 41, PT
South Drive: Laura S. McCaffery,
38, his wife. Mary McCaffery,
Omemee, his mother. Grave Max-
ine McCaffery, 12, his daughter.
Howard Southby McCaffery, 8, his
Son.
Mr. McCaffery, who was a son of
Charles McCaffery, of Omemee,
went with his family to that village
on Friday at his old home. With
his wife, mother, and two children,
he started down the Pigeon River
on Saturday morning on a fishing
expedition. The weather was fine,
came
and though
iton to rain to-
wards evening there was nothing
in the nature of a squall on the
water during the day..'
It appears that no member of the,
party . was ever seen alive after the
'canoe had passed from sight down
the river, and it is believed that no
person actually witnessed the acci-
dent. When the party did not re-
turn to Omemee towards evening,
according to his expectation,
Oharies. McCaffery, father of the
drowned man, became alarmed,
and organized a search party. Sev-
en miles doh the river the canoe
was discovered, floating bottom up-
ward. Dragging operations were
commenced immediately. The
search continued until three
o'clock on Sunday morning, by
which time four bodies those of
McCaffery, his wife, mother, and
son -had been recovered. The clue
to the position of the bodies was,
afforded by the splashing of a large.
fish. The body of the little girl was
not found until 10 o'clock in the
morning, when a- second search
party recovered it.
EIGIIT WOUNDED AT LECTURE
Conscripts Started Free:' Fight in
• Paris Hall.
A despatch from Paris says :
The announcement that Prof. Gus-
tave Herve, the Socialist, who had
just been released from jail be-
cause of the utterances of his paper
during the railway strike, would
deliver a lecture on Wednesday
night on "Our Country," stirred
up the militant Anarchists, who re-
gard Herve as a backslider, and
they determined to prevent the de-
livery of his address. They gath
ered in large numbers in the hall.
and started a disturbance before
the time for the lecture to begin.
Chairs flew and 'revolvers were
fired, and before the professor
started tc speak eight wounded
men had been taken to the hospi-
tal. When he took the platform
and failed to advise the conscripts
to desert, the radical anti -militarist
faction and Anarchists, who were
present in great strength, raised
pandemonium.
In spite of the racket Prof. Herve
proceeded et deliver his address.
The noise and turmoil were so
great. however, that it was impos-
sible to hear what be said beyond
learning that he explained his fam-
ous phrase about planting the flag'
in. a manure heap as a reference to
an imperial, not a republiean flag.
He declared that his sole error had
been in allowing himself to be
dubbed anti -patriotic. He denied
that he was an anti -militarist, and
said he believed that it was only
possible to effect a social revolution
with the assistance of the army,
and to secure this the schools must
be captured first.
COAST PLANS OF C.N.R.
Officials Make ,Announcements of
Big Undertakings.
Statements
recently cent} made byCol.
Davidson and Canadian Norhern
officials in the west show the com-
pany's intentions regarding its
Pacific terminal at •Vancouver and
' Port Mann: The former is to be the
passenger terminus, while Port
Mann will an wl
1 be ;utilized for the
freight end of the business, and
will yalso be the site of the oomz-
pane s car and locomotive repair
shops. In addition it will likely be
the steamer port et such tim as the
Canadian. Northern decides` to
operate a trans -Pacific service.
No .less a, sum than - ten million
dollars is to be spent on the C,N;R,
location at false _ Creek, outside
Vandal:ver, and the connection be-
tween the station &ere and the
downtown depot, which will be by
mans of tunnel. Work there
wila lgze..
b n at the earliest possible
inoinent. The foundations of the
inaehi r•e shops at Port Manx will be
started withiir . a, Month, according
to a statement issued by 'Col..
bmvidson,.
THE LATE RT. HON SIR RICHARD
CARTWRIGHT.
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THOUGHT RE WAS MURDERER
Cobalt" -Youth Commits Suicide as
a Result.. ..
A despatch from Cobalt says:
After shooting throe times at
George Wilkes, proprietor of the
Ottawa House here, this evening,
and thinking he had killed him, J.
K. (Curley) McDonald, a young
American from the Adirondack re-
gion, stepped outside andshot him-
self through the, brain, dying in-
stantly. Wilkes
n-stantly.Wilkes had garnisheed
McDonald's wages at the Nipissing
Mine, and McDonald's grievances
rose over the action.
Wilkes threw himself on the floor,
exclaiming, "I'm gone," when Mc-
Donald fired the third shot. He es-
caped the three shots, .one barely
burning
the skinofi
hshi. The
gP
affair oecured in the Ottawa House,
and :the suicide was committed a
few feet from its door. McDonald
carne to Cobalt and lived for some
time under'the alias of 11,-0. Mc-
Carthy, giving in
the reason confiden-
tially, it ie stated, that he had for-
merly committed a depredation. He
was welI educated, although in-
clined to act strangely at times.
REAR -END COLLLSION.
Fireman Killed,. Conductor. and
Engineer 'Badly Injured.
A despatch from Ke'nora. says : A.
rear -end collision cauusi ng g the
death
of fireman C A. Clark, and possi-
bly fatally Injuring Conduetol" J.
H. Neal end Passenger Engineer
G. E. Ol,st,' occurred early Friday
morning west of Eusteed 'between
Extra No, 4, composed of dead-
head coaches rupning east, and' a
heavy freight tram -a so going, cast,
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
ttfiF.ORTS FROM THE LEADING TRAIN
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
PeVoee at Cattle, Dramo, Cheese. and Gtbu
Produce at Hama,, and Abroad
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, Got. 1 -Flour -Winter . wheat,
90 per cent. patents, are quiet and steady;
itis quoted at $3.84 to :$3.85 at seaboard.
Manitoba flours (these quotations are for
jute bags, in cotton bags 10o more). -First
patents, $5.70; second patents. $5,20, and
strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto.
Manitoba .Wheat -The, market is quiet.
with prioes easier. No. 1 new Northern
quoted: at $1.06 Bay porter and No. 2 do.,
$1.04. Feed wheat, 66 to 67c, Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. '2 white, red and
mixed quoted at 97 to 98o, outside; new
wheat, 94 to 95c, onteide.
Oats -The receipts. are .light, and prices
firm. New No. 2 oats 'quoted at 43 to 44o
here, and old at 47 to 48o, Toronto. West-
ern Canada oats; purely nominal.
Peas: Nominal:
Barley -trade dull, with offerings small.
Forty-eight lb. barley at 63 to 65a, outside.
Corn -The market isquiet, with No. 2
4 .
American quoted at 821.2c, on track, To-
ronto, and at 78o, Bay ports.
Rye -Trade dull, with No. 2 quoted at
68 to 70c, outside. •
Buckwheat -Nominal
Bran -Manitoba bran, $22;to$23, in bags,
Toronto freight. Shorts, • 25;
•
BALED HAY AND STRAW.,
Baled Hay -No. 1 new hay-, $12.50 to $13,
on track, Toronto; No. 2, $10 to $11; clover,
mixed, $8 to $9.
Baled Straw -The market is
quiet,
with
th
prices of good' strawquoted at $11 to
11.60, on rack. Toronto.
COUNTRY PRDUOCE.
Butter -Dairy rolls. choice, 25 to 260;
bakers', inferior, 21 to 22o;. choice dairy,
tubs, 23 to 24c; creamery, 28 to 290 for rolls
and 26 to 27c for solids.
Eggs -Case lot of new -laid, 27' .to 28o
per dozen; fresh 24 to 25c. •
Cheese -New oh ese, 141-2 to 14 3-4c for
large, and 143-4o• to 150 for twins.
Beans -Handpicked quoted at $6 per
bushel; primes, $2.90.
Honey -Extracted, in tine, quoted' . at
11 to 12c per ib. for No. 1, wholesale;
combs, $2.60 to 53, wholesale.
Poultry -Chickens, 16 to 18e per lb.; hens,
13 to 14c; ducklings, 13 to 140; turkeys,
17 . to 19c. ' Live poultry, about 2c lower
thou the above.
Potatoes -75 to 80c per . bag, on track.
PROVISIONS.
Bacon -Long clear, 141-2 ;to . 14 3.40 per
lb., in case lots. Pork -Short cut, $24.50
to $25; do., mess, $21.50 Hams -Medium to
light, 17 to 171-2e; heavy, 151-2 to 160;
rolls, 141-2c; breakfast bacon, 19c; backs,
21 to 211.2c..
Lard -Tierces, 141-2cr tubs, 143.4c; pails,
15c.
BUSINESS- IN MONTREAL.
Montreal, Oct. 1. -Corn -American No. 2
yellow, 84c to 85c. Oats -Canadian west-
ern, No. 2, 54c to 55c; extra No. lefeed,
.54c to 64 1-2c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 60c
to 610; malting, 75c to. 80c. Buckwhoat-
No. 2, 74c to 76c. 'Flour -Manitoba spring
wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; seconds, $6.30;;'
strong bakers', $5.10; winter patents,
choice, $5.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $5.-
40; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled Oats -
Barrels, $5.05 ,Bags, 90 lbs., $2.40. Mill -
feed -Bran, $23; shorts, $27; middlings,
$28' to $29; mouillie, $30 to $35. Hay -
No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13.50 to $14. Cheesll
-Finest westerns, 13 1-2o to 133.4o; finest
easterns, 131.8c to 13 3.8c. Butter --Choicest
creamery, 27,3-8c to 27 5=80; seconds, 261-2o
to 26 3-4o. Eggs -Selected, 29c to 30e; No.
.2 stook, 21c to 22c. Potatoes -Per bag,
car lots, 66o to 70c. Dressed hogs-Abat.
toir killed, $12.50 to '$12.75. Pork -Heavy
Canada short cut mess, barrels, 36 to 45
pieces,
to 55 pies s, ada s28rtLard-Compound ut backs, bar-
rels,
$10.25; wood$ pails, `$10.75; r
$14.50; pure, wood pails, $15.
LIVE. STOCK MARKETS.
Montreal, Oot. 1. -Good 'steers, $6.25 to
86.50; .medium, $5.25 to $6.76; common, $4
to $5'per 100 pounds. Choice butcher cows
sold well 'at $5.25 to $5.50; medium at .`$4
to $5, and common atfrom the inside
price down . to $2.50 per 100 pounds. Bulls,
common, $2.50 to $3.60. per 100 pounds.
Lambs, 55.50 to 56 per 100 pounds, while
sheep were • quiet and unchanged at $3.50
to $3.76 per 100 pounds. The trade in
calves was stotive at pricesranging from
$2 to $10 each, as to quality. Hoge, $8.75
to $9.10 per 100 pounds, weighed off oars.
Toronto, Oet. 1. --Choice butchers, 56 to
$6.25; • good, $5.76 to $6; medium, $5.25. to
$5.60; common, $4.76 .to $5; inferior, $3.76.
to50; .
4good go d Cows, $4.50 to :$5.25• medium
cows, $4 to $4.50; common, $3 to $4; bulls,'
$3 to $5. Stockers and Feeders -Steers,
900 to 1000 lbs., sold at $5.30 to $5.75; steers,
.800 to 900 lbs., at $5 to ,$5.25; stockers, $4
to $4.75. Milkers and ,springers, $50 to
$90 each. Veal calves $3 to $8.50 per cwt.
Lambs $5 to $6.10 per cwt:, with an odd
lot now and again at ,$6.15. Light ewes,
$4 to $4.40; heavy ewes and rains, 53. to,
$3.60, Culls, $4.60 per . cwt.
FOOD
. 0 D FOR THE VILLAGERS.
Old Broken-[lown.Hors4Which Fell
. .
Dead on German Street. -
A despatch from• ,Betalin., Ger-
many. says : The Vorwaer°ts in Sup-
porting its meat carnpaign'prints a
story of an old broken-down horse
which dropped dead in the Village
o£ Maerzdorf, in Silesia where the
food scarcity is extreme. The vil-
lagers skinned , 1 i
nned the aunal, stripped
the flesh from the bones, and car-
ried it to their homes.
-
Three firemen d .br
falling froth , tk on
Ray street, 'r' ty,.
THE NEMS IN A .PARAGRAPH
HAPPENINGS 'PROM ML (Mal
THE GLOBS IN A
N U'rsuFI L.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
Eves.
CANADA. •
Win "sor claims a population of
20,000.
"Wm. J, .Erly and James Chip-
pington were crushed to death' lin
the G.T.R. yards at Allendale.
Miss Wylie, e leader of the Fmg-
liish suffragettes, hays come to Can-
ada to organize the militants here.
Regina bricklayers are on strike
for two and, ahalf' cents an hour,
increase. They were getting 67%
cents.
Two men who escaped from
.Guelph prison farm and were,. re-
captured at Ayr, were given six
months' additional.
The Brantford grand jury report-
ed to Justice Middleton that for-
eignens be periodically searched for
dangerous weapons.
Woodstock Council, by a majority
vote, decided to assess factories at
only42
pervalue,
Dent, of actual
Including business tax.
The body of Mr. Wm. Bell, found-
er of the Bell Organ & Piano Com-
pany, - was found mangled on' the
G.T.R. track near Guelph.
Lord Milner addressed Halifax
Canadian Club Friday night, con-
tending for the absolute divorce-
ment of Imperial fromocal issues.
Montreal business men presented
S. ' H.- Carpenter, for sixteen yearns
head of the detective department,
wiith $2,500 and a 'gold watch,. with
a. hand -bag foe Mrs. Oarpenter.
He is becoming chief of police at
Edmonton.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Hatfield; the "English swimainer,.
broke the world's record for 400
metres; time, 5'minutes 21 3-5 sec-
onde:
The principal government build-
ings in Dublin are guardedby pol-
ice, lest suffragettes attack them.
A despetoh to, the Lnodon Times
from Constantinople, says that the
Turkish troops ' in the island of
Samos
of
mf hand and'
g
outokrlled•
many wom= and children. • c
UNITED STATES.
Thecap captured olitd a man p at St.
Louis klelieved to have been impli-
cated in the New Westminster bank
robbery.
Anthony Debs, the New York
policeran who arrested Harry
Thaw, shot his wife and ; himself
when summoned to court on 'her
complaint.
GENERAL.
British and French sailors have
been landed on the island of Samos.
Austria will hold for the time be-
ing, the time -expired men in' the
Bosnia army corps.
A monk, a teacher in physics in
Italy, has invented an automatic
rifle to fire 350 shots a. minute.
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FOUND A. GAINSBOROUGH.
Has Hung For Years in a House in
Monmouthshire. -
A despatch from London on says•: A
portrait which has hung for. years
in -the back room of a house at New-
port, in Monmouthshire, and whose
value has never been guessed,
turns out to be Gainsborough's pic-
ture of the Duke of York, which
was painted for George III. in.
1784. The owner of thepainting on
.seeing Benjamin West's reproduc-
tion of the 'picture of the Duke of
York was-strnek by the 'resemblance
of -the two faces, and this led to the
discovery that the portrait at New-
port was the original. Gainsbor-
ough's signature is on the right
hand corner at the bottom.
350 SHOTS A MINUTE.
Jti
New Automatic Rifle Invented by
An Italian Monk.
A despatch p from Borrie says: A
monkof the name of Mario Bon -
tempi, a teacher of physics,. and
mathematics in the monastery at
Lanciano, in the Province of Chieti,
has .abandoned monasticism to ex-
ploit an automatic rifle which he
has invented v d He claims h
t art the
weapon' will fire 350, shots a minute.
Bontem.pi .wanted to• patent his
rifle and offer it to the Italian Gov-
ernment, but his superiors ordered
him to destroy the pl.anis ;and speci
fication
sofsucham
murderous
pore He refused to do this, and' is
now - •negotiating with the War
Office. •- "
WILLIAM" T3 ELL'S 1) EATII. .
Tcmpoi' ,ly ;Ine`ita" o.,pi lied Tragic
find nr.G lelph Man.
- A: ,lespaf h,'from " Guelph says.:
khat 'Wil:liani 13e11• eame to his
deialh on September 2t, while in
stateof temporary insanity,by be-
ing run .over by a G,T•R. train at
Tralha•r?s 'Out, -and that no blame
be 'attached to any one," was the
verdict arrived at by the jury who
inquiredttinto the dearth of William
Bell, on:tl of Guelph's roost promi-
nent citizens, whose body was
found mangled 'beyond reeognition
on the G,`T,R. track about two
miles east of the city lasa-week.
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'PRONTO CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM ONTARIO'S
GAP ITA L.
Disposal wof St. James Square -St. Clair
Case a Peculiar One --Toronto's
Phenomenal Growth.
Quito a tempest has been created about
`the prospeetivo disposal of St. James
Squa;,e, the valuable block of land bound-
ed by Goul Gerrard, Victoria and Church
streets. inihe centre of whiol>; stands the
venerable building housing the Education
Department and Normal School. For rea-
sons of convenionee the Education Depart-
ment is to forsake the precincts that have
known it since the days of Egerton Ryer-
son, - and henoefor 4l1 will bo ,housed with
the other depa#tments of . government in
the Parliament Buildings, a section of the
new win .being designed for that s leeial
purpose. As to any removal of the Nor-
mal School or Provincial Museum no an-.
uouucement has yet been made. But an
official statement, the .'other day. calling'
for offers for the whole' Normal School
property caused everyone to jump to the
conclusion that the Government was of-
fering it for sale. •
Immediately the city press and officials
and oitizone generally, perhaps with
something of the spirit, which has earned
for Toronto the nickname of Ifogtown,"
began to clamor that the property should
not be sold, but that' it should be pre-
sented to -the corporation of Toronto as a
5ublio park. The modesty of the -'request
as appreciated when it is stated that St.'
James Square is worth approximately one
million dollars, although it is only -.o, {laic
patch of land bounded by one city block
on each side.
.TORONTO'S MORAL RIGHT.
Toronto's argument is that originally
the Provincial government paid. only
$18,000 for the square, that the tremendous
increase has been brought about by rea-
son of the city's growth and improve-
ments, and that therefore the "unearned
increment" is the city's by moral right.
It is also pointed out'that the property
has enjoyed exemption from .taxes, which
according to the sensationally . displayed
figuring of one paper, would have amount-
ed to upwards of 5300,000. But, noqon has
pointed out that while the Provihoe has
benefited by the increase in "velues•in'
Toronto,' the city of. Toronto has in, its
Mum benefited .to an untold amount by
having had located here the Normal
School and, the Department of Education.
Some of the papers have been kicking,
up a great fuss about the matter, But,
meanwhile, Sir James Whitney sits tight.
A deputation from the City Council inter-
viewed him, but they lost courage to ask
him' for a gift of the property. Their
only request was that the city be given
a chance to buy before the Square was.
sold to a private individual, and -this Sir
James readily assented to. There is a
suspicion that the Premier has no inten-
tion of selling the property, and that he
merely wanted to, find out what its aetual
value is. If thiY'is the case he must be
enjoying the storm that is being waged.
Everyone is agreed that it would be a
calamity if the property passed into
private hands, and this breathing spot in
one of the most congested distriots was
closed up. But if. it is ;to. become a city
park the difference of opinion arises as
to :whether thea city ought not to pay for -
it.
THE CASE OF REV.. R. B. ST. CLAIR.
One of the strangest ' prosecutions To-
ronto has, seen .in a long time was the
'trial of Rev. R. B. St. Claim secretary of
an organization known 'Ss the Toronto
Vigilance Committee; on a charge of cir-
culating obscene literature. „Many per-
sons who have come in contact with Mr.
St. Clair and the Vigilance Committee
whioh he brought into being, have not
been disposed to take him over seriously.
He has not been in Toronto long, and
since, his sojourn here he has evinced
something like a monomania on the sub-
ject of clearing up vice. This is the kind
of job that many very good people prefer
to leave to some' one else, and wish • it
done with a minimum of publicity. .But
among many aotivities Mr. St. Slain did
one thing that got him -into the.spot-
lights. He attended a performance at
one of the burlesque houses and ' wrote
out a description of what he saw, which
he mailed to a number of. men and wo-
men, chiefly clergymen and others speci-
ally interested in the suppression of vice.
Now, this . performance had been passed.
upop by the local police officers as a fit
and decent show, : proper for public pre-
sentation. But immediately Mr. St. Clair
sent a description of it to a few friends
he was arrested (not summoned) by the
same police department on the oharge of
circulating obscene literature.:
In defence of the police action it Si stat-
ed that Mr. •S1. Clair's description was
not warranted by the actual perform-
ance, but as to this there is conflicting
evidence.' Substantial witnesses support-
ing Mr. St. Clair's drastic condemnation
of the show were not wanting at
the trial, and the whole affair•. has. served
to arouse much bitter feeling against the
class of performance put on at these bur-
lesque theatres. They' aro attended •chiefly
by men. and boys, a ,woman -being only
occasionally seen in the audiences. They
draw' hawses ranging from 1,000 to 1,500
each at eaoh- one' of 12 performances a
week, every afternoon and evening, and
as their prices are not particularly cheap
they are veritable gold mines for the pro-
prietors. Smoking is allowed, and the
whole atinosphere is not particularly ele-
vating, to say the least.
TORONTO GROWING LIKE A WEED.
The completion of the city's assessment
on which taxes for the year 1913 will be
paid shows that the total assessment has
increased in a year • by the remarkable
figure of $83,000,000, and the aggregate' now
stands at $426,000,000. These figures are
eloquent of - the city's growth. Over half
of the increase was made in ward three,
which includes Yonge : street, where there
has not been .so.much actual growth as •
there hale -been increase in values, caused
by the general growth of the'city, and
while in some instances on, Yonge and
nearby streets assessments have been
doubled, over last year, they are, in all
cases, still fax ' below selling values.
The assessors' estimate of population
is 410,000. It is admitted, however, that
assessors never get them all, so that the
police census of 425,000 probably most ac-
curately represents the present size of
this. centre. The Increase in a year has
been 35,000, and this.does not include an-
nexations. In a decade Toronto's popula-
tion has 'inerea d
se by106per
cent, a
re-
cord cord dot equalled by any other ity of
400,000 population in America. Detroit,
which in that period has become the "ca-
pital of the automobile industry," has
the next best record„ namely 91 per cent.,
but Toronto's growth has not: been con-
fined to any one industry. Then comes
Pitts lig, with 86 •per ' . cent., Cleveland
with 70 per cent., New York with 47 per
cent., `Buffalo 42 per cent., Chicago and
St. Louis 33 per cent., Philadelphia 23 per
cent.. and .'San Francisco 22 per cent. Los
Angeles is the only city of approximately
Trtronto's size that has enjoyed a higher
rete of growth.''It has now about 375,000
and'•ton years` nr;o'was nowhere, 'Toronto
is now the twelfth oily' in America. Tfiese
boagtings as to.growth and size are'be-
oomrn4 the everyday Steck in trade of the -
average citizen's conversation," but under
tans `dirrumstances a little' boasting may',
'be "forgiven. •
BALL TEAM'S JOB' ENDED.
The winning. of the pennant by the To-
ronto Baseball. team does • not seem to
have created the enthusiasm that the
same,,,,Fe;tt•,.did five years ago, But the
perfornianee was clean-cut and altogether
creditable, , and • the fans are. ,}}appy.
Meanwhile the players, referred tb jece.l.;
arty as the "hired help," have hurried 'off
to their .respective homes, • all far south
tsf the boundary ling„ with the exception*
of the solitary 'home brow, O'Hara, who
is a product of our own corner lots. In
the winter time "Bill," in partnership
with "jack" White, another baseball star,
runs a billiard and poo), room ill bin he
town. Most of the others likewise:I,
profitable winter occupations ;whtc
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LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERE
W. A. Ferguson. Convicted by Jury at Detroit for;
the Murder of Herbert.
A despatch from Detroit says:
Although) himself admitting that he
had shot down a fellow man in cold
blood and notwithstanding that the
murder was witnessed by at • least
.half a dozen,,perrsora, .William A.
Ferguson, slayer of Herbert II.
Herbert, the Canadian immigration
inspector, will escape the death
• penalty. Ferguson's trial ended at.
3.25 o'clock Friday afternoon when,
after concluding arguments by the
Government and the defence, the
case went to the jury. Deliberating
a little more than half'an hour, the
verdict was returned finding Fergu-
son "guilty of murder in the first
degree without capital • pun'i h-
Ineent.' .
Judge Sessions then pronounced
sentence as follows :-"The verdict
of the jury is a fair- one and there
is only one sentence 'which I can
pronounce. The sentence of • the
•court is that you be. confined in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, with bard labor for . the
rest of your 'natural life."
The pri'sener displayed .not t
slightest sign of feeling. His ha
lined face,, Which a' several d ye,n'°I
growth wt
hbeard of only
•madea
pl
ear
the more dogged, was turned td-"..-"
wards the bench where the judge
sat. His gnarled fingers .twitched
convulsively once or twice, but be-
yond this therewas nothing to •in-
dicate that he had a full. apprecia-
tion of his position.
In his closing plea. forthe de--
fence,, Attorney James H. Pound
painted a word picture of the cir-
cumstances which 'led up to and
which caused Ferguson to take the
life of Inspector Herbert. "Here
was a British .subject longing -to get
back to his native land," he said.
"But as he touched foot upon Can-
adian shores he was met by these
petty officials and turned back, re-:
jetted. and insulted. For this, and
for the affection he showed his coun-
try, William A. Ferguson is being
put behind'walls of steel and stone
for the remainder of his life." The
main argument of the counsel for
defence was justification.
plement the substantialsalaries they
draw in the summer time as ball players.
Some are dentists, others have shops and
.others are In other lines of business:
"Joe" Kelly, the manager, lives in Bal.
timore. Hisfather-in-law is the demo -
uratic "bins" there and as such is said
to hold in the hollow of his hand all the
municipal and other patronage of that
large city. They do say that "Joe" him-
self goes on the pay roll at the rate of
55 a day and that his official title is that
of messenger.
,Next year the championship winners will
all be back, barring accidents, as the
only man drafted by the big leagues was
Fisher, a catcher who did not make good
and was farmed . out to a minor league
team. Of course, HOMO of the stars may
be sold, but this is unlikely, as the own-
ers are understood to have made. money,
and therefore are not likely to 'liquidate
their 'talent. So that the.. prospects for
good ball in :1913 are rosy,
LACROSSE IN THE DOLDRUMS. .
In contrast to: the prosperity in base-
ball is the financial difficulty . that all the
big lacrosse clubs, find themselves in.
Without exception they. have lost money.
They have paid fancy salaries and have
drawn poor.gates, sometimes only a few
hundred people. Mr. R. J. Piercing got
the coveted championship with his 'Te-
rontos, but he is reported to have lost
the most .money of all, because he paid
the highest salaries. Friends of lacrosse
are earnestly discussing the question of
what is wrong with Canada's national
game• that it has lost its. attractiveness
to the public Some advocate a lacrosse
commission, whioh would keep salaries
within bounds and control other matters
connected with the game. But this, while
it might save some money would not
overcome public apathy. No letter of ex-
planation of that indifference has yet
been forthcoming than that, the .game
was killed by long years of mismanage-
meat in which foul tactics were tacitly
encouragaged finally resulting in public
disgust. Now it is found the game can-
not be reinstated in a day. :It will pro-
bably take many long years of-coneci-
entious 'work to overcoine'-the 'effects of
the period of former disastrous policy.
TURN YOUR• TIME V'7TO
•
There Is a firm in Toronto who give,, hunt.
dreds of men and women an opportunity
to earn from $250.00 to $1,500.00 every year
with but little effort. This firm manufac-
tures reliable family remedies, beautiful
toilet preparations and many necessary
household goods, such as baking powder,
washing compounds, stove, furniture and
metal polishes, in all over one, hundred
preparations that every home uses every
day. Just one person in each locality can
secure exclusive right to distribute these
preparations to their neighbors. - They
pay 100 per . cent.- eonubission to their
agents. Write and secure sole agency be-
fore it is - too late. Address Tho, Home
Supply Co., Dept. 20, Merrill Building, To
SE .ECH :.FOR WEAPONS.
Brantford :Grand Jury'Adoises Per-
• loll Examination.
c Txa lnat'o
f n
A despatch from Brantford says':
The Grand Jury at the Assizes here
in its presentmeiit', to Mr. Justice
Riddell, the presiding judge, made
the following recommendation
"Owing g to the prevalence of
crimes ?Violence amongst the for-
eign
oa�-
ei n im grants g g n s by reason of their
possession of firearms;' knives, and
other dangerous weapons, we be-
lieve that for, the protection of the
ccinmmunity a periodic: ,r
and , confiscation
wottld be adv'
acecrdin
the sa
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MARC.ONI IN AUTO WRECK.
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'Wireless -Inventor Suffering From
Serious Injuries..
A r despatch from. Spezia, Italy;
p , Y,
says : William Marconi,' of wireless 1
fame, was injured in an auto ' bile-.1
accident near .Borghetto, ' he
valley of the Vara River.
tent of his injuries has not, been
disclosed, but he was brought back
with bandages around hishead. He.
was suffering from a woun41 of .the
right eye and his right cheek and
temple were badlybruised.
Marconi was mote -ing with 'his_
wife when in turning a sharp curve
the machinecame into . collision•
with another automobile:'Both cars;
were overturned.. .Mrs. Marconi,
was not injured,' but Marconi's sec.;;•
retary and chauffeur received slight
injuries. In the other car were five
women, all of whom were found te:
be suffering from severebruisesaan
shock.
BLUEJACKETS LANDED.
Will Protect Foreign Property
the Island of Samos.
Constantinople, Sept. 26. -Br'
tish and French bluejackets hav
been; landed at the Island of Sam
to . protect the Consulates and for
sign property during the' f ghtin.
between the Turks and the rebels
*The, town of Vathy is now apparen
ly peaceable, the, insurgents .havin
withdrawn: to the 'Bills when the
Turks landed. -.-
TWO CENT RATE TO CUBA..
Letters Go For That Snln Now
North American Nations:.
Ottawa, Sept. 27.---A oonventio'�
has been :concluded between Clan
.oda and Cuba, bringing into. fors
between the two countries apost
rate of two cents per ounce.` Cub
was almost the; only •country left i
North America with which Cana
had no such arrangement.
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