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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-09-15, Page 7CATHOLIC PROCESSION. A Hundred Thousand Persons Saki to be in Line—Over Four Hours to Pass. Montreal, Sept. 1L—A few hours from now the twenty-iret International Eli- eliaristie Congress,which has engaged the Attention of Catholics throughout the world during six days, will be but a memory. To thee of the faith wao viewed its progress and perticipated 111 its functions it will be one that will live log. To Canada it will be a monu- ment of religious toleration awl hospital- ity. Not even in the eity of the Popes could the Catholic body conduct a solemn convention with greater reverenee. The thousands of viei tors to the metrepoll- tan city on the shores of tete St. Law- rence will carry away with them, if they have been observant, as undoobted- ly they Wive been'a lieson in tolerauce that must make them do unto others 'as they have done unto them. They will leave leiontreal proud of their au- cient faith and of its, naatehless record.; they will be true to their God and loyal to their respective countries. To -mor- row the towers of Notre Dame, from which the Papal flag has waved for two weeks, will be bare and reggea as they were before the Empress a Ire- land, bearing the Papal Legate, entered the St. Lawrence. In a word the twenty- first International Eucharistic Congress is at an end, the Iniesion from Rome is terminated, and to -night 200,000 pilgrims are homeward bound or preparing to leave the city. A few hours ago twice that number congregated on the slope of Mount Royal and escorted the Legate to Hotel Dieu where was placed the sacrament which has been the object of - the most notable religious demonstra- tion in the history a North America,. ' 100,000 nilsoNs IN LINE. The last day of the congress began with a Pontificial mass at St. James', Cardinal Gibbons being the preacher, and ' dialed with a procession of the Bucher- ists through miles of the street. The repel Legate walked over the entire route from Notre Dame to the Reposi- tory, built at the base of the mountain, carrying the alost in a golden mon- strame. A. modest estimate is that there were a hundred thousand in line, and the inultitulle that viewed the progress of the procession was over half a mil- lion. At daybreak crowds wended their way to Mount Royal, carrying lunches. At noon when fifty mounted police and 200 of the constabulary were marching up the thoroughfare leading to the mount, every inch of ground in the sub- urban section had been filled. The hill- side was black with men, women and ehildren, and beyoud the police lines, 50,000 were gathered. The chief sections of the city where immense crowds gathered were Place d'Armes, which girdles Notre Dame Church, from which the procession start- ed; Place Viger, Champ de Mars, Sher- brooke and St. Hubert streets, the City Hotel, and Hotel Dieu, the principal Catholic hospital, in the chapelof which the host was placed after the Legate had given the benediction. It was exactly a quarter. after 1 When the procession started from Notre Dame. M. Campeau,head of the police depart- ment, went over the route in an auto- mobile, followed by a squadron of mount- ed officers. Next in order was a de- tachment of firemen, then a company of Papal Zouaves. eachoir of 200 male voices followed, and the spectators all along the route joined. in the singing Of the popular hymns. The procession was arranged with a view to demonstrating the unity and universality of the Catho. lie Church. Every rite was represented and there were delegations from the various missionary activities in Euro- pean. lands, A notable feature was the participation of high Federal and Pro- vincial officials. ACTING GOVERNOR-GENERAL PRESENT. The Federal Government was rep- resented by Mr. Justice Girouard, who is now the acting Governor-General, in the absence of Sir Charles Fitz- patrick. Considerable comment was evoked by the preseace of Judge Gi- rouard, by reason of the fact that he is, for the moment, the actual representative in Canada of the Crown. The justice was attired in the robes of his office, as were other members of the Federal and Provin- cial Courts. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of the Dominion; Sir Charles Murphy, Setretary of State, and lion. L. N. Brodeur, Minister of Marine and Fish- eries,- ' were in the last section, which aeted as a guard to the Sacred Host. It took the procession four and a half hours to pass the City Hall, and it was long after 7 o'clock when the Cardinal Legate placed the mon- sari-ince on the altar of the repository. /t promeiled. slowly and reverently like a great pilgrimage. Numerous bands of music were scattered here and there, and specially organized choirs sang in Latin and En,glisb. One of these was from Pittsburg. The Knights of Columbus had 1,500 men, headed by Bishop Fallon, of London, Ontario. The Catholie Club, of New York, with its chaplain, Father Taylor, was heartily cheered. In the foregoing. section were Greeks, Poles, Hungariatis. Lithuanians, Sy- rians and Ruthenians. A group of Chinese and two priests in native costume were greeted with spode]. eteclaim. In front of them was a delegation of Indians from the reser- ' vation at Ceuglinewstge, where re- side the last of the Iroquois tribe. Nationale, etee beta= suddenly quiet as the long line of prelates be- gan to pass a given point They lenew that the Sacrament was not far behind, It was a quarter after four when the pouderone bell on the east tower of the Notre Dame (they call it the Greand Bourdon) thundered out the message that the Pope's en- voy was leaving that edifice, bearing the monstrance. Men removed their hats and women and children bowed in silent prayer for a moment: Be. hind the prelates marched 0, thous- and altar boys in red cassocks, fol- lowed by a dozen youths carrying smoking censors. Profound silence stole over the spectators wben the filth Regiment, in dress uniform, was seen approaching the city hall. Con- siderable discussion had arisen con. eerning the legality of this regiment partimpating as such in the proces- sion. The Government, it appears, wished to give it an opportunity to act es a guard of honer to the Host, which it does at each recurrence of the Fete Dieu, but a technical difficul- ty was discovered by reason of the efficial mission from Rome. CARDINAL BEARING HOST. Companies marched in front and in the rear of a huge canopy, which was slowly moved by rollers. Cardinal Van- nutelli, holding the monstrance in a humeral veil, walked under this canopy. llis head was bared, and as the bost passed the crowds fell upon their knees. Cardinal Gibbons, in his scarlet robes, followed the legate and behind Min was the Irish prelate, Cardinal Logue, both accompanied by the bishops. The each - bishop of Montreal, Monsignor Bruchesi, followed. After lum came the monsig- nori, papal chamberlains and lay Mem- bers of the Catholic Church, who held Si:C pontifical decorations. The last sec- tion of the procession was made up of a long list of distinguished laymen. Gov- ernor Pelletier, of Rhode Island, and his staff, were conspicuous in this sec- tion, also the representative of the Gov- ernor-General of Canada, Justice Girou- ard. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Laney Gouin, the Mayor of Montreal, in his of- ficial robes, the Der Association of Montreal, controllers and aldermen and students from Laval University. The last bodies in the procession were com- posed of devotional societies, especially organized to honor the eucharist. It was dusk when the legate reached Fletcher's Field. Suddenly a myriad of lights appeared on the mountainside and an. illuminated cross over the repository was visible for miles around. There were illuminations in all parts of the city, but the spectacle on Mount Royal was impressive. Because of the crush it had been requested that no attempt should be made to kneel when the bene- diction of the eucharist was to be im- parted, but the immense assemblage of men, women and children fell upon their knees as the legate, standing on the mountain sanctuary, held aloft the gold- en monstrance. After the blessing the multitude sang the old Latin anthem, "Magnificat Anima Mea, Dominum," and the 21st International Eucharistic Congress was at ane end. BISHOP FALLON Mentioned to Succeed Archbishop • Gauthier in Kingston Diocese. THOUSANDS OF ECCLESIASTICS. The ecclesiastical section was led fotth by representatives of the reli- gious tongregatione, members of the Third Order of St. Frannie, lit their brown habits, being in the first ranks. Then, in turn, came the Donaitticane itnd the Carmelites, the Jesuits and Benedictines, the Redemptorists and Sulpiciate, Passionists, Fatima of the Bleated Sacrament, rennet& tudists, members of the Holy Cross and Holy Glioet bodies, and a group of fifty Trappist monks, who were led forth by the prior of a famolls monastery at Oka. Following the ordere were a thousand parish priests awl mix- tionaries in white surplices and di- rectly behind them Were another Duman(' veetea as if for a mass. There were 70 'Wallops in cope ttna mitre and about 50 iirchbishope, They walkea in single file, their clutplaine in bin& eliteicalcs holding a side of the eOpe. The multitude that had elieered mightily the popular aevo- tional 'Melee of the Holy Name, St. I/intent de Paul, SL .7ettti Iltiptiete, League Of the latectea Head, Alliance PLANT BLOWS UP.. Big Gas Explosion Startles Scotland Village, •••••••••••11. Brantford, Sept, 11,—There was a ter- rifie explosion at Scotland, village ou Fri- day night, when the acetylene gas plant of Charles Vanduseu, located in a small brick building in the rear of the Van- dusen block, exploded. The plant was utterly demolished, the walle being tum - Wee, down, the roof blown off the three - ',Amy main bnflding. About one Win- drea HON in the building and in adja- cent structures were emitalied. The damage :unounta to between $400 and 000. Haa it not been for a manure epreader mid some other iinplemetita near Lite gas plant, several persons IMO.. have been seriously injured in the explo- sion. Chas. Vendee= was loading lum- ber not twenty feet away, and a couple of other men weee standing even nearer, but were saved from the flying missiles by the intervening obetaelee. When an attempt wasmade to light the ges early last night it was too low. An expert was called and be charged the plant with a new supply of carbide. The lights were then started, Wit Pet more than ten minutes or so later the exploelon occurred. • Kingston, Ont.', Sept 12.—Archlphop .Gauthier is in Montreal attending the Eucharistic Congress, and nothing has been heard at the palace concerning his appointment to Ottawa. Citizens, while rejoicing in Archbishop Gauthier's pro- motion, are sour that he is to be re- moved to Ottawa, tor during his twelve years' residence here his broad-minded- ness, his interest in everything that per- tained to the welfare of the city, has made him exeeedingly popular with all elasses and creeds. It is impossible to say as yet who will be his successor. The usual procedure is to appoint a bishop to an archbish- opric. Two names are believed to be already mentioned for the position, those of Bishop Fallon, of London, a Kingston boy, whose appointment would, of coierse, be exceedingly popular, and of Bishop MacDonald, of Alexandria. *.a THAT CONGRESS. Delegates Reach Town of Digby, N.S. —Bishop of London Pleased. I WANT TO STRIKE British Labor Men at Loggerheads and Trouble Looked For. Boilermakers in Revolt—May be Lockout of Cotton Spinners. London, Sept. 11.—An industrial war on a grand stale is predicted as a devel- oprneue of the near future in Britain, and even if the prophecy is not fulfilled ta the letter, the evidences of labor un- rest are sufficiently disquieting, indicat- ing, as they do, the existence, among the men, of a temper which will increase the difficulties of settlement aria the risks and responsibilities of the struggle. The chief immediate intereat in the. situation is la the developments of the boilermakers' lockout, which came into force a week ago. The lockout wad duo to the action of the men in joining in a number of sectional, 6trikos in disregard of the agreements Which lad been ein tered into between their trade union executive and their employers. The executive of the Boilermakers' So. ciety asked the membere to recognize the plenary rights of the executive to act on their behalf, and gave fresh ae- surances In their name that any under- taking entered into by the executive would be adhered to by the men. The vote was taken, and, by a huge major- ity, the boilermakers refused the ratifi- cation demanded by the executive. Consternation has been caused among labor leaders throughout the country by this vote. Some labor leaders declate that this "lack of discipline" is not gen- era Arthur Henderson; M. P., formerly Chairman of the Labor party in the House of COMMOaSi expressed regret at the "unfortunate attitude" themen had adopted toward the executive. The boilermakers are not the only workers in revolt. The railwaymen are etraining a t the leash. Twelve hundred Welsh miners are clamoring for a na- tional strike in spite of the recent peace agreement. The dockers at Newport and Avonmouth have 'struck against the. • Board of Trade award, in aflame of their leaders. A petty strike has start. ed at Oldham, Lancashire, and the cot- ton manufacturers of the country de- clare that they will recommend a gen- eral lockout unless the strikers at once ateept arbitration. Such a step would affect 300,000 cotton operatives. • 4 • 0 • CLARA MORRIS. Digby, N. S., Sept. 11.—The last echo of the church eongress in Nova Scotia died away to -day as Digby was teethed, where the delegates dis- persed. The members of the congress were taken. from Annapolis to Digby by the way of Granville. The Bishop of London led the chorus for the Annapolis people as the eteamer left the wharf. Bouquets were presented to and graciously received by his Lordship. As the boat neared Digby it was de- cided on a vote of the congress to send a message of greeting to the 50th anniversary congress to be held short- ly at Cambridge, England, The Bishop of London said he had enjoyed his visit iMmensely. The congress had been' yery sueeeesful throughalt to his great satisfaetion. IN PULPIT. Rev. Jasper Wilson Victim of Paraly- sis in Leamington Church. ,e AUTOMOBILE PARTY ROBBED 4.1••••.•••••••...1 TWO. Highwaymen With Revolvers Secured Money and Valuables. Friends Strive to Raise $30,000 to Lift Mortgage. Leamington, Sept. 11.—Rev. Jasper Wilson, of Hespeler, Was stricken with paralysis in the pulpit Of the Metliodiet Church here this morning and is now lying in a dangeroue tondition. Rev. Mr. Wileon is a former pastor ef the local church, and had been invited to conditet the besemet home servieee, whieh were to have taken Orme to -day, ito bad just finished the opening prayer, when be sank Mteonseiotta into the pul- pit their. lie was Parried to the home of a member of the congregation, whete hie condition was found to be to critited flint his family was etimmoued to his bedside. One Man Sprang Upon One of the Robbers, But Was Hurled Away. ••••••••••, • Poughkeepsie, -N. Y., Sept. 12. --Three belated antomobilists, hurrying into Poughkeepsie at a 40 -mite -an -hour pew ill a big touring car, were halted at A lonely spot on the new state road near Rhinebeck, N. Y., early to -day by the swinging of apeer of red, lanterns. As their machine stopped the lanterns went .out and two masked mea lioppe4 lightly to the high step ot the car, There waa one of them on eacli side of the auto- mobile and each carried a revolver. "Get out here while we search you," said one of the men, as he swung open the door of the ear. The automobilists stepped down while the barrels of the two revolvers covered their every meve- ment, "Up with your hands—and no fool- ing," was the next command, Then while one of the higawaymen stood on the seat of the car the other went through a seere of so of pockets, missing nothing in Ws deliberate search. He took out a bandana handkerchief and carefully tied up in it Ws booty—$175 in meta thee watches worth $40 and some negotiable papers, the value of whica is not stated. As. the aighwaymen seepped back to allow his viethne to return ot the car, one of the trio, 3. W. Towsky, of New Yoik, stooped quickly, pieced up a auge rock and sprang upon one of the maskea men. The second highwayman, afraid to fire at Toweley for fear of injuring his companion, rushed to the rescue, shoot- ing twice into the air as he came. He pulled Towsley :may, hurling him sprawling toward the car, which the other two automobilists were just enter- ing. Then he grabbed KS companion and the two disappeared in the darkness at the side of the road. The automobilists made reeord time to Rhinebeck and from there telephonet to the authorities in Poughkeepsie and neighboring towns. Deputy sheriffs were at once sent out in pursuit of the highwaymen. Nearly a wore of automobilist hold-ups have oc- cured in this neighborhood during the past few weeks. The robbed automobilists were on their way from New York to Albany on business. The party comprised Charles W. Townsky, James C. Derry, a paper dealer, and Harry Hollister, an insurance man, with John Norton, chauffeur, all of New York City, New York, Sept. 1L—Blind, feeble ft an illness, desertea by those whose friend she was when they \vete needy, Clara Morris, twenty years ago the idol of applauding anaienees, will be Wined ont from her home on Monday unless $30,000 can be raised to lift the mortgage on her house in Riverdale avenue, be- tween Manhattan and Yonkers. Headed by a man who never lute seen Clara Morris off the stage, a company known as the Clara Morris Holding Com- pany has been organized to save her house for her, and has raised $15,000 toward lifting the mortgage of $30,000 on the reeidence of the onee famous tra- gedienne, but unless the remainine $15,- 000, together with an additional b$5,000 to meet interest, taxes, and assessments for some years to eame, is secured, Miss Mortis may be thrown on charity for support. •41. -FOOLISH YOUTH. Poisoned Himself WhPn Denied Inter. view With Young Woman. TORONTO FAIR. I NEWS OF THE 110,000 Visited it on Saturday, 850,. 000 Visited it Altogether. Toronto, Sept. 12.—The closing of the Exhibition on Saturday night was a glorious climax to the Fair of 1910, There was an attendance of conaider- ably over one hundred thousand people to see the curtain fall, and it was said by an official that the most of them present were Toronto's own citizens, who showed by their presence that they are more than ever interested in the success of the Fair. There were times during the past two weeks when the directors felt a little discouraged at the outlook, which was none too bright. On Labor Day, always the biggest day of the whole two weeks, the rain fell in torrents. Tuesday was none too bright, but fine weather came again on Wednesday and. continued un- til Saturday, when there was a crowd many times larger than the closing day of last year, The receipts will show a new record, but there will be no great increase in ehe surplus for the city, as the expenses were comparatively higher than last year. With an estimated attendance at the Exhibition on Saturday of 110,000, it is believed that the figures for the fortnight will work out in the neigh- borhood of 850,000, or a gain of about 100,000 over last you's aggregate. Monticello, N. Y., Sept. 12.—Grant Mapledoram, a young business man of this place,is dying to -day from the effects of poison taken just after he had been refused an interview -with Miss Mabel Thainese of New York, who is•visiting her sister here. When Mapledoram appeared at the home of Mrs. Beith, Miss Haines' sister, and asked to see the young woman he was told that he would have to call to -morrow. "I will have to see her now and say good bye, for I am going to kill myself," Mapledoram cried, as he drew o bottle of carbolic acid from his pocket. Mrs. Beith struggled with him, but he knocked her down and ran across the lawn, drinking the acid as he ran. Five minutes later a searching party found him dy- ing in the yard of ohis own home. FIREMAN KILLED. Accident on Canapian Pacific Rail- way Near Winnipeg. DONNYBROOK FAIR Tim Healy, the Irish Nationalist, Given Hostile Reception. 'Winnipeg, Sept. H.—Because, it is al- leged, Towerman Leland, at Woods Sid- ing, on the Canadian Pulite, seven miles east, was drunk on duty, the Ken - ora local was derailed, the engine, bag- gage car and three passenger coaches leaving the rails, and Fireman S. Patti- son, of Winnipeg, was killed, while En- gineer T. Elliott, of Winnipeg, was in- jured in the back and leg. Both men jumped. The passengers escaped with a severe shaking up. Pattison, who leaves a wife and child, had only moved here a month from Fort Willi= Leland is under arrest in the city jail pending the in- quest. STOLE GOLD INGOTS. Seattle, Wash.'Sept. 12.—A score of detectives have been set to work in Alaska, to traee the $57,600 in gold. in- gots stolen in transit on the Steamship Humbolat from the Washington -Alaskan Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska, to the Dexe ter -Horton National Bank of Seattle. * *4. FATAL AUTO SMASH. Jacksonville, Iola., Sept. 12.—Mrs. Ar- thur Griffis is dead, Mrs, Nato, Fenian- dinez seriously injured and a young man named Calhoun also :laved, as the re- sult of an automobile accident yester- day. The ear Skidded, throwing it Against a tree and hurling the oempents to the ground. The car was demolished, 4 r Shot While They Searched. Brantford, Ont., despatein leleotiora Melilla the 2 -year-old daughter of John Fialiff, Paris, bad 300 citizens eearehing for her itiong the Grand River and throughout the town 011 Thurielay. The little one had been missing for several hours. She was discoverea at night coming out of the Evitne block, where she Ma en- terea en Onoccuplea room, looking for a friend, and had fallen tialeep. The town was greatly excited until the discovery es made. ......0040••••••••• Many Persons Bruised and a Priest Knocked Down With a Chair. Dublin, Sept. 12,—Tart Healy met with a hostile reception during it visit to Dun- dalk, county Louth, last inght, and what was intended to be a fine demonstration in his honor was turned into a Donny- brook fair. During the melee many per- sons were cut and bruised, and when Mr. Healy left the hall afterward be had to be esaorted to the hotel by a squadron ot Tee followers of John Rednind stole a, march on the Healyites and .packed the hall where the meeting was to be held. Mr. Healy's followers met the latter at the station. and eecorted him to the hall, When they arrived there the rioting be- gan. The alealyites were greeted with hostile cries and terrific yells. Chairs and tables were thrown about, and one man who called for three cheers for Mr: Healy was promptly knocked down with a chair. A priest who interfered met the same fate. The Healyites thereon abandoned the hall a,nd their leader addressed Ginn in a smaller room. Referring to the dis- turbance emitted in the hall by the Red- wondites, Mr. Healy said there was one claim that be would not make in connec- tion with the Irish Constabulary, and that was that they did not have a ma- jority of the blackguards in the country. Healy then attacked John Redmond's policy in Parliament in connection with Home Rule, the budget and the Lortlia vete power. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Healy waS followed by it hooting crowd :le far as the entrance to the hotel where he was stopping. The police were obliged to draw their batone and make a charge on the mob in order to protect him. Many persons suffered minor in - jerks during the row. TEN KILLED. 01,1,...0110,1 Largest Elevator in the World at Fort William. Opened' New Line of Steamships Between Canada and Australia. Gold Found on the $hores of Lake Winnepegosis, 10....•••••• Emmanuel Freund, the noted French sculptor, is dead at Paris. A plan for a railway from the bound- ary to Peace 'River is now before the Alberta Government, Hon. Frank Oliver, Minister of the In- terior, returned to the capital on Sun- day after nearly three months' absence in the west. Workmen Caught Under Falling Rock at Old Erie Tunnel, New York. TAGGERT'S WORK. Suspected of Trying to Wreck Pere Marquette Trains. London, Ont., Sept, 12.-1etcelt- mots of railway detectives, assisted by local police, are scouring the dis- trict around London and expect the arrest of Taggert, who escaped with lafoir frau Hamilton recently, on a charge of attempting to wreck Pere Marquette express No. 4 at midnight ou Saturday. A man answering Tag- ged's description is reported to have been seen in the neighborhood On Saturday, and Pere, Marquette De- tective Skirving mid he thouglit Tag- ged was the man who placed ties on the track to olock them so that the incoming express would be de- railed. Fortunately the IVIichigian, Central southbound express struck the block ties from behind and knocked them to one side, escaping with a badly broken pilot. "It was a deliberate attempt to wreck our ex- press," said Pere Marquette Agent Tait. "Another attempt was made soon after the IC C. tram passed and the Pere Marquette express running slowly as a result of warning received from M. C. R. crew that ran into the rail placed acroes the tracks. At a meeting of the Alberta Provin- cial Cabinet en Saturday the date of the elections in Mact,eod and Gleichen was set for October .3, The Paris -bound. express from Cher- bourg was derailed at Barney, France, on Saturday night. Seven persons were killed and fifty injured. A discovery of gold -bearing rock on the shores 61 Lake tatinnipegosis, has caused considerable excitement at Win- nipeg, and several parties have gone out. There passed misty yesterday at his home, 669 Dufferin street, Toronto, Mr, Nicholas Graham, for thirty years an of- ficial at the customs house in that city. John' F. Ehrgott, of Yarmouth N. S., was arrested at Boston and taken to New York to face a charge of defrauding the 'Culled States customs eieht ems ago. An Italian Government agent has been inspecting land in the west, and toys the Italian Government is abont to en- courage the emigration of a good class of farmers. Wm. Oliver Radford, son of Win. R. Radford, the millionaire mining men of San Francisco,committed suteide at Los Angeles on Friday night by taking cyan- ide of potassium. Fire broke out in the lumber and stave mills of J. S. Ainslie & Bros., Com- ber, Ont., between 5 and (I o'clock on Sunday morning and in- less than one hour the entire plant was destroyed. The wife of Ald. George Tuddenham. of Sudbury_ had her face gashed by a long het pin protruding from another womanes ndllinery on. Yonge street, To- ronto. Among new companies incorporatea are the Canadian Dredging Company, of Midland, capital $750,000, end the Inter- national Mausoleum Company, capital $500,000. Theodore Roosevelt was escortea by troops on Saturday at Columbus, 0., where he denounced the acts if lawless - less which are accompanying the street- car strike. Archie Smith, cashier of the Canadian Northern Transfer Company, just back from a holiday trip to Ottawa, is under arrest at Winnipeg on a charge of being short $2,500 in his accounts. He is sick in St. Boniface Hospital. Burglars, believed to be the gang that has been operating in western towns for some weeks past, looted five stores at Red.vers, Sask., on Saturday night end attempted to gain an entry to two oth- ers by breaking the glass. The new Grand Trunk Pacific eleva- tor at Fort William, the largest in the world, with a capacity of four million bushels of grain, is open for business, several car loads of new wheat being re- ceived on Friday and Saturday. New York, Sept. 11.—At least ten laborers were killed outright to -day and ten others injured, one of them critically, and. all seriously, in the col- lapse of an overhanging shoulder of rock from above the western mouth of the old Erie tunnel under Bergen connecting the Erie terminal in Jersey City with its westward divi- sions. For several years the Erie ba,s been working at the task of making ale open cut for its passenger trains through the solid eock of Bergen Hill, which in some spots is 300 feet high. The cut was opened for travel not long ago, but there estill remains the task -of hewing a common portal for- the old tunnel and. the new cut out of the ledge. A well of rock front four to ten feet thick still separated the two sets of tracks, and eight sets of drills were pounding away at it to -day. Their jar loosened a strip of rock from this wall 40 feet wide and 20 feet high. It peeled off like wall paper, and. crashed upon the gang which Was tearing down brickwork at the mouth of the old tunnel. 4-�' MRS. OVERHOLT'S DEATH. B. M. E. CONFERENCE. Temperance, Missionary Work, and, Sabbath Observance Discussed. North Buston, Sept, 11.—Temper- ance, missionary and Sabbath observ- ance were discussed at the public ser- vice in the evening of the third day of the conference of the Gomel Ses- sion of the B. M. E. Church. Rev. Thos. II. Jacks= was Chair- man. The Chairman introduced the first 'speaker, Rev. Satnuel IL Jones, who spoke for some time upon the effect of intoxicating liquor on the mental condition, and the destroying effect it has upon the World. ROT, H. F. Logan recommended the necessity of looking after the little needs of the hallo life, making it a fact that ea& one, no matter what hie personal Ability may be, can be a inissxonary. Miss Annie Wilson, of Guelph, ask- ed what is the cause of this mission- ary spirit, was it a personal interest? No, but tt God-given spirit, the result of the spiritually awakened life. Rev, 'William H. Jones' subject was "Sabbath Observance." _ Mr. Keri' Retiring. Montreal, Sept, 11.—Mr. Robert Kerr, passenger traffie manager of the Can- adian Pacific Railtvay end etetienehip lines, having attained the age when be deems it wise to give up the active du - flee of las position, has asked to he relieved. Tie will retire on Ortober 1, to be succeeded by Mr. C. E. E. Us- sher, Expires Suddenly at Woodstock Af- ter Catching Frightened Horse, Woodstock despatch: The sudden death of Mrs. Overholt, of Eastwood, oecurred here at 6 o'clock this even- ing. She, with her husband. and two children, were in town. Mr. Over- holt was in a store, While Mrs, Over- holt and the ehildren were ontside sitting in the rig, the horse being tied up. The animal WAS frightened by a street car, and, backing up, broke the tie. Mrs. Overholt ran and eatight it, led it back to the post, then she sank down on the pavement, and when a doctor -was called he pro- nounced life extinet. The lady was well known here, and much sympathy is felt for the farnily. Death is sup- posed to be due to heart failure. 110 FELL INTO HE SEA Robert Lorraine Failed By 60 Yards to Cross Irish Channel. Aeroplane Was Picked Up Not Much the Worse of Its Immersion, THE AEROPLANE IN ACTUAL WAR jheir Use to be Demonstrated in the London, Sept. 11.—Robert Lorraine, the actor-avietor, failed to cross the Irish Channel by 60 yards to -day. He travelled 60 miles, being out of sight of land for mere than 40 mike and then, with victory apparently in his grasp, fell into the sea. Lorraine say that when he got over the channel he met with considerable haze. He had some trouble with his engine. After he had covered one-third of the distance one of the wires broke, but he got along fairly well. Passing the Kish lightship in Dublin Bay, at an altitude of 400 feet, he made for Howth Hill. As he neared the cliff he found himself too low to clear the face of the hill and he doubled back, intending to ascend, when another wire broke and the machine immediately began to fall. Lorraine, who was wearing a life -belt, swam towards the lighthouse, from which a boat put out. Soon afterwards the Dublin steamer Adele lowered a boat—and drew the partly submerged aeroplane to the side of the steamer. After reaching the lighthouse Lorraine set out again in a boat for the Adele and superintended the hoisting of his aeroplame to her deck. He found the injury to the machine was slight. The Gnome engine was in perfect condition. Lorraine proceeded to Dublin and later returned to Holyhead, having niade record over -sea journey by aeroplane. It was a hazy morning. A deck -hand of the Adela first noticed the aeroplane and. cried to the captain: "Look at that great bid." The captain recognized the aeroplane flying at great speed towards Dublin. It soon flew over the steamer and in ten minutes eves lost in the haze. The Adele later crossed the tracIteof the aeroplane and was surprised to Skid it floating partly submerged in the sea. She lowered a boat and towed it along- side. For a time it was impossible to see Lorraine, but he was soon observed on the rocks under , the lighthouse, squeezing the water from his clothing. The congregation of Bruce Avenue Baptist Church, 'Windsor, has extended a unanimous call to Rev. P. C. Cameron, of Owen Sound, to become its pastor, succeeding Dr. L. S. Huglison, whose resignation has already been accepted. The steamship Athenia, which arrived at Quebec on Saturday evening, when passing Point St Laurent, Island of Or- leans, took on board four young min who were found in the river nearby nearly drowned. Their yacht had cap- sized an hour before, B. Niles, b. P. R. night operator at the Indian Head, Sask., station, was held up early on Saturday morning by a masked, man who shoved two revolvers in his face. The robber took $10 from Niles' pocket and $20 from the till and decamped. A negro suspect is under arrest. Inspector Tucker, of the Mounted Po- lice, with Corporal Bailey and Consta- bles Wells, Currel and Burns, has taken possession of the police station and bar- racks on Fourth avenue, Edson, Alta., and will make Edson the headquarters for his. sub-distriet, which runs from Stoney Plains to British Columbia. Officals of the Southern Railway, Ar- gentina, have received a letter from the manager of the Canadian raffle Railway asking for information concern- ing what opportunities and. Conditions Argentina play have to offer foreign set - tiers. It is believed here this indieates a plat for Canadian emigratiqn. The inquest on the body of the late William Campsall, who died in the Gen- eral Hospital, Kingston, as a result of an accident in the McDonald mines, Ver- ona, resulted hi a aerdiet that Wihlianl Carnpsall eame to his death from a blow on the side of the head by a rock from the wall of the mine. and that said wall was unsafe through insufficient scaling, Sewage and Wine. Paris, Sept. striitgest law existe against diluting wine with water on the part of the Seller. Lest week, however, the municipality of Paris sold at auction hundreds Of huge casks of Wine into which it is known Oita some of the filthy sewer solution that rolls through the Seine must have found tentrattee in the great Berry warehouses in the course Of the inundation last February. This wine 'will find its way to the tables of filo cheap restaurants. BELL MAN KILLED Got Between Car and Platform at Toronto and Crushed to Death. 11.,iginkor WAS IT SUICIDE? Fiend Army Manoeuvres. .1,.."1•10••••••1. Aeroplanes For War Purposes at Bos- ton.Harvard Aviation Meet. Hamilton Machine Wrecked arta the Aviator Badly Scalded. Paris, Sept. 12.—Intense interest at- taehes to the French army manoeuvres, on the plains of Picardy this year, the btigade operations preliminary to which have already begun at Grandvilliers, be- cause they will mark the first employ- ment on a large scale of aeroplanes and dirigible balloons, Besides the regular military attaches accredited to foreign embassies ana legations, many army of- ficers from /ibiropean countries will be present to witness the manoeuvres, Each of the opposing military cone. mindere, General Pickard, of the second army corps, and Gen, Meuier, of the third army corps, will have four acro - ?lama at their dieposal, while Gen. Michel, the director of the innnoeuvres, will have six aeroplanes and four dirig- ibles. Gen, alichel will maintain coin- munication with the War Department in Paris by wireless telegraph. In order to avoid aceidente, simulated collisions between aeroplanes will be km - bidden, and their operatione -limited to scouting, reconnoitering and acting as pilote for dirigibles. The air fleet is now housed in specially mustrueted ebeds at Grandvilliere. FOR WAR PURPOSES. Boston, Sept. 1L—The practical use of aeroplanes as instruments a war was to be further demonstrated to -day at the Boston -Harvard aviation meet in At- lantic. Riding as a passenger with Charles F. Williard in his Curtiss bi- plane, Capt. J. S. Sickel, U.S.A., planned to take rifle shots at targets on the field, while the machine was in motion 200 feet in the air. Capt. Sickel is ono of the foremost sharpshooters in the country and the exhibition was of in- terest to many prominent navy and army officials who were at the meet. The power and possibilities of the Curtiss -Burgess biplane were to be test- ed to -day by Glenn H. Curtiss, the first professional.aviator to try out the ma- chine. The sky was clear blue to -day and a foter-mile breeze from the north was blowing. Early in the day spectators began to arrive, and a record breaking crowd was ,expected to witness to -day's flights. Toronto Postman Jumps in Front of Street Car and Killed. Toronto, Sept. 12.—Caught between a Metropolitan car and: a platform at the Yonge street terminus, Robert Carruth- ers Was CrliSheit to death Saturday morning. Carruthers, who lived At 1181 Dufferin street, was foreman of a line eonetruction gang and had an appoint- ment to meet the copmany's superinten- dent this morning. While he Was wait- ing at the eattion, ear 52 tame along, beeking into the baggage shed. Car- ruthers was warned by the eOnductbr to get out of the way, but be took it wroug aireetion and got in between the ear and the platform. Iiie boay Wiles taken to the morgue, where AS inquest Watt opened, and after the rtmitine had been identified, the enquiry was adjourn- ed till the 16th. Deceased Was Walking With His Son on Howard Park Ave. at the Time. Toronto, Sept, 12.—About 5.30 yester- day afternoon William Cummins, a postman, living at 142 Margueretta street, was instantly killed by a Carlton street ear on Howard Park ave- nue, opposite No. 302, and the motorman, George Roberts, of 101 3tiver street, stated that it looked like a case of de- liberate suicide. He says the man jump. ed hnmediately in front of the car and. that he had not it moment to stop. The man's head was severed from his body, oac- of the wheels passing ever him. The man was walking along the street with his 12-yeat-o1d boy, according to the story told by the motorman. 110 says that, when the car was a few feet away, Cummins walked out on the road, and then, just as it was about opposite him, he jumped tight under it. The motorman says he tried to stop his car, but the man had aheady been killed. The body wee taken to the morgue aud, by permission of the coroner, Was afterwaids taken to the undertaking pnrlors of the Hepkins Burial Company, where Coroner Dr, Rowe will open an Filmiest to -day. Deceased wee 40 yeame of age and had been in tide country ed years. lie had been connected with the Post Office In' the past 25 veer& He leaves a widow,.five Lop; and two edris. No reit- eon isknown whiy the man should want to do away with 11.sel.f,. 4.i . FATAL TRAIN WRECK. maiimpotia, Ind., Sept. 12.—TWO per- sons were killed, two severely injured and it dozen slightly hurt near Bright - wood, a suburb of this town, in a wreek of Big Four traht No. 9 from Louisville carrying Kettueky National Guardsmen to Fort Itarrison. ABRUZZI. WEDDING off. HAMILTON HUNT. Sacremento, Cal., Sept. 12.—Physi- cians attending Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator who was injured in the wreck of his machine last night, say the state fair grounds gave out a state- ment early to -day, after a third exam- ination that Hamilton's condition is favorable. They now believe no perman- ent injury has been suffered. "The jamming of the rudder of the machine caused. the sudden drop," was the statement made by Hamilton as he lay swathed in bandages at the hotel. "When I hit, the steering wheel jammed back against the radiator and held me fast while the scalding water trickled over me." FRENCHMEN PLAYING AT WAR Fighting an Imaginary Force Landed From British Channel. Graudvilliers, France, Sept. 12.—The French army, with the new auxiliary of aviation added, began to -day a prac- tkal demonstration of what might be expected to happen if a hostile foe land - on the southern coast of the British Channel. The scene of this year'e man- oeuvres is the Plains of Picardy, the old Province in the north of France, bordered on the north and northwest by the Sleeve, which separates the Republic from Great Britain. The 80,000 troops engaged are divided. into two opposing forces, one designated as the blue and representing an invading force, under the command of Gen. Picquard, former Minister of War, and the other the red, forming the army of defence, under eonunand of Gen. efetinier. Gen. Melted has the supreme., direction of the prac- tice. The operations opened at daylight, General Piequard's men having effected, theoretically, a landing on French soil, advancing from the River Seine at Rouen. At the same time the red army eoneentritted. near Amiens. An inter- esting feature of the tacties was the employment of the 120 guns with which eaeh army is equipped. General Picquard traieed in infantry evolutions, scatter- ed his Neiman in support of the new open order formation of his infantry, while General Meunier, the artillerist, massed his batteries, General Michael has strictly forbiaaen eny feat e of prowness on the :pad of the aeroplanes which might result in ieterference and collision and the work of the machines is restricted to it test of their eapabilities as swift despatch bearers and for reconnoitering purpose& The dirigible balloons participating are equippea with light wirelese outfite and are in constant eominunkation with the earth: Le We way they perform the double Mission of aerial eeoitting of trenemitting inetruttioris from the anonianders to their officer& DREAD DISEASE telephone rnesetige front Rome to -day describes the Cholera eittiatial tit Naples as growing More aerials. There were twelve new tato; and eight deaths front the disease in that city yeiste Melee are able to 'solder up' !ince of flawi.--CetValitee, Rome, Sept. 12.---A beret -official tom- intmieittion iesued by an Italian news ageney to -day declares that the reporte minted in Italy and abroad of the ap- proaching marriage, of the Duke of the Abrutti and Miss Katherine Elkin e are ebsolittely baseless. Literary longings too frequently eoa. sist merely of long lick eon, lona faiate.