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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1911-06-15, Page 7RESIGNATION OF REV, OR. MiAREN Convener and Seoretary 9f Home Mis$1011 Committee Steps Out. Work Too Hard --His Health Breaking Dewn Under Strain. • Great Scarcity of Msters-Report on Missions, Etc, Ottawa, ;lune IL -To the ever- increasina problems which confront the Presbyterian Church of Caned% there bas to be added that of business reorganization. The fethers and brethren, light- hearted at the prospect of a brief sea skin with a pleasant afternoon's so- cial relaxation, hsa received. the re- port of the Moral and Social Reform Committee with an egnititimity which may be disturbed 'when the tioos as disclosed come to be discussed more fully. Then a cloud descenaea upon the Assembly. The next order of busi- ness -wee the reception of the report of the Moine Mission Committee, and when Rev. • Dr. E. D, McLaren, the Convener and Secretary of the ma- natee, rose to present the report, few were prepared for the startling announcement aboat to be made. blowing signs all too dearly of nerv- ous strain, Dr. McLaren drove all thoughts of other business from the Assenibly by tendering his resigna- tion of the dual position of Convener and Secretary of the Horne Mission Committee, For nine years he Ilan act- ed as Secretary, and during that time be had, as he confessed, "very little home life, no intellectual relaxation, and no social enjoyment." Re had, given to his duties all the physical and mental strength he possessed, and now the col- lapse had come. The strain to keep pace with the ever-increasing 'work in a sphere which nad developed more rapidly than any other had proved too much, UNABLE TO CONTINITE. "To attexnpt to keep it up any long- er," he pathetically declared, "would mean either the asylum of the grave," and as Dr, McLaren trembl- ingly took the Assembly into his con- fidence it Was all too appnvent that the revered Convener and Secretary had paid dearly for his devotion to duty. It was his intention to -proceed to Brit- ish Columbia, there to take up the light- er work of supervising a scheme of re- ligious training. The announcement of Dr. Materen's resignation fell like a shock upon the Assembly. It was a hard blow, and the loving tributes which fell from Rev. Dr. John Igen, Toronto, who moved a resolu- tion of regret, the Moderator, and others ehowed how deep was the As- sembly's sense of lose. But with the feeling of regret was combined a keen sense of self-reprosteln whien found ex- pression in the incisive words of Mr. Edward Brown, Winnipeg, formerly lead - of the Liberal Opposition in tb.e Man- itoba. Legislature. Churelt union in praetical missionary operation was a feature of the note- worthy report of Rev. E. D. McLaren, convener of the western section of the Home Maslen Committee. The tremend- ous growth of the west and the nem- sity for co-operation organization has brought shout the formation of o plan by the Presbyterian, Methdist and Con- gregational Churches to "put a stop to the unnecessary duplication, of mieston- ary effort and the Appearance of un- seemly rivalry in religious work by the douches eoncerneel. Under the plan a joint committee, constituted under, the authority of the Supreme Courts of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congrega- tional Churches, wee appointed to map out the Heins to secure best results, to prevent overlapping and to unify the people„ of eaph eommunity in a local ehurch under one of the co-opereting nenominations. The report adds: "The success thus achieved is an indication of what may be expeeted should the plan of co-operation above set forth be cordially adopted in the other Pro- vinces,' Special attention is called to the "downtown" problem in "the signifn- eant and disquieting rapidity with whieh the conditions that prevail in the eities of the old world are reproducing them- selves in, the cities of Canada." The at: tention of the Assembly is asked to this phase of the twine miesion problem ahtl, the sugge,stion made that a, special committee be appointed. The mono mendatione also call for the appointment. of Rev. Dr. Carmichael as Associate General Secretary and two new superins tendenta The receipts for Home Missions, east field west during the past year, exelud- ing the credit balance of $5,700.33 on Marek 1, MO, were $17,508,51, being $105,21 less than during the previews year. This amount was insufficient to meet the expenditure of the year by $2,- 035.17, so that, niter adding $4,000 of the credit balance of butt year to the reserve fund, this ext.& expendinure swept away the reet of our credit bal- ance of a year ago and left us with tt debit balance Of $208.84. The Winnipeg Chord' Office, Rev. Dr. Jas. Farquharson Agent, reported ex- penses toxiountirig to $2,855.73, veinal were paid by the }Tomo ata Foreign Mission Committees, W.F.M.S., Church and. Manse Building Boards and. the Synodis of lefanitoba and Seskatehewan, CARRIE NATION'S WILL. In the absence of Rev. Dr. 0 .W. Got - &hi, Winnipeg (Ralph Connor), who, it was explained, Was engaged in trying to eettie the labor dispute in the Crow's -111k Nest rase, the report of the Committee on the Supply of Cannidatee for the Minetry was presented by Rev. Dr. J. MeMillart, Halifax. Ito estimated that for the west alone. no loss than 1,200 ministers would be require& by the Preto byterian Church within the next five years'. Even in the east the supply was. inadequate. '].'hat the Prenbyterian Church lois, le. day eix ;hundred fewer workers in her minieterial. rank* then she might, have hail if the laborer had been eonelderen wertby of his full biro was the Mottling statement mane in the report of the Committee on the Supply of Students, Miesionaries and Minister,!. Wolk% of eixty-tone per tont. of the Presbyteriee to tequeete for information Awedd that atteing the met five yeilm thirty-fiihe men hail felt eorripellea. for fitunicial laredori, lune 11. -Dr. S. A. lefscaonstld, fiengOng. t Ittave the millet*. and twenoATeronto, teetitteng to the Societe et merleari 'Wemen In Loyulon. tood init." x Andantes hen for the fame reason Croat% we are ?smiting to Great ammo The *Wye order has been teetied e stivem up the weak of preparntion for the atil the 'United Fitatre to MUM& hen& In note Superintendent biirne. of the nurnstry. pledite of owe whieh •Weaknexe ar fr. P. R. to sectionmen, bridgemen, see- waywardfiess at Waithington nee London *oilmen, station and Yard maff, sired - The corelnittee, therefore, rerounnead- sh041.4 duvet Men, Memo, wetchmen ane covetable., ate& ed $1,200 go4 a manso as the minimum stipend, for a settled pastor, regillarly ordained, and $1,-, ft week as the pay for students, to inelode hoard and horse hire. SLAIN WITH AXE. Mother and Little Daughter Attacked By Murderer-Seareh for Culprit. Portland, Ore., June 12.--4be bodies of William Hill, his Noire, and two chil- drenwere found today in the Hill home, at Ardenwala, a suburb of this city, The women and, childaen han been killed with au axe. Two sheriffs' posses and Itundretis of volunteers are searching the wild coun- try around the town for the murderer. Mrs. Hill and Dorothy, aged six, were attacked b sythe slayer. The police be- lieve that Hill was killed first, then the boy Philip, nine years old, The crime followed with n few months the murder of little Barbara Holtza- man, who was attacked an4 strangled In a rooming house ht this city. Several weeks after the Holtzman murder the poliee received a letter, in which the writer gated Dint be lied Blain the girl and would soon commit a more terrible crime, iti beliedv ethat all the murderers may bave been emulated by the same person. •-••••••••• MAIMED AND KILLED Careless Mothers Allow their Children t be Slaughtered. They Gossip Over Back Fence and 'Forget Their Babies, Says Cornell. New York, June 12. --In describing Ute escape of a negro truck driver, who had run over and killed is child on East 151st street, one of the New York pap- ers said: "Policeman Sommerer forced the men back from the wagon with lit- tle trouble nut women attacked him is he climbed up by the frightened driver, Sommerer seized the reins and wbip from the negro, waved the .crowd in front aside, lashed the horses and start- ed them on a gallop. For fifteen blocke he plied the whip until the truck reach- ed the Morrisania police station. Bathe crowd purused. Many of the women ale most, kept pace with the wagon. Som. inerer lost no time, He and the negro leaped from the truck and dashed into the police station just in time to es- cape the foremost pursuers." Probably on an average of twice a week such story as this appears in the New York papers. The reason for the state of mind that prompts these attacks is easily found in the follow- ing recent batch of stetisties by the National Highway Protective Associa- tion; 300 children killed in New York City in 1910. 91 killed by wagons. 42 killed by automobiles, 50 killed by trol- leys. At the present time ehintren are be- ing killed. in suelt accidents as here men- tioned at the rate of one a day, "As certain RS -there is it United States, a fearful condition of anarchy will result if the killing and maiming of children by velaele traffic is not stopped," is the statement of Col. Edward 8. Cornell, secretary of the Nathinal Highways Protective Associa- tion. The Society ns trying to cut down this fearful deathroll by teaching children self -protective measurea, es- tablielting playgrounds to keep ., the ebildren off the streets and -the most important of all, according to Cornell, -by trying to impress careless moth - ere with the duty they owe to their children. "The carelessness of mothers is itt the bottom of it all," he says. • "The women of the tenements who stand gossiping with their neighbors and for- get their bobies, are responsible . for most of the deaths and maiming& It Is inipossible to edecate these moth- ers except through the children." KILLS EIGHT NEGROES. MANION IN MONTREAL Ex -Finance Minister of Mexico tin His Way to Visit Europe. .1•••••,•,.10, To Suppress Insurrection Would Have Caused Great Bloodshed. .1.•••••••,•••,. People With Madero -Ho Left a Well Filled Treasury. Montreal, June 12.-Settor Jose Yves Limantour, ex -Finance Minister of Mex- ico, who left a well-filled treasmy to the new regime, arrived here yesterduy en route for Europe, having, as he eta'. - ed last evening, oonecientiously disc mg - ed his duty to the ex -President and to his country. The man who brought or- der out of chaos in Mexican finances, and finally placed them on a good basis, Is an exceedingly courtly gentleman, speaks Itreneli like a Parisian, Spanish like a native Castilian ,anel bears a very strong resemblance to Mr. Justice J. J. nliteLaren, of the High Court of Ontario, He has evidently thrown off the responsibilities of administering the finances of ten million Mexicans with considerable satisfaction, Senor Limon - tour announcing that he had :handed over 03,500,000 in gold. to his successor, Senor Madero, who is an uncle to the Victorious leader of the insurrectos. Asked why the Mexican army failed to quell the revolution at the outset, thus allowing Madera and his partisans to secure general support amongst the people, Senor Limantour said the mis- take was in splitting the army of Max' ico into a number of small 'bodies which in being moved to different points were simply surrounded by the insurrectost consequently they bectille powerless to handle the revolution as it was euppos- ea at the outset. Senor Limantour em- phasized. the facie however, that the revolution was a general movement of Ike masses, hence the impossibility of coping with the revolutionary forces without great loss of life. Gen. Diez realized that the people were with Madero, and to stop the shed- ding of blood .he retired from the pre- sidency, and with him, his Ministers. "1 eoncluded the peace," said Senor Limentour." The government of the country was handea over to our sue- eessora in a constitutional manner, and it remains for the future to vinaieate the movement or not as the case may The former Finance Minister said that when Gen. Diaz left Mexico he NM in good health, although at one time sal. ous complications were feared on at: - count of a large tooth 'having been ex- tracted. Gen. Diaz is, however, well now, and it was bis intention to go to Switzer- land when he left Mexieo. As for Senor Limientour Inns plans for the future are not altogether matured,. but he will like- ly remain obroad for some months. Senor Limantour declined to express any opinion as to whether the leaders of the new regime would be nale to keep their followers in hand now that they luta triumphed. The Republic of Mexico, he said, was in a sound financial condition, and the country prosperous, but further he would not go. Speaking of the arbritration ease whioh had been going on at El Paso, be- tween the representatives of the U. S. of America and the IL S. of Mexico, Senor Limantour said he would not care to express an opinion as to the resat. . "We think," he added, "that our ease is a sound. one, but that le all I can say. THE POPE ILL, Said to Be Suffering From a Thicken. Ing of the Tissues of the Arteries. ROW, June 10.-Tbe American corre- spondent receivee from tte bighest pro- fesstonal sources authentic information concerning the Pope's healtn, and regrets having to announce that III% Ifoliviese is suffering from an advanced stage of er- teritoselerosis, which is it, thickening uf the tissues of the arteries due to the senile decay, impeding the normal chino lotion ot the blood. This disease, adtled to gouty einem- toms, may easily muse death iy syncope or heart :failure at any moment. The cable about the Pope witnessing Been - mantis aerial arrival at Rome and giving hint a blessing from the Vatican IMs. been reprodueed by newspapers all over Europe.. Pope Phis continues his admiration of aviation and jolsingly remarked that if a sufficiently safe apparatus coota be do - rimed he would willingly undertake au aerial voyage from his "Vatletka priaon" Lo his beloved Venice withnut the danger of touching ou Italtun enil. The Uruguayan Government hoe sup- • pressed its Rome legation to the Holy See. Its last representative, tlethert Jackson, wns received in speeial aieltelice yesterday. AFTER ANARCHISTS Scotland Yard Looking to Safety of King at Coronation. Roman Oath:1110Pa' chbishop of West- minster Issues Report to Clergy. FATAL SION AT OWEN SOON Electrical Storm and Tornado Did Great Damage and Saturday, One Man Killed and Many Stunned and Injured by Bolt. $15,000 Damaged Done In Toronto-. Th 3 Storm at London. Owen Sound,. Ont., June 11.- With scarcely it house between. 4th and 18th street clear across the toivn Un- damaged, Oweu Sound name through ita worst hailstorm and its first tor- nado between 0 and 7 o'clock het night. The damage Is variously esti- mated at $100,000 to bnildinge anl crops, but the extent of the damage will never be arrived at with any de- gree of aceuraey. Yester4ay's atmosphere disturbances began in early morning. Between 7 end s o'clock a terrine eiectric storm ewept over the town, resulting in the death 01 London, June 11.--Scothuil Yard is te-king strict precautiona to prevent, any attempte by anarchists on 'the occasion of the Coronation procession. All those oaring control of the seats on the line at the route nave been required to give the names and addressee of all foreigners omitting seats ea windows to enobie erk, guider, . to be made, and an unusually staid. wateh is beiug kept at all shipping pointe, The Roman Catholic Arehbishop of Westminster has requested his clergy to hold special mama on Coronation Day with prayers for the King. A special Coronation service will be held in the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westmiti- oter on ;June 25. Two society functions 'tide week will alvert attention somewhat tram the Oor- onation preparetions and mueepoilir ea end adalta.s. Thew are the interne- tienai horse show and the Aecot races. Invitation cards are now being issued Lor the Ring iota Queen will make a etato appearance at Aecot, both on the opening day, Tuesday, and on Thursday, when the gold cup will be the feature. Ascot week le the oceasion of brilliant house parties by the leaders of sodety, with royalty greatly in nvitlrnee. Invitation cards are now being issued for the Coronation ceremony itt West- minster Abbey, where two additional re- hearsals will be held this week. The in- dian troops are now located at Hamp- ton Court, and, together with the Cona- dian contingent, are being made welcome at vedette attraetions and entertain- ments, LOST HIS WIFE 0.00.....•••••••••••• • Man Searching for Her, Brought Sam- ple of Goods Which Effected Arrest. Port Huron, Mich., June 10. -John Roswell, Who claims to hail from Parry Sound, came to tbis city to look for his wife, who he said eloped with it man named Willitm Stephen- son., alias Love. He stated that Stephenson was out on parole, have ing been sent to Kingston Prison on a &age of forgery. After his release, according to Rose story, Stephenson went to a tailor in Parry Sound Ind otdered suit of clothes. Under the pretence of trying them on in his room, he disappeared, as Also did Rosevell'e Wife and the new suit. Learning that Roswell was eoming to Port Huron, the tailor gave him a piece of cloth front which the suit svas made. This was turned over to Capt. Kerwin, and Within a shad time he lied taken Stephenson into cus- tody, having made the identification front the piece of cloth. The pris- oner was wearing the suit of clothee whieh matched tho cloth. ' . • t - CHINESE LAD SUICIDES. Section Boss and Railroad Conductor Make Records With Revolvers. New Orleans, June 12.-W. I. Bout - lee and George Story ore believed to have broken. all recordsefor rapid and deadly revolver shooting at Labraneh, La., when they shot and killed eight negeoes in ten minutes. One negro was only wounded, which puts Storyns eeore a, bit ahead of Bout - The negroes Were members of a gection gang and BOutlee is foreman. the blacks conceived a dislike for th.e boss and plotted to kill him. They started a fake tight among themselves and when Boutiee ran up to etop the now they turned on hint and one struck him over the head with. a ghovel. • Bottle° fell, but set up, and as he TOO to hie feet had that four tittles and killed font negeoeS. • George Story, a conductor, heattl the lottd talk .atriong the negrone, looked at, his watch and saw he had just ten minutes before Wan time. He ran down the treat; and arrived just as 13outlee finished shootieg. With six ellote Story then killed lour negroes and wounded. one. He then returned and took his train out on time. CHURCH QUESTION ptincipel damage was in the malt house, which it in the upper storey of the building. Tim. lightuing atruck the tower, aud the next inetant, workmen eame Denting into- the office with the news that the building waa on fire. An alarin was lamed in, and after an hottest work the fireluen managedto entin- aidsin the blaze, Mr. Thonapeein the loan ager of the company, toted only. esti- mate the damage roughly, nut it le net thought that the loss wile he more thee $15,000, which is covere4 by insurance,. The Home Life bonding, at the corner uf Adelaide ana Victoria, street% was also struck by lightning and a large piece of the tile roof erashed through, the ylight of the Toronto Electric Light building. It felt into aft office - where a number of men were at work, bot nobody watt iujured. The street railway wits tied up for about ten minutes, anit the power of the Toronto Electric Ligh 1 Com Penn was off for about twenty minutes, but the Hydro-Eleetrie wee not ala fected. A double house at 31a and 314 Huron street was &amok, bat little ihrm- age was done. The jar from the thunder mused the eollepse of a floor IA the warellOUSP of W. S. .Milimitn & Sons, 37 Front street east, mut about thirty tons of .sadted flour crashed through to the floor be. neath. The sacks were not bronen, and the loss will eiot be neavy. . BOY KILLED. Woodstock, Ont., jwite IL -Last night's electrwal storm was particularly severe ft the eastern eection of the county, awl one fatality one several near fatalities are reported. .Along with his brother, Maxwell Redman, aged 10, was working with a manure spread- er drawn by three hones on a farra In Blandford. A bolt of lightning strode young Redman, killing -him instantly. Two of the horses were else struck down, and the other boy andoue borse eseeped unscathed. Thomas 13e11, a young farmer near Eastwood, was working in a field with his team, when he was 'knocked down by a bolt and rendered own. seous. The man is in a critieal eon- dition and nmy not recover, William linrton, of the Norwich Road, had two horses kilted by lightning in the same storm, and numerous other farmers lost stock, ono citizen and the injury of half a dove en others,. Chimneys were struck told buildings damaged by lightning, though in no instance was the iitianeial loss heavy. When the storm broke, John Murphy, a lumber handler, residing on the dud hill, was working in the saw- mill yards of • John Hudson & Sons Company. With Charles Hutton, he was busy on a. pile of lumber odjuining an elevated tramway, and when the storm came he started for the mill. Ile had just reached the tramway from the pile when no put his foot- on the Etta rail just as a. bolt of lightning etruek it, killing nhn instantly, Hutton, who was about three feet away,, was thrown down and knocked unconscious by the shock, The electric shock followed the tail into the mill, and Robert Johnson; the sawyer, and John Welsh, one of the machine men, received severe shocks, while the tweoty other nom in the mill were dazed, the blue flame pleyong around amongst the mathinery, Wben they recovered, the men looked for Mur- phy and Hutton *hen the fatality WAS discovered. Hutton had just recovered sufficient to be attempting to rise, and his condition for a time wee re,garded as serious, but he recovered during the day. Au employee of the North Am- erican Bent, Chair Co., who was in the dry kiln, was also amongst those 0- feeted by the bolt, the tramway ening only is few feet away. Lightning struck the irons of the awineg at the Times office, but. elicl no damene, Murphy, the man who was killed, loxes a widow and small family. The atmosphere during the balance of the day •was marked by great humidity, but no repetition of an elec- tric -storm took place. Just at 6 o'clock in the evening, ltowever, black donde be- gan to gather, until it wart necessary to light the lamps, a peculiar reddish yel- low glare followed, and in an incredibly short time, the tornado, the like of which no citizen had ever experienced, swooped down. It. came from the west ani travelled from a belt about two miles wide. First there was an electric bombardment, followed by torrential ram, which in a few 'moments was ac- companied by hail, though the word peareely describes the irregular chunks of ice which fell. Every northerly or westerly exposed windows felt the force and scattered glass lay everywhere. Plate glass windows were smashed so small that shovels were best adapted to their removal. Skylights on stores were perforated and let m the torrents of rain; Residence windows were riddlea as with a getting gun, and the windows of churches ana public buildings sttggeeted an exceedingly lively scene, When the hail was at its height a tornado swept through the belt, tear- ing up trees, breaking off great branch- es, overturving smokestacks and aiding in the destruction. The street gullies were incapable of taking away the wat- er, and for blocks between the curbs the water stood several inches deep, while down the glitters ran streams that took a good jump to clear. The whole out- burst of the elements was over''.11 less than ten minutes, and when the sun dune out red and strong a marvelous rainbow formed.' Then the people crowde(l to the streets to witness the damage. The whole of the windows on the north side of Division Street Presbyteritto Church will have to be renewed, isa well as those in the First Methodist Church. In both eases the leeded lights were smashed beyond repair, and the other churches and public buildings, the Collegiate fostitute and schools suffered in having large quan- tities of broken glass, while it. will take days to clear up the kokeeo trees :Lod repair the damaged bousee. The Northern Navigation .Companeas eteamer Germanic haa a thrillingexperi- ence. The steamer was just nicely in the harbor when the storm broke. The °Sneers had anticipatea it sufficiently to • make everything snug. When the blindo ing Storni beat /town it was impossible to see the wharf leas than a hundred yards away. The tornado caught the sttanier and slammed her aver against • the dock with terrific force, causing her Lo reel at if in a Sea. The ballstonea pelted through the windows, stnashing Use glass. A panic: seized the passengers, tthti to make *natters worse the men on the \Awn who ante out to take the lines • to the snubbing posts were beaten down by the hail and had to cowl for shelter. Finally, when the storm abated, she was snugly tied awl is thankful butielt of hadlysteared passengers landed. A phenomena of the day was the tides which van itt theriver and harbor. In the morning the water fell 3 1-1 feet below normal, and in Idle than isa hour had mem to over four feet above the low mark, doming a differeuce between the maximum mid minimum of about eiglit feet, The C. P.11. liner Aesutaboia, lying itt her doels loaded, touched bettom when the tide ran oaf, %lad but for the strong sables nould have liked ameiderably. Reports front the eountry to -day indiestte that the helt eetentled at least sie: miles to the (met of the towit. ond lantan glass anti olernaaed fruit trees etut garden kat mark ita trait. Congregational Union on Church Union and the Ne Temere, Bequest to Pound a Home for Drunk- ards' Children In Kansas City. Washington, June 11. --The will of Carrie Nation, vvho died al Leaven- worth, Kan., Friday night, was filed in the Probate Court here yeeterday. The agate dieposed of by filo will Is valued at about $10,000. To the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, of the State of Kansas. Ma. Nation bequeathed her book of "My Life," and all right; thereunto. She leaves $60 a month to Charlton A. Month, the only child of Mee. 110.than. Mr. 1VIeNab's children are to reeeive the *atm of $500 ettelt. Tile remainder of the estate is to be given to the Carrie Notion Home for Drunkertle' Wive ,e end Widows, at Ransaa City, for a home for children 12 year; old and under. PEACE LECTURE. THE STORM AT LONDON. NEWS OF THE DAY IN BRIEF Man Found Dead Beside Railway ,Track at St., Thomas. Toronto Greek Charged With Defraud- ing His Countrymen. RP Bushman Gut in Two on 0. P. R. Near Chapleau. Rev, J. S. Brougliall has been aeleetee etator of tirace Church, Toronto. Toronto may open the way for the Provinee to change the government Home site, • London, Ont., June 11.-A tirrific electrical storm broke over London at 7 o'clock this morning and within less than half an hour caused mock damage throughout: the district. Tha four -faced clock was knocked out of the Customs House tower. The building was not ig- nited, but severn1 hundred dollars will lie required to nuke repairs. A large portion of the steeple Wan also smashed off Cronyn Memorial Church. Short circuiting in elect:dal wiring set fire to the basement of the Normal School, but the blaze was luckily discov- ered by the gardener, who WAS passing aud who eptered the building to eseape the storm. Trees; were smashed And rah- er havoc caused. Kingston, June 11. - The Congrega- tional Union of Canada had before it at Saturday morning's session the questions of Church union and the ne temere decree, but it could hardly be said that either subject was 'discussed. So far ae any action resulting 'rem the present Conference of the Congregatioa- ni is concerned,organic partner- ship with Presbyterian and liethodint Churches stands where it did a year ago. The matter of the no tonere elee cree wa.s introduced. Dr. Cooke, Chair- man of the Business Committee, asked leave to amend the motion by inserting an expression recognizing the empluts- is plated in the poet by the Catholic Choralon the sanctity of the marriage state. He thought that while undoubt- edly they should express their strong condenenatloo of the recent decree and consequent ruling by a Quebec judge they should not lay themselves open to the charge of bigotry. Spirited aim- wers to this plea came from Revs. G. El- lery Read and, S. W. Pedley, Toronto. The former thought so to amend the resolution would be to defeat, its pur- pose, Rev. Mr. Pedley said he did not mind paying is complinient to the Ro- man Catholic body, among whieh he had a number of sincere friends, but he did protest against watering down the sen- timent of the resolution evbith was framed -with the definite Object of plac- ing on record, in unequivocal tants, hie chureins condemnation nI,.the prin. eiple of one religious betty being allow- ed wbat was denied, to other orgatuza- flans-namely interference itt civil laws AS relating to marriage, it Was but mincing wade to qualify the language of the Motion as proposed. Only four voted for the amembinint, aria the or- iginal resolution carried by a large ma- jority. Brooded Over Pact That Sehoolmates Made Pun of Him. Toronto, june 12.-A Chinese lad by the nettle of John Del Tak, itgea 13, eonamitted suicide Sitturday by hang- ing hitneelf in it moot over nis urttle's laundry at 657 Queen street wed. lie was found about tWo &dock in the morning by, his undo, wben the latter went upstaire to bed. The untie ea down the rope and sent for a doctor, but life had. been extinet for some time. The polka were not notified imtit Saturday afternomi, And theft the body VAS Ordered removea to the morgue, but, itla not likely that ou inquest will be held. Tha cause of the boy's rash ant is not definitely known, but it is miti that of late he had been brooding over the fitet that hie salmon Melee had teased lan beettuee he WAS a Chinon.. The boy's father lives in Vancouver, 43. MOST TRAIN VICTIMS ARE TRES- , PASSERS. Tc worth, ;tote 12. -"Government etatis- Lice lowing shown that 75 per cent. of Um people Icllied In Canada during the past year Isere trespaesere, you are herein" instructed that treepoesing an the cern- paey'm right-of-way must not be allow. ed, even though it may be neeeseary 10 (woke the aid of the law ht iruppreesing CARS BURNED. RESCUED OTHERS) 1•1•1•••••••••••.. The 'body of Charles McMahon, of Mid- land, murdered at Ashland, 'Wise W bronght home to Toronto and interren. Walkerville ratepayers voted in favor of an extensive paving scheme which will involve an expenditure of $79,000. John Kingwood, aged 30, an employee of the . Still Manufacturing Co., was found dead alongside the M. 4,), it. tracne at St, Thomas. Rev. Mr. Clarke, who has offidated rs ahaaSsistraesaitgnaetd Satz,. dJawmfiertatreehh,arligeenclAto na, parish at Waterloo. Scout NV. C. Greene, of Moosejaw, col- lapsed while climbing over Mount Royal, at Montreal and was forced to stay be- hind when the remainder of the Boy Scouts left for England. Charged with having swindled, a num- ber of his countrymen in Toronto, ieeor- wellas Vepplas, a Greek, was taken into 'custody by the Detroit police and tura- eel over to Windsor officers Robert Stevens WAS cut in two by a Canadiau Pacific Railway express at Chapleau. Stevens was 38 years oid, came from Qiiebec, ansi bad been work- ing in the bush near Chapleau. Barry Crawford, who wee staying at the Queen's Royal, triagara-on-the-Lakei had the misfortune to fall against a window, breaking the glees and sustain- ing inlgatvery severe gash in his right ‘ The Toronto street railway receipte for 'May amounted ot $400,884.92, an in- crease of $45,030.04 over the receipts for May last year. Tile city's percentage was $81,376.99, An increase of $23, 639.75 over last year. Now Keen1). Alive to Hi Approaching Execution; Next Friday. Goderich, Ont„ juue 12.-Peeparatione far the carrying out ef the death sen- tence on Edward Jardine next rriday are in progreSii at the jail. The scatfold, ono of the old nouble-trap type, is al- ready erected in the court -yard, and it hangman has been secured by the sheriff. Inmer than half a dozen persons' Will witness the banging. Since the word from Ottawa of the final verdfct ot the Departrottnt of Jos - lice Jardine Is no, tenger -carelessly India ferent to his fate, as heretofore, but ie exhibiting it keen sense of his approach - ins doom. Ma mother makes frequent visits to the jail. A eurioue with made lately by Mrs. Wesley Anderson, mother ef the murder- ed girl, was that she might have Jar- dine's body to inter with that of her daughter. For some atrange roman she haa eonttnually befriended the mur4erer, not blaming him in the least for Jais crime, But Perished Himself in an Effort to Swim Ashore. Toronto, June 12. -In it brave at- tempt to gave the lives of his two young companione, Arthur 'Hewitt, eldest son of Mr. Arthur Hewitt, jr., general manager of the Consumer& Gas company, was drowned off Lorne Park at 4 o'clock yesterday af, ternoon. following the capsizing of his dingey by a violent and sudden squall. The young man had been out sail- ing on the lake in a dingey, accom- panied by his brother, Cordon. 10 years °lel, and Edward, the 13 -year- old son of Mr. Charles Booth of the T. Eaton Company, When ahnoet opposite hie father's tottage, Arthur, who was at the tiller, observed a squall approacbing and attempted to put in to shore. The squall came up GO suddenly ansi with belch vio• lance that the small Graft overturned. Arthur pirickily went to the assist- ance of his young companions and suceeeded in placing them safely On the top of the overturned dingey. In the case of his brother, Gordon, he found it necessary to •put him in a place of safety a second time, Its the little fellow was washed from this position on the firet occasion. The dingey waa only about 200 yards from tho Wharf, and Arthur undertook to swim ashore in order to obtain a row boat in whioh to go to the rescue of his companions. The gale was off - entire, and after struggling ineffectu- ally for a few minutes he turned and endeavored to regain the dingey. Ina sank exhausted in full sight of the boys before teething it. The accident was witneased by a number of people on shore, and boots were quickly launched, and the two • young boy' rescued from their peril - one positions. No blame attaches to the <lead boy in hie handling of the boat, he being a master in time sail- ing of a dingey, Old residents of the park state that the squall was one of the most violent that had been ex- perienceethere in many years. Arthur Hewitt was 18 years of age, it etrong ond expetietited swimmer and an all-round athlete. He played itt the first Rugby team. of St. An- drew's College, and was well up in other games. He matriculated last year, and was preparing for his honor matriculation. Two Men Locked Up at Vontreal for -Loitering. Na4,00.414.-.4 alootreal, :lune 10.---Anotimv blaze wag niseovered eerie, yetterday morning in it line of old grand Trunk Railway freight ears on the guard pier, and two Men who were eau& etutinee :my front the burning tall were talon into dm- tody 'by Wm, Rowell, a foreman in the ouploy of tlw g. T. R. They WIT takeli to the te. T. 11.. etreet poliee dation. Micro they were Itteltea 119 iot eitarges of loitering. They gave their manes tie Alfred Wright and Wolter lialtentyne. They are not elteveed it itis having etaitea the blaze in the vans, Ind were tumble to esplain tbeir preetetee in the Before the fire wag ettinanish ea betweeti fifteen mei twenty of the OW; kaa teen a,ztruyea ut badly dam- CLEVER RUSE Turned Bogus Cheque Into Real Money At Utica and Skipped. When Being Brought Back Jumped Off Train and Escaped. 1.1.....••••••••••••••,10 Utica, N. Y., June 12.-Eridgt 26 yeaga old; of Shorthill„ N L, came to thie tit: two weeka ago, purehased. an $800 autOmoolle •and gave a certi- fied cheque on a Montreal bank for $3,000 in payment. Be got about $2,200 in return in the shape of a, certified cheque on the bank. This he exchanged for express nioney orderk in email .sums. Running hie auto- mobile about it mile out of the city he abondoned it and disappeared, The cheque was returned. from Mon- treal with the statement that the cer- tification was a forgery and that, the maker of the cheque had no funds, in • he bank. In it few days Ria.th was report as under .arrest in Augusta., Ga, A Utica *flyer went after him and was returning last evening. Between Al- hanr and iSehnectady, where the train was running Blow on an upegnade, Riath worked the old dodge, locking himself in the dont and jumping out of the window. Officers are seareh- ing for him in the vicinity. Lawrence Pitmen, verger of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Ont., who left for Fort William some days ago, to meet Lis son, Nebo had not hi -en heard froni for two years, wired to London friends that lie learned his boy was dead. Donald MeCuttig, it Toronto man, was picked up in the east end of London, Ont., with a eut several inches long in Isis scalp, which he was unable to 'le- mma for. The wound was dressed at Victoria Hospital, where Donald will re- main for is few days, '31ecause the employers refnee to pay 40 rents per bour to indoor electrical workmen, n, number, of members of the Toronto Electrical Workers' Union de- cided to go on strike to -day. At present the men receive from 32en to 37% tants per bour, according to ability, with general avergee of 35 cents. Quehee was the scene of another de- stnietive fire, when the extensive pre- mise.; o fthe Imperial Laundry, in St. 'Yeller street, were wrecked. Three horses were suffocated, and four others had to be destroyed owing to their injuries. There is inettrance to cover tile loss, policies for $21,000. Premier McBride, of British Colum. bit, was dined in Loudon by his admir- ers. Among those attending were Lord Aberdeen, Lord Stratheona, the Bishop af Columbia, Hon. W. Bowser (Attor- ney-Generttl of British Columbia), 11. Gibson Mayor Geary, Col. Sam Hughee, Sir Witiiam Mackenzie, Sir .Donitid Mann, Mr. MneMaster, M, 1)„ and Win- ston Churchill, M. P. a - • 'PULP DISTRICT. TTIE Fromt Ix TORONTO. Toronto, June 12.- -The bailing of the Termite Brewhig & Malting iewapany, at the earner of Senior and Anderson etinets, waa tartlets by lightning in the istotm Saturilay forenoon, rtnd in the the tellielt followee &mete to the extent of $15,1100 was done. The DONE HIM GOOD Archbishop Gauthier Back in Ottawa Frem Mount Clemens. Expedition Into the English River District For Pulp, BACK TO JAIL, Hull Physician Arrested For Murder Appears In Court. Ottawa, June 11 -Dr. 3. A. OW - 'met, the prominent Hull physician arrested on Sunday morning charged with the murder of Mrs. Frank Spain el Ottawa, who died on Seaman last :ram the effe Is oi an alleged orim- inal operation performed. a day pre- viouely, appeared in police court here this morning and was remanded with- out bail , for one week, pending •the outeome of the inquest, next Friday. Counsel for the prisoner endeavor- ed to have the trial of the ease trans- ferred to Hull, where it. is alleged the operation was performed, but ae the warrant, simply reads "murdered in Ottawa," and .no evidence was taken to show that the operation was • performed in Hull, tire magistrate declined to interfere at present. Coun- sel also presented applications for bail, but these too, the magistrate declined to coneider and the doctor went back to the jail in company with a wagon -load of other prisoners,. Ottawa, June 12.-Ontari0 may have a new pulp district whick will challenge those of Quebec, if the result of the in- vestigation to he conducted by a party from the Interior venantnient into the pulp properties of the Englielt River dis- trict proves es ea:easeful es expected. rhe English ltiver is th'e boundary be- tween Ontario and the new district) of Keewatin, so that the work of the percy will be of interest to both. It will deter- mine as far as possible the extent of the pulp resources on the English River and it tributaries, and the facilities for get • ling the timber out. With the rapid exploitation of the pulp lands of Quebec Province, the iind- ing of a new source of supply luta become a matter ef considerable importauce to the country. "The dietriet shoind be a good one, if the forest fires have not worked too • much ha,voe there," said Mr, Campbell. einperintendent of Forestry, this morn - lug. "It is undoubtedly is good spruce earritry." Ottawa, Jene 12.-Aroltieshop Gnu - their returned to Ottawa yesterday from Mount Clemens, Inch., where lie hal gotta to rest after having had a slight attack of neuritis. Press despotele es stated that the Arebbishop hal been taken seriously ill on hie way to 01 - town, but this was emphatieally deniea at the pelace after his graee's adrivai, Mgro. Gauthier is saisi to be feeling somewhat improved in health by bie visit to Mt. Clemene. r 11.. -CHARGED WITH MURDER. Ottaalt, Attie 11.-Charge0 by the Dos 11re with the 'murder or Edith Mary Spain. Dr. J. Alexender Oterhet, knonn physicien of Dull, was arrested this 'morning about 1 o'eloelt and brought te Ottawa and lodged In Jail. The Isar raetfor the errest was isened on Infers matte,: sworn out be Deteetive 0•Me8 ra. The warmer was eervea on Da Outmet 'at Me reeldence, Titill. Mee. Soain died efter lin Inners .ot only it few hour's nue intim sit Ptiday. - in Matter how antiquated they May be, twitter genie* art newr pla,yed Out. CANADIAN TROOPS Impressed By Cordiality of Reception They Received in England. London, June 11. -Col. McLean, itt charge of the Canadian contingent, says tho reception accorded to the Canadian troops itt Liverpool WAS the Most magnificent be hatt eVer wit- neeted. The contingent was reeeived at London by tieneral liolaceready. The five members of the Canadian naval eorttingent, itlacters Brodeur, Hughes. Griffiths, Donald and Ar- mour, arrived to -day. The Liverpool stye: "Liver- • poor.; welcome to the Canadian Welts gives popular expreesion. to the cor- dirtlity of feeling which pervadee alt elaesee in the langdomellen tore - t en tat Ives of the dom in ions beyond the ens are to the front. Whatever the Conference tatty or may not 01- ..s there is is wholezolue popnlar 111 COL. WHITE To Retire From Command of North- west Mounted Police. • Ottawa, Ont., June 12. -It Is under- stood that Col. White, Controller of the Royal Mounted Police, will retire soon after the return of Sir Wilfrid Laurier from England. Colonel White haft been in the service forty-three years. Be has devoted his life to building up. the splee- did force of plains police, who are fam- ous throughout the world. Col, Wbite is 0:3 years of age, end vvished to retire some years ago, but Was persuaded to continue. A CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Montreal, June 12.-Catight redhanded. Jun After snatching a grip off a Derain - mit Transfer rig John, campben, auas George MacDonald, pleaded guilty in the dock 01 the ponce court. When arrested& he had dented the theft, but the fare that It bore the name of a passenger on A steamship of the Allan Line seert dis- Preyed this statement. Sentence wee poetponed, Oen W. J. LINDSAY'S CASE. Toronto, June 1.2,-W. J. Litidsay ditt not appear In court to -day. Ile ont omen up tilt Pralay, as arraeged with the 'Magistrate arid Attorney -General's De, partment. Lindsay will Say nothing about his ease, encept that he would not have rettu•ned, It he had done anything wrong. intipec- tor Greer Is on hand to look atter eaSea against Lindsay in tialtOn County. STABBED WITH FOOK Montreal, aline la -Following a row in it boardiug house In St. Oleorge street last night, Palmy GrovensIty was erest- eharged with stabbing Annie ,Singer „ In the atm with a table, fork. The ins Jared Nventart Was fixed up, and her AS- sallaat Was adMittrd to bail to Appear in the arratentrient eourt. " KILLED AT GALT. Galt, jurte 11.--A fatality oceurred here last night when the horse driven by -young man by the name of Emil Bernhardt, of 184 'Benton street, Berlin, jumped. in front of the 0. P. and street ear on the Preston road and tho driver war so badly injuree that be (lien an hour after. JUDGE HATTON DEAD. Owen Sound, Ont., June 11. -After an iripeot of six mouths, In which lie wan crane incapacitated front attend!? to Itie Judiciel &Imams Ins Ifoner edge William John Mimi, Judge, of the las fiettere neetieet e in the astoteing hood for them to rely upen," rests OW. tliAnity Court of the Vaiintv of tire', tlted eentiment ni friendliness artd brether- 1,0*,1,4110