HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-3-24, Page 6THE BRUSSELS POST,
MAliou 24, 1899
The News
Briefly Told
THE WORLD'S EVENTS 01, INTEREST
CHRONICLED IN SNORT ORDER.
Intereethng Happenings of Recent Date -Thr.
Latest News of Our Owsl Country -Doings
In the Mother Land -What is Ouing on In
the United States -Notes Prom the Wori4
Over.
CANADA.
The Quebec Legislature has been
prorogued,
IL is expected that railway labor wit.
be in demand in the northwest thi
summer at good wages.
The London street railsvay manage-
ment is considering at plan to provide
seats for the motormen.
It is reported in Quebec that a large
hotel is to be built shortly in the heart
of St. Roche.
While the population of Montreal le
increasing the number of marrirlges
and births is decreasing.
A shipment of Crow s Nest Pass Coal
taken to Esquimau for a test by the
navy is said to be smokeless,
Lord Strathrona hits donated $1.000
towards the payment of the debt on
Christ s Church, Winnipeg.
An S:nstern firm has signified its
willingness to cantraet with Mao lobs
farmers for one million bushels 0f
flaxseed.
London wants a new drill :;holt, and
will send a strong depniaiion to
Ottawa to press the matter au the
Government.
Postoffiee Inspector Burnham of
Toronto will ale rely be sap<°ranuua-
ted owlng to the uasatlsfaotory c4.11-
dilion of his health.
It is reported that the Belleville
electric railway has Leen sold for 05,-
000, and that the Rue will be extended
in many direotious.
Mr. David Baird, nightwatcbnian at
a T., R. & D. crossing in Hamilton,
was run down by a yard engine and
killed, ou Saturday.
Mr. 'W. W. Olgivie, the big miller,
says he will move away from Montreal
rather than pay the new taxes en his
machinery.
The Manitoba Government is 10 c'on-
sider a redistribution bill, giving re-
presentation to the newly -settled dis-
tricts in the North.
Prevost, the condemned murderer, at-
tacked his jailor at Port Arthur on Fri-
day with a siugshot and then tried to
escape, but was overpowered.
A bill prohibiting the shooting of
prairie chickens this year on tweet:nt
of scarcity is to be brought before
the Manitoba House this session.
The following new postoffices have
beeu established in Ontario: -Brennen,
Nipissing ; Elizabeth Bay, Algoma; Gal-
liugertown, reopened, Stormont; Hun-
gerford Hastings.
The Brandon City Gemmel hap de-
oided to ask the Manitoba Govern-
ment to guarantee for fifty years the
Interest on Brandon s bonds, amount..
leg to $500,000.
The Kingston Penitentiary will be
,equipped with a printing press, and
all the report forms and binder twine
tags will be printed in the institu-
tion.
It is rumored that a large paper mill
will be established near Ottawa by a
syudioate of New York Publishers, who
are feeling the oppression of the Am-
erican paper trust.
Col. elerahmer, commander of the
Northwest Mounted Police, has ar-
rived in Ottawa on his annual visit
in connection with the affairs of the
force, He wants more men.
The Government's lease of the his-
toric Plains of Abraham at Quebec
expires in 1901, and if the lease be not
renewed the land will be sub -divided
into lots and will he sold for building
Pur sodas,
In the forthcoming edition of the
postal guide it will be stated that the
Mass of mail matter hitherto known as
fourth olas.s has been. Clone away with,
and. that the former fifth Maass will in
future be the fourth.
At Dundas, while Steven Clark was
working on his lathe the tool caught
his Left hand in such a way as to
draw out the cord, from the elbow
to the tip of the little finger, and
wind it around the arm.
Kingston licanse holders have dis-
covered that for many years past
they have been paying $550 annually
more than they should have paid. An
effort will be made to tenure a roe
turn of the excess amount paid.
A Public school caretaker in Ham-
ilton, Mrs, Robbins, of Wentworth,
Street school, has been dismissed for
using insolent: language to the their -
mom of the 'Internal Management
Committee of the School Board.
Tho Canadian Atlantio workshops in
Ottawa are to be operated by elecLrio-
ity generated at the C'haudiere Falls,
A contract has been closed between
Mr. J. R. Booth and the Canadian
Genarat Electric Co, for the nppii-
ances,
It is proposed to close the Royal
Military Cnllege in the second week in
June, so that the cadets in the two
senir Masses may he able to join
camps of instruction as subalterns,
The College will open a week eittele14
in September -
Aa a result of the analysts made of
samples of (teletext) wino and tincture
and Monti ten surceased from London
and Hamilton druggists, Chief Analyst
Meoli"arlane recommends that the ven-
dors be proseoul:ed for selling .adul-
terated preparations.
Mary Doran, cef the Union Hotel,
Guelph, was fined .110 and coats for
selling liquor to John le, Redwood,
eon of John Redwood, while he wee
in a drunken condition. The father
had notified the bntelkeepers nott to
sell liquor to his son,
The following articles have been
pieced on the Canadian free list by an
nin to be used exclusively in the tan-
ners to be used exolusively'in .the Mu-
lling of leathers In Biel(''own tennorlee;
,cotton yarn, polished or glossed, whoa
Imported by rennufaeturers of sboly
laces.
The Montreal City Counoll will Con-
sider the remavies made by Mr. 1!ysbe,
roensger nf. the leferolrnntte Bank, be -
fere the Legislative Council, that the
c'oudition of affairs in Montreal Was
astonishing, and it would leave to stop.
rite end could only be decadence and
uerdltion. "I have been told that at
large proportiuu of them aro bribable.
have accepted bribes, Of, muse, We
live in a democratic age, and we can-
not protect Ourselves."
GREAT 13111TAIN.
It is reported in London that Mr.
Kipling is to be made a Peer,
MC. Cholate, the United States Am-
bassador, is being Lionized in London.
The British battlesbip Glory, 10,050
ons, was launched from Laird's ship-
yards at Birkenhead on Saturday.
Sir .Edward Fry, formerly a Loral
Justice of Appeal, is suggested as the
auetles501' of Lord Herschell as British
representative on the Joint high Com-
mission.
During L'ebruary, the emigrations to
Canada, consisted of 594 English, 43
Scotch, 3U Dish and 7 foreign. Those
who emigrated to Cape Colony num-
tiered leis° and to Australia 802.
It is said that the Duke of York
Cllr ami: be given his piomlaed com-
mand until early next year, when he
will hoist his flag on tbe Crescent as
t meniander-in-thief of the Austra-
lian station.
Mr John Henniker Heaton, who In-
augurated the chess match played by
cable between members of the Hausa
of Commons and the United Suttee
House 0f Representatives in 1807, is
arranging another international tour-
nament between the two Houses.
Sir Douglas Galton, formerly Presi-
dent of the British Aesoeiatioo, and a
high authority on sanitation, is dead,
Tom L. Johnson, the electri0 rail-
way omelette, of Cleveland, proposes
to build an eleetrio railway system in
Louden, Eng,
Great Britain and Russia have now,
it is said, amicellav settled the Niu-
Chwang loan question by a direst ex-
ehangt of views, and the two Govern-
ments are now arranging a scheme
whereby their relations in the East
may be permanently regulated.
Viae -Admiral Philips Howard Cat-
ena, lecturing in London on the Span-
ish-Ameriean war, said that hereafter
secrecy in war was impassible, owing
to the vigilance of the newspapers,
also that the United States victory
would not have bean so easy if Spain's
equipment had been up-to-date.
Four thousad Welsh settlers in
the Argentine Republic are sending
home bitter 140mplatnts about their
treatment in that country. Delegates
are now in London and efforts are
being made to convince them of the
advantages of removal to the Cana-
dian Northwest.
The British Railway Aesociation
have arranged to semi five prominent
railway officials to the United States
to investigate the facts upon which
the Government bases the bill com-
pelling the adoption of autematin
couplings, the measure which would
give the Board of Trade power five
years from its adoption to compel
British railroads to supply the whole
of their rolling stook with this de-
vice, at au estimated cost of 010,000,-
UNITED
10,000;
UNITED STATES.
Governor Smith, of Montana, has
vetoed the bill passed by the late
f,egislature legalizing boxing con-
tests
The citizens of Fort Wrangel, Al-
aska, are drawing gal a petition for
the cession of their town to Can-
ada.
Mrs. Catherine Murray committed
suicide in New York, because one of
her daughters married a bar -ten-
der,
Zeina R. Carter, former president
of the Chioago Board of Trade, is the
Republican nominee for Mayor of
Chicago.
Despatches from the Middle, East-
ern and Southern States indicate that
the usual spring freshets are in full
blast,
Relpit Seithor killed himeell in New-
ark, N. J., on Thursday, because his
14 -year-old daughter Mary had been
enlisted for stealing $15.
A Washington despatch toa Buffalo
paper asserts that serious trouble is
Imminent between Canadian miners
and the Alaska authorities in the Por-
cupine district.
At Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Ade-
line Harvey, 14 years old, was ar-
raigned on a charge of trying to kill
her father by mixing poison in leis
food. She pleaded guilty.
Austin Indwell, one of the men who
by means of forged securities in 1873
gut 85,000,000 from the Bank of Eng-
land, after violimizing other banks in
Europe, died at Butte, Mont.
At a meanie; o4' the manufacturers
of worsteds in New York, on Friday 1t
was decided to oumbiue their inter-
ests end formed tbe American eVooli
len Company, with a capital stock of
$50,000,000.
United States AdJt.-Gun. Corbin hue
issued a Statement giving the number
of deaths of soldiers enlisted for the
Spauiah war and the causes thereof.
His total is 5,731 up to the ender b'eb-
ruary last.
Twelve hundred men employed on
Alaska's Lira railroad, the White Pees
and lukon, .have gone on strike be-
cuuee the cumpauy out wagOe from
38 to 30 emus au hour, and added an-
other hour to the day's work.
'1 he dead body et: Moe. M. David, of
Fort. Worth, Texas, was found en Wed-
nesday night on rho roadside near
Azle, .stabbed in a horrible manner.
the, woman Was a leading witnees in
a men::,.tiuua) murder (1(4.0510 be tried
all the present term of court.
41.n linglisb firm has ordered from
the National Tube Works Co., of
Pittsburg, Pn., ten miles of 28 -inch
water pipe, to be used In the Band
gold mines in Johannesburg, They
mao be shipped iq tour months, when
an order fol' eight miles more will
be given.
Roman Walsh died in Lincoln, Ne-
braska, on Wednesday, It was he who
flew a kite amuse the Niagara gorge,
The kite string was followed by a
heavier cord, that was followed by
ropes, and the ropes by cables out of
which grew the first suspension
bridge.
Tho 10th Immunes colored, were
mustered out at Moon, Georgia, on
Wednesday, and 011 their journey
home amused themselves by Mewling
promiscuously from the. train. It is
reported that sobool obildren and oth-
e1's were wounded by 1)1s drunken,
brawling ox -soldiers,
There was at private teat at the,
Navy Yard tat Washington on Thera -
day, of a n0w inagnzins riffs, Lha in-
vcntlan et S. lel. McLane, of Cleve-
land. The new gun uses the gases
generated by He firing to operate 111e
magurine
111.101.11141400. It cin 110 s0
:ler:toned that ane pull of lbs trigger
empties the magazine, or it Man be
fired as titewly es desired, the auto -
matte arrangement ejecting the empty
shells, reloading and peeking the piece.
GENERAL,
Famine is prevalent in many of the
districts of British Bast Africa,
A. vast quantity of roek, overhanging
,he Village o4' llucnerja, near Albacete,
Spain, fell, de1110ying many houses
and killing eleven people.
Admiral Von Diedriobe hap been
malted from the oommaud of the
teeiatio squadron of Germany, virtual-
ly in disgrace for his lack of taut at
1\Sanila.
All Finnish postage stamps will be
withdrawn by the Russian Govern-
ment at Lha end of the year, and the
oraliaary ltuseian stamps will come
into use.
Albanian Mussuimaus and Terkisb
troops eageged in a fierce battle in
N•c-r,hern Mneedonia recently. Several
hundreds are reported to have been
killed on each side.
Trieste is in an absolute panic over
the fact that race hatred In that re-
gime has taken the ,peculiar and ma-
lig:teat form of circulating explosive
cigar0ts.
The Porte bus ordered the Previte -
Governments to close some of the
orphanages supported by British and.
United States funds for the benefit of
the Armenians,
A carboy of benzine exploded In e,
third-el.'I.ss railway oar on the line to
Dwin`,k, event of St. Petersburg. Six:
women and n man were killed and 10
others were injured.
Two months ago President Faure re-
ceived a French missionary named
'. ien,it, and during thole conversation
el. Faure said be believed that Drey-
rue was Immolate but it .would be hard
to release him now„ as it would cause
the ruin of so many important men.
China is about to sena a commer-
cial mission to the European and Am-
erican trade centers with a view to
the promotion of Cbinaso commerce.
If the mission proves successful, the
Government proposes to found Chin-
ese trading firms in the great com-,
mereial towns of the world.
CHEERED ON NICE STREETS.
'ler Majesty Was net by Eetnurni° Crowds
on Ilse Continent.
A despatch from Loudon, says:-Ite
superb weather her Majesty Queen
Victoria started for the Continent on
Saturday, arriving at Boulogne at
3.25 p.m. Immense crowds awaited the
arrival at Boulogne harbour of the
4pecial steamer, while the town and
all the vessels in the port tvere dec-
orated with bunting and the route
from the quay to the railway station
was lined with troops. A brilliant
gathering of military and naval offi-
cers and prominent Divi! 0(1101als
boarded the steamer and were intro-
duced to the Queen, who speaking in
French. Cordially thanked them for
the welcome extended to her. Several
superb baskets of flowers and a num-
ber of engravings representing tbo.
last visit of her Majesty to Boulogne
in 1853 were presented to the royal
visitor. As the Queen's special train
drew out of the station an artillery
salute was fired.
The Princess of Wales, Princess Vic-
toria of Wales, and Prince Charles of
Denmark, also left England on Satur-
day morning, by way of Dover and
Calais, ou thetr way to Paris, where
Ihoy will spend two days. They will
Oxen go to Marseilles and embark on
the royal yacht Osborne. fora Medi-
terranean cruise.
ARRIVAL AT NICE.
A despatch from Nice, says: -Queen
Victoria arrived by special train from
Boulognesur-Mer on Sunday atter--
neon. When passing through Toulon,
her Majesty summoned the sub -prefect
and expressed to him her sympathy
with the families of the victims of the
explosion of the naval powder maga-
zine, at La Goubrane Inst Sunday
morning, promising to send adona-
1 ion to the relief al the unfortunate.
Alt the customary boners were paid
her Majesty on her arrival. The streets
were thronged with people, cheering
heartily: and the municipal authorities
presented a magnLfioent bouquet, in
the form of a gondola mounted upon a
tripod, and surmounted with two vases
and other emblematic devices.
REV. DR. TALMAGE RESIGNS.
(lives till the Ieuetorate 110 holds til
Washington.
A despatch from Washington, says:
-Bev. Dr. 7'. De Witt Talmage, who
for nearly four years has been pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, of
this city, to -day sent s letter to he
session of that ohw'olt, tendering his
resignation. Increosing demands made
upon him by roligiuus journalism, be
says, and the continuous calls for
more general work in the elties, have
or late years caused frequent inter-
ruptions t.o his motorail work, and he
doom not think that 1.11ie condition of
afettirs sboulcl continue,
WHITE PADS RAILWAY.
woonftwal
3401' In 913rrali1111 111 '411111'0 eines Beyond
Ibe Site nntf.
A despnitsh from Ottawa, saysa-Mr.
t4', 11. Mitchell, 1,an1 repreeent0tiv0 of
the Wbite Poss railway Deterred from
the Pacific Coast. on Thursday. Ile
enye the rompany has 1,00(4 men active-
ly at work ell winter. The rates of
pity for common labour range from.
$2,70 to $1.50 tier day. The Title is
al.reedy In operation 1. three utilise
Beyond the summit, and by spring 11
will have teethed Lake Bennett, the
head of navigation,
PREHISTORIC SIOAMMOTH.
'1Yontleer91. story 191111 Aft (lle 1{'ay Frlitll
9114451114 /9ty'.
Aeeol'ding to 1110 latest nntii udvtees
from Dawson a lnarvollUus ,lisenveOy
has been Made on Dominion Creek,
Klondike -a prehistoric uutaunolb,
weighing 00 tons, On the 8th off''eb-
ruary, August Traleon, a Swede, and
his parteer, while working 11104 Mounts
on Dominion Creek, camp across the
mummy remains 41) feet tram the ear -
The mammoth is similar to those
£ouud in Rucsla, but perhaps Is the only
one ever found in a porfeot stale of
preservation. 'There were no scientists
in .Dawson to make a technical report
of the romctiils, but the editor of the
Dawson newspaper gives the follow-
ing desuripttua :-" The huge monster
could not be lifted from its anemia
grave, for it weighed teem 25 to 80
tons. It measured 44 feet 0 inches.
Its right tusk was broken, but its left
tusk was porfeot, so that the right
must have snapped off in the full
which caused its death, The 140lnaming
tusk measured 14 feet 3 inches in
length and 48 inches in cireulnrerenee.
The flesh wee covered with woolly hair
about 15 inches long, and of a grayish -
black ce'or. The hindquarters of the
mammoth were weighed in a fashion,
Me improvised scales showing 8,840
pounds. The heck was short, limbs
long and stout, feet short and broad,
with five toes."
FIRED ON BY A HIGHWAYMAN.
Miring Attempt to Rob a Blenheim ,last-
nes4 .41nu.
A despatch from Chniham, Ont.,
says: -W. Greenwood, of Blenheim,
31411(1 had been sitting up with his siok
brother, set out for home about 2
o'clock on Wednesday morning. The
night was very da.rk,and being unable
to see his way he decided to return for
a lantern. He had just stepped inside
the gate 114110- he was commanded to
throw up his hands. OSr. Greenwood
replied by snaking a dash for the
house. The highwayman fired once,
but missed, and the business man
reached his brother's house unharm-
ed. •
Mr. Greenwood heal been too tate for
the bank in the afternoon, and had a
oousiderable sum of money on his per-
son. It is believed that the highway-
man is one of those who robbed
Powell's banlr a couple of weeks ago.
Blenheim is still without a night-
wetahman.
WRECKED SEVERAL STORES.
Exploslbn orals Acetylene Gas 3Aa,hlnc nt
74111.1511, 9111.
A despatch from Zurich, Ont., says;
-An acetylene gas machine exploded
at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon in
dferner Bros'. general store, complete-
ly demolishing the building. The
force was so great as to blow out the
east side and front, also wrecking a.
number of buildings on the opposite
side of the street. Windows two
blocks distant were shattered. The
shook was felt for three miles. Fire
started, but was 50011 extinguished. No
one was kilted, although all the clerks
and others were in the store, and a
number on the street at the time. How
they all escaped instant death is a
miracle. The loss- on stook is estimat-
ed at about $1,000.
DESERTED EY HIS DERVISHES.
Position of rho Khali fa') Forces Sold to be
1l14coural1015.
A despatch from Cairo, Egypt, says:
-News from the Wbite Niie region re-
garding the movements of the Kha-
1Ufa Rad his force is encouraging to the
Government. Abdul:ean's men, it is
said, are deserting wholesale,. and, in
default of en opportunity to engage
the Egyptian army, the Kbalifa, beset
by intrigue in his own ranks, is losing
hope of holding his dervishes together,
The dervishes, who are now concen-
trated at Shorkeila, east of E1 Obeid,
recently want on a camel raid north'of
Duaim, a town on the Nilo south'' of
Khartoum. 'J'he natives "(1,11ed and
went in pursuit of their camels, whioh
they recovered after a slaarq skirmish.
THREW VITRIOL IN HER FACE.
ttreIl..11yed Mousier 11119/1415 8/914111.80 Trip
lardy at :4t. e9u15.
A despatch from St. Louis, Mae says:
-The hest nten on tbe Jona of Chief
of Dcleet:ivos Desmond are engaged in
loolcing for an unknown woman who
milled at the restdenoe of Mrs, M. P.
McVean, a widow, and threw vitrol in
the tatter's face, blinding her and
causing burns that: will result; fatally.
Several weeks ago D'Lrs. NMOVenn mnus-
ed. a sensation by appearing at the
police headquarters with a box of
condi, whioli she said she had received
through the mails, She charged a
prominent young woman o4' t.11is city
wilir having sent it to her, bemuse lgOhe
was jealous of atlantic:1 s paid i1'Ire, Mo --
Venn by 0. well-known West. -end phy-
sheen,
KILLED H1' LIGHTNING'
Fath 114y VI,111' 'rhanu'srnrd, Ian 1., ihiebiga
4'b11 ndrrsf Orme.
A de..spstah from Thamoslovd, Ont.,
says. -During 11 thendersiorm sphinh
pressed over this plane on Wednesday
aftern0Mtl about 1,20, Staten Johnston,
a farmer living about three miles out,
'vas strode dead by Ilghtming when
r.roeteng the field front one barn La
another. Idly Cap and. 1001, shoe were
torn to punas. The d.eeeassd 1111tves
a widow and latVeral ch11.1trerl, acid VMS
a
number of the Intlepeadent Order of
Foresters. -
DEFEATED THE SCHEME.
'0114' Germain Iteleloitng Refuse to 1110111111511
lbe Army,
A despitteh froru Berlin says: -Tho
liolobslag on Tuesday by a vote. or 000
to 141, rejected the army increase de-
mandea by the Government. The Bud-
get C'ommittee's proposal was also re -
pet ell.
Tho rest or 1.1)13 army bili was adopt..
0d without debate. Ds third reading
wilt take place on 'Thursday.
During 1110 dieouysion preceding the
vote the imperial Chancellor, Prince
I3ideenlohe, replying to a speech made
by a member of the People's party, de-
clared Emperor Wilitam's guiding prin-
ciples was solicitude for the safety of
tits Empire, Belding that his souse of
responsibility for that solely was
strongly present,
The mluority, 141, included Conserve:
lives members of the Imperial party,
National Liberals, members of the
Radical Union, and members of the
Reform party.
KAISER CONTROLS THE NAVY.
The OCfictal "Navy Gazette publ1:'h0s
an Imperia." order reorganizing the
higher administration of the navy.
Henceforth the Emperor holds su-
premo command and the office of oom-
mander-in-chlef therefor, and the ex-
ing slate of the commander-in-0hlef
beootues independent under the title of
admiral's staff. The chief of the nava'
beootues dereetly subordinate to the
Emperor, and the Admiral's staff be-
sides its ordinary duties, will occupy
itself with the political aspects of the
presence of German warships abroad.
The order also makes the appointment
of a genera, inspector of the navy and
settles certain questions regarding
competence.
THE UNLUCKY THIRTEEN.
A dospateh from Chicago, says: -Pec-
uliar features in regard! to the super-
stition connected with the number 13
were involved in the death of Tames
Powers, a window washer, 0111 Monday,
happening as 11 did on the 13th of the
month, Tao 'vas employed on July
13th, 1898, to take the place o4' John
Miller, a window washer. who met his
death on that day, falling from the
same window from whiehl Powers fell.
The window is the thirteenth window
from the ground. The, dead man was
twenty-six years old -twice thirteen
Miller, the first man bonnet his death
from the urrlucicy window, had worked
just 39 days -three times thirteen--
when
hiri:een-when he fell and was killed,
BOLTS WANT CLEANING.
Elxptannl ton of ilea tee-Rntletd lame
1'roubl0.
A despatch from Ottawa, says: -An
explanation of the failure of the
bolt action of the Lee -Enfield
rifle to not properly in cold
weather is given by a prominent offici-
al of the Militia Department, and it
raises a most interesting point, He
says:-
"There
ays:"There has been a good deal of
fault found with the oaretakers of
armouries for the condition of the
rifles, but this is unjustifiable. The
oaretakers are not allowed to touch
the bolt of the rifle, andl as this is
where all the trouble lies, they can-
nel. supply the remedy. When these
rifles were first brought into Canada
from England they were packed in
Russian tallow, a mixture of Rungoon
oil, baoawax, and beef fat, and this has
never been properly cleaned out. It is
still in the bolts, and as the cars -
takers aro forbidden to take the bolts
apart, it is likely to stay there. The
effect of this in cold weather is that it
hardens up very quickly when the cold
air strikes it, and the bolt aons0gn0nt-
ly refuses to act properly. A special
oil is also furnished to be used with
this rifle, and for the same reason this
oil in winter acts as 5preventive rath-
er than au assistance, to the free ac-
tion of the bolt."
POISONED CIGARS.
.1
Pomona English Murder 31y41ory in
Whleh 'They Were Used.
Two members of a great club in
Manchester, both mon of position end
keen politicians, each received, appar-
ently as a New Year's gift, small boxes
contenting afew cigars of the very
highest quality apparently. 130th were
taken fearfully ill after smoking, and
one of fhom subsequently died,
The cigars were found to be loaded
with poison, and it was said that the
man who reeovec'od only did so because
he used a cigar bolder, '.l'he f24018 wore
at first husheit up, because, ars teas said,
the suspemt;ed senuer, whose motive
was revenge on account of a lady, was
a man of wealth and power.
But this subject was oleared, and
the mystery was deepened by the fol-
lowing circumstances: A rich Man-
chester merchant, travelling one day
iu a railway oar about the time of the
int/Went related, got into aonversetiOn
with a moi(' agreeably enol highly-
oultivated stranger, who finally offer-
ed hie cigar case. The ivrana.hester
man was found et Leeds almost un-
conscious, and tee only acrupant 111
the carriage. Ile grasped in one of
his convulsed Mania the .eigar 114' hn,d
been smoking and after n.nlciysisMhoty-
nd i1 to be identical with the others.
He recovered, but the stranger watt
!rover (115oavered.
SUICIDE IN BARRACISS.
y.•14'. 319unled Pdlleln"1n1, F41rnlei'1,4 Ol'
1'414,'1,19, 111184 111111sa'1r,
A dospetoh from Calgary, N. '0V, T.
ally5t-Constable David Cecil Baldwin,
of the North-West M041015d Police,
commil:l:ed suiside at tate blu'raoks hero
on tinturday by shooting himself with
a revolver, Cease unknown. )3nlde
twin carne been Torpltib Mine years
ago. He has relatives Irving in that
e19y 10W.
When Ile Nelle Ventres 11e&1 Nutztitioo,
,111.'
, Wonderful Recovery, Illustrating the
Quick Response of a Depleted Nerve
System to a Treatment Whieb.
Replenishes Exhausted
Nerve :Forces.
MR. FRANK 1 AURR, BLr1tLIN, ONT,
Perhaps you know him ? In Water.
loo he is known as one of the most
popular and successful business men of
that enterprising town, As ..,anag-
ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is
at the head of a vast business, repre-
senting an investment of many thons-
ands of dollars, and known to many
people throughout the Province.
Solid financially, Mr. Prank Bauer
also has the good fortune of enjoying
solid good health, and if appearances
indicate anything, it is safe to predict
that there's a full half century of
active Life still ahead for him. But
it's only a few months since, while
nursed as an invalid at the Mt.
Clemens sanitary resort, when his
friends in Waterloo were dismayed
with a report that he was at the point
of death.
" There's no telling where I would
have been had I kept on the old treat-
ment," said Mr, Bauer, with a merry
laugh, the other day, while recounting
his experien0es as a very eiok man.
" Mt, Clemens," he continued, " was
the last resort in my ease. For
mouths previous I had beers suffering
indescribable tortures. I began with
a loss of appetite and sleepless nights.
Then, as the trouble kept growing, I
was getting weaker, and began losing
flesh and etrengbh rapidly. My
stomach refused to retain food of any
kind. During all this time I was
under medical treatment, and took
everything prescribed, bub without
relief. Ju44te.bout when my eonditioa
seemed most hopeless, I heard of r
wonderful cure effected in a case
somewhat similar to mine, by the
Groat So nth AmericanNervine Tonic
and I finally tried that. On the firs4
day of its use I began to feel that
was doing what no other• medioine
had dune. The first dose relieved the
distress completely. Before night I
actually felt hungry and ate with an
appetite such as I had not known for
mouths. I began to pink up is
strength with surprising rapidity,
slept well nights, and before I knew
it I was eating three square meals
regularly every day, with as much
relish as ever. I have no hesitation
whatever in saying that the South
American Nervine Tonic cured me
when all other remedies failed. 1
have recovered my old weight—over
200 pounds—and never felt better
in my life."
Mr. Frank Bauer's experience is
that of all others who have used the
South American Nervine Tonic. Its
instantaneous action in relieving oils -
tress and pain is duo to the direct
effect of this great remedy upon the
nerve oeutree, whose fagged vitality
le energized instantly by the very first
dose. Itis a great, a wondrous oure
for all nervous diseases, as well as
indigestion and dyspepsia, It goes
to the real source of trouble direct,
and the sick always feel its marvel•
loos sustaining and restorative power
at once, on the very &rat day of its
11440
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
A LINE TO DAWSON CITY.
7`hl' Stam' Leave Ottawa la Seulmener It
Construction.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -Mr.
Frank Riohardsbn, assislaut olectrlaian
of the C.P.R. a000mpanied by Mr. 3,
Grimes ,of Ottawa, and a competent
stafx of assistants loft for th0 Pact-
fie west on Saturday under 305100c -
lions from the Minister of Public
Works and the Canadian Government,
to tiommonce the conetruotion of a
Lelegraplt line from Slntguay to Daw-
son, as a O'ecteral work, The estimated
cost of the lino for the distance of WO
ranee between the two points named
is $1.50,000 on the bases of 025(1 per
anile. It is expected that the line will
be in operation by the 1511) at No-
vember, earn when it is aomplcted
Dawson wilt bo brought within 015
clays' ocenmunioatiou of Ottawa, Who -
they 1110 sea link will subsequently
be 00nneml011 by to cable between
Venanuver and Skaguay, o4' whether
the Government line from (,)uesnelle,
in the Ca 11100 country, 0en
nd noriwtra to 0011 wwillithbo thx1n Skad-
-
guay-:Dawsoilin lino, 11100has yet to be de-
fetvalined.
ENGLISH EXPORTS TO CANADA,
Statement of kir, Ithn :Asea'INe In the,
Iloasr.
A despatch from Tonkin, mays:- In
the House of Comrnons on Friday c21 -
moon the Right Elon, Joseph Clhain-
ber•htin, Secretary of State for the
Colonial, replying to a. que0lion put
by Col, Sir Howard Vincent, member.
for Sheffield, said that for rho six
months ahead 8ist, of January the ex-
port., from England to Canadeeshawod
an increase of one per cent„ but if the
month of July were included it would
shote an increase of six par cent,
To Sir 7, II, 'Peens, the Liberal
member for Southampton, Mr. Cham-
4'r ale said LL o t' b Com e'ol `
11 1 W n1. A U 1 1.t f01'
any future Parliament to puss ah Ant
tenulning the Red contraot with i!law-
foundland.
SAVANTS COMING TO CANADA,
Important Ittror41l11 Purity From 1rrnnel
and newton".
A despatch from Montreal, says: -
The Montreal authorities have been
notified that an Important excursion
party of French and Belgian savants
and capitalists intend coming 10 Can-
ada in August or September. These
gentlemen aro coming hero to explore -
Canada, partilularty the Pr0vin00 o4
Quebec, with a view to future invost-
ment. Several prominent Femme
public Itten will accompany the party,
wllicli will number about, 150 altos
gether.
OWNERSHIP OF SMALL HOUSES.
111191 141) 33nule.Ip011U4s 111 A414111141' 31411441
14 ih411p14'.1'<, -
A dispatch front London, says i-011
Tuesday noxi Me. Chamberlain w111 in-
trrrhrce a bill empowering Ica I auth-
orities to advance money to enable err
copiers to 00llnire Ownership of small
houses, nu tbe principle. al the Irish
Land Ante and 111e Small Holdings
Acts. •
CZAR'S PEACE CONFERENCE.
3i 144(334344144,114(814' mixer en. .1/44,,4 Is.
A despatch from the Hague, even:--
The peace conference, otherwise the
congress of reprosentetivee of the
powers, rolled by. the Czar to dieease
the p0esibili.ty of taking steps 10 -
walla; al general disarmament will
meet here on May 18.
200 PEOPLE PERISHED.
A11111. Lose or tire in the Alisld•a llnn Ala►
Vienne,
A000rding to a despatch to the Lon-
don Times from Sydney, N.S.W„ ne,
fewer than mai portions porlshed ie the
hurricane that has just swept the
north-oaat °oast of Queensland,