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FADING EVENTS
Of THE PpSi YEAB
rn'e of the Happenings of Note 11
1911 that. Passed Into History
} henh
t s historian of the future
cords the"events of the year 1911,
e will lay particular stress on the
political and social unrest throughout
he world. This was not confined to
any one country;
it w
as world-wide, ide,
Involving practieally every nation.
Moet significant of all the events of
;fee year was the explosion in open re-
i?ofion of the hatred than had been
ialccumulated through the ages of the
Chinese against the
I Manchu dynasty.
Aviation has made tremendous
ifslrides during the year. About all
that; remains to be accomplished is
the brossiiig of the ocean,. Following
ere some of the important events of
tie year:
January
I '1, -Juan Lstrada inaugurated Presi-
• dent of Nicaragua.
19. -Tobacco Trust dissolution suit
started in i7. S. Supreme Court.
:26.—Reciprocity Agreement presented
to Congress by President Taft.
February
X11.—Archbishop Ryan, of Philadel-
phia, dies.
'21,—Premier Asquith introduces into
the British house of Commons
the bill abolishing the veto
power of the House of Lords.
March
.—Reciprocity fails in the U. S. Sen.
ate. Sixty-first Congress ad-
jOlirns, and call for extra Oes-
sion issued.
I 8—U. S. troops ordered to Mexican
frontier,
11,—Trial ,of the Camorrists begins at
Viterbo, Italy.
!26.—Triangle Shirt Waist Company
lire in New York, resulting in
141 deaths.
April
i 4.—Two special sessions of Sixty-
second
ixtysecond Congress convenes.
121.—U. S. House of Representatives
passes Canadian Reciprocity,
265 to 39.
May
1.2,—Chines rebellion begins in
Kwangtung Province.
I•S.—Battle of Juarez begins, result-
ing in success of Mexican reb•
els two days later and end of
rebellion,
116. -standard 011 Company ordered
dissolved by Supreme Court de-
cision.
June
119. European Aviation Circuit rare
begins at Vincennes, Prance.
Three aviators killed 7vhen
1nacl1Lne fell to ground.
22,—Coronation of King George and
Queen Mary.
July
.11.—Big fire in Porcupine district,
'14.—Investiture of Prince of Wales
at Carnarvon, Wales.
18.—Henry (11ay Beattie shoots Ids
wife.
22.— Reciprocity bill passed by U. S.
Senate.
August
, 16,—London dock strike eeglns,
September
15.—Premier Sleben"), 1 Russia,
shot,
':21.—Defeat of Sir Wilfrir Laurier's
government and the 1 eciprocity
3111,
'25.—French battleship L ibe to blown
tip at Toulon.
ere Italy declares war on ' urkey,
30.—One 'hundred ,tilled by reeking
darn at Austin, Pa.
October
'38,—Republic of China proelai ted at
Wu Chang,
19.—Aviator Eugene ally kill
Mason, Georgia,
d at
r,.
'23.— 11 tnstgn Churchill appo need
First Lord of Admiralty, 1 ting
r-' succeeded as Home Sec'e.ary
by Reginald McKenna.
November
4, -Chinese rebels capture Shang; i,
controlling mouth of Yangln .
' Kiang River. 1
6—Persia refuses Russia's demand,(
to remove W. Morgan Shuster
the treasurer -general.
I/'.. "`i.—Italian advance in Tripoli begins.•
-1.6.-Russia starts troops for Persian
frontier.
24.—Henry Clay Beattie executed,
�.0.—Public Consistory creating nine-
teen Cardinals at Rome,
December
1,—McNamara brothers change pleas
in dynamite case to "guilty."
2: Bing George arrives in India for
the Durbar,
S.—The McNamaras sentenced,
9.—Constitution of Chinese, Republic
framed.
11. -Sir James Whitney's governinent
In Ontario returned to power.
12.--Dutbarat Jndia crowning Bing
George ldmperor.of India,
eye—Russo-American treaty of 1832
L1. Russian forces open hostilities
with Persia..
e.
SMELTS ARE PROFITABLE.
New •Brunswick Fisherman Making
Over $100 Per Day. '
Making over one hundred dollars
as day is the fortunate experience of
,come of those fishing smelts on' the
iBlg and Little Buctouche and other
;rivers in that part of New Brunswick,
The buyers have been paying 'is high
ELS 51a cents a pound, or $110 a ton,
for the fish this year,, and as some
l
of the nets yielded over four ur
y tone iu
1.
'ilie 'three first days of the season.
the lsb:ermcri are making money fast.
I. WIRELESS ON THE LAKES,
I Arrangements arein tro ress..
1 g It
gays; -for the establishment Of a dial,,
tell wireless stations oe ;tile lakes from
'Port Arthur to Kingston, including,
17?ort Arthur, Sault Ste. Marie, ,Mid-
!land, x'obermory, Sarnia, Port Stan-
ley, Port Colborne, T'or'onto anti King-
storsewith the station at Kingston of
,sufficient range to communicate )vitlt
l.)'r9ontreal.
Clinton News -Record
BOUGHT IIAUNTD HOUSE
British 'Sollcitor-Geheral Evidently ,a
A
s
Couraeeou'Men.
Sir John Simon, •the Solieitor,Get-
eral of Great Britain, is a courageous
nran. 3-e has bought an' old manor
house reputed to be haunted: 1t is
known as Pritwell, 'and is ;located
N
8iaS
®&�i�'Snear Banbury.. Sir,John paidffi36,5001TC;Ind
GraliaMt Paisley—It. 13, Grant, V,S,,
l Port Celtlorne-john t;pok Port 'Dal -
,Sutton , Pott ; tan-ey
=Harley 'Taylor, • R'sin11an1- Tied
Smelzer Rodney B, ,3 Oraliarn,
Sambaed.,. W. Annis, Seneca -D,
Youn, r•
vicToils
• Sou v-= . ...,����;��''r til ..igsb- B, A4. Header -
eon son,' Soutar Gower---S1kfltnbl Bennett,
Springfield-•- Nisar M., 13iacic, Stanley—
Glenn, Step)roii—H, Willert, Stoul'i'-
vi11e-;Jt, P, Coitldon, Srti,itid ie 'Mar.
tin,
Tara --,T, Grant, Tecsiv ter-$, It.
•Brill, Tbamesville—G. - A. 'Praeer,
Thoi'ah—Donald Brown, Tllbnry West
—Morena, Turuberry Tp.—T, I:. Pew -
ell, Vienna -=Robert Gimes, W1itrlc-
worth—Alex, ,+Veath erson, 'Warwick—
le.
arwick—
I' . G. Hall, Watford=W.i llltzgerald,
Y'LAY9S 'Hydro -Electric Sy -laws
The
•
.,
Y .Gleet tc„'By-laws: wore
accepted with great favor Sit all mute -
lot the estate,. The spooky reputation
o£ the house arose from three tra-;
gedies. A man was killed there :in; a
duel in 1712. The neat; tenants,
Longueville by nanl involved
in a great scandal,.ea-el/brothers of.
the family were in love with the same
younger impt'isoued the elder In what;;
was known as "e human dog kennel":
in the attic for fourteen years.. The
elder brother's death was attributed
to starvation. Sir Baldwin Wake,
who bought the place shortly after.
the Longuevilles' tenancy expired,
was suspected of having killed his
son in a quarrel over a card game.
According to the tradition the body
;was concealed by Sir Baldwin and
another son in the eke` kennel." l'en
years ago the Neuse was renoyated
Mad the "dog kennel" removed Ea -
trance to the "kennel" was o,rtaiued
through a sliding door in the 'meteor
a cupboard,
DETECTIVE WILLIAM J, BURNS
Who uncovered the famous dynamite
outrages and secured evidence that
led to the arrest and confession of
the McNamara brothers,
BIT Of CANADA IN KENT,
TRAIN BOYS FOR FARM
An Exact Replica of an Ontario Home-
stead Opened by the Fagan Homes
"A Bit of Canada in)Eugland" Is the
striking title chosen for the new tra n•
ing farm intended lo receive SO boys
rescued from the perils of a street
lite through "Mr. Fegan's Homes"
to test and prepare them for emigra-
tion to Canada.
This 1el'nt is to be an exact replica
of an Ontario homestead, The houses,
in which the boys wit live In fami11les
of 12 or so, the barn, and other outs
buildings,will tri l be constructed on Can.
adian plans, and the machinery, imple-
ments, harness, tools, etc., wilt be nn•
ported from Canada, and in every de-
tail as far as possible the training
farm will be worked on Canadian
lines.
An ideal properly dor the purpose
has been secured, extending to about
84 acres of varied character—arable,
Pasture, and woodland—at Goudhuret,
overlooking the. beautiful Weald of
Kent. The cost of the land, with
buildings, implements, stock, etc„ is
estimated at £7,000. Towards this
411,400 is still required to enable Mr.
Segau to claim conditional promises
f £4.000 and start thetraining
farts
, t once,
SA very gratifying feature of the
ehigration work in connection with
Vise homes during the last 23 years
ha been the gratitude of "old boys"
in anada. For the. last 23 years
the have sent back a New Year
that -offering, polutarily contributed
out t their savings, towards the sup-
port 7t their cad home. Last year 13
the amount was no less than X804,
makJn1 a total of L8,838 contributed B
in that way during the last 23 years 1 W
toward. the support of their old
Home,'f' nd 006 "old boys" have noft?
gained. their place on the roll of
honor; t
o
u h repayingthe tele taid
out on •:;heir emigration so as to
"help to "ive some other poor fellow
the same good chance in life,"
. Theo es of the Homes are at 93
3
r
So rtliw
ar
street, t Loudon' S.E.--
Prom om the
out Messenger.
Reeves in ' .
Many Ontario
Municipalities
aiitBe
LOCAL OPTION
The Dry Belt Was Extended,- Byrd
Electric B =laws Carried Where
Y here
Voted on
ro- cipalitles where submitt8d. Here is
The municipal elections tlu'ougheat
Ontario on New Year's Day resulted
in bringing leafy new faces into .civic
life. Local government received the
usual shift to other shoulders in many'
towns and cities. The by-laws au-
thorizing municipalities to link up
with the Hydro -Electric system were
popular wherever tried. Local option
made progress, and in addition to
carrying•, the by-law in many places,
the temperance forces were able to
1,111 every effort at repeal
Mayors
Alllletott—J. 11. Mitchell.
,Anrlierstburg--Dr, W. p'. Park.
Aurora ----13', J. Baldwin.
Arnprior—Dail McLachlan.
Berlin—Schmalz.
Bowmanville—J, 13. Mitchell.
Brantford—C, H. Hartman,
Belleville -A, G. Vertuilyea.
Brockville—C, W. McLean.
Blenheim—W, R. Greenwood.
Bracebridge—G. W. Ecclestone,
Brampton 'i', W. Duggan.
Barrie—Major Alex: Cowan, •
Cochrane W, S. Carter.
Campbellford-C. L. Owen.,
Clinton -13, J. Gibbings. ,
Cobourg—Geo, Gummon,
Cobalt—A. Z. 'l'ruclel.
Chatham—Wm, Anderson- .
Cornwall 7, A. Chisholm,
Dresden—Dr. H. Is, McDonald,
Durham—William Black,
Dunnville—W, H. Griffith.
Forest -13d, Rumford.
Guelph—Mayor Thorpe.
Goderich—Charles A. Reid,
Haileybury—N. J. McAuley.
Hanover—H, Peppier.
Hespeler—G, D. Forbes,
Huntsville—A. E. Callahan,
Ingersoll—Dr, Coleridge,
Kincardine—R, Paterson,
Leamington—L. Smith,
Listowel—W, Ciilnte.
Lindsay—,7, 11'. Wood,
London—C. M. R. Graham,
Milton -Dr: H. A. McCall,
Mount Forest—J. J. Cook ,
Mitchell—,T, A, Campbell,
New Liskeard—N. J. McAuley.
North Bay—G, A. McGaughey.
Niagara Falls—C: C. Cole.
Napanee—W, T. Waller,
Ottawa—Charles Hopewell,
Orangeville—Dr. lee ,H. Riddell,
Oshawa—John Gibson.
Owen Sound—E, Lemon,
Palmerston—M, C. Burns.
Parry Sound—James Johnston,
Pembroke—William Leaca.
Petrolea—Ili, J. Pollard,
Preston—Otto Homuth,
Peterboro'—W, H, 13radburu.
Renfrew—iet-, McCormick.
Port Arthur—Lester Dixon.
Itidgetowu—R, W. Stokes.
Smith's Fails—A, Feeler,
Stayner—D, 0, Boll.
Strathroy—Henry Owens.
St, Catharines—W, Ii, Merritt.
St, Thomas—.R, N. Price.
St: Mary's—Sanderson.
S• r
son.
Stratford—Jobn Brown.
Sault Ste. Marie—Mayor Munro,
Sarnia—John McGibbon,
Seaforth-J, C. Greig,
Southampton—K, .Montgomery,
Simcoe—L, C. Gibson,
Toronto—G, R. Geary
Trenton—J, Funnel,,
Tilbury—W, C. Crawford,
Tillsonburg-Chas, H. Mabee,
Thorold—John Broderick,
Uxbridge—M. R. Beal.
Walkerton—John Henderson.
Welland—G, W. Sutherland,
lVhitby—J, H. Downey,
Waterloo -3, Fischer,
Walkerton—J, Henderson,
Wingham—George Spotton,
Woodstock—Dr, A B. Welford.
Windsor—J. W, Hanna.
Reeves
Arthur—D. IJrockelbank, Bath—G.
"SV artman, Beeton—H. Law,
Iand for l—Culhbertson, . Bolton—H,
A. Rutherford, Brant—D. ; Noble,
rldgeburg—,T. H. A. Atwood, Brooke
Danville, Brussels—John Leckie,
Cannington—'L'. A. Wilson, Cayuga—
)), P. Poster, Charlotteville—N, S.
Palmerton, ord-FI,' Greef, Col-
borne ne Tp:—,7. lCerufgnan, Coldwater—
(1, G. Mallard, Courtright—J: T. Whit-
sitt, 'Culross -Geo, Falconer, Delhi—
H. Smith, Deseronto Na 101
y Ara -
y
n Geo M. Fox, Dundalk—S. 13011;
often Dr,' Ling, Ekfr id L 11icTag-
rt Elora—A. :Kerr, Emily—Isaac
ee, Etoblcolce—J. Guardhouse, Exe-
r—W. J. Beaman, Ireneloir Falls—S.
Sims, Fergus—Adam' Armstrong,
nch—Dr: 1l, N. Maecclles, Glencoe—
N. Currie, Hagersville—D, W. Mc
urney, Iiensall—G, C. Petty, 3lowlck
J. T. Winter, stet, I-Iumberstone—lL J.
noll, Humhersone Tp,--Wni, S.
tamer, ITuron—J, IV. 1Vlllcih)son, Lro=
ois—L, IJ, Tanney, Kemptville-
orace Hutchins, Lakefield-L, A.
nner, Lucan—C. 1V. Hawkinshaw,
ekf1w=Mioorhouse Mitchell, ilia-
c—T, 1:3, Thampsou, Ma'kbam—R,
Tefft, Matilda -1)11 Merkloy,. Mer
lcville—J, 03. ,Scott, Milverlou-l3,
Miller,; Mtmico-R. I13, : Skelton,
ornington-Thoanas Dewar, Morris
Jt Shortreed, Mount Foest-M, S.
eNiven, New Iiambumg—Louis Pelee,
rth Cayuga—W. Walton, Omemee—
J. Mulligan, Oneida—D, Kitts, On
daga—M.'N. Simpson, Oee--D 1),
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GIAIr' ROSE -BUSHES, 1'
Probably he largest rose -bush in to
Slurope ls. c' e in Frleburg, which b''i
towers to a; might of no less than 7;
115 ft, Itwai raised from a wilterese B
stock,grafted with one' of the varie-
a of tea -r6 Te
tie es.' There is another 33
huge bush in be Marine Gardens or lc
Toulon, ,Fran which occupies a u
a space 80 wide and 135 rt, 1T
high. So enort us is' the serface' pre-
sented by this ash,; that it is said to Ta
have borne 50,0.1 Bowers at one time, - Lu
Though by le means so large, an dO
equally interests ; bush is one on the ,I '
wall of the cath lral,o( Hil'dersheine is
Germany, whic is known to. have N'
ben in existence t the eleventh c. n- TyL,
titre: Further: di 1 that it eailnmt be M
;traced with certt4t l:y, but there 1e 313
every probability its 'being older" 'No
still, • 01,
.:.ell
•
the list of places carrying the By-law:
Lakeftetd, Ailsa Craig.
Listowel 13lytli.
Lucan. Bratnp ton. ,
Morrisburg, 13russels.
Owen Sound: Caledonia.
' Paisley. Clinton,
, Paris. Cornwall,
Peterboro', Elmira
Prescott. ' Exeter.
Richmond Hill. Goderich,
Southampton, Grimsby.
Tlllsonburg•: Flagersviile,
Thornbury, Iianovor,
Toronto,
Welland.
Hastings,
Housed.
Wingham. leineardin e.
Wroxeter. Kingston,
General By -Laws
Brant granted $S0,000 to the
Cord
General Hospital.
Renfrew will spend 360,000 on its
power plant.
Weston will build a Carnegie Lt
braes,. .. - -
St. Catharines will purchase the
-Athletic lacrosse grounds aad will
guarantee $30,000 bonds of the new,
hospital,
Guelph will spend 318,500'in street
railway extensions and will place the
sewerage and public works tttidei' a
commission.
Toronto will spend 32 200,000 on
electric light extensions, 31,783,333 iu
extending Bloor Street across the Don
valley, 3139,488 le a car line on Dan-
forth Avenue, bat refused to vote
money for the tubes or to annex North
Toronto or to extend the terns of mem-
bers of the city council to two years.
Berlin will spend 3100,000 for water
works addition, and 37,500 for street
railway extension.
Barrie granted 325,000 for sewers.
' .Brampton passed a by-law to pur-
chase the electric. light franchise.
Clinton passed the Good Roads by-
law.
Cornwall favored municipal owner-
ship of electric light and gas utilities.
Deseronto carried canning factory
by-law.
Lucan carried North 'Midland Elec-
tric Railway bonus.
Mount Forest carried Carnegie Li-
brary by-law,
Niagara Palls provided for the pur-
chnse of a look and ladder truck,
Owen Sound granted a loan o1' 320,-
000
20;
000 to a nut and bolt factory.
Ridgetown carried canning factory
by-law,
Sault Ste. Marie in a referendum
decided for a city harbor.
St. Thomas will spend 310,000 for an
isolation hospital.
Tlllsonburg will raise 32,000 for
Board of Trade advertising,
Woodstock will raise 310,000 for the
extension of the street lighting eye.
tem.
LOCAL OPTION.
The results of the voting on local
option by-laws are classified as fol-
lows
ol
lows:—Asterisk (*). denotes cities,
towns or incorporated villages; other
names are those of townships, Fig-
ures in parentheses after name indi-
cate number of licenses at present:—
Carried '
t'
Cat Inn
rn ton (2),*Lucknow
'"Luc, nett/ (3),Kin-
loss (1), l.kfrid (2), *Blenheim (3),
Percy (2), Orlllia (0), Bagel and
Blythfteld (2), Pelee Island (1), Char-
lottevllle (2), Howard (1), Harwich
(2). Licenses exit off -23.
Defeated by Three-fifths Clause
*Caledonia (3), Hagerman (1),
*Wroxeter (1), *Hepworth (1), "God-
erieh (9), *Tltedford (2), *Chats-
worth (2), :Blandford (1), Etobicoke
(6), *Listowel ,(5), '^'Flagersville (3),
Cayuga, iv (1), *Newbury (1), Rain -
haul (4). Licenses retained owing to
three-fifths clause, 40.
vi
*P
Straight Majorities Against
*Mimlco (1), *Iia,stings (3), *Dunn -
Ile (0), *Siincoe (6), *Alvinston (3)
ort Arthur (18), Brant (4), *Wa
ford (3), *Markham (2), *Ifxbride,
(4), \Valerloo (8), Medora and Wood •
(3), Hungerford (2), Tyendenaga
(5), *Ridge(own (0), *Madre (2), GREEK METHODS
*Mllverton (2), Mornington (8), Sim
e (6), Pinch (3), *Cayuga .(3), Sher- 3 onfectioners Join Hands and Buy
CANNOT ACCOUNT
FOR THIS ;SKELETI
Hurter Found it—There' are; Many
Conjectures but' no Facts:
The mneterious . s
Y PoBlbiii'tios'. •con•
nected ivitlf ''the disoovery 'of' the
skeletqu*of a n)ah lntlre woods near
s,
St: Luc, Quebec, have incl'eased will,
the discovery. beneath' a stump near-
by Where the skeleton mouldered of
a little Icoai:d -of gold, amountiug to
3330, Then after all clues bave been
discussed ° by a• jury empanelled by
Coroner Chevalier, .however, the
man's identity remained unknown,
The weather and the creatures 'of
;,lie woods bad long since stripped the
flesh from the bones. The material
of the Mettles which had once coyer,
ed the'body, lay in .scraps . about et,`
and the watch which the dead- man'
had worn in life had 'fallen through
his skeleton 'and was - almost washed
underneath the ground by successive
rains. The timepiece bad :a'French
movement. A set of prayer beads
and a prayer book . were the only'
other articles discovered. It is as-
sumed from the presence of .these
that the man was a Ronan Catholic,
The 'story of the skeleton- is a con-
stant d:opic of discusion in the vicini-
ty ,of the long undiscovered tragedy:
It will pass into hieto,y as one or
the weird countryside tales which
filially developed into masterpieces of
the- mysterious.
1t is thought very strange that no•
body in the .vicinity. can .even guess
at the man's identity., Nobody re-
membcrs haying ever seen in the
vicinity anyone who might be be:
•Tho body might have dropped from
an airship, so unaccountable Is its
presence- in this not very. thickly set-
tled district,
P?I�'GL RUPERT
Prince Rupert, British' 'Columbia,
the new seaport on the Pacific Coast
which has been founded by the Grand
Trunk leesefic Company for the wes•
tern terminus of the National 'Trans-
continental Railway through Canada,
continues to demonstrate the stability
with which the enormous resources
in that part of the, world have en-
dowed her,. The population or about
five thousand people who have set-
tled there, thus forming the begin-
ning of this future city, have shown
their faith in its future by Melding
permanent homes and business es-
tablishments in almost every line of
trade and commerce. Not alone is
this faith confined to the citizens of
Prince Rupert, but foreseeing the im-
portant factor she must early become
in the commerce of the world, the
leading banks, viz: The Bank of Mon-
treal, .the Canadian Bank of ,Com-
merce, the Bank of. •British North
America, the Royal Bank of Canada,
etc., Have located branches there.
When the first Iots in the townsite
were placed on the market and sold
a little more than two years ago the
prices realized exceeded the expecte-
Imes of the most sanguine by reach•
Mg figures in many cases several
`hundred per cent, ,and in numerous
instances as much as one thousand
per cent. above what was estimated
to be a fait' valuation, and ever since
that time have glyph no cause to
change the confidence then shown,
as' reports have just been received
of the sale of an additional section
of the -lownsite containing about six
hundred lots, foe which there was an
increasing demand and which realized
prices or about thvc hundred per cent,
above fr1,at was considered a conser-
vative valuation, 793e completion of
the Grand nd Tr ink Pacific acifiC .Railway
through to the Pecillc Coait is rapid-
ly approaching completion, when
tra.ns•pacifie steamships will sail from
this new seaport, and in order to be
prepared for the increased accommo-
dation and facilities that wiilr)be re-
iluired large additional capital ex-
penditures will be made within the
text two years to provide commodious
hotel accommodations and also a dry
dock and ship repairing' plant, the
latter Ot which* ,will be constructed
under a subsidy granted by tlieDomin-
ion Government. During the past
Year the principal thoroughfares in
thebusiness section of tete city have
been contructed to grade and exten•
sive plans are at present recelving
the serious consideration of. the city:
t' council for .municipal improvements
e In the way of heat, light, power and
water,
co
brooke (2), Middleton (1), *Fort We-
Ilam (17), *Point Edward (2), elves -
by
Goods in, t amp Orders.
by S. (3), *Chatham (16). Number o
licenses retained, 153,.
No Repeal of By-law
The 'following municipalities
cote
g
on the question of repeal, and in ever
case voted to retain the by-law
* ' "Coldwater,
*
Rtc mo 1 I til
h nc i
Wyo
ruing, *Laketield,' *Durham, coiling
wood Tp,, *Owen Sound, *:Tara, Peel
"Waterford, Ancaster *Colborne
*Bearsviile, "T)tornbury, *Athens.
License Reduction,
Kingstoe (12) license reduction by
law carried by 122 majority; Stratford
(15) license reduction carried. by 1,261
to 170. .
Local Option Summary
Total number of municipalities in
Ontario ......,. „.,,,, 922
Number of munitipaltl.ies' now
without bars . 442
Number of. contests this Year, ex -
eluding -repeal contests 09
Municipalities carrying local op-
tion by-laws .................. 10
17y -laws sustained in vote on re-
peal 15
tootling to' carry 'Meal option ow-
ing
ing to, three-fifths clause . 18
Local option by-laws defeated . 24'
Places yet to hear ream , 17.
C A remarkable.combination has been.
affected among the Greek confection
ere stores of the city and remadec-'
d Curers are viewing the innovation
y with amazement, very strongly tinged
With respect. The Greeks have f r -
1 C nl O
• ed an association by'meaus of which
'they intend sending in lump orders
eor the goods used in their -stores,
, placing the order .with the manufac•
turer who can give 'them the best.
terms. As there are 86 Greek con-
. 'eectionery stores in Mentl•eal,' many.
of them doing as big business, the ex
tent of the scheme is large,' About
year and aago
a half they built a
church on St. Lawrence Street below
,Prince Arthur Street,, This was be -
Ing paid for mostly by the merchants.
There was still about 315,000 of a
debt, when some of the business' men
got together and devised' the follow-
ing plan: --=They would buy supplies
co-operatively, pocket half "rho retina
tion thus obtained, and use the other
half to pay off the elebt of the curate
The plan met with everyone's ala
proval and a committee Was appgint'
ed to putt in ,operation, They found
it worked so well that they have now
formed an organizs,tion and will take
out incorporation papers next year.
British dominions.
PRIi Ct, EDWARD' ISLAND
Dr. Andrew Macphail` Speaks of Con:
ditiohs in the Island Province
Some of, the rea$ons for the depoptt
latlon of 'Prince Edward Island, and
the efforts which will be made to qff
'set it and, re-establtsti the formers' in-
dustries, were recited to a Toronto
audience by 171', Andrew Mac hail of
p
Charlottetown, fie ' called attention to
the fact that forty o y years ago there
94,000 people on the island,. ,In 1881
there were 108,00.0, and in 1891 1(19,-
000. Teen the population commenced
to decline, ' and in ten years It had
dropped to 103,000, and the last cen-
sus showed that the population was
only 93,000. The industries of the
Island also had largely disappeared,.
and ft '3a5 proposed, in order to re-
generate them, to apply to the island
the same tariff, system as was applied
to the Domofnion as a whole, In order
to protect the .manufactories on the
island, It was proposed also to' have
instead of a Minister of Politics, a
Minister of Industries. The fact that
both political parties were so strong,
or so weak, also bad much to do with
the lack of development. Forty years
ago the island contained more people
than it did today, said Dr. Maephall,
and there must be some reason for it
M a province which was one of the
best in the world, so far as agricel-.
ture was concerned,
In connections with transportation
facilities, the speaker said it was Pos-
sible to send goods from Montreal to
Sydney, Cape Breton, the market for
Prince Edward Island, for less than
half what it cost to send goods from
any point on t9lc island to Sydney: Of
the 72,000 people who had left ,the is-
land in the last forty years, 88 per
cent- had -gone. to the United States,
and only 12 per cent. to the other
provinces ie the Dominion. How to
get those back. was the problem which
VMS confronting the island, apd it was
thought that the best system would
be to apply to the island the same
tariff system as was applied to the
Dominion as a whole, on the ground
that what was good for the whole was
good for the part. In the island great
quantities of tobacco could be grown,
and it was confidently hoped that in
ten years 110 more tobacco'would be
Imported-
NEW CIGARET CARDS
DISEASE CARRIERS?
Health Officer Traces Sore Mouths to
Boys Playing With Them
•
Germ Infection through cigarette
cards is the latest danger lo health.
Dr. Hastings, Medical Health Officer,
Toronto, tells the following remark-
able incident:
"In one of the city scboo)s recently
It was noticed that a large number of
children had sores around their
mouths and on their faces. Those af-
fected were all boys; no gtr!s were
Infected.
A lady tt the neon hour noticed a
number of boys 031 the way home from
school playing with cigarette cards in
the following, manner: One of the
boys would take the cigarette picture
card, put it between his teeth, then
smartly snap it with his finger and
try to strike another boy with the
spinning card. The card would fall
t.o the dirty pavement, would then be
picked up by the other boy, and put
Into his mouth. As the lady watched,
she saw the same card, pass into seven
different mouths, some of them with
sores upon them. Finally she picked
up tee card, and found it so absolutely
filthy that neither the picture nor the
writing could
beseen for dirt.
INTUFC
LOUDS
Some Extraordinary Cases of Popping.
the Question..
It was bound to come. > There have
been 'proposals, ie )notor-'•
ca ) s„angtor-
boats, in coal -min '
es and. gold -clams.
on flip -flaps and',: scenic railways, and
now we
.
have the ballogiiroposal--.-
0
b '
t o P
followed,a, no dcuiit i
course :by the ero 1 i art
pate=s;oartnshipd.
The Hero oC ;the ba)loou oposal
was 31j. S3dnet' S, StoWe 1 ofprPl
field,
1 , its -
an enthusiastic aeronaut, wins -,
was smitten with the charms of Miss
Blanche Edith Hulse, a nurse at Belle-
vue Hospital, Neat/ Yerk, Under the
rules of the Aero Club of
Pitts
fi ld a.
candidate Sot' alt- trot's certificate, semust make six flights
tiviUn at !oust.
one passenger. He aecomislip
pl ed five'
flights with a air, John 'P,' Manning,
of , Pittsfield; as passenger, and it
chanced that on the day of the sixth
flight Miss Hulse Was Su Pittsfield on
leave of business from thehospital-
in New York,
She went to see the balloon fit Tit
and when he was about to ascend„
Dr. Stowell discovered that-
ed another 1001b. of ballast, There.
was no extra ballast about, and a sud-
den inspiration came to the gallanb
doctor. "Miss 7.•Iulse,” lie said, "re-
member what you asked me the outer
day? Here's your chance. We need
a little ballast. Want to come?
13fiss Hulse promptly agreed, `swung
herself into the wicker basket, and a
moment later was travelling skyward
with the doctor and Iter. Manning.
Exactly how.the proposal was made
is a subject which, of course, the doe -
or is somewhat reticent about, but it,
was evidently reticle while the second
man in the basket was 1o0king the
outer way,
"1 was too busy leaning over the
side of the basket taking photo-
graphs," said Mr,,itlanning afterwards,
"to guess what was going on. But
I could divine' without more than a
look that my atention to things ort
earth below would be appreciated by
the other passengers,
And Dr. Stowell made this inter.
esling confession: "Whatever Mr.
Manning may say about it, if he ad-
mitted he loked over the edge of the
basket, that eliminates hint as tete
only witness of whatever proposal 5
submitted to the then Miss I3ulse.
We were up about two miles, and
thus, with itis observation "accounted'
for, I think we can safely say see
were beyond he din of unsympa-
thetic third parties." alles Hulse
duly became Mrs. Stowell, and says
that she is never afraid to go up tit
a balloon when her husband is pilot.
TWO DOZEN BOTTLES OF
RED RYE HID IN BREAD
And Shipped Into New Ontario—
Meant for the Men of the North,
The blighting hand of suspicion
has frequently pointed with more or
less show or 1,0880n to one or other
of the common household necessities,
Imputing to them connivance in the
liquor smugglers' dreams. The
harmless, attenuated sausage has in.
this way been something found to
contain a comfortable sleinful of some
friendly, though Illicit, beverage, and
the decorative wedding cake has also
been krtod n to ,eonceai within Its •
saintly -whited exterior more than one
measure of tee cup that cheers.
But it has remained for neglected'
New Outariosto bring into disrepute
the ,homely housewife's loaf of bread;
add to renderr it henceforward open
to disfiguring probes of the license
detective,
Constable Rowell, of Matheson, re-
cently uncovered no less than two.
dozen quart bottles of. whisky con-
st ned from
North Bay toPorcupine,
11 the prohibited area, whiOli had, -
teen deftly concealed, each one in a
oaf of bread.
The constable evidently had a phe-
nomenal sense of detection, i'or be
s said to have made this find by
haking a large parcel containing
read, and to have been rewarded for
lis effort by hearing the familiar
'glug, glug, gleg,". of the agitated
Writs. Then ttie skeleton loaves
were uncovered, their contents re-
moved, and' the shade of suspicion
forever left upon what had hitherto
been deemed blameless.
When the consignor is tried be may
plead a new form of bread-halting—
that of placing fire in the tutert"r to
the elimination of the old-fashioned
oven, It Is to be doubted, however,
whether this plea will avail the In-
genious smuggler anything.
"The homes of some of the boys
with the sore faces were visited,' and
the mothers of some complained that
their boys had been playing this game
around the house, until they had been •
driven almost frantic. 1
"This is a concrete case, of contact
Infection which has happened, and is
happening right now, in, Toronto; a , '
contact infection by means of a very
simple game, the effect of which can
be seen by anyone."
RECORD GASKET FOR BiG MAN
It is 40 Inches Wide and 30 Inches
Deep, and Heavily Built.
The largest casket ever built in
Ontario was , shipped to Louisville
from Chatham for the burial of Alvin
Merritt, the 010 -pound shopkeeper.
The casket is so large that the outside,
rough box would scarcely pass 0
through the freight car doors.
rhe coffin was_ 0 feel 1n Length, 3
feet 4 inches in .width, and its depth
2 feet 6 inches, There were eight
heavy handles on the coffin, and, un-
der it were four heavy oak cross -bars,
each braced with shout steel braces.
A draped dray had to be used yrs a
hearse,
Ihe grave s 7 feet inres long by
6feet inwidth.
FAMOUS CHILD RULERS
Infants in Europe Who Have Had the
Title Sovereign.
There have been a remarkably
large number of ydung soyerelgns in
European history, who commenced
their reigns .when mere "boys, often
when little more than infants. Louis
XIV., and Louis XV. ofs Prance, for
'instance, Were each s n
1 but five years
old when they succeeded to the
throue, and Louis XIII. was only nine.
Ten child monarchs are prominent in
British history. They include Renry
ILL,; who began tb'•reign at the age of..
ten, . Edward II., Richard If:, Henry'
VIII., and Edward VI.' Henry' VI, was
scarcely eight when he was made
Xing, and Queen Victoria was a girl
of eighteen when ' the news Was
brought`her that she was ruler of the
THE EXPLANATION.
Mr. Cleaver, how do you account
01. the fact that I found a piece of•
rubber tyre in one of the sausages
I bought here last. week?"
"My dear madam, that only goes
to show 'that life motorcar is replac-
ing the horse everywhere."
J. H. MADll(N, M,P,
Cape Breton South.
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