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OF. °DICT.
Coal Company and Strikers
Pleased With Resu;t.
Do Not Wisi>< Labor Minster to In-
terfere Just Now.
Company's Output Expected to Top
Eight -Thousand 'on Mark.
Ottawa despatch: le response, to a
.suggestion made yesterday from Glace
Bay by James Simpson, Vice -President
of the Trades end Labor Congress, that
.the intervention of the Minister of Labor
i;be 'requested: in an effort to settle the
.coal strike, the following telegram has
been sent to Mr. Simpson by President.
Verville and Secretary Draper on be-
half of the Congress Executive: "Con-
gress apernit it.inadviiable at this junc-
ture efe request the Meister. of Labor to
'visit the strike premises at Glace Bay,
[believing that his missionwould: be
'fruitless:'
COMPANY JUBILANT.
Glace `4Bay despatch; Two weeks ago
,to -day the strike at the mines of the
;Dominion Coal Company was inaugur-
,ated, and the fifteenth day of the
struggle between that company and the
L S. M. W. finds both sides as confident
as ever. The company declare the con
ddtiotis are brighter from their stand-
point than they have beenat any pre-
vious time in the contest, while the men
assert that the trend of events is en-
Itirely favorable to then. There was
!jubilation, among the officials of the
out = ny and the men .of ,the P. W. A.
t .work ie. the mines when the
ement was made to -night that
ut of the day would probably
8.000 -ton mark: At 4 o'clock
res claimed by thecompany were
Of this amount they crea-
tons to the mines a
s.
L W., on the oth
t the output we;
end. t
G EOIS,
May Pick Him
meet.
ter of Foreign
ely Man.
ed. Before Ar-
zar.
d.
els
hie
nett
deco
ed valu
are swat.
It is •
brought
passed thro
the roan hav"`t
kept so far ah=' d
he got to•CCanade befoi
be made.
work of forming
the place of the
Fh came to a
begun early
es - was visited
e Elysee Palace
M Clenenoeau,
e held between
Icon, President
ea, and M. Du -
listen
three ;members
be retained in
istry. But aside
ersonnel the Goy
principally con-
the .ctepublican
policies may ba
:and abroat: it
hat if M. Dour -
Foreign Affairs,
pt the task of
ionof the crisis
"I AM
William Smith, The Harness
flakes-. Confession.
Guelph, Out, De iatcli—"I have not
ing more to say than that I am guilty
of the charge!' This wasthe reply made
by William Smith, ' the harness thief,
whose operations extended throughout
the Province, and who was recently ar-
rested at Toronto, to each of three
charges, covering the theft of four sets
of harness, brought against him at the•
police court this morning. He was sent
up for trial on these charges. The own-
ers of the harness identified their prop-
erty and Fred Hewer, of Guelph, told.
of finding his set in Toronto, leading
to the ai est of Smith.
"I believe he was . roped . in by deal-
ers," said ;High Constable Merewether,
and it is understood that the detectives
are now endeavoring to find out if there
was a system covering the whole opera-
tions in whi h dealers occupied the
background. The evidence indicated that
'harness was sold for less than half
ague.
HOLD-UP.
I . Man Badly Mauled By
wring' Thugs.
6 The; story
g
1 genetel Belie
geois, fon liter
can •be induoril i.
foririing, •a epee ly
can be reached
The memeers bf e Right, which te-
clud the B,oyalist5 and the exettxalie
element, `are -intens iy r',.,ased With the
overthrow of M. Cie' creme. But they
are not - Nicely to - p fit greatly by .the
present- ;5ituatiorf. ami.•, from Bour-
geois, the, only possible conibiration
having" dyers. :conservative ' tendencies
which has a chance of succeeding is one
with M.. Poincare as chief and M. Del-
.easses as Minister of Marine. ' This coin_•
binatio"results chiefly from the preen-
inenoe M Deloasse:took,in the events
leading up to M. Clemeneeau's downfall,
when Delcasse heti replied to Clemen-
oeau's slighting all ,ions to the French
humiliations in'the t oroeoo controversy.
The element favi, ng extreme protec-
tion is, pressing f the choice of M.
Miglerand as Pre- , recalling his ac-
tivity 'while' form 'Minister of <tine
nerve, in •behal'o ! protective imdus-
des of Prancet�-
Tse approaching it of the Ozer to
rrbourg renders ( immediate solution
o the crisis imp '- ive, as President
P' " .not t , e membe • . f the
IT EATS FOWL.
immense Goose -,Fish Steals Ho.
dreds of Chickeus.
Stratford, Conn.,Jzily 26,—Theodore
Judson, keeper of the Stratford light-
house, uncovered a novel chicken -thief
in the shapeof an immense goose -fish
or angler. The creature is common on
the Long Island coast, but is seldom
fpuaid out of deep water.
The Stratford light house is situated
on-.. point which projects tar out . from
Squire, and on its narrow: slopes, Judson
has raised many chickens. Beeently he
lost at least 200 fine birds. The only
clue he could find to the thief were
marks in the sand at low• water resem-
bling those rntule by the flippers of a
turtle, and a trail of chicken feathers
leading to the tide mark.
Last Saturday he heard an unearthly
noise in his coops, and with a shotgun
and a lantern he reached the brooder
to find his hens in a commotion. He
discerned a pair of round, fiery eyes
shining at hire, promptly dropped the
lantern, and blazed away with both bar-
rels of his gun. Judson found the an-
•gler with half its breast blown away.
It weighed sixty pounds.
ST LE $10,000..
Chicago Express Clerk Weakens
When Sweated by Detectives.
Worked Long Hours, Poorly Paid
and Fell to Temptation.
Chicago, 111., July 26.— Clayton T
Zimmerman- 20 years old, a clerk on
a salary of $55 a month in the "Out -
money" office of the Adams Express
Company, was arrested to -day for the
theft of a pactage of $10,000 in cur-
•rency, which disappeared mysterious-
ly last Tuetday; baffling a score of
detectives. Zimmerman admitted tak-
Mg the money. Working 11 hours a
day 365 days in the year on a small
salary, and handling close to $1,000,-
000
1,000;000 a day in the office of the express
company, turned the young maxi's
head, and when, he saw an opportun-
ity to "hold out" a small fortune, he
admits, he secreted the $10,000 pack-
age and went on about his work.
When he was Left alone in the ex-
press company's office a,' 103 Monroe
west last Monday night Zimmerman
tore open the bundle; which he hell
concealed earlier in the evening, anti
called his pockets with the hundreds
b'and :new $5 and $10 bills which
tained. In one pec
ring +rang.
s. Then, leaving the office% ew
minutes later—it was just-midnight—
he boarded a 11i;adison' street car and
started for his home, 1354 Monroe
street west. A few blocks, near his
home he took the package"wrappings
and, rolling them into a wad, cast
them into a vacant lot. •
Upon his arrival home he extracted
from his pulging pockets the bright
new bills and placing them all inane
bundle, rolled them into a newspaper
and hid them in. the bath room, in a
hole concealed by a baseboard direct-
ly behind the bath tub. There the
money was found by the detectives
after Zimmerman had led them to the
hiding place. With the exception of
one $10 bill the money was all there.
At the Harrison street ,police sta-
tion, to which he was taken, he res
peated his confession. In. part he
said
"I made a mistake in. the first place
in making up my mind to steal �.,
but I made a second mistake a mo-
ment later. In abstracting the way-
bill which followed the $10,000 one
I absent windedly abstracted it for
the bank of Monmouth, Ill. I was
not excited in the least. It was simply
carelessness.
"At 3 o'clock to -day, I had been
sweated a number of times, but with-
out telling anything I knew, the de-
tectives took me to my home. They
talked to me some time and when I
saw that the jig was up I simply told
-them all I have told you. 1 told
them where the money was and they
got it.
"This was hte third big mistake I
made. I realize now I was a d—
fool to tell where the money was. I
shdeld have stood pat."
wor
fight into
nd many me
he U. M. W. A. The
they can bring men era
they come down from M'rnt-
eir own steamers, while the
A. say that except for New-
ders, whose passage they .d-
ome, it coats them nothing to.
away from here, es railway con -
take all they Can get.
sonally I don't think that there
1 be any strike in the Sydney
spines," said S. B. MacNeil, Grand Mas-
ter of the P. W. A., to -night. 'The U.
M. W. A. may call their men out theree
in fact, they likely will But at the
Sydney mines the P. W. A. is in great
strength. Only at Florence hos the U.
M. W. A. got any foothold at all, and
if they bring their men out there they
will be even more badly beaten than
they lmve been at Glace Bay and Inver-
nese."
nvernese."
INVERNBS^S MINE BUSY.
Inverness, C. B., despatch: The strike
here is practically a, thing of the past,
and the output of the mine is almost up
to its usual standard again. The com-
pany have a big staff of men at work,
and the town is quiet, there having been
no hostile deenonstrtvtoins of any kind.
The presence of the troops has had a
good effect. One -week ago to -day the
output was 480 tons instead of a normal
supply of 1,000 tons. To -day the work-
ers turned out 830 tons. There has been
a steady increase of output ever since
:the men quit work, and as a result the
'strike/vs have been coming back almost
daily and ,going.on their regular shifts.
The company have eighty per cent. of
their normal. staff en duty.
COMMON'S TROUBLE.
The Budget Causing Scenes in teh
British House.
London,3uly 26.—The Government ie
.experiencing the greatest difficulty, in,
forcing the budget through the "House
of Commons. After sitting ;until ,6
o'clock Tuesday morning, the jaded
House reassembled this afternoon, and
at :midnight- it=loakrld< as'.tiiaugh 'there
Weald .be ;mother all-night .seta on -
Angry and acrat enious ,scenes Wein
voitnesshd, the Opposition strongly pro-
teetin against the eonfisf i,nt applies -
tion o£' 'closure, the Balfour described
the doveenment+s methods as "little
abortee a publie adandsa:' Held Lloyd.
George, Chancellory of the Eachequer,
'rut present:
di
Notre 1Dante Hospit
is steryl, he was driv-
"he.; Outremont road date
when, near Cote Des Neiges,
Appeared-- on the roadway
ended him to stop. Before
o to urge on his horse or
nd himself with his whip he
led backwards out of his rig
ell ianavily to the u road.
o ono of the thugs knelt on his
e. et the other went through his pock-
ets, but not finding enough to satisfy
their demands, they proceeded to wreak
vengeance upon their unlucky victim.
As one of the thugs held him down
the other .kicked him almost into in-
sensibility;', and when he became too
weak to make any resistance the
other one joined : in the kicking. Leav-
ing him •lying in a. semi-conscious con-
dition, the two thugs made off.
After lying on the road for some
hours Cardinal managed to crawl into
his rig, and finally reached the Notre
Dame Hospital about 4 o'clock this
morning. When examined at the
hospital it was found that Cardinal
was bruised from head to foot, with
several deep cuts en his head and
face. It is also feared that he is in-
ternally. injured.
nternally.injured.
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AIR SAILORS
In Rivalry in Their Efforts to Cross
the English Channel. •
Calais, July 26—M Bleriot, the French
aeronaut, arrived here to -day with his
monoplane. He says that he will make
a trial flight to -night, ands possibly
make an attempt to cross the English:
r u `Lambert
Channel to -morrow.' Ca rxt De
will also begin a series of trials with
his aeroplane to -day at Wissanband, the
feverish haste of his rivals has `induced
Hubert Latham, the "aviator, who made.
a daring but unsuccessful attempt to
cross the channel on Monday, to hastily
prepare his new machine, which already
is on the way here from Chalons.
•r•
FORGOT THE CHEESE.
it Cost. an Indiana Man Over $150,
. in Consequence.
Hanenond, Ind,, July 26. Tbm Mau-
ger, proprietor of the Indiana Harbor
Express Company, bought a piece of
Limburger cheese. It cost hits $150 be-
fore he was through with it. Manger's
wife refused to tolerate it itt the horse,
and so he tied it to a nail outside of his
house and the hot weather did the rest.
Mauger forgot about the cheese and his
wife told him that there Was something'
'wrong with the plumbing, and in search,
ing for the trouble the plumber praeti-
cazly wrecked the house, The plumbing
annt other bills amounted to $1 t)J$.
•
he sident r M.
Bourgews as the: t able to reunite
the discordant elem ts..
The eireles close tb the affairs of the
Elysee Palace expee President Fallieres.
to make a telegraphs offer of the Prem-
iership to 142. Bouraeois to -night, M.
,Bourgeois is now: at ,Berne, Switzerland,
where he is preeidires over the interne-
ticnal congress of se iology.
♦.b
CANADIAN PAT.
Interesting Report' on !eposit$ Is-
sued by Department of Mines. -4
The importance of the peat fuel in-
dustry to the 'central portion. of • Canada,
where coal fuel is non-existent and its
importation 'Ao comparatively costly, re-
quires no 'demonstration.
The mines' branch f the Department
of Mines,.'.Ottawa, i
report an ;"Peat ate.
ufacturaa'and tees
object elf ` ening to
'Ode a, review as
tee': ct,; `those conn
leen most s'ueeess
This. report .is n
letiw entitled "1'
Peat Bogs and
ads During the
Erik Nystrom,
This bulletin comp
of text; and inclu
0£ the following pe
1. Mer Blencee ne
2. The A.ifre
miles from at
'3. Tire Wisllaml p
miles north of \Vellle'
4. The Newiugto o , on the New
bout
Ottawa .
and a
York k &�to y,
forty Mike from 01
li. The Perth boginile and a' half
from Perth. •
O. The Victoria road bog, about a mile
front Yiteoria road station on the Mide
land division of the Grand Trunk Eail-
viay: ,• ,+. ,
The bulleeht contains a descriptive re-
port of each hog,'showiilg the location,
area and struic ure, and giving ail esti-
mate of the available supply of peat fuel,
with reeoads of analyses, calorific values,
etc., and should be of :particular interest
to those engaged in or connected with
the development of Canadian peat re-
sources.
A fuel testing plant is 'i<.w being
erected at Ottawa, in which ti valeta of
peat for the production •of power gas
will be demonstrated, and the depart-
ment proposes to carry; en a very thor
ough investigation of, this, subject.
Copies of • the Aber bulletin and re:
port oxt peat may be cl on application,
of Mines, Ot-
ed a year, ago a
ariitc; Their Man -
a urope," with the
tnadians as corn
le of this indus-.
'n which` it "lies
inied on. e
awed by a bu1-
etigation of the
ustry' of Can-
e 1008.00, by
peat expert."
venty-five pages
trge scale maps
gs:
taws.-
bog; ,about forty
bog, about six
to Dr. Hamlet, Dirr
taws,
MAY WAR.
Trouble' Between Bolivia and Ar -r.
gentles Republic.
Cause of the Rupture-•--I?iplorntatite
Relations Severed.
La Paz, Bolivia, July' 26.—Official cir-
clee now ;admit that a complete rupture
lute occurred between Bolivia and the
Argentine Republic and that all diplo-
ivatic relations have been severed be-
tween the two countries.. The recall of
the Argentine Minister, Senor •Fonseca,
who has been stationed here throughout
the disorderly- events leading up to the
present crisis, was: followed immediately
and almost ,simultaneously with the re-
call of the Bolivian Minister stationed
at Buenos Ayres. On the departure of
the Bolivian Minister from Argentine,:
he has been ordered no turn over`, the
archives to the American, Chilean or
Brazilian legation...
The rupture of 'diplomatic relation*
was anounced alter extended official
conferences 'held throughout yesterday,
at which efforts were made to meet the
aggressive attitude assumed by Argen-
tina and at the same tine allay the
growing popular agitation in Bolivia.
The feeling that hostilities may tee
cur is shown by the continued departure
of many Argentine and Bolivian resi
dents.
The cause of Argentina's breaking off
of diplomatic relations, as stated here,
is a circular issued by President Montez
to the provincial governors of Bolivia,
referring in slighting and offensive
term• to Argentina's decision against
Bolivia in the pending Peru -Bolivia
boundary dispute. Argentina also takes
offense at President lvfontez's orders to
the municipality of La Paz to suspend
the centenary feasts; which have been
going on, in view of Argentine's adverse
action, which is regarded as a national
misfortune. These two steps by Presi-
dent Montez are continued by Argen-
tina. as incompatible with a dignified
continuance of friendly- dispomatie rela-
tion.The recall of their minister
thereupon followed, and this in turn
was followed by the recall of the Boli-
vian :Sinister at Buenos Ayres.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Woman Had a Stocking Tied Round
Her Neck.
Bayfield Despatch --The peopl
v' G e ,;are considerably
VI
WANTED MONEY.
Prying Open a Dead Man's Mouth
'When" Interrupted.
New York, July 26. Michael
Murphy, an East Side character, was
interrupted to -night in : the operation
of prying open the mouth of a corpse.
When discovered in an undertaking
establishment fumbling with the body
of a :man 'who, he said, was a friend
of his, 142ureIhy admitted that he was
looking for money.. Examination re-
vealed three $5 bills in the dead
man's mouth. They had been there
since Sunday last,, when Andrew
Erickson, whose, blue, lips were closed
over the currency, met death • 1. Ja'
plaice Bay,
To the police Mierphy •told' a weird
story.' He said he and Erickson had
lured a drunken sailor to a boat and
had robbed him, Then an oar broke
and Erickson, stuffing part el • • the
money in his mouth' to keep' it dry,
jumped overboard after it. He sank
says Murphy, • but the polite think
there may have . been a struggle, ,for
Eitiekson's head bears a dean oast+-,
dead zn her ,bed estate.
around her neck arid a bruise
head, on , his return from wor
Thursday evening. -Sonne yea's
Burns built a splendid home and had a
good business, but now he lives, in a.
small house and does odd. jobs around
the village. Mrs. Burne was about 54
years old and had been in poor health
for the last year or more and confined
to her bed most of the time. The daugh-
ter was also in `bed when the mother
was found, and apparently knew noth-
ing of her mother's death. There were
no signs of . Mns. Burns having been
strangled, as the stacking was not tight
enough around her neck.
Dr. Stgnbury, the local doctor and
Coroner, summoned a jury as soon as
possible, and their verdict was that
it was a case of suicide. Crown At-
torney Seager, of Goderich, en hear
of the case, asked Dr. J: W. Shaw, of
Clinton, in iother Coroner, to come over,
also Dr. W. Gunn, of Clinton, who con-
ducted an au..topsy, a new- jury haying
been summoned. The second jury met
on Saturday, and not being able to come
to a decision, adjourned, to meet on
Thursday of this week, evh.en the matter
will be gone into more fully.
e
AMBUSH TROOPERS.
Indians Kill' Six Mexicans and
Wound :seven.
Mexico City, Mexico, July 26.— The
Maya Indie.ns, in the Province .of Quin-
tano lhoo, Yucatan peninsula, ambushed
the Seventeenth Infantry at Osum last
Thursday, killing six troopers and mor-
tally wounding seven others. The in-
fantrymen retreated, but returner to
the attack in the evening, when they
R 'losses
were again repulsed. The Indian o
are not known, The soldiers are now
pursuing the Mayas,' whose depredations
have larmed the whole territory.
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MANIA FOR THRASHING.
Complaints Against Morley Secodig
St. Catharines Farmer.
St. Catharines, Despatch.—The comp
police are looking for Morley Sccord, a
farmer living near here. Last week he
appeared. before Magistrate Campbell,
eharged with assaulting his wife. The
magistrate, After hearing the evidence,
gave Serord a good talking to and let
him off am suspended sentence. Secordfrs
son and the hind man were on hand
ready to give evidence on, ;behalf of the
wife, but they were not called to the
witness stand.
About the first thing Sword, did, it
is alleged, whet). he got horse wa.s to
thrash his sot. and the hired roan for
offering to testify against hint,
The eon; and the .hirrrl men have
laid a complains against Sieard, but
he hes elieezeneess,i,