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The Herald, 1910-09-23, Page 6NEWS OF THE DAY IN BRIEF An Exposition Building in Belgium Collapses. Jesuit Monastery in Portugal Closed and Members Expelled. The body of the ishan taken from the river near Amherstberg has been identi- fied as that of Michaei Tobin, a Detroit longshoreman. James Wallace, aged 54, a veteran of the Crimean war, died in the. \Vellau4 Industrial Home, having been there about four years. The Official Gazette, of Rome, pub- lishes a decree bringing completely into force the provisional commercial agree- ment between Canada mid Italy. The congregation of St. David's Pres- byterian Church, Toronto, has instructed its architect to prepare plans and speci- fications for a Sunday school. Sam Mackrell- 23 McC:snl street. To- ronto, was fined $100 by Magistrate Den- ison for running a, blind pig. In default Sam will go down for three months. The Argentine Government has pre- sented to Congress a bill recommending the adoption as a monetary unit the gold piastre, equivalent to about 43 cents. William Harmon Niles, professor of geologyat the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology- and a widely -known sci. entist, is deaa at Boston at the age of 72 years. One of the exposition buildings at Char- leroi, Belgium, in process of construction collapsed on Wednesday. Two workmen were killed and several others were in- jured. While felling a tree, William Arnold, aged about thirty, was struck by a lall- ing limb near Abbotsford, B. C., and ren- dered unconscious, and died shortly af- terwards. Coleman Livingston Blease, of New- bury, S. C., local optionist. has received the Democratic nomination, which is equivalent to election, fur Governor of South Carolina. The Georgetown Baptist Church re- cently extended a call to Rev. W. E. Hindson, of I3eachville, Mr. Tiindson has accepted and will enter upon the duties on Sunday, Sept. 25. Howard T• I. Tremain, wise .gave his ad- dress as Mary street. Toronto, was found guilty„ in the, Winnipeg Pollee Court of breaking into a store on Main street. and remanded for sentence. A fire which occurred in the round- house of the Central Railway at lblinto, N. B., destroyed that structure, as well as two locomotives and one flat ca.r, which were in the building. DELAY OPENING., Provincial Buildings Will Not be Ready Until March, Toronto, Sept. 19. The Ontario Legislature will not meet until March, owing to the delay in the building of the west Wing of the parliament build- ings. The roof is net on yet, and after it is a 'great deal of inside work will re- main to be done. For this reason the meeting of the Legislature will be postponed from January until two months later. Work on the new l st- ing plant in the new north wing is being rushed to completion. It is understood no writ will be issued for a by-election in South Wel- lington, J. P. Downey's constituency, until Sir James Whitney returns from England. OUNTESS ROD;IED Lady Antrim Loses Her Jewelry a Winnipeg. Series of Robberies in Hctels and Trains of Canadian Pacific, Wiunipeg. Sept. 19.—The- Countetss of Antrim, who arrived in Winnipeg ou Saturday, was the victim of a clever robbery either at her room in the Royal Alexandra hotel ou Saturday night or on hoard the westbound C. 1'. R. train before reaching Winnipeg. All her per- sonal jewelry valued at $1.200, had disappeared when she examined her jewel Loxes at noon on Sunday. On Saturday she had taken. the hoxes from a large jewel ease end sent the ease out for re- pairs. The boxes were put in a dresser drawer. hot it is not known whether the jewels were actually in the bnxes at that time. She attended the theatre on Saturday night. and that was the only time entrance might have been ef- fected to her room. Three Pinkerton detectives. who irannened to be in the tote] on C.P.R. work. were put on the case immediately. hut so far have ap- parently no clue to the thief, The level police are alms . investigating. They ar- rested two hell boys on suspicion, but they have since been rebased. The Pinkerton men ine,?ine to the the- ory that the Countess was followed from Montreal by Members of a daring oris • that have pulled Off a large number of robberies in C.RR. - stecpting ears with in the past few weeks. -.Several promin- ent travellers ere reported to liaise been robbed. The Countess Antrim, with her travelling companion, Mrs. Adam. of London. continued her journey to Van- couver on 'fondue. Word has been received at St. Thomas of the death at his home in -Red Deer, .Alta., of John Crawford, barrister, who for over half a century practised law in Elgin County, being located in Vienna and Aylmer. Harry Lewis, a London p.sinter, was badly injured by falling 35 feet from a scaffold on which he was working. In falling he struck on a partly erected verandah, eaa'i ing injuries to his shoul- der, hip and jaw. The monastery of the Spanish Jesuits at Adeia-Porte, Portugal, has been clos- ed by a government decree, and the .les - wits have been expelled from the country and warned if they return to Portugal they will be arrested. All the nriee grain from tlie C'anadi'an \'atinnal Exhibition has been sent to the fourteen agrieul1ural representatives in the Province. who will dlttribute it in half -bushel lots among rcpreaentetive farmers in their sections. Mr. \V. `tisners and his five-year-old son were injured at Corinth by Stirrers' team running away in the station yard and overturning the wagon. The boy's arra was fractna'ed and hi, hear] badly bruised. Mr. Rimers suffered a severe shaking up. Charles Moody, the young English- man taken to St. Michael's hospital, Toronto, on Tuesday night; suffering from want and hunger, is still in an ex- hausted condition. and the doetore fear that he may be developing typhoid fever. The estate of Thomas F. Wals:s, of Denver. which his been approximated a.s high as $10.000,000, is worth only $6.500,- 000, according to the inventory filed by S. A, Osborn, representing the estate. 01 .thee valuation .$3,000,000 is Colorado pro- perty, . T1r'a suepended Provincial deter Lives, Campeau and Maloney, who are off the .Government pay roll beeanee they de• elined to wear the uniform prescribed by Sisperintendent Rogers, of Toronto, are securing signatures to a petition for their reinstatement, At the meeting of the quarterly o,rfi• dal board of Wellington Street Meths). dist Church, of Brantford, it was decided to spend $16,000 in church improvements. Including a new organ, 13y a unanimous vote it was also decided to raise the sal- ary of the pastor .from $1,300 to $1,500. CARRIES ON, (Puck.) Woggs—So young Sephead and his father are earrying on the brashness? Boggs --Yea. The out men does the business While young i opherd dors the FOR VEGETABLES Ontario Growers' Association Consider Proposal to Change Weights. SAY Esqui John London. (lit,. Sept. 19.--- The On- tario Vegetable Growers' Association held its annual convention in the City Hall to -day with a large attend- ance of delegates front all parts of the province. An important natter brought up by the president was the proposal to petition the Dominion Cxovernr-nent for a revision of the weights and mcasarres law in the earning, session, for the benefit of purchasers, and make new standards as follows: 1'arsnips, 45 lbs,; carrot, 50 lbs.; beets, 50 lbs.; and artichokes, 50 lbs. The present weight in each instance is GO lbs., and as corn; mission -houses buy by weight and not measure, the householder loses consid- erable. it was reported that experimonta made at the Government Experimen- tal Farm et 'Monteith had shown that New Ontario has wonderful possibilities in the way of producing seed pot:atocc. Samples were shown at the conventio,r to -day. The report of Secretary- rrrasurer 'Wilson shows that the nssoer.a.iocr m growing rapidly in numbers and branching out in its work. t G. T. Rn GRADE. To Spend $",000,000 in Changing it From Baha; st Stract to Humber, WERED BELL. e Horse on a Rampage Re- ed to Duty by Fire Alarm, a, Sept. 19.—The call of duty-- , the fire alarm bell—yesterday t "Bob," one of the I-Iull fire tearing back to his stall after, hours of unlicensed. liberty in eets and suburbs of the city. e horse, without halter, got loose the afternoon and took to his He galloped madly around. the for a considerable time, eluding empts to capture him. Finally em was rung and "Bob" took the way at full gallop for the fire to report for duty. Cope Dover rived John Dr. Fr peditio cure t strume left at northw tale. of with reason The vessel to civi Aretie at God south a.nd in the m was a hunt and e Etah there to ei that h The inforn are a accent that for re prior Peary eeronto, Sept. 13.—The Grand Trunk Itellway Cc means', without announce- ment and esthetes ceremony, began yes- terday morning the gigantic task of c.l,snging the grade of its cracks from Bathurst street west to the Humber :River. The cost of the undertaking will he S2.000,000, Last night an imposing array of piles was sticking from the 'c,rouncd at the cart end of Swansea, and at Winder- mere, farther svest,, a great stack of tmn':er was piled up, to be used In the work. The first indication to the residents ntus,g t.i.e lake snore that activities were about to cem•nenee came with the arri- ve') of. is large ,:any of workmen. In all there were shout a hundred, mostly Is one of the mysterious elements of the scene of their labors in half a dozen hoas<lintr ears. Where they came from ti one of the rr^5terlrl's elr^,ents of the lses4aoen. No one ;mews, They arrived at an tern , ••••• ' d started to work +eaRir'rerin; on, c :meet immai ntely. . . • e CHANLERNO 1 ed Helpmeet Hires Lawyer to Guard Fier Alimony. Husband and Lawyer Say Everything is Peaceful. York, Sept. 19.—The marital and 1 affairs of Robert Winthrop assumed the shape of a triangle and, as in the "eternal triangle," red by the writers of problem ird novels, its corners are held •espectively by one man and two Augu su Julia Chamberlain Chanler, di - wife of "Sheriff Bob" and the it of $20,000 of his annual .income ony, has begun to he alarmed lest lavaliere, her former husband's matrimonial partner, shall fm - he regular payment of this com- e income. first Mrs. Chanler, who, like 'availed, is in Paris, has engag- derick H. ,Wateriss, of the New aw firm of Alexander, Wateriss , to look after her interests. ite of the denials of Mr. Chanler me. Cavalieri of the rumors that a has gained almost absolute con - the former's fortune, Mrs. Chan- . 1 seems to think that eternal ce..is the price of alimony. Although ,Mr. Wateriss has not said wheat: steps he. will take to preserve his client's reetereat in Mr. Chanler's income, it isi ge°�`",al':y understood that if any settlement made on Mme. Cavaliers is foutsd to infringe on the rights of the first wife the courts will be asked to set aside the contract. .t&kr• =-gaoler is greatly annoyed by the prominence given his affairs,". said Mr. Harris. "He is much embarrassed by the espionage of the press. There is no litigation. He left his wife on good terms and there is no foundation for al] these misleading reports. In fact, I might call the whole thing a tempest in a, teapot." "Mr- Chanler is a private citizen and desires to be let alone," he added. "Too much already has been made of this matter." 4 ' 0 The istic Office, issue. ct-O reports on fiel,. v,erops at the end. ,of jrrrtain ty: ` tat''{he en 4tagust are ono of ,Tula,,eel.',;. the month has provi:nees'- 1 and have been station. durin4 proved. It the older fie s have ligatured weIl. arvestett .and saved in fine coudition. 'estimate for wheat, oats and barle lit 420400, bushels, which is 199,1 ',000 bushels less than the final estimate, for last year. Spring. wheat is less by 45,608,000 bushels, oats .by 70.219,000 bushels and barley by 16,- 010,000 bushels; taut' fall wheat allows an increase of 1.649,000 bushels. The eastern provinces show gains in each one of these trope.. The increase of wheat there is 3.633.000 bushels, of oats 23,219,000 bushels and of barley 625,000 bushels- The loss in the western pro- vinces, exclusive, of British Columbia, is a result of the great drouth of July, which reduced the area harvested by 22 per cent for wheat, by 24 per cent.. for oats and by 31.5 per cent. for bar- ley. The estimated production of wheat for the whole of Canada is 122,785,000 bushels, of oats 283,247,000 bushels and of barley 39.388,000 bushels, as com- pared with 160.744.000 bushels wheat, 353.406,000 bushels oats and 55,308,000 bushels barley in the final estimate for last year. The estimate for Manitoba. Sa.skntchewair and Alberta is 99.890,000 beahels wheat, 92 501.000 'bushels oats and 34,723.000 bushels :parley, being an average of 11.80 bushels for wheat, of 20.96 for oats and 14.49 bushels for barley on the areasown, hut of 15.25 bushels wheat, 27,91 bushels oats and 21.22 bushels barley on the area reaped. Compared with the same period last year for the Dominion, the average con- dition of spring wheat on August 31 was 79.05 to 84,30. of oats 80.03 to 84.80 and of barley 80.51 to 83.54: but compared with the condition -nt-the •end of July it was 79.05 to 77.05 for spring wheat, 80.03 to 79.57 for cats awl 80.51 to 79.02 for barley. Peas, beans, buckwheat, mixed grains, flax, corn for fodder, po- tatoes and alfalfa have declined' in con- dition, but peas, nixed grains and flax only appreciably; whilst corn for husk- ing, turnips, mangolds, carrots, sugar beets and pasture have improved. MACHINE DIVED. Harry Harkness Had Narrow. Escape in Long Island To -day, New York, Sept. 10.—Harry S. Harkness, the aviator, of Cleveland, and member of a prominent family in that city, had a narrow escape to -day when the monoplane in which he was flying at the Aerodrome in Garden Cit.v, L. 1,, dived suddenly to the ground from a height of 25 feet. Harkness' machine was de- molished, but he escaped injury,. This was Harkness' first flight in America, :F e had been known abroad for Ms feats in aviation and carne to America to 'enter the elimination trials of the xnterila,tional Aviation meet next month. PRESBYTERIAN. Doctrine of the Real Spiritual Pre- selce in the Eucharist Affirmed. Montreal. Despatch.—At the quartetrly meeting of the Montreal Presbytery, held at Knox Church, a resolution was passed, after a brief discussion on the probable effect of the recent eucharistic congresssetting forth the reformed pos- ition with regard to the Presence. the resolution affirming the real spiritual presence of the Saviour in the holy cu- char•ist, but disagreeing with the view of the Roman Catholic Clench as to the actual bodily presence. The resolution was in two parts, the second of which acknowledged that the Catholic Church accomplishes 'a great work in uplifting the morals of the people. Rev. Dr. Amaron. of Joliette, con- vener of the Presbytery's French even gelization committee, said that there were reasons for him to be glad that the Church of home had chosen Mont- real as the meeting place of the eucha- ristic congress. Everyone would now realize the necessity and advisability of the work. The Roman Catholic Church, he declared, saw France, Italy and Spain slipping out of her grasp, and had resolved to make this province her stronghold. Will Seo Mr. Hays. Montreal, Sept. 19.— When Presi- dent C. M. Hays of the Grand Trunk returns from his trip with the Chair - heats of the company over the Grand Trunk Pacific he will be confronted with an aftermath of the strike. A delegation, representing the brake - nen, switchmen arid conductors from different parts of the system, includ- ing the Montreal terminals,, is being organized, and will wait upon Mr. Hays and the higher officials to ex- press their disappointment at so many of the old employees having been left oat after the settlement of the recent strike. SPAIN'S STRUOLE Premier Determined to Carry Out His Programme of Reform, The Vatican Must Take the Conse- quences of the Opposition, London, Sept. 10.—In an inteerview with the Madrid correspondent of the Telegraph, Prime Minister Canalejas claimed that the entire world of cul- ture and' progress had expressed its sympathy with Spain ,end welcomed her into the ranks of progressive na- tion. In this was the justification of the Government, which would re- alize progress without a general strike or civil war. The latter was a bogey in which no Spanish politician believed. The Government had an overwhelming ma- jority in the country, and, therefore, ho could say that the status quo was doom- ed. The Premier added: "Come what may, that shall go. Personally, I have resolved to combat it." "The question of the religious con- gregations shall be dealt with first. They cannot possibly be allowed to continue to play the important part in public life without public responsibility or control which they are playing to - clay. I say nothing against them as re- ligious communities. I am ready to ad- mit they have served useful functions in other spheres also, but their fitness for administering the requirements of the present or future has vanished. Yet their activity knows no limits. They constitute an absoulte institution in a limited monarchy. This anomaly must be done away with. Every institution, even the Icing, has well-defined limits. The congregations alone are absolute and irresponsible, wielding a social in- fluence incompatible with the interests of the State. They powerfully affect the intellectual and moral nature of the ruction, more powerfully than the State can permit. Society is now ripe for the transition of this mediaeval condition. T hold that the state, being supreme, can accomplish this with no more ado, but it is most desirous to treat with the Vati- can with the view to reducing friction to the minimum. If the Vatican deelince to co-operate responsibility for the con- sequences will not be mine. "We must fix the limits of the power of the congregations of a.cquir- ine property and establish forms for fa- eiliitating State control. Moreover, we cannot allow the Catholic or other reli- gious bodies to edneaite the; nation. It is not the function of any religious body." A SAD CASE. Rejected by the Hospitals, Near Death on Kitchen Floor, Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 19.—A man in an advanced stage of tuberculosis was found to -day lying on the floor of a kiterien In this city by the district nurse of the Anti -Tuberculosis Soci- ety. The people who rented the house did not want him there, for he had no claim on them. The hospitals would not take Li :r in because they had no room in the male tuberculosis wards. The nurse discovered the poor outcast and hastened to bring clean sheets for him to lie upon. The landlady thought the introduction of fresh linen looked as if the sick roan were going to remain permanently and she threatened to move out and leave him alone if he were not removed. This tale of human suffering excited the indignation of the board of the Women's Auxiliary of the Anti -Tu- berculosis Society at the meeting held in the 'Medical Library. Mrs. McMeans ex- preseed the sentiment of all when she stated that something must be wrong with the civic management when a hu- man being in a city of this size should find it impossible to get a bed to' lie upon in a hospital or any place else. The nurse replied that she heel to face con- ditions of this kind frequently. The board deeided unanimously that the nurse be empowered to draw upon the treasurer for the amount necessary to r.a'iure the man a clean room and a bel In some place. BUSH FIRES. Five Deaths Reported From Hazle- mere District, B. C. Vancouver, Sept. 19.—From Hazlemere curves the report of the death of the wife and three members of the family of Wm. Morrison, a rancher near Hanle - mere, In fierce bush fires. While Mor- rison was in another part of the district hiding the fire fighters his wite and children perished in attempting to fight their way through the cordon of flames, Another report has reached Deputy Fire Warden Gordon of two deaths between Ilaelemere and Mud Bay. Che fire covers an area of twelve miles• loner by five wide. Several houses and much stook have bean destroyed. Over' one hundred men are fighting for their home& and mans' more are needed,.