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DAT IN DRIEF
Berlin Woman Dies in Toronto After
Two Days' Illness.
little Tramp Steamer Makes a
Successful Trip.
Fergus, Ont., to Have a New Armory
Building.
Ontario will *end fifty-two Bey
&outs to the Coronation.
vF, A. Croskery, special policemen, at
Oo'balt, died Fuddenly of heart failure.
Experiments are being concluded at
Welland in tdle srneltiag of pig iron by
electricity.
Brantford Boy coots - will - eend... one
of their slumber to the' Coronatiei+n, and
axe raising $200 for that peirpose,
•
The buildi.eg permits at •Oue1plie for
the month of May are about aka largest
on record, amounting to $244 c7,U,' •
The only Lake Erie wreck reported is
thee -overturning of a small boat off l.o-
- :rain, Three persons were drowned.
The Presbytery of Ottawa bas sus-
tained the tall from Knox Church,
Elora, to Rev. W. M. Hay, Ottawa.
Thomas Kennedy, of Huron town-
ship, the farmer who was trampled by
a runaway team of horecs, died as a re-
sult of his injuries.
The seven -rear -old son of john C:ir-
taitr,•of neer elit.ehell. Ont., WAS killed
by felling lender the wheels of a nation
driveia by Gordon }Tuley.
After an illness of less than two days,
Mrs. A.. R. Lang. of Berlin, died at the
King Edward hotel, Toronto, from an
attack of acute indigestion.
A 'by-law prohibiting the eepnsure of
foodstuffs in front of stores and else-
where will ehc-rtly be presented to the
London City Council fur approval.
Customs receipts at the port of Toron-
to for May were $128.000 in advance of
the same month a rear ago. or a total
of $1220,000 as a.ge.inet $102,000.
A branch of the Imperial a of
p 1 Btne
Canada will be opened at Windsor. un-
der the management of G. J. Lackne,.,
formerly manager at Eseex braneh,
• Miss K. A. Clark, of Toronto, has
donated 440 books for a library at the
Victoria Industrial School, Miioo, the
books eotuprising meet of the standard
euthorsee '
from ,Tae. I'lolly, lumbernau, died
at slit. John. N. E..aged 76 "le was a
Member of the Legisiative Council prior
to the abolition of that Chamber by the
late ]don. A. G. Blair,
Kathleen McDonald, aged 18, whose
home is in 1t'allaerbnrg, is held at
Police Headquarters a<•ruass the river be-
eause she tried to swallow a big dose of
poison with suicidal intent.
A eeetfon of the wharf of the Ac relit
eit,gar Refinery at Halifax rtdlap:ed,
with 225 tons of sugar, tthiclt fell into
the harbor. The loss on sugar and cn
buildings will be about "12.000.
Refosieg to be governed by an eider
of the Port Art len.City ('Donau that alt
tits a u,rlie ere me -t puttee. the dere.
on going to anti ic:vises work. ('itv En-
gineer reatimisen to-tlat resigned.
A building; permit. fir $60.000 was 'g-
rilled .at Loniten for Cenadian 1`.rc ifir
Railway itnproveme. t, t.t Ea.. t Letelnn.
A rottndhouee is to la o rec•teel. New
repair shops will also ht- erected.
A. legacy of $1,00Cr was left by the
late Joshua Ramco Wilcox, of 157 Har-
rison avenue, "Toronto, to nis ste'e'l•,
.Abigail Ann Wilcox, het if she marries
this amount is to be reduced to $500. -
Reeve A. C. Steel has received plans
for a neve Armory for Fergus, 64 feet
by 32 feet, to be built b ythe Dominion
Government, the only condition at-
tached being tbat the Council provide a
free site. -
Ono of the Toronto banks received a
valuable consignment this week by r x.
press. It eonsisted of 'twenty kegs of
gold, the shipment amounting to $1,000,.
000, the express charges thereon, levied
aeeording to weig;,t, being $650.
The Kingston City Council has at last
decided upon the pavement to he uy d
on business streets, and accepted the
tender oe the Concrete Constru:;tio•r
Company of Guelph for an asphalt
block iav)p
ee5et
et of 0,100 square r'sfs
for $18,701,20,
r• --/Me Sibbald, of Newcastle -on -Tyne, a,
ifttle tramp steamer of 538 tons regis-
ter, arrived safely in Toronto Har;tor,
alter a long trip front Middlesborough,
England, bringigg with her a. cargo of
800 tons of scoria block for use in pen-
ing, the city streets,
I7 , James Douglas, bridge engeieeer,
New York. a graduate and trustee of
Queen's 'University, bas sent the Gover-
:nor%, sof the `r&pool cif Mining, Kingston,
it cheque for $.10.000 for that institu-
tion. Dr. Douglas will give Queen's
lenivers ty ,$60,000 when the clenominee
ttioi al resttrietions are removed.
ALBERTADAN CLEARINGS.
;Calgary, Alba., one 5. --Rank rlear-
i tee fol•' May reached the record figure
of, 00,,241.003, eomparee with $12,273,-
:48'4 for May. 1010. The higheet fig -ore
for arty previous month was $]6,x21,026
in March ef this year,
A BAD YOUTH
assed as Son 9f the Late Sir John
A. Macdonald.
Ray City. Miele, Jutta 1. -•C, Leel:
hart Atnedoneld, who a roupl;e of mouths.,
ago tae et faun ',I'm -mite and. by'
claiming; •to be a Fon of Sir John \:lac-
donald, former Premier of ('anada, got
into hotels, saloonmen and eity offieials
whom he touched for various amounts,
was this morning released. froth the
county jail after serving; •a sixty-day
.entente for defrending t he \VteIto na0
Hotel. He . was immediately re -arrested
and sent heel: for fifteen dates for se-
curing liquor under false preteuees
from a saloonkeeper. Be will prob-
ably fare other charges as sooii as he
a.getin released. : etardonald's (tory
was -purely mythical. }:lis mother, writ-
ing to the police ju((tiee here, says' that,
$100 she sent; grim front Toronto was
taken from s. fund the aged parents had
saved up in order to permit the father
to take a, short .trip for itis health,
The pitteuts ere behoving people. in
Toronto. -
AN OLD FOGEY
Dr. Carman Objects to Being
Described as Such.
Christianity in Canada and liydre-
Electric Policy.
Stratford despatch: "Whitt christian-
nee in Canada- needs•is a 113'tlro-Electric
policy,' declared Rev. Dr. Carman, Gen-
eral tuperintendent of the Methodist
Climate in Abe remarkable -forceful ad -
dines pith whielr he timed tlie'inihie-"
terinl trssiolt cat the ianden Conference'
this lnol ning.
The veurrahle speaker was arraigning
the inroads of what he bitingly termed
the flamboyantly paraded emealietl
seholru-ship of modern thought smug
tee ministry.
"What right bave these modern
apostiee of negligibility to say to me;
'V mere an old logee %ua're antigun ted;
you're behind the tunr 's Ani 1? Are
t+e ° 'What about emir it ydro-Elertrie'e"
he continued. • lteu of purpose and vi-
sion 't thepathways
tiro sotrg,ht tV lig, tau up t t.
of the people ley strands of steel they
licked with Niagara Balk, they tied to
the cataracts of c'ontittente. They are,
using the power of nature to give light
and power. '.Chat• is the project. fur
Christianity in this time of *tress. erre-
tan on to the central power. Gee. i ~ 9t,)e.
great eentral power. Tie, up to the Lor'{l`
God."
1)r. Carman declared that the rock.
of Christianity trots the Bible. "1 atn
not culled upon to boaet of the so-
ca]]ed modern scholarship, thank God,"
he declared, rtnid a storm of applause.
The modernist* had reduced things to
reductio ad absurdum. There was a leek
of simple. plain Saxon logic. "\1'eelev
had no tronlrlie" he vont]ntted, with
grilling rynirnsm. "He just went 00 as
though Adana heal reelly lived. He just
went on as though Moses trite no myth.
He i'Cttiaily belo=ved the. Bible. Such
nos tee emez;ng stupidity of Wesley."
The (emeriti euperintendent adder}
that the inion try should la• true to
J,tltit \o e n -y 5 feeds mentals or leave
tet Methodist .dist e hnrrh, "1 vomit hint
it t: r In mane' he added., "wlio goes
eochii• t ground tot J1ethartts1. church
or its nnsti'tution( for the ealary be
gets but of it, end ernes out and con-
troverts Methatl]st doctti,,.'5," "We got
our *'iipturc. all rig,t,t;' ])r, tetrman
continual. ''10'y had Nene through the
arena of sharp rnufl rt. in the early
('hureli. The old pagan philosophers
were "just as keen at paring and carv-
ing and slieiing and skinning the Scrip-
tures as any of these would -Jae giants.
And the Scriptures caste through all
right. 'Clint Christ rOSP Again from ibe
dead is yet under intestiggntion, 1 crow
not, brethren. titles Chriet rose. all
faith it vain, and there 0, not a bigger
fares On this rolling orb. We are on His-
toric ground, .end do not yield to
epexenlation. We tie up to the .Lord
God, and bave none of tine sreco'es of
misetind.le nteu u}io are parading their
so-called sciaolarcltip., George Adam
Smith en' ten thousand like him. l
yield to trona of them."
TORTURED CHILD.
Burns Daughter's Tongue • And Lips
With Flet Poker, the Charge.
Boston, June 5. ---One of the annet in
human eases called to elle attention of
the Society for the Prevention of
Oruelty to Children is being handlee
by C. C. Carstens, seeretar yard general
agent of the organization.
According to Seeretary Carstens. a
girl of nineteen, living in greater Bos-
ton, wee-torturedby her mother, who
burned the 'young woman's tongue and:
lips with a red-hot poker. }liegarding
the case, Mr. Carstens says:
'c'Chere is not the slightest doubt tbat
this tcerihle punishment wee iriflieted
on the girl in gnesetson by her mother,
The evidence of one of ber girl Merida
who saw the borne is mem proof to
that effect. 1 have placed the case it.
the hands of am ronnse1."
The soeiety is rrltl holding the name
of the family eoneerner;.
ANTS ifiS SON
Toronto Man 'Arrested For Taking
Child From Foster -Home.
Took him From Beverly Farmer—
Was Later Arrested.
Galt 1espatciti' The effort of Joint
slays, of :.Toronto, to steal his boy from
his. home in Beverly, in which be had
been placed by the Cbiklren's Aid So-
viets-, proved nitsirecessfnl lata night.
:grays arrived in town yesterday 'on the
aeternoon train, .end walked five miles
into the country to the farm where his
suit, is located. There he informed. the
farinet• that }ie lied conte to take leis son,
stating that he had the neceesary papers
in his pooket. The fanner at once
telephoned to Tnspe'tor Miller of the
Children's Aid ,Society at Berlin. The
father was not to be easily frustrated,
and he lxurceetderj. in taking the boy out
of tbe bouse, but Was 'followed along
the road to Galt b]- the farmer, who had
been given charges of the child. The
Ro rl.toit' constable • overtook the father
and son 'and drove thein to this city,
where Mass was taken into custody and
the 'boy taken •hawk to bis foster -home.
in the pollee court • this morning Mays
said he thought it was his duty to take
the brill away.' as he claimed .he wan
not well inol(eci after, and be also ques-
tioned .the enlnntitment of the child into
the charge= of the Qhilalren's Aid Society.
ITe pleaded not guilty to having induced
the boy to break hie articles of 'agree -
'fent with the eoeiety. The man said
that i; the order of the magistfate mae-
ingt the lad a ward of the society was
prochiced he would' be satisfied. Tn,speet-
or Miller asked for a week's stejourn-
ment, in wh.}.,'h to,W,et the papers from
Termite. and the re•gee:r wag granted.
CNK ROBBERS
Attempt to Rob Eastern Township's
batik at Danville Foiled.
Clerks Fire Upon the Robbers Who
Return the Fire.
Danville, Que., June 5.--A daring At-
tempt to rob tbe Danville braneh of the
eastern Townships Bank war made at an
early" hour this vol niiagy `k)y three. mask-
ed men, who are ,e1� d to be part of
a gang who ceraasetf�p on the United
,States some weeks ago; Shortly- before
3 oclock two of the bank clerks, Messrs.
'i'horhe and Clreenshielgs, who seswere
sleeping on the premisee, were awlaken-
ed by the souud`of 'breaking glass. On
examination of the front entrance of
the bank the two clerics saw three men,
closely masked, attempting to gain an
entrauee into the office.
screening themselves behind the
desks, Tliurbe and Greenshields opeued
itthe i
fire o intruders ars with their auto-
matic. revolvers, end" for a time there
was a fusilade of !;hots exehant:ad, the
burglars returning the fire with alac-
rity as they retreated. The sound of the
.hooting; aroused the re=sidents of the
neighborhood, but by the time any ap-
peared on the recite the yeggmen had
decamped in the d•reetion of 'Riehmand,
Chief N'lci'askill, of ,the Provincial 1)e-
tettive Department. war notified this
morning and despatched one of his then
to Danville on all Early train to work in
conjunction with the local authorities in
the attempt to trace the gang. Acting
on information recently eonlmnnicated
to him by Chief \ sOaskill, Mr. John P.
Kuight, of the Canadian Bankers' As-
sociation warned lank managers
throughout the Province that a well -or-
ganized gang of safe-breakers was be-
lieved to he snaking for this part of the
country and advised unusual vigilance
in the safeguarding of braneh banks et
night. The advice of Mr. ;Knight was fol-
lowed by the manager or the Eastern
Townships Bank at Danville, and two
clerks were detailed to sleep on the pre-
mises, The unsuccessful attempt of this
re -fleeing rshrtws the wisdom of the step.
FOUR BANDITS
Hold Up Erie Train and Steal a Car-
load of Merchandise.
Magma )rano, Ont., June 5.—The po-
llee to -day are making a thorough
search of the Canadian frontier for
four bandits who yesterday held up an
Erie freight train within the city limits
and /succeeded in getting away with
about, a car load of merchandise. -
The robbers boarde(1 the train at
the yards, A little .way. beyond they
eat the air hose, sla;cicening • its speed.
While the train was still in motion two
men rushed forward to the eab, levelling
guns at the engineer and fireman, and
forced them to bring Ute train to a
standstill,
The two others of the gang opened
the ears and tumbled the merchandise
into the road. Covered wagons drove up
and the booty was hastily loaded ata.
howled away, Tire value of their baro
has not yet been determined.
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DUCHESS' BALL
-NO Affair Last Night at Devonshire
House,- London.
Queen Mary Present—Massive Gold
Dessert Service.
London, June 5.—The moat important
and at the same time the most magnifi-
cent entertainment in• London last night
•
tionb tce the are identified
ebee
Section' Foreman Lamb, of Ridg,etowie •
as having been stolen front the com
pany's tool house at Ridgetown dtn'ing
the night, Au empty whisky Ixtttlo,
bearing an American label, found, near
the scene of the wreck, tends to show
that the work was not the set of local
parties.
The bodies of Engineer, Quinlan and
Fierman Oakes 'were brought to Bt.
Thomas to -day. Feeling amongst roil -
way men in the city is very strong, mei
it is possible that the Brotherhoods nia.je' • .
take steps to aid the autbor'itiea
solving the mystery. ]3oth 1*aeks° were
cleared of wreckage to -night. and this ,
engine will be removed from the aitch •
to -morrow. The damage to the engine:
Is placed at *1.50(1,
•
es
was the bail given at Devonshire House
by the Dnehess of Devonshire. For some
months thisball has t2 t tople mon s . as) s b<e he tc 1 ,•
SS
past,e
of nlueh conversation, as it was expect-
ed that it would be honored by the pres-
ence of the King and Queen, but, un-
fortunately, their Ma]eeties were unable
to attend, owing to the death of the
King's great uncle, Prince John of
Glueksburg.
This, however, did not prevent the
Queen frotn honoring the Duke and
liminess with her presenr,e at dinner,
which wile servedin the gilded saloon,
where the famous gold plate , of the
Cavendish family WAS displayed on a
specialy colnstrn.ct(?d sideboard.
In view of the Queen's expressed pre-
ference for carnation above all other
flowers. pink malmaisons only were
used on the tables and all were prize
bdoason)s.
Wbeu dessert was served, the table
was further enriched ;by a massive goid
dessert service which is one of the chief
treasures of the mansion, chased and
repousse and in solid gold. This plate
is probably the finest service inEu-
rope.
Superb jewels were to be seen on all
sides. Severalmembers of the Royal
family were present' at the ball, and a
number of Indian princes created. inter-
est by the magnificence of their toe -
tunes,
M. C. R. WRECK.
Not the Work of Strikers --Train
Robbers Blamed.
St. Thomas despatch: The M.C.R. of-
ficials deny positively that the work
was the outcome of the sections fen's
strike, which was settled last Friday
night, Many of the men did not re-
turn to work, as they - claimed that
they could find work with farmers at
a better rate of wages than that paid
by the company --$1.00 per day. One
111. C. R. official expressed the opinion
that had local men been at the bqttom
of the night's work it would. have been
committed earlier in the night. The
wreckers were evidently making an at-
tempt to get at the va,lua,ble paekages
wbielt are earried on No. 3 and No. 9
trains, The crowbar and wrench found
e i
Diaz's Governors Hand in Resignations
to Congress.. .,
Four States Turned Over to the
Provisio;al Governors,
Mexico City, Juno 5.—Tile Mexico
Congress brought its spring session to a
close last night, with the appotntrn• ne
of the permanent commission, compu1et
of members of both houses, which will
represent the body during the vee lee,
The fall session will begin on September
15.
Among the measures of greatest im-
portance to the people'tt large taken i�Ir
by the (Congress were the land bill, pro•
posing the division of the great estates
throughout the republic and the sale of
lands in small tracts to settlers, and the
electoral law,
The land bill went to a committee, aat
was not reported. The law providing lee
election of president and rice-presid•:nti
was passed to comply with the pearte
signed in Juarez.
The work of extirpating the Diaz ra•
gime advanced a stage yesterday- wiser
the acceptance of resignations of the
Governor of the State of Mexico,.the ro.
gently appointed governor ee' the fed-
eral district and the inspector of pohtee.
The latter post will be filled by (:lean.
Gonzales Salaz, who was a possibility
for the portfolio of war in the formative
period of the new cabinet.
FOUR STATES GO OVER .
Juarez, Mexico, Juno 5.—Four Mexican
States yesterday were turned over to
the provisional governors named tel+'.
Francisco I. Madero, jun., according to
reports received by Madero. They aro.
Sonora, Sinaloa, Queratario and. Duran„'~:.';
go, among the most important' in elre
country, a
Along with the news of the Sriaeffgula
tion of the new governors came neportt•
of big public celebrations and the ruain• '
tenanee of good order among the trootee,
Daniel de Villiers, who is charged ate!
conspiraoy"to kill Senor. Madero, was re-
leased under $2,000 bail in El Faso to.
day. Ho will have a hearing later. -