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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th.. 1903.
The latest railway projected in
this part of the country is an ex-
tension of the Toronto, Hamilton
and Buffalo railway to Goderich.
The route proposed to be taken is
from Brantford to Woodstock,
thence via St. Marys,Exeter,Zurich
and Bayfield. The Hamilton Times
aimong other things concerning the
proposed extension says
:—
"Up to the present time. talk of
'Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo rail-
way extension has been confined to
that proposed.portion of the line
between Brantford and Woodstock.
Both Woodstock anal Brantford are
liot after this piece of road, and
hope to see it built before very
long, but they are not the only
municipalities, that are throwing
out feelers for the T., H. & B.
"For some time past the company
has had tinder consideration re-
quests from several other thriving
places which want to get in connec-
tion with the enterprising railway.
They want the company to extend
its line right to the lake, and pro- fruit inspected. and the defects August 30th, when two men were
pose Goderich as the terminal, the pointed out by the inspectors, that killed, a. third. badly wounded and
line to be run on as direct a route they may remedy the stone by in- $2,2:50 stolen from the company.—
as possible from Woodstock to the stearin" their packers." Gustav Mark, who last saturday
has been in .Montreal during the
shipping season, looking after his
consignments; as well as those of
Mr. Thomas Russell, Glasgow.
"When the Fruit Marks Act first
became law," says • Mr. Hamilton,
• 4 I had my doubts as to Whether it.
could be worked successfully on ac-
count of the many conditions sur-
rounding the fruit trade, but it has
proved a success beyond • all ques-
tion. Speaking for the dealers on
the other side, I may say, that ow-
ing to the lack of uniformity in the
large number of grade marks used,
and the irregular packing of Cana-
dian apples, we were never sure of
what we might expect to find in a
package. It was possible to get a
good barrel of fruit under certain
grade mark. It was also possible
to got a barrel of "trash" under
the brand, so that the naris on the
packages counted for little. As it
is now, with the marks fixed by law
when we purchase packages bearing
the " No. 1," or " XXX" brand,
we are reasonably sure that we are
getting an honest and fairly uni-
form " pack." This has had a ten
dency to inspire great confidence in
the Canadian apple trade."
Speaking of the law from a Cana-
dian standpoint, Mr. Hamilton said
I have been a close cbserver, of
the work and 1 cannot speak too
highly of the Montreal Fruit Inspec
tors.. They have had on their hands
what I consider a very difficult task
owing to the fact that they have
had to pass judgment on the work
of hundred of different packers and
pronounce on the varying qualities
of fruit from the different sections
of the country. Sound judgment,
common sense and prudence have
characterized their actions from the
beginning in administering the law
fairly between the growers and
shippers on one side and the con-
sumers on the others. The inspec-
tors, while taking a firm stand,
where glaring violations were appa-
rent, showed the greatest courtesy
and consideration towards the ship-
pers,by writing hundreds of letters
on educational lines. It is a well
known fact that there tare a number
of good ehippers, wlio. while they
mnv iia v8 the best intentions, often
find that their packers have violat-
ed the law, either through ignor-
ance of its provisions, or careless-
ness, To provethis I could show a
number of letters from my Ontario
shippers, who express themselves
as only too anxious to have their
dealers° in other smaller cities,
The price obtained for 'the fatted
chickens in Toronto was 110 per
pound ; in Montreal,l30 per pound ;
and in the cities of Maritime Pro-
times, with the exception of Char-
lottetown, 110 per pound. The
chickens were sold in Charlotte
town at 100 per pound.
The fatted chickens sold to the
merchants gave perfect satisfattion
and it would be to the interest of
fanners to fatten their chickens
before they are marketed. The
Department could have sold several
times as many fatted 'chickens if
tin extra number could have been
bought from the farmers in the
vicinity of the fattening stations.
A Charlottetown merchant stated :
"We have a reply from the party
to whom we shipped the last lot,
and he speaks of them as being
very fine and expressed surprise
that we could produce such chick-
ens in this country. Almost any
farmer in Canada can produce
fatted chickens equal to the Gov-
ernment chickens at litte extra
expense for labor and feed.
THEY CONFESS TO NINE
MURDERS.
Desperadoes admit a Terrible List
of Crime,
In Chicago, on Friday last, chain-
ed wrist to wrist, their hair matted
with dried blood, their clothing Gov
erect with dirt and dust, two beard-
less boys, Peter Neidermeier and
Harvey Dine, sift to -night in the
presence of 11Lsyor Harrison and
Chief of Police O'Neil, calmly con-
fessing to their share in a three
months career of crime which had
included nine murders, the wound-
ing of five other men a long list of
robberies. The two young bandits,
neither of who is over twenty-one
years of age, together with their
companion, Eniil Roeski, who is
no older, were captured near Liver-
pool, Indiana, after a fight in
which they battled against police-
men, railroad detectives, railroad
laborers and farmers. One man
was killed, annther fatally wound-
ed, turd all three. of the young band.
its were wounded, bait not serious-
Iy.
OAR BAR 3ICRDERS.
I The three Hien were wanted by
the police for complicity in the
murders at the car barns of the
Chicago City Railroad Company, on
lake port. The proposition has not
taken definite form yet, but the
places interested are so eager for
the extension that the company
will give it careful consideration."
This is the most important piece
of railway news we have had for
years, and by consulting the map,
we find out that we are in
almost a direct line between the
two points named. We understand
that a number of our business men
have been corresponding with the
manager of the T., H. & B., and
have been assured that the . matter
is now under consideration and
that favorable news may be receiv-
ed shortly. Tho route proposed
passes through the garden of West-
ern Ontario, the topography of the
land is very favorable to railway
construction and a number of very
flourishing cities, rtowns and vil-
lages would be added to gre'nt.ly
increase thetraffic of this inlport-
eit railway. The line will also in
+v be extended from
- +;Hie. 'What
In conclusion Mr. Hamilton said night murdered Officer John Quinn
it is in the hest interest of all con- when the policeman endeavored to
cerned that a good. honest pack- place him under arrest, confessed
age of fruit be placed on the mark- after has capture that he, in com-
pany with the three men, had com-
mitted the crime at the car barns.
The hunt for Van Dine, Niedermiei
and Roeski had been hot ever since
Although the entire police force
was looking for them, the three
men remained in the city until
Wednesday morning. Word was
brought to the police last night by
et.
Great Demand For Poultry.
The Dominion Deportment of
Agriculture has received comm,un-
ieations from British dealers who
desire to purchase Canadian poul-
try. One of the dealers Mr. Jaynes
Blackburn of Manchester, Eng., is T. Reichers, a school teacher near
at present in Canada negotiating Clark Station, Ind., that three Hien
for the shipment of poultry. He answering the description of those
states that he would be glad if he
received the names of Canadian
poultry shippers so that the chick-
ens could be shipped early in De-
cember.
For four years the Department
of Agriculture has exported the
chickens fatted at the illustration
stations to 11.. Blackburn The
wanted for the car barn murders,
were living in a dug -out.
TAP HUNT BEGAN A'l' ONCE,
And the police, placing no great
reliance in the rumor, sent only
eight men to attack it. " Don't
anybody fire," ordered Sheehan,
.'until we know if they are the right
people." As Sheehan spoke another
dealings have been perfectly satis- picked up a chunk • of . wood and
factory and the prices obtained for hurled it at the dug -out. Instantly
the chickens have .wen profitable, there was a flash, a report. and the
Mr. Blackburn said that he would
like to handle 3,000 eases of chick-
ens per week.
Thu Department liar also received
a letter from Mr. Wm. Rothwell,
Manchester, Eng. Mr. Rothwell
„vs :--°'There seems to he a very
',elect for all kinds of
:turas. If you
znte.nes
The following report was crowd-
ed out of our Bayfield correspond-
last week, ,owing to the pressure of
local news, ' and should, therefore,
15e read in connection with that eor
respondence, there being a flourish-
ing Lodge of the Order of Foresters
at that place :
Great work for Widows & Orphans.
The figures recently published give us
evidence that the Independent Order of
Foresters will have a banner year. The
number of applications for membership re-
ceived during 10 months of 1903 already
past is greater by many thousands than
the number for the same period last year.
although that year was one of the best in
the history of the Order.
In October the results secured in now
members were almost 50 per cent. greater
than in October, 1902. These facts are
undoubted proof that the Order's business
methods are prompt and honorable. Fair
and just treatment of the membership, to.
gether with prompt payment • of death
claims have always been the watchword of
this institution, and it is now reaping situp
ly the harvest which is bound to come from
public confidence. Financially the Order is
making wonderful headway also. Upon
the 1st. of November the accumulated
funds passed the seven million dollar mark
These funds have increased during the 12
months from November 1st. 1002, to the
1st. of November, 1903, by over one mil-
lion, one hundred and sixty thousand dol-
lars, or at the rate of about $3,000 per day
notwithstanding that it is paying out to
widows and orphans, and sick and disabled
BreEhern over $6,500 per day. • The Order
has enough in its accumulated funds now
to pay almost five years death claims with-
out collecting a cent in premiums from a
single member. This is indeed a very
strong position for a Fraternal Insurance
Society to occupy, and we congratulate the
Independent Order of Foresters upon the
wonderful success they have achieved. ---
Editorial comment, Toronto World. Nov.
11th, 1903.
Tho Electric Railway Surveyors
were operating in town on Friday
and have the route staked out for
some distance east of here. It is
intended, we understand, to use
the street through the village, after
which it will take a, parrellel line
close to the south side of the road,
east to Hensail. It is'said that the
right-of-way from here to- St.
Joseph, as well as some .distance
east of Zurich have been bought
and paid for. From St. .Toseph to
this village it is marked out for the
north side of the high way. The
survey, it is 310W said, will .be car-
ried as far as Stratford.
The above was set up for last
week, but was crowded out. The
Stratford Council will confer with
the Comany's officers to -day, as to
whether any esistanee will be given
to extend the road to that city.
nitui who hurled the wood fell in a
heap, shot. through the abdomen.—
One of his fellow officers stooped to
raise him, and the other six opened
the on the dug -out from which the
shot were now coining thick and
fast. While the fire was at its hot-
test, Vane Dine. and Roeski rushed
out. followed a few minutes later
by Niederwier. The latter ran to
the tracks of the Michigan Central
' and, throwing himself
he, roadbed, steadied his
he rail as he kept up a
•;K.':.: e with three revolvers.—
.an for the brush, but Van
treated slowly, although the
and hint was filled with but-
id the snow at his feet was
,cked up by them. He is a
Lid marksman, and, catching
of Detective Zimmer, who was
id a tree, he fired, Zimmer
down with a bullet in his head
Le fell Van Dine fired again and
second bullet tore through Zini-
r'S arni.
.fey were all, however, ultimate
captured, after tam of them had
ild up a train, killed. a brakeman,
ad rode several miles in a vain ef-
ort to escape, the farmers, railroad
.aborers and officers of the Pensyl-
vania road, (whose train they seiz-
et1,) joining -in. the chase. Roeski
being also traced, by footmarks in
the snow. to a bench in the Wabash
station, at Aetna,. Only for the ex-
hausted state of the culprits,, and
the fact that they knew not which
way to turn for safety, they refight
have prolonged the struggle and
killed many more of their pursuers.
The schooner Emerald is lost with
all hands, in Lake Ontario.
The Office 33oy.
He started in as office boy,
He dusted off the chairs ;
He put things in their places, and
Ile brightened up affairs :
He never monkeyed in the hall,
He never tried to shirk
He always answered every call
And blithely did his work.
He never cared to read about
The deed of Deadwood Dick ;
His parents never sent word that
That their darling son was sick ;
His grandma never died, and so
Ho worked day after day ,
He went where he was told to go,
Nor loitered on the way.
He had no taste for playing jokes
Around the busy place ;
It was a -pleasure to behold
His bright and happy face ;
He never hummed a ragtime air
Nor puffed a cigarette
And when they left things to his care
They knew he'd not forget.
He never practiced dancing jigs,
Nor spoke till spoken to ;
He never sneaked away at night
While there was work to do --
Yet of that good boy there is a
Surprising thing to learn :
The fact is that he's not to -day
The head of that concern.
Going to Japan.
It is understood that Mr. Alex-
ander McLean, of Ottawa, will be
appointed commercial agent for
Jumada in ,Tapan. He is a gentle-
man of good appearance and fine
manners, and has a wide range of
general knowledge. From 1872 to
1874 Mr. McLean represented the
Globe at Ottawa, his work being
characterized by considerable liter-
ary finish. In 1874 he became a
partner in the printing firm of Mc-
Lean & Roger, which printed the
Hansard and departmental reports,
until the establishment of the Gov-
ernment Printing Bureau, in 1883.
Mr. McLean has taken an active
part in public life, and for a num-
ber of years occupied a seat in the
city council. He is a fluent speak-
er and a good 'writer, and few men
are better informed in public affair:
The gentleman named above is a
brother of Mr. M. Y. McLean, of the
Seaforth Expositor.
The three remaining Loan Com-
panies of St. Thomas --Southern,
South-western and Star—have all
come under one management. The
action of the shareholders of the
three concerns are said to have been
almost unanimous.
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