HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-01-29, Page 2GEHMAN SHELLS
KILLLD WE
Tweiue Dead and Fifteen
Wounded Men
IN FORT SAN CARLOS.
The Panther Poured i1( a Ifail of
Stieils-Tial 1'illn„e ,tarn suffered
-Vcnezoctau teenol41I( t Sae, its
N'iil Not A.auedon the fort,
Maracaibo, Jan. _6. -Tho bem-
batdmeu't of Fort San Carlen by
the Berman cruisers, Vineta, Pan-
ther sad Falke, wits 00111111,1011 yes-
terday afternoon until 6 o'clock.
It was resumed this morning nt
daybreak. The first 0110114 were
hurled at the fort at 4 o'clock 1(t
long range. At 11 o'clock tho Pali.
thee, being 01 fight draught, closed
In and again became actively tee
gaged, 'the tort related. At 8
o'o,oux the engagement wee pro -
emitting as fie ee,3' as that of yes-
terday. Terelve dead and fifteen
wouu(lell \euecuelau 00,(110.11 were
oouute d 11 the tort at 7 o'clock last
night,
A Rain of shells.
. The Panther lett her 1axitlon close
Int to Fort Sen Carlos, winch one took
op earlier In tee day, Weduexday au-
teruoou at 3 o'clock, awl Jolaed the
Falke. T11i18 ship was had; a mite
outside the leer and about five miles
from the fort. At a o'clock the
o0rreopundeut of tate :Associated Prams
In at rOwWlit approached o((e side
of the fort, out of range, and from
this point lritles1et tree long range
firm of the German cruiser8, tvdic11
Was cont moil frwn 3 mite 6 (('12.0014.
The V1110t lend the Falk° were came
together and nearer the tort than
the Panther; the 1l04 two 0o14-
.1.11118 Int a range of ole and a hal
milrsa,
poured in a co(tlaaou11 rain
.of /atoll upon the fort, told 01(13)
stopped firing with the advent of
dusk 1(t 8 o'clock. .1t tills hour the
(101 91011 0081010 retired maaweed, af-
ter having made a second lnefteat-
atal attempt to land troops In the
Village of Stan Carlos, oitu.ittel at the
home of the fort.
bead out: Wounded.
• .\t 7 o'clock Melee:Mey afternoon
the correspondent wilo wax ace0m-
panted by et UoverentJlt telegrapher
hearing a telegram from President
Ventre to the commandant 01 San
Carlos landed o1( the Island and en-
tered the :oat'Vita W11111 of the. fort
-aro leer bly besttered. oat there were
many teals: e0 of the fierce en-
gogctnent. Twelve dead \',uezntean
a+oldtu's ware 1,.itute,l b, hiutl the rwu-
parts, and fifteen other (non, 11er1ou11-
ly wounded, were lying on a low
platform. The fort le literally cov-
ered tv.lh llicees of broken 011011x. It
was Bron that 0, gr(nt many o. the
000103 11 0110118 11:141 1101 eXplod:'d. The
InagUzh10 had a Vert narrow (9:-
0,11 11C. Iwo 181d:,x hada , 0o110 within
an 11410 0f pene e:Wile It. The foal's
of the fort wane fete tow:tole the
tedrittwe of the lake millet -el per -
Bette,” y, anti were damaged. It ie
netlmaiel by ('uuu:uul'at-Ueuoral
Belo duet the liege) wa 1.1111/,, fired
mer: than 1(Wu ,dells 1.1 Port San
C,( den.
'rite Vdiagc ;4a(t8'rrnl.
Alt:emelt tier ebtneige iaiiieted upon
the .net by the snst-(hted lira of the
GCl•ma0 ct'uleei'e is ver.0 great, it le
nut Lill that could he tsmeted from
ettett it militant ,tie fire from modern
high -leaver gala. The l Iltege of
Stu ('.12los 0(11.1 ea greatly. The
hire 0, too lineman gunmen appears
Co hove lean (((10' .0 este, log more
than 65 pee cent. of their $holly ex-
Idot•d i1( the village before 01.,,010
Mg the fort.
08,118 Artillery injured.
The minion mounted at eats Carlon
have n.t 1111,1.1.111 range to reach the
Palk: and the %lne lt, so the fire
from th,su 0edeelx was not returned,
11,14 they kept out of reneh 0f the
Vin seldom aril levy. The 110, 1:1 and
Paola are of too great di-olgh1 to
1)001111 1111 bar. The I'anlu01' :1102(1'
can do this, and title fact explains
why the. Met-menln,ned cruiser wad
the only one to come I1( ''31190 10 tin
foot. Some of the artillery of the
tort has been destroyed by the Ger-
Man Ore, 'bet there are 111111 five gene
tiro. can be Used.
A Brow come , mice.
(en. Belo is a 00idler 0f remark-
abla courage and daring. 1111 has
dhows great bravery, alai 12 In n1(
Way Intimidated. 110 will out aban-
don the fort, hat wilt resist so long
Its It Is po11:+1b10 for him to Ito tee
He (100111'08 that on Jan. 1711), the
(100asi)n of the fleet bombardment,
the 1'nether fired upon him Pilot,
without reallon and without provoca-
tion. The report that the biggest
of the three attacking vessels was
either an English or an Italian ahlp
Is untrue. It In known that all three
vessels are German.
((flee V,-nznrlan Voted.
The t'eue,.uelan gunboat Miranda is
In Lake Maracaibo. It Is thought the
intention 1.f the Panther In trying to
attar the fart and got into the lake
wa8 to onetime this vessel. Th" pas-
sage over the bar that leads Into the
mewls Bella and t
hmla narrow, to11411)
STATE
CI11 1
it. Oto. Is o he f oo«t wt
rt 1)Meat
be Oma Milk the Panther If she at-
temptr, to got lyswith the fire of
the (Ile guns that remain to hint
Wednesday night pressed wlthwlt In-
nident, and the garrlwon of Port San
(lanes rested from the fight of the
day and moa' pet pant IIone for what
ihW morrow In1rht btleg them,
Children Amon,, the Shalt.
A fisherman from the linage of San
(8,i'los has arrived here with leis (1:m-
ile. 'tiro of Ode man's children worn
k111e! by Uarmnn shells, Ile reports
that mere (11111 twenty -fico iu'bne
fiehernl^ll bnve been killed or wound-
ed at Sin Prior..
e.
BATTLE WITH SEA.
Gallantry or Atlantic City Ulu -
SAL er.i.
Atlantic Cite, N. J., despatch:
The barque Abicl Abbott went
ashore near here about 10 0 0 10011
Inst night. At that time there was
9 driving southeaster and tremen-
dous (401(8 were relining. The life -
havers could dIotingnish the vessel
with their night glaesee, and at
once )aunohed the lifeboat and
e:tarted to the rescue. After bat-
tling with the heavy seas for three
hours and getting neat' enough to
(Ostiegeish several men clinging to
the rigging, they wore forced to
abandon the attempt at rescue and
await daybreak. Several times the
111,11'oa( moue near being swamped.
When day broke this morning there
woe a heavy foe; ranging over the
ocean, but the life -salving crew
launah0i their boat, and started in
the direction of the stranded v08 -
0e1. When the Ilfe-savers reached
the Abbott It 18'11s 10111141 11111 she
WWI di(masted and there was nu
41gn of life on baud. The fog lilted
:and the life -salvers begun a (xarch
for the crew of the barque. ,ifter
0rulaiug about the wreck for some
time the;; locatc'tl what 1038 sup -
pored to he the barque'x boat, but
coma drawing ',enter It was found
to he 1110 Abbott's deck -house,
Clinging to the top of the wreck-
age, and almost dead from exhaus-
tion, were five metn11ers of the
crew. Tlt'y were Gn1,8 1y taken into
the lifeboat and brought ashore.
One died soon afterwards. When
the men had keen landed at the
life-saving station, the life-savers
again went to the scene of the
wreek, but have sat yet succeeded
in finding any trate of the other
four member% of the crew. It Is
believed they were knocked over-
lour(1 and drowned when the 0010e1
struck.
110(1R A CANADIAN.
Tablet to 1•'ounder el Modern 1dl'e
Ineurene• in the O. S.
The Cu 101(11(.31 Society of New
York elty le to erect at tablet, in
Wall St rept, to the memory of Mor-
ris Rubinson 0lei wan barn la Wil-
mot, Nova Se0114, In 1764, and
who was modem, of tho New York
branch of the United States Bank,
twines that Was the great national
l'lnanolr • lnstltlttiali of the letattet.1
The oeca.liol of elm Canadian 8„- `
cl0Ly'4 088ervn.uoe Is the tlOtli cunt -
versa 13' o: ...auu.hni....1 by at',
Robinson (If modern life insurance
In the 1uitca Stattes, which (alai
on February 1411,
The making of Oa' Robinson tab -i
Ilii, which i, to be of braase, is In
0110 11.:1110 or P11111ny, ' no tablet ,
(1111 he nfflxeil to the front of the
building now numbered 58 Wall
(.tree!, 01( the site of the original
offices of the (fret permanent Am-
erican life insurance organisation.
The Canadian Society 111 Inviting 1(e
Its pirate at the unveiling, 10141(1-
190,11 official.. of Canticle, and the'
formal r.rer01008 will be (ollowel
by it banquet.
HAI) MANI VICFi! S
hive'u:b01(011 iSl'.;', Rrxdy 10 Mang
t) a Lads,
New York, Jan. 21, -By' the arrest
(2 a Juan who the pm .' Way 1s R1n.
il, a urlong, 00 alleged scheme to
fleece the pullb0 was eminent 10 light
to -day. The pollen say that Furlong
bite been adlertieing IIP New 'York 1
and 1'hlbadc:phia papers for a "gen-
ticm•w who wou,d be wiling to
marry a Inde he had never mot, lied
from whoa he would be expected to
0001100 n dives(. at: 80011 us poseibie
after the warrhtge.' The advertise-
ment: sell Il was necessary, 11( order
to 41 (1111 1111 ('0):1110, 10; the lady to
marry, and 111.' man acerpted w•01111
resells *10,000. .18 neon :1e 1(u aun-
a wee w;t.e 1(10010"11, a (111.011111' (1•011'11
b sent M which the npplleunl was
11141st to 8o'nd $1 for it 111011100 of
the lady. The pollee 8ny five thou -
vane one were were received, and that
Furlong (111(+0 11ccur041 melee by ad-
t•ertInht„ for applicants for is poet-
' tion, ihndcng had handuomely fur-
. ((Gc-'a 011 \Call street. Been
arraigned the prisoner gave hes
name us J. 0, 8011(10,1.. 114. way
remanded for forty --eight 11011rd as a
4alxpicious person,
Bra Yields 111011 'lamest.
ilocwholm,Jen. 21.-Bhoaleof her-
rings aro standing thick oet41d0 the
w'e81 00401, of Sweden, atfodin r a
rich harvest to the fishing c.,mmmni-
tl
B. These (1411 ince not been seen
for generation. The influences that
over❑ their m'gr.'ltlona sail' b'long
to nature's greatest myoterlee. Dur-
ller the middle ages the herring fish-
er108 of Sweden produced great
wealth, 1 ut the (111, disappeared for
there eentuMee, reappear'n'r at the
end of the eighteenth °eatel'y, and 1898
after another Interval of abeenoe, re- 1899
turning about the mlddlo of the 1900
nineteenth century. 1001
LIKE A FORTRESSI
Guns Bristle and Armed
Guards Nord the Fort,
DEER COLORADO POLITICS
Anti•%1'oleutl Itepitteilea 114 in R,exrns•
ton, and Apparently Intend so De-
tm(llt Senatorial Deadi,mk ('aulhlw
Trouble,
Denver, Col., Jan. 16. -Tho Colorado
C'ap.tol had it wardk0 aspect yester-
c6uy owing to the preat'uee of armed
melt to the Houw, 1.1111mber and of
a strong guard m podcoaro9 in peon
monies at 1(,I entrance( to the Sen-
ate Lilumi:eV.
A11 nn,oun,iel report that the Na -
110m11 Uear(1, under orders tram (100.
, i 4'.) a, nod lutea pnnnes0lu11 01 the
LL,u._0
,alt 111.11 tart IaJJ40 84(1'a.,(',u11-
at 8.1111; 1ttui 1121811111 3J )anal'„4 ,l1
. 11, ao011 ,11,' (10nW o-1)atatll' to
1.c„Ise .11( u11,.e.p,.00,1 11,lewp1 0,
file eupoorce.8 u, 8A1011,0l U. 1Vul-
c,,t., 11.11.ih.1..a,1 1.11111,:i.,0,1,10 .01. 6,I1a-
(0,, to ,1,1/,11.1 toe
110 1,001',, 0064 114 la pa,l' of ('0)0IV-
el'4, :Ma 111 we (011a014 x11111(1 Wally.
0110:111,1(. •311080 oatcake are Coll-
mom's( ey 0uetimlu lien, ,ormcr,y
0 1110 11,11,00 111,0(' rt'g.aout, and
.1 (1-(1ea 11. 011109.
'Pee amuse ,11,1 net meet yesterday,
ha leg ao,ouensel until emery, but
tau out.-11u.eutt 11.cpuh. Lund, 111
00,it1'O1 0. 11(, 01'9411.0i1 .1(1 1, wid
uxliot11,11 (Ins ga01100,1 1111ul the
leer o an witic,puted raid 01(1111
11,ace passed.
11( we auto Chamber no display
o, weamete was made, anal guards
11111(41.e,1 1.,0,0 613.1.0 414 10001 1,,.
Yl,3 too &n,ltos, 011911 01 which re -
acre to tae 0.11er 0e the "rump' 1,01.10,
are in altls4,ou, but 1(o pro,eree8 ap-
p.9rs to 11:10 1.0011 mode toward to
neRlentent o1 the d.(.erences. The
1.0:3 over w'h.eh L.eut.-Gov. 111141-
4104
and lv11,011 190010 i1(
11111 0..1ce, 0onxi,,18 of eleven regular-
ly elect,❑ B,-peleienn 81.1111101.0 and
o:ght *Rep ub,l-a 1 aOnteste a8, who
were 411'elarYi 011tt.e.1 1u seats by
the Lieutenant-Oover110r, and the
eleven R..p0!) Iosn k4aat0r4, the :24
1l9lumera tee senetor8 rains n; to vote
when rue queetas1 wale 1100 by the
L1eetenelnt-lior(senor.
Th • .may wish is holein ce the Ren-
ate Bail at the Capitol, silting con-
tune,,,y, 0(10.4(4 01 -4 regularly
0.e. to 1 between Ile srnruorx and tato
cm.ttentuutsw110 were triton In place
et rho eleven epee:10(1,0 oloc:ua Re -
p00111 11111.
Early 111 the evening as story gam-
ed 09010)3' that a hely of armed
men loan 11(1(100 ,ontewhere in the.
State H'.ru1e with the peewee of eels -
111g the 0ltauw.er or the House some
time during; the night atnd' holding
it 111 the Intermit of ole of the sena-
to1111 (11tHealitt(.x.
Earlier In the day haddere nee Said
to helve been :mint In one of the hely
coal?ors r,ulolline to a1 window cone
mun1eatiaz with the House g:d,ery.
IL tx 1.1(110 a:ile Yhat a half dozmn un-
known men were' In the vicinity of
the hitters, who ran when dlecov-
mme1. This incident gave color to the
rumor of an intended armed attack
upon the Chamber.
'10 guard ate:Omit 4111018 a coutin-
geney, Serge. -at -Arms Plummer
place( thirty unmet mets under the
(barge or Axxletault Sergt,-at-:\rue
411:'1'04114 hell, who 81118 u member of
Ito iseveitai Rou h L 1e1'8, 111 the 1h:em-
la:r, WW1 instructions to prated it
at n11 11013rls.
Shot ;un, an,] large calibre revel-
vcre aura very much In evi:lela'e, and
it is not 1ilon01lt 11ke1y that a cap-
ture will he attempted even If it
were Maimed.
Tho Democratic members of the
senate were 8t111 .n 11(7(01014 nt
midnight, although most of them
went to sleep upon e018 (arty In the
()venin ;. They aro 411ot11' txl by a
worm of policemen and deputy slier -
1f18.
This morning all teas quiet at the
State House. A public notice called
the Detnoeratie members of the Leg-
islatu'e to a conferrer° nt 10 o'clock.
RE:t E;il'TS SiHI)W {irt,REASL.
Provincial Secretary l 'ulleeted $IOS,-
5N.0 t During Lust Year.
Toronto, Jan. ::0. -Last year was
a prosperuuu one for the Provincial
Seers Lary Department. TM total
receipts frau all epurcee automate!
to $103,758.01, un lncrcneo 1)004' 11,0
p1 1'0001g year of $18,926.07.
The ,;1111:1 from wish Utlx rec-
omei 1',111 dcu'iled arc tan rola) 1111
L01(014 patent, license,
etc ...$ 95,380801
Returns from compaaleo,.. 8,038 05
Marriage act foirles ,,., 8,219 50
Notarial commissions ...... 410 15
Commislluns under Great
Sell 1,158 35
Certificates • 123 50
Senrchr.e 419 76
$108,738 91
Lege refululs and trans -
fere 1,189 00
Net total $107,569 91
The receipts of the department In
other ,years were :
$28,520 12
87,831 95
78,897 21
89,813 84
re181$1""e*Jsenresellentestelln]
NEWS IN BRIEF
t.ANADIAN.
TI.'' 11 , 0itut•+ k.' 11 -' ., :are vi 13 ane''.
on Feb. 12.
Mr. 'Thus. hiehy, cieelty Treacet'-
or of Ottawa, Is dead.
Tot mite haw perclutaea len (etre
of hard meal at 2;0,08 delivered.
John Godfrey was. elected Citnir nen
of the To^onto I'nblic School Board.
1)'1lltam Charlton, aged 99, an Fast
1slgul pioneer, le dead.
Argument coueleilvl lit the South
Oxford election appeal.
London city has won in the 'ne-
gation with the Street hallway.
holdA11J9. Bute (('1(11 intall,v 111111.I11111,1111.I11111,1by'
fulling dow•nstah'(1 in a lviuulpc
Toronto A1et1wlasl 801111a School
Union workers; held thele annual eou-
ventton.
Mesers..T, 12. nue and W'. I. elne-
111uzl0, hath well -know(( Toronto elli-
(14111, a•1'e (1011(1,
The secant a((ulvereary of the
death of 18:1001, Vlotol'1 was gener-
ally 011101•80d 11( (111 111111111n cities,
1h''. R. S. Laidlaw', of Knox Col-
lege, has been appeiated It^4lntaut
pastor at Knox C,atreh, W oodstook.
The Grand Jury at Ottawa lettered
ill very strung terms to the uu811118-
factory 001(811.ln of the Courthouse.
kir. It. 1.. L'orden was banqueted
at Sydney n3' the Crape Breton Lon-
eertlllllee
It is reported in Winnipeg that
the ltoi:iln Oovot'umeut will appeal
to the country in June,
The Dominion Iron & Steel Com-
pany will build a small mall at 013'(1•
01le01y111,o' the nianui11cturu of Stec:
Toronto Dlsti-let'lrlules and Latah
Council vote! (11.(11 a constitutional
nulen,uuenl to exclude 1:nighto 0t
Labor,
The mane -neat tablet, to the late
Lieut, 11, L. Borden was unveiled
!n Muunl Allison, N. B., Culver:ity
Uhopei,
Wort: hale beoo started on the \1'in•
nipeg pxl1e1' plant to supply 10,00)
horsepower to the 0113'' teem near
La Mt Bonnet.
The Toronto t'oetrolim'A have de -
clued to 11!,,Y to the Aid 1881y I)otn-
mittee, 10r authority to coustruet
the Yonne street bridge.
On Filmy morning 1'l. Burgoyne, n
fart'.: taborer, in the (enp.oy 01 (leo.
flashily, 90(1111 of Somata Man., was
kllie: tint -emit king kicked 111 the
OtonueLll by at horse.
Ai matter Kelly and wife were 111'
etawtiy killed 011 a grade crossing ,m
the 1ntu.rio & AI Lectern Railroad 110110
1:11,1010W11, .x'. 1., 1.143 wng011 11(
widen .ie y we:0 driving being struck
by al. train.
Settee 18'antford 9(11)dfaclueers
have decided to prosecute the 041-
tacit,
cetat it, tint 1 Association for con;7)Li•acy,
el limier that the neeioelet,0u bl.ack-
listed Them for perehesing stall from,
the opera tore,
Pita• \er,.2111, the Doukhohour
leeler, U.1( ;ug the vedettes, urge
ng rho 0001111' 1,1 01(9ulo 011 their
1,irm8 and to In11ke use of their
1.0r10e and calls. 110 hoe 140 tar met
(111.11 c0((Oider.Lid1 !teems.
('ulon, 1 fetor anti other members of
the Bruise Columbia (:11)1101 10(1r11 41
W'inwp0g ycst,1'. 1(3' 011 (h Ir way to
cet.evu. ectetuel Prior Will atte11(1
n meeting of 1108'0n -ha l•rcm:cru 1111
Tuesday ((ext,
0e:u1 0,1urred nt Grace 1I0,-
pIt•11, T0(0:11(4, 1(l 1128 o'clock Met
eight, 01 Me. earn, 0 Eileen kat,., a re-
tial J'l;diel, and one 0t Turouto'e
beet known citizens,
Notice has been given that at the
next ee181011 1(i tui 1,egislutut•c aft
not will be applied for to Incorporate
the 18(1.0) R.(J1a1111111wuy C0nteany,
to cuaetreet and operate radial linea
In (efferent directions out 01 Enibro.
1t is rumored tent ,ill•,. L. O. David,
;dolltren1 City Clerk, may be (1p1.0,tlt-
d Senator and 111 a ed,tor of the herr
Freuc.li Libor,1impale bat he declined
10 811y tu,ytidug (1,0111 11, except that
(114 subjret was broaehel to 11110 in
an Informal way.
•o rice of e nil )x are 1.y u
'-
Two c m [8 p t
eii from the Tyandinaga Indian Re-
serve, (e. the Bay of Q uinte: one iron
the Township of Blenheim In Oxford;
one from the Township or Tiny, in
Simcoe; three from Cambridge Town-
ship. 1n )hta cli, and one (rum 1'leelt
Township, Stormont.
Did ll i) AI 1, 1'UItl:Ii1N,
A party of 2,000 I:rltitah people will
81111 trout 1810vr.poo. o1( 11 o'.'It X 181 to
ao:Ile to ala Sa8kn10011 district.
The. London Daily Mal. says the
only check alt the p:o0perlly or Can-
ada 18 the (40ureity of Canadian labor.
The, 0e1101.1 that mfg. 1(11111cagnd had
141:•11 renppeentod (treater of the
Musical eolsor\otore- at Pesaro wa8
an error.
A mauler of coal dealers were ar-
re4ted 111 T.drdr, 01110, charged with
llhl;,ally
vomblnine to k.cp up prlc48.
Thee 4.4•11'' (111911tod to hail.
The German ('huncellor vigoroua:y
defended the Uovorumeut'o peaky 111
regard to Vonetuela and the army
and navy.
Some Madrid pommel expr0011 the
opinion that France and Spain well
net together In guarding their inter-
ests in Morocco,
(Lerman Sodallote have 011110d hun-
dredt of mase 1uceliug3 for to -night
to resent what they conetder to be
bash measures adopted agalnet their
representatives in the Relchetng.
Prof. Hans Delbruck, of Berlin, has
beeu sentenced to a month's lmprl-
eoument or to pay a fine of ,(10
marks tor attacking the Imperial
policy in Poland. The Preuc Medic
J911111 esker paid the flue.
SUNDRY ON THE RAILWAY.
Joint Depulalion Waits on
Manager of G. T. R.
OPPOSE .z,UNUAY LX.Ua.IONS
mon trcal, despatch : A (,legation,
rt.p.tieent:ag tlw Um 10:1,1101111,011u14,
L1/11'x Day A1100uu> :111,1 'l'c:1,(8 :411(1
1,11 10/11 CIUac,1, W11,1 108 to -day 111/011
lir t'. 1(f, 111(3'11, (1,01,• 141 Manager of
the U. T. 118, about tettelny labor.
Rev. Dr. Pods, of Terence, intro-
duced the delegat Me. Rev. J, G.
Shearer, secretary, of the Lard's Day
Alldance, 1101(11 1111 cunut.oy to two
that In 1101110.1111C1 lila win repair work
the haw of the Canadian Sabbath be
ut(fortuly observed. Mr. flays smuts(
malt (1(111 Dulntnnoh 1(e (11.' eaauila t3'
was anupehed Lo pay from 50 to 60
per cent, mare for (1(1x04 in Construe..
11011 on Sunday they had a strong
motive, /part from rellgiou8 eou8id-
eratiuux, for doing am little as pee -
slide on that day. 11 soar 1.1111115 0311 -
(wiled when winter was approaching
that conetruaton wall 11 111/101d10110
(1111 railway Q11101a11) nh0u(8 110 01luly-
ed to (Weide when such work was
ueceasary. 1(1131 regard to Sauday
4, 0 1,111. 1410 0 0, Mr, lllay8 said that the
railway company hail no option. It
any bocig of men necked the company
fora train they were legally com-
pelled to supply it.
The iegaakin expressed surprise
at 11110, hu. Mr. Biggar, the cumpauly's
holicaor, c'mlfirm:.vl Mr. line -c' view,
Mr. Heys said that the G. T. 11. wits
lax 11110101114 110 th0 delegates w atoll!
(111 Sunday traffic, and the company
wcnld be pleased If it 1,118 released
from tete obligation. Mr. Shearer re-
marked that when legislation was
xoughl to prohibit Sunday labor and
(0(1(1ic on railways they world ex-
pect Mr. Kaye' ragwort, and the (len-
eral Manager said, "A11 right.”
➢Ir. Shearer linked the discontinu-
ance of merely Meal trains as tend-
ing to develop excureloas, and in-
stanced the Toronto-Sarnla trait
011011 way 011 Sunday. Mr, 11ays re-
plied that 11118 (11(14 11111 on 1(.1 the
requeca of the comntereial lr1rellere.
Dir. Shearer then 111414111 the eom-
any- to di8contlnu0 the Mupkoka
Sunday troth and boat aerv1ae.
Mr. Hayti took (peclal note and pro-
mised 111 11111111110 what w,ua,l be done.
THREE 1.,'`'EChS1
Trainmen after in Two and Third 1e
More Sk't•loua.
Rang °y, Me., Jan 22. -it train
001141-t1 g of three engin08, a 8110(1
pl0ugil :and it flange digger, on the
P11iliaps and Rangeley Railroad, was
wrecked to -slay mkt. Head River.
Three Wren were badly injured.
b'ort Scott, Kansas, Jan. 22.- A
paeeeager train on the St. Louis and
S:1', Francesco Railroad ran Into all
open switch at South Greenfield to -
clay, and (:rushed Into a ireight
train. Itiiglueer Fisher, of the 1/n:+-
eenger train, was killed instantly;
the express tne•:senger Is missing. and
the firentau was fatally 1njm'ed.
138111$,'t() tilt Tan„ 22,-A despatch
from Springfield says several pae-
%engers were Injured In tho Frisco
wreck. Pbyslclane hate; gond to the
segue.
FARM LABORERS SCARCE.
Colonization Department. Immolated
VV it11 Itequetts (41(' Help.
Toronto, Jan. 16, -The question of
xupplyieg far,11ere with haort-re Is
I1,
1 '0'D
ming a .:crlous ane. 111e. CoWrd-
zutl011 D'•purtment to (10Ily 111 receipt
of nppiicationn from all over the
protegee for English immigrants,.
Mui is unable to fill them. Forme
(,t application for posit 10118 hate 110011
8,2(11 to secretaries, of Farmers' be
teitut4 a for te'celatlon.
The following. resolution In connee-
llon with the suble0t adupt4.l by
Wow. who attended the stock -heir
tag claim at Guelph bas been scut
to Mr. 1)reden :
Whereas, w( have lenrmvl from
coeernatlon with each other that
0, or a large proportion of our pro-
vince there ie at great need of a
greater number of farm hands;
therefore be It
Resolved, that this special 0pave,
representing ((early every (raspy In
the pruo11lce, enrnr4tly requests the
Mlnloter of Agriculture to impress
upon his c•olliegn"s the urgent neces-
sity of taking such immellate aetl0n
as may Seem beet to them to eerur(1
it farther euppiy of immigrants suit-
able to engage In farm work.
MVSTLRIOUS EXPLOSIONS.
Great "148u0es Were tient in the
Earth.
Whitman, Mass., Jan. :.0. - Two
fissures In the earth about three
feet and a few Inches (vide, and
run11lag ;or a 411cilaue0 of u quite -
ter of a mile, are the only evidence
or a mysterious explosion which
1 shook this town just before day-
light ,t,<Cly 11.11- e:', 0,.•rc (101:41-
ly 01111ken. The report was heard
three-quarters of n mile away.
1 C00tal11 residents here, aroused he
1 the Incident, began search at day-
! llgh't, In it meu`ow a quarter of
a mile from their holism' they found
a crack In the earthen crust about
three feet In depth nand two or
' three Inches wide. They followed It
Tor throe -quarters of a mile belort,
they reached the end. Later they
dloco-erel another fissure of the
010(1147 description about 75 feet
away from the first and parallel
with It. An explanation of the ex-
.ploslon 1s lacking.
"Papa," meld Mee Strong, "1 wish
you would stay In this evening.
Mr. Faidey will want to epoak to
you.”