HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-09-19, Page 2THE RIOT AT
VANCOUVER.
The Authorities Take Steps to Pre-
vent Further Trouble.
Police Seize Rifles and Other Arms
From the Orientals.
Japs Satisfied the Canadian Govern-
ment Will See Justice Done.
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 10,—Several
Chinamen and Japanese have been ar-
rested here for carrying deadly weapons.
A coven -foot Baso was seized consigned
to a prominent Chinese merchant from
New Westminster. It contained thirty
rifles and five thousand rounds of em.
munition. It is now in the custody of
the police. Another midnight feature
was the sensational diecovery of oil.
soaked waste in the corner of the Japa-
nese mlaeion eoboolhouse. TMs brought
out the fire brigade and thousands of
curious people, and Coosa( Morikawa de.
mended more protection.
A combined Chinese and Japanese or•
ganization yesterday afternoon made
overtures to the Hindus to join them in
an industrial atrike all through the die -
The Hindus refused, on the
ground that they were British sub-
jects,
Police Are Active.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept la--Consul-General
Nesse received this afternoon the follow-
ing telegram from Consul Aforiwaak at
Vancouver: "Both the Mayor and po-
lice authorities are doing their best to
keep vigilance by specially patrolling the
Japanese section with the mounted po-
lice. The principal citizens of the city,
exceedingly regretting tho occurrence of
this disturbance, are meeting to take
the best measures to rootore order and
peace. The Mayor lies called the City
Counallfor to -day to discuss the speedy
restoration of peace and also upon other
measures. At 10 o'clock Monday night,
the rioters, numbering from 000 to 700,
marched towards the Japanese suction,
but were dispersed by the police force,
The number of arrests made on Saturday
night are over twenty."
Neither the Secretary of State nor
Mr.. Nesse has so fax received any
cables relative to the disturbances hi
Vancouver from the Japanese or British
Governments. The Imperial authorities
on both aidesare evidently relying on
the politloal sagacity of the Canadian
Government to adequately handle any
further outbreaks, to quell the present
excitement and ,to preserve the comity
of the two nations. The special envoy,
Mr. Ishii, sent out by the Japanese
!Government to report nn the whole'
question of Japanese immigration Into
Canada, will leech Ottawa on Monday
next; The result of hie conference with
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the interchange
of views between the two Governments
will, It is expected, result in the coneum
motion of ,..this arrangement Canada
ie now trying to,'}naake-Homely, the
Japanese req a anti of immigration to
f i'anhual number.
via point, as expressed
eeermnent, is that as-
sintllation of thetOriental and Occiden-
tal lacus and Ord mutual adjustment to a common community muet neeessar-
By be a Blow and gradual process, eon.
sequently it in the interests of both
races that rappragobement between the
east and the wee 'Nhe„id be
reetrictnd
to a growth commensurate with public
sentiment in this rd^ fry. To this view
of the ease it is vg t1 •tood the Japan.
esu Government v v e
Japan ,t 3F ed.
Tokio, Sept. 1 1 z sign Office is
not disturbed b conver affair,
and is quite eqeverything
will be dr one tot '`.'Japanese; A
despatch has been r ` red from the
Japanese Consul -General et Ottawa, any.
ing that the Canadian Government will
express tis regret for the occurrence at
Vancouver and take steps to prevent
further trouble. An official of the For.
sign Office said to the Associated Press:
"We have the utmost con 11iknee in #hn
Canadian Government" Commieeinner
Ishii cables, saying that the disturbance
Will'' soon be quelled, and that there is
no reason to expect its repetition. "Our
,information is that the outbreak,' like
that at Bellingham and other Wens, is
10 reoultof the Corean League's aull-
aauese agitation, created by (else and
xeggerated reports concerning condi-
be in Corea, and the attitude and
invent in japan."
Press Comment Dispassionate.
The accounts of the demoe,trniions et
Vancouver published in' the Tokio even -
Sop papers caused no excitement. 'rho
people, like the Govermuent officials, re•
gard as foolish the idea of :r trouble-
some caniplteation. A few of the motto
ing papers discussed the :natter dis-
passionately, The Asakl says: "Ito
agitation in .British Columbia against
Japanes labor is much older than that
In California, but violence hes been prel
Vented hitherto by the firm nttitucle of
the Dominion Government. Undoubted
ly this prejudice has been rekindled by
the recent California incidnuts, lho
flood' of Japanese coming in from
',Hawaii has also occasioned .an increase
of the anti -Oriental feeling." '
Retaliation Useless.
Asahi points out the uselessness
oh violence, and,catitions the .lapa-
ainst retaliation of env kind. It
ry at,.the Canadian Government nn.=
etj±y wilt take.isieasures to prevent
similar regrettable affairs, and tett.-
Ca nada
at:
Canada to o
The Caned
to the Japan
eludes: "Retaliation will not rectify.
Our treaty with Great Britain extends
to Canada, and our treaty with the
United States will bo revised in 1911,"
Other r ewepapers ray that the affair is
regrettable.
Avoid Racial Bitterness.
London, Sept. 10.--(0, A. P. despatch,)
—Tho St. James' Gazette points out
that Canada must observe the ldool of
justice followed in Britain in dealing
with foreign races. Beyond everything
it is important that personal and re-
cial bitterness should not bo imported
into healthy Canadian blood.
The Westminster Gazette rernerksi
"it is idle for the people' of Britain to
be censorious of British Columbia's re-
sentment against the,Japaneee, There
would be resentment here if there were
a similar immigration of Orientals. We
must recognize that a 'white policy' is
an absolutely settled conviction, not only
in British Columbia, but also in Aux
tratle."
The News ease the way to secure
peace in Vancouver is to attack the
trouble not on racial but on economic
grounds. The anger against the yellow
man does not arise from the fact that
he to yellow, but because he is cheap.
From the industrial standpoint he is a
blackleg. Let him come in as a free
man, but only with loyalty to his class,
not as a tool or a sweater.
APPEAL IS CERTAIN,
Dominion Steel Suit Will Go,Beft.e
Privy Council,
Montreal, Sept. 10.—The Dominion
Iron & Steel Company, whether it wine
or locus the present suit against the Do-
minion Coal Company, will go right
ahead; with the development of its own
coal area, in order to .secure air inde-
pendent supply. Such was the statement
to -day by, Senator Forgot, Vice.Prost-
deut of the Steel Company, who has just
returned from Sydney.
Discussing the, suit between the Do-
minion Steel and the Dominion Coal,
Cniopanies, the Senator 'made the Ma
portant statement that the Steel Com-
pany, if it lest, would certainly carry
the case to the Privy Council. As Air.
Roes, on behalf of the Coal Company,
has already stated that the Coal Com•
puny would certainly appeal if the decd.
alon were against them, it now looks as
though it would be some months before
the present troubles between the two
big companies will be finally disposed of.
Regarding the policy to export ore, the
Senator said that the directors felt that
the company had such a very large
amount of ore that they should raise
some capital; from it.
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BRIDGE
BRIDGE VICTIMS' BODIES.
Five More Were Recovered at Quebec
,Yesterday.
Quebec, Sept. 10.—Slow progress so far
has been mane in the investigation into
the bridge disaster by the Government
commission. The only witnesses exam•
inod up to the present have been 'offi•
vials of the Quebec Bridge. Company,and
no evidence has yet been adduced that
would shed any light upon the caueee
of the disaster. The witnesses that
have been Called both yesterday and
today have been giving evidence of a
preliminary nature dealing with the
contracts between the companies, the
officiate and their duties, and the reepon-
sible parties on the works. No gm -
Mons have yet been put aa to the cause
of the disaster. Mr. Holgate, the Chair-
man, stated to -night that he; expected
the inquiry would last at least ten days.
Seven more bodies of bridge victims
were reoos/erne fleeting in the harbor
today. Five of these have been iden-
tified. One of tbeni was that of Mc-
Naughton, who ran an engine and, his
fireman, Ernest Couteuro. The other
three were Leo Eamond of St. Roumauld
and Michel Deltele and Joe French, In-
diana,
RESCUER MET DEATH. ,
Buffalo Man Suffocated by Sulpbureted
Hydrogen.
Toronto despatch: The results of the
two fellow -workmen from a tank filled
with sulphide of hydrogen gaa at the
Buffalo chemical works this afternoon
Arthur J. Sweeny was overcome by the
fumes and died. Wm. Sweeny, his
eons in an attempt to rescue the father,
was overcome, and was removed to a
hospital, where he was still; unconsci-
ous at a late hour to -night, The two
men who were in the tank at first Were
John Kley. and Wm. Clahan.
When finally taken out they were
both unconscious and may die. Klee,
and Clahan were sent into the tank to
repair, a break The tank had been
thoroughly wash, d out, it was supposed,
before the men, entered, but enough of
the 'sulphuric acid remained in it to
overcome them.
POPULATION GROWS SLOWLY.
Ontario diad 40,510 Mora People in reed
Than in reee.
Toronto, Sept. 16,—Comparative statis-
tics contained to a municipal bulletin of
the Provincial Bureau of Industries,
show -that. in the year 1006 the popuna
tion of Ontario increased by 40,611, In
the year 1006 It numbered 2,141,771, ae
compared with 2;101260 in 1005. The
report gives the population in 1000, of
Toronto, as 253,720, of Toronto Junc-
tion as 10,161; of North Toronto as 3,-
771.
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The assessed malas of real property
in Ontario in 1906 was $1,023,470,297.
In 1005 it was :'78,249,325. Business
assessment in 1906 was $69,692,4771
1006, taxable 1(1001le, 820,430,918; pre-
vious year, 812,677,762. ifke total as.
aeaeed values for 1906 tyre $1,103,502,692.
and for 1905, $1,030,010,130. In 1006 the
averagetaxation per head was $8.41,
and in 1905, $7.00.
KISSES LON
AND r ORT.
MRS, VANDERBILT DESCRIBES IN
DETAIL SPIRITDAL VIBRATIONS.
Declares Vanderbilt Persisted in Marry-
ing Her.
New York, Sept, 10. --Mrs, Mary S.
Peppor-Vanderbilt, the beloved "Acedy"
of 'the famous "Bright Eyes" lettere, at-
tired
btired in black, as befitting a spiritual -
tette priestess who professes to commune
with shades, testified to -day concerting
kiseirig and kisses.
The stout medium said she had kiss-
ed many men on many Dem:Alone.
Some of the kisses were long, some
short, some on the right cheek, some
on the left; but all of them were plea
tonic, the witness insisted, and all
were "spiritual vibrations"
The wife of the aged lumberman
whose sanity is being examined by a
commission because his "Hedy" is charg-
ed with shearing him of his property
with the aetral aid of "Bright Eyee,'
took the stand immediately at the bo -
ginning of the morning session. Directly
before hcr sat. her grey-haired husband,
his eyes riveted upon hers, his lips fro.
quently moving ea if in a sort of mes-
meric harmony with hers.
The Platonic Kies
Though in the hands of friendly
counsel, the spook tamer frequently
found herself confronted with interro-
gations that caused her to squirm. The
purpose of the questions was evidently
to confound the attacks upon her cflar-
actor made by her former confidant,
Mies Darrow. The utedimu's answers,
however, appeared to cause more amuse.
meat than anything else,
"Have you ever kissed a Mr. Allen,of
Providence?" was aeked by ex -Judge
Gritting, attorney for the lumberman,
"Many,' many times," was the em-
phatic response. "I may have given
him a hundred kisses, but they were
not worldly kisses—they were spiritual
vibrations. Afy kisses were upon his
cheeks, and were given in parting. They
were utterly platonic.
"What have you to say about the
kiss • which Miss Darrow said lasted
five minutes, and which happened after
you lied asked her to leave you and 51r.
Allen alone!"
"I may have kissed Sir. Allen on
that occasion, but I did not ask Mise
Darrow to leave the room beforehand
I always kiss in company."
Spiritualistic Kiss.
How about the time when, accord-
ing to Mks Darrow, you kissed a Mr.
Markwell in your home in Madison
street t"
"That, was also a spiritualistic kiss.
I have often kissed Air. Markwell, but
never upon the lips. Sometimes I would,
kiss him on the right cheek, sometimes
on the left, and always at parting."
"And when my men friends take my
kisses they always acknowledge the
Dilute by Baying, Hello, chief."'
"What was meant by 'chief'?"
"That was the title given me as
pastor of a spiritualistic church."
"Is it true that, as Darrow testified,
you woke from sleep in the arms of
Mr, Allen and cried out that you
thoagbt he wee the spirit of her former
stdeetheart, Winslow, materialized?"
"I term., never did," was the indig-
nant reply, which aroused a storm of
lases from a group of women adher-
ents of the medium in the roar of the
court room.
"And you never had toy improper
love affair with Mr. Alien?' continued
the veteran attorney, cautiously.
"No; no; never!" shouted the witness,
her plump hands clenched, her heavy
features tense with anger.
"And I want to say here again, that
my kisses on Mr. Allen's cheeks were
nothing to be such awful charges
against me. Such kisees are common
among spiritualists who have seen the
lights."
Never Named Rooster,
"Did you ever say while walking with
Mr. Libby, the architect, that 'Bright
Eyes' would take control of you and
lead you back to Allen?"
"Never."
"Did you ever name one rooster Allen
and another Libby?"
"1 certainty never did"
"You stated a moment ago that the
kiss tuns common among epirltuallsts,"
said the gray-haired. Attorney, as if
loath permanently to leave the subject.
"On what other occasions have you
known them to kiss beside those times
yeti have mentioned?"
"Why, for instance, one evening
there was a social gathering at Mrs,
Drummond's home," replied tiro medium.
"Miss Darrow presided at the punch
bowl, and when tho guests were about to
take their leave Mr. Markwell kissed
Mrs: Drummond, his host, as well as me,
and some other women. All the kisses
were on the cheek."
"And what did Miss Darrow do?"
asked tho sober -faced lawyer, oblivi-
ous to the pit which he had dug for
himself.
"Why," was the hesitating reply,
"Miss Darrow said, `Ailarktvell, have
14011.10 more punch!'" Even the women
spiritualists on the rear seats joined
in the laughter that shook the court
TOW.
The spiritualist then denied that ehe
believed in free love, or that ehe ever
said that she was looking for "some
old fool with plenty of money like Van-
derbilt:'
Declined to Marry Him.
"When did AIr. Vanderbilt begin to
jay his addresses to you?" asked ox.
Judge. Grlffing.
"About a year and a half ago. Then
Mr. Vanderbilt asked ase to marry
hint and I declined. I told him I had
had one experience, and that was enough
for lifetime, He insisted, however,
that all men were not alike; and that he
would love me most devotedly."
The witness then told of presents that
iter aged wooer had given her—the
locket for her birthday, a table as a
Christmas gift and jewelry, including a
$1541 emblem pin euppoeed to possess
sup:rnetural power in warding off die.
ease and misfortune.
"And when you declined hie ad-
vancos," continued the lawyer, "what
did Mr. Vanderbilt do?"
"He persisted in making love to me,
but I told him that a marriage •was also
distasteful to me because it would stop
my work as a lecturer and medium.
Thereupon he said: 'Dearie, you can con•
tinue your labors in the spiritualistic
field after our marriage as before.' Ac-
cordingly we were wed last June and
have lived together in perfect happi.
nese,"
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LIVE AMONG DIRT.
SOME EMPLOYEES OF SOME ON-
TARIO CANNING FACTORIES.
Condemnation of Existing Conditions
Made by Dr. C. A. Hodgette, of the
Provincial Board of Health— Many
Foreigners From Buffalo.
Toronto, Sept. 16.—Condemnation of
some of the existing condition's in On-
tario canning factories forme an imports
ant feature of a report of Dr, C. A.
Itodgette, of the Provincial Board of
Health. It appears that at some of
the eanneries the employees are housed
in the premises, and it is against these
housing arrangements that the attacks
of the health authorities are mainly di.
rected. It is claimed that the bedding
was tar from clean, and in fact many
stables were in a more cleanly condition.
The accommodation, says Dr. Hodgette,
was not up to that of a cheap lodging
house. It was said by some employers
that the employees were housed better
than in their own homes. But this,llir.
Hodp)etts' declares, is no excuse for rice
conditions as found. It was particularly
noticeable, he says, that the class of
employees improved in ratio to the im-
proved 'conditions of environment. The
factory in which the best class of accom-
modation was found had by far the bet-
ter and cleaner lot of employees.
"The time is ripe for a change in the
health laws of the Province,' says Dr.
Hodgetta in his report. "The present
local boards of health are often fail.
urea, and properly qualified men who
will devote their whole time to sanitary
administration should be appointed,
while the Province should be subdivided
into county and other districts similar
to those of the school system;. In ad-
dition the central ;syatem should be re-
organized. The chief health 'officer
should have a competent staff, consist-
ingof the present officiate and a ®uni-
tary engineer:'
In a report concerning the canning
factories of the Niagara district, Dr.
Bell states that about 1,800 persons,
two-thirds of whom aro females, are
employed. About ono -half are foreign.
are from Buffalo. While in n few canes
the accommodation is fair, in no case
sre the requirements of the public health
set observed. Food was frequently kept
in dirty fruit baskets, under the hede,
In some canes thirty or forty persona
were huddled together in one comport.
meat.
"Several factory managers," states Dr,
Bell, "declared that it was impossible to
keep these people clean, and that they
would not use the facilities if they wore
provided, If '''such is the cavo insist on
these employers going out of business,
who, for the greed of a few extra dol•
tars, hire such dirty help and prepare
our food under such insanitary condi.
tions."
BUTTER -MAKING COMPETITION.
Results in the Professional Class Are
Announced.
Buffalo despatch: In trying to rescue
butter -making competitionheldat the
exhibition during the second week aro
given herewith. This was the profes-
sional class and inoluded among the com-
petitors persons who had secured prizes
at other exhibitions in competition with
the best butter -makers of the country:
Class 246, section 2—Professional class—
First, Mr. F. II. Detentes, Ealing, Ont,
$30; second, Miss Elate A. Valens, Valens,
Ont., $26; third, Afr, W. M. Waddell,
Kerwood, Out,, $20; fourth, Miss Mary
Carrick, Roseville, Ont,, $16; fifth,' Mies
Margaret Carrick, Galt, Ont„ $10; sixth,
Miss A. W. Green, Loyal, Ont., $5.
MORE DOUKHOBORS ON MARCH.
Another Party Starts on Search for
Warmer Climate,
Portage la Prairie, Sapt. 18.— The
second contingent of Doukhobor: on
the march to seek warmer climates
reached the city this afternoon at 3
o'clock, and, after a rest of a couple
of hours, left on the journo7 towards
Winnipeg. The party comprises about
25 men and women and ten children.
Most of the women were dreeeee in
blue gowns, and the small children
were drawn in four Darts, which look
like miniature Red River carts of the
older days. Very little sympathy was
shown the pedestrians here, and the
general feeling aoems to be that they
should be locked up before thecold wea-
ther comes,
DISCOVERED A CITY
Which Was Once Inhabited by a
Race Hitherto Unknown.
New York, Sept. 16.—The Times to-
day says: Ai. H. Saville, professor of
ethnology at Columbia University, ie -
turned from a trip to Ecuador oa the
steamship Panama yesterday, and said
that he had discovered the ruins of cities
near the coast which contained many
evidences of a race hitherto unknown to
present-dayeeientlete.
The profeeor'e researches extended
along the Pacific coma about Silty miles
to the north and about the same die.
than to the south of the equator.
Somewhere between those points, and at
a distance about 100 mine intend, he
found evidence of at city of antiquity.
The city, he saki, had street* lined
with' bowel of akOlful construction.
Though the dwellings had been made of
light material, a sort of palmetto or
Watch, they had been constructed very
evidently with a view to wlthstandtng
the shocks of the frequent eartluyuakee
of the region, and were .intact,.
In them were found utei0lls tor cook-
ing said other domestic purposes,. made
of pottery and the like. Prot. Saville
said he believed the oity had contained.
3,000 or more people 600 years ago..
In his opinion, the race wee one of
the highest in civilization living in, Amer-
loa prior to the coming of Columbus:,
KING COMES HOME.
MONARCH OF THE PLAINS 28'- RE-
TURNING TO CANADA.
A Great Task Will be the Collection and
Shipping North of the Pablo Buffalo
Herd to Ito New Home Near Edmon-
ton.
Missoula, Mont., Sept. 18.—The round-
up of the famous Pablo buffalo herd
preparatory to moving them to Can-
ada has cotnmenoed.- The. final pay-
ment of. $70,000' by the Dominion Gov-
ernnient to Mr. Pablo1055 a yae-
terday morning by Masers. Bedard
Deuglase and A. Ayotte, the Govern-
ment agents, who' are 'here to superin-
tend the unloading. Than are 350 head,
including the outlaws which defied all
attempts to secure them last June in
the mountains, and the t:etlk of corralling
and loading will be here The dif-
Beultieo are greatly accentuated by the
fact that grasshoppers have gleaned the
Flathead Range out, and noany of the
herd have crossed the Powder River
and are now eoattered in the ravines
over the Pondera Mountains.
Mr, Pablo has gone in quest of them
with fifteen Mexican cowboys. The
buffalo will be driven back across the
river down to Ravallt, twentyeeven
mdse below, at which place they will
be loaded. It la estimated that it will
require two weeks, with the loading
gangs working fifteen hours per day.
Every animal has to be put in by a
separate block and tackle after a Mall
has been built for it in the ears.
MAY PAY DYNAMITE LOSSES.
Michigan Central Considering Settlement
of Essex Claims.
Window., Sept. 16.—According to in-
formation received here by Chown At-
torneyRodd,,residents of Essex who
auetaed losses through the dynamite
explosion, may .expect an early decision
from the Michigan Central as to whether
the company will fight the damage
claims, er settle without litigation. A
writ was to have been issued against
the railway company in order to bring
the case up at the approaching assizes
horn, but the law firm having this mat-
ter in charge have been requested to de•
ler action until the end of the present.
week, it which time the company will
decide whether or not they consider
themselves liable.
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STRAP -HOLDER EJECTED,
And Now London Railway Cempantet
Are Perplexed.,
London, England, Sept. 111.—A peculiar
point of law regarding passengers'
rights to trains has been raised' by the
penalty imposed by a magistrate hero
on Mortimer Burgess, a clerk, who re-
j,sed to leave a compartment that
oiready contained a full complement of
passengers when requested to do so by
another passenger.
As thousands travel every day with-
out being able to get seats, the prob-
lem is serious. The railway companies
say nobody can have a straphanger
ejected, but the problem will not he
solved until it is argued in a court of
law.
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COAL OIL IGNITED
Anda Winnipeg Domestic Was Seriously
Burned by It.
Winnipeg; Sept. 10, Kaska Maroakf,
a young :Polish girl about twenty years
of age, was seriously, burned about the
hands, legs and arms last night by the
explosion of a can of ;kerosene oil. The
girl, who be a domestle, had -gone to the
cellarof a small general store at the
corner of Derby street and.+1Dufferin
avenue to get some oil, and in some
way ignited'" the large can containing
it. She would have lost her life if it
had not boon for Patrolman Rice and
"the speed of the firemen. As it iwas
she was literally plucked from the flames,
SUSPENDED OVER
FIERY FURNACE.
TERRIBLE RESULTS FOLLOW SENSE-
LESS PRANI{ OF MILLWORKERS,
The Victim is Likely to Die; But the
Ringleaders Escape,
Washington, Pa„ Sept, nil:— ITeisry
Perry', n milt lvorker of \Vlseciing, '.
Va., is dying froth the effects of a brier
tail Striping administered yesterday by
fifty employees of the Tyler 'Tube
Pipe Company,
file Tyler Company steel workkns0.
have "at custom of initiating new t
pblypes. Perry came from the \\`Fedi g,
mills. At the midnight lunch boor'
10110 seized by 0 couple of power I
mill men, but he fought valiantly u
til over'ptvwcrcd by superior numbe.,.
Ills clothing was fastened to a hook
of n big iron Mame and he was bound
fast with ¢ocds. Then One wee swung
above the flame of a big blast furnace,
usually approached by the workmen
only behind a shield. Finally the cords
ware burned: through and Perry's nn -
conscious feral dropped to the floor in
front of the 'furnace, where his flesh
was shriveled' and his clothing con-
snlncd, Ills tormentors became Inhum-
ed and eull'eti Dr, J. 1t Maxwell, w^bo
worked over tile, man for sorer hours
before` restoring ellnseie11si1eete Physi-
ciuns helices Perry inhaled the flurs,
raid they entertain little hopes for his
recovery.
'Warrants were Wined yesterday for
the arrest of the eiingieadere of the af-
fair. but they escaped arrest by leer-
ing 100)10
GRADE UNCHANGED
STATEMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT
SMITH AT CALEDON,
Inquest"Into Death of Wreck Victims
Continues—Engineer Had Inspected
Curve Last Fall—Number of Wit-
nesses Were Heard.
Caledou East despatch: 'Road Super-
intendent A. L. Smith, of the C. 1'. 11.,
stated to -day that no alteration in the
level or grade of the horseshoe curve
had been made since- last fall. At that
time the track curve had been renewed
and inspected by the engineer. The in-
quest before Coroner Allison was` pro- •
ceeded with, and comparatively few wit- 1
ntsscs were examined, Au adjournment
w is made till September 24; One wit-
ness, Hugh bleAlalton, of Caledou, said
that when the train approached the
hoseshoo it appeared to be going sono -
what faster than usual, and also that
the speed was inereaaed after the slow
board had been passed. Joseph Stephen-
son, of Markdale,'stated that the train
had'. left that place at 7.36 a.m., and
minutes.
had got to Orangeville in forty-five
"11 was travelling, like a streak of
lightning," said the witness. Ile no-
ticed. a slackening before the hdrsoslme
was reached,. but there was no sign of
a break after that, Joseph Ferguson, a
farmer, living lulu the scene of the
wreck, said lie thought the trait was
running allay.
Mr. Angus MacAlurchy, 0. 1'. R. soli- -
cito,, and Stiperinten dent Smiths denied
the report that ne'egineer !lodge had
been drinking prior' to the accident. 4Ya
ntnnber of witnesses who gave evidence
at 'Toronto were also heard.
The Crown was represented by Mr. AL
Ic: AleFathlen,, the C. 1'. Il. by 51r. Mac-'
March}', and Air. I. B. Lucas, M.1',P„ of
Alarkdale,, was present in the interest of
a number of claimants for damages,
• •
MORE LIQUOR CASES.
Illegal Selling in the Camps Up Montreal
River.
Cobalt, Sept, 10,—It has been,knovn
to the pollee for emu time ilia liquor
111s been sold in the catnips up the e,ent-
r tl Pdvor, but for some reason the de
testi on has been difficult Tat wilt,.
hcwevor, Inspector Blackwell .r0 taco
constables went up the rive, and It is.
st need they now have a dozen s ^Fens
against whom charges for selling hr,uor:
will be brought. To -day ueoe e 1'atr
tersou was fined $100 and costs 4 r sell-
ing liquor up the 'Montreal Rd✓^r, and
George McKay, of Cobalt, a lilte amotast
for illicit dealing fn Cobalt.
Two men named Stewart and Hender-
son are now in jail here on similar
charges, Henderson for selling liquor at
Bear Creek. There are still about twin-
ty people in Cobalt find the Mtnirtal v
River district -against whoa eves: nee
has been collected, and'ebarges oil! bo
pressed to -day. sl1agistrate Brown las
gone to Englebartto 'try three alleged
liquor -sellers.
CANNRIZIES CLOSE,
Unable to Secure' Supply of Corn q ad
Tomatoes,
Kingston, Sept.•10.—The canning fac-
tories along the Bay of Quinte have hail
a poor season, .and moat of then have
either cloned or will soon. do so. There
has been a big shortage in the yield of
corn and tomatoes, and the canines wilt
not, be .able to fill their contracts. An
ndvunce in price of canned goods may be
looked for.
The Venus of Milo 1000 probably the
first woman to exclaim.'"Unhand mel"
The self-na•de man doesn't always
make himself pleasant,