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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-11-07, Page 2HELD BY SAVAGES. FOUR THOUSAND SPANIARDS „KEPT IN SLAVERY BY TAGALOS, Forced tq `Work in Fields by Whips— ManWho: Escaped From Imprison-, once. Failing that, they would stand where they were. Several messages weer exchanged with Ottawa, and a fin- al one received from Acting Deputy Mint biter of Labor Adand announced that nnp ltcr board could be established, vidTng the men returned to work surd application were made in due form' This reply, with other telegl'nms„ was read at a joint meeting of two lodges ment on Island Stirs Up All Madrid. this afternoon, and after short discus- --- cion by unanimous vote the men decided 5ladrid,Nov, 4- k thrilliug story, re - to 3'00111 to work at once, lated'ity e `Spaniard who recently ar- riived from Manila, is attracting a good deal of attention in the Madera papers. This asst, who gives his mune as eel- Nuera, declares ue watt en board the bpanish cruiser ist iia Marie Wuastuc amen she was wreessed. He ease that when the warship ruunuered and her crew of 627 men were thrown into too water, though more than 30o were drowned, mtuny were saved. 'lie survivors, he declares, were cap- tured by Tagalcw and taken to the Is- land of dad Jus. Del Monte, in the Bul- scan Province, According to Bulguera's story there are more than tour thousand bpaniah prisoners in that island. They are forted, be Maya, by the natives to drag their ploughe and are whipped and 'treated like tweets of burden and the only reward they get is scanty rations of green ='COM , ltttlguera has related kis story to a correspondent of El Pueblo, and he says that m June lest ninety Spanish pri- sonars tried to escape by swimming. Practically all were drowned, he says, but he euccecdind in landing on the op - ?suite bank and was subsequently able to reach Manila. Then be went to the American authorities, who provided him with passage o0 board the steamer Bal- timore, bound for Cadiz. He reached that port in September, but was only able to proceed to his native town a few days since, where he had long been giv- en up for does. One of Bulguera's companions' hes also just reached Ma home at Valencia, where he found that pot only had he been presumed to bre dead, but his wife bad married again,,This story of four thou- sand Spaniardnbetng still alive and in the hands of"the-Tagalos has caused s great sensation end is made the sub. Jed. of eomment try; the press of Madrid. GRAND TRUNK'S ' APPEAL. Two -Cent Rate Before the Supreme Court, Ottawa, Nov. 4— In the stprome Court to -day argument was heard on the appeal of, the Grand Trunk Rail- way v, Robertson from an order of the Railway Commissioners, limited the question whether or not the rtion of the Act, 16 Vic., ch. 37, provides thatthefare of a rd-elase passenger' on the Grand Railway shall not exceed one penny currency par mile, and that at least one train with third-class carriages shall rtui every day over the line, is in force. The appellants claimed ft was repealed by Dominion' Act 48" Vis. ch. 24, sec.. 12, allow- unga variation of tolls, The board's order was that the appellant com- pany should comply with the previs- ions of 16 Vic., oh. 37, above men- tioned, holding that the amending Acts did not apply to the Grand Trunk Railway. Mr. Wallace Nes- bitt, 1C.C:, appeared for the appel- lants, and Mr. J. W. Curry, K.C., for the respondent. Their argument took up the whole of the day until the close of the court. To -morrow morn- ing Mr. Baileys K,C., of the Ontario Attorney -General's Department, will be heard on behalf of the Province, irt'!support of the decteion`of the Rail- way Board, that a two -cent fare must be given for third-class passage. GIRL BITTEN BY DOG. Pet Bull 'Terrier Becomes Suddenly Angered. St. Gathm:ti e, Nov. 4—'Phe five-year- old daughter of Mrs. George Seger, of Toronto, hwo is hero visiting her sister, Moe. James Merriman, ]S suffering from the bite of a' dog, and the result of t , Gldid's injuries is not yet known. 0 little girl was playing with a 'terrier, when the brute became at something and sprang at fastening his teeth in her upper and tearing' it front beneath the trite to the end. A doctor cauter- d the wound,and in sewing it up to ut.in nine stitches. The child's be iiiiafigured for life in any Ten er `Cent. by Packing Houses. Nov. 4-0tnalua peck - es ys reduced the prices of of 'meat 10 per cent., and ex - further reduction, A. Cudahy, of the Cudahy ou1pany, expressed the belief prices of all eommoditiee would ally reduced, and that the pre - need flurry would result in a eduction of values. SPRINGHILL STRIKE OVER, he Men Are Ready to Return to Work To -day. Halifax, Nov. 4 The strike at Springhill is really over at last. Events which have followed each other in startling rapidity, and which have brought about the above happy culmin- ation, cluster around the visit of H. J. Logan, M. P„ and Deputy Commissioner of Mines Donkin to Springhill on Satur acy, The whole situation was thorough- ly discussed. The men expreeaed their attitude by saying that if a new board could be secured to investigate the dif- ferences between themselves and the company they would return to work at ROBBER PERRY. HOW THIS CONVICT SEEKS HIS LIBERTY FROM PENITENTIARY, Blinds Himself, Eats Ne Food, Wears No Clothes—The Great Train Robber a Remarkable Prtaoner. New fork, Nov. 4—Efforts which are being made by a few of hie steadfast friends to have the sentence of Oliver Curtiss Perry commuted have revealed the fact that for four years the daring criminal who in 1892 startled the entire country with the boldness of hie ex- ploits has not eaten a particle of food or wont a stitch of outer clothing. They have afro di'oelosed the fact that Perry is regarded as the most remarkable pa- tient ever confined in the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Once Perry was on the verge of starva- tion, but he absolutely refused to take a bite or drink anything, and the physi- cians, satisfied that he would die rather than yield, fed him through a tube. Since November 19, 1903, he has received nour- ishment through a tube, not because it is necessary, but simply because he was determined to die rather than eat the regular prison fare. Perry declares he will never take a bite of food so long sae he is is Dannemora Hospital, and Drs. North, Townsend and McDonald, hie physicians, believe hint. Perhaps the most notable feature of the ease, which Sae nothing even ap- proaching a parallel in the prison re- cords of the State, is that Perry now weighs more than he ever slid and is in perfect physical condition. Perry'e behavior since his incarcera- tion in Dannemora—in fact, ever since his arrest following hie sensational train robbery—]las been as remarkable as hie criminal exploits were daring. He has defied the authorities; he has dared them" to kill him; he has regarded his life as a mere plaything. As he explain- ed, seated on the bed in his room, with a white bandage over his blinded eyes, he has never had any hope of being free, and it has been a matter of complete in- difference to him whatever became of him. Perry blinded himself while in prison. He drugged himself with opium and used a needle and steel duet to blind himself. He regrets it now. His methods of train robbing were exceptionally daring, he lowering himself by a rope from the car roof of express trains, kicking in win- dows and holding up the train crews. He nae sentenced, in 1892, to forty- five years. He is yearning for his free- dom. RESCUES GIRL. LAD SAVES MISS CRAZED BY TY- PHOID INTO ATTEMPTING SUICIDE, Water Oa ly Six Fees Deep—Many Cheer Young Man, Who Holds Injured Victim Until Help Arrives. NOT HER WILLIAM. Deserted Wife Goes to Port Dalhousie After Mr. Wm. J. Hennessy. St Catharines, Despatch—Same few weeks ago a stranger named William J. Hennesay went to work at the Maple Leaf rubber factory. He had exactly the same name and answered the description of a mem wanted in Chicago for "desert- ing his wife, and someone sent word to the wouran that her husband was in the village. The woman lost no time In com- ing to Port Dalhousie, where she man- aged to have Hennessy brought before her. She found, however, that, altho'rgh he answered the description very well, be was not her William, and left the village for Toronto. Mr, Hennessy took the af- fair as a joke and was not annoyed. Reheated, Nov. 4 -- Reim Haley, fifteen years of age, of No. 13 Decatur street, Manchester, jumped from a bridge into the Janes River this after- noon in an attempt to commit suicide. She was rescued by Carl Blackwell, nine- teen years old, who dived forty feet from the bridge and held her above the water until asaisteace could reach him, Benjamin F. Vernier, a teamster, an eye- witness to the 'affair, jumped into a boat and arrived just In time to save the couple, The girl was crossing the bridge with her seven-year-old sister, when she sud- denly turned and without warning jumped into the water. Blackwell fol• lowed her a moment later, being at- tracted by the cries of the sister, 0. E. Haley, the girl's father, said tonight that the girl had reeeutly 'recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever. It is believed the ravages of the diseaae had unbalanced her mind, Blackwell'a sensational dive was wit- nessed by perhaps twenty-five pereone who cheered wildly when he same to the surface of the water with his uneenaei- ous burden in his arms. The bridge is without a railing on its lower side and has been the scene of many mimes and end suicides of a sensational character. The water intowhich the girl jumped was about six feet deep, Both her lege were broken below the knees in the Jump. She remained unconscious for nearlyat hour after reaching home, but her phyoklan said to -night that she would perhaps recover, WANT A REST DAY, U. 8. Actors Ask That Theatres be Closed on Sunday. Albany, Nov. 4 —Representatives of the State Federation of Labor, the Theatrical Carpenters' Union and the Actors' Church Alliance this afternoon staked Governor Hughes to direct Mayor McClellan and Mr. Bingham, of New York city, to enforce the law against theatrical performances in that city on Sunday, especially the so-called "sacred concerto," which, they assert, were not bona fide sacred concerts, but merely theatrical performances thinly cloaked or not et all, Governor Hughes told them they must file definite charges in writing before he could give thein atten- tion. They left with the intention of doing so. i i stall 4-• BETTER PAY ON THE WELLAND. Bridge and Lock Tenders Happy Over News From Ottawa. St. Catharines, Despatch—Workmen on the Welland Canal have been granted an increase in wages which amounts in most castes to $5 per month, Vor years the lock and bridge tenders have -been receiving $45 a month. Beginning with October 1, they are to receive $50, and where the same crew has to swing ]oche and bridge the wage is increased $7. Boss carpenters' wages have been in - erased from $2.60 to $2.75 and $3 per day, and ordinary carpenters will, in future, get $2.50 daily, instead of $2.26. No increase hes been granted to any of the canal staff, and no provision for additional pay of laborers hats been made. Man have been expecting a raise far some time, and Hon. George Gra- ham is already a popular Minister with lock tenders in Lincoln and Welland counties. MOTHERS CRUELTY. KEPT HER DAUGHTER IN CELLAR FOR THREE YEARS. Only Brought the Child Up at Intervals to Beat Her—Fed the Little Girl on Mouldy Crusts and Left Her Among the Rata marked than in any other month this year, they have borne out the experi- ence of the C.P.R. since the com- mencement of-tho present fiscal year, of growing earnings but an increase of operating expenses, which has more than covered the improvement in gross business. The groes earnings of the C.P.R. for September amounted to $6,423,462 as compared with 86,162,67 during the same month lest year, making an in- crease of 5270,085. As a result of the disproportion be- tween the growth of expenses and earnings, the net proftte of the past September only amounted to $2,151,- 359• as compared with $2,437,931 dur ing the name month last year, or loss this year of $286,578. New York, Nov. 4 — A story of shriek- ing cruelty on the part of a mother was told in the Fluehing Police Court yesterday by the woman's husband, Pet- er Mohr, a well-to-do contractor, who name to America from Switzerland three years ago. From the day of the birth of her second daughter Martha the wo- man conceived an unrcasoning apathy towards the child. She neglected the in- fant at first, and then declaring she could not tolerate even the sight of it gave it into the keeping of another wo- man. The foster -mother, however, died and the child was sent home. Soon af- ter the whole family emigrated to Am- erica. This was three years ago. Front the moment of their arrival the mother's aversion to her second daugh- ter took violent form. She locked the child hs the musty basement of the house as soon as the third baby came. There was no window to let in light. The air was foul. Rets ran about in hordes and the horror of them would have driv- en any ordinary girl insane with fright. Yet, though Mohr says he protested, the unnatural another forced her little daughter to live in the cellar by day and by night until her clothes became rags, and she did not even moan for food or water. A mongrel dog sneaked into the cellar one day and eines then has borne her company. That was the only solace the imprisoned girl had. Once in a while Mrs. Mohr would drag the little girl to the kitchen to beat her. But whon this was through she would be thrust back to the dungeon. The child's screams attracted the at- tention of neighbors the other day, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruel- ty to Children brought the case to court. DANGER IN MOTHBALLS. Naphthalene Eine Condemned by French Physicians. Paris, Nov. 4 — Napthalene moth balls, so commonly used by, good house- wives' to preserve clothing from moths and other insects, were the subject of an attack this week at the French Academy of Medicine, when two emin- ent Rhysicians stated that the substance was not only useless as a preservative, but highly prejudicial to health. Moth balls, they declared, give off oxide of carbon and poison the blood corpuscles. They cited several eases of asphyxia caused by napthalene fumes. The poison is all the more dangerous as its effects are imsidioas and not eas- ily perceived until too late CANADIAN PACIFIC. Grose Earning Increased, But Net Profits Declined. Montreal , Nov, 4— Although the gross earnings of the Canadian Paci- fic Railway for the month of Sep- tember showing a gain of well over a quarter of a million dollars as com- pared with the earnings for the same month last year, the net profits show- ed a decline of nearly 5250,000. As compared with September of last, the operating expenses showed an in- crease of well over half a million, or almost double the increase in gross earnings, with the result that the profits as indicated in the monthly approximate -figures showed a very appreciable decrease. While the fig- ures for September were much more WANTED WHISKEY. • 1 A CAMERA FIEND WAS UNDOING OF THAMESVILLE CITIZENS. Leaking Whiskey Salvaged From a C. P. R. Car—Photographs Were Taken of Men Who Were Drinklng Amuse It. Chatham, Nov. 4 -- Eighteen informations have been issued to con- nection with the recent railway wreck at Thamesville. A short time ago, a freight car which contained a quantity of whiskey was smashed. The liquor leaked from the oar and it was prompt- ly caught in cans by soma of the peo- ple ofThanaesville, which is a local op- tion town. A young man with, a cam- era took pictures of several of the men as they were getting the wbickoy and drinking it. He was selling these pictures and doing a roaring business when the people whose faces appeared in the pho- tograph served him with a notice that they would prosecute him if he did not atop. At this point the 0. P. R deter Lives were put on the ease and after an investigation, they found the pho- tographer end got the names of the men who had stolen the whiskey, end the informations were issued. Some of the men who have been served with notice to appear in court are among the most prominent resid- ents of the town, •-• ITALY AND GERMANY. Canadian Government Will Try to Make Trade Treaties. Ottawa, Nov. 4 -- It is the intention of the Government to follow up the Franco -Canadian treaty of this summer by endeavoring to effeat next year simi- lar reciprocal pre:arentlal trade tariffs with Italy and Germany. -' effort would have been made this ye., , while Messrs. Fieldiug and Brodeur were in Europe, to negotiate a treaty with Italy, but lack of time and the ne- cessity of their return to Canada on ac- count of the approacaing aeasien pre- vented any attempt ateffecting an- other new trade treaty this year. FELL FORTY FEET. Detroit River Tunnel Employee Escapes Serious Iniury, Windsor, Despatch—,lames Grass, em- ployed in the construction of the Michi- gne Central tunnel, fell from a high derrick to the ground this afternoon, He was picked up unconscious and wee thought to be dead. He was hurried to the sanitarium, where an examina- tion diseloeed the fact that no bones were broken, and if no Internal inuries are sustained be will be 00 duty again in a short time. His escape from death was miraculous, es he struck the hard ground after falling forty feet, ♦ • PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. ROADHOUSE'S CASE. CHIEF JUSTICE MEREDITH REFERS TO LABOR UNION. , Gives Judgment in Case Arising Out of the Miners' Strike at Cobalt—In- flammable Language of Organiser Roadhouse. London Hotelkeeper Will Fix No Prices, London, Nov. 4 — According to a publication devoted to the interests of hotelkeepers a novel scheme is to be tried by' a boldface who, to quote his advertisomente, possesses "a house of the first order—modern comforts, cen- tral heating, exquisite French cooking, superb view." The proprietor will fix no prices either for the rooms or meals, and visitors only have to call at the office before their departure and pay "according to their judgement, conscience and sense of equity" The new scheme will have a one year's trial, VANCOUVER RIOT CASES. Toronto, Despatch—Chief Justice Mere- dith yesterday afternoon, after hearing argumest in the suit of the Buffalo Mines, Iimited, of Cobalt, against the Cobalt. Miners' Union, gare jus ,,ment ex- tending until the trial of the action the interim injunction issued by Chief Jus- tice Falcenbridge on August lath, where- in Robert Roadhouse, with six others of the union. were restrained from interfer- ing with the working of the Buffalo mines. Justice Meredith, however, modi- fied the injunction so as to allow the striking miner, to "advise" the men im- ported in their places as to the condi- tions of work and to use influence hi dis- suading them from working in the boy- cotted mines, provided the influence did not assume the nature of en intimida- tion. The motion to commit Roadhouse end the other officers against whom the injunction was directed wee set over un- til the trial of the whole action, on con- dition that a certain "scab list" be re- moved from public notice, end on the un- derstanding that Roadhouse is now out of the country. During the course of his argument in the morning Mr. Watson, for the Buffalo Mines, Limited, read drum stenographic notes taken by Mr, J. D. O'Brian, and presented on affidavit, a speech made by Roadhouse on the evening after the in- junction was served. In this Roadhouse called the Judges in Canada "stool pigeons" in the pay of the eapftallate, and characterised legal halls as "capital- ists' courts-" "Would you carry a case to the Su- preme Court? What is the Supreme Court? It is a capitalist court, and the very Judge before whom you appeal no doubt has e. thousand shares of Nipteeing in his vest pocket," was one remark made by Roadhouse. Mr. Watson took as the basis of his argument in endeavoring to secure com- mitment for contempt of the court's or- der e. judgment of Lord Linden in which it was stated: "Black lists ere real in- struments of coercion, and to call men out to join in a strike is but another form of the greatest coercion." Mr. Wat- son alleged that the nae of the word "scab" was an intimidation. Mr. E. E. A. DuVernet, for the de- fence, rising to reply, informed the court that the public speeches bad been die- contfnued, the "scab" list had been re- moved, Roadhouse had left the country, and the "pickets" were n0 longer there. Mr. DuVernet—I think, my Lord, you will find that not one single illegal act has been committed. "It was not because of any unwilling- ness," commented his Lordship. "In that regard, with three thousand men on strike, I think we should be thankful," "No, no, Mr. DuVernet. We nerd not be thankful for such as Mr, Road- house." Three Men Sent to Jail Out of Twenty- two Arrested. Vancouver, Nov. 4 — Three only of the twenty-five men in the first instance arrested on the charge of rioting on September 7th in the Chinese and Japa- nese quarters have been sent to ail. Of the twenty-two fifteen were Bent for trial to the Assizes, but in six cases the Grand Jury returned no bill; two were found not guilty; the petit my discharged in three eases, tend one was postponed till next Assizes. The last man convicted was dealt with this morn- ing and sentenced to one month. • STEALING COBALT ORE. ' Large Silver Slabs Found in a Polander's Bed, Cobalt, Nov. 4 — A considerable amount of ore -stealing has been suspect- ed for some time past, particularly at Niplssing mine, The offenders are called "high graders:" This morning Chief Caldbiek searched . the bunks of some men, and one Geroffsky, a. Pole, was found with a large silver slab in Itis bunk. He was arrested, and the case will probably cone up to -morrow, Mr. DuVernet then referred to the re- port of the Roadhouse speech. "He ad- mits, my Lord, that he is used to using extravagant language. This was all ex- aggerated." Chief Justice—Yes, but it would serve to inflame the minds of men in regard to whom be assumed the position of leader One of the worst offences," he continued, "that could be committed agalnet the commonwealth is to tell men wrongly that they cannot get justice in the courts of the land." The court held that a "scab list" or "black list" was 'a form of intimidation, and as surd' was unlawful, "I do not wish to decide upon this mo- tion in a way to encourage ouch men in their unlawful acts, but since these este have been discontinued I am not sup- posed to make martyrs of the men. Be- sides, nothing would tend to do mors harm than to make such men appear as martyrs." • CANNIBALS IN UNGAVA. Anglican Missionary Tells of Horrors in the North, St. John's, Nfld., Nov. 4 -- Caani- balism has been resorted to by the, natives in Ungava, according to Rev, Mr. Stewart, an Anglican missionary to the Ungava Bay Eskimos. He says that owing to the severe cold and un- usual scarcity of genie, many natives in the remote regions have perished from starvation, and the survivors have been forced to cannibalism in order to sustain life. Recently the crew of a Newfound- land vessel, which was in Ungava Bay, discovered thirty skeletons ly- ing unburied on the beaches. It is supposed that these were the remains of some of the victims of the famine. MISSING GOLD FOUND, Brought Down by a Miner, A. J. Kelley, in Mistake. Vancouver, Nova 4 --- The Canadian Detective Bureau, this city, has .found 350 ounces of pure gold, part of $40,- 00 worth that disappeared from the re- gistered nail sack, July 29, while in transit from Fairbanks to Daw4on. It was traced from Dawson by the bureau, A. J. Kelly, miner, who arrived from the north, brought ltd own as a000m- modation for a friend, who had unwill- ingly become the possessor of it. AG - cording to instructions Kelly was to have taken it to Seattle, but when a local detective explained the position he promptly handed it over to the author'. $goo FOR WHIPPING 130Y. Jury Believes Little Tony's Story of Brutal Treatment. Buttt,le, Nev.4—ot jury in -Municipal curt, before Judge Hammond, yester- dayaftcrooen awarded full damages ask- ed in n snit bought by a guardian for Anthony ny dal ahowski against Theodore bhrcwe)cl. The plaintiff is twelve years of -I. The jury awarded the boy $500 against the defendant, who is Principal of S'.. John ](duty's Parochial School. :According to the buy's testimony he playfully took some Mel:ston;s from another boy and was made to return tbun by the sister in charge of the class. Late: Principal Slizewski entered the room and took him by the hack of the neck nail whipped hint severely with a stroll and then threw hien onto a bench, the buy swore. lli', Gustave A. Ilitzcl testified that when he examined Tony the boy was covered with black and blue marks and was suffering so intensely from shock that for some time he considered it doubtful if the boy would live,` The gilt; telae testified that the boy 000 compelled to lie in bed face downward because of the bruises on his back, The defence was n denial of excessive punisimenrt and an allegation that the whipping was doaervcd becatso the hey had been disobedient, •-• DEAR DRINKS. THAMESVILLE MEN PAY HIGH FOR TRAIN WRECK COCKTAILS, They Were Tried for Drinking Liquor Which Leaked Out From a Railway Car Smashed in Collision. Chatham, Ont„ despatch: The local ! option town of Thamesville was tic scene of rather sensntionnl duiees this afternoon, when sixteen prominent citizens of the place were brought be-; fore Justice of the Peace Ingalls of the town, charged by the Crnnd Trunk with theft and trespassing: The case was the outcome :of the wreck on the 0. T. 11. last week, when certain chi. sines of the towns took advantage of the opportunity and drank the drip- pings from a bonded liquor ear which oras smashed in the wreck. They were also charged with carrying off a gnat- tity of bottled goods inside the ca•. The case was tried behind closed F doors,.; From all accounts it appeal's that the wrecked car ift-,avhich the liquor was stored had been'- - used to carry cattle provioualy . and had not been cleaned out before the liquor Ions stored in it. The dfippings consisted of a mixture of party alcohol, part yy whiskey, and part William Cutler, a wealthy farmer, who is living, r'etired:lie, Tbantcsville, and who was accused df being the ring- leader of the gang, ,}its, fined five dol- lars land costs, 515 in 11,11,. The following were fined $1 and costs an a charge of trespass: Acte. Oabotte, 1'at Miller, Mike afiller' and Robert Buchanan; and on a charge of theft the following were fined the same amount: Orval liens. Al- bert O'Neil, Robert Albertson, Frank , Coll, James Quelclt, Clifford Payne, Wil: Hard Meagher, Thomas Bodkin, Arsjs;e. 11c13rone, James Penrdon and William Cosgravc. All pleaded guilty to the charges as read against them._ Photographs taken' int the scene of the wreck were pioduced in court. These depicted the celebrants in the midst of their jollification. THOUSANDS DISCHARGED. Union Pacific Railway Co Cutting Down Expenses. Omahh', Neb„ Nov. 4—The Union l'a- tific Itaailroad to -day discharged between four thousand and eight thodsand work- men. The dischal'ged mon are from the coin tructron department, and every piece of construction work on the entire sys- toln is abandoned. (moral Superintendent Park said to- day: We expect a curtailment of 10181- 11033, asi- n s, 01111 ne fast as this occurs we will lay off trait crews. For the present this will not be done: our orders aro to dis- pense with every abailable nun:, and to stop every piece of construction work 01 the system. We are ordered to cut expenses in every possible way." These orders came from New York. New York, Oct. 29. At the office of Pao inion Pacific Railroad Company in this citythfere was a prompt denial of the aceuraey of the telegram from Omn- ber 0nnouneing that all construction on the entire system had been abandoned. It was said that n discharge of em- ployees always took place on Noyentber let, after the construction work of the summer was ended, because construction work in winter was much vole extant - arid that this year the nunbcr of to an discharged was greater only because the amount of construction work done dorm!, the summer bud been greate. Na enrteihnent of business is looked for, bat rather an increase, DIED FROM A FALL. Osten Slattery Lingers for a Week After Spinal Cord is Severed. 1 Fort Erie desoa`ch, As the result of a fall from t scaffold at Bridgeburg on Saturday, Oct. l0,—Osten Slattery, 27 years old, ptsploycd as n roofer, is dead. When on the scaffold arranging his material to work with he lost his. foot- ing and fell a distance of ,tbnut ten feet, and received a fracture and dis- location of the apinal column. Fie re- ceived prompt attention from the pby- sieiuu, -Dr. J, R. Meuoke, at ltridgo- bnrg, but there 0000 110 hope for Ills recmerv, as the spinal cord lied been severed about the centre of the shoulder blades. On Sunday, the 270, about noon he passed away,