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
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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."
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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,
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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,