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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-12-12, Page 2CROWING HONOR. CANADA CARRIES OFF GRAND CHAM- PIONSHIP AT CHICAGO SHOW. An Ontario Breeder's Success—Shorthorn Calf Best Animal in Whole Show— Sheep Honors Also Go to Dominion, Chicago, Dec- O. --Canada has cap- etured the crowning honor of the Inter- national Live Stock Exposition, defeat- ing the Americas breeders on their own ground. The grand Championship in the .Wer class went to a Canndiuu exhib- itor to -night, to the surprise and discom- fiture of the native etoctauen whose beasts were entered in t am King,a Shorthorn ealf,was selected as the best of the huge herds of cattle as- sembled at the stockyards He is owned by James' Leask, of Greenbank, Ontario, welgbe 1,078 pounda, and was fed „n a diet of peas and hay, instead of the corn which is the staple diet of American fau- cyy'Atti•. The Canadian oontbngent at the show was jubilant over the vlcwry. The clans was limited to the chain - Pions in the various events. The honor carried with it a prize of $100, Offered by the management of the show, and en additional premium of $.500, offered by the Amor-awn Short- horn Breeders' Association. It is a noteworthy feat that this is the first time a Shorthorn has carried off titin biggest of all the blue ribbons. Who Dominion also scored heavily in the sheep department, though this contest had been conceded by the Americans from the first The grand 'championship for tethers -vent to Sir George Drummond, of Ifeacansfleld, for a pure bred Southdown. It is the highest honor that can be wonby a sheep breeder in the United States. The grind champion steer, bedecked. with ribbons led the parade of animals with which the evening ring events were opened, and was greeted with the cheers of the crowd that peeked the pavilion, In spite of the snow storm the public turned out in thousands, the attendance being the heaviest of any day thus far. Aei exhibition of draft horses shown to wagon and without harness was x3ORowed with much interest by the fora euvrea by the teams of six draft to wagons, in which the drivers in skill, was the feature of the even- Frfl.ay and `Saturday evenings `.'theca teams will compete for the ehate- pion�hip. of the sophomores in their technical laboratory, while the sophomores re- taliated by ejecting some of the fresh- men from their chemistry lecture, In any event the freshmen found some of the second year amen in their laboratory yesterday afternoon, and these were quickly hustled out. 'Phe sophomores soon heard of the fate of their fellowe, and with the aid of some steelents from the University they prepared to give battle. The frcaluuen meanwhile held a position at the head of a winding stair. The fighting was proceeding on lively fashion along the stair when the hose was first brought into play, and though the water made a sorry mess of the particf- wants, it seemed to be no check, Plaster Paris, which is used for dental purposes, also entered into the fray. The "Berap" wee stopped by Prof, J. B. Walmer, A large number of spectators saw the battle and appeared to enjoy the fun. Much of the plaster on the walla and ceilings of the building has bean dam- aged by water. The railing on the stairs one also en3ushed. •.• HUNTERS' TOLL. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE NORTH LAST WEEK[. James Perry, of the Township of Wells, Drowned, and Samuel Erlich Shot Near Thessalon by a Companion, A Sowerby, Ont., despatch: News has saeaohed here of two fatal hunting acci- dents that occurred hest Monday In the woods, Jas Perry of the township of Wella was accidentally- drowned while trying to m'ose one of the small lakes, were he and David Foster, anti others bad been hunting. It appears the lake was frozen at the edge and Perry and Foster walked out on the ice to where their boat was, but before• reaching that point the ice gave way and let them both in. Foster had an Saxe and chop- ped she ice to More; which took over an how', Perry becoming co chilled fiat he sank within a few rode of the shore. His body was rooevered the next day by the party, Mr. Perry was a bachelor of about forty years and was highly es - teamed by tlmao who knows him, Samuel Knloh, aged twenty-four, was accidentally shot by his chum while out bunting near Thessalon. It seen* tbat Ifnfoh was walking ahead when his coon- naralon fell and the gun discharged strik- ing Knish in the bowels. Ile lingered for nearly two daye in great agony. Keith was highly esteemed in the cont - *unity. SHOT HIMSELF. ONTARIO CROPS. DECREASES SHOWN IN EVERY CLASS EXCEPTING POTATOES. Oat Crop Nearly Twenty-five Million Bushels Less Than Last Year—De- partment of Agriculture Gets Re- turns From Correspondents, DEATH OF GLADWYN C. COBBAN AT MONTREAL Former Toronto Man Employed in the Treasury Department of the C. P. R, —Friends Convinced Shooting Was Accidental, WILL FIX RESPONSIBILITY, Report on Quebec Bridge Disaster Will Be Definite on Point, Ottawa, Dee. 9,—The report of the eommiecion appointed to enquire into the collapse of the Quebec bridge will fix definitely the responsibility of it up- on whose shoulders it recta, Mr. H. Holgate, 0. E., of Montreal, is in the city, and said: "Our report will soon be ready. I might say the evidence is now complete in all phases, but, In con- nection with the enquiry at Phoenixville, some new points arose, and upon the aspect of the case we wisly to further examine Mr. Cooper, In .consequence the commissiOn will again go to New York. I think I eat safely say that in the report we will not hesitate to place the responsibility definitely." • -• DENTALS HAVE A FIGHT, re Hose and Plaster of Paris in Fierce Fray at Toronto College, Toronto, Det', 9.—Fighting with two lines of fire hose up and down four flights of stairs et the Dental College yesterday, over ono hundred and fifty students engaged int a battle royal for an hour and a half. Considerable dam- age was done the college property. Fif- teen students were put under the taps and tanked. One euffored a serious in- jury by having his head cut open, and several were more or less hurt. Tho affair came 110 the elimas to a aeries of minor disputes between the first and second year mets, which have resulted in several small rows dur- ing the last few days. It appears that alto freshmen objected to the presence Ontario's oat, erop this year was near- ly 25,000,00 bushels leas than it was in 100. The figures quoted are the re- sult of compilation made by the Pro- vincial Agricultural department from returns 01 2,000 oorrespondente and are embodied in the fall crop report for the Province. The report, wart one ex- ception, that of potato*, Stows de - ere -sees in every class of crop of en ex- tent which makes it clear that but for the enhanced priers of the present sea- son the farmer would have suffered tre- mendously. Speaking of fall wheat the report says that the yield is a little below 1900, but up to the average of now fall wheat. It sayer "The acreage of new fall wheat will be somewhat in- creased the Lake Erie and Georgian Bay routine*, but 'will be about the us- ual extent in the other parts of the Pro- vince. Seeding tvaa done a little later than usual, owing to the late harvest, but while operations ranged front the end of August to the third or fourth week of September, most of the crop was got in during the emend week of September. It has au excellent start, bury green and healthyslooking there is hardly as match top as was de- sirable to eneure its taking the risk of an open winter. About forty varieties are reported as being grown, Daweon'a golden chef 1 still being by far the fav- orite." Of the Inbor situation the report says that for the greater part of the Pro- vince there was e scarcity of labor, es- pecially of the right quality. There was emelt outspokenness as to the unfitness of many old country men offering for farm labor. The following is a statement of areas and yields of (trope for 1907 0041 1900 re- spectively: Pall Wheat -15,545,491 boehels, aro against 18,841,771. Spring Wheat -2,473,061 bushels, es against 3,207,00. Oats -83,524,301 bushels, against 108,- 341,455. Barley --21,718,332 bushels, against 26,253,011. Rye -1,081,706 bushels, against 3,397'- 582. Buckwheat --2,640,408 bnahela, against 1,782,908.° - Beans -790,260 bushels, against 950,- 312. Peas -7,385,030, against , 7,388,987. Potatoes: 20,901,803 lmshole, against 16,000,161. Corn for husking (hushele in the ear) —22,007,030 bushels against 23,988,682. Corn for forage (grain) -2,029,547 tone, against 2,140,413. Hay and clover -3,891083 tons, against 4,894,825. • • A Moutreal despatch: At the C. P. R. headquarters, Windsor street, a severe shock was caused by the shooting of Gladwyn C. Cobham cashier in the treas- ury department, shortly after 4 o'clock to -day. The clerks were startled by the report of a pistol, and, rushing to the lavatory on the second flor, found a stream of blood flowing under the door, which was locked. On forcing the door they found Cobban lying on the floor with a terrible wound in his head. The bullet had entered the right temple and passed through his head, coming out at the left side. Beside him on to floor ons a 38 -calibre Colt. revolver. Cobban was hurried to the Goperal hospital, where he died shortly before 8, without having regained consciousness, For the past five years he had Poen in the employ of the C. P. R., and wee re- garded as a very faithful worker. One of bis duties was to convey large sums of money to the trains for tho orpreae companies, and in the performance of thls duty he always coated a revolver. He had just returned from his afternoon trip, and had been chatting with the other clerks a few minutes before the accident occurred. To one clerk he stat• ed that he was going to attend St. An- drew's ball to -night At first his friends thought it was a case of suicide, but later they concluded that it was an accident. Ills books and cash have been examined and found cox - rent in every detail, and as far as known he was not in any kind of trouble. Cob - ban was 28 years of age and lived with his widowed mother and unmarried sis- ter in Westmount. He was a native of Toronto, where he was well known In sporting circles. were admiring the house, and the girl exclaimed: "Olt, how can I pay youl" To this, Airs, Lester said, Bonanuo re- plied: "I'd take n kiss for pay." "Wee the kiss given1" asked the court, "It was," responded the witness, Miss Vitro told the same story. She said she had done some sewing for Bon - wino, who was culling on her very fre- quently, and he promised her a present and sent her the bird house, She ad- ntitted payqheg with 0 kiss. Justice Garretsem granted a nonsuit. GREAT NAVAL BASIN. New One in Scotland to Hold 22 Warships. Glasgow, Dee. 9.—The plans for the great new naval basin at Roeith, Scot- land, have been completed and the work will commence early in 1908. Tho basin will Dover an area of fifty- six acres with a depth of 30 feet at all tides. Meese will be obtainod through a lock 850 feet long. The basin la to be practically equaro, with quay accommo- dation for twenty-two warships al- though thio may be doubted. The plane provide for the construction of a grav- ing dock to accommodate the largest of battleships. NO "FORCED" LITERATURE. Woodstock Public Library Board on In- tellectual Preference. `- FOUND IN IN WELL. Woman Swear Horseman Choked Wife to Death. Salisbury, N. B., Dec. 0. —Yesterday Mre. Charlotte Horseman was drowned in a well near the house under auspicious eireumatanm*. The husband discovered her in five feet of water, but contends he was unable to pull her out without as- sistance, which arrived in a short tine, but not before the woman was past re- covery. At the coroner's inquest to -day two, female witnesses swore Bersentun chok- ed his wife to death aftr she was car- ried into the house, She waas able to speak, and the husband, after Waling her elle would probably mind him more in the future, laid a quilt on her head and puttlug his hand to her throat, as it to ease her dress, worked his fin- gers until the woman turned black in the face. She died soon after. Horseman admitted on the stand they had often had spats and his daughter in sobs said her parents had a fierce quarrel ,just before to drowning. Horse- man eoutends hie wife went to the well for a pail of water and fell in. 'The ver- dict was death by drowning, but sensa- tional developments will likely follow. FOUR CHILDREN BURNED. Mother Went to Summon Help When Fire Broke Out. Montreal. Dee. 0,—A report received here front Three Rivers stated that lust evening about 10 o'clock Mrs, Dupont, living on St, Marguerite road, noticed that the house wee on fire. Her hus- band woo absent at a. school meeting, Mro, Dupont, although lightly clad, ran out to give the alarm to the neighbors, leaving six children asleep in the house. Before help arrived four of the children perished, one being oily four months old, ONTARIO FARMER Carries Off Crowning Honor of Chi- cago Live Stock Show. Chicago, Dec, 9.--Canadahaa captured the crowning honor of the International Live Stock Exposition, defeating the United States breeders 011 their own ground. The grand ehnmptonohip in the steer clans goer to a (lenadian exhibitor, Roan King, a shorthorn calf, selected as the best of the huge herds of cattle as- sembled at the stock yards, is owned by James Leask, of Greenbank, Ont., weighs 1,078 pounds, and wasted on a diet, of peas and hay instead of the corn which Is the staple diet of American fancy kine. IT IS NOT QUIET. PORTUGAL ONLY SUPERFICIALLY SO, SAYS REPUBLICAN LEADER. Senor Machado Declares That Establish- ment of Dictatorship Has Aroused People's Resentment—Any Violent Accident Might Cause Crisis. Lisbon, Doe. 0.—Bernadino Machado, who is regarded us the iuevitablo choice of the republicans in the event of a change of regime in Portugal, declared to -day that the tranquilitof the coun- try was superficial, and that instead of being indifferent to the political struggle now in progress the masses are moved by what is happening. The establishment of a dictatorship," he said, "has aroused the deepest resent- ment amongst the people who are ac- customed to a liberal monarchy, and they aro indignant with what they con- sider a restoration of absolutism. As King Carlos openly supporta Premier Franco, the royal prerogative has suf- fered correspondingly. Tho present strain eatenet long bo maintained. Any violent incident, with its neoeseaxy re- pression, might precipitate the gravest event." Senor Machado considers Mite foroe at the disposal of tate Government, which he points out consists of au army of 12,000 men and a municipal forme of 1,800, to be utterly inadequate to cope with any real popular movement, even if the soldiery was disposed to weave to people. This Senor Machado re- garde as more than doubtful. Wodstock despatch: The Public Id burry Board today adopted unanimously;* a resolution moved by Mayor Butler, oeconded by Mr. John Hall, declaring the recent increase in postage on United States periodicals to be a mistake, and adding that "the attempt to force on the Canadian people a preference for the literature belonging to another and far continent was unwise and calculated to defeat its own purpose. The Canadian people are naturally more interested in' the affairs of the American continent than in the affairs of any other part of the world, and they most naturally de- pend on the literature of the North Am- erican continent for both their enlight enment and their entertainment. More than that, there is danger that the very attempt to force British periodicals on a free people will have the very opposite effect from that intended." WANTS THE ELDER'S Oro,00q, Fair Plaintiff in Breach of Promise In- sists on • Stift.: Pittsburg, Dee. 9.Miss Byrd E. Lyele, an east end milliner, filed to -day a 810,- 000 breach of promise suit against John M. Hawk, of Greensburg, aft elder in the ZWn Lutheran Church, and Clerk of the Courts of Westmoreland county, The suit was filed by her Pittsburg attor- neys, Hudson & Hawley, who last week attempted to file suit in the courts of Westmoreland county, but their corre- epondent'A-in Greenbury returned the papers, refusing to act. Mists Lyele to- day said: It would be a nice thing to allow at- torneys at Greensburg to try my ease against Elder Ilawk without presenting it to court. I don't care how prom- inent Mr. Hawk may be, financially, po- litically, or religiously, he promised to marry me, and then apparently rued itis bargain. He mue.t settle uvith me." WHO BURNED THE CHURCH? An Odd Suit Heard at the Welland Assizes by Justice Teetzel, Welland despatch: Judge Tectzel yes- terday and to -day tried a case here in which the Methodist Church is suing the town of Welland for the burning of the ohtuch, which took place four months ago. The plaintiffs claim that the fire ons eansed by the bursting of the gas main, which was caused by the Town run- ning a road roller over It. This set the gas on fire, badly burning the roller. The church was burned at the same time. The claim fs for fifteen thousand dol- lars and costs. G. T. Blackstock, To- ronto, and J. F. Grose, of Welland, were for the plaintiffs, and ,Messrs. Pettit and German, of Welland, for the defendants, The Suit was really by an inurance coun- pany, although they could not sue. Evi- dence was taken and a decision reserved for a week. • PAID BILL WITH A KISS. Carpenter Who Fell Out With a Girl Non -Suited in a Claim for boo. Mineola, L. I., Dec. 0.—Bennette Bo- natnno, of West Tenth street, Manhattan, sued John Lester and his wife, Mary, of Rnckcille Centre, here to -day, for 8309, which he said was due hint for carpenter- ing and other work done for then. The defence set up the claim that the work was paid for with a kiss, It was assert- ed by the ',esters that the work was done in to friendly way, and was not to paid for. uDemme ose Vitro,thedemand fa for pay ntilhead R pretty sixteen -year-old adopted daughter of the Lester'', ceased to be friends. Mrs. Lester told about a bird house which Sha: said Bennett') had given her adopted daughter. In his bill the bird Steamer Cuban Wrecked, Sydney, 11/47; ` S., Dec. 9,— Dm ing the height of last night's fierce blow, and in -a thick 'enow"squall, which prevailed about 7 o'clock, the Dominion Coal Cow- pony's steamer Cohan, Captain McNeil, ran hard on the rocks at Black Point. It is believed from the dangerous posi- tion in which the steamer is resting on the rocks that she will become to, total loss. 1t is said the Cuban is unin'etlred, and should she become a wreck 1,Vl11. cause a loss to her owners of about 'house figures as a $35 charge, $36,001 'She and ser daughter and Bonanno UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY. Fear That Returning Hordes of Emi- grants Will Glut Labor Market. Berlin, Dee. 0.—There is some alarm lest the hordes of returning emigrants without money will critically glut the already overcrowded labor market in Germany. It has been unofficially Bug- gested that' the Government imitate the American plan of excluding undesirables. Labor organizations are greatly troubled over the prospect of an Influx at a time when the question of employment is acutely difficult. Commodities, even the barest necessities, are rising to almost famine prices, It was stated at n meeting of the Municipal Council of Schoenberg, a tam burh of Berlin, to -night, that there were 30,000 skilled and 36,00 unskilled work- men idle in Berlin alone, A proportion- ate number are idle in other industrial centres and in the fanning regions: Similar conditions prevail in Austria, to which country more American emi- grants have returned in a fortnight than departed. CAN VOTE FOR CATHOLICS, If Orangemen Believe They Are Best Candidates. Toronto, Dec, 0.—No discrimination Against Catholics la the line of policy laid down by Dr. T. S. Sproule, Grand Muster of the Grand Orange Lodge of British North America. The resolution recently passed by the County Orange Lodge forbidding leaders of the order to appear on the platform Or in any way assist in the election to political power of any member of the Catholic Church, comes in for severe censure front the Grand Abutter in a letter which it is un- derstood hoe been seat to Mr, Joseph E. Thompson, County Master. This letter points out, Bret, that it Is sot within the power of any subordinate,body to pass such a resolution, and decares that the resolution itself ie contrary to all the ideals and principles of Orangeism. LORD CHANCELLOR MARRIED, First Wedding Within Precincts of House of. Parliament. London cable: In the little Gothic crypt of the chapel beneath Weetminater Hall Sir.,.Rghert Treslfje ,Reid, Baron Lorebuty, the Lord Clstttcclldr, was mar- ried this afternoon to Mies Violet Hicks - Beach, a niece of Lord fit, Aldwyn. The ceremony, which, was quiet, was especially 'interasilppg,front the fact that this is the: first 'dogasion tlint'a'Lord Chancellor has been married ',during the term of his office, and that this mar, nage was the firet,ever petformea with: in the precincts of the House of ,Parlia- ment With the exception of the Premier, Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman, 'who is abroad, practically all of Baron Lore• bum's colleagues of the Cabiifet were present. The Bishop of London offlel- ated. • 1 - TO UNSEAT MAYOR EXCH. Proceedings Taken at Montreal Over Railway Purchase. Montreal, Dec. 0.—Notice was serval upon Mayor Ekers this morning that on Thursday next i a petition will be pre- sented 1h court asking that he show cause why he be not dismleaed from the Mayoralty. The argument of the petition is that the Mayor violated terms of charter by purchaaing the famous Park & Island Railway without having Brat received the authorization of the Water Committee and without having received a certificate from the city comptroller that eufficlent funds were available to effect the purchase. Mr, A, A. Masse is to petitioner. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Hiram Perrin, Pere Marquette Brakeman, of Rondeau, Killed, Chatham despatch: An accident occur- red at Erman to -day whereby Brake- man Hiram Perrin, aged 46, met death almost instantly. He was slmnting coal cars, and, in spite of the engineer's warning, went several times between the (SUS to remove the pips. On the last occasion he was crushed across the hips and died almost instantly, Perrin wan married and had one child, At Glenmeyer, neer Tillsnoburg, to which the body was shipped, Coroner Hanks, of Blenheim, viewed the remains and decided against an inquest. 4-• Shot Former Toronto Man. Buffalo, Dec 0.—James Connell, for- merly of Toronto, a saloon-keepre at Tonawanda, N. Y., was shot and proba- hlp fatally wounded at nidnight A sailor, John Knapp, of Detroit, is under arrest. When Connell closed hie place at midnight and started for home he was met by Knapp and two of his friends, , Knapp, it is said 'drew a re- volver and fired five shots, two of ing Cabrera. rIe received a few berate,'. which struck Connell in the head. es and bruises. CAPTURED THE SULTAN'S HAREM. MOROCCO TRIBESMEN PLACE TILE LADIES IN THEIR OWN HAREMS. Seized Large Caravans Belonging to Abd El Aziz—Killed the Entire Escort— Fears That Fez Will Be Attacked, Tangier, Dec. 0.—Mountain tribes have captured a large earnvuu consisting et the harem of the minister of Abd Aziz, the Sultan, on the road to Rabat. The Sultan's ministers, fearing that the pre- tender, Int lliunarn, testa about to attack Fez, Instructed their families to leave that place immediately and go to Rabat. The tribesmen, learning this, ambushed the enrnvtut and killed the entire escort. They transferred the women to their own harems, and divided the extensive tt'easnre whiclr they captured. Urgent requests for reinforcements have been received at Rabat from Fez, the authorities there fearing an attack against the city. O-• WELL TRAGEDY. STEEVES MOUNTAIN MAN IS CHARGED WITH WIFE -MURDER. Peculiar Cirgumstances Attending the Death of Mrs. Horseman, Found in a Well—After Inquest, Man Buries the • Body at Dead of Night. St John 3Q. 11., Dce, 9.— Christopher• A, Horseman'.;• of Stooves Mountain, Westmoreland' county, was arrested to- night.nt tonne tion with the death of his wife, Charlotte, oleo ell 001110 way got into the well at their home on Sat- urday, was pulled out by him, and died soon afterwards under peculiar circum- stances. The case is proving most te- entrkable. The jury fouuil a vFrdiet of drowning, but because of the circum Mangos Attorney -General McKeown wee notified, The neighbors are also aroused, laud one of them, Ephraim hicks, to -day swore out as warrant charging Horseman with the murder of his wife. 1Ie was arrested at home tonight by Chief of Police Ridout, of Moncton, and the Iw- lice report .,a sad sight at the home. Thereareeight children, the young- esi".three months, and the eldest twelve years, Horsennan wanted to stay there for the night, but this was not allowed and he was taken to Moncton. Neigh - hors looked after the children. It developed that after the inquest last night Reissman teak his Wife's body after dark to the 'cemetery and buried it without ceremony. Several - neighbors were there and ono of them furnished a tenth. Horseman says err to this that the body had 'been kept since Saturday, and that no minister was available. 1 The scene of the tragedy is, hut ;0 • miles from New Ireluixl, 1vh070 Celsius, who was hanged last month, killed Mara' Ann McAuley. Horseman. says that the charge that he killed lila wife is absurd Thgy,;. had been 13 or 14 years married, She sons his second wifc,'ancl he Married -her a month after his first' wife 'died. The principal witness will likely be his 12- ycnr•old daughter_ CAUGHT THE ITCH. Two Students at Queen's Have Strange Experience. Kingston, ' Dec, 0.—Two of Queen's students passing along a street the oth- er day had their attention arrested by an appeal from two children for help. The students stopped at the little ones, and found that their mittens were off and they could not pull them on. Their hands were apparently freezing. The students pulled the mittens on and went away. A few days after the good samaritans found they had the itch, and had com- municated to some of their fellow -board- ers. The further result is that the young men have to leave college till such time ad they are cured of the disease. A BOMB FOR CABRERA. Guatemala's President Had Narrow Es- cape From Assassination. New Orleans, Dec. 0.—An alleged at' tempt to assassinate President Cabrera of Guatemala two weeks ego by throw- ing a bomb at his carftnge Sae reported by passenger of the Str. Anselm, which arrived here from Central American ports yesterday. The bumb,,.is said to have exploded under the President's car- riage, arriage, killing the coachman' and wreck- ing the vehicle, but not seriously injur- MUST BE MISTAKE. Friends of ItIr. Labatt, of Ottawa, ' * Think Charge Ridiculous. Ottaw ;, Dee 9.—The arrest of lir. I jhn $ Mitt, 3n onager of the, Labatt Brosdir[gr' opaMs'aagency in this city, on sl the g ;of sent4ng letter's to Hou. 11. 11Lnum.rson, threatenieg to expose his connection with certnnt.alleged scan- ,dals,- has cursed a big surprise in best. Doss auil social circles, \Ir. Labatt's friends are dumbfounded aud,ahnolutely refuse to believe 'that the (east foundation for the charge of black- netil exists. "They surely have got the wrong non," said a close friend of the youeg uutn this afternoon. 21r, Labatt is about_ 26 years of age and e son of lair. Ccerge Labatt, the well latown Prescott brewer. He is ie receipt of a splendid salary and considered a, sbreivd business man, well above the av- erage.. lie is very.popedar-ocially, and while popular •in the best circles slid not take a prominent part in social affairs. As for as the official set suns 00110000 - ed, his friends say he was absolutely un- interested. Labatt appeared in court this morning and pleaded not guilty. • RAISE LICENSE By-law to Make Annual Charge at Cal- lingwood 82,500. I'orouto.. Deo. 11,—A. movement is on foot in, (:ollingwood to increase tha:fees chargeable for liquor licenses to $2,600 a Leer. Local hotel proprietors tors n111y tints be celled upon to ply ovor twice as much AS those of Toronto, where the fie is $1200.6 A by -Lbw to carry the project into effect will be submitted to the peo- ple in Jnnnney. le this connection 110 interesting legal point lets teen raised as to what persons are qualified to veto. 00 the 11100sure. Sone persons say that only pfopert1 owners should have the right to Inst their ballots, on the ground that it is a money hey -law which is befm'o the (100 - pie, Other parties argue that ash', in-' volves not expenditure but the nngmen- tntion of the municipal revenue, all the electors should have a voice in the ee- cepting or rejection of the legislation.