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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-07-02, Page 2THE BREAK AT CORNWALL. Bursting of the Bank of the Canal Serious Matter. Bad Effect on Grain Trade of the Lakes. Minister of Railways Visits Scene— What Shippers Say. A Cornwall, Ont, despatch; The most disastrous accident to transportation, insofar as canal traffic is concerned, took place here this morning about 6 o'clock, when a washout ,,in the canal bank at the Ottawa -New York bridge just above lock 18 caused the pier which supported the span of the bridge of the railway acroas the canal to turtle. About 4.46 this morning Mike Gleeson, one of the lock -tenders, noticed the water in the river somewhat roily, and, going to the bridge to inves- tigate, found that the bank was giving away. Lockmaster F,aner at once tele- phoned along the line, and the water was shut off with all possible speed. The hole began to grow until the whole bank gave way, making a gap 150 feet wide and 25 to 30 feet deep, through which the water of the whole level, a mile and a quarter long, poured into the river like a second Niagara. .At 6 a. m, the centre pier of the swing bridge collapsed, the pier turning com- pletely over. The ironwork bent as so much wire, and a hideous spectacle of what was once a beautiful structure is all that remains. Tine steamship Samuel Marshall had just passed up, and cleared lock 18, when the collapse occurred, It is estimated that it will take about a month to clear the bridge away and repair the bank. Navigation in the meantime will be completely sus- pended, Mr. J. L. Weller, superinten- dent of the Welland Canal at St Cath- arines, is coming to take charge of tine repairs, Mr, Graham Inspects Break. The basin of the level above lock 18, where the break occurred this morning, is now practically dry. The wrecked pier and bridge are directly across the mouth of the break. Nothing can be said definitely about the repairs to the conal until to -morrow. Hon. Geo, P. Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals, arrived here this evening and had a look over the break. To a correspondent he said that he would not like to venture an opinion as to how long the repairs would take until Mr. Weller arrived. However, every effort world be put forth to close the gap in the bank. and get the canal ready for navigntion with the least pos- sible delay, lie fully realized the effect of the disaster on the ehipping trade of the eountry, a.nd would have the work rushed day and night. The poli• tion of the wrecked bridge and pier in the canal would be n handicap, and, without giving an expert opinion, he thought that the ironwork would prob. ably have to be removed before the break could be fixed. He will remain over to•morrow to consult with Mr. Weller, The Railway Officials. Messrs, George H, Phillips, superin- tendent of the 0. & N. Y. division of the New York Central, and H, K. Gays, general passenger agent, were also in town to -day. Mr, Phillips, when seen to -night, had very little to say about the wreck of the awing bridge, which Was 286 feet in length, and turned on a pier built against the south bank of the canal. This pier, which is nowstanding in its head, rose over 30 feet above the level of the canal,.Mr. Phillips said that the pier and bridge would be rebuilt without a moment's unnecessary delay, how or by . whom he could not state at present. Mr. Carpenter, chief engineer of the New York Central flail - way system, would be here to -morrow to look over the situation. A Drawback to Montreal, Montreal despatch; The break in the canal at Cornwall will prove a serious handicap to shipping in this port, The break absolutely cute off Montreal from ail water communication with lake On, tarlo and the upper lakes. When seen to -day Mr. Geo. Foster, chair of the company operating power on the canal, said: "So far as 1 ran see it means that all traffic on the river is �blocked until the canal bank can ,be, repaired. We contend that If our sproject of damming the Long Sault Rapids had been put into effect this ti eek would never have hn,ppened, because there would have been no pressure on the canal banks, as the water sup' X would,have been dammed off. I ea of say what the in firma wit do. There is no shipping P ��. P way round, so far as +'I can see, They will probably have to wait, just as We shall, until the ca :bank has been repaired R. & O. Service N0, Arrupted Mr, O'llonogliue, of t n lj, elieu & Ontario Navigation Cumpanyl'i, id tine morning that there would be no in. terruption in the company's service. "We shall maintain our service by running regular trains from the wharf at Prescott to the wharf at Coteau Lagding, running our boats back and forth from Coteau Landing to Mont- real We shall maintain our west- bound •business by the O. T. train lean- ing Montreal each morning at 0 o'clock and connecting with our other boat at Prescott" &r J. A. °utile, of the Montreal N&vigation Company, had a similar statement to male. "We ehall do WI we can by sending freight by rail to and from Prescott into Montreal," he stated. "We have railway tracks in- to both of our elevators. It will take much longer, of course, and be much more expensive, The rate by water is the per teethe!, and by rail 3jgc per bushel. Railway communes may re- duce their rates to meet the excep- tional requirements of the situation, but, of eouree, 1 cannot' say whether they will do that or not, We have sixty- three boats in all—sone up above the canal, and others down here, We shall endeavor to meet the situation as well and as far as we can by utilizing the railway. More than that 1 cannot say at present' The Railway Arrangements. The Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific are arranging for the trans- portation of grain that had been ship- ped to Kingston for barges through the St, Lawrence Canal system, ?rfr. Reid, foreign freight agent of the Grand Trunk, announced thus after- noon that Mr, Cattle, of the Montreal Transportation Company, had been to see Min and as a result of the con- ference a special rate would be granted for the grain now at Kingston, As regards grain In transit that had not reached Kingston, arrangements would be made for its transportation by hake and rail route via Georgian Bay knorts, A special meeting of the Corn Ex- change Association is called for at noon to -morrow in order that they cony tone eider ways and Meana of getting over the existing difficulties in regard to the break in the Cornwall Canal. Loss to Vases Owners, "It menus a big loss to vessel -own - ere," surd ire, ueurge &uuttervnle, agent for the Merchants' and Mont- real -Lake buperia• Line. His com- pany has three vesaele, the Dunduru, which leaves Toronto ton .tiontreal every Tuesday, and the City of Ottawa and City of Montreal, which leave on Saturdays, ':'Hese cannot rue the rapids, and two of them are below the break in the canal and one o uthis side, 111r .A. A. Wright, Superintendent of the St. Lawrence & Chicago teteam Navigation Company, said that there wise not a great deal of grain moving at this time of the year, and what de moving is in 8101(11 lots by package freighters. Capt. :Malone, of the Richelieu & On- tario Navigation Co., said his company hue one steamer at the foot of the canal and one above. They will send the freight by rail from r'rescott to Coteau. Mr. J. J. Allan, of Jas, Carruthers & Co., said 110110 of the grain -carrying vessels 'run the rapids, and the grain will have to be shipped by rail, but other freights may be transhipped at Prescott to small boats, which will rut them, The Montreal Transportation Com- pany has :'our boats, the Stormont, Glennnomrt, \Vestnnount and Fair- mount, stalled below the break. All are loaded With steel rails from Sydney, C. B., and are bound for Port Ar- thur. Moat of the steel is for Canadian Northern construction work in the west, The Inland Navigation Company of Ilanflton hag two package freighters at Montreal, loading freight for the up- per lakes. The J. H, Plummer and the H. M. Pellatt, of the Canadian Lake Trans- portation Company, have also been caught below the break and must wait nt Montreal, If it is seen.that.the dam- age to the canal can be repaired within a fortnight the crews of the stalled boats will be retained. 1f more time is required the men will probably be paid oft, HIDING IN TORONTO. Pittsburg Railway President Ap- pea:s Unexpectedly In Court. Pittsburg, June 20, --Charles S. Cam- eron,2of nMrietta,Ohio, President of the Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad Com• pany, walked into the Criminal Court yesterday just as adjournment was be- ing taken and surrendered himself. He was convicted last year of conspiracy to bribe, having admitted offering $70,000 to councilmen to secure the passage of the franchise ordinance giving the pro• jected road an entrance into Pittsburg. When summoned for sentence he failed to appearand has since remained in hid- ing. He is said to have been with Barry Boataph in Toronto, Canada. Bostaph is wanted by the local authorities for the part he is alleged to have played in the bribery scheme, and District Attorney Harry L. Goehring is preparing . to ex- tradite him, Cameron, it is charged, offered a bribe to Common Councilman W. A. Martin, who displayed willingness to accept it, and was in consequence sent to the Western Penitentiary for a term of three years. Cameron, as :'resident of the Tube City Railroad, was the - centre light in the scandal which wrought up the Pittsburg Council for so many months. FIREWORKS THAT SPEAK. The Wonderful Invention of a Couple of Frenchmen, Paris, June 20.—Fireworks' which not only please the eye, but are also capable of reproducing a patriotic speech, were the subject of a special communication read to -day before the French Academy of Sciences. The inventors of the vocal fireworks are Georges and Ginetare Loudet, who have been working on the system for three years. By the arrange - bent of different explosives they are now able to produce both vowels and consonants, A railro 0 cartridge of their design will be ab A?, ''cry Stopl" ly14will ; and a special rocke ehout "VI . ' .liq THE LATE GROVER CLEVELAND, SAP FARMING. Takahashi to Advise Them to Go On the Land Here. St. Paul, June 20,—The Pioneer Press to -day prints an interview with ]tarot Kagura Takahashi, who has been inves- tigating the Japanese situation in the United Staten and Canada for tine 30- kado's Government. In the interview the Baron says: "It is the desire of the Japanese Gov- ernment to thoroughly understand the position of Americans on the Japanese question, The Government well real- izes that certain of its citizens have been the canoe of disturbances on this side of the Pacific, which at once have shaken the evenness of localities and disturbed our Government too. "My report will state to the Japan- ese Government that the collection of Japanese immigrants in the cities of the Pacific coast is detrimental to friendly relations between these two countries, and is actually in some cases an intru- sion—so far tie concerns the Americans who labor --on the liberties and rights of the people, who already inhabit Hite country. My report will advise that immigrants reaching the coasts of Am- erica be compelled to have in reserve sufficient money to take them across the Rocky Mountains end into the agri- cultural regions of the middle west" BLAME BEES FOR POOR PEACHES. A GLANCE AT THE NIAGARA 018- TRICT FRUIT PROSPECTS. Raspberries Will Likely be in About the End of This Week—Cherries Very Early. A Globe representative who has been through the fruit section finds conditions very much as they have been reported in the 'Th$4, Since the writing the strawberry erop has unquestionably been greatly benefited by rain. The report says: Obtaining 0 consensus of opinion front such men as Mr. William Hill, market clerk at Hamilton; Dixon Bros., Ham- ilton; the firm of E. D. Smith at Winona; airs J. A. Livingstone, editor of the Grimsby Independent, and the Weekly Fruit Grower, Market Gardener and Poultryman; County Registrar C. E. Fisher at St. Catharines, who is a large Niagara township grower, and from various other experienced men throughout the district, your corre- spondent learns that while strawberries have been plentiful and pro/lilted a "bumper" erop, the dry weather has to an extent "scorched" them and unless rain comes soon the berry season will close In about one week. They will all be of good quality. The acreage is much larger than usual. Quite a number of people are growing berries now owing to the fact that the can- neries practically insure a market, and help keep the price tip when the demand otherwise falls off. Last year in Hamilton the canneries paid seven and eight cents per box, So far thle season they are offering from five to seven cents. Mr. 3d. 1), Smith's firm in its circular to buyers etates that the strawberry crop ought to be heavy and that prices will be low. Rasp- berriee promise well if rain cones in time. Their season will begin about the end of this week. Blackberriea, currants and gooseberries look like a full erop. Generally speaking, there will be a light or medium cherry crop. At Grimsby they are said to be ripen- ing ten days too soon. Plums will be a medhun to heavy crop. Early pears, Bartletts and Keiffers, will apparently yield a good crop. Other kinds will be light in Met district's The grapevines are said to be looking very well and should make an overage yield. Early apples and greenings „give promise of ¢bnndance. Baldwins will probably be medium and Spies light. While the weather has not been any too good to other crops, the tomato plants are flourriehing and promise to yield a large suWphen it comes to peaches the orchard owners in the peninsula are less ex. pectant than they were at bloesom time. A good crop all round will no doubt be had, but many varieties were not properly fertilized. Many fruit men, blame , the bees for this trouble, "You may remember," explained epe horny -handed old man, "that we had four or five days of miserable, cold, drizzly rain 'long about three weeks ago. \Veil, that was the time when the blos- soms were all out and the bees ought to have been busy carrying pollen from blossom to 01050010. Bet they didn't. Leastways, they couldn't very well, mein' to the wet. First, of all, it ween't nice weather ,to be out in and they if they did go out the blossoms were full water. I think," he concluded, look• ing at a little shrivelled peach reproach- fully, ''it must a' been their fault" Despite the shortcomings of the bees, early peaches look to be a good crop. The wise ones say that the trees will have to he well thinned or the quality will be poor, Tho general condition of the Crawfords and other yellow varieties augur n light to medium yield, al- though Niagara township looks like n fairly heavy one in most places the late peaches will he good, The San Tose scale and curl leaf have been well kept down by the use of the sprays. Fruit men nre undivided in declaring the pests n blessing in dfegnise since they neees- eItnted better rare of the trees, SHAH IS MASTER. PERSIAN ATTEMPT AT SELF-GOV- ERNMENT SNUFFED OUT. Parliament Buildings Bombarded by the Cossacks Now a Mass of Ruins —Many Persons Killed—Promin- ent Nationalists Under Arrest. Teheran, June 29. ---After a bloody fight, 414ich was waged around the Par- liament 'buildings, the city was com- paratively quiet to -day, although the Cossacks were camped in the streets and squares. Cossacks and soldiers early in the morning surounded the Par- liament buildings and demanded that a number of persons whose arrest the Shah had ordered be forthwith handed over to then,. Parliament refused to comply with this demand, and shots were fired at the troops, several of the soldiers being killed. Orders were at once issued from military headquarters that tine Parliament buildings be bom- barded, and the bombardment commenc- ed soon after 10 o'clock. While this was 01 progress bombs were throws from the Parliament buildings and the mosque adjoining, disabling one of the gene and wounded the gunners, Eventually the halls of Parliament were cleared, but not before many per- sons had been killed and wounded. The bombardment continued until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when it suddenly ceased. In the meantime the troops pil- laged the political dulls in that neigh- borhood end numerous residences of in- fluential members of Parliament, in which work they were aided by the pop- ulace. The number of casualties is unknown, but it will be very Large, The Parlia- ment building are practically in ruing. The firing was confined to Parliament square, other parts of the city being comparatively quiet. large numbers of leading Nationalists, including priests and members of Parliament, have beer, placed under arrest. ••• OVER THE FALLS. MAN UPSET BOAT AND WENT TO HIS DEATH. Henry McBain's Awful Fate While Sailing on the Niagara River -- Cyclone Capsizes His Frail Craft and He is Swept Away. Niagara Falls, Ont,, despatch: A ey. clone which ,'struck the city about 4,30 this afternoon was the cause of the death of Henry :eBain who was sail- ing in the upper Niagara River at Chippewa, about 200 yards Iran Hog Island, The waters here are treacher- ous to any but those who know them well, and Mcllain, who was an ama- teur, was warned by a Mr. Downey, a lifelong resident of Chippewa, of the danger he was running in setting out. The first intimation received at Chippewa was from two men from the smelter, who, while walking along the river bank, saw the boat capsiee in a sudden squall which blew up, the boat completely turning turtle, and they saw McBain struggle to Bet on the boat, which he succeeeded in do- ing. While they were hurrying into Chippewa they again saw McBain blown into the water. Officer Greenwood, of the Ontario po- lice, and his brother, who keeps the boathouse at Chippewa, headed rescue parties, but when they reached tine spot no sign of the boat or body could be seen. There is no doubt that both boat and McBain have gone over the Horse- shoe Falls. The deceased was a son of Engineer Alex, McBain, of the .Michigan Central, of ibis city. ANOTHER BANK SUSPENDS, Bank of St. Hyacinthe Is Now in Trouble. Montreal, June 28,—The directors of the Bank of St. Hyacinthe have decided to suspend payment. The decision was reached at a meeting held this morning in Se Hyacinthe. Senator Dessaulles is president and J. R. Brilion viee•preai• dent. The authorized capital is 81,000; 00(1, of which $604,600 is subscribed and $331;200 paid up. Railway financing to understood to have put the bank 111 difficultiee;- SEVENTY KILLED AT TEHERAN. Behavior of the Cossacks and Other Troops Disgraceful, Fight Was Provoked by Bomb Being Thrown From Building. British and Russian Representatives Working For Peace. London,' June 20.— A special des- patch from Teheran to the Times says that the killed and wounded in yes- terday's fighting totalled. seventy, the casualties being heavy among the Na- tionalists. Several deputies were kill. ed. The foreign residents are in no danger, as the town is in the hands of the Russian general, Liakhoff. General Liakhoff, according to this despatch, directed the operation of the tribal cavalry, the Silahkar Regi- ment joining in the fray later. Rifle firing lasted for two hours, after which the Parliament building and adjacent buildings were bombarded at close range, the 200 defenders al the former building eventually being scattered. • The looting which followed the fir- ing was indescribable and continued throughout the day. The Times' cor- respondent says that the behavior of the troops, including the Cossacks, was disgraceful, the mosque, the neighbor- ing houses, the palace of Prince RIO - Es -Sultan and the estate of Amin Ed Dowleh being either totally or par- tially destroyed. In addition, peaceful citizens were held up and robbed, Twenty-five nationalists are prison- ers in the 11011(03 of the Cossacks. The destruction of the great Mejlise mos- que has horrified the people and the Shah will have extreme difficulty in coping with the situation. How, It Started, Paris, June 20,—S,ecial despatches received here front Teheran say that the fighting began about 8 a..m. and was provoked ay a bomb thrown from the roof of one of the buildings among the Cossacks. The fighting continued until late in the afternoon, many be- ing killed on both sides. The Shah sent the Cossacks and artil- lery to surround the ,parliament build- ings, as a result of parliament ultima- tum, refusing to hand over certain per - eons whose arrest the Shall had ordered. An officer, oconpanled by fifty sol- diers, requested the assembly to surren- der five mel, who had been leaders in the agitation against the Shah, This being refused, the officer left men to guard the doors while he proceeded to military headquarters for further in- structions. An houror more later, add before the troops had taken any action, a bomb was throwfn from a roof among the Cosaacka. It killed two horses and did other damage, and' created a panic owing to the absence of the officers, The leader' hurried back, and was fired at while passing from the roofs of two buildings, The Coesaeke were ordered to return their fireand there was 'a lively exchange, which continued for three hours. Later artillery wan sent in- to action and kept up shelling the as- sembly , building for several hours, When all was over it was found that the casualties on both sides were very large. Apparently blank shells were firdd at the beginning, as the damage to the buildings was very alight for a considerable time, A than who fought on the roof of the ,parliament building says he and the others fired steadily into tine troops until the ammunition failed and the rifle's were too ]not to hold. Eventually a small shell ' crashed through the door of the parliament house, and the Cossacks charged, the oc- cupants fleeing to the ground behind the house. The soldiers had no sooner en. tared the place when they began to loot it, next turning their attention to the neighboring shops and the palace of Prince %ill es Sultan. Hundreds of peo- ple, it was stated, who a few days ago assembled before the parliament and de• monstrated against the Shah, riow pro- ceeded to the work of demolishing the building, with cries of "Long live the Shah," "We don't want a constitution," Representatives Talk. London, June 23.-1 special to the Tines from St, Petersburg says that the Russian and British representatives at Teheran have been instructed to re- mind Prince Yell es Sultan of his pro- mise of loyalty toward the present sov- ereign and to acquaint Idle of the de- termination of the two powers to keep hint to his promise. With the exclusion of this possible danger of civil war, it is hoped that the situation will soon cleat. -• KILLED BY TRAIN. One Man Dead and the Other Ex- pected to Die. A Toronto, Ont., despatch: With their heads pillowed close to the track and their bodies stretched down the bank, David Gilmour, of Stronmess, Ont,, and Thos. O'Leary, of Syracuse, N. Y., were found on the Grand Trunk Railway northern division near Black Creek bridge, one mile north of St. (lair ave- nue, about 1 o'clock this morning. Gil- mour was dead and O'Leary so badly in- jured that his death' is etpeeted anti time at Grace Hospital. GIVING UP THE SEARCH. All Hope of Findnig Oliv..Dupraw Abandoned, Winnipeg, ,lune 29.—C. 1' 11, officials report that pratieally every foot of ground where the unfortunate child, illive Dnpraw, may have wandered after 'eine lost near Pine, tan twee gone over so easefully that it is impossible for the body to be there, and not lay dis- eovcred. The senrel. has been exhaust. live and thorough, nett if no trace Is 1,11)14 by to -morrow night or Thursday at the latest, the search will 10) aban- doned. It is felt by nil that it is a hope- less tusk, but humanity demands that nothing be left undone, The child's mother, who eloped iron, Fort William two years ago with n mum who was boarding at her house, is noir in Duluth, and has been tinder enrefel so•veillauce since the strengo disappear— nue of little Olive. She positively claims to know nothing of the child's: whereabouts. mt. SEIZURE OF WHISKEY U.S. Authorities Hold Up Walker's. Club In Detroit. " Windsor; tint., .lune 7,.—The U. S:• authorities have seized otar 5,000 cases of Canadian Club Whiskey, menufac- tnred by Hiram \Volker & Saws, The seizure was made in Detroit and ties up. sixty thousand dollars' worth of llg001 Some step like this was taken before but eu injunction was seemed and the ceder was rescinded. The U. 8, Depantulent of agriculture objects to the label Dud 001101,5 that it does not comply with the low known as the Pure Food Act, The Walkers have engaged Joseph Choate, former ambassador to Britain, as leading counsel, and will defend the e1Tse to. the court of last resort, CROOK GETS THREE YEARS. Hew Adolph Baker Defrauded Toron- to Leather Merchants. Toronto despatch: One of the heav- iest sentences imposed by Col. Deni- son for 00100 time was given yesterday to Adolph Baker, an Englishman, wino bas proved himself to he a very clever crook, His Worship sent Baker to Kingston Penitentiary to serve a three-year term for a number of charg- es of fraud. Baker's methods were original, and made 0 difficult for the police to catch him. He secured two business ends belonging to Mr. Geo, Brody, and en- closed one of 0110111 with an order for a roll of leather to Smith, Beggs & Heaven. The creek sent the orcler with Edwin 1 ancourt, a cartage agent, who received the leather„ and at Baker's request kept it at his house over night. Baker went to Mr. Brody, and passing under the name of Jacic Jackson, sold the leather for $40, re- ceiving a cheque in payment He played a similar gave and secured' leather from C. Parsons 4 Son. He sold this roll to Mr. Arthur Jackson, but it was seized by the police be- fore he .secured the money. linker got $46 from Mr. Charles Adams. He telephoned to Beales Bros., and ordered leather in Adams' name. Then he net the boy who was delivering it, and took the roll from hint. He sold it to Adams, who only discovered that he had been defraud- ed when Beales' account came in. FOR THE THE SUBMERGED. Canadian Lady Offers Farm for Lon. don Poor. Leiden, June 20,—Alieia Simpson, a. Canadian lady who heard 31r, 'Thomas Sunimerbell, the Labor member of Parliament for Sunderland, awake an impassioned speech at the Pan -Angli- can Congress 00 behalf of the submerge ed poor, has offered him 400 acres of Bund in NOV 13ruuswlck for the purpose of helping them, Mr, Sunuuerbe:I considering the proposal. At the Pan—Anglican Congress, discuss- ing the question of a central nuthoity, the Bishop of Montreal said such was increasingly 1 0115sa•y, Outside of Eng - laud they were making towards it al- most without knowing' it. The diocas.nt Provincial Genera. Synods were all steps. towards the sole final consultative court of great questions, from where no appeal, was to be made. IIe long regarded the Lambeth Conference as a fundamental' form of a possible Council• A POOR CATCH OF SEALS. Schooner From Pacific Reaches Hali- fax With 640 Skins. Halifax, N, 8, June 21L—The Hali- fax schooner E. 13. Marvin arrived to- day from the Southrn Pacific sealing grounds with a catch of 640 skins, which is exactly 1,000 less than the numb'r taken last year, The voyage has listed since September last, and the catch will just about pay the run- ning expenses of the schooner, allow- ing nothing for the men, who have spent nine months on the expedtiion. r♦ MOTORISTS DEFIED LAW. Fined $600 for Testing Anti -Auto Alt at Charlottetown, Cliorlottetorvn, P. E. L, June ` Yesterday the second step fn testing the Anti -Automobile Act passed nt the last 508,40110f the legislature was made. On June 1 automobile owners took a spin around tine city and suburbs, announc- ing nnoac- ing their intention beforehand of so do- ing. Information was laid, and yester- day Stipendiary Magistrate McDonald fined then, five hundred dollars and costs. An appeal will be taken..