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IN TRAIN WRECK.
Disastrous Collision on Boston &
Maine Railroad.
Mistook No. 30 for No. 34 the Cause
of the Accident.
Passengers Were Mostly Returning
From Sherbrooke Fair.
The Identified Dead.
Timothy Shatighuesey, Catetieleus Que.
be.
?gm shanglinessy.
Mies Annie St, Pierre, este Voile, Que.
be.
Fred. M, Phelps, Ochllaw, Texas,
Mrs. A. E. Warren, Haverhill, ekes.
WEB. (. Blake) Swath 'Corinth, Ver.
enema
.11lies Barrett, Manchester.
;Mae Philip Gagnon, Sherbrooke. •
Mae Alvina Gagnen, Nassau, N,
Miss Webster, a areesmaker, living in
Massachuset ts.
J. A. Congdon, Branerville, Mass.
Infant ehild of Irving Oliffora, Con-
cord, N,
Mrs, T. E. Briggs) West Canaan,
John Duncan, Bethel) Vt.
The unidentified txre : A boy, ten years
old; a man, 40 years .old; a, woman, 30
years of age; a man, 55 years of age;
a mate 35 years of age; six other bodiei
also unidentified.
. • Returning From Dominion Fair.
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 15. -
fearful head-on •collision between the
.southbound Quebec exprees and a north.
'bound areight train of the Concord di-
vision of the Boston & Maine Raill'Oad
.41(0.c.curred: four miles north of Canaan
station early to -day, due to a mistake in
train despatcher's orders, and from a
demolished passenger coaelt there were
taken 24 dead. trad daiug and 27 other
passengers more or iess wounacd, Nearly
all those who were in the fatal car were
returning from the Dominion Exhibition
at Sherbrooke, Quebec'100 miles north.
The conductor of the freight train was
given to understand. that he had. plenty
of tine to reach a siding by the night
operator at Canaap station, receiviug,
according to the -superintendent of the
division, a copy of a telegraph oraer
from the train despatcher at Concord,
which confused the train numbers 30 and
34.
The wreck occurred just after the ex-
press had rounded into a straight stretch
of track, but owing to the early morn-
ing mist neither engineer new the other's
headlight until it was too late.
Mistake in Train Numbers.
The southbouria train originated at
Sherbrooke last evening, where it pick-
ed up two sleepers from Quebec .and
two more on the way •down. It con-
sisted of the baggage car'passenger
coa.ele smoking car, in that'order, with
the 'elee,pers 111 the rear. The train
left White River Junction at 3.45 a. tn.
to -day, forty minutes late, and was fol-
lowed twenty minutes later by the
leforaireal express over the Central Ver-
mont Railroad. The Quebee train is
known as No. 30, and the Montreal train
as No. 34.
In the meantime a northbound freight
train had arrived at Canaan, eighteen
Wiles down the read, at 4.20 a, in., on
time.
According to Superintendent W. R.
Ray, J. It Crowley, the night train
despateher at Concord, sent a despatch
to John Greeley, the night operator ot
Canaan, that No. 34 was one ;hour awl
ten minutes late. The order which
Conauctor Lawrence, of the freight
train, showed after the accident dis-
tinctly states that No. 30, instead of
34, was an hour and ten minutes late.
Conductor Lawrence, believieg that he
had sufficient thee in the hour and
ten minutes to rem+ the side track at
West Canaan, four miles beyond, before
No. 30 'reached it„ ordered his train
;ahead. The superintendent declared
that the accident was due to the mis-
take in plactng a cipher after the three
in the tawnier of the train instead of a
four.
Crashed in the Fog.
The morning was a dull, misty one,
-Aand the !long freight train, with a
score of heavily loaded cars, lumbered
up the long grade towards West
Canaan at the usual ;speed. On the
other side of the CUM was the Que-
bec express, sliding down the single
track with her heavy load of pas-
sengers and: the four heavy sleepers in
the rear. The freight; train was on a
straight piece of track about a mile in
length, and the Quebec express had
rounded a curve into this stretch when
each engineer saw the headlight of the
opposite train burst out of the fog.
Both engineers set their brakes and
then jumped, while the two ;grette loco-
motives crashed into meth other and
rolled into tho ditch, . The baggage ear
in the rear was burled back into the
passenger witch like a great rant and
tore it asunder from end to end.
a A few windows were broken in the
emoking ear and the Pullmans were un-
injured.
The Work of Rescue.
The ill-fated passenger coach was fill-
eted with more than fifty people, One of
-Pthoso who eseaped said that as the train
Was rounding a curve someone ins the
front of the ear began to sing, so that
nearly everyone was awake, when the
crash came.
When those who were in the other
care recovered their dazed senses they
hurried to the demolished passenger
coach, -where groans, cries and shrieks
wore rending the air.
Fortunately, with the engines off to
one side, the wreckage did not take. fire.
The train hands, ably seconded by the
passengers from the sleeping ears, grop-
ed their way among the runts and began
the Work of rescue. The bodies of the
dead were laid beside the track quickly
but tenderly, while the rescuers turned
their attention to those who needed aid.
Grata beams were lifted, pierce of joists
were thrown aside, and the bleeding and
matgled forms 'were dragged out and
laid on the backs of broken seats or
upon blankets front the sleeping cars.
:Wounds were hastily henna Up, and
eleep cute staunched by strips torn front
the bedding of the sleepers. The little
liana worked diligently nral initatfully
in the dawning light before the doctors
errata
The neighborhood is ft sparsely -settled
one, but the few farmers were easily
aroused and lent every aid to 'the work
of succor.
Marcel Express Saved.
The accident was not without its
heroes, and one of these was Frank
liyan, a brakeman on the express. ityan
Ivaa caught in the wreck. and had an
PrtiT,V de've00. Lie was unconscious
for nearly fifteen minutes, and when he
re.gained ids senses ids first thought was
ot the Montreal express, which he Mew
was thundering amen on the wreck with
130 ITakesman in the rear to wave tt
warning signal. In a few husky words
Ryan told, of the approaching danger.,
and the Montreal exarees was stopped.
Found Ji s Blether's Body.
The passengere on the Moutreal ex -
pleas also assisted in the work of mime
and Gm care of the wounded. Among
the Weet (ethane farmers who aided
wee Benj, Brig,ge, who was one of the
first at the same, and two hours: later
he drew out of the wreck the body of
On turning over the body
Mr. Brigge looked into the lave of las
mother, Mimed collapsed with grief.
Mrs, Briggs had been visiting friends
in the north, an4 was oa her way to
Boston.
At the Scene of the Disaster.
The sun, which rose about the time
the first doetors readied the scene, dis-
elosed to them the full extent of the
disaster. The shies of the passenger
coneh lay on °Mei- side of the track,
A little farther on was n tangled mass
of iron and steel, from which the steam
W103 still rising, and wbich had onee
been two locomotives. Off to one aide
was a crowd of people hurrying from
setwrithing form to another in a vain
attempt to ease the pain and stop the
flow of blood. On the other side of
the track all were silent, as one ;by one
the bodies of the dead were laid in an
e•te I. -increasing row until sixteen life -
late forms were resting side by side be-
neath the trees. As eoral as practicable
the more seriously injured Were laia on
she teleas enti taken by train to Han-
ove s N.H., where they were given medi-
cal and surgicia treatment at the Mar-
garet Ilitelicook Hospital at Dartmouth
college. But before tlte train reached
hero on its way to Hanover eight more
bad succumbed to their wounds, -which
brought the death roll up to twenty-
four. During the fprenorat twenty-seven
of the thawed were taken to Hanover,
while the bodies of the dead were remov-
ed in two trains to Concord.
ON BENDED KNEES.
HOW WM. H. PENNY COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN TORONTO.
Had Been Despondent Since His Wife's
Death -Left Bed in His Father's
Houee in Dead of Night and Went
to His Own Home to Die.
Toronto, Sept. 10. -William IL Pen-
ny, of 17 Montrose: avenue, employed
as caretaker by the College Street Bap-
tist Church, committed suicide early on
Sunday morning by gas poisoning. He
was found by his next-door neighbor,
Mr. W. H. Freeman, at 5 o'clock last
night kneeling on the bathroom floor,
with the gas turned full on from a rubber
tube connection to a gas stove. It is un-
likely that an inquest will be held.
Mr. Penny was in his fiftieth year. He
had been married to a daughter of ex -
Aid. Jaffe, and since the death of Mrs.
Penny a year ago had ;been in very des-
pondent spirits. lie had been treated re-
cently at the General Hospital for nerv-
ous depression, and left there three weeks
ago. Since that time he had made his
home with his father and. step -mother
at 60 St. Ann's road, and made arrange-
ments to sell out his home by auction
next Thursday. Two weeks ago he wrote
out his resignation as caretaker of the
Baptist church, and took it along with
him to the meeting, but returned, say-
ing that everybody seemed so glad to
see him and was so kind to . that
he did not like to hand in the resigna-
tion.
Ilo Wellt to bed as usual at his fath-
er's house on Saturday night, itlld was
not missed until after breakfast on Sun-
day morning, when it was toncluded
that lie had gone to visit his son Ernest,
who was in camp at Long Branch. When
he did not return in the ;afternoon Mrs.
Penny went to the deceased's own house
at 197 Montrose avenue and inelueea Mr.
Freeman to enter and inveetigate. Mr.
Freeman found deceased kneeling on the
bathroom floor in an attitude of prayer.
quite dead and the gas full on. A mat
had been placed against .the bottom of
the door to exclude fresh air.
CAN SUE RAILWAYS.
•
Fast Trains Must Arrive on Time in
France.
Paris, Sept. 15. -The Freneh travel-
ing public has learned that it can
recover de Maps from the railways
whiter .fast trains are behind time. A
traveler on the Paris -Madrid Limited
Look the mattr to court when the
fact that 110; train was three hours'
into (31 115041 hiut annoyance, although
it was not shown that it occasioued
him any netted damage. The judge
11 the eighth arrondissement decided
that the (emptily 13115 bound to con -
fern: with the time tables, which fortn
a contract made with a passenger. He
held that among the first advtintages
in taking Hinged trains was the eer-
taints, of Speet1. and punctuality which
must Ite assured to a passenger, and or-
dered the company to pay damages to
the complainant.
PENSIONS FOR WORKMEN.
Canadian Trades Cottgres% Will Petitien
Dominion Government.
Mace Bay N. S., Sept. iti.--Tho Cana -
dial Trades anti Labor Congress con-
eltuled their sessions to -day. The prin-
cipal resolutions brought up to -day and
passed asked the Government to sop -
antic the Labor Department from the
Postoffice Department. This has be-
come neeessary in the opinion of the
eongress, owing to the 3(1')')) 1. increase of
hugeness in the Labor Department, and,
further, a minister of labor acting sole-
ly in that capacity, would be in a bet-
ter positinn to give greater attention to
the demands of the well:mon.
A resolution was adopted, urging the
Gott -ruined ef Queltee to appoint more
fnetory inspeetors for the district of
Montreal. The congress is strongly in
favor. of the strieLest inspection of the
fat tories, so as to remove many griev-
ances. the prineipal one of whieh seems
to he hill labor.
The Minister of Lieber was aeltea to-
eppoint it correspondent of the Labor
Gavotte for the National Union of Mont -
raisl the standard of the examination
of stationary engineers.
The following resolution was also
adepted: "In our opiniOn the time has
arrived when the workmen of this 00011'
try should be paid pensions in their Ohl
alp, or when they beeome actUally dis-
abled. We herebypetition the Federal
Government to bring such a law into
force."-
essea"^-allestelles.
A GOO» DOG STORY.
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S COSTLY PRE-
SENT TO SIAM'S ICING
Sent Him Fourteen Dogs From Which
to Select Two, But Siam's Ruler
Kept the Whole Lot -The Kaiser
Laughed at the Affair.
New York, Sept,. 10. ---Kaiser
says a Win deepatch to the San, IlaS
bad 101 amusing and expensive experi-
ence in retnemberiug the King of ellain's
birthday. The King while the Kaiser's
guest, expressed admiration for the
Kaiser's two Intelligent little dachs-
hunds that follow their master every-
where. When the king went to Hamburg
he expressed it wish to possess a &LaMar
pair to take with him to Siam. The re-
mark was communicated to Lite Kaiser,
together with the feet that the king's
birthday would occur in a few days and
1113 gave orders to procure a uumber of
the best speeiments of the breed and
sent seven pairs for the king to 0110060
from.
The ruler of Siam was so overcome
with tbe kindness 0( 1110 Kaiser that he
accepted all fourteen dogs, which he will
take home with him; It was only when
a pidttee official who had been entrusted
with the delivery of the dogs, returned
that the Kaiser learned the cost of the
gift. He took the situation good humor-
edly as a joke on himself.
0 • 0
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD
Twenty -Seven Injured Have Left
Hospital -Railway Wreck.
Concord, Mlle, Sept. 16. -It was off 1.
chilly stated to -day at the office of the
superintendent of the Concord division
of the Boston & Maine Railroad, that
the number of deaths resulting from
the collision at Canaan, N.11., yesterday,
was 25.
Fourteen of the dead have been iden-
tified.
Station .Agent Greeley, of Canaan
Station, through whose hands passed
the fatal orders for the freight to pro-
ceed on passenger train's time, was tem-
porarily removed to -day. Greeley was
tegarded highly here.
Hanover, NIL, Sept. 10, -Twelve of
the twenty-seven persons who were tak-
en to a hospital suffering from injuries
received at the • 'railroad accident at
West Canaan yesterday, which caused
the death of 23 persons, had recovered
suffieiently to leave the institution to-
day, and but fifteen persons still re-
mained there. None of the injured per -
80116 still at the hospital was ia a dan-
gerous condition, the '.injuries in the
main consisting of slight concussions,
bruises and sprains.
•
SOAP WAR AGAIN.
PRICES ARE BEING CUT IN ALL
DIRECTIONS IN BRITAIN,
The Railways Are Being Sued -One Com-
pany Claims That Their Rivals Are
Securiug Priority or Rebates.
London, Sept. 13. -England's soap
war has begun again. Prices whiell
.were raised a year ago at the Lime of
the formation of the combiee cm the
ground of the increased costliness of
the raw materiels are now being cut
in all three:Ions, and the break ttp of
the combine mill be followed by a bit-
ter :struggle between the leading mann.
'facturers.
The largest company in the country,
the Levers, of Port; Sunlight, is tak-
ing action on Amexican lines. They
+have entered law 5u118 against most
of the railway companies for giving
their rivals, the Watsons, of Leeds,
preferential treatment in th•e form of
priority or rebates in carrying their
goods. Each of these malooaeterers
got .C50,000 tkunages front the Daily
Mail combination of newspapers for
libels in connection with articles on the
soap trade at the time of the formation
of the combine.
11 is notorious that the system of
rebates aed secret commissions is
widely prevalent among English rail-
roads, and thotie,h it is admittedly il-
legal, practically nothing has been
done to stop it. The late Lord Chief
Justice Russell, of Killoween, got a
hill through Parliament, making the
giving or receiving of secret, commis-
sions a crime, paniehable with im-
prisonment, but the practice was im-
mediately masked in meanie guisee and
IS probaly more rife than ever.
4.4
LASSOOED DETECTIVE,
Pittsburg, Sept. 15.-A mob bent; on
lynebing a eon -union mill worker who
lie(1 shot some nnion men this morning,
got the rope around the neck of a plain
clothes detective by mistake end
hitd him halt strung to a telegraph
post before the mistake IVOR diSe0V.
ered. It was an incident of n very
bloody 'battle between 11111011 11114 1100.
union forces et the 45th street mills.
John Anilerson, a nen-union hem
worker, with a gang of friends got into
a field, with a party of union glass
workers, heeded by 301311 Manning.
; Tbere wits 5)1)110 shooting and. Mathieu'
was perlinps fatally wounded, He is
1 at a boigritel aud Anderson is in jail
to await the yesult of his injuriee.
1 T. McCullongh, a county deteetive.
trial to arrest Anderson, and engaged
111 a pistol duel at long range with
1 him.
After pertaps forty Shots were fired,
; the men entailed, alerulloneh finnlly
heat Anderson into enbmiseion wite
1 the teat of bis pietel and get 111111 to
; the petrol box, followed by 250 people.
Some got a rope, hearing that the
prieoner lied 14104 0. MOO, 110 1\teC111.
lough Was 104S101011 by mistake and wits
behig (10M) Op to the alarm tele-
graph pole 3111011 friends managed to
!.eut the rope. The .detretive Win badly
: hurt.
; English ("eaters have increased the
real, and the Government is asked to price of eirocolato four cents a pound.
MR. CLEVELAND.
11. S. E .President Not as 111 As at
First Reported.
Jrinceton, N. J., Sept. 16. ----Former
President (31013)1' Cleveland took his
1181101 carriage ride yesterday afternoon,
wilich he takes every pleasant tiny. Mr.
Cleveland was out nearly two hours and
WILC aeccompanied by a, trained nurse,
Upon his return Mr. Cleveland was
seen by a reporter for the Associated
Press, and when asked as to his health
said he felt good, remarking: "You eau
see how 1 feel."
Friends of the former President say
that his general health at present is
better than :at any time during the past
8111111011181.
Ire is still subject to acute indigestion,
but has not had an attack lately. He
is also gouty at times, but this is not
considered serious, as It only affects Min
in one foot.
COMPASS FAILED.
WHY WELLMAN ABANDONED EXPE-
DITION TO POLE.
The America Remained in Air for Over
Three Hours and Proved Her Power
and Capability of Being Steered,
Berlin, Sept. 15. -Walter Wellman,
head of the Wellman -Chicago Record -
Herald polar expedition, has sent the fol-
lowing cablegram to the Lokal Anzeiger
front Tromeee:
"After the steamer Express cast off'
the cable the balloon. America. did excel -
1013.41,3, an increasing wina soon gave
us a hard struggle, and the storm drove
us.toward some high, jagged mountains
near the coast, where the airship 130u10
have been destroyed if she struck.
There then ensue31 a hard fight between
the storm and the -motor. The latter
triumphed, and we slowly rounded the
mirth end of Foul Island in the teeth ot
Ilia wind. Our confidence in the America
had so increased in the meanwhile that
tpogave the order to start for the norh
t
"The wind, however, increased to
twelve mike an hour, and snow fell so
thickly that we could not see a quarter
ef a mile. Just then the compass fatted
to act owing to defective construction.
We were completely lost in a snow-
storm above the pular sea, and threat-
ened with destruction. After 0 brief de-
liberation we decided to try and get
back to the Express to rectify our com-
pass and start again. It was impossible,
however, to keep in one direction, and
we were again carried into dangerous
proximity to the mountains. Vaniman,
the engineer, then made the motor run
at top speed, and the America moved a
second time against the wind, which
probably was 'Mowing fift«m miles an
hour. She eireled three times in the
teeth of the wind. We saw the Express
for a moment, but immediately lost her
again. ender the circumstances the
only thing possible was to try to lead.
With this idea we stopped the motor and
let the America drift, over the glacier.
"After eressing the glacier we opened
the valve and landed on the tipper
glacier, half It mile in shore. The I old-
ing was (,ffected. successfully.- The num-
erous delicate instruments were not in-
jured. The Ameriett was in the air for
three houre mud fifteen minutes, and
eovered about 'fifteen miles with her 01311
machinery. She made three loupe against
the wind, proving her power and capabil-
ity of being Steered. The ascent was suc-
cessful in every respect. ..1.1ter this SOO-
ccssful attempt we are an convinced the
America, in normal summer weather, can
make her way to the pole."
CHATHAM ROWDIES
SCARE CHINESE
They Broke in Doors and Windows of
Premises.
Chatham, Ont., despatch: The Asiatic
dieturbanee in Vancouver is having its
effect in Chatham. Last (tight several
men, who were sympathizers with the
riotere of the western province, denten-
strated their sympathy by conducting
a small campaign :against the China-
men of tlte Maple City. Two Cele*.
Hats were attacked with stones and
bricks, and although there were no
seriotts results, the police were notified,
met were forced to lend their protee-
tive aid to the Chinese, who were
considerably alarme11 and excited over
the affair.
The identity of the men is Still 101-
k1101111 .1111 the police are unable to get
any definite clues from the Chinese at-
ateked. The Orientals' premises supply
the only evidenee to hand. Doors were
smashed in an11 windows brokm. One
of the Chinese had 11, vm narrow e35-
0010‘ from being seriously injured by a
stone, which was hurled through his
door.
STABBED CHAUFFE'UR,
--- --
Chicago Man, Incensed by Narrow Es-
cape, Fatally Wounds AutOiet,
automobile 'speeder, Jacob Johllson
Chieago, Sept. 10.- Frenzied by an
leape31 into a maeldni, that narrowly
missed rituniug him down awl fatally
stabbed la, R. Alineny, the chauffeur.
w11110 tbe ear eels tearablg briskly
dint 11 i ell iga 101.11110 110M10011 1841)
and 1 tilt streets shortly before noon to-
day.
ale, man who leapea from in front of
the machine ilia. 114 the t311001 4 330I0
1111(3111 10 81 111(4' him jumped into the
tonneati ef the car and began his at-
tack 0 lathe chauffeur, who was bend.
ing over tile alital in an attempt to es,
cape.
Johnson plunge(' a long knife up to
tae hilt into the body ef Ile, chauffeur.
The filet thrust staid; aas than hall
an Melt above the chauffeur's heart,
while the second entered illsright
arm.
',the chauffeur, with blood -dripping
upon the polielued woods awat
over the wheel long enough to -stop it,
and then fell unconecious.
lie wits taken to $t. Luke's Hospital,.
where ilip Attvipling phybicians 8311 1)0
haul no chance tlive.
Johamm madeo at desperado effort tO Cold Storage Houses Overcrowded at Canneries
05.01190, 1101 Was V111411E14 by a 1)10011104
poliee after a these of four biotite.
The 1401e1y 4100 Wits 100011 ittLIB
poeket.
I GET HANDS
TO PUT DOWN FRUIT.
VANCOUVER QUIET,
NO FURTH L'R 0 UTBREAXS* AIE
LOOICED FOR NOW.
Asiatic Eaclusion League Meeting Des -
cuss Beycotting of Chinese Re,staur-
ants Where Chinese Help is Em-
ployee. -Government Agent Leaves
for Vancouver -Jap Envoy at Ot-
tawa.
Vancouver, Sept. 15. ----The Asiatic Ex.
3)11)3101) Isague 1101.4 Et meeting last even-
ing to elect officers, The recent as-
turbanees were discussed in BO far as
-111,.y related to Um employment of Chi-
nese 111 resturants. Mention was made
of the fact that patronizing restaurants
where Celestials were engaged as cooks
wee assisting the Oriental. Nothing was
done by the meeting regarding this. Tele -
goons were read from Sir Wilfrid Law-
ler and Mr. It. G. Macpherson, M.P, for
Vancouver, who is in the east, pointing
out that law and order must be pre-
served. All is quiet in the city andatll
apprehension has. subsided. Chinese and
Japanese appear on the street without
evidence of molestation. The Japanese,
however, will resent any appearance of
intrusion on the part Of white men,
showing they will not be caught un-
ite :tree if any further violence is at-
tempted. None, however, is anticipated
by the authorities in any quarter. Am-
eriem papers have realized that they
have been gulled by. some Vancouver
correspondents, and are 11033 seeking the
eerrect version. 'Very distorted fiction
has appeared in the papers both on the
other side and in eastern Canada.
Japanese Attitude is Friendly to Canada.
Ottawa, rept. se.. -A cable has been
re•eeived. 117 Hon. T. Nesse, Japanese
Consuldleneral, from Tokio, giving him
information on the attitude of the pub-
lic in regard to the Vancouver disturb-
ance. Itsays: "The feeling, in spite of
Lb diameter of the disturbance being
very much graver than that of San Fran-
cisco, is, throughout, most friendly to
Canada. While greatly regretting that
this deplorable incident occurred. within
(3 dominion of the British Empire, whose
ally Japan is,
ne the toof the press is
very calm an
it the public shows no ex-
citement, all depending upon the friend-
ship, justiee and fair play of the Gov-
ernment and people of Canada., and also
fully expecting that the very best meas-
ures will be taken by the authorities for
the protection of Japanese lives and
property and the reaching of an amicable
settlement of the trouble."
Going to Vancouver.
At midnight on Saturday Mr. W. D.
Scott, Superintendent of Immigration,
left Ottawa for Vancouver, where he
will make a thorough investigation of
thrt present immigration problems there.
After investigation he will report to the
Government, and may suggest further
amendments to the immigration laws to
apply principally to British Columbia's
problem. Before leaving for the west he
had a long conference with Iron. Mr.
Oliver and Mr. Cory relative to the
whole subject.
The Japanese Envoy.
Mr. K. Ishii, the special envoy of the
Japanese Government sent to America
to investigate Japanese immigration to
Canada and the United States, arrived.
in Ottawa this afternoon from Vancou-
ver. He Wati received at the depot by
Coneul-General Nosse and Mr. F. 0. T.
O'Hara, of the Trade and Commerce De-
partment. on behalf of the Government.
Tomorrow Mr. Ishii will have all iuter-
view with the Premier and other Min-
isters of the Crown and the Canadian
view point. will be fully set forth to him.
The Government will insist on some ar-
rangement to limit the number of immi-
grants mu+ year, and it is confidently
esFeeted that the Japanese (103017111110111
will nerve to this. All the Ministers
have been invited to meet Mr. Ishii at
dinner at the residence of Mr. Nosse on
Te -day evening next.
Nineteen Go to Trial,
Vaucouver, Sept 14.-T1(e last of the
19 rioters were committell for trial. The
Crown WaS Successful with all but two
of those arrested on that charge, one
being dismissed, the other fined. Bail
33111 1)3) granted to all emulated till as-
siz('.) on October 1,
For carryieg a knife, Madera, it Jap-
amse, 131153 fined $10 and costs. Some
((435(3(11 aSSO la still remain.
Victoria Sehool Board has decided that
Chinese students unable to reaa the Eng-
lish language will not be admitted to
public Macy& of the capital city. A test
case win be made.
System .of Passports.
London; Sept. 14. ---The weekly reviews
give the chief place in their issues to-
day to the Vancouver riots. All admit
the seriousness of the question and de-
precate tlw violence used, but suggest
no a medy. The Saturday ReViOW states
that there is no ignoring the fact that
Imperial obligations and the sentiment
of large masses of British subjects are
divergent on it vital point. It suggests a
conference between Britain and the self-
governing colonies to decide on a policy
whieh must be unflinchingly adhered to.
The Outlook admits the correctness of
pepular 11183,110)1 111 British Columbia, but
says that in thinking this question is
to bv considered on merely utilitarian
grounds the people of British Columbia
are pursuing no irreproachable objeet
by methods at onee; illlpOlitiC and
dis-
(4l'(l(('ilIl.
• The Nation suggests compromise on
Go. question of yellow immigration, add-
ing that it would be folly to ignore the
contingency whielt our peculiar Asiatie
relatione nifty force on our eonsideats
tion if the more headstrong -colonists
refuse to listen to counsels of modera-
tion.
The Spectator eays the Inmerial Gov -
eminent must tevat openly and frankly
with the Chinese ana .Iapanese Govern-
nueth rata induce them to prohibit the
emigration of laborere except under
strict regula lions tegarding number and
diameter, ana, if possible, return. ihe
ectator looks for a solution in a sys-
tem_ of passports.
ee
Doctor -"Wye know, -quite a crowd
0" tit' folk filet eall me in men to labor
under 13. etvange hanueination." Drug-
gise-"Dear me. What's its nature." Doc-
tor -"They AVM 16 ouppotto that 1 hav-
in Fruit District,
Deamsville, Rept.
would be well, perhaps, to have nipped
near the bud the wandering, speculatione
and wild fauclee of those who are pro-
phesying slow starvation for the fann-
ers of the Niagara district and Ontario
at large this coming winter. Dmeug •the
past week your etarespondent him vie -
laid three large canneries between Ham-
ilton and it. Catharines, and fouud them
running day and night to keep their
large quantitiee of fruit from spoiling.
in one concern the cold storage building
was filled to the roof, ait) ifgetdtlithetiianago;e
meat was iu a quandary
for putting it down. just, here is the
pia on which the farmers turn (Iowa
the latest authorities, who say they wiU
come out at the short end.
There has been probably a third less
fruit going to the towns and citias
Ontario, Quebec and. the Mariano Pro-
vinces this year than last, aud a third
less coming in to the buyers, yet, the
buyers during three days of last week
sent enouglt out to almost overcrowd
the markets, and turned half 3310.011
offered them by the growers to the can-
neries. The fruit is of a high standard,
this year, and prices have fluctuated. lit-
tle from tit,: beginning of the season, and
the opinio11 seems to be that the city
people -have less money to apend on this
.commodity than before, or will net pay
the higher prices.
As a final warning, your correspondent
would say, buy 1100'. PIUMS aud pears
of the cheaper varieties will be finished
within the next week and a half, and buy-
ers are saying, Ntith a good deal of cola-
41011;800,-101ina, peaches will see the $2 mark
30
While the reports from the Pieton and
Lakefield districts give a complete fail.
3.113) to the tomato crop, such will not
be the case here, and if the warm Wen-
ner of the past few days continues till
the ena of the week, the factories will
heve it good; pack, although not quite
so large as other years.
Compensating for shortage in other
lines, and fifty per cent of the farmers
outside the regular growers have vine-
yards, is the bountiful grape crop. Never
in the opinion of the oldest fruit man
has the splendid and always marketable
production of the Niagara district reach-
ed such perfection as this year. The
early varieties, such as Green Mountain
and Moore's Early, Campbell's Early,
are now being taken off. Niite°arite,
Wardens, Rogers, Concords, and Dela-
wares will be ready in another week.
Prices are expected to be on the average
of other years, as this is generally the
final crop of fruits outside a few vari-
eties of pears.
The following tables, compiled from
the markets orthis and the years 1905
and 1906, will give householders a pretty
fair idea of what they have been pay-
ing, and what the growers and producers
are getting in hard cash .for their mar-
ketable products, from Hamilton to Nia-
gara. The figures have not been based
entirely on the ups and downs of the
lIamilton market.
Average prices growers are receivihg
this year from the buyers:
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411••••••••••
Peaches, white 110411, 50 to 60e,
peaches, yellow flesh, $1.25 to $1.50.
Plums, Loinbards„ 40e.
Plums, Reine Claude, 63 to 75e.
Plume, Bradellaw, 40e.
Peeve Bartlett, 65 to 75e. "'
Bears, other varieties, 40 to 50e.
Apples, basket, 40 to 50e.
Apples, W., $2 tose2.50.
Tomatoes, basket, 15 to 20e.
Grapes will hardly vary in pricee from
1900, as they are a full crop.
Average prices consumers are paying
tias year:
Peaches, Mate flesh, 75e,
Peaelres, yellow flesh, $1.50 to
an31 likely to run to $2,
Lombara, 60 to 'hat..
Plume Bradshaw, 50 to 60c.
Plums, Reine Claude, 75e.
Pears„ Bartless, 65 to 75e,
Pears, other varietien, 30 to 75c.
Apples, bosaht, 25 to 40e.
Apples, barrel, $3 to $3.30.
Tomatoes. per basket, 25 to 35e.
Average tames growers received last
year and the year previous from the
buyers:
Peaches, white, flesh, 23c.
Peitehes. yellow flesh, 50 to 75e.
Plums, Lombard, 25 to 35e.
Plums, Reine Claude, 40 to 60e.
Plums, Bradshaw, 20 to 23e.
Pears, Bartletts, 30 to 35e.
Pears, other varieties, 20 to 25e.
Apples, basket, 10 to 15e.
Apples, barrel, $1.25 to $1.50.
Tomatoes, basket, 10e.
Average prices pai4 by consumers last
year and the year previous:
Peaches, white flesh, 40 to 50e.
Peaelles. yellow flesh, 75c to $1.00.
Plums, Lombard, 25 to 35e.
Plums, Rehm Claude, 35 to 45e.
Plums, Bradshaw, 25e,
Pears, Bartlett, 40 to 50e.
Pears, other varieties, 25 to Mc.
Apples, basket, 10 to 20e.
Apples, barrel, $1.50 to $1.75 .
Tomatoce, basket, 10 to 15e.
Some average prices farmers received
last year and the year previous for pro-
duce:
Wheat. fall, 70 to 80e.
My, per load, $12 to $14.
Oats, new, per bushel, 30 to 35e.
Butter- 18 to 22e.
Eggs, 13 to 20e.
Cucumbers, pickling, per 100, 40 to 50e.
Cbickens. pair, 60 to 75e.
Corn, 35 to 58c.
Sone average prices fanners are re-
ceiving Ibis year for produce:
Wheat, fall, 85 to 90e.
Nays per load, $19 to $20.
Oats, new. per bushel, 45 to 50c.
Brater, 23 to 28e.
Eggs, 24 to 25e.
Cucumbers, pickling, per 100, 75c.
Chickens. pair, 90c to $1.25.
Corn, 70 to 75e.
l't will be seen there that the farmers
and fruit men tua gettine an average in-
crease of over 25 per coit, on last year,
and 1905, while the consumers, in the eit-
iesanore particularly., are paying an aver-
age increase of nearly 35 per cent. There-
, fore, while the cost of living to city pee -
1 ple is large, and where it will be. felt
; meet the producer 'this year with only
his three-quarters or half a crop, is as
1 well •off, and will have just as much
money as before.
CHURCH UNIONS.
HAPPY SOLUTION FOUND OF THE
SPERANNUATION QUESTION.
Church Union Ncarer-All the Difficul-
ties Aro Being Safely Gotten Over
-Orthodoxy Will Be Reasonably
Guarded.
Toronto, Sept, 16. -Light has been let
in on the perplexing problem of super-
annuation, whieh has forme31 the most
serious diffimity confronting the Church
Union Committee. The sub-eommittee oi
1119 Committee on Administration, which
has been dealing with it, has, it is und-
erstood, arrived at a satisfactory seda-
tion of the matter and 0 resolution was
on Saturday afternoon unanimously ap-
proved, safeguarding the interests of all
those now concerned as beneficiaries of
such funds and establishing a. new fttnd
in which all shall stand on an equit-
able footing. This resolution will be
presented in the report of the commit-
tee which will eothe before the General
Committee this morning.
The subdivisions of the sub -commit-
tees on administration, which had to
consider the publishing interests, the
missions, and the colleges, have all
been -able to prepare their reports with-
out meeting any insuperable or even
serious difficulties. 'Unanimous comae-
sions have been reached. All the sub-
divisions of this committee's report
were considered on Saturday night, and
will be presented to the joint commit-
tee in general seesion to -day.
The relation of the minister to the
satudards of the Church 31115 the chief
subject of diseussion before the joint
committee on Saturday morning. The
report of the sub -committee on the min-
istry was adopted as presented with al-
most unanimous agreemett.
The chief item in the report is that
eftedidates for the ministry in the
united church shall satisfy the exam-
ining body 10; 40 their essential agree-
ment with the standards of the Church.
in their own language rather than by
anewering categorical questions.
The questions on ;width the candi-
dates are to be tested to ascertain their
essential egreement with the statement
of doetriee are the following:
NO Do you believe yourself to be
now it ehild of God, through faith in
rair Lord Jesus Cerriet?
"(la Do you belies'e, yourself to be
truly collar to the Mire of the Chris-
tian ministry aml that your motives
are zeal fel' the glory of Goa. love for
the •tord. Jesus Christ, and desire for
the salvaticm of men?
(r) Are you persuaded that the
Holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all
doetrines required for eternal activation
in our Lora jeeus Christ ? And ere
you Yesolved out of the said Seriptures
to instruct the people committed to
your theme, and to (oad) nothing which
is not agreeable thereto?" •
Considerable time was spent in 3115.
3)11)35111(1 the phrase, "The Holy Serip-
tures,' in the latAt quastien, some seek -
Jug to substitute "the standouts of the
church," but in the end the clause was;
adopted as reported.
The phrasing of article II. of the
statement of doctrine ("Of Revelation")
Wag slightly altered as to the order of
words, and as adopted reads as fol-
lows
"We receive me the infallible rule of
faith and life the Holy Scriptures of
the Old and New Testament, which are
given by inspiration to be tho faithful
record of God's gracious revelations and
the sure witness of •Christ."
Article. V., "Of the Sin of Man," leas
slightly amended, but without changing
the 8011340 materially.
The Saturday afternoon session was
ocenpied almo-st entirely with the con-
sideration of the report of the sub-
committee on polity, of which the first
eigateen sections were adopted before
adjournment. There were a few slighe
alterations made in the wordiog, but
merely verbal. and mostly for the sake
of greater clearness. Nothing essential
was changed.
METHODIST UNION.
Various Denominations in England
to Unite in One Body.
T.ondon. Sept. 16. -The Methodist New
Crane talon, the United Methodist Free
(lurches awl the Bible Christian Meth-
odist Church will be formally merged
into one organization this week under
the name of the LTnited Methodist
(allude Eat+ of the uniting bodies is
an offshoot of the Wesleyan 23104110(1)
1,31 Church. The new combination win
have it membership of 190,000.
e.
"MODERNISM."
Important Encyclical Issued by
Pope Pius.
nfflifv. Sept. 10. ---The Osservatore Ito -
mini, the organ of the Vatican, to -day
W•tte41 an important encyelical of Pope
Pius N. on "Modernism," which really is
•tompletion of his reeent syllabust. The
devilment sets forth that modernism is
a s(rions danger to the church, refers
itt detail to the various features of mod -
(111135313, eontlemns it as dangerous in
philosophy, faith, theology, history, erit-
it ism (Ind reforms, and arrives at the
condusion that modernism is a synthe-
sis of all heresy and must logically lead
to theism.
S. S. Grampiales Trial Trip.
'Montreal, Sept. 15. -The Allan line
has received a cable stating that tie Lig
' new steamship Grampian, wham will la
put on the route between eesallu 1 amt
Canada., has had a suet Is 3f.il trial trip
on the Clyde, during whi .a slm
It aged sixteen knots. She will be !early
to sail for Montreal on the tilv..rti,ed
date, Sept. 21,
Boston, Sept. It -John W. Streider,
aged 08, l'resident of tbe G " V
cran Association of limerick died here