HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-04-22, Page 7THE MASSACRE
OF ARMENIANS.
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Thousand Dead at Adana. -Tarsus
Destroyed.
Southern Asia Minor Being Steeped
in Blood.
Young Turk's Are Massing Troops
Before the Cspital,
London, April 18.- One deepateh,says
that Seven battalione have already left
Saloaica, accompanied. by a contingent
of ;Jewish volunteers mid a tow Bulger -
lane, but they are without artilleeyeand
any eoneentration of troops on a. big
scale an Constantinople would take two
or three weeks at least, even if it were
uuopposed. it also remaine to be Been
whether the Committee of llelon and
Progrees retains effeetive. control of the
Naloniee. Aartenome army our.
The best opinion in Europe is that
any military attempt by the Commit-
tee of 'Onion and .Progress to reassert
its supremacy is likely to prove inef-
fectual. ln Vienna a different view is
taken, but, on the whole, the Alcmene
reports have *hewn tendeney to exag-
grrate the gravity of the Turkish situtt-
th,e,
Private despatehes from Salonien.
assert that the Young Turks. are
working with feverielt energy to avert
what they believe will be the Sultan's
ext move toward regaining his auto-
emey. They per:4st in declaring that
the Sultan NMI almost wholly respond.-
bla for Tueeday'e mutiny and they
(giddy fl ttheir determinatien to de-
poee him at :my cost.
OFFICERS .111URDERED.
Perlin, April 17a -A. epecial des -
paten to The Frankfurter Zeitung
from Conetantinople says that eixteea
officers of war academies have been
assassinated and that Izzet Fund
Pasha also has been assassinated at
the p.alace. A despateh to The Lokal
Anzeiger says that two hundred of-
fice-1%9"ot the War Academy have beeli
murdered, and all of tbe officers of the
Allard cavalry.
A THOUSAND KILLED.
Beirut, Syria, April 18.-A terrible up-
rising has oecurred in .Adaem. Street
fighting bas been going on for three
days, and at least 1,000 persons hove
been killed. The city bas been practi-
cally destro, ed by fire, American mis-
sionaries named Rogers and Mauer, Hie
latter from Hadjin, are dead. All the
other Americans are safe. The British
ViceeConsul, MajOT Dieuglity-Wylie,
among - the wouucled. He was shot
through the arm. At Tarsus there was
less loss of life. The Armenian quarter
was destroyed. Four thousand re-fugees
are housed in the American mission.
'The need of relleT is great, for shortly
the fugitives will be on the verge of
idarvation. Conditions in the vilayet of
Alexandretta are most serious. Reports
have also come in of a'ff outlive* at
Enema on the Euphrates, in the
.11°A:beast.
• ,MOSLEMS SWEEPING DOWN.
Constantinople, Aeitil 18. - Throe
French seeeebips. are hurrying to the
ulna, tybere the situation is desper.
ate. :Foreigners and many Christ-
ians have taken refuge - in the .Con•
eulates. The local trope and the
Ocvernor are doing their best to pro-
tect the town, but there is grefte fear
that it cannot hold out much longer
Against the • invaeioa of the Moslems,
evlio are- sweeping down in largo num-
bers. Britieh warehip iS proceeding
to Alexandretta, whielt is threatened by.
the Moslems,
ekveral Armenian farms in that
neighborhood have been • degtroyed.
Alarm is felt at Kluteput because of
serious depeedalions by the Kurds in
the eurrounding villages, although the
town itself hee not been the sortie of
any particular diecirdere.
The -Committee of Cition and Peegreee
expects to have:between 15,euo and '20,-
4)00 men within striking distanee of the
opital in a day or two. If they C1100:30
Ir. (0 insist on an answer from the Porte
titers the Sultan and his new Govern-
ment can hardly refuse them.
-The Sell:mica, branch of the Commit-
tee of Union and Progress bee addreseed
strong&• -worded. telegram to the Sub
tan, prevalently imputina to His Malestp
a, violation of his eatli uphold the
venstitnt.ion, Mamy battalione of the
garrieon et flouetaminople, is slated,
are showing repentanee their veeent
aide. They now deela re that they were
misled into believing (het the Sheri
laws and the eenetitution were in deo.
ger.
NA VAL CONIMANDER LYNCHED.
Details have been learned of the
lynching of the eommander of the
battleship Assar-i-Tewfik, whose name
was Ali Kabuli, not Aril Bey, as pre-
viously reported. On Wedneeday night
the commander assemblea the reeruitse
before the guns end explainedhow they
ehould be fired. He then trained the
aeons on the Yildiz Kiosk and the ma
eeintie and iiistrueted the recruits that
tney innet fire at hie order or they
would. be annihilated. It would be, how-
gver, addrcl, while the crew NV:U.1
asleep.
:110 quartermaster overheard -the
eons-spat:ion and informed the dew,
They thereapon seiZed the eommeed-
er, calling him a traitor, The follow-
ing day they took him to the War M-
ike. He attempted to camp, but Was
secured and beaten, JP) wae then teken
to- the Palace Wleara, it ie stated, the
abibetn ordere'd him to the guarahouee
for Wel. It wee while proceeding thither
that he was lynehed and horribly
late&
'1r TARSUS NEARLY 33LOTTED OUT.
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Parie, April 18.--Deepatehee from
Constantinople state that the eituation
te. Adana hea become very much
wokee; that a number of cities lieve
been burned, and that 'ravens hae
been alinoet blotted mit. The des-
patehee Nether state that a French
(aetory has been sacked, and that the
peasante are -coining down from the
10011tlifthIS end Magsilefing the Amen-
s, tans. Several hunched Armenians and
Moslems hese- been killed in Adana, and
the Armenian (meter of Hut town hate
leen destroyed by Galilee,
Two- Willett warebipe Wye arrivea
et Ilesika Rey, near the Dardanellee.
A Eyeful' truism' bas been ordered to
Alexandretta, A lluseian equadron ie
alibiing in the Bleak Sea, ten miles
off the lioepliterne, Awaiting instrue.
flows froilOthe Miseitin Embaesy, A
British warehip is on its way to Her.
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CRY FOR IMP,
lioeton, April 10., -A brief cable de..
snatch. ln effedi -0, ery for help trent
the! veene of the massaere in Adana,
Asia, Minor whet' D. Rogers and
Mr, Maurer Perished has been reeelv-
ed. by the Ameriean Board of Com-
miseioners for Foreign Missions here,
The message, tragic! in its briefness,
is as follows
"Help. Adana, (Signed.) Chambers."
This Win?, from Bev. Wm. Mothers,
the resident missionary of the board
in Adana. •
Convinced that the_ help requested
musl he Prompt, Seeretary Barton
notified the.afficials of the 'State Be-
biearent in Washington of the 0.1).
lt is thought that upwards of 15.
missionaries connected with the Am-
erican board gathered in, Adana last
week for the tumid conferenee of the
Central Turkish mission.
The identity of the particular (tele -
gates is not known to the American
board in this city,. but among the en-
tire number of missionaries in Central
Turkey of whom some ere likely to
be in Adana are the following:
Miss Kate Ainslee, of Ohio; Miss
Alice Brewer, of Washington; Miss
Isabella M. Blake, of Vervont; MisS
lalen hf, Blakely., of Wineheden,
Mass: Dr. Thomas 1). Christie. of
rfartford, Conn,; Wm. N. Chambers,
ot Canada, and his wife; Cornelia P.
Chambers, of Philadelphia; F. 10,
Goodsell and, his wife; }adults Good-
sell, of San Francisco, Dia Lucius 0.
Leee, of -Owaso, Mich. Frederick W.
McCallum and Mrs. 'McCallum, of
Toronto, .Canada; Mrs.. Margaret 11.
Trowbridge, of Brooklyn, and Miss
Clara L, Peck, of Chicago.
ADVANCING ON CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople, April 19. - The
troops, loyal to the young Turks, con-
tinued their advance on Constantin-
ople last night and it is believed here
that they would soon occupy Maltri-
keny, a town ten miles from the cap-
ital.
!No advance guards Faced° the
mairt body of the soldiers. Ono is
compesed of 300 men, half of whom
are efficers, while the other .numbers
1,000' men. These two colamns are
expected. to occupy Persia and Galata,
the foreign and officials quarters of
Constantinople as soon as possible
in order to protect foreigners in. the
event of rioting%
Many of the troops in Constantin-
ople favor the Young Turks and re-
sistanco is hardly expected.
PREPARING FOR ATTACK.
Paris, April io.-A special aespaten
received here from Constantinople says
it is rumored there that Bodied Effendi,
brother of the Sultan and heir apparent
to the throne, has left to join the
Young Turks, and that the Sultan has
caused heavy artillery to be placed in
the battery on the .heights dominating
the ,Skamboul quarter of the city.
SULTAN MAY ABDICATE.
Vienna, April 19. -The Nous Ta-g-
blatt'e Monastir correspondent says it
is rtported that the Sultan is negotiat-
ing with the committee of union and
progress with rtftard to his abdication.
He says the report is without confirma-
tion, but that the general belief is
should the committee triomph it would
show less clemency toward the Sultan
than before.
Telegraphing from Saloniki, the cor-
respondent of the Nous Frei Press says
that Turkish warships at Smyrna have
promised to support the Young Turks.
He adds that the army corps .at .Adrian-
ople is ready to "march on Constantino-
ple and that 22,000 troops already have
passed through Tohatalje.
PRIESTS WHIPPED.
'Vienna, April 19.-A despatch receiv-
ed from Constantinople says that the
priests sent out. to parley with the
Young Turks at Tihatelaja, were whip-
ped and driven away.
The leaders of the Yon& Terles' forces
'have lemma Were that ''the lives and
property of all foreigners and Chris-
•tians in Constantinople be tideefately
protected.
MURDER OF MISSIONARIES.
Constantinople, April 19.-Thc Ameri-
can vice-consul Meraina reports that
the disordevs in; Adana are quieting
down. The two American missioultries,
D. af. Rogers and. Air. Maurer, Nvere
killed on Thursday afternoon while at-
tempting to extinguish a fire in the
house of an aged Turkish woman. They
were shot dead.
The miesions in Adana Red Tarsusur
are now receiving adequate protection.
Mersina is anxiously awaiting eelief.
The killed in Adana axe estimated at
mere than 1,000, bat no particulars of
the masasere yet aro available.
Disturbences have occurred else at
Marash, a city of about 5(000 petiole in
the villeyet of Aleph°, end abeut 80
miles eorth of Alexandrette. re-
ported that • 20 people Imo or -
wounded. there. The enthorities at
Marash behitved well and the disorders
soon were. put down,
WANTS PEACE.
'Berlin, April 10. -The Constantinople
correspondent of the Morgen Post says
in a despatch that he has been informed
from an excellent source in the Yikliz
Ktosk that the Sultan has sent • lais
chamberlain, Rifiutt Pasha, and hie sec-
retary to the ()rand Vizier with orders
that the Government make peitee with
the Young Turks on any terms in order
10 prevent general bloodshed. .
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*Melte, April 10. --The battleships
riziwiftsure end Triumph have
!from here, presumably to Turkish
elealare.
FULL OF YEARS.
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•Death of Old Residents of 4YIerrit-
ton ; net Thorold.
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St. Catharines, Ont„ April 19. -Two
old and highly esteemed residents of this
district paesed away suddenly yesterday
in the paeans of Owen Mullarkey, of
ikfereitton, and Richard Comerford, of
Moroi& Mr. Mullarkey had resided in
Merriam for sixty yeaes and until a
few years ago when he retired front ace
live lite Ite had been engaged in rail-
way construction work, For a number
of ,,vears he vas in the service of tlie
Great Westero Railway, Mr. Comer.
ford is a native of Thorold anti for thivs
ty yeare has condueted an undertaking
busineee thew.
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HIGHER CRITICS.
Hon. S, II. Blake Issues Another
Pamphlet.
He Refuses. to Ohre Up, the Bible
For a Fake °net
-Toronto, April a pamphlet is.
sued on Saturday lion. al, IL Illitke
takes another fling 5' 00 higher critics,
Title hada; atteek is dated Easter Sun.
dna', The -title is 'The Knife of the
Higher Critic; the Judgment of the
Lord; the linrial of an Ass?
Ilaving stated how largely the Bible
figured in the recent missionary meet-
ings here, Mr. Blake says, in part;
This is the Holy Bible, the Werd of
Cod, the direct revelation from heaven,
the book whielt has become a part of
our being; and which alone has given
the soubsatisfying message, the blessed
word, .of eternal life, the redemption that
le in Jesus Christ. This is the book
whieh has been our comfort- in sorrow
and our help in time of need.
This is the "everlasting gospel" which
is to be preached "unto them 0:4 dwell
on the earlb, and to every nation and.
kindred and -tongue, and people." Can
we give this up? Cam. we allow le to
be impaired? Dare wo abandon
Dare we be false to our God and Ills
Word and leave our ehildren end our
children's eltildren in darkness, letting
go the book which,for night two thous-
and years Lae been the light to the cen-
turies and a Imp to the path of the
people who sat in- derkness? ,
They take away from us the Bread ot
Life aud do not even give us a stone an
its stead, But they offer us a fake Bible
coraposed of the veporings of the ration-
alists of Germany, France, Great Britain
and North .Aineriea, dressed up accord-
ing to the so-called. Common 8011110 or
him who happens to be for the- One its
editor; a gold brick, where. the alchemy
of the eritie hits turned the fine geld of
the Word into drose; it kaleidoscope of
the seientifidnew-light type, warranted,
if scientifically handled, to give a nine
days' wonder.
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HELD BAZAAR.
Suffragette Ladies Working to Raise
Sinews of War,
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London, April 18. -It is ungallantly
_suggested that there are signs that vol-
untary contributions to the woman !suf-
frage cattee are beginning to fail when
it becomes necessary to hold the "green,
white and gold bazaar," which opened
on Thursdaw at Caxton Hell, and the
prorits Which aro to go toward the
feminine suffrage propaganda.
Nevertheless the bazitaar presents a
delightful spectacle, and the name be-
stowed on it truthfully indicates the
predominant color -scheme.. The women
in charge of it are all gowned mid their
heads attired as if this were the fif-
teenth instead of the twentieth century.
They say, in explanation, that the fif-
teenth century was the golden age -fore
the gentle sex, and that women in Eng-
land then enjoyed a far more dignified
end more powerful position than now.
'Ellen Terry opened. the bazaar in the
costume of it fifteenth centatry lady of
high rank,•whose sweepine robe of pale
green Was enriched with favish gold em-
broidery, all veiled by a long. ctoek of
dull golden hue, and a towering head-
dress shaped like a pair of horns and
covered with a flowing white veil adorn-,
ed. with bannerette, beeline the
name of a female "martyr" to tee suf-
frage cause, and, a design of the grim
Holloway stronghold in. which they have
been immured,
SAWYER-MASSEY CASE. '
Toronto, April 10. --The Division
Cana this morning dismissed with
(mete the appeal of William and. Ian° •
Hodgson. of Port Perry front Mr. ans.
Hee Riddell's judgment holding them
liable to the SawyerMeseey, Company,
of Harniiton, for $1,182.64 es graffito.
tors of the debt of Frank Lawton for
a thresher.
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PECIPE.
(Ottawa journel,)
A Won.= in the States who has spent
fifty blissful years of married life gave
out the ;lead eonnubial felicity on
her jnbilee a few days ago. Tt eensieis
of just 11»eo little worde, "Obey, your
hilslianol." Oh, girls, how •Implel
THREE DROWNED.
MR. AND MRS. S. ROBBINS AND
J. M. TAYLOR, GANANOQUE.
Accident Occurred About Three Miles
from Clayton, N.Y.-Boat Sunk
Before Help Could Reach Them -
Two Bodies Recovered.
Gananoque4 April 18. -Another river
tragedy occurred near here on Sat-
orday afternoon by which mourning
is brought to three homes. Early in
the afternoon Mr. S. Robbins and
wife end Mr. jolty" M. Taylor left here
in 'a light skiff for Clayton, N. Y.
That Was the lest seen of them alive.
Mrs. Robbins had nn aunt Di in
Clayish', whom Lim intended to visit,
and the young men; after leaving her
at her aunt's house, intended return-
ing to Gananoque at once, But in-
stead, about the time they should
have returned, a telephone menage
was received front the chief of polka
at Clayton that a skiff, supposed to
be from Gananoque, had been unset
about two miles out, near the head of
Grindstone Island, and the occupants
drowned, A description of the boat,
on the oars of which were the ini-
tials G. R., at once indicated that it
belonged to the party above mention-
ed.
If there had been any doubt it was
removed this morning, when several
parties were organized to visit the
point where the accident occurred and
grapple for the bodies, About 9.30
a. in. the body of Mrs. Rebbins was
recovered, and a. few minutes Tater
that of m. Taylor. Notwithstanding
the fact that offorts were eontinued
throttghout the day unfit dark, the
body of Mr. Robbins could not be lo -
meted, TIM cause of the aceident will
probably never be known, as no one
saw it. The boat was a small one,
being only fifteen feet long and of
narrow- beam, rind it is enpposed that
when the occupants attempted to
change seats ehe capsized.
Both TAyler and .Robbine were
young men of good habits and well
thought of here. The latter was 23
yenrs of age and Tnylor 19. Robbins'
wife, to whom he was married last
November, 'Was formerly a, Miss New-
bury and was only seventeen yeats
old.
When Mr. W. D, Robinson, who is
working at the Ammer home of Mr.
Morgan, of New York City, was inter.
viewed, he enid Chet he noticed MO
Skiff passing ("earthling three per-
sons, tWO bailing and one rowing, but
they /lid not appear to be in trouble.
Abed a mite from this point the ae-
cident (warred,
-When Mr. Isr. P.elow, 'who is working
on. Club Wand, n, short distance from
the seene of the aceident, WAS inter -
vie wed, he said thrit he heard SOMA
one ealling for help, and he hurried
to the seene in a skiff. ITo saw two
persons bolding to the bottom of ilte
skiff When Ile platted, but when 110
looked egairt there wns only nno te.-
maining, When he was a Invil feet
from Elio eleiff Mr. Taylor released
luild of the 4.mat and slink, never
corning to the surfaee agein. Mr.
Pelow droped an anchor, marking the
spot end then summoned aid.
BODY FOUND IN THE, DOCK.
North 8)*(1 A,Pril 15. .4
drowning accident ooeurred here last
night, when John McPherson, a real -
dent of Mace Bay, lost his life. Mc-
Pherson, who formerly lived at
Leitche'is Creek, was hero on a visit.
He spent part of the day on board
the schooner Maggie Aovith Captain
Dicks, who is a relatives. He left
the vessel at 6 o'clock to go to "his
hotel, His body was found in the
dock early this morning close to the
vessel. it is supposed he fell into
the dock while attempting to get on
board again during the night.
NAVAL CONFERENCE
Mr. Asquith Thinks One Should he
Held.
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Loudon, April 18,-- Speaking at Glee-
gow on the queetion of the navy, Mr.
Aequith expreesed genertius apprecia-
tion of the fine epirit shown by the col-
oniee, Speaking for himself, he deekred
Gull, if possible, it would be eminently
desirable to bring together in consulta-
tion the great eolonies and the mother
country, so that all might "act in gen.
eral concert, in the spirit whieh they
have so finely exhibited, And with a
common object, wo ought to have
in view, to ascertain our respective
shares in Ude great and independent
work of the naval defence of the em-
pire." (Cheers.)
The following sentence from the
speech is significant; "I am not speak-
ing without Weighinse my words when 1
say we may be on. ''the eve of new de.
velopments and forms in naval construc-
tion. whielt may vitally affect, many of
the governing couditions of naval strat-
egy,
WATERWAYS TREATY
Government Will Probably Accept
It as Amended.
Mtn& April 18.- Although,. the
Cabinet has eot yet fully considered the
queetion of Canada's acquieseenee irt the
international, waterways treaty as. final-
ly passed in amended form by the
United States Senate, it is probable that
no further modification ef the treaty
will be asked, and a eecommendation will
be sent to the Imperial Ooveenment au-
thorizing the final approval of the treaty.
As a result of Hon. A. 13, Aylesworth's
conference with the American author-
itks at Washington two weeks ago any
uncertaieties as to the exact meaning
and. effect of the rider attached to the
treaty by the United States Senate rele-
tive to the division of water on the St.
Mary's River have been cleared uta and
the treaty in its firesent form is thought
to be as fair and equitable to both coun-
tries as can be hoped for.
E. & S.
Bankrupt Brokers' Creditors Are
to Meet Next Thursday.
New York, April 10. -Continued inves-
tigation shows that the assets of Ennis
& Stoppaol are slightly better. 1.1
thought that -they may even reach the
noininal figure of $400,000 set forth in
the petition. la bankruptey. .Among nth-
er assets it is fond that Ennis has ft
house at Menton:Me ,T,, some race
horses and some automobiles.
Receiver Russell made the announce-
mene yesterday that every creditor's
della 'will remade statu cons and that
no one's rights will be prejudiced by sit -
Ling. beck and. waiting. Mr. Russell has
received Bo many letters on this sublact
from creditors that it has been a physi-
cal impossibility for him to answer
thrT111.10. creditors' meeting next Thursday
will he held in the offices of Suffern &
Son, of 105 Broadway. It, was originally
planned to hold the meeting at Ennis &
Steppaniss, but so many creditors want
in that it was soon found tliose quarters
were goieg to be far too Small.
The commission' appointed by Gov.
Hughes to investigate Well street will
take op the Ennis & Siempani Mere.
It is unlikely, however, -that any inde-
pendent investigation Will be made, as
the cominieeion hes already arinouneed
its intention of putting its report; into
final shape without calling any more
wi blesses.
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GANDER ATTACK.
Little Girl's Neck Broken at Mun.
roe, Mich.
'Windsor, April M. -Hearing his beby
girl scream out in the yard while he was
rating supper, Winkelinan, .of
hfonroe, Mich,, rushed out and found the
child lying motionless on the ground,
with it large gander standing nearby, In-
vestigation showed that the ehild's neck
was broken, and it is believed the gander
had beaten the little one with its wings
so severely fts to cause the injury.
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VESSEL FOR U. S.
Amsterdam, April 10, --The. ship Halve
Mitan, which the Netherlands will pre-
sent to the United States on the occa-
sion of the Itudson-Eulton celebretion,
was launched Saturday. Slid will be
eempleted. and eent to New York in the
early part of jute,.
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ShOt Wife and
Geneva, N. Y„ .April 17.-Riceo Man-
dazzi shot and killed his wife and her
sieter, Mtg. Sarbfina Defelica, at 8
o'clock to -night, and fired
which had not yet proved fatal, through
the head of the latter's linsband, Ile
aleo Abet and slightly wounded it Man
and women whoni lie paesed in leaving
the premiere. Jealnusy is said to have
been his motiee, Ire lure. eseaped,
Suicide at Fort William.
Fort William, April Shoe, a
limber jack, committed suicide On
Saturday evening by shoothig himeelf
in the head with liravy Colt revolver
in a storeroom of the Ogden Hotel. He
was about twenty years of age end is
well. knOW11 around Kellen. No motive.
neeigned for the net, ae be had
Money in, the bank.
The Milted Stalei annuelly produees
more .eorn Oafs all other temetriee
the world PiO11111110 -2,97210000 Ola al
0,888,0001100
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Tim ineinbers of the Ontario Agri-
cultural and Experimental Union are
pleased to state that for 1009 they are
prepare(' to distribute het° every
township of Ontario material; of high
quality for experiments with fodder
crops, roots, grams, grasses, clovers
and fertilizers, as follows;
No. Exneriments. Plots.
1 -Three varieties or oats ..
2a -Three varieties of six -rowed
2b -Two varieties. of two -rowed
barley .. 3
3 -Two varieties of 'lidless bur -
4 -Two varieties, of spring wheat 2
5 -Two varieties of buckwheat. 2
6 -Two varieties of field peas.. 2
7 -Vintner and spelt .., 2
8 ---3T4oanverisreietbieensnosi .s.o.y,,,seja, or
9 -Three varieties of husldng
corn ... ..... 3
10 -Three varieties of numgels ., 3
11 -Twn varieties of sugar beets
for feeding purposes .... 2
12 -Three varieties ot Swedish
turnips ... ... 3
13 -Two varieties of fall turnips. 2
14 -Two varieties of carrots ,. 2
15 -Three varieties of fodder or
silage corn .... 3
10 -Three varieties of millet 3
17 -Two varieties of 'aroeghtim 2
18 -Grass peas and two varieties
of vetches 3
19 -Rape, kale and field cabbage. 3
20 -Three varietiee of clover 3
21 ea -Testing two varieties of alfalfa
cerne) , 2
22 -Four varietiee of graeses 4
23 -Three varleties of .fielcl beans 3
24 s -Three varieties of sweet corn 3
20 -Fertilizers with Swedich tur-
27 -Sowing mongols on tho level,
and in drills ... . . 2
28a-tria'stvooesvarietias of early pot -
9
28b -Two varieties of medium rip -
•21 .Vd. 4.. 044
ening potatoes .. . . 2
28c -Two varieties of late polatoes
29 -Three grain imixtures far grain
production . 3
- Tie ea mixturee of grasses and
clover, for hay ... 3
Each plot is to be 2 rods long by 1
rod wide, except No. 28, which.is to
be one rod square.
Any person in Ontario may choose
any ONE of the experiments for 1909
and apply for the same. The material
will be eurnished in the order in
which the applications are received
while the sopply lasts. It Might be
well for each applicant to make a
second clioice, for fear the. first could
not be granted. All material will be
furnished entirely free of charge to
eaah applicant, and the produce will,
of course, rbacothe the property of the
person who conduets the experiment,
0. A. ZA.VITZ,
Director.
Ontario grioultural College,
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CANNED MEAT SEIZED
Over 25,000 Tins Destroyed at
Montreal.
Montreal, ApriFl."8-..--Over 25,000 tins
of meat were seized. and destroyed here
by Dr. Lesperanee, food inspector. This
consignment ef canned meat originated
in Chieago, and Witfl stew to Toronto, end
from there shipped, to Halifax. .11i Hali-
fax the contents' were openea .and the
buyer refused to accept the goods. They
were then shipped to this city.
In Montreal they were sold at a big
reduction-infitet, less than half of
the original wholesale figure. Happily
the inepeetor got on the track of the
goods so quickly that only three cases
lied been sold to retailers, and these
three mem were traced and seized before
any sales heel been made. In. all 107
eases were seized, eontaining 2,105 dozen
tins. The names of the dealers are kept
Rene for the present..
• 1.
WOMAN'S SUIcIDE.
Mrs. Edler, of Pilkington, Wanders
Away From Her Home.
Elope, April IS, Duriug a temporary
fit of insanity Mrs, George Beller, of
the township of Pilkington, near Bethel,
wandered from her home on Satturday
last. A futile search for her was made
until toalav. when It was found she lutd
been drewnea in a creek which runs
through the Edler farm. The body was
discovered by a neighbor, Mr. Moses
Auger. There is every reason to believe
it was- a time of suicide. She leaves a
husband and family of five, the youngest
being alma ten years of age. -
LORD KITCHENER
TO VISIT CANADA AND EXAMINE
DEFENCE FORCES.
He Goes to Japan First -General Sir
O'Moore Oreagh, Who Succeeds
'Kitchener in India, Has a Bril-
liant Reputation.
London; April 18. -Lord Kitchener
will hand over MS command in India
to (Ion, Sir O'Mooro Cretigh early in
August arid at once Tiroeeed to japan.
He proposes to make a long stay in
that country and will closely examine
the military system. and. army organ-
ization in time of peace.
From japart he proposes to go to
China, and he will traverse ntany of
tho battlefields in Manehuria, with
the advantage of going over much
of the ground *with officers who took
part in the Russo-japitnese War and
who have been placed at his. disposal
by the Mikado and the Japanese Gov-
ernment.
is exported that before he con -
eludes his visit to Manelturia, Lord
Kitchener will be commissioned by
the War Offiee to returo home by
way of Australia and Canute. in or-
der to examine the local defence forces
and to report to the authorities what
steps should be taken to improve
their organization and administration
and how best their training may be
co-ordinated. Should these suggested
arrangements hold good Lord Eiteheit-
et ie not expected' in this eountry
imill toward the end of next year.
RITOITENEIt'S SUCCESSOR.
Gen, Sir COMoore Creagli, who is
eneeeed Oen. Riteltener ef Khartoum
emninander-ireehief io India, le not
cif the Kitehener biehool or of any-
.body'a sehool. It would ho difficult
to find a Aim with leSS bias for or
against the partienlar notions of ollY
ef his predeceseors or one who has
lees identified himself with NS or
that polley in the eonduet of affstre
in India.
What he has. manifested has been
a capability for fine perfamancee as
a leader, e,specially in tig,ht places. He
earned his brilliant reputation in one
Afghan. campaign tater another, and
incidentally gained his V. O. His aPs
pointment i, a reversal of policy so
far as the age consideration is eon-
.eerned, for he is nine yeare older
than Lord :Kitchener Was When he
went to India In 1902, but Lord Mor-
ley urged strongly the claim Of hie
friend and colleagne, holding that it
was desirable that the new command -
or -in -chief should be a :man of open
mind and age a secondary considera-
tion.
••••••••
INSANE PROFESSOR.
Nearly Killed Doctor in Matteawan
Asy:um.
Mattettiven, N. Y., April 51-2. -Dr. Rob.
ert Lamb, snperinlendent of the _Mat -
Lerman Hospital for ttie Criminal in-
sane, and who was ono of the prineipal
medical witneseee ia some of the Thaw
trial proceedings, had a narrow escape
from death to -day at the Mods of John
'footman, a professor of liteguages, who
was sent to tiro InStitutiost three years
ago after having killed a man during a
saloon brawl. Toptman. whose mental
condition had been considered good for a
year or more, and who had been in.
stalled eS a "trusty," suddenly struck
Dr. Lamb over the bead with. a steel
shovel. three feet long, cutting his head
and rendering unconseioue. Luekily
the blow was a glancing one, and the
injury inflieted is not scrieue in char -
eater,
'footman, after he htul struck the
doctor down, drew a butiorthook, which
he had sharpened to a needle's edge,
from his pocket, and plunged it into the
le.ft, side of his neck. This crude weapon
he then drew across his throat clear to
the Adam's apple, inflicting a frightful
gash. He then tried to Wel: the weapon
into iris heart, bot,failed became! of the
thieknese of his clothing, although lie Out
his body severely.
Dr. Litml) lay unconseious in the
machiniets' room, where the murderous
assault occurred, for nearly ten minutes.
Hie wound was dressed, and to -night he
was about the hospital as usual.
Toptma.n is 55 years old.
• *
A FAKE STORY.
Report That Kaiser Swallowed a
Fishbone.
Vienna, April 19.-A private despatch
front Corfu received here to -day said
that Emperor William was seriously ill
as a result of swallowing' a fish bone.
The local newspapers issue extra edi-
tions, and the rumor caused great un-
easiness.
The pollee at once started an investi-
gation of the source of the report,
wbieh quickly was discovered to be
quite without fennel:Won, and nothing
more than a bourse rumor.
4 a
POET MISSING.
Suffering From Cancer and Finan-
• cial Troubles.
London, April 19. -There is no trace
of John Davidson, the poet, who has
been missing from his home at Pensance
since 'March 2a, and family,have now
given up ell hope of seeing him alive.
A search of the poet's papers has re-
vealed doemnent, which he wrote:
"The time has -come to make an end."
After reference to financial difficulties
and ilabeitith he concludes: "1 cannot
put up with cancer,"
4 •
MAN DROWNED
Electric
Launch Overturnel in
Cuyahoga River.
Cleveland, Ohio, April 10.- One Man
drowned and three' persons had marrow
cecapes from death when an electric
launch in which the four people were rid-
ing overturned in tho Cuyahoga River
here yesterday. The reediest were ef-
fected by river men. Milton Teesdale
had take 1 the payty, one of NVIIOITI WOO
his daughter for a pleasure trip. He
steered the lilunah too near the freight.
er the Northern Light, and the waves
which swept out from the path of the
large boat streck the Ninch, overturn-
ing it
' -• • •
DEAD ON FREIGHT CAR.
Man, Probably from Montreal, Killed
on New York Central.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 18.- The
dead body of a mitn was taken from
the top of a freight train -on tho New
York Central Railroad at this city early
this morning, and from papers found
on the man's clothing he is believed to
have been a brother of 'Harris Aber, of
Montreal. It is thought lie was stealing
nevide itad Artick bridge eouth of the
city. Coroner Andrewe took charge of
the body.
BUYS BALLOON.
St. Petersburg, April 18. -The Mug.
sian War Office has ordered a dirigible
balloon of the Republique type from
Paris. The east of the balloon will he
$00,000.
4 •
ALFONSO'S SALARY.
Madrid, April 10.-A compilation of
the umeeye /mid to the members of the
roeal family of 'Spain shows that King,
Allem() veteivre it salary of SL211,058.
MINISTER DEAD,
Tonaon, April 19.-1110 Rev. James
Benison Riga', the welbknown Wesley -
art Methodist minieter, dead.
FOUR KILLED.
Grand Rapid% Mich., April 10.--Vour
men were reported killed in a wreele
the Grand Trunk near Berlin,
this morning,
141r...1'. V. Kenney, of Belleville, a grad-
tiate of the University of Tomtit), lias
heen awarded a Rebel:milli) in Coluinbra
liniverelly.
44e0.4.•44-44-.
+4 •4$4 -0+.14* -4
Writs Issued
Four Suits Arising Out o
Grimsby Accident
Grimsby, A.pril 19, -An echo of
the recent crossing fatality here
emnes in writs issued by Laneaa.
' ter & Campbell, St. Catharinee,
against the Grand Tritnk Railway
for damages of f10,000 for the
death of William. Arthur Wilson
and felisse, Catherine Wagon,
against the 11, T. 11., claiming $5,-
000 damagee for the death of Mrs.
Ida Alma Wilson; Emma Jane
'Nelson vs. 0, 'I'. 11., elaiming $3,-
000 damages for the death of Gor-
don Stanley Nelson; Susannah .
Tee.ter ve. G. T. 11., fur $13,000 for
the death of Jennie Gertrude
Teeter, The writs are Netted on
the ground that the deaths of all
five were. eatteed by negligence of
itnlieoptelerafttelindganit:ilotgr titilrieoltrigistegiamit81.e.
by. The eitees will in all proletbil-
ity come before the High Court
in the autumn.
•+4-4-4,•-4-4.4+4.44#4-4•10.4 +4+40 ++.
RACE FOR LIFE.
Mr. Fitzhugh, of G. T. R., Hasten-
ing to His Son's Bedside.
s London, Oat., Apia 19. -Third Vice -
President Fitzhugh, of the Grand Trunk,
is making a wild ride across country
from Montreal to St. Louis with two
epecialists in order to reach tho bed-
side of his son, who is critically ill with
an affection of the throat. The. train,
consisting of the private car Canada
and baggage coach, and the party
eluding Mr. Fitzhugh, Dr. Mitchinson,
Montreal, and Dr, Drake, London, broke
all records between London and Wind-
sor yesterday, going 110 miles in two
hours and two minutes. Engine 417,
Engineer Templeton anti Fireman Sault
in charge. At Detroit the party were
hurried across the river on tho ferry,
and were met by a special engineeand
dashed off to St. Louis.
MARRIED HIS NIECE.
Action to Annul Marriage Adjourn-
ed at Stratford.
Orangeville Despatch -An action to
annul the marriage of an uncle to his
niece occupied the attention of Mr.
Justice Clute in the Dufferin Spring
Assizes. The plaintiff, Margaret Burton,
a rather good-looking young woman,
was married ta the defendant, Samuel
Roberte, on Nov. 17 last. Thedefendant
ie a full brother of the plaintiff's
mother. Thomas Burton, a paternal
uncle of the plaintiff, was the first wit-
ness, and swore to the relationship of
the parties.
The defendant was born in Minto
township, and knew the pla.leiff since
her birth. She was his sister's child, he
said. lie did not know it was against the
lasv to marry his niece. He had little
education, and had only got ns far as
the second book. He blamed the issuer
of the marriage license for not explain-
ing to lihn the nature of the affidavits
he made to procure the license. The de-
fend:ink gave his evidence fairly intelli-
gently7 and epparently did not recognize
his position. -
His lordefrip intimated be would not
accept any consent as to the facts and
stated that the court was reluctant to
interfere in well crises. Further hearing
of the ens° will be had befere Justice
elute at. the aaeizea itt Stratford on d'une
l5.
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SALOON MURDER.
GEORGE B. MtKINNON KILLED
AT ST. CLAIR, MICH.
Shot Down by Capt. Ralph Pringle, a
Well -Known Lake Captain -Pringle
Accused McKinnon of Flirting
With His Wife.
Port Huron, .April 18.-Ceorge
Birell MeKinnon, aged thirty-one years,
of Mooretowu, Ont., was shot by Cap-
tain Ralph Pringle, of St, Clair. in the
latter town shortly after midnight this
moaning. McKinnon died ibis afternoon
at 4 o'clock, after rem:della; iu an un-
conscious condition almost until the last.
Aocording to eye -witnesses, Captain
Pringle entered the saloon known as
the "Hole in the Wall," and, seeing Mc-
Kinnon for the first time in three years,
declared that the town. Was not big
enough for both of them. The two men
entered a side mom, and an instant
later three shots were fired and MeKin.
non fell to the floor unconecious. Cap-
tain Pringle told the officers when
brought to the jail here that McKinnon
had flirted with his Wife three years ago,
and that he bad vowed to get even.
Neither of th.e men were intoxicated at
the time. Captilin Pringle is a well-
known lake captain.
This year he expected to sail the
steamer William A. Young. McKinnon
had sailed for two years as a first mate,
Last semen he was on the stei mer Rose -
Mount, of Montreal, and this year he had
agreed to sell on the Ammer Adriatic.
Before breathing his last at the hos-
pital McKinnon said that Pringle had no
reason for shooting him. Ho woeld
have said more, but he Was tho weak.
He died before he contd. be revived.
Pringle is ft son of Captaili J. C.
whom ere sailore, The. Pringle family
if well known. Mr. MeKienon Was a son
Priegle, ittid. is one of for boys, all of
of Dr. W. McKinnon, of Courtwright.
Ran Into Heed of Cows.
Kingsto, April 18. ---The fast express
on Friday ran into a herd of NM be.
Wieling to John A. Seal, at the bridge
eroesing the thinitnoque River, about
milee west of the Th011541.1141 Island
;function. Ten of the eninials were kill-
ed and One Was knoeked into the river.
11 is said the fence had been blown
down And 1_,.7,.+.1..4,11i) tattle got upon.the traele,
LYNCHED THREE.
Port Werth, Tex.,. April 19. -Three
white Snell ate tepOrted lynched to -day
at Ada, Oklehoma. One of the number
wits jim 11 Miller, of Fort Worth, *
prominent steels man and known its
"Bad Man." The mob is repotted to
bete Moira the
ME HOG QUESTION.
Mr, Seeley Puts in a Good Word,
For the nova.
Something About the Pork Vusiness
Worth Knowing,
In the e011rS0 of a lengthy address in
the 1101190 of COMMOAS during the dis-
cussion the other day on the hog tariff,
Mr. W. O. Seeley, M. P. for Wentavortil,
said; It may be said, 11 will Probably
be said to -night, that the Canadian s
farmers and produeere of beige cannot
tarnish, enough for the home require-
ments and the export trade, but as
against that during the years 100.1 and
190,1, when we were exporting pork pro-
ducts to lite extent of $
12,000,000 to
$15,000,000 annually to Great Britain,
we were imparting only about -$500,000 •
worth 'of hog produets. Since -Hint thee
our impends have increased from hail a -
million dollars, until in the last fiscal
year ending Maras 31, 1908, wo imported
two million eight hundred and 80100 Odd
thousand, almost three million .dollars'
worth of bog produets, 'and yet the
trade and comnierce returns. show that
our exp,orts had cleansed from nearly
$15,000,000 down to almost $10,000,000.
The cuetoms returns show that the ime
ports are constantly inereasinte and that
for the six months from june.to Decem-
ber of litse year we imported one million.
seven hundred and _seventy thousand
odd dollars' worth; if the sante rate of -
increase,continues to the end of the year
we will have imported this year about
$3,500,000 worth. I estimete. that to
supply the Canadian marlot with the
quantity of pork products of the various
&aliases \Odell we now import, the pro -
duet, of about ono million more hogs.
would be required. NVO bad one mil-
lion more hogs supplied in Canada even
at an, increased cost it would not in-
crease the price to the consumer a par-
'.ro illustrate, three months ago -
the price of pork in Canada was five
cents on foot. To -day it is eight cents
on•foot, but I venture to say that the
price hae not increased a particle in any
retail store, in fact I see by the price in
the windows that it has rather decrees -
ed. If one million more hogs were
slaughtered in Canada the.y would pro-
vide for the higher class outs that aro
imported the present time and in ad-
dition would provide a very large quan-
tity. of the cheaper cuts, not suitable for
curing and exporting, which. would re-
quire to be sold at home.
It may, however, be said and ar-
gued that the United States price and
the Canadian tariff as between Canada
and the United States would .have no
bearing upon the price of the hogs, or
of the pork, because, as we expftrt con-
siderably more than we import, our ex-
port price, or the Liverpool, or British
price generally would rule. But the
same price reports that I referred. to a
moment; ago will go to show that white
the price to the wholesaler in Canada is
two cents higher than it is to the Unit-
ed States wholesaler, the price in Liver-
pool is from two to three cents less. The
conditions are to -day that if pork i3
packed in this vicinity, if the freight is
paid from here to Montreal or Quebec,
if the ocean freight is paid and it is put
on the market at Liverpool, I can go to
Liverpool, buy that same pork at the
market price there, pay the freight back
to Ottawa, open a store next door to
tbat of the packer and if the present
prices ere maintained can undersell
that store and make a good business
profit ont of the transaction. That
condition of things should not exist and
if it continues to exist it is pity that
the %farmer, the actual producer, should
not get his fair share of that difference.
Our western friends will feel that an
Mere:vie in the tariff might seriously
interfere with them and affect the cost
of their supplies. To my mind do not
think it would. Our western friends are
to -day producing quite large quantities
of pork, and I think it will only be a
short time before they will be producing
all they require in the west. In faet,
think they arc doing so to -day, and that
they wilt have pork to export before
very long. Another reason why.I think
we are able to produce more than we.
require and have a considerable amount
for export is this: laming the years 1904
a,nd, 1903 and for some time previously
we were -struggling in the British mar-
ket to make a reputation, and, by that- .
reputation, get a more profitable price.
The Danish pork in the British market
is regarded as the best pork and it com-
mands a higher price. It brings about
form cents mere than United SlateR
pork, and :Ertel' pork .rangce about the
5111110. Previmis to 1897 our Canadian
pork had improved in quality and in
taste to the extent that we were getting
-about three cents more than the Unitei
States product would bring. Since that
time large quantities of United States
pork have been imported into' Canada,
and as far as it can be traced consider-
able qauntities of it passed on through
mild were exported ia the hope and with
the actual result at times of realizing
the better price that Canadian pork de-
mands of three cents per pound, They
pay two cents duty on corning into Can-
ada, pay the freight over, realize three
cents and make an extra profit of one
eent. That has continued for some time.
The Amerlean corn -fed pork of an ire-
ferior quality has been going to the
British market to such an extent that it
has dulled the taste of the Britishers
for the Canadian pork, so much so that
we find to -day that Canadian. pork has
backed down to.about the level of 'Unit-
ed States pork, and in some caeca tem
By the introduction of American pork
here we have lost the splendid reputa-
tion we had builb up and enjoyed for a
number of years, and think our west-
ern friends eould afford to j?in in this
movement to protect the enviable repu-
tation which they enjoy at the, present
time. They aro producing the Nitaat
large quantities of wheat -fed pork. That
wheat -fed pork makes the sweetest hams
and bacon, being equal to the pea -fed
product with whieh we built tip nth a
reputetion, end perhaps surpitesing it to
some extent. Unless. thet reputation
that they are building up in tbe west le
safeguarded -they will perhape ntee.t the
same fate that we have met here in On-
trtrioi
GOES TO TRIAL.
Loudon, Ont., April 10.-Josepli Ward
was this mornhig -committed for num-
slaughter on ti. charge of killing Aletaia.
der Warwick oit April 3rd, in the Ma!
kin Ward will appear for trial
before .Juilge. Mitelleth •the ales -
shine. Mil hae not yet been tirratigeit
OVATION 'TO. JOSEPH'
Vienna, April 10. -Pully 7,000 persons
erowded the grounds of the Imperial
palate at Sehoenbrinin yesterday to pay
linmege to Emperor Franris Joseph for
saregnarding Litt VapirOs petco,