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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-05-27, Page 7• 4k - SLAY EVILS, SAYS SMITH. The Gipsy Condemns Codylaying and. Theatres. Pr:2-essite Whist Nothing Buta, Progress:ye Devil. Massey rNal Packed in Spite of "Vet Weather. Toronto despateli: Weather deee not effect the ineetings of the Gipsy Smith mission. Yesterday afternoon, in spite of the rain, the attendance at Massey Ilan was well up to the average, ogr at night people wpm waiting et 0 o'oloek to get in, although the doors did not °pea un- til 7 o'clock. At must be said that the dreariness was all left outside. Gipsy Smith want- ed to find out what his audience was made of, He struck the competitive note by calling on tha vezious denominations to sing Au chorus. So tar as could be judged from the volume of sound, by far the greater pad of the crowd were Methodists. Then cane title Baptisteathe Congregatioualiste, Peesbyteriens, and Episcopalians, and erleat they lacked.lil numbers they endeavbred to make •up in lung etrongth. Finally came ehose 'who came under the custom house des- criptien n. e. s. ("not elsewhere speci- fied"), and they made a brays shownig. Let it be whispered, it evagemnevidence which appealed dieeetly t tlee.,e;rango- list, for he loves to gdt hold .ef ;people 'who are more or less are from this Wall of denominationalism. e Still they were swift words that; seared which ' Gipsy, Smith spoke iii his condemnation of • worldinese. Everybody has not tappreciated Ms mission, for he said ;tlipt scene had written to him about ata. "I have let down my bucket too deep and stirred up the mud. But it was my bucket. It was not my mud. That is a difference: It's my business to let down the bucket.' His text for the evening was the disobeying by Saul, of the command to destroy the Amalekites and his meta& ing condemnation. Saul was a backslid- er, and, like him, there, were present- day backsliders. "There are two kinds of backsliders," he said: "The backslid- er who steps down and out and whom everybody ,knows. You know how to treat him, but the other backslider is the more dangerous. Ile is the one that retains his place in the church, the important influential pogition, and yet God says, 'Ile has turned back.' "Do you know what kills the preacher, what takes the sting and pungency out of his preaching? I'll tell you. It's the inconsistency of hie flock, the backsliding. "Saul when he met Samuel put up his hands in a pious attitude, for back- sliders' know the language, and said 'Blessed be the Lord, like you do when the minister calls and you open the Bible to make it look as if you had been reading it. Poor, canting hypo- crite! Poor, walking fraud! God open your blind eyes. "Saul said he had performed the in- junetion of the Lord,. and Samuel said: `What means this bleating of sheep, this lowing of oxen?' You didn't take these to battle with you. So with you some sheep willebleat. Then Saul tried to blame some one else. That what you do. You talk about environment. Why don't you confess yourself? You :ain't mire man of smallpox by putting him into clean sheets. You can take a pig from his sty and put him into a Parlor, but it will be the.perlor which will change firet. ..If you 'want the pig to live in the parlor you must change the pig's nature. If you will be good you ean'be gooda No devil in hell can keep you down if you will be good. "Don't you tell me God cannot. God cam, if you will, make you good. Don't blame the church. Don't blame the peo- ple who go to church and call them hypocrites. There are more hypocrites outside the church than in. Some of you want a perfect church. If you do you bad better emigrate to a South Sea Wand and found a church of your own, and when you get it ib won't be perfect after five minutes." "1 am not as good as I ought to be. The devil atoll tells me that, and I say, Tin /10t SI) bad RS 1 WM" "Don't blame anybody, but back your- self up against the Wall and confess yourself as the meanest wretch that eter lived." "Don't do like Saul, and try and bribe God with a magnificent gift at the col- lection." "The trouble in your life has all come about because you did not put the knife • in. You spared the best, like Saul. You said, 'This is art, this is fashionable; everybody does this: You never hear anybody say there's no hazel in teeding your Bible or going to church, but you ` hear many professmeliChristians say, 'There's no harm ine game of cards. Isn't there? Progressive whist! Pro- gressive devil! Can you laugh? If you can it shows you have a shallow soul. I am not after your giggles; I want your conscience, if you have got one, if it isn't dead, May God give it a resur- rection." "No harm in a game of cards! A boy came down to breakfast end laid fl roll of bills on the table. Ite tom. his mother that he won them in a gambling den. Bis mother confessed horror, and de - mended he Should give the money baelc. The boy's soul revolted at her hypoore eye Where did yott get that vase?' he demanded. 'Ole I won It.' Then how dare yon talk to me t You taught • me to Ambles' said the boy." "I saw on a church door, a side door, 'The progressive whist patty will take le place as Issue)? I would set fire to the eburch before j woula show such a thing." "NO harm: in the theatre! Clement Scott said that, Ito Acolnan 'Could go on the tage Fula reniain pure. 1 am not staying that, but the drantatie Mae of a great daily 'paper did. Would you ex- pose your ehild to that? Not Then don't pay to expose other people's chit - then to it. You women ere the biggest sinners. 1 have counted fifty women to one Man going to a iinttieee When the men svere at work, and yort kftow whet that meant," "Some John the nopuot will horn, to ?Igo on Lida continent and tisk his head to tall the ehureh from the worldly spirib which has bitten possession rof her." "'Slay utterly,' was the command to Saul. 'Slay utterly' was the eommand to them who wouldd be real Christians. It Meant that they met lay bare their sante tied get right v.ith God." A judge of human Intl:tire malty blokes a IlliStake in his estimate of him. milf,--June Smart Set, .CLEANING.M. 'EARL: GREY Reform Invades the New Turkish IN -TORONTO. Uteri's Home. . Constantinople,. May 25.—The new re- gime is exerting Its reforming zeal even in the Sultan's domeatie arrangements. Abdul Hamlet's chief eunuch enjoyed the title if Keeper of the Door of relicity, mut ranked with the Grand Vizier and the Sheik -Id -Islam as a highness. An held° just issuea decrees that the chief eunuch will hereafter have no title. It is estimated that the reorganiza- tion of the Govermuent departments now going on will result in the, dismis- eel of 27,000 Military and civil officials, mostly sin/activists and ineffIcients. Sultan Mohammed V, attended the aniectiug of the chamber yesterday after- noon and saw the -deputies take the oath to uphold,the constttution. He was re- ceived Nyith the greatest enthusiasm as he ascended the presidential tribune and handed to the Grand Vizier it speeeh to be read, The speech, which was frequently in- terrapted by aoplause, referred to the Torte's good relations with thepowers and his Majesty's desire that they might be strengthened. He expressed regret et the disturbances at Adana, whicb, he said, would. nOt Pacer again. Ilia Sul- tan, after the reading of his speech, took an oath to uphold the constitution. FOUL PLAY. • . , Detective Greer's Methods Criticised by Crown Attorney. St. Thomas, Out., despatch: At 3 o'elook this morning the Coroner's jury empanelled to investigate the case of Tomlinson, fomul dead on the ,hank of Kettle Creek, below the M. 0. R. bridge, on tlie 7th inetant, returned verdiet that Tomlinson came to his death on the 7th of May, and that from the evidence adduced and the results of the post-murteni, they are of the opin- ion that foul play led up to the fatali- ty. Crown Attorney McOrimmon, in lus summing up to the jury, severely criticised the methods of Provincial De- tective Greer in the handling of the case. HE WANTS A WIFE. Calgary Man Wants Mayor of Toronto to Find Him One. Toronto, May 23.—Letters of request are not uncommon at the Mayor's office, but a. request for a helpmate frir life, such as was received yesterday, is out of „the ordinary. The letter was .from Cal- gary, Alberta, and was signed Herbert Casey. It was written on the letter head of st Our& elub, and Was as follows: "Will yon kindly render' me your assistance to become acquainted with a young working women with the ob- ject of matrimony. I am it young man of Irish birth, 30 years of age, of tall, daelc appearance, and am of steady and sober habits. I am an excavating and concrete contractor, and ant in a position to keep a wife. I am anx- ious to make the acquaintance of a young working woman from 18 to 26 years' of age, and should like photo ant. 1 tenet you will give me your valuable assistance. by -helping me to find a good partner for life." 4 * DROWNED IN CANAL James, Stivens, of St. Catharines, Found Near Scow. • St. Cabliatanse d • at: .1 mess Stiv- ens, a resident uf tide city, lost MS life while at work with the Government re- pair gang- at lock 2 of the new canal this afternoon. The men have been re- building the lock fon some time, and Stivens was sent by the foreman some distanee down the canal towards lock 1 to fasten a small scow. Very little at- tention was paid to the incident unti some time later a hat was noticed floett- ,4ng iu the canal between locks 1 and 2 and Stivems being missed, his coinpan ions concluded that heshad been drown- ed. Search was at once instituted, with the result that in less than an hour the body was recovered close to the boat. • -• BAD CATTLEMEN, War Has Broken Out Again in Western Colorado. Junction .City, Col,. May 25.--1lm sheep camp of Taylor Bros., near Atchee, was raided, by a band sd cattlemen yes- terday. Three sheep herders were beat- en and tied to trees. The raiders then killed three thousand head of sheep, the slaughter occupying almost the entire day. Tho telephone wire was cat and the raiders escaped to the hills. The Taylor range, possession of which has been contested, is itt a desolate part of western Colorado. Several minders have ocrerred in quitrrels over it. e ••• DOGS SAVED HIM. Fire at St. Marys Burned Up Over 300 Prize Chickens, Reviews the Empire Day Parade of Toronto Children. Mammoth Gathering of Children in Queen's Park. Addresses by Gov. -Genera!, Governor and Sir James Whitney. Toronto despatelt; The activity, en- thusiasm and patriotism of young To- mato were thrown into bold relief against the murky (Awls and drizzling rainfall which an incorrigible weather man supplied for Empire Day. Over five thousand children—half of whom were public school cadets under Col. J. T. Thompson—were gathered in Queen's Park when His Excellency the Governor-General, with Us party, ale rived. Standing upon the front steps of the Parliament buildings, Earl Grey witnessed the "mierch past" by the gaily uniformed cadets, "Good, very good," was His Excellency's smiling comment ae the merely drilled lade swept past with splendid precision. • ly reason of the rain, which fell in inCreasiug quantities, an adjournment was .made to the band stand, north of the Legislative pile, which was grace- fully bedecked Withflags and patriotic bunting, The Lieutenant -Governor was accompanied by Major Macdonald, his military secretary. His Excellency said there was no cloy in the whole year, no place in the whole earth, with the exception of Westmin- ster Hall, when and where he was more conscious of his good fortune in:having been born a British eititen. It was here, His Excellency con- tinued, in front of the Parliament buildisigs, where the boys of the To- ronto public schools marched past him four abreast on Empire Day four years ago, with the Premier and Ministers of. the Government of Ontario looking on, that he first reallied the full significance of Empire- Day, and the strength that would accrue to the British Crown by the patriotic celebration of Empire Day in :every city, town and village in Great 4nd Greater Britain, which includes from one-fourth to one-fifth both of the popu- lation and of the land surface of the globe. "On that elay," he proceeded, " the celebration of Empire Day was con- fined to the children of our publie schools- in the celebration of this na- tional festival. I hope next year that the celebration may be on it still more universal scale„ and. thab the whole population of Toronto may turn out on foot and in carriages to see the university and college cadets and -all the schoolboys of the `city march through the streets to patriotic .music, four abreast, as many as pos- sible.. uniformed and 'ea:trying rifles, and every one ,,of them with swelling breast, conscious of his rising man- hood and of his ability to serve elate Crown efficiently should. his coun- try ever stand in - need of his ser- vices. "Thanks to the inspiration of Mrs. Vessendee of Hamilton, and to the action of:the cley of Toronto, the Pro- vince of Ontario niay claim the honor of having given a lead to the rest of Ole Empire in the celebration of Empire Day. It is because 1 ant am - Ultimo that the city Of Toronto .should retain the lead which it has already given that I have ventured to make the suggestion that in .next year's celebration arrangements should be made to enable the whole population to take part. "I want you boys," addea the Earl, "to • remember what Empire Day means. Empire Day is the festi- val on which every British subject should reverently remember that • the British Empire stands out before the whole world as the fearless champion of freedom' fair play and equal rights; thatits watchwords are re- sponsibility, duty, sympathy and self- sacrifice, and that a special responsi- bility rests with you individually to be true to the traditions and to tho misa • sion of your race. 'I also want you boys to remember that one day Canada will become, if her people are faithful to their high- est British traditions, the most pow- erful of till the Self-governing na- tions, not excluding the .people of the 'United Kingdom, which make up the British Empire, and that it rest§ with you individuttfly as well as collectively to do your utmost by your own conduct and example to makeaCanada not only the most powerful, but the noblest of all the selfgoverning nations that are proud to owe allegiance to the King' (Proloeged applause). THE OTHER SPEAKERS. Ste Mary's, 0nt7; despatch: Colin :Sto- lle° owes his fortunate escape to his Jogs from it serious fire in his house ..this Morning at. 3 o'clock. Ile was fast asleep when his two dogs in the house arousea him, and lie woke to find the house in flames, and ht his escape nar- rowly eseaped being seriously burned. As it was, he got badly scorched front his Neatens catching fire. The evliole contents of the house were burned2 and 375 prize thickens. Tho total loss is ea- timated at about $1,500. The cause of the fire is unknown. NEW WieELESS STATIONS. Montreal, Quebec and Three Rivers to Have Them. Me:nivel, May 23.—A wireless ,,st. Ulan is being built on Tarte pier in tide eity, and will be completed by June 13, On the completion of this station it wireleee etvviet on thas St. T.awreure Rivet, for the purpoee of communicating with WA. eele in the river and gulf. will be tetale Heine!. A etirelese steam has already been Wilt at Quebec., and another is in course of construction at Three Rivers. Bon. J. M. Gibson, Lieut. -Governor of the Province, was heartily received. "I tun it soldier myself," he observed. Ife declared himself proud of the par- ade, and the fact that the youog sol- diers "weren't afreid of a bit of rain." Ife reminded the boys that they were the men of to- morrow, and that to them •would be entrusted the future of the country. Bishop Sweeny declared that the mili- tary training the boys were receiving would ler of benefit to them it body; mind and morals. a boy myself," eominenced Sir James Whithey, amid. laughter raid applause. "Well, an old boy," correct- ed the Premier, amid reeowed enthusi- asm, "and len proud of my. colleagues, the yottng boys." , 4 I ' OTTAWA RIVER Rising Still Higher—Bridges Swep Away—Worse Feared: CROPS FAIRLY GOOD ••••111,1,10. FEW DAYS OF FINE WEATHER HAVE WORKED WONDERS, The Hay Crop Will be Exceedingly Abundant, and Fruit Looks Well Generally --Grain Is Better Than Expected in Most Localities. •••••I•1••,•w/M• Guelph despatch: There has beea no season in many years that lute sho<vit as this spring the advantage of untler- -draining 'of farm lands, etates Prof, Zievitz, of the experimeutal department of the Ontario Agricultural College. Srlid expleneleon is that on ground which which has been wieler-draiaed the seed has been planted and is coming along well, as OR the very flghb lends, but on the wet, low lands without drainage even as yet no meth% has been done, The seed which is now In the grottiol is coming along well, and with a fair sea- son the crops should, be almost up to - average excepting perhaps spring wheat, which will show it -small average. The winter wheat mut the grass crops are 'coming along splendidly, and hay pro- misee to be heavy, There are large sec- tions of the heavy, undrained ground, however, where seed has not been plant- ed as yet, Hero oats end barley snighli still be planted, and a fair crop be secured with good weather conditions, but the general effect of the belated seeding. is likely to be that 1000 will. see an increasein the acreage of eorn, roots and millet sown in Ontario. WELLINGTON AND WATERLOO. In Wellington Cotinty conditions are varied. In Ruslineh Township the seed-. ing came through comparatively well, except on some very low lands, and the farmers there are looking for good crops unless the season becomes too dry. The situation is not so favorable in the up- per sections of the county, however, al- though a good deal of seeding ha,s been done in the past few days, and reports from some parts of lower Watertoo show sections of wet lands where no seed has been planted. SATISFACTION IN THE EAST. Kingston despatch: Though the sea- son has been backward, the crop condi- tion and outlook in this district are most favorable. Seeding is probably a week or so behind. Hay is expected to yield it very large crop. Little -wheat is sown hereabouts. The other grains have ample time to turn out well. There -will be more corn SONYA than usual for fodder, as in some districts there will be a scarcity of hay, particularly on low lands. On the whole the season's out- look is -Satisfactory. BETTER PROSPECTS IN ,GREY. Owen Sound despatch:, The weather eonditions of the pa,st ten days have been very favorable and crops are mak' ing up /Mildly for the belated season. Fall wheat Is new showing up well in ninny sections though on low lands it is still slightly backward. Farmers are a week later than the average in getting in their spring crops,, but if the 'favor- able weather of the past, ten days con- tinues they aro confident no disadvan- tage will Sallow, Seeding will take it week yet to .complete. Clover is show- ing up splendidly, and a. good. showing is assured, if the present fine weather conditions continue. The reports from all sections confirm this view. HASTINGS WILL NOT SUFFER. Belleville despatch: Despite heavy rains, Hastings- county will nob stiffer much, as it is mostly high land. Farmers are optimistic, and say if the weather keeps favoratle the crops will be good even if a week or two later. Pasture is excellent, and the high-priced cheese makes up for the deficiency, if any. Plowing and. seeding are going on rap- idly the past few days, and in a week under good weather conditions, which look well at present, all will be satis- faetory. BRUOE GoiNd INTO STOOK. Port Elgin despatch; Though the sea- son, has been very backward in Bruce county, the farmers are by no means discouraged with the outlook this year. There seems little doubt that there will be an abtendance of lia,y tuiJ. parturage. The fall wheat may be a little below the average, but the quantity of wheat grown la Bruce is small in comPari• son with other grains, and little is marketed. On heavy clay lands seed- ing has been greatly retarded be - cameo of the incessant rains. On the lighter soils seeding has been com- pleted, but no the great majority of farmers aro more than half finished with sowing. Large quantities of oats, peas and barley are being sown this spring,which, together with the promising grass erops, means that farmers aro intending to invest heav- ily in stock. Considerable alfalfa is being sown this year, and the results are being awaitecl with interest, Not a momeet is being lost these bright days by the farmers, and business in the towns is practically at a standstill. BRANT LOOKS WELL. Brantford despateh: If the ensuing season is faverable the grain yield in Brant county this year will compare favorably with previous years. This is the concensus of opinion among farmers of various parts of the country; despite the unfavorable conditions attending spring seeding. In the eastern section where land is heavy and holds water, seeding operationhave scarcely been started, and the outlook for barley and Oats is not good. In the Western parts, however, where the land is light, the reverse is the ease, so far as seeding is concernea, all of it having been done. Although the season, at best, has been backward, pasture is coming along well, aad (mite up to the usual standard. Fall whet in all districts Le reported all right, appearance be- teg exceptionally good, with excellent prospeete for a fine yield. CHEERFUL IN PETERB011.0'. Peterboro deePatels: ctop thins and outlook in Teterboro' county and vicinity are far more enconragieg theta Was to be expectea a fortnight or ten cloys ago. Generally speaking, the clover and fall wheat ere excellent, 10 spite of unfavorable seeding renditions lest autiumi. The stand in both of these crops is strong soul uniform; 111Ca. (lows have developed geed growth and pasture promises well for dairy- ing interests, As to seedieg, the Mi. Mons are hot so favorable, but yet not unhopeful. Seeding On higher lands and lands properly surface-draho ed last' fall and prepared for sprit* work, is pretty generally eompleted, but on low-lying or irimerfectly.dreined ground lb is SOlneWhat delayed. Ottawa despatch: The Ottawa Risser ie still rising, a small bridge at Eull has boon carried away and it temporises, structure has beau erected for the Mil and Aylmer Electric Car progress. Lumber yards on the river bailie; are flooded. Two more mills at Desehones hate been elosed downowing to the eiee of water. TilS tilrbt is at th high- est point since 106. If a storm aims there is dertsidorable fear that the boom along the Ottawa may break front the strain of the high current. They are being tonstantly 1g/etched. Tlie opinion is that the svnter Will go still higher for the neet few dart as Uwe was much inure in the north end it has not all melted. Under and resown, but generally wheat looks good. Oats and barley suffered. .eonsiderably. SIMCOE SUMS FROM RAIN. c''ollid,"bral°ektIrasg.tewhelatteNslitradilyltenda: seeding about three weeks in this sec- tion. Last year et. dry seeding season -enabled the farmeree,to seed quickly, but operations this year were continu- ally interrupted by raiu. On thehigh ground farmers have finished, but on the heevy land nutuy ..have not yet started, Dry weather the last few days has had good effects, and half a dozen days more should see seeding com- pleted. Usuelly there is little growth' in spring grains before May 24, and warm weather coining now should soil in such favorable condition. Fall wheat acreage is not as great as last year, owing to the very dry weather ineking a coueklerable percentage of the crop a failure. That which started well in the fall evinterad splendidly, anti on aigh, loamy land especially the prospects were never better. ,Low lands will aver- age half a, crop. Clover is exceptionally soon make upfor lost time with the fine this year, and has a large acreage, a failure in the 1007 crop being followed by a big seeding last year. Timothy is in good shape and should crop heavily. Timothy and clover aro ''big !name with Sinicoe county farmers. l)as.ettii.ngels about two Weeks later than ayear ago. FARM WORK DELAYED. Windsof despatch: Crop reports from North and South Essex agree that ex- cessive rains liave delayed farm work eonsiderebly. Spring plowing in North Essex is three weeks late in some town- ships. While early yet to make definite predictions, indications point toat least an average spring wheat yield; oats and corn a trifle less than last year. In South Essex less acreage will be de- voted to tobacco and more to. wheat. Ern -it promises well; no (Image is re. ported to peach trees anywhere. The season is generally backward here as in other parts of western Ontario. Dry weather from nOw on will mean that farmers tvill devote more attention to cul Live Lion. KILLED HIM. NIKO Feet Up in Air, Then Hurled to Death. Carleton,elieh., Iny25.---Entangled in the tackle rope, yanked 45 feet into the air, then hurled with a huge hem smokestablc to the roof of a building and crushed to death, was the fearful fate of john Karl, a resident of May- be*. Karl was assisting in lowering the big smokestack on the boiler house of the National Silica company at Sand Pit, about seven miles southwest of here, in Exeter township. In some manner lie became 'entangled with the rope at- tached to a 'tackle block on the stack and was hauled nearly to the toy Under his weight the huge stack top- pled over and with its human freight crashed down upon the roof of the build- ing. The stack struck with such force as to break through the roof. Karl's body bounded from the roof to the top of a freight ,oar. His nook was broken and he died in a few minutes. His arms were als'o fractured. Karl. was about 50 yeas•s old and is survived by a widow, two sons and three daughters. It is probable the coroner will inquire into the cause of the trag- edy. SPLENDID AUDACITY Mr. Alfred Lyttelton Praises New Zealand's Patriotirm. LOIR1011, May 23.—There MIAS a brilliant gathering at the annual din'- ner of the Royal Colonial Institute this evening. bit,. *Alfred Lyttelton, who presided, said the true way to get a groat Imperial navy was to foster the national spirit of the dominions. Yet what needed to be developed was not merely a sense of nationality, but a comprehensive patriotism, em. bracing..the empire as a whole. He emphasized the splendid audacity of New Zealand in announcing to the world the unity of the empires Pas triotic speeches were also delivered by Mr. Hall jones, representing New Zealand, the Earl of jersey and ,Sir Gilbert Parker. WOMEN DETECTIVES To Have Places on the Berlin Police Force. The Berlin police administration have ;decided to ,establish it corps of women. detectives. Ten ladies, mostly very young, some of thenegirls, will immedi- ately enter the service, and will be put to work as fast- as opportunity effete on every importent ease )viicre it i thought that feminine intuition may be useful. Permiesion to introduce tide helmet. tion WaS granted by the lartessian Home Offiedaes it result of experiences demon strating that there are munemus crintee which womendetectives eau besb deal with. • The &pertinent lute also decided to employ, for the first time, women ambit. - ants in edministrative work, .MODERN VAL JEAN. KENT PAIIMERS FEEL BETTER. 'Chatham dtemateli Consequent, upOit several days of lino weathee the crop outlook in this vieinity is molt im- proved,. Tith geed weather till the end nf farmers should make tip for intieh los i• kound. tii some low - lying sections alma had to be plowed Wealthy Mississippi Planter Hiding From Police, BURNED IN THEIR- BEDS. ON, •••••••,,i, Four Toronto Little Children Roast. ed Alive. Coal Oil Lamp Exploded With Fatal Results. Distracted Mother Saved One Child and Jumped. •,1,•••••••••• THEo DEAD: CHARLES, aged seven•years. ALBERT, aged five years. WILLIAM, aged three years. EDWARD, aged one y.tr. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oldfield, of Wychevood Park, Toronto despatch: Your little thilaren of Ernest Oldfield, a harnessma,ker, of Wychwood Park. wore burned to death last eight ia tbe bed in which they had hem tucked away by theie loving mother but it few minutes before:- Mrs. %Weld herself had a narrow escape, as did also her eldest boy, Ernest, and it was only by a miracle that the whole family was 'not wiped out, Mrs, M- itch' managed to save Ernest from death in the flames by throwing him from the upstairs window, and leaping after him, to the ground, about ten feet below, MOTHER TRIED TO SAVE THEM. The frantic woman tried in vain to save her four younger children, who were huddled together in their bed in the room from which any chance of escape was cut off by the flames, which were fast devouring the house. Many times she was driven back by the fierce heat, and as she felt herself being over- come by the smoke and heat Rae thought of the chance of saving at least one of her family. Seizing Ernest, who was by her side when she discov- ered the hoes° on fire, she dropped him out of the window, and quickly followed, just in time to save herself from a terrible death in the flames. All that remains of the four children are their little bodies burned te as crisp and totally unrecognizable, it being impossiee' Me last nigtst for friends of the family to tell one from the other. HAD TO BE HELD BACK. It was about 9.30 o'clock that Fred Lucas, a neighbor, passing along the Vaughan road, heard cries for help coming from the Oldfield home. As he rushed over he saw that the rear of the house was in filmes. He tried to force the door, and just as ho had succeeded Ernest Oldfield dropped from an up- stairs window, closely followed by his 'nether, who cried piteously for some one to save her children. Had she not been restrained Mrs. Oldfield would have returned to the burning house through the door which Lucas had just a minute before forced in. She could not be persuaded to leave but finally 814 was overcome and fell iu a faint in the arms of Mr. Lucas, who made several heroic attempts to save the little ones, who inets a terrible death in their bed in the upstairs room. e. - A PITIFUL SCENE, Friends carried her to the home of Mrs. Hudson, a neighbor, who lives close at hand. Her boy Ernest was also taken there, and Dr. Corrigan, who was called, dressed their hands and faces, which were painfully 'burned. Mrs. Oldfield was grief-stricken and would not be comforted. Frequently she made pitiful Appeals to the physician to tell if her four little ones were really dead or if they had escaped to the arms of .those who had rushed to the scene. Mean- while word had- been sent to the pre- mises of Samuel Ttees & Co. in the city, where Mr. Oldfielelis employed. He was told over the 'phone that one of his children had been taken 111, and he was asked to come at once. As he ap- proached the house he saw it was in ruins and firemen prosecuting diligent search in the debris lie feared the worst, but could not believe, even when tole by his grief-stricken' wife, that their little family had all been wiped out and their home destroyed by fire. The meeting _between Mr.andMrs. Oldfield was piti- ful in the extreme, their only' boy cling- ing to them and all sobbing bitterly. The heads and hands of Mrs. Oldfield and Ernest were wrapped in bandages. ANOTHER HOME GlIrIED. • While Mrs. (Afield and her boy were being tenderly cared for at tha home of Mrs, Hudson, it bucket brigade worked hard for over an hour and sine eeeded in saving adjeining, property from destruction but not before the home di James immediately to the east of the Oldfield dwelling, was completely gutted. Telephone messages were sent to the city fire department, but for some reason there was eonsiderable delay in recording the call at. she city depart. meet. Deputy Chief Noble, with Di.' triet Chief Smedley and ample fire- fighting appliances, reached the eeeuie. of the fire in good time after i•eceiving the message, and preveeted the &ether iread of the flames:, New York, May 23.--4 deapetch to the Tribune from Noxapater, Miss., says: Thomas Atkinson is hidden in the woods to -night defying a sheriff's posse and thirty militiamen. Atkinson is waited for a murder eommitted itt Mho eissippi more than tweitty-five years ago, mid for width he eves 0500 sentenc- ed to life imprisonment. Ile °seeped a few weeks after being committed, and has since led an exemplery life. He has reared a family and -becorne it 'Wealthy planter. A detectiveworking on another ehte suddenly reit upon evidence which led to an investigntion. Atkinsoo was ap- prised ef the suspicion, and, taking hes rifle,fled to the woods, defying the au- thorities. "r have three hueininde to support," pleaded the raggea h:ggar •voinen. "%Vita- yell are a bigetinet?" "Ni, ORO husband's mine and the (dime la, long to my two .ditughters."-- Clevelend Leader. _stomp high. 'The upstairs rooms were reached by it rather steep stair - ease from the kitelten to, a Mac Mal upstairs. At either side of the stair- way were the rooms. The one at the rear was orenpied by the ,eldidren .and the other by Mr. and Mrs. Old- field. Cli1i4DREIC CUT Oa BY FLAWS. Mrs. Oldfield left an ordinary coal oil lamp on the kitchen table when she wont up with the children to put them to bed. Ernest did not take off his things as quickly as the alias, and to this alone is attributed the fact that Ile la alive Walley. When the noise of the .explosion of the lamp downstairs attracted the attention of his mother. he rushed to the stairway with her. Mother and son tried to nalke their way downstairs to extin- guish the blaze, but were driven back by the flames. The female wither cell- ed, to her children, who leed just been put to bed, but the flames were already la their room despite her efforts, Mai. Oldfield was makbtO to reech the little ones or get them to come to her. When she had to give up her heroic struggle she seized her eldest by and dropped him from thewindow ef the other room aud then followed her- self. The honse and contentsare a total loss. The house and effects were insured for $300 in tbe Royal Company. Other nearby residents also get their effects out, tearing the flamee migh t spread. The fire which last night destroyed the two houses and wiped etabur youeg Uvea emphasized. the need of fire protection, which the residents in that section recently petitioned' for, There have been five serious and •de- steueftve fires since Christmas, azul Coioner Gilmour will be asked te take up the crestion of proper fire protection in connection with his in. quest. The funeral of the four little ones wilL take place on Monday afternoon from the Miesion Church, Wychwood. WERE CLUTCHING ONE ANOTHER. As soon as the burning debris actnib- a search was instituted, and oue after another all that was left of the four little victims of the tragedy was Laken out from the ruins of what was a short time before a aomfortable little home. From the position in which the ..aedies of the children were •discoveeed it, would seem that they •all died clutching one another. Deputy Chief Noble swell- ed the ruins, and first found a portion of a bedstead. As the debrie was turned over the body of one child was dis• covered, then another, and another, till. the fourth little victim's remains woe taken oat arid laid ewaY on a door. Pr. Corrigan made an examination of the remains and directed Patrol Sergt, Mur- phy to summon Coroner Gilmour from the Seventh Ward. After viewing the bodies of the little -ones, the Coroner permitted their removal to the undertak tngedrotooi-ndsayo! Mr. Arthur W. Miles, Col- lege street, where an inquest will be op- enDeputy Chief Neel' e ftfid. Chief Smedley later obtained it state- ment from the grief-stricken husband and father. Being at work ea- the time, he .could throw little light on the cireumstances attending the fire. WHERE THE TRAGEDY 000CR1110). The house eeenpied by the ()Wield.: and in which the four little ebildien m their death was on the Vinighan road in York township, in the district 'mime (15 Wyeliwood Park. The place is a taunter nf a mile west of llathmed etreet mut about the 5170e eligiAtIPP 11111.th of ('hi 11' asemee %slave! lejeally jive, thy's eorthern lirnit.. Lh' •house was It is POWAY% AS embarraseneg to meet of clapboard constructions Iwo a bill as it is to meet the NI tellettor, •-•••••1,••••14111•—• • KING APRIES' PALACE Discovered by British Archaeolo- gists' in Memphis.` London, May 24,—Professor Flinders Petrie; giving am account of the work of the British School of Archaeology to- day, said thab the great result of this year aCtienaphis had been the discovery, of the palece, of King Apnea, the Pliar- ttoht of the Bible, who was the contemporary of Jeremiah, B. C. 020 to 388. Hitherto no palace had been known in Egypt beyond the tower of Medinet .1 -tabu, and some portions- of a rather earlier date. Following are the details of the palace: Length, 400 feet, very impressive; breadth, 200 feet; mid- dle court, 100 feet square; painted col- umns, 40 feet high; seven stone -lined walls, 15 feet thick. The approach to the • pala,co lea up through a large mass of buildings to a platform at a height of about 00 feet above the plain. In the.ruins, scale ar- mor, hitherto rarely found in Egypt, was discovered. Good bronze figures of the gods were also found. • What Professor Petrie described as one supreme piece was theefitting of a palanquin of solid silver, a pound in weight, decorated with the bust of thither, -with a veld lace of the finest workmanship of bthe time of Apries. A great gateway and immense walls de- scending deep in thg mound indicated that there lay the ruins of successive palaces built ono over the other. Pro- fessor Petrie prophesied that in six or eight years excavators might dig down tkoiditeozn. earliest records of the Egyptian ing THE MONGOLIAN Got Clear of the Ice and Steamed on Her Way. St. John, Nfld., despatch: The Allan Line steamer Mongolian early to -day freed herself from the ice pack off the entrance to S. John's harboi. in which she had been imprisoned for two days. The Mongolian after releasing her- self from' the ice pack did not make any attempt to enter St. John's har- bor, ice conditions making such a course apparently impracticable. The steamer worked off shore and at 8 a. ne. was making slow progress towards the stuth through the hcavey drift ice. It was believed on shore that Gee steamer was proceeding towards Bay Bulls, IS miles south of St. John's, where there was a possibility of her making a harbor. WENT ON HER WAY. 'Montreal despatch: Tim Allan Lino people have received word that the steamer Mongolian, which had been delav, ed off the entrance of the harbor of St. John's, Nfld., on account of ice, got clear of the ice jaen this Morning and proceeded on her voy- se to Halifax and Philadelphia. foe*, BASEBALL FAN. Neglected by Husband, Wife Gets Divorce. THEIR ,JOWN NAVIES. Let the Colonies Build Cruisers, Advises Beresford. 1,1•••••••••. Loudon, May 25.—Speaking at the Austrd Ian banquet to -night, Lord Cherie Beresford said the proposal front any one of the Doininions to speed two millionEt On te battleship would mit really help. "The only way to help us," ho added, "is by pro- tecting their own trade routes. The ittea (if having deetroyers and Bab - marines in them home waters would not Parry out the objeet at all. If the doMinions would begin. with cruisers, they would eventually go in for larger growth." The °bled they had in view was to help the mother country, and ha maintained the investment of money in. cruisere was most likely to meet the °hied desired, Admiral Beresford advo- cated the oceo.sional ipterchange of ships, and declared that if the nations of Canada, South A.frica, Australia and Britain were eemented together for de- fence they could laugh at the rest of the world, He considered it absolutely necessary to lay down eight Dread- noughts in 1409. Ile stated with refer- ence to the unofficial announcement that the Government win order the four contingent Dreadnoughts in 1909 that Mr. Asquith is anxious to meet the colo- nial statesmeditbefore deciding the ques- considered that "our insane ad. vteilli. sring of Dreadnoughts" offended other nations and involved Europe in a terribly expensive naval competition. 4.* Sarantento, Cal., May 24.--s- Judge Shields toalay granted a decree of da vorce to Mrs. Miller'IL 'Upson, on the ground of failure to provide; tlie speci- fication to -Which the wife testified being that most of her busbandet time was devoted to baseball, when he ought to have been earning it living for his two children and herself. Mr. and Mrs, *Up- son were prominent in society circles. - •••••• TRAIN FELL OVER. Twenty Refrigerator Cars Went Over an Embankment, FIREMEN STRIKE Fears of a Race .War Among Georgia Railway Men. .1.1.ftIMMIN•••••• • White Firemen Want Colored Fire- men Bounced. Augneta, Cie., May 2.1. --The race sue last night suddenly gave an ex - trendy ugly aspect to a strike of less than it hundred white firemen on the Georgia Railroad, who went out in an attempt to force' the railroad to dis- charge its negro'firemen. s 13lood flowed at Athens, and a small 'nub gatlfbred here, the former disturb- ance being over a white fireman and the latter over a negro fireman. The eneineers were called out shortly after midnight, when word was received that trains had been stoned at Lithonia and at Conyers, Ga., and that the en- gineers had been struck by rocks in- tended for the firemen. The order call- ing out the engineers was temporary, and was issued by Grand Chief Bur- gess, of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers, who is in Atlanta, He inti- mated that if adequate protection could be afforded for the engineers the (leder for them not to take out their trains might be revoked. Meanwhile passen- ger train No. 4, for Augusta, with near- ly every coach full, stood in the train shed at Atlanta with its time for pull- ing out past due, and no engineer to be found to handle the throttle. Governor Smith was in communica- tion at midnight with Sheriff Clark here, who assured the Governor that the ne- gro who had been threatened was safe, and that everything was quiet. The Governor believes that careful handlingis necessary to avoid stirring i up race ssues. Woodstock, Ont., despeteli: A epee- tantsr freigjit wreek (mimed on the M. C. 11., threc mit,•s east of Tilleon- leirg station, at 3 teeloek this morning, IS the result ef which twenty big re - a igen tor ears, heavily loaded with dressed beef., are piled up at the foot of it twenty -foot embankment. It is iu- fleted that the mile sprend ad the train, whiCh wile travelling at e fair rate of speed, toppled over the high embank- ment, cal:re-mg the engine eloeg. Engin- Par Moreland, of St, r110111a51, WAS the only member of the crew injured. He was taken teelet, Thomaii Hoepital. The wreekege totally Movies the trek ooa fille the dilela and will lake all ay be- fore it is pleated away. ea— ...-.004•6••••••••,...6.• PEAT AS FUEL. - John Jacob Astor's Scheme to Use It For Power. New York, May 23.—John Jacob Astor has perfected an invention for utilizing as a fuel for power the vast deposits ot peat found in many parts of the world. His application for a patent is pending, and when it has been granted Colonel Astor will present his discovery to the public without profit to himself. Colonel Astor is now erecting on his estate at Rhinecliff on the Hudson a peat gas plant, in which it vibratory disintegrator will be tested. The plant, of about 150. horaepower, is to run a stone crusher, and if the peat yields its gas, as it is confidently believed it will, it will mean an engineering advance that may have far-reaching results. Discussing the matter, the Scientific elancrican in its current issue says that the economic utilization of the enormous peat bogs of the temperate zone has been it problem baffling scientists for many years, largely because of the amount of water, tannin, acids and salts contained in the peat. ir HALIFAX ROBBERY. ...14••••••.010, Burgess' Story _is Not Credited by Local Police, 'Halifax, 'Mast 21—There is some talk of au arrest in connection with the Canadian Express robbery hero on Wednesday, but there is nothing definite. Detectives and constable have obtained no trate of the three strangera suspected, and are returnitig to the scene of the hold-up ono by one. A reward of $400 has been of- fered for information concerning the yeggmen. The mystery of the revol- vers lit untouched by the robbers ex- cites varied comment. Besides the automatic revolvers in the cash drawer, there was another in another drawer, and in the eornet stood a Lee-Metford rifle, It is now said that the robbers got away with three thousand dollars. Deteetive Wright seems to have eel - eluded that loeal men engineered the job, and by skillful disguises have en- tirely put the officers on a false scent. Provieeial Coestable Cribb also be (dives to the Wel theory, and disbe- lieves a great part of the story told by Burgeee. e • - • it PREMIER FLED. Mr. Asquith Left Hall When Suf- frngettes Stormed it. elieffield, Eng., Meer meeting that was being addressed here to -night by Premier Asquith was storm- ed by it (Iowa of suffragettes. no women, however, failed to effeet all en. Inure to the hall, and severel of them were injured itt mweintters with the pollee. Mr. Asquith Wag obliged toineke his eelt teeretly through it side door before the proceedings had ended.