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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-06-10, Page 7'EARLY DAYS OF METHODISM. Jubilee Sermon in Rev. Dr. W, 8,1 qriffio, 91. kt. NO'. • Chu•eh is WondeihillY 'Prosiaer aul at the Hamilton vonference this., worn- ing. ThetiY the spealier etated, preatieally remit up the temper - alive people 1 the action of the Whit- ney Uutnmeu hirefueing to with- draw the thtee-fifthe clause, 'The im- port bad a good wordfor law enforee- went under Provineial Seeretary 114114ak It dealt with other featoreefliL� faVored • makiug betting' at ram tactis a erime. . Adultery alioula be made a -crime. The daatelosa of all pool roont licenses under 011$ • entire municipal control eves also re - A Plea Ferthe 014-Fashioned.Cless Meeting. Brautford, June 0,aeln his diamond jubilee sermon, celebrating his sietiestil elexe of waive work la the Methodist ministree Rev. Dr, W, 8, Griffin, treas- urer of the Superanneation Board: of the Chureh, toenight turned bade a page in the history of Methodism, and held of for an hour, aria his summing Ul), WaS Very 49, of or- er- ;at ons he 00, he 108 fl ist did ad ts, ed at on ct ng xid to re nd eh 10 ,a on to y. to 10 s, b' t. • eele, *IP fele comparison the metheas letraching then and now. He mspeleO coprehensive. bine° tale Tear 18 when he was ordahied, the growth tha alethodist Church had been m venous in ehureli properties, memb able) and reveoues. Everything at ti thno waa in contrast to the couditi oataining to -day. Sixty years ago t `membership of the church was 25,0 and this, too, eves scattered all over t country. There were no great chtirci then, and the services were Lela barns aed schoolliouses. Method preachers were liable to expatriation they perform a, marriage ceremony, a they had no civil or religious, righ laming that time one circuit extend from Niagara to Long Point, Ne hich the present time takes in all Hamill: and part of the London Coaferencesela the preachers of .those day a were stro men. They worked all the thne a none 'of them ever went , to Europe recuperate for brain fag.' They we men who had not gone to any collcg but were simply greatly gifted, a reached the gospel in a way whi •ewept the hearers off their feet al brought them up to the penitent bench.• These alien studied the Bib while riding along the blazed tracts their circuits, and had no time write sermons. But the Lord blesse them, and the converts came rapid) They were not men to dispute tl N'eracity of the story told in either th Ola or New Testament, and perhap the speaker continued, it was justa well they did not, They did mot g into the depths of scientific meant because they did nob know how, and great questions and discussions agitat- ing scholars to -day maxima nothing t them. They believed what they taugh Toalay in contrast to the barns an schoolhouses of sixty yeara ago th afethodist Church has churches to th value of $15,000,000, parsonages wort $2,500,000, and colleges and public build ings values at $3,000,000 mare. The lair has been with them and helped them They were now recognized as powerful Once they were'despised and their claim held up to ridicule. They could no hold titles to the land on which thei diuretics were built nor to the plot • where their sacred dead were • buried thought everywhere and held high posi 'Lions all over Ike land. He had seen Now Methodist— men were leaders in and watched the Church grow for more than half a century, but he felt. that the old style of testimony meeting still was needed in the life of Methodism. Another feature of this conference was the licensing of Miss L. Howe, of Wellington Street Church, as a deacon- ess, She is the first such to be set aside by the HamiltoneConference. ADDRESS ON TEMPERANCE. In Victoria Hall this afternoon, Mr. Joseph Gibson, of Ingersoll, President of the Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance, delivered a stirring address on the question of temperance. Probably 500 people comprised the audience. Mr. Gibson made a strong appeal to Brant- fordites to work hard m the coming local option campaign, as he felt that the 0 influence of success would -have a great effect in many other coiatests throughout the country. Mr. E. A. Brown, of Wood- stock, presided. At Wellington Street Church this moraine. Messrs. Nelson Hurlbut and S. Appregath, two probationers of the conference, were ardaitied into the min- istry. President Smith, of Guelph, offi- ciated. THE CLASS AlleleTING 'ahe old fashioned. Methodist class meeting, and regret at its passing; was the sabject which occupied tile attention of the Conference on Saturday morn- ing. Rev. A. Andrews, of Burlington, presented the report .of the committee on class leaders, local preachers and other lay agencies, which showed that since 1809 there had been a decrease of .$$ per cent. in the class leaders, and during the past year the falling off had been 92. Rev. Mr. Andrews deplored this state of affairs, and asked ea his report that some special provision should be made to bring about a revival, At ir the present time, he said, there were no measures taken to- develop the Chris- tianity of young people who had become associated with the Church, The dis- cussiou on the question became general; and the opinion seemed to be divided as to the comparative usefulness of the brotherhoods and Bible classes •atid other organizations and the old-style class meeting. Iteve J. S. Williamson, of Hamilton, registered a word of eensure upon the Epworth League. The motion email 'come up again and the committee work- ing. upon ib will suggest some eneane of rearming the ititatest in these gatherings, lind arousing the young people to Renee of responsibility. Dr, V, C. Stevenson, of Toronto, tecre- tary of the Young People's Forward Movement- for Millai0118, gave a short charactarietio addtess along general lines, which caused the president of the Contemn to remark, that spiritual sur- gery Was good, and the Conference need- ed just such talks as they had heard that Morning. WOW( IN CHINA. Itese George Dona, a missionary from West Chia, na whitened the Conference on the woriebeing done in that emintry. He said that the (lay of opportonity was passing in China, for hi a few, years the ery of "China for the Chinese' would be raised, And the great &sum of 'Chris - 'blanking the eetintry would be gone br- evet. Brantfora Ont. ;brie 7.—toca1 option ottrit,v prohibition And then Provineial proldbitiou with the federal Govern - merit elnitting tett importation of mamt- fitetured liquorwere t1te. fetateres the TeMperance Committette report, pre. Wilted by Rev, J. Wooley, Port Elgin, counneutied, Um report strongly con- demned hem distanee coetests, HEAVY T0,11 12,000 Deaths in Ireland Annually From Consumptl)n xi* york, June 6,—The Countess at Aberdeen, whese husband le the Lore Lieutenant of Ireland, made two ad- dresses here to -night,. one in Plymouth Churn, Brooklyte the other at the Catholic Club in afanhattan, •explainiug the wont; that is being done by the organizatiou whieh she founded and di- reets to starry out tuberculosis In Ire- land. One of the most difficult things to ac- complish, said Duly Aberdeen, was to get hese yeople in city or country to keep their windows open.. She said thet 12,000 people die every year in Ire- land from a disease that is entirely pre- ventable, and that ten or twelve the that many suffer, and 'Malta die. Ire- land sends constantly to .America men and women with the seeds of consump- tion in them, and the spread the dis- ease over here. "This is surely a subject Italica con- cerns us on both sides of the Atlantic," said, La4y Aberdeen. To-rnorrow Lady Aberdeen will go to Boston, where she will make talks on the same subject. On Monday silo will go to Montreal, and eventually to Ot- tawa. NEW ANAESTHETIC, Patient Becomes Insensible to Pain But Not Unconscious. London, jam\ 0 chief medical authoritres hf London are giving a high place to the new anaesthetic; stovaine, L e is administered by spinal injection. The shock to the patient is said to be far less than that causca by other anaesthetics. A pet:lent with :heart complaint can survive its administra- tion where either chloroform or ether would be dangerous, Special skill is required in its use, so its injectioie is not performed by the resident anaes- thetist of hospitals, but only by mem- bers of the visiting staff, . A patient under the influence of stovaine becomee insensible to pain, but is not uncoil - scants. The .drug is the discovery of a sue- geon of Bucharest, Roumania. The anaesthetic as used is a combination of strychnine and stovaine, Et is iname ed in the lower part of the spine for operations below the waist ana in the :leek for operations above. Dr. Balmy - remit is the physician who has brought some of it to London. - CABLE RATES Between Colonies and Britain Dis- (utseil by Press Men. London, June 7. --The question of cheaper cable rates between the colonies and the mother country was debated with enthusiasm at the meeting to -day of the Iinperial Press Congress. The delegates were welcomed by Lord Crewe, who declared that the empire would not really be urtile,d until the average citizen of the wader provinces of Canada, for instance, could understand quickly the problems of India. T. D. of Ottawa, urged that there OMR be Government cable lines between Englaud and Canada and beyond Canada under the Pacific. He ex- presSect the conviction that state -Owned cables vtould mean that the rates on com- mercial meseases Could be reduced without loss to five cents a word. Sir Hugh Graham, proprietor of the Mon- treat.,Star, was the next speaker. Ile said he believed in the agitation for state-owned cables and proposed the organtzation of a permanent commission to inquire into the subject. Postmaster General Buxton assured the delegates of the sympathy of the govern- ment, which he said would try to co-operate. Ho thought tho cable companies wand re- duce their rates if assured of a larger volume of business. Discussion of this subject will be resumed on Juno 25 at a special session. tre JUDGE WELLER DEAD Peterhoro County Loses Just Juilge and Esttemed Citizen. Teterboro, jetne 0.—Last eveniug at 5.30, Charles .Alexander Weller, County Comb Judge, Teterboro, died ab bis residence here, at the aze of 70 years. he was a native of Cobourg, and began the practice of the Jaw in Teter- boro at the early age of 22, and contin. ued it for thirty-four years afterwards, till 1880, when lie was elevated to the Denali. He has been in bad health for come months. judge Weller in hisjmli. cad capaeltat rendered splendid service. • *** COMMISSIONERS. Ottawa, June 7,—The Government has oppointed the members of the Royal Commission provided for at the last ses- sion of Parliament to go to Great Brit- ain and. Denmark to investigate pork packing and swine breeding methods there. The corbmissioners are W. W. Ballantyne, Stratford; W. Jones Mule; Garecau Three Rivers; J. E.,Sincittir, Springfield, P. 13, I. and Joseph Rye, Dungle Alta, / '• PETITION DISMISSED, Ottawa, Ont,, June 7.—The petition against the election of Mr. G. V. Ito& gins, M. X. for Pontie,c, on the grounds lef bribery and corruption, was elismiesed by J. G. Cliampagne in the Bryson super- ior court, on Saturday. Motion ond wino ter motion here kept the ease before the end for several months. A petition entered against Mr. Brabazon, who eon- fested the seat in the Conservative hi- terests, also Wa8 disMisaed, Twertty-five years ago W. S. lsttilo, the first white obila to be born. pry, wee deeded. a 23 -foot lot hortly after his birth by the then villege an. thoritive. The property WM lield in 'Med by 11 15 p/trente amtil Costello (lime of age. Yeeterilay the young man sold hit lot for ill18,000. The property is Ott 4iglit1t avenue, •oppoeite the poet office, GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Presbyterians are in Ses)icn at Hamilton, Next Assembly to be field a Halifax, (Hamilton, Oat, Deepatelia Chtlaell Uniell is the topie at the Generei Assembly mooting this after- noon. It was not discussed this morning but that it was the upper- most subject in malty minds could be gleaned from the talk that wax: going on. The committee on this im- portant .subject laid before the As- sembly this afternoon all the resolu- ages paseee be the General Assembly yoneartsl.xe subjeoe during the Past live The Assembly receive the repoet and learn with deep gratification that the joiet committee on union have, after five years' enquiry and discus- • Bien, arrived at the conclusiou that, in their judgment the organic union pofrateltireabtliier.oe negotiating churches is The Assembly desire to recognize the guidance of the Spirit of God in the proceedinge that have talon plaeo, as evidenced in the harmony of the deliberations of the joint committee, the increase of mutual confidence and the great unanimity of their cenclu- sions as to the lines along which the negotiating churches, if they are dis- posed to do so, may come together in organic union. The Assembly are profoundly thank- ful for tho measure of success achiev- ed in dealing with a task of such magnitude and diffieulty, and they recommend that on the second Lord's Day of the month of October next, or the nearest convenient day thereto, ministers bring before their congrega- tions the history 0 the negotiations, the chief proposals contained in the documentembodied in the report, the historic position of the Presbyter- ian Church regarding union, with other Christian. Churches and the unique place occupied by the present movement in the history of Protest, ant Christianity, Inastnuell as the joint committee have expressed their conviction that the voting on the question of union should fake place simultaneously in .the three neglotiating churches, and inasenueli as the General Conference of the Methodist Chureh will not meet till the month of September, 1910, the Assembly agree tnat the judgment of the church at large on this im- portant subject be not sought until after date. They direct, however, that copies of the report be sent down to Presbyter- ies, Sessions and Congregations for their use, in order that they may be fully informed as to the whole ques- tion, and be prepared to deal with it when it comes before them fot dis- posal, The Assembly suggest to the Execu tive of the joint committe the aclvis- abality of preparing a brief summary of the mane conteots of the report for popular use. The Assembly express the hope that members of the union committee will hold themselves ready to accept the invitation from Presbyteries or Con- gregations desiring to reeeive informa- tion or explanations. Finally, the .AsSembly commit the whole question to the intelligent, sym- pathetic and prayerful consideration of the church. This morning Dr. Armstrong was nom. incited by the hoard of the Ottawa Ladies' College to be Principal. He will eesign his charge as pastor of St. Paul's, Ottawa. The report was presented by Rev. Mr. Milne, of Ottawa, and seconded by Dr. rt. Campbell, and carried. The Ewart Training School, of Toron- to, was reported on by Dr. R. D. Fraser. III'. John Lowden—moved its adoptioo, seconded by Dr. R. p. McKay. This is the twelfth year .of the exietenee of this school. This year Miss Ethel Glenden- ning aird Alise 'Madill sail for India about Christmas. A new home ie 10 quired, and it is, hoped that friends will iriatItliye. to this good cause. As regards a constitution, it WM agreed to welt a Rev. j. S. Sutheriana, ef Halifax, at last got a chance to give in the Home ',Mission report. It was supported by Rev. Mr. Forbes, of Neva Scotia. Dr. Somerville auouneed that the "Robertson memorial" had not been so successful vs to 'eremite the establish- ment of the peoposed lectureship in bie honor. The total receipts were $4,313. err. W. Drysalale, of Montreal, said that Dr. Robertson erected his own memorial, which was the Western Churchitself, and 18 is a shame that the • fund is eo Me. AV. Pan), of Montreal, said that the name of Dr. James Robertaon has created the greatese possible entente. lawn at the remotion of his name at the last meeting .of the Laym.en'e 'Missionary Convention la Toronto, A committee was appointed to take lip the ease. •liev. S. Childeehose, the Superioteod- ent of Missions in New Ontario, was given the same salary as the Western men who do the same Nemec, leis remun- eration will $2,250 A, year. Dr. Duval, et Winnipeg, was intro- duced this morning. The Assembly stood out ef sympathy for him. He spoke withgreat calmness and said: "If ever I cherished a desire, it was to wet - :eine to this .ehairthe distinguished friend and brother whom you have elect. hiayor McLaren, of this city, will at- tend and give the greetings of the city this afternoon. A deputation from the Methodist Conference will appear at the same time. Re.v. J. A, Marlearlftee, Pt, Levis, and Dr. Mowat mov(t to have a Superintend- ent of Home Missions appointed. Dr. Ratcliffe and Dr. McTavish supported an ftmendment. Mr. W. Drysdale said that thee waterpowers in Quebec are no myth;WO nanst have some ote look. hig after the Scotch and relight mediae - les going there. We have made mistakes itt delays before; fOr pity's sake don't do it any loeger, 10 1818 been deeidett to hold the twat Assembly meeting in Itelifax, • 4. 4' SHAKEN UP. Terrific Earthquake Makes Record on Isle of Wight. London, June 7.—The seismographs of Dr. 11.11I00e on the Isle of Wight and Prof. Beier, of the Laibach Observatory, re - milled last even* a distinct earth- quake. The eenplitude of the motion ex. recited that at 'Messina and 'Nan Fran. 0i' -co. Dr. Milne enggeste Hint the tertlo Tinto was octet of Java. A telegram from .18iugapore records a ',heck there, REV. DR. SAMUEL LYLE, Minister of • Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, the new Moder, ator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 4 • 4. BODIES FOUND. • PROBABLE DOUBLE DROWNING NEAR SMITH'S FALLS, Welland Boy Falls Into River—Young Englishman Drowned at Otter. ville While Bathing — Another Drowning at Toronto. Smith's Falls, June 0.—L150 about 0 .o'elock Alessns. Henry Cham- bers and john A. Pager, on coming down the river from Belling, reported having found the body of a man floating lii the' lake, near Sand Island, about five miles from town. It proved to be that of Is- rael Earle, an old resident. He left here on Tuesday in a small skiff, accent - periled by a matt mooed McCormitek, and they were going to work at oue of the smnmer cottages a short distance from where the body was found floating; Eerie was an elderly man, aboet 05 years of age, and was not very active, while his companion WAS not Vito so old, and possibly that accounts for the direfu1,. results of the trip. The body of McCormack is supposed to be stilt in the lake, and a search party is out look. hoe for it to -day. WELLAND BOY DROWNED. Welland, June 5.e--11. White, aged 7 years, son of Roy White, was drowned in the Welland River here this evening. They live near, the river, and the boy was missed about 0 o'clock, the body being found at 8.30. He had evidently been playing on the river bank and fall. en inDROWNING AT OTTERVILLE. e Otterviile, June 5.—Arthur Tavanneer, a young Englishman, working here, wa.s drowned in the Otter River while bath - leg this evening about 8 o'clock. He had no relatives in this country, except a sister in Walkerville. FOUND BOY'S 13 Ont. Ottawa, June. 0.—The body of David Valiquette, aged nine y.ears, one of two brothers who- were carried into the rvier by a small landslide and drowned on May 10th, was found yesterday morning by a party with grappling irons seeking for the body of .Arthur Martineau, 10 boy, who 'MIS drowned in the river last week. A coronet's exiunination of .the body will be made. • LET GO AND SANK. Toronto, Jrune 7.—Reid W. Richard- son, one of a happy party which went out sailing on the bay on Saturday, was drowned before the eyes of his compan- ions. His body was recovered yester- day. With him were Mr, James Dews - ley, of 441 Delaware avenue, his wife and Miss Edith Bruce, of 89 Homewood avenue. Richardson was sitting up against the sail, when a sudden gust of wend struck it. The jerk threw the on. fortunate youug man Into the water, Ault before the boat could be brought to he was some distance away. A rope was thrown to him, anti by swinuning a few strokes he managed to grasp it. He was pulled to within a few feet of the boat, awl just; when his companions -thought he was safe lie let go the rope aiel r( itched .for the isde of the boat. Re missed his grip and sank, he did not come up again. A.fter having been in the water for nearly three mouths, the body of Ern- est leemp, the Englishman who disap- yroti'ed froni his boarding house on March 10tle was found yesterday morn- ing lying on the bed of the Don River a few yards from the Eastern avenue bridge. VICTIMS OF MONTREAL nwat. Cobalt, June 0.— The Montreal River hae claimed two. »tore lives. On Wea- nesday ]?rank Taylor was -drowned at Mountain Chutes, elem. he and two companions were overturned from a eanoe in the rapids, and on Thursday a prospector, mono unknown,was drown. ed at Red Pine Point,,12 miles oorth of Lalcaord, by the upsetting of a mese, A companion wee saved. Thebodies of Herman. Sager, drowned at Latchford; 'AValter Wright, drowned at Elk Lake, find Melvin Zimmermara at Shining Tree Luke, have not been recovered. DROWNE'D WHILE AT WORK., Sault Ste, Marie, June 0.—Alex. Car- gill, aged 30, who is said to have rein.- ntiii:esr.in Parry Sound, was drowned ed on the South Chippewa FLOATER IDENTIFIED. Teterboro', june 0. --The body of a man found in -Otonabee River has been. idelitified as that of Elias Armstrong, a mid -clic -aged mat, whose home was orig- inally at Cannington. He was a, carpen- ter. lie left the employ of James Lin - tick, of Powler'e Corners, at Christmas end bad not ben heard of slue. FATALITY AT FORT WILLIAM, Fort William, June body of Gebe lloissinemt was brought to the jalr- face of the Kam River last night, hay - Ng been 24 hours in the water. AUJOMOBILE DAY. Ileamiville, June T.—As malty 111 sixty automobiles paesed on the teneenston 1111(1 Grimsby stone 'road yesterday. They were of all kinds, front the bite touring ears to the light runabouts andtheyran itt.the majority of cases for all tee speed that woe available in them, mak- ing -dense clouds of dust, that obeetteed the highway for inilee. Ladyetnith Prince, the little daugh- ter of 1. Prince, an employee of the C. P. It.„ while playing with her sinter, set fire to the prairie imp Wineipeg, and her -clothes were ignited from the Mmes. She was tattle 'burned. GAMBLING AT RACE TRACK.. Has Torott.: the Power to Stop Gambling at Woodbine? •••••,,•••* Important Pronouncement by Sea. sins Grand Jury, Judge Winchester on the Lew and Evi!s of Betting, Toronto, Juno 7.—rn coonection with the suppression of race -track betting when it is made a business, hie Honor Judge Winchester, in reply to the pre- sentment of the Grand Jury cf the Criminol Seesions on Saturday, made .an importent pronouncement which throws the responsibility upon the City Conn- ell for taking steps to stop the eviL Judge Winchester direeted attention to the fact that the city of Sheffield, England, had passed a by-law Paaa Whiting race.traek betting, and the by-laNv, ate being tested in all the courts, waa upheld, "I would there- fore advise," said, /xis Honor, "our City Council, if they have not al - reedy the power to pass such a law, that they should' go to the On- tario Legislature and secure such power," It was pointed out to the Grand Jury that the City Council had already passed by-laws prohibiting other forms of gambling, A. SCATHING COMMENT. In their presentment, the Grand Ttity scathingly commented upon the prevalence of gambling and tho gyowth of the evil. They also dwelt open ineOn- sistencies in the Iew affeeting the prac- tice in Canada. Ineffective laws in On- tario seemed to be attracting race -track gamblers to this Trevino*, and the Grand Jui7 declared that there was dan- ger of Ontario "bccomina known throughout the United Stiiites as the race -track gamblers' paradise." They said: "We beg to call atteOtion to the mania for gambling which seems to have seized our public and to the glar- ing inconsistency of the laws Which per- mit the public praetiee of this evil. Why it is any more wrong to place a bet in a cigar store than on a race -track the most careful moralist might find it hard to answer. We certainly cannot deter- mine the differences. Yet the fact re. mains that the poor 1111113 who cannot afford to lose time from 'his employ- ment and to pay $1.50 admission fee is denied the privilege ivhich is freely granted to a gAllible public on the race track. Is it because fashionable soeitty are the offenders ofttimes there, or is it because the wealth represented in these minastkietrustpions has terrors for the law- . "When we learn of dishonesty whicb is born of race -track gambling, the hardship which comes upon many a home through the folly of tho father or the mother, the disgrace which follows many w young person's 'get rich quick' efforts, when, worst of all, we awaken to the tolerance of.public opinion to in- stitutions which have so outraged pub- lic senthnent in other countries that they have completely prohibited them, we fear not only for the good name of our .fair country, but for the moral honesty without which no nation can maintain her prosperity or hor safety. "We have no serious quarrel with the horse race as a sport, bub we have strong conscientious convictions con- cerning the legal permission of such betting practices as are so generally careiecl on and witli the kind of ad- vertising which offers daily in this city, `tips' to all dupes who will buy. 'We have observed that the States of the American Union, which lie next to the Province of Ontario, have all adopted radical and stringent laws for the prevention of race -track* gambling in every form. We regret to note that the absence of equality effective laws in Ontario seems to be attracting the race -track gamblers of these States to Ontario tracks, especially at aw Erie and Windsor. There is danger of our Province becoming known through- out the 'United States as the race- track Gamblers' Paradise.' "'AVe sincerely hope that an a,wakeried public opinion will compel such legisla- tion as will ina.ke it impossible for any reeedraek or s.porting institution to continue its existence if betting be at all permitted in connection therewith. And may we not look for some legiti- mate prevention of sloth disgraceful gambliug advertisements as are being of- fered to the public in one of our daily P11 pere "We regret very much that necessity also -compels us to ask that some repre- sentations be made to oiir Gracious Sovereign King Edward, and his Cana- dian representative, our 'mica -esteemed Gc vernor-General, askinabthat they with- held their patronage and presence from all such institutions as permit public betting, for, undotibtedly, this is one of the steongesb factors in the popularity of these institution.% and at; the same time gives a. glamor of respectability which results in disgrace, hardship and dishonesty to nra»y who woula other- wise escape these perils. "It might Scent superfluous I o sug- gest to the publie thab the professional bookmaker is neither in the business fot the good of his health nor for the pur- pose of distributing fortune to the pub- lic," JUDGE WINCHESTER'S' COMMENTS:" "Gambling is the greatest evil in Ei.gland to.day," said judge Win- chester in expressing his eoncurrenee with the views of the Grand •Jury with regard to raec-traek betting, which is nittd n businese„ and he added.: "1 ens Afraid that we 110 dee eonntry are fast following in the footsteps of the methee country." Ile then madethe r(warks quoted in the introauction., That the evil was being driven from the thated States and beeoming estab lishea in Wade, was shown by the daily evidence of tipsters showing their wares, to the ,goetibling "It must be understood, however,. that betting,as carried on at the Wood- bine, which is an bworporated raee track under the laws of thie eountry is legal, and that therefore the advertising of betting criunot be illegal, "Certain papers eendemo betting, .editorintly and decry it i08 on evil,but in those very papere on other pages are published form tharte, giving the miteriee, weights, .ona the stet upon which money IA paid over every &ay on the odde alieplayed. 18 those mere Were really serious in their of - forte fo put down the evil they should stop publishingthese form itharts, and the odds on the horeee." The :Nage expteeeed the hope thee Otto neetessary legislation woeld be passed to enable the authorities- to de al with hAndboekeinthing. Cam- blieg hardeued 8, person'e conseinee and It Was 4 htet that the- man 0° at the Se$4104 tile heaviest sentence, he believed, hal speut his HI gotten pine In betting. "Crime of necessity foliowe hettting—that Is at heist Lvitli the weakminded.. I have no objection to people betting If they 144 desire—it is not 11 viee in itself. But it sets an unfortunate example. In It- self is is 1100 10 ein or 0 el:twee—a man eun bet without; eine-but it Is by reason of the bad example set teat it should be put dome" Judge Winebeeter ale° pro- imeea to forward the presentment to Otto Provincial and Dominion Govern31100405, - HUSBAND'S DARING. He Plunged Into Niagara to Save His Wife. Niagara Falls, N, Y., June Louis Cohn; of Buffalo, saw his young wife leap into the swirling river between Second and Third Sistet Islands at 5 o'clock this afternoon, only 100 feet above/the brink of the catarect, With- out a moment's hesitation he follewed her„ cauglit her hand and strugglee des- perately to save her, Mrs, Collett probably died in her hue - ballet's arms, Before it was posaible to briug efficient belle an hour had passed, all of which time Cohen wae making frantic efforts to reacb the shore. But the struggle against the current—at this point itis about twenty miles an liour— waa beyond mere human muscle. For- tune aided him.' 'With his wife tightly gasped to hint, lie fele bimself bump intoaa tree stump, and on this he got a grip with one free hand. When aid at last arrived Cohen was exhausted, and could not tie the rope thrown him around his own or his wife's body. He had been unable, too, in the long wait to keep his wife's head above water. Ile held to the rope with one hand and was drawn ashore, but lost his grip of his wife's body awhen within fif- teen feet of the bank. The woman's body was whirled away and later in the day was found fast to a rock 100 feet above the brink. AVIien it was rescued life was extinct. . • •• AIONG TRIP. Two Prairie Schooners Are Coining From Dakota. • iteholsor, June 0.—With his wife and two youftg daughters, James Watson, formerly of Thornhill, Ont., arrived here yesterday afternoon after a trip of over a thousand miles in two wagons fitted out in Alm style of two prairie "schoon- ers," All three were the picture of health and declare the • trip of two months, all ofewhieh has been apent in the open air, has greatly benefited them. Pour years ago Watson, who possessed a file farm near Thornhill, was per- suaded by friends to sell out and remove to South Dakota. He settled near Aber- deen, S. 13,„ but found that the variable climate was reflected in uncertain crop yields, and when last year's work went practieally for naught, Watson made up his mind to return to Canada. He started out with his family on April 2 last, and has been on the road continuously. The party will remain in Windsor until 'Tuesday, when the line of march will again be taken up for Thorn- hill, which Watson expects to reach about July I. NELSON ISOLATED. Great Damage Done on Railways and Ranches. Vancouver, 13. Ce June 0.—Nelson has been completely shut off from the rest of the world for the past two days as the result of floods to the north, east and south. It is hoped communication will lm restored early this eveek. • Re- ports of damage are eoming in. Rail- ways and fruit ranchers suffered severe- ly, the damage in alinose every inetance resulting from mountain creeks sjump- ing their banks and sweeping earth and fruib trees away. The C. P. IL and Great Northern Railways have had many sections of track swept away, and it will take considerable time to make preoerrateirt.si, even if no further deluge is done. No loss of life so far is 00- *** ARCHBISHOP D teHA la' EL. Death of Distinguished l slate at Casselman. Ottawa, Jima 6:—Archbishop Joseph T. lailhatnel, Metropolitan of the Roman Catholic See of Ottawa, and Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, died sud- denly lasb night of thorn:natio affection of the heart, at Casselman, Russel county. Monsignore Dithainei was at the time on a pastoral visit to the parish, and though not feeling 'very well dur- ing the afternoon, was not thought to be seriously ill, until the end came suddenly le the evening. News of his death was telegraphed to Ottawa, and was announced this morning in° all the Roman Catholic churches of the city. The remains of the deceased pre- late were brought to the capital this afterneon, and a largo concourse of inembers ofthe Church accompanied the cortege from the station to the Basilica, whet° the body will lie in state until the funeral ceremonies on Thursday. no funeral oratioes will be given in French by Aechbishop Bruchesi of Montreal., and in Eng- lish by Archbishop MeEvity of Toronto. The late Archbishop was born hi 1841, at Centre Cour, Que., and spoil; alamst the whole of his life in Ottawa, receiv- ing his education for the priest - hoed at St. eloseple's College. He WAS or- dained it 1863, taking his first pas- toral charge at lattekingham. Li 1874 he wee appointed Bishop. of Ottawa, fir succession to Bishop Chigoes, and in 1886 he evae created A.reltbiehop. e * BARGE BURNED. Detroit, Mleh., June 7.—Ifugh rt, Haver, of Detroit, the owner, luta been notified ot the destracilort by fire of tho barge Gbh- hardt at Drumniend Ocorelan Bay. Vessel had been leaded With seventeen thoU- Wei IMO tor a Detroit firm. there was about two thousand dollars' ineuriture on the cello, but 110115 at on on the bold, Act Ow as known the crew escaped. A quiet but pretty weatling took plitee ali Brattford in the Broadway alethodiet -Church. when Gertrude, youngest ter of Mrs. W11110111 14 ettInpbtqf, Wt18 ttlttrtlea to Dr. W. Herbert Secord, see- ona son of Dr, tr. Secord, of Brantford. 1111:HARE GQES IN' BLYTHE 'DOOMP. Seveutgive Pers ms Thrown To getber Into Lake Ponchartraie. Ton Many People Crowded on ,to the Wharf. Nov Orleane, La., Jame tie -rout' Ivo - pm and tWo and probibly :my others, were drowned to -night %nen the excursion steamer Margaret made a fastening at Mandeville, Le., Jn the north (wet of ',eke Ponchattrain, 25' miles from New Orleans. The wearf gave way and about 71. persona were thrown iota the lake, Many heroic mullets were made, MAY NOT EXCEED SIX, 4 New Orleans, Lae dune 7.—No. more bodice have been. found In Lake Tonehar- train, at Mandeville, La., where the Lvlitue gave Way Willie the steamer Mar - prat was making a lauding lest uight, end 10 18 believed that the deathe will not exceed six, For some reason the boatlanding late been changed to a wharf, which hail len been used for several months. Seoree of people crowded upon the landing' upon the approach of the Margaret, and it was only ivben the vessel drew a few feat alongside that the emelt. panic. Men, women mid children went into th,awater, and it; looked for a time that scores would bc 'damned, e • DEAKINY OFFER. A Dreadnought or Its Equivalent From Australia. Alelbuurne, June 0.—Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, Its cabled the imperial Government offering a Dreadnought on behalf of Australia, or Buell equivalent et/retribu- tion to the naval defence of the Empire as the Imperial Government May *choose. Mr. Deakin's decision is popular in Australia. The Goveroment's idea is to emphasize to the world the solidarity of the Empire. 10 18 considered probable that the money contribution to the Im- periai navy will be increasedunless the Admiralty advises that localexpendi- ture would be a. greater Imperial advan- tage. The details of the new military or- ganization have been postponed, await- ing Lord Kitehener's report, but the principle of compulsory service will be adhered to, beginning with school cadets. ALL VACCINATED. Passengers on Virginian Will be Quarantined Three Weeks. Quebec, June 0.—Tho Allan Line steamer Virginian, which arrived at the Grosse isle Quarantine Station on Friday at midnight, and was detained there until 5 o'clock on Saturday even-. ing, only arrived at Quebec at 7. The cause of the detention was a case of smallpox. When the steamer reached. Grosse isle the patient and family and all the foreign immigrants, to the number of 80, wen taken from the ship, and are now in quarantine, where they will remain 21 days, After the removal of the diseased per- son from the steamer tha physician in °Large of the quarantine station, with his assistant, vaccinated the rest of the passengers, ala British, and. fumigated the steerage. TOO YOUNG. Young Man Charged With Perjury When Getting Married, London, Ont., June 7.-1tel:rt. Campbell, of this city, arrested in Brantford on Saturday on a charge of perjury, appeared before Magistrate Love this morning and was balled In the sum of 5600 to appear for trial in a week. The tharge laid against Campbell by Ernest Simms, father of Jessie Simms, who alleges Campbell took his daughter to Brant- ford and married her, giving her age as 18 when she Is not that old. The father tried • to get the girl this morning in the cottrt, but she was too quick aud, getting away from Fair Martyr From the Old Land Visit - him, left the court with her husband, APOSTLE OF SUFFRAGE. • Ottawa, neg. 7.—'-The al.vomews so. frage Association of Ottawa has been experiencing a sort of revival during the past few days, the revivalist being Miss Keegan, one of the British martyrs to the cause, who went to jail in London some time ago withe other militant suf- fragettes who stormed the Parliament buildings and took part in other spec- tacular demonstrations in behalf of wo- man suffrage. She Is a young. and strikingly handsome woman, and is 0 t. present with friends on a touring 1.1-'p through Canada. ;Meeting the Loa) suffragettes here, she has urged them to adopt more aggressive methods, maintaining that mere petitions and academie discussion a will not advance very much thc movement for the ex- tension of the suffrage to women. As it result the local society has de- cided to hold a Bret open-air me itiag and demonetration somewhere in the capital next week. Au effort was made to secure the netive support of Ltly Laurier and Mrs, R. L. Borden, but be- yood a eourteoes and rion-committal letter of sympathy the wives of the two cause. tunity to beeonee identified with the party Inders did not grasp the eppars Me, Borden politely turned ashie 21 suggestion of the society that her 1 rime and grounds be made available ear tho propotied foregathering of the seffra- gette forces next week. eei 41, ' 'Fishing Scheoners Overdue. St. John's, Nfld., June 0. ---To the great .auxiety felt here by shipowners mut the relatives of the 300 men 00111 - prising the erews of a score of fishing schooners a week overdue, at this port, from llourt Vista Bay, bemuse of ieo in menneitig proportions, has been added the fear of dienster from ice floes and storm, 'During Wedneedety eight And Tharreclay morning a heavy storm Pen. tred over the region between here and Bona Vista Bee, a distance of 50 mile*. Agincourt Wife .Murderer to Hang June IL' Toronto June 7.----eAValtee Blythe.wiil be hanged ou June 17. Sherd( Alowat 01118 mining received thie official inemage front the, efouneil at Ottawa: "To the Sheriff of the City of Toronto( "In the eaSe of Walter Blythe. I am commanded Lb Worm you. that Ifie Excelleney the Goverienseleneral does not see fit to interfere further with the seutenee of the -court. "P. Telletime "Aseiatant lender Secretary of Stete IVeiter Blythe is the Agmeourt wept= who murdered bie wife by beating her with to poker, He wee senteoced by Judge Riddell to hang on the Leth of May, but the day .bsfore the execution a reprieve was grented until June 17, But now Blythe's last hope of reprieve is passed, 4 A short time after the news wee broken to Blythe, he sag without bit' 1(008088: "It was no kindness to me to grant the reprieve On May 13; if I was. to die it was better that I should have died. then, I had prepared my mind for death, and gone through the bitter part of it, ancl now I must go through thia agony Of preparing for Oath 01. seeond time," LINER HELD UP ••••-••--.• Supposed Case of Smallpox on the Virginian. :Montreal despatch: The Allan Line steamship Virginia, from Liverpool, with 800 passengers aboard,. is held up at Grosse Isle on account of a supposed ease of smallpox amongst the steerage passengers, When tile vessel reacaed Grosse Isle the ship's doctor notified the chief medical officer at the quarantine station that there With a supposed ease of smallpox on board, and the vessel was accordingly detained at quarantine, The steerage passengers will be examined to -morrow, and it is not expected that Otto vessel will be in quarantine long. Mr. Hannah, of the Allan Line, stated to -night that he dia not think there would bo any serious delay to the other passengers, and that the vessel would probably arrive in Montreal on &luau. • • •— BLOWN UP. Tool -Box Explosion Shakes Cobalt and Smashes Windows. Cobalt, Juno 7.--A few minutes after 5 o'clock this afternoon an explosion took place in the tool -box of the town workmen. Ws- -sites flew In all directions, breaking windows and doing minor damage over a large area. The tool box where tho explosion took place was across the road from the public sehool, Nolen a rock cut Is being blasted out. Near- ly all the windows in the school were broken, while the windows ot several other build- ing. including the Presbyterian manse and church. suffered. Mr. Thomas Wilton, a broker, of the Opera House building, was sitting at his desk writing when a portion of a' heavy mallet came through tbe roof, lighting close to hits. A two-inch auger, red hot. -tell back or the Ottawa House. Both of these buildings are in eighth of a mile from where the explosion took place. ATTACKED BY DOGS. Little Montreal Boy Bitten in Face and Neck. Montreal, June 7. — An eighteen - months -old child of M. Grant, of St. Lanthert, was badly bitten to -day by two English bulldogs in a neighbor's yard. The, child 'wandered into the ward and the does flew at his throat and face. The child's screams bought his mother and a couple of men to his assistance, and the dogs were beaten off, but only with the greatest difficulty. One of the men had to uso a hammer before they could be made to loosen their hold. A. doctor was summoned and was obliged to put in nineteen stitches in the little chap'a fee° and neck. His nose was almost bitten off, and the other injurice wore very painful. His recovery is doubtful. ••• NOT CONDOR WRECK Examination Proves Flotsam to be Another Vessel. ••••••=mer••••., Victoria, B. C., June 7.—A search of the loeality in which the wreok of H.M.S. Condor, lost with all hands eight years ago, was reported located, has been made by H. J. Hillier, Gov- ernment telegraph lineman at Uclulet. A. epee, supposed to be from a Brit- ish warship, came ashore at Mr, Hare vey's, at Long Beach. Mr. Lfillier wires from Uolulet this afternoon: "I have examined the Long Beach carefully, and find nothing of the Cone dor wreck. Have examined the spar and decided it is from the wreck of the' Pass of Monett. The suppOsed hull on the beach Mr. Harvey no- ticed a sea breaking over four years ago. a • • CHAUFFEUR CHARGED.. Drove D. D. Mann's Auto Into Street Oar and Skipped. Toronto, June 7.---13eteetive Guthrie returned Saturday from /lieges% Fag svith George Seeger, of 100 MeGill street, who, until he ran the magnate's auto- mobile into a street ear on College street tome days ego, was employed by Mr. D. D. Mann as thauffeur. was brought ban on the charge of doing grievous bodily harm to Fannie White, who, with another girl and 8youtig man, Were in the eat witlx him at the time of the Atseident. Miss White is in is,,t,,,:s.tiehaers Hospital suffering froth fraeture of the right twin and other in - It appeore that the itemised had tak- en Mr. Mann to the VitiOn Station and then denied to go out and have a good Out by leiteeelf. Ito WAS unfortunate, however, and in the collielon with the street enr Mr. liatin'e auto wits damaged to the extent of $5,000. A few niiriutti efter the aceieent the itemised eiestppear- eel, but 0045 eaught Friday night at 00 Valls by Chief Maine, There is plenty -of rosin at the top, because 50 many vebo get there fall off.