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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-11-04, Page 2Sunday LessQN Vied-NOV, 7, 1909, "0,001-,0-000,0010 PIM a PriSonerdeThe Shipwreck, - Acts 27Z 39-28: 10. ContMentary se -1, The ship 'a cont- PatlY in great danger (vs. 27438). Ort the fourteenth night ot the etorra they discovered that they were draseing near some land. They had been driven about 480 miles westward to the little island of Malta. Some of the sailors were trying to escape end leave the others to their fate, but Paul dal& "Eifeept these abide in the ship Ye Cannot be saved," whereupon the soldiers cut the ropes; that held the small boat to ene ship and allowed it to drift away, and the sailors were obliged to remain in the gbrp,A were weak from fasting and exposure and Paul persuedecl them to eat, He repea,ted his assurances of safety, Paul's hopeful a,nd cheerful- spirit had breathed hope and comfort into the who company. His faith and courage not Only muted him to pass through these dark days without be - conking despondent, but actually en- abled him to inspire courage in all the rese. II. The wreck and the escape (vs. 39-44), - 39. knenenet the land -Even if some of the sailors were familiar -With the island of Malta, yet conking so sud- denly upon it they wouldat first fail to recognize it. took counsel (R. V.) --They saw a "bay with a beach" where they hoped to be able to land, aud they discussed the best means of doing so. 40 pasting off. the anchors (R. V.) -They cast on all the anchors and left thero In the sea, loosing the bands (R. V.) -.-Ancient ships were supplied With two rndders, lke pads dles, one being placed on each side of the stern. When the ship was an- chored by the stern it heetime necee. Sary to 'hoist these rudders out of the water end bind them to the ship, but now that they Were trying to ge.t the ship to land the rudders were united. 41. two seas met -The channel which separates the little -island of Salmon. etta from the Maltese coast near St. Paul's tray tinites the outer sea with the inner and forms just ouch a posi- lion as is here described. "As the seaman sail in from the east they mis- took the visible part a the mouth of the strait for a bay, and thrusting their prow into the clayey shore their stern took the force of the double sea, still agitated. by the storm."-Whedon. 42. soldiers' counsel-A,ccordingto the Roman custom each ef the prisoners was chained to 'a particular soldier who was his keeper. -Hackett. The Roman law made the soldiers answer- able with their own lives for the prisoners placed under their charge, and now that there was a possibility of the prisoners escaping the soldiers wished them put to death. " 43. desiring to save (R.V.)---:"The centurion could not fail to see that it was to paul that the safety of, the whole party was due." Swim -As Paul had already been thrice •ship - Wrecked and had been in the deep a night and a cley (2 :Cor. 11:20 wa may be euro that he Was among those who were told to swim ashore. -Cam. Bib. 44. came to pass -"And so the three points of Paul's prediction were accomplished -they were wrecked up. on. an island, the ship was lost, and their lives were .saved." 111. On the Island of Melita (vs. 1-10). 1, when they were escaped -Significant words. in view of the perils from which they had been delivered.• called Melita -It must be remembered they had lost their reckoning (chap. 27:20), and did not know whither the tempest had car- ried them until they reached the island. That this island was the modern Malta, cannot well be doubted. Treditional evidence sustains it; Malta lies in the track of a vessel -driven by a northeast wind ; the reputed, locality of the wreck agrees with Luke's account; and the subsequent course of the voyage to Pu- teoli -is that whirl a vessel woulki pur- sue in going froxn Malta. -Hackett. 2, bahbarous people -The native islanders whre of Phoenician descent. , tieing neither the Greek nor Latin languages an,d customs, then dominant ever the civilized world. they would be classed as barbarians. Sir Luke employs the term; and Paul also includes all mankind nn - der the distinction of "Greeks and bar- , barians" (Rom. 1:14). But this "bar- barous people" showed the higher re- finement of a gamine courtesy and hos- pitality in their eordial reception and dire of the shipwrecked passengers and eretv.-Butler. it little kindness -The pitiable plight ef the nearly three hun- dred people cast on their shore exeited the imdulses of humanity. A large fire was kindled on the beach, which must have been truly 'acceptable. rain -The ':ranters, as similar stories are now hided in the Mediterranean,are ewers followed by excessive rain. cold -The expodure to the water in getting to shore, and the added misery of the rain, would render the shipwrecked mariners sensitive to the October chill. 3. Paul kint gathered-Paut is ever active and note we see him taking part in the neces- sary worle a viper-The,viper is very venomous. out of the heat -"A viper catne out by teason of the heat." --R. V. The viper was doghtless concealed in the bundle of stick's which Pattl had gathered. It was suddenly driven out by the heat told fastened itself on Peel's heed. 4 when the barbarians saw -The sharp-eyed natives saw the reptile hang.' ing from the apostles hand. They knew that the poisoned fangs, bywhich only it weld lumg, were bedded le the hand; auttthey kriew the virulence of the poi- son.' now In contact with the life -bleed. -Butler. said anion g themselves -Re- ferring nothing else but Paers hist:tut death, with an iestinetive feeling of nat- ural retribution for crime, they count the viper an avenger of blood. ."This man 15 doubtless a murderer," they say to teeh other, "whom justice still is treating, and has found, even after his deliverenee from the sta."-Ibid. 5. • and be shook off -He calmly shook off the clinging reptile into the fire, with t o sigit of fear. *In this was fulfilled the words of .our Savior in Mark 1618 6. Should have swollen -They ex- pected that he would have swollett from the bite of the viper. The peidan of this serpett is rapid, and they looked kr immediate reeults. They expected the poieon would preduee a violent in- flamenStion. Venal down dead sudden- lyes•Witen the poistre Of the viper atrikes a vital part, immediete death results, Moved their ntinde-Without question, Triiriteid had been wrought here. ,Tt teentirea divine poster to enact a triiratle,• and Patti wit the only being those people keen* to be totteetnett in this trend& teen, The poison bad entered his voles, and lie had been 'unharmed. A ged - A ettpertiatural being. Compare the eon* duet of the Lyetritne (Aide 141 41.14). 7. Chief latett-The (reek word it protos, *lab Is foment front intcriptIonste We been the tifflelal title of the pet erut r of Melita.-Lumby. Lodged us three days ---This gamer continued the almost uniform kindness. Pent bad thus fer received from Roman offieints: ite extended the- hoepitalitieS of his house. 8, Father of Publitie lay sick -God Or dained an opportunity for Paul tit repay the kindness of Publius, and to emit Christ before these heathen. Bloody flux -Dysentery, eonabined with fever. 9. Others- .,.. were healed - This was noised abroad, end all in the island- who were sick- cant and were healed, 10 -Many honors -The heeds of the• people were moved and they nat- urally wished to show their apprecia- tion of the greet good which had :come to them. PnACTICAL APPLICATIONS. The Eseape to Land.' 1. The landing. "And so it came to• pass." (v. 44) "in accordance with the divine purpose and plan. 2. In provi- dence, "He cloeth according to Ids said Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 4: 35). 'He worketlt all things after the etninSel of his own says Paul (Eph. 1 11). defy counsel shall stand; and 1 will no all my pleasure,' adds Jehovah (hia. 46: 10). Tier divine purpose may be op- posed. by mighty forces. Take, for in- ' stance . the determination to settle Ara- bein's desseedante in Canaan. Notwith- &tending their deseent into•Egypt and enslavement there, the turning away front them of the royal fahorethe in- human edict that their children should be east into the Nile, the failure of Moses' first attempt at their liberation, the general breaking down of their national epirit, their occupation of Canaan beeemei in God's time, a fact," e. To greed 'I he salvation of believers. occurs in accordance with the same di- vine purpose and. plan" They are called, justified and sanctified by sovereign grace (2. Thess. 2; 3.) "It is not sup- posable that God does not know be- forehand what the issues will be of his own scheme of redeeming grace. Nothing efla prevent the ultimate salvation of Christ's people-ueither the ilia uor cal- amities of time, nor the falline away of professsed disciples, nor the breaking up of ecclesiastical institutions." H. Paul an example. It was Paul who wrote, "Be ye followers together with me (rbii, 3; 17. "Those'llaings which ye have both learned, and reeeived, and heard, and seen in Ine, do" ( Phil. 4; 9.) aaul was an example of induldte, Munn- ity (v, 3), faith, (v. 5)dintercession, pow- er (v. 8), thanksgiving and courage (v. ld.) We change oilers ttaconsciously when we live truly. A man ofemin- ent piety, Unjustly imprisoned, was put In a cell with a man of .ferocious &posh don, wbo used blasphemous and vile lase -gene, and violently attacked those who approached him. For days he reviled, •toraimited and injured - the Christian who occupied his cell, but -"received only kind words, gentleness, patience and prayers. Oneday the monster stood a moment silently- regarding the man whom he lia.d never seen other than gen- tle and patient, Then he fell ;a his feet, and with tears begged him to forgive him. HT. Paul an overcomer. "He shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm" (v. 5.) For dikl not the Lord say to the seventy:• ."Behold, 1 give you power to teelin en serpents and scor- pions, and 'over all the power of the ene- my; and nothing shall by any means hurt you" (Luke 10; ID.) Not high winds, nor 'violent waves, for Jesus. will say to these, "Peace, be still," and there will be "a great calm" (Mark 4; 39) or he will bring you through them all "safe Lo land" (Acts 27; 44) Not the devices of men, for God will niake their plots .age,inst you "come to naught" (lea. 8: 10; vs, 30-32.) "Anl who is he that will horn, you, if ye be followers of that which is good?" (1 et. 3: 13.) A mission- ary in a foreign country, surrounded by the worst of desperadoes, had an op- portunity to prove this. He was preaching from the- Sermon on the Mount. He prepared the sermon .care- fully, as he had done all the others, and explained its full meaning. At the close of the sermon the heathen leathered about him and demanded, one after an- other, his watch, chain, and other dif- ferent articles of dress. He let them take what they would. Hut presently one of the number was conscience -smit- ten 'and rebuked the others; and the missionary was permitted to retain his belougings, and was never afterward in Lite slightest degree molested. -A. C. M. TO )3E INDICTED. Free Masons Likely to Reprimand Rome's Jewish Mayor. • Rome, Nov. 1. -IL ie reported that the Free Masons intend to bring Mayor Nathan, the Jew Socialist Mayor of Pout, to trial. . Nathan was formerly Grand Master of the order. Ho accepted the invitation of King Victor Emmanuel to visit Vac- eonigi during the Czar's call there and thereby incurred criticism hem members of his party. After the Czar' left for home it was discovered that Nathan was the only person who had not been decorated by the Rus- sian tuatara: This was .due to Nathan's .,refusal of a decoration be- cause he was afraid of the oppesi- Won majority in the Municipal Could cil, which is made up of Socialist Demoerats and Radicals. It is these mei/fliers who have pro- voked the 1V14sonie trial, which is likely to entl, in a reprimand, *-* LADIES BREAK IN to../1*•••••••• And Get Asquith in Corner at Social Reception. London, Oct. 31. -Lady McLaren in augurated the Government hospitalities of the winter season by a large reeeption to the Prime Minister on Friday. Ltuly McLane, who, though an ardent suffragist, is strongly opposed to "suf., hagettes," was horrified during the teethe of the evening to see that two of the militant ares had gained. admis. Rion to the drawing man and were forting eonversation upon the defame. less Asquith, who, being without his usual gelled of detectives, was obliged to listen to their httranguee As Asquith did tot reply both milk- gettes turned their Attention to Lewis Hareourt -and Winstort Citurehill before they finally were itticed to lesee the house. d • * A• FAMOUS COAPEL. Venice, Nov. L ----It has been &tided to begin the reconetruction, of the felts oue elexpel of the Rosary, whielt Wal3 tireeted to commemorate the brittle of Lepanto, a naval 'theory won in 1371 by the Italian and Spanish fleets over the Turks. The chapel was badly dant- Aged by fire In 1807. mop. ilizact wow; .101/1/1/11111•• TORONTO MARKETS. LIVE STOCK. The three railways reported 164 car. , loads of live stock at the city market en Wednesday and Thursday, comprising 2,500 cattle, 3,610 hogs, 2,532 sheen and lambs, 211 calves and 4 horses, The quality of fat cattle was common to medium with a very few lets of good to choice, Trade was good itt Acerls' every elaes of live stock, but prices were not quoted anyil ylietyli,er than during the ferePhrt 01 ti -Exporters -A few export bulls were bought at $1 to $4.50 pa cwt. Extra ell:oerielnceqots, nieelity hulls would bring i Butcherse-There were a few otld eat - t1 of prime quality whit% of sold elone, would have grought $6,25, but they were few in number. George Rowntree, who bee& 300 matte for the Harris Abattoir Co„ •re- ported prices as follows: Btitchers, steers and heifers, $4 to $5,10; enws, $4 to $4.40; bulls, $2.30 to $4,40. • Stockers and Feeders -Harry hfurby reports a -quiet, steady trade for feeders, the nuirket for there was not nts brisk as the fat cattle, that is, there was not the same life, and prices were certainly not any higher, although all of good 'panty was readily taken at unchanged quotations. Mr. Murby . bought 360 cattle and quotes prices as follows: Ilest steers, NO to 1,060 lbs., at $4 to $4.50; steers, 800 to 900 lbs. each, at $3.00 to 11;each, at $2.75' to $3.23; common stockers, $93.8t00; *g20.200stockers, 500 to 700 lbs, 5. Milkers and Springers -A fair supply, but not enough, of good milkers, and forward spriegers met a ready market at prices as high as at any time this season. Prices ranged from $45 to $75 each; of course trxere were few that brought the latter figure, but several sold up to the $70 mark. There were also a lot of late springers and common cows that sold at lower quotations than those given above, • Veal Calves -There was a strong mar- ket for veal calves at prices ranging generally between $3 and $6,50 per cwt., ;led very few choice calves brought $7 per cwt. Sheep and Lambs -A fair delivery of sheep .and lambs sold at firmer priced as follows: Export ewes, $3.50 to $4 per ewt; rams, $2.50 to $3 per cwt.; lambs ranged all the way from $5.25 for light, common quality, to $5.90 for selected lots. ..Hogs-Reeeipi!s on the railways from all sources were reported at 2,610 for the two days. Prices were quoted shout steady at $7.75 to $7.80 for selects, fed and watered. and $7.60 ao $7.65, f. o: b. cars at eountry points. FARMERS' MARKET. The offerings of grain to -day were smell, consisting only of 400 bueltels ot oats, which sold at 43c per bushel. Dairy produce in good supply, with prices steady. Butter ruled at 20 to 30e per lb., according to quality, and new - laid eggs sold at 35 to 40e per dozen. Poultry in good receipt and easy. Hay continues very firm, with offer- ings restricted. 18 loads sold at, $17 to $23 a ten for timothy. Straw firm, a load' of bundled selling at $1. 7a ton. Dressed hogs nre u :retie ged , with prices rutin? at 810.75 to 511.25. Whe-at, whit!, new .. ...$ 1 05 a 1 1.0 Do., red, *new 1 04 1 01 Do„ doose • ... 1 00 1 01 Oats, bushel .........0 43 0 00 Peas, lmehel 0 83 0 90 Barley, bushel ---------0 61 0 63 Rye, bushel 0 75 0 76 Hay, tintothy, ton.. ... 17 00 23 00 Do, clovee, ton .. 10 00 11 00 Straw, per ton- , 10 00 17 00 Seede- Alsike, fancy, bushel . 0 50 0 75 Do., .No. 1 ... 00 023 Do., No. 2 . 5 30 5 75 Do, No. 3 ... ... 5 00 5 40 Red clover, bushel .. 7 50 • 8 00 Timothy .-.. ... 1 90 1 60 Dressed hogs . 10 75 ,1l 25 Butter, dairy ... 0 20 0 30 Do., inferior . 0 21 0 23 Eggs, new laid, dozen ... 0 33 0 38 Chickens, lb. ... 0 13 0 15 Duette, lb. ... .. • • . 0 12 0 14 Turkeys, lb. ... 0 18 , 0 21 'Geese, lb. ... 0 11. 0 13 Fowl, lb. , 0 19 0 11 Apples, bbl. 1 50 3 00 Potatoes, bag, by load .. 0 60 0 65 Celery, dozeu . „ 0 30 0 3:3 Onions, bag ... . , 1 ,00 1 10 Cauliflower, dozen .. 0 75 1 25 Cabbage, deZeil--------0 60 0.73 Beef, hindquarter - . .. 0 00 10 e5 Do., forequarters ..1 59 6 00 Do., chioce, .carease ... 8 00 8 30 Do., inedium,,earease ., 7 00 ' 8 '00 Mutton, per cwt. .. • , 8 09 0 00 Veal, prime, per cwt. .„ 8 00 10 50 Lamb, per ewt,......0 00 10 00 OTHER MARKETS WINNIPEG WHEAT MARRET. Wheat -October 97%c; December 04- %e, May 98%e. maOyat3s---060;taber 33%e, December 32Vec, BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS. London -London cables for tattlearc eastr, at 12 1-4e to 13 1-10 per lb. for Canadian steers, dressed weight; refri- gerator beef is quoted at 10 1-4e to 10. 5 -So per Ib. Liverpool -John Rogers & Cc., Liver- pool, eable to -clay; States steers,' from 13q, to 13 3-4e; Canadians, 120 to 13c; ranchers, 11 1-2e to 12 1-2e; cows and heifer, llo to 12 1-20; bells, 9 1-2c to 10 1-2e. Weather good. Trade kir, THE MAT MARKET. The matket at the rent of Scott street was closed to -day for the season. Prices firm, with limited supplies: Grapes, basket.. .. $0 15 $6 35 Oranges, Val.- .. 2 75 3 50 Do., Ianuticas .. 1 75 '2 26 /3ananas, bench., 1 50 1 75 Lemons, Verdeli.......50 4 00 Pears, basket., .. 030 015 Apples, basket 0 20 0 30 Crebapples, basket,. ., 0 20 -0 SO Tomatoes, brisket,. .. 0 20 30 Cantaloupes, erate 0 411, ,0 50 Potatoes, bag.. 0 55 0 60 Do., sweet, barrel .... 3 25 :0 BO Peppera, red, basket.. .. 0 65 0 85 green, basket.. ' 0 25 00 Cranberries, 'bbl.., fe 00 0 00 Onions, Spanish, box.. -.1 90 1 50 , SUGAR MARKET. St. Lawrence 81100,1;1e quoted It8 M. LOWS.: Granulated. 54.75 pa cwt. in bat - Mt; No, 1 golden, $4,35 per *wt, in betrels. Beaver, $4.45 per ewt, he bags. These prices are for _delivere here, Car Tots Sc less. In 1110 -lb. bags, prides Ate 5o lesd *MIME umutrirts. Wittertmen, N. Ye -Cheese sales were 3,000 boon at 131-2e. Loltdon, Ont. ---The offerings mi the cheese market weer as follow: Plage. tree, no colonial Modal*, 300 *AO 01. Arkoure. 149 colored; Illattehard & Nisi • 150 volved; total, 780 boxed offered. No• Wee; Thdding, 11 to 11 14e. Mt, Hyacinthe, gime-There were 550 paekagesof butter at 24 1.8e •antl 250 boxes. of eireeee at 11 1-8e. - Vietoriaville, Que.--One -care tri cheese sold here yesterday at 10:1.8c. Canton, N. Y, --One thousaud tubs of butter sold at 31e, and 2,200, boXee of thecae at 10 NEW YOUR .SDCiAlt IWARRET. New Yak, Oet, 30.. --Sugar firm; fair refining, $0,8010 $3.0Q; eon- trifugal 90 test, $1.00 to $4.40; meta& Set3 sugar, ;0.55 to '$3.05.; refinea, eteatly. PROVINCIAL MAIUMS. Belleville -There Was au extra large market, here to -day, with little clump in prioes. Hee was $16 to $101 loose strew, $4 load; nee hogs, $7.00; dressed, $10 to 510.50; potatoes plentiful at '00 to 55o per, bag; butter, 28 to 30c; eggs, 28 to 30e and soiree;) Ro. 011allNe itt hide prices; oats, 36 to 400 per bushel. Peterboro-Oa the market dressed hogs sold at $10.50; live, $7,851 Wed hay $18 loose $18; steeled $5 to 50 per loadi farmeria hides, 9. to lOot buteherd hides, It) to lic; potatoes, 60e per bad; eggs, 31 to 32e; butter, 30e, St. Thomas -The markets were largely attemled to -day. Live hogs sold at 57.00, dressed „et $12; wheat, $1; chick- ens, 16e; loose bay, $12;.haled hay, 513; straw, Stet:butter. 25 to 27e; eggs, 30e. 'London, Ont.-dood market and brisk demend. Poultry scarce, Rutter sold well; ere:unary, 26 1-2 to 27 1-ee per pound; fells, 23 to 20c; creek, 24 to 25e; eggs, crate, 260 per dozen; fresh laid, 28- to 30e; oats very. scarce, 40e offered; hey sold: at $1.6 to $15.50hestraw, $7.50 Lo $d; dressed hogs plentiful, foiled ready Sale at $10.25 and 510,50, mostly letter figure • live hogs, selects, $7.70; small pigs, pair, 56 and $9. Owen -Sound-Better weather had its effect on the market to -day, aud pro- duce was plentiful., though the demand for upper lake supplies kept the'prices steady. Sutter, in pound prints, 21 to 23e; eggs, 26e; potatoes, 50c a bag; hay, 518 to $18.50; -hogs tor next delivery; $7,50; •liogs dressed, light, 50,75, Stratford -Logs, 57,50 to $7,50, dress- ed 11 1-2e; cogs, 33-4 to 4e, dressed 7 to 7 1 -de; .steers and heifers, 4 1-4 to 4d -4c, dressed 7 1-e . to 8 1-2c; Iambs, 5 to 6 1-2e, dressed la 1-2e; 'eaves, 5e, dressed 8c; hides, farmers' 12e, packers 3.8e; wheat, 81, standard; oets, 40e, standard; barley, 48 to 50e; peas, 75 to 80e; bran, $20; shorts, $25; hay, $14.; eggs, 98 to 20e; butter, '26 to 27c. Chatham -Meats -had a firm demand and steady on the local market; live bogs, $7.30 to $7.40 per cwt., dressed $0; beef, live, export, $4.50 per cwt.; corn - Mon, $2,50 to 53.50; lambs, live $5 to $5.25, dressed $8; eggs, scarce, 30c; but- ter'25c; chickens, 30 to 05e; ducks, 40 to 50e; geese, $1; potatoes plentiful, 75 to 900 per bag; apples, 754 to $1 per bag; barley, $1.12; hay, clover, $9 to $11 per ton; timothy, 511 to 512; t ; storaz3503; to $4' per load; corn, 65e per bushel; oats, 85 to 38c; beans, * witeat, $1, BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW Montreal reports to Bradstreet's any' general business holds a steady tone and the volume continues good an all lines.. Retail trade is reported faikly brisk and vane. outlook for the balance of the sea- son is cheerful. Sorting orders in gen- end fall goods cover ti wide range of lines and are mostly for very fair par- cels. Orders for spring dry goods are also good. Values in all lines hoId firm. Toronto reports to Bradstreet.' s say the general tone of business here contiu- ues exceedingly good and the buoyaucy already .repattd is welt enaintained, Manufacturers in nearly all lines seem to have .plenty of orders on' hand. to keepthet staffs busy and in some lines they, ara unable to cope with the work offerina. Retail trade in fall lines has stettaietd down somewhat, but the vol- ume of business is still good and. sort- ing orders for dry goods are well up to expectations. Values on textiles puma ally hold firm. Spring business contin- ues in excellent volume and prospects are encouraging. Winnipeg reports say fall trade con- tinues brisk in all parts of, central and western Canada. Mauy merchants are now finding the need of heavier stocks, and are sending forward rush orders winch are, quite it feature of wholesale trade .at this centre. Vancouver and Victoria reports nay wholesale and retail trade continues steady in tom and of good volume. Hamilton reports say the volume of fall trade continues good. Retailers re - p011 an excellent demand for general lines, and sorting orders are numerous and generally for fairly lame lots. The outlook for spring eo»tinues• good, and orders for later delivery are satis- factory. Local faetories continue busy. All kinds of labor is je good demaud. Collections are fah to good. London reports. say both wholesale and retail trade. is active. Ottawa molds say the 'trade situa- tion there allOWS little change. Quebec -Reports to Bradstreet's. Wholesalers appear bolding their own. • • TURNED HOSE ON. Home Secretary Expressed His Re- gret For Wetting of Suffragette. • . • • Loudon, Nov, 1. - Itterlyittg te a. question by' Keir Hardie,' Laborite member and a statist defender of the rights of- Suffragette prisoners, Home Seeretevy Gladstone admitted in the HotiSe of Connivers to -day that the report of it visiting committee showed that it fire -hose had been playett on a deffregette prisouer in the Strangeways trail, Manchester. In this cage the hose was brought to a window of the ren and directed at the Suffmgette, who had persistently refused to opett the door. Mr. Gladstmt said he deeply re- gretted the ciectunetanees, and ordered an immediate enquire. On leateitig the facts, he said, he ordered tire release of the prfsouer, and this heel been done. wee.* • BURNED TO DEATH. Supposed Man Set Fire to Hs Bed W1iilcSrnokng. • Quebec despateh: ,A railway laborer named Irvine, said to be an Englishman, aged about 45 years, who recentiy mune to this eountry, was burned to death this evening in his boarding house, kept. by Mrs. O'Cohnor, St. JAM'S steeet, Lower Town, The fir originated in the Wks room, which Heine ocettpied, and it is presumed that, lying down 4)tt big bed to smoke, he fell asleep and set fire to the bed, that soon enveloped the upper parts of the house in flantee, The fire brigade, however, soon ettlelued the fire, whieli gutted the upper portion el' the baildiltg, and the charred I elilahle of Leine Were fottnd tater, WARSHIP SALE. IS DR. COOK Turkey Wants to Get Ri4 .of Part of tier Noy. Five of Her War Vessels to be Sold For Strpp,Iron, ww,ington, Nev. L' -iron tied facet Man- tifactercts have received rtemeste from •the Turkisi, government 1.0 submit offers fop oue of the must eatable pllen-ef soap Iron ever aut ud for sale, end), one hall of the Oslo- imitt navy, is a appeared on paper, On Nov. 11. bids will be received by the porta for tin. eete of five batticalps. Their conatructlett made Turkey the third naval power in the world: their destruction, at it time when that eountrv ranks near the bottom or the list of navel powers, is te stop by the now regime O regale the empire's lost prestige. New sbips will take the pace of the discarded ones. otteree for sale are the asieletb. the Mahrnotulleth, the Osmanieth, the Orkaniehi anti the lialiddicit. The ships are one type, being of 6,400 tons displacement and hearing en inch armor, They carry 6 - inch guns and had it speed of it Unfits 1111 hour, Sir Richard Cialuble, of Um British navy, with a number of suboretnate Enellsh of- ficers are now engaged in reorganizing the Turkish nava. They have decreed that the mike, of pretence must end and at the same time the names of the five vowels aro strick- ea freer the list of nattleships se ineffective, thev would be teed to the bleheet bidder 114 ItI1)111Ce. Tdealersthro„....ugheut t_he world !lave bee thn laed le bld. ___„ NAVAL FIGHT. Mutineers at Athens Attacked Iron -Clads With Destroyers. Athens, Nov, L ---Athens wee startled at 4,33 o'clock this afternoon by the sound of a vigorous bombardment, which lasted about a quarter of an hour and thee ceased completely. It is stated on good authority that Lieut. Tibaldos, leaver of the naval mutineere, who quit- ted the mita' on Weeanesday, and who toelity seized, the marine arsenal at Lyons on the Cantons "Seaborn Salamis," at:tad:ea tltree irouclade with a flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyers, that the at- tack failed, and that One of the destroy- ers had been badly damaged by a shell and driven ashore, • The deetroyers after the engagement withdrew into the harbor at Salamis, according to the , information received at the Ministry of Marine. The easual- ties of the loyal fleet in to -day's en- gagement were two men wounded. The losses of the mutineersare not known, but of their three 'destroyers one was disabled and another took to flight in the direction of Eleusis. and disappeared in the darkness. The. third succeeded in reaching the Poros naval station, where, however, it met a hostile recep- tion and was compelled to put to sea again. I eloyalfleetis cruising off the Piraeus to -night, in order -to prevent any attempt at landing or any -attack of the town, ana also with the object of closing the Straits of Salamis, No torpedoes were discharged during the fight. MENELIK ILL Negus, of Ab-yssinia, Relieved to be Dying. Berlin, Oct.. 30.- .A. despatelt from Addis Abeba says that King Menelik'S eondition has suddenly become worse. Apparently he is suffering \ from an apoplectic strike, and his . death is considerered probable: The Patriarch has anointed Prince Lidl Jeassu, grandson of the King and heir apparent to the throne, in the presence of the Ministers, in order to be prepared for any eventuality. Ras Ta.ssarna, the Viceroy, has been appointed and confirmed as guardian of the Prince and Regent. WALKED INTO RIVER ••••••••••••••• The Suicide of Mrs. Baritome at Prescott. Preseatt d•ospatelt: Mrs. 311TM:ohm, wife of a junk dealer, who is non' serto ing a term in Brockville jail for assault- ing &postmen here last spring, commit- ted suicide by drowning. Sle walked up the river road beyond the toll gate, and when about opposite the stock yard she waded olth fetethe rrver about fifty feet. Berore help -could be obeained her lifeless body was soca floatiug down the river, An inquest will be held this -aftereoon, BUTTON KILL STWO. Single Little Collar Stud Costa Lives of Roy and Girls. Cineinnati, Oct. 30.-A. little ordinary, peony collar button llaS eallSed the dente of two persons in Cincinnati, sears Dr. J, J. Cook, who attended both vie - time, A few days ago Earl J. Combs, aged 10, swallowed a °button while avrauging his tie. He died within a few hellte, the efforts of lour physicians failthg to save his life. To -day Mrs. Marie Iteiehel, living next door to the Combs home, who thought the world of Karl, died as the result 01 nervoes shoek. )11r., C ook says this came on when she heard of the death of her friend, aud ODA she sank rapidly. SE -ES HIS APPENDIX. Young Physiological Student Gives Others Object Lesson. illiamsport, Pa., Oct. 30. -----The terve- oleo class in Professor Kies& room. in the, public schools had rt unique ebject ksson to -day. The lesson was about the appendix. Earl 131dille, aged 16 years, a mem ber of the class, who has pet come out •of the hosiptal after an operatiozi for epptedieitis, was present with his re- moved and diseasee appendix in a bot- tle of Alcohol, and. explained from the Dialed specimen . THREE BURNED, Uxbridge Vire WaA diseoe. ered this morning shortly after mid- night in the residence of A. McLaughlin, who is bookkeeper with Alexander & McPhail. Such headway had been gained that no one could enter the buildieg, tied Mild McLaughlin runt her two youngest children were hinted to death, Mr, 'McLaughlin, who wean* with a tick child, eloped With it• A FAKER? Montana Meeting Hears His Story of Mount McKinley And Passes a Resolution That It Did Not Believe II, But Beneved Benin That Cook Wasn't at Top. .100....10.1•••••••1 iltuuilion, Mailt„ Nov. 1. -After a stormy session lasting till midnight, a meeting addressed by Dr, Frederick A. Gook last night adopted a resolutiOn expressing confidence in the veracity of Barviil aud Printz, the guides who made affidavits thath Cook -did mit climb Mount hicKieley, Attorney Crutchfield, attorney for the guides, questioned Cook after his ad- dress, and then the excitement broke forth. Crutchfield challenged (look's stetements, This brought on a discus- sion, the fellow towneinea of the guides taking sides. A member of the audience. offered it resolotion at this point aflkillg that the meeting ecelere it lack of faith on Uri') part of thq entire people of Montana in all matters about which Dr. Cook made claims. Attorney Roland White, of Seat Fran- cisco, who was in the audience, rose and as a citizen made a plea, for fair piny, Senator Jos, M. Dickinson, of Mon- tana, aiso took the floor and urged that fair pray be accorded all parties- to the EXPLORER DR. COOK. controversy. Neither those who were cpposed to Dr. Cook nor his friends would accept the resolution, and it was withdrawn by its author.. Edward. N. Harrill, •the guide who ac- companied Dr. Cook up Mottut :McKin- ley, was called on, and, taking the„plat- form'declared that Dr. Cook's state - menta that they reached the' top of Mount. McKinley were incorrect. Dr. Cook replied by asserting to Bar - rill's face that the latter's statements weer false. The excitement at this point was in- tense. Harrill demancled to know why Cook did not make an affidavit to the effect that he had sealed Mount Me - Mirky. The challenge had no sooner been issued than it was accepted by the doctor, and an affidavit was made by the explorer on the platform in the presence of the audience. In it Dr. Cook de,elared that he ascended Mount Mc- Kinley; that Barrill was with him at the, tune, and that the records of Ids ascent 'were left on the summit of the peak. The discussion then waxed. warmer, Barrill'a attorney and friends denounc- ing Cook's statements, while friends of the doctor contendea for fair play. Attorney Wagner then offered this resolution: "We, the people of Handl- ton and Revell° Counties, assembled, af- ter patiently listening to the charges and counter charges exchanged by the parties to the Noma aleKialey cent:ro- t-my, do declare ottr firm belief in the Neraeity of Edward Harrill and Fi-eder- kk This was carrietl ba it large majority, nod the meeting was closed= amid great excitement. After the meeting Dr. Cook said lie did not care to discuss the result at present, • 1...rallEMNAPP.M•SS.TWON.INIMI) 1. tier fatal Leap (•Iiicago, Nov. I. -Believing* I he automobile in whieli she w ing to -day with her husband aria baby boy Was about ha entliee wi ill a rapidly ntoving te xiee h, Mrs. alary Blakely juntead. out a n was run over and kilted by the taxicab. Before she made the Plunge Mrs. Blakely tit raw mit the child, who a•as in her arni,, but the little 011e eseaptal injury. Dlakely avoided the eollision ' by a quick turn. FIREMAN ROASTED ALIVE, Thrown by Collision Into Firebox of His Engine. ilodiveter, N. Y., Nov. 1. Rhein- hardt Strassnor, fireman, was thrown into the firebox of Itis engine and roasted alive, in it rear end collision in tit freight yards of the New York Central at Went street this morning, Arthur Chapnme, night yardmaster, was riding on the engine, and was bur- ka under the wreckage. lie did eater being taken out. Firemen were called to extinguish the flames. They rescued the body of Straussner ltfore it was entirely consumed. George Heberle, yardmaster, had his kg cut off, and suffered other in- juries, from Which he will probably The wieelc, one of the svorst thab has averred fir this eity, was tensed by a misplaced seat& Twenty tars aro piled up hi:Acing 411 work in the pmts. 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Y., Nov, 1.-Iterey Cly- mer, twenty-four years old, entered the office of the Smith.company's candy lac - tory in St. Paul street this afternoon, and while the young woman bookkeeper stepped into the stock -room he attacked the safe. Ile had broken open -the cash drawer and had $75 in hin hand when the girl confronted lib». 1nstead of -Minting, she screamed and Iii1nuntJ the office door shut, While blell ran in from, the .etock-room and held Clymer for the police. He is locked up on a clutere of grand larceny. Clymer told Capain Ryan that he came here three days' ago after it quarrel with his wife. He gave his address as 45 Jarvis street, Toronto. Yesterday he got a letter from his wife, asking him to efone home. He said he took the money so as to get back to Toronto„. Clymer is a well-dressed young man, and the police believe this is his first attempt at crime. * • • A GIRL AND A SHOT GUN. Drove Away -Gang of Forty Kentucky Night Riders. Lexi nears Nov. 1. -.1 rl armed -with it doubt -barrelled shot - gen put to flight forty night riders when. they broke down the door of bor father's house. The eiders ap- peared et the home of George Kroftz evidently with the intention of whip- ping him. Whett entranee was re- fused, the door was beaten in with an axe and crowbar. When the door fell Kreitz's young daughter, who was standing ready with ti loaded shotgun, fired both betrels. The masked men fled Kreitz recognized several of the me» end arreats are -expeeted. Before appearin get the Kreitz home the riders bed gent to the farm of a neighbor, Benjemin Longneeker, and shot through the windows, Lougneeker and Wreitz had sold their tobaeco crops to independent buyers tied had telused to enter the pool of the Burley Wended Society, H EARTIS EAK1 NG TASK. Too, Poor to Pay for Having a Grave bug, He Did it Himself, Cobnado Springs, Nov. Ie. -Twelve. year-old- Charles SWineford eollapsed to -day aftr throwing a few shovelfels of dirt on the pine Jibe, enclosiug liis mother's remains in a grave whieh he had dug yesterday because he was too poor to pay for having it dud His mother, 'Mrs.Cretevia,''Swineford, 1,11111e 'here three months ago from Owosso, Mithe a sufferer from tuber- eulosie. She died two weeks ago awl he: body was kept in it vault la Crystal Park Cemetery awaiting an order. front relatives. The county commissionere had arranged for digging the grave Mid tht. cemetery offieials did not know, when he was digging it, that Riehara we s the son. • 9 "I DID IT MYSELF." Mrs. Rumble Says She Was the Dynamiter. -- dlettham deep:deli: ales. Slery Rum - Me, who is now ie the county jail await- ing a preliminary hearing, tole her oWII story of the dynamiting -affair, She is dolt ged with attempting to blow up the house of her husband. "What brutes they have been to nee 1 mish 1. was (lead in my grave," she declared, • "I couldn't stand it any longer, so tried to get rid .of them. - On Thursday night 1. bought some chloroform in Detroit; from Detroit went; to Port Huron and bought four sticks of dynamite and cartridges. .1 stopped over night, then went to Sale Ma, where I purchased a brace -and. bit. 1 took the Pere Marquette trail] that reaches Chntham about 6 p, end later in the evening walked to the house. . WAS there all alone. 1 don't wort to implicate :my person. I did it all myself. 1 Jett the house after tbe explosion, nee walked back to Clattlialm sat down 'on the MeNeogli Fehool steps aed rested for a SheTt thee. 1 then went to St. Clair street, ; s ettugut the Wallaceburg ear, went it fely reilees and got off et it. place where 1 had been cooking last sum- mer. I took a valise I laid left whea working them hired a horse and rig and drove to Port Lambton. 1 cross- ed the river there, and came back to Detroit ou Saturday night" While tit Rumble fatuity declare that Mrs, Rumble repeatedly l'all away with other men, and also ea - Opted money front her husband to stay away, the woman denies this, dalaring that her husband repeatedly .abased •her. THROWN ON HIS HAD. MeCrae, of Guelph, and Prof. Zavite Injured. leo lob, (bit,.ilespt i u: ' :1. D. :11eCt1t the newly-eleded presklent of the On- btrio Sunday SAM Association, woe the vietim of a earringe tweident shortly niter his return to Guelph. He end Professors Zavitz true Day, of the Agri - mineral College, were driving home from Shaw station, and in passing the Meads stage at a fair pace apparently got too twat the diteh, The resuIt wee that the rig overturned and all Were throatn out. afeCrae and Prof. Zavitz alighted on their hereile. "Ilie former was un- conseilms for some time, lan so far ea known no bones nide broken. Both lie and Prof, Zavitz are resting quietly to' dey,