Exeter Times, 1908-10-01, Page 7IIIIIIBREB WERE DROWNED
The Saip "Star of Bengal " Went Down
Off the Alaskan Coast.
A despatch from \Wrangel, Alas-
ka, says: One hundred and ten out
of a total of one hundred and thirty -
persons aboard the cannery
ship Star of Bengal were drowned
last Sunday afternoon, when the
vessel was torn from the hold of
protecting tugs and dashed ashore
at Hello Point, at the southeast end
of Coronation Island. The news
was brought by the tug Hattie
Gage, Captain Farrer, which car-
ried the survivors, 27 in all.
The ship was being towed to sea
from the Wrangel cannery by the
tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak. Cap-
tain Farrer of the Hattie Gage
gives the following account of the
disaster :
"As we came within reach of the
lale we could see we were making
eeway and drifting toward Coro-
nation Island. The Kayak was
light and could do nothing. The
Mattie Gage could not handle the
ship alone. At 4 o'clock the Star
of Bengal drifted into a narrow
bight and we could see land on both
sides abreast. We sounded and
found eight fathoms. We could
see the vessel dimly by the phosph-
orescent rocks which were all
around. We cut the two -lino and
steamed out into open water, but
could not see anything in the driv-
ing rain except one blue light burn-
ing on the ship. The storin increas-
re. and the tugs steamed away to
Shipley Bay, 26 milds away.
Captain Wagner of the Star of
Bengal charges the captains of the
tugs Kyak and Hattie Gage, who
cut loose from him, with rank cow-
ardice. The captain was unconsci-
ous for an hour after thc rescue.
3.500 MECHANICS ENGAGED.
Number Taken on by C.P.R. Sinro
the Strike Started.
A despatch from Montreal says:
The one hundred and thirty me-
chanics brought over from Liver-
pool by the Lake Manitoba were
landed at Quebec on Tuesday and
are at work to -day at the Angus
shops. Tho position of the strike,
entering upon its eighth week, is
that, including the 700 who have
arrived or aro on the way from
England, the C. P. R., according
to the statements of officials, have
engaged shout 3,500 mechanics since
the strike began. Officials in the
C. P. R. accounting departments
state that estimating the number
who went out at 6,000, there has
been a loss of some $700,000 in
wages. Twenty-seven more mechan-
ics were engaged by the C. P. It.
on Wednesday and sent to the An-
gus shops, none of them being
strikers.
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HEALTH OF ONTARIO.
Report of Board of health of
Deaths in August.
A despatch from Toronto says:
There were 2,149 deaths from all
causes in Ontario in August, ac-
cording to the report of the Pro-
s'ncial Board of Health, making a
death rate of 13.4 in 1,000 .Typhoid
fever has been more prevalent.
There were 329 cases and 50 deaths
frons the disease, as compared with
155 canes and 33 deaths in August,
1f7. Two patients out of 74 died
or scarlet fever ; 14 out of 115 suc-
cumbed to diphtheria, and 141 out
of 145 from tuberculosis. There
were only three cases of smallpox,
and none proved fatal. Two out
of three sufferers died of measles,
w•.►ile out of 26 persons afflicted with
whooping cough 19 died.
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HIURRi(•.1NE'S iI.1VO('.
(,oxernor of the Bahamas Says De-
vastation is Widespread.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
11APPENINGS FROM ALL OYER
THE GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From 3ur Own
and Other Countries of
Recent Events.
SCHEMES OF SWINDLER
A MUSEUM OF FRAUD OPENE
1N PARIS.
Great Many Very Clever Devie
and luuocent Inveutious
Used.
CANADA. One of the most curious muse
The scheme fur the reorganization u
-the rns aDs i "Museum bu of )• and "een opened m Pa
of the Bank of St. Hyacinthe has
fallen through. situated in the Town Hall, and i
Consignments of liquor for new it are expposed all the differeni
Ontario were seized by the Provin-
cialkinds of objects used by smuggles r
to deceive the perspicacity of the
License Department. prompt shipment is quoted at $1.05
The C.P.R. roundhouse at Webb- city toll officials. for No. 1 Northern, and at $1.0.21/2
wood was burned with two engines. It must be remembered that spiv for No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay
Iucendiarisn is suspected. its and goods of various descrip- ports. For October delivery, No.
Plentiful rains are reported in tions aro not allowed to enter 1 new is quoted at $1.04, and No.
Quebec and the forest fires are no Paris without paying duty. The 2 Northern at 81.01%, Bay ports.
longer a nienace to property. tricks of the fraudulent are num Ontario wheat -No. 2 white is
Owen Sound Council decided to berless, as ono may judge from an quoted at 92 to 93e outside ; No. 2
have another vote of the people on examination of the various objects red Winter, 92 to 92%c and No. 2
exhibited in the museum. mixed 92c outside.
the local option by-law in January.
Two hotelkeepers were sentenced A DUMMY STOMACH. Oats -Ontario new No. 2 white,
!.o terms in jail at Montreal for
One inventive gentleman, appar- J0 to 39%c outside ; Manitoba No.
keeping slot machines in their bar cutis of the ample proportions, tun 8 quoted at 44c, and rejected at 42c
ms. Goderich.
roo
"Crooked -nock" Smith was found tributed to the collection an India Peas -90c outside.
guilty at Montreal of the murder of rubber pocket. He used it with a Corn -No. 2 A87%mericanrackyellow
Mike Malone and sentenced to bo dummy stomach in which to carry nominal at 87 to con t, To -
THE INHABITANTS FROZEN. hanged November 27. various dutiable goods, and when icious of ice ronto, and No. 3 at 87c.
A lot of Chinamen smuggled into relieved of it by u auspBarley-No. 2 barley quoted at
al he turned out to be quite a thin rs to 60e, and No. 3 extra at 57 to
Canada as merchants by way of
Mexico have been detected at Mont Iran. Close by the exhibit is a 571 c outside.
Mont -
horse collar. It is hollow and was
real and will be sent back. full of chartreuse. Tho shafts of Bran -Cars are quoted at $19 in
The late W. G. Elliott of Brant -the little cart behind contained ex bulk outside. Shorts quoted at $21
ford left $230,000. Among his be -
_onsite taco neatly rolled up. ex -
to $22 in bulk outside.
quests is $5,000 to establish a cliilp There is a foot warmer. It was Rye -No. 2 quoted at 79 to 80c
dren's ward in the John H. Strat found under the feet of a dear old outside.
ford Hospital. hidy who entered Paris in a carri-
William Sangster, who accused
himself of the murder of Pierre De -age. The foot -warmer was filled
with eau de cologne, out of which
forme for the purpose of getting a
in the past the highly respectable
free trip from New York to Mont-
real, was acquitted of the crime at looking dame had been making a
handsome profit.
Montreal, the Crown withdrawing Look at this huge Gruyere cheese.
the charge. You may touch it. It is Gruyere
GREAT BRITAIN. cheese, but if you scratch the sur-
face you will find that under the
About 140,000 cotton operatives thin coat of cheese there is a metal
are on strike in Lancashire, be- receptacle. It contained beet root
cause the employers are attempting alcohol. This carriage top again
to reduce wages. has a secret compartment, and con-
tained several gallons of the most
ANOTHER PALLS $CI('iDE•
UNITED STATES. expensive olive oil.
•Certain smugglers have gone even
Georgia has abolished the system gg
Woman's Hat and handbag Found of leasing convicts, in vogue since further. One of the cleverest and
on the Bank. 1865. most cynical used successfully -un -
The Chicago Great Western Rail- til recently caught -the following THE DAIRY MARKETS.
N. Y., says: Wednesday morning, ,road will shortly pass under the method to smuggle brandy into
control of the Canadian Pacific. town• Butter -Pound prints, 22 to 23c;
tion,er Burch, of the State Reserve Toronto Oddfellows tion the sec- Ho organized funerals, passing,
tubs, 20 to 22c; do., inferior, 18 to
noticed a woman go to an un and prize for drill at the session at long intervals, through the ver, 19c. Creamery rolls, 25 to 26c, and
nr.ual point on Green Island. She of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at ons gates of Paris. There was no solids at 24 to 24%c.
freeeld him she awaited the coming herof Denver, Cul. thing suspicious in the fact, since Eggs -Case lots, 20 to 21e per
friends. Later on he found Mr.Robert Bruce, Controller of many Parisians living in the su dozed.
handbag and hat upon the island the London postal service, is at burbs insist in being buried in ono Cheese -Large cheese, 13% to
shore. She had disappeared. In the \Washi;igton striving to increase of the beautiful Paris cemeteries. 13' c per pound, and twins, 13%
handbag was a spectaclehecase, =�o the efficacy of the mail service be- The coffin was smothered under to 13' c.
79.297, purchased of the Buffalo Op- tween the United States and M.S. numberless wreaths of flowers. Tho s
tical Company, who guy it was sold thin. procession -like everything else - HOG Ps.ODUCTS.
tc� n young lady of that city. This President Gompers of the Ameri- was stopped at the gate, but was
young lady could not be located in can Federation of Labor testified at invariably allowed to proceed at Bacon -Long clear, 12 to 12'/,c
Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon. Washington on Thursday that once, the "douaniers" respectfully per pound in case lots; tress pork,
The recovery of uthenravel
body may be agents of President Van Cleave of saluting the dead, according to the $19 to $19.50; short cut, $23 to
necessary st ynacel what now the National Association of Manu- French custom, and that was all. $23.50.
seems a mystery.Hams-Light to medium, 14% to
facturers had attempted to bribe A BOGUS FUNERAL. 15c; do.,heavy, 12% to 13c; rolls,
fi hini to desert the cause of labor. it '
ORDERS FOR "SOO" MILLS. One day -recently -the protea 11 to 11/.c; shoulders, 10% to 10%c;
cion was stopped by a number of backs, 17% to 18c ; breakfast bacon,
GENERAL. carriages. There had been some ac- 15 to 15%c.
1'ranseuntiWill Take 13,000 Lard -Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13'/,c;
Tons of Railz. Germany is proposing to increase cident ahead, and the traffic was
the taxes levied on luxuries and to impeded. Meanwhile one of the pails, 13%c.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, introduce a universal succession "douaniers" walked near to the
Ont., says: Announcement wastax, hearse in order to admire the vie- BUSIA'EBS AT MONTREAL.
on Wednesday by Manager ax.
persons, nearly all ne- lets and roses of the wreaths. He
Franz, of the Lake Superior Cor- groes, were kil'ed by the recent sniffed. Really, there was a very Montreal, Sept. 29.-Grain--On-
pc ration, that the Transcontinental hurricane on Inagua Island, one of strong odor of brandy abort here I tario new crop oats, No. 2 white
Railway had placed an order at the the Bahama group. He promptly seized one .of his aro quoted at 45% to 46c; No. 3
"Soo" rail mill for 15.000 tons of Tho Pope has appointed Arch- special and sharp tools, sounded at 44% to 45c, and No. 4 at 44c,
rails for the Western division. The bishop Dontenwill of Vancouver the wreaths, and found that they with Manitoba old crop No. 2 whito
management expects to receive a Superior -General of the Oblate Or- were made of metal and wood, and at 47%c; No. 3 at 4614e, and reject -
supplementary order for the der of the World. full of the best brandy. The chief ed at 45%c per bushel ex store.
Transcontinental, and the order is Twenty-two bulls escaped from mourner was arrested and his Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pat -
expected daily. the arena at Mortes, Portugal, and '`wreaths" confiscated. Funerals ents, $6; seconds, $5.50; Winter
,1, ran amuck in the crowd, killing are now closely watched, and do wheat patents, $5 to $5.10; straight
five persons. not escape investigation at the rollers, $4.40 to $1.50 ; do., in bags,
Tf11tEl; 1tEN SUFFOCATED. Paris,$2 to $2.10; extras, $1.50 to $1.75.
owing to the destruction gates of Paris! Feed -Manitoba bran, 822 to $23;
Struck Gas While Digging Well buifire lding,►fis almost central
entirelyl cutune off AGED CLERK TOOK TO HIS shorts, $25; Ontario bran, $21 to
Near Stanley. HEELS. 822; middlings, $201 to $27; shorts,
from communication with the pray- g are
ch from Port Arthur, Ont., inces and foreign countries. A feature of the
ttit museum
d1: a $2e per
ton,
,einclu in bags; pure A despatch
d
says: 'Three Finlanders were killed Tang Shao 1 i, a Chinese diplo- leather
has��at afloat amusing story. gredcs, 8.25 to 828 per ton. Pro -
on Wednesday by gas in a well they mat, has sailed for Washington ,wh
• .re digging on the farts of a man with several carloads of v:.luable � It was carried nnyn afterd clerk,day
who $22.50; visions-Barrels
ard is shorthalf-barrels do., $11.50
cut
>m ss,
n a gg K
named Erickson, eight miles from presents. Ile hopes
eUnitedtStates fthe
or withseveral
his large red hook of accounts clear fat backs, $23; dry salt long
Stanley, Ont. In digging they friendship of the
teas quite a familiar passer-by. The clear backs, llc; barrels plate bee ,
man was well known ----he passed re- $17.50; half -barrels i do., a
9; corn -
struck natural gas, and were im- China.
mediately overcome by it.
go lard, and was polite. He often- pound lard, 8% to 9/ ; p
W'IiE1T GRADES HIGH. indulged in a chat with the officials 12% to 13e; kettle rendered, 13 to
at the gate and then went on to his 131/2c; hams, 12% to Ile; breakfast
"office." bacon, 14 to 15e; Windsor bacon,
One day a new "d(ntanier" took 15 to 16c ; fresh killed abattoir
it into his head to examine the dressed hogs, $10.25 to $10.50;
large red book, while the aged live, $7.25 to 87.50. Cheese -West -
clerk took to his heels. The book rrn, 12% to 13e; Townships, 12% to
was made of zinc and weighed ten j 12%e; eastern, 12% to 12%c. But -
pounds -of brandy. Th.' quantity' ter -25% to 25%c in round lots;
of cognac smuggled into Paris by 126c jobbing. Eggs -No. 1, i9 to 20c ;
this man only during the past years selects, 23 to 24c per dozen.
may easily he imagined ' Tho most
amusing fact about the story is t1,at UNITED STATES MARKETS.
the old clerk was neither old nor it Minneapolis, Sept. 29. - Wheat -
clerk. He was a thief well known No. 1 hard, $1.03'/ to $1.01%; No.
to the police. but used a clever dis-
guise every day for this particular
crura'.
The museum is not open to the
public, except by special permis-
sion. It is meant for the education
of "douaniers," who go there to
study the methods of their enemy.
BROCKYILLE IN IiARKNESS
Electric Light Station Burned and Almost
Entire Roof Fell In.
Finding Esquimau Village in Which
All Were Dead.
A c'espatch front Seattle says:
News reached here on Wednesday
et the discovery of a village in
Northern Siberia in which all the
inhabitants had been frozen. Sea-
lers tell the story of a party of In-
dians who visited the place, which
was an Esquimau village, about the
middle of June. There was no sign
of life. They searched the place,
and found that every man, woman
and child in it was frozen to death.
The evidences showed that slow
starvation had preceded death.
With their food all gone, the fam-
ishing Esquimau had tried to eat
their skin clothing, and tent cov-
ers, but the cold soon completed
the work of hunger.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Prime, $2 to $2.10, and
hand-picked, $2.20 to $2.25.
Honey -Combs, No. 1, $1.50 to
$1.75 per dozen, and No. 2, in 60 -
pound tins, 9%c; No. 1 extracted,
10 to llc per pound.
Hay -No. 1 timothy quoted at
$10.50 to $11 a ton on track here,
and No. 2 at $7 to $8.
Straw -$6.50 to $7 on track.
Potatoes -Ontario quoted at 65
to 70c per bag, and Delawares at
70 to 75c per bag on track.
Poultry -Chickens, spring, dress-
ed, 11 to 12c per pound; fowl, 9 to
10e; ducks, dressed, 11 to 12c; tur-
keys, dressed, 13 to•15c per pound.
A despatch from Brockville, Ont.,
says : Brockville is in darkness,
with the exception of glimmering
lights furnished by gas lamps in the
scattered portions of the town. The
cause is the gutting by fire of the
electric light station on the bank
of the river, in a thickly settled
portion of the town, on Thursday
night. About seven o'clock Engin-
eer Turkington, while sitting in the
train engine and dynamo room,
heard a crackling noise in the at-
tic overhead, and on investigation
discovered that portion of the
building in flames. Before the ar-
rival of the brigade the entire roof
was enveloped from end to end, and
burning fiercely. Several streams
were soon in action, but the build-
ing being so dry from the continu-
ed dry weather, they scorned to
have little effect in staying the pro-
gress of the flames. Fears were ex-
pressed for the surrounding pro-
perty with which the station is
closely connected, but fortunately
the blaze was confined to the scene
of the outbreak, and by dint of hard
work the efforts of the tire brigade
prevailed after one hour's effort,
•but not before almost the entire
roof had fallen in over the main
engine room, where the large dy-
namo was located.
The principal damage is to the
roof covering the machinery. The
boiler -room is intact, also the re-
serve power, which will enable the
department to resume a partial ser-
vice. The best portion of the ma-
chinery is damaged by water, in-
cluding one large dynamo. The to-
tal insurance on the buildings and
machinery is $22,500. The less is
roughly estimated at $10,000. Tho
origin is laid to a crossing of the
wires in the attic. Luckily, not a
breath of wind was blowing, other -
.wise the results might have been
serious. The plant is owned by the
Corporation of Brockville.
$5 per cwt. Owing to none of these
having been offered, the best price
going was about 84.60 per cwt.
Good cows were a little firmer at
$3.75 to $4 per cwt.
Stockers wero in improved de-
mand. Prices are about steady.
Sheep and lambs were unchanged
on large arrivals.
Milch cows were scarce and firm-
er.
Select hogs were worth $7 per
cwt.. off cars, Toronto. For thin
.begs, which are plentiful, buyers
will pay no more than $6.50 per
cwt.
QUAKES IN MEXICO.
Steainer Bumped in Dock and Four
Persons Killed.
A despatch from Mexico Ci:y
says: Advices received here on
Thursday from Acapulco are to the
effect that two heavy earthquake
shocks were felt on Wednesday on
that port. The sea was greatly agi-
tated, and broke in tremendous
.w•aves. The Cosmos Line steamer
,Radmez, from San Francisco Aug.
8, for Hamburg, was caught and
tossed to the dock by the onslaught
of waves. Four persons were killed
and several others were wounded
by rolling spars and falling wood-
work. The earthquake was barely
perceptible on shore.
A despatch from London says:
The Colonial Office on Wednesday
received a cablegram from Sir \Wnt.
Grey -Wilson, Governor of the Ba-
hr mas Islands, regarding the de-
vastation wrought by the hurricane
of Sept. 11-13. Sir William says
the Islands of the (creat and Little
Inaugua, Acklin Island, Crooked
Island, Fortune Island, Long is-
land, liunicay and Watlins Islands,
were swept by the storm. All ves-
sels caught by the storm were either
stranded or wrecked. .\t Clarence,
un Long Island, the residency, the
;oil, the court house, all the church-
es, and ninety-seven per cent. of the
dwellings were completely destroy-
ed. ' No detailed information yet
has been received from many of the
islands. and the distress is believ-
e 1 to be great.
CHOLERA IN CZAR'S PALACE
Dread Disease Enters the Home of the
Emperor and Empress.
IlLss
.\ i• •patch from St. Petersburg vac•ination in cholera cases several
says: Not only is the number of ti actuate students of St.. Petersburg
University voluntarily permitted
cas'• , f Asiatic cholera in this city themselte' to be lactinated, after
iecrc'•t'ing, but the disease has in- which they drank a solution con-
vaded the aristocratic precincts of tnining cholera germs.
St. Petershnrg. it has even reached .\nu,ng the cases reported in St.
-The Winter l'alace, one ease having Petersburg on Wednesday is that
been discovered in the servants' c.f Court Councillor Nechiporenko,
quarters of the palace, in which who as stricken while entertain-
extensiv,' preparations are going on ing a party of guests. Two retain -
in the expectation that the Emper- ent merchants, several officials in
or and Empress will spend part of the various Ministries. and ether
the c-oming season in the capital. members of the better classes in
Other cases have been discovered the capital are down with the dread
in the palace of Grand Duke Nicho- disease. The accumulation of corp -
1,,l Nicholaeviteh, the Tauride Pa- seg at the graveyards continues to
_lace, the palace of Prince Alexan- increase.
der Oldenburg, a cousin of the Em- The report for the twenty-four
per r, and the imperial Opera hours ending at noon on Wednes-
ous(` A number of diplomas and day shows 436 cases deaths.l59
prominent society people have hur- The disease has broken out among
r;ecl their-lcparture abroad. the cadets at the 1'avlowak Military
In order to test the eilicaoy of Academy.
Eight Million Bushels Pass Through
Winnipeg.
A dcspt:tch from Viinnipeg says:
So far eight million bushels of
wheat have passed through Winni-
peg, and been inspected. as com-
pared with only one million bush-
els same date last year. But the
most encouraging feature is that of
this amount no Tess than eighty per
cent. is high grade milling wheat,
which almost constitutes record per-
centage. If the wheat continues to
grade to this high average the crop
will be very profitable.
ATTACKED BY STRIKERS.
Strike -Breakers .lrcrailed in St.
Boniface Yards.
A despatch from \Winnipeg says:
While the strike-breakers in the
employ of the C. P. 11. were en-
gaged on Thursday morning in re -
railing a locunv,tive which left the
track last night in St. Boniface
yard they were attacked by a
( row•d of strikers and their sympa-
thizers, and a hand-to-hand battle
ers
resulted. (Inc of the strangers
rallied 11. Brown was so roughly
handled that he is now in the hos-
pital in a dangerous condition.
SWEPT BY TYPHOON.
Great Damage Wrought by Storm
in Philippines.
A despatch from Manilla says. A
typhoon of terrific velocity swept
ever the central portion of the
Phil`ppine group, sweeping part of
the island of Samar, northern
Leyte, southeastern Luzon, north-
ern Penay, Masbate and part of
lteniblon, on Thursday. The ty-
phoon disappeared in the China
Sea, moving in a direction west by
northwest. Wires are prostrated
and available details of the damage
done aro meagre. It is evident,
however, that serious disaster fol-
lowed in the wake of the sudden
storin. A telegram from the town
in Masbate reports that every
building in the place was razed
with the single exception of the
postal building. A despatch receiv-
ed from Remblon says that the ty-
phoon caused a great loss of pro-
perty, and that undoubtedly many
persons have been killed.
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THREE YEARS FOR CII.IREST.
Montreal ex -Civic Employe in Sent
Down for Fraud.
STRIKERS A'I'iACK WORKMEN.
Two Assaults Made and One Man
Badly hurt at Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says:
There was another clash between
the C. P. It. strikers and the men
working at the Angus shops on
Wednesday night. When the work-
ingmen were leaving the works they
were assailed by a gang of strikers
numbering between five and six
hundred, and a free fight resulted.
A force of police were called to the
scene and dispersed the strikers.
Another fight occurred later, when
one of the workingmen was badly
beaten and one of his arms broken.
CDANUM FOUND.
HEARTLESS.
Mr. Ferner -You seem to think
more of your pet dog than of any
man.
Was Heartliss--I do.
Mr. Ferner --And do you think
you can be happier with your dog
than with a husband I
Miss Ileartliss-Certainly. i could
kill the dog if ho didn't behave him-
self.
1 Northern, $1.021/2 to $1.03%; No.
2 Northern, $1.00% to $1.0234; No.
3 Northern, 9714c to $1.00;;. Flour
--First patents, $5.65 to $5.80; sec-
ond patents, $5.50 to 85.65; first
clears, $4.35 to $4.45; second clears
*3.50 to $3.60. B,an--in hulk, $18.
Buffalo, Sept 29.- \\'heat--Firm-
e! ; No. 1 Northern, carloads store,
$1.06%; Winter firmer; No. 2 red,
$1.01%; No. 3 extra red, 99%c.
Corn -First ; No. 4 corn, 79' to
80'/,c. Oats -Firm ; No. 2 white,
51% to 52%c. Barley -Feed to
malting, 60 to 6;c. Rye --No. 2
track, 79c.
t'.1TTLE MARKET.
Toronto, Sept. 29. - Drovers
claim that the choicest of cattle for
t utchering purposes would sell at
Fort William Fruit Dealer's Death
in Hotel.
A despatch front Fort \Willinm,
Ont., says : 1t. Roberts, a fruit dea-
ler, of Fort William and Port Ar-
thur, was found dead in bed at the
Frederick Hotel in West Fnrt on
Wednesday morning. Investigation
by the coroner led to the belief that
lis ended his life by taking laud-
anum, an empty bottle being found
under the bed.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Three years in the penitentiary was
the sentence imposed by Judge
Picho in the Court of Special Ses-
sions on Thursday on Augusto
Charest, the former assistant fore-
man of the Municipal Road Depart-
ment, who when arraigned on a
charge of defrauding the city out of
between $1,400 and $1,500, entered
n plea of guilty. Charest, when he
became aware of the fact that his
actions in obtaining money from
the treasury by the use of padded
pay rolls was discovered, left the
city, but was arrested at New Bed-
ford, M:ss., and returned without
fighting extradition.
THE PLAGUE iN VENZ('EI.:1.
A Fresh Outbreak Reported in the
Capital.
A despatch from Willemstad.
Curacao, says: Letters received
here from Caracas announce a
fresh outbreak of the bubonic
plague in the Venezuelan capital.
The disease is spreading, and a
rumher of deaths have occurred
among people of the better class.
4.--
NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA.
British Admiralty Consents to the
Proposed, Scheme.
A despatch from Melbourne says:
The British Admiralty has given its
general approval to the scheme of
the Australian Commonwealth for
the formation of a flotilla of six tor-
pedo-boat destroyers, nine submar-
ines, and two depot ships, as the
nucleus of an Australian navy. It
is believed that Parliament will
vote readily the $6,250,000 required
for the construction of the suggest-
ed flotilla. The officers and men
will total 1,200, and will be pro-
vided by the Imperial navy. But
they will be paid by the Common-
wealth, which will retain adminis-
trative control of the flotilla.
P1.0t1:IIE11 IN'I't) (i.1Nli.
Passenger Train Kill4 Two Men at
English iRiver.
A despatch from Fort William,
Ont., says : The west-hoend passen-
ger train ploughed into a section
gang at, English ]fiver about one
o'clock on Wednesday. Two fore-
igners, Kalla and Ludet, were in-
stantly killed. 'Their bodies a:e bo-
ing hroug'•t here.
'1'111NBS(:11_1\1: NOV. 9111.
Dale 11;1,4 Been Definitely !'fled for
hire's 111rlhday.
A despatch from Ottawa say:s:
v expect cd, the date of
Thanksgiving Day this year has
c av
,
been set. for Monday. , . -ov. 9,
which also happens to ho the King's
birthday.
WHAT BABY WANTED.
"It isn't a bit of use," crir 1 the
young matt, distractedly, as ho
paced the ruin(' with the crying in-
fant in his arms; "there is some-
thing alarming the matter with
hits, or he wouldn't cry like this."
"Oh, whatever shall we do V' said
the young wife, as she took her off-
spring and tried to soothe him;
"whatever shall we dor'
They were very young, and it was
their first baby, and really, if
things had gone on for another
hour as they had during the last,
it is an open question which would
have gone into convulsions first -
father, !nether, or baby.
"1'll fetch mother," cried the
young fellow at last; "she'll know
what to do." Presently he return-
ed. dragging the good old mother
with him, almost breathless with
haste and overcome with apprehen-
kien. Putting on her r,pectacles,
she regarded the infant critical1y6
for a moment, and then said, "III'
wants feeding !•'
"There!" cried the yotuig father,
excitedly, "we both knew the little
beggar wanted something, but nei-
ther of us could tell what it was."
Thirteen French sail,,rs were
killed by the explosion of a bun en
cruiser.
at armored
cr