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The Clinton News Record, 1912-10-03, Page 7• RECORD OF NEW COMPANIES G eat Industrial Expansion In Ontario Shown By Department Annual Reports. ` A despatch from Toronto says: The industrial expansion of the pnovinee is stiikingly shown in the annual report for 1911 of the Secre- tary and Registrar of Ontario. During the twelve months 829 coin- panies' came into existence, while licensesto do business in the pro- vince were granted to 125 compan- ies -incorporated outside Ontario. Most of the licenses were issued to companies ineorporaitecl under the Federal Act, but a large number represented the appearance of Bri- tish and United States enterprises. Eighty-nine older companies found it necessary to apply for. au- thority to raise additional capital to take care of the demand for their output. The revenue received by the de- partment from the granting'of char- ters and from lidenses reached the highest total in the history of the province - $236,662.10. Automo- bile permits brought the depart- ment $50,881, 11,339 being issued, 7,338 of which were for motors own- ed in the province. LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERER W. A. Ferguson Convicted by Jury at Detroit for the Murder of_Herbert. A despatch from Detroit says: Although himself admitting that he haelahot down a fellow man in cold blood and notwithstanding that the murder was witnessed by wr least half a dozen pereons, William. A. Ferguson, slayer of Herbert H. Herbert, the Canadian immigration inspector, will escape the death penalty. Ferguson's trial ended at 3,25 o'clock Friday afternoon when, after concluding arguments by the Government and the defence, the case went to the jury. Deliberating a little more than balf an hour, the -verdict was returned finding Fergin eon "guilty of reunder in the first degree without capital punish- ment." Fudge Sessions the proneeneed sentence as follows :-"The verdict of the jury is a fair one arid there is only one (sentence which I can profiounce. The eentence of the court is that you be confined in the . federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with hard labor for the rest of your natural life.'' The prisoner displayed net the elighteet eigh of feeling. His hard, lined face, which a Eeveral days' growth of beard only mode appear the more dogged, was turned to- wards the bench where the judge sat. His gnarled fingers twitched convulsively onee or twice, but be- yond thie there W48 n•othing boin- dicate that he had a full apprecia- tiors of his position. • rn his closing plea for the de- fence, Attorney James H. Pound painted a word picture of the cir- ettmetances whic'h led up to and ishieh caused Ferguson to take the life of Inspector Herbert. l'Here was a British eubject longing to get beck to his native land,' he said. "But as he touched foot upon Can - adieu shores he V£1.5 met by these petty officials and turned beck, re- jected and insulted. For this, and for the affeotion he showed his coun- try, William Ferguson is being put behind walls of steel and stone fet the remainder of his life." The main argument of the counsel for defence was justification. t.tMfasbarlt 'MONTREAL. THE STANDARD Is the 'National :Weekly Newspaper of the Dominion laf Canada. It Is national in all its It uses the most expensive engrav- 'hiss, procuring the photographs from all over the world. Its articles are carefully selected and its editorial policy is thoroughly independent A eubscription to Tho standard coats $2.00 per year to any address in canada or Great Britain. , TRY, IT FOR 1912! montrant Standard Publishing Co. Limited, Publishers. Synopsis of Canadian Northwest Land Regulations. Any person who is the sole head of a family, or any male over 18 years old, may homestead a quart- er section of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, 'The applicant must ap- pear it person at the Dominion Lands Agency or Sub -Agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency, on cer- tain conditions by father. mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. , Duties -Six months residence upon and cultivation of the land in eagh of three years. A homestead- er may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at least 80 acres solely owned and oc- cupied by him Or by his father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. In certain districts a homestead- er in good standing may pre-empt a guarter-section alongside his homestead. Price, 3.00 per Dere. Duties. -Must reside upon the homestead or pre-emption six months in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including tee time required to earn home- stead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra. A homesteader who has exhaastecl his homestead right and cannot ob- tain a pre-emption may enter for a purchased homestead in certain districts. Price, $3.00. • Duties. -Must reside SiX months in each of three years, cultivate fifty acres and erect a hoose worth $300.90. ° IN. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the, In- terior. , N.B.-Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. • LATEST DOG `STORY. A rean owned a clog which always sat at his feet at dinner and had a bone. One day the diner quite omitted to give the poor dog his bone so, after waiting a Jong time, and seeing his master taking his usualnap, the tyke walked demure- ly the garden, plucked a flower iind brought and placed it on the ground ip front of his ma,ster ; than woke np the cruel or forgetful roam and pointed to the little flower. It was a ' o rget-me- net." Guide -"Now you will have to be •ecarefal ; many a tourist has broken • his neck at this spot." Gent, (to his wife) -"Augusta, you go first." COAST PLANS OF C.N.R. Officials Make Announcements of Big Uadertakings. Statements recently made by Col. Davidson and Canadian Northern officials in the west show the com- pany's intentions regarding its Pacific terminal at Vancouver and Port Moon. The former is to be the passenger terminus, while Port Man n 'will be utilize,d for the freight end of the business, and will also be the site of the corn-. pany's ear and locomotive repair shops. In addition it will likely be the steamer port at such time as the Canadian Northern decides to oterate a trans -Pacific service. No less a sum than ten million dollars is to be spent on the C.N.R. location at False Creek, outside Vancouver, and the connection be- tween -the station there and the downtown depot, which will be by means of a tunnel. Work there will begin at the earliest possible moment. The foundations of the machine shops at Port Mann will be started within a month, according to a statement issued by Col. Davidson. • MORAL COURAGE. What a grand azquisition is mor- al courage, yet how rare! To those of us who lack the courage to face a difficulty it will present itself more formidable than before. Diffi- culties, like thieves, often disap- pear if one looks at therm We should eultivate moral courage, and the young especially should do so. Have the courage to speak your naiad when it is desirable- you should do so and to hold your tongue when it is better you should be silent. Have the moral courage to speak to a, poor friend in seedy elothing when a rich one is near. The effort is oat so great as many people take it to be and the act is worthy of a king. Have the,cour- age to admit that you have been wrong and yon will create a desir- able impression, instead of an un- favorable one in 'the minds of oth- ers. BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND Subjects taught by expert instructors at the Z1/4/4/Var, Y 91.0. A;BLDG., LONIDON, ONT. Students assisted to positions. College in session from Sept. 3rd. Catalogue free. Enter any tine. 1. W. Westervelt a W. Westervelt, Jr. Principal •• chartermaccountat is vice-principal TI !ABER FOR SALE • Tenders will be received up to and in. Mndind Din first day of October; 1912, foe the right to • nit whit,e,and red pine and spruce, on two timber berths en the upper.. waters 'of the-Jot:1m Rivor oast of .the toeMships <1 Cistrrow 'end Lockhart, in the District of Ninissing,ProVince of Ontario, the berths being designated "Jock. No. L" and "jocIto No. each oontaining twenty-five square miles more Or less, For maps and conditions os dale aPP1' to the undersigned, W. IE. IT111AR9T, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 'Toronto, July 1718, 1912. THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH ilAPPENIN GS FROM ALL OVER • TllIl GLORS) IN A, N TSBELL, Canada, the Empire and the Werld in General Before Your ' Eves. CANADA. Windsor claims a population ,of 20,000, Wm. J.E",rly and James Chip- pington were crushed (to death in the G.T.R. yards at Allanclale. MIAS Wylie, a leader of the Eng - lis -h suffragettes, has come to Can- ada to organize the, militants here. Regina, bricklayens are, on strike for two and a half combs an hour increase. They were getting 67',4 cents. Two men who escaped from Guelph prison farm and were re- captured at Ayr, were given six months' additional. • The Brantford grand jury report- ed to Justice Middleton that for- eigners be periodically searched for dangerous weapons. Woodstock Council, by a majority vote, decided to assess factories at only 42 per cent. of actual value, including business tax. The body of Mr. Wm. Bell, found- er •of the Bell Organ & Plana Com- pany, was found mangled on the G.T.E. track near Guelph. - Lord Milner addressed Halifax Canadian Club Friday night, con- tending for the absolute divorce - merit of Imperial from local issues. Montreal business anon presented SH. Carpenter, for sixteen yea= head of the detective department, with $2,500 and a 'gold watch, with a hand -bag for Mrs. Carpenter. He is becoming chief of pollee at - Edmonton, -- GREAT BRITAIN. Hatfield, the English .ewimmer, broke the world's remed for 400 metres; (time, 5 minutes 21 3-5 sec - +roods. The principal government build- ings in Dublin are guarded by pol- ice, lest isuffragettea attack them. A despatch to the Lnodon Tones from Constantinople, myna that" the Tarkish troops in the island of Samos got out of hand and killed many women and children. UNITED STATES. The polie,e captured a man at St. Louis believed to have been impli- cated in the New Westminster bank robbery. Anthony Debs,, the New York policemen who arrested Harry Thaw, ehot his wife and himself when summoned to court on her oomplaint. • GENERAL. Britieh and French sailors have been landed ort the island of Samos. Austria, will hold for the time be- ing, the time -expired men in the Bosnia army corps. A moult, a teacher in physics isa Italy, has invented an automatic rifle to fire 360 shots a. minute. EIGHT WOUNDED AT LECTURE Conscripts Started Free Fight in Paris Hall. A despatch from Paris says: The anneencement that Prof. Gus- tave Herve, the Socialist, who had just heen released frem jail be- cause of the utterances of his paper during the railway strike, would deliver a lecture on -Wednesday night on "Our Country," stirred up the militant Anarchiets., who re- gard }terve as a backslider, and they determined to prevent the de- livery of his address. They gath- ered in large numbers in the hall and 'started a disturbance before the time for the lecture to begin, Chairs( flew, and revolvers were fired, and before the professor started to ipeak eight wounded men had been taken to the hospi- tal, When he took the platform and failed to advise the conscripta to desert, the radical antiemilitanst faction and Anarchists, who were present in great strength, raised pandemonium. In spite of the raoket Prof. Herve proceeded ot deliver his address. The noise and turmoil Were so great. however, that it was impos- sible to hear what he said beyond learning that he explained his fam- ous phrase about planting the flag in a manure heap as a referenc,e to an imperial, not a republican fleg. He declaredthat his sole error had been in allowing. himself te be dubbed anti -patriotic. He denied that he was an anti -militarist, and said he believed that it was only possible to effect a social revolution with the assistance cif the array, and to secure this the schools B1116t be eaptured first. FOOD FOR THE VILLAGERS. Old Buokerodown Horse Which Fell Dead Qlf German Street. A despatch froan Berlin, Ger- many says : The Vcirwaerts in sup- porting its meat campaign prints a story of an old broken-down horse which dropped dead in the Village ef Meereclorf, in Silesia, where the food scarcity is extreme. The vil- lagers skinned the. animal, stripped the flesh from the bones, and car- ried it to their homes, BLUEJICKETS LANDED. Will Protect Foreign Property on the Island of Samos. Con sta,n tinople, Sept 26 . -13 ri- tish ancl French bluejackets have bean landed at the Island of Samos to protect the Conculates and for- eign property during the fighting betvve.on the Turks and the rebels. The town of Trathy is now apparent- ly peaceable'the insurgents having withdrawn to the hills when tho Turks landed. • Hood's Sarsaparilla EradicateS scrofula and all other humors, cures all their effects, makes the blood rich and abundant, strengthens all the vital organs. Take it. There id no "just -as -good" medicine. Insist on haying Hood's. Got it today. •N••••••• ".•••••• "LAST GREAT WEST." • Rush of Settlera' and Prospectors to the Nortls• • A despatch from Ottawa =says: A rush of settlers and prospectors over the trail from Lae la Biche to Fort McMurray this surarner is re- ported by S. H. Clarke, of the For- estry Department„ who has east re- turned to Ottawa. Dort McMur- ray, which is on the Athabitecit Ri- ver, is over twa hundred miles noeth-mot of Edmonton, and the Alberta capital is the nearest rail: way point. Despite this adventure, some honaeseekers and prospectors are• pressing northward along the two hundred mile trail. The Fort McMurray country, although to far north, is reported to have good ag- ricultural laud, while it is said to be rich in mienrals. Mr. Clarke, with a partY of foresters, has been investigating the timber.. possibili- tiesin the, country between Lae la Biehe and Fort McMurray. It is thieldy covered with poplar and pine, tallith would make the best of pulpwood, but the tiinber is not large enough tot oommerciel pur- pose. Another party from. the Forestry Department is exploring north along the Mean Trail. Pre- liminary reports which- have been received by the department show that there is splendid timber in the Gino:tied district, in Lesser Slave Lake. THE LATt RT. NON SIR RICHARD SA RYWRIGHT. • 350 SHOTS A laINUTE. NW Automatic Rifle Invented by An Italian Monk. A despatch from Rome says: A mo•nk of the name of Mario Bon - tempi, a teacher ,of physics and mathematics in the monastery at Lanciaao, in the Province of Chieti, has abandoned monasticism to ex, ploit an automatic rifle which he has invented. He claim, that the weapon will fire 360 shots a minute. lliontempi wanted to patent his rifle and offer it to the Italian Gov- ernment, but his superiors ordered him to destroy the pleas and speci- fications of such a murderous wea- pon. He refused to do this, and is now negotiating with the War Office. FOUND A GAINSBOROUGh. Has Hung For Tears in a House in Monmouthshire. A despatch from London says: A portrait which has hung for years in the back room of a, house at New- port, in Monmouthshire, ,and whose, value has never been guessed, turns out to be Gainsbormigh's pic- ture of the Duke of York, which was painted for George III, in 1784. The owner of the painting on seeing Benjamin West's reproduc- tion of the picture of the Duke of York was streak by the resemblance of the two faces, and this led to the disecaery that the portrait at New- port was the original. Gainshor- ougha signature is en the right hand corner at the bottom. SEARCH FOR WEAPONS. • Brantford Grand aura Advises Per- iodic Examination. • • A despatch from Brantford says: The Grand Jury at the A asizes here in its presentment to Mr. Justice ItidelelS the presiding judge, made, the following recommendation :- "Owing to sthe prevalenee of crimes of violence amongst the for- eign immigrants by reason of their .kossession of firearms, knives, and other dangerous weapons, we be hove that for the protection of the community a, periodical search for 8,nd confiscation of such weapons would be advisable, and we would accordingly strongly recommend the same." Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pins are not a new and untried remedy - our grandfathers used them. Half a century ago, before Confederation, they were on sale in nearly every drug or general store in the Canada of that day, and were the reraghi7edcurcuo thousands of homes for ConStinatiOn, Indigestion, Biliousness, Rheumatism and Kidney and Liver Troubles. To- day they are just as effective, just as reliable as ever, and nothing better has yet been devised to Clare Com-Eraor, IUD PRICES OF FARM PROUCTS REPORTS FROM THS LEADMIS TRAUB CENTRE: op AMEINOA." Prim; of MUM,. 00810.,C17•osa zoo pour Producer of HoM0; and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Oct. L-Flour--iirinter Wheat; 90 per cent. patentS, are quiet and steady; it is quoted at, $3.80 to 95.85 at seaboard. Manitoba flours,(these A -notations are for jute bags, in eetten bags 10o more). -First patente, $5.70; second patents, 91.20, .and arong bakers', 95, pn track,. Toronto. Manitoba Wheat -The market is quiet, - with •prices easier. Nc. 1 new Northern quoted at 914 Bay ports, and No, 9do„ 91,04. Feed wheat, 66 to 67e,..Day port's. Ontarie Wheat -No. 2 white, red and mixed quoted at 97 to 98o, outdide; new *heat, 94 94 910, outside. , Oats -The receipts are fight, and Prices arm. New No. 2 oats quoted at 43 to 440 bore, and old at 47 to 40s, Toronto. West- ern Canada oats, purely noel/nal. Peas -Nominal, ' BaerT''6edulLwithQiil"smalFSrtV•gllf 2%. barleyat63tr65e,outsileCitrr-The market is : quiet, with No. 2 America» quoted at 821,2a, on track, To - panto, and at 780, Bay, ports. Bye -Trade dull,, with No. 2 quoted at 68 to 70e, outside, Buckwheat-Norainal. Bran -Manitoba bran, $22 to 923, in bags, Toronto freight, Shorts, $26. BALED. HAY -AND STRAW. • Baled llay-No. 1 new bay, $12.50 to 913. on track, Toronto; No. 2, $10 to 911.; clover, •mixed, $8 ;to $9. . Baled ,Straw -The market is quiet, with prices of good Straw quoted at 811 to 911.60, on track, Toronto. ' COUNTRY PRDUOCE. Butter -Dairy rolls, chaice, 25 to 26o; bakers'. inferior, 21 to 229; choicedairy, tubs, 23 to 24c; creamery, 28 to 29c for rolls and 26 to 270 for solids. Eggs -Case lots of nevgaid, 27 to 20s Per dozen; fresh, 24 to 26e. Cheese -New cheese, 141.2 to. 14 3-4o for large, and 14 3-4e to 15o for twins. Beans -Band -picked quoted at 95 Per bushel; primes, 52.90. Thoney--Extraoted, in tins, quoted at 11 to 12e per lb. for No. 1, wholesale; combs, • 99.60 to $3, Wholesale. Peultry--Ohiokens, 16 to 113e per lb.; bony:, to 13 14e; ducklings, 13 to 140; turke , 17 to 19a. Live poultry, about fo lower than the above. Pota9oes-75 to 80o Per bag, on track. onovisioas. Baoon-Long clear. 14 1-2 to 14 3-4e per M., in case lots. Pork -Short cut, $24,50 to $25; do., mess, $21.50 -Rams-Medium to light, 17 to 171-2r; heavy, 151.2 to 16e; rolls, 142-2,,; breakfast bacon, 19o; backs, 21 to 211-2o. Lard -Tierces, 14 1-2o; tubs, 14 3-4o; palls, 15o. B• IISINBSS IN MONTREAL. Montreal,- Oct. 1, -Corn -American No. 2 Yellow, 890 to 85o. Oats -Canadian west, ern, No. 2, 54e to 556; extra No, 1 feed, 540 IQ 541-2,. Barley -Manitoba feed, 60o to 61e; malting, 75e to 80e. B002dw1ieat7- 24o. 2, 740 to 75e. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat patents, Brats, 25.80; seconds, $5.30; strong bakers.• $5.10; winter patents. choice, $6.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $3.- 40; do., bags, $2.25 to 9200..Rolled Oats - Barrels, 95.05; bags, • 90 lbs„ $2.40. Mill - feed -Bran, $23; shorts, $27; middlings, $28 to $29; mouillie, $30 to $35. May - No. 2, per tott, car lots, 913.50 to $14. cheese --Finest westerns,13 1-2o to 13 3.4e; finest easterus, 032.80 to 13 3.80. Butter -Choicest ereamorY, 073-0o to 27 54io; seconds, 261.2 to 263.4o. Bggs-Seleoted, 29s to 30o; No. 2 stook, 210 to 22e. Potatoes -For bag, oar lots, 65o to 700. Dimmed laogs-Abat. toir killed, $12.50 10 $19.75. Fork-BeavY Canada short cut mess, barrels, 35 to 95 Pieces, $28; Canada Short out, backs, bar- rels, 45 to 65 pieces, $28. Lard -Compound tierces, $10.25; wood pails, 910.76; pure, 8/4.50; pure, wood pails, $15. LIVE STOOR MARKETS, Montreal, Oct -1. -Good steers, 96.26 to $6.50; medium, 96.25 60 $5.76; common, 54 to $5 per 100 pounds, Choice butcher cows sold well at $5.25 to $5.60; medium at $4 to $5, and common at from the inside Price down to $2,50 per 100 Pollnda common, $2.50 to $3.61/ per 100 pounds. Lambs, $5.60 to $6 per 100 ponnds, while sheep were qUiet and unehanged at 93.66 to $3.76 per 100 pottnclo. The trade in calves was active at prices ranging from $2 to $10 each, RE to quality. llogs, $8.75 to $9.10 per 100 pounds, weighed off cars. Toronto, Oct. I. -Choice, butchers. $6 to 96.25; good, 95.75 to $6; medium, $6.25 to $5,50; common, $4.75 to $5; inferior, $3.75 to $4.60; good cows, 94.50 to 95.75; medium cows, $4 to 04.50: 00111131011, $3 to $4; bulls, $3 to 96. Stockers and Feedors--Steerrl, 900 to 1000 lbs, sold at $5.30 to $5.76; steer, 800 to 900 lbs., 'at $6 to $5.25; stoker,, $4 to $4.75. Milkers and springere, $60 to $00 each. Veal ealves 53 to $8.60 per cwt. Lambs $5 to $6.10 per cwt., with an odd lot now end again at $6.15. Light ewes, 54 to $4,40; heavy ewes and rains, $3 to 93.50. Culls, $4.60 per...mvt. , MARCONI IN AUTO WRECK. Wireless InventoreSuffering From Serious Injuriesi A despatch from Spezia., Italy, says: William Marconi, or wireless fame, was injured in an automobile accident near Borghetto, in the valley of the Vara River. The ex- tent of his iejuries has not been disclosed, but he was brought back with bandages around his head. He was euffering froin a wound of the right eye and his right cheek and temple were badly bruised. Marconi was motoring with his wife when in turning a sharp curve the machine came into collision with another automobile. Both cars were overturned. Mrs. Marconi was not injured, but Marconi's sec- retary and chauffeur received sliglit injuries. In the other car ware five women, all of whom were found to bsriosetkiffering from severd e bruises an WILLIAM DELL'S DE.ATIL Temporary Insanity Caused Tragic End of filneiph Man. A despatch from Guelph says: "Mat William Bell came to his death oo September 25, while in a state of temporary insanity, by be- ing run over by a G.T.R. train at Traieor's Cut, and that no blame be attached to any one," wee the verdict arrived at by the jury who inquired into the death af William Ball, ODD of Guelph's most promi- nent citizens, whose horlY was Sound:mum:led beyond recognitiosa. on the G.T.R. track about two miles east of the city last week. DESPONDENT, SEEKS DEATH. Hangs Himself on 'Hearing lie Had Consumption. • .1\ despatch from Montreal gays : Despondent because he had learned that he wa,,s suffering from con- snmption, Jacob Atlas, W11.O COATI 0 here recently from. Sudbury, Ont., committed suicide in a Craig Street west boarding home by hanging. TWO CENT RATE 1'0 CUBA. Lettete Go For Tied, Sum Now to North American Na110118. Ottawa, Sept. 27.---A convc,ntion conelncled between Can- ada and.,Villia, bringiug into force between the'two countries a postal rate of two cents per ounce. Cuba was, almost the °fay. country left in North America with which Canada had no such arrangement. oseae,Se • trodSOAP More Soap for Less Money - Less Mopey for More Soap POSITWELY THE LARGEST SALE IN CANADA THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS $2p,000,000 Damage and Death Toll of Hundreds in Wake of 'Japanese Storm. A despatch from Japan says: Damage exceeding $20,000,000 was caused by the`typhoon svhich swept Japan from end to 43na an Sunday, while the Joss of human life was very•heavy, and tens of thousands are heinelese.• The storan wasthe worst that has occurred here for over half a cen- tury, according to reports that have just reached the (Derail, which has been practically cut off from the resit of the country for days. Crops suffered severely everywhere, but the greate,stalamage was done in the neighborhood ef the cities a Nagoya, Nara, and Osaka on the Island ef Hondo and in Gifu. All Nagoya every house was damaged, and a great tidal wave demolished the harbor and sank threeesteem- ers while several others went esliore. At Gifu 262 people were killed and 283 injured. The Rieke Meru foundered off Enshu, ad the whole of her crew and passengers were last. At Osaka 20,000 houeee were ruined, and all the break- waters aad the harbor piers were washed away. At Nara the thousand -year-old Kasuga shrine collapsed into a heap of ruins. THOUGHT HE WAS MURDERER Cobalt Youth Commits Suicide as Result. A despatch from Cobalt says: After eheeting three times at George Wilkes, proprietor of the Ottawa House here this evening, and thinking he had killed him, J. K. (Curley) McDonald, a young American from the Adirondack re- gion, isteppeal outside and shot him- self through the brain, dying in- stantly, Wilkes had garnisheed McDonald's wages at the Nipissing Mine, and McDonald's 'grievances rose over the action. Wilkes threw himself on the floor, exclaiming, "I'm gene," when Mc- Donald firedahe third shot. Be es- caped the three shots,. one barely burning the skin of his hip. The affair occured in the Ottawa House, and the suicide Was committed a few feet from its •door. McDonald came to Cobalt a,nd lived for some time under the alias of H. 0. Me- Carthy, giving the reason aonfiden- tially, it is stated, that he had for- merly committed a depredation. He was well eolutated, although in - alined to act :strangely at times. REAR -END COLLISION. Fireman Killed, Conduetor and Engineer Badly Injured. A despatch from Ke•nare, says: A: rear -end collision causing the death of firemen C. A. Clark, and possi- bly fatally injuring ,Conductor T. IL Neal and Paseenger Engineer G. H. Olst, occurred early Friday morning west of Busteed between Eaetra Ne. 4, composed of dead- head coaches runnang eest, a,nd ai heavy freight train rase going east. LARGE LAND DEAL IN 'WEST Lord Joicey Obtains 24,000 Acres of Mixed Farm and Dairy Land for,$45o,000. ' A despatch from London says: One of the largest individual land sales ever effected in this Country has just been completed here. The purchaser is no less a person than Lord Joicey, the famous coal mine owner, and one of the wealthiest Liberia Peere in Great Britain. He has purchased -nearly 24,000 acres of mixed farra and dairy farming land in the vicinity of Fort George, for which he has paid $450,000. . Captain Hilton, who, it will be remembered, was responsible for the Sutherland and Eesborough transections, is negotieting for the sale to a Dutch merchant of 50,000 acres in Saskatchewan. SHOWED PRESENCE OF ICE New Instrument Rang Alarm When Iceber,, Was Over Three Miles Away. A despatch from Mentrnal• says:1 statedesws that a complete record On the steamship Royal Edward, has beencisestinecl of the salinity of _which arrived from Brtstol, was the track of the veSte.l fnom Bristol Dr. Myer deplane, bacteriologist to Montreal The apparatuahad, of public health in the University an automatic ice alarm, which - of Leeds. Dr. deplane made the sounded suecesafully three time in voyage for the purpose of testing an the vicinity of me. • His instrument apparatus he has invented as an aid "noted" the presence of an iceberg te navigators in fog and haze and three miles and a half away. It for detecting the presence of ice- was not the temperature of the wae bergs. • Dr. Coplans describes his ter that gave the signal, but the instrument as an electrical appara- ehenge in the salinity of the water, tits, automatic, self -recording, for which was greatly reduced by the taking th.e salinity of water. • • presence of the berg. Ilhe result ef the voyage, he E ENTURES SECURITY Put your savings in the safest form of investment you can find - the 4% debentures issued by this solid and prosperous company - established 2864. Issued for $ioo and upwards. Interest payable half -yearly at the rate of 4%. Depositors and Debenture -hold- ers have the first charge on the entire assets of the company. *ince incorporation over five dolizrs in interest atone have (been paid to Depositors and Deherf: are -holders. Reserve fund equal to paid-up capital of St , goo, 000, oo and assets over thirteen millions. ..re *alto I Millions ABSCTS. Sayings Co. .c9,0,:)cm 4 'API?' ices. ....,..tok•reran•amsavar• UMW-