Daily British Whig (1850), 8 Aug 1906, p. 4

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connection with any: party, ds a Diogenes, lantern in hand, in quest of an honest man, it should be the con servative. That party; however, has' no consideration for him and his plans. : The Maclean search for a liberal lead: gr reminds ono of A search of a eurious people for the mysterious > or Jabbs or Tabbs, for whose |wome. weeks ago, and in which several distinguished Canadians were killed, | has made its report and it does not { reflect on any ove in connection with the railway. This is what was expect- Jed, in view of the splendid manage ment of the English railways, and the unusual methods they have adopt- ed for the protection of life. An English writer who happened to find himself at a small country station in Surrey a day or two after the Sal isbury accident, took special note of what he saw. He found the tracks sided by platforms, long, solid, as- phalted, and connected with an over- head bridge. No one was allowed to cross the tracks. Where was no way of approaching the trains except by the #tation. So far a8 human precautions could prevent it no accidents could possibly happen. "Not only," writes this impartial observer, to the North American Review, 'had everything been done to insure safety, but the station® und all its surroundings seemed like a miniature paradise. In everything except its beauty that lit- tle station was gypical of the whole He will send i to you always, railroad system of lngland." be : i \ 2 ENGRAVING ER What is more remarkable is the pow- Neatly done at the. of the English government in the . Whi g Office supervision of railroads. Talk about the dictation of Mr. Roosevelt in his anti-rebate message ! In the old land the board of trade has almost plenary power of compelling a railway to adopt any system or appliance thay promises to add to the security of railway employees or of the travelling public. "There is," says the same writer, "scarcely any detail of rail managers do not resist this supervis- | against any useful Jegistation, but J accept and act upon it when it is in the public iforest, "They do not fight ion. They do' not undertake to lobby |' | lau § gh i 'the personal letters 10 the edi- the subjoined : i oF £1 the last two days, Reached" and "If in = Deseronto PE 25% SH 5 H Perhaps this correspondent has nev- er known the tories to yield an ap- pointment to a grit. In Kingston it is impossible, off-hand, to remember a case Within a quarter of a century. One promotion of a liberal was made, that of Abraham Shaw, in the cus- toms, but dozens of liberals were jumped over in conservative promo- tions under conservative rule. "Auditors At A Premium. A sensational time has just been concluded, at Bufialo, and an old county official will go to the peniten- tiary for a long term and so atond for his malfensance. The official in question was John W. Neff, former nwditor of Erie county, and he has" been convicted of sundry criminal transactions by which he robbed the people, on a cemetery deal, to the extent of $7,000. The outrage lies in the fact that an auditor did the thieving. It does not ocour to some persons, who have been hornified by the trial, that no office is pr against dishonesty. It may be that an auditor's misconduct seems the more heinous because he is ox- pected to be straight and to keep all others straight over whose accounts be has a sapervision, In the selection of public officials, however, their qualifications are not the only things considered. According to the American munici- pal system the officials, including the awditors, are nominated in the party caucus, They are elected by -the ma- chine, Some are expected to be re publicans or democrats first and audi- tors afterwards. Usually their duties are well performed, but if they are defective in any respect the system which clected them is to blame more than the men. Auditors who are conscientious, who will blink at nothing, whose integrity is absolute, are entitled to greater consideration and reward. The mumi- cipalitios that are well served in this respect are fortunate. There are no scandals and there will not be any appeals to the government for infor mation as to where they are at. The men of talent. and character are not, however, we fear, fully appreciated. Heard Excellent Truths. Tichborne, Aug. 7.--~Haying is al most over and harvesting will soon be general. Both hay and grain 'are reported a very heavy crop. A large number from around here took _ad- vantage of the cheap trip to King- ston to-day to attend the circus. "Prentice Boys and Orangemen of this vicinity attended church here, as a lodge, on Sunday last, and heard some excellent truths. Mrs. L. - Cameron, who has heen very ill since her return from the North-West, we are glad to say, is improving. We hope to see her out soon again. Miss Maggie Swerbrick is visiting friends in Hanover Centre, NH., for a fow weeks. L. A. Cameron has taken charge of our station here. A. FE. Beattie, former agent, is now em- ployed by the G.T.R. at nights at Renfrew Jumetion. H. Brown has re turned from Haileybury, where he was employed on the Y. U. N. 0. railway. Rumors of a wedding in the very near fnture. Thomas Bridgen, who was badly bruised and shaken up by the hand car jumping the track, two weeks ago, has vesumed work, al- though still a little sore from his rough handling. A large number of tourists and fishermen have visited ovr village this last few weeks and all go away well pleased with the sport in our lakes here. Piccadella Pointers. Piceadilla, Aug, * James Colter loaded a carlod of cattle, Saturday. A number from here attended the party given bv G. Kennedy, inbrook, and reported a good time. Miss D. Howes has returned from St. Anne's ; after calling on friends ,at Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. McCall, Wat- a their mother, 'Mrs. R. Craig. % Clark, as is iting hee dnnghter, nolds, Reyn ton. Tr. ani Carleton George and Bdgn iy with their gis- at them for their softness.' are two great editorials you | | ber. His wile and relatives made sev McDo na ld Says Slayer ds $150 a Day in Tips to g, 7.~Paul H. McDon- "Who _ocetpied a cell in the Tombs, 'the 'sate tier Harry Thaw, : as few prisoners ever accorded to "the slayer "White. 'A costly Smyrna the cell floor. Pictures and "adorn the walls, A heavy him for the gaze of , Thaw spends $150 a fortable. the way he spends said McDonald. "Onee 1 an ° attendant the i & one hundred dollar the cost of his breakfast. his theque book in the cell | as soon as anybody Thaw will send out and a certified, Sheu | saw certified was for 8 } Others for big sums g and sent out b arey. Useally his mother cashes his for him, and Harry distributes in the same careless fash- showed when at liberty, "of the keepers received a dia- ud valued at $1,000 for his to Harry. I tell you the poc- of others are bulging with tips aw' has seattered. But nome of the Prisoners have come in for any-boun- 1 to Thaw's pro- y. They are opposed fanity and by a sort of 4acit agree- ment they keep away from him. "Clothes ? Well, he has a dozen Pairs of ' shoes, three or four suits, and a change of silk underwear and of silk pajamas daily. He has a manicur- ing set and various other toilet acces sories denied to other prisoners. "The sinews of war are telling and ave broken down practically 'all the barriers exéept the Tombs walls, His cell seldom is locked, and when it is it is becauie Thaw does not care to be disturbed, The attendants run to answer his every call, "Almost immediately "after Hart- ridge's departure covery day, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw arrives, and after a cus- hioned chair has been placed for her at the cell door, and the keeper has re- tired the couple's conversation be- "A queer conversation it is, In the main Thaw censures his wife for sins, either of omission or commission, Sometimes his language is shockingly vituperative. At other times he is all te! , and Mrs. Thaw goes with- ing his cell, the curtain is draw and the cares of the world are forgotten. o . comes Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the prisoner, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Georee Lauder oa , whose faces tell of sleeploss nichts. Exit Mrs. Thaw, the younger, with eyes and trembling mouth. The talk that follows is main- ly between the semiors Mrs. Thaw and her son, Mrs. Carnegie ing from advice or suggestions. Mrs. Thaw with tears in her eyes, implored Harry to take advantage of the insanity plea and assures him a life of case in Mat- teawan, "The mere suggestion of that place, however; brings words of scorn and anger from the young millionaire, who swears nothing shall be done in that line. " "To hell with it all I' he shouts. 'I'd rather be dead than worried to death by you people trying to make me believe I'm - crazy.' "That usually ends the interview for the morning and the mother and daughter go away weeping. "That he will be acquitted Thaw has not the slightest doubt. If contrary opinions are expressed, he flies into a rage. He has said to me fifty times: 'I am not miilty of any violation of the law, and a jury will free me.' "Talk? I tell you, I'd rather be dead than have him tum his batter ies of profanity against me. It is ter- ible to think of and a thousand times worse to hear. "After the morning visit, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw does not return, and his afternoon is devoted to consultation with his counsel. At four o'clock all prisoners are supposed to be locked up, but not so in Thaw's case. The door of his cell 'remains open and he has the evening papers, Soon after- wards comes his evening meal, con- sisting in the main of soup. meat of some sort, a delicious salad and ice, coffee and cheese. "This is all served daintily on beautiful chinaware and shining sil ver, The service is enual to that of any restaurant he used to frequent." MOURNED AS DEAD. Wife Hears Her Husband Has Family Elsewhere. 3 Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 8.---Owens- boro has an Enoch Arden case. Ho is Howard Blandord, supposed to have een killed in a train wreck near Birmingham, Ala., in October, 1901. He was seen alive and well in Sidney, Australia, not long since, where he is living in a new country, under a new jane and it is said, with § new fami- Noel Cooper of. Owensboro; has just returned from the trip® on which he saw Blandford and immediately told his story to Blandford's wife, from whom he has never been divorced. He also has two children here, who are living with their grandparents. The supposition that Blandford had perished in a wreck was based on doubtful "circumstances, the chief one of which was that he could be traced into: Alabama and was there lost. Several ified persons were killed in the wreck, and it was taken for granted that be was in the pum- eral attempts to verify their supposi- To New York. lines, Tues: WORLD NOT SO LARGE. Finds Daughter Who - Eloped : Thirty-Four Years Ago. Paterson, N.J,, Aug. S8.--After a search of five years, Alesander Mac donald has found his daughter, who eloped from her home in Scotland, thirty-four years ago, with John Mor- timer. Mrs. Mortimer was a mere child when when she left her home,because her ts objected to the visits 'of M er. Nothing was heard of the couple after their flight. The Macdon- alds moved away from the old home, and Mr, Macdonald was successful in business, After the death of his wife, five years ago, he decided to come to this country and scarch for his daugh- ter, He visited all the large cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and con- sulted directories without success. He arrived in Paterson last week, intend- ing to return to Scotland in a few days. He looked through the city directory and consulted the city re- cords, but could find no trace of his daughter. Standine on the corner of Main and Market streets, yesterday, Mr. Mac- donald heard a passerby shout to the motorman on a passing car: "Hello, Mortimer !" Hardly daring to hope for success the old man jumped on the car and engaged in a conversation with the motorman. He soon learned that the man in charge of the car was his son-in-law. A meeting between father and daughter followed. Mr. Macdonald will prolong bis stay in this country, "KILLED" RETURNS HOME. Georgia Man Who Outdoes Rip Van Winkle. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. S8--Believed to have been killed in the battle of Chic- kamauga, Anderson Pittman has re- turned to his old home in Habersham county, and found his wife the widow of another. The return of the man caused as great a sensation as if he was a Rip Van Winkle. In fact, his story surpasses the tragedy of Rip in that it is real, and covers a period of forty years, which time Pittman says he spent as a convict in a northern prison for homicide, which it was ne- cessary to commit to save his own life. When the civil war broke out Pitt- man was one of the most prosperous farmers in Habersham county. He was twenty-three years old, and a bridegroom of a 'week when he enlist- ed. He was captured and placed ina military prison with others. Then the federals sent him north as a prisoner of war. In the prison he found an enemy in another prisoner. The day the prison was emptied the man attacked Pittman with an axe, and Pittman stabbed him to the heart with a knife. The killing was almost under the walls of the prison, and Pittman was at once arrested and thrown into his old cell. A short time after he was tried, convicted and sentenced to forty years' imprison- ment. So far Pittman has refused to tell where he was confined. The Late Mrs. George Clapper. Bethia N. Campbell was born in the township of South Fredericksburgh, in 1859. and died at Morven, on July 25th, 1906. In the year 1878 she was united in marriage to George Clap- per, Morven. During' her life she en- deared herself to a large circle of friends. Those who knew her best were her best friends. She was a Christian woman. Her pure life, her faithful use of the means of grace, both public and private, her simple trust, her humble and teachable spirit and her cheerfulness and willingness' to help in every good word and work developed in her a beautiful charac- ter. She was a member of the Metho- dist church, and an officer in the W. M. S. Auxiliary of Morven. She will be greatly missed by the community, and also by her mother and SX sis- ters, but she will be chiefly missed by her husband. -- A Veteran Dead. Picton Gazette. There passed away at the family re- sidence, Bloomfield, on Saturday last, one of its pioneer residents in the person of John Bull, father of Post master Herbert Bull, and Mrs. Noxon, of Caliiornia, at the advanced .age of nearly ninety-one years. Up to a few weeks ago Mr. Bull had enjoyed un- usually good health for ope. of his years, when he was strisken with paralysis, which ultimately proved fatal, but was apparently attended with very little suffering. The de- ceased had led a very active life until incapacitated by old age, and was universally respected. The funeral took place, Monday afternoon, and a large number of friends signified the great respect they had for' the old gentleman, as well as the family, by attending the funeral. Ey -- Two Inspectors. At the session of the Lemmox and Addington county council, the county was divided into two school divisions, r. Burrows retaining fifty sche ols, in the following municipalities : Rich: mond, Napanee, North and South Fredericksburgh, Adolphustown, and school sections Nos. 5 and HH. in Eroesttown. Frank ( Anderson is to have charge of the balance of the schools in the comty, eighty-three at present, viz, Denbigh, Abinger, Ashby, Keladar, Anglesea and Effing- ham, Sheffield, Camden, Amherst Je: land, Bath and Newburgh, and all sanction of the government before it can be operated. ------ Shirt-Waist Man In Evidence. Atlantic City, Aue. 8--The shirt waist man is again on deck, vaded hotels. cafes, and swell board- say him nay. On the promenade, at noon, two out of every three men car- ried their conts slung across an arm ously wounded, shoot herself after she h father. fined young woman ar most successful school He in- | County. ed over the Proposed Mntthews has let his homeo ond Mr. our Whiskies and receive a handsome eng lod Ror 8 corks we will send a silk with enamel charm. CS : | WRITE FOR OUR PREMIUM 1 gy, »s H. CORBY DISTILLERY CO _ Limited, Montrey We're Expecting You In For a Look! Mr. Man ! You must be nearly pestered to death with the flaring newspaper advertise- ments urging you to go to one place or another to spend your clothes' money. We want you, too, but are not going to shriek in your ear that we are the "one and only." All this advt. is for is to let you know that we're after your trade, You're foxy enough to buy of the store that will do the best for you. We want a chance to show you and - will leave the rest to you. After you've been here, you'll be glad you came. Come, see, that'sthe test. New Suits, New Raincoats, New Hats, New Shirts, Etc. The H. D. Bibby Co. THE SUIT STORE OF THE TOWN. mma Send: 3 Corks drawn from quart bottleg of Watch fo MID-SUMMER SALE 20%, oR A oa Cal i or 20% Men's Tan Calf Blucher Oxfords, $4. now $3. Ladies' Tan or Chocolate Oxfords, $3.50, now $2 50 $3, now $2.40; $2.50, now $2; $2, now $1.60; $1.50 now $1.20. : . Among these you can select shoes made by Utz & Dunn, Geo. A. Slater, J, and T, Bell and other high- grade shoemakers, The | Sawyer Shoe Store A WARM SUBJECT There's nothing in the world we're so much interested in as Coal at this time of the year. It mpy sound queer to LUCKY LOOK AT MIRROR. Teacher Is Saved From Murder of Father. Corydon, Ind., Aug. 8&--Miss Hallie Matthews has made a statement ex- plaining her mysterious action in at. | 5¢ience, but that's what we've madelt: tempting to kill her father, Hallock | TWo important discoveries we haw Matthews, at New Amsterdam, made are that complete satisfaction 0 It was announced that her father | OUT CuStomers pays best; and that the Was to marry Miss Emma McAdams, | "oY to win business is to deserve it. a pretty young woman of the village. Booth Co & 1 At the time the attempt was made upon his life he was standing bh fore FOOT OF WEST ST. a Phone 133, a mirror arranging his toilet and saw his daughter with hand entering the the reflection of shotgun in her room. He t 1 1 HA Te oom. Ue turned around quickly and Struck the gun barrel with his arm YOUR x At the same instant she pollad the trigger and the gun was hate May Bea Stylish iOne, Put Tt and {Only a small Part of the load struck Makes Trouble. Mr. Matthews and he was not seri- A man usually buys a hat thats ar 8 rhea . . . for The gun had in style," but the jeyn hat ke Frnesttown excepting, school secti 3 but one barrel, and | men has lots to answer Tor. . , 'tions [Miss Matthews had a shell j i J 3 rT A 8 shell jn he Baldhead: p ihg "more numer A 3 ad 1. This bylaw will re. hand with which she id y doy: Hate ake intended to fous every day. Hats make excellont ad ki'led her breeding places for the parasitic germs : : which sap the life from the roots of 15 8 quiet and re. | the hair, wd is one of ithe When your hair ins. to fall out and your scalp is oF of Dandruff, it It teachers in the is thought that she brood- {is a sure sign that these countless Miss Matthews ; : marriage of " : ing-houses all hours vesterday. and in father to Miss MeAdams age of Je -- are busily at work: rercome face of the extreme heat. there was] Mind became unbalanced, 5 the oe a. but one way to uberemnt not a proprietor, as far as je known] Mr. Matthews is a shrewd business | way ou Ne: and ill the Horpic Jo to last night. who was cruel enoneh to [Man and is ome of i ay 18 to apply Newbro's Herpicic the leading resi 3 A : dents of the town of N loading resi. the scalp--it will kill the germs and ' N A dois "The wedding was postings tetdam. { healthy hair is sure {0 result. Sold by ldading druggists. Send h i* home. The af- : " " Her 3 or over one shoulder. Right ints th fair has erented & sensation j rian Stamps for ale to Tn: dinin~rooms of some of the bio hor *ounty. FEY he Jide oy rare Mich; 'G.. v. Xe oy they eu in the same fashion, TT 90d, Special at an ad waitérs and vroprietors, | The Mallory 000 Islands<«Roches after o conference, decided to miake nic | the Broskniile "n". "O™*Pondent of 1, es Protest; the 8 that Steamers . Sifton the sacramen. leave 'daily, aa, for Thousand the Methodist ; Tog, leave ; on speak of coal buying and selling as & 1 N King ] Caspian 3 No Monday, at 1005.8 Vk [ Mrs. Emm Ave., Seattle urer Sons of ' +] suffered regularand p. was in a ver) 1 was anxiou store my hea "1 was very delighted to { good, I conti three months moved. "I conside and shall ney dose occasio down and tir Our fils c monials whi ceived from who have be hin remedy, } ati More Goo the Oaly He: Your tat ive remedy E.F. TOM Every. w then A cure t Editor ] I have ti fo give the ommendat Of al» ous Debility, M pondency, Scxw matoryrhoa, ana Price §1 per box, will cure. Sol plain pig. on re mailed fre. TH (formely Wiad THOUSA) Great Cre an Thousand 1 past week h crowds are © causing the houses to be The steamers rambles are | The new fn steamboat la ment top, Ww Freed's movi torium twic crowds. The shoal at Cas off ina do Christian Fla sent a samph rector of Tal displayed at white field, w upper right h red cross. An open oi Billington 1 and was grea of the Billing grand concert on Tuesduy e at which som the eountry Bishop C. the Tahernad Rew: I. R, 1 City," in th evenimer Bighe chapel on Ab 0X --- * "They Inj Péenuse Yo . constipation ftrong catha Dr. Hamil and guaranty 25¢.; at alld After aver public: school ston handed Pelleville Bos resignation w

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