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.d‘ \ This morning Frank Walker, son oil Montreal, "Dec. 21.â€"-“All through if“. John Walker, of South Ops, metathe western country," said, Mr. P. P. l l l â€"-- -â€"* i \ Presents- Both Useful and Lasting :with a serious accident, and narrow- {Cowans of the Montreal Stock Ex- ichange house of McDougall 8: Cow- was assisting his brother andzans, who has just returned from a WOOd With ithree weeks’ trip to the Pacific coast, ,ly escaped losing his right hand. i He ’ everal others cutting ‘ .1 09 (a? 63533:. maize a iJohn McGee’s ciz-cufar saw on his Lin the course of an interview on Satâ€" SemCt-O“ 03‘ UM » ,iather'e farm. His brother, Winiani.inrday, “I did not hear of any good, throwing the wood away from ,legitimate business being hindered by g n 1847 Rogers pros. and Frank, PiCKmS upimoney stringency. Even in Vancouvu where they are feeling rather , lwas {the machine, ”â€" i . . ~ .. la stick, which had been already cut,ler l I Silver Platec‘ (JOOds sand which he considered 100 1‘Ong.|‘blue at the moment, considerable W ishoved it into the saw. In somefmortgage money is to be had on in- imanner his hand caught and a terrivside city property at 7 per cent. I lble gash Was inflicted between thelknow of a bank doing a very large inand and wrist. ‘business on the coast which has been i The to finance all the legitimate itaken to his its customers through its Pocket Knives, Scissors, w” -‘m Carving young man was i able M- ' . . . H was summoned The wound which Islown deposit in British Columbia, 3'59 PcrfCCtlon 011 cap; a very ugly one, I“equired several‘without drawing on the east for a stitches. icent. This is at least a sign of heal- Tv-o arteries were severed, ,and it. , thy banking conditions. Real estate :is a miracle the hand was not taken {speculators have been hard hit by l ofi‘. I imoney conditions, but not legitimate business." â€"-o:o_â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€" ‘ Big Postal Striké?Ostfioncd. ’imnmpeg “germ“ . ‘ LONDON Dec 17.â€"-The executivual Mr. Cowaus, whose hrm has brancn ’ . Winnipeg and Vancouver, of the postal unions at a conference 30171688 in . . ifound sentiment rather mixed, Winni- .peg was in a cheerful frame of mind i l l l i in London yesterday defeated a mo-‘ l {deeming whether an early strikeiahd he was agreeably surprised by i 3 Meat Cutters and many other lines to choose from, which are sure to pleasew- all at close prices. tion to ballot the men with a view to should be declared. It was decided; _ . . to postpone drastic action until an i‘condltions there. The explanation Of appeal. had been made to Parliament ;this is of course the large inflow of decision Of Herbert L- Efunds from the big crop, as much against {grain having been marketed from September 1 to date as in the whole Menelik Dead Again. iof last year. “Merchants are suffer~ LONDON, Dec. 17.â€"-â€"A despatcb ling to some extent from the unseas- rom Jibuti, South Africa, says that ionably mild- weather," added Mr. Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, died lCowans, “but there is another side id 1 t. ' 0“ Fr 5” as to this situation. That is that the King Menelik, who was born in 184-1, has been reported dead on sev- mild weather has been excellent for is going to mean a eral occasions. Special despatcheswloughmg, and from Addis Abcba last February an-i . cr nounced his death and the succes- ‘largely incr eased acreage under op next year. sion of Prince Lidj Jeassu, one of hi; Depression in British Columbia. grandsons. M no ‘ v- . v ‘ -- In contrast to Winnipeg, Mr. Cow- ! n 0 {ans found Vancouver and British Co- to override the é Samuel, Postmaster-General, ‘the desired increase in pay. ____________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" .._â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"| * . (‘ounty Magistrate Moore handed down his decision this morning _in the case of four men charged with creating a disturbance on the train! "Bennett Burlcict‘u Retires. The fines and COStS amounted to LONDOK. {"30 3‘3.” (C. A. 1". Cl- ilumbia generally in a depressed mood or: - - ' " ' . 1w __ ..â€". i. - “':’~"1"‘-‘ ‘b Mm"? - , ..li.6i besrdes wnich they. -wnl of 2;) CORETigjafâ€"ti‘“5-19.? 1:CI‘1J:'51 }“The lumber busmess' , he remarked, n . e . . ‘ x7. . ..;~‘r'_ .11.: .as“- £0399 have to pay for the.r lawyers 'l‘Clfizra“:l‘ 2c, “0.1”:1‘0 Try 9,. xi.-,.i,.‘.i_i“is now being conducted at an actu- “40 defended than' The ride proved can Civil \.':2r 31(17213 on .9 condemned gal loss, the fish catch has been disâ€" “ 50315137 039' 3‘35“!” the regular fare; to death. but. he poéms on; nowadays lagpointing, and 13,130;- troubles are 17. cost them about two dollars ag that the heme-nee was nei‘er cxccut- ihurting the country. Political agitaâ€" mile. zed. Luring. the 53"“ 3"‘rm‘1 “0' was ‘1‘ th 1 ‘ o " 's do'nv r ; , ‘ . , l‘neld a prisoner for 20-110 time in To~ j 13“ on ' 3 anr quesuonu- 1 ° .31. Hatching cnarged With creatâ€" 1.0th 3,13. ia lot of harm. Cheap labor is needed i:g a disturbance on the train was; Mr. 1211:133in is a familiar figure ito develop the resources of the cor..- . . * e" “an”. ' ., v v. ,7 a... .. v '31‘ , . _ filled $20. the priCC of the broken 1 ft the 1)lb.;._, Jill); ulC:f_lpc “ll-u l.) htu “Cry, and the DOIItIClanS Who are , - . A :‘inown to lll"D)’ Corina inns. '. _ . . . . . window 51 and Costs $13.03, total} ___“ ‘ i __ Sfighting agamst 1t are maging a big ,. ~ 1 ‘ . - $35.08. 1 Two Boys Drowned. imistake. However. I don't “85m to ~._) ~ I J. Brohme on the same charge was: Agzxpnion' 03¢”, Dec. _,_“ ined $13.00, cost of a small window skating on Cat's Lake, opposite - - b An" . a l ch, a seat 50c and costs $15.08, tot-3 tor-.11 ”Sterne: enemy-an. 30-13 9.1 $31.43. .Barnes, aged 10, son of l... J. Barnes, l Ishare the pessimism about Vancouver that I found in some._q1_1arters. .Un- derlying conditions are Sound, the real estate boom has been given a se- â€"â€"~'\T 1: lie ‘I, If»? ‘ , lliveryman, and "Bubble” Kerr, aged; _ Geo. Ferris 3150 on the same 11, son of J. 1.. Kerr, broke through ivere setback, and that IS a SOOG charge was fined $5.00 and costsi-the ice and were drowned. Several ithing. . I expect to see Vancouver $15.03’ total $20.08. iothcrs brokci tSrough as v:ell,'brut {coming to Geo. Watson charged with obstruc- .“er‘” res?” "V t eir companiOns. ° The bodies of the two who were ting the conductor in discharge 0‘ his drowned have rot been recovered. duties was fined $15.00 and costs of â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"----â€"'â€"‘ $15.08, a total of $30.08. Krafcheuko Again Remanded. The total costs in the case which WINNIPEG' Dec. 23"“Ja°k Kraf- . . ‘ chenko appeared before Provincial iacluded semng papers and "0“ 0f Magistrate Bonnycastle yesterday bringing down - - Wit-“38333 amounted morning charged with the murder of to $60.32 divided among four men. manager Arnold of the Bank of Mont- l, The total fines amounted to $55.00 _ . _ i theft of $4,749 from that institution. l lie was remanded for a week without the Grand Trunk. Two Grand Trunk detectives were also on the'case. since his arrest on a charge of supply- ing a revolver illegally. train or infifegngl With the copduc- Hit by Bucket ; Man Killed. “r *5 a P ‘c a" ”S” P“ 0“” TORONTO, Dec. 23.â€"â€"Michael R0 --, l struction Co., was struck on the head â€"â€"""'â€"‘â€" by a. bucket ful‘ of cement and in- ‘3 .1 DE‘TJ’T , _ which the company are building at Ontema ixiginb..namsnrue :me Pacific avenue and Bloor streets yes- All branches of Dentistry perform. 1 fl _ 7- ' - ed. Crown and Bridge “'0“; a. ROSTOCK, Mecklenburg, Schwer- in, Dec. 23.â€"â€"An explosion occurred at the railroad station here, just be- forc the arrival of Dowager Empress ! real, at Plum Coulee, Man, and the G. H. Hopkins, K. C., represented pleading. Krafchenko has been held Creating a disturbance on a railway ' 1 DR- HlOWARD POGUE .s’ianily killed in a 65-foot sewer nearly opp. Post Office ‘terday morning. ’ f Specialty. Explosion on Royal Train. % on the Russian court special’train Marie of Russia. who left Copenhagâ€"_ life again by the end of 1914, and I have no doubt of its ul- timate future. Remember this, Van- couver has not the big and varied country to draw on that Winnipeg has, and in times like this it natur- ally feels the pinch more.” LAND concur UP. Government Has Acquired Waterfront Property at Quebec. OTTAWA, Dec. 23.â€"â€"An important step has been taken by the Dominion Government in the purchase of three miles of waterfront at Quebec, which will be held in the general interest of the people of Canada. The cost of the property was a quarter of a million dollars. - é'rlncluded in the three miles of pro- the whole of the Allan Steamship Co.’s waterfront. The purchase of the waterfront is a part of the scheme to develop the bar- bor of Quebec towards accommodat- ing the growing traffic of the port. This special purchase, it is stated, is only one of a number of similar purchases which will be made from time to time at harbors throughout the Dominion, the purpose of the i l i I perty acquired is -.c.....‘_._â€" ,_â€" ___,,- fl “”“MMW‘. BOOK YOUR SALE warn 3 Stewart M Glahalll en' yesterday 1'0r St- PGIGTSburg- Government being to encourage and ' 0 Seven members 01 the train crew we re develop ocean and inland water navi- ~- _ 0 injured. . i gation. AUCTIONLER ' According to the official accou‘ t One of the Ministers yesterday, in discussing the policy of the Govern- ment, said although he did not'care to a defect the explosion was ".I‘JSGd. by in the lighting app?ra'.us. - Lindsay. ‘ have his name quoted, “Transporta- - ' f all kinds it is our purpose to E a I l They All Wear Twas. ”09 0 e v . . encourage. Good roads, good rail. I Lounger of shoe storeâ€"l ve tried ways, good vessels everywhereâ€"â€" Have conducted sales success- fully in five different townships and three different towns: also graduate of the Jones’ National School Of Auctioneer-Eng, Ohi- cago. my be“ to attract‘the women to this. these are the big things to-day.” place and they Simply wont come. Salesman â€"No wonder: Your sign Fire Interrupts Air Line. queen! the trade. Manager (heatedly) COBALT, Dec. 23. â€"â€" The valve â€"\\'bat‘s wrong with tliefsign? Sale-r house of the Northern Ontario Power : manâ€"It reads. "The Big Shoe Store! Co. was destroyed by fire Sunday ~Lippincort's. night, and half of the Cobalt camp ; _ A, _ _4 g ‘y . , had to revert to steam plants yester- CHRESTMAS GIFTS day morning. The loss is estimated Don’t you think St. Nicholas has about the at only $1,000. but interruption of the service is more serious, although right idea of useful as well as ornamental Christmas presents? ~ ' the damn a will be repaired by to- . night. ' Easy Chas rs , dang-denier Stands Morris Chairs Shirt Waist Boxes Library Tables Cedar Chests. Book Cases China Cabinets Writing Desks Buffets Naturalization Settled. LONDON, Dec. 18.’-â€"â€"(C. A. P'. Ca.- ble.)-’â€"â€"Speaking at a British Empire League meeting yesterday Postmas- ter-General Samuel said that long consultations on the subject of uni- form naturalization for all British subjects had proceeded between the {Home and Dominion Governments, gand a bill embodying the principles arrived at would come before Parlia- ment at its next session. " p _ I edestals Kitchen Cabinets To Move Remy. â€"-â€"â€"â€"""'â€"â€"â€"â€" OTTTAWA. Dec. 18.â€"J. J. Car- -‘ rick, Conservative memb-.- for Thun- . . , der Bay and Rainy River, has been * chatshen to move the address in reply . __ _‘_ , ~ _â€" . to 9 speech from the throne «at the Fm‘hue _ 25 Kent st‘ opening of Parliament next month. iUiiiiiui Hill _. Victoria County because of the Furs iii Prices Muff. 27.00 Few Pieces clearance prices Fancy Linen Round size, 26 inches ..... Round $123, 22 inches. . . .. Oval Size, 18x27 .iniiies . . .. Threed Tray Covers Big range from 25c l iiivoomniii The despatch from London nwncing the retirement of Bennett! Burleigh, the famous war correspon-l --â€"~-' dent of the London Daily Telegraph‘ will be read with interest by many inl fact l that a portion of his romantic Ca- reer was spent at Woodville. He hadi espoused the cause of tire Confeder-i acy in the American Civil War, and when ‘he saw the cause tottering to its fall, and when things became too , hot for him, he sought refuge in1 Canada and finally drifted to Wood-‘ Ville. He obtained shelter at the re-; sidence of the late! John Morrison,: M.P.P. who resided at Woodv'i’lle,l and remained there .until the close of} the war, when he returned to thei old country. Bennett Burleigh and; John Morrison became fast friends i and on the. death of Mrs. Morrison most of her property was left to the brilliant war correspondent. In the American civfl war he rias‘ twice condemned to death, but he points out nowadays that the sen- tence wasinevcr executed. During the some time in a Toronto .ail. Mr. some time in a. Toronto -ail. ML, Burleigh is a familiar figure at the Bisley July meeting. There are», a number of Toronton- fans who remember Burleigh and his l l 5 rffana-dian experiences. Among them is Mr. A. W. Wright, the Conservative organizer, who even assisted Bur- leigh in a futile attempt to escape. Burleig-h was not a southerner, but a. Glasgow Scotsman, who was first cause of his s‘Iill in inVenting incurs forrthe destruction of the vessels blockading southern pOrt's. He was lieutenant in the famous seizure thesbeamers Philo Parsons. and ‘15- land Queen, in the attempt to cap- ture' the United States ‘igunb‘oat Mi.- cliigan on La‘heErie. Th3 filibiistcrs, after the failure of the expedition, scattered to Various parts of On- where A. W. Wright was a young from the Confederacy, had stayed in Guelph, and rumor has it that be had secretly induced friends he made there and at Preston to cast a can‘- Misses Grey Lamb Set of Persian Lamb and Black Fox at Centre Pieces at the right price and you have plenty to choose from. Planen Lace Centres Embroidered and arawn .Made from pure liis'ri Li 2:17....59 inon for him for belligerent u "United States Government, through:Teiâ€"c1-}{ebir_ [the spy. hadfin the French c.1n2paign in Madagas- ‘llearncd of his w ‘il’hilo PaI‘SOns iofficcrs were detailed to arrest him to an- lfor piraCy and for breach of the neu- ’ trality laws. HOW WRIGHT AIDED HIM l Burleigh had evidently been warned! from Toronto that officers were on lhis trail, for one day he encountered it (ed'a lwas seen a horse and buggy driven furiously. From this point of {writes his reminiscences they 810111 a dip into aimake lively reading. {most graphic war correspondzn the ‘ world I l ' lWrig-hh drove on leisurely up the nex lhill, and in ten minutes or so was. . I lmand‘cd to know what had become! Wright professel ! l men drove .furiously ahea (ton, where they expected to ‘find Bur- .Serving eggs, John T. Timmons. lieigh in hiding. The latter had, ' the meantime, calmly taken to the ; dry oats and walked acrOss countryifresh longer and bet engaged by the Confederate forces be-, i 0i; i isented the city of Glasgow in Ladies‘ Gloves Best Fifi-’1 li Kid. simi iar “w- ..... 79:. Purses, .....93.3 Neck-3:. ”US$69 Sill: an“: and t? Fancy Z 0 to 50 Godfrey P . Hyans young} Wright and suggested that, fishing down at Puelinch flake U lRussian war. He did not visit occasion, altl.,,ugh for- hey go lake. The pair took a. horse and rig land started out, and er: long reach- ‘onto on that ' ty years preViously it had been lscene of months’ EWhere he had been the hero of a “Ci"- point near Preston cornmnnding :3, wxde outlook over the country. A mile back in the direction of Guelph vantage the road took deep ravine with a small stream and bridge. Driving hurriedly down incline, Burleigh jumped out of the buggy and hid under the bridge. overtaken by the officers who deâ€" of his companion. l The cut 3% pxifcrt, is»: ()ur “I’eifcziion’ Glove eiilv 75¢. ling Vlllt‘ly at M .oo and $1 l, Bla nk8t3 ! 9, Special Large double bed , ‘Wool Blankets $3.00 pair. ‘ ses. The Ipaign, and wrote up the battle He was correspon hereabouts after the :Car, affair, and Canadian gcrt column on the ma {th Hemmed at ems. and heavy, grand for Wear. pair 30:: p 23 pair. l large ‘2 n w raw-M has i‘hixgof- -. _ ‘1; ’e-‘J‘ \ni“ o.» “tut.- ‘~ ~r-v’l Fancy Neck-ii‘ccc. ls'gr i‘;ii<.i\~ Isl: {f l-‘em‘r arm: ‘ V seitSll.90 ii :23 Whip: iimrc is it: ample time. (1:: hit M h ‘1 ' ‘ ’ :8 i1!!”:ll"". : 111.31 Of ‘. c uzt ‘cw (i353. '. - m . EETO‘tI sfl'e?. . 2 l 2 .7 b , t ‘ ' Towe7‘3 Willi: i L113}; si b . ' Eff“. ‘f‘,'_‘.‘g[*“‘“‘" ‘" ”Wk", 4‘“ BL”? New LOW PRICES towels. extra Saree sin -« four tans, heck-pint; to mafcfz. afie- _ , ° - ‘ k I" P" “a. 6,430 Ladles’ Handkerchiefs did ialue. pair 39:: l "v: '01; s ‘51' {“0 1'1‘3 we r“ .Pi‘i‘i‘. ' Natural Coon Set {13“.} (»,({,,,:.Z.' (04 ”3;: -‘f. 5.”. . r. , Long Shawl NLL‘K-plcz’i.‘ with li'ims mg] ” H “h ‘ 1' ’ " 1'" .13 ' L" 30' Huckabacn 3 OVJEIS very so?- 4-- 1 Roller Towelms‘; “or? .. , , - from lg: to inc per v...“ j~ . page, all pure ll'l‘c‘ll. yard: ’27.: ~ and later accompanied tire )letema’n in 1884. He was expedition, and was present at taking of Omduran by Lord Kitchenâ€" er. For three years he was with the iBritish forces in iBurleigh last visited Canada Wer. lhe crOSszd the continmt for To‘iio to p his duties in the Japanrseâ€" being i lebrated l t l ignorance of any companion and thel in woods South Africa. incarceration tease.“ If Burleigh He has produced. - â€"â€"â€"-â€"- q .--_____ lies to lie; Eggs Fresh den: rch from Korti ‘ with e Ashantee expedition, the Atbari \4 dcs~ than place in the in to allow Mr. fastened, remaLn Keep in a the date on Torâ€" , .vâ€" \.- 181.9 . war: and a ‘ ' ‘ 12:23 stars. C‘\'?’i‘ . act that t“ I he": (V?! was the i“"" ' the Lh‘ 1;qu to 531..- .23 (‘9.-- ARTTV‘ t‘i‘ OJ} :1“ Th 7- vlf th“ ELLA." I‘d Xxx". iii“ i Whmfenlz‘. lair to with a: lease .' points down. this manner ed. Carer the 1 well with 0115. an '80 that their DOSlLLLIZ. l ~~ ,. . i. :pliL “v.33, . 1 turn the bot. . rear: :h. I . ' -; .554 Uv’£-ol;.n‘i .. c.‘ oh: ‘i c. - .. moved or turned 2' Silitli 1.2-). "av- . -. JA r, .,;. - h ‘7', vs L. Aitnr COndi‘"t"n0 .,... i ~ - . . c .\ . a 11.1. . or test . . - ,... o I 0“. 5 Iwhfll Sept In ‘1‘; s>. will aid in keeping l ‘ ~_ w. . eggs Itbe etc if lei-0:97}? her'L' - . ter in the hornc‘| ’ ' '1 .- at» back to Guelph. {than anything else. Wheat bran will Eup ‘ml 8?” :6.“ nonunion was ARRESTED ‘ido nearly as well, but the oats proâ€" i‘fr‘fj‘b iii ,Lff :1; '7 By some mischance' however, his lperly used are the best, and the ,xifl C‘s” presence back in town was betrayed_ grain is not damaged in the least, lbw and he was seized and taken to To-Eand may be kept for future use or; ”T" ”filhilg‘qfic .. ronto, where Chief Justice Draper ifed to the fowls in difienn: ways to *NMEC‘E efguiliibfiiilil ordered his extradition. His defencfiproduce eggs. _,'---,.'./ was that he “3.3 Confederate offi-i A dry. ecol place is the best in: Notice may give: -' cer acting in the service of his counâ€" \which'to preserve the eggs. Thai. EThomdmp' pt it try and that he had been guifty 0f QWill fiOt keep 80 W811 in a damp or iin the Four??? 1'10 belligerent acts on Canadian soil. 'over-heated place. iprorince of ~ 11.1"- The British Government, 011 ”Pm-i A box should be secured that. :Ul‘i ithe Parliamm: of (113:5:- sentations being made in London, in should be tight enough to prevent iSession thereof f 1 « investigated and ordered that he be Ethe oats from passing through set free. 1 5 . - ' A 1 . cracks. Paper cartons are excellent. Edlke- 0‘ m" * Burleigh after the War returned to :Grocery Scotland, and he at one time ,repre- are good. the House of Commons. His great fame, tario, and Biu‘lieigh went to Guelph, however, has been won within the last quarter of a century as a war lad in the Herald office. Previously correspondent, first for the Central Burleig‘h. after his arrival in Canada News Ag-aDCy and the“ for the L01? don Daily Telebraph. His adventur- l l I Oats should be spread over bottom until it is about an inch in; be placed in carefully with down in the oats, but not touchingi the bottom. The eggs should touch each other, but may ous career in the Confederate service {pretty close. fitted him for the work. He served When the space is filled with boxes with the lid int-art. ; 5:; iron: he.“ '1 State Of Mi ' States of in: gel the Townsnii‘ -i i County cf 0“. the g. points :tery and deser'io'i. Dated at Lassen not litario this Seveme a -ta~id lcember, A13. 1-13.. i l ottie Th by I. E l the 3 throughout the first Egyptian cam- first layer of eggs more oats should .. \1" hésllég, ., A 1:;eric.‘ . V. n‘ as: of Ch: L: . a CLLS'JAH .‘ v owl". \ ;C‘VL;|AV- ’ I ',\'l‘ "Ii‘?§1lvfh1 f'FYxl-“AL'VI d to Pres- i with a number of materials for pre... . ‘ W ‘ ‘ fl They may or e. ... a o l. .‘..‘.‘ ‘Mmm w n i I ' ‘ iln summer 1:- has ,.....i .Cadiz. Ohio, claims that clean. sweet 5 _ _ u Chm ' lot Si! “983:, t... -ug.