'. wah ee "minion ii . NOTES AND COMMENTS | It is not high praise of million- aires to say, as some commentators do, that on the Titanic after the collision they "were treated exact- ly like anyone else, and that they gave an exhibition of courage, self- restraint and obedience second to none.'? Humanity is still full of faults, but it would be a libel on it even to suggest that at a time, of peril and crisis any discrimination would be expected in favor of wealth or social position. Happily, we have outgrown that artificial division. We do not always sufli- ciently practice what we preach about equality and brotherhood, but in supreme moments instinc- tive nobility asserts itself. A man's manhood is tested by danger and stress, and the more educated, re- fined, privileged the man is the more is justly demanded of him. Noblesse oblige is no empty formula in democracies. There is, fortunately, little ap- prehension that millionaires will ever ask or receive special favors as millionaires on sinking ships or in other dire circumstances that try men's souls. There is plenty of courage, of self-sacrifice,. of stoi- cism, of dignity, of essential hu- manity in the average man and average woman of any class or walk of life. We have no reason to be ashamed of the human race, and even the cynics and pessimists are silenced, disarmed, impressed by sublime, unadorned tales like that of the last hours of the Titanic, What humanity greatly needs is more of the spirit of altruism, duty, dignity, self-restraint in the prosaic affairs and relations of daily life. There it is that we fall short; there it is that we are not as true to our better natures as we know in our wiser hours we should be, Justice, good-will, regard for others in or- dinary transactions, in polities, in- dustry and social activities, would make ours a much happier and nobler world than it is. Great disasters should teach us to put away childish things, to be less aggressive in the pursuit of wealth, to avoid dishonorable and mean courses, to cultivate charity and humility. Sorrow chastens the in- dividual and makes for strength "and beauty in character, An over- whelming international catastrophe should chasten and purge the cha®- acter of civilized |humanity. as a whole. That men and women diced nobly and grandly is the deepest appeal for righteousness in living. Are we worthy in life of the dead we mourn and glorify? Os. fs TRIBUTE TO C. M. HAYS, Mr. A. W. Smithers Records Gricf of G.T.R. Oficials. A despatch from London says: Mr. A. W. Smithers, Chairman of the. G.T.R., writing to The Times, says :--"As there will be no oppor- tunity till the next general meeting of the G.T.R. in October of pub- licly paying a tribute to Mr. C. M. Hays, late President, I venture, as you kindly allow me, to express on behalf of the proprietors, board, officers and staff of the company their deep grief at his untimely loss and their high appreciation of his great sad devoted services to the company and their heartfelt sym- pathy with his widow and family in their great sorrow."' ¥ i TAX ON LIQUOR TRAVELLERS. Prince Ndward Island Propeses to Make Them Pay $200. A despatch from Charlottetown, P.E.T., says: Travellers selling li- quors will hereafter pay a tax of $200, according to a bill now before the Legislature. The late Govern- ment passed a bill prohibiting any commercial traveller from taking orders for liquor houses. The Do- tovernment declared this bill ultra vires, and liquor travel- Jers have had no interference since. Dg FOUR MEN BADLY BURT. | Struck an Old Charge While Drill- ing at Right of Way Mine. A despatch from Port Arthur says: Boring into a missed hole, which had failed to explode when previously set, caused an unexpect- ed discharge of dynamite, and con- sequent injury to A. Hill, M. Hend- rickson, J. Hill and G. Rosta, Fin- landers, at the Right-of-Way mine, near Whitefish. All were hurt bad- ly about the arms, shoulders and heads, and are now patients in St. Joseph's Hospital. It is expected they will recover. MOTHER CHARGED. Mrs. MeGee Arrested for Poisoning Her Six Children. A despatch from Charlottetown, P. E. I., says: A warrant has been issned for the arrest of Mrs. McGee of St. Mary's, charged with poison- ing her six children. Dr. MeMil- 203 BODIES ON DEATH SH Cable Steamer 'Kprives at Halifax With poset ok Victims of Titanic A despatch from New York says:; message through Sable Island. The Two hundred and five bodies of the; bodies of John Jacob Astor victims of the Titanic disaster have been picked up at sea by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, and were brought back to Halifax. Bodies are floating upon the sea many miles east and west in latitude 41.35 north and longitude 48.37 west, says the wireless from the "death ship.'? ; The following despatch was re- ceived on Thursday by the White Star Line through the Cape Race (Nfld.) wireless station: 'Drifting in dense fog since noon Wednesday. Total picked up, 205. Bodies are in latitude 41.35 north, longitude 48.37 west, extending many miles east and west. Mail ships should give this a wide berth. Medical opinion is that death has been instantan- eous in all cases, owing to pressure when bodies drawn' down. in vor- tex.'? Of the 205 bodies recovered by the Mackay-Bennett, only 43 have been identified, leaving 162 unidentified dead on board, HAYS, ASTOR AND STRAUS. A despatch from Halifax, N. 8., says: The cable steamer Minia ar- rived alongside the Mackay-Bennett near the scene of the Titanic disas- ter at midnight Thursday, and cn Friday morning at 6 o'clock recov- ered the body of Charles M. Hays, late President of the Grand 'trunk Railway. This is the first body picked up by the Minia. These par- ticulars reached here in a wireless and Isador Straus have been identified and embalmed aboard the cable steamship Mackay-Bennett, accord- ing to an official wireless despatch received by the White Star Line offices on Friday. The news of the identification of J. J. Astor and Isador Straus came in a wireless despatch relayed by the steamship Caledonia to the Cape Race wireless. station. It simply' read. "Further names--William Ale; F. Dutton, J. Stone, Philip J. Stokes, Edwin H. Petty, William Dashwood, W. Hanton, Thomas An- derson, A. Laurence, J. Adam, A. Boothby, Ragozzi Abel, J. Butter- worth, A. Robins, Chas. Louch, Ol- sen F. Penny, Charles Chapman, Albert Wirz, Achille Wallens, Carl Asplanade, J. S. Johnson, H. Allen, W. Anderson, H. P. Hodges, J. P. Talbot, J. M. Robinson, K. A. Hell, J. W. Gill, A. Johnson, A. Lilly, Ed. Barker, G. F. Bailey, O. 8. Woody, P. Hewitt, P. Connors. "Following been embalmed--O, C. Jones, Isador Straus, Reg. Bul- ler, H. H. Harrison, T. W. Neweil, John Jacob Astor, Milton C. Long, W. C. Dulles, H. J. Allison (Mont- real), George Graham, (Tozonto), Jacob Birnbaum, Austin Partner (Ottawa), F. F. White, Pyroll W. Cavendish, Hendrick J. Zallner." ILBSQOVVSBVATCVOSCSEDVSS8B HEALTH DBAVDVVSSVDOVSBOBVWS HEPATIC COLIC. In its widest sense, this term sig- | nifies any pain due either to the disease or the displacement of the liver, or to the inflammation of that portion of the abdominal membrane that covers it. As generally under- stood, however, it means the, pain caused by gall-stones. Gall-stones are concretions form- ed in the gall-bladder, mainly of cholesterin, one of the constituents of the bile.. They vary in number from one to several hundred, and in size from particles like a grain of sand to masses like a golf-ball. As long as they remain in the gall- bladder and are neither very num- erous nor very large, they seldom cause pain or any serious symp- toms. It is when they are washed out of the gall-bladder through the duets into the intestine that they produce hepatic colic. Although they occur in children, they are more common in persons over thirty years of age. Women have them more often than men. Persons subject to constipation and those who take little exercise fre- quently suffer from them. Vege- tarians, it is said, have them more commonly than those who eat meat freely. An attack of colic may be pre- ceded by a period of indigestion, to- gether with a feeling of fulness in the right side and depression of spirits; but often there is no warn-| ing. The pain, whether preceded by other symptoms or not, is sudden and severe. It is felt either in the region of the liver or at the pit of the stomach, and thence radiates over the abdomen and up to the right shoulder-blade. be short or long; when severe, they are usually ended by vomiting. There may be but one attack, but usually there are several. The at- tacks come on sometimes without any apparent cause; seemingly by reason of some un- wonted exertion or unusually full meal. Between the attacks there is often a dull ache and sometimes a tender spot in the right side. Jaundice may be present, but that depends on where the gall-stone is lodged. The pain may be so severe as to cause collapse, or even death; in any case, the disease calls for im- mediate medical advice. The pain may be relieved by placing hot ap- plications: over the liver and by drinking very hot water, but more often anodynes are needed.-- Youth's Companion. ~ RA eer If you want knowledge you must toil for if; if food you must toil for it; and if pleasure you must toil for it. Toil is the law. Attacks may) sometimes | This makes ninety-two bodies identified, PREFERS BIG SHIPS. No Vessel Unsinkable, Says Cap- tain of Mauretania. A despatch from New York says: Before the Mauretania left for Eng- land early on Wednesday morning Captain W. T. Turner discussed the Titanic disaster briefly. 'It still remains an indisputable fact," he declared, "that large vessels are superior to smaller craft. No ves- sel is unsinkable, but the big ship is stronger than the little one and will keep afloat longer after a col- lision. This gives. time to get the lifeboats off and to do the utmost possible for the passengers. The officers of the Titanic displayed the highest efficiency in the face of a great emergency. They deserve great commendation for preventing any panic on board. Some persons were drowned who might have been saved, but, on the other hand, a panic' among the passengers and a stampede for the boats would have had terrible consequences." ee ADOPTS COMMISSION SYSTEM. Result of the St. John, N.B., Muni- cipal Elections. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says: The commission form of civic government will be given its first trial in Canada by the Council which was elected in St. John on Tuesday. The new body will con- sist of James H. Frink, Mayor, and four commissioners: H. R. Mclel- | lan, H. B. Schofield, R. W. Wig- }more and M. E. Agar. Under the arrangement the Mayor will be the head of the finance department, and ' each of the commissioners will head }one of the four 'civic departments, ithe allotment of office to be ar- | ranged among themselves. Messrs. | McLellan and Schofield, who led ; the polls, will serve four-year i terms, and the other commissioners + two years. In 1914 two more com- | missioners will be elected for four- | ij year terms, and after that two will | retire every second year. The | Mayor is elected for a two-year | term, | $2 PSS TREMORS | 500 DOUKHOBORS LEAVE. | Trek From Manitoba Cohtumbia Fruié Rt to British t anda iQRUS. A despatch from Canoray Mani toba, says: Four hundred Doukho- bors from villages Canora arrived in town oa Thirs- day. Before leaving to catch the train they walked in a body dow2 Main street, headed by Peter Vere- gin, singing, to the G. T. P. sta- tion, where a special train awaited northeast them. They will go to Nelson, B. C. Their women will follow in a few months' time. fruit. They will grow PCat A little tip will often cure a wait- er of deafness. UNION LEADER ARRESTED B.C. Police Taking Action Against Indus- trial Workers For Rioting A despatch from Yale, B.C., says: Under the stimulus given by the commitment' to the Assizes on Wednesday of Edward Collins, leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, on the charge of parti- cipating in an unlawful assembly, Provincial Constable Chalmers last night arrested Chas. Nelson, Sec- retary of the Industrial Workers of the World here, on- a similar charge. The sensation of the day in court was the sentence of six months with hard labor given John Peterson, a negro member of the lan, Provincial Health Officer, has gone to Montreal with the stomach and other organs of the deceased children for analysis. Ps put Industrial Workers of the World, on a charge of vagrancy. Magis- trate Webber, -after sentencing the prisoner, issued a sweeping order to the officers to gather in all per- sons found wandering about with- out visible means of support. This order may result in developments during the next few days. Luke Mendico, a Montenegro leader of the raiding party who cleaned out five camps on April 13 and 14, was also committed for trial, and left for New Westminster, shackled to Collins, and in company with the negro, an insane man and two offi- cers. Six prisoners remained to be tried on the charge of intimidation. After disposing of these cases the court will remove to Ashcroft to try forty-seven cases. there. In. all probability Secretary Nelson will be remanded until after the disposal of the Ashcroft cases. of | '8 | Lake' ? THE NEWS WN A PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. ee \ Canada, the Empire and the World _in General Before Your Eyes, CANADA. The C.P.R. is accepting lake freight. Guelph firemen threaten to resign unless Chief Finch is removed. The Owen Sound local aption by- law is to be attacked in the courts. The Puget Sound lumber mills in British Columbia suffered fire da- mage of $100,000. Grand Trunk engineers have re- ceived an increase in pay amount- ing to 12 to 15 per cent. The Railway Commission is to investigate express companies' rates on C.O.D. parcels. F The labor outlook in Canada is decidedly bright. Very few dis- putes are pending, and employ- ment is plentiful. The mysterious disappearance of many illegitimate children in On- tario has aroused the Provincial Government. Montreal License Commissioners have refused a license to the Savoy Hotel on account of the recent Chapman shooting affray there. Mr. J. H. Frink' was elected Mayor of St. John, N.B., by only two majority, and his opponents are talking of applying for a re- count. While details have to be arrang- ed directors of the Royal Bank and Traders Bank have agreed upon an amalgamation upon the basis of 240 for Royal stock and 170 for Traders stock. : UNITED STATES. Commissioner Foote, on Friday, directed the extradition of Dr. Beattie Nesbitt from Chicago to Toronto. The doctor's counsel will fight the decision. --y GREAT BRITAIN. A memorial service for the late W. T. Stead was held in London on Thursday. The death is reported of Mr. Jus- tin McCarthy, former leader of the Irish party, historian, author and journalist. x Saas Pie epee ares MAX AS STORY TELLER. "The eternal progression of ths imperishable soul,' was one of a number of fine phrases let fall in the course of Mr. Max Pember- ton's lecture on "Literature and Travel," given recently in London. Illustrating insular ignorance the lecturer told of a countryman who was shown some kangaroos at the Zoo. "What are these?' he asked. "Natives of Australia," was the reply. "Oh, heavens!" he exclaimed, "my- sister married one of them !" An American lady who professed Mr. M ax ax Pemberton. to be a rea well. Nee SES 3 asked a dour Scott. Phat she said. ." 'The Lady = Bil better, * Jue tin Durward'?" "'A great book "Scott's Emulsion?' 'The of them all!" The following story was told by a judge to Mr. Pemberton just before he came to the City Temple. Two ladies being in Warwick Prison, the governor. visited the cells, and said to one of the prisoners: "Of course, you will have to observe all the con- ventions-of the prison.". "Yes," she said, "but I wish to make a commuuication." She was told she must make it in writing. She replied, "It is an urgeat communi- cation, and I wish to make it be- fore a witness.' for the chaplain and the doctor. When they were all in the eell, the prisoner said: "TI want to tell you that no gentleman comes i a 1Ato lady's room with his hat on!"' we GERMANS FOR Tide of Emigration Likely to Turn in This Direction. A despatch from Ottawa says: That the stream of German emigra- tion is likely to turn Canadawards is stated in a report to the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce from J. T. Lithgow, acting trade agent at Berlin.. Mr. Lithgow, points out that his office, under the German law, is not permitted to induce a German subject to emigrate, but information may be given, and has been given, in response to numer- ous enquiries from -people "who have decided to go.to Canada, near- ly all of whom are in comfortable circumstances, and many with con- siderable money to invest." finest | The governor sent | PRICES OF FARK PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. ---- Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFPES. Toronto, April 30.--Flour.--Winter wheat, 90 per cane. patents: $4.00, at seaboard, and at, $4.00 to $4.10 for home consumption. Manitoba. flours--First patents, $5.70; sec- ond patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, Toronto. Manitoba wWwheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.- 111-2, and No. 3 at $1.071-2, Bay ports. Feed wheat, all-rail, 74 to 77c. Ontario wheat--No. 2 white, red and mixed, $1.01 to $1.02, outside. oe Peas--No. 2 shipping peas, $1.25, outside. Oats--Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 49 to 50c, and No. 3 at 47 to 48c, outside. No. 2 Ontario, 52 to 521-2c, on track, Toronto. No. 1 extra W. C. feed, Sic, and No. 1, 50c, Bay ports. ; Barley--48 pounds at 88 to 90c, outs Corn--No. 3 American yellow, 8&7c, ronto freight, and kiln-dried at 0c, Rye--Prices nominal at 90c. Buckwheat--70 to 72c, outside. Bran--Manitoba bran, $25, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $27.00. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--$3.50 to $4.50 per barrel. Boag eeiglt lots of hand-picked $2.65 to $2.75 per bushel. Honey--Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c per Ib. Combs, $2.50 to $2.75. Baled Hay--No. 1 at $16 to $16.50, on track, and No. 2 at $14 to $15; mixed clover, $11 to $12. Baled straw---$9 to $10, on tra@k, To- ronio, Potatoes--Car lots of Ontarios, in bags, $1.75, and Delawares at $1.90, Out-of-store, $1.85. to $2. : : Poultry--Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry:--Chickens, 16 to 18¢ per lb.; fowl, 10 to 12c; ducks, 15 to 17c; tur- keys, 20c. Live poultry, about 2c lower than the above. BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE. Butter--Daliry, choice, 27 to 29c; bakers, inferior, 22 to 23c; creamery, 33 Yo 340 for rolls, and 31 to 32c for solids. Eggs--New-laid, 22 to 23c per dozen in case lots. Cheese--New cheese, 151-2 to 160 per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, 13 to 131-20 per Ib. in case lots. Pork, short cut, $22.50 to $23; do., mess, $19.50 to $20. .Hams--Medi- um to light, 17 to 171-2c; heavy, 15 to 151-2c; rolls, 12 to 121-2c; breakfast ba- con, 17 to 18¢; backs, 19 to 20c. PR Ba ngs 131-4e; tubs, 131-2c; pails, 4c. ide. To- MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, April 30.--Oats Canadian Western, No. 2, 64c; do., No. 3, 500; extra No. 1 feed, Sic; No. 2 local white, 50c; do., No. 3, 49c; do., No. 4, 48c. Barley-- Manitoba feed, 65c; malting, $1.05 to $1.- 10. Buckwheat--No. 2, 74 to 75c. Flour-- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.- 80; do., seconds, $5.30; strong bakers', $5.- 10; Winter patents, choice, $5.10 to $5.35; straight rollers, $4.65 to $4.75; do., in bags, $2.15 to $225. Rolled oats---Barrels, $5.- 35; bag of 90 lbs., $2.55. Millfeed--Bran $25; shorts, $27; middlings, $29; mouillie, $30 to $36. WHay--No. 2, ver ton, car lots, $15.50 to $16. Cheese--Finest westerns, 131-2 to 14c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 27c; seconds, 26c. Eggs--Fresh, 23 to 23 1-2c. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, $1.85 to $1.90. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, April 30.--Wheat--May, $1.121-8; July, $1.131-2; September, $1.05 1-4 to $1.053-8; No. 1 hard, $1.153-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.145-8 to $1.147-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.125-8 to $1.127-8; No. 3 wheat, $1.10 5-8 to $1.107-8; No. 3 yellow corn, 79 1-2 to 80c. No. 3 white oats, 55 to 551-4c. No. 2 rye, 9c. Bran, $24.00 to $24.50. Flour, first patents, $5.10 to $5.40; second pat: ents, $4.75 to $5; first clears, $3.50 to $3.80; second clears, $2.30 to $2.80. Buffaio, April 30.--Spring wheat, no offerings; Winter, No. 2 red, $1.18; No. 3 red, $1.16; No. 2 white, $117. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 831-2; No. 4 ~ellow, 82c; No. 3 corn, 813-4 to 823-4c; No. 4 corn, 80 to 801-2c, all on track through billed. Oats, No. 2 white, 621-4c; No. 3 white, ~611-4c; No. 4 white, 601-4c. Barley, malting, $1.- 24 to $1.38. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, April 30.--Choice steers at §7- 50 to. $7.75, good at $7.00 to $87.25, and lower grades from that down to $5.50 per cwt.. Choice cows sold at $6.25 to $6.50, good at $5.50 to $6, and common stock as low as $4.50 per cwt. There were a few choice bulls offered, which met with a good demand at $6.50, and good ones at $6 to $6.25, and the lower grades at from $4.75 to $5.75 per ewt. Calves ranged from $2.00 to $8.00 each, as to size and quality A few spring lambs sold at $3.00 to 6.00 each, and some yearling lambs at $7.25 to $7.50 per cwt. Sheep brought $5.00 per ewt. Selected lots of hogs sold from $9.- 40 to $9.50 ver ewt., weighed off cars. Toronto, April 30.--Cattle--Extra choice heavy steers, for butcher < export, $7.- 25; good medium to choice tcher loads, 6.40 $680; mixed light | sr, $5.50 to ; nor $3. to $5.45; canner 52 butcher cows, firm, =: 5.25 $5 to $6.25. Stockers-- i at $5.25 to $6 for good xtta choice heavy feeders, $6, tood veal, .00 to $8.50; bobs, Sheep--Market steady, & 8, $5 to $6.50; yearling, and culls, $4 to $5; to $7 each. Se eee eaemaa ee. EAL eae SOFT COAL AGREEMENT, Owners and Miners Settle ences for Next Two Years. Found Boat on Titanic And Threw it ite The Ocean A despatch from Brantford says: David Varthanian, an Armenian, 24 years of age, one of the steerage "survivers of the Titanic, arrived here on Wednesday night to join Brantford friends. Four of Var- thanian's comrades, who were bound for Hamilton, were lost. Varthanian was later joined in this city by Ashan Kricorian, a com- patriot, who escaped in the same boat as Major Peuchen. Kricorian is the man who Major Peuchen and the quartermaster mentioned as be- ing found crouching in the bottom of the boat. Kricorian had a bro- ken arm, and when commanded to take an oar and row was of little use owing to his injury. Kricorian's chum, Varthanian, through an interpreter, told a thrilling story of the disaster from the viewpoint of the steerage pas- sengers, who had just finished a concert before the ship struck. Nearly all had retired, and were awakened by revolver shots from the officers, When Varthanian and his com- rades got up they were ordered to remain in the back part of the ship and put on life belts. All obeyed orders except a hundred, for whom the supply on hand was short, About half an hour after the crash all the steerage passengers had to move back, the water getting into their apartments, Varthanian with a number of other foreigners found a boat, and threw it into the water, and all jumped. He was later pulled in, and there were so many different nationalities that none understood each other, The Titanic went down when the foreigners were, about 30 yards dis- tant. The sinking of the boat threw all the foreigners back into the wa- ter again, but Varthanian was again fortunate enough to get pick- ed up. , The Armenian spent three days in a New York hospital, secured a new suit of clothes, a ticket for Brant- ford' and $10 before leaving, Young Folks WHAT BENNIE FOUND. It was Bennie's fourth birthday, for the summer. But the trip was not to be his only birthday present; way to the farm. remember what the country gas | world. ' "It will take two carriages | to take us all out to the farm," mother said, anxiously looking at father, four brothers, two sisters and little Bennie. But Bennie did not take up much room. "Teean walk," he said. All the way he looked out of the car window, and when the train slowed up at the station where they were to get off, he could see one carriage waiting there.. It was not a very large carriage. Bennie pressed the window-catch, and cried, "Whoa!"? The train stood still, and they all left the car. Father and the big boys went! first, to show the way. The girls next, and mother started last of all, to be sure that no one left anything behind or dropped anything as he passed along. Bennie was tucked under his father's right arm, with his head in front and his feet be- hind, and so he was really the first one out. Father set him down on the sta- tion platform and helped mother and the children into. the, carriage. "Some of the big boys can ride with the trunks," said the driver. Just then Bennie heard some one call out, "Whoa! Whoa, Whoa!' It-was a boy's voice, bu he could not see any boy except his | brothers. ; The engine began to puff. Bennie | snapped a catch :on the top of a suit | case and said, ""Geedap!" The | train started with a great noise. Round the station came, an express Differ-| | The |} smart | ride with you, but you may hold the A despatch from Indianapolis says: Representatives of soft coal Mine. owners of Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana. | and of the United Mine Workers of | | those States, on Thursday after-| [noon igned the wage agreement ratifi by the recent referendum | vote of the miners. The agreement | will be the basis of contracts to be entered into for the next two years by the bituminous miners and oper- | ators of many States. It grants a wage increase of five cents a ton, 1 | Fata 2 INFANT MORTALITY. [4,278 Montreal Chil@ven Did Not Live. a Year," | A despatch' from Montreal says: | Fifty per cent: of the children who | died Montreal Jast ir were jless than a year old [the report of Dr. J] chief of the Civic Health Depart- ment. The report shows that out of a total infant mortality of 9,974 no fewer than*4,278 children did not | live to-a whole year. in ie oem SAVED FROM GALLOWS. Nova Murderer Imorisonment. Scotia Gets. Life A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government on Wednesday de- cided to commute to life imprison- ment the sentence of Tony Garrio, condemned to death at Sydney, N. S., for murder. The evidence showed that there had been provo- cation for the killing. ----_--_----"e___ DROWNED ON TITANIC. Manitoba Man Was Returning With His Brother. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Leonard Hickman and his brother Alexander, Neepawa, Manitoba, were drowned on the Titanic. Sev- eral farm laborers who were being brought "to Manitcbs by the Hick- mans also lost thear lives. » 1 cart | wound | and yet death has not oeeurred for , according to | the Royal Free Hospital in London, iouis Laberge, | | he continued, "whem it was thought wagon for the trunks, and close be- hind it came a boy driving a goat. goat was harnessed into a "little wagon, painted red. The boy drove up to the children, and looked at them closely. "Where is Bennie?' he ask "Here I am!" cried Bennie, won- dering how the boy knew his name. "This igs your wagon,' the boy said. "One of your brothers can 1 ea. | reins yourself, and drive, for the | goat will follow the express wagon all the way to the farm."' The goat and its harness and the were Bennie's birthday gift, and this is how he found them on his way to the farm.--Youth's Com- panion, des Cp A auincsrsetnesiained HEART WOUNDS NOT FATAL. Hitherto. Impossible Operations Now Quite Suceessful. Dr. Wilmot Evans, surgeon to is quoted as-saying that 'probably the most striking of any advance in modern surgery is to be. found in surgery of the heart, "The time has not long gone by,"' that any wound of the heart must inevitably prove immediately fatal, but cases are on record in which a the heart has occurred ry QT many minutes or even for several hours. "Every year had added to the; number of cases in which such op- erations have been performed, till up to the present some 200 cases of operations on the heart for stabs and bullet wounds have been pub- lished, and of these nearly 50 per cent. have recovered. It is obvious that in cases such as these the mor- tality must be very heavy. It is certain that if nothing had been done almost every single case would have died, but thanks to modern surgery it has been possible to snatch from death nearly half the cases." Fs You can sometimes do a friend a favor by refusing to give him ad- ls and the middle-sized hoys went|der" caused by the garter cannot there | | hand-cut but| are used in bell shapes and in flat | saucer | taffeta suits and dresses. | crystal buttons are also to be had \the effect is bizarre it is | smart. § Fashion Hints SOvsevracevsseoeee NOTED HERE AND THERE, A new outing coat for young wo- and it had been chosen as the day|men smarter than the eternal knit- for the family to go into the country | ted sweater is a hip length affair of soft, lightweight, all-wool mixture In loose, informal Norfolk style. It there was to be something else. He | has a breezy, reefer-like suggestion was to find it, father said, on his! and is easy to slip on and off, : | Pockets, collar and other details Bennie was not sure that he gould are mannish in suggestion. There is a particular blue-green, like, but he was sure that it would .to be had in the changeable taffeta be fine. He had never yet found a! weave, which is adorably becoming place where he did not just love to | to fair women. be, and the birthday gift he was to | on hats and made up in smart neck- find made the way to the farm the | hows, but it is a little too vivid for most interesting way in all the| whole costumes. One sees this color Buckles are enjoying unexpected popularity, Belts have buckles; neckbows, too--hats also. The newest whim is an arrangement of of buckled straps at the back of coat and skirt, the material being drawn in the least bit under the strap. Separate skirts of hair-striped white serge are smarter for tennis and golf than the skirt of linen. These, serge skirts are simply made and usually button down one hip. There is a new silk stocking which is warranted not to "run."? The top of the stocking, where the gar- ter is attached, is woven separately and is attached to the sheer thread silk portion by a strong machine titch past which the possible "lad- get. Flesh-colored silk hose, or a pale champagne color, are smarter than black now, with the neatly-fitting buttoned boot of satin, buckskin or dull calf. BUTTONS ARE IN FAVOR. Buttons are in high favor again and are used almost as much for trimmings as for actual use. Paris dressmakers are making lavish use of cut erystal buttons of clear, Bohemian glass. They shapes from half to three- quarters of an inch in diameter. These buttons are in good style on isuits and tailored dresses of white serge, broadcloth and satin and on Colored and of amethyst, sapphire, topaz color and are used to match cos- tumes of those shades. Ivory ball buttons, plain and ela- borately carved, are again the mode, and also small imitation. am- ber buttons and white or colored china buttons. A touch of white on a black button or of black on a white is sometimes seen, and while certainly Novelties in galaith, horn, bone and enamelled wood, match- ing in color the general effect of the materials of suit or frock, are also worn. And combinations of white, tortoise shell and yellow galaith are popular. These are in large round shapes and in squares with rounded corners and disk centres of con- trasting materials. ee PCE YE «Ee aBE S52 PD PRISONER'S SUICIDE. Pole Under an Fight Months' Sen- tence Hangs Himself, A despatch from Montreal says: Stanislaus Radishiefsky, a Pole, serving a sentence of eight months for stealing money from a fellow- boarder, after which ha was to have heen deported, on Wednesday morning committed suicide by hang- ing himself with a strap in the lava- tory of the jail. ah CANALS OPEN SUNDAY. With a View to Preventing Freight Congestion. A despatch from. Ottawa says: With a view to preventing freight congestion during the rush of east- bound traffic at the opening of navi- gation the Minister. of Railways and, Canals has decided to allow Sun- day operation of the "Soo" and Welland Canals, as well as some of the smaller canals. ie. $10,000 FOR RELIEF FUND. Government Votes Substantial Sum to Titanic Survivors. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Dominion Government on Thursday voted a contribution of vice. $10,000 toward the Titanic Reliof Fund. ARMENIAN JUST ESCAPED