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ov‘$ qh 00 p° MAN CARDS EW YORHK. 18 ~ us PILLS Come at ‘~e& 38 ex 1906 ht hi her Nob _ ‘"‘The committee organized with Rev. _ Dr. Potts as Chairman and Rev. John ___ W. Cooley Secretary. Memorials were presented on the matter of church union __ fom Monteal, Alberta, New Brunswick wd Prince Edward Island. Conferences 3 om the laymen‘s association of the Hamilton Conference, Walkerton â€"and Welland districts, and Westminster disâ€" trict, were all forwarded by the Conferâ€" ences with approval. Your committee recognize with great pleasure these exâ€" pressions of sympathy and approval, as manifesting the church‘s general inâ€" terest in and accord with the movement for urion." The presentation of a la memorials was varied by a They were also most anxious to extend their work in the Northwest. Rev. J. T. Pitcher, Ottawa,. and Rev. Manley Benson, Perth, moved a eulogisâ€" tic resolution and it was carried enthusâ€" iastically. Mrs. Ross spoke for the delegation. They represented a department of the church. "Our reasons for coming before you are very simple. We were afraid that in the multiplicity of interests you might just forget our side of the work,. Out of sight out of mind is very often true." _ Mrs. Ross gave some account of her work in Japan and the work of the society as she had found it there. Before _ Mr. Cooley had finished the platform was occupied by a delegatior from the Women‘s Missionary Society, and when he stepped down the church union subject dropped for the day. Woman‘s Missionary Society. The W. M. S. representatives _ were introduced by Rev. Dr. Young as follows: Mrs. Ross (President) and Mrs. Straâ€" chan, Hamilton; Mrs. Peters, Newfoundâ€" land; Mrs. Prescott, Vancouver; â€"Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Young and Mrs. Nichol, Montreal. (3) That a day be set apart in the month of November for special prayer in our chureches for Divine direction and blessing in this matter. To Get Views of the People. (4) That a committee be directed to prepare immediately at the close of the December meeting of the Joint Commitâ€" tee a full statement of the entire work thus far completed and that the same be printed and sent down to the Annuâ€" al Conferences, District Meetings _ and Quarterly Boards of our chureh for in formation, and that all our ministers be requested to present the report thus prepared to _ their congregations, that our church may â€" be fully informed in the subject and prepared for the final auâ€" thoritative action which may be taken by our next General Conference, or by an adjourned meeting of this General Conference, should the matter so mature, and that through The Guardian and The Wesleyan the matter be further presentâ€" ed to our people. (5) That the question of such an adâ€" journed meeting of the General Conferâ€" ence be entrusted to the General Conâ€" ference spcial committee. |_________. reappoint the committee, with a view to completing the work. and that vaâ€" cancies in the commitee be filled up. (2) That the General Conference apâ€" proves of the action of the Executive in extending to the Churech of Englard in Canada and the Baptist Church in Canads an invitation to take part in further work of the commitee, with a view to a plan of larger union and auâ€" thorizes its committee to take part _ in the preparation of such _ plan, should favorable reply be received from these churehes. (1) That the General Conference exâ€" press its ‘hearty approval of the work of the Joint Committee in the outline of the basis of umon now before us, and reappoint the committee, with a view to completing the work. and that vaâ€" cancies in the commitee be filled up. The committee report further as folâ€" lows: That they have had before them the report of the standing committee to confer with other churches, and espeâ€" cially with Presbyterian and Congreâ€" gational churches, on the subject of a union of theseâ€"ehurches with the Methâ€" odist church, which committee was enâ€" larged to 6 members by the General Conference special committee to meet an equal number from the Presbyterian Church and a committee from the Conâ€" gregational Union. _ They rejoice _ to learn from the re{ort of this commitâ€" tee that considerable progress has been made in preparation of a plan of union for these bodies and that no insuperâ€" able diffieulties have been _ discovered which should prevent such a consummaâ€" tion. They learn also that the Genâ€" eral Assembly of _ the _ Presbyterian Church has requested the Executive of the Joint Committee of Union to invite the Chureh of England in Canada to take part in further conferences with a view to a larger union than that which has heretofere oceupied the attention of the committee. Recommendations of the Committee. They therefore _ recommend to out General Conference the following acâ€" tion: As Secretary oi the committee it was the duty of Rev. J. W. Cooley oi Grimsby to read the report. Mr. Cooley was aware of the importance of his misâ€" sion, and his slowly delivered and disâ€" tinet words were absorbed _ by every delegate as he read the following: "The committee on Church Union is ready to report," said Rev. Dr. Potts, Chairman thereof, during one of _ the pauses. . "Let us have it read so that we can inwardly digest it." Business was of a routine and weariâ€" some nature most of the afternoon, but the mere mention of Church union eaused the delegates to "sit up." A Montreal despatch: The question of Church union is now before the Methoâ€" dist General Conference. Report Held Over for Future Disâ€" Conference Lengthening of Pastoral Term May be Carried Out. ANGLICANS AND = BAPTHISTS ALSO. Church Union. The British Monarch Not Looking for Trouble. London, Sept. 17.â€"Somebody inquired by a letter addressed to the King whether His Majesty would give counâ€" tenarce to any system of spelling r~â€" form, such as that which had the supâ€" port of President Roosevelt. In due time the inquirer received the followâ€" ing reply from the King‘s private secreâ€" tary: "I have the honor to acknowlâ€" edge the receipt of your letter, but reâ€" gret that it is impossible to reply to the questions, which have not yet been brought before His Majesty." _ _ _ King Edwadd is not the sort of man ! Toronto despatch: An anxious gathâ€" that goes about lookiug for trouble. ering of friends of the pasenegers conâ€" Store of Nitroâ€"Glycerine Blows Up, Wrecking Much Property. Relkirk despateh: An explosion took place near here at 1.30 o‘ciock yesterâ€" day morning that was heard and felt for wile around. A stock of nitroâ€"glyâ€" eerine had been placed in a bush by Mr. McCutcheon for occasional use in the drilling of gas wells. Sventy gallons was buried about five feet, and the cause of the explosion is a mystery, it being suspected that someone knowing of the deposit had removed a part and fired the balance. _ Dwellings near by had their windows shattered. _ The English Church, near Cheapside, had seventeen large lights and sash broken, and the chimneys thrown off the lamps. Houses were shaken within three miles, and the report was heard for many miles. After full eonsideration it was decidâ€" ed that the cans might be labeiled as roast, but that it should be stated on the labels how the beof was prepared and cooked. No proservatives of any kind will be used. The decision was entirely satisfactory to the packers. The term roast beef, which was apâ€" piied to this product, was of particular value to the packers, Mr. Wlison said, because the method had been copied by the Australian and South Aimerican packers, who would profit by it if the American packers were forced to abanâ€" don it. If Privilege Were Not Extended to United States Packers, Australia and South America Would Have Advanâ€" tage. Washington, Sept. 17.â€"Canned roast becfi will continue to bear the label of "roast beef," notwithstanding the fact that it is really boiled beef. This was a decision reached at a conference toâ€" day between Secretary Wiison, of the United States Department of Agriculâ€" ture, and Semetor Hopkins, of Iliinois, and Thomas E. Wilson, General Manager of the Nelson Morris Packing Co. of Chiâ€" cago. . Senator Hopkins and Mr. Wilâ€" som discussed the matter with President Roosevelt yesterday and was referred by hin to Seeretary Wilson. Mr. Wison explained that the method of preparing cannmed roast beef was to parboil the meat for fifteen minutes and then put it in cans and subject it to steam heat for three hours. OLD NAME WILL G2 CGN CANS AS BEFORE. _ The Morning Post says that Cuba is not strong enough to work out her own salvation. She cannot without Ameriâ€" can support maintain a government and secure the progress of the country. Much as the American Government may regret the necessity for taking a step which will be unpopular with a large section of the country she will not be able to refrain permanently from taking it. The destiny of the United States stands beâ€" hind her and urges her imperatively on to the next step in her overseas _ exâ€" pansion. New York, Sept. 17â€"A London desâ€" patch to the Sun says that the news of the landing of American marizes at Hayâ€" ana confirms the opinion held at the Briâ€" tish capital that American intervention in Cuba cannot be long delayed. The Standard editorially blames the _ United States for the present disorder. It says that President McKinley‘s intervention was carried out in the name of peace and eivilization, but the net result is reâ€" newed tumult, barbarism and savagery. Either the Americans must tolerate anâ€" archy in Cuba or exercise an effective protectorate. President Rosevelt would doubtless act promptly and vigorously if he did not have to think of the eleeâ€" tion campaign. Whatever the final issue it will be condemned by the Democrats who are standing aside, ready to make political capital out of the result. _ When the report of the Pulpit Supply Committee mw;:etented,- bi?ling lea«?â€"! ing ministers "to preach in local pulpits ! next Sunday, there was a protest from| one of the laymen present. | The Pastoral Term. Committees were very busy +*+oâ€"night, twentyâ€"five of them holding «meetings. The Committee on Temperance and Morâ€" { al Reform decided to reecommend the ap-l pointment of an Associate Secretary. ul the work has grown too large for Rev. Pr. Chown, who at present _ does the | whole of it. The length of the pastoral term was discussed by the Committee on Itinerancy and Transfers, several proâ€" positions being before them. Thore was an evident desire to lengthen the preâ€" sent limit of four years, and a delegate said toâ€"night the commitee woild probâ€" ably raise the time limit to eight years. Confirms British Conviction That U. S. Must Intervene. motion of Rev. Melvin Taylor, Monâ€" treal, that a special committee be apâ€" pointed.to deal with immigration matâ€" ters. Several memorials were jpresented on this subject. Among cther memorials was one from King Street Church, Inâ€" gersoll, complaining of the high price of Bibles and hymn books. LANDING OF U.S. TROOPS IN CLUBA ROAST BEEF BOILED. WISDOM OF KING SOLOMON. EXPLOSION AT SELKIRX. Many Who Were on Wrecked Train Did Not Care to Go Further, Toronto despatch: An anxious gathâ€" _ At the back of the first car was the angleâ€"cock, which it is reported cahused the disaster. The valve, or angleâ€"cock, as the techâ€" wical phrase has it, of an air brake is a curved piece of steel about six inches long which opens or closes a valve cicee of a coupling in the air brake. been. The train going west had haltâ€" ed two car lengths from the cast end of the switch, which is 2,500 feet long. The train going east was to stop tour car lengths from the west bound traim to allow the later to enter the siding. The eastbound train was not going fast, and Engineér Thurlow put on his air brakes, but, owing to a closed angleâ€" cock, only the engine, refrigerator and mail care responded, and the trains teleâ€" The present theory is that one of these short stay chains, each about 1t inches long, was in some way jolted loose, and, swinging, struck the angleâ€" cock. thus shutting off the air. _This prevented the engineer on the limited from stopping the train. _ _ _ He applied the air brake, but had only the air in the engine and the first "I was over the ground yesterday, and I know that no one was to blame for the accident. _ There was no neâ€" gligence. â€" There was no mistake. . It was simply a mechanical failure. Both traing intended to stop. In fact, both trains were where they ought to have The failure of the air brakes to work is believed here to be due to purely naâ€" tural causes, and not to any design. _ Beside it ewing two short, but heavy, iron chains, one from each car. These chains are usually hooked up out of harm‘s way, so that they cannot swing loose. Louis Pfaff, New Hamburg, ‘bus ownâ€" er. Leaves widow and four children,. Charles Palmer, Wexford. Samuel Kingston, Framkfort. General Superintendent Brady, of the Lake Superior division, issued the folâ€" lowing official statement: Henry HMermon, farmer, North Eastâ€" hope, Leaves widow and five grownâ€"up children, Framk Blackweli, 35 Bellevue Place, Toronto. * Dr. 8. F. Milne, South Woodslee, Essex county, Ount. Rev, Jabez J. Noble, Methodist mimsâ€" ter at Luton, Eigin county, formerly pastor of Elizabeth Street Church, Barâ€" rie. A North Bay despatch: Two more of the victims of the collision on the C. P. R. at Azilda, near Sudbury, died from â€" their injuries at Sudbury Hosâ€" pital toâ€"day. _ l conard Shade, of Monkâ€" ton, Perth county, whose two daughters were instantly _ killed, succumbed _ to shock, an# Samuel Kingston, of Frankâ€" fort, Ont. ,died from dhis wouns, matimg the total death list thireten, as follows: Perey Baker, farmer, near Collingâ€" wood, Ont. W. B. Paddicombe, farmer in Northâ€" weâ€"t, formerly of Haysville, Ont, Leaves widow and two smali children, Thomas Puddicombe, Haysville, Ont., uncle of W. B. Puddicombe. Leaves widow and five chi‘dren, Thirteen Live‘s Were Lost in the Accidentâ€"Reâ€" frigerator Car Saved Most of the Train. Leonard Shade, farmer, of Monkton, Perth county, Ont. Viola shade and Olive Shade, daughâ€" ters of Leonard Shade. The general superintendency of the Methodist Church in Canada is a great post. Its occupant, Rev. Dr. Albert Carâ€" man, who presides over the conference sitting in Montreal, although he has passed the span of life indicated by the psalmist, is one of the most forceful oraâ€" tors of the day. The General Superintendâ€" ent was born in June, 1833, over seventyâ€" three years ago. He is of U. E. Loyalist stock on both sides, and was born in Iroâ€" quis, where his father was a man of substance, and a prominent figure in public affairs. ols 230. SURVIVORS TELL THE STORY OF THE SUDBURY WRECK. Dr. Carman ripened early. He tok his PASSENGERS RETURXN. un Aoan t REV. DR. CARMAN. dishes were broken. but little damage was done to the car. Mr. McIntosh thought this was due to the fact that the coach he was in was a tourist car, and able to withstand the shock. Mr. McIntosh did not care to pursue his pleasure trip further, as his wife was somewhat bruised and suffering from shock. _ He has a brother in the city at 54 Margueretta street, Uther returning passengers were the Misses Annie and Jean Veitch, of Winâ€" terbourne, Ont. They were in the secâ€" ond coach behind the wrecked car, but thought it was only a case of coupling cars. They saw the two little girls who were killed. and did not care to pursue their inquiries further. Eyeâ€"Witnesses Tell of the Heartâ€"Rendâ€" A Torono desiatch: The description of the scenes which followed the collision, train, are harrowing in the extreme. "The fish car on our train saved us," was the comment of Mrs. D. Leatherâ€" dale, of Vancouver, who was coming East (to visit relatives at Uxbridgel "That car was smashed to splinters, and the salmon were lying all around. I know the brakes on the train were apâ€" Among the other returning passenâ€" gers from â€" the harvesters‘ excursion last night was the Rev. A. WV. McIntosh of Bellwood, Ont., who was on a trip to the West, with his wife and child, for the benefit of his health. Mr. Meâ€" Intosh and family were at breakfast in the car behind the wrecked coach when the accident occurred. _ Mr. J. J. Rose, of Frankfort, Ont., was travelling with them. and had just gone into the coach ahead when the crash came. He was badly hurt and is now in the hospital at Sudbury. Mr. Lewis Bayne, of Bellwood, was breakfasting with the family, and was slightly injured by the table, which was turned over narrowly missing the head of Mr. McIntosh‘s chgd. All of the plied, for I heard: the grinding on the wheels. In our coach the passenâ€" cerned in the Sudbury wreck awaited at the Union depot last night the arrival of the regular train from North Bay in the expectation that some of the wounded and the bodies of the dead would be brought to the city by that train. ‘They were disappointed, as t he victims of the wreck will not arrive beâ€" fore this morning‘s train, but on the reâ€" gular there arrived about 15 passengers on the harvesters‘ train who were afâ€" fected by the accident to such an extent that they did not care to continue their journey westward. Perhaps the man with the most vivid experience and the narâ€" rowest escape was Mr. James W. Barâ€" clay ,of Murray Township, Northumberâ€" land County, who occupied a seat in the first car of the harvesters‘ train, in which all of those who were killed were carâ€" ried. Mr. Barclay was in the third seat from the front, and saw the baggage car driven through the front end. With him in the double seat was a rather elderly gentieman, who was instantly killed, Mr. Barelay crouched down instinetiveâ€" ly, and while pinred tightly for a few moments, was able to seramble through the wirdow within a few minutes. He was badly shaken up, and his coat, which he still wore on arrival here, was badâ€" ly torn, but he received no serious inâ€" jury. _ He lost all of his baggage, which was in the scat beside him. When he escaped from the car, he could see nothâ€" ing for the escaping steam. but he quickâ€" ly recovered his senses and went to work to rescue the injured. ; B. A. at Victoria in 1855, and in the same year, at the age of two and twenty, beâ€" came head master at Dundas Grammar School. Two years later he. wnt to what is now knwn as Albert College, then Belleville Seminary, to teach matheâ€" matics. In 1858 he became principal, and remained â€" there till 1874, when he was chosen Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada. After the umjon of 1883 he became General Superintendent of the strongest of Canada‘s Protestant Churches, and has been reâ€"elected from time to time ever since. Of his presont term he has still four years to serve. STORIES OF THE WN I AKIV aAr rere the of Winâ€" the secâ€" ear, but coupling Mr. McKellar started in at the pile of luggage nearest the engine and worked until after 12 o‘clock without a break. "The two sister were taken out first. They were near the top, both of them badly crushed. But lower down was a man who was still living, and four hours we worked to get him. He did not comâ€" plain, however, that he was being crushed and almost smothered. When we got near him we found that his legs were caught in Policeman Blackwell‘s, just as firmly as if you locked legs. The policeman was farther down, and we had to clear most of the stuff off his body before we got: the living man. Just there we found another dead body, and the last of all to be cleared of the whole wreck was the Toronto constabic. _ All Ahis time little could be heard of the cries of the wounded above the roar of escaping steam. It was a terrible time.:" "Five or six people, they said, were pinned under it. It took us over two hours to get the trunkssoff, and then the thick floor of the baggage car was beâ€" iween us and those underneath. We got axes and split a hole in it, but that wouldn‘t work, and we split it up the centre and jacked the two parts »sif and got at the wreckage underneath. "I1 saw men jerking at the trunks and hauling them off, but didn‘t know what was wrong until I looked under the car and saw a mass of splinterd woodâ€"it was the first colonist car half baried under the baggage, while the othor en was thrown up and lying skewâ€"gee across the track. The baggage car had telesâ€" coped the other." _ â€" "I was standing in one of the tourist cars when the collision occured, _ but the shock did not knock me off my feet," said AMr. A,. MeKellar, a farmer from _ Hibbert township, â€" Perth eounty, dn giving a most practical â€" description of the wreck. Miz. McKellar was returnâ€" ing from the west on the Imnerial Limâ€" ited with his wife and Mrs. A. K. Hodâ€" gert, of Exeter, Ont. "I distinctly felt the brakes grip the wheels shortly after we had passed the western entrance to the uiit('h at Azilda. Rain was falling, and perhaps the braking was hindered by slippery rails. _ The collision oceurred about 100 feet east of the eastern entrance to the siding. In other words the harvesters‘ special never entered the siding where it was intended the two trains shou‘ld pass. I cannot tell the reason. "What did the wreck look like? "The engines of both trains were smashed somewhat. The fish car on one train was in splinters, while a baggage car was damaged. On the harveâ€"ters‘ special a box car containing baggage next the engine was turned on end. A heavy baggage car had risen on top of the passenger car following, â€" where all the people were killed. This baggage car almost went through the coach, pinning the inmates down so that they could not: move." ‘ "First of all, 1 saw one man lying dead, and then another one dying, but the most painful scene of all was a mother, badly injured, lying amongst the wreckage, with her two little girls dead on either side of her. _ She was erying piteously for help, whilst the father, unable to render much assistâ€" ance, was nearly frantic with grief at the loss of his loved ones and the seriâ€" ous condition of his wife. It was a terâ€" rible spectacle," Mrs. Carter said again. "The cries of the injured were most agonizing. I can almost hear them now," she added, with a shndder. Mr. Fisher said there was a doctor present who had not had very much experience in that line. When a man was taken from the wreck, suffering agony, the doctor tried his leg, to see if it was broken, by bending it +»p and down frequently. _ This caused great suffering. _ Mr. Fisher said to ithe doctor, "Why don‘t you leave the man alone and send him to the hospital, where be will get proper treatment}" Amongst the passengers arriving on the second section of the train from the West was Mrs. W. M. Carter, of Vanâ€" couver, who was a passenger on the Imperial Limited. Mrs. Carter was on her way to Brampton, and had arrangâ€" ed to remain over at Toronto, where her husband has been staying with Dr. McLaughlin, of College street. 5 5 "When I got out," he said, "crowds from both the trains stood around. A coach, which contained the dead and wounded, was buried beneath a truck car, which preceded the unforâ€" tunate car, and the one that followed it. The coach was a complete wreck, beâ€" ing strewn with the debris of the other cars. k "It was raining hea at the time of the accident, and vtgo’ rails must have been slippery. I felt the jar of the ~air brakes," said Mr. â€" William Evans, 426 Euclid avenue, who was a passenger ; in one of the Pullmans of the eastbOund â€" flyer. "We had been traveling very fast just prior to the application of the brakes," he. conâ€" tinued. _ "Near the front cf our train was a fish car. The railway men said this fish car acted as a sort of buifer for the rest of the train, probably sayâ€" ing many lives. They wouldn‘t let us know any more about the wreck than they could help. ; However, everything possible was done, and the farmers in the neighborhood rendered much assistâ€" ance, while some ladies on the train helped." "The dead were laid on the grass while the wounded were being attendâ€" ed. Everything was quiet and orderiv, and owing to the absence of relatives there were no scenes. It was about two hours before the last passenger was reâ€" moved from the wrecked car." Postmaster Fisher, â€" of Wingham, was in his berth on the wrecked train. "The work of reseue was slow, horriâ€" bly slowâ€"two hours. "After the crash there was the most heartrending scene I ever saw. There, in‘ that drenching rain, they took the dead and injured from the cars, laying them in rows beside the track. Nothâ€" being. son received injuries worth speaking about. TORONTO A Wingham Man‘s Story, Pinned Beneath the Debris, A Vancouver Lady‘s Story. could be done for the time How It Occurred. London, Sept. 17.â€"A novel applicaâ€" tion made at West London on gehnlf of a gentleman waiting with great anxâ€" iety the arrival of a man . named Mason from Canada. There had been a business dispute, and a friend of the applicant received a letter from Mason in which the latter said he would shoot the applicant as soon as he landed. Mason was expected toâ€"day. The Magisâ€" trate said he would grant a warrant if London Man Founrd No Joy in Prospect of Being Shot. an information were drawn. Pleaded Not Guilty to Violating Antiâ€" Trust Law. Copenhagen, Sept. 13.â€" David R. Francis, President of the Louisiana Purâ€" chase Exposition, arrived here toâ€"day. He is accompanied by L. 1. Dozier, one of the members of the deputation sent abroad to bestow upon various monâ€" archs of Europe the gold medal and the diploma of the Exposition. They will be received in audience by King Frederick {toâ€"morrow. Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 17.â€"A plea of not guilty has been entered in the Probate Court here by John D. Rockefeller on the charge of violating the antiâ€"trust law through the Standard Oil Comrnny. Mr. Rockefeller was not personally in court, but pleaded through an attorney. The defendants in the cases against the pipe lines also pleaded not guilty in the To toat l4 ts Judge Banket djeurs. % er Adjournâ€" ed court util“?le first in Octoâ€" ber in order to make this Kings of Europe Resciving scid Medals. Stockholm, Sept. 17.â€"King Osear reâ€" ceived David R. Francis. President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, toâ€" day. Mr. Francis handed to the King a gold medal and a diploma commemoraâ€" tive of the exposition. e s Lake Superior Corporation, died under most distressing cireumstances this atâ€" ternoon,. HMe had been in the hospital for treatment for norvous trouble and beinz apparently nearly cured, intended leaving in a couple of days . Ts atâ€" ternoon he was visited by members of his family, and appeared in the best of spirits at the prospects of leaving the hospital soon,. _ In the afternoon the nurse went to the room and found him dead. _ He had cut his throat with a razor. _ The deed was doubtless done in a moment of derangement of the mind, as there was no motive. Mr. Davidson was well known and popular here. _ He leaves a wife and one child, The body will be taken to his former CLAR& KING, aged 18. MAGGIE KING, aged 14. MARTIN mc. aged 12. JOHN FOUGERE, aged 11. MAGGIE FOUGERE, aged o. home at St. John‘s, Xfld A Halifax, N. S., despatch: One of the most pitiful drowning sceidents in the history of the Province occurred toâ€"day at Port Felix. By it five young people lost their lives. Minnie, aged 15; John, aged 11, and Maggie, aged 9, children of Mr. Frank Fougere, postmaster and mail driver of East Port Felix, accompanied by their three coucins, Clara, aged 18, Masvie, aged 14, and .Martha. aged 12, children _of Mr. Joseph King, . Port Felix, left their homes this morning to pick blueberries. About six miles back of Port Felix they attempted to cross the lake in an old leaky flat kent there for the purpose berryâ€"pickers. 5 mt PC EPE CTT They, succeeded in reachin~ a small island in the lake by going two at a time in the boat, but on returning the six got in, and when about twoâ€"thirds of the way across the boat filled and turned bottom up. Maggie Fougere and Magzie King got on top of the boat, but it turned back again, throwing them in the water. Minnic Fougere then caught the boat ard managed to paddle ashore with it. After reaching the shore Minâ€" nie says she saw the two boys locked in each other‘s arms. The two younger girls also had hold of each cther, and the larger girl was sinking, Johnnie Founâ€" gere called to his sister to tell his mother he was trying to swim ashore. Had Been in the Hcspital Under Treatâ€" ment for Nervous Troubleâ€"Visited by His Family During the Day and Appeared in Good Spirits. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., despatch: Wilâ€" liam J. Davidson, storekeeper for the Went Down to Death in a The girl hastened to hor home, whore she arrived in about two hours. _ She #till heard those in the water scvreaming for help after she left the lake, _ A searchin# party left for the scene, but when they reached the lake there was nothing to be seen, and, owin« to the lateness of the hour, the search for the bodies had to be abandoned usiil mornâ€" ing. WILLIAM J. DAVIDSON CUTS HIS THROAT. SUICIDE AT THE S$O0. A Pitiful Tragedy at Port Felix, INNOCENT, SAYS JOHN D. ROYAL PRIZE WINNZRS. ARE DROWNED. arvivor of Party Tells tiow the Accident Ocourred. THREAT TO KILL. THE DEAD. hing @ccidents in the vince occurred toâ€"day y it five young people linnie, aged 15; John, zie, aged 9, children of for burial New Hamburg despatch: The suddenâ€" ness of the news of the dreadful railâ€" way collision upon the C,. P. R. mear Budbury caused a tremendous shock to the community here, to whom many of the victims were known from childhood. Louis Pfaff, killed, had been a resiâ€" dent of the town for the past twenty» five years, pronrietor of the local ‘bus and baggage line. He was widely known by the travelling public _ He leaves a widow and four children. Henry Herman _ was a prosperous farmer of Easthope. He was twice marâ€" ried. and leave a widow and five grownâ€" up children. _ _ Cloom in New Hamburg Over Terrible Tragedy. William _ B. Puddicombe, a nephew of T. B. Puddicombe, also killed, was a member of the local A. F. and A. M. He had been residing in the west for a few years, where he was an extenâ€" sive land owner. He leaves a widow and two small children. _ Detroit, Sept, 17.â€"Wallace Cameron the Canadian traveller, from Beameville, who stabbed Wim. Lacking in the back with a pocket knife as they were coming off the Windsor ferry boat on this side on Monday night, is still held by the police, Me says he had absoiutely no excuse for the attack, and will gladiy do all he can to right the wrong done Luckâ€" ng. Lucking, who is an expert giamoud setter, is xecovering from _ the yround given him, and is inclined to accept Camâ€" eron‘s statement that he was meataby unbalanced at the time the attack was made. Lucking has not yet swora out a warrant. Thomas B. Puddicombe, a wealthy resident of Haysville, an adjoining village, was sixty years of age. _ He was a director of the Standard Loan Company and was connected with many other monetary mi-tutiona. He was a prominent Free , a staunch Conserâ€" vative and a member of the Church of England. He leaves a widow and five chilâ€" CAMERON IS STILL KFLD AND LUCKING, THE VICTIM, ISs RE COVERING FROM INJURIES, sen, and her daughters, Bertha and Barbara, have just been here, the obâ€" jeet of their visit being to buy tle daughters‘ trousseau. ~Each outfit will not cost more than $250, this simpnâ€" city being in accord with the modest manner in which the girls were brougat up. Some of the newsepapers ciiii=ze the small outlay, contending that great wealth imposes greater outliavs. Fraulein Bertha Krupp is the richest woman in Germany, she being the prinâ€" cipal heir under her father‘s will, She is Cflpfi to marry Guetay von Bodâ€" len und Halbach, Under Secretary of the Prussian Legation to the Vatican. Barâ€" bara Krupp, although not nearly so rich as her sister, is worth $12,500,000. Her fiancee is Baron Telo yvon Wilowski, son of the Governor of Prussian Saxony, Both bridegroomsâ€"elect are poor young IMPERIAL ARMY STAFF. MR. HALDANE ISSUES ORDER on ORGANIZATIOK. Selfâ€"Governing Colonies Never Brook Inâ€" terference _ in Administration of Their Own Military Forces, but May Welcome Assistance of Experts. London, Sept, 17.â€"Mr. Haldane has issued an army order on the organizaâ€" tion of the general staff in accordance with _ recommendations of &ho Esher Commission, says the Globe. _ He says that the selfâ€"governing _ colonies never brook interference in the administration and finance of their own military forces, but may welcome the assistance of highâ€" ly trained experts drawn from all parts of the Empire. Should such an ideal be realized the staff would become a real bond of union between the widely scatâ€" tered military forces of the Empire. SMALL OUTLAY FOR BRIDAL TROUSâ€" SEAU OF RICHEST WOXAN men Washington, Sept. 17.â€"In the manuâ€" facture of aleohol from corn cobs and corn stalks at small cost the Department of Agriculture is developing a new inâ€" dustry that the department says is likeâ€" ly to be of large commercial value. Inâ€" vestigations which the: department i making at Hopperston, Ilis., have provâ€" ed that the large quantity of corn cobs which every year herctofore have gone to waste can be converted into aleohol in sufficient quantities to juslify the erâ€" ection of a distilling plant in connection with the corn cannery, The department of agriculture sent two chemists to Hoopeston to make experiâ€" meonts at a large cannery there, They have succeeded by simple methods of fermentation, in getting a yield of 11 gallons of aleohol from a ton of green cobs, and six gallons of aleohol from a ton of green corn stalks. Bertha Krupp‘s Simplicityâ€"Worth Mapy Millions, She Lives in Accord Wita Modest Manner in Whkics. She Was Brought Up. Berlin, Kept. _ 17.â€"Frau Kiupp, widow of the great gunmaker ot ;.»â€" CLD CCORN SFYALKS TO EE MAD ‘The Express, commenting on this, say that the proper way to insure respec for the staff is to make it genuine im perial entertaining a fit proopsition o0 Canadian, Australian and African offi cers. R FIVE FRCM ONE SECTION. CORN COBS. INTO ALCOEOL