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Rorme, Dec. 23.â€"The Pope this mornâ€" ing personally conducted the ceremony l the public co , which was atâ€" temded by thousands 0Â¥ invited persons, especially foreigners. of tick. sets had been distribu for this cereâ€" mony, and a dense packed the eorridor, hall and tril and reached almost to the foot of rone itself, Those extrancous to the ceremony gathered in special places inside the Vat. ican, while the cardinals, prelates and "court" personages assembled in another hall to await the pontiff. ;. _‘ _ | At one end of the Saint Regia stood the papal throne, flanked by the cardiâ€" nals‘ stalls, and at the right were places for the bishops. 35 STRIKES AYD OTHER DIFFICULTIES DURING THE YEAR. LABOR CONDITIONS. Railways Stand First in Number of Fatal Accidents to Employeesâ€"Agriculâ€" ture is Secondâ€"Ontario Had Most of the Labor Disputes. % Ottawa, D€¢. 20.â€"â€"INC WHiRNOD DERICC of the Deputy Minister of Labor, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, made public toâ€"day, gives an exhaustive and illuminâ€" ative review of the labor conditions in Canada during the last year, with a reâ€" sume of the effect of the labor legislaâ€" tion of the past six years. During the calendar year 1906 reports to the departâ€" ment showed that some 17 446 work people in Canada received increases in wages â€" agregating $12,741 per week, with a weekly decrease in the hours of employment aggregating 7,058. . The total number of employees involved in trade disputes during the year was apâ€" proximately 26,014, comapred with 16,; 320 in 1905. The aggregate loss of time in working days was approximately 490,â€" 400, as compared with 284,140 in 1906, There were seventeen strikes and lockâ€" outs during the year, each involving mM wark neanle Of more. ‘)isputes :;’1 the year. . ra with talities, and bering and n« fignres, come industry wou ing trade, wi it for the yes cidents. May Be Caused by the Saili the U. S. Fleet. Tokio, Dec. 23.â€"â€"The Hiji Shimpo, an imdependent paper, which has a wide cir. eulation in intellectual and business cirâ€" cles, will publish an editorial article toâ€" morrow on the despatch of the American fleet to the Pacific. The provession was headed by the taking," the paper will say, "one that will attract the attention of the world. We do not entertain the idea for even one minute, however, that the purpose of the visit is to threaten Japan. Should the American fleet visit these shores it will be flven a hearty reception, worthy the lif friendship betwoen‘Jarn the lifelong friendship and the United States. is that the Qc.-?otch. 0 m . SOce B . 0 nsl kcn k and the United States. Our only fear is that the de-}utch of the fleet may encourage antiâ€" apanism on the Pacific soast, and bring about a repetition of the regrettable incident at San Francisâ€" «o. We trust, however, the United States authorities will take the necesâ€" sary precautions in this regard." c lt t DAYLIGHT BURGLARS. Men Disguised as Window Cleaners Worked N. Y. Apartment Houses. Mew York, Dec. 2. â€"Four youn« MB °* " m‘ suspected of numerous daylight burg» ’ were arrested toâ€"day. Over $15,000 worth of jewellery, laces and other yeluable lng apparel found in theif apartment on West 48th streot was conflscdted by the pOâ€" gave the '-nu- is a noteworthy naval under According to the ATTACK ON JAPS Dece. 23.â€"The annual report n o dgre oÂ¥ d on ages. The Pope was dressed in complete pontifical robes, mitre on head, and with raised hand he gave blessing as he went. Following the holy father came a long train of cfinougs, together with the Sistine ir, who sang as the procesâ€" sion Krweodad, under the direction of their head abbe, Perosi. The Pope mountâ€" ed the throne amidst a profound silence. Swiss Guards, followed by many personâ€" uis ) 0 en ulc nine & Eis 1 The ceremony over, Piux X. rose, and after bestowing the apostolic blessing slowly withdrew, the procession reformâ€" \ing &s an escort. After having returned thanks before altar of the Sistine Chapel the new Is joined the others in the hall e consistory, where Pius X. held a rt supplementary consistory. At this morning‘s consistory the Pope officially announced the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Feehan, formerly pastor of [St. Bernard‘s Church, Fitchburg, as bishop of Fall. River, Mass. The new cardinals were then introâ€" duced, and while they were kneeling one by one at the pontiff‘s feet, and he reâ€" ted the formula accipe galerum ruâ€" g::m, a master of ceremonies held a red hat over their heads. They then separâ€" ately, after the papal embrace, went to each of the cardinals and received a fraternal salute. BLIND RIVER PRISONER JUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN. Toronto despatch: Just after midnight yesterday exâ€"Fireâ€"Chief George Rayâ€" mond, of Blind River, who was on his ws{ to Kingston Penitentiary to serve a five years sentence for forgery and arson, jumped through the window from the train three miles this side of Callenâ€" train, and Sheriff Stevenson went after The snow saved him from any permanent injury, and he made his wayAinto the darkness. Jailér Hurst pulled the emerâ€" gency cord and promptly stopped. the train, and Sheriff Stevenson went afted the desperate man while Hurst went on to North Bay. Stevenson followed up Raymonds‘ tracks for some time and finâ€" ally reached a farm where Raymond had been. ;He tracked him from these and captured him on his way to a ruined shanty where he intended to hide. The chase lasted no more than two and a half hours. Jailer Hurst admitted to a newspaper man that Raymond jumped from the train. "He was desperately sick and a little after midnight last night went to the toilet. I went with him, still holdâ€" ing his hand. While he was inside he asked me to get a cup of water for him, and I loosed his hand to do it. He must have gone through the window like a flash, legs first, although the train was travelling at full speed, for when I went back with the water he was gone and the window was open. We had the train pulled up and Stevenson got off at once and began to follow his tracks in the snow. I went on to North Bay. Stevenson got news of his man at a nearbyâ€"farm house, where the farmer had taken his handcuffs off and directed him to a disused shanty back in the woods where he could hide. Stevenson caught him on the way there, and he was only at liberty two hours and a half." Akron Mav Shot His Wife and The Shot Himself. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 23.â€"Thomas Larriâ€" more, 39 years old, shot his wife, forâ€" merly Mrs. Lilish Summerton, through the head three times last night, and then put a bullet into his own brain. Both died shortly afterward at a hosâ€" pital. The shooting occurred on the street. The couple were married last summer after Mrs. Summerton‘s husband obtainâ€" ed a divorce. They did not live happily and separated. Larrimore left the city and returned only yesterday to seek reâ€" conciliation. The dead man had relaâ€" tives in Shelby. Iowa. ROJESTVENSKY, TOO, TOOK A FLEET TO THE PACIFIC, But He Did Not Bring It Backâ€"Says Question of War Between the United States and Japan is Quite Excluded. St. Petersburg, Dec. 23.â€"Admiral Roâ€" jestvensky, who during the Russoâ€"Japanâ€" ese war led the illâ€"starred Russian fleet around Africa to ultimate defeat at the hands of the Japanese in the Sea of Jaâ€" pan, is keenly interested in the cruise of the United States battleship squadâ€" ron to the Pacific. From his own experiâ€" ence ‘Admiral Rojestvensky considered the voyage to the Pacific to be entirely practicable. He added: "The Japanese personnel, man for man, is now undoubtedly more efficient than the American; this due to practice in battle, but the American ships so exceed the Japanese in strength .J' numbers that there is no question omontion of wns beiwees Jagen and ween â€"Fire Chief Raymond Falls Into the Snow and is But Slightly Injuredâ€" Gets Away Only to be Recaptured a Short Time Later. TOOK A CHANCE. HE SHOULD KNOW. BOTH ARE DEAD. hok imie d aine! cost would be better spent in building up a commercial marine. .. the rebuilding of the Russian fleet. He believed that Russia‘s future will be on land, and that the money a fleet would ‘We may spend four or five millions in the next ten years," Admiral Rojestâ€" vensky went on, "as it is proposed to overwhelm Russia with debt in order ht‘o secure a fleet stronger than Japan, but the future of our Asiatic possessions will be determined by the army, not by the fleet. Russia is doing nothing to strengthen her army. We are holding 500,000 soldiers on the Polish frontier, a million in Russian Turkestan, and only 85,000 in all Siberia, where the Chinese and the Japanese are building up a porâ€" tentous military power." _ * "But will the Russian fleet be reconâ€" structed?" was asked the admiral. "Alas, yes," he replied. "Unfortuhateâ€" ly there are many people"in Russia who wish to fill their pockets and the execuâ€" tion of a big naval programme will give them a glorious opportunity." TWELVE MINERS AND RANCHERS KILLED IN MEXICO. The Men, All Mexicans, Stood Up Beâ€" side a Tree and Shot Through the Headâ€"Yaquis on the Warpath. Nogales, Arizona, Dec. 23.â€"Informaâ€" tion which has just reached here tells of the frightful murder of twelve men by a band of 150 Yaqui Indians 45 miles southeast of Magdalena, State of Sonora, Mexico, last Wednesday, P. J. Mcintyre and a party of mining men of this secâ€" tion have arrived from the scene, where they viewed the remains of the murâ€" dered men,. The Yaquis captured the party of thirteen men. Among the numâ€" ber was Jos. E. Fernandez, son of Preâ€" sident Fernandez, of the town of Curâ€" ecurpe and owner of the mescal plantaâ€" tion where the killing occurred. _ The others were Mexican laborers on the ranch and some miners looking for work, One American was among the number, but he was rescued by men who told him that they were Americans,. The remainâ€" ing twelve were stripped, stood up against a tree and shot through the head. _A band of Yaquis is reported to be on the warpath. ' YUKON LORD‘S DAY. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY TH MINISTER TO MOUNTED POLICE. Correspondence With the Justice Deâ€" partment Relative to the Enforceâ€" ment of the Actâ€" Prosecutions of Violations. Ottawa despatch: Correspondence with the Justice Department relating to the enforcement of the Lord‘s Day Act in the Yukon Territory was tabled in the Commons toâ€"day. On June 18th last the Daputy Minister wrote to Compâ€" troller White of the Northwest Mounted Police, stating that the Minister did rot consider police officers were under any larger abfzat-'wn with regard to the enâ€" forcement of the Lord‘s Day act than as to any other criminal statute, and the duty of the authorities in the Yokon would be discharged if @tate attenâ€" tion were paid to any complaint preferâ€" The letter also pointed out that when any violation of the Lord‘s Act in the Yukon was complained o]: the complaint should, according to the proâ€" visions of the act, be referred to the Minister of Justice for consideration with the particulars of the offence and the grounds upon which leave to instiâ€" tute & prosecution was sought. red The Minister would then follow the usual procedure and give or withhold his consent to have action instituted as the circumstances seemed _ to require. Since the above date there has been no further correspondence on the subâ€" ject A Thirteenâ€"Yearâ€"Old Heathen Discovered « in New York Court. New York, Dec. %.â€"A thirteenâ€"yearâ€"old boy who had never heard of God or the Bible, and wondered what they meant, conâ€" tronted Judge Jones and a jury in the First District Court, Newark, yesterday. ‘The boy, whose name is Max Rosenstein, was called as a witness in a damage sult aoainat the North Jersey Street Railway "The boy, whose HAIHG iÂ¥ AZIEE AMIOM OOE was called as a witness in a damage sult against the North Jersey Street Railway Company. When he bad taken the stand, Chauncey Beasley, counsel for the railway company, questioned him as to whether he knew the nature of an oath. ‘The boy professed igâ€" norance of the meaning of. the word. "Did you ever hear of the Bible?" asked the lawrer Curious Railroad Accident Reported From Sardinia. New York, Dec. 23.â€"A cable despatch to the Herald from Cagliari, Island of Bardinia, toâ€"day announced that _ & strange railroad disaster had oocl‘u't«} BWE o ffl 10 24 ud cih cce n.:husei station. A severe gale of wind was blowing as & locomotive drawâ€" ing ten passenger cars fairly full of peoâ€" ple aproached Lanusei. Suddenly a stronger blast than usual struck the train, which, after balancing on the rails for a few seconds, was w:shtoly overâ€" turned. the locomotive and cars being ALL MURDERED. 1 NEVER HEARD OF GOD. WIND BLEW TRAIN OVER. +R THE CZARS NAME DAY. Grand Celebration at the Imperial Palace Toâ€"day. Brilliant Uniforms to be Given the Many Homors Bestowed by the Bt. Petersburg, Dec. 23.â€"The name day of Emperor Nicholas which is being celebrated at Tsarskoeâ€"Selo toâ€" day, has been signalized by an order restoring to the Russian army the picâ€" turesque uniform worn in the reign of Alexander II. This order will transform thirtyâ€"five out of fiftyâ€"five soberly clad dragoon regiments into hussars and Uhlans, whose brilliant and showy garb is expected to popâ€" ularize the service in the eyes of reâ€" cruits and the population generally. l The Empress was unable to partake in the festivities on account of illâ€" ness. _ Premier Stolypin, the memâ€" bers of the cabinet, M. Khomyakoff, president of the Duma, and a numâ€" ber of high civilian and military digâ€" nitaries went out to Tsarskoeâ€"Selo to present their felicitations and, witâ€" ness the review of the guard. The diplomatic corps attended the festival mass in St. Isaacs Cathedral. eralship The list of name honors fills sixtyâ€" five columnes in the Official Gazette, but even so it is barely"half as long this year as it was in 1906. Gen. Kaulbars, whose administration _ of Odessa has been much crit‘cized, is given the Alexander Nevsky order set in diamonds, and General of Cavâ€" alry Skallon, Governorâ€" General of Warsaw, is promoted to a full genâ€" JOSEPH TESNIERE FOUND DEAD AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. Cobalt despatch: Jos. Tesniere, aged about. 30 years, a Frenchman with a married sister in Montreal, was found dead at the bottom of the four shaft at a depth of 152 feet, | _ _ _ _ . | COBALT ACCIDENTS. _ Deceased was working in the drift at the 86â€"foot level. _ Having left work with his companions he returned to eeâ€" T T ko oone ie aieivece restPoi SNYOM cure a pair of mitts before ascending, n.;m.d nothing more was scen of him alive. This morning Supt. Leyson, of the Townsite mine, and J. McKnight, a young Scotchman, met with a blasting accident. â€" McKnight was seriously inâ€" jured about the head and was removed to the Red Cross Hospital. Both eyes are said to be lost, and the doctors have no hopes of saving his life. Supt. Leyson is cut about the face and â€" has ome wrist bone broken. It â€" appears McKnight encountered loose powder in the end of the draft, glmbably in m cutâ€"off hole unknown to m, Supt. Leycon was close to Mrâ€" Knight when the explosion took place. From Succession Duties For Ontario Government. Toronto, Ont., Dec. 23.â€" (Special.)â€" Two cheques aggregating over $15,000 were received by the Provincial Treasâ€" urer to augment Ontario‘s surplus. Both were paid on succession duties. From the executors of the late W. B. Hamilâ€" ton, formerly of the W. B. Hamilton Shoe Company, came $7,370. This was collected from an estate valued at $184,â€" 261. The other cheque was for $7,857, 4 per cent. of $198,023, the net value of the estate of the late J. J. W. R. Boyer, of Barrie COMPANY WILL PROVIDE ALL FUNDS REQUIRED. Annuities to be Paid to Employees Servâ€" ing Fifteen Years or More, to Men Incapacitated, and to Men Discharged Without Causeâ€"Every Grade Parâ€" ticipates. Montreal, Dec. 23.â€"The Grand Trunk issued its new pension scheme toâ€"day and the details show it to be of a very generous nature. This system will be contributed to and maintained by the company without any assistance from the men, and every employee, from Chas, M. Hays down to the latest office boy or gateâ€"keeper, will participate in . its benefits. Provision is also made for men inum;:ted by accident and even for men discharged without cause, .. has cerved, say thirty years, receiving an average of $1,000 per year fos any The pension scheme will take effect January 1, 1908, and reach 35,000 emâ€" ployees. Under the terms of the penâ€" sion every employee must retire at the age of sixtyâ€"five years. If an emâ€" ployee serves fifteen years or more he is entitled to an annuity of 1 per cent. of the average annual salary rnd for ten continuous years.â€" Thus if a man _ At the last annual meeting of the shareholders the sum of $200,000 was set aside as a nucleus, and it is thought that at least $75,000 additional will have to be set aside every year. _ _ _ _ _ McKnight Blinded and Probably Fatally Injured by Explosion, and Superintendent Leyson, of Townsite Mine, Injured. . T.R PENSIONS. Emperor on Favorites. TWO CHEQUES l a "-nj. !5 cent. of ~$1,000 muiltiplied by thirty, making the pension $300 per annum. Further provision makes a :;imm alâ€" lowance of $200, irrespective of the rate of pay or service. Amother feature is based on the highest average rate for any ten years of service. _ s ‘The fund will be administered by a board chosen from the employees of the railway, who will have authority to settle all matters pertaining to the adâ€" tem years, he wouid be entitled to 1 per ministration of the fund _ Among the local staff there is a feel ing of great satisfaction at the inaugur ation of the new pension scheme, Seven Saptch Girls Cross Ocean for New York, Dec. 23.â€"Seven young Scotch women who arrived yesterday aboard the Anchor line steamship California found out before the ship was half a day from Glasgow that they were all bound for America on similar missions. The man in every case is Scotch, and has been here some time saving up his money to bring his girl across first cabin and marry her in manner befitting a wellâ€"toâ€" do adopted American. The young women formed a brides‘ club on the trip and promised one another to write and tell about the wedding. Does Not Want the Congo on Leopold‘s Terms. Brussels, Dec. 23.â€"Following & careful exâ€" amination of the complete text of the Congo annexation treaty which has just been pubâ€" lished here, the Liberal members of the Chamber: of Deputies voted unanimously this afternoon in caucus to oppose the treaty on the grounds that conditions therein _ set down unduly limit the sovereignty of Belâ€" glum and disregard Belgiam‘s rights. As the government had counted upon liberal support to pass the bill against the opposiâ€" tion of the Socialists and some Conservatives, there is a prospect that the government will thereafter resizn. A detailed study of the complete treaty, inâ€" cluding the voluminous adenda, produces & very different impression from that which was obtained by the public from the rosy officlal forecast given out on December 6. It is now plain that King Leopold retains powerful interests in the Crown domain, which is the richest and best part of the Congo, more especially through his insisâ€" tence that the rghts of various foreign comâ€" panier, which held impertant concessions, be maintained and recognized by Belgium. Public opinion is increasingly convinced that the treaty does not sufficiently recognize the rights of Belgium in the Congo. ‘The action taken by the Liberals toâ€"day is interpreted in many quarters to mean the doom of annexation and the probable fall of the Government. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23.â€" Frank Wise Miller, a dental student at the University of P‘g}ns_v‘l.\'anm, whpu home o duinad drdadudese ic dira® mowian. PP ds cce Aimainve t ic a was in Kansas City, Mo., committed suiâ€" cide in his room at the dormitory of the institution toâ€"day by hanging. Milâ€" ler, who wae 22 years of age, according to his fellowâ€"students was undoubtedly a victim of euicidal mania. Pennsylvania University Man Hanged Himself in His Room. About the time of the midâ€"year exâ€" aminations, it is said. he attempted to end his life by inhaling chloroform. He was found half conscious and resusciâ€" tated. Since then at various periods he has talked to his companions about the best methods of committing suicide, and in oonfluanee had been watched by stuâ€" dents o knew him. A Goldman and Glassburg, Toronto Heâ€" brews, Charged With Stealing It. Toronto Despatch: ‘The latest developâ€" ment of the troubles which have disturbed the congregation of the Chrlltopherr St Synagogue was the commital of Asher Goldâ€" man and Harry Glassburg yesterday morning. ‘Theso two men are alleged to have stolen the Holy Scroll. ‘There was a dispute over the authority in the synagogue, and two factions claimed the right to dictate. To prove their authority it is alleged that thiw gection of the congregation to which the deâ€" fendants belong wished to obtain possession of the Holy Scroll, which is kept in the ark. The dispute has already made it necâ€" essary for the magistrate to decide the rights and wrongs of an assault case. The only witness called for the prosecution was Jacob Oshinetsky, caretaker of the synaâ€" gogue. He said that two men assaulted him while Goldman and Glassburg broke into the ark and carried off the Holy Seroll. several officers and policecmen _ were wounded in a fifirt toâ€"day while the go\::dhnl of the law were searching a e on Vasili Island, a section of this city. The police were finally put to flight and the revolutionists succeeded Colonel Denison intimated last week that he would not hear this case, as the withessâ€" es told stories which differed so greatly that it would be interesting for a jury to decide which to believe. After hearing one witness, his worship sent the defendants to a jury. A Colonel Killed in Zight With St. Petersburg Revolutionists, . Ct. Petersburg, Dec. 23.â€"A Colonel of Charles Menas, a Greek Vendor, Has Now $100,000. 6@t. Louis, Mo., Dec. 2.â€"From pushâ€"cart man to bank President. ‘That is the leap Charles Menas, a Greek, who has forsaken Bt.uulltorhunulnh-l.nmum he was practically . peDNNORS, when . NC started for Greece he had a bank account exâ€" ceeding $100,000 and a MFosperous business here that is bringing a handsome revenue, "l’-phflmwndlncdm-lnn cherished all my life," Menas eaid, "I am anine to onen a bank and be its President.‘" @PDDm C0 OPOOLLO iL l2 al P bank, according to Menas oo n o t c t t i q o RRmEiy o0 NB J:-me“u“%Wmdmfi'ntw&omthh- will be at $100,000 or more. land in 1691 .c 6 tomtamted A BRIDES‘ CLUB. WANTED THE HOLY SCROLL BELGIUM NOT SATISFIED. FROM PUSHCART TO BANK, A STUDENT‘S SUICIDE, POLICE PUT TO FLIGHT. TORONTO DOMINION GRANGE WANTS SCORCHâ€" ERS SENT TO JAIL. DOWN ON AUTOMOBILES. Interview Premier Whitneyâ€"Ask More Control of Roads, Increased Taxaâ€" tion of Railways, and Oppose Miliâ€" tary Training in Schools. the suggestions was promised. DEAD IN BATH TUB. North Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 23.â€"The Jewelers National Bank of this town, whose Viceâ€"President and Oashier, Fredâ€" erick E. Sargeant, was found dead in a bath tub at his tpmw failed to open its doors for toâ€" day. A notice posted on the doors statâ€" ed that the bank would remain elosed pending an examination of its affairs. Bank Examiners Alfred Ewer and Harry N. Ourrier are making an invesâ€" tigation. Cashier‘s Mysterious End Closes a Important Discovery Made by a chusetts Boy. Now York, Dec. #.â€"The Trily 42 has reâ€" ceived the following despatch fret) Â¥lorcesâ€" ter, Mass. :â€"Harry M. ( out, nineteen yeare old, of Spencer, has succrnded in operating electric magnetio waves at a distance of nine hundred feet and over. According to authorities at the Worcester Polytechnic Inâ€" stitute, this is something chat had never been accomplished beforeâ€"that is, power has been sent through the air for a few feet, but nothing to approach the distances at which Grout has successfully operated his light and motors by wireless. He believes that in a short time be will be able to transmit power regularly and in a practical manner by wireless. Grout has been studying . wireless teleâ€" graphy for five years, electricity being his hobby. He is a student at the David H. Prouty High School. He is now planning the establishment of two wireless stations, three miles apart, for the transmission of power. Woodstock Man Acquitted of Cruelty to Son to Face New Charge. Woodstock, Ont Despatch: The police sprang a surprise toâ€"night when they arâ€" rested Arthur Scott at bis home on Huren street. Scott was tried and discharged at the police court some days ago with cruelty to his fourâ€"yearâ€"old son, who is now in the hospital with frostâ€"bitten feet, the result, it is said, of the parents‘ inhumane treatment. While a petition to the Attorneyâ€"General was being signed, praying that the *:; reopened, Chief Thompson arrested upder a section of the Oriminal Code, by which he hopes to secure a conviction. The child has lost several toes and is in a seriâ€" ous condition. Montreal People Done Out of Two or Three Hundred Dollars. Montreal, Dec. 23.â€"The clerical swindâ€" ler has again started operations in Montâ€" real. _ He calls himself "Rev. E. W. O‘Leary, D. D.," and his story is that he "has just come down from Grand Geminary and discovered that he has left his money at home. Will a kind friend cash his cheque for a small amount?!" Inquiries at the Grand Seminary and other instiutions, including St. Patrick‘s Church, showed that no such man ‘had any connection with them, and, moreâ€" over, that a score or more of comâ€" plaints have been made by business men that this same individual has been playâ€" ing the game for several days. A rough estimate places his carnings at two to three hundred dollars. L Woodstock Couple Acquitted by Magâ€" istrate Ball. Woodstock despatch: A few days the city was n.in!:d by reports t.hit F and Mrs. Arthur Scott, a young couple residing here, had been guilty of gross cruelty to a sixâ€"yearâ€"old son of Scott by a former wife. The couple were brought into the Police Court, and it was shown that the child‘s feet had been frozen and that all the toes would fall off, and that one arm had been broken and was not set straight owing to there having been no medical attendant. . The eo(u;b were acquitted by Magistrate Ball, Citiâ€" zens are not satisfied with the judgment oltheeourt.ndgpofifiolhmm circulated asking the Attorney: to reopen the case and order a new POWER SENT BY WIRELESS. FATHER IS REARRESTED THE CLERICAL SWINDLER, ALLEGED CRUELTY. L One remarkable feature of this disasâ€" , | ter is the almost complete absence of the | | harrowing scenes usually enacted by woâ€" . _\ men friends and relatives of the v«ctims . | on such occasions. Conditions prevontâ€" ; | ing easy access to the mouth of the rmime . | are partly responsible for this, and those ; } in charge of the work are domg everyâ€" ) |thing possible to keep the women and | children away from the scene. Â¥o far | as possible all who approach «rc tained | back to their homes, after boing assured | that they can do absolutely nothang to » | benefit their loved ones. |\ ~The only . means of . reacaing the | mouth of the mine from Jacovs Creck, 9 | where most of the miners‘ somes are * 1 located, is by means of a "sky ferry," a ‘ | basketlike car suspended from a cable " | in which the men pull themselves, back ‘ | and forth. This car only accomf nod: & | six persons, and there is almost a : ‘ every time it starts. An enormouns ctor j | is awaiting opposite to cross and ma ;.re ready to fight for positions. ‘Ther ® | is much drunkenness here toâ€"night, so 'loftbe-enwhogotn o« \ : count oll :he holiday cont carousal after the elw, & | tion of their escape. s8#*> 5| mide o tUndronpinagteny i , | side of c ogheny Rit miles southeast of Pit F of the largest of rg m E." h.'“ &A C 40 p L number of victims 01 ucauy wune gas for the nineteen days to between 550 and $00, ‘That toâ€"day‘s disaster _ does not equal or surpass in loss of life and atâ€" tendant borrors the one in West Virâ€" ginia is due to the devotion to Church uulses of a considerable number of the miners. _In observance of the Church festival many of the 400 or more men regularly employed at the mine did not go to work this morning. Those who wscaped through this reason are members of tne Greek Catholic Church and they | suspended work to celebrate St. Nichoias | Day. toâ€"day entombed between 200 and 250 mmen,undthnekmoelyanyo( hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mine alive. Partially wrecked dbuildings in the vicinity of the mine and the condiwon of the tew bodies found early in the rescue work indicate an explosion of such cerrific torce that Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. °)â€"An °x ploa’unofqu‘ntbel)urrnluc(th Pittsburg Coal Company, located here, it Geculs umpossivie Laat anyone cousd have survived it. All of the 13 bodes taken out up to this time are terrcoly mutiHated, aud three otf them are heauâ€" THE GREAT MINE HORROR NEAR JACOBS CREEK. Only One Man Escaped of All WBO Went Down Into Darr Mine Yesterâ€" dayâ€"Many Celebrated St. Nicholas Day at Church, or Death List Would Have Been Greater. This is the third mine disaster since the 1irst of the month in the veins of the bituminous coal underiying westorn Pennsylvania and West Virgima, for the Naomi mine near Fayette «ty and the two mines at Monongah, W. Va, in which the earlier expiosions . happene@d, are in the same belt as the local workâ€" ings. Toâ€"day‘s catastrophe swells the TWO HUNDRED | _About 1,500 feet from the mouth of lthoni-.huvyhllo(rodwuen- | countered by the rescuers. It is believed ‘tlut awmort of the nyon will be found nearly a mile and a half beyond this ‘ point. C L As was the case at Monongah, . the explosion followed a brief shutâ€"down, the Darr mine having been closed Tusesday and Wednesday, Jt was just 11.30 o‘clock when the tenth trip of loaded cars had been brought out to the tipâ€" ple, and there came an awful rumbling sound, followed immediately by a loud report and a concussion that shook nearby buildings and was felt within a radius of several miles, At the sume time there came out of the mouth of the mine an immense cloud of smoke and dust that floated across the %oughâ€" 1ogheny River, _ The great clouds of smoke and dust seemed to indicate that tire had started back in the workings, and until late in the day the report was persistent that the mine was burning. The ventilating fans were kept in opâ€" #.aÂ¥im â€" almost without Anterruption, nowever, the power plant having withâ€" stood the force of the explosion, and up to this time the rescuers have sound mo fire in the mouth, So far as known, only one man who went to work this morning escaped, Jos. Mapleton, a pumpâ€" er, emerged trom one of the side entrics shortly after the explosion. Me had left the part of the mines where most of the men were working and was on his way to the engineâ€"room for oil. "I was near entry No. 21," said he, "when 1 heard an awful rumbling. 1 started towards the entry, but the next moment 1 was blinded, and for a little time 1 did not know anything. Then L got to the side entry and worked my way out." MWin. RKelWington, «updrintendent o# the mine, was not in when the exâ€" plosion occurred, and he quickly organâ€" ized rescuing parties, with reliefe at short intervals, in the main entry and at a side entry. It is hoped to reach the T‘e‘m part of the victims thro the latter. So dar little trouble :8: been encountered on account of gas or lack of air by the rescuers, _ While the officials and the rescuers have only the faintest hope that any of the men may be living, all work is being carried on on the mMoom may have found places of gelnd every point of the workings will be explored at the earliest Mapleton was . somewhat . cut and bruised, but after going home and hayâ€" ing his injuries dressed he returned to the mines and joined the rescuing parâ€" How long it will require to remove enough of the debris to open a passage to these remote workings can only be conjectured, for it depends upon how freâ€" quently these falls are met with. It is hoped from the progress made up to now, however, that the farther section will be reached early toâ€"morrow. There are several side entrances, through which it is expected some of the men will be reached. g‘uip-e-t.,‘hci“ a thousand tons, and it is s W# Pys ¢*