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SULTAN MUST. GIVE ELLLITTS HUEK NIAGARA RIVER
' STRONGVGUARANTEES Blllllill TWU, MEN NOW RUNS CLEA
I I p ' .~° 1 Iy Hurton Grand Trunk , P '- . Palace and Barracks to Be Torn Down. and 0nly One Hun- Pacific Railway. tarlo, Thousands of Tons of ice
dred Men Allowed For Body Guard. ' __ Run Out Every Minute.
BERLIN, April 26-(Special)-A Qgratantinaple correspondent telegra- pbs that the Sultan will be allowed to remain upon the chroine. on' condi- tion that he give guarantees against “lapses to absolutism. The condi- glgne are as follows: The walls of Yildiz Palace to be railed; the barracks at Yildiz quarter- gng 20,000 man under the immediate orders of the Sulbam also to be raized'. ln future there will be ,ai paileice guard' of 100 men to be changed daily md sup lied from the different regi- ments alternately, in order to make ln impossible for the Sultan to bribe
them. The Sultan must pay the expenses
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A WHITE LIVES F 0RTY LETVES HTH EUHLIPE ..':.;":,i:‘.':':.'.s;i.f.i;':;.z;i::f':,i
TTTUST GETS THE '
` ` st. JOHN N. B., April 25-Mr A » ' ' - 1'
u C Mcmman’ of the I ' ' fering from ill-health d d
V _ _ _ _ , ,M f th an urilng n
i _"*_“"°" _“ woods Mming,U0_| winnipfgyo Saneg severe attack of despondency drowned
ST. JOHN.. April 26-(Bp¢¢i9,1)._
‘ . J h J Il (thi 't , '_ 'of the expedition from Saloniki from as they were within range the mut- mo »;_u;Jh';s°:n§ killzdclby W? tml FORT NIAGARA. April 26-(Spec
his private fortune -and furthermore ineers opened fire. killing him 91111’ lmik on the ,hand ,I,runkyPt;,ci;lc1c0l(:f inf)-Nagara River was struck by must make ai gift to the nation of fifteen men. ` nqrthwcsterly gale which cracked pack wh., , th , k_ 1.1,, d _ $250,000,000 as a basis of the financial "This cowardly and treacherous act st'r“cti°“ near Grand Fans yesterday base to the head le m mn 5 are 5 1 pon er
regeneration of the Empire. ‘induced me to adopt an energetic “""°m°°“' A wide h ,T .
Johnson and another man were ` c anne ‘S now open from
Euver Bey. we of the military lewd- ¢°“rH°- _ , ’“ :nr Fniis to Lake ontario
ers of me . Consbiwtionausbs said, “Two hundred of um Sultmfs S01, ‘ charge ofthe dynnnilti. work in blast- Thousands of tons of ice 1
. are eav-
"Sn¢lgfa¢¢,l0n with vlcpory is Uv¢,r.|<l'iers stationed at the Imperial Pal-'111;h°‘-‘°"- 1`°°1‘ ‘;“;t111§~ lmg the mouth 'of the “ver every
clouded by me 1055 we supf,win¢d_ 'ace at Yildiz, persistently refused to ere was a a o rock from the . t d I ` 1 “About loonien have islien. incinn- Surrvvder there quarters which are, ‘°1‘ °f“ °“°““5` “"1 1'0"* “le” Wm' mmm e' an un ssh some undwamd
ins 8 nmenrs Meier Mnkntnr Hey was adiwwlt to the main sales of the 1'“‘1°‘1 1’°*‘“°“*1’ 1'°» °' 1"’“k °f w°“t1’°' “""’°s' tm’ is
the victim Ui treachery. ipalwce enckosurm Johnsonis body was U,_,,,_,md and not the slightest possibility of the ice
"The officers of Taxim barracks in-1 "A1f»11011I§11 H1636 men hflvif 1101'-' 11¥`¢‘1 1 his legs broke” 111 111'” I’1i1°"3B- :`::*':` `“;`;"";"";“""'*' ' """"”“
-iM,,kht,a, Wm, 8, dc “tation 1 submit is very annoying no Schefkit injured A
fm-med us they would 5m»re~n,d,,\-_ on amyone, their stead-fast refusal to His companion was also badly
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soldiers thereupon went forward' bo Paslmr “'50 is “"°°51“1=‘ t° attack '__-_-""'_ receive th-eir surrender. hilt as soon them and force a- surrender.”
PHUl|fT.TIIlL|ST llI[IIITENT_lT KETTTVILLE
YEARS AS AN INDIAN .....,.......
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SAM., Om", ADH, 25_A,mDu.nce_ HOUSTON' Texas’ April 25 _ Albcr mornin! in 1870' wha," Thomas from here on the Tunisian for Liver- h;;“1;*`i'In1;1esEg;£olnR»allie River hcnl
ment wus mnde that Mnpic Leaf Har- boy sbolien by Indians fuilty‘yearsTStringfllc'ld,~ pioneer rancher of La P°01» C1115 i1fIl01‘1100l1. _ 101` 11 UID ` 1 ` 0'
vest Tool Works of Tilsonllurg, Ont., 'ago wail found a few weeks ago in owned principally by residents of lSan Alrbonio, and found himself. Fo: Galt, has been acquired by American two score years he has been leading
Fork 'l`i‘lust,.whlch controls all shui- 'f-110 III?) Of 811 Illfllfmi 110 11HS M1' ` IIP1 mr fmtomis in N0,-th Ame;-im ex. ldimi wlfc, all his friends are Indians, cept one in Uanildo, lmd one ill “Hd fW0 100%! 1'1`l1i<1F1 OI 1118014 11011” Unmd Sm,Vc_5._ -that hung over hill shoulders in
_ .striking co1lti'n‘srtl with his tanned
skin gave him. his India-n lla-nm, Two Ilriridzi, which u"lrtil the other day was the only name he knew. I Just as the slow moving ox tea/m
The "boy" is “Tommy” String- renclicd' the first bend away from tho
field, the son of 'l‘exo.s pionecls,']acal and before it disappeared from
.
MUNE]-[]N,wh0Se futher and mother were' n.i_i.~.-iview, a band of hideously painefxl
[sacred by Indians. The story- of his warriors' rode out d'own upon it, .life reads like n wild romance; in is Roady in rm' instant with his Win-
__(.han_ gone of those wild romances of pionocl-‘chester, “Tom” Stringfield began fir-
_ _ ' ,__ .life in Texas. ling at the savages and' for a. time
°°11°" ‘1°“"°- “I th" U' N' B" "dd_T¢" , The story goes back to a Se»pt.;-m- kept them at bay. Then a bullet
i- -if ici' n-it rin'
§\l'cnlH¢iCk<i1i the Iietourccs of Ncwl --- ilflfgzlt °":n‘I’]; hgmcro lgngeg’ mms;
' ' , i the gun and tho horde closed in on
..i'iiir'.'i'i:;i' .zi.'.':'.;"'.:.:'.;";'.' BTG lllllllllllllll in-m fr r mlm rntnernnrl 'rlrial onmf T Em* with 0"” “"“ “°““" "'1`°“"" P om ' ° y . 'Strlnpfielcl clubbcd his gun in e
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my. which is asking iia1'\1am°“f f'~'» ' 'ether hand and trier to fi»ht ine In
suthclfity to harness tho Petitcoilifu; ldi n, , ck nm A, ._ W., l‘ d th` P°""" ff" “1““*"“°a‘ I'°"""` '>"'P°“‘S» irrli-.i}.n"a will, nfl? ieTr°i'i§'$ rem” hm cunmmted to “dam” Um Moncmnl _._ lrould escape to the house But one C"'".“d“‘“ CIW m rcffmncc to t_1fe‘ T110 1110¥111>'¢TS of l’i'incc lildwurd lagainst such li. pack could last but: a 171`°1°°1» and ‘V111 1’1`°1"'1m~¥' 11° 11”” Lodge I. U. U. F., Silinmcrsidc anl lfew lninutcs and he fell. *"°“1'l May 3- , ,their lady friends to the number nfl “Are you hurt, husband '!” Mrs.
of about eighty, ccleiiragd the llin~1HHlIi€1\1 1”Cm0’II\1J|2I’S Iiuafiflg 1`1*_¥1` tlith annivcrsni f th r lil her cnll
T ` ' ' -'y o e o der by the ‘W - ,
` holding of li social and presentation "V111 killed-" 110 answered as he
of vetcrnn's jewels in their Lodge 1011
T|TllL PUWEH WILL ,
IVION(‘.'l`ON, N. Il., Apri
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sed the Monctcm (Junliilinn Club Inst
0'l"l‘AWA, Ont., April' 25--Dr. Colli-
ger deputy postmaster general who as been in Australia for some months conferring with the govern ment authorities of~ that country for the promotion of the All-lied line will leave Australia for ldngliilicl on the Zltli of this month und will make u report and huic ii iliucussion on the project with the impcrini iuitihoritics. Ho will reach Cnnazln ubout thc first of June, It is understood' that some detailed progress has been the result of Dr. Coulte|‘s mfissikill.
rlloiillulsxrr Nswslrnwiu
MAN DEAD.
NEW YORK, April 25. -- Peter F. (lcllier, founder and publisher of Col- lll-.r'll Weekly, died suilrlenly of apo-
l'1f‘l7. at £110 Ridlnil (`11111- ‘R - ‘_ t I ' til help came ,and she was tllrneil over
Bro. J. E. Wyatt.
The chairman also eioke ii few
Wcdlock.
Refreshments were afterwnrlls suv- ll und the social came' to a clo>o bv rlevcn tilr y
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rooni lest night. "My G04, have mercy on my H<'1\‘1~!” Mayor Saunders acted as chairman, 'cried MIS' "f1tr1“'1>'-'field “S W Wa"1°"`
and uftcr scvcral musical sclectloiis ran her through with ‘I lance' She' an excellent address was delivered i-y t°°' fell Pffd was Suu'
1 ‘I1 ' to places .in front of riders and start-
h I b ' I ' Pr, -4’ tore at the hair of her captor amd If "_ ‘fm ee” 11 memlwrtg. ty ,‘,“_° ifought him. until at last he flung her ludunld liodgeifor near y iphyuie Away from him to H heap of prickly years, John Glady, also ‘near y _ilr- pm,._ Before she Could use may W 11:/€tY°11»1`b`l1 1111311775-`1`» 5:55' 1'“11‘§‘ ,thrust her through time after time ly Ulf 5' 0110 YBHYS ai H1 EY- 1"- - »with their lances. When she was to Godllin, twenty seven yearsi a mem- ‘au appearance dead they ggargadi bei' and Goo. Godkin. twenty 1"V€'again with thc two captive boys. ycnrs u member. T A Mexican after the rniders had'
After the presentation short nd- loft gottlic bodies of Stringfieid' and'
lklresses were delivered by Brros, iifainr his wife and further up the trail' lblchllrmun, H. I. Mnssy, Chas. inf- found the body of the little girl. In- 'feny' James A_ M0,-rison and li, A_ stead ofl/sing dead, as iihe sawages
_ _ _ ._ _ G ,___ l Three plainsmen, folllowing the
llin'~ril'~ |.inim<-nl Cures Distnnpz-l' \ lnar ' ° Lm1mcnli(»\' "i 11 ' " 'If' trail- of the war party to try' to ef.
'1-';.';.::_'-1-_-_____'__,_ 1: -` A ' I 1 fact a capture, came upon n nrutilat-
ed body of what they took to halve
,been the elder boy, Dolphin, at the
- place on the Riio Grande where the
Indians camped' the second time after
IN New Yoiui
' . l No more wail heard of the captured.
f__________. The girl who was picked up in the
|1133 p~|,(`)HEN(;E BROWN' 11180' over the journals which presaelhg
. E St. Elcunori-i,
5"* UI the contestants from Prince Tounty. in The Guardian's Big Free '1P. contest, who polled a large °"‘- 11\\t found it necessary to re-
'tlre owlngtg other dun” realistic re|>resentnti'cn of nature
hge at least some of The Guardial\'e U 5 Dhfly the visit to the Eden m“'°° 1h New York City will he the uri! Interesting. of ell the sights on ° B11! Free Trip. There will be sccn
vlcwri M111 I1!-¥‘"°S 5° perfect 1" cus' Kerr counffy. and it was from her lS"“°t'1°“ and appwrancc as to e [that the story of the massacre andl 'regnlded as real and life lik_c. Just the kidnapping of the mme boy' t,,en| lihink of lhc prlfilfllle ‘ff ll’1"'1‘"1~ at four years of age, became known to 'scores of scones which have bcen so fthe settlers. All her life che had .prominent ln lille 11111111115 "1 jI'he|h'0pcd and tried to find' that 10513 world's liiswfy- '1`11¢Y 11101114" "1°“'" »brother,' and more than once sire had ‘from the icy sriliitll-.los of the I’u104Y0»|ieeli dislppolnted' by claws which `thc burning sun 01 Alfica. 111111 111f'1\‘lprom.ised much, but which led tol i,,',,l_ China and Japan, as well' us dis- lnotlhing. I itiulglllshcd per:-ions. rulrrs. *1"1'1°m"' and; It was 9; mere remark let slip by a lscicntists, from every- country olrthe bronzeli froni:i'c'i'slu-an, to ir man sit- lglube. It lifiurils to all niri 0Plll‘1`t\11`1-I'11'1R` 1’Y mm' at 11 c11`_°“9 15” I9°U~ it for instruction, amusement und that led to the discovery of Tommy
Ichildren, started out in- their ox
wagon from a Mexican jacal on the Frio, where he had spent the night. The day' before the/y had visited' their nearest neighbors, thirty miles away, had come back and spent the night at the jacal where a Mexican lived' and at day-break had set out on the last half of the trip home,
Not waiting tio scalp their victims,
the Indians threw the three children
had thought, the Mexican found life left in the frail body. He carried' her back to camp and cared' for her un-
to her relatives.
prickly pear heap lived to bccorne Mrs Ida Hatfield, of Centre Point,
‘Salle county. with his w_ifl'J and' three
ness College.)
'THTSBTT MILLIUNAIHES I
that included the duty and freight
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Bridgewater, in charge of Conductor Allen, was delayed Friday morning on account of an accident. The train which consisted of a pssscni~'f‘-1' 0011011 baggage car and n box car. was row nding is curve about scvcn miles south of here when the passerl'lZ€'1`
Y . 4 l~ecl'¢-ntioli, without i'i1.ik of comiu!?.111‘ 5'"-r‘“5’»T1°1‘1'
W (‘. Burris was the man and dur
Ito °°m'°°"‘ “ml anymm: that in v“I_1in f ‘thc circun erlormiance 'he struck-
. ., _ ,_ fr _ people,i 1~ , P 1§'2I‘tilT:lilTl'iTlllnHivtelle l1s))TleIlnu;\gis£-e wllli l("0"t1“u°‘1 011 P356 2') lprovu ii constant source of enI0Y111€111- , iund instruction. A child will learn! .more from a DIIMIG 1'€'P1`°l¢'|11-l't10"‘ °f
events and persons than o iioow 0811 ,teacll. Illustrated ncwsPlP¢1‘B- K1'~'111K lplctorial views cf lncldcllifl *111‘1 lscenrs of today, have a l1.1`¢l1l- 1\\'1V5“I-'
only the ordinary letterpress: frcm the cold, colorless BHKTHVIHRS 01 nn lll\lstl'u\.ed l'|8W8PlI70f I0 the Tm" like plastic groups of the Eden Mil- see fn an immense step toward a
and life. 1 The Directors spare no trouble or expense to render the Musee as atf 'tracfive and perfect, from an artistic
(Continued on pole 8)
.
Messrs. ueiii a Archibald launched
their scows the latter part of lest week, removlnig them on Saturday from thc shore near the Hillsboro Bridge to the Railway Wharf;"'City;` where preparations are now being made for beglnnlniz the summer's work. ,
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, April 26-'(SpcGlalI-
April Wheat 108i April' Corn . .. EH May Wheat _ .......120§ May Corn ._ 69} May Pork $17.90
anon left one rails and l.renklmr from
,the baggage car, rolled on its side `
down t-he bank, striking a heavy telc~ graph pole.
About a dozen passengers were in
,the coach, all of whom were shaken up and several were considerably lu-.
lured.
WILL GO TO CHINA.
'I‘ORON'l‘0, April 25--Rav. William,
' eJ\dll._ha_appointed Bishop 1
nhl; _ o |Ch'na at the meeting of the llishopl-l ,oi the Church of England tomorrow.
Temperature at three o'clock "
this morning, 24 above zero.
l\liuerd's Liuilnenl Cures Col ls etc.
FAIR AND COOL.
rouosro, April zr-<'smi»i>- i Moderate variable winds, fair and l'
cool.
I MIDDLETON, N. S., April 25-The conveniences. App.ly to 202 TH. & S. W. Railway train from
through Europe. He will return viei. "***‘*l°-'* Montreal about June 15th His broth -
er who accompanied biln here return-_ ed to Boston this evening.
f_Mr. McMillan is ii native of Wood!
I . . .
slunds, and well known in this city where for several years he was Vice,
Principal of the Charlottetown Busl- - ,
ST. JOHN, April 25-Da/niel Coranlf
li carlcton carpenter, fell fifty feet from the top cattle deck of the M/an- chester Shipper into the harbor, a~
] .lout 2 oclock yesterday, and nar
f ElLLEl] lS WITNESSES ?°n»' 'ew' He rr
nailing on some boards oo the side
T ,ni ine encore deck when ne lose his
sAN FRANCISCO, cni., April 25-\1'“1““°° 'md f°11 1'°t"’F°11 th” “Wm”
_That mem-,mrs of four of me mostland the wharf. His head and side prominent fnimriliee in the iasll-ioneblelatruck th” Wharf ‘going d°“'“' and ‘"1 millionaire colovyy of Burlingame and was rmderedl. unconscwus' H€9"1n1'71 A mediate or this city, wnn esters no tl” "Y °‘ “ mlm °"°1`1’°“`@‘ ¢"°"“*=f' the smart set has been subpoenaed as Clark' foremm °I the °"‘rP°“"’9"5~
witnesses in an investigation of fihe1“mP°d over mm slde V1 the St”-m°T1SUH ‘ int'eri;laltiouiaI smuggling syndicate inlets; Tsgggi S§lrg1“::‘as”';1:g,sv;‘;;ts1“§'l _ ' tx - I-epor-tr-pulri1ishe<l~hex=e-Ac. eordingl-‘%%13j§-'PPWS-“L59-h°*5t°d‘_ U’ to this authority Col. Loeband, Uni- , e “' Elf ‘mcqnselous and 1'1‘*"11“l~I tea senses' Attorney wise, nl New ,'.'{”;) t ° .““"1°1‘- H” was 1‘°m1Uv°<1‘ U' York are preparing to Place the evid'-Wilt’ ,Img m Pmmecmon sweet find Dr- ence before the Federal Grand Jury.IC‘ ' , 'mfnedy W” s“m‘m°”°d' M17 it is semi here n system entailed' rlinl, “gulls me 811° 1“l.~'S Wars lfwdly
purchase abroad of goods at a pricel W 5° '
but the charge in made that instead A BAD FIRE IN EDMUNDSTON'
of keeping faith with the rcha'eers ""` the French modiste in manymilnstainces EDMUNDSTON~ N~ Bo APYI1 25°-'“‘ ,,bta.,,,,e,d the entry into this country The court house here was discovered of immensely valuable shipments' free °“ me last 'ITEM' The bla” Spread of duty through connivance with a-‘with meat mpmddty to th” °"1m“'1`1d' gents on this side. 1115" and .the "°“1'd9“°° U1 We S11°1`1ff
,completely putting the' entire build; ings. The She'riH’<i family who ngr
iviiigr iiniiiui iiiuui ;.,;,i;;.;,..@.:f:';'.~;»..';i@.i.ii .ner iiliiiiiiiiiws iiiiiiiiiii lTTEN|] THE INUUESTZ no ri - ~ THEIH NlTlL lllll
n s lnlment Cures Garget ln cows
HAMILTON, April 25._1'he question Adv¢rtIsQ|'n¢|'\tS !\'l`|le (ldclfellows cclollrntcd their ofthe attendance of Florence Kinradg , `_"" , "' -' 'M81 dill' 111 H "|0511 IIUIHH mdnhvr. at the inquest is the one topic of _~._(_T2°__:;*_.a_t_°._I_°l'.9._‘!E@.Ef‘iI.'?E1.l.___ Ili the afternoon about three o’clock conversation.'Lowyer Staunton claims \`/ANTED, gilrl for general house- ghelé ";"‘i°m'&\°d fat @2211” 1001115. and that the warrant of the coroner to . work. Small fa.mi~l . A I 8 -'ia 9( Y e 011" Tegimellf band arrcst her is not \_:_,ood outside of the Grafton St. West y 4-;.`¥TlI'wpr1_iDf11'l1110‘1 111 11111I01`l11 I-0 U10 Centflwl district in which he has juriwdllctiion. ' ¢A',qTE'D' " 'i','l"'f""'“"'r T" 5'; Christian Church where an impressive The Dominion l-aw .provides that a w(,,.k_ Apiglto Qrgefggzngaulbé service was conducted by the Rev. J.
warrant for seevice outside one dis- Fitzroy st, ' 4_27d3ipd F, Floyd. trict ia made good by being marked V -- - ---_---- -i ~ -~ _ -. ' In thc cveninl: the “Galley Slave” 0. K. by the coroner ni tire- district \\'r`Af_fD' "yR°“."’,““1 F“"'“°“ 1”' was prcsciitsd by 10621 uinafchfs up-. in which the witness is. This has 'been 'B u .°' egw ered Y°rksh1're IIUF lille HUSlJiC€S OI I-110 U\lf1f0110WS settled in test cases, and that if a )°E:rt`hA5° X°“;7e°f’ SWS? STI' twelve organization, and looking at the play Toronto coroner will 0. K. thc war- S3 hn P96; lfplgllfh 5 *sy stztlngifrorii every critical point of view one rant it is an order on every romtzibln Gc0l_'et° ' ee; Z 3”” '"Y~ can fnirly and sincerely state that it in the district to arrest the wiiuiss. _ C k D ji; 1'1"31;_l°1~ wus one rzflrunil success from begin-
,_...._...1_i- i 8 00 . Y 8)' 1. ning to ell .
Apply to Mrs. F. L. Haszard, Two or three days ago most of the
23§__E‘191’»°11 Sl ' _ 4-271111-.reserved seats were sold and when
, ANTED, a girl for gene-ra-1 h0un¢.1lnst evening arrived, one could not
A work. Apply to Mrs. D. Stewarelhe obtained for love or mo'ncy~
A 165 Kent Bt. 4-217131,: The play consisted of five acts and
Pty() LET’ B ¢§f,`e`n{e`n¢ 0; w,',.yn.,,'mth;thi' scenery wns` n triumph of Art.
_ -_ .L . ' ' nd modern; ` ' 1* ' "
St , with six looms n
01106,
II()
wages. Apply Mrs.
Brighton Ilocizl.
ifihn *
, .ii
Swiiiiliilng Against 1'..-_:_ ‘ITIS 5lf'08f‘fli
is um lavlrg in ee e eueeeuful bu~i`i-:erm without advertising. And It In net expensive io [lin desirable publicity by till Uh lf 9.-"irn-'.1' ink. Our Clntlflel W:-it Aea. colt little Ind IPO read by nearly everyone.
Try mem no 1 eyllell Male
Yer yen r euelneem' " "“ ‘ »
. l
_r_\-"owl nmol
vereetion in very many homes. ;
on this occasion it will raise nil the
oais" movement. How many homes ‘have been saddened by the death
therein of one or more members of 1 the family from this drerul rliscusi, l
l corn Behavior lf Allowed in Kee ills 'rinrne riiaiz 0"” "°“"' "‘° 01”" S°"°"S' channel o er from i-'aus in Lake or-
’agaln blocking the outlet to th
9 Lake.
ously bordered with grey fringes of ice, more than a mile of ther lower stream is practically free of ice with jthe exception of befrgs floating down the current.
River men fear the continuous blast-
ting of last week has resulfted in ser- .ious changes in the bed of the river.
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HATTHIMTN HAS E NIEHSEH STIHENIT
Proposesto Merge Many Rail- . ways in One Billion Dol-
i lar Corporation.
NEW YORK, April 26-(Special)-~
Hnrrimnn has instructed leading cor- D0ra/tion counsel in this and other cit- ies to devise me-ans of merging the New York Central Lines into one 51,- i 000,000,000 corporation with Centrnll management and one treasury. `
This would operate more than 12,-1
000 miles of railroad including the New i your central, went shore, Loire ' Shore, and' Michigan Southern, Clove-
land, Cincinnati, Canada Southern' ' and a number of other lines now con-'
No details have yet been decided.
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WINNIPEG, Man., April 25-Num-`
ber four party of the Hudson’s Bay survey- is believed to have been lpst in the wilds or to have been overtak- en by the spring break up before they were able to ma-ke civilisation. Noth- ing has been heard from them for n considerable time, anrl it is not lilie- ly they will now be able to get in until' June-, as they will have to come
,all the wuy by water.
thot used ln thc hr t und srcond acts
,being rspccinlly admired. J. J. Des- ,mond as Sidney Norcntt n mon of destiny conducted himself in a splen'- did manner, and J. I". Martin as Baron Le Bois was exceptionally i good.
More Allour , New w
The announcement that the ladies of
lthe society known as The Daughters ,of the Empire will become the Edi- .tors. Reporters. &c. 01 T110 G11Hl1'd1l"1 for its lsr-iuc of Saturday MAY 22 T188 caused no littlf- amount of interest innd anticlpniiin r both this city 'and throughout the Province. Indeed, Ht has been the chief topic of con-,
The society has ever had for its main object that of doing' good, and
unds it can for the “Anti-Tubercul-
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Drugglst Gets Month For
snm Ari viriaiior. Alleged Attemot at Bribery.
MONCTON, April 26-(Spedhl)-A.
E. Halstead, drugstore proprietor, was arrested today on a Scott' Act commitment and taken to Dorchester jail to serve a month.
Some months ago Halstead was
sentenced to a month in jail for Scott Act violation, since which time he has been keeping out. of the way ofthe police. < ,
Sergeant Egigleshaw was given the
papers. I-Ie went to the drugstore to , make the arrest and Holstead ran down stairs to the cellar and hid he hind a cask.
The officer was able to locate his
man, placed him under arrest amd ‘Eggleshaw claims Halstead offered him fifty dollars to procure his lib- el-ty.
The attempt at bribery failed, if .uch it was.
.LILTNTPPEH THIES . 'J
TU TITTMMTT SUITIITTE
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MERCER, rn., April 25-The iter-
cvr county aiuthoritico are heartily worried tonight over an alleged lIt~ tempt by'_Ja'mcs I-{. Boyle, the WM!- ,ln kidnapper, to commit suicide a`/nd' lntcr n wcll-planned attempt by sup- gposed friends uri the outside to Illin- nte the prisoner from the jail here. While both adairs were frustrated their successful conclusion seems to halve been averted by the narrowest margin. Exceptling that hi illnme was such sis would result from some
gaiwerful drug, nothing can be learn-
QUEEN'B AUTO KILLED ‘ AN AGED WOMAN
l MADRID, A.i.l zo-An-ance in , _
Whivh the Queen Mother, Queen Dow furor. Marin Christina, was driving ye-:i.<,.i'i-3. knocked down and' cnlsh- ed an old woman. Her Majesty was overcome with grief, and gpeneihvllfs at the bedside of the dying womafh, whom King Alfonso nluo visited.
W. C. Whitlock had n difficult char.
acter to portray, and his ability asa, first rate actor was clearly proved by his clever interpretation of Oliver Oliphant, advanced in years, but giddy.
J. F. .Whear firmly impressed the
audience with the fact that he hid a
most decided tast for medicine an
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G. W. McLeod asa typical Britlshsr was simply capital.
H. L. Bethune had no easy wofrklto
perform, having to act a double part, but he had not unhertaken more than
he could handle, as his acting was
without a hitch.
D. lnnis and D. Papthorn as Guards, could not have 'been better. - Among the ladies Miss Lutie Nichol-
ison. as Cicley Blaine, n woman of T
destiny received applause more than oncc, nnd deserved it for her acting was capital. . '
Miss Mary Cornfoot made a .good Italian lady, and Mrs. D. Loplfhorn as the girlish Mrs. Phoebe Gray was one of the chief features of thc play.
The remaining lnd'ies..cl.\rried out
their parts in an able manner. and W. G. Whitlock is to be hi-gh1.'y con- gratulated upon the great success of the entertainment which was under bis personal direction, as alsoa the ronimittee consisting of, J. F. Wllwf. i`hnirman; J. Mcbauchlen, Seey.; D. ll, Morrison, J. E. Bell, D. lnnis, W. <1. wliltioeir, G. s. Ryan, J. rj. Mar- tin, C. B. Drew and H. L. Bethune..
In conclusion a word about the pro-
gram would not be emiss. It was taste'ful'ly arranged havin!! 11116 Odd' fellow’s motto ou the cover and con- tained ii fnir amount of practical in- formation regarding; the pI1\Y~
As 9, large amount of candy who
sold, and the rush seats were all fll- led, it goes without n doubt f-118* H far larger amount of money WM '"1' ized than was ever anticipated.
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THIS PAPERf’.S RITING 'S'l`Al"I"
and in many cases the deadly germ has been found dilllcult to extinguish. All Provincielists will surely' Ndllle how desirable it is to thorouilif
Stamp out so great n malady. Ag financially aid the commendeb movement as above on the part of the iadim. for nothing can be accom#
lished without money With tllll
,P ' object in view The Guardian of May 122 will be much larger, look different. 'and contain much new and very dl!- fcrent reading matter to what it ever has in the past. it will have new de- partments and new ideas.. prepared ae only women can prepare them. But tomorrow‘e paper will tell more £-
niui what the ladies will do.
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