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Five Hundred Miles of Transcontinentallwo Passenger Trains Collide, Head-on Killing Thirty - And

NEB. l`pr§__ Tender Wounding as many, on Chicago and _[lock Island Road P,Ul`t§n,t9.M9j_rcion, ' -Cars Took Fire and Wounded lloasted to Death

Quebec to Grand Falls. -249 Burned in One Car.

,l0fl‘4vrA. Jac, s-(special)-In tru gurus at a rarsayu mum win bs C5511* N199! live hundred miles of t’ a Traulet_In§uent-rl railway. This will make almost s thtu rand miles Bader essence. hd portions for which tenders are to

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be at ouosluvited arsathles hundred rails strip north of Lake AlrhJ_bi,`apor\hn from La 'Iuquc to Weymoliachene, from Quebec bridge to Grand Falla, from Chip' man to Moncton. The Grand Falls to Chipman route has

not yet been decided upon.

sunt wfllun

hills nnnn

Nine' _Persons Found Frozen ` ’l`an;¢nnn on the noadin

England.

Lollvol, Jan. lf-Nine persons have bssntrossn ie osath in raids in Engmnd

alone dtarlll ihl put twenty-_'our hours. The list doubtless will bernuelr lengthen ed when communication with lsolarcl parte pi the provinces, now anowbound, is restored.

The continuing snow fall has creuwd rr

llbultior the worst known in ihirly years An Great Britain, and the condltionsexlsl- lozhrrc apparently are geuarul through- out Eqrepo. `

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ll [llilLlllS EASE

Finding of The Axe Used To Kill Miss McAulay

Horrrwlill. Blu., A. Co., Jan. 1-The

aaa which was a rd to murder Misa Mc- Anlay, cousin of lsnhrr McAulay of Neu Irslanda law months ago, was found nuns” mrha prism sea mm nur of the somarode. [ether McAnlay, who rrrule the lieeovery himecll, at ores cur.

maui* with the polios ol Bt John.

la a as to a Moncton man Rav.

Father McAnl\y says: It aaa ,last only

tolay that] fmud the missing ax I

with which Collins comnrittod his an fu. o in e. ll. wus found by more accident

ru my dr`;=0l°. - aerrslcd behind - the was ME- ere sro un|n'st.uhable signs sr Neo( uaeu W. -

'Pho polsioialrl in connection with the lied); ng' the axe are: 0a Wednesday iaal. Father McAuiay‘a bonu:-kaspecper waaadjeetillaeme furniture in Father McAuiey'a resra and foaad the axe hcblnd lhl svaeltell. The axe had been placed behind theatarld and the latter pushed hash. The are showed very db t'nrtly Ura _uajblrmiaud thapa was also on Mum* Qs! of paint the color d bht paint on the door of Father l|rAul¢y’» privaos room, which vras`spiIt open at the time Q t‘rs lnrder. Dateu ive Killer-, of Bt. John, sunt to

;&-our Qepqayand took prutaslon d&\llw§|oh was taken no Bt. John ltsaanhdlsn.

ctAaitf'si'r5'onx nun aries.

.h»si\a*Ueabssssr lerlrasahlass-

m ‘ kylie whole day-

groom-“°“°°°'°'~

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Lliilll Slliilllillli WILL lllli HESIBN

No Foundation For Report That Ho Was Giving Up His Ofilce

Dermot! Jan I-The statement In 0tta~ wa csblezrams that Lird Strathcona is proceeding to Canada In order to press on Sir Wilfred Laurier his realpnntidn as High Commissioner in London is received with incredulity hrrs. Inquiries fail to show that hc spike of nny such Intention to his most intimate frleuis before sall- ing.

lt ia understood that he more than once

wld Sir Wilfrid Lnuricr that he would ixolfl himself entirely ut the Government disposal us regards t re commiuatonenhlp. lilo doubt he will repeat that ltatemaut In Ottawa next week, if tire nrinia¢.|1 see gr. to wish hlru_,w do so, but nssoo lnliw Q fol'flr¢illfnt”i\`at he intend! on his own initiative to rea'gp.

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EIISTLY GIFT ill

H.M.S. lillMlllll]ll

Two Thousand Tons of Water In Her When Ste Reach- ed Bermuda

LONDON Jan. 1-Crmplaint In made by

a naval at rrespoudcnt of theLondon Chro- nicle that lhc (actr relating to the dam- rurevrhich H. M. S. Dominion receive-i In Canadian wateraa few months ago an-i Icing hushed up. The Dominron r-roused .he Atlsntieln order to receive a sliver shield and service of plateconlributcd by "aodlan cl laeua tu tire officers mess of the ship. The veaarl touched rr roclr, but no infor mation has rcacned the public as in tha extr-nt ofthe injury.

"We are now in n position" write! our

naval correspondent., “to say that the Do- minion was my naar; armani. rc rua ly that it il a question whether she will ever be really il . for aervioa hplc, When the Dominion arrived at Bermuda she had ever lm) tgps of water ,lu her d ble bot~

tiq, and so grove were ite defex; revr n'- ed when she was duelrcd hat tid manur- ces of the Bermuda Establishment were unable to cope with them.

"All that is being done at Bermuda I» temporary repairs. NMI although some aronthn have been consumed in the at.- tempt to patch her up itil not expected tirasshe will bs It to cross the Atlantic before the and oi February. On the ar- rival ol the vessel in homo waters she will be seut tdChatham to be put right, aed,,ladglu¢ from tha extent cl the lu- jurias sustained by the hull of the ship. it ia unlikely that aha will tale her place in \hs"i¢ht`ng line for a lang time to D30.

“The trip aeroaa the Atlantic has been

an expensive mat‘er for the public, and the failure ai the aslahliahmsut at Bar luda N aeoornpiiah more than temporary' repairs ra much commented on byuaval lea.”

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Cellitascd Advertisements

Cillsifw WITH

#Ioan Kansas, Jsu. 2-(i|relal.)- A-t-wuan~85 and ll) rauomrsllr mcelly

Mexicans were killed and aa many more

seriously injured in a hend-on-coliiaion

this morning, five miles nest of Alta

Vesta, between pasacnporirains on the

Chicago, Heel Island and Pacific Railway

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The wrecked trains renbstrr-een El Para

and Chicago.

Moet of the killed and injured were on

the south-bcuud train and many of the bodies of the victims were consumed by the iisruer.

Reports state that the collision was

caused by cariessnese of the arront at

_r _ "W -f -~ *fl*--_ _"_

All ranks of the -ith li-'ginrcnt Garadiran Ar-tiliery, Prince Erlvrard island, are con- siderably clatc 1, and with iust cause over the r.sulur oi the Canadian Artillery Association Competition, for- 1006, which hnvajoai been poh`ll&e"i.“, J- Z'

Therein every reason for oonprnlulatlon.

The awards show that thc ith Regiment has trken the load ln a competition with all the other regiments of Artillery in the l)ourir.lon, u raredistinction, even for the ilraf. close regiment, oommandt rl by Colonel Davison, tx attain.

All the companies have done well. as

will be seen by the particulars below. To the company from Searls and Mon- tague, No. 3, the iion’s share of glory and honor goes. Their performance has btcn such as to make them the envy and ad- miration of the r-rack city companies and to place them in the forefront for General Efficiency.

lt may well be said "Hain off, and three

chem rs for No 3 Company, and Ita capable Major Leslie and the officers and men thereof." The standing of the Companies of :the

No. 5 (Souris dr Montague)

wins first in Genera.lEfficiency; first in Gun Practice at Peta- wawa.; and third in the Effi- ciency Competition for Per- sonnel and Equipment-

hlo~ l (Charlottetown) wins

second prize for General Effi- ciency: Ind first in the Effi- ciency Competition for Per- sonnel and Equipment-

No. 2 (Charl0ttetown) wins

the secondtprizs in the Effl- clency Competition for Per-

sonnel and Equipment- The awards and prieas given to lla

Uompaulaa and to tha mea areaprcined brlowr-

ra oxwrsnar. lrncrancr.

lst prln- Governor tlanerara Cap ami |50, No 8 Co. Oth Regiment C. A. Lhiaoom- psey leading the Dominion. hd print'-Lsnadowa Challenge Cup and |40. No l0r‘, of the same Megiureni.

kd priss»-NuiCo, sth B C Regt.

fiesiarslarolassteaasioa-i

T°.:.~§y,_,I.~a~_~e-.t~ .r-..:: rx; sr r»»."|: am aasomsuuu sum. naar.

Lagprrn-so acc, ara rr. B. mar. Ish prix- Ho 3 Gs, hd Montreal Nat. ours raacrrol ar nrrawawa.

la\ Nils-MU, Wilni Smith Cballwle

Cap, Ke I Co, (th Regt. O. A. lo I Co,4th Rell. tiesfrr 4th place lu tht eonpetltlea, wiaalag QM. The Gal tllasafliol Colth Bags, win

`&lnar-nprurarsur-mnsntrca.

Pleoaamarrnlecrnrln. lhlsssmpstltin ister Ollllllfwerk

,staeaesliaspartisua

NOTABLE. SUCCESS, M

' Of' 4111 REGIMENT QA. Leads Canada" Wins 3 Cups

Ana ,$526.50 in Prizes-/the Regiments Achievement ls A Matter of Great Satisfaction to All Ranks in the Regiment--No. 3 is The Star Company

lst prize, SMU)-No 1 Co, ith Rent. 2nd prize, $i.0.il)-Nu 2 Co, 4th Rout. Ilrd prize, $l.’1.i)'l- No 3Co 4th Rout. _ 4th priar, $l0.00-~No 3 Co, 2nd Montrrnl

Rerzt.

,jrt,hprinr-hi¢`l Cv, 501 B. C. Regt.

llth prize-Nos i and 3 Co, N Il Ilcgt.

No l cu, hu nsrrr. our! 1.l\YrNu coar- r|¢n'rroN.-

lst prize, badge lnd $5.00-Bonrlr Lv

Roy Ilarrls, Clrarlottetov~'n.

2nd prize, ll.i|0-Corp. WV. Harris

Charlottetown.

3rd:p|-lp, $3.50 Gunner Landrlgan

Charlottetown.

NOZGO. ith Rsmmnrvr. lst prize; badge rind $5-00-Gunn"

Gillis.

2nd prize, $411) - Gunner L. Seaman.

8rd prize. $3.59-Gunner D nuis.

4th prlae.}3 00 - Gunner Richards. 5th prias,$8.iD-Gunner McKinnon. 0th prize, 82,00 -Gunner Monaghan.

No 3 ro, 4th nnrlunrvr.

lst prize, bn lgc and $5,0{‘»~llr|r\l»r Bren-

nan. _ H

ind p\'lle#4.00 - Corp McPhee,

Fourth Regiment, C. A. is as follows: and min' w_m__CMp D_ um . n

4th prize }1i.lll~C0rD Campbell' htli prize $2.50-Corp. VVcstaw|\y.

ruzn nrrrluu c0r|Pl¢'rl'rloN.

No 1 Co., lah Rrrrinreni:

ist prize §.'r.ll)-Gunner Batt. 'Bud prize, |8,(l)-Gunner lluntiy. ilrd priz--, $2.(Xl ~ Gunner Prowsc.

No 2 Co. i'ir R- giment:

lst pr`zc, $51!) -(iunnrr Gillis.

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lil Sidillllllllll

L"rgcst Single Contribtrtion From John D. ilocitfeller To Chicago

Cu|rAao,Jau 1-A New Year'a gift of poorly .3,llll,ilXl from John D. ,Il'rch\‘- ainrro tr~c'Un|v`rr.|ry or chicago was apnotneed yesterday. Thialsrhe larasff slsale coairtburlca, o¢raM».,ltoaa¢r¢|\u- no rcs |»t|tar.tca,l lntiblliihll Wie! hehefartide ie Qnlvor-sity upto }l9,4ll,9l. The maj'

:reins dtlre New Yspr‘a gilt. is ic go lo

eperrnanqpt cadowmaat fund or the

ealveltls. ind for this purpraa securities with af as sl $I.7w,llJ are provided. In hmabderoitsslilt. ltmir, rs so Haas up iheysararlahait, to grovids IQ b iaereaea d “tm ia salarlasof ia- t::z::-m..-“~' - _ V 'na assures o fesselewosat triage this rand so

Volanel.

The ears caught Ire wosrafur the

collision and tl.us the injured were bumed.

A message from McFarland, Kagan"

savs20 Mrxitaus in one coach on the southbound train wrrebuxnrd to death

2nd prize, $7! 00-Gunner Conroy. 8rd prize, $2.00-Gunner MtQurrId.

No 3 Co., 4th Regiment: .

lst prize, $5.00-Gunner McPhee. Bud prize, itil). Corp McLaren.

sed pm{!. 'The oiiicers commrndlng the Cour|-anlea aroz- ' N0. 1--Major Leigh; Captains Yr-uvtse and Webster; Llrutcnnuia MucK»<y Garnhaum and Down.

No. 2-Major Peake; Captains Darke

and McKinnon; Llcutcnnntl Ilnyer, Jor- dan and Dawson.

No. 3-(Sourls and Montague) Maier

Leslie; Captain Johnson; Llcuteuants J. F- Sterna,H. Ii. Sterns, Il. A. Donahre and Cameron.

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BYE ELEETIUN IN `

ElMiilillll’ll.B.

Wm Currie The Gover ment Candidate Elected by 27 Majoritv

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tT.\xr|.|.|.r0N N ll., Jan. 2--(Speclal)-

dldatc \V|lliar|r Currie i-y I2? rnnjor ovrr Stewnr‘, (,"nscr\'ati\e wi lr one

,null poll 'rr lr- nr ir nn,

il, was an ideal ri~y for lrrlrrgirg

out

votera,yct lr. .-,|llc of llrls the \ct.- a »

number si men were In the woods.

The Government forces wer-u well 0

'S'

aanize-l, xml the cumpmgn was pushed,

wlt.‘\ vigor on builr sirius, u-tri rlfrything t pnaa ul ofl' very quietly.

One of the surprising featurra of site tg the Goverunzent supporters vias' the \ o's in Durham, vrhrrs the Opposition

crndlda’e pollrd rr minion ity of 38 ovr.-r his opponent, hut lu all ntrur polls the vote l wanryusr smut rs it am uprrtt-4. i The vote stood |0124 for Currie, 9ltl for

Stewart.

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the

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nunnt nun

av wnnnn

'Hax.rnx, Jan. 2.-Tire sssa-sr6ar\. hint, which went ashore as lt. Plnn ldwasdaaesdbyshetqb. ii. ‘lhsraaa alrlveiat Loalahurg ysst¢iQ and mils

;|0,4l,@, Hlorthllpeltwrlaytogoindlj

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The wma In Many litmus, or-ive;

Thousand Persons

Prom Their Homes

-A Doaen Persons Injured, Forty

Horses Perish- Large Loss.

Naw Yonx. Jan 2 tSo\'clal.) - a dozen

rersous a_rc l omrlcrs, two thousand per sons were driven helpless from thoir homes, fifty horses were burned to dvatlr and property valued at §w'),0(0 una des- troyed today in the worst curly morning: the New York has seen in runny mouths

Onc bil! lr-1.1 ment house West 53 SING

'Hifi I l "Ke board ng stable were destroyed Nid seven tmsmeut h uses badly dam) a|¢¢d.

Lack ol' sufficient water presaural

ru`rl to have been largely rcapnnsil-is

for t`:e extent of the ilrc.

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WAS SKlli|Nll

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WHEi_llllllWllil]

Officer of Halifax Garrison Formerly of imperial Armv

iiAr.||-‘/rx, Jan, Ll- (Sprcinll-Major F.

J. Odevalne of the Army Ordinance

Dept., one of the must competent young uliicers in Halifax garrison wus drowned vrhllc skating on Williams lake, three miles from the rily this afternoon.

He was Zltl years uid. lie was iormrrly in the Impcrinl sel-

vicr, but joint-ri the Cunadlan for ces when the lrnusier of lire vsrriron was marie.

_ llls wife was Mir .~. Corly, ol if riifnx.

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UIFFEHENIIES

AHE NUW Dill]

A-G-Blair Makes Peace With

Liberal Party and Confesses .

S'r. Jmm, -inn 1-The Liberal asso clarion or New rrrutsu-tok,0p¢..et1 sis second annunl session Inst week. .»\. G. Blair spoke, and ln the course of his rv- marks said that he must confess that hr- hafl strayed uwny. This wrrr a question of the pnst, as tho people of the I).- nriniolrrrllrrrrmerl that he anti his sup porters were wrong. lie had not ullied himself with the opprmltinn ns he be lieved they were more in crror than hc. For tire coming Dominion cleciion he would heartily support Mr. Emmrrfon.

NEVER SLTT YOUR ilf)()'i`S.

That dncelft cure the rorn. Jus* appli-

the old standby. Putnanfs Unrn l']xlrar~t~ or. It acts li-e mugir. Kills th: ruin, curse tha corn. does rt without burn or scar. tier. the best-ii.`s "Putnam's"

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nwirr|¢no\|.»u|» to the fnctihat a large 3 §\ é `

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Kill[liHlll Hilili p

PASSES lllil

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Was Wih Lord Roberts on His March, Cabul to Kandahar.

ST. .luu1\', Jun. l.-Wil iam Snril.ir_ a h e

roof the 1-ch-l»r:.t,-rl Crrbul to Kandahar urnrch, died .~uflrlt»n|y on Saturday.

Mr. Smith ft rved inthe 9 h L»rnc<-nr un-

dcrtlonrrai liolrerts throughout the Af- ghan rnrupnlrrn in IHTH, `7l) and 'tit and was one of thu troops who made the mb morable march from Crrbul bo Kandahar. For his bravery at the battle of Charmilah

,he was one of the troops who wore his

medal for the battle of Charasiah. Ile n‘r-o received clasps for Crtbul and Kanda- har and the General lloberls. The Wh i.rr_nc_era‘_La__;r‘_|;Ir;h the deeemcd was at- tached, wus conalrlfred one of the crook corps.

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Steamer Was Successfully Floated and Taken To

Halifax to Refi!

|illlS'l'\»l., Pu., Jun.l -in cloning part of

the olrl lnrmlrr-tlr farm worlrrncnrilsplaced A big rut-,k, untirr which was corxeulefl All iron-bound clrrsl.. When the lid was Dried off Lire chest was found In contain p l°W R0ld Ruineae, bearing the data l7iD, several nandsolnely painted miniature< & women dressed in li»c fashion of colonial K times. and the »nip'.~ paper; of a brig I known as the Ann Eliza. it is supposed l that thc brig was :r rurruimlcr-, the captain 1 '31 "'h|Ch~ by some necessity, was forced to bury the chest aionv the Delaware.

The bye clecllon in Ile.-tigoucho Co. today L 1,' '

resulted ln a victory fort! rv.-rnnrcnt can- \ ` `. *

ily ‘ ,§ ` ‘ I- -» ' \

I \>. $1. .§>..-#‘l»-'

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nun av wunti

T h Do n Well And The Men

”l@‘,§?“ 1, le Prrud Ofiirm

1 'ls l gilt

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r.” __ 5 L30 i

fam wrarnl-:R 5,, ....

Fine and moderately euidto- 'f

day. Friday, winds increasing ' to strong hr-aura or-gales from _ the aaatwani. snowor rain by - night. f

nt a’i it it

E\.<-r C1.r\m.\_v,r).. Jan. I-This (owen: almost run by women, and run well, I the men are proud of their wives, ahoqn or dnuahren. Mrs Phsobc Shaw ceo- ductathe Shaw liotel on s atriotb Defence basl., Tha pcatodles U la charm alan eiilnleut paatmiatrmh Ili limi crater. 'nn emma caan ra .surpass

female voleaa, led by Mas lya 'nic mnerrnunaaar or tes easier _ ‘ isa woman, Nlss Nellie Bale, aumantarso la a woman. The ,, ` ,

antaof thetawuarepnnrleltrhe schools in which the lshlre (DQ ieeompesed of woli- Thiel

ant la Misa Anna Mawoon. Thin hsen a man doctor in the towa let' Una years.

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T0 CURE A coli) ll CIE' DA'

rm raxarrvr smr'mo‘nn»\ ’ Tablets. Dru rehod money if

au. wma. Q w. unovrs noises! ls ouescir box. inc, ll -17* trip

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