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special to The Guardian. - SYDNEY, August 16-This mom- my, (jrifiln, thi Quincy diirective who wah here on the Restilll case, was found dead in an alley way with his throat cut from ear to ear. -

A razor was found in a pool of blood under hip helld- 'l‘he impresmon that Grfflln had been murdered bY‘frl6l1dB of licrstilll is not believed. The police believe the maltur is purely a case of suicide.

an nN_io-YABLE DRIVING TDUR.

MONCTON, Aug. 15-R. A. and

Mrs, Borden returned last evening ,,g|.-r a most enjoyable driving tour of f’, E. Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, extending over sev- ornl weeks. .Leaving Moncton, Mr. end Mrs. Borden drove to Point dui Chenc, where they were joined by Miss Ella Stevens and Miss Borden. 'i‘nking the boat at the point, they erosseil to Summeraide, which they nnule their headquarters for about a wel-k, visiting various points of in-- ti-iw-st. Mr. and Mrs. Borden’s grand- son, liiihert Blacli, also joined them at Siumuerslde. From Summerside they drove. around the shore to Try- on und thence to Charlottetown, wlieru they remained for several days. From the Island capital they miiisnii by boat to Picton and from, thi-rc drove to Truro. where they spent several days very pl santly. From Truro they' drove byxvay of Windsor to Avonport, spending ten days there and at Wolfville, Nova Scotia. They then drove through the Annapolis Valley to Annapolis und thence to Digby, three days be- ing spent at that popular seaside re- sort. Miss Stevens and Miss Borden remained at Digby, while Mr. and llrs. Borden crossed by boat to St. John, continuing their drive from that city by way of Sussex and the Portage. At the Portage they were joined hy I. W. and Mrs. Binney, who accompanied them home to Moncton.

l‘AULI-IAN WINS $5,000.

PARIS, Aug. 15,-Louis Paulhan, the l~‘rench aviator has won the Lon- don |)aily M8.ll'B plfize of $5,000 for thu longest -total of cross-'country fllulits nn-ide during- the year ended yesti-.rday_ He is credited with 815 miles.

SWALLOWED FALSE TEETH.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. Ib- W_hilc sweeping i'n her house Miss Lil- lie Kimtz accidentally dislodged her false teeth. They been-me lodged in 'her windpipe and she was strangled to death 'before help could be sum- moned. .

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(‘-RAZED BY READING

,OF DIME NOVELS-

(I SHE_RBR00KE_ Am, ]5_Fmn\_{ cents a quart. There were no blue-I

rousing cheers, I-Iildreth’s, D-almatai ridden by Shilling easily won the

MANITOBA

HARVEST IS

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Special to The Guardian.

WINNIPEG, August 16-Harvestlp

much threshin has been_ done; ‘ The averagdg ield is sur risin

favorable weather conditions.

The average is not normal, but running ten bushels to the acre in district where a total failure was e pected. '

The question of men for tae l-a

vest continues to be a very serlo problem all over the west.

TWENTY-FIVE CHINESE _

STOWAWAYS CAPTIFIIE

SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 15-Twe ty-five Chinese stowaways v/ho lin eluded the inspectors at Varcouve B. C., were captured u-hoard l British steamship Kumerlck r~.~e»':ntl arrived from Hong Kong, hy iu.ml gration authorities yesterday. Th Chinese had walled off n room twi-

ty feet square under the cargo of | Kume ick_ They had been confined i this den since the steamsliffle China early in June and planned 1 slip ashore when 'the Kumeric reach ed Portland, where she ia going t load lumber. In their den they me ed their food, ate and slept.

A lantern used in the search wa

ous air instantly extinguished th flames. The men were half clad an some were ill from their long con flnement and scant provisions of tea rice and water.

DALMATAIN WINS THE

SARATOGA, Aug. 14-Before cr6wd of 15,000 persons and; ami

$6,000 Tnavers Stakes, ll miles her

today Dalm-atain carrying top weight; 125 pounds conceded weight of his

B d

his stable mate Hampton Court. were always the favorites at odds. The officers army service cup rac

A .

victory for Sequence, ridden by Milf or Roberts.

entire field and at no stage of th race _was in danger. Dalmiat-aln an

was hotly contested and resulted in

'l‘_I-1-.E MARKET YESTERDAY.

The market people reported _bus

ness to be hrisk yesterday. The a

produce within reasonable reach

the price of oats which were goin

at forty-five to fifty cents a bus. fo white and black. Becta were quote

fifteen cents a peck, radishes at flv

nd black currants at fifteen cents uart, and gooseberries at twelv

RS-SU RING

is general throughout Manitoba and

Y D E to

many who were depressed by the un-

is a ,_

IIS

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e n. he 0 ft

O ig-

thrust into the room but the poison-

e d

$6.000 TRAVERS STAKES.

B ‘.1 B

tendancc was large and the prices of

all. There was B noticeable decline in

E r d

at twenty exits a peck, potatoes at fifty cents t one dollar a bus or

cents for two bunches, lettuce at

d 5, West.. In conclusion we wish you th

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CDLLISION "fill ELECTRIC

' RIIILW

Special to The Guardian.

Three hundred persons had a mirac lous escape from death in a head-o collision on the Gorge Electric Ra way today. =

As lt was, twenty persons were i

lured, some rather seriously.

The motor hauling the traile

bound for Lewiston crashed into Falls car on a trestle skirting t cantilever bridge where the trac converge.

The brake refused to act. The fo

ward platforms of both motors we

G. T. R. OFFICIALS

“' DENY REPORT.

MONTREAL, Aly. 154Ofllcial den

al has been gi en ,by the Gran

Trunk to reports emanating fro Chicago to the effect that the Gra Trunk intend to build or acquire road from Winnipeg to Chicago, order to divert traffic from the N

ed by Grand Trunk officials that th had never~been dreamed of, and t further intimation was given tha this report was merely a followiu of the efforts of thspeople ho ha tried to construe the extfliiou o the Central Vermont to Providen to mean the abandonment of Hall fax. »

ADDRESS TO I. N. McKAY.

, At the regular meeting of Unio

hers of that Division waited on Br

parture for Western_Canada, and o behalf of the Division he'_was pre ented with an address which read follows!-It is with much surpris mingled with regret, that we, you sisters and brothers of Union Divi sion, hear of your intention to leav our midst for Western Canada. W shall feel the loss of another goo and faithful member when you ar absent from us. We believe that yo have always taken the stand held b every true Son of Temperance, i keeping the vows which you of yo own free. will took on entering on 0!‘d°_I‘. and we hope you will sti continue to observe those obligation though fur away from Union Div sion. You are going to n countr- where many opportunities await yo which greatly exceed those of th Province. But, as the opportuniti on one, hand appear to be superio to dlird, so, on the other hand man temptations will arise which yo

slat in .your native land, but 'w trust th-at as you have been enable to overcome the few temptations home so you will receive strength

resist the' greater ones in the fa

e_l;ve}?ttof health and prosperity i

ji: Tlie dynamite expgoded and Ryan k

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battered in and the rear trailer near ‘

ly went into the river. V -

have never been called upon to re

d sheet of fo at o

Farrington, sixteen years oi age. ar- rayed himself in a. cowhoy’s suit and saddllng his cmployer’s horse. start- ed and has not vet been found. Par- iington worked for C. C. Cabana' and was seen to leave the vnrdfmoun- 1 ted on Mr. Cabana’s horse and his mee covered with a mask. He also carried a revolver. The police were notified, but so far have been unable to locate him. ~' i The lad's mind was evidently turn-

ed from reading dime novels. Several months agohe did the same thinir. hut was let oil bv Judge Mulvena-

LORD BRABSEY I-IAS

. TO CURTAIL VISIT

MONTREAL. Aus. '15-Lord. Bras-

scy has been compelled to change his I plans end will not set unv farther west. than Montreal. Being president of the Chambers of Commerce of the imted Kiacdom. he has been veiled home to' attend a mclltini- H9 Wm leave Montreal on Woflicsdfw l\il'h'» ior uar Harbor, Me.. and Mterl B short stav thcro will sail for' home. l

i SENT . WMITS SHE ro1soNaD CANDY

HARR[sBURG_ Aug. 15--Mrs. Hel- en iiarnhardt has made n °0mVi9t° confession declaring she had tried £0 lou M-iaa Beulah ivrouatz bv auullnz her poisoned candv tllrourch the “IMI- »hee|\\\se she thought Mies Mountz had atrilrn her husbnnd’a love. Followmv in-r confession, Mrs. Earnhardt was arraigned and held for trial next Oc- tober.

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* . ` l IN "‘””““°i§.‘ia”ii’BiM»a claim.

nnvnRl.v,, Maaa.. Aus- 14-Rmb' mil A, Ballinger, the United States secretary of the Iai.erlor,_wi1l reslsu vu Sept. lfith. ' Certain events fol- lowinr incidents of the last wwll Ui”

an leiill inevitably to the conclusion ‘ that a complete political readjust- iruvnt in circles close to President

'raft is in progress. ‘

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M|nard'|| lilifnisat Curso Dandrnd.

fifteen to eighteen cents a quart, re a

teen cents a lb and eggs at sixtee to seventeen cents a doz The fo lowing is a short list of St Joh market prices of last week whlc might favorably be compared t that of this city. Potatoes sold fo

erries in the market. Butter chang- , GBUGG llllbll to enter; land, wheneve

n with us again in old Union Divisio l- you may feel assured that you wil n be welcomed in. our midst. Signs h in L. P. and T., Penzie Howard o Amy Sinclair, Peter Sinclair. Bro

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gh 1; 1 h lved the problem of

ai ever sphere of life you may be bg “gage £15 5:: wved “ying mach

E line of safety control and wing-warp-

d single lever. Names are given of Am-

TERRIBLE I ibvlgiiunr. _

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Special to The Guardian. ‘

NIAGARA FALLS, August 16- ST. JOHN, August 16-A sad ac-

u- cldent occurred at Grand Falls in

n .which John Ryan, employed with

il- Uohnson Bro contractors, lost his

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life in an explosion of dynamite.

n-' He was employed in connection

with the blasting operations.

B He was working over a stick of dynamite while smoking his pipe.

5 was thrown- some dstsnce into the _air and his body badly mutilated.

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lt Special to Tile Guardian. ll ST. JOHN, Aug. 16-Giovanni Ros- 8-

tional Transcontinental. It was stat

si's confession of the murder of

- Diego Siracusa was read in the roller.- S court today.

he _ It would appear that -luring the

ii latter part of June Rossi was lad-

3 ed to frenzy _by Siracusa's annoyan-

ces respecting a woman with whom

f both were acquainted.

Ce Rossi deliberately shot Siracuaa in

~ _the head to stop his tormcu1.inr,_

LII37U'I‘. GOVERNOR ROGERS.

The Aug 13th Canadian Courier

_ ll contains a fine photo of Governor Division. No- 45, S. o. T., the mem- Rogera with tba following abort

IW N- MCKB-Y. Dl‘€Vi0\lS £0 his de' ernor of Prince Edward Island is

“ Hon. Benjamin Rogers. He is aLib- 9` eral-wlas rather; has been thirty-two as

synopsis: The ninth Lieutenant-Gow

years in politics in that tight little

ef island which gave to the geography

" hooks of our youth the political jun- " gle about "oats, potatoes and hay.”

e The new Govei nor has been Secretary

e Treasurer and Comimiissioiler of Agri-

d culture. These portfolios kept him fl husy; and he has don-e as much as

anybody to get the island province

Y whatever of its dues it has got frofl " Ottawa of late as -well as to syste-

F matise farming where every len-oe cor-

r ner counts. He did not succeed in »n getting the tunnel. At present his E duties are not excessively onerous.

` If he has an automobile he rnlg-ht

Y make a comfplete circuit of his king- ; dom in a day's drive; and be would

see more prosperity and contenfimlent

E than could be found anywhere else in y Canadi except along the St Law- u_re'nce. I-lla demesne might be fl-ung

down on the floor of Alberta and it

6 would look like a blot of ink on a

olscap." - ,

AN ISLAND INVENTOR.

Z A corresponfle'rTt_-_at Pnint Prim

writes that John McDonald jr. of

t Y D _ _ `

r inc. His latest improvement is ln the

1 ing, the control being effected by a

erican firms desirous of developing

’ and exploiting these improvements

on terms which promise a handsome

ed hands rapidly at eighteen to nine- you can find an opportunity of bein

75 cents a bushel; beets and carro

blueberries ten cents a, quart fowls, cauliflower, flower, cucumber were plentiful. -

T0 G0 OVER NIAGARA'

FALLS IN BARREL.

NIAGARA FALLS. Auz.15-Rober

Leach, a local man, claims to hav

r McKay thanked the Division for the

a address ?)nd in glowing terms gol

35 cents a dozen, cabbage, 8 cents B mem ers of h' i t ti 1;

all in his power mtonhdilp traliongo tio iulte enthusiastic over the rospcct

Q temperance cause wherever he mlgb

have the privilege of doing so.\

12 OUNCE LOAF WILL BE

‘ oTTAwA, Aug. 15.-A reduction i

SOLD FOR 4 CENTS.

d royalty to .the ingenious inventor.

The Guardlan’s correspondent grows

1 P

‘E as will he seen by the following ex-

tract: "In the-near future the auto of the air shall leap the rivers, i the straits and the ocean itself because of an Islander's genius." And why not ?

n AN ISLAND LADY ABROAD.

8 the price of bread to 4 cents per loaf ---

signed a' contract with a Toront business man to zo over the Horse shoe Falls in a steel bzrrel. Leac

' According to Leach the Toronto

man is to have motion .pictures of hh perilious trip taken for exhilritio _pnrposes. the performer to receive royalty of the receipts.

‘I or 24 tickets for 95 cents by Slinn- h S'hould'is,, Ltd., is to take effect on

says he will take t-he trip some time M°nd°'y n°xt‘ The Smm '““"‘ ml

before the end of next month.

Slhouldis firms recently efrecfied an q/u-ality of trained teachers sent out, Iamalgamation and the reasons given Many have, cn account of small re-

e for the reduction are the lessening o

Pri-noe Edward Island, aitilouzh the

smallest Province in Canada, in by

e no means behind the others in tnc

f muneration for their servings hue.

n °P°l'Hff“! elpensea and savings in de- found their way into the fur \\'e-sf.

livery and flour buying.

Amon those at the coast is \'li~s

'g , l I

R The other bak-ers in the clt were Annie S. Clark. M. A.. whose efficient!

ROYAL COMMISSION . ARRIVE IN MONCTON.

1vloNcToN, N. B.. Aus- 15 Th

Royal commission on technical educa tion arrived here this morning from, Amherst, are visiti-ng the I. C. B.

*shops and industrial establishment

afternoon.

police court.

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COAL FAMINE FEARED

, AT.

JANEAU. Alaaka. Aus- 14”W* millions of tons of coal WWE “

‘Janeen is in the Brill Of 5 f“°1 mm

A session will be held this evenin and they will visit the oil well

l Three Italians suspected of burglar src to cdme up this afternoon in- th

JANNAU. ALASKA.

touches in the Katana coal field

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interviewed by The Citizen this morn-

»tw~enty-four ' 12-ounce loaves for,

$1.30.

I-IOOSIER POET'S HEALTH

Bé IS IMPROVING.

B INIANAPOLIS, Aug. 14-The con- v_ dltlon of James Whitcomb Riley, e who suffered a stroke of paralysis

three _weeks ago, is improving to- day and hopes of his ultimate recov- ery are growing, though friends still fear a second stroke of paralysis. Dr. Carleton McCulloch says .the pa-

th tl¢nt's condition is not alarming.

“' T1-ns MAN MUST

S; HAVE -Drab HARD

services as the Principal of the Fan- ing school at Melrenue. P- E- 1-

lng (intl nearly all stated that they wer also' reducing. They will sell were severed about two years neo,

cents. The standard brea-d remain

‘f as usual, twelve 48-ounce loaves fo

95 much to the regret of those under her s tuition. She is now Principal if .he r G-‘lrl's Central High School nt New

Westminster, B. C.. and her pupils

ranked amon the _hizhest at the re-

cent entrance Examinations: one win- ning the Governor Gener»\l'a Medal and standing second in the l’rovin-1-_ New Westminster sent. 11,; 127 rand- idates; only 72 were :nu-.c-isiziul. nail 'yet 22 out of her 25 succeedel. which is the highest percentage among ihe larger schools of that Province and speaks for itself of her unwavering ef- forts to raise the standard of cou- catlon which has always character- ized her in the past. Miss Clark has recently been offered the l’rincim.l- lsblp of the Chilliwack Control I-Ilrh School.

'ina The ateamabip Compania* lm'

‘exhausted their retail supply and t

email lots to those in the, greats need.

situation is becoming acute. The cit

has B 801811 WPPIY “d is nnhx a remarkable :manner in his house TURONTO. 'AUK\\B¢ 17'-USN £0

Street, -this city, hanged himself

tonight. He wha found by his dau

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The athletes aud_v_lsltore who came 'band escortln8 ¢h°"°- TM V ° °

tow _ 1-1| me by a reception the PHI' W ° » 'ii' “‘:l:“°i'e :.'::.:'.:-‘.‘1'°r--i"2=°»f2=f»~‘f=-1?='»="*¢'i'°»'fi-

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In _*-1-

§ MONTREAL, Aug. 14-A garuane

named Porter, living on Fulfor

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is Special to The Guardian. ,

moderate winds, fine, not much

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MISSIONS

THE i’i.00D$

Special to The Guardian.

TORONTO, August 16--A timely reassurance has come from J span rc- garding the safety of the Canadian missionaries working in the district visited by the floods.

The Methodist mission board have received a cable notifying the hoard of the floods. ` 4

The cable states that the Canadians

were all safe.

DREXEL FLIEB 6,700 UPWARDS.

LONDON, Aug. 14-Armstrong

Drexel’s daring altitude flight Thurs- day night, when -he reached aheigbt of 6,700 feet and` still more daring volplane descent at a terrific pace, have made him the hero of the hour. This morning's newspapers print an extended interview with Drexel and stories of his experience. Drexel’s present intention is not to repeat an attempt at~ high flying unless, ae he guardedly added, "somebody gets higher that I did." i A

Robert Loraine, the actor, who had

been weather bound at Anglesey, on the Welsh coast, awaiting a favor- able opportunity to attempt aflight to Ireland, had snarrow escape dur- ing a trial flight yesterday. His machine fell to the ground and was smashed.

ROYAL WELCOME FOR Q. O. R.

MONTREAL, Aug. I5-The Qneen’a

Own Rifles, of Toronto, arrived in Montreal yesterday and were royally entertained by the 65th Carbiniers, Mount Royal, _the leading French- Canadian regiment of the Province. On arriving here the Q. O. R. were met by the entire regiment of the 65th, and Colonel Sir Pellatt was greeted by Lieutenant'-Colonel La- belle, of the 65th, with Colonel Gor- don, O. C. Q., and other headquart- ers ofiicers. The Toronto regiment was escorted to the 65th armories and entertained to luncheon, where the French-Canadian and Toronto of- ficers and men fraternized with much speech. The Q. O. R. left later for Quebec and were given a great send- off by the Montreal militia..

GEORGE PERCY 'I‘-ANTON.

CGr5eat sympathy Bla expressed for on uctur George . and-.Mrs. Tm-

ton in the sudden death of their eldest -and dearly beloved son, George Percy, who passed away ln the Prince Edward Island Hospital Mon-

Ellpy nilglhhd at gba age ‘iff twenty-

ree. e ecease took i while in

Wood Islands on Sunday last, and yesterday was brought to the hospi- tal, suflerlng from what the physi-

cians] termed urenlc poisoning. He reac ed the hospital about noon, and-

xgapidlyhgrew vlv;;ilrse,Th beludg delirious or qu e a w e. e en came be- tween eleven and twelve o'clock. The deceased who had been employed in

A. Duchemin & CoB1pany's factory, had looked the pict re of health and strength “ prior to' his recent illness, and his `death under such had cir- cumstances will be heard with sin- cere regret by all who knew him, Ha was a lad_ of sterling charhcter and excellent parts and very popular with his associates. He leaves to mourn a father and mother residing at Mur- ray Harbour, and the following bro- thers and sisters eMrs. McCarthy,

glalifax, Misses Daisy, Gertrude, and

eagh and Fred at ho . Th G - dian extends sincerest ndympai?hy.uar

RDUKEFELLER WAS FIN-Eb $5.00.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 14- “John D. Rockefeller, charged w-ith

Hveeding an automobile, pleaded

guilty’ fined $5 and costs amounting 0 . ' Thus roads t-he records of the

court of 'Squire Deen, 01 South Eu. c id village. The oil. king failed to appear for trial, sending his superin- tendent instead. Tlie lntter admitted his mester's guilt, handed over $8 from the Rockefeller nrlvelte treas- ury, hut inasmuch as the warrant was issued for John D. Rockefeller himself, Justice Dean made the e-n- try as above.

"It was his first onenc "~s id t

treat him differently from any other person."-

Conde

nsed Adverfisem

slvrbiorron or amuse

ZOMMENTS

JOURNALS

Special to The Guardian.

LONDON, August 16-The cont versy between the tarlfl reform and free trade press regarding what really is happening in Canada is still raging.

The free trade papers publish lo despatches from Winnipeg- describing tho formation of a great free trade league, anticipating that Laurier may be forced to abandon protectio and describing as futile the tariff r 'formers‘ dreams of imperial prefe

ence.

NEW YORK AMERICANS

PURCHASE NEW CATCHE

FO-

D e. r.

NEW YORK, Arg. 1:-The New

York ` Americans have purchased Catcher Blair, of the Rochester team and Pitcher Caldwell, of the McKess- port, Pa., team. Caldwell will re- port to the New York club on Sep- tember 8, and Blair at the end of the Eastern League season.

CENTENAHY OF SAVINGS BANK

Just one hundred years ago in June

the first savings bank opened its doors to the public, in the village of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

From an economic standpoint, th

amount of good done for the natio

ag: the world at large by the estal ii ment of savings banks is incal clllhble, and 'it is satisfactor to

II ).

DR.CARN\AN

cranes Bic

ssusimou

Special to The Guardian.

V.IU'I‘ORIA, August 16-Rev. Dr.

Carman created a sensation at the Methodist General Conference today

when he called upon the delegates to endorse his behavior in criticizing thc action of the wealthy Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, Toronto, in importing to its pulpit Rev. George Jackson and for ills public denunciation of Jackson'a advanced views on doctrine when the British preacher was appointed to the pro- fessorinte of Victoria College.

The veteran General Superintenil-

ent was unsparing in his criticism of this church which has for its pillars such Methodist millionaires as Hon. Geo. Cox, J. W. Flavelle and H. H. Fudger.

LOOKING FUI! MAN WITH $150,000.

BOSTON, Aug. 15--Somewhere in

Boutonis Louie Ti-usiel' of Montreal, seventy-six years old, said to be worth one ' hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. He neither speaks nor understands a word of English. .

Misa St. 'l‘iel're told the Grey

nuns, with whom she has been placed, that she and her foi~:\_er-father arriv-

. Y

know that due hom" has been dom’ cd in Boston yesterday from Montre-

f al via Portland bound for Manchest-

to the memory of the "Father o Savings Banks," Dr. Henry Duncan of Rothwell Manae, at the celebrn- er. N- H- They wwf- together to the

S01 °\§ mage Ffggltgnafll' Of (lilivilllfhl post office to inquire for mail. In an s e n A n urgi, un er the _ , _ auspices of the Edinburgh Savings bum"_ Yayk. tllextlheiurfle ?:p?mtfd` Bank After oo ing vii lou resu or ier

Dr. Duncan, at once a philanthro- father, Miss St. Pierre told apolice-

Dist and €00¥\0l1liH¢. and B lliwll SUI- man of her situation. 'l‘he search dent 0' the pfwr. laws’ evinved th” has since been continued, hilt with- idea of establishing a savings bank __ l. l __ I t

for the use and benefit of the pO»0,.e,_ out disclosing ns w iueaiou s.

people of hi_s_ parish. and with th idea of mstlumg thru" and ecmmmy The bill of 1817 for the protection of

into their minds. His first effort . _ _ mn with poor s“pp0,.f_’ and’ with savings banks, while suited to the

the usual suspicion of the poorer banks then cstalilisheil in England,

Clssaeatgf that “me in ally*-lllllil was not at all suited to Scotland w ere eir money was concerned, _ -_ ~- ~ _ fears were openly expressed that the a_"d DL Duma" lf'S“’ted _‘ts even minister himself would be the g,-st sion to that couutiy. Shoitlydatetr- tq benem; by their hm-d_em-ned sm wards _hc was invited to Lou og tho vings. These doubts and fears were flghf' his “W” °n."5°‘ He “cali” ex ultimately set at rest hy a system \“"‘t“t“",‘ "ff.“‘my' “'_“l mme gm"

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of ioint custody. and a box was “He ff h"‘ (“°‘“15 "f ""“dent d“yS_ made, with three locks, which coul only he opened by the three person having the custody of the keys, viz. the minister and elders ofthe church

\`liord Brougham, Loid fvlinto, Lord 5 Liinning, Sir John Mairjorihanks and

John Gl‘adstone~(father ofthe great

I- statesman,l Williup; Fgwgrt Glad-

Tba public banlm at that parioa SF°“°l- am- "‘ SI’ " “_ , “ °""°”‘ would not accept on deposit amounts U0" of the mmous .(’°bbe."t' Vigo of less than ten pounds, so that* the f‘?“gh_t t"°"h ““‘|_"a'l Hgmgstn e poorer classes had to content them- mu' it becunfe 'nw' 'mf' “Sth r' un' selves with the proverbial stockings, °“" was “"'”'“f“rdS,,w]' by e meg” or hole in the wan' as B hiding_p1ace ‘ber for Dumfries, _ You may Carly for their meagre savings, and., as too with you the satisfnctloii of kigow- often proved the case, these hiding mg that ,the mu www rfot. .taxa places were too easy to get at aiulibeen °“',‘,"”d "Map" by ym" vm 0 to dip into, and, in consequence, L°"d""'

few; if any' were “ble to put by m0n_ Some of thc rules of the first sav- ey for their old age, or for the time when misfortunes should overtake

lugs bank were as followsz-

“An su not lr-ss than six ence

them.

A man with less force of character

than Dr. Duncan would have given up in despair in the face of the al- most endless difficulties and ob- stacles that confronted him, hilt one by one, by his sheer force of will, and by his passionate hclicf in the ul- timate success of his scheme. he sur- mounted them, and pushed his ideas through to a successful issue. In the first year the bank took in deposits to the amount of £151-, thc second year £176, and £241 in the third `year; and from then on success was assured, and 'in the fourth year the little bank took in nearly £1,000.

The Quarterly Review of 1816, six

years after thc forming nf the Ruth- well Bank, says: "Justice leads`us. to say that we have seldom heard of‘ a private individual in a retired' sphere, with numerous -avocations' and a narrow income, who has sac-' rlffccd so much ease, expense and‘

y. ni _ p

may be lodged, hut interest is al-

lowed on pounds only. .

“Every depositor must lodge to

the amount of four shillings at least within the ycnr, under the penalty of

one shilling.

"Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. _

is allowed to every depositor who continues a member of the bank for three years, but such as withdraw the whole of their deposits before

that period receive only 4 per cent.

“ffepayment.~: arc made on giving a

week's notice to the Governor or

Treasurer.

“Tile Council meeting will be held

on the first Saturday of July, at 6 o’clo¢:k in the afternoon, when it is expected there will bc a full attend- ance. Ench member who is not pres- cnt at the meeting, cithcr personally or by proxy, incurs a fine of six-

pencc." '

Dr. Iluucan was one of thc host-

lnown men of his time, and, besides

time for an object purely disinterest- bein" “ '“i“i“L"" M the G“”p°`l' was ed as D,-_ Duncan hm, d0ne_ D,._ D,m_ \ thc founrlcr and proprietor and first

has 1 |edltor of The Dumfries Courier,

can carried lis point. Savings banks are an established fact."

which lust November celebrated its

It was at mis time, 1816' when ,le |ceutennry_ lic was also an author

banks, that it was borne in upon Dr. Duncan that the protection af- forded by the "friendly societies act" was inadequate, and, after hav-

posits were rapidly mcreasingv audio( some note, his works being well other towns were Opening savings received and widely read hy the puh-

lic. lrlc vvns llloilerntor of thc Gen- eral Assembly of the Estalilishell -Church for some years previous to thc disruption ill 1843, when he and his sons left thc church, and were af-

G. a he

justice. "I dldn't tlllnk it right to

' if if “li reins wnu me

tk l.ldi th b't, , . _,

:xzgwsosg v;_g‘;!_BD;,§;\§:' m;n[:ge3_e;:,“._terw1il‘fls i‘ustruincutnl in ostlillilziilbiug the Dumfries burghs, on the _albjeft the Free U“"‘h‘ ___ ' " ' gtaiesgiggdctight otfo (3:11:/ings blank: Mi¥li\fd'9 I-l‘"m""" “°"°"“" N°“"‘|’°

-_ . ._I_.V__.___.,.,`-. .-Y-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~

‘ (Too lain for Classification.. ‘ EN sTUDsiNTe aeeenmioaatea

Private house. Address Colleg

Guardian.. A H V 8-l7d3ip

* NTED, girl as apprentice,

‘ ' Y- ll 5 aonaliy to Miss Rendle at row

8.07. ' Cjgy

'S ` ' ' ' rotect your vainifblee. W0 ctr! _ my what mil .rho lvvfvi *»°”1P°\‘¢*“f° '°°°“‘°“ l’ - d i 'L sane mr wheat may aww was my-all had vhs lm" ”°"“"*°“ 3*" * "““".,.§° ',,8,,,‘,’,'i,:

` .. . , , , , _ . th h‘ h t ll In A d tuna. 9 . ‘i'5l‘il.§‘i.2‘i- 2.:__:.:;._:;_: fi-if 'i‘»'-,i"_°3'-4`»'i-°i}7~_~1`»°'°»»?-3"' <»»;;\--;f.°7- §~\fi>°°°'- '5°-- L"-““°-‘L B” ‘°‘“‘ ”

september-Port Nil-bovvup fill fun# lm- ° °"°' l - _ _g

"°°° 9" Nw' ` M "um" mm no any d' cat Ourel lint. etc.

Millard; Lmiment for nu we bm ,_ U0" “UW ' LW”

_ 'hw il--

uamum newline; 1rld:-»m\~e»eeoaor.- _ _I p Y _ __ ,

or-nomo Mamrm-s_, -Tha aim me tbla evening at 1.04 ' ,_m,,,,,,_

N, -_ and rises tomorrow morning at 6-04.

A 1|' E. 5, 0 n e o f o u r

an more than “home to Carlotta. CHICAGO. Aug. 16-fSpeclal_)- |1310 moon risen this afternoon at “$.00 “us m your mm’ W,

hy boat and .train last eveninl |f°m_ d W, h-“gum of the will the mainland “were acco'rdt'~l “ gzgidaetd to them. A mn! WV”

_ tbrouz

right my” “imma to Chdrlotfe- tion bas beenth l:::_l°h“: to vm

- _ ,

____ v fr,'»~ "

Ui I ' , l ‘knees deepens; Lord, with mO_ d In one of the larlleflf \'0"““‘ ‘"4 a TM (Tm

ANTDD, s second-hand' counter.

cliff an invalid vicar lalf W°`""i“d ‘mt

W an H 1 t the

, a

wmarn the milliner A pl per- "59 th” '°"‘°“°,B°"y emmn jane

iouthern end of Tor Bay, mg mm;

_ waters of the bay. B0 Fhnl- "M V M

could ‘see Hththgiiaezittxlng t\;\¢;l\{ur‘;;';": thi hi B ‘

.b _ _

“gas thfetsgtchgd the sunset fadlnK ill*

i ht and the shadows of evenlnlr

d gigngdl toehis own life similarly fad-

- i een. Then he began sgngge thliialmtlioiights into verse,

' gud working on the sunset scene be- fore hlm -as his ground, the Rev. ‘Hun-y li' Lyte wrote this heading

U gb' h pter he had been read- I i:;1;n"Ahid:c “with us, for the day is

for spent." Glancing again through the window at the deepening twi-

’ light, he wrote!

Ahfde with mel fast falls the even-

tide,

and so on. You thus see how ho came to siulli 'Swift to its close ebhs out fife’s lit-

' tlc day. Flarth’s joys grow dim, its glories

i;;6S'SHALi5i lll`0Pé;t¥"N5; 3001495: bi! house on the toll Of I1 very high am '

sley St. Apply to Maggie Han.-

drahan on premises. 8-16d3ip_d .ml incurable disease, The clifl m _

9° looked over _

gh- . _ , and the \‘0°'“ as away,

ear bangirzg linda cloebeafiaaae ii-am change ln temperature- . B’°'“ -- - - 3751""- ‘° pa

----' » t b _ Tb »1 . ,

gtrivlga liaousiiieall (that :gore :ag 'fo The length 'of ‘today will be just W Address giving eine, and price rv

room for Porter to hang down, go fourteen hours. ll\1l\`¢¢1. f»0"C0\\Yl¢°f." Glllflliall Oma- ha tied the rope around his neck and The thermometer’ registered fifty _g _8-1743!.

lay down. his shoulders Heins only Marvel) at 01"' 'O °l°°\ thi' m°\'“° os'r, betwafn Union Rona and so nz - t B me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

two inches from _the floor when be lnz- _ _ J and old Pottery, purse contain- ill d‘“"‘ "’° er

was cut down. The man must have 'l`h° U59 Wi" 'N N85 U05 ll\0\`“ll\S mg mm 0| mom, pqndeq- |-gqgpag slowly strangled to death. at 7.06 and tomorrow morning at by mmm," to '_ _,_ Hmm.” & Om

'and you trace the picture still furth- in-r in this line: I nccd 'f`h»y presence every pasain|

hour,

whilst you see how the last red glint of the sunset inspired the following:

Hold 'I`bou Thy cross before my cloa-

ing eyes, ‘

Shine through the gloom and point

me to the skies.

The hymn was shortly afterwards

published, and before very long Hen- ry F. Lyu had passed away at Nice to his eternal rest. But the hymn "Abide With Me" echoes and ro- echoes throughout Christendom, and has made that sunset scene on Tot Bay famous for ever. _