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(Canadian Press) DETROIT. Dec. 2s.-Fire in the
Michigan Central Depot today did damage to the extent of many Thou. sands of dollars and threatened 1-.0 de- stroy the entire building. Among the articles destroyed are many valuable f°°°fd=~ The company recently com- pleted “BBW f19P0t but had not mov. eil into the new quo;-l;e|~n_
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CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 26.-
Thomas Ellis was brought to jail here to-day charged with the murder of his wife on Christmas Day. They quarreled and it is claimed he put blasting powder in the centre of the cabin floor and exploded it with 9, fuse. 'I"he explosion tore the cabin apart. The explosion aroused the settlement and he was arrested. Hc was closely guarded to prevent lynch- inil .When he was brought to jail here,
IIEMEMEIEIIEII Ill
SINTI EIIIIS
Whether or not man’s ontcdelnviun
Pmgenitors ever revelled in the gen- erosity of any invisible earthly bene- factor mlglit ne a debatable point., nl. though lt is ilriinuterial to the pn,-_ pose of this paragraph, except, pg,-_ naps it might oe stated in commiser- ation that they were only cxccedi‘n,gly’_ the worse off if they did nor, our. cnnc lnanl/.ind of to-day, through Christia- nity. is bl_BSSed in the possession of a magnaiiimolis patriarchal relative is li fact which nobody has the audacity even to attempt to question--n cer- tainty which comes lioii`_e to most
people with tangible iiusiiiiiiice al;I
christmas tide. Yes; ‘santa Claus)
or Father Christmas, as be is rever- entially spoken of at _ti:iics, tlini; hoary-headed genii wnosc siitiiiiiity unfortunately does not extend quite back to the days of Adam, is a crea- ture with whom every innocent boy or girl of ordinary procllvities is ac- quainted (in the abstract); a iran whose abode is far away in the inde- finable regions of childish imagina- tion; li fond parent who is expected to satiate all the whimsical yearn- ings of his infinite offspring, He is, (the crcdulous, ingenious little folk ainl-ost make us believe in thc ardour of their credulity) an etherial person- age who condescends annually to as- sume a mundane form and steal into our houses by stealth in the darkness of the night, to fill the stockings of his simple friends with the results uf his.inexplicable handicraft. He des- cends chimncys and squeezes through keyholeg in ways which cannot be comprehended and which, moreover, must not be deived into with too in- quisitive curiosity. I~le is il. kind, a good, ii potent fntlier, and he is trusted implicity. But he is more than this: he is the hope of all who have no other hope; he is the buoy- ant thought that electriries the ten- der, tiny mortal when poverty gniiws at his vltals. And if some miserable stocking happen perchance to be found void on Xmas morn no re- proach is levelled ut the ancient head of the Patriarch, no suggestion of neglect on His part enters the in- nocent inind; the stocking is empty simply by an inscrutable bit of mls- fortuno (ii wrong settling up of the footwear, perhaps), a bit of hard luck. But the ‘fault of Father Xmas? Never! Oh, that the blissful ignor- ance of the child should be dlspelled by unnecessary disilluslonment. Per- ish the thought!
And Santa Claus attends to the bldcr folk too; for one young Eefltle- man who has matrimonial intentions which he purposes shortly to carry out was remembered by the dear saint in a very appreciable manner on Xmas Day. Among his presents. which were displayed before his glow- ing eyes nt the home of his fiancee, was a neat box tied with beautiful colored ribbon und elegantly inscrib-
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W-ABHINGTON. Dec. M026 - Word
xigczhed tlie State Department to-dey on thu ‘éazge f0l'Ce_ of revolutionlsts east er i a ional railway, sixty miles t 0 San Luis Potosi, Mexico, dc- 5 f`0Y€d a Federal convey train Thani. ‘,i“y' k'm“K thirty-fvnr Federals. Prafllc north is suspended. It is re. Dorted that the situation in Templ- co is unchanged,
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(Canndian Press) 1 NdEW YQRK. Dec. 26.-A heavily oa ed New York Central railway barge , broke “WHY from its tow in New York harbor in ii licnvy storm early t0‘¢1Hy and went on the ram- Dflge. ln all it did damage to yachts and other small craft estimated at $3.000 before it was flnully secured,
IIIEAKEMIII KILLEI] III IIIIIIIIWIY THIIN
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<‘UMBl~iRLANi», Me., pee, ze,-
`B"’“k_mg RWUY from the engine after reaching the top of n grade near heff-‘. a train of sixty-six loaded cars tore back down the hill. Before it reached the iii-st switch where thirty- one cars were wrecked it was travel- Uni! ut n high speed and u brakcmun had been thrown off and killed.
A HAPPY RE-UNION.
HARRISON, December 26-Geo. Kfllit. a Great Lake sailor, given up f0I‘ 1081*. by his parents, Since -um great storm of November Sth, walk- ed in on them Wednesday night, 11; was a happy Christmas re-union,
AGED vn'rl~:R1NAnY. ._,_, `
DIES SUDDENLY.
TORONTO, Dec. 26-Dr. C. H.
Sweetspple, personally connected with the Ontario Veterinary College, for thc last fifty years, died sudrlui- ly last night.
WILL Sldlili HIS ESTATES.
LONDON, Dec. 24-The Earl of Kin-
tore is to sell the greater part of his Scottish estates about twenty thousand acres by auction next year.
THE WEATHER,
THE TEMPERATURE
TIDE. L\00fl 'ETC
The highest teinperature recorded
yesterday was 30 compared with 35
'the previous night; at 9 ii. m. yes-
terday it was 35 and at 9 p. m.. 36.
TI-Il1lWEA'l‘I-lEli.-The weather yes-
,terday was exceptionally dirty and slushy. I
The tide wil, bc high this morning
at 1], tomorrow at 11.52 and Monday at 11.39, it rises tonight at 9.57, to- morrow at 10.47 and Monday at 11.35
The sun sets this afternoon at 4.22,
tomorrow at 4.23 and Monday at 4.24 it rises tomorrow and Monday morn- ing at 7.41 and Tuesday at 7.42.
'l‘he moon sets this afternoon at
4.09 and tomorrow at 5.19.
The last quarter of the moon was
on Saturday, Dec. 20th at 12.16 p.
m.
There will he a new moon on Sat-
urday, Dec. 27th, at 10.59 a. m.
The length of today will be eight
hours and forty-one minutes.
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GALUMET, Mich., December 25-- 0" 15119 dew. which throughout all Christendom is set aside as a day of rejoicing over the birth of the Sav-I iour. Calumet, stricken to the heart by an almost unbelleviible cutas- , U`0Phe, stands mourning by the side' of its dead, the seventy-four victims, most of whom were children, of the frightful panic on Christmas Eve in the Italian hall. This panic followed o, false alarm' cry of fire during the progress of a Christmlastree enter- .taimnent arranged for families of the copper strikers. All bitterness and ill feeling that has existed in this strike- ridden community .during the past, months is wiped away by one great, common affliction. Today the people of Calumet can see only the r ncigh-. hors, their brothers, their sisters, and their little children, staggering -under an almost iinheiiroble burden of distress and grief.
TRAGEDY (‘.AUSlilD BY FAIISE CRY!
The children were killed tonight at
n. Christmas celebration by copper m.ine strikers in an Italian hall, be 'cause,of a needless panic caused ‘ by a false alarm of fire.
While several hundred miners and
their wives looked on, the children -pressed eagerly towards the stage to` receive Christmas presents. In iinI ilnstant a man put his head in at the door of the nan una yelled “ni-e." - l The cry was taken up by those .in the hall. Everyone started for _the, doors. The weaker were thrown to, 'the floor and those behind tried to
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(Canadian Press)
CF! °f FTF? TTliiS¢;46.Dl1.rin9 Pfnilfw Of llhrisfmus Trse Enterlfllnnenl .big
' the North Jersey coast suffered to
day from a conjhinatioii of ruin wind
` H , ' , y , ’ and tide. Many fishermens snacks
w I ' ° i were destroyed, hotels were under
mined and the central railroad of
Jersey put out of com-mission. Small craft broke away from anchorages
and were washed ashore and lost.
Tile Pl`iHCilJul exit was ii narrow
stairway at the back of the hall. When this had been cleared of the bloilies that filled it to the top, and li quick accounting had been made, it was found that seventy-two corpses had been piled up beside the null The dead include thirty-seven girls,
nineteen boys, thirteen women nnd five men. The excited women stood about thc building, some dazed by the sudden Change from holiday fes- tivities to tragedy, others calling hYBt\*l‘iCl11lY for li missing child, and a few even threatening violence to the rescuers for keeping them back from the long rows of bodies,
There was not mucli work for the
many doctors who hurried to the scene as soon as the alarm was spread, for those who were not killed in thc first rush were held upright and safe by the heavy force of the onrnsh toward the exit. Only three injured persons were token to liospi- tals and a few wcnt home with the assistance of friends. Policvmcn and firemen hurried to the building, to flnil the hall congested. Several offi- cers climbed the fire escapes and cn- tereil by the windows. In a short time the uninjured and the faint had been pulled from the tangle of human beings and placed in front of the ball. Other men began pulling the bodies of the dcail and helpless from the stuirwliy and lay them in ii row beside the building.
70() PERSONS l‘T THE HALL.
climb over those ahead of them.
The stairway and other avenues of
egress were blocked so elicctually that those inside could not get out
land those without could not get inf
,side the panic stricken crowd in thc hal as some time before thi'
l. It w V V .` -,
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franc 'roI..L or naar:-1 .ir 'rl-is HALL sxrr. =
Of thc seven hlilnlrril persons in the
hull. more than f.hi‘cc-if-nrths were children, many of thcm hzi\"ng gone without parents. Purenis svoii rushed to the scene :ind added to the confu- sion. They did not understand what had taken place.
The autliorities have so fur been
to have golio...up,t!`ie.stairs of the hall nnd raised the cry of fire, which is
unable to trace the mail who is saidI
‘supposed to have started the panic
which led to the fearful crush in the stairway and caused the death of nearly four score men, women and children. There seems to be little hope that he will be apprehended, The other theory that the cry of fire originated within the hall was sub- stantiated today by Matt Saro, a Etl'ikel'. who lost his son in the dis- aster. He declared the cry came from H §I‘0llp of men and women toward the front of the hall. ‘
HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT gE3(;UE_
lllelmbers of the Calumet fire depart.
ment relate many instances of heroic attempts to rescue the panic-stricken people in the hall. Patrick Ryan ar- rived on the scene a few minutes af- ter the crush occurred at the foot of the stairway. He estimated there were about one hundred bodies piled on top of one another when he reach- ed the entrance,
A buy of about eight caught hold
of Mr. Ryan’s hand and begged to be rescued. The fireman succeeded in pulling the boy partially out, but he was unable to extricate the little fellow’s legs. The human mass' kept pressing down and it was impossible to save the boy, whose life was soon snuiled out.
A child hurled from the front of the
building was caught by a spectator. f‘,llief Trudell, of the fire department, caught another child thrown out of a window by a frantic father. John Sari killed his boy of five by fall-ing on him, and be, too, perished. Scores escaped by passing from a small rear balcony to the balcony of an adjoin- ing house.
President Moyer, of the Western
Fcdci~otic<i of Miners, received a mes sage from Governor Ferris this af- ternoon stating he was at his com- mand for rendering all possible as-
sistance to those stricken..by the GTB:
aster.
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Ollicer 'Walker of the local l’olice Force had an “Un Muuvais quart d'- heure" on Christmas D;-iy. Four men, apparently underl som-e influence for- eign to natural passions, but rather prevalent at this festive period, cull- ed at Mr. Walk.er’s residence and on the Officer appearing in response to their call viciously set upon him. Officer Walker defended himself val- ,iantly and succeeded in vnnquishiiig his opponents signlilly. l-ie called his `f‘bllly" into effective play, to the detriment and disconifori- of two of his assailants, who retired from the fray with cracked polls. Their retreat left the others with little stomach to ‘continue the contest and as soon us they conveniently could they also
left in more haste and disorder than
has up to the present succeeded in
morning before r. i p i y
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w'A"N'rED-nov non osrloi-:_ Ar-
general hospital of one hundred beds. Course two years and six months. For infomation apply to
nurles. Grasmere, N. H.
“did a bunk;" curing little that they `
A. M. Moore, Superintendent of
1 3558-12~27M2wks.
SWISS AVIATOR FLITJIS
car Blder, a Swiss aviator, made a successful night across the Alps to- uny, though for several hours lie was unaole to see his way because of the heavy fog wiiicii hung over the moun- tains. Thc airmail arrived here at 2.15 o'clock this afternoon after a Journey from Buc, from which P\`<1°\= he started at 0 a.m.
Bider said that after leaving the
l<`i'encii ucrodrome he was forced to maintain an altitude of 6,500 feet, allnost constantly in order to avoid the fog. 1-le passed over the Jura, the chain of mountains separating l<‘rzince from Switzerland, without be- ing able to sec any land marks, hilt recovered his bearings on sighting the Jungfrau, one of thc inost fam- ous inniintiiins of the Swiss Alps, about half nn hour before hc culne to lierne. -
TlffH')UlfCEllEfil`S
attend the Automobile school.
CUHDEUSED 095 :READ o/iurlcn c co's ‘Bio I T00 “TE F03 "ALE" PRWE SALE "““" 1*" "hm nahiiviix, Dec. zs.-'rhsre were
c|..lss|F|clTl0N IBEW’ it Wm pay' the3;4$§'2_g%3'é,_ two accidents early Christmas eve _..._ and in each case a fatality was ner
days.
FEW DROWNING
Actions THE Al.l’S.l| ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR.
BEKNE, Switzerland, Dec. 25.-Os- WASHINGTON, Dec. 26--Though
during the fiscal year ended June 30th, there were 1743 casualties at sen, only 65 vessels were lost and 73 people drowned. Vessels and cargoes valued at $13,860,000 have been sav- ed by U. S. service.
SERVIA AND BULGARIA
RESORT TO DIPLOMACY.
SOFIA, Dec. 26-Diplomatic rela-
tions between Servila and Bulgaria, have been resumed.
STRIKE ENDS IN LEEDS.
IIONDON, Dec. 26-The Leeds Muni-
cipal Workers’ Strike ended in a fiasco. The strikers went back on the (‘.ity’s terms.
DAHING AVIATOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25.- Lin-
coln lleiiclly celebrated Christmas to-
I
-_they came. The two cusluiltics roquir- ‘ dui’ _by breaking ii world’s record.
tt t' n fr m Dr Ralph .looping the loop five consecutive
d . . $vh(?ol;x::id&Eigv;ll` Ei; thculr broken pates. “EEr““is» times at a height of 150 feet, and
1 din in a narrow street on the
But their troubles have not ended -1-' Bn E the,-e_ gummonges were taken out for One cent per word each insertion is Panama-Pacific exposition grounds. their trial on ii charge of assaulting this column. Cash must accompany IBcnchy turned a double loop at a officer walker, limi oiniigii one fellow Order- Minimum charge twenty-1Tv°|heighi of soo feet, which he says is a
' 0011128- recoril itself, as Pegoud, the origina-
tor of this particular freak of avia-
’ th th, w sted c - _ l possum' d e 0 egrilpalioiirtfial :hge "H yo" wish" to E’°°°"‘° 3 chauncurf tion, always has performed from a
t d com er ay an M qt, c,,d»,,,. MM._ rcpairmuii or salesman, yon should'g,.eat height
ti t the City Magistrate s our . " “ _ me-iz-zzl/lsi. Two ACCIDENTS ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
(1 li | tl i owly averted.
th?sn°c§Edml?r (liitgli isisiizst :il:<E:>m(f»xi1in§ Ernie,m:§e‘§T,?du;h:h,;£,‘:,E1°l:;°,:),g,: it Stanley Young, a stevedore, set ii order. Minimum charge twenty-five 32,3; armed masses “nrt the mst record for rels;:a;l(e\sr3"hi;i;0l:;ayfelllmlgiavd
t . ' ` .flr t rom
can B ""'_"'“ _`* E' `”` '_ V mn week I” `hmuury` BQSIHZIZZMSL ofsn Water street hotel and came out
ply at 142 Kent St., City. 3560. ...I-hs type of mm, “owed to much il; il: withihut ayrxisgd Zfxlglld 8é\i¢;h':, ' - ne. o n s LOST 1N THIS CITY WEDNESDAY the Automobile school will conf. the 15 U ef;:_;Pbr0ke“ by an emctdc wire
24th $15 (three $5 bills). Finder cominittcce nearly fifty dollars per.W“‘§
_ ' h b' k d the strain and he
please leave, Stanley Shaw & f‘eiir~ week. He is woith lt. Send inn Youir :ali hllllgtlenién ggwnward only to
don’s, A 3556--12-27M2ipd. application nt once. 3486-12 22M5. strike a hub" sign. This lessened
wiiN'l'sn-'-'AN orrlclc Bor wrril , -'_ , th ,. ,.,,. ,au bu, th, ,,,,,,,,,, "°°mm°”d°T'i°“~ A9915' “E °°°° W "Mudd B Moving t PtEcfIli"ef TIME- oiethgrixrlg-codiic drhp came when be N10 FUI' F*“'m°1`9' B‘"`°°“ ‘md °" Emny open? engagefeil time ez; 11:10; landed on two negroes who, fortu- ¢h““3° Limited' Ch"‘rl°tT'°t°w°' mg phxces' 3§:l`,.Pe ;:ts'3t,,,,Qar(, ' peg nately for Young. were Passfns by at
35G°'12z7M2i ren’ cc ’ ' ' ' moment Both black men were
i A,` _Vi “__ _ D 1 . ' . ‘ ro-R slits: on nxosason ron im- \,,,,,,1,¢ mn y-0....; coniinuea on to .
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female. one very large black sliver in id walk, where the hardness of mm' mx' ture” yea" old’ sued .Atgiact-zligixniiiilrs sNEE>'il:Htli)¢aREf1~liiEiIl?£ hh: Ekuell refused to sive way to an g:,"°°,}“"§"",, PQI” EFEIEMTER if it were noi so good it ordinary brivked ¢id°W°“‘- Y°““¢;_
Nl 0- m "5 - ' ’ ‘ -' l short time ago carnt Ou
-~- - -~ - ld not bc used as ii basis of com-I Wh0 On Y B
H.iLL's Bassas scrlooLs.-ali ""1 ,M me, .,.,,,,e,,,,,,,,,,,_ A ol ine hospital, was again me mick
par son
W i St., B t , M . _ i th bulanee. “h “KW” '35 °“ "9 Milne Fraser, Halifax, N. S. 3559 n e am at of a tram at a
Wages. Room, Board, Railroad - | Stepping in fro
'Picket furnished by-“el Co-opera- "A QENEROUS G11~"r_- Mi-_ pic- Richmond crossing coat Cheri" tive Proposltions". Get Particu- ton (_;_ B,-own has given nl; pony, I Hughes, ii trsckman in the em¢D\°Y °f fare. ____ 3561-12-dill/I_1liQ_0~ carriage and harness to the Chariot- the Intel-colonial railway, a badly
WANTED PUPIL NURSES IN A tetown Hofipltal. It' will be disposed fractured leg. Hugh” nPl>N’°““Y
of nt their annual show on Easter was unaware of the oncominB OUETUB Monday night so that all the school . and he was hurled some distance. An g children better get busy and see who Iopcration was performed yesterday will win the pony outfit and heve,niorning at the Victoria General hos- some nice driving in the nice summer , pftnl and the limb is bound with wire
3546-12-25M3i. and the usual svlinti.
The storm started last night and in- creased iii fury to-day. The driving rain storm giive way to snow this afternoon,
HIIIS STIHMIIIT
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Hiins
Schmidt’s attorney brought into court to-day hypothetical questions, 30.000 words long. It is expected the reading of the questions will take u whole day. Dr. Carlos McDonald, Alienist, continued his testimony to- day. He said when Schmidt told liinn “God commanded me to slay Anna Aumuller," he said to the defendant J'now Schmidt, you know you are lie- ing. You are only saying that to savc your neck.” At this Schmidt became .excited and declared he was not insane and wanted to die.
STIIIINIIE STIIIII IIE PIETIIHE THIEE
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,I_lOME, Dec. 26.-Vlncenze Perugia. ni, in whose possession the police re- cently found Mona Lisa, the famous painting, said to-day that he tried tn sell. the picture to representatives of the late J. Pierpont Morgan as well HB V30 (len-lers in London, Paris und Naples. This statement is regarded -as amazing .because ittrue, none-,of the dealers notified the police.
TURKEYS ARE Cl-IEAPER.
TORONTO, Dec. 26-Produce deal-
ers say for the first time in the cen- tury turkey is clieuper than beef. Sir- loin roasts for Xmas were five cents dearer than turkey. Local prices for the best beef cuts were the dearest ,of any market in the world und tur- key cheaper than in other parts of Canada or States.
On Christmas Eve turkeys cost 22
to 25c, chickens 18 to 22c, sirloin iroasts, 30c, rib roasts 254:.
LIVES WITH PIERCED HEART.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26-With slx
stitches in his heart, Vincenzo Lauro a victim ‘of stabbing affair, is ex- pected to live.
ROYAL (lI{RIS’I‘MAl-l WAS SIMPLE.
LONDON, Dec. 20-The King. and Queen spent Christmas in the old-. fashioned style with their children ii~| round them in Sri-,idrin_»:h:im. Thei only absentee was the prince, who is midshlpman on the battleship “Col- lingwood." Six fat bullocks were distributed among the tenants.. The King and Queen themselves filled stockings for their younger children.
POVERTY IN LONDON.
1,()N1')0.§q_ Dec, 26-Xmas found
L0ndon's vcry poor in ri more satis- factory condition this year. There is not so much unemployment and the mild weather has lessened suffering.
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IITIIIIUII IIIII MEXIIIU
(Canadian Press)
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26.-The run
on the Bank of London and Mexico continued to-day.
MINI IIIJIIHEII BT EILLIIIIEIIUIIIJLIIITI
(Canadian Press)
CLEVELAGD, Ohio, Dec. 26.-Sev-
eral persons were injured and s. score ‘buried this morning when a shelter house was blown down by high winds which accompanied the storm here, The house was crowded with persons WENT-illg for street cars when the crash came. The walls fell inward anil men, women and children were buried iind struck by timbers and
:relics glass. None were fatally ur . .
EIIIIIIIIII BIIIII
IIE IIIIMMEHCE
In common with the majority of
Banks reporting for 1913 the Cana. dian Bank of Commerce hnii issued the best report in its history. 'rue Rcllort shows that net profit.-i ff: the year increased from '$2,811,000 ln 1912 to $2,992,000 in 1913 which with the balance brought forward from l’roflt'and loss amounting to $771,- 000 mnkes $3,764, 000 available for distribution. This has brrn appor- tioned as followsz- Dividend Dishliirsements ut the reg“_
lar rate of 10. per cent. with two Bonuses of 1 per cent. each absorb $1,800,000. Bank Premises account took $500,-
000.
Ofllcers’ Pension Fund, $80,000. While $1,000,000 was transferred to
the Rest Account leaving a balance to to be carried forward of $384,000. Not only were the shareholders welll taken care of during the year, but they will be specially interested in _sceing that‘the Bank has'a very large proportion of its' assets, in a quickly 'iivzilllil-m`°foi°ni. ' poiiimieii'Notes‘ sne- Bullion held by the Bank amounts to $30,415,000, an increase of $8,000,000 over the previous yesr's holdings. Other quickly available assets in the form of notes and cheques on other Banks call loans -and Government and Government and Municipal Securities bring the total up to $97,300,000 or over 42 per cent. of the Bnnk's total liabilities to the public. The total assets of the Bank now stand at $260,030,000 as compared with $246.- 571,000 for the previous year. De- posits show ii slight fallinl oil, but this is accounted for by the fact that there were extraordinary demands for funds throughout the year.
The public, both at home and
abroad, will find satisfaction in si perusal of the Report as it indicates that the business retrenchmeiit pro- claimed in money Quarters as Dfevllil- ing in» Caliadn has not existed to any material extent. The Report of` the Blink of Commerce shows no evidence of ii period of financial stringency, the excellent crop in the West un- iloubtcdly being a favorable factor in relieving the situation iii so fa-r as Ciinudu was concerned.
ALFUNS() IN A QUANDARY.
CADIZ, Dec. 26-Coe Juan Labra-
dor, ii Protestant, was sentenced T10 six months' imprisonment by court martial for refusing to attend Mass, this being the charge brought against him, He ll lonlrs to the naval artil- lery. He protested that it was repel- bint to his conscience and dignity as n man to attend the Catholic serv'lce.( King Alfonso who ordered the trial,
'png old nge pension scheme has tnk-
e charitable ifnstitutfiins to the homes of their relatives. _ V _ ,
n mnny old people from care ofi
was ln n quandary when the Case enmc before him ns he desired to sat- isfy his own conscience, the Church and the Bench.
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