_self _ <‘ "TBI 1'L`Al1lllT -saws ' ' 1 .. » ,1 » ~ . ' _ . , 1 ' .. F2: -sr. ‘ l , .hi 1 . >..~. .-. _ "-- _ . - - `. "T7-‘.".\',f,.-1.. -i - 4 e ‘l r* _, , . _, _._ __.,,. IN MINE EXPLOSION ,iii lpplllllllg Disaster in A Tennessee Mine. 3 Mil- es Under Mountain BRYUEVILLE, DEC. 11--(By wire) -Seven men dead discovered today sitting upright in a cross entry two miles from the mouth of the mine, brings the list of known dead from the explosion on Saturday morning up, tdsixteen. Eight of the bodies are still in -the mine. - Rescue parties today renewed their attempt to force the mountain mine, here to give up its dead. Having forced their way three miles into the mountain the rehhne ercpt expect to stumble on corps strewn chamber at any hour. ` There are 100 or more dead men re- maining in the mine there is no doubt. All thought of rescuing alive any DI LIIOEB locked in tlfa mine han ben" abandoned. EIUSI VUII UN PHIIHIBIIIU WELLINGTON, Dec. 11-'(By, wire) --The proposal to 'adopt ii general la\v of prohibition against the sale of alcbolic liquor throughout New Zea- land ha; probably been defeated on submission to the peaple. Complete returns of the referendum held recently show 255,864 persons in favor of the measure while 202,608. voted against it. ` The proportion of voters required by ,law in order to carry the proposi- tion into eilect is sixty per cent. nm-in \¢_-»._--_- KING REOEWBD 'HUNDRED ' NKTITIE _PRIIICES DELHI, Dec. 10--King George has had a busy -time since his arrival in camp for there has been a succession of ceremonies during the past three days. More than one hundred native Prine;-,s'ha-ve been received in audience by the King, and their visits have been returned, at the King’s com- mand, hy the Viceroy, King George nnd Queen Mary today received a magnificent open air ch\lr0l1 lN1l`Hd°~ which was an impressive_ spectacle. Few Americans are attending tbr llnrbar, apparently being. deterred lil fears of extortionate rates for _ac- commodations. At one .of the lcadlns SNVES USBNND JI _ FROM PRISON TORONTO. December 9-“Y0\lF wife says it was an accident, and 1 nm ming to give you the benefit of the const and will oisnlinrev you from this charge in the hone that l°l the sake of your wife and two child- ren -you will live an honest, sober life hereafter.” In these words Judge, Winchedf-ef. in the court of general sessions Yes' terday, set free J. P. Philips. Cheri!- ed with shooting his young Wife- Mrs. Phillips was in a weak condi- tion when' she took the Stand 8.05 gave evidence in en i“811dll>1° V°i°°° The wife said that sho and her busballll had been down to the Wood- bine races that afternoon. Altl10 her husband had been drinkin! hi' h,,¢;¢|~g¢e¢¢ -har in the most kluil manner. At home that ulllllf hi' again drank heavily Of °_“‘“l’”‘l‘“° and whiskey. About 10 oclock he lnnl me to her' “We11. I sms I will go to sleep." Bild “he ‘md mt him to go upstairs to undress one of the children. Bbq hoard n, allot in the hall and rushing out she received the shot in her breast, ln explaining the occlll- renee she declared that ller llushand could not have seen her and that the sliootlne was entirely accidental. .I r. Shcrman's friends plan, howev DEAD » ilu ll lull SUME HEIDNNNS _i LONDON. Dec. ll-(By wi,-e)_Th Daily Mail’s Delhi correspondent say that. after the Dnrbnr the King will announce an important reform.pr0m_ “mg higher commissions for nativ officers. i__________ sl. llullls ul r -ll lllllul IAMETERDAM. D20. 91--Quinn Wil- lielhilnassublects both young ninl old, indulged this week in the rus- :‘-_°maW annual celebration of the Feast of St. Nicholas," which cor. l’eSDO_uds to the Christlras celebrat- ions in other lands, though coming three weeks carlier. No festival in Holland exercises a more enchanting “peel °Ve1` b°tll Yolulg and old. The original custom was for the children to place their little wooden shoes upon the hearth on thc avi. ii( i-le, Nicllolaslluy, the legcllil llcillg that on that night the holy man i-mis over _tile llousetops on a snow. white steed accompanied by ills lit- m"l’laCk Serv*-lllt. ll _lllool-ish negro. He was supposed to carry with him a large bag, fllll of toys and sweets of all klnds‘for the “good” children and Filling 0Vcl‘ the roofs he threw the presents in passing down the '5h0mll€YS int() the shoes below, which was generally stlltied with a hand- ful of straw by the children, for the white horse. In early days thclijve of St. Nicholas was given over to the children entirely, but by deg;-een the grown-ups have come more and more to share init, until now throughout Holland it is a great occasion for big and little ones a- like. " “SHLIINNNN MAI NNN ', INN EUVENNUH Ui N l WASHING'1‘ON`, Dec, 9-Vice Presi- dent Jamcs S. Sherman does not ex- _oect and does not want to be a can- i nidsie for re-election with President Taft. This fact is quietly becoming known among Mr. Sherman’s intim- itcs ill Wasllillgton and is the most interesting gossip of the inner circles .VIl'. Sllcrmal\’s decision, which prac- tically it is, is not due to ally per- eonal llufriendliucss to President Taft 'iut is attributed to his unwilling- ness to rllll oll n. luw tarifl platform, and it is taken for granted that the President will insist on ollc. Mr. Sherman always has-ibeen a Lign priest to the vice presidency has no lnore disguised his dislike for the low tariff movement ill his party than has Joseph G. Cannon. It is felt that -the difference between the P-resident and the Vice President on the tariff ae irrecollciliable and that Mr; Sher- man’s Washington career will termin- ate March 4, 1913. M _ er, to bring him forward as a candid- ate for governor of New York,It _is believed that tllc contest there. with Mr. Sherman as thc Rdpllllllvdll Call' didate, would be fought on State rather than on National issues, and that the support of the men of the type represented by Mr. Sherman is absolutely necessary to the success of the State ticket, as it probably is in fact, to thc success of thc Republlwn ticket in the Empire State Both tic- kets would be strcngtllened, it is de- clo.rc Vivo Vrcslilent would he'fnirly trclltcll by the /\_c?_m(l;c_l_‘_______y10_________;l;_l;c in tg p_;:i;O_:l__p i_t___h__l;l;§l__f_:tgl;_t___1lll;‘. _R<;\_»_\;_ PARIS, Dec. ll-(ily li-ll'e)_->i‘od:lY ‘ ‘ - s . ‘ ’ ' i “-0 - . , _ . X _. V . ,,_ eeetotuller, has made the tempcrallce ‘Nw pefmns wefe, kmm "ml, °‘l’m' '"‘ .question prominent in the Liberal Jnrell ln ii collision on ill:-. Nortllcrn linilwny olltl-lidc thc l’al~is tl-rininlni, in llcrslelf ilisposcil to pllt severe re- -~~----------- ' NINSKIII HIIHBIHS Hill] If-_IS Dointed out thllt since its __ _ _ ‘ agreement with the g,,v,,i-iiment eight Jnlnes Wllltney ill relying for c\'lctol'.,- years ago the c0mI,,,_,,y has largely chiefly ull the record of his admini- rebnilt its iieetl inc,.e,,,,,n,_, the m,m_ stl-ation. Among other things he ail- bei- nf its Oilbgoing vessels mm., voeates the discontinuance of _thc '_"“ NEW YORK, Doc, 9-l-“ive niankeil rollbcl-is burst into a pool ron", nn Brooklyn, late tonight and at the point of rcvolvers lined up forty nlcn l Liovcrnlncnt have grown rapidly and wimse ,,,,¢ketS they ,med in real wild -` in wllicll French is superseding Eng- west fashion O Tile llltrusion of the nlen was with- , 8 , ', F0 - _ of £20 seen 40,000 ,ef £10 .-self, "‘?d‘“t°I’ “am” _“ ”““‘° “_”'“°“g "“° 0 - pool players, With guns in both is thus an uncaiied 1iai,im_y of £400__ hands the robbers soon had control of the situation, and in less time It IS Pf0ll059d to illCl`@l159 the “PV i than it takes to etell it, the had tal to £2,500,020, made up of 611,- ' ` Y made tlxemen give up watches and jewellery and more than $200, it is estimated, in cash. ment share of £20, which latter sllarc , While the robbery was going on., maintains the all-British character ol CHIPl'EWA» FAU-S~ DEQ 11"‘(BY one of the men in the roonl manag- ed to escape and gave a police alarm which brought. the reserve from a tm* “D000 shares °ll which °"1Y ‘£10 Line oilicials for fifty Chinese, be- HSMPY §t*.‘,t({9“' The Omcers Surround' lieved smuggled into the United E me m mg and “mght two .of - , the masked men as they were boltillg States ln freight cars. . ` _ - '_ The fact that the celestisls were °§,§,,°fS“;" f’fe‘;,” §‘“°",T'",ff "f,,f,L,‘,§ scaled up in thc cars when shipped I Lv BCM W 1’ “ng g long through the glass sash of the rear windows to the back yeard. 0.32.3 .f.?S;‘.‘.i..i.i.". ‘§‘;“.‘li.“. ’;‘.°.I.‘...l‘“t.i rms lurnr our able f0I` USSU0. £360»000 Of this be' freight cars known to have recently _ in in ordinary shares, and £540,000 crossed the Cahailian hordei-_ » ___ hotels the minimum rate for each pcr-i QUEBEC, December 9-With the erence stock will be issued ht once twenty day/,_ follr members of his family lying dead in part payment for the interest in s in ,, vacant house in Champlain street 'Fhonlas Jones, nn Englishman, out from thc Old Country only nbout four years, last evening was as ii man in him of his wife and three children. Leaving his home as usual for his . . . . . government boats NEW ' 0 ’ ec' work on one of the f>‘fa;]£erlitlc1d:J(,tlNt€riee?‘t\aNd_rebeifad-:NESS in the ]“°“is° basin' he rcceivm e tonight to start at midnight on a Within a brief perwd lat" Et? thi pedallillg grind for six days-oi- 142 news that his llou_se was on le ani hours to be exact The Familiar con. and that his family had _been asphy- xiated by smoke and terribly nlultlla o . - ‘ th i, . ' ' f nual feature, nllt it is said hgatglig DY l-D0 Cufle blaze- The “mmm” were 1 tggg NNE N215 lN?>t;Nr,ed];mNda?1lson;qurFl-e Mrs. Thomas Jones, nlr“-il 25 Y°H"5€ Garden, where the contest has been Clinrles Jones, aged 5 _vi‘m‘B; ilelil for -many years, is to bc torn Alfred Jones, aged 4 years; down soon. There are seventeen cast- Baby Jones, aged 2 months. ern riders ill this ycar's linc-up and -1-* _ , , n four from Ball Francisco. conslllcg- sg d~ h* ~ 1 - V mnntg ous omission in the entries ls t e ____ ,,,aTf,e“;l;n,?,,,;];l;;;[i,;l,:“,.0::;l;):;,fd ,mis name of Walter Rutt, the great Ger-~ PASSES NH _cofdlons ELECTIONS on "4 to navigation are reported in the am man sprinter. In his _place llliillie _ HONG KUNG_ D,,,__ ,,__l,,,_mms w_ “HB1 F690” ‘ll the mmm” ‘1°l"“`l’m°“l" L-Oren' the present sipna mg dcmrlmli LONDON. December 9-The house clay looted the worlisllolis of the Gnu- ___ The number of vessels in thc register `P‘°“ °f G\"’1rma“{' ligsrlcoigaidzl, mot of commons has finally passed tho Na- t,,i,.i»i,,nk0w linilwny, killing one fore-1 _ at the end of last year was 7.904 dull 'fave as “S "QE 6 .a ` ti ’ cent val Prize Bill, by nn cxceptlounlly msn, ,, for.-iglnw, nnil seven \\'<»l'k-, l.O.\’llf N, ll--r. 0-A ralllegrnm to ille £04501 001111383 750-929- Tm’ V”-‘uc §‘e{eT::€;;,,,aT xx 130;; nl; tener, small majority. This is the inelisurn nlcn_ A report of the rrinle was imulniini. ling-ll i`olnnin=nii,nni- ,,i New yga. aggregated $22,527.870 an increase of un and th# team will be one of those ,mon the passage of which ,inpcndg ,U ,_|,,, ,.,,\,,|,,L,,,,,,,,-_,. lcnilni-n ,,nd they | i,,,,,] ,yi l,nnlloll states that _thc drst 1l.092.735 ln the Year- Men 9-“d boys 0'” 610891' watched in tha present Great Britain’s ratification of the ,,-,.,-,. nelinll to sen tlllit. thc lootrrs liIdn_vs polling given the (lpposltlon 25 employed in shipping were estlmdlldd 'F0,,_e“ Y' ` Declaration of London, thc agrccmnllt f,,,|,,,i i,, he niembcrs oi tin- rc\'Hl\\-iseats, .'.iovcl'l\mcnt 21 und lndcndent A ' between, the various governments us iioinii-y party, are lichcnilcrl. _All 1 __ _ Departmental appropriations amo- “EA-I-HER FDRECAS1' &¢ to prizes in time of war. The lull nliont mini. n the _hnnli\ts__liir ion- :slr J. Wnrll in n _ tllree-cornered nnted to $6,196,723, and expenditure ' pnngsd ith third i-ending by n vote of ,iinninig tin-ir nct.\vltll‘u. llle rlu-r_ _ $4,798,988. Many improvements a-re re- --_ _ 172 to 125_ pirlltns lioivi-vcl', nl\pl~ar to be i‘ll-iirltn snlnll returns still to to come. ferred to among them being the ad- TORONTO. UGC r. 12-Flesh south- __ ,.,.i,,,,i|y nnpiil-i-,.-soil and ine sitlllitlon 'l'llil~i.y-two ballots will be taken on the work carried on hy the comnlis- Hwqdway’ 'mem Gates Ave" UI' ii daze. He had hardly yet come to a full realization of the tragic event . which yesterday morning had robbed BY UYNNMII uamiic holnb exploded here during crolvdcil cinenlatograph exhibition, llifty perslills vvere __i|ijni-rid, The Polic thu lomb lol- lwwcllge. 'I`lic explosion has resulted in th thrcv oillewl are sllilcrillg from seri ons inillriol-4, idigllt victinis hnil ihni logs! nln|\l\llll.l-il. f`0lll1i`ll \\'iiH lllrlll lust cvenlllg-l‘l`escn "Hill W0l`f‘llIll tlu- Mllyor uni! all fll ( (‘ourI'. to tilkc into consill'cl‘l;. i‘onll<-illol' Mrllnnnlli sllbmiltid :l lvl;ollli.ion ngkiln; for ll' e lt was lnovell in nnlcndincnt ily ' c ¢ ~ ------- \_ .Resolutions Passed Yee- terddy-Some Chilli- ‘ E ges Proposed.- ---' i,I:| At the meeting of the Provincial Lm‘lI‘7- UCC- 11°-(By Wl1'0)~A ily-|'1‘emperancu Alliance held yesterday a afternoon there was s good attend- ance and the discussions were lively -'\ il‘l'l`illl0 Panic ensued in which and brotherly. There was a lengthen- e ed discussion of a resolution in favor ‘believe ii illscllllrged employe threw Of the commission plan to enforce U10 law. but it was not adopted. B The following resolutions were 3- . rlopted unanimously: _ 1, To remove' all alcoholic liquors r from drug stores except pure alcohol. 2 To amend physicians' prescrip- itions so as to require personal diag- nosis of each case for which liquors are prescribed. 3 To Illlnke it illegal to treat in nil places except private houses. 4. Tile appointment of but one Proscclltor for each county, such prosecutor to be paid such salary tllllt he muy ilcvote his clltira time to thc illtcrcsts of the public in the ll~llfol‘cI‘llll'nf. of flu- uct, mill thnf; tha t lll'H1~<-irl\l|ll'.< he Mes:-irs Jenkins, (lough (ii flllll .dliitibcll ` N 5. ’l`lu- l'cf-ltolwitliill of thc funll for lI(~l.l'l;Ii\l~. \\u»l'k, r li, 'i'll|lf this llcssioll ill illc ['. E. "'L"‘lllll»T ol ifillf-"IIS in ilu' l\l1il!i=~ll`=\l-I‘:= lslnlnl 'l’c.|ll»ei':lln'~l-, Alllilncc rdgrcts to Inalrn of tho lalnidt-ll llvuth of Bro. -ll. ll. l-li:lnlcl‘soll of North Wiltshire. lirn. Helliliwsoll has lleoll a prominent ',llii\|lllle-l' of tllirl Allililice for years e und tllc loss l-illstailicd by the tem- ennles ni tile lsnllot net ilrlnteil ny' l‘L‘f“""¢ L‘f1"-‘0 in this province is 'nlnch l‘l-gletteil. llis strong Stan() for 1i\llll.l-l'mii-e and good citivlen- ship .sllolllll lic nn inspiration to tlnlsc who rl-lnzlill to carry on the ygonil wlll'k. This Alliullce therefore work only be accepted. Anlcu_i_:_ _lat S__p__le_;`_°;nt__ swam' Apply to Joseph “mg me at 6 pn Piet M °° ing'at 4 and 'rlnnsdsr morning et 1“me“- S°°_'Y-_._ ____12i11‘l??"_lj‘ZP5l_- 1 this morning at 7. 0 or c oil. _----»-- 9_ A .Of-`l'l‘, in this cit , Dec, Yesmrdayhtmh 8538:; ;?¢,:;ei:l:1\od'aTf 5‘T6lle sun will set this afternoon and gold cresent lNin with settings. [gh Mizz' E08 mihldtes late the west- tomorrow afternoon at 4.l9~ it rises Finder please return to 103 l__\icl;- " ' ' - i' . ern accommodation was on time, the tomorrow at 7.29 and- Thursday 1110110 Sfgg, ___ __ _ _,_____,1,2__]_Z§l_'_;Sfe__ Su-mmel-side accommodation was 50 morning at 7.29. "`\0WLl'NG, Burkles A %y8.t “ Q minutes lste, the eastern accornmo- Thez moon rises tomorrow morning market, open lsvwful days en ~0 dation was 1 hour and 10 minutes at 1 .08. _ _ eleven. ?f25di»l- Moved by lfolllicillor Riley, second- !` of Sydney nnil Haviland tits. near the UIFIELN llPiNiIl INN ST. JOHN, Dec, 10-Tllrcc shots from a revolver in the lmulls of Pu- trolman Witrrien, which rang out ln tl ` . ` . ` il ' il f il by illc police. The men had llhcu N0, 2, is tn is-.;; C. W.. 3. 46 iff Elclll wolilillsll '~<~~'-- appl'ccilltioli of Bro. Hcnilerson's Councillor Johnson introrllleed nhyu, w'll`0“‘-5§a slight concussioli of the brain, bllt Blllldfil. 4903 Winter “`l*\'-°t- lm*-€“t*;nri serious results are feared. Some choice. 475 *-0 51 Slfilli-fllll “"“C"’°- 'oi tin-, people dclnnnllcil their money 425 to 440' St.l‘Rii!.l1f- RUlll`l"'=l~ l"‘l'3"‘- llillrk, but the majority nlndc no Kick. | lt is rl lvoniler that Sandow was Bran 23. F-lli.ll'i.H 25. Mlilillllllis 27 l",‘.noi. inure r»=nl'iolll-ily hurt for he wellt 28, -Mullllic 29 to 34. l'll\.V. Nl- 2- l’0Vi<»\'vl- illc foofilgllts llead first and ton cnrlots, 15 to i5.5\l; l:_"ll\li>i'i‘~ ijlnt. nlissril the edge of a scat. He nllllollllrcil tllnf. llc wolllll wrestle Ilcre Izwnill, hut wulltc-il nn ciglliceli fuot Il‘o|\i-ll ring rollsitrllctcil dol' the next l rolltl-st, rcccivcll n lllllplrliy of 12 o tion- of modern ill0l>U`lC liifllti Bt °l`1Y and Westerly winds; cloudy and I at nll points- along the wc.-it river ls 'l'bnl-.-dny, 22 of irllicll from all indi- tNi)e principal coast stations. UD £0 mlm Wil-ll 3l‘°“'°'9~ - ' A i 'rc of 1,00 rc\olntlonnrv cations ulll be favorable to theO0v ___ _ quiet. Ol _ ~ th il f 1910 there had been spent . ° O lil O0”-) in :.' ' ircpnring to leave (iinton crniilent and right to the Opposition. onethl; channel between Montreal and The t°"lP°"“t“re at three 0 dock _ _ (Tgonltateinrh l°”_FL and t`l\`;-Utihrtxll to iolll th” l\"“lV “N w“ . Q eb a total of $8,358,322 for dred- thi! morning DY the Hexlm sto” NEW PORK. _H9911 and “fre (-i,,,,,:_ Minard s lnlllment Mules llistcmper. GOLDEN “ cc ea use 110 lor plant. “Sled 'l`l‘°'m°m"*" W” f°"Y'°‘5“* » ‘W "`._““*°¥‘.*?.;..__»-‘Z-9"3""" _ ’ ' degrees above zero. ""*E}§i-I HALIHUT. Hdlld0Cl§- -"*"-‘~'-"‘~""‘""""'"""""""""""""""""""""""""""'""'"""""""`""`"""" _ .The lowest temperature recorded Ill Codiiahy gmeith, Finnhn H_ao- - ' yesterday was 85 degrees above zero dies at T,mt0“»,,_ 12-9ds_i_p_ll, Ploywcf and the highest was 45 shove. The ”",§t§}}*s5f,1“§i”_’_sAUSAGE°g_“mndn ' lowest recorded the previous night huh 0”” an s.,md°"_ Nw. _ V ____ _ was 30 above. At nine a. m., it was .om & Cm ' n_13d2m ,i_ The Northumberland left this port :%o‘:__‘;‘_’v° and at “me p'm"itwas M :END-R.S, I pay highest _prices_ fig §::;i`:;°fyreTtn€`§.?iu°n';`{l', dgainspast Th” ‘\§“"‘,°‘ °°““", Wu, "° °‘g“" Jenr'IN:,k'olfd-lgzgstfxfrfillisaiinpql ea P'°°°“ “° sn'°°‘ Sm’ “M °“ '°°“'“ “odds fled :iINNilmh“€nls`slternnon 7“1l1dClll;3FMllE-(NITEDTl°’N‘“°M“° THOUGHTS 1 hiiva matic only a nosegav of cull-N The fli`6flY 0DlY Slllllifs WMU 05 “I0 flowers, and have brought nothing \\`llll',- S0 it is Wm* mallklnili Whvh m onn but the stlin that ties once we rest we darken -Bacon- . williiil Hills llii illlilll THE Tfrnpgmlngg 1 G Sllli Mil-Hill FBUM BHULEHN ALLIANCE MEET ii-kr tvs.-.£‘1_ __ .. ¢<~&»=E- 1$==##s?»s">?n"2c££tn:. " f ' ` £2 ‘ €i,c,,,¥_M[,hi,,i,inn,_ i Beware of desperate steps. _The llc noble! nnd the noblencss that..darkcst day,_ lived until tomorrow, ics in other men, sleeping, but never will have passed away.-Cowper. fiend, will rise in maiesty to meet, It is worth one thousand poundsa thins own.-Lowell. year to have the habit 0! l00l£i\\S 0l\ The chief want in life is somebody the bright side of things.-Johnson. that will make lls do the best we' God has delivered yourself to your can.-Emerson. care. and says, I had no one iltf-01' fl! Be brief; for it is with words as',trust to than you; pressrvsthll per- with sunbeums, the more they are son to Me such as he is by nsturb- . condensed the deeper they bum.-modest, beautiful. hlflllllli l10l>l0 Glid- gonthny, _ tranquil.-Eplctstus. -.~ l x | _ , `,~. . ‘ . - -~ _ si- ~ »\ \-‘ ~