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tinents in a vain nervous debility and El:mondod South Amâ€" six bottles cured, y closes with these ursion thing slynp should wildren Teething. I% a the .rnnm, cures whm 4 naidy jor Diarrhcos. ND SALARY RATES. Hamilton= Tcronto=â€" 5 Montreal Line 40 1904. med the only nd highly resâ€" nt.. who had Apply W. Cole, na, Erysip« les, _ Hoils, pa lace, and ilkin@ about M racays mod Midney iway ; terms Apply to J. AFFEE raging he yacht ould not vithout a ing ove ow hou’ Majesty irningly ve want ot what u thinb, u know. ‘\om pson Ehomas‘ her husâ€" it took for sale; atalogue. ondon. B N THE e, furni« ng from ampa, s mgnt s Barâ€" y York »r onto 1 have falseâ€" a Misâ€" ifis to M TEN me reâ€" ng; $10 ARBER to Oc t that â€"â€" evile return _ day River on & went (Y n aition © 1t new$ with r and that City Lont regu~ nrove work Ore ip to oak®, iven X V TWO res$ ropâ€" i it vou speâ€" 10e iny the see for Kussicns Repulsed the Attick and Cavairy Checked the Turning Movementâ€"â€"Kuroki Has Not Yet Crossed the River Hunâ€"â€" Report From Tokio That a Battie Will Scon T«ke Piace at Mukâ€" denâ€"â€"Keuropatkin Has an Immens:s D:fence Forceâ€"â€"Port Arthur to be Attack:d More Vigorouslyâ€"â€"Gen. Nicholson at Tokio. Chetoo and other Chinese centres repreâ€" sent the Japanese as veing véry much more active at Port Arthur. ‘iney are said toa be preparing winter quarters at Dalny, which will be the mam base for their whole operations when the harâ€" bo of New Chwang is frozen. A Rusâ€" sian merchant named Krabe, who has arâ€" rived at Chefoo, states that he was capâ€" tured while attempting to get through the blockading line. He was taken blindâ€" folded on board a Japanese warship, where he was interrogated and threatenâ€" ed with being sent a prisoner to Japan. He was finally liberated, however, and the officer who had examined him conâ€" gratulated him upon his lucky escape from Port Arthur, saying that a severe bombardment would begin on Tuesday, (Rept. 20) preparatory to the storming of important positions. The officer addâ€" ed that the fortress would be captured in a few days. Krabe became enthusiâ€" }Yir- when he described Gen. Stoessel‘s alertness and diligence. He never seems to sleep. When his administrative work is fini*‘wd he prowls about the forts. He is a severe taskmaster for the officers, insisting upon a strict performance of their duties. _ He has closed the officers‘ elubs. The soldiers idolize him, and he inspires confidence. Krabe says that Port Arthur in the daytime is deserted. At night it is like a black vault. There is almost no sound heard except the disâ€" tant crack of skirmishers‘ rifles or an ocâ€" easional gun. The air is filled with the seent of death. No nonâ€"combatants venâ€" ture out after sunset. There was genâ€"ral disoust im â€" Port London, Sept Chetoo and oti Japanese Tried to Capture the Pass Turn Russian Flank. St. Petersburg Cable â€" 2.30 p. n. Kouroptakin, telegraphing . it &stertlay's date, declases that the si tion at the front is unchanged. â€" He seribes an outpost fight Tuesday at Pass. half way between Bentsiaputze Bintsintin. A Japauese force consis of four eompanies marched _ up i PDriantichan, twentyâ€"three miles . n« us n s W is Do ie l mcd ~Auvs _ Rliah back, is in the hospital, but it is not known whether he is sick or not. _ ‘The Japanese guns are cleverly masked, their howitzers using smokeless powder, are the most effective. The Russians have formed a corps of sharpshooters, whose duty it is to creep onut on the hillsides and discover the positions of the enemy‘s guns. ‘They have been frequently sueâ€" cessful in this work. Krabe refused to talk about the food supply,â€"only saying Jocylarly, "Well, they bave no plum pudâ€" din@." c d oc lusdfitihanatnnd i P limes is expected this week, and it 18 predicted in well informed quarters that the reduction of the fortress will not be accomplished within ten days or a fortâ€" night. The authorities continue silent â€" eonâ€" eerning operations there. The publiâ€" eation of a small list of casualties in the naval brigade operating on land is the onty recent official ntterance in reâ€" ference to that siege. . The spoils taken at Liao Yangz continue to grow. Gen. Kuroki reports the capture of four miles of railway rails and two hundred tons of ecal. & Tokio Believes That a Battle Will Soon Take Place at Mukden. Tokio Cable (Naaen.)â€" An _ imâ€" pression is growing general that an enâ€" vagement will soon take place at Mukâ€" den. _ General Kourgpatkin is evidently preparing to make a determined resistâ€" unce to any attempt to dispossess him and is entrenching and constructing deâ€" fenses. _ He has an immense force availâ€" able, bui the opinion is expressed that Tie Pass would be a more favorable loâ€" cation for defense. _ The Russians, howâ€" ever, are unwilling to suffter the loss of prestige which would be involved by the abandonment of Mukden. _ Both armies are now rested and have recovered from the efiects of the fight at Liao Yang. They are in eemditic o fight, and the weather is favorable 106 military operaâ€" tions. _ The roads are drying and the Japanese are speedily restoring the railâ€" way. _ A party of military attaches who reeently eame to Liao Yang from Tokio were dragged for one hundred miles in open trucks by coolies. . The army is mow forwarding rolling stock with captured cars and engines, and the service will soon be thoroughly organâ€" ized. y nc a * 4 «ol tb intsdadintrasit / en. Kouroptakin, telegraphing _ under %sterday's date, declases that the situaâ€" tion at the front is unchanged. He deâ€" seribes an outpost fight Tuesday at Da Pass. half way between Bentsiaputze and Rintsintin. A Japazese force consisting of four eompanies marched _ up from Pziantichan, twentyâ€"three miles northâ€" east of Saimadzi, and tried to capture the pass and turn the Russian left flank. but the Russians repulsed the attack and the turning movement was checkel by Russian cavalry, supported by machine t . ... * .+ af the news at Tokio of the With the Liao river open the task of transporting men and supplies to the advance base of aperations at Liao Yang is simple. W ere is much «peculaztion now as to the extent of the fall and winter camâ€" paign. _ It is gemerally thought that Fiel¢ â€" Mursuai Oyama will continue pressing Kouropatkin back until the winter falls ana wili then strongly guard his advance line until «pring. The Japanese carried on an aggre«sive camâ€" paign against t*> Chimese during the winter, but conditions" are different in this war. A renewal of the attacks upon Port Arthur on newer and more aggressive limes is expected this week, and it is predicted in well informed quarters that . OM BW 0 Hncwbvines cextk mok bnto kouropatkin Reports Japs in Both Objects. TRIED TO CAPTURE DA PASS _ AND TURN RUSSIAN FEANK Ins. The receipt of the news at Tokio of the LOOKS FOR A FIGHT J . "Ree PASS FIGHT. ral disgust im _ Port Russian squadron reâ€" engagement with the 10. _ Admiral Prince brought the squadron m.â€"Stories from 230 p. m.â€" under and Both Fishermen and Their Wives Were Annihilated. Tekio Cable On Sept. 9 a despatch Chinese Say Deaths From Starvation are Increasing. Chefoo Cable â€" It is stated that the Japanese have captured numbers of junks attempting to run the blockade of Port Arthur. _ These vessels were mostly laden with meat, flour and Chinese who have arrived from the beâ€" sieged town say that the deaths from starvation are increasing, and that food was supplied to the foreigners who were about to leave the place in order to deâ€" ceive outsiders as to the actual condiâ€" tions prevailing in the fortress. Skrydloff‘s Chief of Staff Says Part Arâ€" thur Can be Recaptured. St. Petershurg Cable â€" The latest advices received here from Vladivostock announce that the repairs to the Russian cruisers Bogatyr, Rossia and Gromoboi have been completed. Capt. Cradot, Viceâ€" Admiral Syrydloff‘s chief of staff, has arrived here from Vladivostock with important despatches for the Emperor. Capt. Ciadot informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that he expects the protected cruiser Bogatyr has been cempleted: that the damages to the arâ€" mored cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia did rmot necessitate their going into dry dock, and thit both were fit to resume active service. He admits that the chief misâ€" sion of these vessels is to prey upon comâ€" merce. Cladot says that the Russians will be unable to recapture Port Arthur, in the event of its fall, without having the mastery of the seas, and urges the desâ€" patch of every available ship to the Far KEast, including the Black Sea fleet. The Russ says toâ€"day that Japan can place as many ableâ€"bodied men in the field as France, whose capacity, the Russ says, is 2,500,000 men. The paper adâ€" Runmsrsns Reconnoitered Mlong the Japâ€" anese Frexticr. (Gen. Kuroki‘s Headquarters in the Fieldi, Sept. 17, via Fushan, Sept. 22â€" The Hussians are recormoitring along the Japmwese frontier with a large force of eavaltry, supported by guns. With three guns <they appeared yesterday evening witlhin 6,000 yards of Yentai station and threw a few shells at the station. They contmued the cannonadine at intervals leki0 Cabhle On Sept. 9 a despatch was received stating that Russians from Kamehatka had descended upon a Japanese colony founded by Capt. Getniji upon Shimushu Island, one of the Kurite group, and massacred all the women, numberiny 26, while the mren were away fishing. ‘The report was doubted at the time, but «cireumstances mnow seem to coufirm it. The men, who were on a fishing expedition to Kamchatka, were probably surprised anmd _ annihilated. Later. on Auge. 25. two Immdred Rnasian fishing expedition to Kamchatka, were probably surprised anmd _ annihilated. Later, on Aug. 25. two hundred Russian soldiers invaded the defenceless colony, attacking the women ani burning their houses. _ The Japanese Government ie sending assistance to the survivors. By Desperate Assaults, and Russians Cannot Dislodge Them. Toki@a, Cableâ€" 3 p. m.â€"While official confirmation is lacking, it seems certain that the Japanese possess a fort on anâ€" other beight westward of Itzshan, which they earried by desperate assaults, ande have simee resisted all attempts to capâ€" ture by the Russians. Both these heights overlook Port Arthur, offering excellent Many cf The Defenders Have Perished From its Bite. Chefoo Cable â€"Anna Kravtchenko. contmued the cannonading at intervals all duy toâ€"day. The Russian force on the Mukiten road extends from Shuliho, eight miles north of Yentai, to Tsaotoitsu, five xiiles northeast. «un positions, which materially weaken the Russian defence. march of the Japanese from Dziantichan was the probable origin of the rumor that Kuroki had crossed the Hun River, which runs twenty miles north of Da Pass. The most relisable information does not indicate the resumption of the Japâ€" anese offensive for some days. marca was t that I which Port Artiu stly â€" laden SEELLED YENTAZY STATION TO PRAY UPON COMMERCE. MASSACRED THEM ALL. JAPS CAPTURE JUNKS. FLY HERALD OF DEATH. CAPTURED FORT 5 Failed Tokio Cable â€" Gen Oku has written an extended report of the operations preceding the capture of Liszoâ€"Yang and expresses the opinion that (ien. Kourâ€" opatkin had determined to hold Liaoâ€" Yang, his plan being first to attack and defeat (Gen. Kuroki and then assail the Jazanese centre and left armics. Oku deâ€" clares that the stubborn resistance of the Russians at Liaoâ€"Yang proves that their retreat was not prearranged. Russians Offering Big Inducements for Supply of Coal. Tsigtau Cable â€" (3 p. m.) â€" Sevâ€" eval colliers arrived here within the last ten days. It is believed the cargoes are intended for Port Arthur. _ The British eollier, Foxton Hall, has transâ€" ferred her cargo of Cardiff coal to the German steamer Ericka, which the local authorities would not allow to leave until given assurance that no attempt would be made to enter Port Arthur. The Ericka sails at daylight for Japan, but she will ultimately make for Port. Arthur, where the Russians are offerâ€" ing stupendous inducements for the deâ€" livery of coal. _S. Davidson, an Ameriâ€" can merechant, who had a Russian coal contract, and was ordered to leave Port Arthur on February 15 last, is now at. Tsingtau. He tells the Associated} Press correspordent that when he left, there was less than 200,000 tons of coal | there. _ On account of the Russian batâ€"| tieships having been compelled to keep] up fuel steam day and night for nearly | eight months, and the enormous quantiâ€" l ties of fuel required for the water conâ€" cdensing plant, there must be a coal famâ€" ine there now unless more coal has ar-‘ rived. The Japanese have since cut off the water, when the garrison would have to depend entirely upon the condenser. If a coal famine prevails the town must be getting water from impure water wells, which would also have to be served to the sick and wounded iccless. Reports Presented to King‘s Daughters‘ Convention. Toronto, Sept. 26.â€"The business at the second day‘s session of the King‘s Daughters‘ convention consisted chietly of the presentation of reports from New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. _ Miss Helen L. Barker spoke for New Brunsâ€" wick, where the work was reported to be encouraging. Sinee 1901 seven circles have disbandâ€" ed in Quebec, and six formed. _ The toâ€" tal membership is 801. Mrs. Mooney, Stratford, read a paper entitled "Counting the Cost." The evening meeting â€" was presided exer ‘by Rev. C. t*. James, pastor of the Church of the Redsesser. _ In the abâ€" sence of Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, of New York, general secretary, Mrs. Whitâ€" wey, of Detroit, spoke on the good work «if the King‘s Daughiters, after which Rirs. M. S. Savage, provincial secretary, delivered an instruetive address. ffustice Magee‘s Severe Arraignment of Estates Limited. "On perusal of the contract which %« on the printed form, one can only wonâ€" Aar how persons eonld be so simple as to "be induced to enter into it. Manifestly mone of those who did euld have had any professional or independent advice or any business experience. The procurâ€" ment of money from women or inexperâ€" renced men on the faith of this does not reflect credit upon any of the persons connected with the eonduct of the busiâ€" mees f the company. The papers before me are meagre in their details. but they poitnt to an organization formed to bring about the result which has happened." In Ontario in 1901 there were 76 cirâ€" cles and 1,386 members, and in 1904 77 cirekes and 1,587 members, or a net inâ€" crease of 201 members. _ Five county and five city unions were organized. "FToronto, Sept, %6.â€"Mr. Justice Magee westerdiy morning, at Oogoode Hall,. deâ€" livered his judgment regarding the windâ€" ing up of Estates, Limited, in which he agreed to its liyuidation. The opening semtences of his decision deal with the mature of the concers, He says: Montreal Rtport â€" A disastrous fire broke out about 1 o‘clock this morning in the block bounded by St. Surplice de Bresoles, Le Royer and St. Claude streets near the rear of Notre Dame church, doâ€" ing damage which it is estimated will be close to threeâ€"quarters of a million dolâ€" lars. _ The fire broke out in the preâ€" mises of the Canadian Hardware Comâ€" pany, midway in the block between St. Sulpice and St. Claude streets, and the five flats were soon a raging furnace. From there the fire spread to the Cenâ€" tral Agency‘s warehouse on the west, and Chaput, Fils & Co on the east. The Central Agency is the warehouse of the British Thread Trust, while Chaput‘s carry one of the largest stocks of groâ€" ceries and liquors in the oty and occupy a larger warehouse than any other two BiG CONFLAGRATION IN MONTREAL â€"THIS MORNING Three Quarters of a Million Dollars‘ Worth of Property Destroyed. mits that Russia is greatly handicapped by the distance of her army from headâ€" quarters here, and urges doubling the Siberian railroad line. In the later petition, which emanated (Â¥% TO DECEIVE THE IGNORANT. COAL FOR PORT ARBTEUR. GEN. OKU REPORTS. PROVINCIAL CIRCLES. The boy climbed an electric light pole in front of his home and with one hand grasped the wire from which the. are light is suspended, while with the other he held onto one of the iron spikes in the pole. Imediately a current of elecâ€" tricity went coursing through his body, and he could not let go. His cries attractâ€" ed the attention of a number of people, but all were afraid to touch him fl('aring a shock of electricity, and he was allowâ€" ed to hang there. A telephone eall was sent to the Electric Light Station for the repair wagon and gang. In the meanâ€" time Patrolman John Curry came along the stret, and despite the warnings of the men standing about, grabbed the boy and with a jerk pulled him from . the pole. The lad was not injured in the least. In the meantime the repair gang at the Electric Light Station â€" hurriedly hitched a horse to the repair wagon and started out. _ They hitched the anima! close to the wagon and when they startâ€" ed on a run the wagon knocked its heels and a moment later it was running away down Buffalo avenue. _ At Sixth street it collided with a rig, in which Patrolâ€" man Thomas Mahony was riding. The oficer was thrown out and his shoulder dislocated. Harry P. Harris, driver of the repair wagon, was arrested and takâ€" en to headquarters, but he was released when explanations were made. A Boy‘s Action Carsed a Runawasy and Other Accidents. Niagara Falls, Sept 26.â€"The efforts of little Bernard Silberberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silberberg, of 932 Niagâ€" ara avenue, to prove his qualities as an acrobat, Saturday evening, caused a runâ€" away, the dislocation of a shoulder of Patrolman Thomas Mahoney and the arâ€" rest of Harry P. Harris, an employee of the Niagara Falls Electric Light & Powâ€" «r Company. ‘_. _ 6 e 16 Swiss Professors Discover a New Anaesâ€" thetic. Washington, Sept, 26.â€"After tMree years of patient research, two professors of Geneva, Switzerland, have discovered a new anaesthetic, which promises to revolutionize the practice of dentistry. In reporting this to the State Departâ€" ment, United States Consul Liefeld, at Freiburg, Germany, states that, finding the nervous system was influenced by eolored light, the profedsors soon perâ€" ceived, after experimenting â€" with each hue, that blue had an extraordinarily soothing effect on the nerves. Weary ‘Willics Make Things Unpleasant for Belleville Family. Belleville, Ont., Sept. 26.â€"A bold act was committed by two tramps near this city yesterday afternoon. They went to the farm ‘house of Mr. John Ling and deâ€" manded a meal. As it was not prepared for them quickly enough they enterâ€" ed the house and drove the farmer and his wife out, taking possession and makâ€" ing themselyes at home. Aftc® ecating and drinking what they liked and helpâ€" ing themselves to some small articles, the tramps walked off in an casterly dirâ€" ection. This part of the country is said to be fairly imfested with tramps. from Mrs. Mary Manderson, a creditor of Estites, the opinion was expressed that the first petitioner, Mr. Archibald MceMillan, having been an agent of the company, would not act in any way hosâ€" tile to its interest. "This fear," said Mr. Justice Magee, "was, I think, a reasonâ€" abie one under the cireumstances, alâ€" though, it is fair to say, Mr. MceMillan disclaims collusion. As the affairs and methods of the company should be probâ€" ed to the bottom, and the creditors should have no misgivings, it is better that the proceedings should be in other hands." He therefore grants the petition, but gives the conduct of the proceedings into the hands of Mrs. Manderson. Eelmont, Man., Vigilance Committee Adâ€" minister Severe Discipline. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 26â€"At Belmont toâ€"night a resident was heard by neighâ€" bore beating his wife. A number of men gathered, went to the house and took him down the railway track, where he was beaten with sticks and then preâ€" parations wer made for lynching, as a bluif. _ Wher the rope was around his neck the man promised to do better and not illâ€"use his wife. He was taken home, where a crowd awaited the effects of his beating, and left word with his wife that he was to be more roughly handled should he break out again. The fire was an exceptionally fieree one, and made its way through thick firewalls, notwithstanding the efforts of the entire city fire brigade. _ Searcely anything but the walls of the Canada Hardware warehouse is left, but the fire was stopped before it reached the exâ€" treme western section of the Chaput warehouse. _ The stock carried by the Canada Hardware Company is estimated at $15,000, which will be a total loss. The large stock of threads carried by the warchouse of the Central Agency will be seriously damaged by fire, smoke and water. _ There are wide streets to the north and south of the burned block which prevented the fire from reaching the blocks of large warehouses on either gide. _ The burnedâ€"block is the property of the Grey Nuns. The Consul sys that a tooth may be painlessiy extracted with noné of the usual after effects by shutting up the patient in a dark room and exposing his eyes to a blue light of sixteen candle power for three minutes, causing him to lose all sense of pain, although at the same time retaining his senses. firms put together. _ The value of their stock is computed at close to half a milâ€" lion dollars. DRIVEN FROM HOME BY TRAMP. REAL PAINLESS DENTISTRY. WIFE BEATER PUNISHED. HUNG ON LIVE WIRE. 4 4 it h In the confession the editor says that after having held his position for three months and being about to retire, his conscience impelled him to state : "I have been in charge of this publication in the interest of one of the most desâ€" APPLE PROSPECTS NOT GOOD Export Prices Not Encouraging, but Wili Likely Improve. (From Ham‘lton Times.) Fruit exporters in these parts are not at all pleased with the look of the forâ€" eign market. ‘This year‘s vield of apâ€" ples is not nearly as large as was that of last year, the yield being variously placed at oneâ€"/alf to twoâ€"thirds. _ In some sections the quality is excellent, and there is no doubt about the ability of the exporters to supply the demand for high class fruit, _ Prices quoted, however, are lJowâ€"so low that the buyâ€" ers are almost ashamed to make the ofâ€" How Firms and Men Have Been Swindled : and Ruined. Alleged Attempt to Surprise Trades of Labor Men. EDITOR OF FINANCIAL PAPER â€" MAKES OPEN CONFESSION. New York, Sept,. 26.â€" Much interest has been aroused by the publication of an "open confession" by the editor of a monthly paper posing as a financial auâ€" thority. The periodical had been freely cireulated outside New York since last June, and recently was debarred from the mails. ‘The business address was found to be a livery stable in Washingâ€" ton and the paper is supposed to have been printed here, fer Montreal, Sept. 26.â€"The Toronto deleâ€" gates to the Trades and Labor Congress claim to have discovered a prearrangeâ€" ment here, by which an attempt is being made to "cook" a slate of new officers and spring it on the meeting when the time for voting arrives. They say that this â€"slate â€" includes Noel Verville, of Montreal, for President; Walter Robinâ€" son, of Hamilton, for Viceâ€"President; D. W. Kennedg, of Toronto, for Secretary : J. W. Flett, the sitting President, for Fraternal Delegate to the American Fedâ€" eration of Labor. Voting will take place on Friday.an d it is expected to cause a lively session. s A question arose this morning as to whether or not the delegate from the federated body of letterâ€"carriers should be permiitted to have a seat in conâ€" gress. It was fully discussed, but finâ€" ally, at the instance of the President, it was decided to admit the delegate. The quetion was purely constitutional, The four graduates are: Miss Gertrude Isaac, Simcoe; Miss Vivian Isaac, Simâ€" coe; Miss C. Horsburgh, Mamilton; Holâ€" ton Wilson, Stanley Corners. Second year teacher training: Gertrude _ Isaac, Miss Vivia® Simeoe; Miss C. A. Horsburgh, ton:; H. Wilson, Stanley Corniers. First year teacher training: Miss May Litster, Mrs. W. H. Douglas, North Kepâ€" pell; D. A. Atkinson, Toronto; Miss C. A. Horsburgh, Hamilton; â€" Miss Tena British Delegates to Internaticnal Parâ€" liamentary Union. Niagara Falls, Sept. 26.â€"By chance Mr. J. W. Langmuir, of Toronto, returnâ€" ed from England on the Lucania with the members of the International Parâ€" liamentary Union, who were to hold their twelfth session in St. Louis. Hayâ€" ing met the British delegates, he learned that, though they intended to visit Niaâ€" gara Falls, it was not likely they would see the Canadian and more important part as they should. _ As chairman of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park Commission he took steps to remedy this omission from the itinerary arrangâ€" ed by the United States Government, and the result was that the British members and the families of a number of them made a thorough inspection of the Canadian side toâ€"day as the guests of the commission. Results of Ontario S. S. Association Exams Recently Held. Toronto, Sept. 26.â€"The report of the teacher training committee of the Onâ€" tario Sabbath School Association indi cates considerable activity in the matâ€" ter of teacher training, and holds out promise of greater things in the future. following upon the appointment of E. A. Hardy to devote his whole time to this work. a car drive ard trip down the Lachinc Rapids. The lists of the New Testament,exam inations include Geo. 8. Jones, o‘flam ilton. get He an wal 0 T L In the afternoon the members of the eongress at the invitation of the Montâ€" real Trades and Labor Council went for A private session was held toâ€"night, at which the question of international union was discussed. _ In the midst of this discussion Mr. J. Rodier, of Montâ€" real, a wellâ€"known local worker, arose and said that the present Government were acting against the workingmen and the Conservatives were waiting to get into power to d» the same thing, He therefore advocated the formation of an independent labor party. No action was taken. Xothing has been given out regarding the revort presented i.\' Mr. J. G. O‘Donâ€" oghue, of Toronto, solicitor,. Mr. O‘Donâ€" oghue left for Toronto toâ€"night, after having discussed what is said to be imâ€" portant matters concerning the congress. T LLRL +A C a e alg The rest of the morning session was conducted within closed doors, in order that Mr. J. G. O ‘Donoghue, of Toronto, official solicitor, might present his reâ€" nort. MEN OF PEACE VIEW NIAGARA. TEACHERS‘ EXAMINATIONS. ‘â€"llft\ to sixty cents a barrel net TO "CCOK" ELECTIONS. ONTARIO ARCHIVEs TORONTO Miss Isaac. Mamilâ€" rest perate gangs of swindlers and thieves i of| that has ever infested any country, Outâ€" )I & side of this statement no word of truth j has ever appeared in these columns. Upâ€" auâ€" | right and honest business men as well as cely ‘ straightforward and prosperous corporaâ€" last | tions have been maliciougly attacked : with sole idea thatâ€"money might be inâ€" "°" fluenced from them to the coffers of the was gang that has given me employment. ingâ€"| *"Some of those who have been atâ€" aye | tacked have been ruined thereby, and many thousands of dollars have been lost by small investors as a result. The that!attnckfi which have appeared have been aree | absolutely without foundation." The editor further declared the firms he recommended were frauduvlent and that country people were thereby deâ€" frauded of thousands of dollars. is about the best we can offer the growâ€" ers," said Mr. J. W. VanDyke, of Grimsâ€" by, yesterday, _ That is the price for apples on the ground, the exporters doâ€" ing the barrelling and handling. _ Mr. VanDyke has three orchards. _ From one of them he took over 2,500 barrels last year. _ This year he will get only about that quantity from all three, The foreign market has the same discouragâ€" ing look for evaporated apples, but Mr. VanDyke is so sure that the conditions will improve that he is willing to take a chance in the purchase of a few thouâ€" sand barrels more. Mugginsâ€"I understand your son has finished his college course. Did he gradâ€" uate with honors? _ Bugginsâ€"Honors! Gee, you ought to see his batting averâ€" age." Dunlop, Avonbank; i{. Wilson, Stanley Corners. Mrs. Geo. S. Jones, of Hamilton, has taken a certificate in the New Testament and first vear teacher training. Questions to be Submitted to the Supreme Court. Vancouver, Sept. 26.â€"A double traâ€" gedy occurred in the east end of the city this morning. Joseph Nucci, an Italian bootblack, aged about 40 years, shot Daisy Capeilo, 15 years old, and then turned the weapon on himself. _ Nucei was madly in love with the girl, and wanted to marry her, but her father had refused to give his consent, and ordered him away fiom the house, The girl did not reciprocate Nucei‘s passion, and when she met him acidentally this morning she refused &0 listen to his pleadings to elope and marry him. Nucci then fired at her and afterwards shot himself. Ottawa, Sept. 26.â€"The extent to which a Province may go in the direction of prohibiting Sunday labor, and the effect of such legislation upon various classos of companies, is to be referred to the Supreme Court to determine,. This deciâ€" sion was reached at a mecting of the Cabinet this afternoon. Representations have been made to the Government since the decision of the Privy Gouncil in the She Had Taken Laughing Gas in an Ottawa Dental Parior. Ita‘ian Bootblack Shoots a Vancouver Girl and Himself. ~Ottawa, Rept, 26.â€"Miss Lottie Borthâ€" wick, aged 18, daughter of Thos, Borthâ€" wick, Gloucester township, a niece of exâ€" Mayor Borthwick, of Ottawa, died this afternoon while under the influence of an anaesthetic in Graham & Beatty‘s dental parlors, Wellington street,. | She asked for an anaesthetic, and nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, was administered. Dr. Baptic, coromer, who was present for an hour trying to restore respiration, returned a report to the Crown Attorney that death resulted from an angesthetic accident, with no one to blame. have been made to the Goveranmen‘t since the decision of the Privy Gouncil in the Lord‘s Day case, advocating th6 exactâ€" ment of a measure by the Dominion Parâ€" liament, and the draft of a bill which the Lord‘s Day Alliance considered would meet the case was submitted to the Fedâ€" eral Executive. The Minister of Jastice, however, is not at al satisfied that the extent of the right of a Province to legi«â€" late in the matter of Sabbath day obâ€" servance has been determined, and he wishes to see this settled before sabmitâ€" ting legislation of the character propoased to Parliament. Accordingly he has reâ€" commended and the Governmeat | have approved of the submission of a number of questions to the Supreme Court. on hearinxz of the great ovenand ue being made by Lord Miato from Battleâ€" ford to Faskatoon, accompanied by a mounted guard of police, decided that this man, who was inspiring such reâ€" spect from the Canadians, must be the Messiah, for whom they had been waitâ€" ing, and they immediately started on one of their pilgrimages. Several of them were promptly arrested by the police there and housed in a vacant bwilding. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 26.â€"A despatch from Rosthern, N.W.T., says the Doukhoâ€" bors, the religious enthusiasts, who are settled in that district in large numbers, on hearing of the great overland ride being made by Lord Miato from Battleâ€" ford to EFaskatwon, accompanied by a Mistaken ffor the Messiah by the Doukhobors. MISS BORTHWICE‘S SUNDAY LABOR. MURDER AND SUICIDE, LORD MINTO DEATH. ol Juastice, 1 that the ce to legieâ€" h day obâ€" d, and he re sabmitâ€" r proposed he has reâ€" eat â€" have 5.‘?‘ 490