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.PORCUPINE HAS PRODIUCE $2mm,0.. llllllllfiffl filflfllfi IN VIEW flf Pflllllllfllllll I‘Efllflfl M HAM] Strength in Hollinger is attributed to the approaching compketion of the mill. In three or four weeks both the Hollinger and Vipond mills are sche‘ duled to go into operation.nnd their outputs will add to the rising pro- duction of Porcupine gold. The capa- city of the Hollinger mill is 3'50 tons a day, but it is not expected that the maximum tonnage will go through the mill until some time af- ter operations begin. It 300 tom. 8 day are nilled at the inception. and the ore runs $25. a daily ,production of $7.500 would be attained. The \‘ipond mill has a capacity of 150 tons a day. The Dome mill ca- pacity is 400 tons a day. and the McIntyre is now milling about. 60 tons a day. Three additional properties will probably be added to the list of Por- cupine gold producers in the next low monthsâ€"the Little Plat. the Crown Chartered. and the Dome Lake. The Little Pet's 5-stamp mill is nearing completion. It is understood that a lO-stamp mill will be installed on the Crown Chartered, and a sampling mill on the Dome Lake. Ilifil'lflflf AUEII'I Ill [Slim Hill! Pfllfifll The fight started in the isolation beard about. 10 a.m.. when Guard Davis was felled by an iron bar by Vincent McNeil, a five-year term flue Murderous convicts Make 8qu flash for liberty Inst Ends in failure Vol. I. No. 6 The prison at l'ortamuuth, known familiarly as Kingston Penitentiary, was the scene Monday of the most daring bolt for liberty in the records of Canadian penal instieutions. The latter then let Frankv Kelly, Henry Jones, Arthur Brown, and Williams, four Western desperadocs, out. of their cells. Encountering Dr. Phelan, they took his clothes and locked him in a cell. They also OVerpowered Keeper Madden, took his clothes and looked Davis up with Dr. l’halen, so that he could attend the guard. who was badly injured. Keeper Madden was forced into another celL Proceeding to the main gate in uniform and civilian clothes, they de- ceived Guard Rutherford at the gate, and hit him a vicious blow on the head. One of the tive started down the road, and the others up the steps of the \varden's residence and away. fter an exciting chase 0t two hours éney were recaptured. ‘ Four of the gang on March 1‘2 last, when being transferred from Stony Mountain Penitentiary to Kingston. made a desperate attempt to escape from constables on a moving train at.the Union Station. Toronto. Toronto Girl Dies From Poisoning Detroit, Mich, May '2.â€"-â€"A Toronto girl named Miss Anna Hailes. aged 18, of 174 Robert St., who ran away with one of her employers. swallow- ed poison and died here last night. Suspicion Toward Murder Mystery Mimlen. 0nt.. May 2.â€"â€"An arrest may soon be made in ‘the Minder: murder mystery. A suspicion which formerly turned towards a man with possibly a strong motive for crime. cleared away by a like tragedy. Ila» suggestion of Kentuckian loud spirit. flflfflflfl II“ III MAY Wlll BE BlEAN-lll’ MY Will he Declared Public Holiday for General cleaning llp of the lawn Wednesday. May 1:3, has been set aside as a public holiday for South Porcupine, and on that day it is hoped all the citizens will join heart- ily the 10031 Board of Health in plan- ing the town beyond the possibility ing the town beyond the possibility of contagion. Conditions in this respect an: im- pmving very day._ and the citizens are tight: cdmanehdcd on the excel- lent manner in which they have al- ready started in to accomplish .this important task. ‘ 'l‘he Board of Health will WP ate with the people in givingaflfln assistance possible, and in this way there is little doubt South Porcupine willsspcedily assume a tidy sndneat appearance which will pass the keen- est inspection of the health authori- Lies. Timmins town is going ahead quite rafiidly. It is understood that, a large oflicc building is now under advise- ment and before long will be a real- ity. (:ranolithic walks 'are also among the up-to-dato improvements contem- plated, and the opening of the big new hotel on the fifteenth of the preâ€" sent month will be a feature of the growing habit of this new town. ('3' Like other towns in the mining dis- trict, Timmins residents have been ordered to “clean up,” .and this work is now well under way. Chartered Makes Final Payment The last payment on the Bav-i'dson property of the Crown Chartered Company has been made. The pay- ment was not due for some time, but it will be remembered that the date of the first instalment was anticipat- ed also. High hopes are held for the Dz?“- son, as it is known to be an excep- tionally rich property, consisting of five claims. Mountjoy River To be Cleared A petition is being forwarded to Hon. Dr. Reaume setting forth the desirability of clearing the Mountjoy river in order that it will be navig- able. into the various outlying town- ships through which it flows and through which no summer trails are constructed. This is an improvement which will be of great value to min- ing operations in the locality refer- red to, and it is hoped that the min- ister will View the petition favorabâ€" MDU'I‘H POPJI‘UPINE. ONTARIO HOSPITAL WILL BE BUILT ON BICKFORD TOWNSITE Decision Not Unanimous But Result May Prove Satisfactory to All Concerned A! last the hospital site has be decided for the Porcupine district. \l“|‘-\.u '7- 'I‘he resolution of the Board of Trade of South Porcupine to the Central Relief Committee. in Toronto was answered by the prompt appear- amee of Mr. J. MeLellnnd as a re- presentative of that body and he was successful in-getting the full commit- tee together at the King George Ho- tel, South l’orcupine. last Saturday afternoon. Mr. McLelland spent a week in the district and was conducted by vari~ ous members of the committee and others interested (“er the entire area to be served by the hospital. - 1 ‘v IJV The committee, composed of J. E. Cook. Sylvester Kennedy and Dayton Ostrosser, representing Tia. dale, T. F. King, (3. Evans and Dr. J. A. McGinnes, representing Whit.- ney, and H. 1... Theme, H. Meek and Chas. Morgan. representingithe mine managers, spent several hours dis- cussing the various sites suggested and finally decided «on the Bickford or Rounds .townsite as the olaoe of location for the hospital. The representatives of the mine managers favored the attempt to se- cure the Bewick Moreing bungalow from Dr. Moore of Schumacher, who has made arrangements to operate that 6place as a private hospital sup- ported by the mining companies in the western section, excepting the liollinger. hut-were overruled by the township representatives- Mr. 'l‘horne was of the opinion that the mine managers generally would an nouns wmatsmn nununsuu m may .Strict Regulations Will 82 111+ .semfl [luring construnflnn * of New line. A final decision will he reached next week with regard to the loca- tion of the Transcontinental Railway Lemminal-s .at Quebec. Major Leonard, chairman of the commission, has reported on the sub-o ject, and Hon. Messrs. Cochrane and Pelletier and Mr. Leonard will perâ€" sonally visit that city next week and reach a definite conclusion In the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway a prohibition wne has been established, in which the sale of liquor will be prohibited. It includes La Pas and a strewh of ten miles beyond the end of the work in progress. Enforcement,which will be rigid, will be in the hands of the North-West Mounted Police. New York, May ‘2.â€"-The hard coal strike may be settled this afternoon. John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, is sick and not able to take part in the final negotiations at New York. He took a hemorrhage and is in a serious condition. .CA I He pointed out that the lkwick-i Moreing bungalow was an institu- tion readily obtainable for immedi- . ate possession and that Pearl Lake 'was fast becoming the centre oi the active mining district. but this point was disputed by the township repre- sentatives. Messrs. Cook and McLelland at- tempted to have a unanimous deci- sion on the Rounds site. but the mine managers said they were dif- iferently instructed and would not as- ! sent to this. | ‘ As the Moore hospital opened on .May lst, and all the working mines .in the western district excepting one, iwhich is equipping 3 Sisters hospi- ital of its own, are supporting it, there is the possibility of the muni- cipalities having the full support of the hospital to take came of, the mines hospital being a separate in-l :istitution as it is in Cobalt. l We all hope that this may yet be l n ,l-avetted, as this district is .hardly . iable to support two separate institu- tions in‘the manner in which all in- terested hoped that the ’I’orcupine Hospital would be. May it he that the pmhle'm will Ll mt he SUlVHl with satisfaction to d i all. J e-l W ( not. support a hospital east ol l’earl Lake and if the liewick-Moreing or some site equally as conveniently sit.- unted was not chosen the desire of those who wished to have. one large general hospital for the whole dis- trict. would .fnil. ‘JIMIEBIIN HEM Bl]. x EH Ufilflfllflfl mu NADA. FRIDAY. MAY 3rd .. I912. m be llsed for Renew Iarm- king to Supply Northern Houses of Bnmpany (Of $6,000. wThe farm contains 100 odd acres, .of which about 100 acne: is cleared and has 'been under amp km: yeam. “It is understood that the Jameson Meat Co. will use the £21m for both. stocking and farming purposes ‘and they will erect a 131 house .onjhe property. "'Iâ€"‘k; farm is '0ne_ of the mod desirâ€" able locations._in the north country. Ice ls Cleared From Mattagami The ice in the Mattagami river has nearly all cleared and the first launch to appear this season was that of Major Holland. In a day or two it ;c nvnnotprl the usual number of is expected the usual number of launches will be in commission, and the season promises to be a busy one from the fact that .a tremendous amount of work will be carried on in Turnbull. Bristol, Carscallen and other outlying townships, all of which are showing up well. slaughtar 5â€"65â€"Bricklayersy mum mama as Out at Ha“mm“; m annntuulums w Hmmllnn. NHL. May if'Br-‘CHMW': "El“ IN MHNIBEM. __-._ n... nu uOriL'n 'nr 5")“ an hour. Hamilton, Unt., May “Jr-Bricklay' era are out. on strike (or 560 an hour, the scale demanded by the union. About 460 or 500 men are out. “Ilflfllfllf “MW” GIVES I‘fllfilllflfl IAH Blflfil HGHIII MASSACHUSEHS ”Ostcil‘l. April 30.--3'.2 out of 1,030 election precincts. including 20 pre- cincts in Boston and 12 small towns (ml. ul 3:73 cities and towns give: Republic preferences: Roosevelt. L219; Taft, 1.077; Lalollette. W. A ‘-- I. :1 I; I (‘H . I .V' ' ' Il'lv-uvvvv' Democrat prim-firmces: Clark, 1.176; \lilson. +713 Huston. 31:135., April SOsâ€"Returns this afternoon from every section 0! the State show that one 0! the heav- iest. totes in years is being cast in the first State wide Presidential pre- ference primaries e\er held Bax State. While there was absgute- ly no way of telling how the struggle was going. the fact that the inspect- ors of election everywhere reporbod that five Republican ballots werobe- ing called for to one Democratic was accepted as proof that the admoniâ€" tion of the managers on both sides to other party men to “help out" the Republican Primaries, had been 'I‘he heavy rain of the early morn- was that which patronized we us- ing passed away before noon and this sembly given by the Barbers Asso~ aided t’he vote. Everywhere the mau- : (-iation of Porcupine last Wednesday lagers reported the outcome in great evening. doubt, although the Taft followers The hall was pi’c-ttily decorated ‘were out'shouting the Roosevelt men 1 and awry detail was carefully at- mm inQiQtinQ that the Presidentltended to so that the entire pro- were UllL‘h‘hOllting the RooseVelt men and insisting that the President would elect not. less than 28 out of the 36 States' delegm‘tes. Most of the polls do not close tint-ill nine o'- clock and it will he very late before the votes can he caunted and the re- sult known. Boston, Asa-'11 Barâ€"Orleans. a Cape Cod town, voted: Roesevelt, 55; Taft, 26; Laiollutte, 1; Clark, 7; Wil- lflllllll MINING BUMPANV Mil nmmnv UNllfflWflY SOD, The only English 'oompany operat- ing in I’maupine, the Porcupine (Canada) Mining Development Co., lately organized, are losing no time in getting buoy. It is learned that a force of men has commenced work on what are known as the Reilly group The vote at '{I‘isbuny wzas velt, 47; Tuftr ;I .afollette 1; Wilson 2. of claims, situated in Ogden, not far from the 016 "Gray ('laims, but now knnwn as the Hollinger Reserve. Careful observers of the geology of this section am of the opinion that the acid schists notable in eVidence at the Bolling-er mine extend into this seCtion, and many will watch with interest the development of this barely prospected locality. It is to be hoped that, the efiorts of this London undertaking will meet with the success merited by a group of progressive mining men. It is understood thgt as soon as navigation opens this mmpany, “ho haxe a number of good claims in Denton, Whitesides and Carscallen, will send their engineer to lay out the future work and report on the prospects of the properties. - Plinsand specifications for an of- fice building to be erected in South Porcupine have been submitted for Lenders. 3‘3 out of 1,030 1; Clark Montreal, May 1.â€"At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Rea Consolidated Mines this after- noon, an entirely new board at di- rectors were elected with the even- tion of Henry Lockhnrt. of Sew York, and '1‘. ll. Ron. 0! Toronto. C. l’. llill. president. was in the chair and there were present unly about eight of the shareholders. The new board consists of A. U. .\lc.\laster,'l‘oronto; M. liuhvny. Mon- treal; W. A. Mitchell, 'lurnmu; W. H. Jackson. 'l‘oronto; James “right, Chicago; llcm‘y Lockhart. New York, and T. H. Rea, Toronto. The new .board will meet in Toron- to next week for the election of of“- cars. There was no other bUSincsa‘. Mflfliflfi “manna Hfllll PRISM" “MEI large Attendance, Excellent Music a Happy Brown and Jolly lime ---lead|ng features One of the jolliest crowds ever as- sembled in the Miners Union Hall was that which patronized the as- sembly given by the Barbers Asso- ciation of Porcupine last Wednesday 81mm: Pumas 5 Cents. gramme was carried out with preci- sion and in the most, capable .man- nor, much to the enjoyment of all prosont. About one hundred and twenty oou‘ plea danced the hours away until four o'clock in the morning. when the strains of the ”Home, Sweet. Home" waltz indicated that the hour uf «lasing had arrived. The music was furnished by Moran 6; llates' harp orchestra, of Toronto, and once it started there were few who could resist the temptation to engage in the graceful dances. The orchestra certainly did themselves credit and added not a little to the pleasure and success of the enter- tainment. Three prizes in gold were‘givcn to the thren ladies disposing of the greater number of tickets, the first, prize, $10, going to Miss Louise Cor- nish, the second, $5, to Miss Minnie Dollighan, and the third, $2.50, to Miss Lessard, and hearty applause greeted the fair winners as each step- pcd forward to receive the reward of their efforts. The refreshments were of a charm. ter and variety to satisfy the most fastidious, being supplied by the Parisien Cafe. South Porcupine. The assembly Was certainly in good hands, the mmmittee of management being Mes-«rs. Tremblay, Foran and (ilazier. and these gentlemen are to be congratulated on the happy manâ€" ner in which the programme was car- ried nut. British Inquiry Into Titanic Disaster l Umlon May! “British opened in- gill!) into Titanic disaster. Lord Mersey announces it will be sweeping one. A twenty-foot model of the lost steamer has been installed, which will be used to demonstrate where boats were placed. how bulkheads worked, ett