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1 `_"_'1;[8buc1a|.Br‘fJasns ' _ ff: vYotns`u‘»ok,N.B.-Jo|y mf-A were aaqé'\‘_l`Stll|muu Stairs was drowned *>;at_tb_es;am ofthe nlfetrre Lane ans ;{'_@v|'hf""`('7o.,`thls morning about el~.ven f§b'cloe ." 1 ~- F- ' E- -:

some other young fellows vrero 't,§|El'\ln¢-llohilhe apron nf._tl_\a dam when '_.§‘§|alos`yr'a`l-_él1eptef!‘. _._ _ _

Stairs.§./_rqv;e_pt Gver The .glgggggé __ ____

` I E' 5 I 'ffl I `~_ ..‘.__" l I ‘,` ` _ _ "` ` All I E: . . f - . ~ I '_ _» ‘»' __ _ Ham Bl' 'llle At Mexaml mpol, A' Fqymgf (i0v¢m01-I__SU_IPH[M_E Death Claims Pleads' xliulliy “P W°‘°" “°l°“'i Genera A oe eral’ wife Ana I end le. Senleneed le

is “el f ‘llftlilllléal llllh Deal# I ceeetnlee Then Sera I ` ll Illnllmllwll Serve Five Years-

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There was about eighteen inches of

water flowing over the dam at the

tlmr-. I el _

The water though shallow there was

in strong current and was deep below the

dam. ` ‘ -

The hwy was about eighteen years old

and was the son nf Elisha Stairs who also lives on the Baker place near by. ¢ ` _ _

1DlSPUTE|lcfln|ln|srl|l _lintseswlaa ' .1 ~CAfU_ SBIG R101" _l nussill awl all llinlitlli

Motal:lEl.sv,l¢us's:\ila, Jnlyhllllgsmialycny forgets Dry A5 'finder |n A e ' * ‘ f name own n s neg or cor, as

. lisluhenls’ Wreekgli By Mob, Roanoke ;;_:.:;e”_::...;;.hM;.._u:,:3:t__-5 _Blaze And Moet Damage Va.Viciims Ai$|ieel_To Tifeir Goveln- I fill?2255?"3§‘J.‘Zf‘““.§.‘;°“'i$';..Z§ D°"°

' t M-.___ - _ down. Anumberof the people perished _

_menfv For. Redress .=

Roanoxa, Va., July lo-Reap aka la quiet today after four _hours _:ledge last night when ii mobwxeckcd nina. ‘Greek n'atall\'l1lll.l»hree(}reak shoe ehlne par- lors _and 'two Syrian shops. The ridt v_wee_' caused by _a dtspate about fl_v°_.,_ll¢_l1%l‘, between a Greek employed in the~Belmont Greek restaurant cu Salem avenuepnnd

an Ameria'a|l'~whc wenttherete buy aj

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di- '» 1__ -_ ` _,Ill ,bl ‘fl..‘£ili.n.an.5ea ee 1

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slit .calls atEI""‘~.

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.i'Vat';_l>`GEei 'i `.`f*"°" ` ` lnfjifogroll last night, Mayor wir were the-ri-et emerge; elevfgg

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rfaleeone oeerrefheed ef the lellrl oe_ieoy-or;creen,~ton|gtt me _ne are efesaveemeetlesee- Pevrtllenve

what

01-jawn, Ju'y 15.-Hon. R. W. Scott séoretrlry olllilf. vferrdgr e!=,\=!l°l¢¥- ned i_ie,Dw=l delrawh ;,,;." N.°%l°“l\'i'» ishcatatlnslllehll " lr, lineto, =u,,,,G,, I . ___._n Lebreaoir “mee lthEa 'yin enanec

~,|5,;_,,, _ nie deam- -liatlo e_'~_7fT~-,.1~°_¢.- r, ll mr- °° lm' num,” V __-‘#',_‘7"l. .|‘m.*'_"E§e bound- r - ~ n 'I 'th' '0b\lrt_l for :gud on n will only be settled hy a decision of the prlvycouacll. _

C'mlm;¢¢aqvcrtlscl_ilEl1'ls

f('1‘oo late for Ulaselllcatlen-l`

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' ' " Reports to»duy from every direction tell

` N of forest fires. A report from Reber says

,,°nm'_.z.,n,m|1¢ N," yo,-gl Wm, |,h,_ L _ _ _ that the camps ofthe Mud Lake :Lumber ,-equuy, 1-,bn he gag, gg up Wm, um, i - -- _,V - ' Company have been destroyed, as well as Washgulmn ,,,,,h°,-||,;u_ e several farm houses. Flames swept across

,-1 | bf hay fields, driving all before them Much

In an official algae statement 'doc g , S E I- -

-1 stock is reported lost Between the Soo

Mayor_ Cuichln says the regretable - occasion oflastnlght” has “brought the ,_ Wd N°Wl’°"Y hu"-Y d‘““*B°`|h” b*°°

mush of .mme ,U ew," R091 °|t,|_¢,,n_ ag --- done by fires, which _ are still burning in Ro,m°k°_r» "f» ‘Y I ,thc woods.. The whole countryls as dry

relleveri of his charge I ._ ~_

The trouble arose over ah ' order bln

be allowed to taken tram out of 'lb

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LONDON, J ly 15.- J. ~l D0 B appeared iuytha West Landon police court today as a wltnenlia the care or ]Mr|.,Joaephiu\ Leslie, who was errelted at Newmarket J uiy a, charged wltu de- frauding members of well known luruill"

M . hell- advising her to Join one _ol bl syue

.invitation u c _ _Mofgnapaid lie did alll

_mica-n ...._...-r..‘,=~"<: ‘~ “ ~wl“\.».._.~...ese.. .-arte."

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` ' _ force employed now, it is expected t n

stable balongmg to hung” #shout In 'over 100 miles nest from Saskatoon ell]

Ord" "om th” owner' ‘ -»’ 'E ` 'Ibn completed by August 15.. 'l‘hon the

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J Terrorist Plot ' ‘ ,__ S _ _ ___ _

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e upreme Oouit opened at org -

_town yesterday morning. Mr. Justice Hodgson presiding.

[SPECIAL BY GABLBI mst th,” tm. mommgl The following gentlemen l:omp'o’scd the

the grand Jury- W W Jenkins foreman

Anixaunnoron, July 10-General Ali- Tll°1`° ""5 5l'° "'° "lb" °°°“p“°"° "I Georgetown. Fl. C: Ilovyer, (leer-getolwn kaahog, tha fn;-mer Govgmgg Gang;-al 01 "Im .°°""°“" ' - , I, Royalty; Andrew Mooney, Little Harbor'

{t_‘l‘if1le,_Mldau\e G1ieboff,wifc of General “ae of Gown] Aukbwon from hm Gllahoff and the coachman, who was driv- Cl“b_

ing their carriage, were blown to pieces

by bombs thrown at their vehicle at half 5l\‘°¢l>»

The party were returning to the resid-

Th: bombs were hurled in Bedoaioa

in the flames.

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' LONDON, July 13 -Mark Twain, who

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, , _ helllrueulaldnrcl slelglftl? gay and sae! .. __ » _..$al““'f~.'f'°‘-lk ' “d‘d

"Sam.'r Bra. Marie, Mich. July ill.--

as tlnder and crops are suffering.

Joseph McRae, Rollo Bay; Aicunrier Hunter. Strathcona: Michael D. Mellor- eicl, Sz George; Jobh W. McPhee. George-, town; Edwin McFarlane, Annandale; George l\lcDonald,New Pr-rlh; John li. McLean, Montague; Edward Brothers, Spf-ingficid;W|illam Cain, New Perth; Kimble,A.Wcbster,Marie; Simon Cantiiio. Bridgetown; Thomas G. Morrissey, Georgetown; Samuel McGregor,' hlouta gue, Laughlin McDonald, Elan Point; Dmlel McQuarrio, Rosenoath; James G. Graham, Gssperenux;'Jol\n '1‘. Poole, ,Woodv2lie Mills; John D. Stewart, Souris; William McDJnai¢i, Panmurs Island.

The onlycrimlnai business before tho

grand jury was an indictment against a man named McIntyre, charged with

stealing flrom the 'Montague railway station. hajury iilri not find atrua bill and the prisoner will bc discharged lhis morning.

The civil docket is rayef heavy and unles some of lhc asses are settled, wil last some time. .

WIIIII( HE SIIMIVIEII

SIIHUIIL UE SSIENIII

The Guardian correspondent with the

Summer School of Science at River. side, N. B., writes: With thoseaslon of the Summer Scho:_LQf__§alqa9q ore than half over. the’ l' "t_ 'ala is to grew, and /nevl'i\ilEEl$'ré»` tl°ble`lll'o11ee.

"° ' lg’ r 'eve "1 ”~"" ltr! tha- year on nary, the

mth uh hun for ‘ou W°°ks` but I 'en' nn E lltll inet Wm Mtlntosh curator of the

fatlguo auflhave but little desire to ' '

nz ."‘“°'1 5** 1551,; _ __ _ _ . _ __ , __ _

f I '. ". ’.fi¢`- ;` I . - . 7" ' " ` ' ~ ' ‘ -. ' ` ~» ' ‘ ‘ ` ` ‘ ' 'jfgll _ un '_ I A' _ _ _ _ dl_§,.0l' _ I ' ‘ V "" ' v` ' r, _ - - ‘ . qgu inf, fl their llli. _ ;‘ A _ _ ; ___ __ .L quiet dow'n. _I am younger now by seven- _ _ l:is)l.:ry|In§_;;>llelyU;>ef"St.I‘;lr;Al;ll\;

. _ _,I ._ , _;___ f _ years than I was, and ifIcould stay her: _ _ Y lecture un? injurious mum; were dé_

another month I'conid make it fourteen.

, . »--- - scribed and means of fighting them ‘This is the most emoyabie holidayl M e H th I me ds

the work has hitherto indicated;

Aboxt’-1,203 men and 000 teams cl=`~

l fl n the work

_ ' _ horses are emqpye o

r;i¥.':\;t,§.:;T,,g“::f¢|x;dn:::§lELi:::,f, gsvonly-tive miles of road is graded

from Saskatoon west. and with the large

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large force ol men at worh on the Battle

» _ ‘II-River crossing will bs moved up het-waenI

_ _ I ~._ _ _Battle River and Edmonton.

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Enom-os,.rn1y 15.-Jeremiah Crowley agsdlllye_ars_,mari-led ani living in

byfaiie'-proteases and 'who reprrwrlld Oharlesluwn was murdered Sands! l\l~ hers`alflo~bea friend' of Mn hi -. _he r*ble_ufD.O'G»anell. where he was Tiielattcrrepnrliated all kndwiedae iffweggiag, by,an an enrsi¢¢-1 ll»<\lll\° Wll°

r Leslie. l-le said he did n t write lo stabbed him.

"lll. lfoaooani, aged 3‘.!,whor|i the

.MMM wa nn" |,,,,|.._¢ me. al- police arrested charged with murder fied ani;-eri,v,` donut me ._o.,',`:eW;f_i_ai e a'ou_a~nerta lirtrele street, arte.-.titties mnttrr`of°f'aot,Mr.Morgnll ll ,lll`.'wrl Dldwley. He wavfoliowed by an angry

ev era at the tl red, . w me elm Delwm. elm

1” N’ `(‘Y';_ I Mr. drhpgsdauger was dropped

alllaliat H ht fnlluwed. Doherty oven

°‘::°"._‘;°.‘°' 1:.°;:ff.*‘.*.“-““"-.'::"~.2.‘.‘:..'°t°:'.i.".°.::':.‘;I, c were yr... . _

pagmtnnur 'ibn Yen* ` 0 'drier whle

;N°5_ ’ ' ~‘ ‘ WT _,I wlrearrglrhglt _t _‘sr-.ae no eel

V. _,.~ _ I . I - ' _

are ttwn. get the arable

allele? _1,ll~;llflfilev- II-r.t°:::".f:.'.e'1-'e:a:.=:e.:tr°:.'.li "E ":"°-°" .`l~"‘ /"` E2. __ I moles _ _gt_ _' listening* ..~»e~‘°"”“ _ 5?’ “till-;- l~_$‘;§`&5'l'§i I R ‘fl

.rinsed ie 9". _.alle Bella- ine'

_r tl_1 l It ' '¢i..Pl\|.!\|~l I .fp l bi `£vfq“‘~\'\*‘ ~l` wgrrlizrm alas ‘lime Ivor mir:

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Hillll IIAIIE

'- entries such as to make the race ~

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The date of The Guardlanhsf-I

, bicycle road race has been df- ' finitcly fixed for Aulzllst twenty-

_y eighth. __

The event has amused consider- , able interest among local athletes " and there will likely be a field of __

the most important sporting event

_ .‘ of thc Yearf Entries are to be confined io .E I Prlnce'Edward Island riders alone. -_ The mos is for The Guardiarfs L thnr-year-trophy; but lu addition 'r 'i thereto L. E, Prowsr, of Prowse ' Bros., Lid., ollsrs a gold mnclal to _ 5 tho winner ofthis yenr’sraoe: and _'

` W. N. Tanton, lewaler, of thieCity, >`

‘ offers a silver trophy to tha one

I who wine second place. \ - The course for The Guardian'a ._ bicycle road rscr, to take place ' this summer and for which a eab~ atantlal and valuable silver cuu of

'-' handsomedesign is offered. was

carefully measured on Saturday. '.

:_ Beginning at The Guardian office `-

I- in Charlottetown it follows Grafton . ~` Eitreetfofilraatfleorgestreet, thence J _ continuing cn tn the Upper - Malpéque Roni which it follows to r _ this aide Mlitacstallon, thence tok- `

leg tile reed to me an wales mn -

` alongside loonh Mliistream and I .' ont0Wa\1!n‘||Col'l|er,Notth River. -

I From this corner age coarse will 1 - he acl-css the onli 'River »

' Brlrigevlthe Queen’s Arms,thenee `

_ f.o|rg;‘°:lda;pe\‘=LI.(?_a_l._i_4o j T _ _. _° *'l*"°°.'..:'":.“*'.':'. 1

"bil&Ii'reern| terrier :M1 to ‘ sql-ting place-llmlias. ` I'

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Bos-ro1v,Juiy 14-Jeremiah: 'Crowley, h h d d I ,he end of in ca e . also e armcrs' u B854 lllyalllv. marrlld_and[ll'viils’ 33 |:|:::,E;’,:;e- 1‘|x:.,,,,:,,“;ti:r|:,,,,,;,.Bd U15 -Hounnlrtu, Jaly 15- The steamer in the insect world were mentlonci» Wapplog street, Uharldatoitn. was '-3 wr' 5 I d new: ;_,,,,.s_' -Kumerlc with l200'Jupauese passenger, Friday, tno12th lnsi, was the date for the

. . . ,~i _ I l d d il _ m‘1ird¢l‘ad l'Av`lay Bt tho lteblo Of: Donnie I; glnszggd 3:82; rl:;;srewm_e.s “om v|, Nady to su" 1" V,m,:°,“.er' (B_ (3,) third of fin; school excugslogah '1;hlla time

r o t

0'G°nnell. 49 N0rtl\_Mu1rln slreetpvhere ,mm I mu* The onerrerer, M. oriyamo use cepaslted ltwas a ve elven to e c o I e he wasempioyed. byanyeur_aged‘!talllu '= ' _*___ lltior each passenger with the shlp‘s side S=lmolB01rd.rfor which the wnosieoherl nlmln tb_eg‘reljn beesanl-be - I "”” _agents to comply with tee cannula.; smoolv.. e . ae the Dai-tr

was refused at/earn. ' ` ' _immigration law, which 'requires that wked themselves into these vans ther _ Joseph Mosconl,agcd . y _ _ y p g _ U1 meer. wnemtte pence have anon-‘ _,__ __ ewéntynve deaere. l-hel we eeheel- The drive vvf\~» reist, charged with murder, .hh out df ` ` ‘ ,Anambar of Japmesd who llllld “TG lhl`°l1R il lllllllllilflll l'¢Kl0l\ 0| 00\ll1ll‘.Y-

the stable after stabbing Crowley ag .. cannot be accornmod-ated on the Kumerlc Hlli,dll~l0» °Nl2lI. like M14 rll/Br WH" '\yav1||ga¢faggar,fled down Nsrtli ' ` ' ` _'and these threaten to garnishee the fund. pissed in varied panorama. The scenery glustreei. He was followed hy an l l | `fbrlyama has been refused a passport 'ofAlbert County le beautiful. In the angry ,nnob, one of whom, .Iona Do-__ _. llzoseattia by the Japanese Coasulhere. evening ol the same day. Icsaecter W. R.

h_e_r_ty,cios_sd>with hdoiconl. “"*“ ,

- d d g£g 11 I .» 5" _ _ e ' ’ Some Canadian Authors and their

¥)"h“.t' |::'er'ltol:\inRthe E‘lm°“l‘°“» Jill? 'lil “P"‘¥"°“ §>""" W Wni§ Works. Theieading rcientists,hiatoriaLs

bait *Jas :nga fore 8 id . def: d.\.l\'l“¥ nl” Pa" l'w° m°“l'h_"°” th’ ""°nd f" .~ 1| _~ eseayists, novelists and poets were men fhfniaglf and tha 'lgjalzgn `= I Tfllllk P°‘§l"° l'°“d b°I'w““ S”k°m°d‘ - ' timed,the'\rcharacteristicspointcdouf,nnd ;m'ob, ' who threatened? lyniglhg. I “la Edm°“l'°“ “Iv” mb" N”“"|“‘_" ' afew of their works analysed. This lec- tne arrival or the omeere nenertyvgr D'°=P°°_° °l-"1 °"1Y “°'“P‘°°‘°“ *""‘l ; ' ;'

82 ot 4B Batter ever .la aeese lmml rant must possess l lned theme Ives to be scholars

Campbell, M. A. of Truro, lectured on

ture was very suggestive and will tend to make some, atleast who heard ir, more attentive to the story of of Crinadinnsutbl ora than they have been in the past. The annual business meeting of lhe xchci-l was held on Saturday, the 13th lust. At this meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing vear; viz: Preel dent, Prof. M W. Androwa.B. L. D. xc» cleoted;Vice-President for N. S.. L. IG. De\Voif, M. Sc; Vice President for N. ll; G. J. Trueman, M. A.; Vice 1’resideu'_ for P. E. I. Miss Ethel U, Tanton; Sec`y Trees. J. D. Seaman. re-elected; Board ni’ directors: L. W. Bliley, L. L. D. retires 1008; W. R. Cnmpbcil. M. A. retires 1011); W. F. Kemplon, B. A. retiree 1910; li. _M<:Kittrleh, BA., reclrea lilll.'l.`he session ofthe school for 1il)8 will be held at Sack- viiie, N. B. comrnenr-.ing the second week in July. ____

IIIIIIKEEEILEII

Lila i>lPa will

||C;n(‘.Arlo. July 15--Mrl. Arnold F. McC0r|riicll'. rinughtsrof .lohn I) Ricki-

ieller, aaldtolay cflzer fathrr‘~ visit lo Chicago. “My lash rlisn much pcrsrcnt- ed man. It seems the more remarkable,

- liaasmhch as no is not au enemy to any-

bady in the world. lie is one

- ,of the moat genial, great

hearted men in lhls whole world. Ile lives in the olruda with bla God ' rather crthau #ith worldly things, It is his greatest pleasure to promnle happiness among those with whom he comer in contact.

The newspaper men who fellow the

‘llookcfsller family eo alach do not annoy ua; that wouirlbe u wrong impress lou. ly father thinks highly of the msn who make the newspapers and numbers many of them among his frlendr. lla likes to talk to them. Hs has pieyed golf with them. The distasteful feature ofthe publicity is lu dealing wlrh

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FOU

0i Defrauding llis

[Sracum BY C/lm.r:.]

MoN'rnsa|., July ill--J. E. Ccslln,

agent, who had charge cf the French

business in this district of the Mutual

Lita Insurance Co,of Canada was today

sentenced to five years imprisonment on

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ILGEIILTY

Company By Bogus

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a charge of defraudlng the Company of $3,UXl. r

The prisoner pleaded guilt! to locurlng

money on bogus death claims.

The amount of the charge is nominal

and it is believed a mach larger amount was secured.

Two Specialists In

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cllthns of the Evans brothers, the herbal- iist cancer specialists, have been taxen seriously by nr ople hom all paris ol England. Scotland uni \‘I/ales ii readily believed by any one now \isltlng this

N. s. sim

Muni Plllsln

' D Har.rr-'/rx, July 15--During the last

few days President Harris, Thomas Uantiey, J. C. McGregor, l~‘. McKay and J. A. Stairs have bten in Sydney Mines

and yesterday held lg dlreciors' meeting of the Nova Scala teel and Coal Co. Willie in tovin the visitors were shown over the plant by T. J. Brown and wr re greatly impressed with the marked changes and improvements The result of the conference has not been given our, but President Harris expressed gratificat- ion at the splendid showing of the com- pany this year. “In every department," said Mr. llarris this morning, “there has been rapid improvement und surpris- ‘ngly good results, and so far as I c in see a big surprise awaits the directors nt thenext annual meeting.

USEI] KEHUSENE ` IISUIL HESIILI

l¢TORON'ro, .Iuly lil-A young mnrrlerl Greek woman. Laicdon Delnsandra, was terribly burned inet night as the result of u coal oil explosion. She built n wood iireln the cook stove nnri nonrrri some coal o'l from a small i- \n into the flames. The llama travelled up line oil into the crm. causing an explosion which saturated

oil.

William lloater rushed in al vcrv great

peril to himself, picked up lhe burning woman and carried hcr to :\ hydrant some fifteen feet away and turned the wafer on, while the neighbors formerla bucket bri- gade in nn effectual attempt to extinguish the flaming oil. I Finally an Ilnli ln, known as "Charlie May ' cams with a Ifnnket and smothered tha flames, though by that lima lhe wo' \nnn‘s ciolhcn were lilrr lily burned oil" her, leaving her alxnuat nnlfed.

KIIIG PIIIIIIHASES

IIlIlI]EIlYIlI PAIII

New Yonx, July ll.-Two prize

wlnniulhorsea from tho stable of Al fred G. Vanderbilt are now the property ofthe King of England, having been pur- chased by the latkgjust bafore the Amer- ican mililonairds string oflehow aulmail were shipped from London for home.

The animals are King Edward and King

James, a pair of typical state coach horses. They have won many priser In thll country as well as at the Inter- national Home Show.

Cannm/iN, Wales. July 15-That the`

the unfortunate woman?-1 clothing wit‘\~

HUNDREDS TRY CURE FDR CANCER

° ` Welsh Village Have

I Hands Full in Treatment Of Disease ` They Have Had To Request

People Not To Come

Dlcturesq uc Welsh tiwrl.

Last Fsbru arv there were about ilfly

cases in Cardigan, Cases of all kinds were accepted, ana the diseases including rodent ulcer, lupus, polypi of the nose, epithelicma of the lip endtongue aud true suilrhus of the breast.

A few patients were than treated at the

Evans surgery, but most of the cases were scattered about in various cottages throughout the town. The two brothers. ve iio wr-ri formerly ship's carpenters, mails no pretense of having any system in visiting their patients. They kept no

book hd visitid ,their whats at no fix ed ll§<

Sin _ __ rolierotlons have become so

widely known, the whole aspect of the town is charged. Lodgings are crowded and one meets on the streets patients and relations of patients from all classes cf society. Various estimates have been mn le of thc number of cases under treat- ment In and about Cardigan. One ofthe herbaiats said today that he believed they were treating over 500 but he could not say exacl ly.

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NI] IIIIINING SHIPS EUII EIIEIII DLIKES

lieport That SuchWere To Be Introduced Denied Bv Wash- ington Authorities

Tnnonro, July 16-The repcrtthat train

ing ships of war might be introduced on the Great Lakes by the United States is declared by thc State Department at Washington to be wilhcut foundation. llRe\'. A. G. Courticc, secretary of the Canadian Peace Sc Arbitration Society, has received a letter from Dr. llenjamlu F. Truebioorl, secretary ol' the American Peace Society. stating: ‘Direct informa- tion from the State Department at Wash- ington assures me that the report had no reel foundation."

UIISIIIIHI IN WEST

IS IJISISIHUUS

Winnipeg. July lil.-Private advices

received during the pant few days from Southem Manitoba indicate that the drought is having disastrous effects on the crops, and failure is staring many dlalrlctsin the face. Rain has fallen in streaks aioug some of the creeks and rivers and :others have gotjno rain at ali.

Many farmers are reported lo be plow-

ing up their fields. North of the Cl. P. ll. main line extending tc the boundary od, the :provinces and want into Saekalcho wan there are exoelieutcrcp prospects.

THF. WEATHER.

[Srm~rAr. By f`.»\n.|.R] 'i‘onoN'r0, July lil-Moderato sulhweet- eriy winds. fair and warm with less fog en the coast.

.. .'|,_u,‘____°_'_ _ _,,,____ _,,,.. ‘ Keep llnar.,'e_.llnllaart._falheh cull _..,.. ' _ ». . . . . _ ,h,nR,_,.m“¥mm,"_ K Ask for linard‘s and take no ether. J _l;_\i;i‘; l_l|\ime,,¢,Md1,y |>.,,,,;¢;,,,,