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OL. Il, NO. 150 Prince Ru RUPsaT, B. BiGp Te THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1911.

 

 

3ATTLESHIP MAINE WAS BLOWN

 

  
  

Press Despatch)
Amid general
the rain which betokens
nd of the heat spell, began
oronto this morning.
; general throughout
wave

ly 6

the heat is
cted to be ended

Thirty-nine Deaths
hottest
Thirty-
recorded yester-

was the

Toronto.

tal than on any of

days Many of
ere women, most
yomen. One was
#2, and another 87
these and the

MID GENERAL REJOICING
RAIN FALLS IN TORONTO

d of the Heat Wave Comes at Last—Thirty Nine
Deaths Occurred in the City Yesterday an In-
crease of twenty-eight Over Normal

 

 

the weather was hardest
Five infants succumbed yesterday.
A Heavy Death Toll

For the first five days of July
the death toll was 128, fifty-two
of these were directly attributable
to heat. On the corresponding day
of last month the death rate was
only eleven persons.

babies

Heat Causes Explosion
Holidaysburg, Pa.,—The intense
heat is believed to have produced

the explosion at the Standard
Powder Works at Horrell station
yesterday resulting in the death

of four men and the destruction of

the plant.

 

  

NT THE BOY

ender May be Fined for
pplying Juvenile. Beer
as for His Father.

ll boy for beer iv

t a wise proceeding.
get everybody into
Today T. Meller, an
ked Johnny Mce-

to the Windsor

n of bee iy about a

s for the

McAllister
t i had

boy's

Mr
no idea
the
| He

him

WwW against
erran

suld

oe

send
ind. There
1 tae

for liquor except

The

gainst
can in-
this casx

It

artender may

over. is
plying the liquor
ver. The c

w

Mothers Take Care!
( the little
de shoes,

e Classic

~er

ones

, Froud

FOR THE BEER:

The |

We Have ped off here on a visit to her uncle h agitated for andobtz ined, is the | mittee to help

GRAIN COMPANY IN
TROUBLE

Sovereign Grain Co. of Winni-
peg, Went into Liquidation
Today.

(Canadian Press Despatch)

July 6-—The Sov-

ereign Grain Co., with head office

Winnipeg,

here, and branches at Calgary and
Moose Jaw went into liquidation
today.

 

; . . “Tr i
Counsel for the city of Toronto. |

aise |

| the the City of Seattl

\JAMES BAIRD K. C. DEAD

Toronto's Crown Attorney Pas-
ses Away at Age of Fifty-two

once

OTTAWA WINS AT HENLEY

Beet London Club in Heat for
Stev-ard’s Cup—Have to Meet
the Belgian Crew Tomorrow.

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Henley-on:Thames, July 6.—In
the first heat the Steward’s
Challenge Cnp, Ottawa four beat
the London Rowing Club easily
by two lengths today. The Ot-
tawas have to meet the Belgians

for

tomorrow.

A GRAND GIFT
FOR OLD McGILL

Famous Montreal University
Receives Another Million Gift
from Sir William Macdonald.

Montreal,
of

at a

July 6.—By the pur-
the Molson and Law

of a million
presenting the
to McGill University to
Sir

tobacco

chase
estates cost

dollars, and by
property
use for

William

extension

Macdorald,

purposes,
the

magnate has conferred another
evidence of his esteem on the
Montreal institution.

This latest gift brings up the

total of Sir William's benefactions
to McGill to ten
million dollars.

an amount of

Ladies Can Mountaineer
With our high Tan Mountain

Boots it is easy.
Scott, Froud & Co.

 

Canadian Press Despatch

Toronto, July 6.—Mr. James
Baird, K. C., County Crown At-|
torney for the city of Toronto,
died here this morning. He was

aged 52. Mr. Baird has only held

was|the position for little over a year, |

ty

who is now Corporation |

succeeding Mr. Drayton,

Ki: C:,

Visiting Prince Rupert

Live Young Men of the Town Comsdake Bralinsaaie Arrangements

 

 

 

emer |

Seattle 5, Pordas dl.

Tacoma 5. Vat couver 9.

Spokare 3, Victoria 4;
innings.

Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 4, Oakland 5.
Frisco 8, Sacramento 0).
Sacramento 0,/Portle>d 1.

American League
New York 9, Philadelphia 8.
Washirgton 7, Boston 4.
Detroit 8, Chicago 1.
Cleveland J1, St. Louis 4.

National League
Philadelphia 6, New York 4.
Brooklyn 5, Boston 2.
Pittsburg 6, St. Louis 3.
Chicago-Cinciprati no game.

ANOTHER TOWN

Wallula in Washington i is Abla-
ze, and Reported to be Doom-
ed—Wires are All Down.

 

 

(Canadian Press Despatch) |
Walla Walla, Washington, July |
fi.—It is reported here that the)
town of Wallula, thirty miles]
laway is burning, and that, little | ¢
jhope remains to save the place. |
The wires are down ard littie
jncws is obtairable.

jstarted in a hotel, and fanned by}

| whic h is reported to be doomed.

fom SCORES

twelve |

|
|

WEATHER AND SHIPPING

News from the Dominion Govt.
Wireless Stations

Weather is clear at Cape Lazc
jand Point Grey,
Ikede

|
vessels

acd Estevan.

are reported:

8.40 this morning.

at 9.35 this morning.

‘MEXICAN BEAT
' BROOKLYN MAN

 

 

 

Angeles.

(Caradian Press Despatch)

Los Angeles, July 5.—Joe Rivers,

|joe Coster, the Brooklyn

| weight, winnirg at the end of the|iron workers,
|twelfth rourd when he had Coster
jat his mercy.

Week-end Steamer Bunch

and overcast at
The following

two masted
whaler south bound off Ikeda at
Steamer Hum-
boldt south bound off Cape Lazo

Joe Rivers Administered Beat-
ing to Joe Coster at Los |

MADE DARING

)

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Chicago, July 6.—One of the
human flies whose agility and
lack of nerves makes sky scrapers
possible, lost his balance yesterday
and toppled from the twentieth
storey of the new Heisen building.

 

 

Ordinarily the foregoing state-
ment would complete the story,
;but not so in the case of Patrick
| Eustice, for there was a hero at
| ha::d in the person of John Murray,
jand Eustice, probably will be at

IS ON FIRE. a little Mexican in this city, today | work again in a day or twe.

| edmi istered a terrific beatis g to}
light-| just as scores of other structural

Eustice toppled from a beam,

and some of his

Princess Roya!

State of Californi

NEXT MAILS

For Sout
oséeenre Friday a.m.
For Nort

   

 

UP FROM INSIDE

RESCUE

WAY UP IN THE CLOUDS

Pat. Eustice an Ironworker Who Toppled off Twentieth
Storey of a Chicago Skyscraper Was Caught by
a Man on the Storey Below.

companions did not even turn
their heads to see the mangled
forms which their minds conjured
up as lying on the pavement
below.

Murrzy was working on the
nineteenth floor, 2id saw Eustice
fall. He reached far out, and
grasped the falling man by his
tough workingman’s blouse. He
was rot able to hold the weight,
but he gave the descending body
a swing inward, and the latter
landed on the eighteenth floor,
on a pair of cross beams. He was
bruised, but that was all. Murray
lcoked down, saw that all was well,
ard resumed riveting.

 

 

 

 

; MONTREAL

|/BABIES DIE IN

| Nearly One Hundred and Fifty

 

At the ed of the week there! Die Within Two Days from
will be heavy steamer traffic. The} | Heat.

‘amesun due Friday night, the | ;
| Prince George Saturdsy morning. (Canadian Press Despatch)
ithe City of Seattle southbound | Montreal, July 6.—During the

north will call besides the C. P. R.

south Friday.

STEPS TAKEN TO PROMOTE
INDOOR BASEBALL LEAGUE

---Have Asked Rev. W. H. McLeod, Chief Vickers, George
Tite, Ald. George Kerr and Rev. F. W. Kerr to Draw
up Their Rules and By-laws---Will Try to
Get Baseball Park Too

Mies Eva Busch, niece of Mr.| To establish an Indoor base Ball |
j}League in Prince Rupert from}

J. H..Rogers who has been making | iwhich will naturally spring an
the Alaska trip this summer, stop- | loutdoor league as facilities am |

for a week. She will return south |<

 

  
  
    

oh ver the wonderful

by the G. T. P, in
nd also to settle
matters Mr, J. H.

gent of the G. T.
‘trived here yester-

>. Prince Rupert,
ng Mr. Burgis is Chas.
rauroad editor of the

lntellige neer, who

nd family are on a

par went to, Stewart

Prince Rupert and
i south on Monday
{ Prince

George.

Iter .
party will

Val the
ike
* trip up the line as fap

ePPer River.
Huns
{ tolt +
Celighted with
nd asserts that
4
back With

and

B here

he
a lot of good
He par-

PIClLUres

is

ATTLE EDITOR IS HERE I
VISITING THE DISTRICT

Chas. E. Hunt of the Seattle P. I.

ith General Agent J. H. Burgis of the G. T. P.

is Visiting Stewart, Skeena River and
Trip up Tuck’s Inlet

 

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Merested"{n the railroad

  

ji
j li

V

in Company

r

t
now, a number of the moving
development in this country. spirits amongst the young men

On the way up from the south
he saw the wrecked S.S. Spokane :
in Seymour Narrows which is now] ;
awash to her hurricane deck and],
it is now feared the vessel will be a
total loss.

Messrs. Burgis, Hunt, and party
permitting, the
qd, H. Kugler to-

afternoon on the

Alt the

will, weather be
guests of Mr.
yacht

of the

morrow
Ka Yex.

scenery
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harbor will be shown the visitors. Panular Sea Marsa toe auth: cuales Mae
ae ae Names of five live and popvlar|termiration on the part of the
men well known to be staunch}many baseball enthusiasts in the

Where to Go supporters of every branch of} city, to make .his movement lead
legitimate sport were chosen.|up as speedily as may be to the

EMPRESS THEATRE, Second Ave.’| These are Mr. George Tite, Alder-|seeuriyg of fecilities for the out-
Pictures and Music, 7.30 p.m. man George Kerr, Rev. W. H.j/deor game, That a park can be
MAJESTIC THEATRE, Third Avei! yg or eod, Rev. F. W. Kerr, and | got into condition for real baseball
mieveren enn sean, 1. V-™ ‘Chief Vickers. A deputation of} by next summer if efforts are made

PHENIX THEATRE, Second Aveuve; |

Pictures and music, 7.80 p.m. t

lin the city that the prospects ot
having the league established are

desire on the part of the players,

got together last night to make

and the
ising a team at once) were present.
They decided to get a committee
of leading citizens who are thor-
oughly interested in the game to
prepare a set of by-laws for the
league
matters in order to be set before

»bject of a number of the young

Imen of the city. Such keen
nterest has been aroused by the
ive rivalry between the, indoor

vaseball teams already organised |

ery bright indeed
Organising Committee
Backed up by the evident strong
existing

ooters, and fans of the

eams to have a2 league established

Rep-
Team

arrangements.
esentatives of the Royal
he Brotherhood Team, the Typos,
Butchers (who are organ-

yreliminary

and put the preliminary

hose interested as soon as possible.

 

he young men waited upon Rev.

leculd be reachedoin the

to secure the ground and begin

H. McLeod last night and as|
ef the others named as}
time, to
as the com-

W.
many
act

along the league
There can be no doubt |

request them ‘to
formation.
that with these men in charge of |
the beginnings of it, the Indoor|
Bisebell Lez gue of Prince Rupert
will get going strong speedily.
Play for a Cup

To have a Competition Cup to | grow d

for by the teams |

be contested
from row
the fall
idea expressed, 2
made to secure a trophy.
five icdoor

Typos,

rd efforts will be
Already
there exist
teams in the city, the
Royals, the Brotherhood
the Presbytericen team, ard
Butchers organised.
another five live teams can
orgerised in Prince Rupert
certain. Already interest is being
excited in verious quarters where
the lack of properly
sport in Prirce Rupert has long
been felt.
Outdoor Game Next t
Behird the active efforts now
beis g made to establish this Indoor
Baseb: 1! Leegue in Prince Rupert |t

the

That I<
be

18

just

organised

 

lin the ¢ity too, have le

baseball | ball teams row

secretary
mission of Carada,

getting it in shape
conviction of a great

Men

many. of the
of influence
t the force
the same idea,
councillor |

your g men.

of their opi ion to

and one popular city
has had suitable park-site in
his eye for several months. The|

lsite of it is on part of the land |

to be granted to the city by the]

|G. T. P. erd the space of level}
avcilable is sufficient for |
ot only a baseball diamond, but |

Practice ard exhibition matches

are to be held 7 the irdoor base- |

for action

until

ady

is often as ee dbe

rertainly be expected.
RAILWAY COMMISSION
COMING

| They Will Sit in Prince Rupert

on Saturday. August 19
News was received by the Sheriff
his morr iy g, from Mr. Cartwright, | *
of the Railway Com-|
to the effect |
would sit

 

hat the Commission

in Prince Rupert on Saturday, is now at the surface, and the
August 19th, and asking that the evidence is clear that the explosion

court house be reserved for that occurred on the
date.

lnduel Baseball
Brotherhood Crescents vs.

Royal Blue Ribbons, tomorrow by the explosion of the three great
night at the Auditorium. Game magazines on the wership,

called at 8.45 sharp. Admission
25c. Skating after the game.

this fall is the}

the |
Boys, lena is set on its feet when the |
the |livest contests of the season may

The blaze i" d the State of. California for the past two days of intense heat, 146

died here. Their

linfa ants have

Get a pair atja breeze spread ta the whole town | steamer . Princess Royal for the j deaths are due. to the excessive heat

|

| CANADA’S HEROINE
Sg

|Monument to Laura Secord
| was Unveiled Today at Queen
| stown Heights.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)
.gara Falls, July 6.—Close to
che ie where she performed her
| he sroic deeds, a monument erected
| to the memory of Laura Secord
| by the Domirion Government was
| unveiled today in the
lof a great throng. Sir Charles
| Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice of Can-
ada who officiated paid a tribute
|to the memory of the heroine of
ithe war of 1812.

A meeting of those interested

in the forming of a Caledonian
| Society is called for Friday evening
8 All

requested to

at o'clock, July 7. in-
jterested are kindly
jattend. The

Central Hotel.

of meeting,
3t

place

 

'CANADA LOSES

WRESTLING BOUT

 

 

Walker of Vancouver Beat the
| Australian, but Went Down
| Before the Englishman.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)

London, July 6.—At the Inter-
Empire Boxing and Wrestling Tou-
trameut, Walker the Vancouver
man, was defeated in the final
last night by S. V. Bacon of the
United Kingdom. Walker won
his first round against Smith of
Australia.

In the boxing contests, first
series, Hadwick of Australia beat
Haziel of the United Kingdom,
and then met J. Thompson of
Canada who had drawn a bye
for the first series. The fight was
of short duration for Hadwick

 

 

presence | beat Thompson in the first round.

GOLD FROM ALASKA

Output of Tanana District is
Said to Exceed Five Millions

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Seattle, July 6.—Advices re-
ceived here by the Seattle banks
from Fairbanks, Alaska, say that
the season’s gold output of the
Tanana district, will be between
five and six millions.

BATTLESHIP MAINE WAS

onwards throughtout lseveral tersis courts, and possibly |
and winter is a popular|a football field too.

VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT

| This i is the Verdict of General Rixley the Chief of the

Engineers who Raised

the Wrecked Vessel

From the Bottom of Havana Harbor

—Magazines Exploded

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Washington, July 6.—That the
battleship Maine was not blown
up by the Spaniards but that
she met her fate by an interral
explosion is the opinion given here
by General Rixley, chief of the
stafi of engineers who are at work
raisirg the battleship in the harbor
at Havana.

Could not be Done

The great battleship, covered by

this time with barnacles all over

inside of the
vessel. General Rixley states that
the terrific damage done to the
vessel could not have been done
by a bomb oy torpedo, but only

 

Personal Inspection
General Rixley has Had ex-

ceptional opportunities for making
a persoral, inspection of the wreck
and for, rendering. a competent —
judgment on
disaster.

the causes of the

The Sunday School Picnic of St.

Andrew's Church

The Surday School of St. An-

drew's Church will hold a picnic
on Saturday, July 8th, at Metla-
ketla Bar,
ard will be taken over for 50 cents.

Adults are also invited,

Baskets are being provided for

the scholars, and the adults will
bring theirs with them. The
boats will
eleven o'clock in the morning, and

leave the wharf at

again at three in the afternoon.

Tickets may be obtained at the
Church Hall on Friday afternoon,

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