Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1903, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vol 31. Winnipeg saturday january 3, Twenty four pages. No. 138 to Day s free press Twenty four pages. Wants no. 1 hard. New Western judges. New supt of immigration. And drama. News. Vies. Lost to Garry. Scotch curlers won. Str no by cup decision. Board of Trade and g. T. 7 Winnipeg old timers. Fatal wreck in Vermont Alpine club s prominent men. News. Markets. Trade reviews. and personal. West Nat s death. of want ads. I want ads. And general. Railway building. L men juice is. Typhoid. dead. -_5.jiday schools. Vital statistics. Pilger nacre. And Reading. Is. The British. P. Engineer dead. Cable. Fashions. We Nian s world. Or. A Myers ., Minnedosa to succeed to the vacancy in Manitoba through the promotion of judge Pride Grast. news of the Day. S wheat is wanted in California. Six Nova g. Have old i a so i to ims t. Of Tho is . Winni r. Ii Vurnin i Loo 1. Have in i be Liberal rates Vav . A to be installing a i system in the Canadian Wesl. Page in rvs the it in Winnipeg. Page 5. A Veteran c. P. H. Or. A Clud at fort William. Page 24. I the Canadian Senate there Are 42 conservatives. Page 24. A Trad-3 at a meet of thu resolutions. I a. To. Sii ton will be Tho new chief j the court. Ottawa Jan. A. Meeting the Ca Binet an order in noun ii was passed appointing or. H. Myers ., Minnedosa. To be judge of the county court the province in the place of judge Prendergast who was promoted to the supreme court of the Northwest territories. Justice Maguiro chief Justice of the supreme court the Northwest territories has resigned and it is understood that Hon. Arthur Sifton has been appointed to succeed him As chief Justice of the territories. Or. Sic ton is commissioner of Public works to the Haultain government. Or. Robert Hill Myers. M.p.p., the new Manitoba judge is a son of or. Robert Myers of English descent and his wife Margaret Hill of scotch extraction. He was born in Platts Ville Oxford county ont. March 30, 1s56. And received his school Educa Tion at Stratford. Or. Myers who is a Well known Western lawyer and irs isolator was called to the bar in no vember 1s80, in and in Jan., 1ss2, he removed to Manitoba. He was called to the Manitoba bar in May is a. And commenced his prac Tice at Minnedosa. Shortly he was first elected to the legislature of Manitoba at the Gem rat a Lection july 1s02, and was re elected in is b or r. H. Myers ., the new county judge for Manitoba. And on All occasions As a staunch his majority at Tho last provincial elections being 20-1. One of the largest obtained by the Success Ful candidates. In religion or. Myers is a presbyterian. In november 1ss5, Anni he married miss Woodstock ont. Hon. Arthur Lewid Mcleod of Hifton com resignation of chief Justice Maguire of territorial supreme Arthur l. Sifton his successor. of . Hon a. L. Sifton who will be appointed chief Justice of the Northwest territories. Judge Prendergast. Of the n. W. T. Supreme court. Missioner of Public works Cor the territories and Lor Beaufi is a son of Hon. John w. Sifton of in Nipes he was born october is of at St. Johns Middlesex county out., and received us education at Vari Ous schools in Ontario Wesley and Victoria University Cobourg ont. . Or. So was married september 20, , the Bride being miss Mary h. Deer tag. He Practised Law in Calgary Tor several years and was elected to the territorial Assembly at the Bye elec Tion june 2t, 1sso. On March 1001, he entered the Northwest Cabin i it taking the Public works portfolio As successor to Hon. J. H. Rosa. Cabinet order in Council. Death sentence on William Cook of Halifax commuted Ottawa Jan. To Day a cab i inet meeting an order in Council was passed commuting the death sentence passed upon George Cook of to that of imprisonment for life for the murder of his wife. A largely-1 signed petition was received by the Justice department asking for the clemency which hag been granted. Cook who is an old Soldier dazed with liquor out his wife s Throat with a. Razor. His wife s character was not Good. Cook was to have been Hanger on the 13th inst., hut will go to the Penitentiary instead. Disputes fathers will. Joseph m. G. , of Chicago son of the late or. J. A. Maccabe has filed a Cavat against the Jurant his of the probate of the will of hl9 father which left the the widow except a bequest of to Charity. Or. Mae Abc s children receive nothing by the will whatever. M i. Vancouver District election fixed for feb. Actions on Jan. 20. During december there marriages 16s births and so rape 10. Eni Tao crashed into a Rutland in Fly tit and four of the Crew killed. Page 7. V Hill Myers. M.p.p., , i to App Ricter a county court judge v. Page 1. N a a a Trade reviews Fen the year Fias Canada s area test Pago 11. From Florida that sir Laurier has never been in such 1 in years. Page 1. R Cimuel Bird has been indicted in connection with la Bridge wreck. Page 1. Particulars have been received of the Iii i Northern surveys out of editor. And paso 1. report that Tho Welsh patagonian Are in is denied at Tor ton Mit Coats n. W. T. Pago 12. Inquest to the cause of let brakeman Westgate s death is a Winnipeg. Page 13. O. Four , with a new year s by has constituents. Pago 3. Nork of making the Alberta rate gauge Between great fajl3 Hus been completed. La. hockey at .rrr.-Il. Discussed it length the Stanleyc undo a Peculiar Nasty aspersions were Mada vies. Paa e 6 the weather probabilities. Fair and moderately cold. I saturday and pro generally fair saturday anal fresh North winds shifting to thermometer readings. Press thermometer readings for r 2 a i4a Osal a re ont s 2c sets at 10.34. Sunday j a. Sir. A luvs at a sets at 10.35. The temperature. Taken at the weather Bur c to Suliin o inst night Winn Vancouver b. C., Jan. Returning officer in has fixed the 20th inst. As nomination Clay and feb. I As polling Day. Or. Chris. Foley. In dependent labor candidate opened the Campaign this evening with a Public meeting. Or. Mcinnes Independent announces that it is his intention to stay in the Field so triangular contest. There will be Engineer Samuel Bird of Montreal charged with manslaughter. Premier Laurier t Montreal Jan. 2-mr. Arthur Dansereau editor in chief of Lapress who returned to Day from St. Florida save he never saw sir Wilfrid Laurier in better health. He is a new Man or Dansereau said the Wilfrid of five years ago. He will come Back As Strong and As Well As he Ever was in his life i Launer be Here the end of next week and remains several Days before taking up the reins of government at Ottawa but it several weeks before he will take up the Active work. A letter from sir Wilfrid received in the City to night says i have received a great Deal of Benefit Dunn Rny stay in. Florida. I feel not Only better but very Well. I believe in fact that i will be spared sever d y ears o 1, lad work although i doubted it for some time. But after All Vive Canada p with its fro Wor and with what impatience i await the moment to return to my country. I Hope to be Back c. H. E. A obeys near to railway will Cross the Saskatchewan at the Battleford line. Edmonton n. W. Jan. Ginger Armstrong is locating the Canadian Northern railway Lino Easterly from Edmonton on the North Side of the River. This line will prob Cross the Saskatchewan at the fort by a Bridge that is no descent will be made into the Valley assistant g. T. Counsel. Belleville lawyer receives an import ant railway position. Montreal Jan. A. H. Big Gar of Belleville has been appointed assistant general counsel of the grand trunk railway. 6 Buffalo 34 Boston is Chicago i1 Cincinnati 26 Detroit. 2 Jacksonville Montreal Jan. Bird a railway Engineer was this afternoon held responsible for the death of octave Tremblay a. Conductor on the grand trunk railway who was killed december 31 in a collision on the Royal Victoria Brid tre the jury de Claring at the inquest Over which Cor Oner Macmahon presided that we declare that octave Tremblay was killed As the result of an Accident on the grand trunk railway the locomotive under control of Samuel Bird Hay ing struck the train that stopped. We declare that Samuel Bird did not take reasonable precautions to avoid danger by following too closely the Tram ahead and moreover by not Havig his engine under Complete control in order to Stop it within a feet Bird was arrested and will be form ally arraigned to Morrow morning on a charge of manslaughter. Coroner Macmahon said there had been Gross negligence for if the rules had been observed the Accident would have been avoided. Marine news. Oct x i College i us it o r Montreal.30 e by is Ixer Orleans 32 s lit c Urr . By is new York 42 dlr 31 Philadelphia. 40 Ely 34 Sault Ste. Marie 32 a c. P. Weather report. Winnipeg Jan. 2. I Wilif 40a Kootenay Calm mild 2ua High w. Wind 13. Cold. Calm a. Cloudy Light x. To. V. 17a. Med Ine Calm. Lib. Calm lib. And Calm Zero. And cold so. Cloudy mild Light and cold. To. Caim. Go. And Calm. Loa. And Calm Loa arid mild Strong v. Wind Loa. Calm. 5a. Light w. Wind 12a. Kat and mild. And mild 12a. Fort to Cloudy of. Darth Acelar. Southampton new York Rev. Or. Bryce visiting the Regina subscribers Regina x.w.t., Jan. Or. Bryce Moderator of the general As Sembly returned Here to night from visiting the Fertile District Luis Den and Forest. The congregation there subscribed for Manitoba College and Long Laketon and Cottonwood increased the amount for the District to or. Bryce con ducts service Here on sunday and continues his left to attack rebels. London Jan. A despatch from Gibraltar the correspondent of the daily Telegraph says that the brother of the Sultan of Morocco Mulai Mohamed in command of the Royal army left Fez dec. To at tack the France Active Paris Jan. Received Here from Oran Algeria announce that detachments of zouave French troops have been ordered to the moorish Frontier. Canada s wheat for California Quality of Cereal grown in the Western part of the Domin Ion Well suited for mixing with the Golden states pro and new South Wales will import Coo tons of bread stuffs from America. Smallpox in Ontario. Cases reported at gait desc onto and Thamesville. Toronto Jan. Cases were to Day reported from thames Vine Deseronto and gait. Sale Iet to let Washington d.c., Jan. Hundred thousand tons of bread stuffs must be imported from wheat producing centres to Australia during the coming season to meet the Harvest de says United states Consul coding at Newcastle in a report to the state department dated nov. 11. The crop in Kew South Wales he says will not reach 50 per cent of Quantity reached last year and Vic Sale of the Foulds or s. A. Hoover of the Commonwealth the purchaser to be re modelled into a department store. The Sale of the Well known Foulds , Contr main and Market was closed yesterday the financial Fig ures in the transaction being in the neighbourhood of the Pur Chaser was or. S. A. Hoover of the Commonwealth one of most enterprising merchants. It is his intention to remove his establish ment from the Vii Liam Street Corner to this and of it up As a mod Ern gents furnishing department store. The present premises occupied by the Commonwealth being required april 1, for the new eight Storey Bank and office building to be erected this year by the Union Bank of Quebec Toria will require imports of 029 bushels of wheat to Supply her needs. The situation is not so bad in South Australia though there the crop is less than last year. Fifteen thousand tons of California flour Are afloat for new South Wales but the Consul says the Price of California flour has risen so greatly that the effect will be to divert a Good Deal of Trade to Canada which raises hard wheat of s. Class Well suited to mix with California flour. To Day Twenty years ago items copied from the free press of this Date 1883. Or. Tarte states la Patrie is not on the Mission defined. The St Boniface elections took place yesterday and resulted in the return of t a. Bernier Warden defeating l. I a Leveque by 84 votes. The councillor s elected wire j. Ernest Cyr Geo. Rav. Edmond Marcoux. L. J a. Leveque Victor mayor and Roger Marion. The contest for Tho wardens hip Ofril Donan resulted k. P. Leacock 47 Sam Uel Poison 22. General manager Van Home anal superintendent j. left yesterday for the end of the c. P. Track. There is a bad civic muddle. The City Council for 1ss3 met yesterday and Mai or elect Mcmicken undertook to instal him d m Lio Raon b11p5 r a Liuia w Ai Al Shaw or. Macpherson. Or. William Gordon miss Buckner. Sir. Jas. Scott and or. Lamothe. De were president. Rev. O. Fortin vice president. Rev. D. M. Gordon Secretary treasurer. Rev. J. B. Silcox. Bal of the Brana i b will be held on the 5th. Many win no Eggers will attend. The friends of r. Wylie entertained him at the Revere House last night. Charlie Wilson providing Tho Nice things to eat. The fir four in hand Ever seen on main Street attracted much attention from horse admirers yesterday. It was composed of Andrew Colquhoun s and j m. Ross teams. These teams Are valued at it is rumoured that judge Miller who has lust retired from the Bench. Is to be sworn in As attorney general in the Norquay government. The Normal school reopens this morn Ine in the Louise Street school where t will continue to be until the comple Tion of the intended premises in rear of the Central school. The court of Queen s Bench has been removed to the old government offices on Post office Street. It is rumoured in Montreal that or. J. Badges. Of Winnipeg will become Gen eral manager of the c. P. A. And that or. Van Home will look after construction. Chief Justice Wallbridge is expected to Arrve in Winnipeg on the 5th, and will immediately be sworn in the co partnership existing Between messes. Bennett Douglass of the Dou Glass has been dissolved. _ or. W. D. Douglass retires from the Montreal que., Jan. Tarte in the Patrie to night says that recent reports about the Liberal party acquiring his paper Are ridiculous la he adds in Sale nor to let. It will continue to advocate those measures which it believes to be in the Best interests of the country especially More efficacious Protection for Canadian Industry agriculture and for the working classes and the improvement of the St. Lawrence Bret haste s estate. For of of 41 Coal goes up t in new York. Of i. New York Jan. Price 4 of soft Coal advanced again to 4 Day to ?g.40. This is the whole 4 Sale Price freight age not in 4 eluded Anthracite averages 41 a. Ton to Consumers. 4 opportunities for such a. Bridge the fort Are excellent. After crossing the River the line will pass through the present town Obj fort Saskatchewan and connect a few Miles East with the preliminary line run last fall by Engineer me Farlane. Or. Mcfarlane is now on his Way Back from Birch Lake ing the line of which he made the preliminary Survey in the fall. He la now near Star. Engineer Macken Zie who an the preliminary sur vey from Battleford West is now locating the same line working East Erly. Engineer Armstrong will be Gin the Survey of the line Westerly from Edmonton As soon he has. Finished the work at the fort. Crossing the River the line will run by Way of Stoney Plain and White Lake and will probably be continued at least to Pembina. The line will be surveyed from the present Edmon ton railway station in the Fiat to a in the upper town where connection will be made with the through. Line. Or. Stovel right of Way agent of the c. N. R., is Here to Settle for right of Way of the Edmonton Spur and to Deal with other matters. The Edmonton bulletin will com London Jan. 2.-letters of admin Dolly stration of the estate of the late Bret Uarte the american poet have been granted. The total value of the estate is placed at Decoo Rouge aldermen. Messes. Stewart mul vey Thomas Nixon and Geo. H. Ham whom he explained had not been Reffus Larrv elected but had been appointed at a. Of for Rouge citizens. The St solicitor and Hon. A c bar. Rister discussed the Legal phases of the muddle and the Council adjourned in a dilemma. A Public meeting held sub. Nassed resolutions sustaining the election of mayor Mcmicken and the fort Rouge aldermen. The Bryton company scored a hit in the banker s daughter at the City Hall last night. Knox Church Young men s association gave an entertainment last night those at the Granby smelter. Grand Forks b. C., Jan. The week ending to Day Granby smelter treated 10.115 tons of Ore. The total treated to Date is tons. New York tragedy. New York. Dominco Barnola a. Teacher of languages was shot dead in the Home of Guiseppe a. Pasca in East 114th Street to night. Pasca and his son have disappeared. I s. Pasca her two daughters and a Young Man have been detained by tha police. Homestead entries for total number recorded estimated increase in population of Ottawa Jan. Homestead entries for the Calendar year ending 1002, were compared with for 1901, or an increase for the year. In 1880 the Homestead entries were the entries for the past year represent acres. Estimating four of a family to each Homestead this would give Over of a new population. But there Wero Many parties who purchased their lands from , companies. Capital Coal entries. During the month of december there was entered for consumption in Ottawa tons of Coal. Of this Quan Tity 0 327 tons were of Anthracite and the remaining Alturo Noui ;