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11 Pipe part 12 Truthful qualities 15 Actress Laurie of "Roseanne" 18 Parts of meeting rooms Hairy-chested Theme of this puzzle, with "The" 10 20 24 No. 1 26 The believer 27 Spanish stew 29 Object of March celebrations 30 Made more precipitous 31 "Double Indemnity" novelist 32 Phlebotomy target 33 Defensive ditches 34 Land of peace and simplicity 35 Heaven 37 Relevance 39 Bothersome bedmate 42 Critical 43 Fieri fadas and others 44 Statistical bit 45 It's put away for winter 46 Mourning sites 48 Student of Sensed 50 Give a wave? 51 Essay's basis 53 Kind of gun TODAY'S FORECAST For updated weather information, please call The Gazette, 661-214, code 6000. Each call costs 50 cents. Montreal area EXTENDED WEATHER Tomorrow Today's high -1 Tonight's low -5 70 chance of ice pellets in the morning, becoming 100 chance of freezing rain in the afternoon. Winds increasing to northeasterly 40 km/h.
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"Y, May 6 A terrific thunderstorm passed over this city early this morning. Morris Morey, aged 17, was struck by lightning while in bed and instantly killed. A companion in the same room was not injured. About twelve hours after the death of Morey, while moving him, a stream of warm blood spurted from his nose. The attending physician then probed the heart and drew therefrom nearly two quarts of blood which showed no change from its natural color or consistency. He declined to say that it was a case of suspended animation and cannot explain. Thrifty Strikers, Connellsville, Pa, May 6 About 100 Hungarians of the Mount Pleasant coke district left yesterday for their native land. A large number have purchased tickets here. They say the strike will last five or six months and that they can live cheaper during that time by going to their own country and returning at the end of the strike. There is no change in the situation. A Great Works, Chicago, May 6 The Union Steel Company today shut down its steel and rail mill. Seven hundred and fifty men were locked out.
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000 swiveling with the invitation, Come on, baby, let's do the twist He was just 17 when he recorded the song that started a dance craze in the 1960s Revere and the Raiders wore tight white pants, knee-high silver boots and colonial-style jackets Revere wore his traditional three-cornered cap Revere showed off a keyboard built into the grill of a Ford Mustang with renditions of Indian Nation, Shake It Up and Louie Louie I'm here to tell you we recorded it first, Revere said of the song made famous by the Kingsmen, and I'm going to live long enough to play it last Cher returns to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS Entertainer Cher returned to the Las Vegas stage after an eight-year absence, giving a pop-metal review to a sold-out crowd of 1,500 This is going to be a very strange show for a lot of you, she said early in her hour-long performance at the new Mirage Hotel and Casino Cher opened the show wearing slacks, a blouse and a vest She promised the crowd it would be the most attire she would wear the rest of the evening,
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E (514) 842-9763 Salle Claude-Jutra: Le Sourire, 5; Mickey Mouse, 7; Pour le Meilleur et Pour le Pire, 9 Salle Fernand-Seguin: Karaoke de Donigan Cumming; A Prayer for Nettie de Donigan Cumming; Cut the Parrot de Donigan Cumming, 6; Freezing Time de Gerda Cammaer; MORDECAI RICHLER is completely reasonable - in his own outrageous way Now you can read this best-selling author's views every Sunday, in The Gazette's MAGAZINE HOW PLAYING! PVM LISTINGS for JAN 31 to FEB 4 INFO-FILM: LA FEMME DE CHAMBRE OU TITANIC (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 12:50 3:00 5:05 7:25 9:40 Mon, Thu 7:25 9:40 VARSITY BLUES (13) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:20 3:45 7:00 9:15 Mon, Thu 7:00 9:15 LES PROS DU COLLEGE (13) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:50 4:20 7:35 9:50 Mon, Thu 7:35 9:50 AT FIRST SIGHT (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:00 3:55 6:45 9:30 Mon, Thu 6:45 9:30 A PREMIERE VUE (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:15 4:05 6:55 9:35 Mon, Thu 6:55 9:35 YOU'VE GOT MAIL (G) 7:05 9:35 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 2:35 5:05 7:35 10:05 Mon, Thu 7:35 10:05 PLAYING BY HEART (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:00 3:30 7:05 9:50 Mon, Thu 7:05 9:50 ENEMY OF THE STATE (G) 6:55 9:35 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 12:55 4:25 A CIVIL ACTION (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:30 4:15 7:10 9:45 Mon, Thu 7:10 9:45 PRINCE OF EGYPT (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:40 3:45 7:15 Mon, Thu 7:15 RUGRATS: THE MOVIE (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 12:45 STAR TREK IX: Insurrection (G) 9:30 A SIMPLE PLAN (13) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:25 4:05 6:50 9:20 Mon, Thu 6:50 9:20 VARSITY BLUES (13) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:20 4:00 7:25 9:55 Mon, Thu 7:25 9:55 AT FIRST SIGHT (G) Sun, Tue, Wed 1:10 4:10 7:00 9:40 Mon, Thu 7:00 9:40 490 St. Catherine St. D Spradlin CUJ D 27 27 Real America: 48 Hours Extreme Machines Pearl Harbor; D-Day Strange Science Extreme Machines Pearl Harbor CTLH 57 57 CBS TeleNoticias Telegiornale RAI II Prezzo della Vita Ci Vediamo in TV Celluloide Graffiti Telegiornale RAI In bocca al lupo QnSN 76 - Skylight The Baha'is Let's Sing Again! 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Send in your coupon today Contest dd appears in The Gazette Feb 3, 4, 5, 1999 No purchase necessary Hand-drawn facsimiles accepted - no faxes, no photocopies Coupons will be drawn at random Feb 12 Winners will be notified by phone and must pick up their passes at The Gazette Contest open to everyone except employees of The Gazette, Cirque du Soleil and members of their immediate families, retail value: $700 Total prize value: $1520 Any dispute concerning the awarding of prizes in this contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses, et des jeux Rules available at The Gazette POraCeS'e Montreal HSC II nnnn Fr reu it SI ' postal code ' wrov (daytime) j h 'w 1 nc Gazette A-z7Wf1l Im'v " MktmwmmmmMlmM mum mm i mi ami m I Western Ireland In the Presence of a Clown (Bravo at 9): Swedish made-for-TV movie Over Ireland (Channel 57 at 10): Bird's eye view Travels With My Aunt (Showcase at 10): Maggie Smith stars Late Show (WCAX-3 at 11:35): Richard Kind Rogers was in no rush (Colli Vanier Info Evening: Wednesday, February 3rd, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. This first-time event has been planned to give prospective students and parents another opportunity to visit Vanier and obtain information Our program will feature Application Workshops hosted by our Admissions staff who will answer any and all questions and ensure that students' applications are completed correctly Other features of our program include "Adjusting to CEGEP Life" workshops animated by Student Services, "Parent Information Sessions" hosted by Academic Advising, and a wide range of displays profiling our academic programs and college services Adjusting to CEGEP Life Vanier College is again offering local high school audiences a presentation on Adjusting to CEGEP Life Issues such as time management, academic independence and responsibility, making smart choices, and getting involved are discussed in this workshop designed to make students more aware of some of the adjustments inherent in their transition to CEGEP For more information and/or to make a booking please contact Student Recruitment CyberDay at Vanier College: Wednesday, February 17th It's new, it's high tech, and it's only at Vanier College During CyberDay students will be able to "chat" with a counsellor about their career choice, an Admissions officer for program and application information, and Vanier students from a variety of academic programs In addition, Internet visitors will be able to obtain a live view of Vanier, try a Math class online, and visit department websites Access us at www.cegep.com New Continuing Education Program: Sound Recording This new attestation program will be offered for the first time at an English public college in the Fall of 1999 Students in Sound Recording will benefit from on-campus, state-of-the-art facilities including a magnificent Auditorium and editing and sound recording labs, as well as our expertise in training For information about this program please contact Continuing Education at (514) 744-7021 "Electronic Classroom" Vanier has received a $76,500.00 grant from the Quebec government to build an "electronic classroom" In this classroom, every student will have a complete workstation networked to the teacher's computer and the Internet It will be used to teach students the computer skills required in our new Science program and for all web-based courses This electronic classroom is scheduled to be fully operational by the Summer of 1999, Info? 514 744 7881 Visit us at www.vaniercollege.qc.ca BOONE Continued from Page B5 Although Videotron maintains that an insignificant number of its subscribers have defected to DTH and Look, the launch of DVC is an indication that after decades as a monopoly, the cable company is hearing competitive footsteps When the Canadian Cable Television Association held its annual convention in Montreal last year, Ted Rogers - who runs Canada's largest cable system - downplayed the urgency of introducing digital service Converting to DVC is an expensive process for a cable operator, and Rogers did not sound like a man who was in any rush to make the investment Unswayed by the complacent attitude of the Toronto tycoon, Videotron pushed ahead on DVC Unlike Rogers Cable, the Montreal company serves a highly diverse clientele for whom channel choice is a crucial factor Videotron expects that during DVC's initial rollout period, 3 per cent of its 800,000 Montreal and area subscribers will order the new decoders That may be a tad conservative - particularly when the weather warms up and thousands of us realize we can't live without the Golf Channel The information you need from CJAD: Rick Leckner, for whom freezing rain pelting down on rush-hour traffic is more menacing than Luftwaffe bombs falling on London were for Edward R. Murrow, wisely counseled commuters to stay home yesterday morning Fender-benders abounded on roads that were sheets of ice, Leckner reported, and attempting to drive anywhere was utterly foolhardy By noon, the temperature had risen sufficiently for Gord Sinclair to inform listeners that although they "shouldn't break their necks to get there," the weather assured shoppers of attentive service at Furniture Wholesalers Sage advice from the old news director: too dangerous to go to work? What better time to buy a couch? Urns Mood Musk, Corsage for the Ladies Lovers Cocktail Lovebirds Soup with Rose Petals Matane Love Goddess, Cold Smoked Salmon and Shrimp with Caviar, Grilled Chicken Supreme on Winter Greens t Honey and Pine Nuts or Salmon Filet poached in Champagne or V's The Centaures pièce de résistance Roast Beef au jus with all the trimmings Tiny Potato Croquettes, Baby Peas and Mushrooms à la française A TRIP FOR TWO $1,500 Value Mood Musk Corsage for the Ladies Viennese Pastries, Brioches and Croissants Baguettes and Rye Bread Butter, Cream and Jam Juice, Compotes and Fresh Fruit from the Islands - Italian Pasta au gratin Winter Greens with our Piquant Vinaigrettes Roast Veal glacé with White Wine on Mushrooms à l'Angevine Green Beans with Tomatoes and Baby Peas with Bacon Apple Croquettes Valentine's Dessert Table Coffee or Tea per person HIPPODROME MONTREAL, 7440 Pierre-Bernard, Montreal: (514) 739-2749 The Gazette is a member of the Quebec Press Council Please recycle this paper Fifty of 225 reported for duty BLUE-COLLARS Continued from Page A1 The Quebec Essential Services Council has summoned both sides to a hearing Friday to sort out the mess Fortier said the city will ask for an injunction to avoid a repeat of yesterday's incident, while Bourque spoke of docking pay and suspending blue-collar workers who participated in what the city is calling an illegal walkout "We cannot accept this nonsense," Bourque fumed Later, Fortier said the city will seek other sanctions against the CUPE members who neglected their duties to attend the demonstration Only about 50 workers were on hand initially to start the salting job yesterday morning, public-works spokesman Pierre Bonin said Normally, there are 225 Foremen and other management personnel helped fill in on trucks, he said The city's own response to the freezing rain might come under scrutiny Bonin said his department didn't call foremen and the blue-collar union about the rain until 6:45 a.m., 15 minutes before shifts were to begin Union officials were cooperative about getting personnel in, Bonin said "They responded positively, but couldn't find the people" Louise Hebert of the subsidized-housing agency said security guards inside the office spotted the first buses of blue-collar workers arriving at 6:20 a.m. - about 10 minutes before the freezing rain started The protest ended peacefully at 9 a.m., Montreal Urban Community police said Workers then began showing up at the garages, Bonin said As for punishing renegade blue-collar workers, Fortier told reporters that the provincial labour tribunal has the power to fine individuals who refuse to report for work And if anyone sues the city for damages that can be directly linked to the walkout, Fortier said, the city will then take the union to court But there are two versions of the latest tale of labour strife at city hall Local 301 official Michel Fontaine said the union warned city officials on Monday about the action Fontaine refused to name the officials He added that essential service was maintained during the protest Bourque aide Madeleine Champagne said that city manager Gerard Divay was "vaguely warned" recently about possible action, but was not given any dates Hebert said the subsidized-housing office was also caught off guard by yesterday's protest But she acknowledged that the agency was "waiting to see whether something would happen, given the six-month anniversary of the strike, which began Aug. 3" Hebert said the anniversary is actually today MUC police spokesman Luc Belhumeur said the blue-collar protesters had asked police for a permit before their demonstration However, when pressed for details, Belhumeur later said he couldn't confirm or deny whether a permit had been issued There are currently no disputes between the city and its blue-collar workers, whose contract doesn't expire until 2001 Negotiations between the housing office and its maintenance workers were suspended by a conciliator in mid-December No date has been set for another meeting between the two sides Opposition Councillor Helen Fotopulos criticized the Bourque administration yesterday for "flagrant inaction" on the labour dispute at the Office Municipal d'Habitation DAVE SIDAWAY, GAZETTE Ice chips flew yesterday when Daniel Sirois attacked the glazed windows of his car, parked on Notre Dame St. W. in Little Burgundy Traffic across the island STORM Continued from Page A1 Extra metro cars were thrown into service and rush-hour train frequency was extended by an hour until about 10:15, Paradis said Transit service for the disabled was canceled, except for emergency calls such as medical appointments By 9:20, after city crews had begun to spread salt and abrasive on streets, transit service was gradually returned to normal, Paradis said, although full service wasn't restored until about 11 a.m. Service for the disabled was brought back to normal about half an hour later On a normal day, the MUCTC records 487,000 surface-transit fares, Paradis said "We've never had a disruption as big as this," she said "And it wasn't just Montreal" Yesterday's freezing rain caught most municipal and provincial public-works crews off guard "By 6:45 a.m., the roads were all glazed over, but there was no sign of road crews anywhere," veteran traffic reporter Rick Leckner complained "The accidents started at 7 a.m., and they came fast and furious Fifteen minutes later, every major road from Côte de Liesse to the Trans-Canada to the Decarie was a skating rink" By 7:30 a.m., both the MUC police and the Sureté du Québec were urging people to stay home But it was too late; most major arteries were already jammed with stalled cars and fender-benders And for the next two hours, traffic across the island was virtually paralyzed Public transit was also disrupted in Laval, where as many as 300 buses, half the total, were taken out of service because of slippery roads, Richard Boyer of the Laval Transit Corp. said Full service was gradually reinstated beginning at 10 a.m. as road crews got salt and abrasive down, Boyer said About 20,000 passengers use the Laval service during morning rush hours, with about 9,000 of those headed for the Henri Bourassa metro station Travel was particularly slow over the bridges connecting Laval to Montreal Island, Boyer said At Dorval, thousands of would-be travelers languished at the airport yesterday morning During the peak morning travel period, no amount of de-icer or salt could keep Dorval's runways free of ice, said Normand Boivin, general manager of Aéroports de Montréal "It started pretty suddenly at 6:45. Before that everything was bare and dry and conditions were perfect," Boivin told reporters at the airport, where many people who braved slick city streets and treacherous highways to get there found their flights delayed or canceled altogether "Within five minutes everything was covered with ice and there was nothing we could do fast enough It was freezing on impact" What's worse, even after crews managed to de-ice planes and two of three runways in Montreal, flights destined for Toronto found themselves with nowhere to go That's because Pearson International Airport was shrouded in dense fog all morning, as was the airport in Ottawa In all, Boivin said, half of about 300 domestic and international flights scheduled to take off from or land at Dorval yesterday morning didn't make it And even after Dorval's runways had been cleared, Boivin said, some pilots chose not to land there because of the weather conditions "These were the worst situations we could face," Boivin said "We'd rather have 15 inches of snow than 2 millimetres of ice" Marielle Vigneau and her husband, Cyrice Lapierre, spent the day playing cards at Dorval airport, after their 8 a.m. flight home to the Magdalen Islands was postponed until 3 p.m. It was probably just as well, because they would have missed their flight anyway They didn't get to the airport until 9:30 a.m., after spending nearly two hours in traffic on Highway 20 Lloyd and Ruby Crozier of Calgary were supposed to fly to Miami via Toronto yesterday But they ended up stuck in Montreal instead The retired couple left home just before 1 a.m., headed for Toronto, but the pilot decided not to land there because of the fog He had just enough fuel to get to Montreal, where the freezing rain had barely begun falling "We have no plans now," shrugged Ruby Crozier, waiting in line shortly before noon, trying to book another flight back to Toronto It was mid-afternoon before air traffic was back to normal at Air Canada, where one-third of flights were delayed or canceled Pierre Charbonneau, the airline's general manager (customer service), said all 25 canceled Air Canada flights were rescheduled by 12:30 p.m. It took Debra Chatfield one hour and 10 minutes to drive to work at McGill University from Lachine, a trip that usually takes 20 minutes "Highway 20 was bumper to bumper, and on every corner downtown there were cars spinning their wheels and ambulances with the lights flashing," she said Leckner said much of the misery could have been avoided had the salt trucks gone out earlier "It should have been no surprise that this was going to hit," he said "Those trucks should have been out early this morning, before rush hour started But they fumbled the ball big time" But Claude Laforest of Transport Quebec said nobody expected the freezing rain until 9 a.m. He said Transport Quebec salt spreaders were out as soon as it started, just before 7 a.m. "It would have been a waste to salt too early, because it simply gets swept aside by the wind and traffic," Laforest said "In LaSalle, the salt trucks didn't make it out of the garage until after 7:30" "Our biggest trouble was that our trucks got stuck in traffic on the icy streets," said Christian Dion, LaSalle's snow-removal chief "We just weren't prepared for this What we had been expecting was 3 centimetres of snow" While their Montreal counterparts walked off the job, Verdun's striking blue-collar workers actually went to work yesterday Verdun city manager Gaetan Laberge said workers agreed to salt city streets, even though they have been refusing to clear away snow Peter Clark, Pointe Claire's director of public works, said salting operations there were delayed two hours because of an erroneous weather forecast from its consultants THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 A3 CITY EDITOR: BRIAN KAPPLER (514) 987-2505 Lots of moans and broken bones That ice Emergency rooms at the larger Montreal hospitals were busy yesterday morning with "S and F" cases - people who slipped and fell on the ice, breaking bones in their tumble Downtown, by lunchtime, St. Luc Hospital had treated five people for storm-related fractures At the Montreal General Hospital, 12 people were on stretchers by mid-afternoon, all with bones broken as they fell on the ice "Our waiting room is full, and there are also people in with a variety of bruises from falls on the ice," a spokesman at the General said In Côte-des-Neiges, the Jewish General Hospital had seen two people with dislocated shoulders and another eight for wrist fractures But considering the shape of the roads and sidewalks, hospitals were bracing for a much more hectic day "We were expecting it to be much busier," said Debra Israel, a hospital spokesman, "especially with hip injuries among the elderly, but it didn't happen "I guess because the freezing rain started falling early in the morning, most of them just looked out the window and decided to stay home" The Royal Victoria Hospital reported only one storm-related injury, a case of whiplash caused by a minor car accident The patient was treated and released yesterday Most of the injuries that resulted in emergency visits were in the morning After that, there was only a slight increase over what would normally be seen on a typical winter's day CHAOS IS KING OF THE ROAD Freezing rain, blue-collar strike leave motorists in terrible shape PAUL CHERRY and DEBBIE PARKES The Gazette Less than 4 millimetres of freezing rain and a wildcat strike by Montreal blue-collar workers combined to make a tough-to-swallow cocktail for many motorists during rush hour yesterday morning Shortly after 6:30, Montreal Urban Community police began receiving a steady stream of reports of car accidents in the city They ranged from the smallest of fender-benders to more serious collisions that caused injuries Downtown intersections like McGill College Ave. and Ste. Catherine St. W. resembled skating rinks Among the more ominous sights were those of buses sliding backward down hilly roads during the morning rush hour MUC police spokesman Luc Belhumeur said there were at least 30 minor car accidents reported during the three hours after the rain first started By that time police were asking people to leave their cars at home Belhumeur said most accidents involved only minor injuries but by noon the number of accidents reported in the MUC doubled At Station 26 in Côte-des-Neiges, an area encompassing several roads with steep inclines, many police officers were handling accident reports DOZENS OF CRASHES "There were some crashes, especially involving buses, at least a dozen, but nothing major," said Constable Bruno Daelman Van Home Ave. was a special problem, he added Salt spreading was delayed in several parts of Montreal by the blue-collar workers' strike On the highways leading into the city the picture was just as ugly Highway 20 resembled a parking lot during the peak of rush hour and Transport Quebec was also recommending people stay home Even during the afternoon, icy roads were causing problems A section of Taschereau Blvd., between the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the exit for Highway 112, was closed for hours after a number of accidents On Highway 15 at Delson, a truck carrying a load of wood overturned, blocking southbound lanes for hours A bus failed to make the turn on Stephens Ave. in Verdun, skidding onto the sidewalk and blocking the intersection for hours Then a van rear-ended the bus In Dorval, Donald Richard borrowed a cell phone from a fellow commuter to call his boss after spending more than two hours in a traffic jam There were 125 accidents reported on highways around the island of Montreal by noon and the Sureté du Québec said that more than 200 cars had slid off roads "They were mostly accidents with only minor damage All of the highways were a problem this morning," said SQ spokesman Constable Mathias Tellier On the South Shore, road conditions were so bad that by about 9 a.m., passengers on one bus that had already been stopped for about 40 minutes simply gave up With no idea how much longer the delay could last and only bad news about the road conditions ahead, the driver stopped along the shoulder of Highway 116 in Saint-Bruno and asked his 49 passengers what they wanted to do The driver, who didn't want to give his name, said: "I asked them, 'Does anyone still want to go to Montreal?' They said: 'No, no, no' Everyone just wanted to go home" Meanwhile, the Montreal South Shore Transit Corp., which serves seven South Shore suburbs closest to the island, including Brossard, Saint-Lambert and Longueuil, managed to keep all 278 of its rush-hour buses on the road yesterday morning, although there were many delays Timing a surprise MARK ABLEY The Gazette Weather forecasters for Environment Canada deny that they failed to predict yesterday's bout of freezing rain But the timing and amount of it did come as something of a surprise "Freezing rain was expected," said meteorologist Bill Horrocks, "But it was expected to be mixed with snow The unfortunate thing was that we did not get any snow "When freezing rain falls on fairly dry asphalt at minus-6 or -7 degrees, it doesn't take long to turn into a skating rink" At Dorval airport, where Environment Canada's measuring instruments are located, freezing rain began to fall yesterday at 6:25 a.m., just in time for the morning rush hour The freezing rain continued for more than six hours, becoming mixed with ice pellets It turned to rain when the temperature finally inched above zero As in last year's devastating ice storm, yesterday's freezing rain was a result of warm, wet air rising over the St. Lawrence valley and shedding moisture that dropped through a layer of bitterly cold, dry air flowing from the northeast The dry air solidified the rain into ice KEPT MOVING One critical difference, however, was that yesterday's warm air kept on moving A year ago, southern Quebec was a battleground for two air masses that had nowhere to go About 4 millimetres of freezing rain fell yesterday in the Montreal area - less than a fifth of the amount we suffered on the worst single day of the 1998 ice storm Even so, the amount was at the upper level of expectation Environment Canada's recorded message yesterday morning spoke of Montreal receiving 2 to 4 millimetres of freezing precipitation The South Shore, just like a year ago, was hit harder than the island Saint-Hubert endured 6 millimetres of freezing rain and ice pellets as well as a small amount of snow North of Montreal, Mirabel also experienced more than 5 millimetres of freezing precipitation EXPECTED DURING EVENING Environment Canada had mentioned the possibility of freezing rain in its Monday morning bulletin, 24 hours before the skies opened But at that stage, the agency was predicting snow or ice pellets during the day, with a risk of freezing rain on Tuesday evening A bulletin at 4 p.m. Monday warned of freezing rain as well as snow during the day As late as Monday evening, Environment Canada was anticipating that up to 5 centimetres of snow would mingle with the freezing rain CJAD meteorologist Ed Cowell had the timing a little better By yesterday afternoon, Cowell was predicting snow in the early morning, ice in the morning and freezing rain after that As for today, Horrocks said we'll find ourselves in a belt of milder air But then a cold front is expected to pass through In short, be prepared Peggy Curran's column returns Friday Hydro on alert, but system handles the job Hydro-Québec said yesterday's freezing rain wasn't enough to cause any damage to its power grid "The system is working exemplarily," said Lucie Brodeur, a Hydro spokesman for the Montérégie "It was a completely normal day" She said crisis teams were on alert, but they were not needed south of Montreal, which suffered the worst during last January's ice storm "They know our clients are nervous and need to be reassured," she said "But at this level of freezing rain, I don't expect any damage" Brodeur said only 15 millimetres of rain and freezing rain were expected yesterday About 2,700 downtown homes and businesses, including the Alexis Nihon Plaza, went dark at around 4:30 p.m. yesterday It took Hydro workers two to three hours to restore power to the area Hydro also had some trouble in the Rivière-des-Prairies area of Montreal yesterday afternoon, when 4,200 clients lost power But Hydro spokesman Claude Rocray said the outage had nothing to do with the freezing rain A piece of equipment that sent power on hydro lines from the Bourassa substation broke, but it wasn't weather-related, she added It happened just after noon, and the area had power back by 4 p.m. Environment Canada estimates that 5 millimetres of freezing rain can affect traffic, making roads slippery Crank that up to 10 millimetres, and people start falling down on sidewalks At 30 to 40 millimetres, there will be light damage to trees and branches And at 70 millimetres, there is the awful damage caused by downed trees and hydro wires Get 350 consecutive HOURS of FREE INTERNET ACCESS! That's 15 days of absolutely FREE Internet exploring After that, you pay just $9.95/month based on a 12-month membership NON-STOP SHOP NON-STOP FUN NON-STOP CONVENIENCE Worldnet brings you the power of the Internet plus much more For just $19.95 a month you get: Unlimited Internet access 24/7 tech support Unlimited web space Exclusive Internet Intruder Protection Unlimited email accounts Free access in over 300 cities Unlimited downloads E-mail retrieval from anywhere in the world For your FREE on-the-spot INTERNET CONNECTION CALL TOLL-FREE 1-877-342-5946 1-877-DIAL WIN www.windigital.net Worldnet Internet Network Internet Franchises available Call now for information IN BUSINESS: EXPANDED COVERAGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND YOU Section D MONTREAL SINCE 1778 SPORTS FINAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 57 OUTSIDE METRO AREA 70 P.M. calls premiers to social-union summit Now that lower-level talks have failed, Jean Chretien hopes a meeting of first ministers tomorrow can agree on a social-union framework before this month's federal budget DAVID GAMBLE Gazette Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA - Prime Minister Jean Chretien has called a meeting of first ministers for tomorrow, saying it's time for leaders to fish or cut bait in negotiations over the social union and increased federal transfer payments for healthcare Ministerial talks on the deal aimed at setting down rules for federal spending in social programs came to a standstill this week, so Chretien said he worked the phones Monday getting the green light for a formal meeting from every premier, including Lucien Bouchard "They all realize that we cannot talk forever," Chretien said "Mr. Bouchard will be there He told me that he was happy that I have called a meeting" Chretien also insisted there is no risk of giving Bouchard a pretext for walking out of the talks and declaring that federalism has failed once again "My talks with them led me to conclude that it was a good thing to invite them on Thursday morning here in Ottawa," Chretien said "I hope we will have an agreement" Chretien, who dismissed the premiers' call for a first-ministers meeting on health spending in December, in preparation for this month's federal budget, said yesterday that the premiers finally succeeded in changing his mind.
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Crown Point was later retaken by British forces. May 11 The Hudson's Bay Co was paid 300,000 pounds by Canada for Rupert's Land 122 years ago today in 1870. The land included all territories drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay today's Prairie provinces, Northern Ontario, northwestern Quebec and portions of the Northwest Territories. The company retained blocks of land around its trading posts and 2.8 million hectares of farmland. May 12 The Manitoba Act was passed in Parliament 122 years ago today in 1870 creating the new province of Manitoba, Canada's fifth province. The act, which went into effect on July 15, granted equal status to French and English and set aside 566,000 hectares for Metis. May 13 Pierre du Gua de Monts sent the ship Jonas, laden with fresh supplies and men, from France to his settlement in Port Royal in Acadia 386 years ago today in 1606. The settlement, originally on He Sainte Croix, was the earliest in North America. The king of France had given de Monts a monopoly on the fur trade in exchange for colonization of the area.
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AI8 I THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 KYODO NEWS Cargo vessel Shin Tsunetoyo Maru, whose skipper fell asleep with the ship on autopilot, crushed two houses and damaged a third on the shore in Osaki Kamishima, Japan, slightly injuring a resident. Ship rams into house while captain sleeps Tokyo - Haruo Abe did not expect to find a cargo ship in his living room. He was stunned when a 498-tonne tanker crashed into his seaside home in western Japan early Saturday after its captain fell asleep at the helm. Abe, 76, suffered a bruised right shoulder when his house collapsed from the shock of the impact. None of the six crew members aboard the ship was hurt. ""I heard a boom and within three seconds the second floor came falling down,"" Abe told public broadcaster NHK. ""Then I saw a light and realized it was a ship."" The 2:30 a.m. accident also demolished a vacant house next to Abe's and badly damaged another nearby residence in Osaki Kamishima, about 640 kilometres southwest of Tokyo. The captain of the vessel told authorities he had fallen asleep when the ship was on autopilot. ASSOCIATED PRESS CHINA Flooding kills 64 Beijing - Torrential floods in southwest China have claimed at least 64 lives, prompting the beleaguered local government to seek help today from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads, state media reported. Days of heavy rain in Sichuan and Chongqing - regions prone to seasonal flooding - have swamped entire villages and ruined huge swathes of farmland, the official Xinhua news agency said. JAPAN Western cities rattled by large quakes Tokyo - Two earthquakes struck western Japan yesterday, rattling several major cities and triggering tsunami waves. At least 14 people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. F. Scott Fitzgerald 23 Nectar source 24 Neurotic TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub 26 Spoke (up) 27 On one's own 28 Big recording artists' awards? 29 Brainy 30 Dictation taker 31 Nary a soul 32 Affixes (to) 35 Wedding 58-Down 38 Good sportsmanship 39 ""Moby-Dick"" captain 41 Song for a diva 42 Olympic gymnast Kerri 44 Roasts' hosts 46 Beef 49 Entrance to an expressway 50 Director Kazan 51 Scotch's partner 52 Dreadful 53 Insect stage 54 Go across 55 Of Man 58 See 35-Down 59 Family relation, for short TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network Make the right call Montreal area Today's high 27 Tonight's low Mainly sunny with cloudy periods in the morning, becoming mainly sunny in the afternoon. Winds light. Humidex 31. Tonight, mainly clear. EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Weather Network www.theweathernetwork.com 40 chance of showers High 24 Low 13 Regional synopses Wednesday 40 chance of showers High 21 Low 9 Thursday Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow St. Jovite Mainly sunny 26/15 Montreal Mainly sunny 21/16 Ottawa Mainly sunny 27/17 Quebec City Partly cloudy 25/13 Trois Rivieres Mainly sunny 25/15 Sherbrooke Mainly sunny 24/12 Variable High 18 Low 11 Friday 100 chance of rain High 15 Low 10 Sun & TWN Commercial Services NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS 10-- Halila 30 y 25 Los Angeles Sunrise Moonrise 6:22 a.m. 11:01 p.m. Sunset Moonset 7:22 p.m. 2:47 p.m. Total daylight 13 hrs. 00 min. CDOO Stl! 14 New Scpl 78 Full Abitibi-Temiscamingue High 24 Low near 16. Variably cloudy Laurentians High 25, Low near 15. Mainly sunny Eastern Ontario High 27, Low near 17. Mainly sunny Southern Ontario High 27 Low near 19. Variably cloudy Quebec City High 25, Low near 13. Partly cloudy Eastern Townships High 24, Low near 12. Mainly sunny Northern New England High 24, Low near 15. Partly cloudy Gaspe High 22, Low near 15. Partly sunny. TEMPERATURE CONVERSION 25 20 -15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 C I I I I I I I I I I I I I -13 4 5 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 F UV INDEX Moderate 19 minutes to sunburn High -A- Extreme Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records 1983 1984 Temperature Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date Max 31.8 22.0 NA Min Precipitation Cooling Degree days to 2 p.m. (to 2 p.m. yesterday) Yesterday 4.6 measured in mm) 0 Yesterday 0 101 Month to date 1 May 1 to date NA Month normal 85 240 5 22 6 12 2 Today's normal 3.4 Canada today World today 1 Max Min Ma Min Iqaluit Cloudy 7 6 Amsterdam Sunny 25 15 Yellowknife Cloudy 7 0 Ankara Cloudy 17 9 Whitehorse Sunny 8 -1 Athens Cloudy 25 20 Vancouver Cloudy 18 11 Beijing Cloudy 28 24 Victoria Cloudy 17 11 Berlin Sunny 26 13 Edmonton Cloudy 15 6 Dublin Sunny 20 14 Calgary Cloudy 16 6 Hong Kong Cloudy 33 27 Saskatoon Sunny 15 5 Jerusalem Sunny 32 25 Regina Cloudy 15 4 Lisbon Cloudy 24 17 Winnipeg Showers 17 8 London Cloudy 25 16 Thunder Bay Showers 20 10 Madrid Cloudy 30 15 Sudbury Cloudy 23 13 Mexico City Showers 23 12 Toronto Cloudy 27 19 Moscow Sunny 15 5 Fredericton Sunny 23 10 Nairobi Sunny 29 13 Halifax Sunny 17 12 New Delhi Cloudy 36 25 Charlottetown Cloudy 18 13 Paris Sunny 28 17 St. John's Cloudy 13 9 Rio de Janeiro Sunny 28 23 Rome Sunny 29 20 United States today Max Min Stockholm Rain 19 14 Atlanta Showers 26 21 Sydney Cloudy 18 12 Boston Cloudy 22 16 Tokyo Showers 27 26 Chicago Storms 28 16 Resorts today Dallas Showers 31 21 Min Denver Sunny 24 11 Atlantic City Cloudy 25 18 Las Vegas Sunny 36 21 Cape Cod Cloudy 22 16 Los Angeles Sunny 30 18 Daytona Beach Rain 30 26 New Orleans Windy 32 24 Kennebunkport Cloudy 20 12 New York Cloudy 24 20 Myrtle Beach Showers 27 22 Phoenix Sunny 38 26 Niagara Falls Cloudy 28 19 St. Louis Storms 29 17 Old Orchard Cloudy 20 12 San Francisco Sunny 25 15 Virginia Beach Showers 26 20 Washington Cloudy 25 20 W. Palm Beach army and marines report 1,100 injuries and 66 deaths during the month of August. The number of wounded is unprecedented for any one-month period since the war's beginning. Details, Page A BOTTOM LINE Enterprising 19-year-old opens bike business Not thrilled about the prospect of going to CEGEP, Dany Labreche opened Recycle Bicycle in Notre Dame de Grace, fixing up old bikes and selling them, and repairing the bikes that customers already have. He picks up old bikes from garage sales, and sometimes people even donate them. Details, Page B1 SPORTS Expos top Atlanta 4-3 Tony Batista's one-out double in the 12th inning scored Endy Chavez to give the Montreal Expos a 4-3 win against the Atlanta Braves yesterday. The Expos lost 9-0 to the Braves on Saturday, and the win prevented a three-game sweep at the hands of the division-leading Braves. Details, Page C2 ARTS & LIFE Documentary captures dying man's final year The Man Who Learned to Fall is an inspiring documentary about the final year in the life of a man dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. In a film that almost did not get made, Montreal filmmaker Garry Beitel tells the story of Phil Simmons and the art of dying well. Details, Page D1 A DEMAIN The game over and gear off, hockey players still have a last task to perform. ""Stretch,"" Scott Livingston says. ""The more flexibility you have, the more adaptive ability you have to handle a sudden stretch."" Livingston, strength and conditioning coach for the Canadiens, shows us a series of six stretches for the dressing room. 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You can cast your vote in our daily poll all day long by logging onto canada.com montrealgazette.com. Your answers will appear in tomorrow's Gazette and on Global TV's evening newscast. Saturday's question was: Do you think Russian authorities mishandled the hostage crisis? Yes: 23% of votes No: 77% The name of the Canadian Donaldson Atlantic Line Steamer Athenia, which was sunk by a German U-boat on Sept. 3, 1939, was misidentified in a photo caption in Saturday's paper about the first Merchant Navy Veterans Day of Remembrance. The Gazette regrets the error. Frances Storm so big even those not in its direct path feel its force CONTINUED FROM A1 ""It's going to take a little bit to get back up to speed,"" she said. Miami International is a major hub for Latin American and Caribbean flights. It was the world's 20th busiest airport by number of passengers in 2003, with 29.6 million. Airlines flew all their planes out on Friday as the hurricane approached, rather than risk having them damaged as they sat on the ground. Miami's airport was crowded with tourists whose vacations were ruined or interrupted by Frances. ""I think it's a big fuss over nothing,"" said 35-year-old Geraldine Lamb, who was visiting from London. Even as more than 300,000 people in Miami-Dade county were allowed to return to their homes in the afternoon, residents along the west coast from Tampa northward prepared for the storm and headed to shelters. By last night, Frances had been downgraded to a tropical storm, with maximum winds near 105 km/h and its centre about 25 kilometres east of Tampa. Frances was forecast to hit the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, and potentially restrengthen to a Category 1 hurricane as it headed up the coast, dumping more rain on nearby counties on the way to landfall in the Florida Panhandle this afternoon. PETER COSGROVE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sheared-off steeple pierces roof of First Baptist Church in Cocoa Beach, Fla., after the area was pummeled by Hurricane Frances. Frances is so large that even those residents not in its direct path were feeling the effects all day yesterday. As far north as Gainesville, more than 160 kilometres northwest of Orlando, thousands of people were without power and winds gusted up to 80 kilometres an hour. ""I'm just going to spend the day in bed reading,"" said resident Brenda Dwyer. ""I've got the blinds closed and I'm just going to pretend this is not happening. Unless a tree falls on my house, I'm not going anywhere."" More than 5 million people were without power, and almost 86,000 people were waiting it out in Red Cross shelters. Initial reports of destruction did not rival the estimated $7.4 billion U.S. CHIVERS NEW YORK TIMES Beslan, Russia - Shafts of light passed through bullet holes in the pupils' desks, which were stacked together at windows, makeshift barricades against attack. Ghastly sights waited behind them, but almost no one could stay away. Middle School No. 1 was opened yesterday to the people of Beslan, who found themselves drawn toward it by an almost gravitational pull. After the authorities and the Russian army slipped away in the darkness on Saturday night, the school had stood looming and empty, a large and foreboding shell in which hundreds of hostages had died. As word spread that its security cordon had vanished, it seemed as if the entire population of the town appeared to wander its corridors. The Russian authorities announced yesterday that the death count from the hostage siege had reached 338, and many of the wounded remained in critical condition. They also noted that the minister of the interior of North Ossetia, the republic where Beslan is, had submitted a letter of resignation, but that it had been refused. Such news held little attention. Please see RUSSIA, Page A4 Montreal Russians react, Page A4 IN FOCUS Pour aider daring students The Université de Montréal sets up a new support service for its 1,800 anglophone students, mirroring a similar service McGill offers francophones, columnist Peggy Curran reports. Page A10 Al-Qa'ida had Canada in view Al-Qa'ida leaders had their eye on Canada before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and they still remain a threat to security, federal officials suggest. Page A1 CANADIAN PRESS Canada's Joe Sakic (91) and Jarome Iginla celebrate Sakic's goal against Russia. Canada moves to quarterfinals. Canada defeated Russia 3-1 on the weekend in the World Cup of Hockey, completing the round-robin portion of the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record. But now comes the scary part, says goaltender Marty Brodeur, as the team prepares to play a sudden-death quarterfinal against Slovakia on Wednesday. Page G, Hurricane Frances's winds toppled a centre late Saturday, bringing heavy AT LEAST 4 DEATHS. Widespread effects leave millions without power while storm heads north. CHRISTINE CAYNOR CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Gainesville, Fla. Florida Governor Jeb Bush toured the West Palm Beach area yesterday afternoon, getting a first-hand look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Frances. More than five million people lost power, and four people were killed. The massive storm rumbled across the state yesterday, leaving a wide path of damage. After spending days hovering over the Bahamas, Frances made a leisurely trek across Florida, pummelling most of the state with high winds and torrential rain. Widespread reports of damage include the loss of 50 metres of the Flagler Beach pier, as well as structural damage to buildings and downed trees. The storm was blamed for at least four deaths in Florida, including two people who were killed Saturday when their roof collapsed in Palm Beach County. In the Gainesville area, another man was killed when his car hit a tree, and a woman was killed in her living room when a tree crashed onto her mobile home. More than 33 centimetres of rain fell along Florida's central east coast and caused scattered flooding as a weakened Frances edged toward Tampa. It left behind levelled trees and power. QUOTE We're no threat, people. We're not dirty, we're not mean. We love everybody but we do as we please. Mungo Jerry INDEX Annie's Mailbox E9 Arts & Life D1 Bridge E10 Bottom Line B1 Classified E1 Comics E12 Crosswords B5 E9 Editorials A16 Horoscope E5 Legals Auctions E11 Nation A12 Obituaries B6-7 Opinion A17 Seniors D2 Sports G Tip Sheet D4 TV Listings D7 What's On D6 Wonderword E1 World A14 a replica of the Mercury-Redstone rocket at the Kennedy Space Centre rains and winds. A Mercury-Redstone rocket similar to the one above. Stiff boats litter the shoreline under the lines, tangled traffic lights and beachfront roads littered with coconuts, avocados and bee limbs. ""I was just waiting for the house to blow down,"" said Diane Wright, who rode out the storm WEATHER Mainly sunny High 27 Low 16 Page B5 montrealgazette.com. Beyond metro area: Quebec City region: $1 Canada. If intercoastal bridge onto Riviera in a mobile home in Fort Pierce. Hers didn't. But even shelters weren't spared: The roof of a school housing evacuees in Martin County was partially blown off. Planes started flying in and out of Miami International Airport yesterday, two days after the last flight left, airport spokesperson Inson Kim said. Please see FRANCES, Page A2 Finally, some good news on the front page, where let chronology permits. Proud Sponsor - DANIEL FEIST CANCER: MY STORY. Daniel Feist is a longtime Gazette contributor and the creator and host of the radio show Rhythms International on Mix 96. In July, he learned that he has cancer. Daniel, who is 50 years old, has agreed to share his thoughts and feelings about the cancer's effect on his life and his family with The Gazette over several days. And freelance writer Stan Shatenstein has compiled a series of short sidebars on cancer to accompany the story. On Saturday, Daniel told readers how he learned that his health was in peril. Today, he gives us his Top 10 thoughts after being told that he had cancer. If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die. Some people might have been more stoic, but not me. I collapsed in a pathetic heap and began to cry. Then and there, I knew I was going to die. We all know we're going to die someday - the younger we are, the farther off that day seems - but this was significantly more real. My reflexive response was sheer terror. Please see TOP 10, Page A6 Making it simple. DAMON HICCINS ASSOCIATED PRESS A driver cruises past a sinkhole in West Palm Beach, Fla., on northbound Interstate 95. The sinkhole developed after heavy rains Saturday night from Hurricane Frances. Storm shelter volunteers know the drill GOOD SAMARITANS SHARE NECESSITIES. ""There's not much we can do if they want to go; just take down their names and next of kin,"" LINTON WEEKS WASHINGTON POST WEST MELBOURNE, FLA. Living in the tight, tense atmosphere of a hurricane shelter brings out the best and worst in people, Kerri Nash says. As principal of Meadowlane Elementary School here, Nash is also a designated storm shelter manager. She - along with a cadre of volunteers - has retooled her school into a full-service harbour for the duration of the large and long-lasting Hurricane Frances. The shelter opened Friday morning and filled in a few hours. By yesterday, the nearly 700 people who have taken refuge here knew each other rather well, Nash says. The cafeteria is full; so are most of the classrooms. ""When some of my loved ones ask me why I do this,"" says Nash, who has overseen three previous hurricane shelters, ""I say, 'Who's going to do it if I don't?' It's very fulfilling."" Most people who've sought sanctuary at the school are from the Brevard County area, Nash says. Or maybe they are motorists stranded on Interstate 95, without gasoline or were evicted from unsafe motels. Or they just had no place else to go. ""Some people came here with nothing. No food, no blankets, nothing,"" Nash says. Good Samaritans have shared life's necessities. As head of the shelter, the 44-year-old Nash works with a Red Cross representative, two West Melbourne policemen and more than a dozen volunteers. She makes announcements - about the weather, a county order to boil all water, and periodic fresh-air breaks for smokers and non-smokers. She makes decisions - such as when to let a mother take her crying child into a private room, where to show a video, Malibu's Most Wanted, to adults. And she makes the occasional peanut butter and jelly sandwich. When the electricity went out in the wee hours yesterday, Nash made sure Ron Murphy, 47, the Red Cross volunteer, could start the school's backup generator. The automatic switch didn't work, so Murphy, a burly mustachioed guy, fought the fierce night winds to fire it up manually. ""I've been doing this for 25 years,"" he says at one point. ""Why quit now?"" Nash carries a walkie-talkie as she dashes through gusting winds and rain from her office to the cafeteria to check on everyone. The cafeteria - accommodating 180 people - has air mattresses and sleeping bags strewn everywhere. Lots of people sit at the cafeteria tables - some reading, others talking, still others staring at the walls. Three people play rummy atop a cardboard box. A man naps on a cot. Another reads What Little Girls Are Made Of. One woman is in a wheelchair, another walks with a cane. The air is stuffy and still. Four ceiling fans whir pitifully overhead. Children dance about the room. Some watch a cartoon on video. A couple of kids play with balloons. One girl works vigorously with crayons and paper to bring colour to a drab situation. One towheaded boy has shoes that convert to skates with a flip of the wheels. He glides among the tables. So far Nash has had to deal with a man in a diabetic coma and a pregnant woman who is six days overdue. She made sure both were put in touch with the three registered nurses who happen to be staying here. Many teachers have volunteered to help. So have Nash's husband, Gary, and 15-year-old son, Jared. They serve meals to the residents three times a day. Nash has supplies to last until midday today, but is low on drinking water and bread. She is out of milk. At one point, Nash pulls the brown clip from her blond hair, brushes it several times, puts the clip back and goes back to work. On three hours of sleep, she still has the energy of the committed. As the storm eases in early afternoon, news of damaged homes and fallen trees filters into the shelter. Residents begin to leave, despite warnings from Nash and other officials. On battery-powered radios, police spokespeople tell citizens to stay off the roads. There are tornado warnings. ""There's not much we can do if they want to go,"" Nash tells Murphy. ""Just stand at the front gate and take down their names and next of kin."" Nash is ready to go home herself. She'd like a Labour Day break before school begins again, if it begins again. Newscasters are already talking breathlessly of Hurricane Ivan. Nash takes a deep breath and smiles. She'll stay as long as she has to. Police officer Fred Pate stops traffic as he enforces a curfew in Fort Pierce, Fla., yesterday. Hurricane leaves path of damage, flooding. At least two dead in Bahamas; Barbados braces for Ivan. IAN JAMES ASSOCIATED PRESS FREEPORT, BAHAMAS - After two days of roaring winds and severe flooding, Bahamians emerged under drizzly skies yesterday to witness the destruction left by Hurricane Frances - walls sheared from homes, roofs collapsed, yards littered with boats, mangled trees and TV sets. The hurricane left at least two dead and one missing, and officials said they feared the death toll could rise as they surveyed the damage. The northern island of Grand Bahama appeared particularly hard-hit, with several neighbourhoods flooded, fallen trees blocking many roads and snapped power lines lying amid debris. Violent winds tore open a wall at Gary Roberts's home, where waters rushed in shoulder-deep, ruining furniture and mattresses. ""At least we're alive. The contents and everything can be brought back,"" said Roberts, a 22-year-old who took shelter elsewhere during the storm with relatives. His wife, Ronique Roberts, said a car had floated across their yard during the hurricane, which stalled over Grand Bahama Island and caused widespread damage Saturday. It remained unclear how many homes were flooded in the Bahamas, but officials said they estimated scores - and perhaps hundreds - of homes were damaged on Grand Bahama Island alone. One man was found floating face-down Saturday in a metre of water on the western end of Grand Bahama, police Supt. Basil Rahming said. Police believe the man had been trying to swim to safety from his flooded yard. Another man was electrocuted while trying to fill a generator with diesel as the storm raged through the capital, Nassau, on Friday. Police said they feared a third man in his 30s was probably killed in his wooden house when it collapsed Saturday near the western tip of Grand Bahama. His body had yet to be found. At least five people on the island sustained minor injuries, from a toddler whose face was cut by a piece of flying glass to a man who hurt himself trying to cut a tree in his yard during the storm, said Sharon Williams, the administrator of Rand Memorial Hospital. On Saturday, heavy winds shattered plate glass windows at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Freeport, including lobby windows stretching from floor to ceiling. Honeymooner Curt Crites, 29, of Olympia, Wash., took cover with his wife in a hallway on the hotel's ninth floor after the windows in their room shattered. ""You're thinking about what to do to keep yourself from dying,"" Crites said. Power remained out in spots across the Bahamas, including Freeport, the country's second-largest commercial centre, where the brunt of the slow-moving hurricane struck Saturday with sustained winds of up to 165 kilometres per hour. Meantime, the eastern Caribbean nation of Barbados was under a storm alert as Hurricane Ivan raced across the Atlantic toward the Caribbean. Ivan, the fourth major hurricane of the season, packed winds of 200 km/h yesterday and was expected to pass by Barbados tomorrow afternoon. Rain date is Sunday. Tip Sheet and It's A Date are listings for nonprofit organizations. Submissions from privately run businesses will not be published unless the event is free and open to the public. Send submissions to Patricia Wright, co The Gazette, 1010 Ste. Catherine St.
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Dr. Lauren Krupp, director of the headache center at University Hospital at Stony Brook, in New York, saw a possible role for lidocaine for those who didn't respond to other treatments. "It may give us another thing on board," Krupp said. 6 W 9-9, SAT 9-5, SUN 11-5 Premier Lucien Bouchard said Monday victims of this flood will see a sweetened package of financial aid. Most of the details of that package are expected to be revealed by Friday. The package will include $2,500 in emergency aid for people who will be out of their home for two weeks or more. Those hit by the floods are also expected to get reimbursed for a higher portion of their lost home and furnishings. Small businesses are usually eligible for aid equaling half the cost of replacing equipment and essential inventory, up to $75,000, but that also is expected to be increased this time. Many medium-sized firms might suffer more, however, since they are responsible for their own flood insurance, an option which not all buy.
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The rebels were reportedly holding the hostages near the border of Abkhazia. MONEY AVAILABLE CASH FLOW PROBLEMS? COMMERCIAL LOANS ONLY 342-4483 RESULTS Into-numbers Draw 920812 2 12 13 14 16 18 25 30 42 43 46 50 52 55 56 30 64 66 62 68 Next draw: 920813 Claims: See back of tickets. The ultimate sports watch 4050 JEAN TALON V, 735-1133 LEASING PRICE DIRECTORY Monthly Honda Accord EX-R $394 Plymouth Acclaim $291 Mazda MX-3 $315 Toyota Previa $370 BMW 325 $675 Ford Probe 1993 $354 COMPARE! Pakistanis fight assimilation in Bangladesh Stranded since the independence war of 1971, more than 200,000 non-Bengalis languish in 66 refugee camps throughout the country, awaiting repatriation to Pakistan. But despite recent political developments, the Biharis are convinced their 22-year wait is far from over.
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from Cloodbout to Pentecost, no ice; Anticohti Monday Clear and cold; variable winds; light open ice everywhere; Tuesday Snowing; strong northeast wind; light open ice all along the island; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Clear; variable wind; light open ice everywhere; Saturday Clearing; strong northwest wind; light close packed ice everywhere as far as can be seen; CAPE RIV, Mild; Sunday Freezing; gale from north; Monday Clear; north wind; Tuesday Rainy; gale from west; Wednesday Squally; gale from northwest; Thursday Clear; west wind; Friday Raining; southwest wind; Saturday Cloudy; strong southwest wind; no ice seen all week; iiin Pock Ann Maodalf! TstAwnn Asm Mr at Covk; Monday Cloudy; northeast wind; light hooks surrounded by light open ice as far as visible; Tuesday Cloudy; gain from west; Wednesday Clear; strong west wind; light open ice as far as can be seen from all stations; Thursday Cloudy; west wind; light close packed ice around Bird Rocks; light open ice distant off Magdalen Islands; north coast of Cape Breton surrounded with light close packed ice;
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Two neighboring apartment buildings in the St. Jean Baptiste complex are perched precariously on rapidly disappearing foundations, large parts of their facades lost in the seething brown waters. A short distance downriver, the Soucy St. dam lies high and dry, covered with logs and other debris. When the dam refused to burst beneath the pressure of the waters, the river chose the path of least resistance and carved a new bed out of the earthen bank, bypassing the old concrete structure. A volunteer worker guarding access to the river's edge said the curious crowds drawn to the disaster scene have created a problem for the city. "During the first couple of days, people were ignoring the security perimeters," he said. "But now it's OK. After they saw the force of the water, they became a lot more respectful." One kilometer farther downstream are the remains of a new 4-megawatt dam and power-generating plant owned by the city of Jonquiere. The surging waters again jumped their banks leaving a second dam without purpose. The structure was built at a cost of $6 million and had been in service for less than a month.
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Hebert 12-1 10-1 8-Overnight Mail M. Lachance 9 Charcoal Trouble J. Bruyert NINTH RACE: Pace, 1 Twin B Rovale G. Lamy 2 Just Delighted J. Hebert 3 Night Coll M. Baillargeon 4 Sharlev Sham M. MacDonald 5 Marc B Quick M. Barrieau 6 Games M. Charron 5-1 Purse: $11,000, 13 1 6-1 1 5 3 5-1 4-1 9-2 3-1 5 2 1 3 5 2 3 1 4 5-2 TENTH RACE: Pace, Purse: $13,300, 1 Sub Filty Six 5. Bouchard 2 Borrs Dalliance N. Jones 3 Desire Mindale R. Gingras 4 Nats Gal M. Baillargeon 5 Bio Millie P. Schwari 6 Prince Lee Erin YV.
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And the friendships which ensue are often long-lasting, even among former members. CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY It's this spirit of continuity which has made the DEA a success. According to the Mount Stephen Club, the DEA Association Inc. has used its premises weekly for the longest period of any group that meets there. That's encouraging to note. The DEA Association SAMUEL DESIGNERS INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 514-276-4744 FAX: 514-279-0091 67A WESTMINSTER AVE"
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Quebec insurers paid out more than $500 million in water-related claims in 2005-06, said Jack Chadirdjian, director of public affairs for the Quebec branch of the Insurance Bureau of Canada. That amount represents 45 per cent of $1.1 billion in payouts overall, he noted. 'The 45-per-cent figure is significant because water-related payouts represented only 21 per cent of the total as recently as 2001-02,' he said. 'It's because of climate change,' Chadirdjian said. 'Not just more rain,' he said, 'but more rain compressed into shorter periods of time'—like the 100 millimetres (about four inches) of rain that fell in one hour in Montreal in July 1987. The problem of water damage is particularly acute in the Montreal area, where aging infrastructure can't cope with heavy storms. Residential home insurance policies do not cover water damage as a routine general risk. People who want to be insured for water damage have to purchase special water-damage riders, also known as endorsements or supplements. They generally cost about $50.
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DISASTER AND DEATH: The Effects of Flood and Storm in Chile - New York, September 20. Advices from Valparaiso, Chile, give particulars of the disaster which occurred there on August 11. An artificial pond, eight hundred feet above the level of the city, burst, flooding the valley Yungar and several streets. The flood came down in an irresistible torrent, sweeping everything before it and bringing down wrecks and trunks of trees with it. The stream came rushing through the street San Juan de Dios in a wave twelve feet high. Shops were deluged and the contents destroyed. Houses were swept away and their inhabitants drowned or bruised to death. Fifty-seven persons lost their lives. The streets were impassable for a week after the disaster. The damage to property was at least $1,000,000. The pond belonged to a brewer named Nicholas Mena. Panama, September 26. Valparaiso advices of August 18 say the late storms and heavy rains have done much damage. From Serena south there is hardly a place which has not suffered. Houses have been unroofed or otherwise damaged, telegraph wires torn down, railway banks and bridges swept away, towns inundated and general havoc caused. Congress has voted $500,000 for the most pressing necessities of Valparaiso, but that sum is nothing compared with the millions of dollars damage which has been done. Copiapo was inundated and twenty-seven persons were drowned. Traffic on the railroad between Valparaiso and Santiago was suspended for a week. During the present winter Chilean freight vessels representing over 15,000 tons have been wrecked. In the early part of last week the weather for a couple of days was phenomenally hot. On Sunday morning a norther set in, and the Chilean barque Cristina Navarro came into collision with the Chilean barque Bilbina and both were wrecked and abandoned by the crews. The Chilean barque Maxima was carried on shore and broken up. The crew reached other vessels. The American barque Success was driven ashore and broken up. The French barque Etoile du Sud dragged down to the British barque Cambrian and both foundered. A portion of the crew of the Etoile du Sud jumped on board of the Cambrian, but, with one exception, they all perished. The British barque Glentile collided with the Chilean barque Vanora and was knocked to pieces. All of these vessels carried valuable cargoes. Several Chilean steamers were badly damaged. DESPERATE DEEDS: The Daily Calendar of Heinous Crime - Lamar, Col., September 20. Sheriff Mott passed through here yesterday with the notorious horse thief, ""Billy the Kid,"" who was captured near Springfield on Sunday night. ""The Kid"" has been the terror of the ranchmen of Southeastern Colorado and the neutral strip for over a year. Florherville, Texas, September 20. Capt. Rankin, United States marshal, and his deputies killed Bill Whitley here last night. Whitley was one of the parties who attempted to rob the train near Harwood on the 22nd. He was also in the McNeil and Flatonia robberies, and was concerned in the robbery of the bank at Cisco. He and Barber killed Deputy-Sheriff Stanley of Williamson County. Wheeling, W.Va., September 20. On Saturday night the house of Dr.
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She gets some assistance from her mother, Toni. Westmount averts white-collar strike at last minute WESTMOUNT - The city bowed to white-collar workers' wage demands Monday, narrowly averting a strike. Westmount called the union back to the negotiating table Monday at 10 a.m., two hours before the 104 workers were to walk off the job. The city had offered the workers a three-year contract with salary increases of 2, 1 and 1.5 percent. The workers were demanding pay hikes in line with those given blue-collar workers, who got 2, 1 and 2 percent. That's what the city offered Monday. The city has also agreed to take a closer look at the union's complaints about a proposed new job-evaluation scale, which was a major stumbling block during negotiations. The white-collar workers include secretaries, engineers and other office workers. Executive secretaries currently earn $32,378 a year, while engineers earn up to about $55,000 yearly. "I'm very happy, but the members will have to decide," union local president Claudette Gauthier said Tuesday.
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Drouin and his team designed a five-step program called Frigo, to be implemented and regulated by Quebec's worker-compensation board and the Regie du Batiment du Quebec, intended to prevent a repeat of the Montpak tragedy. CALLS FOR STANDARDS The program calls for employers to have clearly mapped emergency evacuation plans and to comply with installation rules and maintenance standards for ammonia cooling systems. Although there are stringent laws governing the installation and upkeep of ammonia cooling and refrigeration systems, employers often ignore them, the coroner's report says. Montpak did not return telephone calls by The Gazette yesterday. Service with a smile There's a reason that clerk won't leave you alone. The sales clerk couldn't be more helpful. You'd barely entered the store when she greeted you with a cheery "bonjour" and asked if there was anything she could help you find. Now that you're in the changing room, she keeps stopping by to ask how you're doing, bringing along extra items which she thinks would go perfectly with the clothes you'd already tried on. You normally shop alone but find the extra pair of eyes useful.
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The announcement carried by the Islamic Republic News Agency placed all government organizations on full alert, and ordered an air bridge set up between Tehran and the stricken areas to evacuate survivors. Landslides blocked rescuers on the ground, and bad weather hindered helicopters trying to fly in supplies and take out victims, the news agency reported. Many people remained buried in the debris, the report said, and several hundred Revolutionary Guards were flown from Tehran to bolster rescue teams. Iran's spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, described the AFP Knight-Ridder Tribune News BAKER Massive earthquake has severely curtailed communications with Iran. This photo was taken from Japanese TV, please SEE QUAKE, PAGE A7 Cancer agent in breast implants NICHOLAS REGUSH THE GAZETTE A cancer-causing chemical has been found in the commonly used Meme breast implant in laboratory tests at Universit茅 Laval. The chemical 2-4 toluene diamine can be detected when the foam coating of the silicone-gel implant decomposes. The chemical causes liver cancer in rats and mice and is suspected of causing cancer in humans.
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Sino floods The death toll from the recent flooding along China's Yangtze River now stands at 240 people. The floods, which began in late June, have destroyed nearly a half a million homes and swamped 660,000 hectares of cropland. An estimated 1.84 million people have been evacuated from the affected areas. Siberian swarms Swarms of locusts migrating from Kazakhstan devoured large tracts of farmland in central Siberia in only a few days. The insects were first observed near Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometres east of Moscow. They later descended on 500 hectares of sunflower and grain crops, which are the key agricultural output of the region. The devastation comes as grain supplies are dwindling across Russia. Record snowstorm New Zealand's biggest snowstorm in 25 years closed down ski resorts and wreaked havoc with traffic. The South Island had more than one metre of snowfall in a 24-hour period. True sex appeal Zoologists have determined that good parenting and not inherent colourful plumage is what determines a sparrow's attractiveness to the opposite sex.
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The team will play out of the Aitken Centre on the University of New Brunswick campus. The arena's capacity is 4,000. "We feel we can turn a profit. Maybe not a lot, but we're going in with the idea of making the shareholders some money," said Emmerson. Herb Zurkowsky Match wits with quiz-master Arthur Kaptainis in IQUIZ every Sunday in PRESSURE TREATED WOOD 2"x2"x4' 2"x4"x8' 2"x6"x12' 4"x4"x8' If you want it, we cut wood to your specifications YES! we deliver anywhere in Metro Montreal Lightning is no joke when on the course. To rephrase an old golf joke, even God can't hit a 1-iron, but lightning can. Actually, lightning can hit just about anything on a golf course even you, and that's no joke. Lightning kills more people every year in North America than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods. The June issue of Golf Digest reports that more than 200 Americans are killed by lightning every year and it's estimated that five times that many people are struck.
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FLOODS ALONG THE HUDSON, Edison Company Loses Half a Million at Schenectady, Y, March 13 Last night the ice in the Mohawk, west of the city, broke up and formed an immense gorge against the Fitchburg railroad bridge, three miles from here. The water overflowed the banks, flooding Edison Park and that part of the city occupied by the Westinghouse Company and the General Electric. The first floors of the Edison General Electric, which aggregates sixteen acres, are under water to a depth of three feet. Both plants have shut down and 4,000 men are laid off. Krousl Avenue, which is thickly populated, is under two and a half feet of water for a distance of about three-quarters of a mile. This cuts off half the streetcar routes and compels the use of the Electric Light plant for power. Much damage has been done in the canal. A mile south of the city at the point where the tracks of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company pass under those of the New York Central and Hudson River Railway, the foundation of the latter road has been washed away stopping all traffic between this city and Albany on the main line. Passenger trains on the Central are sent around by the way of Troy. No trains are passing over the Delaware & Hudson road. All the exhibits which the Edison Company were preparing for the World's Fair are practically destroyed by the water, as is also most of the machinery and stock on the first floor. The loss is estimated at over half a million. Nothing has been heard yet of the party who went to the Fitchburg railroad bridge to blow up the gorge with dynamite. Unless the gorge breaks soon more damage is anticipated. Merlons, Loss at Honesdale, RoMiotT, N.Y., March 13 The ice gorge in Honesdale Creek, below Eddyville, gave way late this afternoon and let a tremendous amount of water down the creek. The steamboats of the Cornell Steamboat Company and about fifty canal boats were swept into the river and driven helpless downstream. Many of them were badly damaged. The steamers Pittston and Adriatic, valued at $18,000, were so badly stove in that it is feared they will sink. A number of the canal boats were crushed like eggshells and sank in the creek. Never before has such wholesale damage been done in this stream. There were 18,000 barrels of cement stored in the Lawrence Cement Company's mill valued at over $10,000. These are a total loss; it is thought that the loss to the Cornell fleet will be about $40,000. There is no insurance. The loss to the Delaware and Hudson exceeded $5,000. The river continued to rise until 7 o'clock in the morning, when a point twenty-two and a half feet above the low watermark was reached, the water being thirteen feet higher than at noon on Saturday. Since then the water has been receding and no more trouble is anticipated. At Waterford a number of buildings on the bank of the Mohawk were demolished. Everything movable was taken away by the flood. The state dam at Cohoes, which has been condemned this winter by the state engineer, was badly injured. Unless the water recedes before night it is feared the dam will go out. The Champlain Canal crosses the river at this point, and should the dam go out navigation on the canal will be closed the greater part of the summer. Floods Out West, Chicago, March 13 Reports from the flooded districts in the Northwest indicate that the weather is generally turning colder, which will have the effect of checking the rise in the streams. Throughout the Northwest snowstorms are raging and in the upper peninsula of Michigan the thermometer has dropped 10 degrees. Snow is falling at many points in Wisconsin. In Eastern Michigan, however, the thaw continues. At Grand Rapids the river is higher than for thirty years and most of the factories have been obliged to shut down. Reports are received of great damage in the adjacent agricultural districts. Along the upper Mississippi, too, the ice is running out and much loss has been occasioned at Sioux City, Iowa, Hannibal, Missouri, and other points where boats have been swept from their moorings, bridges carried away and other damage done. In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, March 13 The floods in the eastern section of Pennsylvania are abating and no further damage of a serious nature is anticipated. In the mining regions a number of mines have been flooded, throwing probably 4,000 men and boys out of work. It is expected that mining will be resumed in a few days. At Reading today two houses in the course of erection collapsed in consequence of their walls becoming water-soaked. Four workmen were severely injured. At Williamsport a water main supplying the western portion of the city was broken and the contents of the reservoir were emptied into the river. A Canadian Flood, Wam-acubuimi, Ont, March 13 The mild weather and rain of the last few days has melted the snow and ice very rapidly in this section, causing a tremendous flood in the Sydenham. The water has risen above high water mark. The ice in the east branch broke up this afternoon and gorged above the town, causing the water to rise so high it is flowing over the banks and flooding the farm lands in all directions. Many houses in low places are flooded and the occupants are moving out. This evening the ice below the iron bridge in town started sweeping down, broke the fastenings on the steam barge Ireland and a large tow barge carrying them down against the Erie and Huron Railway bridge, damaging one of the abutments so the evening train going south cannot cross.
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yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Quebec Saint-Jovite Variably cloudy 71 Montreal partly sunny, Sherbrooke Cloudy 62 NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Warm Front Cold Front High pressure Trough Low pressure TEMPERATURE CONVERSION 25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 C I I I I I I I I I I I I I -13 A 5 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 F UV INDEX low Moderate High Extreme 2 hours 20 minutes to sunburn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Min: Precipitation Heating Degree days to 2 p.m.
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Corresponding week, 1892 $1,048,301. January, 1893 $1,357,034. 1,203,976. 1891 Meredith & O'Brien, brokers, 16 St. Sacrament street, report the closing prices of American stocks in London, with the New York equivalent, as follows: London New York prices, Atchison 4?, Canadian Pacific 60, Erie 10?, Kansas & Texas 13?, Louisville & Nashville 64?, Lake Shore 94, Northern Pacific preferred. THE CURLING RINKS BUSY, Coed Ice at 11 lbs Clubs The America's Cup Question Park To Hogg-an Slide not to be Opened General Sporting News, The American hockey players were not particularly impressed with the severity of the Canadian weather that greeted them on their arrival in this city yesterday; but a little drawback like a well-developed blizzard in no sense dampened the hospitality with which they were received.
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World today m, Iqaluit P Cloudy -2 -2 Amsterdam Rain 15 7 Yellowknife P Cloudy -15 -17 Ankara P Cloudy 23 2 Whitehorse P Sunny -4 -5 Athens P Cloudy 29 16 Vancouver M Sunny 9 3 Beijing Cloudy 18 4 Victoria M Sunny 9 3 Berlin Sunny 13 3 Edmonton Sunny -2 -7 Dublin Rain 14 9 Calgary Sunny -2 -8 Hong Kong P Cloudy 30 23 Saskatoon M Sunny 0 -14 Jerusalem Sunny 26 15 Regina P Cloudy 0 -12 Lisbon Showers 22 13 Winnipeg Rain/snow 6 -1 London Showers 16 11 Thunder Bay Rain 12 1 Madrid Rain 19 8 Sudbury M Sunny 10 1 Mexico City Sunny 23 6 Toronto M Sunny 10 2 Moscow Rain 9 3 Fredericton Showers 9 2 Nairobi Showers 29 14 Halifax Rain 10 8 New Delhi Sunny 32 9 Charlottetown Showers 9 8 Parts Rain 15 8 St.
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The worst cyclonic thunderstorm ever known in this section burst over the city and vicinity about noon and lasted nearly an hour, doing enormous damage and causing the loss of three lives so far as known. The morning was bright and clear, but toward noon rain began to fall and the wind to rise, and in half an hour a terrific cyclone was sweeping along. The city proper was not in the direct path of the wind, which rose to over eighty miles an hour, snapping trees of two and three feet diameter like twigs, crushing barns like egg shells and unroofing dozens of houses in Roshel, Billings Bridge and other places in the direct path of the storm. At Billings' Bridge, St. Thomas' Roman Catholic church, a wooden structure, was blown to pieces. There were twenty-one children and a priest in it at the time. The children were preparing for their first communion next Friday. One little girl, named McVey, twelve years old, was killed and several others injured, some of them very severely. The wrecking in this neighborhood was fearful; one barn had both sides carried away and a hay wagon was blown clean through it."
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standard, 74,000 kms, 15 month transferable warranty, excellent condition, $6,500, 747-4620 private SUNBIRD SE 1989, mint condition, 5-speed, sunroof, sports suspension, mags wheels, tinted windows, Asking $12,000, After 5 PM, 342-1804 Bill, Private SUNBIRD 2000 1983, 4 cylinder, standard, sunroof, 78,000 kms, very clean, $3,200, 328-8154 Private SUNBIRD GT Turbo 1986, good condition, equipped, 731-3619 private SUNBIRD station wagon 1984, auto, clean, $2,550, PETER 5S, 739-8641, 737-0373 SUPRA 1983, 80,000 kms, am/fm cassette, air, great condition, 336-1176 days; 334-5563 after 9 pm private SUZUKI Swift 1989, 5-door hatchback, auto, 35,000 kms, Evenings, 426-4620, Private SUZUKI Swift GLX '89,
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(7) 26 Drinks for Carriers (7) 29 Bring something out, it's lawful beheaded (6) 30 The poor girl's best friend? (6) 31 Game sort of fellow when it comes to the rules (5) Down 1 The UN barely isn't fair (6) 2 The law in fluffy form (4) 3 See 3 ac 4 Frequent little poetic word (3) 5 Value what's valuable and half certain (8) 6 The dirty part of cosmography (4) 7 Where they probably need a lot of hogwash (6) 12 Sty maybe, but not for the 7 type (7) 13 Tip the ports for a sharpener (5) 14 Signs for the musically minded (5) 15 It's made only by the successful (5) 16 Put on this hand deals with property (5) OF THE PLANET Aka For the week ending August 10, 1990 C1990 Chronida Feature Earthquakes Eight people were injured and about 500 houses destroyed by an earthquake that struck the Sino-Soviet border near Zaysan Lake,
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George street, caught fire but was put out before any damage had been done. A New Monastery, A new monastery has been commenced on a lot adjoining the Villa-Maria convent, in the parish of Notre Dame de Grace. The foundations only will be laid this year. The building, which is begun under the auspices of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, will be in the shape of a cross, 250 feet in length and 240 feet in diameter. The cost of erection is to be defrayed by charitable contributions, and the stone is being furnished by the Congregation nuns and carried free of charge by the residents of the locality. Grocers' Association, The regular monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers' Association was held in the Hope Coffee House last evening. Mr. The Oim-thier, president, occupied the chair. The principal business before the meeting was the picnic, which takes place at St. Jerome on the 15th inst. The chairmen of the various sub-committees presented reports detailing the arrangements made by them.
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23,200 48,299 78,599 BOSTON WOOL MARKET Boston, October 13, The total receipts of wool at this port during the past week comprise 9,407 bales domestic and 4,219 foreign, against 10,079 bales domestic and 1,767 foreign for the same time last year. The total receipts since January 1, 1882, comprise 341,106 bales domestic and 40,415 bales foreign, against 312,333 bales domestic and 26,173 bales foreign for the corresponding period of 1881. The sales for the week comprise 2,188,270 lbs of domestic fleece and pulled, and 309,500 lbs of foreign making the week's transactions total up to 2,557,770 lbs, against 2,186,050 and 2,547,270 lbs for the two previous weeks' transactions. The market has been more active than a week ago, the sales exceeding those by 371,720 lbs. This business has been done very quietly, and the tone of the market is one of disappointment from a dealer's standpoint. The main feature has been heavy transactions in territory wools, which have ruled rather lower from the highest prices. Better prices have been obtained for Ohio XX and above, the scarcity of choice lots of which is more marked, and prices in Ohio are very strong. The anxiety noted a week ago as to credits in the trade continues, and the market has been well stocked with rumors which are yet without any furious foundation. The London market, since the closing of the colonial quarterly sale, has been dull. The Australian mail of the week brought advices reporting that shearing was then (about September 4) in progress in the northern districts and parts of Riverina. A few lots of the new clip had also arrived in Melbourne. The continued drought has caused heavy losses of sheep in the western district of Victoria, and a large portion of the clip will be tender and badly grown. The public sale of wool will begin about October 18. A cablegram from Melbourne is as follows: "Reports of clip unfavorable; 30,000 bales short; light condition; large amount tender." The total amount of the sales of various grades and descriptions is as follows: Grades Pounds Price 1 pound 1,000 1,000 81 also Michigan, Wisconsin, 30,700 80 fine Territory 61,600 17 0 Texas and South 11,000 10 0 "c (V) 114 million 110 gfi 2) (U the unfinished & unshrinkable 21 41,1 jc Pulled wool 3 1,260 60 0 He Hired and tub in 1 "ni an mT the California spring
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NEWS FROM DOWN EAST. The Nova Scotia Council Won't Commit Suicide - A Halifax Alderman in Trouble - The Hawkesbury Fisheries Trouble. Halifax, April 15. The Legislative council has refused to abolish itself. The government bill, enacting abolition, adopted unanimously by the lower House, was referred to the committee of privilege in the council. That committee reported that the bill was an evasion of the rights and privileges of the council, and that any measure for abolition ought to originate in the council itself.
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Nemerov's poetry ranged from the profound to the poignant to the comic. Among his 26 books were five novels. He won a Pulitzer and the National Book Award in 1978 for his Collected Works. IN MEMORIAM TRITTON, Victor O. In loving memory of a dear father who passed away July 7, 1990. Our family chain is broken now and nothing is the same, but as God calls us one by one the chain will link again. Little did we think your special day would turn out as it did, and we are forever sorry you did not see it end. Sadly missed by your daughter Dorothy, son-in-law Ross (Buddy) and granddaughter Karen. TRITTON, Victor O. In loving memory of my husband who passed away suddenly one year ago today. A silent thought, a secret tear, keeps his memory ever dear. Time takes away the edge of grief, but memory turns back every leaf. Sadly missed by your wife Nell. YOUNG, Ethel (nee Wenslev). In memory of my dear wife who passed away July 8, 1985.
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Parks department superintendent Jean-Jacques Linscourt estimated yesterday that a quarter of the trees in Mount Royal Park might have to be cut down because of the terrible damage caused by this week's ice storm. COULD LOSE ONE-QUARTER "A visual estimation leads us to believe that we could lose 25 percent of the trees in Mount Royal Park," parks department spokesman Edith Pariseau said, adding that the cost of the damage has yet to be tallied. She said the estimate was very rough and that parks officials were so busy dealing with emergencies yesterday that they could not take accurate stock of damage on the mountain. Mount Royal is a symbol of Montreal and one of its tourism jewels, with more than 3 million visitors a year. That kind of traffic, many of whom are skiers, mountain-bikers and hikers, makes the park's natural forest vulnerable at any time. But the trees on Mount Royal have taken the worst beating from the ice storm mainly because the mountain is 233 meters high, leaving the trees exposed to constant buffeting from the winds.
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More than 600,000 people were deployed at intervals of three people every 30 feet and with one person every three feet on most dangerous segments, the official said. Factory workers have been ordered to watch the dikes for cracks and to fill any holes burrowed into the vital embankments by snakes and rats, factory officials said from Wuhan. "This is the second-highest water level of the Yangtze since records were kept 131 years ago," one official said. Rain was still falling along the upper reaches, posing a future threat, the flood-control official said. In central Hunan province, where floods have killed 195 people in the last few days, officials said torrential rains have stopped and the water level in China's largest freshwater lake, the Dongting, is falling from an all-time high, but remains above the danger level. Floods across a belt of central and southern provinces have killed at least 870 people in China this year and left millions homeless or stranded. About 8 million soldiers, police, students of military academies and civilians have been fighting the floods along the Yangtze river in Hunan and Hubei for days.
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Many trains are delayed, and one passenger train on the Big Four is stuck in a drift near Tremont. There are drifts here five feet deep. INDIANA, FORT WAYNE, February 12. The great blizzard reached this city at four o'clock this morning and is still raging. All streetcar traffic was abandoned at an early hour. Every railroad centering here is blocked and traffic is practically suspended on all lines. WABASH, February 12. The heaviest snowstorm of the season raged here yesterday and today. The wind blew sixty miles an hour. The thermometer was below zero and the suffering among the poorly clad and half-housed people on the big prairie north of here is fearful. NEW YORK, SARANAC LAKE, February 12. The worst storm of the season is now raging here. The thermometer has dropped 42 degrees in four hours and now registers eight below zero. Snow is falling and aided by a terrific west wind is drifting badly. NEW YORK, February 12. The city tonight is covered with a mantle of snow several inches thick. Travel of all kinds is greatly impeded.
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O. Dussessu, for damage caused by the flooding of his cellar on St. Lawrence Main Street, and from Mr. Blalklock, for the flooding of his cellar on Guillebauld Street, were referred to the City Attorney. Aid Hood called the attention of the Council to the fact that the drain on Sherbrooke Street, between Union Avenue and University Street, was choked up. He also thought that the flooding of Mr. Blalklock's cellar on Guillebauld Street was caused by the clogging of the St. Lawrence Main Street drain, at the corner of Guillebauld Street, and it should be opened and cleaned at once. The City Surveyor was requested to attend to the matter. A letter was read from Mr. Butler, claiming $10,000 damages, on behalf of Miss Eliza O'Brien, for injuries received while passing along St. John Street recently by the falling of a piece of timber off a building in course of erection at the corner of St. John and Notre Dame Street, it being alleged that the city had not taken the necessary precautions for the protection of citizens. Referred to next meeting. An application from Mr. Leduc for a larger drain on Cadivas Street was referred to the City Surveyor for report. The Chairman submitted a report which it was proposed to make to Council on the petition of the Laculpe & Hochelaga Company, supported by the Grand Trunk Railway Company, to construct a branch of railway through St. Patrick Street from the C. I. Bear at St. Jacques First Law Hosiery Factory. This section of the country was this afternoon visited by one of the fiercest storms seen in years. About 3:45 a terrible rain from the southwest set in, the wind blowing a gale. Shortly after, hailstones as large as marble began to fall for several minutes. In an incredibly short time the torrent flooded the streets, the drains being insufficient to carry off the extraordinary amount of water. Several cellars under the principal store on Richlea Street were flooded, causing much damage. The street in several places was completely blocked by trees, which had stood the storm for thirty to forty years, but today succumbed. Piles of lumber were blown from the wharves into the river, and the lumber yards were hit heavily, the timber being blown hundreds of feet and broken to atoms. Fences were blown over in all directions. The gable end of the brick brewery was blown out, Miss Dwyer suffered heavily from the iron roof of her store being blown off. The rain poured through the wooden covering in torrents. To exacerbate the distress and hardly abated, it being the general topic of conversation, when the town was again aroused by an alarm of fire at the Victoria Hosiery Company building. The alarm was no sooner given than numerous firemen were frantically running to the windows at the upper story and on the roof. Through the presence of several of the authorities, all escaped. It is supposed to have originated from an old gasometer buried in the yard, and used some years ago to light the building, the conducting pipes from which run under the floor. The opinion is that these pipes had gotten stopped, and gas forming from a quantity of gasoline supposed to have been left in the reservoir, the flooding of the cellar today removed the obstructions in the pipes, when the gas escaped, causing a heavy explosion, which sent the fire and smoke up the shaft of the hoist and filled the upper stories. The damage from fire is slight and fully covered by insurance. Albany, June 8 A storm this afternoon caused damage estimated at $20,000. Houses were undermined, cellars flooded, streets torn up, etc. The lightning struck several places. Weed, Parsons Co., printers, suffered damage of about $10,000. RUSSIA AND HER TROUBLES. An Official View of the Constitution; A MESSAGE FROM THE NIHILISTS. Newspaper awarded the Trials Alt laare.
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The steamship Wetherby, from Newport, November 18, which has been towed into Queenstown by the steamship MoGarel, had her shaft bent in a gale of December 4. Four days later the MoGarel commenced towing her, and while the latter was engaged at this work four hawsers were broken, the Wetherby herself was damaged before she arrived at Queenstown. Buildings have been unroofed at the Welsh seaport of Llanelli, and one David Bee was fatally injured by the roof above him falling while he was in bed. Along the Yorkshire coast there has been a severe snowstorm. Suspension of railway service owing to the snow is reported. Floods are reported in many parts of Derbyshire and many streets are under water in Matlock. In the Tees Valley damage amounting to thousands of dollars has been done by the high water, scores of cottages are flooded and a bridge has been partly demolished. There have been several narrow escapes from death. At Cambridge two girls were rushed beneath falling walls. One of them, named Kate Foster, was killed outright, the other injured and in a critical condition.
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AM AT FARE AND ONE-THIRD flood going June 30th and July 1st, good to return until July 4th, 189 On July last, SUBURBAN TRAMS WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS: From Windsor Street Station for Dirlal, Valold, Lakendide, Pointe Claire, Beaconsfield, St. Anne's, Vaudreuil, Hudson, Highland, and Point Fortune at 1:30 p.m. Hottnar train due to leave at 6:16 p.m. same day will be cancelled IT RAINED LAST NIGHT And Cellars on St. Catharine Street Were Flooded Had Rudyard Kipling witnessed the downpour of rain which visited Montreal between eight and nine o'clock last night, Canada might have had another poem dedicated to her weatherly humors It did rain certainly for a short time, and the streets were soaked with tropical fervor There was a kind of lock-out or lock-in while the storm lasted, and citizens, as they listened to the terrific downpour, very willingly postponed their visits downtown Those who were obliged to be out found out that an umbrella, useful as it is in ordinary everyday rainstorms, is no good when the rain is really wet Even the redoubtable cabmen were conquered for a time, and shut themselves up in their own vehicles One might have imagined that the river had backed into Craig Street, and was pouring over its not very level pavements The water covered the hubs of the vehicles, and laved the horses' hooves and splashed their bodies as they moved along The street in certain portions was just in that condition suitable for top-boots, and not for patent leather shoes Considerable damage is reported along the line of the sewer on St. Catherine Street, caused by the flooding of cellars The basement of R. G. Stevens' bakery was pretty badly flooded, and the damage to flour, sugar, currants, etc., was estimated at about $710 The water came within six inches of the ovens E. Cadleux, hotel-keeper, 1929 St. Catherine Street, reported that 10,000 cigars, valued at $350, had been spoiled, as well as some minor damage to packages containing liquors The water also flooded the basement of A. Couturier's fruit and candy store, next door, until there was three feet of water in the cellar Considerable damage was also done by the overflow in the establishment of F. Roy, tobacconist, of 1921 St. Catherine Street The water also flooded the cellar of M. Baxe & Sons, clothiers just along the street The large bazaar store of A. Gagnon & Co., on the corner of St. Lawrence, was also flooded in the basement and a great deal of damage done The water was rushing into the basement during the storm, and the amount of the damage could not be estimated The residence of Mr. Arthur Ware, on St. Charles Borromee Street, was also flooded in the basement The cellar of Mr. Lanctot's restaurant, 1926 St. Catherine Street, was flooded At the corner of Ontario Street and the Main the flood had washed down such quantities of mud and rubbish that a gang of men had to be sent out to clear it away It was remarked last evening in view of the probabilities arising out of claims for damage that this will be the fourth time that the city has been obliged to pay indemnity for damage arising from the sewer overflow Huntingdon, Que, June 24 (Special) A severe electric storm passed over here this evening The rain fell in torrents, and the lightning was very brilliant The steeple of the Methodist church was struck and badly shattered The slate was stripped completely off for quite a distance moving around the spire The buildings of Mr. David Pringle were struck and two cattle killed
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THE WEST END SHOULD HOLD THE CHAMPIONSHIP To the Sporting Editor of The Gazette, Sir, I beg to enclose a copy of the schedule of the District Junior League, with the results and score of each match, so far as it can be given. On January 15, Le Montagnard vs. St. Lambert. Le Montagnard protested this game because St. Lambert played men who were not eligible for this league. To settle matters, St. Lambert proposed that this match be left as it is, but in case it interfered with the championship in any way, it must be played over. This proposition was accepted. On January 22, West End went to Is it the season for new life in nature, new vigor in our physical systems? As the fresh sap carries life into the trees, so our blood should give us renewed strength and vigor. In its impure state it cannot do this, and the aid of Hood's Sarsaparilla is imperatively needed. It will purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and with this solid, correct foundation, it will build up good health, create a good appetite, tone your stomach and digestive organs, strengthen your nerves and overcome or prevent that tired feeling. This has been the experience of thousands. It will be yours if you take Sarsaparilla with its elixir and Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. H J 1)1 II a Liver Ulm eaujr tj, Hood 0 1 1113 taMtasy to operate. St. Lambert, but as the ice was not in fair condition, the match was postponed and has never since been played. On February 9, West End vs. Le Montagnard. This game was to be played from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. During the time, as the captain of the Le Montagnard team did not appear until 7:10, there was just 60 minutes left. The time was to be divided into two halves after deducting for 10 minutes' rest. After time was up, the score was 1 to 1, and was so declared by the referee, and as no proposition was made by either club for a play-off, this matter stood as it was. On February 12, St. Lambert had withdrawn from the league. On March 8, Walbay vs. SOME CELLARS ARE FLOODED. Proprietors in Threatened Districts Take Precautions in Time and Remove Property to Places of Safety. Thousands of people were attracted to the riverfront yesterday and the procession continued up to a late hour last night. There was not much to be seen, however. Although the water reached up to a level of two feet eight inches in the woodwork of the dyke, its motion was so gradual and so quiet that there was nothing in it to arouse any unusual excitement. The water attained its highest point (about 7 o'clock last night), but shortly after that time, it began to fall, and went down so steadily that old-timers gave out the opinion with considerable assurance that all danger of a serious overflow had passed. Still, there was a chance. So long as the water remained above the level of the dyke woodwork, it was thought that in the event of an ice shove taking place, the weak structure of the dyke, worn by a much longer use than it had originally been intended for, would not be able to stand it. This served to keep alive a feeling of suspense among those who had come to watch the rise and fall of the water. As it was not known at what minute the ice would come down from Lake St. Louis and precipitate a flood, in spite of the promising aspect of Commissioners Street, except in places where the ramps had been rather hurriedly erected, showed no signs of overflow. At the foot of St. Sulplce, St. Gabriel, St. Francois Xavier and McGill streets, however, especially in the latter locality, considerable water had come through the ramp structure, and the street was slightly overflowed in these places. The ramps near the foot of McGill Street showed more leakage than the rest because the barricading of these places was not finished until a late hour last night. During the early evening, a large number of men were engaged in filling these structures, canvas bags filled with clay, straw and cement being used for the purpose. When finished, these ramps gave promise of being as dry as the others and even the slight overflow which was going on would be stopped. Any damage which threatened along the riverfront and elsewhere resulted largely from water flowing out of the yards, but comparatively few places of flooded cellars were reported. Merchants, however, had taken the precaution on the breaking up of the river to remove all their damageable goods from the basement to places of safety, in the event of an overflow, and nothing remained for them to do yesterday but to calmly await developments. In the vicinity of Hochelaga, where the buildings are not protected by any earthwork, some small dwellings were more or less injured by ice and water. It was stated that the basement of the lower cotton factory had been overflowed, but it was not expected that the damage would be great, as the more expensive machinery is on the upper flats, and the water did not reach the more damageable portion of the machinery which was in that department. On Marlborough Street, the water invaded a small house, and the inmates were obliged to make rather a hasty exit with their furniture. In the western section of the city, the water also played considerable havoc although no material damage was reported. Ogilvie's mills were flooded in the basement and large gangs of men were employed on Friday and Saturday in getting the goods to the upper part of the building. In one place the water came completely over Mill Street and flowed up against the walls of the buildings at that point. General precautions seem to have been taken throughout the city in places where an overflow from the sewers might have been expected to remove property from the basements. The Grand Trunk Railway applied themselves energetically on Saturday to removing the freight from their Bonaventure sheds, the men working all night through. The goods were checked and placed aboard the cars and shipped. In cases of light freight where it was inconvenient to have it removed, the goods were piled up on scaffolding out of reach of any possible flood that may come. The fact that the water began to fall after 7 o'clock did not seem to reassure everybody among the many who had opinions to offer regarding the possibilities of a flood. There were some who recalled the incident which may be true or otherwise, of the big flood of 1888, that the water had fallen in a similar way immediately before the ice shove which had brought such a disastrous deluge on the city. If opinions are good for anything, one man is entitled to as much respect as another in this regard, and some of the policemen of No. 15 station, who were on the spot at the time of the overflow of 1888, expressed themselves last night to the effect that there was no danger of a flood taking place at the present time. Whatever may be said against the old wooden structure called the dyke, it has staunchly befriended Montreal in the present issue, and it was given some work to do too. At one time last night the water was nearly three feet above its lowest part and although it had no severe shove to contend against, it did its work satisfactorily in keeping out the tons and tons of water, which, but for it, would have swept Commissioners Street and its traffic temporarily out of existence. In fact, the old walls seemed to be fluid there. Some tried to detract from the work it was doing by saying that it was frozen to the ground, and could not move if it would. But there is nobody who would not be willing to sing the praises of the tumbledown old structure which, despite its years and decaying condition, kept the city free from the water which was seeking to break upon its front. At the same time, with the past in view and the future in prospect, it must have occurred as a natural suggestion to the thousands who have visited the harbor front during the past two days that the time has come when the old breakwater should be laid to rest and that Montreal should be protected by a wall of a permanent character, which would not only protect it against floods from the river, but create a structure which the city could look upon as befitting its commercial position. Just how long the present condition of things in the river will obtain is, of course, a question open to conjecture. It is quite possible that the water will keep on rising and falling for a considerable time without doing any serious damage. Mr. John Kennedy, chief engineer of the Harbor Board, speaking to a Gazette reporter last night, said that the water had reached its greatest height and would now recede. He did not believe that there would be any flood, and even if the Lake St. Louis ice did come down, at the present time, it would not make any difference. Mr. Kennedy also stated that the harbor fleet, which is moored in the harbor, was quite safe. Matters looked serious early on Sunday morning that some merchants who did not anticipate trouble with the water coming up so far were quite alive to the fact, now that work must be done at once, and quickly, too, although it was Sunday. One firm was that of Thomas Samuel & Son, who had a staff of men at work soon after seven o'clock, removing their large and valuable stock to upper flats. Mr. Samuel said, ""The old saying is 'better to be sure than sorry,' and we will have a good rest tonight, knowing that all is now high and dry."" Men were very willing to assist those anxious to remove goods in all parts, some working all Saturday night and part of Sunday. Gault Bros. Co., Ltd. and Toke Bros., at the corner of Collet and St. Helen streets, also took the precaution to remove their large stocks of dry goods, shirts, collars, etc., on Saturday to upper floors. On St. Paul Street, most merchants from McGill Street to Bonsecours Market have taken all goods from their cellars, some at great inconvenience. As one merchant remarked: ""The insurance people should get out policies next season against damage by flood."" LOUIS ICE, Pointe Claire, Que., March 20. The ice opposite here moved a little today. There are now two large openings, one off Chateauguay and the other near the point off Isle Perrot. SOME SUBURBS STRIPPED. The good people of Maisonneuve and Longueuil shared in the general alarm, and at midnight on Saturday got a rather alarming scare. About this hour the water rose with alarming rapidity, and in a few minutes thereafter there was a panic which only lasted for a few minutes, as the water commenced to recede. There was destruction, however, for in front of the Protestant House of Industry Home for the aged, some three telegraph poles were wrenched from their base and badly smashed. In the afternoon, about four o'clock, there was another shove which brought the water on the roadway and sent the occupants of the dwellings along the road in quest of the contents of their cellars. There was not much to destroy as the contents had been wisely removed. True, the situation is, however, a very serious one. Two miles below the village of Longue Pointe, there is concentrated enough ice to flood all the lower part of the city and if it does not break up before today, there is every probability of a repetition of the scenes and incidents of 1886 and 1887. In conversation with a Gazette reporter last night, the people did not express any fears of a real flood. They, at least, the majority of them, had from two to three feet of water in their cellars or basements, but a small thing like that may not dishearten them. Any little damage that was done yesterday did not amount to more than $300 or $400 which is fully covered by insurance. The scene along the Longue Pointe road was interesting during the afternoon; along the banks the hillocks of ice and frozen snow lent a weird aspect to a scene, although not unusual, was very attractive. Down the river, Longueuil, Que., March 20. The town is flooded, and a great deal of damage has resulted. The waterworks are flooded and the local sawmill collapsed today. Pierreville, Que., March 20. The ice at this point is still strong, and a number of horses have crossed today. Sorel, Que., March 20. The Richelieu River is clear of ice as far as three miles above St. Ours. It is expected that the Richelieu River will be completely clear of ice on Monday. St. Lawrence River ice still firm. Three Rivers, March 19. There is as yet very little change noticeable in the ice, which still holds firm. The Flood at Richmond. Richmond and vicinity suffered considerably from the high water in the St. Francis. The covered wooden bridge over the river at Windsor was carried away. It was about 800 feet long, and cost $14,000. It was owned by a joint-stock company, the municipality of Windsor and Windsor-Mills being the principal stockholders. To reduce danger to the bridges lower down, the debris was set on fire. The relief was not sufficient, however, and one pier of the iron bridge at Richmond gave way, causing one span to fall and shoving another one out of position. The St. Francis Bridge Company will be heavy losers, and for a few months great inconvenience will be experienced by the public who had occasion to pass to and fro between the two sides of the river for many miles on either side of the two places. Some minor damage was done to buildings. CHETAN GOVERNORSHIP, Sultan Prevailed Upon to Accept. Prince George, Constantinople, March 19. In consequence of the Sultan's direct appeal, the Czar has consented to withdraw his demand for the $750,000 arrears of the Russo-Turkish war indemnity, which His Majesty at first insisted should be paid from the Greco-Turkish war indemnity. This fact, it is alleged, foreshadows Turkey's acceptance of Prince George of Greece, the candidate of the Czar, as governor of the island of Crete.
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A hurricane swept over the camp at Allen Allen hot today and did a great deal of damage. So great was the force of the gale that the gable roof of the barrack was blown down and smashed to pieces. Every building on the grounds was more or less damaged. Fortunately the soldiers now at Allen were attending divine service when the storm broke upon the camp and no one is reported to have been injured. The church in which the service was being held withstood the fury of the gale. A terrific gale prevailed all day in the English Channel. The Cunard Auroral, from New York, which arrived at Liverpool this morning, was unable to stop at Queenstown on account of the gales. The gale, which has been accompanied by snow and heavy rain during Saturday and today, has done much damage throughout the country. Vessels in the English and Irish Channel have been obliged to run for shelter. Vessels arriving at Queenstown report terrible weather on the Atlantic. The steamship Wetherby, from Newport, November 18, which has been towed into Queenstown by the steamship MoGarel, had her shaft bent in a gale of December 4.
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Donis, The body of a man in an advanced stage of decomposition, supposed to be a sailor named Pedersen, who was drowned last fall, was found yesterday in the river between the two churches at Bonpoint, It had evidently been in the water all winter, It is said that a Canadian from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, named Edouard Gaulin, who had previously been unable to walk, was instantaneously cured at the Church of St. Anne on Saturday, Mr. Narcisse Belleau, who received the last sacrament on Friday, is considerably better, though weak, and hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery, A special train from Montreal with over 800 members of the Christian Endeavor Society arrived in town this afternoon, OLD PROVINCIAL ACCOUNTS, The Arbitrators of Quebec Trying to Straighten Them Out, From our own correspondent, QUEBEC, July 10, Argument in the arbitration proceedings between the dominion and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec was commenced here this afternoon, There were present on the bench Chancellor Lloyd of Ontario (presiding); Judge Burbridge, representing the Dominion, and Chief Justice Cauchon, representing Quebec, Counsel present were Messrs.
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which sits on a shelf high up on the wall, a constant reminder that the one unforgivable sin here was to be judged stupid In Dickens's time, stupidity, being nothing but laziness, was indeed a sin a disgrace one brought upon himself and which merited the torture of the rod or the strap or the humiliation of being stood in a corner crowned with the dunce cap The humble institution that I survived as a farm boy 70-odd years ago was the same one that granted our father his three winters of schooling back in the 1890s And while father had never been given a report card in his life, he could at least tell his mother proudly that not once had the teacher stood him in a front corner with the dunce cap on his head Alan Richardson's Cryptic Crossword: No 122 Numbers in parentheses after each clue indicate the number of letters in the word or words for the required answer Across 3, 3d It gives one little time or consideration (5,6) 8, 17 It gives you plenty, especially if you want to get all tied up (6,
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"It's like being a telemarketer. You just keep pushing the customer until you hook her in." MORE AGGRESSIVE SALES PITCH The woman, who was so nervous about speaking out that she refused to give her name or the company she worked for, said salespeople aren't pushy because they're earning a commission - in fact, most of them are part-time employees who earn little more than minimum wage. But she said that with fierce competition for retail sales, many local stores, especially national chains, have adopted a much more aggressive sales pitch. Sales staff are trained to greet a customer within 30 seconds after she or he enters the store. If the customer insists she's 'just looking,' the clerk will give her a two-minute reprieve before moving in again - before someone else beats her to it. A chart posted at the back of the store monitors which employees are meeting weekly sales targets. "It doesn't matter if there's no traffic or no electricity, there are no excuses," she said. "If you don't meet your quota, they put a big red mark beside your name. If you exceed it, they might mark it in yellow. Some places put a star beside your name.
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"I CP Salda Husain (left) is comforted yesterday by an unidentified friend following the presumed drowning of her brother Shahid, 14, in Winnipeg. Stop Teale from selling story: French's parents Criminals shouldn't profit from deeds CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Three weeks after Karla Teale was convicted in the sex slayings of two Ontario schoolgirls, the parents of one of her victims are calling for a law to prevent Teale from selling her story. No one should profit from such abominable behavior, say Doug and Donna French in a letter supporting a private member's bill introduced in the legislature this week. "It's become common knowledge that several books and a movie on the Teale case are in the works," the Frenches say in their letter to Conservative member Cam Jackson. "The fact that people want to profit from someone else's tragedy is disgusting but the fact that the criminals themselves can profit from crime is an outrage," they say. "What kind of a country do we have that allows such an atrocity?"
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THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL APRIL 25, 1887: THE DAY OF THE FLOOD, Only Very Slight Abatement of the Waters, THE WORK OF RELIEF PROGRESSING What was Being Done on Sunday in the Inundated District, Another day has come and gone, and, though a slight abatement of the water has taken place, it cannot at this writing be said that the signs of immediate relief are visible. The ice in front of the city moved down slightly, and just below and above the Victoria bridge when the darkness came on last night, the river was clear, but in front of the city, and down as far as the eye could reach, the ice masses were piled in ragged confusion. A slight movement took place throughout the day, and for a time there was visible a streak of water towards the St. Lawrence shore, but later it closed up. The ice has shoved somewhat towards the Montreal side, and Commissioners street, which was only covered with water, is now occupied by masses of ice, which, in many places, lie close to the buildings. Telegraphic and telephonic communication was cut off last night, and it was impossible to get accurate information of what was transpiring either up or down the river, but the report was that the remainder of the Lake St. Louis ice was coming down. What the effect will be is difficult to say, but the very slow fall in the water level that commenced on Friday night continued, with occasional slight rises, and at two o'clock this morning the gauge at the Harbour Commissioners office registered 41 feet 10 inches, which is 1 foot 2 inches lower than the highest point indicated. The area of high water has extended downwards and the village at Longue Pointe is partially inundated. The work of relieving the wants of the inundated sufferers has been well carried out, and very few deserving cases are believed to have been overlooked. The misery is thus reduced to the smallest possible extent, but is still very great, and must have been increased by the rain of Saturday and the fall in temperature last night. Punctual at 7:30 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the members of the Relief committee, comprising Aid. Stevenson (chairman), P. Kennedy, Malone, Jeanotte, McBride, Donovan, Laurent, were in attendance at McGill street, and engaged in loading boats and dispatching them to Griffintown and Point St. Charles. Throughout the day the worthy aldermen worked like Trojans, all being saturated to the skin by the pouring rain. At noon the order to Eraser, Viger & Co. was quadrupled, and at night orders were given to ensure an ample supply for the morning. THE UPPER ICE, Mr. Couvrette, the diver who put down the penstock gates, and who has been engaged in the blasting operations in the river, on Saturday afternoon in conversation stated that the only ice which had come down as yet was from Chateauguay and Pointe Claire bays. The ice in Lake St. Louis was still firm and was green and two and a half feet. If this did come down before the jam was got rid of, the flood would be the biggest that Montreal ever had experienced. This jam had been ascertained to be opposite Longue Pointe, and he had received orders from Mr. O'Brien to go down that afternoon and have everything in readiness for blasting. He was of the opinion that the blasting operations ought to have been, in the first instance, carried up to Victoria bridge. In regard to the sidewalks he had invented a floating sidewalk which would rise and fall with the water for Griffintown. This was attached so that it could not be removed and being continuous, when the flood came residents in the flooded districts could have dry communication with their neighbors and other parts of the town, without needing to resort to vehicles and boats. He had shown this invention to Mr. G. Nish and Mr. Salisbury, two engineers, and they highly approved of it, but Mr. St. George, the city surveyor, did not. IN MANY OF THE CITY CHURCHES, In many of the city churches yesterday reference was made to the flood and prayers were offered that it be stayed and for the relief of the sufferers by it. AS VIEWED FROM THE CITY HALL, A representative of the Gazette viewed the river from the tower of the City hall yesterday afternoon. In the early part of the afternoon there was quite a large expanse of clear water between Hochelaga and the lower portion of St. Helen's island, but about 3 o'clock the ice above St. Helen's island commenced to move, and soon the water which had a short time before been free of ice, was completely covered, and a large expanse of clear water could be seen above Victoria bridge as far up as Laprairie bay. But from Victoria bridge down the river, as far as the eye could reach, no clear water could be seen. However, the blockade of ice between St. Helen's island and the south shore showed signs of moving, and by 6 o'clock the south channel was clear of ice. Above Laprairie the river appeared to be covered by ice from shore to shore, and one gentleman who was in the tower of the City hall at the time, who has watched the action of the river ice for several years, remarked that he feared this ice would move down the river in the evening, and that if it did, we might expect a rapid rise of the water and a more serious inundation than had yet been experienced. The scene, as one looked down the river, was a grand one, the solid blocks of ice with which it was covered being here and there dotted with miniature mountains, and long black streaks of dirty ice, where the winter roads were made, being discernible on all sides. AT THE BACK RIVER, The water gradually receded at the Back River, and that place is now dry. During the flood the saw mills of Messrs. McNiven & Cole were flooded so rapidly that the employees barely had time to escape. Thousands of pieces of timber and some thirty cords of wood were floated off, while half a mile further down the river might be seen the coal shed, an immense building, built to cover 300 tons of coal, which had been carried off bodily. Mr. Nivan estimates his loss at $2,000. The general store of Mr. Theophile Paquet was flooded as high as the counter, and he will lose considerably by damage to his stock. At Dr. Chopin's house on the other side of the road, the water covered the first flat some eighteen inches. The late Mayor Brouseau's house had some six feet of water in the basement. Visitation island was completely covered, but one house escaping. The house of Adolph Lapointe on the river bank was filled with water to within one foot of the roof, while a little further down might be seen the house of Joseph Menard, which was struck by the ice and completely overturned. OBSERVATIONS OF THE RIVER, The south channel was observed open to Longueuil on either side, and the ice was piled very high at Longueuil and Boucherville islands. A movement of the ice downwards at Isle Gros Bois was observed from the top of the Harbour Commissioners' building at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. P. and Mr. Desjardins, M.P., are getting the members representing the counties affected by the flood to wait upon the Government to urge them to take immediate steps to deal with the matter. The police of No. 9 station reported at 3 o'clock this morning that the water had risen about an inch within the hour. In cellars flooded from the Craig street tunnel also a slight increase in height seemed noticeable. The omnibus service on St. Antoine street has been resumed, the horses being driven through the water. The Notre Dame street route is broken near Chaboillez square, and the Point St. Charles service is discontinued altogether. The Richelieu & Ontario company's officials state that the ice on the Richelieu river is coming down quietly, and that the company's boats have sustained no damage. It is expected that one of the Quebec boats will be here by the 2nd of May. A rumor was prevalent in the city last evening to the effect that two men had been arrested at St. Gabriel while attempting to open the sluice gates and let the water in upon Point St. Charles. The rumor could not be traced to any reliable authority. A brick house, occupied by Mr. St. Charles, on the river bank near the fall race, has been partially destroyed by the ice. The furniture was quickly taken out in boats, as the balance of the house threatened to come down. The house will probably be a total loss, as the part left standing will very likely have to be pulled down. During the evening the police while out in a patrol boat noticed a man named Kenny taking a barrel of oil on a raft along Wellington street. As he could not give a satisfactory explanation as to where he had got it they arrested him. It was afterwards ascertained that it had been taken from Messrs. Chaput & Co.'s store, corner of St. Peter and Commissioners streets. A gentleman who had just returned from Lachine last evening stated that the Lake St. Louis ice had commenced to come down about 5 o'clock, which will probably account for the sudden rise in the water about that hour. Reports from Beauharnois state that the ice is breaking up there and coming down. The telegraph wires in many directions are down, however, and no accurate information can be obtained. THE SHOVE FOLLOWED BY A BLOCK AND A FLOOD, Thuri Rivers, April 23, The ice which floated away from Grondines and Peschambault yesterday, blocked at Port Neuf and the river, which fell rapidly during that shove, is now rising again. The streets are flooded and families in the lower portion of the town are flitting to their friends on the higher lots. MARINE MISHAPS, TLAIHA, April 21, Fatocoe Moss Glen (schooner), Morris, for Montreal, broke adrift while loading and went adrift in a dangerous predicament. Will break up if bad weather continues. FENTON, April 21, The British steamer Halton, which sailed from Hamilton on February 28 for New York, and which broke her propeller, in ballast, has arrived here. The H.A. sailed from her moorings on March 31 when she was within some miles of New York. SAILED, Avowmotugh, April 21-SS Texas, Hunter, for Montreal. Glasgow, April 20 S3 Cynthia, Taylor, for Montreal. April 21 SS Norwegian, Stephen, for Montreal. Havana, April 16 SH Cacouna for Cardenas. Cardenas, Liverpool, April 21 S3 Oregon, Williams, Montreal, barque Cathinea for Bichibucto, barque Gtrole for Sackville, NB, barque Magna for Halifax, barque Skjjt moen for Sydney, OK, barque Briglita, for Saguenay. April 28 SS Polynesian, Mitchell, for Montreal. London, April 21 Barque Inga for Saguenay; steamship Keaton, Ambary, for Montreal. LA ROCHESTER, April 18 Barque Frank, for Halifax (formerly reported for Quebec). NESTROWS: Dieppe, April 21 Barque Soderharan for Quebec. PLIMOUTH, April 21 Barque Maud, for Quebec. PENAITSNOO, April 20, 3 Coban for New York, via Para. PERRY, LIPPFVILLE, April 7 Barque Louis for Bathurst, of H. QUEBEC, April 21 33 Stermalne for New York. April 21 Republic, for New York. TATBAOOWA, April 16 33 Escalona, Anderson, for Montreal. WATSKKORD, April 19 Barque Ilmater for Miramichi. THE RIVER AND GULF, Figures in brackets indicate the distance in marine miles below Quebec. April 23, 12 noon, Capb Rosier 354 Foggy; northeast wind. Manicouagan to F. J. TrecosT Dense fog coming on; calm. Anticosti There, 40; quantity; northeast wind. From West Point to English Bay, in the north channel, there is heavy open ice everywhere; and at Heath Point light open ice. Point Esctkiwao, N.B.-Favourable; northeast wind. Ice everywhere moving south. Camp Tormkottme F g2y; northwest wind. Heavy close packed ice everywhere. Port Ki-teiuvK Kilning; northwest wind. The Gulf is full of tea. Port Hood, C.T. Fr, sky; northeast wind. Mctat Cove, G. it, 50-Dense fog; north wind. Limn Rocks Dense fog; north wind. Magdalen Islands; There, 30; dense fog; north wind. Cape Hat, NfH, Clear; west wind. No ice. Inward at 8 p.m. yesterday barque, and at 7 a.m. today, two b'igs. The St. Pierre, Miquelon, cable is reported interrupted, hence no messages. W. Honeker writes to the local press suggesting that the Queen's jubilee in Sherbrooke be celebrated by the erection of a Protestant hospital to bear Her Majesty's name. A meeting to take steps to materialize the idea is called for today. In all likelihood the ice will be sufficiently strong upon the Aylmer lake to permit the planting of a May pole this year, if we are not mistaken the May pole has been set up about four times upon the ice here. Each time it was placed there by Grandpapa Holt. Aylmer Times, On Wednesday of last week at Aylmer, Mr. Justice Wurtele gave a complimentary lunch to the members of the Bar. It being the first day of the Superior court term, his honor desired to pay a tribute to the two members of the Bar, Messrs. McLeod and Fleming, who upon that day assumed the 'sillt'. A ministerial examination took place in the Methodist church, Waterloo, on Wednesday and Thursday, under the superintendence of Rev. P. is confined to his room through illness. While Guardian Fitzhack was proceeding to a fire yesterday afternoon, he was thrown from the reel and sustained probably fatal internal injuries. Wm. Duchesneau, an acrobat, intends walking on a tight rope over Montmorency falls during the time of the Queen's jubilee here. A large quantity of ice passed down the river today. There is a rumor in the city today that three men had been drowned last night while crossing in a canoe opposite Hailow Cove. The report cannot be traced to any reliable authority. YESTERDAY, April 24 it is said that Sarah Howes, the ex-director of the Women's bank Boston, and who disappeared taking with her $30,000 of the bank's money, arrived from St. John.
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The coming months should reveal whether he has the good sense to let the new boss run Chrysler in his own style. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 28 The Japanese are human too, just like Americans who don't want their baseball teams owned by foreign businessmen. This became obvious when a 576-pound American sumo wrestler of Japanese ancestry, who fights under the name of Konishiki, won the Emperor's Cup for the third time. Will Japanese sports authorities confer on him the title of yokozuna grand champion? The problem is obvious, just as it is in the matter of ownership of the Seattle Mariners: How can pride in a national sport such as sumo wrestling be maintained when foreigners are threatening to take over? Sports, as we all know, are crucial to a nation's psyche. Maybe the answer is for uptight Americans and Japanese alike to loosen up and let go of a few of their precious myths about national superiority as expressed through sports. Taylor off base about independent Quebec As a former student of Charles Taylor, I have followed with interest and admiration his increasing participation in the linguistic debate and in the debate about the future of Quebec and Canada (Gazette, March 24).
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PORTMARNOCK, Ireland Mark Calcavecchia, the British Open champion from the United States, fired a 6-under-par 66 yesterday to take the first-round lead in the Irish Open. Spaniard Jose-Maria Olazabal and Frenchman Marc Farry were tied for second at 67. First-round choice Stevenson hopes to improve HERB ZURKOWSKY THE GAZETTE The last thing the offence-starved Canadiens appear to need is another plodding, rugged winger. Nonetheless, in Turner Stevenson, their first-round (12th overall) choice in last Saturday's entry draft, that looks like exactly what they got. Stevenson, 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, has displayed definite limitations on the offensive front in two seasons with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. He had only 15 goals and 12 assists in 69 games in 1988-89, but improved to 29-32 in 62 games last season, while accumulating 276 penalty minutes. Predictably, director of recruitment Andre Boudrias defended Montreal's selection of Stevenson. "I think he's a good player," Boudrias said this week.
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This, it appears, can be done by regulations under the existing act, but an attempt made by Mr. Irving to get paper-covered books included in the one cent per pound rate was not so successful, as that, it was stated, would require an amendment to the Post Office act. Books, therefore, remain at their present rate. What Will Be Said Mr. Maclean, of East York, gives notice tonight of a very important amendment he proposes moving on the third reading of the bill amending the act incorporating the Midland Railway Company. It is as follows: ""Nothing in any by-law or regulation of the company, whether approved of by the Railway committee of the Privy Council or not, shall be so construed as to allow any rate of fare for way passengers greater than two cents per mile to be charged or taken over the track or tracks of such company."" Although this applies to the Midland Railway alone, it is understood that Mr. Maclean will suggest to the Minister of Railways and Canals that it might be incorporated in the Railway act and made to apply to all railways in Canada. Improvement In Fertilizers Mr.
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8001 8002 8003 8004 8005 8006 8007 Wailing Souls Third World Dennis Brown Coco Tea Ras Pidow URoy Shabba Ranks CALL FOR TODAY'S EVENT HIGHLIGHTS CODE 3500 6872 6873 6874 6875 6876 MONTREAL HISTORY Sulpician Seminary Chateau Ramezay Notre-Dame de Bonsecours Chapel Rue de la Commune Old Port History of The Gazette CODE 2010 QUESTION OF THE WEEK Do you value Pierre Trudeau's opinions on political matters? LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Should women be allowed to play in the National Hockey League? Total calls: 2,297 Yes: 1,480 No: 837 Today's Environment Tip Newspaper-In-Education Program Recycling Depots City of Montreal For free weather information, updated four times a day, please call Gazette Info-Line, 521-8600, code BULK Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius High: 16 Low: 6 Toronto, Hamilton Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow High: 16 Low: 7 Quebec St.
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There was a slight abatement of the wind this morning, but the snow still fell, and drifted high, and the temperature dropped rapidly. It looked this morning as though the blizzard would continue all day, but at 10 o'clock there was a breaking away in the west, a brightening of the light, and finally the storm ceased altogether, and the greatest blizzard since the memorable one of March, 1888, came to an end. With the brightening of the skies in this city this morning, came an increase in the velocity of the wind, and the loose dry snow was sent swirling and eddying everywhere. Nearly a foot of snow had fallen, but in places it had drifted to four and five feet. Broadway and all the great thoroughfares of the city presented a fantastic appearance. There were drifts on the sidewalks through which the early morning wayfarer ploughed to his waist. In some of the streets great drifts formed barriers across them, and in many instances filled up the trenches that were dug by the street railroads for the transforming of the motive power from cable to electricity.
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JAMES STREET WEST MONTREAL, 330 orders received by telephone LACHINE CANAL, NOTICE is hereby given that, circumstances permitting, the water will be drawn out of the Lachine Canal on SATURDAY, the 10th Inst, or as soon as the state of the ice will permit, and will remain out until the necessary repairs have been made. By order, E. J. MacDonald and Belleville Haynor & Co, for the remaining sections. The Archville residents have notified the City council that they are opposed to the proposed annexation. A civic committee has been appointed to arrange for a fitting celebration of next Dominion Day in Ottawa. The ice in the Rideau, round New Edinburgh, is being blown up with dynamite, in order to avoid a threatened jam and further damage from floods. The water rose again today and the bridges are still in serious danger. V. OUT OF THE SEASON, A Serious flood report from various points Jkt Damage Home, Hamilton, Ont, April 1; The gale here today did much damage along the bay and Burlington beach. There is a washout on the Northern and Northwestern between this city and the beach.
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Nevertheless, cold weather is long past due, and a hard freezing would doubtless cut off the greater part of the water supply. One mill is using steam power at present to enable it to run up to full capacity while in operation. The ten cent advance in freight rates on flour goes into effect next Monday, the "Soo" line making an all rail rate of 36 cents, Minneapolis to New York. The flour market is improving by a widening of the area wanting small lots more than in large orders. The direct exports for the week were 14,200 barrels, against 9,060 for the preceding week. Wheat receipts were 1,660,250 bushels, and shipments of wheat 328,100 bushels, and flour 65,610 barrels. A HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST, "Distant People Cremated In Missouri Other Fires Reported", "Mount Pleasant, Mo., December 12, The dwelling of John R. King, near Cookville, was burned at 2 o'clock this morning and King, his wife and six children perished. It is believed the family were murdered and the house fired to conceal the crime.
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The horse cars to Drummondville shut down for the night early in the afternoon. The electric lines on both sides of the river, after fighting the storm, gave up in despair. The railways are having their hands full trying to keep their lines open for passenger traffic only; passenger trains on all the lines are running from three to five hours late, freight traffic being abandoned. HAMILTON, Hamilton, February 12. A genuine blizzard struck here today. A snowstorm, accompanied by a very strong northeast wind, has been raging nearly all day. The electric service is entirely suspended and street traffic generally is much impeded. Trains east and west are pretty well on time and from the north and south the service has been kept up fairly well so far. WINDSOR, WINDSOR, Ont, February 12. The Windsor, Sandwich and Walkerville street railway lines were tied up by the storm about 10:30 this morning, and the cars stand in the street where they were deserted by their crews. Traffic and business of all kinds is almost entirely suspended.
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Firefighters finally freed Froias more than 30 minutes later. He died of asphyxiation soon after arriving at the hospital. "Mr. Froias would never have become trapped in the electrical room if he had been clearly informed of the whereabouts of emergency exits," Dionne said. Froias's death, the coroner added, was completely avoidable. Two people have died on the job in Quebec from ammonia inhalation within the last 10 years, and another 60 were compensated for injuries. Because it's cheap and less toxic than freon, ammonia is used in 270 cooling systems all over the province. "Ammonia is an excellent coolant, but it has to be handled well, or else it can be dangerous," said Dr. Louis Drouin, head of the committee put together last year to assess the use of ammonia cooling. Drouin and his team designed a five-step program called Frigo, to be implemented and regulated by Quebec's worker-compensation board and the Regie du Batiment du Quebec, intended to prevent a repeat of the Montpak tragedy.
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I would accordingly discharge him, but the revolver would be confiscated. The Court was then adjourned till 11 o'clock today. A good adage taught their daughter that a stitch in time saves nine. A pill saves not only nine, but oftentimes an incalculable amount of suffering as well. An occasional dose of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant (Little Sugar-coated pills), to cleanse the stomach and bowels, not only prevents before it happens but also stops sudden attacks, when taken in time. By drugging, shambling truck, that the game is up and that he must hasten back across the frontier to avoid arrest and imprisonment for bringing drink to the Indians. The officers of the force are picked men, gifted with the right hand under the glove of velvet; it is an ennobling thought that the tame fury of governing savages should be admirably set forth at the opposite ends of the world by our officers, as is shown by their management of the wild Afghan border tribes along the Northwest frontier of our Eastern Empire, as well as the peaceable government of savage Indian tribes along the Northwest frontier of our Western Empire.
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In other quarter-final matches: David Boyum of Cambridge, Mass., defeated Toronto's Clive Caldwell 15-12, 17-15, 15-6; Mark Talbott of Wakefield, R. B-6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1990 The Sunday Crossword PICTURE PUZZLE By Frances Burton Across Edited by Herb Ettenson Down 1 Phobia 5 Red wine 10 Slew 14 Trucking rig 18 Commedia dell' 19 Convex molding 20 A Guthrie 21 MacLeod of TV 22 Paul Hogan movie 25 Spruce up 26 Bon (stylish society) 27 Casals' instrument 28 Lineage 29 Car stop? 30 School break 32 Adolescent 33 Stroked lightly 34 Partner of long 35 Gemstone 37 Old hat 39 Words to a hitchhiker 42 Ruffle one's feathers 43 Threshold 48 Unit of matter 49 Heights 50 Beat the daylights out of 52 Noble title 53 Mickey Rooney film 56 Like a bump on Answers next week 57 Very popular 58 Jet-black 59 Right as
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As a matter of precaution only the inside track was used. There was absolutely no change in the ice from 2 till 10 o'clock. RELIEFS OR RELIEF. Colonel Stevenson, chairman of the inundation committee, last evening gave orders to Fraser, Viger & Co. for packages of tea, coffee and other provisions to be distributed among the sufferers. The firm were consequently at work all night, and this morning will have a large supply ready for immediate distribution. Captain Beckingham also received orders from him to load up the spare salvage wagon with bread from Mr. Strachan's bakery and drive it down to McGill Street where it will be taken in boats and distributed about the poor people. The work of relief will be begun at 8:30 this morning. The presidents of the national societies held an informal meeting last night to discuss what means it would be advisable to take to distribute relief. In Point St. Charles the water was reported to be from 18 to 24 inches higher than during the late flood. The police have a boat mounted on a truck to be driven to fires.
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Next week, I'll be making application to get his passport back so he can take care of his businesses." Clarkson was arrested July 16 as he left the Glenora home of Marilyn Tan, his 33-year-old Edmonton girlfriend. Clarkson bought the $535,000 home for Tan last year during one of his business trips to Edmonton. Clarkson is currently charged with conspiracy to murder photographer Con Boland. He's also charged with conspiracy to murder a witness, two counts of conspiracy to plant narcotics on Boland, two counts of conspiracy to plant narcotics on witnesses, two counts of possession of narcotics for the purposes of trafficking and one count of aggravated assault on Boland. Police say the aggravated assault charge against Clarkson involves a February attack on Boland in which the celebrity photographer's face and chest were splashed with concentrated sulphuric acid. Ont. minimum wage to rise CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Ontario's minimum wage will rise to $6.70 from $6.35 an hour beginning Jan. 1, the Labor Ministry said yesterday.
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is trying to restore Florida's wetlands THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1990 DISCOVER- JOHN LANCASTER WASHINGTON POST EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. In the sunshine and sawgrass of the world's largest freshwater marsh, man is trying to fix what man has broken. Spurred by evidence that the Everglades is on the brink of ecological collapse, scientists and politicians are laying the groundwork for an environmental salvage job of epic proportions. At the center of the effort is South Florida's vast network of canals and levees, one of America's largest flood-control projects and the result of a century-long effort to drain the swamp for farms and cities. The project will involve manipulating the water system in a variety of ways, from breaching levees to creating huge artificial marshes to absorb polluted wastewater from sugar cane farms. It has the potential to affect hundreds of square kilometers of marsh and croplands. Bird population falling The project represents a new mission for the Army Corps of Engineers: after decades of building canals and levees to benefit farmers and city dwellers, the corps is now under orders to modify the region's vast water infrastructure in ways that also help plants and wildlife. No one disputes that the drainage system has played havoc with the Everglades' vital water supply, the famous ""river of grass"" that once flowed unimpeded from Lake Okeechobee to the mangrove forests that fringe Florida Bay 160 km to the south. Populations of wading birds, their nesting patterns devastated by artificial fluctuations in water levels, have plummeted 90 percent since the 1930s. More recently, water problems have been compounded by pollution from phosphorus, a fertilizer that is leaching into the Everglades from sprawling sugarcane farms on drained swampland south of Lake Okeechobee. The fertilizer is feeding an invasion of cattails that, along with non-native trees and shrubs, is crowding out natural vegetation. ""It's quantity, quality, distribution and timing,"" said Robert Chandler, new superintendent of Everglades National Park. ""There's nothing that holds a candle to the Everglades in terms of needs. It's beyond threats; it's really in serious trouble."" The goal now is not so much to Flood control structures (canals and levees) prehistoric sheet flow. A huge marsh dotted with small islands and ponds, the Everglades once covered most of South Florida from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. During the summer rainy season, water lapped over the southern rim of the lake and flowed south in a solid, 50-mile wide sheet, the ""river of grass."" But draining the marsh to supply water for farms and cities has severely disrupted that natural system. Water levels in large parts of the Everglades are now controlled by a huge network of canals, pumps, and levees. Pollution from phosphorus, a naturally occurring fertilizer, is leaching into the water supply from huge sugar cane farms just south of Lake Okeechobee. The fertilizer is feeding an invasion of cattails that, along with non-native trees and shrubs, are crowding out natural vegetation. Scientists and some politicians now hope to restore a measure of ecological balance to South Florida's water management system. Engineers are studying a number of steps such as breaching levees that now block water flows in large parts of the Everglades and creating huge artificial marshes to absorb pollution from the sugar cane fields. ""Re-create nature as to imitate it."" Using historical data and sophisticated computer models, the same engineers who helped build the drainage system hope to modify it in ways that reflect a better understanding of how the Everglades work. The project, expected to carry an ultimate price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars, is a joint effort of the corps and the South Florida Water Management District, the state agency that operates the system. Last fall, Congress authorized a 43,000-hectare expansion of the park's eastern border, directing the corps to prepare a plan for restoring natural water flows there. That is likely to involve construction of two concrete spillways in the 16-km long earthen levee on the park's northern boundary, as well as new pumps to move water from drainage canals back into the Everglades, corps officials said. Six spillways will be added to a levee upstream of the park, while another will be bulldozed entirely. ""We're trying to make it part of the Everglades hydrologic system,"" project manager Lewis Hornuns said of the expansion area. The improvements are expected to provide water to between 28,000 and 32,000 hectares of drought-stricken marsh inside the new park boundary. The project poses daunting political obstacles, pitting the interests of conservationists, bird-lovers, and park officials against developers, farmers, and others with vested interests in the status quo. Constant attention needed ""The Everglades ecosystem is not ranked as an equal partner with agricultural and urban demands,"" said Steve Davis, a water district biologist. ""The public is going to have to acknowledge that if they want a functioning Everglades, it's going to require a commitment to water conservation. The water has to come from someplace."" No one expects a complete recovery. With about half the original 1.6-million-hectare swamp filled for development or drained for agriculture, the park includes about 202,000 hectares of marsh. Experts liken the Everglades to a seriously ill patient who will need constant medical attention to stay alive. ""It's going to be in intensive care, probably forever,"" said Thomas Bonnicksen, a restoration expert from Texas A&M University. ""Perfection is inconceivable; the ideal is unachievable. Some compromise is essential, and in the case of the Everglades, it's probably going to be a big compromise."" At stake is one of America's richest biological treasures, a watery wilderness whose denizens include 13 birds, mammals, and reptiles on the federal endangered species list. The Everglades also offers vital economic benefits, both as a tourist destination and as a source of drinking water for 3.5 million people. Some fear that without aggressive action, the Everglades will become a kind of ecological desert, a desiccated meadow swept by huge fires each dry season. ""South Florida could become almost uninhabitable,"" said Florida Senator Bob Graham, a leading advocate of Everglades restoration. The conflict between man and nature in the Everglades dates back more than a century, to a time when virtually all of South Florida was a swamp and the state was consumed with plans to ""reclaim"" the land for useful purposes. Soon the swamp was disappearing beneath croplands and dairy farms, and developers were not far behind. Farmers control water table As the population grew, so did demands for projects to guard against hurricane floods of the sort that killed 2,000 people in 1928. Today, the water infrastructure that sustains South Florida's economic miracle is one of the world's most sophisticated, with 2,240 km of levees and canals and 18 giant pumping stations capable of moving more water in a single day than Miami consumes in three months. But while Miami has prospered, the Everglades have not. Before the arrival of bulldozers and dredges, water oozed south from Lake Okeechobee in a 96-km-wide sheet averaging 15 cm deep, advancing and retreating in a seasonal cycle of wet and dry. As the water receded during the dry winter months, pools formed in the sawgrass prairie, concentrating fish in abundant quantities. Wading birds, wood storks, herons, and ibises depended on the pools to provide them with food and timed their nesting cycles accordingly. But human manipulations have forever disrupted that essential cycle. While rainfall still provides the remaining Everglades with most of its water, levees and canals have segmented the vital ""sheet flow."" Sugar cane and tomato farmers now control the water table in large areas of the Everglades, dumping or retaining water according to weather conditions and growing schedules. ""Anytime they want to, they can pump out, and anytime they want they can pump it back in,"" said Burkett Neely, manager of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, one of three ""water conservation areas"" that serve as a buffer between the cane fields and the park. Drought recently prompted neighboring sugar cane growers to pump more water onto their land for irrigation, forcing the water district to draw down the water level in the 58,000-hectare refuge by 7.5 cm. ""I called them on it, and they said it was a drop in the bucket,"" Neely said. ""Well, it was, but it was a drop that we needed. I had birds and ducks change their feeding patterns because of that."" The disruptions have been especially cruel to the Everglades' famous plumed wading birds, which once gathered here in enormous white clouds and were a major factor in the decision to establish the park in 1947. For example, artificial water fluctuations have forced wood storks to delay nesting until late winter, several months behind schedule, according to park officials. As a result, the birds lack sufficient time to raise their young before the summer rains arrive, dispersing pools of small fish on which the nestlings depend. The young birds then starve to death. ""They actually are abandoned by the adults because of the difficulty of getting food,"" said John Ogden, a senior park service scientist. Phosphorus from the prosperous sugar cane industry, which covers more than 160,000 hectares of drained swamp in the area immediately south of the lake, washes into drainage canals and into the Everglades in concentrations 10 to 20 times above normal. Artificial marshes An estimated 222 tonnes of the natural fertilizer leave the agricultural area each year, spurring the growth of cattails. ""Every time it rains, we'll get a slug of bad water,"" said Neely. Scientists have suggested sugar cane farmers solve their wastewater problem by converting 16,000 hectares, about 10 percent of their land, to artificial marshes that soak up pollutants. But industry spokesmen assert that adequate treatment would require much more land, at least 40,000 hectares. ""That's 25 percent of our cane lands,"" said Ed Barber, a vice-president of the Florida Sugar Cane League. ""We couldn't sustain a viable industry."" Brains and bodies are being destroyed by epidemic of ""meetingitis."" ""I'm sorry doctor, he's at a meeting."" I get this answer more and more when trying to contact someone by telephone. Later in the day he's at another meeting. The next day I'm still talking to the secretary. It leaves me wondering whether these people do any work. And lately I've questioned whether these incessant meetings affect the nation's health. There are no statistics, but common sense tells me that ""meetingitis"" must be responsible for some of the lifestyle problems in this country. ""Meetingitis"" is an insidious disease that has infected our society and should be labeled an environmental risk factor when assessing a state of health. Dr. Paul Dudley White, a heart specialist at Harvard Medical School, always stressed the value of exercise. He once conducted a study on 500 pairs of Irish-born brothers over a period of 10 years. The brothers who remained in Ireland and worked hard on poor farms had less coronary heart disease than their brothers who emigrated to the U.S. Montreal H2Y Jflf Zealots take the fun out of cleaning up the planet. Take a deep breath and count to 10. Better still, make that 1,000. Is all the Earth Day hubbub leaving you breathless? Exhausted? Keeling with (among other things) guilt? Me too. So much so that I feel I'm being paralyzed into ecological inaction hardly an effect the Day is supposed to have. It's not that I don't care. It's not that I'm blithely unconcerned about the future of the world my kids will inherit. I'd never attempt to justify the callous self-indulgence or the sickening corporate greed that threatens to destroy the best parts of our environment. I'm not indifferent to the plight of dying species or the inhumane treatment of animals. Honest. It's just that the human psyche can only take so much pressure, so much fear, so much guilt, so many recommended new directions before it throws its hands up in despair and decides the whole thing is just too overwhelming to do anything about. In truth, it's really not the Earth Day fanfare that bothers me the colorful pomp and ceremony, the events, the television specials. Even the must-have items of clothing (I'm thinking particularly of overpriced T-shirts selling environmental awareness): they're not Debate persists on mothers working outside home Dear Ann: After having read five or six letters in your column from readers who seem to take"
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too He gave as an example an escape two years ago from the Laval penitentiary during which the convicts took a female employee hostage The guards decided not to shoot because of the hostage and both were suspended for 30 days Guards don't shoot at prisoners as if they're pigeons They know they are dealing with human beings We'll be the first ones ready to testify if there's a public inquiry Both the Surete du Quebec and Correctional Service Canada have begun investigations of the shooting Provincial police also are investigating the slaying of another prisoner about the same time at the Donnacona penitentiary west of Quebec City Andre Talbot, 39, former head of the Pacific Rebels motorcycle gang who was serving a 15-year sentence for manslaughter, was found sprawled across a picnic table in the exercise yard He had been struck in the back with a homemade pick We have 49 witnesses and at least one of them is guilty but we don't know which one,
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MARKETING SERVICES LTD 106316 6Nt - t i jr i j Iff nA x nihil I r h hr 4 President Bill Clinton gets a double dose of camera time as he greets people in Sacramento, Calif Testimony ends in Whitewater case REUTER LITTLE ROCK, Ark - Testimony in the Whitewater trial of two Arkansas bankers ended yesterday with defense lawyers insisting the case was little more than an election-year effort to hurt President Bill Clinton. "Any objective person would look at this case and conclude it was a political prosecution aimed at President Clinton," lawyer Dan Guthrie told reporters after the defense team rested its case. The two defendants, bankers Herby Branscum and Robert Hill, are accused of illegally converting bank funds into contributions for Clinton's 1990 campaign for election as Arkansas governor. They also are alleged to have conspired to hide from federal regulators two large cash withdrawals totaling $52,500 made by the campaign. Lead prosecutor Hickman Ewing claimed throughout the trial that Branscum and Hill deliberately broke the law to win favor with Clinton. Both men were appointed to influential state commissions after Clinton won the 1990 election.
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SATURDAY'S DELUGE The Heaviest Rainstorm Seen in Montreal for Years BURSTING OF A SEWER Floods Many Houses in Ste. Hypollite Lane Much Damage Done Throughout Ontario The heaviest thunderstorm of the season broke over the city on Saturday night People had begun to remark upon the great freedom we were enjoying from heavy storms this summer, but the one on Saturday night made up for all deficiencies It broke about 9 o'clock, and for a couple of hours the heavens were let loose It thundered, it lightened, it rained, it hailed, it blew At the height of the storm it thundered almost incessantly, and flash followed flash of lightning with such vividness and quickness that the mountain was in an almost perpetual glow, and the objects upon it were as clearly visible as at noonday Some of the peals of thunder were terrific, and one particularly, which seemed to be directly over the corner of Mercury and St. Catherine streets, was so loud as to cause the occupant of a store in that neighborhood to rush out of the building, through the blinding rain, across the street, under the impression that the structure was going to collapse The building, however, withstood the shock, and in due time the scared persons again took shelter under the cover of their own houses Probably the most remarkable portion of the storm was the heavy downpour of rain, as well as hail It did not come down even in big drops; it came down in sheets so dense that it was scarcely possible to see the road It gave the streets one of the most thorough scavengings they had for many a long day They simply became watercourses for the time being, and any refuse that was upon them was swept along like chaff before a whirlwind Pedestrianism was entirely out of the question, and all who had failed to reach home before the storm broke for once blessed the man who adapted electricity to locomotion There is an adage to the effect that ""It is all ill wind that blows nobody good,"" and the carter came in for his share of what benefits there were in the shape of fares Altogether the storm was the heaviest that has struck the city for some time The wind blew 40 miles an hour when the storm struck the city, and during the twenty-four hours traveled 175 miles The rainfall on Saturday, from about 8 to 10 o'clock (midnight), was 1.6 inches, and during yesterday 2.21 inches of rain fell in the city It is conjectured that the storm entered Canada at Detroit and swept westward across Ontario, doing much damage, considerable damage, but there was very evidently no loss of life The heavy rain on neighborhoods resulted Saturday evening in the flooding of the cellars and lower parts of the houses on St. Hypollite Lane, at or near Tularin street Shortly after 6 o'clock the heavy downfall of rain compelled a large number of the inhabitants to remain indoors, but to their surprise they found water creeping through the flooring and within a very few moments not only were their cellars flooded, but their furniture was seen floating in the sitting rooms, and before the inmates realized their danger they were standing in from two to three feet of water Severe excitement was occasioned when an invalid named French was taken out from No. 12 Hypollite Lane At first, it was rumored that the gentleman had been overtaken by the rising water and before he could be rescued he was drowned, this rumor fortunately was without foundation There are eleven houses in the upper part of St. Hypollite Lane, and not one escaped damage from the flood Several of the householders stated to the press last evening that they intended leaving the city The flooding of cellars is a phenomenon in many parts of the city The Montreal Street Railway Company were also the victims of Saturday night's storm The rain fell so heavily on St. Lawrence streets, while, before the rain had stopped, it piled up about two feet The service was delayed for over an hour, but a huge gang of men were soon sent to the scene and in a short time the line was cleared Solmer Park was not the pleasant place to be in during the storm, but the people there were better off than many others Sure the rain sprayed through the skylights and the wind swept it in from the west side, but it was not until the wind veered round to the south and blew clouds of spray through the immense auditorium that the people began to get uncomfortable It seemed striking to see people listening to a concert, for the program went on, with umbrellas over their heads, and startling peals of thunder lent an effect to the musical times that was noteworthy St. Helens Island and the rain-swept river would be recalled at times with remarkable distinctness A momentary flash of Victoria bridge by the lightning produced a thrill that Mr. Sparrow, no doubt, would give a good deal to be able to counteract the stage Occasions like this furnish views of the city which few dream of For a time last evening the rain was almost as heavy as on the evening preceding There were a large number of people who had reason to abuse this sudden storm and say hard things about the weather generally These were the passengers on an electric car, in the close vicinity of Alwater Avenue, that went off the track last evening, due, it is said, to the heavy rain washing the grit onto the track Matters had just started to get interesting when another and yet another car came up behind and in a short time there was quite a procession Considering the weather, the passengers evidently thought it the best policy to stay in the car and in a great many cases, sad to say, used violent language There was nothing to be done, however, but wait, and wait they did until about half an hour afterwards the car was placed again on the track and all was well again One result of the extremely heavy wind which preceded the storm was the breaking of a new and very heavy looking telegraph pole on Notre Dame street, near McCord The heavy timber was snapped as a twig, and had it not been for the quantities of telegraph wire which formed quite a netting, the pole would in all probability have crashed through a photographic studio, a not very substantial building in the vicinity The Storm up West Detroit, Mich., August 17 During a thunderstorm about noon today, lightning struck the United Presbyterian church, in process of erection at the corner of Grand River and Alexander avenues It killed one of the workmen and injured half a dozen others more or less seriously Simcoe, Ont., August 17 During a severe thunderstorm this afternoon, John Johnson, son of Humphrey Johnson, a farmer in the Ninth concession of Malahide, was killed by lightning Uxbridge, Ont., August 17 During a heavy electric and rain storm which passed over this vicinity today, considerable damage was done The barns of Thomas Dales, a farmer living about three miles west of here, were struck by lightning, and were completely destroyed together with the whole season's crops No insurance, it having expired but a week ago A heavy gale of wind accompanied it and did great havoc with trees, but more especially at Krieau, a summer resort situated south of here on Lake Erie, where all the tents occupied by campers were blown down and several yachts and sailing boats were driven from their moorings Picton, Ont., August 17 At five o'clock this evening a very heavy storm broke over this town The rain fell in torrents, accompanied by sharp lightning, some hail and a terrific wind, which tore up pieces of sidewalk, uprooted and broke shade and fruit trees, and partly unroofed some barns in the vicinity As yet no serious accidents have been reported The apple crop is much damaged Listowel, Ont., August 17 During the heavy thunder and lightning storm which passed over this place about 8 o'clock this afternoon, the barns on the farm of Dr. H. Smith, who carries an insurance of $1,000 on the contents in the Commercial Union, while an insurance of $1,000 on the barn, $800 on sheds is carried in the Guardian Parksville, Ont., August 17 One of the most destructive thunderstorms that has visited this vicinity for many years swept over here today Lightning struck the barn about a mile south of here owned by Mr. V. Gibb's and his hired man were drawing in peas, lightning struck the load, killing one of the horses and stunning both men Other places were also struck, but no further serious damage is reported Petrocoka, Ont., August 17 A very severe lightning storm passed over this town about noon today The chimney on the city hall was badly wrecked Mr. Kiddle's residence, also Mr. D. Sinclair's residence, was slightly damaged, and Miss Sinclair received a shock, but nothing serious About one hundred oil derricks were blown down Toronto, Ont., August 17 -(Special)- This city is in the throes of a terrific storm of wind and rain which struck Yorkville The trial heats between the four hundred entries for Tuesday's regatta were in progress at the time The storm hit the news, when out on the river, with all its fury The waves were lashed into foam, the boats were swamped, but the crews kept remarkably cool and saved both themselves and the boats from being smashed to pieces on the rocks The crews are in splendid shape for the races at the grand regatta on Tuesday next, 21st inst Exmouth, Ont., August 18 -A heavy thunderstorm passed over this vicinity last evening The barns of Arthur Swan, of Victoria Corners, and J. Brent, of Scott township, were struck by lightning and totally destroyed with all their contents Mr. Brent's loss is particularly heavy, as all this season's crop was in the barn excepting about three loads The barn of Silas Chisholm, about a mile from here, was also struck and burned by lightning, but the fire was extinguished before much damage had been done The insurances are not known St. Catharines, Ont., August 17 CABLE GOSSIP Earl of Derby has a Small Riot on Hand-Hard on Keir Hardie New York, August 18 The New London cable says: The late Canadian viceroy, Earl Derby, has engaged in combat with the inhabitants of one of his Flintshire manors, which tonight it is reported has developed into a small civil war They have enjoyed a shortcut footpath over the hill on his castle domain for three generations; he has now enclosed it with a high fence and ordered that admission to the hill and castle ruins shall be only by ticket Mobs of indignant villagers tore down the fence as fast as it was built and burnt the notice boards, and a Welsh member, who passed through the district today, tells me the expectation is that a force of Chester police will be brought out to coerce the crowd, which is quite resolved to resist Keir Hardie, who sails today for a lecture tour in America, deserves no attention from labor leaders or anybody else, and will probably get what he deserves John Burns really has something in him, but Hardie is a mere empty fraud, who won notoriety in the Commons only by wearing dirty old clothes and a coster's cap, instead of a hat of parliamentary tradition This would have been forgiven as a part of the general scheme of securing an audience if there had been anything genuine behind his affectations, and people tolerantly waited to see if there was, but in vain, a mere blatherskite, pure and simple Gladstone now issues a post-card judgment on some book or ethical problem submitted to him nearly every day, and, sad to say, the papers have taken to printing them in very small type in obscure corners One today contains the statement that he is personally grateful to science for all that it has done and is doing, but Christianity stands in no need of it, and is as able now as ever to hold its own ground A curious report is afloat that Swinburne is about to be made poet laureate and a friend who ought to be well informed says that it has always been a mistake to suppose that the Queen opposed him so strongly The great opposition, according to this account, came from Gladstone, and was based chiefly on personal grounds The appointment is, however, so strictly a royal prerogative and the Queen has so many things that the story seems to have a wishful thinking quality Aim I am in no doubt that Swinburne will get it after all London, August 18 -It is reported that the Marquis of Lorne has written a drama dealing with Scottish historical events, and that it has been accepted by one of London’s managers, who will produce it before the close of the present year The question of the development of mining in British Columbia is at present attracting much attention in financial circles in the city, and it is probable that several mining experts will visit the province in the autumn If the reports made by them of the result of their investigations shall be favorable a large influx of British capital may be expected Despite the heavy rain storms which occurred during the entertainment of Emperor William of Germany by the Earl of Lonsdale, his Majesty's visit was a decided success On the 12th instant the Kaiser shot fifty brace of grouse The Emperor greatly astonished his suite by appearing in an ordinary shooting suit instead of the theatrical attire that he wears on his gunning expeditions in Germany This costume consists of a braided tunic, high boots, a Tyrolean hat adorned with feathers This, however, his Majesty discarded on this occasion, having ordered from a London tailor a couple of hunting suits, grayish brown in color, and of a pattern similar to the Prince of Wales' shooting dress The Kaiser, it is said, has decided to adopt this costume for hunting, and his example will be followed by a majority of his suite His Majesty, during his visit to England, gave grave offense to Nazrulla Khan, the Afghan prince, who has for some time past been in England, by failing to ask the Prince to meet him, and by not sending him any message or letter The position of the Prince excites public curiosity It is known that he has received an almost unlimited number of hints from the Chinese government to leave England, and that she has told him that he need not again visit any member of the Royal family, and so Nazrulla never leaves the grounds of Dorchester House, where he is staying The governments of the countries also which it was Nazrulla's intention to visit have all positively refused to receive him The refusal of the Sultan of Turkey has been made public In it the Sultan states that, in compliance with a request of M. Nelidoll, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, he cannot receive the son of the Ameer if he should carry out his intention to visit Turkey MISSIONARY MASSACRE The Commission Arrives at Ku Cheng - Several Arrests Made Kiangsi, August 17 Mr. W. Minefield, a former British consul at Yichang, Mr. J. Courtenay Nixon, the United States consul at this place; Ensign Adam Waldos, of the American warship Detroit, and other members of the commission appointed to investigate into the massacre of missionaries at Ku Cheng, arrived at that place A number of important arrests have already been made in connection with the outrages The natives at Ku Cheng are quiet, but considerable alarm was created among them by the arrival of the commission and its escort of one hundred Chinese braves New York, August 17 -The Herald's special says: From the Chinese minister in reference to the recent massacres of missionaries, declared they were on this, as on previous occasions, mainly the work of ruffians, who had availed themselves of the exceptional circumstances in order to work mischief and loot property in the confusion which ensued In the town of Cheng-Tu, for instance, it is notorious that bad characters, who have their lairs in the neighboring mountains, had come into the town on the lookout for robbery, somewhat in a similar manner to that which prevails now and then in outlandish places in Western America, where rowdies ride in broad daylight and loot the banks With regard to the special case of the missionaries, it was to be noted that the German mission had not been attacked Thus the matter probably was to be traced to a special local concentration of circumstances and not to any outbreak of feeling against the missionaries as such His Excellency himself had been a mandarin in the Southern district three years ago, and he could vouch for the fact that the inhabitants treated foreigners, missionaries included, with greater regard than was usual among themselves But, the circumstances had been exceptional of late The Chinese had suffered defeat, and a sore feeling prevailed in consequence, which the foreigners, and the missionaries in particular, had not always made due allowance for; but, on the contrary, now and then had scarcely taken the trouble to conceal their poor opinion of the natives This had naturally led to ill-feeling, which the violent characters had done their best to foment COMPARATIVELY FAIR And Comparatively Cool Weather Promised for Today Toronto, August 18, 11 p.m. Pressure is comparatively low from the lakes to the Atlantic and highest over the west and northwest States Since Saturday showers and thunder storms have been general in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces while in the Northwest the weather has been fine Minimum and maximum temperatures: Calgary, 38, 60; Medicine Hat, 34, 70; Quebec City, 38, 60; Winnipeg, 44, 66; Parry Sound, 62, 68; Toronto, 68, 78; Montreal, 61, 78; Quebec, 60, 70; Halifax, 51, 71 Lake Northwest to westerly winds; fresh during the day; fine and comparatively cool Upper St. Lawrence Fresh westerly to northwesterly winds; generally fair and comparatively cool Lower St. Lawrence and Gulf Light to strong, southwesterly to westerly winds; cloudy to fair, with some local showers or thunder storms Maritime Moderate to fresh winds; mostly south and west; showers or thunder storms in many places; Manitoba Light to moderate winds; fine, a little warmer in most places
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THIS OTOK MONTREAL WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 1895 EE JIW EEGLAHD FLOOD The High Water Compelled Many Mills to Close Down WATER IS NOW RECEDING Unirthlll's Electric Light and OW-fll's I OW-fll's Street Railway System Compelled to Shut Down Yesterday Haverhill, Mass, April 16 The city is without electric lights tonight All efforts to keep the water out of the wheel pit at the plant proved useless The power at Sanders engine house was stopped by the overflow of water late this afternoon This will cause the stoppage of the machinery in nearly a dozen large factories, throwing 2,500 hands temporarily out of work It is thought that the freshet has reached its highest point at 8 o'clock tonight and will subside before morning Concord, II, April 16 Water in the Merrimac River has lowered eight inches since midnight, and is slowly receding The highest point recorded at the Concord and Montreal railroad shops showed the water to be 19 inches higher than in the great flood of October 1886 Lawrence, Mass, April 16 Nearly all the operatives of mills on the bank of the Merrimac River here were idle today because of high water Plymouth, K, April 16 Not since 1819 have the waters reached such a height as at present Railroads are not sending out any trains, mail and express trains are stalled, all telegraph wires are down and the only communication Plymouth has with the outside world is by the long distance telephone Highways, north and south, are flooded, and the railroads have suffered terribly Not since Sunday morning has a train left or arrived here over the Concord and Montreal road Great damage has been done at Lisbon Between Haverhill and Woodsville, on the line of the Concord & Montreal railroad, a washout about 300 feet long and 15 feet deep is reported HINWEFOETN, ME, April 16 Goodh, Walnut, Pearl, Maple and River streets, in this city, and Irving, Water and Lincoln streets, in Saco, are partially submerged, in consequence of the freshet People living in business streets are obliged to use boats to get back and forth from their homes Tool Island is completely submerged Lowell, Mass, April 16 The overflow from the Merrimac River has extinguished the fires in the boilers of the Street Railway Tower station, causing a complete tie-up of the system It is thought that the flood has reached its height R were on time yesterday, repairs to the numerous washouts having been already made A special is expected to arrive at about 8 a.m. this morning over the Central Vermont with the New York passengers delayed by the floods on board The water will be let out of the canal today so as to permit of the usual spring repairs being made The officers and committee of the Philharmonic Society will hold a conversation with the members of the church The date and place of meeting will be announced shortly Dr George Villeneuve, who is examining David Edward, Jr, who killed his sister at Outremont, as to his sanity, informed Judge Dugas yesterday that he would be able to make his report by next Monday In the Recorder's court yesterday there were forty-four cases, the heaviest fine being one of five dollars for fast driving All the other cases were the usual ones of drunks, loitering or not paying car fares The three handsome stained glass windows which have just been placed in St. Paul's Church, A boots ford, are the work of Messrs M The defendant pleaded that everything was in good order, and that if the heating apparatus was out of order it was owing to the plaintiff's fault The court maintained the allegations of the plaintiff as to the defects in the heating apparatus and in the gas-pipes The plaintiff had not proved his allegations as to the bad condition of the doors, etc Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $61, for defects in gas-pipes and heating apparatus, and it was ordered that repairs be made within a time fixed, or that the lease be rescinded Miufavi t vs Gai, Appeal, and Gaupku, T8 Judgment was rendered against the garnishee for $82, by Mr Justice Lohanukk TmiDi; vs Gai iikeau, and liit'it et al, opponents, and Cati dai et al, intervening This case came up on a contestation in law of an opposition filed by opponents The opponents opposed the sale of the immovable seized in this case, as substitutes of the substitution created by deed of donation on 17th August, 1811, and alleged that the substitution was not open The court held that the opponents were without right and without interest to oppose the sale of the immovable, so long as the substitution was not open (Articles 614 and 615) The contestation was therefore maintained, and the opposition dismissed By Mr Justice Davioson (,'oiinktte vs The City of Mjvrrtuvi The plaintiff alleged that he was proprietor of the house, corner of St. Denis and Marie Anne streets; that on the 28th and 29th August, 1892, his basement was flooded by the defendant's drain pipes in St. Denis street; that the pipe in question was not large enough, or fit, for the amount of water which it had to receive, and was in bad order; that in 1890 the same drain burst and caused plaintiff damage; that the plaintiff further protested on the 2nd September, 1893 The plaintiff claims $500 damages The defense was to the effect that if plaintiff's premises were inundated from the drain, it was due to unforeseen and uncontrollable climatic causes; that the bursting of the drain was caused by such a torrent of rain as had not been known for many years, and amounted to force majeure; that defendant had not been negligent; that the drain was well built and was in good order at the time The court held that the drain, which was about two by three feet, although not originally designed therefor, had been made to receive part of the drainage of Mile End and Cite St Louis, whereby it became seriously impaired for the efficient service of properties on St. Denis street in times of heavy rain The court further held that the drain was too small for the service imputed on it, and after the inundation complained of was in part relieved by an intercepting sewer While it was true that an unusually heavy rain fell on the 18th August, 1892, that fact could not constitute a defense of force majeure, having been preceded by fault and negligence on the part of the defendant, and the plaintiff was therefore entitled to damages As to the amount, the court held that the plaintiff was entitled to $80, loss of rent, and $150 general damages, making the total of $230, for which amount judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff SUBURBAN CHURCHES Annual Vestry Meeting-a Town In Suburban ST. MARK'S, LONlil'Kfll At a meeting for the purpose of appointing delegates to Synod, held on Monday evening, in the school-house, Dr PAGE EIGHT The New England floods Mr Dugald Graham talks about affairs on the other side, The H aid iniaud contest St John, N
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K I RTT ELECTION A large meeting in the interests of Mr Donald A Smith was held last week in the city of Winnipeg From the speeches it is evident that whatever may be the result of the elections, the late Government cannot boast of many ardent admirers in the province Through all the speeches the plea of independence was put forward as the platform upon which Mr Smith stands Mr Killam, for instance, who made the first speech on behalf of Mr Smith, admitted that many found fault with the present Government for their policy towards this country Ottawa was a long way off and down there they didn't understand our wants as well as we did here And then with a view, if possible, of securing some Conservative votes for Mr Smith, this particular form of argument was presented: if any one present desired the present Government to remain in power, it was his duty to show the Government what they should do to command our confidence Mr TTiUaTrt, like the Grit speakers generally, was not very accurate in his statements For instance, referring to the railway, he said: Since Mr Mackenzie went out of power only two hundred miles had been put under contract, and they all knew what had become of the first hundred miles As a matter of fact, one hundred and eighty miles were put under contract to complete the missing link between Thunder Bay and Selkirk, without which all the expenditure between these two points was useless Mr Smith himself took substantially the same view of the land regulations that the Gazette has taken He said: Very many settlers were not satisfied with 160 or 320 acres of land, but very properly desired to have a larger quantity And yet we have the announcement of the Globe that its special condemnation of the land regulations is that people can get more than three hundred and twenty acres, and that they should be so amended as to restrict settlers to that quantity Mr Smith too, indulged in some inaccuracies He said: He would for a moment compare the terms offered on the two sides of the line Where the price demanded here is $1 an acre, on the American side it is $2 per acre As a matter of fact, this statement is untrue There is a five-mile belt on the Canadian side at $5 an acre, and then a fifteen-mile belt next to that at $10, that is to actual settlers, while in the United States the land within twenty miles of the railways is all held at $10 an acre, and Mr Smith himself is holding his own alternate twenty-mile sections on the St Paul, Manitoba, Minneapolis Railway, at $10 and over, these alternate sections covering a very much larger area than the five-mile belt on the Canadian Pacific As a matter of fact the railway lands in the United States, which cover an average of ten miles on each side of the railways, have been sold at a price averaging very nearly $5 an acre It is too bad that Mr Smith, because he happens to have a lot of land for sale in the United States, should misstate the land regulations and the comparison which they bear to those of the neighboring republic Mr Smith was most particular to avoid declaring himself as a candidate of the Opposition On the contrary, his position is that of an independent determined to vote according to his view of the interests of the country, no matter what Government happens to be in power The late William Lyon Mackenzie, who was a true student of human nature, may well be your independent update has written on his forehead We do not say that of Mr Smith; but we do say that he has been mighty particular since he has been in public life, to be on that side upon which he thought his bread was buttered What the result of the election may be it is difficult to say It is quite clear that the Opposition have no hope whatever of carrying the constituency on party grounds In fact their only hope of success is, in what they are pleased to assume, the disaffection in the Conservative ranks in relation to the candidate, Captain Scott Our information is, too, however, that, in spite of all these hopes, Captain Scott will be elected by a majority MINERALS APPLICABLE TO THE FINE ARTS OR TO JEWELLERY The tenth class is that of minerals applicable to the fine arts or to jewellery Chief among those comprehended under the former part of this description is lithographic stone To deserve this name the limestone must be fine-grained and compact Beds having these characters are found between Hungerford and Rama on Lake Couchiching That of the township of Marmora yields the best, and the stones taken thence have given satisfaction to some of the most fastidious lithographers The band in which it occurs may be traced for a hundred miles, so that there is little fear of its making default for some time to come A stone was sent to Philadelphia in 1876 which presented facsimile autographs of all the Governors of Canada, except two French ones, from the time of Champlain to that of Lord Monck Repeated attempts have been made to quarry the stone and introduce it to the market, but they had been made in vain, at least as late as three or four years ago Among the dolomites of the Onondaga formation in the township of Brant, there is a fine-grained, yellowish-grey stone, which is said to be well fitted for lithographic purposes The locality is quite close to the village of Walkerton Specimens were recently exhibited with various impressions At Oxbow, on the Sangeen, specimens equally good have been obtained Porphyry is of sufficient occurrence in the pre-Silurian rocks of Canada to make it worthwhile to turn it to economic use A fine example of a crimson-black porphyry occurs in Grenville, Quebec; in other instances, it varies from green to bluish-green, with variegated colored spots Others have white or red crystals on a dark base Cut and polished, they are very beautiful, far surpassing in splendor the granites of Aberdeen Jasper conglomerate, perthite, amethystine quartz, agate, garnet, labradorite, albite, peristerite, orthoclase gneiss, veined with green epidote and a number of other products, of the fiery and forceful workmanship of nature and time, are to be found, simple or in various combinations, throughout our vast geologic area Peristerite, so-called from its dove-tinted opalescence, found in Bathurst, and in the Riviere Rouge, is a variety of albite and, when cut and polished, has a rare beauty Sometimes quartz is disseminated through the vein of feldspar; in other cases it occurs without admixture Perthite is a reddish orthoclase, a species of feldspar which is a constituent of granite, syenite, etc., and abounds in the Laurentian rocks The bands with which it is barred give out beautiful golden reflections The jasper conglomerate is admirably adapted for vases It is found in the Bruce Mines on Lake Huron Labradorite is an opalescent mineral and also makes beautiful vases Great masses of it are found in Abercrombie, Terrebonne county, and boulders, severed from there, are scattered over the plains farther south The amethystine quartz is well fitted for ornament It is found around Thunder Bay Already masses of it have been taken away, but there is still no lack to those who open new veins or follow the old ones The agates occur on the north and south shores of Lake Superior, especially on the Simpson and St Ignace islands, but the largest and best are found on Michipicoten Island, where they strew the shores in abundance, appearing as nodules in the trap, and in veins traversing it in all directions Box 1978 ALL THUNDER BAY SILVER MINING CO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT FROM QUEBEC Bacing party on the steamship Personal Sona Citizens' Hall Obit Atlanta ftuMl CSSMrt Quebec, September 6 Vice-Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, Captain Fisher and the officers of Her Majesty's ship Northampton have issued cards for a dancing party on board the flagship on Wednesday afternoon Mr Weston Hunt arrived in town from Europe today Mr Phillip Landry, MP, and Dr Landry are in town The Bishop of Nova Scotia preached at the Cathedral yesterday morning and at St Matthews in the evening A very violent storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain, broke out over the city shortly after midnight last night In consequence of the ball to be given by the citizens of Quebec to the officers of Her Majesty's ships How in port on Thursday night, Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock has given instructions for the vessels to remain here a day longer than was originally intended Mr Chas Henry, Inspector of the Quebec Bank, died here on Saturday evening The dramatic entertainment by the sailors of the flagship Northampton for the benefit of the Atlanta widows and orphans' relief fund, came off at the Music Hall tonight before a crowded house The acting was good, and the fine band of the ship added greatly to the evening enjoyment With regard to the rumor telegraphed here on Saturday to the effect that the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario declined to invite Lieutenant-Governor Bobitaille to Toronto during the coming exhibition, the Morning Chronicle says today: Not only did Lieutenant-Governor Robinson send an invitation to Lieut-Gov Bobitaille, but Mrs Robinson also specially invited Madame Bobitaille to be her guest on the occasion The utmost good feeling prevails among both the Lieutenant-Governors of the sister provinces FROM TOKU P Wilor Co and the law office of O'Kerill & Beston and thence went northeast taking Porter & Co's hardware store, water sewer, Masara's hardware store, Morris's produce warehouse, and ascending St Michael street destroyed F Gomez's tinware manufactory and the large warehouse of Porter & Co The stock of Bidgood & Co, stationer, Eastburn, bookbindery, H Farrew & Co, printers, Thomson & Powers, printers, and W Goodai, produce merchant, were considerably damaged The loss is estimated at $350,000, about two-thirds of which is covered by insurance LATEST SHIPPING NEWS New York, September 6 Arrived: Anchoria Iron sailing Pr: irETJTtiA, September 6 Arrived: H fr from Liverpool September 6 Arrived: Ameriqne from New York September 6 Arrived: from New Wrlc for Honduras West point September 6 Arrived: City of Hoi r-rKl er'jini; a New Y, I Ah-r from Boston, Sardinian from Montreal Midnight Despatches FROM ABILITIES Washington, DC, September 7, 1 a.m For New England: Higher barometer, cooler, north to west winds, partly cloudy, and possibly local rains For the Lower Lakes: Higher barometer, stationary or lower temperature, northerly wind, clear or partly cloudy weather The Lancashire strike London, September 6 The Lancashire weavers have formally resolved that this district shall be brought out on strike and supported by the other districts until the masters concede an advance of wages The selection of the district to be brought out was left to the committee on wages, with instructions to act immediately A resolution was also adopted, that in accordance with the desire of a great number of operatives, an emigration scheme should be pushed forward with all possible vigor It is not likely that the employers will suffer themselves to be attacked in detail, and it is probable that a masters' meeting will be promptly convened to order a general lockout Mormon recruits The steamer Nevada, which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last for New York, took out 347 Mormon recruits for Utah They are mostly English, Scotch and Welsh Another company of Mormons will leave next month for Utah The Baroness Burdett-Coutts The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who has set her heart on marrying Mr Ashmead Bartlett, is ill, in consequence of her friends' remonstrances The alien clause in the Duchess of St Albans' will cannot, it is said, apply in the case of Mr Bartlett, who, his friends urge, is in effect an Englishman There is a prospect of a run on Coutts' Bank, in consequence of the expected withdrawal of the Baroness from that concern Electoral corruption A commission has been appointed to enquire into corrupt practices at elections in seven boroughs, three being cathedral cities It is probable that there will be fresh legislation to reduce election expenses It is acknowledged that in Durham County $50,000 was expended in contesting four seats, representing 20,000 voters The Radicals call for prohibition of excessive expenditure Forced American kills The Vice-Consul of the United States at Manchester has written to the papers representing that attempts are being made to circulate forged American bank notes of the denomination of $50, purporting to be issued by the National Broadway Bank of New York and the Tradesmen's National Bank of the city of New York AstBrovriattoa bills The House of Lords met at ten o'clock this morning, passed the appropriation bills, and adjourned to 2 o'clock p.m. tomorrow Atmospheric disturbances Many severe thunder storms have occurred in Scotland Light showers fell here yesterday There is a general atmospheric disturbance throughout Europe Staffordshire nailers on strike London, September 1 Thirty thousand Black Country nailers will be out on strike in a few days THE ULTIMATUM OF THE POWERS London, September 8 A Constantinople despatch to the Times says it is expected that the Porte will receive the ultimatum of the Powers before the naval demonstration actually begins Kadri Pasha in jeopardy The Constantinople correspondent of the Times telegraphs as follows: The position of Kadri Pasha, the Prime Minister, is extremely precarious For some days past the Sultan has been speaking favorably of Server Pasha; his succession, however, would be only that of one puppet for another The result would be different if, as some expect, Mahmood Nedim Pasha becomes Premier A large part of the people are convinced that he is the only man who could save the country It is pretty certain that if he accepted the premiership he would make a vigorous effort to realize these expectations The Sultan has such confidence in Mahmoud Nedim Pasha that he probably would allow him more power than any other Minister The Albanian camps near Dulcigno A Dulcigno despatch, dated Sunday, to the Manchester Guardian says 3,500 Albanians are encamped outside of Dulcigno, and their numbers are constantly augmenting, as the Porte furnishes them with every facility in levying an army and transporting recruits The force at Gasinge and Tusa is similarly increasing Every day's delay renders the European task more difficult Some fanatical elements are collecting here The Christian population of the district find the situation intolerable, and long for the immediate execution of the European decision The Turks are resolved that Europe shall crack the nut, and they hope it may prove a hard one Montenegrin occupation The allied fleet London, September 6 The Montenegrins have already occupied some minor points in the ceded districts, but the Albanians hold the Tete de Pont on the river Zeem The British ironclad Temeraire, with Admiral Seymour on board, the British gunboat Falcon and the German man-of-war Victoria, arrived in the harbor of Ragusa yesterday Fourteen vessels of the allied fleet are now assembled at Ragusa As soon as the French division arrives, a council of war will be held under the presidency of Admiral Seymour, to decide upon the character of the operations Admiral Cremer, commanding the Russian fleet, has gone to Cettinge Final warning London, September 7 A Constantinople despatch says the Powers have informed the Porte that its last proposal concerning the cession of Montenegro is not satisfactory and the naval demonstration will take place The naval demonstration Ric, usa, September 6 All the vessels to take part in the naval demonstration have arrived except the French contingent
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The walkout will interrupt regular garbage collection and will affect street and sidewalk cleanup if it snows. Unless nine centimetres or more of snow falls during the walkout, blue-collar workers aren't obliged to clean the streets and sidewalks. Denis Lalonde, a spokesman for the Quebec Essential Services Council, said an agreement between the city and the union states that a sufficient number of workers must be available to clear snow only after 9 cm has accumulated. Under normal circumstances, streets and sidewalks are cleared after 2.5 cm has fallen. Michel Gohier, head of labor relations for the city, said yesterday that both sides have been holding direct negotiations since Thursday and it appears they are making progress. But Rejean Morel, vice-president of the union which represents the 5,200 city and Montreal Urban Community blue-collar employees, said the planned 72-hour work stoppage is likely to proceed. Local 301 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is demanding an 8-percent raise for its members who earn an average of $16.70 an hour this year and a 35-hour, four-day work week.
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John's Cloudy -4 -4 United States Max Min Atlanta Cloudy 17 4 Boston Cloudy 3 -6 Chicago Cloudy 2 2 Dallas Thunderstorms 11 2 Denver Cloudy 6 -7 Las Vegas Sunny 16 2 Los Angeles Sunny 26 9 New Orleans Rain 17 12 New York Cloudy 5 -3 Phoenix Cloudy 21 10 St. Louis Cloudy 7 -4 San Francisco Sunny 17 6 Washington Cloudy 12 0 World Max Min Amsterdam Sunny 8 1 Athens Sunny 10 2 Beijing Sunny 3 -4 Berlin Cloudy 5 -3 Copenhagen Sunny 6 1 Dublin Cloudy 9 5 Hong Kong Cloudy 20 15 Jerusalem Cloudy 10 2 Lisbon Sunny 12 8 London Cloudy 0 3 Madrid Sunny 9 -1 Mexico City Cloudy 21 9 Moscow Cloudy 0 -4 Nairobi Cloudy 27 14 New Delhi Sunny 21 10 Paris Sunny 8 -1 Rio de Janeiro Sunny 30 21 Rome Sunny 12 0 Sydney Sunny 30 22 Tokyo Cloudy 12 3 Resorts Max Min
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A Mormon elder now here says the prosecution of the Mormons for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds law continues. The Mormons, however, complain bitterly of the partiality displayed by the district attorney in not prosecuting Gentiles for the same offense, although it is notorious that many are guilty. The raid is prostrating business. Another Kahlite bank failure. Belleville, U, February 15. Considerable excitement prevails over the announcement of the failure of the Exchange bank. It is reported that the cashier absconded on Friday with $75,000 in deposits. The bank was a private concern managed by David and John Kent and Harrison Alexander, and recently lost heavily by speculating. The sheriff is in possession. Another blockade feared. Chicago, February 15. A driving snowstorm prevailed here today. Another blockade is feared unless the wind abates. There is a fierce blizzard in Iowa. Snow has fallen most of today in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Trains are reported laboring heavily or entirely abandoned. A foundering propeller. Milwaukee, February 14. It is feared the propeller Michigan, which left here a week ago in search of the steamer Oneida, has been lost. She was commanded by Capt. Preuneville and carried twenty men. The vessel is valued at $150,000. Minor items. The report that John Kelly is dangerously ill is false. Mrs. Kelly says her husband is feeling splendid. Every saloon keeper at Galesburg, III, and several in the towns adjoining have been indicted for selling liquor to inebriates and minors. At White Plains, X
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They feel that the use of too many foreign players hinders the development of Italians. However, a verdict last week in a court case will certainly open the door to even more foreign influence in Italy. The ruling said it was illegal for Italian teams to differentiate between EU players, which can be used in unlimited numbers, and players from the rest of the world. Current rules say teams can sign only five non-EU players and only three can be on the field at one time. The ruling, in a case brought by the delightfully named Nigerian Ikpe Prince Ekong, applies only to Serie C, the Italian minor leagues, but is virtually certain to be applied to Serie A and B. In fact, AC Milan and its five non-EU players - Brazilians Dida, Serginho and Roque Junior, Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko and Croatian Zvonimir Boban - fired off a letter to the Italian soccer federation after the verdict was announced, threatening its own legal action unless it is allowed to use all five foreign players at any time. Lazio also sent a letter threatening its own court challenge.
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So if you're looking for a way to beat the cold in style, try our Down-Filled Trench. It's yours in black, khaki and navy. And it's only at Holt's. FINAL "The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past." Andre Vallerand, minister responsible for Olympic Stadium, says the latest round of Big O repairs, including fees and compensation, will cost $25 million. PAGE A3 Snow won't go during walkout Striking blue-collar workers won't be obliged to clear city streets and sidewalks unless Montreal gets nine centimetres of snow or more. PAGE A3 Marcos faces 17 new charges New charges filed against Imelda Marcos accuse her of illegally taking money out of the Philippines. PAGE A12 Forestalling heart failure Researchers report a breakthrough in forestalling congestive heart failure: a variety of drugs are used to stop the development of heart disease. PAGE A14 The Canadiens run out of juice, losing to the Capitals. It's only the Habs' fifth loss in 20 games. PAGE F1 Separation: a regional affair?
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Some of these started out in a straight line, and continued so for a few hundred yards, when they suddenly stopped, and to find the continuation one had to look a quarter of a mile down stream. The dump seems to have grounded on the long wharf, and there it will probably stay. The whole population of the town seemed to have gathered in the central district to watch the progress of the flood, and many were speculating on the chances of a lengthened period of enforced idleness. All afternoon the water continued to rise, and by six o'clock Craig Street was impassable west from St. Urbain Street. The basements of the houses had long been flooded, but now the water rose over the side streets and the district between St. Denis and St. Lawrence Main was soon covered. Between Craig and Vitre, St. Constant and German Streets were perhaps the worst, and from the houses planks had been laid to the floating sidewalks. St. Elizabeth and Sanguinet were also partially covered, and Vitre Street in places resembled a chain of miniature lakes. St. Charles Borromeo, St.
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F L TICKETS: $2 tickets for Patriots in Boston, Monday Night, Dec 4, All in same section (311) 1-800-267-768 BON JOVI, Cornerfield, Offspring, The Hip, Barenaked Ladies, AMuettes, Canadiens, Buyselltrade 450-445-6676 SPORTS, CONCERT CANADIENS TICKETS Please call Jacob Riley 949-1661 Legal Notices ANY person having claims against the estate of Anne-Marie Dunn, deceased in the city of Montreal, on 28 August 2000, must submit a detailed claim in writing before 30 November 2000, to: Fernande (Savage) Berard, Postal Box 208, Gogama, ON, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS All claims against the Estate of Trevor Roy Sevigny, late of the city of St. Laurent, Quebec, who died on June 8, 2000, must be filed with the undersigned personal representatives on or before December 10, 2000; thereafter, the undersigned will distribute the assets of the said Estate having regard only to the claims then filed. Dated at Montreal on November 10, 2000 TD Trust Company, 600 de Maisonneuve Blvd, West, Suite 2920, Montreal, QC, H3A 3J2 WORLD BRITISH STORMS A rainy isle at best of times but now, SARAH LYALL New York Times YALDING, England - True, hordes of locusts have not yet emerged from nowhere in a demonstration of divine wrath. But after the rains, the floods, the wind storms and the torrents of raw sewage, the residents of this little country village would not be particularly surprised if they did. "Do you want to be really depressed?" asked Ian Scott, 55, beckoning down the path of his soggy garden, which did not smell very good, having been deluged by sewage-contaminated water three times in the last month. "I'll show you what's left of our house." It was a sobering sight. The floor was gone, stripped down to rotting wooden beams. The appliances were gone, having floated down the road or become so waterlogged by filthy water as to be unusable. And Scott and his wife are more or less gone, too. They are living in a rented house in a nearby village. Yalding is in a rolling valley in Kent, one of Britain's loveliest counties. Nestled picturesquely at the intersection of three rivers - the Teise, the Beult and the Medway - it is fortified to withstand the floods that come every year, spilling onto designated flood plains and lapping at doorsteps. But the village has not been at all prepared for the events of this fall: flooding so severe that firefighters have donned wetsuits and swam down the street, battling the current; flooding so severe that cars have floated away, houses have been destroyed and residents have had to be evacuated by boat. Were people in the rest of the country prepared for what happened to them? On and off since mid-October, Britain has been pummeled by rain, whipped by winds and buffeted by storms that have caused untold millions of dollars in damage, wreaked havoc with roads and trains, and left thousands of people without habitable homes. At least 12 people have been killed, mostly from trees falling on their cars as they tried to drive through the wind and rain. The army has been frantically distributing sandbags as communities try to shore up their defenses. In York, with water licking at the floor of his 13th-century residence, the archbishop of York said, "I feel like Noah in his ark." Meanwhile, government officials have begun to speak with a new plainness about the devastating effects of global warming, predicting that the freakish storms that have struck here and much of western Europe this autumn are harbingers of worse to come. So far this autumn, Britain - which was complaining of a drought two years ago - has endured 1.5 times the average autumn's rainfall, for the wettest fall since records began 273 years ago. "The storms and floods being experienced across the UK are a wake-up call to the serious environmental threat posed by climate change," the environment minister, Michael Meacher, said Wednesday. "Public opinion has underestimated just how drastic and severe these phenomena are, and it has brought it home to people better than a million political speeches." The floods have had a domino effect. Train travel around much of Britain, already in chaos after a spate of accidents forced officials to cut train speed and to begin an emergency repair program, is now an improvisational prospect at best. On any given day, huge swaths of track might be closed for repairs. Some sections might be covered in water. Others might be littered with leaves and tree branches. And others might be buried in sludge. It has been doubly difficult for passengers because the train companies do not seem to know day by day, or even hour by hour, which services will be disrupted or for how long. "Has this put people in a bad mood?" asked a ticket agent at Victoria Station in London the other day, as the voice on the loudspeaker announced that the train to Gatwick airport had suddenly been canceled because of "speed restrictions" on the line. "Everyone's always in a bad mood anyway, but now they finally have a reason." "I feel like Noah in his ark," the archbishop of York TOBY MELVILLE, AP An unidentified resident returns to her flooded home in York, England, yesterday, from the temporary accommodation where she had been living for the previous 10 days. The postal service has also been affected, with about 10 million first-class letters - one-eighth the daily total - delayed each day, mostly because the freight trains are running so sluggishly that the mail misses its next connection. In Lewes, Sussex, 35,000 letters and packages were soaked through when the post office was flooded, and then had to be destroyed after it was determined that they had been contaminated with raw sewage. At the Automobile Association, which monitors road conditions, operators have been scrambling to keep abreast of the latest dismaying information. "It's been an absolute nightmare here," said Paul Scott, a spokesman for the group. "A lot of main roads, minor roads and whole town centers have been completely cut off in some places. We're having to deal with flood warnings, road closures and trees falling, added to the usual rush-hour stuff." None of this is really relevant just now to Kelly Bailey, 34, who wandered into the Yalding post office the other day to find out - as everyone in the village has been doing - the latest news. (A flood-damage meeting called for Tuesday night was canceled due to new flooding.) Bailey has been living in a strange suspended state since the first storm, in October, when the rivers burst their banks and began to roll down the street in an inexorable tidal wave that rose to her knees in a matter of moments. When that flood came, Bailey and her husband were just putting the finishing touches on the interior of the barn they had lovingly converted into a house. The kitchen had just been fitted; the carpets were on their way. The couple, who had been living next door in a trailer, planned to move in before Christmas. But as they stood, open-mouthed, a low growl turned into a roar, and a brown cascade of freezing water began to chase them down the street. "We threw our rabbits and the dog into a truck," Bailey recalled. "The kids - the 3-year-old had no underpants on, only a shirt, and the 10-year-old wasn't wearing shoes or socks. The rabbits were squealing with the water coming up into their cages." The new house is ruined and the Baileys are back in the trailer (the rabbits and dog are living with Bailey's mother-in-law). But it seems that their troubles are not over. Meteorologists predict rain and more rain, and the feeling is that nothing is likely to return to normal anytime soon. As she looked up at the sky, Bailey was not at all happy to see the clouds gathering again. "I'm keeping my fingers crossed," she said. "But every time it rains now, I just feel sick." Titanic's Winslet marooned, Page D13 Uganda's Ebola deaths rise to 100 KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan health officials say an outbreak of Ebola that has already killed 100 people is contained to two areas, but the death toll will increase as infected people die. Four people died of the virus in a 24-hour period. Authorities had hoped to keep the disease in Gulu, an area 360 kilometers north of the capital, Kampala, where the outbreak was first reported in mid-October. But last week, experts confirmed that a Ugandan soldier who had visited Gulu died of the disease in Mbarara, a town in the south. Yesterday, Alex Opio, the assistant commissioner for national disease control, announced that two men died of Ebola in Mbarara, 280 kilometers southwest of Kampala. Two other deaths were reported in Gulu, he said. All four were within 24 hours.
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THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008 EDITORIALS FOUNDED JUNE 3, 1778 BY FLEURY MESPLET ALAN ALLNUTT, PUBLISHER ANDREW PHILLIPS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RAYMOND BRASSARD, MANAGING EDITOR BRIAN KAPPLER, EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR KATHERINE SEDGWICK, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR CATHERINE WALLACE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR BERNARD ASSELIN, VICE-PRESIDENT, MARKETING, READER SALES MARIO BELLUSCIO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WENDY DESMARTEAUX, VICE-PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS STEPHAN LI GAL, VICE-PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING SALES JEAN-PIERRE TREMBLAY, VICE-PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY STILL NOT ASSURED Montreal is not ready for another ice storm Nobody who coped with the ice storm of 1998 will forget it Ten years ago this week, much of southern Quebec was hit by a crippling storm of freezing rain which went on and on, giving way to bitter cold The storm left the city, and much of the rest of Quebec, crippled and desperate and shivering Mighty power lines crumbled like toys Roads and bridges were made impassable, thickly coated by ice Power-supply problems for the city of Montreal water plants left us within two hours of being out of drinkable water That would have been catastrophic: No way to transport fresh water in; no way to get the water plants running Fortunately, power to the plants came back just in time It was an anxious time, a real crisis Yet through the dark, cold nights of no power, Quebecers discovered within themselves unexpected reserves of sympathy and helpfulness Neighbours looked after one another People opened their houses to strangers needing shelter As The Gazette's Peggy Curran reports today, farmers came into town with truckloads of cut wood, leaving it at shopping malls for whoever needed it Jason Hughes, director of Co-op La Maison Verte in Notre Dame de Grace, told Curran, ""The ice storm really changed my life You really saw how fragile things were, and yet how people could come together and do remarkable things"" Farmer Dean Thomson in St Paul d'Abbotsford is still full of admiration for the hydro crews, from Quebec, the Maritimes and the northwestern United States who worked around the clock at minus 30 in the middle of the night Now, 10 years on, many people take pride in the idea our sense of community was tested, and proved to be hearty and inclusive Still, nobody wants to go through that again So 10 years later, we should be asking this: What if we had another ice storm, or similar crisis? Would we be ready this time? We should, 10 years along, be able to respond with a resounding Yes But we can't Take the most serious of all the problems from 1998, the near-catastrophe of running out of drinking water At the time, power for the production of tap water was not among Hydro-Quebec's top priorities It came in the second tier But after the storm, drinking water became the leader among Hydro-Quebec's top priorities, Montreal's director of drinkable water production told the Journal de Montreal But there's still no secure independent source of power for the city's two main water filtration facilities, Atwater and Desbaillets Rolls-Royce, with the help of the provincial government, built a 50-megawatt electricity generator designed to supply electricity to the filtration plants But that generator is still not independently capable of powering the two plants The city insists the situation will be corrected as soon as underground electrical cables are laid - in 2010 This isn't good enough It is a shock the most serious of the problems that came to light in the ice storm is still not completely corrected Across the province, it also became clear municipalities of all sizes were woefully unprepared to deal with a major disruption, never mind a full-blown crisis Too many towns and cities were found to have no emergency plan at all As a result, in 2001 the Quebec government ordered municipalities to draw up emergency plans capable of coping with disasters It was a popular move The government that issues such an order looks as though it is really taking charge But Quebec provided no money for preparing such plans This kind of ""unfunded mandate"" is not always quickly and fully obeyed by hard-pressed cities, to put it mildly The result? One in five Quebec municipalities still has no master emergency plan in place With or without funding, after 10 years this is irresponsible We should be able, on this 10th anniversary of the country's worst natural disaster, to look back secure in the knowledge that everything has been done to make sure we are safer than we were then But we can't and there is no excuse for this THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008 FROZEN IN TIME What stands out for many is how the experience shaped us, challenging our perceptions of ourselves and our colleagues, our capacity for kindness THE ICE STORM CHANGED US ALL Story by PEGGY CURRAN The Gazette WHEN IT WAS OVER, when all the houses were warm again, when it was safe once more to turn on the Christmas lights and shower for more than a minute, when fresh cords of wood were stacked to dry by the shed, we were different It wasn't simply that the landscape had changed, that the maples had cracked and fir trees had snapped and apple trees would sprout when they were supposed to bloom - although that was true, too It wasn't that the 92-year-old twins were rescued and the miracle baby was safely home and the wedding guests actually made it through the ice and snow to see the perennial bachelor marry his Russian bride It wasn't even those recurring nightmares of another bleak midwinter spent in a dormitory filled with 200 restless strangers, or that instinctive flinch whenever rain starts to crackle or icicles go forth and multiply When Montrealers talk about our dark, shivery, Dr Zhivago moment on the brink of the unknown - a few days for some, several sodden and stinky weeks for others - we remember cold nights and candles, layers of sweaters and marathon Scrabble games and the tinny sound of news bulletins on a transistor radio We take pride in our pioneering spirit and rugged ingenuity Yet what shines through for many is how the experience shaped us, challenging our perceptions of ourselves and our colleagues, our capacity for kindness and stamina, our ability to appreciate everyday heroes in our midst and even reimagine the way we live our lives This was no tsunami, no Katrina, no 911 Horrible and harrowing as it was while it lasted, claiming 35 lives and costing billions of dollars, for most of us, the impact of the ice storm of January 1998 was fleeting And yet for many, especially those on the front lines, it forever shifted their sense of community and even how the world is supposed to work ""This is a project I started with friends after the ice storm, because of the ice storm,"" said Jason Hughes, director of Coop La Maison Verte in Notre Dame de Grace, where members can buy fair trade coffee and phosphate-free detergent while looking for ways to build a better planet ""The ice storm really changed my life You really saw how fragile things were, and yet how people could come together and do remarkable things"" In January 1998, Hughes was coordinator for the N.G. resident Lillian Bradley Foster, who spent the ice storm looking out for the elderly, says: ""I would like to think that the whole city is a little bit more aware that people live in isolation But have we really moved ahead great leaps and bounds?"" GAZETTE the crisis was over, the memory with citizens was very positive Leclerc and Parker can't help seeing parallels between the way Montrealers reacted during the ice storm and during the shooting rampage at Dawson College last year, when students found sanctuary in nearby shops, Concordia University opened its doors and a women's shelter made sandwiches ""Whenever there is a crisis like that, Montrealers help everybody That's the bottom line,"" Parker said ""I think the people who lived through it were the wiser For that little time, you forgot all your other problems You had this thing to worry about, and the family And I think it really did bring everybody closer ""Everyone should go through something like that once in their life,"" said Robert Lortie, 55, who retired last month as chief of operations at Concordia University's Sir George Williams campus Ten years ago, he was co-ordinator at Loyola when the ice storm toppled trees and blacked out the west-end campus for two weeks ""It's the best experience I had at Concordia,"" Lortie said ""That's when you learn the capacity and the imagination of your employees - how far they can go and how dedicated they are, who has the big Concordia sign on his chest It was really a very good experience, something that changes you forever"" Ten years on, there's little evidence Thomson's Orchards in St Paul d'Abbotsford suffered any lasting damage from the ice storm About five per cent of Thomson's 30,000 trees were completely destroyed, while thousands more young trees required radical pruning and restructuring, which set crop production back for two or three years Today, the farm Dean Thomson's great-grandfather founded shortly after the First World War has expanded dramatically, with more than 100,000 trees growing 15 varieties of apples on 200 acres Still, it doesn't take much to jog Thomson's memory, whether it's the click-click of freezing rain hitting the window on a dreary morning or a glimpse at the mounds of dead maples rotting in the glen at the bottom of their property ""There were so many that in the spring after the storm, we went to try and clean it up, but it was impossible I don't even go down there anymore, it's too depressing It used to be this bucolic spot where you could ski under the trees Now it's just a bunch of old sticks ""Yes, it will come back, but not in my time Maybe in 60 years Right now, it just looks as if something has been demolished It's like losing old friends It was someplace that was special, and now it's not"" Yet he retains some remarkably positive memories of those 3 weeks when the whole family bunked together in his parents' three-bedroom house, waiting for Hydro-Quebec to rebuild the South Shore grid ""It made you realize how the life we lead is way too fast"" He credits Hydro crews, aided by reinforcements from the Maritimes and the northeastern United States, with getting the job done in the bitter cold that descended almost as soon as the rain stopped ""It was midnight and minus 20 Celsius, minus 30 with the wind chill, and this hydro team from New Brunswick was working around the clock You would hear people complaining about people being paid triple time, but I figure anyone who was out there at minus 30 in the middle of the night restoring electricity deserved what they got"" Barry and Ora Beloff now have three children - Samantha, 9, Brooke, 8, and Spencer, 5 - to show for the Jan 18 wedding they once feared would be hijacked by the ice storm, the blackout and 100 strangers who had been camping at the synagogue ""I'm an emotional guy to begin with, but I remember walking down the aisle, being more emotional than usual, thinking, 'We got through this' You heard of people dying or having to go to the hospital I remember feeling very blessed It was a very spiritual night"" At 3 a.m. that morning, when the guests had gone home, the newlyweds stopped at the Westmount Lookout where Beloff had proposed two months earlier ""We were just looking at the city and this magnificent vast beauty of lights and ice and saying look what we've been through in 60 days and it sort of worked out pretty well"" Russ Williams spent 15 years as a member of the National Assembly for the West Island constituency of Nelligan, where he racked up fairly embarrassing majorities, even for a West Island Liberal Still, Williams never felt the love quite as intensely as he did during the ice storm, when he went glad-handing with a portable generator, a six-pack and a bag of potato chips ""I felt like Santa Claus going around giving everyone juice,"" Williams says of those days and nights he and neighbour Len McDougall spent spreading joy - but mostly heat - to folks in Beaconsfield and beyond Ten days later, when the worst was over for Montreal, McDougall shipped his generator off to a family friend in St Jean sur Richelieu, where power wouldn't be back up for a few more weeks Williams, now president of an agency that represents research-intensive pharmaceutical companies, still has his generator stored in his Ottawa garage ""I turn it on every month or so, just to make sure it still works in case I ever need it again"" He likes to think he launched his neighbourhood patrol not because he was a politician but because he could ""There was this sense of vulnerability, that the situation was out of your control The ice storm really showed us the power of Mother Nature and who was really in charge"" But that was later, something we were going to have to discover for ourselves, the hard way. EDWIN MONTILVA REUTERS DNA tests from Clara Gonzalez de Rojas, mother of kidnapped Colombian politician Clara Rojas, were used to check whether she is the grandmother of Emmanuel, born in captivity. $1947 V $1339 V $1425 V $1767 A 1 SffiSI\'IiSS GENERATION GAP Is your language clappin? You'd better read this LUKE BAKER REUTERS London - If your mouldies are giving you the cringe then perhaps it's time you bought them this totally nangbook. A 13-year-old English schoolgirl has had a surprise publishing hit with The A-Z of Teen Talk, a dictionary of teenage slang that's proving popular with parents and children alike. With definitions for words such as ""fudge"" (a really stupid person), ""nang"" (cool) and ""mouldies"" (parents), the dictionary appears to be helping out-of-touch parents recommunicate with their lingo-obsessed offspring. ""It sort of helps bridge the gap,"" said Ingrid Parris of Ravette, the publishing house that picked up the book, sent in as an unsolicited manuscript by Lucy van Amerongen, a schoolgirl still sporting a ""tin-grin"" (someone who wears braces). ""Teenage language is becoming more and more impenetrable, so adults who use some of these words might find they get more respect from their children."" Van Amerongen came up with the idea after her parents complained they couldn't understand what she and her sisters, age 11 and 23, were saying to one another. She decided to ask friends at her private boarding school to come up with their best slang suggestions, which she then compiled into a 40-page book. The publisher made an initial print run of 5,000 copies, but the mini-dictionary proved such a success in the run up to Christmas that a reprint of 6,000 is already on the cards. As with many things teenage these days, several words owe their origin to mobile phones and text messaging, such as ""book,"" a synonym for cool which comes from the fact if you try to text ""cool"" it comes up first as ""book."" Others trace their roots to TV programs or are offshoots of American slang, while some are particularly English, such as ""ledge,"" which means someone who is greatly admired - a legend. Here's a selection of words and their definitions: Clappin - out of date Phat-free - uncool, rubbish Shizzle - someone you really admire, as in ""she's a shiz"" Cratz - Thanks Hench - a tough boy, as in a henchman Cringe - embarrassment, as in ""your parents are a cringe"" Antwacky - unstylish or old-fashioned Cotch down - hang out, chill out or sleep Klingon - younger children, like irritating young brothers Flat roofin' - overworked at school, stressed Za - abbreviation for pizza Fudge - a really stupid person, derived from the grades they might be expected to get in their exams - F, U, D, G, E Zep - a yob or lower class person Oudish - very cool, excellent Starting January 14, VIA will add a new, early-afternoon departure in each direction to its Montreal-Ottawa route. To see our new schedule, visit viarail.ca. Britney loses rights to see sons Court ruling after she's taken to hospital in hysterics JILL SERJEANT REUTERS Los Angeles - A family court yesterday suspended Britney Spears's visiting rights to her two young sons after the pop star was hospitalized in a fit of hysterics over their handover to ex-husband Kevin Federline. The Los Angeles court commissioner handling the bitter custody dispute between Spears and Federline suspended the pop star's visiting rights at an emergency hearing, a court document showed. The document, first obtained by celebrity website TMZ.com, said Spears' visitation with the minor children is suspended pending further order of the court. It added Federline was awarded ""sole legal and physical custody"" of the boys. The order is in effect until Jan. 14. The court order was issued as Spears, 26, spent the day in a Los Angeles hospital, apparently under mental evaluation. She lost custody of the boys in October last year but had been allowed court-monitored visits three times a week. But at the end of their visit on Thursday night, police were called to her Los Angeles home when she refused to hand the boys back to Federline's representatives. Television pictures showed Spears being taken out of her house strapped to a gurney and driven to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in an ambulance after a four-hour standoff in which the pop singer reportedly locked herself in a bathroom. Los Angeles police spokesperson Jason Lee said Spears was under the influence of an unknown substance and was being detained and evaluated in the hospital. Us magazine, citing a source at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, said Spears had been designated a ""special needs"" patient and was under constant watch. Another source told Us magazine that in the ambulance Spears had to be restrained like a mental patient and she ""was going between laughing and hysterics."" Spears lost primary custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, one, to Federline after her life spun out of control following their divorce, her stints in rehab, a bizarre head-shaving episode and reports of drinking and drug use. She is currently undergoing court-ordered random drug and alcohol tests and parenting lessons. Plane down in sea Caracas - A plane carrying 14 people, including eight Italians and one Swiss passenger, crashed into the sea close to a group of Venezuelan islands yesterday and had not yet been found. Rescue workers in speed boats and helicopters were still searching for the twin-engine aircraft nearly 10 hours after it went down. The officials said the pilot reported engine problems just before contact was lost with the Czech-made 19-seat LET L-410. The plane was flying to the Los Roques archipelago from Caracas but reported engine trouble and never arrived at its destination, an air rescue worker said. 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Hingis tested positive for cocaine on June 29 at Wimbledon and although the Swiss player denied she had taken the drug, an independent Anti-Doping Tribunal found, after a two-day hearing, that she had committed an offence. The two-year ban is effective from Oct. 1, but the 27-year-old Hingis has already announced her retirement. The ITF said in a statement ""The Tribunal rejected the suggestion made on behalf of Ms. Hingis that there were doubts about the identity and or integrity of the sample attributed to her."" Hingis's results from Wimbledon, where she reached the third round, and subsequent events last year have been wiped out and she has been ordered to repay $129,481 in prize money. She has three weeks to appeal the decision. Nadal faces Moya in Chennai Open semis: World No. 2 Rafael Nadal eased into the semifinals of the ATP Chennai Open in India, setting up a duel with Spanish compatriot Carlos Moya. The other semifinal will feature fourth-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny against promising Croatian youngster Marin Cilic. Murray races into Doha final: Andy Murray set himself up as favourite to win the fourth title of his career when he beat top-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Qatar Open final in Doha. Murray faces Stanislas Wawrinka, the unseeded world No. 36 from Switzerland, who upset Ivan Ljubicic, the defending champ from Croatia, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Davenport easily takes Auckland title: Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport continued her impressive return to the WTA circuit, outclassing France's Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-2 to win the Auckland Classic in New Zealand. The 31-year-old American comeback mother needed only 51 minutes to dispatch the 20-year-old Frenchwoman. Since returning to competitive tennis in September following the birth of her son, Davenport has won 18 of 19 matches and three of four tournaments. United States takes fifth Hopman Cup: The United States capitalized on Jelena Jankovic's injury to beat Serbia 2-1 in the final and win its fourth Hopman Cup in six years, at Perth, Australia. Aided by a one-match headstart in the final after Jankovic forfeited her singles match, Serena Williams and Mardy Fish claimed the title with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win in the deciding mixed doubles clash. JANUARY 20, 2008 AT THE BELL CENTRE YOU COULD WIN ONE OF 50 FAMILY PASSES FOR FOUR TO ATTEND THIS SPECIAL PRACTICE, log onto CANADIENS.COM AND ENTER BY FILLING IN THE DAILY CLUE, Today's clue: koivu GET AN ADDITIONAL CHANCE TO WIN AT PARTICIPATING METRO STORES! In collaboration with CJAD THE WEATHER TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network Make the right call EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Montreal area Today's high -1 Tonight's low -4 Cloudy with sunny breaks in the morning with flurries developing in the afternoon. Winds light. Windchill -5. Tonight, cloudy with 40% chance of flurries, 40% chance of showers. High 5 Low 2 The Weather Network regional synopses Monday 80% chance of rain High 6 Low 0 Tuesday Forecast Issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow Quebec City Light snow -4 St. Jovite Light snow -3 Trois-Rivières Flurries -3 Flurries -2 70% chance of showers High 11 Low -5 Wednesday 60% chance of rain or snow showers. High 4 Low 0"" Sun J moon Sunrise Moonset 7:34 am 5:32 pm Sunset Moonset 4:25 pm 1:36 pm The Weather Network 2007 Total daylight: 8hrs 51 min NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS shown today Jan 8 New Year 22 Jan 30 Full Abitibi-Temiscamingue High -2 Low near -4 Flurries Laurentians High -3 Low near -4 Light snow Eastern Ontario High -1 Low near -2 Flurries Southern Ontario High 2 Low near 1 Rain and snow Quebec City High -4 Low near -5 Light snow Eastern Townships High -2 Low near -6 Partly sunny Northern New England High 0 Low near -2 Cloudy Gaspé High -6 Low near -7 Variably cloudy TEMPERATURE CONVERSION -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 °C -13 -4 5 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 °F UV INDEX CI Moderate High Extreme 2 hours 07 minutes to sunburn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records Max Min Precipitation Heating Degree Days Yesterday -2 measured in mm 28 Temperature yesterday -19 Month to date 1 Oct to date 44 Month normal 72 NA Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date -1 8 10 -5 0 -134 days normal 19 Canada today World today Max Min Max Min Iqaluit Sunny -36 -37 Amsterdam Rain 8 5 Yellowknife Cloudy -13 -17 Ankara Sunny -3 -11 Whitehorse Snow -14 -16 Athens Cloudy 11 3 Vancouver Showers 8 5 Beijing Cloudy 7 -1 Victoria Showers 7 3 Berlin Cloudy 2 -4 Edmonton Cloudy 1 -8 Dublin Showers 7 5 Calgary Cloudy 4 -1 Hong Kong Sunny 20 16 Saskatoon Sunny 2 -5 Jerusalem Cloudy 16 7 Regina Sunny 3 -3 Lisbon Cloudy 15 10 Winnipeg Cloudy -1 -7 London Cloudy 10 7 Thunder Bay Sunny 2 -1 Madrid Cloudy 11 1 Sudbury Snow 2 1 Mexico City Sunny 20 4 Toronto Rain snow 2 1 Moscow Cloudy -11 -14 Fredericton Cloudy -4 -11 Nairobi Cloudy 27 14 Halifax Cloudy -2 -3 New Delhi Sunny 20 3 Charlottetown Sunny -3 -6 Paris Rain 9 7 St John's Cloudy -4 -7 Rio de Janeiro Rain 28 23 Rome Rain 12 8 United States today Max Min Stockholm Snow 0 -4 Atlanta Cloudy 12 2 Sydney Rain 29 24 Boston Cloudy 3 -1 Tokyo Sunny 8 3 Chicago Cloudy 3 2 Resorts today Dallas Cloudy 21 15 Max Min Denver Windy 11 0 Acapulco Sunny 31 23 Las Vegas Showers 12 5 Barbados Sunny 29 24 Los Angeles Rain 13 8 Bermuda Showers 18 14 New Orleans Cloudy 21 15 Daytona Showers 21 12 New York Cloudy 6 2 Kingston Cloudy 28 23 Phoenix Showers 19 11 Miami Showers 23 18 St Louis Cloudy 10 8 Myrtle Beach Cloudy 15 5 San Francisco Rain 11 9 Nassau Cloudy 26 20 Washington Cloudy 9 3 Tampa Cloudy 24 12 UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP Stingers have Gaiters' number ANOTHER 2-POINT WIN Damian Buckley finishes with 23 points, 10 assists RANDY PHILLIPS THE GAZETTE Damian Buckley might be the best go-to guy in Canadian university basketball Buckley struck for six straight points during the final four minutes, including a two-point field goal with seven seconds left, as the No 3-ranked Stingers held off a tough Bishop's Gaiters squad 72-70 at Concordia Gym last night as play in the Quebec men's basketball league resumed following a month-long break Buckley finished the game with 23 points and 10 assists for the double-double as the Stingers improved to 4-1, while handing the Gaiters (2-3) a two-point loss for the second time in two games between the teams this season ""Damian Buckley took that game over like he does most of the time,"" Bishop's head coach Eddie Pomykala said ""I can take Damian Buckley taking that shot at the end It was contested, but that's a great player making a great play at the right time"" The third-year point guard's play was magical as he shouldered the burden of a team hit with injuries to fourth-year veterans centre Jamal Gallier (ankle), and forward Dwayne Buckley (knee), Damian's older brother, who has been sidelined most of the season and remains out indefinitely Without Damian Buckley's play, Stingers head coach John Dore might have held his nose all the way into his team's dressing room, not just down the hall leading to it, indicating the Stingers' performance overall after returning a few days earlier from a non-conference tournament in the Maritimes had left a lot to be desired ""I wasn't pretty,"" Dore said ""This is our fourth game in eight days and travelling back from Halifax, with all of the delays and all of that stuff it was fortunate we were able to get through it with a win But we still can play better than we did tonight"" Bishop's, inactive for more than a month with the exception of a scrimmage against St Michael's College two days before, came out strong and rolled to a 16-3 lead halfway through the first quarter, but the Stingers found their legs and led 39-36 at halftime The second half was a see-saw affair that saw the teams tied for the last time at 66-66 with 4:12 left to play before Damian Buckley sealed things The Gaiters, who got a team-high 17 points from forward Hermon Tesfaghe-briel, left knowing they deserved a better fate despite being outrebounded 40-31, including 20 on the offensive glass The Stingers, who also got 13 points from James Clark, entertain the McGill Redmen at 4 pm today The Concordia women won for the first time in five games this season as guard Ebony Morris scored eight of her team's 15 points in overtime in a 70-65 win over Bishop's Stingers advance: Host Concordia skated to a 5-1 win over Red Deer to advance to today's 3 pm championship semifinal against Guelph or Carleton in the 40th Theresa Humes Women's Hockey Tournament at Ed Meagher Arena Emille Luck led Concordia with two goals, while Mary Jane O'Shea had three assists The tournament defending champion and No 1-ranked McGill Martlets got two goals and an assist from Ann-Sophie Bettez in a 6-2 win over Moncton and will face Ottawa in another semifinal at 12:30 rphillipsthegazettecanwestcom MONTREAL DIARY Time for romance After the stresses of the holidays - and the resultant breakups - January is a busy month for the Misty River matchmaking service Page B2 montrealgazettecom JANUARY 1998: DAYS OF DARKNESS Watch newscasts from the ice storm Download The Gazette from Jan 5-12, 1998 View reader photo galleries and videos and read stories about how fellow Montrealers fared Share your memories of that icy week Catch up on the series as it unfolds Part 1 of a nine-day series CORDON BECK THE GAZETTE 1998 The Biosphere on Île Ste Helene As the storm intensified, the ice wrapped branches and wires in a sheath of ice THE ICE STORM TIPTOES IN Story by PEGGY CURRAN The Gazette DAY 1, MONDAY, JAN 5, 1998 Montrealers wake up to the annoying tap-tap-tap of ice pellets slapping the windowpane Rush-hour traffic this first morning after the long Christmas-New Year's break is treacherous Bridges are congested and harried motorists are having trouble keeping the steady build-up of ice off the windshield Planes are delayed for de-icing and sections of Highway 15 close briefly when a truck jackknifes ""There's a lot of creative driving out there - a guy behind me was scraping his windshield as he was driving,"" says CBC Radio traffic reporter Dave Rosen He describes road conditions as ""bloody awful"" Downtown, on Sherbrooke and Ste Catherine Sts, cars slide and pedestrians inch along the crust of ice that now coats the lumpy mounds of snow that haven't been picked up after a snowstorm on Dec 30 Crews are sanding and salting, but the city has no plans for a major clean-up ""Most of the snow from the last storm has melted and road and sidewalk conditions, generally are good,"" says city official Pierre Bonin Taxi-driver Jafr Khazaii disagrees ""It's so slippery it's bad for business People don't want to go outside,"" Montreal police constable Andre Leclerc, walking the downtown beat, recalled sidewalks hadn't been cleared and cars couldn’t park ""It was like cross-country skiing"" Still, nothing so special about that, says his former partner John Parker ""Next thing you are going to tell me you never saw anyone from public works, but you don't see them all winter anyhow"" Besides, over the years, he and Leclerc had perfected what Parker calls the Montreal shuffle ""We don't pick our feet up We shuffle along because if you pick them up, you are going to fall"" By afternoon, just over a centimetre of rain had fallen, with Environment Canada calling for more freezing rain and drizzle Parker, who lives on the West Island, di
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The first parties were mostly destroyed and the bridge thickly covered with their bodies. A daring lead was required; waving his helmet, Lt.-Col. Merritt rushed forward shouting Come on over, there's nothing to worry about here. He thus personally led the survivors of at least four parties in turn across the bridge. Quickly organizing these, he led them forward and when held up by enemy pillboxes he again headed rushes which succeeded in clearing them. Although twice wounded, Lt.-Col. Merritt continued to direct the unit's operations with great vigor and determination and while organizing the withdrawal he stalked a sniper with a Bren gun, and silenced him. He then coolly gave orders for the departure. When last seen he was collecting Bren and Tommy guns and preparing a defensive position which successfully covered the withdrawal from the beach. MANITOBAV QUEBEC GAZETTE 35 years ago, Inuit sent to High Arctic. MONTREAL MARCH 18, 1990, Final edition 50 CENTS seeks recognition referendum to confirm the decision.
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but they are absolutely intolerable where the penalty is death, the London-based group said in a statement issued in New York The organization said a delegate who visited Kuwait reported that alleged collaborators with Iraq have not been allowed to prepare adequate defenses and have been kept from seeing their families, lawyers and doctors The delegate, who wasn't identified, said he saw two prisoners who appeared to have been tortured Amnesty also said charges against defendants often are exaggerated For example, an electrician and a plumber could face the death penalty for complying with Iraqi orders to repair a toilet cistern, the group said Also, people convicted by the martial court can't appeal The trials so far have been defective in all the critical phases in the pre-trial period, during the hearings themselves and afterwards in the lack of defendants' right to appeal to a higher tribunal, Amnesty said Hussein 'excellent' after heart problem ASSOCIATED PRESS AMMAN King Hussein, in hospital with an irregular heartbeat, assured Jordanians from his sickbed yesterday that he will soon be back to work The royal palace said the 55-year-old monarch, who has a decade-long history of heart trouble, was in excellent condition after being admitted to hospital Monday night at the kingdom's army hospital,
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"This work was a revelation of the vast resources of modern instrumentation, and its repetition will produce a crowded house. The last concert of the Festival will open with the overture to Wagner's ""Rienzi,"" to be followed by a work new to Montrealers, Mackenzie's ""Story of Bayld,"" Gossip of the Stage: Richard Mansfield is to play a dramatization of the novel $10,000 a Year. Auku, the Daily intends producing Tennyson's play, ""Maid Marian,"" next month. Geo. V. U. J. Ut of Henripes Disaster in the Channel: London, February 23. As despatches continue to be received the list of maritime casualties due to the fierce gales which have just swept over the coast of Great Britain increases. Among the wrecks is the Norwegian timber barque Dronning Sophie, which went ashore at Galley Head, a promontory of Ireland in county Cork. Her crew of eleven men were saved. A large steamer bound from Glasgow for South Africa is stranded at Merry Castle, county Wexford.
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S National Weather Service HEATWAVE The cool is coming Stultifying temperatures in Montreal weren't the worst around MARISSA LAROUCHE-SMART THE GAZETTE Yesterday was really not today will be pretty hot But it won't last, Environment Canada says Montrealers can breathe easier knowing the sweltering heat will abate when a cold front rolls in tomorrow The province of Ontario is experiencing record-breaking electricity usage, mainly because of the demands of air-conditioning. The heat is being felt in parts of the United States. Ontario residents felt like they were cooking yesterday as temperatures soared to the mid-30s C, with a record-breaking 37C in the southern border city of Windsor. As the mercury climbed, people seeking some sweet, cool relief cranked up their air-conditioners and fans, setting a record for energy consumption, said the Independent Electricity System Operator, which monitors the province's power production. In fact, the record was smashed by lunchtime, despite urgent pleas for power conservation. The previous mark of 26,160 megawatts was set on July 13, 2005.
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Daly put a 6-iron approach 20 feet from the cup on No. 5. Bradley, a newcomer to the PGA Tour, was unable to match his play of Thursday, shooting a 74 for 138. Of the three Canadians playing, only Dave Barr of Richmond, B.
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Shops on the Isle of Wight closed early on Saturday owing to the hurricane. At Newry many houses were unroofed. At Leeds the roof of a dwelling collapsed, killing the daughter of a workman. The mail train between Durham and Darlington was twice stopped by the gale. The large Nokomis, Capt. Murphy, which sailed for Londonderry on January 10th for Baltimore, and which returned to Lough Foyle for shelter, parted her cables and was driven out to sea. It is feared the vessel and all hands have been lost. The iron chapel at Newcastle was demolished, and the roof falling killed a woman and two children. A heavy snowstorm raged in many places. There have been numerous marine casualties around the coast, the trisia reports having had a rough passage, with heavy gales and tremendous sea. The railway station at Elmswell was blown across the rails, blocking traffic for some time. London, January 24 seven bodies have been washed ashore at Hythe. Paris, January 27 A destructive storm raged here last night. A temporary panic was caused among the audience at the Port St.
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Eastern Townships High 27 Low near 15 Partly sunny, maybe an isolated afternoon shower. Northern New England High 29 Low near 18 Partly sunny, maybe an isolated afternoon shower. High 20 Low near 12 Mostly cloudy, isolated afternoon showers. Intervals of sunshine, the chance of a shower. High 26 Low 17 Weather systems forecast for 8 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. 1996 MTI Inc WARM FRONT COLD FRONT STATIONARY HIGH FRONT HIGH PRESSURE RAIN SNOW THUNDERSTORM The GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1996 Learning how to pitch Two prospects must be aggressive Jeremy Powell won Expos organization pitcher-of-the-month honors for June and Javier Vazquez keeps winning games. The two young right-handers are learning how to pitch - how to use their fastballs - in the Class-A South Atlantic League. Both were drafted in June '94 - Powell in the fourth round and Vazquez in the fifth. Powell turned 20 last month, while Vazquez reaches that milestone tomorrow.
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Passed the following vessels: May 6th, in lat. 53鎺?01' north, long. 60鎺?west, steamship Greenland, bound east; 7:30 a.m., lat. 60鎺?11' north, long. 49鎺?14' west, a Donaldson steamer, bound east; 5 p.m., lat. 40鎺?49', long. 48鎺?5', steamship Peruvian, bound east; June 1st, barque showing signal letters UNDC, bound to Quebec. Capt. Moore, of the steamship Siberian, from Liverpool, reports: Had fine weather up to Cape Hano; from thence to Cape St. Mary met large quantities of ice; passed several vessels in the Gulf bound up. Pilot A. Gohell reports three barques and two tugs above; also other vessels in the river. SILVER FREIGHTS.
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Canadian peas, 6s 7d, Indian wheat shipments to the United Kingdom, 37,500 qrs; to the Continent, 7,600 qrs, London Minneapolis straight flour, 17s, No. 2 Club Calcutta wheat, ex-ship, 19s 8d, present and following month, 28s 3d, American mixed maize, ex-ship, 22s 3d, On the call board today one car of No. 2 oats was sold at 40c. The other offerings were: 10,000 bushels No. 2 white oats at 41?c afloat this week, bid 40c, no sale; 2 cars No. 3 hay at $14 on track, no bid; 2 cars of No. 2 hay at $13.50 on track, no bid; 2 cars of No. 2 hay at $13.25 on track, no bid; 2 cars of No.
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then ban talks for 15 years, unity panel told The country needs a rest, we've had enough PHILIP AUTHIER GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC Any deal on the constitution must include a ban on more constitutional talks for 15 years, the federal unity committee was told yesterday Julius Grey, a Montreal lawyer, said Canadians have been exhausted by constitutional debates and need time to deal with the economy and the protection of social programs The generation of politicians which has led us to this point should not have another chance to redefine Canada, Grey said the provision need not be entrenched in the constitution and could take the form of a federal-provincial agreement The critical point is to keep the subject off the public agenda because reopening it could lead to national disintegration, he told reporters later If it's reopened in two or three years, the anger and frustration will be such that people will throw up their hands and say 'To heck with it' The country needs a rest, We've had enough of the constitutional industry Making its first and only appearance in Quebec, the parliamentary committee heard a distinctly federalist message yesterday Sovereignists boycotted the committee's hearings,
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JUBILEE HELPS PRICES Butchers Take Advantage of It to Mark Up Their Goods - The Leading Market (From our own correspondent Liverpool, May 1) The general course of business in the principal open markets of the country is, on the whole, satisfactory, and for the best descriptions of cattle and sheep prices are well sustained. Lambs are coming forward more plentifully, but their condition is below the average, owing to the bleak weather experienced for some weeks back. As regards imported stock sales this week show a slight falling off in values - Glasgow values perhaps excepted, partly due to the heavy supplies and partly owing to the weather, which, for a couple of days, was very thundery and accompanied by torrential showers. So far as can be estimated the outlook for this season is still favorable to the Canadian exporter, as all the conditions that lead up to good markets are everywhere noticeable. These may again be briefly stated here, although I have already referred to them. To begin with, the war is virtually over, and although this may seem a very remote contingency or disturbing element in connection with our Canadian cattle shipping still, as affecting business generally, it must be taken into account. Then the supplies of native cattle and sheep are very moderate; indeed, in some districts there is a shortage on both, while the quality of native mutton is admittedly below the average. In the industrial centres an unusually active state of affairs is reported, the shipbuilding, engineering, iron and coal industries particularly enjoying the benefit of big orders in hand. These branches cover a wide area of industrial England including, of course, Scotland and Wales. The manufacturing districts in Lancashire, the Midland Counties, with Birmingham, Leicester and Sheffield thrown in, all report trade satisfactory, which is about as much as the phlegmatic Britisher can be brought to admit, even if he is coining money. Arthur Soavn, the diamond jubilee commemoration is expected to bring an extra million of people to the capital, and as they must bring with them at least a tenner, that means a wonderful addition to the turnover of the London shopkeeper. Of course the tenner will not be all spent in meat and drink, but a share of it must go to the hotel, restaurant, or boarding-house keeper, and thus indirectly to the butcher and baker. Already the astute, far-seeing carver of carcasses is putting his prices up on the score of its being jubilee year, you know, and if a customer wants to know why such an event should offer good and sufficient cause for adding a penny per pound to his meat, he is informed with a mysterious air that things are awful dear to buy, especially the extra choice meat as I have to get for such customers as you. Here is a specimen letter from the London Echo: BUTCHERS AND BEEF Sir, The butcher with whom I have been dealing for the past few years has raised all his beef 1d a pound, and gives as his reason for doing so that it is the Jubilee year. I cannot but think it would be a matter of public interest to know if this sort of imposition is to be general in this heavily-burdened and long-suffering metropolis. I am, sir, your obedient servant. Now, if the butcher is going to raise his price, the wholesale man is not above doing the same, and in turn why should not the live stock salesman get another half sovereign for his client, the Canadian exporter, who has in days gone by put many a fiver in the pockets of them all. Thus it goes round. John Bull is to pay more for his bit of meat, and all those interested in shipping it, slaughtering it, selling it, and serving it, have to be helped out of it. And now we infer from all the different items set forth above that the export season should be good, and that from the Manitoba ranches in the lovely Northwest to the sunny-faced butcher in the crowded quarters of Liverpool, Manchester, London and Glasgow, there will be the happiest possible recollections of Her Gracious Majesty's wonderful reign. The picture is so bright and cheerful one can hardly think it possible there is another side to it. And yet there is. I forbear, however, from dwelling on it, simply contenting myself by remarking that freights on United States cattle have jumped up 10s a head already, which would suggest that somebody else was going to have a bit out of the jubilee profit besides the butcher and the cattle exporter and not a little bit either.
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Q. SIBBALD, 3 WINDSOR HOTEL, MONTREAL Telegraph and Telephone Supplies, STEEL AND IRON BEAMS MIDDLETON & MEREDITH, 30 St John Street, Montreal Contractors Supplies Wheel and Draft Scrapers, Side Dump Cars, Wheelbarrows, Hooter and Hard Pan Ploughs, Clay and Rock Picks, Mattocks, Shovels, Morse Power Hoists, Wrenches, Derrick Castings, WOVEN FENCING, WIRE, COPPER and STEEL in STOCK, 14 SECOND-HAND WHEEL SCRAPERS Lowest Prices on application to JAMES COOPER, 203 St James Street, Montreal. STEEL RAILS TWO GREAT SHOW STORMS One Extends Over America and the Other Over Europe. TRAFFIC IS PARALYZED In Western Canadian Cities, and at Many Points In the United States Disasters In England. Yesterday appears to have been most remarkable as far as storms are concerned. Sunday evening's despatches brought the news that a very severe blizzard was prevailing in Kansas. This storm has since spread all over the Western states, going as far south as St. Louis, where the phenomenal fall for that latitude of four inches of snow was recorded. Chicago's winds never blew before as they did yesterday and from all points in the Western states come the same reports of unprecedented snowfalls and heavy winds. In Canada the storm, or another, appeared at an early hour yesterday morning, and by six o'clock the electric car services in all the important points west of Toronto had been completely paralyzed. This continent was not alone. The cable reports extraordinarily high winds as prevailing in Great Britain, attended by many shipwrecks, while reports of the same nature come from Europe as far distant as Austria, showing that the European storm was almost as widespread as the American. IN CANADA, Yesterday's Storm Paralysed all the Western Ontario Towns. TORONTO, February 12. The snow storm here was one of the worst recollected by the average citizen. The streetcar service was badly blocked early in the afternoon and electricity gave way to horse power in the outlying lines. Unchanged street electric cars were kept running with difficulty all day. Drifts were formed in many streets to the depth of several feet. Trains coming into the city were very late. Meetings announced for the evening were in every case very thinly attended, and the streets were empty tonight. No damage in the city is reported from the storm at present. ST. CATHARINES, February 12. A terrific wind and snowstorm has prevailed here most of the day and is still raging. The electric street railway car line is knocked out and traffic generally demoralized. LONDON, LONDON, Ont, February 12. The storm today was the severest that has visited this city this winter and was made up of wind, sleet and snow; it completely paralyzed business. The wind reached its greatest velocity about noon and prevailed with undiminished strength for the remainder of the day. Comparatively little snow fell, but what there was was blown into drifts about the sidewalks and pavements. On the eastbound railroads trains were running a little behind time owing to the storm. NIAGARA FALLS, Niagara Falls, Ont, February 12. The worst snowstorm of years struck town this morning. A regular northeast gale blew the snow in all directions. Towards evening the gale reached a terrific force, piling the snow up in piles eight to ten feet deep, completely suspending traffic on the streets. The horse cars to Drummondville shut down for the night early in the afternoon. The electric lines on both sides of the river, after fighting the storm, gave up in despair. The railways are having their hands full trying to keep their lines open for passenger traffic only; passenger trains on all the lines are running from three to five hours late, freight traffic being abandoned. HAMILTON, Hamilton, February 12. A genuine blizzard struck here today. A snowstorm, accompanied by a very strong northeast wind, has been raging nearly all day. The electric service is entirely suspended and street traffic generally is much impeded. Trains east and west are pretty well on time and from the north and south the service has been kept up fairly well so far. WINDSOR, WINDSOR, Ont, February 12. The Windsor, Sandwich and Walkerville street railway lines were tied up by the storm about 10:30 this morning, and the cars stand in the street where they were deserted by their crews. Traffic and business of all kinds is almost entirely suspended. The ferry boats are almost deserted and it is almost impossible to make a landing on the other side. The water in Detroit River is rapidly backing from the lakes below and has risen nearly three feet since yesterday, the current being at a perfect standstill. It is almost an impossibility to run the car ferries, and trains on all roads entering Windsor are several hours behind time. THE AMERICAN END. It Began In Kansas and Ended In the Atlantic. CHICAGO, February 12. The worst blizzard that ever struck this city, so far as the weather bureau records show for twenty-three years, is raging here. Street traffic is greatly impeded and walking is accompanied with great danger to life and limb. Many persons have already been injured by being blown to the ground, against walls and street posts by the wind. The velocity is eighty miles an hour, the highest ever recorded for this city and almost double the velocity of the wind which is blowing a blizzard in the Western states. The wind was so furious at the corners where skyscrapers are built, especially the Monadnock annex block, bounded by Jackson, Van Buren and Dearborn streets and Custom House place, that extra policemen gave all their attention to the pedestrians. Dozens of women were lifted off their feet and blown to the ground, or else pushed across the streets until they came in violent contact with walls, posts and other obstacles. Mrs. Brahany, of No. 361 South Clinton street, a charwoman at the Art Institute, was lifted in the air and dashed against the fireplug of the Dearborn and Van Buren street corner. Two of her ribs were broken, and it is believed she is internally injured. She lay in the snow drift until men rushed to her rescue, and the police ambulance took her home. The gusts of wind and blinding particles of snow frightened men as well as women from attempting to cross Dearborn street at Van Buren. The effect of others kept them within sheltering doorways. Civilians and policemen became a volunteer brigade, and on the principle that in union there is strength, they locked arms with the belated police workers and crossed in safety. At the stockyards there was a practical suspension of business all the morning. No buyers were to be seen. Stock trains were late, and when they did arrive were covered with snow. In the suburbs the storm was felt with rather more severity than in the heart of the city. One of the big front windows of the Leland hotel was blown in early this morning at the very beginning of the storm. The glass was blown clear across one of the parlors by the force of the wind, but the window was boarded up before any serious damage was done by the snow. The drifted snow and the high wind played havoc with the mail. Nearly all the mail trains were late, and from some of them no tidings were received until late in the day. All the roads suffered, both the eastern and western trains being from one to eight hours late. The driving snow made signals on the railroad tracks practically useless, and caused a collision between two freight trains on the West Shore tracks near 97th street and Stoney avenue about noon. Luther J. Webster, fireman on the second train, had his foot crushed. More accidents were reported to the police today resulting from the high wind. In spite of the fearful weather and the condition of the streets the ambulances were kept busy a large part of the day. BLOOMINGTON, Ill., February 12. A violent snowstorm raged throughout central Illinois all today. The snow is ten inches on a level, and is badly drifted. Many trains are delayed, and one passenger train on the Big Four is stuck in a drift near Tremont. There are drifts here five feet deep. INDIANA, FORT WAYNE, February 12. The great blizzard reached this city at four o'clock this morning and is still raging. All streetcar traffic was abandoned at an early hour. Every railroad centering here is blocked and traffic is practically suspended on all lines. WABASH, February 12. The heaviest snowstorm of the season raged here yesterday and today. The wind blew sixty miles an hour. The thermometer was below zero and the suffering among the poorly clad and half-housed people on the big prairie north of here is fearful. NEW YORK, SARANAC LAKE, February 12. The worst storm of the season is now raging here. The thermometer has dropped 42 degrees in four hours and now registers eight below zero. Snow is falling and aided by a terrific west wind is drifting badly. NEW YORK, February 12. The city tonight is covered with a mantle of snow several inches thick. Travel of all kinds is greatly impeded. The storm is the most severe one of the season and is expected to last until tomorrow night or Wednesday morning. The thermometer is down to 20 degrees, and the wind is blowing from the northeast at the rate of thirty miles an hour. Railroad traffic is almost demoralized. All trains are behind time, and the mails from the south and west are greatly delayed. The ferry houses are blocked with belated passengers waiting for the overdue ferry boats, which are compelled to run at a considerably reduced rate of speed. The elevated railroad trains are delayed. The effect of the snow is felt on the outskirts of the city, and the markets are stagnated by the lack of farm produce, the roads being almost impassable on account of deep snow drifts. Sergeant Dunn, of the weather bureau, said tonight that this storm was but the advance guard of one more severe, which would be followed by a very cold wave. Danger signals have been ordered up all along the coast and vessels have been warned not to leave port. At the rate the snow is falling tonight it will be a foot deep by the morning. Reports from all points throughout the state indicate that the storm is general and very severe and that traffic is greatly impeded; trains are badly delayed everywhere. Despatches from New Jersey report a similar state of affairs. The storm along the New Jersey and Long Island coast is particularly severe. A high northeast gale prevails, and the air is thick with flying snow. Mariners off the coast will have a hard night of it. It is probable that several wrecks will be reported tomorrow. The life-saving crews have doubled their patrols and are on the alert so as to promptly answer signals of distress. One wreck was reported tonight. It occurred on Rockaway Beach, opposite the Arverne hotel. The Arverne life-saving crew cannot go to the relief of the vessel on account of the blinding snowstorm and the high and heavy sea which prevails. The vessel is stranded some distance off shore, and her size or the crew she carries cannot be ascertained. The fate of the crew is in doubt, but their position is an extremely dangerous one. NEBRASKA, OMAHA, Neb., February 12. Nebraska is snowbound. For the past twenty-four hours a terrific blizzard has prevailed throughout the state. The fall has been about twelve inches and, following the eight-inch fall of snow on Thursday, makes the depth at least twenty inches. The cold is extremely severe with few exceptions. Omaha traffic of every description is suspended. Trains in every direction last night were abandoned. The mail trains are being got through with difficulty. The high wind has been piling the snow in great drifts. Reports from the interior show stock is in good condition and farmers are pleased with the immense snowfalls, as it assures a fine winter wheat crop. OHIO, CLEVELAND, February 12. A severe wind and snowstorm from the northwest struck this city this morning. Nearly all trains are late. Streetcar traffic is almost entirely suspended. FREMONT, O., February 12. In a blinding snowstorm, which had been raging all morning, freight train No. 40, westbound, and eastbound light freight No. 25, on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad, collided two miles west of Bellevue about 10:30 o'clock. Both engines and several freight cars were smashed and piled up in confusion. Engineer Connell, of light freight No. 25; Fireman McMullen, of engine No. 25; Brakeman Johnson, of freight engine No. 28; and Engineer Samuel Stowell, of engine No. 28, were killed. MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 12. Without warning from the weather bureau a veritable Kansas blizzard struck this city at 11 o'clock last night and continued up to 6 o'clock tonight. Rain, hail, sleet and snow alternately swept over the city before a high wind. At daylight the street railways had abandoned efforts to run cars till the tracks were cleared by snow plows. All the railway trains that were not abandoned entirely were late, the Alton express from Chicago being eight hours behind time. The snow is four inches deep, which is phenomenal for this latitude, as time passed the storm increased in severity and at 2 p.m. the wind had risen to a 30-mile gait, with the thermometer 8 degrees above zero and falling. The casualties are numerous, but none serious. The overhead wires look like masses of white ropes and many have been snapped by the weight of ice. Two horses were shocked to death by coming in contact with a broken live wire. Telegrams from all points from the South and West show that the storm is widespread and disastrous. MISSISSIPPI, NEW ORLEANS, February 12. Advices received here today and tonight indicate that a storm approaching in violence a cyclone is raging in Mississippi, and that the town of Newton has been wiped out of existence, but as the telegraph wires are all down full particulars cannot be obtained. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 12. A special from Jackson, Miss., says: A terrible cyclone passed between Martinsville and Beauregard, 40 miles south of here, at a late hour at night within a few miles of a patch of the terrible cyclone of April, 1884. The cyclone was about a mile wide and everything in its path was leveled. A great many houses were swept from their foundations, trees twisted off, fences destroyed, several people killed and a great many seriously injured. KANSAS, KANSAS CITY, February 12. The worst snowstorm in years raged all over Kansas and Missouri last night and today, for not a single train was on time. The snow averaged from one foot to two feet on the level. High winds accompanied it, and at some points it is 20 feet deep. In many sections schools were closed today. In towns with street railways the service was paralyzed. The snow was dry and the telegraph service was not injured. TOPEKA, Kan., February 12. All railroads in Kansas are blockaded with snow and scarcely a wheel is turning in the state. VESSELS ASHORE, LONG BRANCH, COLD WEATHER. That Is What the Probs Say of Today's Weather. Meteorological Office, Toronto, Ont, February 12, 11 p.m. The storm which was developing in the Lower Mississippi valley last night has divided into two parts, one moving to the lake region and the other to the middle Atlantic coast. Gales with heavy snow are prevalent in Ontario and decidedly colder weather is general in the Dominion. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Esquimalt, 32, 42; Calgary, 12 below, 18; Edmonton, 16 below, 8; Qu'Appelle, 20 below, 4; Minnedosa, 2 below, 40; Toronto, 7, 10; Montreal, 2 below, 6; Quebec, 4 below, 6; Halifax, 6, 18. Lake fresh, to strong northerly to westerly winds; cold weather; gradually clearing. Upper M. Lawrence fresh to high winds; cold weather. Lower St. Lawrence and Gulf strong winds; gales, east and north; decidedly colder, with snow. Maritime strong winds and gales; northeast and east; cloudy with snow. Manitoba fair; continued decidedly colder. MONTREAL'S RECORD observations taken at McGill College Observatory FEBRUARY 12. H g K -Wind-, If B Weather, d A : : : : T 2, S 00 30, 457 3, 3 87 Clear. February 12. The old Government House conservatory, which cost the province $3,000, collapsed last night under the weight of snow. Since the Government house has been closed up by Attorney-General Blair the premises have rapidly decayed. James H. McLeod, a well-to-do farmer of Johnston, Queen's county, perished in Saturday night's storm. His horse got home and after daybreak McLeod's body was found about one mile away on the road. A wife and family survive him. Paxton Baird's dwelling and barn on St. John street, Woodstock, were burned this morning. The house and furniture were insured for $1,500. Carroll Ryan will open a branch of the Murphy Gold Cure in St. John on the 20th instant. All the St. John newspapers today made kindly editorial mention of the late John Livingston. Mayor Peters has aroused the ire of the temperance folks by stating that he will pay no attention to petitions against granting liquor licenses so long as the applicants for license secure the legal number of ratepayers to the applications. The Church of England institute holds daily half-hour noon-day religious services for men in Orange hall during Lent. Today's service, conducted by Archdeacon Brigstocke, was largely attended by business and professional men. Resuscitation Method. Yesterday afternoon the Fire hall in No. 1 Fire station was crowded with firemen who could be spared from their duty, to hear and see an illustrated lecture by Professor Killick, of the Turkish Baths, on life saving, new ladder work, and how to resuscitate quickly firemen and others overcome by smoke. Among those present were Chief Benoit, some of the tub-chiefs, Alderman Stevenson and Dr. de Cotret, the physician of the brigade. Dr. de Cotret, at the lecturer's invitation, will study the system, which is the invention of Dr. Howard, of London. In the center of the hall a ladder was erected, which ran up to the ceiling, to which a double whip, or rather endless rope with a single block pulley was attached, with the tail end tied to the upper rung of the ladder. He demonstrated that it was possible to rescue individuals from four floors by swinging themselves into belts attached to the endless rope, the life belts being so distanced when being drawn up that they corresponded with the windows. The last part of the lecture was taken up by showing how to resuscitate anyone overcome by smoke. KILLED BY A SAW. ROSSEAU, Ont., February 12. Mr. John Richardson, of Windermere, was engaged in shoveling snow off some saw logs this morning when one of them accidentally started to roll, striking him on the head and crushing it in a frightful manner, instantly killing him. He was picked up immediately afterwards by his companions but nothing could be done for him. His remains were brought to Rosseau and Dr. Waddy, having examined him, notified Coroner Bely of the accident and he considered an inquest unnecessary as no blame could be attached to anyone in any way whatever. A Doctor Injured. BRANTFORD, Ont., February 12. Dr. Davidson, of Cainsville, was this morning driving with a team and carriage and when crossing the Grand Trunk railway track about four miles north of Brantford, was run into by the morning train from Brantford to Harrisburg, the buggy smashed to pieces, one of the horses instantly killed and the doctor seriously injured. The train stopped and the doctor was brought to the Brantford hospital. As far as can be learned his injuries are an arm badly broken, a leg broken and a bad cut on the head. NOVA SCOTIA LEGISLATURE PROROGUED, Halifax, February 12. The local Legislature was closed today by the customary speech, one clause of which was as follows: This being the fourth session of the present General Assembly, it will probably be unnecessary to again summon you to the performance of your legislative duties. The Assembly will be dissolved at an early day, and the usual steps will be taken to enable the electors of the province to choose representatives to serve for another term. There were 110 bills passed by the Legislature this session. WANTED $1,000 for the Job. HALIFAX, February 12. A propeller and shaft for the disabled steamer Forsttholme will probably be obtained from England. The salvage said to be claimed by the Priam, which towed the Forsttholme to port, is placed at $25,000. MR. SARAH Muir, of Minneapolis. For Women Hood's Sarsaparilla Is Especially Adapted to Cure Difficulties Peculiar to the Sex - the restoring and invigorating properties of Hood's Sarsaparilla, combined with its power to vitalize and enrich the blood, render it peculiarly adapted for all troubles peculiar to women that tired feeling, or debility caused by change of season, climate or life. Hood's Sarsaparilla has accomplished very gratifying results in many cases, read the following: I was for a long time a sufferer from Female Weakness and tried many remedies and physicians, to no good purpose. One day I read one of the Hood's Sarsaparilla books, and thought I would try a bottle of the medicine. It made so great a difference in my condition that I took three bottles more and found myself perfectly well. I have also given Hood's Sarsaparilla to the children, and find that it keeps them in good health. I am willing that this shall be used for the benefit of others. MRS. SARAH Muir, 808 10th av., 80, Minneapolis, Minn. HOOD'S PILLS cure all Liver Ills, Biliousness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache. LAST NIGHT'S RACES ON ICE. Breen Defeats McCormick. Snowshoers At Work. A Friendly Doubles Match. Luetqne Wins the Pool Match. General. The success of the championship races in Montreal has given an impetus to skate racing here that was to a certain extent unlooked for. After the first attempts at the Amateur championships great possibilities seemed to be on hand, and then the professionals came along. The Montreal Snowshoe club added to the attraction of their races by offering a purse for the professionals and medals for the amateurs. This arrangement was so enticing that such a shrewd man as T. W. Fairman Keeree, Geo. H. Baird, The Holly Veteran's Night. The Holly Snowshoe club hold their annual veterans' tramp this evening, starting from their club room at eight o'clock sharp. It is to be hoped there will be a large turnout of the old timers as well as the new members. A special programme has been prepared for the occasion; the lady friends of the members are cordially invited. Their annual ""at home"" takes place a week from tonight, the 20th instant. Blasi's orchestra will furnish the music. Tickets, of which there are a limited number, are nearly all sold. The president, Mr. Thomas Reid, has the deepest sympathy of the officers and members of the club in his recent bereavement in the loss of one of his family by death. They Had a Good Tramp. Forty-five members of the Emerald Snowshoe club discovered their way to the Club house last night. A most enjoyable evening was spent in music, dancing, etc., among those contributing being G. Parks, T. Malone, Mitchell, J. Flynn, X. Mathews, A. Faean, Galloway, Cawthorn, J. Bennett, J. McLean. The regular football match was played between old and new members and won by the latter. Emerald Green Steeplechase. The green steeplechase of the Emerald Snowshoe club was held last night, the objective point being Lumkins' hotel. When the finishing point was crossed the following was the summary: T. Mathews 22, V. Buchanan and W. S. Weldon. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold, and to get them at all it is necessary to get them early. The programme to be rendered between the acts is a very well arranged one, and will certainly be enjoyed by the audience. FROM THE ANCIENT CAPITAL. LEON CARRIER is Committed for Trial. Personal Gossip. From our own correspondent. QUEBEC, February 12. The investigation into the case of Leon Carrier, the defaulting flour commission agent, was concluded this morning. The prisoner was committed to stand his trial at the next term of the Court of Queen's Bench on eleven charges. After commitment he declared that he was much worried with the affair and anxious to see the end of it as soon as possible, no matter how it came out. A difficulty has arisen in connection with the ice bridge leading to the Island of Orleans. Mr. Trudel, the contractor for building and maintaining the road, complained that the ice cutters had made the road impassable and opened a more convenient one a short distance away. Mr. Kancourt, an ice dealer, who takes his supply near that place, contends that Mr. Trudel has no right to open a new road and has lodged a protest to stop this further construction. The city health officer reports four cases of diphtheria, two of typhoid fever, six of scarlet fever and one of measles existing in the city at present. The Intercolonial railway train due at Levis at noon yesterday only got in at 8 o'clock last night. It was derailed three times by ice which covered the line on some of the curves. There was no damage. During Saturday night unknown thieves stole the flags, furniture and fixings of the handsome allegorical car of the Levis Snowshoe club. The car was stored in a shed belonging to one of the members of the club. An unfortunate Jewish peddler was overcome by the storm on Saturday and sank fainting to the ground near Dorchester bridge, unable to reach the nearest house. She was seen and rescued by the people of the house. Lieutenant-Governor Chapleau and Don, Mr. Royal, ex-lieutenant-governor of the Northwest territories, attended High Mass at the Basilica yesterday morning. Hon. P. Garneau has gone to New York in connection with the Quebec Steamship company, of which he is president. Mr. John H. Holt, of the Renfrew fur establishment, left today for Europe with Mrs. Holt. Judge Gagne, of Chicoutimi, and family, are in town. Hon. Peter Mitchell is in town. Hon. Mr. Flynn is recovering from his illness and was able to be at his office this afternoon. Hon. John Hearn, M.
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The resolutions quote all the correspondence between preceding Governments, the bank and the Hon. Thos. McGreevy on the subject at full length, and conclude as follows: Whereas, the promise to pay the said draft of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) was given in the name of the Government by the Premier and Commissioner of Public Works; Whereas, the honor of the province requires that such promise be fulfilled and it is in the public interest to put an end to the suit which is about to be instituted, Be it, therefore, resolved that the Lieutenant-Governor-in-council be authorized to settle the claim of the Jacques Cartier Bank, to allow the compensation prayed for and to pay the bank such interest as may be lawfully due. Mr. Nantel moved in amendment that the matter be left to the decision of the courts. The argument resulted in the defeat of the amendment by a vote of 19 to 33, Messrs. Villeneuve, Beamish and Lapointe voting against, in addition to the ministerial members, while several of the Opposition members were absent from the house. Amidst this, the house went into committee on Mr.
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A-10 fighters mistakenly destroyed two British armored personnel carriers during a February ground offensive against Iraqi troops Eleven soldiers died in the attack, which has prompted a British inquiry Marshall, who was 500 metres away from the carriers, has already given evidence on the accident and might have to give more It took some three or four different people including myself to try and stop them (planes) from attacking the battle group again, said Marshall, 34 Guys were burning themselves second-and-third-degree burns only trying to pull obviously dead bodies out of the carriers Marshall, whose home is in Alliston, Ont., was among 23 Canadian officers who attended a gathering at the Canadian high commission yesterday The soldiers served in the war with British forces, often on the front lines, as part of a long-established exchange program Marshall commanded an artillery battery as British troops stormed into Iraq and then swung into Kuwait At the meeting, both Donald Macdonald, Canadian high commissioner, and Brig.
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Clearly, Quebec will have to begin thinking smaller in terms of projects, and larger in terms of their social and environmental effects. The government insists that the New York decision does not change its plans for the $13-billion Great Whale development. That's just whistling in the dark. In fact, the plans have already been changed. The project has been postponed once, and may have to be postponed again. Native opposition and the potentially negative effects in the vast northern territory suggest that the project, if it is to go ahead at all, may have to be reduced in scale. Development of northern rivers will also depend on adequate environmental reviews, and on some formal agreement with the native people. New York Governor Mario Cuomo, announcing cancellation of the contract, made no mention of the powerful protest campaign mounted by natives and environmental groups. But that must have been a factor. No politician outside Quebec wants to be associated with a project which has been attacked, however unjustly, as a genocidal spoliation of a wilderness paradise. Mr. Bourassa and Hydro-Quebec will also have to take better account of that aboriginal political clout.
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The plan is being promoted by Canadian Pacific Ltd., owners of the Windsor Station site, and Molson Companies Ltd., owners of the Forum and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. It calls for two 50-storey office towers, a new Forum, a shopping area and a relocated commuter station around the station, in the block between Peel and Mountain Sts. The $450-million plan also involves tearing down two annexes to the station: the accounting building and a building known as the Mud Hut. The plan must be approved by the city of Montreal and the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Fish said he will present his concerns to the board at a public hearing Nov. 25. A spokesman for CP Rail said the company would defend its plans before the board. Inscriptions celebrated life, love and death A gray November day. Woke to a harsh wind whipping ice pellets against the windows, decided the better part of valor was to stay home, unpack a few boxes of books, wait for the weather to clear. To the mournful sounds of freezing rain and the Remembrance Day pipes on the CBC, I sorted and sifted.
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NY 12919 For convenient home delivery, call 987-2400 The Gazette is a member of the Quebec Press Council SOLAR Quebec was hit hardest since its lines were farthest north walked in I wanted to thank you personally for making our city proud, Agnos said Fong told the mayor how he found the bag of money under a chair, and how the bag's 82-year-old owner burst into the restaurant and shouted, Where is my stuff? Police were called, and the money was kept overnight before being returned to the elderly man Police declined to identify him Since the story about Fong's honesty erupted, Fong says he's had calls, letters and $150 in cheques But Fong said that he feels badly he hasn't heard from the old man He didn't say thank you at all IMC CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 March 13, 1989, on a magnetic storm of record severity Hydro said it had tripped three key transmission lines from James Bay and within seconds the province's whole power grid was plunged into darkness Scientists at the National Research Council in Ottawa recorded the strongest pulse in the Earth's magnetic field in a decade at 2:48 a.m.
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There are bon-bonnieres, French, Italian and German delicacies, and Fry's and Cadbury's chocolates, all of which are more or less prominent on the family table at the season of rejoicing. There are also crystallized and glacial fruits, fruits of all kinds in syrup, fruits in maraschino, fruits in brandy and fruits �� la cr��me de vanille. Then there are assorted fruits in brandy, some of the vessels containing them having a capacity of four gallons, and very tempting they look. Of pickled fruits there is any amount of choice. Among the large assortment of French and German vegetables in glass may be mentioned a particularly fine lot of Perry's corn, carrots, asparagus, peas and beans. In fresh fruits, as well as dried, there are all lines, and of English biscuits there is a fine display, whilst the aroma of Dufresne & Mongenais' special blend of coffee as it is swiftly ground in the mill by electric power, has a decidedly pleasing effect upon the olfactory senses, and goes far towards convincing one of its popularity.
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the Quebec plant will eventually become the sole source of the model for North America, Hyundai's market share in 1990 dropped to 2.5 per cent from 2.9 per cent in 1989, and the Sonata's share within the compact-car segment fell to 1.9 per cent from 2.3 per cent in 1989. Lee said last year that he expects the plant to be profitable by 1993 or 1994. Analysts say that a factory has to be working close to capacity to become profitable, which would mean about 100,000 cars in Hyundai's case. J K'wt -'fit GAZETTE PIERRE OBENDRAUF Jim Quarles of Fletcher Leisure Group with new Kastle Integral ski, one of many sporting goods the company distributes. Distributors, retailers blame bad weather, recession MATTHEW ELDER THE GAZETTE It's been a disappointing season for the ski-equipment business, and distributors and retailers say the weather is just as much to blame as the recession. The winter got off to a snowless start, and heavy rains in January and February wiped out much of what snow did fall in late December and early January. On top of that, mild weather has played havoc with the ski areas' snow-making operations. Snow conditions have been terrific from time to time this winter due to snowstorms and artificial snowmaking. But there have been at least an equal number of days when ski trails were extremely icy or the air temperature simply was too cold for enjoyable skiing. It's shaping up as another disappointing season, according to the National Ski Industries Association. Alpine, or downhill, ski-equipment sales totalled $49.3 million across Canada during the 1989-90 season, up from $44.9 million in 1988-89 but down from $49.8 million in 1987-88. The flat national figures were caused by a 24-per-cent drop in the Quebec market during those three seasons, offsetting an improvement in sales in the western provinces. Sales of cross-country equipment have been even worse: Canada-wide sales tumbled to $7.6 million in 1989-90 from $11.5 million in 1987-88. In Quebec, sales have slipped 22 per cent during the period. While industry executives interviewed at this week's National Ski Industries Association Ski Trade Show at Place Bonaventure stopped short of declaring the season a sales disaster, there was a noticeable lack of the euphoria that seems inherent with people in the ski business. The ski-equipment industry is drastically affected by snow conditions, says Jacques Rodet, president of Granby-based Skis Rossignol Canada Ltd. Equipment sales are directly affected by the number of skier days, said Jim Quarles of Fletcher Leisure Group Inc, one of Canada's biggest independent ski-equipment distributors: It's been an up-and-down year. The industry has seen some tough times. Another villain, currency-exchange rates, has added to the industry's woes, said Quarles, the company's vice-president (retail market). Most ski equipment sold in Canada is manufactured in Europe, and dramatic increases in the value of European currencies such as the French franc and Austrian schilling have boosted prices by 12 to 15 per cent, he said. The currency-induced increase more than wiped out the favorable effect of the goods-and-services tax on ski equipment, previously subject to 13.5-per-cent federal sales tax. At Fletcher Leisure, sales of top-of-the-line goods have suffered the most. High-end skis, boots and fashion did not sell well this season, Quarles said. The best sellers were mid-range to popular-priced goods. At Rossignol, however, the company's high-priced line of competition skis, which are aimed at the best recreational skiers as well as racers, continue to be its best-selling merchandise. I believe economic conditions have less impact on the ski industry than on PLEASE SEE SKI, PAGE C2 Wilson admits timing bad on income-tax reforms of '38 ERIC BEAUCHESNE SOUTHAM NEWS PLEASE SEE WILSON, PAGE C2 With inflation targets set, workers will be less inclined to seek big raises. Michael Wilson and John Crow would like to take you back to the late 1950s, when Elvis was king and the annual rate of inflation was below 2 per cent. The finance minister and the Bank of Canada governor came up with a surprise announcement in this week's budget: concrete targets to lower the inflation rate to 2 per cent over the next five years. In the 1950s and 1960s, when we had such an environment, not only was the fiscal position in balance but inflation was low, growth was robust and living standards rose rapidly, Wilson said in a moment of nostalgia. Will Canadians be able to relive the wonderful world of Beaver Cleaver and I Love Lucy? And at what price? The targets announced by Wilson and Crow would limit the annual rate of increase in the consumer price index to 3 per cent by the end of next year, 2.5 per cent by mid-1994 and 2 per cent by the end of 1995. Beyond that, the government makes no bets but says the ultimate goal is zero inflation. The policy puts the Bank of Canada's credibility on the line. Should inflation threaten to exceed the targets, the bank would have to jack up interest rates again. Yet in interviews, senior officials of the central bank, which determines the direction of short-term interest rates, said there's little chance of that happening. It would take an exceptional circumstance, like an oil-price shock or a natural disaster, said one official. The Canadian economy is so weak right now and demand is so low that conditions are right for the program, he said. Whether the targets are achievable or not, you've got to appreciate the psychology behind this. The Bank of Canada mugged the economy with high interest rates for the better part of three years, causing a recession and throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work. Since last May, short-term rates have come down by more than 4 per cent but Crow is telling Canadians not to relax. This takes some of the heat off the beleaguered bank governor, who isn't a popular guy anyway. He's telling us to take some personal responsibility in the fight against inflation or the hammer will come down again. He's also getting the federal government to join the battle against inflation, so that fiscal and monetary policy will finally be in tune. By endorsing the targets, Finance Minister Michael Wilson has even more reason to restrain federal spending. Inflation targets are also a polite way of bringing in wage-and-price guidelines. Of course, we couldn't really have wage-and-price guidelines or workers would start demanding controls on profits too and that would get messy. But this way, if you have some reasonable confidence that the cost of living won't increase by more than 3 per cent next year, you'll be less inclined to demand a 5 or 6-per-cent raise. When it comes to inflation, OTTAWA Finance Minister Michael Wilson admits his 1988 pre-election income-tax reforms were the wrong policy for what at the time was a strong economy. He acknowledged yesterday that they resulted in a run-up in interest rates and an increase in the deficit. That unexpected rise in the deficit forced Wilson, following the fall 1988 election, to hit shocked Canadians with what was to be the first of three tough post-election budgets to try to keep a lid on the deficit. Put in that narrow way, I'd say yes it was the wrong policy for that time because it did stimulate the economy, he said in a post-budget interview with Southam News. Tax reform was quite a powerful influence. It is the first time Wilson has publicly admitted the timing of his tax reforms added to inflation, interest rates and the deficit. The opposition has always claimed the timing of the income-tax and sales-tax reforms were political. The good news part of the tax reforms, the reduction in income taxes, was implemented just prior to the 1988 election while the bad news, the goods-and-services tax, was delayed until after the election. But Wilson said in the interview that the timing of the income-tax reforms was forced on him by reforms that were taking place in the U. W. de Klerk to repeal his country's race-segregation laws. Clark, who was chairman of the meeting, said the sanctions imposed in the mid-1980s will be lifted only when there are concrete actions, not promises. An External Affairs official said the government stands by its policy and noted that despite the increase in 1990 exports, trade with South Meddling in medicare? Provinces can expect to lose a dollar for every buck residents pay: Beatty BOB COX CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA Provinces can expect to continue to lose one dollar of federal money for every dollar their residents have to pay in extra medical charges such as user fees, federal Health Minister Perrin Beatty said yesterday. The provisions currently in the Canada Health Act will remain essentially unchanged even as federal payments to provinces for health care disappear, Beatty said outside the Commons. He said Ottawa has a responsibility to enforce national health-care standards. I think that we're seeing pressure at the level of some provinces to challenge the basic assumptions of medicare and that's a real concern, he said. Under the Canada Health Act, Ottawa can withhold health-care money if provinces allow extra billing by doctors or user fees for medical services. But under federal restraint measures, cash payments to provinces for medicare and post-secondary education will be gone in Quebec by 1996, in Ontario by 2002 and in most other provinces and territories by 2007, according to the National Council of Welfare. In the budget brought down Tuesday, Finance Minister Michael Wilson promised legislation to give the federal government power to withhold other money if provinces don't meet the medicare standards of the health act. Ottawa will transfer an estimated $24 billion in cash to provinces this year, about a quarter of it specifically for health care and $12.4 billion in taxing powers. But critics ranging from the Canadian Medical Association to the National Council of Welfare say Ottawa won't be able to set national health-care standards if cash payments end. Clearly with no money going to the provinces we lose our power to Blinding snowstorm causes 100-car pileup near Vancouver CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER A blinding snowstorm caused a chain-reaction smashup involving 100 cars, trucks and semi-trailer units yesterday on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Vancouver. An RCMP freeway patrol spokesman said there were no serious injuries. One motorist was trapped under a car but his injuries were described as not being life-threatening. RCMP originally estimated the number of vehicles involved at 150. Blowing snow and whiteout conditions hampered police efforts at the Judge queries CANADIAN PRESS FORT MACLEOD, Alta. The judge presiding over the trial of Milton Born With A Tooth twice cleared the jury from the courtroom yesterday to question the case the defence was trying to put forth. The two witnesses Karen Gainer called for the defence provided little testimony as Justice Laurie Maclean took her to task several times for attempting to introduce irrelevant evidence. Africa has generally declined since sanctions were imposed. Canada still has diplomatic ties with South Africa, but they are limited. Canadian sanctions include a ban on exports of arms and other goods which could be used by the military and on imports of South African farm products, uranium, coal, arms and iron and steel products. There is also a Canadian ban on direct air links, export-development grants, insurance and visits from South African athletes. A range of links with South Africa are discouraged, including promotion of tourism in South Africa. In Johannesburg, a Canadian non-government observer group, which has just completed a fact-finding mission in South Africa, is unanimous in its opinion that apartheid is not yet dead and that sanctions should not yet be lifted. The delegation also said it saw unforgivable disparities in wealth in South Africa. The group of seven Canadians wound up a two-week visit to South Africa yesterday and said trade and other embargoes should only be lifted when significant steps have been taken to end apartheid. help shape health care, Sheila Copps, the acting Liberal leader, said yesterday. If they're not paying the piper, they certainly can't call the tune. Total federal contributions to provinces for health care this year will be an estimated $14.3 billion. Perrin Beatty issued a warning. That includes cash transfers for health care of $5.8 billion, a 15.5 per cent drop over last year, $748 million in health-related equalization payments to poorer provinces and $7.7 billion in transferred taxing powers. Copps told Wilson in the Commons that the federal government is helping the arguments of Quebec separatists by giving up control over national programs such as medicare. Doesn't he know that he is feeding the frenzy of those who want to destroy our country? Copps has cited comments by Quebec Health Minister Marc-Yvan Cote who said cutting federal transfers to provinces would hurt health care and encourage supporters of Quebec sovereignty. But Beatty said Mr. Cote advocates the dismantling of medicare and the destruction of our national health-care system. Cote said cutting federal transfer payments shows the merits of the Quebec Liberal party's Allaire report. The study on Quebec's constitutional future recommends the province obtain exclusive jurisdiction in 22 areas including health. Beatty said Cote has believed for a long time that the federal government should have no say in healthcare spending. That would be the end of our national medicare system, he said. accident scene between Abbotsford and Chilliwack, about 75 kilometres east of here. The highway was ordered closed indefinitely. Buses were sent to pick up stranded motorists whose vehicles were abandoned along the highway. A snow warning issued for southwestern British Columbia called for accumulations of between five and 15 centimetres after temperatures earlier in the week had reached a balmy 16 degrees. The snow was expected to change to rain by this afternoon. Vancouver streets were slushy yesterday. Many commuters left work early. defence tactics Born With A Tooth, leader of a militant group of Peigan Indians called the Lonefighters, faces eight weapons charges. They stem from an incident in September when RCMP escorted Environment Department workers to repair damage done by an attempted diversion of the Oldman River. The Lonefighters were diverting the river around an irrigation dike to protest construction of the Oldman dam."
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Beans are scarce, and stock is in the hands of two or three dealers. Molasses and sugars continue unchanged, with trade fair. There has been a rapid advance in tobacco, which is now quoted 4c to 6c higher on all grades than a fortnight ago. The stocks are quite light, and it is difficult to obtain quotations from manufacturers, as they will only take orders for future at rates when goods are delivered. There is a full stock of tea, which still runs from 24c to 37c. Oils unchanged. COMMERCIAL NOTES West bound Freight. The shipments West by the four trunk lines from New York have been very large since the rates were reduced. The statistics for the month of August show that the West-bound business amounted to 116,151 tons, against 89,000 for the same month last year. Fruit Sale.
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"but as he was not much hurt he left immediately afterward The tea belched out and glass cracked when the flames were at their height No 87, another alarm was sounded from box 24, and a section of the department had to be dispatched to it It was a pretty sight to see the flames bursting in the western sky and illuminating the darkness Despite the most serious efforts of the firemen the fire spread and lapped up the water as quickly as it was poured upon them There was a fire wall between 81 and 83 and this was looked upon as a good omen as it was felt that it would check the onward march of the flames The fire at one time seemed to laugh at the firemen as it jumped quickly from top coat to the one below and set it ablaze The General and Notre Dame engines responded to the alarms and remained on the scene for a long time THE LOSS IS HEAVY The damage will probably be about $100,000 Mr George Bury, who is agent for the property, which is owned by Judge J 6, said, when seen last evening, that the insurance on each building was what companies usually placed, as the papers were locked up in his safe in his office which, by the way,
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Anne de Bellevue. "If you are hit by lightning directly, you've run out of luck," said Austin. McCuskey said golf courses are prime targets for lightning because of the terrain, trees and water and because a golfer is usually the highest point. "Lightning seeks out the highest point," he said. Major golf associations like the USGA have taken precautions against lightning by purchasing a lightning sensor capable of detecting the menace up to 200 miles away. The Quebec Professional Golfers' Association recently bought a similar device for use during its tournaments. Some public and private clubs, such as Beaconsfield in Pointe Claire, have ways of warning its golfers that lightning is near. Beaconsfield, because of its proximity to Lac St. Louis, is in constant contact with the weather office during a storm and has a siren that goes off to indicate to golfers it's time to seek shelter. HOLES IN ONE Dr.
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"On St. Denis street, crossing Viger square, it is different. This section is done on a system, and the director of that system is Mr. St. George. It is kept level and smooth, and when it becomes slippery it is sanded. It is the only good piece of sidewalk in the city. One gentleman, who lives on Hanguinet street, told the Gazette that he always went around by St. Denis street for the pleasure of walking on a good piece of sidewalk during the winter. With a few scrapers, a few horses and a squad of men every principal street in the city could be similarly well cleaned. A by-law to provide for the cleaning of snow from the principal streets of the city should be at once placed on the first order of the council proceedings. If nothing went amiss, it might be reached, considered and passed before the swallows had returned southward from their su
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